{"1": {"fulltext": "J J-i\\ni.-^n\\nSir\\nv.\\nTV\\n;-H\\n-.ho\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6WW** ^irx-,\\nLv\\nV\\nr t\\n\u00c2\u00abyj", "height": "3411", "width": "2030", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3319", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3332", "width": "2053", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3330", "width": "2058", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3337", "width": "2013", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3335", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3337", "width": "2013", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "v3\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m", "height": "3335", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL SKETCH\\nTown of Troy,\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE,\\nAND HER INHABITANTS\\nFROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORY\\nNOW WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN IN\\nJ 764 -1897.\\nBY M. T. STONE, M. D.\\nircss of STtitinrl ^Prtnling iffompanu,\\nSeme, 0.. 1^.", "height": "3337", "width": "2013", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "9665", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nThe history of Troj^ as a distinct corporation covers a\\nperiod of eighty-two years, but as the first settlements\\nmade were on territory which forms a part of this town,\\nit becomes necessary in giving the early history of this\\nregion, to speak of men and measures more or less inti-\\nmately connected with the history of the towns from\\nwhose territory Troy was taken.\\nDr. A. M. Caverly collected the knowledge of the inci-\\ndents occurring in the early history of this region, which\\nwas given a permanent form in the History of Troy,\\npublished in 1859, at the Sentinel ofl^ce in Keene, and\\nwhich forms the basis of the present work, making such\\nchanges as time and later researches have made necessary.\\nMany of those who were the sole possessors of the infor-\\nmation concerning the early history of Troy, passed from\\nthe stage of Hfe soon after the publication of this history,\\nwhich has preserved for future generations the traditions\\nand incidents there given.\\nThe work was done at a time when but little attention\\nwas given to matters of this kind but more interest being\\ntaken in local history and ancestral connections, several\\nindividuals expressed a desire that the history should be\\nrevised and brought down to a later date, and Mr. Edwin\\nButtrick brought the question before the town at the town\\nmeeting in November, 1890, and Dr. M. T. Stone was\\nchosen to compile and revise the history.\\nThe knowledge of kindred and the genealogies of the\\nfamilies, both past and present, constitute a part of the", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "IV PREFACE.\\nknowledge and history of the town, and form an interest-\\ning and instructive chapter, as it shows the enterprise and\\nthrift, the activity and sagacity in business, the zeal in\\nreligious, educational and political matters, in moral and\\nspiritual advancement \u00c2\u00a3ind the material prosperity of the\\ncommunity.\\nThe histories of Fitzwilliam and Marlborough having\\nbeen published at a recent date, such extracts have been\\ntaken from them as has seemed best in order to make the\\nsubject more complete, and especially concerning the early\\nhistory.\\nTwo or three chapters have been given entire as written\\nby Dr. Caverly, namely, upon grants of the land and those\\ncontaining historical and traditionary matter.\\nMuch time and labor has been spent in such fragments\\nas could be spared from professional engagements, in\\ncollecting and arranging the additional matter, and it has\\nbeen the object to make the record as accurate and faithful\\nas possible, but errors will undoubtedly be noticed, and it\\nis submitted to the public hoping that its readers may find\\nmuch interest and pleasure in its perusal.\\nThanks are returned to each and all who have so\\nv^illingly assisted in any way in obtaining facts and\\nbringing the ^vork to completion.\\nTroy, N. H., Se] tcml)ci- 25, 1S97.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGRANTS OF THE LAND.\\nIiitrofhiction. Mason s Claim. Grant of the Township. Conditions of\\nthe Charter. Meeting of the Proprietors. Townships Divided into\\nLots 1-24\\nCHAPTER II.\\nEARLY SETTLERS.\\nEarly Settlers from 1 764 to 1780. William Barker. Silas Fife. Thomas\\nTolman. Phineas Farrar. Col. Richard Roberts. James Brewer.\\nJohn Farrar. Caleb Winch. Jonathan Shaw. Jonah Harrington.\\nDavid Wheeler. Ezekiel Mixer. Benjamin Tolman. Jacob Noiirse.\\nMo.ses Kenney. Henry Morse. Daniel Lawrence. Daniel Cutting.\\nJoseph Cutting. Reuben Ward. Ichabod Shaw. Peter Starkey.\\nJohn Starke\\\\\\\\ Benjamin Starkey. Joseph Starkey. Enoch Starkey.\\nJonathan Lawrence. Joshua Harrington. Duncan Cameron. John\\nBruce. Thomas Clark. Agabus Bishop. Abner Haskell. Joseph For-\\nristall. Godding Family. Alexander Parkman. Joseph Nourse.\\nDaniel Farrar 25-51\\nCHAPTER HI.\\nSETTLERS FROM 1780 TO 1800.\\nJohn Whitnc} Jonathan Whitney. George Farrar. Berbv. Wesson.\\nJason Winch. Joseph Parker. Jonas Warren.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Gould. Na-\\nthaniel Kendall. Hezekiah Coolidge. Abraham Coolidge. Ephraim\\nRoot. Benoni Robbins. James Dean. Jonathan Whipple. Jonathan\\nBall. Jonathan Platts. John Sweetland. Talmon Knights. John\\nGarfield. Elijah Alexander. Stephen Russell. Abraham Randall.\\nSilas Cook. Isaac Jackson. William Starkey. Ichabod Woodward.\\nJonas Robinson. Silas Wheeler. John Rogers. David Saunders.\\nEbenezer Saunders. Ezekiel White. Nathaniel Bucklin. Newton.\\nWilliam Nurse. Edward Foster. Jonathan Capron. Christo]iher\\nHarris. Elijah Fuller. Isaac Fuller. Asa Brewer. Zo])her Whit-\\ncomb. John Joy. Joseph French. Hugh Thomj^son. John and\\nDavid Garev 52-66", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "VI CONTIiNTS.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nSETTLERS FROM ISOO TO 1815.\\nNathan Wheeler. Thomas Benney. William Barnard. Thomas Clark.\\nJosiah Morse. Hezekiah Hod^kins. Reuben Newell. Edmtind\\nBemis. Jonathan Lawrence. William Lawrence. Zalmon Howe.\\nJohn Lawrence. Henry Tolman. Joseph Butler. Aaron Holt.\\nDaniel Farrar. Joshua Harrington. Samuel Lawrence. Daniel Cut-\\nting, Jr. Levi Maxey. Easman Alexander. Robert Fitts. Josiah\\nAmadon. Nathan Winch. Elijah Harrington. Caleb Perry. Joseph\\nAlexander. Elias Mann. Daniel W^. Farrar. Luna Starkey. Isaac\\nLawrence. James Godfrey. Salmon Whittemore. Luke Harris.\\nConstant Weaver. Sylvester P. Flint. Elnathan Gorham. Peletiah\\nHodgkins. Nathan Newell. Lyman Wright. Stephen Farrar. Cal-\\nvin Bcmis ()7-80\\nCHAPTER V.\\nREVOLUTIONARY HISTORY.\\nAn .Vccount of Those Who Took Part in the Revohitionar}- War. Ben-\\njamin Tolman. Ezekiel Mixer. Jacob Newell, Jr. Pearson Newell.\\nJames Brewer. John Farrar, Jr. Joseph and William Farrar. James\\nDean. Peter Starkey. The Association Test. Continental Currency.\\nAlarm List 81-100\\nCHAPTER \\\\T.\\nINCORPORATION OF THE TOWN.\\nThe People Desire a New Town. Reasons for the Separation. Thev\\nPetition to be Voted Off. Their Request Denied. A Meeting House\\nBuilt. Subject Brought Before the Legislature. Encounters Opposi-\\ntion. Committee of Investigation Appointed. Hearing Before the\\nCommittee. A Charter Obtained and the town organized. 101-112\\nCHAPTER Vn.\\nECCLESIAvSTICAL HISTORY.\\nEarly Religious History. Religious Societies. Churches. Clergyman.\\nCongregational Society and Church. Ba])tist Society and Church.\\nThe Liberal Ihiion or Universalist Societv 113-147", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. Vll\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nGENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND LOCAL TRADITIONS.\\nTopography. List of Mills and Shops Thirty Years Ago. Wild Ani-\\nmals.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wolf and Bear Hunts 148-161\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nBURYING GROUNDS.\\nFirst Burying Ground. First Public Burying Ground. Mountain View\\nCemetery. List of Those Interred in the Old Cemetery. 162-173\\nCHAPTER X.\\nEXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS.\\nFirst Chair and Table for Meeting House. Amount Paid for Working\\non Highway. By-law^s Against Animals Running at Large. Action\\nof Town in the Division of the County. First Map of the State.\\nToleration Law. First Stove in Meeting House. Stone Bridge.\\nDispensing with Superintending School Committee. Distribution of\\nthe Public Surplus. Temperance Reform. Miscellaneous Matters.\\nFirst Printed School Report. Finishing Room under Town Hall.\\nChanging the Name of the Town. History of the Town Hall. 174-186\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nTOWN OFFICERS AND APPROPRIATIONS.\\nList of Constables. Town Officers. Appropriations. Votes for Governor.\\nSchool Committee and School Boards. Copy of Early Check List.\\n187-202\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nTHE REBELLION.\\nSlavery.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Missouri Compromise.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dred Scott Decision.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bombardment of\\nFort Sumter. Call for Troops. First Enhstment. Aid for Soldiers\\nFamilies. Expenses Incurred. Bounties Offered. Bounties Paid.\\nVotes of the Town. Summary of Expenses Incurred. Men who\\nServed in the Rebellion and their Record. List of those Living in\\nTi-oy but Credited to Other Towns. Present Residents who Served\\nin Other Towns or vStates 203-226", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "vni CONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nHkSTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL.\\nLetter from C. E. Potter, Esq., Respecting the Western Boundary oi the\\nState.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Supposed Murder.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Robbery 227-238\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nEDUCATIONAL HISTORY.\\nDifferent Systems of Education.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Interest of School Lots Expended for\\nSchools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First School.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Teacher.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Division of Town\\ninto Sc|uadrons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Schoolhouses.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 New Division of the Town into\\nDistricts.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Town System Established.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 High School.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Louisa B.\\nWright.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 New School Building 239-269\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nPHYSICIANS AND LAWYER.\\nDr. Justus Perry.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Ebenezer Wright. Dr. Charles W. Whitney. Dr.\\nLuke Miller.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. A. M. Caverly.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Mary Ann Harris.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Daniel\\nFarrar.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Daniel B. Woodward.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Benjamin H. Hartwell. Dr.\\nJohn Dodge.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Carl G. Metcalf.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. M. S. Ferguson.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Benja-\\nmin E. Harriman.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. M. T. Stone.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Luther Chapman, Esq. 270-283\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nMILLS AND MANUFACTURING.\\nFirst (irist and Saw Mills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manufacture of W ooden Ware.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pail Shops.\\nScythe Factory.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pail Handles.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Brown Earthen Ware and Pottery.\\nTannery.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hat Making.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fulling Mills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Horse Blankets\\nMade.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Troy Blanket Mills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Granite Industry.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Box Making.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBrick Yards^ 286-300\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nThe Old Military Road. Post Office and Postmasters. Formation of an\\nEngine Company. Hamilton Engine and Company. Monadnock\\nSteamer Co.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Free Masons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Monadnock Lodge No. 80, F. A. M.\\nList of Officers. Patrons of Husbandry. Real Estate Development.\\n301-320\\nGENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\nAbarc, 321. Adams, 322-324. Aldrich, 324-327. Alexander, 327-331.\\nAmadou. 331-322.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. IX\\nBaker, 322-340. Ball, 340-341. Balhm, 341. Barker, 341. Barnard,\\n342. Bemis, 342-347. Beers, 347. Bishop, 347. Bigelow, 348.\\nBirtwhistle, 348-350. Blanding, 350. Boyden, 350. Brewer, 351-\\n352. Brown, 352-356. Brooks, 356. Bruce, 356. Burpee, 357. But-\\nler. 357-360. Buttrick, 360-362.\\nCa])ron, 362-364. Carpenter, 364. Carter, 365. Caverly, 365-367.\\nChase, 367. Clark, 367-372. Clement, 372. Cobb. 373. CooHdge,\\n373-375. Congdon, 375-376. Corey, 376. Crosby, 376-378. Cum-\\nmings, 378. Cutting, 378-380.\\nDaggett, 381. Damon, 381. Devine, 382. Dexter, 382. Dort, 382-385.\\nEdwards, 385. Emery, 385. Enright, 385-386.\\nFairbanks, 386. Farrar, 388-404. Farr, 405. Fassett, 405-407. Field,\\n408. Fife, 408-410. Fitts, 411. Forristall, 411-415. Foster, 415-\\n418. Freeman, 418. French, 418. Frost, 419. Fuller. 419-422.\\nGarfield. 422-424. Gates. 425. Goddard, 426. (nodding. 427-428.\\nGoodall, 428-430. Gorham, 430. Gove, 431. Greenwood, 431.\\n(irosvenor, 431. Grimes. 432.\\nHale. 433. Hardy. 433. Harrington. 434-436. Harris, 437-440.\\nHaskell, 441-445. Herrick, 446-449. Hawkins, 450. Heberts. 450.\\nHodgkins, 451-452. Holt, 453-458. Howe, 459. Hubbard, 460.\\nHurlbutt, 463. Hutt, 464.\\nIngalls, 464.\\nJackson, 464-465. Jones, 466. Jarvis, 467.\\nKenney, 468. Kendall, 468-469. Kimball, 470-472. Knight, 473.\\nLahiff, 473. Lang, 473. Lapoint, 473. Lawrence, 473-478. Lawson,\\n478. Lowe, 479.\\nMaddox, 480. Mahon, 480-481. Mann, 481. Mason, 481-482. Mar-\\nshall, 482. Merrifield. 483-484. Miller, 484. Morse, 484. Mortimer,\\n485.\\nNewell, 485-486. Newton, 487-491. Nurse, 491-494.\\nOakes, 494-498.\\nParkhurst, 498. Perkins, 498. Parker. 499. Piper, 499-502. Porter,\\n500. Putney. 501. Parmenter, 501. Peck, 502. Pratt, 502.\\nRandall, 503-504. Rice, 504. Ripley, 504-507. Roberts, 507. Robin-\\nson. 507. Rogers. 508. Ruffle, 508. Riigg, 508. Russell, 509.\\nSaunders. 509. Shaw. 510. Sibley, 510-513. Silcox, 513. Silsby, 513-\\n514. Smith, 51.5. Spaidding, 515. Spooner, 516. Starke^ 517-\\n525. Stanley, 526-527. Stone, 528-529. Streeter, 530. Sullivan,\\n530. Sutton, 531.\\nThompson, 531. Tolman, 532-539. Townsend, 539. Tumey, 539.\\nTupjjer, 540.\\nWatson, 540. Ward, 542. Wheeler, 543-546. Whipple, 546. Whitcomb,\\n546-547. White, 548. Whittemore, 548-554. Whitney, 554-558.\\nWinch. 558-559. Wise. 559. Woodward. 560. Wright, 560-565.", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "List of Illustrations.\\nVIEW OF TROY FROM THE EAST FRONTISPIECE\\nPORTRAITvS.\\nALDRICH, ISAAC. JR H25\\nBAKER, ABEL 337\\nBEMIS, EDMUND 34-5\\nBEMIS, CALVIN 346\\nBIRTWHISTLE, THOMAS A 349\\nBROWN, LEMUEL 353\\nBROWN, CHARLES W 354\\nBUTTRICK. EDWIN 362\\nBUTLER, MARY ANN HARRIS, M. D 278\\nCAVERLY, A. M., M. D 277\\nCAVERLV, CHARLES S.. M. D 366\\nCLARK. ALVAH S 371\\nCONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS OPP. 137\\nCOOLIDGE. CHARLES 375\\nDORT. ASA C 383\\nDORT. EDWIN B 384\\nFAIRBANKS, CYRUS 386\\nFARRAR, DANIEL, M. D 279\\nFARRAR, DANIEL W 390\\nFARRAR, DAVID W 392\\nFARRAR, HENRY W 399\\nFARRAR, CHARLES D 400\\nFASSETT, DAN VERSE C 4.07\\nFORRISTALL. JOSEPH M 413\\nFORRISTALL. STEPHEN A. D 414\\nFOSTER. FRANCIS 416\\nGOODALL, THOMAS 429\\nHARRIS, LUKE 437\\nHARRIS, WILLIAM A 439\\nHASKELL, CHARLES 445\\nHERRICK, JONATHAN S., REV 449\\nHODGKINS, AUGUSTUS 452\\nHOLT, JOTHAM H 454\\nHOI-T, LEVI BARTLETT 456\\nHOLT, JUDGE JOEL 457\\nHI BBARD, CHARLES A 461\\nHUBBARD, HARRY 462\\nKIMBALL, EDWARD P 471\\nLAWRENCE, JOHN 475\\nLAWRENCE, GREGORY 477\\nLAWRENCE, WILLIAM 478\\nLOWE, DAVID P 480\\nNEWTON, DANA 487\\nNEWTON, CALVIN 488\\nNEWTON, MARTIN L 489\\nNEWTON, HIRAM C 490\\nNURSE, BROWN 493", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "LIS7 OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XI\\nOAKES, FREDERICK \\\\V.. REV 495\\nPARKER, NATHANIEL 499\\nRIPLEY, BARRETT 505\\nRIPLEY, FRANKLIN 506\\nSIBLEY, AMOS 511\\nSIBLEY, HARRINGTON.. 512\\nSILSBY, FISHER 514\\nSTARKEV. GEORGE A 522\\nSTARKLY, WALTER H 524\\nSTANLEY, JAMES R 52 7\\nSTONE, MELVIN T., M. D 2S2\\nTOLMAN, ELISHA H 535\\nTOWNSEND, LUTHER, REV 539\\nWATSON, WILLIAM N 541\\nWHITTEMORE, LUTHER 553\\nWHITNEY, CHARLES W., M. D 273\\nWHITNEY, CHARLES \\\\Y 557\\nWRIGHT, MRS. LOUISA B 264\\nWRIGHT, LYMAN 561\\nWRIGHT, LEONARD 562\\nWRIGHT, THOMAS 564\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nVIEW OF COMMONS LOOKING SOUTH FROM NEAR TOWN HALL 20\\nVIEW OF MAIN ST. LOOKING SOUTH FROM NEAR CON. CHURCH 39\\nVIEW OF COMMONS LOOKING NORTH 93\\nMAIN STREET LOOKING NORTH FROM RAILROAD BRIDGE 59\\nMILL STREET 107\\nRAYMOND AVENUE 319\\nCONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 137\\nCONGREGATIONAL PARSONAGE 13S\\nBAPTIST CHURCH 143\\nSTORE OF C. W. WHITNEY 75\\nSTORE AND RESIDENCE OF E. P. KIMBALL 472\\nTOWN HALL 186\\nSCHOOLHOUSE ON WEST HILL 255\\nMERRIFIELD SCHOOLHOUSE 255\\nNORTH PRIMARY SCHOOLHOUSE 258\\nSOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOLHOUSE 259\\nSCHOOLHOUSE ON EAST HILL 260\\nNEW SCHOOLHOUSE 267\\nPAIL SHOP OF E. BUTTRICK CO 286\\nPAIL SHOP OF CHAS. D. FARRAR 287\\nTROY BLANKET MILLS FRONT VIp;W 293\\nTROY BLANKET MILI-S REAR VIEW 295\\nQUARRY OF TROY GRANITE CO 297\\nOLD FIRE ENGINE 305\\nHAMILTON FIRE ENGINE 307\\nMONADNOCK STEAMER AND HOSE WAGON 308\\nRESIDENCE OF ASA C. DORT 385\\nRESIDENCE OF C. D. FARRAR 401\\nRESIDENCE OF H. C. NEWTON AND NEWTON HOMESTEAD, MARL-\\nBOROUGH OPP. 489\\nHARRINGTON PLACE AS OWNED BY SPAULDING 435\\nRESIDENCE OF MRS. S. E. HARRIS 440\\nRESIDENCE OF DR. M. T. STONE 529\\nRESIDENCE OF C. W. WHITNEY 55S", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "History of Troy*\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGRANTS OF THE LAND.\\nINTRODUCTION. MASON S CL.MM. GRANT OF THE TOWNSHIP. CONDITIONS\\nOF THE CHARTER. MEETING OF THE PROI RIETOKS. TOWNSHIPS\\nDIVIDED INTO LOTS.\\nThe arrival of the A/Taytiower, on the shores of\\nMassachusetts in 1620, was no ordinary event. The Old\\nWorld, in which society had existed under conditions as\\nvaried fis its political divisions, had failed to produce a\\ncivil polity upon a basis sufficiently broad to meet the\\napprobation of enlightened and liberal men. The strong\\ndisposition to embrace hereditary sentiments, with the\\nfear of innovations upon established customs, rendered the\\nattempt at the formation there of a new order of things,\\nembracing important reforms, a hopeless task.\\nIn the meantime light was gradually breaking in, and\\na few there were \\\\vho were enabled thereby to see the\\nimperfections in the prevailing social system, and its\\ninability to raise men to that dignity, intellectually and\\nmorally, that answered the exalted end of their being.\\nThese few were impressed with the importance of a great\\nnational reform in religious matters. The religious char-\\nacter of England Avas arbitrary, invested by authority in\\nthe Church of England. Their movement was in favor of\\nfreedom in thought and worship. These few, so-called\\nfanatics, were truly the nobility of the earth, but what\\ncould they hope with the tide of public opinion against", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "2 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthem Institutions congenijil to their feelings, and sueh\\nas in their opinion would promote the highest interest of\\nmankind, could only be formed by a united and devoted\\npeople, and that even upon foreign soil.\\nSuch being the case, they resolved to forego the com-\\nforts of home, and to brave the hardships incident to\\ndistant colonial life, in order to inaugurate a form of\\ngovernment that should be the admiration of the world,\\nand diffuse its blessings upon countless millions.\\nThat was a noble resolution and one that converted a\\ngloom V wilderness into a fruitful field, and rendered\\nimmortal such consecrated places as Plymouth, Lexington,\\nBunker Hill and Yorktown, and brought into being one\\nof the most intelligent and powerful nations.\\nThe s])irit of the Puritans did not expend itself upon\\nthe limited territory a few miles around the point upon\\nwhich they first set foot upon American soil, but accom-\\npanied with a strong Saxon energy, it has lived on, cumit-\\nlative in its power, until it has permeated the whole\\ncountry. In its progress it has levelled mountains, filled\\nup valleys, turned the current of rivers, and covered arid\\nwastes with flourishing towns and cities. The history of\\nNew^ England is but the record of the influence of that\\nspirit which animated the breasts of such men as Robin-\\nson, Carver, Davenport and Brew^ster, men whose hearts\\nwere overflowing ^vith love to God and good will to men.\\nThe general outline of this history is familiar to nearly\\nevery one, and is found in all our standard works upon\\nthis subject but there are incidents of a local nature that\\nescape the observation of the general historian, and such\\nas are full of interest to those living in the places where\\nsuch incidents occurred.\\nAn examination of the surface of the region embraced\\nin the limits of the town of Trov, shows unmistakable", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. S\\nevidences of the existence of people that have long since\\ngone to that bourne from which no traveler returns. As\\nwe look upon the excavations which abound in different\\nparts of the town, and which once constituted the cellars\\nof residences which echoed with the busy footsteps of\\nthose within whose breasts the smiles of joy and the\\ntears of woe, alternately triumphed; as we look down\\ninto those neglected wells that once yielded the sparkling\\nelement to slake the thirst of the weary laborer, now only\\na retreat for the lizard and serpent, and as the eye runs\\nalong the old thoroughfares, now overgrown with Inishes\\nand almost or quite obliterated, but where a century ago\\nmight have been seen the panting steed, moving along,\\nslowly, beneath a ponderous load of perhaps a husband\\nand wnfe, we are forcibly reminded of the unceasing, and\\nnever ending change of all things earthly. It is vain to\\nattempt to give a connected and accurate history of any\\nlocality a long series of years after the events to be\\nrecorded have taken place, and especially is this so when no\\nauthentic records have been kept from actual observation.\\nThis was emphatically true of Troy forty years ago,\\nwdien Dr. Caverly wrote the history which is the basis of\\nthe present w^ork, the early settlement of which was\\neffected beyond the recollection of men then living. Many\\nof the records were entirely wanting, or at best, exceed-\\ningly meagre, and he was quite often obliged to rely upon\\nuncertain tradition.\\nIn this history it is necessary to go back some years\\nprevious to the existence of Troy as an incorporated\\ntown, and consequently to draw^ upon the history of those\\ntowns from whose territory Troy was taken.\\nIn November, 1620, King James I. of England, by his\\nsole authority, constituted a council composed of forty\\nknights, ladies and gentlemen, by the name of The", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "4 HISrOKY OF TROY.\\nCouncil established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon,\\nfor the planting, ruling and governing of New England in\\nAmerica. They v^ere a corporation with perpetual suc-\\ncession by election of the majority, and were granted all\\nthe territory from the fortieth to the forty-eighth degree\\nof northern latitude.\\nIn 1622, two of the most active members of the\\ncouncil, Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason,\\nobtained from their associates jointly, a grant of the\\nterritory which included all the land between the Merri-\\nmack and Kennebec rivers, and extending from the ocean\\nback to the great rivers and lakes of Canada. This tract\\nwas called Laconia, and it included New Hampshire and\\nall the western part of Maine.\\nThev formed a company with several merchants of\\nLondon and other cities, styling themselves The Com-\\npany of Laconia, and in the spring of the following year,\\nthey sent over two small divisions of emigrants who\\ncommenced settlements on the Piscataqua, one at the\\nriver s mouth which they called Little Harbor, and the\\nother some eight miles further up the river on a neck of\\nland which the Indians called Winnechannet, or Cocheco,\\nafterwards called Dover.\\nFrom some unexplained reason the affairs of this\\ncouncil were transacted in a confused manner from the\\ncommencement, and the grants which they made were so\\ninaccurately described and interfered so much with each\\nother, as to occasion difficulties and controversies of a\\nserious nature. Hence quarrels frequently arose about this\\nterritory, one party claiming it by virtue of a grant from\\na foreign monarch who held it by right of discovery; the\\nother bv purchase of the original owners and occupants.\\nNov. 7, 1629, the Ph^mouth Council, upon mature\\ndeliberation, thought fit for the better furnishing and", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 5\\nfurtherance of the jilantations in these parts, to appro-\\n])riate and allot to several and particular persons divers\\nparcels of land within the precincts of the aforesaid\\ngranted premises, and deeded to Mason, this very same\\nterritory, which was conveyed to Rev. John Wheelwright,\\nbv a deed dated 1629, and signed by four Indian Saga-\\nmores or Chiefs, for the consideration of a few coats,\\nshirts and kettles, and which was afterward found to be\\na forgery.\\nThis grant included the land west of the Piscataqua\\nriver and north of the Merrimack and extending back\\ninto the country sixty miles, which he, with the consent\\nof the President and Council, named New Hampshire,\\nfrom the County of Hampshire in England in which he\\nhad formerly resided.\\nAfter his grant had been confirmed to him, Mason was\\nespecially active in his efforts to hasten the settlement of\\nhis newly acquired possession. Being a mountainous\\nregion, it was thought it must abound in the precious\\nmetals, and this was one reason for his activity, as he\\nwas hoping to realize a ])rincely fortune.\\nHe spent years of toil and expended large sums of\\nmonev, but his death, which occurred in December, 1635,\\nput an end to all his ])rojects and left his titles to his\\nlands to be a source of litigation to his heirs for several\\ngenerations.\\nAfter this his widow and executrix sent over an\\nagent to manage her interests at the Portsmouth j)lanta-\\ntion but finding the expenses far exceeding the income,\\nhe abandoned the whole and gave up the improvements\\nto the tenants.\\nThe first heir named in Mason s will dying in infancy,\\nthe estate descended to Robert Tufton, grandson of Cap-\\ntain John Mason, who was not of age imtil 1650.", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "6 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThe extension of the jtn-isdietion of Massachusetts over\\nNew Ham]3shire eoiikl not fail to com]ilicate matters still\\nmore, and no help could be expected unless the govern-\\nment of England should interfere, but as the family had\\nalways been attached to the royal cause, there could be\\nno ho])e of reHef during the protectorate of Cromwell, as\\nthe Massachusetts colony had always stood high in the\\nfavor of Parliainent and Cromwell. Charles II. was\\nrestored to the throne, and immediately Tufton, who now\\ntook the name of Mason, ap]ilied to the King for redress,\\nwho referred the matter to his attorney general, who\\ndecided that Alason s claim to the Province of New\\nHampshire was good and legal.\\nFor several years the cotmtry had been divided among\\nnumerous ])roprietors, and the various settlements had\\nbeen governed separately by agents of the different pro-\\nprietors, or by magistrates elected by the people, but in\\n164-1 the people placed themselves under the protection of\\nthe Massachusetts colony.\\nCommissioners were sent over in 1641, to inquire into\\nthis as well as other matters but their reception resulted\\nin a report to the King unfavorable to the Massachusetts\\nclaims, and after their return, the government took no\\nactive measures for the relief of Mason, who became dis-\\ncouraged and joined v^ith the heirs of Gorges in proposing\\nan alienation of their respective rights in the Provinces of\\nNew Hampshire and Maine to the crown but the Dutch\\nwars and other foreign transactions ])revented any deter-\\nmination concerning them till the country vsras involved in\\nall the horrors of a general war Avith the natives.\\nSept. 18, 1679, a commission passed the Great Seal of\\nEngland, constituting a President and Council for the\\nProvince of New Hampshire to be appointed by the King,\\nand a house of representatives to be chosen by the people.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 7\\nThe iiiakin.t of a province of New Hampshire was no\\ndou])t due to the claims of Mason, who could obtain no\\nredress from the Massachusetts courts.\\nEarly in the following year, Mason came from England\\nempowered b\\\\ the King to take a seat in the council.\\nHe soon endeavored to compel the people to take leases\\nof him, but they had enjoyed possession of their lands for\\nmany years and his claims and demands for rent were\\nresisted both by the people and officers of the govern-\\nment. They put every obstacle in the way and he could\\nget but little satisfaction, and he soon left the council and\\nreturned to England. After this he made several unsuc-\\ncessful attempts to compel the inhabitants to take their\\nleases of him, and even commenced suits against several\\nprominent men for holding lands and selling timber, and\\nalthough judgment was obtained against the defendents,\\nhe could find no purchasers of the lands and so they were\\npermitted to enjo_v them as before, and in 1688, Mason\\ndied, a disap]3ointed man, leaving tAVO sons, John and\\nRobert, heirs to the claim. They soon sold their claim for\\nseven hundred and fifty pounds, or about forty-five\\nhundred dollars, to Samuel Allen of London, who in\\nattempting to enforce it met with no better success tlum\\nhis predecessors.\\nAfter the death of Allen, his son renewed the suit but\\nthe court rendered a verdict against him, and he too, died\\nw^ithout realizing his anticipations.\\nAfter the sale of the Province of New Hampshire to\\nAllen, by John jind Robert Mason, they returned to\\nAmerica. John died childless, but Robert married. He\\nhad hopes of invalidating the claim of Allen on account of\\nsome informality attending the purchase, but he died at\\nHavana, in 1718, leaving two sons, John Tufton Mason,\\nand Thomas Tufton Mason, as heirs to his claim.", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "8 HISTORY ol TROY.\\nCai)tain John Tomlinson, a merchant of London, and\\nagent of New Hampshire in P nghind, being informed of\\nthe nature of these transactions, entered into negotiations\\nwhich resulted in his purchasing the Masonian claim in\\nNew Hampshire, in behalf of the Assembly of New Hamp-\\nshire, upon the payment of one thousand pounds. New\\nEngland currency. Governor Wentworth frequently called\\nthe attention of the Assemloly to the matter, but that\\nbody failed to appropriate the necessary funds to com])lete\\nthe purchase, being engaged in what were considered to\\nbe weightier matters.\\nHere the matter rested for some two years, when the\\nAssembly, thinking it would be for their interest to ratify\\nthe agreement made liy Tomlinson, appointed a com-\\nmittee to complete the purchase. But they were too late,\\nfor Mason s heirs, becoming impatient, on the same day,\\nJan. 30, 1746, made a trade with certain gentlemen to\\ndispose of his whole interest for fifteen hundred pounds\\ncurrency, and thus Mason s claim, instead of being pur-\\nchased by the Assembly, as would doubtless have been for\\nthe interest of the Province, passed into the hands of\\nprivate individuals, to the no small regret of the people.\\nThe purchasers were Theodore Atkinson, Richard\\nWibird, M. H. Wentworth, Samuel Moore, Jotham\\nOdiorne, Joshua Pierce, Nathaniel Meserve, George Jaffrey,\\nJohn Wentworth, Thomas Wallingford and Thomas\\nPacker. Their act raised a storm of indignation, and\\nbeing aware of the prejudices against them, took measures\\nfor Cv)nciliating the public mind by prudently filing at the\\nrecorder s office, a quitclaim deed to all to\\\\vns which had\\nbeen granted by New Ham])shire authority, claiming only\\nthe unoccupied portions of the territory, which proved\\nhighly satisfactory to the people, and terminated the\\nMasonian controversy, which had disturbed the peace of", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 9\\nthe Province for twentA -iive years. The^ freely granted\\ntownships to petitioners, often without fees and always\\nwithout quit-rents. At this time the western boundary of\\nNew Hampshire w^as held to extend as far as the Connec-\\nticut river, and several towns had already been granted\\nupon the river by Massachusetts before the establishment\\nof the line.\\nThe territory in the vicinity of Monadnock being still\\nuninhabited except by wandering parties of Indians was\\nincluded in the claim of Mason s proprietors. They soon\\nfound purchasers for the whole of this region, and it was\\naccordingly divided into townships, to each of which w^as\\ngiven the common name of Monadnock, but distinguished\\nby different numbers. These towaiships were granted to\\ndifferent parties on condition that they should w^ithin a\\nlimited time, erect mills and meeting houses, clear out\\nroads and settle ministers.\\nIn ever\\\\^ township they reserved one right for the lirst\\nsettled minister, another for a parsonage, and the third\\nfor a school. They also reserved fifteen rights for them-\\nselves and two for their attorneys, all of which were to\\nbe free from taxes until sold or occupied. Their names\\nwere as follows: Monadnock No. 1, or South Monad-\\nnock, inchided the greater part of the Massachusetts\\ngrant, called Row^ley, Canada, and is now the town of\\nKindge. Monadnock No. 2, or Middle Monadnock, is\\nnow Jaffrey. Monadnock No. 3, or North Monadnock,\\nwas incorporated as Dublin, and included the present\\ntown of Dublin and more than half of Harrisville.\\nMonadnock No. 4, or Stoddard town, was named Fitz-\\nwilliam at its incorporation, and included about one-half\\nof what is now Troy. Monadnock No. 5, was called\\nNe\\\\v Marlborough, and incorporated as Marlborough, and\\nincluded a part of Roxbury, and some less than one-half", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "10 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nof Troy. Monadiiock No. 6, was named I^ackersiield at\\nits incorporation and changed to Nelson in 1814, and\\nincluded the i)resent town of Nelson and a part of Harris-\\nville. Monadnock No. 7, was called Limerick till its\\nincorporation, when it was named Stoddard. Monadnock\\nNo. 8, was called Camden, till Dec. 13, 1776, when it was\\nincorporated and named Washington. Perhaps this was\\nthe first place to be named for the Father of his Country.\\nMonadnock No. 4, was granted by the Masonian pro-\\nprietors through their agent, John Blanchard, to Roland\\nCotton and forty-one others, among whom may be men-\\ntioned Josiah Cotton, Matthew Thornton, Siimpson Stod-\\ndard, Thomas Read, William Lawrence and John Stevens,\\non January 15, 1752, on conditions similar to those\\nnamed, but this grant became void because of the non-\\nfulfilment of the conditions.\\nBusiness had been disturbed by the war betw^een Eng-\\nland and France which ended in 1748, and a new struggle\\nbetween the same nations was just commencing, which\\nproved to be the Seven Years War, or the French and\\nIndian War, as it was called, which was disastrous to\\nthe settlement of a new towmship like this.\\nBut though they failed to comply with the conditions\\nof their contract. Cotton and his associates did not lose\\ntheir interest in the township, for an amicable settlement\\nwas made and a new grant given early in 1765, and\\nmany of the grantees of 1752 \\\\vere grantees under the\\nnew contract for in this their hardships are alluded to\\nand are treated with due consideration, and the second\\nlist doubtless included all of the first who had done any-\\nthing in the way of improvement and wished to be\\nincluded in the new company, and included the following:\\nSaini)S()n Stoddard, Paid Marcli,\\nMattliew Thornton, Jonathan Hhmchard.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 11\\nNathaniel Brooks, James Reed,\\nJohn Hone^ Jonathan Willson,\\nWilHam Earl Treadwell, Jacob Treadwell, Jr.,\\nEdmund Gronard, Thomas Spanlding,\\nAbel Lawrence, Jonathan Lovewcll,\\nGeorge Libbey, John Woods,\\nBenjamin Edwards, Charles Treadwell,\\nNathaniel Treadwell, Sampson Stoddard, Jr.,\\nDaniel Mellen, Benjamin Bellows,\\nJohn Stevens, Jeremiah Libbey.\\nThe grant was given upon the followmg conditions\\nTo Havk and to Hold to them and to their Several and Respective\\nheirs and assigns in Severalty as the same has been Divided into Separate\\nlots and as the said Lots are Numbered and Set to the Respective Names\\nin Said Schedule on the following Terms, Conditions and Limitations.\\nFirst that twenty of the Shares as the same are Sever d allotted and\\nDivided Numbered and fixed to the Several Names in Said Schedule be\\nand hereby is Reserved to the use of the Grantors their heirs and\\nassigns free and Exempted of and from all chai-ges of settlement and all\\nOther charges imtil Improved bj them their heirs or assigns and also\\nthat two hundred acres Lay d out for the Grantors at the North East-\\nerly part of said tract of land as appears bj^ Said Schedule and a plan\\nthereof be in like inanner Reserved to them their heirs assigns.\\nSecondly, that those of the Aforesaid Shares be and hereby a])j)ro-\\npriated one for the first Settled minister one for the use of the Ministry\\nand one for the use of a school on Said Tract of Land when Settled.\\nThirdly that the Remaining Shares be and hereby are Granted and\\nappropriated to the Several Persons and Sever d to them Respectiveh as\\nis mentioned and Ninnbered in Said Schedijle; And Each lot of Land in\\nSaid Tract shall be Subject to have Necessary high Ways Lay d out thro\\nthem as there shall be Occasion hereafter free from the charge of jnir-\\nchasing the Land that is the Owners of Said Lots shall not be ])aid for\\nthat part thereof which shall be so Necessarially La3 d out in high Ways\\nuntill an Incorporation and then to come under the Rides of Law in that\\nRegard.\\nFourthly that the Grantees aforesaid (subject to the duty of Settle-\\nment) Build fifty houses on Said Tract of Land Such Shares to have one\\nhouse on One of the Lots belonging to it Respectiveh as the Grantees\\nshall determine bv regular Votes according to their Interests within", "height": "3348", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthree years iVoin tlie Date liereof Eaeh House to ])e Btiilt so as to have\\none Room Sixteen feet Square or Equal thereto and also to have Twelve\\nacres Land cleared and fitted lor Tillage Pasture and Alowiny within\\nthe term of three Years and to add an acre more annually till the Inhab-\\nitants there Shall he IiK or|)oratcd, (on each Share) the said houses to\\nbe Well fitted and made Comfortable habitations and the Said Land to\\nlie cleared in a j^ ood Husbandlike manner and every Particular (Trantee\\naforesaid sliall ])ay his Due Projjortion of all Taxes and Charges neces-\\nsary to the Making Said Settlement in the articles aforesaid and in what\\nfollows on Pfiin of forfeiting his Right in Said Land or so much thereof\\nas shall answer his proportion of such Taxes and Charges to be disposed\\noi by a Committee chosen b^- a major part of the Grantees appointed\\nfor that j)nr]K)se.\\nFii TiiLV the said Grantees shall build a Convenient Meeting House\\nfor Public Worship within five years from the Date hereof and shall\\nMaintain Constant jireaching there from after the Term of six years\\nfrom the Date hereof.\\nSixthly all the white ]iine Trees Growing on any part of said Land\\ntho sevrd into Lots are hereljy Reserved that are fit for his Majesty s\\nuse for that purpose to him his heirs and successors.\\nSeventhly if the Grantees shall fail and make default of Completing\\nthe Settlement according to the Terms and Limitations aforesaid it shall\\nbe lawful to and for the said Proprietors and their successors to Re-enter\\ninto and upon the Said Tract of Land to Resume the same and to be-\\ncome Re-seized thereof as in their former Estate and as if this grant had\\nnot been made.\\nCopy of Record.\\nAttest: (tEO. Jaffkey, Prop. Cler.\\nReceived and Recorded this 22d day of May, 1765.\\nlixam.\\nSampson Stoddard, Jr.\\nPros. Clerk.\\nIt is not known when or where the first meeting of the\\nproprietors was held, or when the township was surveyed\\nand divided into lots, but was probably done at an early\\nperiod after the reception of the charter, and the lots\\ndrawn according to the common custom of the time.\\nEach lot was supposed to contain one hundred acres, but\\nthere was considerable variation in their size, and thev", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 13\\nexceeded one hundred acres on an average. According to\\nthe terms of the grant 1)y the Masonian Proprietors, each\\nof them, twenty-one in number, had one share or two\\nlots, though some of these men appear with ])artners at\\nthe drawing and selection, as Grantor Tomlinson and\\nMason. The follo\\\\ving will show the projDrietors of that\\njiart of the township, now within the limits of Troy, as\\nsettled by the draught, with the number and range of the\\nlot of each.\\nProprietors Names.\\nRange\\nNo.\\nRange.\\nNo.\\nSampson Stoddard,\\n5\\n21\\nG\\n21\\nSampson Stoddard,\\n10\\n20\\n6\\n22\\nSamjjson Stoddard,\\n10\\n21\\n6\\n23\\nSampson Stoddard,\\n10\\n22\\n11\\n17\\nSampson Stoddard,\\n10\\n23\\n11\\n21\\nSampson Stoddard,\\n11\\n22\\nHeirs of J. Liljbe^\\n4\\n21\\nMatthew Thornton,\\n4\\n22\\n5\\n23\\nAbel Lawrence,\\n4\\n23\\n12\\n18\\nJohn Moftatt,\\n5\\n22\\nJohn Woods,\\n7\\n23\\nJonathan Odiorne,\\n8\\n19\\n10\\n19\\nJonathan Willson,\\n8\\n21\\nJohn Stevens,\\n9\\n18\\nJames Reed,\\n9\\n19\\n12\\n23\\nDaniel Mellen,\\n9\\n22\\n9\\n23\\nNoah Emery,\\n10\\n17\\n(Grantor Tomlinson and Mason,\\n10\\n18\\nCharles Treadwell,\\n11\\n16\\nRichard Wiijird,\\n11\\n19\\nPeine Moore,\\n11\\n23\\n12\\n23\\nNathaniel Treadwell,\\n12\\n17\\nPaul March.\\n12\\n20\\n18\\n8\\n18\\n9\\n20\\n19\\n8\\n20\\n9\\n21\\n20\\n8\\n22\\n12\\n10\\n21\\n22\\n8\\n23\\n12\\n12\\n19\\n22\\n11 20\\n11 18\\nThe new owners soon took measures to perfect their\\norganization as a new company and to open up their\\ntownshi]) to settlement, and issued the following call for\\na meeting, signed by sixteen of the grantees who no w took\\nthe name of proprietors.", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "14 HISTORY OF TKOY.\\nWherkas the Proprietors of the Lands 2:ranted 1)y John Tufton\\nMason Esfir. eommonly called Mason s I^atent, have lately frranted to\\nlis (with some few others) a Tract of Land about six Miles Square as\\nmay ajjpear by the Grant, with the conditions of settlement and in order\\nto the Carrying on the same with Effect it is Necessary some method\\nshould be pursued by General Consent by the Grantees for which and it\\nis proposed that thej shall meet at the dwelling house of Thomas Har-\\nwood, in Dunstable, on Monday the 20th day of Ma^^ Instant at Twelve\\nO clock at noon, then and there when met to Chuse a Clerk for the\\nGrantees and to act on any other matter or thing that shall then be\\nprojected being necessary for Carrying forward and Completing the Set-\\ntlement afoi csaid. William Earle Treadwell, Benja. Edwards, Paul\\nMarch, Jacob Treadwell, Jun., Charles Treadwell, Sampson Stoddard,\\nMatthew Thornton, Jacob Treadwell, Jun., for Edmund Grouard, Nathl\\nTreadwell, Jonathan Blanchard, Thomas Spaulding, Sampson Stoddard,\\nJun., Nathl Brooks, Abel Lawrence, Daniel Mellen, James Reed.\\nA True Cojjy of the Original.\\nExamd per Sampson Stoddard, Jun.\\nThey met agreeably to the notice and took action as\\nfollows\\nAt a meeting of the Proprs the Grantees of that Tract of Land cjilled\\nMonadnock No. 4 in the Province of New Hampshire Granted by the\\nPurchasers of Mason s right so-called held at the house of Thomas Har-\\nwood in Dunstable on Monday the 20th day of May 1765.\\n1st. Col. Sampson Stoddard imanimously chosen Moderator.\\n2. Chose Sampson Stoddard Jun. Clerk for the Grantees.\\n3. Then the following mcathod for Calling meetings for the future\\nw^as agreed upon and Voted that upon application of the Owners of\\nTen Original Shares made in writing to the Clerk (for the time being)\\ninsert therein the Several matters and things Desired to be acted upon,\\nhe shall and is hereby authorized and Impowered to call such a Meeting\\nor meetings Posting proper Notifications at some place in Dunstable in\\nNew Hampshire and at some jiublic place in Chelmsford at least fourteen\\nDays Before hand and all meetings so posted and held accordingly shall\\nbe good and Valid. Then this meeting was dismissed.\\nMa3 20, 1765. Attest Sampson Stoddard Modr.\\nA true co])y of the Original Examd per Sampson Stoddard Jun.\\nProps Clerk.\\nThe next meeting of the proprietors was called by", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 15\\nSampson Stoddard, Junior, Clerk, to be held at the house\\nof Capt. Oliver Barron, Innholder, in Chelinsford, on Mon-\\nday, August 19th, 1765, then and there when met to aet\\nupon the folloAving articles as they shall judge proper.\\n1st. To see who of the Grantees shall make the Fifty Settlements\\nenjoined b_Y grant and to act thereon as shall Be agreed on.\\n2d. To raise Money In a tax for an\\\\ use for carrying forward and\\ncomi)leting the settlement of the Township.\\n8dly. Toseeif the Grantees will give an_v Encouragement Towards Build-\\ning Mills in said Townsliip and to do and act as they shall deem jjrojier.\\n4tli. To Chose a Committee to Receive Examine and Allow all\\n.\\\\ccounts of any Person or Persons who have done Service for the Proprs\\nor paid money for Cutting or Clearing Kodes, and to do and act in that\\nregard as they shall think proper.\\n5th. To Chuse a Treasurer and Collector.\\nGthly. To Chuse a Committee to kiy out Rodes c.\\nDated at Chelmsford the 27th day of July 1 765.\\nA true Copy of the Original Notification made Out by me in Conse(|uence of\\nan application for that Pm-pose on hie, and jjosted the time recpured.\\nExamd per Sampson Stoddard Jun.\\nProps Clerk.\\nThe following is a record of the meeting:\\nAt a meeting of the Grantees of the Tract of Land Laying in the\\nProvince of New Hampre called Monadnock No. foiu- holden at the\\nhouse of Capt. Oliver Barron, Innholder in Chelmsford on Monday the\\n19th day of August 1765.\\nChose Col. Stoddard, Modr.\\nWhereas the Grantees are Injoyncd l)y grant of said Townshi]) to\\nbuild hfty houses and make them comfortable habitations on said Tract\\nof Land and such shares to build as the Grantees shall determine and\\nalso to have twelve acres of Land Cleared and fitted for Tillage Pastur-\\ning and Mowing and to add an acre more annually (till an Incorjjora-\\ntion) on each subject to the duty of settlement.\\nTherefore Voted that the said settlements be done and performed by\\nthe following (irantees and in proportion hereinafter declared, Nanielv\\nCol. Stoddard eighteen, Edmimd (irouard two, Jacob Treadwell junior\\none, Jonathan Lovewell one, Benjamin Bellows two, Matthew Thornton\\nthree, Nathl Brooks one, Thomas Si)aulding one, John Honey one, Nathl\\nTreadwell one, Abel Lawrence three, Paul March one, James Reed four,", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "16 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nheirs of Georfje Lil)l)fy one. Cli.irles Treadwell one, John Stevens one,\\nDaniel Mellen one, Jonathan Hlanchard one, Jonathan Willson two, John\\nWoods one, Samjison Stoddard jun. one, Benjamin Edwards one, and\\nthe heirs of Jereh Lilibey one, Ijy building and Clearing in such way and\\nmanner as to fulfill the Grant.\\n2dlv. Voted that the sum of five Dollars on each share, two lots to\\na share be assessed and Immediately Collected by the Treasurer of this\\nProperty to answer and Pay the Necessary Charges and Expenses\\nalready arisen and arising in Bringing forward the settlement of said\\nTownship.\\n3dly. And whereas the speedy settlement of said Township Depends\\nmuch upon having a CJood saw Mill Built there soon as may be. Voted\\nthat in consideration of Col. Stoddard s conveying to Mr. Daniel Millen\\ntwo lots of Land then having a Mill plase on em for encouragement of\\nhis undertaking the arduous Task of Building and Keeping a saw mill\\nin rejjair to be fit to go, within fourteen months that said Stoddard be\\nIntitled to Draw out of the Treasury Twenty ])ounds Lawful money and\\nthat sum to be in full for the said two lots of Land.\\n4thly. Voted that Col. Stoddard and Mr. Sampson Stoddard Jr. be\\na Conunittee to Receive, Examine and allow all accounts of any person\\nor Persons who have done service for the Props and that upon their\\norder to the Treasurer he is Directed to jjay the Same accordingh\\\\\\nSthly. Voted that Jonathan Blanchard be Treasurer to this Pro-\\nprietv and Collector of the several Rates and Taxes that is or shall be\\nraised untill the Propty order the contrary.\\n6th. Voted that Messrs. Daniel Millen, James Reed, and Benjamin\\nBigelow be a Committee or the major Part of them to Mark, Lay out\\nand clere all necessary Rodes in said Township rendering their accounts\\nto acceptance untill the Props order the contrary. Then the Meeting\\nwas Dismissed.\\nAttest, Samtson Stodd.vkd\\nMod\\nA true copy Examd\\nper S.XMi so.N STt)ni)AKD, Jun.\\nP. C.\\nMoiiadiiock No. 5, or Marlborough, was granted the\\n20th day of May 1752, and v^^as estimated to comprise\\ntwenty thousand acres. The following is a copy of the\\nMasonian charter.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 17\\nPROVINCE OF NEW HAMPvSHIRE.\\nPursuant to the Power and Authority Granted and Vested In me the\\nsubseri1)er In- tlie Proprietors of Land, Purehased of Jolm Tufton Mason\\nEsqr. in the Provinee of New Hampe by their Vote Passed at their\\nMeeting held at Portsmouth in said Provinee the 6th day of December\\n1751.\\nI DO B3 these Presents on the Terms and Liinitation hereinafter\\nExpress d Give and Grant all the right Possession and Pro]3erty of the\\nPropr aforesaid unto James Mcnrison Junr. Archi1)ald Dunla]), Robert\\nClark, James L\\\\ ons, Robert Allen, Andrew Ai mer, Halbert Morrison,\\nSamuel Morrison, John Morrison, Thomas Morrison, Willim Gilmer,\\nJ(jhn Gilmer, Samuel Allison, Samuel Allison, Junr. James Willson, Junr.\\nJohn Willson, Robert Willson, Thomas Willson, Samuel Willson, Samuel\\nSteel, James Moore, John Warson, John Cochran, Isaac Cochran, Thomas\\nCochran, Samuel Cochran, Hugh Montgomery, Henry Neal, John Moore,\\nSamuel Mitchel, Thomas McClary, three Shares Each and to James Will-\\nson Senr one Share of In and To That Tract of Land or Township\\ncall d Monadnock number five Situate in the Province of New Hampe\\nContaining by E)stimation twenty thousand Acres Bounded as followeth,\\nBeginning at the Northwest Corner of the Townshij) Calld North\\nMonadnock No. three and Rims from thence North Eighty Degrees\\nWest three Miles and a half to a Beach Tree on West Line of Mason s\\nPatent and from thence Southerly in that Line Seven Miles three quar-\\nters forty Rods To the North West Corner of the Township Calld\\nMonadnock No. four, from thence South Eighty Degrees East aboxit\\nFour Miles by the North Line of said No. four till it Come to the West\\nLine of Monadnock No. two and No. three To the first Bounds mentioned.\\nTo Havk and to Hold to them their heirs and assigns on the fol-\\nlowing Terms Conditions and Limitations that is To Say that within\\nNine Months from this Date there be One hundred Twenty three fifty\\nAcre Lotts Lay d out as Near the Middle tlic Township In tlie Best of\\nthe Upland as Conveniency Will Adiuit Drawn for and that the\\nRemainder of the Townshiii l)c Divided Into One hundred Twenty\\nthree Shares not Exceeding two Lotts to a share In Such Quantity as\\nthe Grantees Agree upon each Lott Drawn for within two Years from\\nthis Date.\\nThat three of the aforesaid Shares be Granted and appropriated free\\nof all Charge One for the first Settled minister one for the Ministry\\none for the School those forever One lott for Each Said Share to be Laid\\n3", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "18 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nOut Near the middle of tlic Town X: Lotts Coupled to them So as to\\nMake tliem H(|ual with tiie Rest.\\nThat the owners of the Other Rights make Settlement at their Own\\nlixjjense in the following manner Viz. all the Lotts to be Lay d out at\\nthe (irantees lixpense.\\nThat all the Lotts in Said Town be Subject to have all Necessary\\nKodes Lay d out thro them as there sludl l)e Ocassion free from Charge\\nfor the Land.\\nThat \u00c2\u00a3it or Before the L ist Day of December 1754, there be three\\n.\\\\eres Clered Enclosed and fitted for mowing or Tillage on thirty of the\\naiorenientioned (irantees Shares Viz. on one Share of Each of the afore-\\nnamed (irantees excepting Hugh Montgomery, James Moore Stimuel\\nSteel and from thence annually, one more in Like Manner for five years\\nand that Each of the Grantees have a house Built on Some One Lott in\\nsaid Township of a Room Sixteen feet Sqviare at the Least Besides the\\nChimney Way with a Chimne\\\\ Cellar fit for Comfortable Dwelling\\ntherein. In Six Vears from the Date hereof and Some Person Inhabit-\\ning and Resident In Each house and to Continue Iidiabitancy there for\\nfour Years then Next Coming and that Within the Term of twelve Years\\nfrom this Date there be Seventeen Lotts more viz. one of the Rights of\\nJames Morrison, Robert Clark, James Lyons, Robert Allen, Andrew\\n.\\\\rmer, Halbert Morrison, David Morrison, Samuel Morrison, John Mor-\\nrison, Thomas Morrison, William CTilmore, John (iilmore, Samuel Allison,\\nJames Willson, John Willson, John Willson, Robert Willson, James Willson,\\nJmi. have In Like manner five Acres of Land Cler d Enclosed fitted as\\naforesaid Over above What they are to Do as afoi esaid Each a\\nhouse in manner aforesaid some Person Inhabiting therein and Con-\\ntinuing Inhabitancy for three Years afterwards there.\\nThat a Convenient Meeting house be Built In Said Township within\\nten Years from this Date and P inishcd as Xear the Center of the town-\\nship as Convcniency will .Vdmit of to be Determined Ijy a Major Vote of\\nGrantors and Grantees Ten Acres of Land Reserved there for Public Use.\\nThat the aforesaid (irantees or their .\\\\ssigns Grant .\\\\ssess anv\\nSum or Sums of Money as they shall think necessary for Carrying for-\\nward Completing the Settlemt aforesaid an\\\\^ of the Grantees Exclu-\\nsive of the three public Lotts aforesaid Who Shall Neglect for the Space\\nof three Months Next After Such Assessment Shall 1)c (iranted made\\nto pay the Same So much of Said Delinquints Rights Respectively Shall\\nmay be Sold as Will Pay the Tax all Charges arising thereon by a\\nCommittee of the (irantees appointed for that Pur])ose.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "(GRANTS OF THE LAND. l9\\nThat all White Pino Trees fit for Mastini his Majestys Royal Navy\\ni)e here1)y are Granted to his Majesty his heirs Siieecssors forever.\\nAnd in case an} of the Grantees Shall Neglect Refuse to Perform anv\\nof the Articles aforementioned 1)3- him Resiieetively to be Done he Shall\\nforfeit his Share and Right In Said Townshiji, Every p irt jjareel\\nthereof to those of the Grantees Who are not Dclinc|nint in the Condi-\\ntions on their i)art Resjiectively to be Done and it Shall mav be\\nLawful inr them or any Person by tlicir Authority to Enter Into\\nujjon Such Delinquints Right him or them Utterly to Amove, Oust\\nExi)ell for the Use of them their heirs and as/iigns Providcil they Settle\\nor Cause to be Settled Such Delinquints Right within the Term of one\\nYear at the farthest from Lhe Period that is by this Grant Stipulated as\\nthe Conditions thereof and fully Comjjly with the Conditions Such\\nDelin(its Ought to have Done within One Ye ir from the Time after the\\nRes])eetive Periods thereof and in Case the Said Grantees fulfilling as\\naforesaid of an3 Delinquint Owner nor he himself Perform it that then\\nSuch Share or Shares be forfeit Revert Belong to the Grantors their\\nheirs Assigns to be Wholly at their Disjjosal alwavs Provided there\\nbe no Indian Warr in any of the Terms Limited as aforesaid for doing-\\nduty Conditional in this Grant to be Done In Case that should\\nhap])en the same time to be allowed after such ImiK diment shall be\\nRemoved.\\nLastlv the Grantors Do hereby P^rcmiise To the said (irantees their\\nheirs Assigns to Defend thro the Law to King Council if Need be\\none Action that Shall may be Bro t against them by any Person or\\nPersons Whatsoever Claiming the Said Land or Any Part thereof by\\nany Other Title than that of the Said Grantors or that by Which they\\nhold Derive theirs from Provided the Said Grantors are avouched In\\nto Defend the Same and in Case on final Trycl the Same Shrdl be Recov-\\nered over Against the Grantors for the Said Lands lin])rovements or\\nEx]K nscs in Bringing forward the settlements.\\nTo all Which Premises I Joseph Blanchard Agent for in P ehalf of\\nthe (Trantors have hereunto Set my hand aiul vScal this 2()th Day of\\nMay in the 25th Year of his Majestys Reign Aniu)fiue Domiue 1 7r)2.\\nJosHi ii Blanciiani). [Serd.]\\nMost of the ^.^rantccs, now more ]3ro])erly called Pro-\\nprietors, were residents of other plaees, mostly London-\\nderry and Dunstable, and probably never intended to take\\nup their residenee here, but expected to realize something", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "20 msroKV of troy.\\nfrom selling the land to those wishmg to become settlers;\\nbut it seems no immediate effort was made to bring\\nforward the settlement of the townshi]), for no record of\\nthe proceedings of the Proprietors appears for over nine\\nyears.\\nView ok Commons, Lookinc, South from near Town Hall.\\nIf any efforts were made they were probably suspended\\nby the French and Indian war which broke out in 1753,\\nand was no doidot the cause of the non-fulfillment of the\\nconditions of the charter. This war caused great conster-\\nnation throughout all the settled portion of New England,\\nand it was the course of the Indians, upon the renewal of\\na \\\\yar between the French and English, to commence their\\nhostilities upon the frontier settlements.\\nIn August, 1754, a party of Indians surprised the family\\nof James Johnson of Charlestown, and captured the whole\\nnumber consisting of eight persons and led them prisoners\\nto Canada. The yery next day Mrs. Johnson was deliy-\\nered of a daughter, and the Indians had the humanity to\\nhalt on her accoxmt and construct a litter on which the\\\\\\ncarried the mother and daughter through the yast wilder-\\nness siu rounding the (ireen Mountains.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THE LAND. 21\\nIn 1755, small parties of Indians repeated their unwel-\\ncome visits to this section, and Benjamin Twitchell was\\ncaptured at Keene, and several persons killed at Walpole\\nand Hinsdale. The accounts of these atrocities s])read\\nwith great rapidity throughout the settlements, and often\\nexaggerated, causing a general feeling of insecurity, which\\nprevailed to such an extent that no progress could be\\nmade toward settling new townships.\\nIn 1761, the grantees transferred their interest in the\\ntownship to the following individuals residing in the tow^ns\\nof Marlborough and Marlborough, Mass. David Church,\\nWilliam Eager, Richard Tozer, Charles Biglo, Jacob Felton,\\nAbraham How, Jr., William Barker, Jonathan Green,\\nJonathan Bond, John Taylor, William Babcock, Silas\\nGates, Ebenezer Dexter, Benjamin How, Jonathan Blan-\\nchard, Adonijah How, Elezear How, Noah Church, Isaac\\nMcAllister, Silas Wheeler, Joseph Biglo, Daniel Harrington,\\nJohn Woods, Stephen How, Jessie Rice, Manning Sawin,\\nDaniel Goodenow, Ebenezer Joslin. Of this number but\\nfour became actual settlers, only one settling wnthin what\\nis now Troy. The others sold their interest to such\\nindividuals as would promise to settle thereon. Many of\\nthem were men of distinction in the places in which they\\nresided.\\nIn the New HRtnpshire Gazette for Friday, Nov. 20th,\\n1761, appeared the following notice:\\nPROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWhereas application hath this Da\\\\ been made to me ye Subscriber\\nby yt owners of more than one 16th part of the shares Rights or\\nInterests of the whole of that tract or Township, called Monadnock No.\\n5, in said Province Desireinn me to Notify call a Meetinj]^ of the\\nPro])ts of said Tract of Land.\\nThis is therefore to Notify Warn all Die Proprietors of the common\\nand individual Lands of the sd Tract or Township called Monadnock\\nNo. 5, aforesaid, To assemble meet at yc House of Colo. Williams,", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "22 IIISTOKV OF TROY.\\nInnlioldoi- In Alarlhorouiili in Uk- County of Middlesex on the Tenth Day\\nof l)eeend)er Next at Ten o eloek in the Morninii in order to net and\\nvote on the foHowint; artieles, viz. 1. To Chose /i Propts Clerk. 2dly.\\nA i)ro])ts Treasurer. 3. Assessors. A Proprietors Collector. 5thly.\\nTo see if the Projjts will a.yree to allot out the said Township or any\\npart thereof and raise Money by a Tax or other wise for that End or\\nany other, to earry on any Public Matter or thinj? necessary to Bring\\nforward the settlement of said Townshi]). Gth. To agree on some\\nMeasure for calling Proprietors Meetings for the Future.\\nNovember 10th, 1761. Joski h Blanciiard, Jus. Peace.\\nTlic I*r()])riet()r.s assembled at the time and place\\na] pointed, and the following is from the records of the\\nmeeting\\n1st. Made Choice of Noah Church, Moderator.\\n2dly. Iibenzr Dexter Pro])ts Clerk.\\nHdly. Jessie Rice Propts Treasurer,\\n-tthly. Noah Church,\\nJacob I- elton, Assessors.\\nEbenzr Dexter,\\nnthly. Stephen How Projits Collector.\\nThe meeting was then adjourned until the 30th day of\\nA])ril, 17(32; then to meet at the honse of Jonathan\\nWarren, innholder in Marlborough, in order to act upon\\nthe remainder of the articles in the notification aforesaid.\\nAt this adjourned meeting the Proprietors voted to lay\\nont the whole township into one htmdred acre lots before\\nthe 20th day of the next June.\\nDr. Bond, Capt. Joseph Biglo, Mr. Daniel Harrington\\nand Lieut. Silas Gates were chosen a committee to carry\\nthis into effect; proper persons to be employed by them,\\nand a plan thereof retm-ned to the Pro])rietors at the next\\nmeeting, the expense to be paid by the ])ropriety, and to\\nmeet the cx]5ense it was voted to raise five dollars on\\neach ])roprietor s right. This meeting was then adjourned\\nto the 30th day of Jimc, to meet at the house of Capt.\\nBezaleel Eager, innholder in Westborough, to hear the", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "GRANTS OF THB LAND. 23\\nreport of the committee and draAv the lots. At this\\nmeeting the committee tor kitting out the town reported\\nthat they were not ready for the drawing the k)ts, by\\nreason of ye wdiole of the aljove said Tract of Land not\\nbeing- alotted out; and the meeting was further adjourned\\nto meet on the second Wednesday in Octoljer at the house\\nof Cob WilHams, innhokkn- in Marlljorough.\\nAt this meeting, Dr. Bond, Daniel Harrington, Capt.\\nRice, Capt. Joseph Biglo, and Noah Brooks were chosen a\\ncommittee to couple the lots for drawing and fixing upon\\na method for calling Proprietors meetings, which was as\\nfollows: Upon applycation of the owners of five original\\nRights made to the Clerk in writing inserting the articles\\nto be acted upon, he shall thereupon Make out a notify-\\nc\u00c2\u00a3ition Warning all ye ProjDts at such time and place as they\\nshall a])point, and he shall ])ost up Two Notifycations\\niz: t)ne in Westborough \u00c2\u00a3it some Public Place 14 Days\\nbefore said Meeting, and all Meetings so Posted Held\\nshall be good Valid. The drawing of the lots took\\nplace on Nov. 22, 1762, at the house of Abraham Williams\\nin Marlborough, wdien each proprietor had a particular\\npart of the township assigned to him.\\nWho were all the proprietors of that portion of the\\nterritory wdiich now^ comes wdthin the limits of Troy does\\nnot readily appear, but it is known that among the num-\\nber were William Barker, Jacob Felton, Silas Wheeler anfl\\nDaniel Harrington.\\nIt will be perceived in this history of the settlement of\\nthese townships, or that part of them which comes wnthin\\nthe present limits of this town, that but few^ of the gran-\\ntees became actual settlers in either of them. A majority\\nof them lived either in Massachusetts or the eastern part\\nof New Hampshire, and probably never intended to estab-\\nlish their residence upon land here of which they obtained", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "24 HISTORY OF TROY.\\na grant. Many of them were prominent and influential\\nmen in the eomnumities in whieh they lived, and oftentimes\\nholding positions of trust and responsibility whieh they\\ndid not eare to relinquish. Doubtless they some time\\nexpected to realize some adequate return for their outlaj^\\nand appeared to have well understood what w^ould most\\nenhance their value, for they sought to make them com-\\nfortable and agreeable homes, and took such steps as would\\nbe most conducive in very early establishing a permanent\\nChristian ministry, thereby having the influence of religious\\ninstitutions constantly jjresent.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nEARLY SETTLERS.\\nEARLY v^ETTLERS FROM ITGi TO 1780. WILLIAM BARKER. SILAS FIFE.\\nTHOMAS TOLMAN. PHINEAS FARRAR. COL. RICHARD ROBERTS. JAMES\\nBREWER. JOHN FARRAR. CALEB WINCH. JONATHAN SHAW. JONAH\\nHARRINGTON. DAVID WHEELER. EZEKIEL MIXER. BENJAMIN TOLMAN.\\nJACOB NOURSE. MOSES KENNEY. HENRY MORSE. DANIEL LAWRENCE.\\nDANIEL CUTTING. JOSEPH CUTTING. REUBEN WARD. ICHABOD SHAW.\\nPETER STARKEY. JOHN STARKEY. BENJAMIN STARKEY. JOSEPH\\nSTARKEY. ENOCH STARKEY. JONATHAN LAWRENCE. JOSHUA HAR-\\nRINGTON. DUNCAN CAMERON. JOHN BRUCE. THOMAS CLARK. AGABUS\\nBISHOP. ABNER HASKELL. JOSEPH FORRISTALL. GODDING FAMILY.\\nALEXANDER PARKMAN. JOSEPH NOURSE. DANIEL FARRAR.\\nIt will be seen that the first settlements in these town-\\nships were made at nearly the same time. Monadnock\\nNo. 4 was first settled by John Fassett, Daniel Millen,\\nJames Reed, Benjamin Bi^elow^ and others, the three latter\\nbeing the fathers of the to\\\\vn, for no others probably\\nwere equally efficient in labor and sacrifice for promoting\\nits prosperity.\\nThe first settlements made in Monadnock No. 5 were\\nmade by Isaac McAllester, William Barker, Abel Wood-\\nward, Benjamin Tucker and Daniel Goodenough. A pecu-\\nliar interest attaches to those who first became settlers\\nin any town or place, in that we naturally desire to\\nknow who they were, where they came from, and how\\nthey fared. As to the general character of these first\\nsettlers, it may be said that they were industrious, ener-\\ngetic, frugal, kind, considerate, ready for hard labor, and\\nwilling to make large sacrifices for the comfort and wel-\\nfare of their families and of society at large.", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "26 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThere were doubtless some worthless persons and\\nshiftless families among them, for sueh will always find\\ntheir wav to a new settlement, bnt the nuijority of the\\nmen and women who founded these homes and established\\nthe social, civil and religious institutions upon these hills\\nand along these streams, were persons of genuine worth\\nand fit to be the pioneers in so great and important an\\nenterprise.\\nThey came expecting hard work, a life of toil wnth\\nmany privations, but after all much comfort in laying\\ngood foundations and witnessing substantial progress\\nmade. In general they were law abiding and ready to\\nfrown upon an\\\\ vice, whoever might be guilty of it, for\\nthey brought with them not a few of the strongest and\\nbest elements of their Puritan character.\\nThe home training of their childhood and youth had\\nbeen passed under the best moral and religious influence,\\nand they aimed to transplant and cherish the same in the\\nplace of their adoption, as their history conclusively^ proves.\\nAs to the age of the first settlers, the majority of them\\nwere young rather than old. A few there Avere \\\\vith gray\\nhairs and showing mark of life s struggle, whose families\\nwere alread} established and their children grown to\\nmaturity and fully prepared, both intellectually and physi-\\ncally, to take an active part in maintaining the interests\\nand welfare of their new home, but these were the excep-\\ntions rather than the rule, for the records of deaths of the\\nthe pioneers in these settlements show that they were\\nfrom twenty-five to forty years of age, and of course in\\nthe full vigor of their manhood and womanhood, while\\nthe fact that some were older served to qualify the energy\\nwith a larger share of wisdom and discretion. In the\\nmatter of education and general intelligence, it may be said\\nthat they were fully equal to the neighbors they left behind", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "I-ARLY SETTLERS. 27\\nin the older settlements. At that time the school training\\nwas not the best, books were few and not easily obtained,\\nand the newspaper of the jiresent day was almost\\nunknown and therefore, jndi^ed by modern standards, the\\nlearning of these laborious and hard working families\\ncould not be very great.\\nThe first settlement to be made on land now within the\\nlimits of Troy, was made by William Barker, supposed to\\nhave been a native of Westborough, Mass. He was one\\nof the original proprietors of Monadnock No. 5, or\\nMarlborough, and had drawn several lots in the division,\\nand perhaps because of this financial interest he was led\\nto explore this region, which he did in 1761, and selected\\na location on West Hill with a view of making it his\\nfuture residence. He made but a short stop and the next\\nyear returned, bringing with him tools to make a clearing\\nfor his house, and provisions for a limited time, and it is\\nsupposed he felled the first trees and built the first camp\\nin this then wnld land, which must have been a lonely\\nexperience, but the hope and promise of a new^ land caused\\nhim to endure and persevere alone by day and night.\\nHis supply of provisions becoming exhausted, he retraced\\nhis steps homeward, having made a beginning for a per-\\nmanent settlement. He returned in the spring of 1764,\\nenlarged his clearing, constructed a log house, and pre-\\npared the way for the removal of his family. Early in the\\nfollowing fall, with his wife and three small children, they\\nbid adieu to their many neighbors and friends and started\\nupon their long and trying journey. Their mode of con-\\nveyance was an ox team, which at that time was a first-\\nclass method of traveling. Their progress was slow, as\\nthe roads were in poor condition, but they easily reached\\nWinchendon, from which there was no road; and they had\\nto get on the best they could through the forest bv", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "2S HISTORY OF TROY.\\nfollowing the direction of marked trees, and with their load\\nand method of traveling, this part of their journey was\\nextremely difficult and just how long it took them to\\nmake this distance of less than twenty miles, we have no\\nrecord to show, but after much toil and many slight acci-\\ndents, they arrived at their new home the 17th day of\\nSeptember, 1764, we must say, thankful their destination\\nw^as reached and showing no disposition to retrace their\\nsteps, the first family that moved into Monadnock No. 5.\\nTheir neighbors and companions were now^ the bear,\\nthe w^olf, the panther, the hawk and the partridge. Dur-\\ning the first year they ^vere dependent for most of their\\nprovisions upon the neighboring towms, and Mr. Barker\\nconsequently had to make several journeys to Northfield\\nand Westborough to obtain the requisite supplies, but\\nafter that, his lands being tolerably productive, he was\\nobliged to obtain but little from these towns except gro-\\nceries, and these being expensive luxuries were only spar-\\ningly and economically used.\\nFor the first few years they must have felt some of the\\nprivations incident to a pioneer life, but they may have\\nbeen of those individuals to whom solitude imparts a\\nmost delightful charm. They could but have felt that they\\nw^ere sowing for others to reap. Be this as it may, w^e\\nhave no evidence that they w^ere not contented with their\\nlot, or that they did not take as much comfort in their\\nfamily in this quiet retreat as they could have taken\\namidst the busy scenes of a populous town. For more\\nthan a year they Vk^ere the only family in this section,\\ntheir nearest neighbors being av^ay some three or four\\nmiles so that the influence of society beyond the limits of\\ntheir own family circle could have been but little felt.\\nA road having been built past his residence in 1770, he\\nopened a public house which he kept some eight or ten", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "EAKLV SETTLERS. 29\\nyears, and was the first piiliHc house in the township.\\nHis sign was an npright post with an arm projecting\\nfrom the top, ujjon the end of which was the picture of a\\nheart.\\nIn 1765, a settlement was made in the eastern part of\\nthe township. Silas Fife came to Monadnock No. 5\\nfrom Bolton, Mass. He was a young man, and having\\nheard much of the undeveloped resources of this re^-ion\\nand of its adaptability for farming purposes, he deter-\\nmined to visit it with a view of purchasing a tract for a\\nfarm. Consequently in the spring of this year he started,\\naccompanied only 1)y his trusty dog and gun, and with a\\nsmall quantity of food strapped upon his back. Upon his\\narrival he purchased a lot of land on East Hill, including\\nmost of the Deacon Abel Baker farm, now owned by\\nOliver P. Whitcom!). Here he constructed a rude hut, or\\nperhaps a cave, as a temporary shelter, near the entrance\\nof which he cooked his food, while within he slept during\\nthe night, gun in hand, ready at a momenl s warning to\\nsend Bruin howling from his ])resence.\\nYoung Fife seemed to be possessed of an adventurous\\nspirit to which this wild region was well adapted. He\\nwas an excellent shot and fond of the chase, and the\\nabundance of game in the vicinity of the mountain\\nafforded ample scope for the exercise of his skill. As his\\nsupply of food during the first few months of his residence\\nwas limited, he was obliged to depend upon his favorite\\namusement for his daily sustenance, and whenever he felt\\nthe pangs of hunger, the sharp crack of his rifle was\\npretty certain to bring him relief.\\nFor several summers he toiled on alone, clearing his\\nground and bringing it into a state of cultivation in the\\nmeantime he built a house, and then, thinking, like many\\nothers, that he had experienced fully his share of the", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "30 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nsweets of single blessedness, married Abif^ail Hovighton, a\\nyoung lady tVoni his native town, and took her to his\\nwilderness home. The} were married in Boston, Mass.,\\nAug. 15, 1772. Mrs. Fife was but little accustomed to\\nthe rude life she had here chosen, and it is therefore no\\nwonder that many perplexing incidents should happen to\\nher in the discharge of her household duties one of which\\nshe often related in after years with great merriment. A\\nfe\\\\v days after becoming settled in her new home, she\\nundertook to bake some pies which were on pewter plates,\\nand placed in a heated stone oven. Shorth afterward,\\non looking into the oven, it is perhaps unnecessary to add,\\nshe found the plates a lic(uid mass, rolling about in dif-\\nferent directions. A few such lessons probably served to\\ncorrect her judgment and led her to avoid similar unpleas-\\nant casualties.\\nIn 1767, a large number of individuals came to these\\ntownships, purchased land, and made preparations for\\ntaking up their abode here, and in the following year\\neleven individuals, and some of them with f^imilies, settled\\non territory now in Troy, and included the following:\\nThomas Tolinaii, Caleb Winch,\\nPhineas Farrar, Jonathan Shaw,\\nRichard Roberts, Jonah Harrington,\\nJames Brewer, David Wheeler,\\nJohn Farrar, Joseph Tififany,\\nEzekiel Mixer.\\nThomas Tolman came from Dorchester, Mass., and was\\nthe son of Henry and Mary Tolman, whose ancestors\\nwere reported to have been among the first settlers of\\nBoston and vicinity. He purchased a large tract of land\\nof the heirs of Sampson Stoddard, wdio was proprietor of\\nmost of the land in this section. The forest was very\\nheavy here, and he felled with his own hands the first tree\\nto make an opening for the log house into which he", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 31\\nmoved his family as early as 1768. This hut stood on\\nthe E. H. Tolman farm, now owned by E. P. Kimball,\\nand was located in the southeast corner of the field in\\nfront of the house. After clearing a few acres of ground\\nhe built a grist mill, and a few years later he built a saw\\nmill, and as soon as it was in operation, having plentv of\\nlumber at his command, he commenced making prepara-\\ntions for building a better house and soon exchanged the\\nlog hut for a good substantial frame house, which he\\nafterwards opened as an inn.\\nThis was the first house built and occupied in what is\\nnow the village of Troy. This was the house now owned\\nby Mrs. Sarah Brown, formerly occu]Med by Joseph\\nHaskell, and is the oldest house in town. Its position\\nhas been changed, as it formerly stood farther back and\\nwith the end towards the common, and it has been con-\\nsiderably changed by repairs. Being an active, athletic\\nand vigorous man, he made great improvements, and in\\nthe forest which then covered the ground now occupied\\nby the village, he cut the first tree that bowed to the\\nwoodman s axe; he built the first house and was the first\\nsettler. Mr. Tolman was a man of considerable impor-\\ntance in the early history of this region, and he lived to\\nsee settled around him many neighbors to whom he was\\na faithful friend and upright citizen.\\nPhineas Farrar was the sixth generation in descent from\\nJacob Farrar, who settled in Lancaster, Mass., in 1658, and\\nwas the eldest son of Josiah and Hannah Farrar. He came\\nto Monadnock No. 5 in 1768, and purchased several lots of\\nland, and built a small house near where J. M. Foster now\\nlives. About this time he married Lovina Warren, of\\nMarlborough, Mass., and immediately removed to his new\\nhouse, where he addressed himself to the work of convert-\\ning a dense forest into a productive farm. In 1773 or", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "32 HISTORY OF TROY.\\n1774, he went to Newfane, Vt., where he resided about\\ntwo years, at the expiration of whieh time he returned\\nand purchased a lot of land coni])rising most of the Elisha\\nH. Tohnan farm upon which he built a house. Here he\\nlived until 1778, when he exchanged farms with Benoni\\nRobbins or sold the same and returned to the location he\\nfirst purchased. Here he built a new and commodious\\nhouse and was soon joined by his venerable father and\\nmother from Sudbury, who came to spend the remainder\\nof their days with him. He obtained ])OSsession of nearly\\nall the land comprisini the farms formerly owned by\\nJoseph M. Forristall, and those owned by Gregory Law-\\nrence and Farwell Cobb. He kept a public house for\\nmany 3^ears and was prominent in all town affairs, and\\nwas representative from Marlborough for several terms.\\nCol. Richard Roberts came to Monadnock in 1768,\\nfrom Bolton, Mass., and located where Wilford E. Parker\\nnow lives. He afterwards lived in several different places.\\nHe was a man of ordinary height, very corpulent, with a\\nstern, commanding appearance, but a benevolent disposi-\\ntion. He was a man of untiring energy, and took a very\\nconspicuous part in all public business of the town, show-\\ning he was esteemed by those who had the best means of\\nknowing his real merit. He had more wealth than most\\nof his neighbors and often assisted the poor in many\\nways. During the Revolutionary period he kept a public\\nhouse on the road leading from the Parker Butler place to\\nGeo. A. Porter s. He died in his chaise, Sept. 10, 1801,\\nwhile returning from Kcene, and was found by the side of\\nthe road near the village of South Keene.\\nJames Brewer came from Sudbury, now Wayland,\\nAlass., in 1768 or 1769, being one of a party of eleven\\nwho came into the Monadnock region at that time. He\\npurchased a lot of one hundred and twenty acres of land.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 33\\nbeing lot 23 in Monadnock No. 5, drawn by Samuel Coch-\\nran, building a log hoUvSe which stood near where Abel\\nGarfield formerly lived, to which he removed his family,\\nand like all the early settlers, his time was ])rincipally\\nemployed in clearing and tilling the soil. He ]30ssessed\\nnaturally a strong mind which was considerably improved\\nby education; and in his intercourse wath his fellow men\\nhe was upright, affable, and readily secured their confi-\\ndence and esteem consec[uently he was often promoted to\\nstations of honor and responsibility.\\nIn 1770, he was one of the town committee in Monad-\\nnock No. 5, to assist in selecting a site and building the\\nfirst meeting house, and also of the coinmittee to choose\\nthe first minister, the Rev. Joseph Cummings. He also\\nserved on the committee chosen later to settle the difficul-\\nties between the church and the minister.\\nIt is said that he was one of the party of men, who\\ndisguised as Indians, at Boston, Dec. 16, 1773, went to\\nthe wharf and emptied into the harbor, some three hun-\\ndred and forty chests of tea, brought to the port by three\\nvessels from India. This protest, known as the Boston\\nTea Party, was against the taxation of the colonies.\\nDuring that early period there were no schools, and he\\nwas often employed in teaching the children of the neigh-\\nborhood, and took delight in having them gather round\\nhim to set them copies and give them sums.\\nAt the commencement of hostilities with Great Britain,\\nhe enlisted in the Patriot cause and w^as an efficient officer\\nin the Revolutionary ariny, and was at the Battle of\\nBunker Hill, and subsequently at Ticonderoga. Having\\nserved his time he returned home. The war was not\\nended and a meeting was called at Marlborough, Feb. 13,\\n1781, for the purpose of devising some method to fill their\\nquota, which at that time was no easy task, for the", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "34 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ntown had as yet spent but little in paying bounties to\\nthose who had served, as those who had enlisted had\\ndone so more from a sense of duty and love of eountry,\\nthan for the sake of obtaining bounties. The Continental\\neurrency had depreciated so in value at this time as to be\\nworth but little or nothing. Mr. Brewer was moderator\\nof this meeting and made the town the following pro-\\nposals. If I engage for the town for three years, I wall\\nhave five hundred dollars, Continental money; one hun-\\ndred dollars, the old way the first year, one-half in four\\nmonths if I serve six months, and one hundred dollars\\nmore for the second year, if I serve six months in the\\nsecond year, and one hundred more if I serve the third\\nyear six months more. These proposals were accepted and\\nthe selectmen were instructed to give him security for the\\nabove sums in behalf of the towm.\\nHe was one of the number who signed the Declaration\\nof the Committee of Safety, and also the agreement by\\nwdiich the inhabitants pledged their faith and honor that\\nthey would not import, sell, purchase, or consume any\\nkinds of East India teas, nor suffer the same to be used or\\nconsumed in their respective families, until the duties\\nshould be taken off.\\nSoon after the Declaration of Independence, the Conti-\\nnental Congress sent out to the various Assemblies of the\\nStates, articles signed by all the members of the Congress,\\nwhich were designed to perpetuate union betw^een the\\nStates, and these were sent to the several towns for their\\na])proval. These articles of confederation w^ere rejected by\\na majority of the votes in the state.\\nAnother convention was called June, 1781, which held\\nnine sessions before a plan was devised that was wholly\\naccepted, not closing until Oct. 1782. This was not\\naccepted by the town of Marlborough, at a meeting in", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 35\\nNov. 1782, and James Brewer was one of a committee of\\nseven chosen to draw up an amendment which was\\naccepted at an adjonrned meeting a week later, and he\\nwas also one of the signers of the Constitution of New\\nHampshire, which was declared to be such June, 1784.\\nJohn Farrar was a native of Framingham, Mass., and\\na highly respected and honored citizen before he came to\\nMonadnock No. 4, which was about 1768, as in October\\nof that year he was chosen a member of a committee to\\nlocate a meeting house and lay out a burying ground. It\\nis not certain that he removed his family until some years\\nlater, as his youngest child is recorded as having been\\nbaptised in Framingham in 1771. In 1769, it appears he\\nheld the office of deputy sheriff in Middlesex County,\\nMass., and he held other important offices in Framingham\\nas late as 1774.\\nIt is quite probable that for some years after 1768 he\\nretained his residence in Framingham, while he was active\\nin promoting the civil and religious interests of Monad-\\nnock No. 4, going back and forth between the two places\\nas circumstances seem to refpiire. He was twice married,\\nhis first wife having been a daughter of Rev. John Swift\\nof Framingham, who left two children, two others having\\ndied in infancy, while his second wife, Deborah Winch, had\\nnine children.\\nCaleb Winch came from Framingham, Mass., and\\nsettled in the eastern part of the town in 1768, building\\nfor himself a log house. He was an intelligent and useful\\ncitizen and became a man of note in the township he\\nwas energetic and enterprising, and deeply interested in\\nall measures concerning the public welfare. He was\\none of the six original members of the church in Fitzwil-\\nliam, and took a cons]5icuous ])art in all public business\\nof the town, his name frequently appearing upon the", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "36 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nrecords of the town, 1)oth of the proprietors and town in\\nconnection with important offices. Although not pos-\\nsessed of a liberal education, he appears to have had more\\nthan ordinary talents which left conspicuous footprints\\nupon the sands of time. His wife s name was Mehitable,\\nand they had ten children born between 1770 and 1788.\\nMr. Winch died in 1826.\\nJonathan Shaw and Jonah Harrington were early\\nsettlers, but no account can be given of the early life or\\nplace of residence of the former. He built a house on\\nHunt Hill, so-called, west of the place now owned by H.\\nW. Eastman, on an old road which formerly commenced\\nnear the foot of the hill and terminated in the present\\ntraveled road, west of the place now owned by John\\nTatro. The latter was the son of Daniel and Mary Har-\\nrington, one of the early grantees of the township. He\\nwas born in Marlborough, Mass., in 1748, and married\\nDamaris Warren of Marlborough, in 1769, and soon after\\nhis marriage he came to this section and was the first\\nsettler on the Lemuel Brown place. He owned most of\\nthe land extending eastward from the road by his house\\nto the lots owned by Silas Fife and Richard Robberts.\\nBoth Shaw and Harrington lived on their respective places\\nsome ten or fifteen years and then removed to Vermont.\\nHarrington sold his place to Daniel Cutting.\\nDavid Wheeler came from Marlborough, Mass., prob-\\nably about 1770, and purchased a lot of land and was\\nthe first settler on the farm now owned by Samuel A.\\nMason, his purchase including the farms formerly owned\\nby Amasa Fuller, Artemas Bemis, Asa and Luther Bemis\\nand George Lovering. The low land in this vicinity was\\nat that time covered with a heavy growth of ash trees,\\nand from these trees young Wheeler split out the timber\\nwith which he built quite a substantial house on a small", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 37\\nswell a little south of the present barn. He lived here\\nalone some foitr or live years, when he married Rebecca\\nHoar. From what is said of him we learn that he was\\nan honest, hardv^^orking man, and a good farmer, and\\nthat he was highly esteemed is fully attested by the\\nnumerous offices which he held within the gift of his fel-\\nlow citizens.\\nOf James Tiffany and Ezekiel Mixer but little can be\\nsaid, as there is but little recorded of them, and the most\\nthat is known is from traditionary reports. Tiffany came\\nfrom Attleborough, Mass., and settled on West Hill on\\nthe Milan Core} place, where he lived until about 1772,\\nwhen he sold his land to Moses Kenney, after which all\\ntrace of him is lost. Ezekiel Mixer was the son of John\\nMixer of Framingham, and made the first improvements\\non the Daniel Farrar farm. He built a small house and\\nlived there until 1775, clearing the land and bringing it\\ninto good condition for the bearing of crops.\\nDuring the twelve years from 1768 to 1780, but very\\nfew settlers came into these townships, being due in part,\\nat least, to the disturbed condition of the country caused\\nby the Revolutionary war and the controversies with\\nGreat Britain, \\\\vhich caused a very unsettled state of\\naffairs, the public being more earnestly engaged in seeking\\ntheir independence from the yoke of the English govern-\\nment, than in acquiring new homes in the wilderness.\\nThe following it is believed are the most of the immi-\\ngrants who settled here during this period.\\nBenjamin Tolnian, Joshua Harrington,\\nJacob Newell, Duncan Cameron,\\nMoses Kenne} John Bruce,\\nHenry Morse, Thomas Clark,\\nDaniel Lawi ence, Agabvis Bishop,\\nDfiniel Cutting, Abner Haskell,\\nJoseph Cutting, Joseph Forristall,", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "38 HISToh V OF TKOV.\\nReii1)ei] Ward, John (Tocldinj^,\\nIchaliod Shaw, Alexander Parkman,\\nPeter Starkey, Joseph Nonrse,\\nJonathan Lawrence, Daniel Farrar.\\nBenjamin Tolman was a brother of Thomas, before\\nmentioned, and was born in Dorchester, Mass. He resided\\nsome years in Attleborough, from which place he came to\\nMonadnock No. 4, about 1770, and built a log house.\\nHe married Hepzibeth, daughter of Jacob Newell, and lived\\nin this house until about 1780, when he removed to a\\nnew house which he had built on the opposite side of the\\nroad and about one hundred rods west of the present\\nresidence of John Tatro and on land now owned by E. P.\\nKimball. The old well can be found in the wall by the\\nside of the road. At the time of his settlement there was\\nno road in that part of the township, and finding it con-\\nvenient to have one to reach his hut and farm, and the\\nProprietors being slow to furnish one, he proceeded to\\nclear and make one for himself, and this he did without\\nfollowing stake and stones set by a court s committee, or\\nasking leave of the intervening owners of the territory,\\nand if it was not in all respects what is required at the\\npresent day, no complaint was ever made against it and\\nno damages ever paid tor injury to horse or carriage. It\\nwas considered in keeping with all the other conveniences\\nof life in those times, when to earn their living by the\\nsweat of the brow was the lot of every one. In 1790, he\\nsold his place to one Sweetland, and removed to another\\nlot, building another log house and commencing anew to\\nclear the land. This was the farm afterwards occupied by\\nhis son Stephen, and here he spent the remainder of his days.\\nJacob Newell, was the son of Jacob Newell of Attle-\\nborough, from which place he came in 1769 or 1770, and\\nwas the second settler in what is now the village. He", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS.\\n39\\npurchased most probably of William Barker, most of the\\nland comprising the farms formerly owned by William\\nHarris, William Whitcomb, Stillman Newell, Bemis and\\nClark and Stephen Wheeler. He also obtained a part of a\\nlot in the north part of the village, and built a log house on\\nthe spot now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Abel Biu pee.\\nF\\nr\\ni 1\\njjgt Vt s.J^\\nff^\\nm^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.^n\\nmM\\nap:J\\nHk-\\nM\\nView of Main St. Looki.ng South from near Congregational Chukch.\\nHe lived there man}- years, clearing most of the land in\\nthat vicinity. After a time he replaced the log with a\\nframe house, and in the mean time he purchased of\\nThomas Tolman an interest in the new grist mill, prob-\\nably one-fourth part, as there was a deed of such a part\\nfrom Jacob Ne well to Joshua Harrington, and dated the\\n27th day of May, 1776, and in the 16th year of the\\nreign of George the 3d. A few years later he sold his\\nhouse and several acres of land to Ebenezer Tolman and\\nbuilt another on the farm now owned by Franklin Whit-\\ncomb, where he resided most of the time till the close of\\nhis life.\\nMoses Kenney came from Marlborough, Mass., about\\nthe year 1772, and purchased the farm then owned by\\nJames Tiffany, where he resided till 177S, when he sold to", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "40 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nMoses Cuttins^, and iiioved to ennont. His residence\\nhere was short, and his name seldom appears upon the\\nrecords. Henry Morse came from Charlestown, Mass., in\\n1773, and settled in Swanzey on a lot of land which was\\nafterward severed from that township and annexed to\\nTroY, and is what is knowai as the Jonathan Clark farm.\\nBefore coming to Swanzey his occupation had been an\\ninnkeeper, and undoubtedly he selected this location with\\nthe view of pursuing his favorite occupation, as it was a\\nvery judicious one, it being on the main road from Swan-\\nzey to Boston, and with no other i)ublic house in the\\nvicinit3^ In those days of transportation by team, the\\ntravel must have been considerable, and the situation and\\ngood management soon made a lucrative business, for in\\na few years the house first built was found too small to\\naccommodate the increasing business, and a larger and\\nmore commodious one was built in 1778. Mr. Morse\\nkept the house until his death in 1786.\\nDaniel Lawrence was a native of Weston, Mass., where\\nhe passed his minority with his parents on a farm. He\\nmarried Elizabeth Graves of Sudbury, in 1773, and in the\\nfollowing year, leaving his wafe behind him, he came to\\nMarlborough and purchased a lot of hmd of Jonah Har-\\nrington, \\\\vhich included most of the farm now known as\\nthe John Lfiwrence place. He built a log house near the\\nsite of the present buildings, doubtless intending to remove\\nhis family soon, but the breaking out of the Revolutionary\\nwar changed his plans, for he entered the army. He arrived\\nat Cambridge about the middle of June, and was among\\nthe nuinl^er detached from the main army to fortify Bun-\\nker Hill, and fought under Prescott in that battle. At\\nthe end of eight months he received an honorable dis-\\ncharge and returned to Weston, making preparations to\\nmove to the selected place for his future residence, w^hich", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 41\\nhe did in the spring of 1776, with his wife and one child,\\nmaking the toilsome journey with an ox team, the usual\\nmode of conveyance in those days, taking ])ossession of\\nthe previoush abandoned log house. He cleared most of\\nthe land coniprising this farm and erected part of the\\npresent buildings. He was an industrious farmer, having\\nlittle to do with public business, as his name but seldom\\nappears upon the town records, and at the time of his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1832, he had accumulated con-\\nsiderable property.\\nDaniel Cutting was the son of Moses and Mary Strat-\\nton Cutting of Framingham, and came to Marlborough in\\n1773, and located on the Timothy Fife place. In 1779, he\\npurchased of Jonah Harrington, the farm at the North\\nend now owned by Charles D. Farrar, and formerly owned\\nby Calvin Barnard. He built a saw mill near where C.\\nD. Farrar s pail shop now stands. He lived there some\\nsixteen years, his time being divided between his farm and\\nmill, and possessing more than ordinary business capacity\\nhe managed both to good advantage. He was a man of\\nconsiderable energy and public spirit, and deserving the\\nconfidence of his fellow men. He frequently took an active\\npart in the business transactions of the town, and it\\nappears his services were very acceptable to the people.\\nBut having been called to experience severe affliction in the\\ndeath of his wife, by which his ffimily circle was broken\\nup, he removed back to Framingham in 1795, where he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha Brown. He resided there until his\\ndeath in 1812. His first wife was Submit Ball, whom he\\nmarried in 1771.\\nJoseph Cutting, brother of Daniel, came to Marlborough\\nin 1775. From the manner in which he left Framingham\\nit ap]5ears he had no idea of devoting his life to the ser-\\nvice of his country, and that he possessed but little", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "42 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nRevolutionary spirit. I^poii receiving intelligence that he\\nhad l3een drafted to enter the army, he fled from his native\\ntown, and after wandering about some time in disguise,\\ndirected his steps towards Monadnock. When he had\\nadvanced so far as to be relieved from the fear of being-\\nrecognized, he ]3ursued a more open course; and on one\\noccasion, seeing a group of men in the distance, he ventured\\namong them to learn the subject of their deliberations.\\nBut what was his surprise to see posted on the walls of a\\nbuilding, a large bill offering a reward of twenty pounds\\nfor the arrest of Joseph Cutting. His self-possession did\\nnot desert him and he simply remarked that as he was\\nnearl^^ destitute of money, he would like to capture the\\nfugitive and obtain the proffered reward. He did not ex-\\ncite susjncion and was ])ermitted to ])ursue his journey,\\nsoon reaching the place of his destination where he was\\nsafe from his pursuers. He worked for the settlers as\\nopportunity presented and soon accumulated a little prop-\\nerty. The war ended, he emerged from his retreat and\\nafter a time was married, but to whom is not known.\\nHe built a house on the farm now owned by Franklin\\nWhitcomb and a little west of the present buildings. After\\nliving in this house for a short time, he purchased the\\nfarm known as the Jotham H. Holt place on West Hill,\\nbuilding a house west of where the buildings now stand.\\nHe afterwards built the present liuildings where he lived\\nuntil his death in 1823.\\nDuring his retreat he manufactured a cane from the\\nroot of a tree, in which he made a pipe that he might be\\nable to enjoy his habit of smoking. This cane is now\\nowned by one of his descendents.\\nMoses Cutting, another brother of Daniel, came here at\\nan early date, probably before 1775. In 1778, he pur-\\nchased of Moses Kenney the Abel Garfield farm, and moved", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 43\\nthere with his family. After residing tliere aljoiit twelve\\nyears, he sold the farm to John Colburn of Lineoln, and\\nbought the Samuel Farrar farm, recently owned by Wil-\\nlard White, and built the present house. He was of a\\nquiet, retiring disposition, seldom taking part in public\\naftairs, but employed his time mostly in cultivating his\\nfarm, although he is said to have possessed great mechani-\\ncal ingenuity and could make anything that had ever been\\nacco7nplished by human skill. He died in 1834, and being\\na member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons, was\\nburied with Masonic honors.\\nReuben Ward, son of Phineas and Mary Ward, came\\nhere from Marlborough, Mass., his native town, in 1774,\\nand purchased the farm then owned by Richard Robberts,\\nnow owned by the heirs of Hamilton Parker. It is said\\nthat both himself and wife inherited a large property from\\ntheir ancestors, so that he had ample means for paying\\nfor and improving his farm, conducting the same with\\nstrict economy. It is said that he had but little to do\\nwith his neighbors would seldom borrow or lend, but\\n^vould contrive to satisfy all his wants from his own\\nresources. His plans were laid after mature deliberation,\\nand he was usually successful in carrying them out and\\nat his death, w^hich occurred Jan. 8, 1800, he was consid-\\nered the wealthiest man in Marlborough.\\nIchabod Shaw, a brother of Jonathan Shaw before\\nmentioned, came here in 1774, and settled on a lot where\\nH. W. Eastman lives. His history is obscure, but he prob-\\nably made the first clearing on the land and built a house\\nnear the site of the present buildings, where he resided\\nw^ith his family until 1797, when he sold out and moved\\nto Vermont.\\nPeter Starkey w^as the son of John, and the grandson\\nof Andrew, who settled in Attleborough, Mass., in 1754,", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "44 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand s])cnt most of the early part of his life in that town.\\nEarly in 1776, he came to Monadnock No. 5, with his\\nwife and four brothers, John, Benjamin, Enoch and Joseph.\\nHe purchased a lot of land of Joseph Tiffany and built a\\nhouse near the Milan Corey place on West Hill, now^\\nowned by J. M. Foster. He resided there until 1787,\\nwhen he exchanged locations with John Wright, which\\nw^as the place upon \\\\vhich Benjamin Tolman first settled,\\nwhere he lived until his death in February, 1821. His\\nbrother John, married Mary Godding and lived and died\\nhere. Benjamin was never married but lived with his\\nbrother Jose])h, who married Waitstill Morse and settled\\nin Richmond. Enoch settled in what w^as called the\\nCrocker pasture, a part of F itzwilliam afterwards annexed\\nto Swanzey. He died in Troy in 1823.\\nJonathan Lawrence, a brother of Daniel, came here in\\n1777, and bought of his brother the lot now comprising\\nthe farm owned by Charles S. Starkey. He married Lucy\\nMoore of Sudbury, Mass., and lived several years in a log\\nhouse vmtil he cleared a considerable part of the land and\\ngot it in a good condition, when he built a more con-\\nvenient house. As his naiue does not appear upon the\\nrecord of any public meeting it is supposed he was one\\nwho ])referred private life and never took any part in\\npublic assemblies.\\nJoshua Harrington was a native of Framingham, where\\nhe was born in 1718. He came here about 1774-, and lived\\na fe^v years in the house with Thomas Tolman. About\\n1780, he bought the Tiffany mill ])rivilege, and saw and\\ngrist mills of Thomas Tolman, which received the most of\\nhis attention until his death in 1784. The saw mill was\\nconverted to other uses in a few years, but the grist mill\\nwas kept in o])eration by his son Joshua, and grandsons\\nJoshua and Elijah, until 1840, when the location was sold", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 45\\nto Luke Harris. His son Joshua succeeded to the business.\\nHe married Elizabeth Brigham of Shrewsliury, in 1780, and\\nseveral years after he purchased of Thomas Tolman some\\nfifty-three acres of land, which included most of the farm\\nformerly owned by Eri J. vSpaulding, and built the house\\nwhich constituted the old ell to the Spaulding house which\\nwas torn down in 1887, and in which he lived until his\\ndeath, Sept. 20, 1834. He was a ver\\\\ industrious man\\nand a good citizen. He was of medium height but very\\ncorpulent, which made him so infirm in the later years of\\nhis life that he could perform but little labor.\\nDuncan Cameron was a native of Scotland, and being\\na member of the British army at the commencement of the\\nhostilities with America, he came to this country and\\nserved under General Burgoyne. In 1777, he accompanied\\nthe expedition of that ofl^cer from Quebec to the Hudson,\\nand was in the battles of Bennington, Vt., and Stillwater,\\nN. Y., and was among the number surrendered to General\\nGates on the 17th of ()ctol)er. Unlike most of those who\\nwere taken prisoners with him, he chose to remain in this\\ncountry and share the fortune of the people whom he had\\nbeen hired to crush, and upon being exchanged came here\\nanU located, purchasing the land which Phineas Farrar\\nhad commenced to im])rove near where J. M. Foster lives,\\nand made a successful farmer. He lived there until about\\n1798, when he removed to Vermont. The house in which he\\nresided remained vacant a few years and was then burned.\\nJohn Bruce was a native of vSudbury, Mass., and came\\nhere with his wife, Mary Joslin, and eight children, about\\n1775, and settled on the premises previously occupied by\\nEzekiel Mixer. He was killed June 3, 1779, by logs at\\nsaw mill. But little is known about his family or\\ndescendents.\\nThomas Clark came from Wrentham, Mass., and settled", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "46 HISTORY OF TROY.\\non land ])nrchased of Thomas Tolman, in the south part\\nof the town. Like most of the early settlers he built a\\nlog- house to be the home of himself and family, near the\\nbrook that passes through the valley. Unlike the log\\nhouses of that time in having a fireplace and chimney at\\none side or in one corner, this was warmed from a stone\\nfifeplace in the center of it, the smoke escaping through a\\nhole in the roof left uncovered for that purpose. He was\\nindustrious as well as ingenious, and in addition to carry-\\ning on his farm, made various articles of wood for house-\\nhold use, as plates, trays, mortars, bowls and spoons,\\neither entirely by hand or by means of the rudely con-\\nstructed lathe of those days. This served to increase his\\nincome, for they no doubt found a ready sale, for in fami-\\nlies of moderate means wooden dishes were generally used,\\nas crockery was too expensive and perishable, although\\npewter plates and cups were used to some extent. At a\\nlittle later date, brown earthernware was substituted for\\nthe wooden and pewter dishes.\\nMr. Clark was prospered in his business and soon\\nacquired the means for building a more convenient house\\nand of living in more comfortable circumstances. He died\\nin 1818, quite advanced in years, and few men left a\\nbetter example or were more generally beloved.\\nAgabus Bishop also came from Wrentham, and settled\\nnear where Benjamin Tolman first settled. When he moved\\nhis family he came in a very unusual manner, for instead\\nof using an ox team, as had nearly all who had preceded\\nhim, he came with a horse and \\\\vagon, and for some years\\nthis was the only horse in that part of the town. An\\nanimal so rare must have been in great demand, and it is\\nquite probable carried to the mill most of the grain raised\\nin the neighborhood for several years. Mr. Bishop built a\\nframe house about the same time as did his neighbor", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 47\\nClark, in which he rcvsided until his death about 179S.\\nAbiier Haskell was a native of Harvard, Mass., and\\ncame here about 1778, and located on the Howard Clark\\nfarm near where James Carpenter now lives. Their first\\nhabitation was a log hut, but in a few years Mr. Haskell\\nbuilt a more commodious house and out-buildings, ^vhich\\nwere burned in 1830. The present buildings were built by\\na grandson of Mr. Haskell. Mrs. Haskell was Martha\\nWard, a sister of Reuben Ward, previously mentioned.\\nThey had a famih- of four children, two sons and two\\ndaughters. He served as selectman of Fitzwilliam in 1785.\\nHe died in 1809, quite advanced in years, and his son\\nJoseph succeeded to his inheritance.\\nJoseph Forristall was born in HoUiston, Mass., and\\nspent his early life upon a farm. At the breaking out of\\nthe Revolutionary war he entered the Continental army\\nand was stationed at Ticonderoga, but after three months\\nservice was discharged and returned to Holliston, where\\nhe married Hannah Mellen in 1778. This young couple\\ncame here about 1781, and located in the south part of\\nthe town near wdiere Nahum Green lives. The one hun-\\ndred and t^venty acres of land upon which they settled\\nwere purchased by the father of the bride, who came with\\nMr. Forristall and aided him in making a clearing and\\npartially building a frame house. This was in the autumn,\\nand early in the following spring, he came with his\\nAvife, taking possession of their dwelling, though the floor\\nwas not laid until the succeeding fall. Having been reared\\nin comfortable circumstances it must have been hard to\\ncommence life in such a rude manner, but possessing\\nenergy, strength and courage they soon made themselves\\na comfortable home. A neat and commodious house took\\nthe place of the rude hut, and abundant crops that of the\\nprimeval forest. By industry and economy they soon", "height": "3365", "width": "1927", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "48 1 1 IS TORY OF TROY.\\nacquired a coiiiijetence, brin^iiii^ U]) a large family of chil-\\ndren and living to a good old age. Mr. Forristall built\\ntwo houses on the farm, the first the small one already\\nmentioned which was occupied until about 1809, when he\\nerected a larger and more substantial one. Few men with\\nec|ual means accomplished more than did Mr. Forristall.\\nHe did not amass great wealth, but every dollar he pos-\\nsessed was the result of honest labor. Fraud and specu-\\nlation had no place in his code of life; he rendered to\\nevery one an equivalent for all their demands. Without\\nnoise or ostentatious display, the example of such a person\\ncreates an influence that is sure to be felt.\\nThe Godding family, consisting of the widow of John\\nGodding, and eight children, four sons and four daughters,\\ncame from Attleborough, Mass., in 1779, and settled on\\nthe place now owned by Samuel A. Mason. The eldest\\nson John was a capable and energetic young man, and he\\nmade the purchase of the land and arranged all the mat-\\nters of the removal of his mother and children. He married\\nPolly Robbins of Warwick, Mass., and lived on the farm\\nhe first purchased until about 1795, when he sold out and\\npurchased another lot about one-fourth mile southeast of\\nthe Franklin Woodward farm. He lived there some four-\\nteen years when he moved to Wallingford, Yt., where he\\nlived some years and then moved to the western part of\\nNew York. The eldest child, Mary, was tv^ice married;\\nher first husband was John Starkey, Jr., sixth son of John\\nStarkey of Attleborough, who died in Troy; her second\\nhusband was Jacob Newell, who has already been men-\\ntioned. Another daughter married Bethuel Bishop and\\nremoved to Shrewsbury, Yt., where they died. The third\\ndaughter married Isaac Jackson and lived here several\\nyears, when they moved to Wallingford, Yt., where they\\ndied. The fourth, married Jesse Bishop and settled near", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 49\\nthe Thomas Clark place. Asa, the youngest child, never\\nmarried, and died at an early age. William, the next\\nyounger, went to Burke, Vt., a single man, where he lived\\nuntil his death. Timothy married Ruth Robbins, sister of\\nhis brother John s wife, in 1790, and lived with him on\\nthe farm first purchased until it was sold. He then pur-\\nchased a farm and built a house this side of the Franklin\\nWoodward place where he lived until 1850. He then\\nmoved to Winchendon, Mass., and lived with son Alvah,\\nwho was a well known physician. Mrs. Godding died in\\nTroy in 1854, and he died in Winchendon in 1856. He\\nwas a resident of Troy for more than seventy 3^ears, and but\\nfe\\\\v men have left behind a better influence upon the people.\\nOf the early life of Alexander Parkman but little infor-\\nmation can be given. He probably settled here as early\\nas 1777 or 1778, and located near \\\\vhere the Troy\\nBlanket Mills now stand. He was by trade a clothier\\nand he had a fulling mill nefir by. Here he worked at his\\ntrade for several years, and found plenty of material to\\noccupy his time in the usual dressing season, as it was\\nthen the custom for families to manufacture their own\\ncloth. He had a share in the ptdDlic business, as he was\\ntown clerk of Marlborough in 1784 and 1785, and also\\noccupied other important positions, and probabh^ dis-\\ncharged his duties to the satisfaction of the people.\\nAbout 1788, he removed to Cherry A alley, N. Y., and\\nemployed William Tenney, Sr., who with an ox team\\nconveyed his family and goods as far as Bennington, Vt.,\\nwhere they were overtaken by a severe storm and obliged\\nto halt. Finding it impossible to proceed farther with\\nhis load, Mr. Tenney returned, leaving Parkman to find\\nother means of conveyance when the traveling became\\nfavorable. Mr. Parkman had several sons, one of whom en-\\ngaged in mercantile business in Boston and acquired a fortune.", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "50 IIISrORY OF TROV.\\nJoseph Novtrse and family, consisting^ of mother, four\\nsons and two daughters, came from Hopkinton, Mass., in\\n1779, and settled where Nahum Green now lives. They\\nlived there mitil 1794, when Mr. Nourse died, and his son\\nEbenezer built a house near the site of the present resi-\\ndence of Moses Abare. Jonathan, the oldest child, lived\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with his parents a few years after they came to F itzwil-\\nliam and then moved to Ohio. Hannah, the eldest\\ndaughter, married Colmon Satuiders, but it is not known\\nwhere they settled. J()se])h went away while a single\\nuian biit afterwards married. William married Lydia,\\ndaughter of John Bruce, and settled on the place now\\nowned b}- H. W. Eastman, but in a few years moved to\\nWarwick. Trudence married Moseman and settled in\\nNewfane, Vt. Ebenezer married Priscilla Poor of Royal-\\nston, Mass., and settled on the home farm with his\\nfather. Reuben, the yoimgest child, married Jerusha\\nBruce, and settled with his brother, and was to share\\nwith him the farm after the decease of their parents. In\\na few years he sold his interest in the farm to David\\nWhite and moved to Pelham. Mrs. Nourse, the mother,\\ndied in 1788, and Mr. Notu se in 1808, at the advanced\\nage of ninety-four.\\nDaniel Farrar w^as a descendant of Jacob Farrar who\\ncame to this country in 1(358. He came to this vicinitv\\nabout 1799, purchasing a lot of land of Samuel Curtis of\\nMarlborough, Mass., upon which he erected a log house\\nto which he removed his faniih and devoted his time to\\nclearing and cultivating the land. The deed was dated\\nJan. 15, 1799, and the lot comprised most of the Daniel\\nCutting farm. He married a daughter of John Bruce.\\nOccasionally he would assist his father Bruce, who was at\\nthe same time clearing a part of his land, and was with\\nhim at the time he was killed as before mentioned. In", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "EARLY sirrrLi-RS. 51\\n1783, he removed to the Bruce farm, and the followinj^\\nyear, he sold the lot first ])tirchased to his brother George,\\nwho had already lived with him there about one year.\\nTo the improveuient of the farm upon which he now^ resided\\nhe devoted the most of his energies, and, possessing a\\nstrong constitution and great powers of endin-ance, he\\ncould perform more labor than usuallv falls to the lot of\\nmost men.", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nSETTLERS FROM 1780 TO 1800.\\nJOHN WHITNKY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 JONATHAN WIIITNKV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 GEOROK FARRAR.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 BERRY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 WES-\\nSON. JASON WINCH. JOSEPH PARKER. JONAS WARREN. DANIEL GOULD.\\nNATHANIEL KENDALL. HEZEKIAH COOLIDGE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ABRAHAM COOLIDGE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nEPHRAIM ROOT.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 BENONI ROBBINS. JAMES DEAN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 JONATHAN WHIPPLE.\\nJONATHAN BALL.^JONATHAN PLATTS. JOHN SWEETLAND. TALMON\\nKNIGHTS. JOHN GARFIELD. ELIJAH ALEXANDER. STEPHEN RUSSELL.\\nABRAHAM RANDALL. SILAS COOK.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ISAAC JACKSON. WILLIAM STARKEY.\\nICHABOD WOODWARD. JONAS ROBINSON. SILAS WHEELER. JOHN\\nROGERS. DAVID SAUNDERS. EBENEZER SAl NDERS. EZEKIEL WHITE.\\nNATHANIEL BUCKLIN. NEWTON. WILLIAM NURSE. EDWARD FOSTER.\\nJONATHAN CAPKON. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS. EILIJAH FULLE:R. ISAAC\\nFULLER. ASA BREWER. ZOPHER WHITCOMB. JOHN JOY. JOSEPH\\nFRENCH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HUGH THOMPSON. JOHN AND DAVID GAREY.\\nDuring- the next twenty years, or from 1780 to 1800,\\nthe ])0])ulation of these towns increased (jtiite rapidly from\\nthe arrival of new settlers and by birth to the families\\nalready settled.\\nJohn and Jonathan Whitney, two brothers, came from\\nDunstable, purchasing a tract of land near w^here Nahnm\\nGreen now lives, upon ^vhich they built a home, construct-\\ning the same for a tavern, and was kept as such by them\\nfor several years, during which time they did a fair amount\\nof business and acquired considerable property. In 1778,\\nthey closed the house to the public and devoted their time\\nto farming. For a few years they managed affairs to-\\ngether, when the property was divided. About the year\\n1810, Jonathan sold his interest to one Sanford, and\\nmoved to Hartland, Vt. John resided on the farm until\\nhis death in 1829. He married Mary Jones, a native of", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM 17S0 TO 1800. 53\\nFraminghani. Jonatliaii settled in 1772, and John in 1779.\\nGeorge Farrar, a brother of Daniel, settled in Marl-\\nborough about 17S3. After residing with his brother\\nabout a year he purchased the location and married. He\\nlived here about six 3 ears, when he sold out and moved to\\nTempleton, Mass., where he lived two years, when he\\nreturned and purchased a farm on West Hill, where he\\nlived until he died.\\nAbout this time, two families settled in the vicinity of\\nwhat is now the village, but about all that is known of\\nthem is the family name and place of residence. The name\\nof one was Berby, and the other Wesson. Berby lived\\nnear where Hirain C. Newton now lives. It is said he was\\nquite a musician and took great delight in singing songs,\\nand it is stated that on one occasion he let himself to sing\\nat the rate of one potato for a song, and that he sang\\nuntil he had obtained a peck. Wesson lived a little farther\\nwest on the opposite side of the road. Both families left\\ntown at an early date.\\nJason Winch, a native of Framingham, and brother of\\nCaleb, came here about 1782 or 1783, and built a tannery\\non the site of the one burned in April, 1887. He carried\\non tanning and currying for a few years, but being unfor-\\ntunate in business, he closed it up and left town, probably\\nabout or before 1793.\\nNear the close of 1783, one Joseph Parker built a log\\nhouse near the present residence of Gregory Lawrence,\\nwhere he lived about four years, having charge of the grist\\nmill l)uilt by Phineas Farrar. The mill was sold to Daniel\\nGould and he moved out of town.\\nNo history is known of Jonas Warren except that about\\n1786 he erected a building on the east side of the com-\\nmon, near the house now owned bv Thomas Mitchell, a\\npart of which was used as a store. This was the fourth", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "54 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nhouse in the village and the first store in town. After-\\nwards he erected another biiikling- adjoining on the south,\\nwhich was used as a tavern. Both of these buildings\\nwere afterwards remodeled and removed and made into\\ndwellings. In addition to the store and tavern, he built\\nan establishment for making potash, which stood near\\nthe roadway leading to the land of E. P. Kimball, on\\nwhich the picture frame shop stood. He appears to have\\nhad considerable business tact, and must have contributed\\nquite a good deal towards the prosperity of the town;\\nbut he had more interests than he could successfully man-\\nage, as they failed to pay expenses, and he closed up his\\nbusiness, after a residence of about ten years, and moved\\nto Vermont.\\nAnother early settler was Daniel Gould, who came\\nabout 1778, and settled near the Willard White place,\\nmaking the first clearing and building a log house in\\nwhich he lived until about 1787, when he sold to Moses\\nCutting, buying the Phineas Farrar grist mill and Joseph\\nParker house, and for the next few years he earned a\\ncomfortable support in taking care of the mill and culti-\\nvating his small lot of land. He had several children, one\\nof whom, Abigail, married William Bruce, who was after-\\nwards killed by a fall in a saw mill. The family left town\\nabout 1797.\\nNathaniel Kendall came in 1786. He was born in\\nProvidence, R. I., where he lived until he was about six-\\nteen years of age, when he removed to Lancaster, Mass.,\\nand while hci-e he lived in various places, and is said to\\nhave changed his place of residence twenty times.\\nHezekiah and Abraham Coolidge, two brothers from\\nSherburne, Mass., purchased of Reuben Ward one hundred\\nacres of land on what is now called East Hill. The} lived\\ntogether for several 3^ears and then divided the farm. In", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM 17S0 TO ISOO. 55\\n1791, Aliraham built a house on the place now owned by\\nH. E. Mellen, where he lived until 1818, when he sold his\\nfarm and hired the tavern in the village, now known as\\nthe xMonadnock Hotel, which he kept until 1824, when he\\nrented the Bailey vStarkey house, where he resided until\\nafter the death of his wife in 1836, after which he lived\\nwith his daughter, Mrs. Moses Perkins, until his death in\\n184-3. He was a very active man and traded occasionally\\nin cattle and sheep which he disposed of in Brighton mar-\\nket. Hezekiah continued to reside on the original place\\nuntil the lall of 1805, when on his way to vSwanzey, with\\nan ox team, he fell from the cart tongue upon which he\\nwas riding, one wheel passing over his head, killing him\\ninstantly.\\nIn 1788 or 1789, Ephraim Root came from Coventrv,\\nConn., with his two sons-in-law, Ebenezer and vSamuel\\nBacon, buying of Jacob Newell a large tract of land which\\nincluded the farm formerly owned by Stephen Wheeler and\\nLyman Wright, and a house where the residence of Mrs.\\nA. J. Burpee now stands. He lived here with his son-in-\\nlaw Samuel. Ebenezer built a house on the opposite side\\nof the road near the house now owned by G. H. Aldrich,\\nwhich was the fifth house built in the village. Ebenezer\\nwas a clothier and built a clothing mill near by. He fulled\\nand colored the cloth in this mill but did the finishing in\\na part of his dwelling house. Mr. Root, soon after this,\\nwith the assistance of his sons-in-law, built a saw mill\\nnear where Charles Cari)enter s saw mill stood which was\\nburned about 1802. The land near the mill was cleared\\nthe follo^ving year by a clearing bee w-hich was a pre-\\nvailing custom at that time, at which the citizens of the\\ntown assembled and had a jovial time in removing and\\nburning the brush.\\nFor about eight years, Ephraim Root was one of the", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "56 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nmost prominent men in town, and with his sons-in-laAv\\ngave quite an impetus to the l)usiness of the place. But\\nlike the business men of today he was not successful in the\\nprosecution of his plans, and becoming embarrassed in his\\nfinancial affairs he was obliged to suspend business and his\\nproperty passed into the hands of his creditors. He\\nremoved to another part of the town where he died in\\nindigent circumstances. About 1797, the clothing mill and\\nhouse were purchased by John Potter, and the Bacons\\nleft to\\\\vn.\\nBenoni Robbins, a cooper by trade, came from Attle-\\nborough, Mass., about 1770, and settled in the northerly\\npart of Marlborough. In 1778, he exchanged farms with\\nPhineas Farrar and took up his abode on what is now\\nknown as the Fisk place. Robbins is said to have been\\npossessed of more than ordinary physical vigor, of which\\nhe was apt to make a vain dis])la3 He seemed to sup-\\npose that a constitution so firm was a sure guarantee of\\nlong life; and when in 1801, he contracted the small pox,\\nhe at first looked upon the disease as a trivial thing\\nwhich his vital energies w^ould soon overcome; but as it\\nsteadily progressed and he saw his system gradually\\nyielding to its power, he Avas led to see the folly of his\\nreliance, and died in the most heart rending agony. This\\ndisease was but little known at that time in this region,\\nand very naturally caused great alarm throughout the\\ntowns. People fled from their homes or secluded them-\\nselves in suspense, and all maintained a respectful distance.\\nThe excitement was so intense that it was diflicult to get\\nhelp to administer to the sick from other causes, or to\\nbury the dead. He had several children the oldest son\\nIsaac, after the death of his father, bought the farm for-\\nmerly owned by Daniel Cutting, where he resided for a\\nnumber of vears, afterwards moving to Vermont.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM 1780 TO 1800. 57\\nOf James Dean l)iit little information can be given. He\\nprobably caine to Marlborough previous to \\\\ni, as he\\nwas a member of Capt. Jaines Lewis company in Col. E.\\nHale s regiment, which marched June 29th of that year,\\nto reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga. He was sexton\\nin 1791. He married a daughter of William Barker, and\\nabout 1794, his father-in-law presented him with fifty\\nacres of land adjoining his ow^n farm, upon wdiich he\\nerected a house, where he lived for three or four years,\\nwhen he sold this place to Isaac Fuller and moved to\\nGrafton, Yt.\\nIn 1790, there was a larger number of new inhabitants\\nwho came to the town than in any previous year since\\n1768. Among them were Jonathan Whipple, Jonathan\\nHall, Nathan Platts and John Sw^eetland, besides several\\nothers wdio remained but a limited period.\\nJonathan Whijjple w^as a carpenter by trade and built\\na house wdiere Charles Haskell now lives. This was a\\none-story building with the end tow^ards the road, the\\nback part of which was used as a schoolroom. He is\\nrepresented as being a very erect, portly man, prompt in\\nbusiness and a highly esteemed citizen. This was the\\nsixth house in the village. The family being in humble\\ncircumstances most of the children left home at an early\\nage. One son, Edward, learned his father s trade and\\nworked with him most of the time wdiile he lived here.\\nHe removed to Concord, Vt., in 1804, and was soon joined\\nby his parents and other members of the family. The\\nhouse was afterwards removed and remodeled, and is\\nthe house now owned by Mrs. Samantha Whitcomb.\\nJonathan Ball came from Southborough in 1787. He\\nbuilt a tavern on the Flint place, so-called, w^here E. F.\\nAdams now lives. The main building w^fis two stories\\nhigh and faced the highway, with a one-story ell extending", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "58 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nback. He kept public house here until 1796, when he\\nsold his location to Christopher Harris and removed to\\nNew York. On his way there, Rebecca, one of his daugh-\\nters, was taken suddenly ill and died before reaching the\\nend of the journey.\\nThere is a tradition respecting the large elm tree which\\nnow stands near the premises, and which is probably true.\\nAt that time there was quite a curve in the road in front\\nof the house, the road passing considerably to the west of\\nthe present highway. In the spring of the year, after the\\nwinter s wood had been drawn to the dooryard, a sled\\nstake was thoughtlessly stuck into the ground by the side\\nof the road by Henry Tolman, which soon began to show\\nsigns of vitality and taking root, sent out branches and\\nbecame a thrifty tree. At that time there was a bank of\\nearth several feet in height on the east side of it, and the\\n])lat of ground above was used as a wood yard. And in\\nbuilding the turnpike on the east side of the tree, it was\\nspared and became a stately monarch.\\nJonathan Platts, soon after coming here, married\\nElizabeth, daughter of Capt. Daniel Farrar, and being a\\ntanner and currier by trade, commenced working the old\\nWright tannery. His father-in-law built a house for him,\\nthe seventh in the village, which was near where Mrs.\\nLevi Whittemore lives. Being a man of but little energy,\\nhe soon failed in business and left town. The house w^as\\nafterward sold to a Mr. Barnard, a blacksmith, but after\\nexchanging owners several times, it was removed to where\\nAndrew Foster lived.\\nJohn Sweetland came from Attleborough, Mass., about\\n1784, purchasing a lot and building a house near the\\nPorter White place. All traces of this as well as of other\\nresidences of the individuals of the past generations have\\nlong since been obliterated. He had several children, the", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "SETTLBRS FROM 17S0 TO ISOO.\\n59\\noldest, a son, married a daughter of Daniel Gould. In\\n1798 or 1799, these families moved to Vermont.\\nMain Street T^ookino Noktii from Railroad Hridck.\\nTalmon Knights came from Templeton, Mass., in 1791,\\nand purchased of Phineas Farrar the land now consti-\\ntuting the Cobb farm. He prepared a comfortable habi-\\ntation, to \\\\vhich he removed his family and commenced\\nthe arduous labor of clearing the land. At that time the\\nhighway which now leads to that farm extended on\\nAvestward, and terminated in that on West Hill. This\\nwas laid out in 1774, by a committee chosen for that\\npurpose by the Proprietors. Mr. Knights resided here\\nuntil 1843.\\nThe following year, 1792, John Garfield came from\\nLincoln, Mass., and purchased of John Colburn, the farm\\nafterwards owned by his descendants. He was one of the\\npatriots of the Revolution, having entered the army at\\nthe commencement of the war, and served his cotmtry\\nthrough that trying period. After the \\\\var he settled in\\nLincoln, where he lived nine years, when with his wife\\nand ten children he came here, \\\\vhere he lived during the\\nremainder of his life. He had the reputation of being an", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "00 HISrOKY OF TROY.\\nindustrious man and a o-ood citizen. In 1793, eight\\npersons with their families settled in different parts of\\nthe tOAvn.\\nElijah Alexander was liorn in Uxbridge, Alass., in 174-1,\\nwhere he married and \\\\vorked at shoemaking- until 1793,\\nwhen he came to Marlborough and purchased a farm of\\nBenoni Benson. After coming here he devoted most of his\\ntime to agriculture, and having a large famih to support\\nhe \\\\vas obliged to practice both industry and economy,\\nar.d became a highly esteemed citizen, and he lived to sec\\nmo it of hi children and some of his grandchildren com-\\nfortably settled in life.\\nOf Stephen Russell we know but little except that he\\ncame from New Ipswich in 1793, and made the first clear-\\ning and built tiie first house on the place now owned by\\nSidney Butler, and known as the Leonardson place. He lived\\nthere a few years, and then exchanging farms with Jacob\\nOsborn of Keene, he removed there and died soon after.\\nThe first known of Abraham Randall was in 1793,\\nwhen he was living on a farm on West Hill, although he\\ninight have been settled there previously. He was the\\nfirst to make a clearing and build a house on the Stephen\\nHarris place, where he lived until about 1800, when he\\nremoved to Swanzey, to the Daniel Woodward farm,\\nwhere he died.\\nAll that is known of Silas Cook, or Davenport, is that\\nthey lived a few years on the road leading from the\\nMorse tavern to Richmond.\\nIsaac Jackson came here from Attleborough, Mass., prob-\\nably about 1778, but little is known of him until about\\n1793, when he was living on the Timothy Fife farm.\\nWilliam Starkey was from Attleborough, Mass., and\\nsettled on the farm now occupied by Matthew Wilson.\\nIchabod Wood\\\\vard was from Sudburv, where he", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "SETTLER S EKOM 17S0 TO 1S00. 61\\nmarried and where his children were l:)orn. At what time\\nhe came here cannot he ascertained, but in 1793 he Hved\\non a farm immediately south of the Morse tavern, and\\nwas considered one of the best farmers in that part of the\\ntown. He kept a large stock of cattle, and few men could\\nfurnish the market with more saleable beef or produce a\\nbetter team. But all traces of the once productive farm,\\nlike all of those of the first settlers in that part of the\\ntowm, have long since passed aw^ay.\\nJonas Robinson, or Robeson, as he spelled his name\\nafter coming to New Hampshire, was born in Lexington,\\nMass., and came here in 1791 or 1792, opening a store in\\nthe house of Reuben Ward, on the place now owned by\\nthe heirs of Hamilton Parker, which he occupied for nearly\\na year. But wishing to be nearer the center of business,\\nhe purchased of Joshua Harrington a lot of land near the\\ngristmill and upon the south side of the stream, upon\\nwhich he erected a building, the eighth in the village.\\nThe front part was finished for a store and the rear part\\nfor a dwelling. In 1805, he opened a store in the center\\nof Fitzwilliam, placing his brother-in-law^ Reuben Ward,\\nthere as clerk. He carried on business in both places\\nimtil 1813, when he sold out his interest to Daniel W.\\nFarrar, his partner. He was one of the most enterprising\\nmen of the town. While living here, he superintended the\\nbuilding of the new road or turnpike from F itzwilliam to\\nKeene, as no one else who was responsible could be found\\nto do it, building log huts for the men he employed.\\nLater he was very active in the erection of the first meet-\\ning house in Fitzwilliam village, and was much affected\\nw^hen it was burned. When the flames were bursting from\\nthe doors and windows, he took from the pulpit the Bible,\\nand before the fire had gone out was arranging with\\nothers for rebuilding it at once. For about six vears after", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "62 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nhe opened the store here, he was assisted fin his business by\\nCalvin, the third son of Phineas Farrar, but in 1800, a\\nyoiinoer l)rother, Daniel W., became a (partner. In 1793,\\nJonas Robinson received a license to sell Speritus Liquors,\\nsubject to such regulations and restrictions as the law of\\nthe State of New Hampshire imposes upon rctalcrs.\\nSilas Wheeler came from Holden, Mass., about the year\\n1800, and settled on West Hill. About six years after, he\\nbought the house and mill formerly owned l)y Daniel\\nGould. He immediately rebuilt the gristmill, and soon\\nafter built a saw mill on the opposite side of the stream.\\nWhen these were in operation, he built a house nearly on\\nthe site of the old one and now owned by Gregory La^v-\\nrence. In 1826, the saw mill was carried awa^^ b}^ a\\nfreshet, but was afterwards rebuilt and was the one\\nowned later by Joseph M. Forristall. Mr. Wheeler lived\\nhere until 1832, when he moved to Swanzey, and lived\\nwith his father-in-law, James Brewer.\\nJohn Rogers was a native of Westborough, Mass., and\\nhis descendants claim that he was the twelfth generation\\nfroin John Rogers, the martyr, who was burned at the\\nstake in Smithtield, England. At what time he became a\\nsettler it is impossible to state, but it was previous to\\n1773. He is represented as having been a noted hunter,\\nand as having spent a larger part of his time in pursuit\\nof game. After the death of his wife, he went to live\\nwith his son-in-law, Capt. Shubael Stone, where he\\ndied.\\nDavid Saunders came from Billerica, Mass., in the fall\\nof 1780, and settled near the Howard T. Clark place,\\nnow owned by James Carpenter.\\nEbenezer Saunders, a 3 ounger brother of David, came\\nin 1789, and settled on West Hill, near Samuel A. Mason s,\\nwhere he lived until about 1813, when he sold out. He", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM irso TO 1800. 63\\nafterwards lived in various places, in Fitzwilliam, in\\nRichmond, N. H., and Dummerston, Yt.\\nEzekiel White came from Douglass, Mass., quite early,\\nbut the precise date is not known. His name first\\nappears in the records of Fitzwilliam in 1782. He settled\\non the farm formerly owned by Franklin Woodward.\\nAll that is known of Nathaniel Bucklin is that he lived\\na few years on the west side of the road near the Bishop\\nplace. He left town about 1800.\\nAbout this time, or a few years earlier, a man by name\\nof Newton came here and built a house near where Mrs.\\nA. W. Wliitcomb lives. He was a steelyard maker and\\nIniilt a shop northeast of the house. He lived there but a\\nshort time when he was succeeded by William Nurse and\\nEdward Foster.\\nJonathan Capron came from Marlborough. He was a\\nblacksmith and formerly had a shop near the forks of the\\nroad, southeast of the residence of George A. Porter. He\\nbuilt a shop which was situated somewhere between the\\nCongregational church and the residence of Mrs. Sarah E.\\nHarris. He worked there some ten or fifteen years and\\nthen moved to Vermont.\\nChristopher Harris was a native of Rhode Island, and\\nwhen a child, came to Richmond, N. H., wdiere he lived\\nduring his minority. In 1787 he married a young lady\\nwho also came from Rhode Island, and in 1797 purchased\\nthe tavern which had been built and kept some years by\\nJonathan Ball. This tavern was near the residence of E.\\nF. Adams and opposite the large elm tree. At that time\\nthe farm connected with the tavern was a large and very\\nproductive one, containing one hundred and thirty acres,\\nand yielded a large income. He lived here until about\\n1811, when he moved to Rockingham, Vt., where he died.\\nElijah Fuller was a native of Newton, Mass., and at", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "64 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nan earh age was put out to service with Norman Clark,\\nof whom he learned the earj^enter s trade, which he fol-\\nlowed a larger part of the time. In 1797, he located on\\nWest Hill. Previous to his coming here in 1795, he\\nmarried Lucretia Smith, who was a native of Holden,\\nMass. Soon after her birth her father moved with his\\nfamily to Wwoming, Pennsylvania, which is on the Sus-\\nquehanna river, where they remained until the famous\\nWyoming massacre, when two thousand Tories and\\nnine hundred Indians came upon the place and murdered\\nthe inhabitants without discrimination. Lucretia Smith\\nwas one of the few who escaped. She was about thirteen\\nyears of age and remembered well the distressing scenes\\nwhich took place at that time, Avhen so many fell a pre^^\\nto savage \\\\varfare. The family after their escape returned\\nto Holden.\\nCapt. Isaac Fuller, a brother of Elijah, came a few\\nmonths later from Holden, where he had resided a short\\ntime. He first moved into a schoolhouse which then stood\\nnear his brothers, but later located on a farm afterwards\\npurchased of the heirs of William Barker. He was a car-\\npenter iind skillful workman, but his farm demanded so\\nmuch of his time that he devoted but little attention to\\nhis trade. On returning home from the village one stormy\\nnight in the winter of 1819, he perished in the storm, at\\nthe age of forty-four.\\nAsa Brewer became a resident about this time, as he\\nwas taxed in Fitzwilliam in 1799. After his marriage he\\nsettled in Roxbury, where he lived some time, and then\\nlocated on the Enoch Garfield farm. In 1828, he removed\\nto the Jonathan Clark farm, and a few years later removed\\nto Barton, Vermont.\\nZopher Whitcomb came here when but a 3 outh and\\nlived in the family of Joseph Cutting, with whom he staid", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM 17S0 TO 1800. 65\\nduring the larger part of his minority. It is said Cutting\\ngave him the land com])rising the Amasa Aldrieh farm,\\nupon which he erected buildings, and where he lived after\\nhis marriage.\\nJohn Joy came about 1798. He married Sally, eldest\\ndaughter of Reuben Ward, and built a house on the Hcnrv\\nA. Porter place, which was owned by his father-in-law,\\nwho did not relinquish the title during his life. He lived\\nthere but a few years, but long enough to clear consider-\\nable land and erect comfortable buildings, and moved to\\nGlover, Vt. The farm then passed into the possession of\\nLevi Ward, who lived there a few years.\\nJoseph French is supposed to have come from Attle-\\nborough, Mass., where his grandfather settled about 1720.\\nHe located on the farm now owned by Joseph Haskell.\\nHe resided there until 1808, when he sold his farm and\\nmoved to Ludlow, Vt.\\nHugh Thom])son came here about 1798, but from what\\nplace is not known. He married Polly, oldest daughter\\nof Daniel Lawrence, and purchased of Nathan Barker that\\npart of the farm which came into his possession by the\\nwill of his father, William Barker. The deed of his pur-\\nchase was in consideration of five hundred dollars, and\\nwas dated July 9, 1799. Upon this land he erected build-\\nings, but after a few years he sold his farm to his brother-\\nin-law, Daniel Lawrence, Jr., and purchased land in the\\neastern part of the town, but after a few years removed\\nto the state of Maine.\\nJohn and David Garey, brothers, came from Leomin-\\nster, Mass., some time prior to 1790, and settled on the\\nLuke C. Clark place. John married Betsey, the eldest\\ndaughter of Caleb Winch. In 1800, the two l)rothers\\nrented the Tolman tavern, and for about a year kei)t\\nthe public house in the village, when they returned to", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "66 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nLeominster. In 1807, John, with Joseph, another brother,\\nreturned and l30Ught of Edmund Bemis the farm w^hich\\nhad been purchased 1)y the latter of James Brewer. The\\nhouse which was a one-story building was removed to the\\nspot just south of the residence of Franklin Ripley, and\\nafter receiving an additional story and undergoing exten-\\nsive repairs, was opened as a tavern, but after a few years\\nthey returned to Leominster. The tavern and the farm\\ncame into the possession of Robinson and Farrar, who\\nreserved a portion of the land and sold the remainder with\\nthe buildings to Timothv Kendall.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nSETTLERS FROM 1800 TO 1815.\\nNATHAN WHEKLER. THOMAS I5ENNV. WILLIAM RARNARD. THOMAS CLARK.\\nJOSIAH MORSE. HEZEKIAH HODGKINS. REUBEN NEWELL. EDMUND\\nBEMIS. JON.iTHAN LAWRENCE. WILLIAM LAWRENCE. ZALMON HOWE.\\nJOHN LAWRENCE. HENRY TOLMAN. JOSEPH BUTLER. AARON HOLT.\\nDANIEL FARRAR. JOSHUA HARRINC.TON. SAMUEL L.VWRENCE. DANIEL\\nCUTTING, JR. LEVI MAXEY. EASMAN .\\\\LEXANDER. ROBERT FITTS.\\nJOSIAH AMADON. NATHAN WINCH. ELIJAH HARRINGTON. CALEB PERRY.\\nJOSEPH ALEXANDER. ELIAS MANN. DANIEL W. FARRAR. LUNA STAR-\\nKEY. ISAAC LAWRENCE. JAMES GODFREY. SALMON WHITTEMORE.\\nLUKE HARRIS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CONSTANT WEAYER. SYLYESTER P. FLINT. ELNATHAN\\nGORHAM. PELETIAH HODGKINS. NATHAN NEWELL. LYMAN WRIGHT.\\nSTEPHEN FARRAR. CALYIN BEMIS.\\nNathan Wheeler was iDorn in Holden, Mass., where he\\nspent the early part of his life. He served in the Ameri-\\ncan army during the Revokitionar}^ war, after which he\\nmarried and settled in his native place. He came to Marl-\\nborough in 1800, but did not become the owner of real\\nestate. He afterwards went to Fitchburg, then to Saco,\\nMe., returning to Fitzwilliam and then moving to Keene.\\nJohn and William Brown came here from Fitchburg\\nabout this time, purchasing the clothing mill, working at\\ntheir trade as clothiers a short time, but not being as suc-\\ncessful as expected, the}^ sold the mill to Thomas Benney\\nand returned to Fitchburg.\\nThomas Benney came from another part of Marl-\\nborough, and on coming here married Lucinda, daughter\\nof Richard Roberts, and lived a short tiine in the Bacon\\nhouse, then in the Warren house and finally in part of his\\nmill. After a few vears he went to Westminster, Vt.", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIn ISOl or 1802, William Barnard of Lancaster, Mass.,\\npurchased a house of Daniel Farrar, Sen. He was a black-\\nsmith by trade, and during his residence in the village he\\nworked at his trade in the shop occupied by Jonathan\\nCapron. In 1808, he sold his location and moved into a\\nhouse formerly o\\\\vned b^- Reuben Ward. About this time\\nhe built a shop near the Ward bridge, so-called, in which\\nhe constructed a trip hammer and other machinery, which\\nv^as propelled by \\\\vater. A short time after, he formed a\\npartnership with one Moses Aldrich, and built a scythe\\nfactory at the North end, near where the Forristall saw\\nmill was. This was the first scythe factory in town. Al-\\ndrich built a house near the shoj), which was the only\\nhouse in that section. In 1816 the house and shop were\\nsold to Amos Sible^^ and he moved to Cavendish, Vt.\\nThomas Clark, Jr., son of Thomas, of whom some\\naccount has been given, married in 1801 and settled on\\nthe home farm, where he lived until 1848. He afterwards\\npurchased the farm formerh- occupied by his son, Alvah S.,\\nwhere he lived until his death.\\nJosiah Morse, a son of Henry Morse, of whom some\\naccount has been given, in 1802 bought of Thomas Tol-\\nman a small lot of land and built a tavern, the one\\nnow known as the Monadnock Hotel, which has since\\nundergone extensive repairs. But little is known of him\\nprevious to his coming here, other than that he lived in\\nSwanzey, and that his wife was a daughter of Levi\\nMaxey, of Attleborough. He kept a public house until\\nabout 1812, when he sold his location to Constant\\nWeaver, and removed to Attleborough. During most of\\nthe time he resided here there were other public houses in\\nthe vicinity, so that on account of the competition he did\\nnot have a very lucrative business.\\nHezekiah Hodgkins was a native of New Ipswich,", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM 1800 TO 1S15. 69\\nwhere he spent his early years at the breakino^ out of\\nthe war of the Revolution, he responded to his country s\\ncall, and was in the army several years. Soon after his\\nreturn from the war he settled in New Ipswich, where he\\nworked at his trade of cabinet makinf?. He came to\\nMarlborough in 178.S and resided in the village for several\\nyears. In 1803 he purchased of Simon Piper the farm\\nrecently owned b^- Edmund Bemis. About this tiine he\\nbuilt a saw and gristmill, on the site now o\\\\vned by\\nGeorge S. Colburn. In 1808 he sold the farm and mill to\\nEdmund Bemis, Sr., and bought of Joseph French the farm\\nnow owned by Joseph Haskell. The next year he built a\\nnew house, but continued to live in the old one for some\\ntime, using the new one as a sho]) in which to manufac-\\nture rakes, a business which he followed in his later\\ndays.\\nReuben Ne\\\\vell, the third s,on of Jacob, settled on the\\nfarm afterwards owned by William A. Harris. The land\\nwas given him by his father, upon which he erected the\\nbuildings. He resided here until 1815, wdien he moved\\ninto a house built for him by his father, which on account\\nof some peculiarity in its construction, was called the\\nplank house.\\nEdmund Bemis was born in Westminster, Mass., in\\n1765, and came here at the period at ^vhich Ave have\\narrived. After his marriage, at the age of thirt^ -four\\n3^ears, he lived in Fitehburg a few years, but in 1807 he\\npurchased of James Brewer the Stephen B. Farrar farm.\\nHe lived here three years and then sold the farm to\\nGarey, as already mentioned, and moved on to the Ward\\nfarm where he lived one year. He soon sold out to Jonas\\nGarey, and bought the one on West Hill, where he lived\\nuntil his death, now owned by J. M. Foster.\\nOf the descendants of the first settlers, mention should", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "70 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nbe made of Jonathan Lawrence, son of Jonathan, ]ire-\\nviously mentioned. He lived for some years on the Forbes\\nplace, in the south part of Marlborough; but about 1804\\nhe purchased of Hugh Thompson the Sidney A. Butler\\nfarm, where he lived until near the close of his life when\\nhe went to live with his brother William.\\nWilliam Lawrence, fifth son of Jonathan, married and\\nsettled on the home farm about this time. In 1856 he\\nmoved with his son, Joseph E. Lawrence, to a place\\npurchased of A. B. Gates.\\nZalmon Howe came from Holden, Mass., and settled in\\nMarlborough in 1803, and bought the Joseph Alexander\\nplace. He obtained it of Elijah Alexander, whose son\\nGideon bought it of one White, wdio was the first settler.\\nHe lived there four or five years afterwards he resided\\nfour years on the Barker farm, two on the Amasa Fuller\\nplace, two on the George Farrar place, and three on the\\nJoseph Alexander, Jr., place, and then moved to Fitzwil-\\nliam, where he died.\\nJohn La\\\\vrence, son of Daniel, married and settled on\\nthe home farm in 1805.\\nNov. 28, 1805, Henry Tolman, son of Benjamin, formed\\na co-partnership with his father-in-law, Christopher Har-\\nris, in conducting the business of the tavern. He lived\\nthere one and one-half years, then moved to Derry, Vt.,\\nand after three years returned and lived some time where\\nFranklin Whitcomb now lives. After this he kept a public\\nhouse at the Amasa Fuller place for about two years, and\\nthen returned to the Whitcomb place. He worked at\\nbrick making in the Thomas Wright yard for three years,\\nand then moved into the Sampson Wheeler house, where\\nhe lived for sixteen years after moving once or t\\\\vice\\nmore he settled in Sterling, Mass., \\\\vhere he died.\\nJoseph Butler was a native of Bolton, Mass., probably.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM 1800 TO 1815. 71\\nHe lived there about eighteen years after his marriage,\\ncoijning here about 1806, buying of Rufus Russell ix farm\\nnear Simon Butler s. This was some distance from the\\npublic high way, but formerly on an old road leading from\\nSilas Fife s to Hugh Thom])son s. He lived here some\\nthirty years and moved to Marlborough, where he died.\\nAaron Holt w^as born in Holden, Mass., where his\\nfather, from Andover, settled at an early period. In the\\nfall of 1806, he purchased of Daniel Lawrence, Jr., a farm\\non West Hill, and in the following spring came with his\\nfamily and settled on the same, where he lived ten years.\\nAfter this he lived one year each on the Clark and Whit-\\ncomb farms he then bought the farm afterwards owned\\nby Hamilton Parker, and resided there three years. In\\n1822, he lived on the Levi L. Pierce place; in 1823, on\\nthe Sidney A. Butler place; in 1824, he moved to the Gove\\nplace, so-called, south of the Jonathan Clark place. In\\nthe fall of 1826, while passing on the highway, he met a\\nyoung man riding one horse and leading another. The led\\nhorse was a vicious animal, and refused to go, and in\\nattempting to assist the stranger in managing his unruly\\nbeast, he was kicked so badly that he died the next day.\\nThis year, Daniel Farrar, Jr., second son of Daniel,\\nbefore mentioned, located w^here Jonathan Capron formerly\\nlived, now owned by Mrs. A. W. Whitcomb. He occupied\\nthe old house until after the death of his father, when he\\nbiiilt the brick house now on the premises. He was a very\\nindustrious man and much esteemed by the people of the\\ntown.\\nJoshua Harrington was living with his father in 1807.\\nIn 1809, he built the old part of the house now owned by\\nMiss Villa Gates. The year previous, he and his brother\\nElijah built a carding mill near the pail shop of Charles\\nCoolidge, and they were in business together several years", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "72 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nbut ill 1820, Joshua sold his hoiise to Solomon Goddard\\nand his interest in the mill to his brother Elijah, and\\nmoved to Alstead, where he resided until 1850, when he\\nmoved to Pittstown, New York.\\nSamuel Lawrence, second son of Jonathan, settled here\\nnot far from this time. After his marriage he lived a\\nshort time in Ro\\\\ alston, Miiss.; on coming here he pur-\\nchased a house of John Rodgers, which was north of No. 1\\nschoolhouse. He was a carpenter, and most of his time\\nwas devoted to his trade. In the great freshet of the\\nwinter of 1810, he was employed with others, by the pro-\\nprietors of the turnpike, to remove a large body of ice\\nwhich was obstructing the passage of the ^vater under\\nthe bridge at the north end and threatening its destruc-\\ntion. While standing upon the ice, the obstruction sud-\\ndenly gave Avay and he was thrown \\\\vith considerable\\nviolence into the stream and carried rapidly do^vn the\\ncin-rent, and before assistance could be rendered him by\\nthose on shore, he was carried down the rapids, \\\\vhere he\\ndisappeared forever. The following summer a thigh bone\\nof a man Avas found some distance below, which was, no\\ndoubt, a part of his body.\\nDaniel Cutting, Jr., eldest son of Daniel, settled on a\\nfarm east of the schoolhouse in District No. 3, which he\\npurchased of the heirs of Hezekiah Coolidge, in 1807; now\\nowned by John Lang. He inherited much of his father s\\nbusiness capacity, \\\\vas an upright man, took a deep\\ninterest in the affairs of the town and was elected to\\nnumerous offices of trust and responsibility. For some\\nyears he devoted considerable time to buying cattle and\\nsheep which he sent to Brighton market.\\nAbout this time, Levi Maxey of Attleborough, bought\\nof Jonas Robeson the house in which he lived previous\\nto his removal to Fitzwilliam village. His grandfather,", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "SETTLER S FROM 1800 TO 1S15. 73\\nAlexander Maxev, settled in Attleborongh in 1721. Levi\\nwas the second son of Josiah Maxey and married Rnth,\\ndaughter of Jacol3 Newell, and settled in his native town,\\nwhere his children were born. He was well advanced in\\nlife \\\\vhen he came here, probably to be with his daughter,\\nMrs. Josiah Morse. He lived here until Mr. Morse left the\\ntavern, when he returned to Attleborough. Three of his\\nsons, Jonathan, Milton and Virgil, were graduates of\\nBrown University, and eminent in literary and profes-\\nsional life. Levi, another son, who possessed superior\\ntalents, though not liberally educated, died in the South.\\nEasman Alexander, son of Elijah, settled on the home\\nfarm with his father in 1808. He was emphaticalh a home\\nman, and never was in a car or stage coach, and very\\nseldom going beyond the limits of the town but unlike\\nmany other home men, he knew the way to the church.\\nIn 1809 or 1810, Robert Fitts of Royalston, Mass.,\\ncame here w^ith his widowed mother and resided in the\\nWhipple house. Soon after coming here he built a shop on\\nthe site now occupied by the old blanket mill. He was a\\nmechanic, and is represented as a very ingenious man and\\ngiven to making new inventions, and constructed several\\nmachines which were projielled by water. This shop was\\nburned in 1825. He married Tryphena Farrar, in 1821,\\nand continued to live here until 1827, when he moved to\\nMason, and afterwards to New Ipswich, N. H.\\nJosiah Amadon of Fitzwilliam came into what is now\\nTroy, and worked at shoemaking; but after several years\\nresidence he returned to Fitzwilliam.\\nNathan Winch, third son of Caleb, lived on the home-\\nstead several years but after the death of his aged father,\\nhe sold the farm to one Derby, and bought of Luke Harris\\nthe situation in the village now known as the Winch\\n])lacc, where he lived until his death.", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "74 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nElijah Harrington settled on the homestead with his\\nparents in 1819, and for a few years devoted his time to\\nfarming, occasionally assisting his father in the gristmill\\nafter the death of the latter, having sole charge of it. In\\n1808, he and his brother Joseph built a carding mill which\\nhas already been mentioned, where they carried on business\\nfor a few years afterwards Elijah bought his brother s\\nshare, and carried on the business alone until 1840, when\\nhe sold the mill to Charles Coolidge, who took it down,\\nas it interfered with the operation of his pail shop which\\nwas on the opposite side of the stream.\\nCaleb Perry purchased the farm formerly owned by\\nSilas Fife, in May, 1810. He was born in Fitchburg,\\nMass., about 1773, and married Deborah Fairbanks, of\\nHolliston, Mass., in 1798. After a residence of about\\ntwenty A^ears, he removed to Alstead, having sold his farm\\nto his son-in-law, Abel Baker. In 1833, the family were\\nattacked with typhoid fever, and all died except Mr. Perr}^\\nand one son. He subsequently lived in Temple and At hoi,\\nMass., where he died in October, 1849.\\nJoseph Alexander, son of Gideon, settled upon the farm\\npurchased of Zalmon Howe, where he always lived.\\nElias Mann, son of Theodore, married Betsey Butler in\\n1811, and although he frequently changed locations, spent\\na large proportion of his life in Troy.\\nDaniel W. Farrar, eighth son of Phineas, came here in\\n1800, and was employed as a clerk in the store of Jonas\\nRobeson seven years. In 1805, Robeson moved to Fitz-\\nwilliam and left him in charge for a time he then formed\\na partnership with him and carried on the business until\\n1813, when he bought out Mr. Robeson s share and took\\nsole charge of the store. About this time he formed a\\npartnership \\\\vith Curtis Coolidge, which continued for\\nabout three vears, when he took the entire business and", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM ISOO TO 1815.\\n75\\nconducted the same until abont 1843, when he was suc-\\nceeded l:)y his son, David W., and John Whittemore, [r.,\\nfrom FitzwilHani. At this time he resided in the Garey\\ntavern. In 1835, he moved the old store, built l^y Robe-\\nson, a little back and built the brick store now owned b^^\\nC. W. Whitney. Rol)eson estalilished this store in 1793,\\nand there has been a store in operation upon this spot\\nStokk ok C. W. Whitnev.\\ncontinuously for over one hundred years. After giving up\\nhis store, he devoted most of his time to farming, and\\nlived in the house no\\\\v occupied by C. D. Farrar, which\\nwas built in 1836. For more than fifty years he \\\\vas\\none of the most enterprising men of the town, and prob-\\nably no one exerted a greater influence. He was very\\nactive in the movement which led to the formation of the\\ntown of Troy, and it was mainly through his exertions\\nthat the act was accomplished, as wnll be seen b}- referring\\nto the account of its incorporation. His name is identified\\nwith almost every public act, and although his ]iosition\\nat times may have been violently assailed, yet all seemed\\nwillinsr to five him credit for strict inteeritv and of actintr", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "76 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nfrom the best of motives. In some respects he was a\\nremarkable man, and few with the same earh^ advantages\\nwould have made so conspicuous a mark in life. He pos-\\nsessed good native talent, an active mind, and was quick\\nof apprehension, but his school advantages were very\\nlimited. But he had a mind for improvement and an\\nenergy which enabled him to overcome the most formida-\\nble obstacles, and to make up in good measure the\\ndeficiency in his early school advantages. Every da3 was\\na practical school to him he kept his books by his side,\\nbut instead -of gathering from them a few theories without\\na knowledge of their application, like many of our modern\\nscholars, he used them, as w^as once said by a noted\\ndivine, as soldiers to assist him in fighting the battle of\\nlife. He made his books contribute to his business\\ncapacitv, and in all his studies, en/ honoF was his\\nearnest inquiry. Thus his education was highly ])ractical\\nand thus will account for his success in life.\\nLuna Starkey, eighth son of Peter, married Hannah\\nWhite, in the early part of this 3 ear and lived a short time\\nin the house with his father. In 1813, he bought of\\nEbenezer Saunders the farm upon which the latter had\\nlived some years, where he lived until his death.\\nThis year, also, Isaac Lawrence, fourth son of Jonathan,\\nbuilt the house on the Levi L. Pierce place, and resided\\nthere some four or five years, when he moved to Vermont.\\nHis wife was Polly Lebourveau of Keene.\\nCapt. James Godfrey, a shoemaker, came here from\\nLancaster, Mass., but at what time is not known. He\\nmarried a Goodwin. In 1813, he sold his house to Salmon\\nWhittemore and moved to Fitzwilliam.\\nSalmon Whittemore of Royalston, Mass., came here in\\n1812 and purchased the farm afterwards owned by A. S.,\\nClark. Levi Haskell had owned the farm some vears", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM ISOO TO 1815. 77\\nprevious, selling the same to Whitteniore and moving; to Fitz-\\nwilliam. The latter lived here about a 3 car, then bought\\nCapt. Godfrey s house and moved to the village. In his\\nearlier years he had learned the clothiers trade, and April\\n1, 1815, bought of Jonathan Wood of Fitzwilliam, the\\nfulling mill which had been owned by Thomas Benney.\\nFor this he paid $1600, but the mill was old and the tim-\\nbers so decaj^ed that the following year he took the mill\\ndown and built a new one on the same spot. Mr. Whitte-\\nniore is said to have been a skillful workman, and that\\nhe was much esteemed by his fellow citizens is evident\\nfrom the various offices to which he was promoted by\\ntheir suffrages.\\nAjiril, 1812, Daniel Ball, a native of Holden, Mass.,\\ncame from Marlborough, \\\\vhcre he settled in 178G, and\\n1)ought of Simeon Brooks the Abraham Brooks farm on\\nWest Hill, afterwards owned by Stephen Harris. He was\\na farmer and resided there until his death.\\nLuke Harris, son of Christopher, married and moved\\ninto the house with his father, about this time, living\\nthere a few years when he moved into the Whipple house.\\nHe bought the farm on which Josiah Lawrence first settled,\\nin 1818, and lived there about six years, selling out to\\nWilliam Lawrence and moving to the Thomas Tolman\\nhouse. In 1825, he built a house for Salmon Whittemore.\\nA few 3^ears after he bought the pail mill built by Moses\\nCurtis and commenced making pails. Shortly after this\\nhe bought the house built by Jonathan B. French and\\nlived there until 1830, when he sold the pail shop to\\nCharles Coolidge, and his house to Nathan Winch, and\\nbuilt the house now owned by E. P. Kimball. This year\\nhe bought of Elijah Harrington the gristmill and water\\nprivilege, which is the site now occupied by the old\\nl)lanket mill. The next vear he took the o ristmill down", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "78 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand coininenced immediately to l^iiild a faetorv, which was\\ncompleted the following year, and used to manufacture\\nwoolen cloth. He moved to Sterling, Mass., in 1841, and\\nafter residing there five years he went to Richmond and\\nin 1858, he moved to Nelson, where he died.\\nEarly in the spring of 1812, Constant Weaver came\\nwith his family from the state of Rhode Island, and bought\\nthe tavern of Josiah Morse. He kept the tavern about\\ntwo years, when he sold it to Elnathan Gorhara and\\nreturned to Rhode Island. During this time he constructed\\na pottery near the tavern, which was the first establish-\\nment of the kind in town. Several unsuccessful attempts\\nto find cla3% of a suitable quality for manufacturing ware,\\nwere made before the right material was obtained, which\\nwas found near what is now the brick yard, and\\nwhere the requisite supply was obtained. Mr. Weaver did\\nlittle work himself, but committed the management of the\\npottery to his son, who did not make a success of it and\\nconsequently but little was accomplished.\\nSylvester P. Flint came here this j^ear from Fitchburg\\nand bought the Ball tavern and farm of one Fuller, who\\nobtained them of Christopher Harris. He did not adver-\\ntise to keep a public house, although he occasionally\\nentertained travelers who had previously been accustomed\\nto stop there. It is quite probable that he was con-\\nsiderable of a business man, as he was chosen one of the\\nselectmen of the town in the years 1815, 1816 and 1818,\\nand represented the town in the legislature in 1818. He\\nmoved to Keene in 1821.\\nElnathan Gorham \\\\vas a clothier by trade and was\\nsettled in Chesterfield, but being desirous of changing his\\nbusiness he came here and bought the tavern of Weaver,\\ncontinuing the public house in which he did an active\\nbusiness for several vears. He removed to Ohio in 1820,", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "SETTLERS FROM ISOO TO 1815. 79\\nwhere he died Sept. 20, 1824-. He was a very enterprisino-\\nand pubHc spirited man, \u00c2\u00a3ind while here he took a deep\\ninterest in the prosperity of the town.\\nIn October of this year, Pelatiah Hodtj, kins, son of\\nHezekiah, married and settled on the home farm, where\\nhe always resided.\\nIn 1815, Nathan Newell, son of Jacob Newell, Jr., bnilt\\npart of the house now occupied by E. P. Kimball. He\\nhad married and resided some time previous in what was\\nthe Warren store. He was a blacksmith by trade, and\\nhis shop stood where Mrs. C. W. Brown s stable now\\nstands. In 1818, he sold this house to William Stearns\\nand moved into the house then owned by Solomon\\nGoddard, where he lived about one year, when he moved\\nto Richmond.\\nThis year, Lyman Wright bought the Warren stand\\nand the Winch tanyard of David White and Joshua Har-\\nrington, who had obtained them of Warren at the time\\nhe left town. He was a native of Fitzwilliam, and\\nlearned the trade of tanner and currier in Templeton. He\\nsoon built a new tannery, which stood nearly over the\\nstream and a little lower down than the Silsby tannery.\\nSome years after he moved this Ijuilding a few feet up the\\nstream, and towards the north, putting an addition on\\nthe east end, which was the one burned a few years since.\\nWhile he was building his tannery and making the neces-\\nsary arrangements for housekeeping, he boarded with Col.\\nFarrar, but after his marriage he lived in what was the\\nWarren tavern, which wiis not changed much until 18-H,\\nwhen he covered the frame with brick walls and remod-\\neled the inside. The store which had been attached to\\nthe north end of the tavern he removed around to the\\nsouth and made it into a dwelling house. In 183G he\\nbuilt the saAvmill, after\\\\vards owned by Charles Carpenter,", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "80 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand which stood near the site of the present Troy\\nBlanket Mills, and also the house owned by Carpenter.\\nAt this time the only road to the premises was a common\\nfootpath the road 1)y the mill and across the pond to the\\nJaffrey road was not laid out until about 1850. Col.\\nWright was an active and enterprising man, and held\\nvarious offices, both civil and military, and was much\\nesteemed by his fellow citizens.\\nIn December of this year, Stephen Farrar, third son of\\nGeorge, married and settled on the farm now owned by\\nWalter Elliot. The buildings on the farm were constructed\\nfor him by his father, and he resided there until March 15,\\n1831, when he exchanged farms with Timothy Kendall,\\nand came to the village to live, on the farm now owned\\nby Mrs. A. W. Whitcomb.\\nCalvin Davis of Hancock came here this year and built\\na house on the site now occupied l)y the one owned by the\\nTroy Blanket Mills, and known as the Chapman house.\\nThe north room on the first floor was finished for a store\\nthe remainder of the building was used as a tenement.\\nMr. Davis traded here until 1820, when having become\\nsomewhat end)arassed in his business he sold his location\\nto Holbrook from Kcene, who continued the store.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER V.\\nREVOLUTIONARY HISTORY.\\nAN ACCOUNT OF THOSK WHO TOOK PART IN TIIK KKVOI.ITTIONARV WAR.\\nBENJAMIN TOLMAN. EZEKIEL MIXER. JACOlt NEWELL, |K. PEARSON\\nNEWELL. JAMES BREWER. JOHN KARRAR, JR. JOSEPH AND WILLIAM\\nFARRAK. JAMES DEAN. PETER STARKLY. THE ASSOCIATION TEST.\\nCONTINENTAL CURRENCY. ALARM LIST.\\nThe American Revolution is one of the most interesting\\nevents in modern history. In this event, feeble colonies,\\namidst want, poverty and misfortune, without an army\\nor navy, and without the munitions and implements of\\nwar, boldly stepped forth and successfully combated the\\nveteran armies of a powerful and oppressive nation,\\nimpelled by the spirit of liberty, and directed by an over-\\nshadowing Providence. It is but pro]3er that we should\\nconsider how the inhabitants of what is now the town of\\nTroy stood affected in relation to that contest. On the\\n19th of April, 1775, when the clarion of war first sounded\\nupon the fields of Lexington and Concord, there were\\nprobably not more than twenty-five male inhabitants over\\ntwenty-one years of age, within these limits, capable of\\nbearing arms. The region was sparsely populated, and\\nmost of these were heads of families, who had but\\nrecently settled u])on this wild land and if they had been\\never so much inclined to exchange the field for the camp,\\nthey could only have done so at the expense of bringing\\nupon their families almost unendurable suffering, for it\\nwas extremely difficult for them to provide food and\\nclothing for themselves and those dependent u])on them.\\nThere are no stronger claims, of an earthly nature, upon", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "82 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nman s services than those of the family. Next to these\\nstand those of his country, and justice and humanity\\nforl)id that the former should be sacrificed to the latter.\\nHence the small number of enlistments should not be\\nattributed to a want of patriotism, or to indifference in\\nrespect to the great interests of the country, for it would\\nbe difficult to find men more ardently attached to liberty\\nand to the leading measures of the day than were the\\nearly settlers of this town.\\nIn most instances in which it was possible to make\\nsuch an arrangement as to protect the family from extreme\\nsuffering, the opportunity was gladly improved, and the\\nfather laid aside the hoe and the plow, and hurried to the\\nassistance of his countrymen who were struggling amidst\\nscenes of conflict and blood. The following are the names\\nof those who are supposed to have entered the American\\narmy from the limits of this town.\\nBenjamin Tolman, Pearson Newell,\\nJficob Newell, Jr., Jtunes Brewer,\\nEzekiel Mixer, John Farrar, Jr.,\\nPeter Slarkey.\\nBenjamin Tolman was the first to resjiond, and took\\nan active part in the battle which opened the bloody\\nconflict. On receiving information of the threatened inva-\\nsion, he seized his musket and marched for the scene of\\nwar. On the way he was joined b\\\\^ others on a like\\nexpedition, arriving in season to dispute the jjrogress of\\nthe British forces at Lexington. He joined in the pursuit\\nof the enemy on their retreat, and in the battle of Bunker\\nHill he was in the thickest of the fight. In a hand-to-\\nhand conflict, his gun was wrenched from him l)y a British\\nsoldier; but he stood his ground, defending himself with\\nthe weapons Natiirc had furnished him, until his captain,\\nseeing his condition, (juickly brought him another musket,.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 83\\nwith which he continued to fight nntil ordered to\\nretreat.\\nMr. Tohnan was paid Iia the State for articles lost in\\nthe battle, as follows: For shoes Is.; for stockino-s 2s.;\\nfor trousers 2s. 6d.; for shirts 5s.; for stmdrics 2s. He\\nwas in the army about two and a half years, being on\\nduty at various stations, and receiving a coni]iensation of\\n\u00c2\u00a34 10s. per month. The last battle in which he was\\nengaged was that of Bennington, where he passed through\\none of the most trying scenes of his military life. Ezekiel\\nMixer, his companion in arms, and the one who had been\\nhis most intimate friend for two years, received his death-\\nwound while fighting bv his side. Mr. Tolman bore him\\nfrom the field and closed his dying eyes. His term of\\nservice having expired, Sept. 25, 1777, he retired from the\\narmy and resumed his labors on the farm.\\nEzekiel Mixer has been mentioned as being among the\\nfirst to break the gloom of the wilderness, and to select a\\nsite for a habitation within what are now the limits of\\nTrov. He was also among the first to strike for liberty\\nand the suppression of British rule in America. As soon\\nas he learned of the threatening attitude of the British, in\\ncompany with his friend, Mr. Tolman, he hastened to\\nLexington, and both there and at Bunker Hill he fought\\nby his side, exhibiting bravery known only among those\\nwho are fighting for their lives and homes. He served in\\nthe same company and by the side of his friend over two\\n3 ears, sharing with him his ])leasures and suft ering, and\\nbetween them an ardent attachment was formed. But\\nthe time w^as hastening when the ties that imited them\\nwere to be severed forever. In the summer of 1777,\\nGen. Burgoyne, at the head of a large army, advanced\\nsouthward from Canada, by wa} of Crown Point and\\nTiconderoga, with the view of cooperating with Sir Henry", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "84 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nClinton, wlio at this time held possession of New York,\\nhoping to eut in two the Ameriean forces in New En ^land\\nand the Middle States. Bnrgoyne had vScarcely reached\\nthe valley of the Hudson, when he fonnd his stores of\\nprovision failing, and having received information that\\nthe Americans had collected provisions, cattle and horses\\nat Bennington, he sent a detachment nnder Lieut. -Col.\\nBaume to scour the country, to capture these sup]ilies,\\nto test the disposition of the people, and to levy contrilni-\\ntions on the towns. With this detachment ^vas a con-\\nsiderable body of Hessians, Tories and Indians. Among\\nother things, Baume was directed to bring back to\\nBurgoyne at least 1300 horses. But the British com-\\nmander entirely misapprehended the temper of the people.\\nIntelligence of this expedition reaching the vigilant Stark,\\nhe prepared to give the enemy an un^velcomed reception.\\nOn the 13th of August, Baimie was rapidly advancing\\nupon Bennington, but to his surprise found that Stark s\\ncommand was contesting his advance and preparing for\\nbattle; he halted and formed entrenchments upon the\\nborders of the town. The 15th being rainy, neither party\\nwas disposed to commence an engagement. But on the\\nmorning of the 16th the storm had passed, and the sim\\nshone brightly upon the distant hills, and Stark deter-\\nmined to attack the enemy in his entrenchments. With\\nhis keen eye he scanned the ground, formed his plans, and\\nassigned to each subordinate officer a particular part in\\nthe bold and daring enterprise. Stark attacked vigorously\\nin front, exhibiting great sagacity and self-possession.\\nWhen the troops were drawn out ready for the attack.\\nGen. Stark addressed them in this laconic speech: There\\nare the red-coats we must flog them or Molh Stark\\nsleeps a widow this night. h^or\\\\vard, men, march!\\nThe order was executed bv his men, and thev rushed with", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "RUVOLUTIONAKV HISrORV. 85\\na Imrrab for the 1:)reastwork, behind which were the\\nTories, and where was the most desperate resistance.\\nThe men rushed to the lireastwork to the very muzzles of\\nthe guns, many of them scaHng it, while others went\\nround to join the flanking ])arties who had driven the\\nGermans from their entrenchments, and all joined in a\\nhand-to-hand encounter with the Tories, with bayonets\\nand clubbed muskets. After two hours of hard fighting\\nthe battle was practicalh won. In this desperate struggle,\\nMixer, who had exhibited his accustomed bravery, was\\nobserved to fall, and his friend carried him from the field\\nto a rude shelter, where it was found that a musket ball\\nhad penetrated his body, causing a mortal wound. He\\nlingered in great agony until morning, when he expired,\\nand Mr. Tolman was left to convey the sad intelligence to\\nhis distant relatives.\\nJacob Newell, Jr., was the eldest son of Jacob Newell,\\nof whom some account has been given. At what time he\\nentered the army is uncertain. It is quite probable that\\nhe was one of the company enlisted in this vicinity by\\nCapt. James Reed of Fitzwilliam, wdio on the 26th of\\nApril, 1775, was commissioned a colonel by the Committee\\nof Safety of Massachusetts, with beating orders. There\\nis no tradition of his having been in the battle of Biniker\\nHill, but he joined the expedition that was fitted out\\nagainst Canada, and was stationed several months at\\nTiconderoga. He was under St. Clair in his retreat to\\nFort Edward, and from thence he accompanied the main\\nbod_y of the army to the islands at the mouth of the\\nMohawk. It is quite probable that he was in the two\\nbattles of Stillwater, and that he witnessed the surrender\\nof the British army imder Burgoyne. It is said he Avas in\\nthe army five years, but as no records were kejit by his\\nfamily, it is difiicult to trace his military operations.", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "86 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nPearson Newell was the second son of Jacob, and joined\\nthe army at Cambridge, in May, 1775. The tradition of\\nthe family is that he was not a volunteer, but was drafted\\nsoon after his brother enlisted. Whether so or not he was a\\nmember of Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb s company and fought\\nunder that officer at the l)attle of Bunker Hill, where it\\nappears that he sustained the loss of his gun, powderhorn\\nand cartridge box, for which he was after\\\\vards allowed\\nby the State \u00c2\u00a32 14s. Shortly after this he was joined to\\na small detachment under the command of Lieut. Elijah\\nClay, but on the 11th of September following, he was\\nordered with others to report himself again to Capt.\\nWhitcomb, but sudden death prevented his complying with\\nthe order.\\nFrom the record of the acts of the first settlers of the\\ntown it would seem that in every enterprise, calling for an\\nexhibition of pure patriotism, disinterested benevolence\\nand the characteristics of a good citizen, the name of\\nJames Brewer stands conspicuous. The records of Marl-\\nborough and Fitzwilliam fulh attest to the value of his\\npublic services as a citizen, but very little is known\\nconcerning his inilitary career. He was in the army about\\nthree years, during which time he must not only have\\nwitnessed, but participated in many of the scenes which\\nform an interesting period in the history of the Qowntry.\\nThe battle of Lexington, while it foreshadowed the most\\nfearful results, and spread consternation among the \\\\veak\\nand timid, onh^ served to rouse the patriots to the highest\\npitch of indignation. Expresses were sent to every town,\\nand the call to arms, resounded from every hill and\\nvalley. At that time, Capt. Benjamin Mann, one of the\\nmost devoted patriots of Keene, organized a company of\\nvolunteers, and in a short time, at the head of a respect-\\nable bod} of soldiers, he took up the line of march for the", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "REVOIJJTIONARY HISTORY. 87\\nscene of war. James Brewer was chosen 1st Lieutenant\\nof this company. Capt. Mann was able to be on duty\\n1)ut a small proportion of the time, owing to advanced\\nage jmd feeble health, consequently in his aljsence the\\ncommand devolved upon Lieut. Brewer. This company\\nreached Charlestown on the 17th of June, and participated\\nin the Battle of Bunker Hill, althoujjh engaged late in the\\naction. Lieut. Brewer was paid 6s lid for the loss of a\\npair of shoes in the battle. Lieut. Brewer was not an\\nidle man, and his l)est energies were devoted to the service\\nof his country. He was attached to the New Hampshire\\nbrigade under Gen. Sullivan, and was stationed at Winter\\nHill through most of the summer of 1775. After the\\narrival of Wiishington on the second of July, Lieut.\\nBrewer was employed in various movements plannetl by\\nthat illustrious man, and he remained in the vicinity of\\nBoston till some time after its evacuation by the British\\nin March, 1776. He was in Capt. James Lewis company\\nof Col. Enoch Hale s regiment, which marched from New\\nHampshire, June 29, 1777, under command of Lieut. Col.\\nThomas Heald, to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga,\\nwhere he was stationed several months, and it is (piite\\nprobable that he was in the battle of Stillwater.\\nJohn Farrar, Jr., son of Maj. John Farrar, entered\\nthe army in 1781, as appears from the following state-\\nment.\\nTo Mr. Thompson, Secretary tor the Honorable Assembly f)t New Hamp-\\nshire, (ireetins;-:\\nAtjreciible to the order ot Conrt .\\\\])ril 7, 17St Keipiirinn oi us to\\nmake a return i)f ovir Soldiers in the Continent[d Army Ijy the loth of\\nJune next, whieh soldiers names are as follows viz. John I arker and\\nJosei)h Fassett engat^ed durinj^ the Wiir some 3 ears ngo.\\nThe names of those engjii^ed last Mareh for the term of three years\\nnext ensnin,!.;- the date are as follows viz. Ste])hen Kiehardson, John\\nI arrar, Stephen White, Daniel (loidd, Jr., and James Foster whieh have", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "88 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nbeen mustered liefore the Siiperiiiteiideiit at Keene soon after their\\nengagements, as will be made to appear to you b_v his returns.\\nJoseph Niehols, Levi Brigham, Josiah Hartwell, Seleetmen For Fitz-\\nwilliam.\\nFitzwilliam, May the 2Sth, ITHl.\\nFITZWILLIAM.\\n1 John Barker never joined.\\n2 Joseph Fassett Deserted 1780.\\n3 Stephen Rieliardson Must. Feb. 23, 17.S1.\\n4 Jolm arrar A])r. 3,\\n5 vStephen White Fel). 27,\\n6 Daniel Gould, Jr. Feb. 23,\\n7 James Foster Feb. 23,\\nS Rufus Patriek July 15, 17.S2. Must, by B. Elhs.\\nCertified Nov. 7, 1775.\\nThose enlisting in 1781 were for three years, or the war,\\nand each received a Ijotmty of twenty pounds which was\\npaid in specie.\\nJohn Farrar had two younger In others, Jose]3h and\\nWilHam, who were nieinljers of Capt. Nixon s company of\\nMinute Men, in 1775, and prol)ably entered the army\\nfrom Framingham, the place of their birth. It is said that\\nJohn possessed a peculiar combination of mental qualities.\\nIn addition to a large share of comnionsense, he had\\nready wit, a keen perception of the ludicrous, and none\\nbetter enjoyed a good joke. These characteristics, together\\nwith his great mirthfulness, rendered him a particular\\nfavorite with the soldiers; and whenever they wished to\\ncarry out any particular plot, requiring the agency of a\\nrogue, he was just the man, for his great shrewdness was\\na pretty sure guaranty of success. And it would not be\\nsurprising, if at that period of life he \\\\vould sometimes\\ngratify his love of fun at the expense of moral principle.\\nThe good lady, on seeing her best goose chasing the\\nyoung soldier, who to appearance was vainly striving to", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 89\\nescape from the fierce attacks of his enraged antagonist,\\nwas (|uite ready to assure him that the fowl was very\\nharmless, and would soon give over the pursuit, but con-\\ntinuing until distance obscured the view, she came to the\\nconclusion that an evil spirit had unfortunately taken\\npossession of the animal. But had she seen the line, to\\nwhich were attached the hook and bait which the unsus-\\npecting goose had swallowed, and was thereby involun-\\ntarily pursuing the fugitive, she \\\\vould doubtless have\\nbeen impressed with the fact that evil spirits, sometimes\\nat least, assume the human form. And could she have\\nlooked a little farther and seen the soldiers exulting over\\ntheir ill-gotten repast, she might have been filled with the\\ngreatest indignation, unless perad venture her love of coun-\\ntry was paramount to all things else, and she consoled\\nherself with the consciousness of having contributed a\\nmite to the patriot cause. Mr. Farrar resided in Fitzwil-\\nliam some years after the war, but eventually moved to\\nSouth Hadley, where he died, March 20, 1809.\\nJames Dean also served in the war of the Revolution as\\nshown by the following abstracts taken from the Record\\nIndex to the Revolutionary War Archives in the office of\\nthe Secretar3^ of the CommonAvealth of Massachusetts\\nAppears with rank of Private on Muster Roll of Capt. Jacob Miller s\\nCo., Col. Ephm. Doolittle s Regt., dated Aug. 1, 1775 Enlisted April 25\\n1775 Service 3 mos. 16 days. Residence, Monadnock, No. 5.\\nAppears with rank of Private on Company Return of Cajjt. Miller s\\nCo., Col. DooHttle s Regt.. dated Winter Hill, Uct. 6, 1775.\\nApi)cars among signatures to an order for Bounty Coat or its\\nequivalent in money, due for the Eight Months Service in 1775, in Capt.\\nJacol) Miller s Co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle s (24th) Regt., dated Winter\\nHill, Oct. 31, 1775 Payable to Lieut. Samuel Burbank Encamped at\\nWinter Hill.\\nDr. Caverly states that Caleb Winch served in the\\nRevolutionarv armv, but his name has not been identified in", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "90 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe Revohitioiiarv Rolls, and the tradition concerning him\\nis not sufficiently definite to justify placing his name in the\\nforegoing list.\\nPeter Starkey was in the army but a few weeks. He\\nwas drafted just before the battle of Bennington. He was\\nin Colonel Nichols regiment at the battles of Bennington\\nand Stillwater. Soon after this, for some reason, he\\nobtained his discharge and returned home.\\nToryism had become so rife in the Colonies, that in\\nMarch, 1776, the Continental Congress took measures to\\ndisarm all persons A\\\\dio \\\\vere notoriously opposed to the\\ncause of America. They passed a resolution on the\\nsubject, a copy of which was transmitted to all the Colo-\\nnies. The Committee of Safety for New Hampshire, under\\nthe leadership of Hon. Meshach Weare, immediateU^ sent\\nto the several towns a copy of this resolution, and also a\\npledge of loyalty for the citizens of each town to sign.\\nThis pledge was called the Association Test; all those\\nwho refused to sign it were supposed to be Tories, and\\nwere looked upon by their neighbors with suspicion.\\nThe circular was as follows\\nCOLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, C.\\nCOMMrrTEE OF S.\\\\FETY.\\nApril 12, 1770.\\nTo the Selectmen of Monadnock, No. five: In order to carry the\\nunderwritten Resolve of the Honorable Continental Congress into execu-\\ntion, you are reqviested to desire all Males above twenty-one yeivrs of\\nage, (lunatics, idiots, and negroes excepted,) to sign the Declaration\\non this pai)er, and when done, to make return thereof together with the\\nname, or names of all who shall refuse to sign the same to the General\\nAssembly, or Committee of Safety of this Colony.\\nM. Weare, Chairman.\\nIn Congress, March 14th, 1776.\\nResolved, That it be recommended to the several Assemblies, Conven-\\ntions, and Councils, or Committees of Safety of the United States\\nimmediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their respective", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY\\n91\\nColonies, who are notoriously disafieetcd to the cause of Amkrica, or\\nwho have not associated and refused to associate to defend by Akms the\\nUnited Colonies against the hostile attempts of the British Fleet and\\nArmies.\\nExtract from the minutes,\\nCharles Thompson, Secretary.\\nIn consequence of the above Resolution of the Continental Conckkss,\\nand to show our determination in joining our American brethren in\\ndefending the lives, liberties and properties of the inhabitants of the\\nUnited Colonies: We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and\\npromise that we will to the utmost of our power, at the risk of our\\nlives and fortinies, with Arms oppose the hostile proceedings of the\\nBritish Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies.\\nThis was signed by the following persons, and duly\\nreturned h\\\\ the selectmen\\nBenjamin Tucker,\\nJonathan Frost,\\nThomas Riggs,\\nAbijah Tucker,\\nEliphalet Stone,\\nBenoni Robbins,\\nPhineas Park,\\nSilas Fife,\\nAbel Woodard,\\nBenjamin Goodenow,\\nBerodick Webber,\\nSamuel Bishop,\\nJohn McBride,\\nDaniel Collins,\\nJoseph Cutting,\\nJames Lewis,\\nJosejjh Collins,\\nJames Field,\\nIsaac McAllester,\\nTimothy Biemies,\\nEbenezer Hixson,\\nJohn Tozer,\\nStephen Woodard,\\nDavid Wheeler,\\nJohn Felton,\\nRichard Tozer,\\nDaniel Emerson,\\nDaniel Goodenow,\\nThaddeas Hastings,\\nReuben Ward,\\nElnathan Newton,\\nJonah Harrington,\\nWilliam Adams,\\nJedediah Tayntor,\\nWilliam Tenney,\\nRichard Robbards,\\nEbenezer Rhodes,\\nJames Brewer,\\nSolomon Woodward,\\nJames Flood,\\nDavid Dufer,\\nHis\\nAbraham X Brooks.\\nMark.\\nJonathan Goodenow,\\nDaniel Cutting,\\nDavid Thurston.\\nJacob Newell,", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "92 niSTOKV OF TROY.\\nMoses Tucker, Robert Converse,\\nOliver Wright, Theodore Mann.\\nMonadnock, No. Five, July, e 9th, 1776.\\nIn obedience to the within Riten we have ofered the same to all our\\ninhabitants and they have all sined excepting those whose names are\\nheare under Riten:\\nWilliam Barker, Icabard Shaw,\\nRichard Atwell, Daniel Lawrence.\\nJonathan Sliaw.\\nBenjamin Tucker, j Selectmen of\\nThom.\\\\s Riggs, Monadnock\\nEliphalet Stone, No. Five.\\nOf this number, Silas Fife, Joseph Cutting, David\\nWheeler, Reuben Ward, Jonah Harrincrton, Richard Rob-\\nbards, James Brewer, Daniel Cuttine:, Jacob Newell, Theo-\\ndore Mann, William Barker, Jonathan Shaw, Icabard\\nShaw and Daniel Lawrence, lived on territory now in-\\ncluded in Troy.\\nTradition tells us that William Barker, although he\\nrefused to affix his name to this resolution, was not a\\nTory at heart, but, holding an office under the king, and\\nnot knowing which party would in the end become victo-\\nrious, \\\\vithheld his name rather as a matter of prudence than\\nfrom any disaffection towards the cause of the colonists.\\nRichard Atwell so far overcome his scruples that he\\nenlisted and joined the army at Rhode Island. Jonathan\\nand Icabard Shaw were probably Tories indeed but,\\nknowing that the sharp eye of the Committee of Safety\\nwas upon them, they remained quiet and peaceable, and\\nas such were imdisturbed. Daniel Lawrence is said to\\nhave been at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but why he refused\\nto sign his name to this resolution is a m3 stery that can-\\nnot be solved.\\nA similar circular was sent to the town of Fitzwilliam,\\nbut the retiu n, if ever made, has been lost.", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "RE I OL VTIONA K 1 HIS TOR I\\n93\\nFew of the particular accounts and vouchers apper-\\ntaining to the expenses of FitzwilHam in the Revolution-\\nary- War can now be found, and probably most of them\\nView of Commons Looking North.\\nwere destroyed b_v fire in 1785. The following are copies\\nof those that have been preserved.\\nState of New Hampshire to the Seleetmen of Fitzwilham Dr.\\n1779, July. To cash paid Joseph Fassett Joseph Muzzy, two soldiers\\ninlisted in the Continental Ami}- for one year.\\nState Bounty \u00c2\u00a360 each. \u00c2\u00a3120.\\nReceived an order on the Treasurer for One Hundred and\\ntwenty- poiuids.\\nper John Mellen, one of the Selectmen.\\nState of New Hamjjshire to the Selectmen of Fitzwilliam Dr.\\n1779, July IS. To cash paid Daniel Gould a soldier inlisted in Col.\\nMooney s Regiment f(ir the defence of Rhode Island, six months.\\nBounty \u00c2\u00a330. Travel 90 miles to Providence \u00c2\u00a39. pr Rect\\n\u00c2\u00a339-0-0\\nReceived an order on the Treasurer for Thirty Nine\\npounds.\\npr John Mellen, one of the Selectmen.\\nAn account of Town Bounties paid by the Town of", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "94 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nFitzwilliam to the following^ soldiers inlisted in the Conti-\\nnental Armv for three years. Viz.:\\n1777\\nFeb.\\nAmos Boynton Capt.\\nCleaves\\nCo.\\n\u00c2\u00a324.\\n0. 0.\\nZadock Dodge\\nDo.\\n30.\\nJohn Dodge\\n24.\\nPeter Barbe (Burpee)\\n14.\\n8.\\n0.\\n1778\\n1777\\nDo.\\nPeter Barbe, Jun.\\n9.\\n14.\\n12.\\n8.\\n0.\\n0.\\n24.\\n1778\\nDo.\\n9.\\n12.\\n0.\\n24.\\nDaniel Squire Capt. Clayes\\nCo.\\n9.\\n0. 0.\\nFitzwilliam, Jan. 1780. The above soldiers inlisted for the town of\\nFitzwilliam, and were paid the several sums set against their names.\\nAttest John Mellen Selectmen.\\nSworn to at Exeter March 9, 1780 before James Belton.\\nFrom the Fitz\\\\villiam town accounts\\nAmos Boynton \u00c2\u00a321-16-10\\nZadock Dodge 18-12\\nJohn Dodge 14-17- 7\\nPeter Burpee 10-16- 2\\nPeter Burpee Jr. 10-16-2 \u00c2\u00a376-18-9\\nJuly 16, 1782. Gave a certificate to James RecS per order from the\\nSelectmen.\\nFITZWILI.IAM ACCOUNT.\\nPay roll to Cambridge in 1775 \u00c2\u00a332-19\\nDo. to Rovalton 5-11-6\\n\u00c2\u00a338-10-6.\\nRecord of town returns\\nMARLROKOlKiH.\\nCalvin Goodenow Absent July 7, 1777. discharged\\nTimothy Rogers no return Jacob Whittier no return\\nAdino Goodenow discharged Dec. 18, 1778 by Gen. Poor\\nSheni Kentfield recruit hanged 1782 June (Must. Apr. 16, 81)\\nEbenezer Goodenow recruit March 21, 1781 John Wilson war\\nAllen Runnels war Samuel Lvon war", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 95\\nState of New Hampshire to the Selectmen of Marlljorough Dr.\\n1779 July 19th. To paid Elijah Park a soldier inlisted in Col. Hercnles\\nMooney s Regiment raised for the defence of Rhode Island\\nand mustered by Col. Henoch Hale.\\nBounty \u00c2\u00a330. Travel to Providence \u00c2\u00a310. per rec t 4-0-0-0\\nRec d an order to Discount with the Treasurer for forty\\npounds in Ijelialf of the Selectmen of Marlborough.\\nBenj. Tucker.\\nState of New Hampshire to the Selectmen of Marlborough Dr.\\n1779 Julv 27. To paid Oliver Wright a soldier inlisted in one of the\\nNew Hampshire Regnments in the Continental Service for\\none year, mustered by Col. Enoch Hale.\\nBounty by receipt \u00c2\u00a360.\\nRec d an order on the Treasurer fort\\\\ six pounds, in\\nbehalf of the Selectmen of Marlborough. John Mellen.\\nState of New Hampshire to the Selectmen of Marlborough Dr.\\n1779 July 29. Paid James Lewis a soldier for one year in one of the\\nNew Hampshire Regiments in the Continental service Mus-\\ntered by Col. Enoch Hale.\\nBounty per receipt \u00c2\u00a360.\\nRec d an order for the Trccisurer to Discount sixty jjounds\\nin behalf of the Selectmen of Marlborough. Benj. Tucker.\\nTo the Honorable General Court of the State of New Hampshire.\\nGentlemen the town of Marlborough was called upon for six men to\\nengage for three j^ears which men the town made out to acceptance of our\\nhead Colonel as our proportion of Continental men Jabez McBride Reuben\\nMcAlester and Timothy Rogers Received no money of the town as a hire.\\nAdino Goodenow Calvin Goodenow and Fradorick freeman have Re-\\nceived twent} pounds Each as town Bounty which the town Paid the\\ntenth Day of April A. D. 17 In July 1779 the town hired two men\\nmore for to serve in the Continental army for the term of one year gave\\nto Capt. James Lewis as a hire 130 Bushels of Rie and forty jJOunds of\\nmoney Russel Oliver Received 120 Bushels of Rie and forty povnids of\\nmoney this Being the whole that the town of Marlborough hath jiaid to\\nthe Continental Soldiers which they had to Raise from January the 1,\\n1777 to January ye 1, 1780.\\nMarlborough Febuary the 9th 17S().\\nDavid Wheeler Selectmen of\\nOliver Wright j Marlborough", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "96 HISrORY OF TROV.\\nTo the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire.\\nSir the followiii,-^ is a Keturii of the Men that tlie Town of Marlbor-\\nough hath in the field Calvin Goodenow, Timothy Rogers, Jacob\\nWhitter, and Adino Goodenow was hired By the Town of Marll)orough\\nDuring the war find was Discharged when he was in good health for\\nReasons unkone to them and tiie Town think it hard to hire another in\\nhis Rome.\\nJedh Tavntok I Selectmen\\nOliver Wright for\\nDavid Wheeler Marlborough\\nMay ye 20th 1782\\nTo the Honourable the Committee of Safety of the State of New Hamp-\\nshire.\\nGentlemen in obedience to a precept Received From the honourable\\nthe General Court to procure our Cota of Continental men we have\\nyoused our utmost Endeavors to ])rocure said men ourselves we Enieade-\\nately Called a town meeting and chose a Committee for that purpose\\nwhich Committee has m^ide a Return that they cannot procure said men\\nwithout i)aying such a Large Sum of hard money in hand lo procure\\nsaid men that it puts the matter beycjud our power to procure said men\\nupon so short Notice we therefore Begg Leave to Inform your honours\\nthat it is not in Disobedience to the precejjt hut it is the Extream\\nScarcity of hard money in this New town has \\\\n\\\\t it out of our ])ower\\nat present to yield that obediance that we should have been glad to\\nhave done N. H. \\\\Vc would inf(jrm your honours that w^e have one man\\nNow in the fiekl that he was not Creadited for Last year viz Calvin\\nGoodenow who was hired in ye year 1777 by this ttjwn to serve for\\nsaid town dining the war and at the avacation of ticonderoga he was\\ntaken jjrisoner and Never joined his Regt till last may and since that he\\nDiserted and was Last march taken up and is Now in the first Regt in\\nthe hampshii e Line\\nJames Brewer\\nJames Flood Selectmen\\nEbenezer Temple J of\\nSilas Fife Marlborousrh\\nDaniel Cutting\\nIt wotild seem that np to 1780, the town had spent\\nl)tit little in payino- bounties to soldiers, and that those\\nwho had enlisted, had done so more from a sense of dutv", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIONAKY HISTORY. 97\\nand love of countrv than for the sake of obtaining a\\nbounty. But after that time the extreme seareity of hard\\nmoney rendered it diffieult to proeure men for the serviee.\\nIn 1775, Congress had issued bills of credit to the\\namount of two millions of dollars. This was soon fol-\\nlowed by another of one million. The confederated colo-\\nnies were pledged for their redemption, each to provide\\nmeans to pay its proportion by the year 1779. Twenty\\nmillions were issued in eighteen months, when they began\\nto depreciate in value. At first the depreciation was slight,\\nbut they continued to lose in value daily. Congress,\\ndesirous of arresting the growing depreciation, resorted to\\nloans and taxes, but it was difiicult to negotiate for the\\nloans, and the taxes could not always be collected. Pressed\\nwith the necessities of an army. Congress was obliged to\\ncontinue to issue bills after they had begun to depreciate,\\nand to pay that depreciation by increasing the sums\\nemitted so that in fifteen years, the amount in circulation\\nwas about two hundred millions.\\nThe progress of this diminution is worthy of notice.\\nAt the close of the year 1777, the depreciation was two\\nor three for one; in 1778, five or six for one; in 1779,\\ntwenty-seven or twenty-eight for one; in 1780, fifty or\\nsixty for one in the first five months. After this date the\\ncirculation of these bills was limited but when they\\npassed they soon depreciated to one hundred and fifty for\\none, and finally several htmdred for one. Several causes\\ncontributed to diminish the value of the Continental cur-\\nrency. The excess in quantity at first caused a natural\\ndecline in value, which was increased by the enemy who\\ncounterfeited the bills and s])read the forgeries through the\\nStates. These causes, cooperating with the decline of pub-\\nlic confidence, rai)idly increjised the decline, until bills of\\ncredit, or what was commonly called Continental mone_v,", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "98 IIISroRY OF 7^ ROY.\\nbecame of little value. The evils resulting from this sys-\\ntem were immense. From this fact it became extremely\\ndifficult to raise an army and provide for its subsistence.\\nAt the same time it originated discontent among the offi-\\ncers and soldiers, since their pay in this depreciated cur-\\nrency was inadecpiate to the support of their families.\\nFour months jjay of a private would not procure his\\nfamily a single bushel of wheat, and the pay of a colonel\\nwould not ])urchase oats for his horse.\\nAfter the Declaration of Independence in July, 1776, it\\nwas determined to maintain the same at all hazards, and\\na new militia system became necessary, and in the Septem-\\n1)er following, an act was passed by the Legislature for\\nforming and regulating the militia within the State of New\\nHampshire in New England. This provided for two classes\\nof soldiers a Training Band and an Alarm List. The\\nentire male population, negroes, Indians, and a few of the\\nhighest civil and judicial officers excepted, between the ages\\nof sixteen and sixty-five, were to be enrolled.\\nThe Training Band included all males between the ages\\nof sixteen and fifty, with the exceptions noted above; and\\neach of these men was recpiired to furnish himself with the\\nfollowing articles, and keep the same at all times ready\\nfor use viz: A good firearm, good ramrod, a worm,\\npriming wire and brush, a bayonet fitted to his gun, a\\nscabbard and belt therefor, and a cutting sword, or a\\ntomahawk or hatchet, a pouch containing a cartridge box\\nthat will hold fifteen rounds of cartridges at least, a hun-\\ndred buckshot, a jackknife and to\\\\v for wadding, six\\nflints, one pound of ])owder, forty leaden bullets fitted to\\nhis gun. a knapsack, and a blanket, a canteen or wooden\\nbottle sufficient to hold one (piart. Each town was to\\nl)rovide and deposit in some safe place for use in case of\\nan alarm, a specified number of spades or shovels, axes", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "REVOLVTIONARY HISTORV. 99\\nand jjicks, and to provide arms and equipments for those\\nunable to provide for themselves and parents, masters or\\nguardians were to provide for those under their eare.\\nEach company was to muster eight times a year, including\\nthe regimental musters.\\nThe Alarm List or Minute Men included all males loe-\\ntween sixteen and sixty-five, not included in the Training\\nBand, and who were not exempted 133 this act. The\\nAlarm was to be given by firing three guns, one after the\\nother; by firing the beacon, or the drums beating the alarm.\\nThe ofiicers and soldiers, in case of being called forth\\nfor an emergency, ^vere each to furnish himself with at\\nleast three da^ ^s provisions, and the selectmen of their\\ntowns were immediately to cause carriages to attend them,\\nwith further necessary provisions, and utensils to cook\\nthe same.\\nMilitary watches, or guards, were to be appointed by\\nthe commissioned oflicers of each town, or b^ the com-\\nmanding officers, in such numbers and at such times and\\nplaces as were designated; and all persons in the Training\\nBand or Alarm List, under sixty years of age, \\\\vere\\nrequired to do watch duty. Penalties were attached for\\ndisobedience or neglect, and all fines were to be paid to\\nthe selectmen or treasurers of the towns in which the\\ndelinquents had their residence.\\nThis act continued in operation during the most critical\\npart of the war. Troops were raised by voluntary enlist-\\nments but when these did not furnish the cpiotas, the\\nCoimcil and House of Representatives, or Committee of\\nSafety, ordered a specific number of men to be raised in\\neach regiment. This number was apportioned among the\\nseveral companies of the regiment, and the companies\\nbeing paraded, the draft was made under the direction of\\ntheir commanding officers.", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "100 IIISTOh V OF TROY.\\nA census of the inhabitants of FitzwilHam made in 1773,\\nshowed the following results\\nUnmarried men between 16 and 60, IS\\nMarried men between 16 and 60, 44\\nMales under 16, 55\\nTotal males 117\\nFemales, married 44\\nFemales, unmarried 53\\nTotal females 97 97\\nTotal po]julation 214\\nThe returns from Marlborough ^vere as follows:\\nUnmarried men from 16 to 60 ^-ears of age, 9\\nMarried men from 16 to 60 years of age, 16\\nBoys of 16 years and under, 25\\nMen 60 years and above, 1\\nFemales, unmarried 26\\nFemales, married 16\\nSlaves,\\n93", "height": "3307", "width": "1989", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VI.\\nINCORPORATION OF THE TOWN.\\nTHE PEOTLE DESIRE A NEW TOWN. REASONS FOR THE SEPARATION. THEV\\nPETITION TO HE VOTED OFF. THEIR REOUEST DENIED. A MEETING\\nHOUSE ni ILT. SUBJECT DROUGHT BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. ENCOUN-\\nTERS OPPOSITION. COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION APPOINTED. HEAR-\\nING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. A CHARTER OBTAINED AND THE TOWN\\nORGANIZED.\\nThe history thus far given has been mostly limited to\\nportions of the territory of Fitzwilliam, Marlborough,\\nRichmond and Swanzey, for Troy, up to this time, had no\\npolitical existence. But in 1815, these portions of terri-\\ntory, with the inhabitants thereon, were by legislativ^e\\nenactment incorporated into a separate town. It will be\\nnecessary to go back several years for a full understand-\\ning of the matter and notice some of the reasons which\\nmade the separation desirable on the part of the people,\\nand the means employed to bring it about.\\nThe surface of the territory being so uneven and hilly,\\nand the hills extending in such directions, rendered it in-\\nconvenient lor the inhabitants of some parts of it to reach\\nthe center of their respective towns. At this time, also,\\nthe village had attained a considerable size, and had\\nbecome a place of considerable business, so that it com-\\nmanded the most of the trade within a radius of two or\\nthree miles. The people, having become accustomed to do\\nmuch of their private business here, very naturally con-\\ncluded that it would be for their convenience to transact\\ntheir public business here also. Then again, the village,\\nhaving been Iniilt up on the l)()rder of t^vo towns, was", "height": "3302", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "102 IlfSrORY OF TROY.\\nunder a divided jurisdiction, and this being the case, the\\ninhal)itants felt that their interests, to a certain extent,\\nwere divided, which was neither pleasant nor conducive\\nto the i)r()S])erity oi the place. These were the main rea-\\nsons urged lor an act of incorporation.\\nThe first knowledge we have that the inhabitants of\\nthis territory desired a new town was in 1781. In a\\nwarrant posted for a town meeting at Marlborough, Feb.\\n17 S1, the following article appeared: to See if the\\ntown will vote off part of the South End of Marlborough,\\nand part of Fitzwilliam, and part of Sw^anzey, and part\\nof Richmond, in order to make a towni. The only re-\\nsponse to this article was a vote to pass it over. The\\nmatter lay (h)rmant for several years, until 1794, when a\\n]K tition was drawn up and j)resented to the town of Fitz-\\nwilliam, of which the following is a copy.\\nTo the Inhabitants of ye Town of Fitzwilliams in the Connty of\\nChesliire, in Le^al Town Meeting assemljled, on ye 25th Da3 of August\\nI). 171)4.\\nThe I etion of ye Sn1)scrihers a Com tee in 1)ehalf of the Inhabitants\\nsettled on ye lands ineluded in the 5th, Gth, 7th Ranges of lotts with\\nthe weddge tear, together with a number of lotts of land on the north\\nend of the Town of Fitzwilliams, bounded as followeth, beginning at\\nWritehmond line, ineluding ye 7tli lott in the 12th Range; thence east\\nincluding the 2()th lot in ye 9th range; thence east to Jafer3^ line, includ-\\ning .all the lands lying north of said line in said Town of Fitzwilliams;\\nTogether with a luunber of lotts at ye southeast corner of Swanzey and\\nye northeast corner of Writehmond, and a number of lotts from the\\nnorthwest corner of Writehmond, and ninnber of lotts from the north-\\nwest corner of jartery. Humbly Sheweth That by reason of our great\\ndistance from ye IIous of Publick worshij) and other meetings for tran-\\nsaction of I ublick business in our rcs])eetive Towns, u])on mature delibera-\\ntin in ])id)liek meeting called for that purpose, think our duty a\\nreasonable request that we should be incorporated into a distinct town\\nwith c(|u;d i)owers and ])rivelc(lgcs of other Towns within this State.\\nTherctorc in behalf of said Inhabitants, we humbly i-equest Gentlemen\\nyour approbation of ye Same, and that by your vote or grant, you", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN. 103\\nsijjnify A our willint^iiess that we be iiicori)orated b\\\\- 3 e General Cinirt\\ninto a Distinct Town as afor, all which is hnnibh Submitted 1)y yoiu\\nobedient Servants\\nEphraim Root, j\\nEnoch Stakkev, I\\n[Com tee.\\nDaniel Fakkak,\\nJesse Belows, I\\nFitzwilliams the 6th of August A. D. 17i)4.\\nFitzwilliams August Gtli, ITD-t.\\nThe suljscribers iidiabitants of said Town hereby request ye Gentle-\\nmen, Selectmen of this Town to insert ye prayer of ye within petion, and\\nmake it an Artical in ye warrant for ye next Townmeeting\\nwitness our hands c.\\nAgabus Bishop, Edward Foster,\\nJohn Sweetland, David White,\\nEbenezer Mason, Ebenezer Nurs,\\nWilliam Farrar, John Write,\\nThomas Bruce, Abraham Hawkins,\\nNathaniel Bucklin, Nathaniel Bucklin, Jr.,\\nJonas Warren, Ezekiel White,\\nJonas Robeson, Isaac Jackson,\\nJonathan Whitne\\\\ John Jackson,\\nJohn Whitney, Tlujmas Tolman,\\nJohn Godding, Timothy Godding.\\nAt a town meeting, shortly after the date of the above\\npetition, the subject was taken into consideration, but the\\ntown refused to accede to the prayer of the petitioners.\\nIn the year ISOO, the subject was again agitated, but the\\nresult was a little talk only, which was soon droi)ped.\\nIn the summer of 1812, the subject was again revived,\\nand under the following circumstance. One afternoon,\\nJacob Osborn and Edmund Bemis ha]jpened to meet at\\nthe store of D. W. Farrar, and as the story goes, over a\\nmug of toddy, broached the subject to Dr. Wright, who\\nby request wrote some notices for a citizens meeting, to\\nbe held at Weaver s Hotel, for the purpose of taking the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "104 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nmatter into consideration and devivsing such plans as\\nmight seem expedient.\\nAt this meeting, of which Capt. Daniel Farrar was\\nchairman, and Dr. Wright, secretary, the subject was\\nwarmly discussed, but to avoid hasty action and give\\nample time for reflection, the meeting was adjotn-ned for a\\nfew days.\\nIn order to prep^ire the way for the organization of a\\nnew town, it was thought best as a matter of primary\\nimportance to Ijuild a meeting house.\\nAt this adjourned meeting a committee was chosen,\\nconsisting of Capt. Isaac Fuller, George Farrar, Sen.,\\nDaniel W. Farrar, Daniel Cutting and David White, for\\nthe purpose of making the necessary arrangements for\\nbuilding a meeting house and procuring a charter of the\\nproposed town. And in order to obtain the best plan\\npossible for a house, Capt. Fuller and Daniel W. Farrar\\nwere directed to go to Templeton, Mass., and examine a\\nmodel house which had just been completed in that town.\\nAt a meeting of the citizens in 1813, this committee re-\\nported the result of their proceedings whereupon it was\\nvoted that they should draw a plan of the house after the\\nmodel they had examined, and sell what pews they could\\nto raise money to defray the expense of building. The\\ncommittee drew the plan and proceeded to sell the pews;\\nbut not succeeding according to their expectation, they\\nbecame discouraged and were about to abandon the\\nenterprise.\\nJust at this time, Elnathan Gorham had moved into\\nthe village, and by his zeal and energy infused new liie\\ninto the whole matter. He bought pews and rendered\\nsuch ])eciuiiary aid, as enabled the committee to go for-\\n\\\\vard and place the building luuler contract. The timber\\nfor the frame was fm nished in the citizens, and he\\\\vn", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN. 105\\naccording to the dimensions furnished by the committee\\nthe framing and outside work were let to a man from\\nSullivan, for five hundred and fift3^ dollars the inside\\nfinishing was let to Samuel Morse of Templeton, Mass.,\\nfor six hundred dollars. The contractors went forward\\nwith their work with all possible speed, so that the frame\\nwas raised in June, and the house was dedicated early the\\nfollowing winter.\\nHaving completed the contracts for the building of a\\nmeeting house, the committee proceeded to make a survey\\nand draw a plan of the proposed town the^ had an\\narticle inserted in the warrants for the annual meeting of\\neach of the towns from which they proposed to sever\\nterritory, to see if they would vote off the proposed land.\\nRichmond and Swanzey were willing to contribute their\\nshare of the territor\\\\^ for the new town, but Marlborough\\nand Fitzwilliam were inexorable, and refused, as they had\\ndone several times before. At the session of the Legisla-\\nture the following June, the committee, not discouraged\\nbut hopeful, presented their plan to that body and peti-\\ntioned for an act of incorporation. In this transaction\\nCol. Daniel W. Farrar was agent for the petitioners, and\\nthrough his influence the subject was brought before that\\nbody, but encountered vehement opposition in the House;\\nbut the question was so far entertained that a committee\\nwas appointed to examine the ground, hear the parties,\\nand report at the next session of the Legislature. This\\ncommittee consisted of John Smith of Peterborough, Lock-\\nhart Willard of Keene, and Brown of New Ipswich. They\\ncame here in the spring of 1815, and after a partial view\\nof the place, had a public hearing at Gorham s Hotel.\\nAfter hearing the testimouN on both sides they expressed\\nthemselves as adverse to the prayer of the petitioners.\\nUpon learning this. Col. Farrar proposed to them to make", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "106 HISTORY OF TROY.\\na more thorough examination of the territory. To this\\nthey readily assented, and Col. Farrar took them to the\\ntop of Fuller Hill ^is it was then called, now knowai as\\nWest Hill, and from thence to the old center meetint;- house\\nin Marlborough. It was about this time that buggy\\nwagons came into general use through this region they\\nwere huge and cumbersome affairs in comparison wnth the\\nlight vehicles of the present day. One of these buggies,\\ncontaining two ponderous bodies in the form of a court s\\ncommittee and drawn over the rough roads, was enough\\nto make a horse of ordinary strength plead the petitioners\\ncause far more effectually than any attorney could do.\\nThe ride was sufficient to change completely the minds of\\nthe committee, and on arriving at the meeting house, one\\nof them distinctly declared that the people of West Hill\\nought never to be compelled to travel such a road as that\\nto reach the center of the town. Having secured the\\nfavor of the committee, the petitioners took fresh courage\\nand pressed their claim with more determined resolution.\\nBut Marlborough and Fitzwilliam continued to throw\\nevery obstacle in their way the strife became ardent, and\\nit seemed that\\nLong time in even scale\\nThe battle liuno;\\nWhen circiunstances occurred wdiich rendered it much more\\ndesirable on the part of Fitzwilliam to lose the trouble-\\nsome member than to retain it at the expense of entailing\\nupon herself a perpetual quarrel. At this time the meet-\\ning house there had become dilapidated, was too small,\\nand, in most other respects poorly fitted for the comfort\\nand convenience of the congregation. It was foimd neces-\\nsary to build a new one, and a contention arose as to its\\nlocation.\\nThe matter was brought before the town as earlv as", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "IXCORPORAriON OF THE TOWN.\\n107\\n1796, but the project of erecting a new edifice was voted\\ndown, and though it was called up again and again in\\nthe succeeding years, for a long time it met with the same\\nfate, the friends of the new town holding the balance of\\npower between the different parties, were sure to defeat all\\ntheir eiforts. Some argued that the new house should\\nstand upon the site of the old one, others that the village\\n^vas the only proper place, and there were various places\\nnamed, each of ^vhich had its own points of advantage.\\nMii.i. Stkkkt.\\nThe localities \\\\vhich received the most consideration, were\\nthe old place near the cemetery, the spot where the pres-\\nent town hall stands, and a lot near where D. H. Reed\\nnow lives. After a time, a com])romise was effected be-\\ntween those who were in favor of locating the house\\nwhere the ])resent town hall stands and the people in this\\npart of the town, and imiting their forces at the polls,\\ncarried both measures by a large majority. In this way\\ndid Fitzwilliam relinquish her title to that portion of her\\nterritory claimed for the new town, and was then enabled\\nto settle her own domestic quarrels, although a large and", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "108 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ninfluential part} were disaffected and stood aloof from\\nerecting the new house of worship.\\nMarlborough learning that Fitzwilliani had yielded in\\nthe controversy, called a meeting, and voted to give up\\nabout two-thirds of that part of the territory asked for\\nby the petitioners.\\nThus matters stood on the assembling of the Legisla-\\nture in June, 1815, and when the sidjject was brought\\nbefore that body, the committee reported unanimously in\\nfavor of granting the ])rayer of the petitioners.\\nAt the public hearing of the parties, Samuel Green of\\nConcord was employed as counsel for the petitioners, and\\nJohn C. Chamberlain of Charlestown for the towm of\\nMarlborough. After hearing the testimony and the argu-\\nments of counsel, the petitioners were allowed by the\\ncourt to bring in a bill for all they asked, excepting the\\nHaskell farm.\\nThe following bill was brought in and passed\\nState of New Hamjishire, in tlie year of our Lord, one thousand\\neight hundred and fifteen.\\n\\\\n act to incorporate the inhaljitants of the southerly\\nI I part of Marlborough, the northerh- part of Fitzwilliam, and\\nI., s.\\nj j ^j^(j easterly parts of Swanzey and Richmond, into a sepa-\\nrate township, with all the privileges and inmumities of\\nother towns in this state.\\nWhere.\\\\s, a ])etition signed by a number of the inhabitants of the\\ntowns of Marlborough, F it/.williani, Swnnzey ami Richmond,- praying to\\nbe incorporated into a separate town, has been presented to the General\\nCourt of this State, and the prayer thereof appearing reasonable therefore.\\nSection 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-\\ntives in General Court convened That all the lands and inhabitants\\nwithin the following hmits, namely: beginning at the southeast corner\\nof lot number twenty-one in the fourtli range of lots in Fitzwilliani on\\nthe west line of jaffrey, thence running north eighty-seven degrees west\\ntw\u00c2\u00abi hundred and fifteen rods, thence north eighty-twM) degrees west\\ntlircc liundred twenty-six rods, thence south one degree west two hun-\\ndred twentv rods, thence north eighty degrees west one hundred sixty", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN. 109\\nrods, thence sotitli four deji^rees west ninet^ -five rods, thence north eighty-\\nfour degrees west one hundred sixt\\\\ rods, thence south six degrees east\\none hundred rods, thence north eighty-two degrees west one hundred\\nsixty rods, thence north eighty-seven and a half degrees west two hun-\\ndred ten rods to the east Hue of Richmond, thence northerlj on said line\\ntwo hundred sixt^-two rods, thence north seventy-two and a half\\ndegrees west two hundred and forty-three rods, thence north one and a\\nhalf degrees east sixtv rods, thence south eighty degrees west fort^ -seven\\nrods, thence north one degree west one hundred forty-five rods, thence\\nsouth eighty-four degrees east fifty-two rods, thence north eighty rods,\\nthence north twenty-three degrees east ninety-two rods, thence north\\nthirty degrees east twent\\\\ -seven rods, thence north one-half a degree Avest\\none hundred seventy-three rods, thence east ninety- -eight rods, thence\\nnorth one-half degree west two hundred thirty-five rods, thence south\\neighty-two and a half degrees east one hundred thirty-two rods to the\\nline between Marlborough and Swanzey, thence north four and a half de-\\ngrees east on said line two hundred sixty-three rods, thence north eight\\ndegrees east on said fine one hundred ninety-four rods, thence east two\\nhundred fifteen rods to the Branch Turnpike Road in Marlborough,\\nthence southerly on said road to the south line of lot number nine in the\\nfourth range in Marlborough, thence south eighty-seven and a half de-\\ngrees east sixty-two rods, thence easterly on the north line of the fifth\\nrange of lots in Marlborough to lot number one in said range, thence\\nsouth on the west line of lot number one in said fifth range one hundred\\nsixty rods, thence east one hundred rods to the line between Jaffrey and\\nMarlborough, thence southerly on said line of Jafifrey seven hundred\\nforty-eight rods to the bounds first mentioned, be and the same are in-\\ncorporated into a town by the name of Troy, and the inhabitants who\\nnow reside, or shall hereafter reside within the above mentioned bounda-\\nries, are made and constituted a body politic and corporate and invested\\nwith all the powers, privileges and immunities which other towns in this\\nState are entitled to enjoy, to remain a distinct town, and to have con-\\ntinuance and succession forever.\\nSkction 2. And be it further enacted. That all the moneys that are\\nnow assessed in the towns of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, Swanzey and\\nRichmond for the support of schools shall be divided lietween the remain-\\ning towns of Marlborough, Fitzwilham, Swanzey and Richmond and the\\nseveral parts of the town of Troy disannexed from said towns according\\nto their present proportion of the public taxes, and the lands which the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "110 HISrOKY OF TROY.\\nsaid towns of Mai lborough and Fitzwilliam now have for the sui^port\\nof schools shall be divided between the remaining parts of Marlborough\\nand Fitzwilliam and the town of Tro\\\\ according to the jiresent jjropor-\\ntion of the public taxes paid by the remaining towns of Marlborough\\nand Fitzwilliam and the parts of Troy disannexed from said towns, and\\nthe inhal)itants of the town of Troy shall pay all the taxes assessed on\\nthem bj- the several towns from which they arc herein- disannexed, and\\nthe said town of Tro3 shall after the next annual town meeting, sup-\\nport all the present poor including all those supported in whole or in\\npart who have gained a settlement in the towns of Marlborough, Fitz-\\nwilliam, Swanzey and Richmond, b_v living in that p^rt of either of said\\ntowns that is now included within the town of Troy, and shall support\\nan} poor person now residing in any other towns, which by law the\\ntowns of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, Swanzey or Richmond may respec-\\ntively be liable to relieve or su])j)ort, that have gained a settlement in\\neither of said towns, b^ residing within the limits of the town of Trov.\\nProvided nevertheless that this act shall not effect the interest of any\\nof the inhabitants of the said remaining towns, or the town of Troy, in\\nany sehoolhousc now built within the same.\\nSection 3. And l)c it further enacted. That Joshua Harrington, Es-\\nquire, and Daniel W. Farrar or either of them, be empowered to call a\\nmeeting of the inhabitants of the said town of Troy, for the jjurpose of\\nchoosing all necessary town officers, to continue in office until the annual\\nmeeting of said town for the choice of town officers which shall forever\\nbe holden in the month of March, and the said Josluia Harrington and\\nDaniel W. Farrar, or either of them, shall preside in said meeting imtil a\\nModerator be chosen to govern the same, which meeting shall be holden\\nin the month of July next, and shall be warned by posting up a notifi-\\ncation at the meeting house in said town of Troy, fifteen days prior to\\nthe day of holding the same.\\nProvided however that all town officers residing within the limits of\\nthe town of Tro} and chosen by the towns of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam,\\nSwanzey or Richmond, shall continue in their respective offices during the\\ntime for which thcA were elected, with full jjower to execute the same;\\nand provided further that all public taxes which the towns of Marl-\\nborough, Fitzwilliam, Swanzey and Richmond shall or may be compelled\\nto assess, before a new act for proportioning the public taxes among the\\nseveral towns in this State shall pass, maA* be assessed, levied, and col-\\nlected, by the i)roper officers oi the towns of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN. Ill\\nSwanzeA and Richmond, upon the inhabitants of the town of Troy, in\\ncase the Selectmen of the town of Troy neglect to assess, levy and col-\\nlect their proportion of such public taxes, and pa\\\\ the same seasonabh\\ninto the treasuries of the towns of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, Swanze\\\\^\\nand Richmond, in the way and manner as if this act had not passed,\\nanything hei ein to the contrary notwithstanding.\\nSTATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,\\nIn the House of Representatives June 17, 1815.\\nThe foregoing Bill having had three several readings, passed to be\\nenacted. Sent up for concurrence.\\nGeorge P. Upham, Speaker.\\nIn Senate June 19, 1815. This Bill having been read a third time\\nwas enacted.\\nM. P. Pavson, President.\\nApproved June 23, 1815.\\nJ. T. GiLMAN, Governor.\\nThe following is a copy of the warrant for the first\\nmeeting, and the record of the proceedings\\nSTATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAgreeable to an Act passed by the Legislature of said State at the\\nJune session 1815, authorizing the subscribers to call a meeting of the\\ninhabitants of the town of Tro3% for the purpose of electing all the town\\nofficers in said town, to continue in office until the aimual meeting to l)e\\nholden in March next, we hereb}^ request and warn all the inhabitants\\nof said town, (|ualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Meeting\\nHouse in said town, on Thursdiiy the twentieth day of July instant, at\\ntwelve of the clock at noon, for the following purposes, viz:\\nArticle 1st. To choose a Moderator to govern said meeting.\\nArticle 2d. To choose all necessary town officers to continue in\\noffice until the annual meeting to be holden in March next, and transact\\nany other business that shall be thought proper when met.\\nSigned, J(jshua Harrington.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDated Troy, July 1815.\\nSTATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHESHIRE SS. Julv 20, 1815.\\nAgreeabh to the power vested in us by the act of incorporation of", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "112 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe town of Troy, we hereb_v certify that we have notified and warned\\nall the legal voters of the town of Troy, to meet at the time and place\\nand for the purposes mentioned in the within notification, at the Meet-\\ning House in said Tro3% fifteen days prior to the above date.\\nSigned, Joshua Harrington,\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nSTATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHESHIRE, SS.\\nAt the first legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Troy,\\nwarned by Joshua Harrington, Esq., and Daniel W. Farrar, who were\\nauthorized by the incorporating said town to call the first meeting, held\\nat the Meeting House in said town, the twentieth day of Julv A. D.\\n1815, at twelve of the clock at noon, the meeting being opened by the\\nsaid Joshua Harrington and Daniel W. Farrar, proceeded to business.\\nArticle 1st. Chose Col. Sylvester P. Flint, Moderator.\\nArticle 2d. Chose Daniel W. Farrar, Clerk, who appeared and\\naccepted of the office, and took the oath of office before Joshua Harring-\\nton, Esq.\\nVoted to adjourn the meeting for one hour.\\nMet agreeable to adjournment. Voted to choose three Selectmen.\\nChose Daniel W. Farrar, William Barnard and Svlvester P. Flint, their\\nSelectmen who appeared and accepted the office, and took the oath of\\noffice before Joshua Harrington, Esq. Voted that the Selectmen be the\\noverseers of the poor.\\nChose George Farrar, Town Treasurer, who appeared and accepted\\nthe office, and took the oath of office before Joshua Harrington, Esq.\\nChose Abraham Coolidge, Constable and Collector of taxes, who\\nappeared and accepted the office, and took the oath of office, before\\nJoshua Harrington, Esq.\\nVoted to have two Tything-men. Chose Peter Starkey, and Joseph\\nC. Davenport, Tything-men.\\nVoted to have two fence viewers. Chose Joshua Harrington, Esq.\\nand James Godfrej Fence viewers who appeared and accepted the office\\nand took the oath of office, before the Hon. Nahum Parker.\\nVoted and chose Luke Harris, Sexton.\\nSylvester P. Flint, Moderator.\\nVoted to dissolve the meeting.\\nAttest, Daniel W. Farrar, Town Clerk.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VII.\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nEARLY RELIGIOUS HISTORY. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. CHURCHES. CLERGY\\nMEN. CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY AND CHURCH. BAPTIST SOCIETY AND\\nCHURCH. THE LIBERAL UNION OR UNIYERSALIST SOCIETY.\\nIt appears that the early settlers of this region ^were\\nmen who placed a high estimate upon the institutions of\\nreligion, and their efforts to establish and sustain such\\ninstitutions were worthy of praise and the first efforts of\\nour earh^ settlers after getting settled in their new homes\\nwere generally directed to establishing a Christian minis-\\ntry, showing that the spirit which actuated the Puritan\\nfathers was possessed by their children.\\nThe most, if not all, of these men had been religiously\\neducated, and even those who made no pretensions to per-\\nsonal piety showed great deference to the outward forms\\nof religion, and never thought of living without having\\nsome one to officiate for them in the sacred office.\\nTheir first places of worship were rude and uncomfort-\\nable, but their souls were in the work, and their zeal,\\nenergy and personal sacrifices in maintaining the stated\\nministration of the gospel, might be studied with benefit\\nby many of their descendants.\\nThe history of the rise of the Puritans will show that\\nthey performed all their duties under an all-pervading sense\\nof moral obligation. Each town was under obligation to\\nsupport a minister, this being one of the fundamental con-\\nditions of the charter given them, and therefore could not\\nhe left discretionary with individual owners. The minister\\nhad a claim upon the town for his salary, and he could", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "114 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ninvoke the power of the law in case of deHnquency upon\\nthe part of the town.\\nIn many towns preaching was maintained when there\\nw^as no church organization. It was a habit of those\\nearly times for every one to attend church, and although\\nthe meeting house was far distant, and the way along\\nwinding paths blazed through the forests, or over roads\\nfrom which the rocks had not been removed, in the sum-\\nmer almost the Avhole population would be assembled on\\nSunday. In the bright midsummer days, when the woods\\nwere filled with the songs of birds, wdien the wild flowers\\nw^ere blooming in the meadows, the weekly Sabbath jour-\\nney, on horseback or even on foot, may not have been\\nregfirded by the stiUTly men and women of that day as\\nany great hardship but in the short winter day, when\\nthe snow was lying breast deep in the woods, or piled in\\ndrifts along the fences, with the mercury at zero, the long-\\ning for religious service and the lofty sense of moral obli-\\ngation must have been greater than that of the present\\nday in order that the toilsome journey should be made.\\nVery often the sun would be sinking behind the hills and\\nthe twilight deepening before they would reach their homes.\\nWagons were not in use and it was a period of horseback\\nriding, although when the snow was on the ground some\\nw^ould go with an ox sled.\\nThe sermons \\\\vere often long and forcil^le, occupying\\nfrom an hour to an hour and a half, morning and after-\\nnoon. Possibly there were other motives than a sense of\\nmoral obligation for attending meetings under such cir-\\ncumstances, for in those early times there were no\\nnewspapers, with daily or weekly mail, and in many\\nplaces no postofiice, and therefore no means of conveying\\ninformation other than by s])ecial messenger on urgent\\npublic business.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL IIISTOKY. 115\\nThe meeting house therefore became the chief center for\\nthe dissemination of news the news exchange when on\\nSunday noon all could hear what had taken place during\\nthe week. No bell summoned the people, and in winter\\nthere was no fire to abate the keenness of the biting air\\nother than the hearthstones of some neighbor, save that\\nobtained from a small foot stove.\\nIn summer the men and boys would convene in squads\\nabout the horse sheds, when there were any, and the\\nwomen woidd assemble in the pews, and religion, politics\\nand business would be discussed.\\nIn the cold winter s day, the pronouncing of the amen\\nof the benediction ^vould be the signal for a quick move-\\nment tOAvard the neighboring houses, when blazing fires\\nwould be found burning in every kitchen luncheons would\\nbe eaten, and the foot stoves would be filled with live\\ncoals preparatory^ to the long service in the afternoon.\\nSuch are the scenes recited to us bA^ our grandmothers\\nand contrasted with the religious observances of the\\npresent day.\\nThe grant to the pro])rictors of the township Monad-\\nnock* No. 4, or Fitzwilliam, was on condition that one\\nshare of the one hundred and twenty-nine shares must be\\nreserved for a gift to the first settled minister, and of\\nanother share he was to have the use while within five\\nyears a meeting house for public worship should be\\nerected, and after one year more, they should nifiintain\\nconstant ])reaching. A failiu-e to fulfill these, with other\\nconditions, should forfeit the grant.\\nNov. 14, 1769, the proprietors chose a committee to\\nprovide stuf and build a meeting house in said township\\nso far as to inclose the outside and Lay the Lour floor.\\nThe frame for the house was raised in the month of\\nMay, 1770, and it was a number of vears before it was", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "116 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nfully completed. It was a substantial but very plain\\nlooking building, quite spacious and convenient. The\\npulpit was at one end, and over it was a huge structure,\\nto be fotnid in all of the meeting houses at that time,\\ncalled the sounding board, which was supposed to aid in\\nthe acoustic properties of the house. The central or body\\npart was furnished with long slips or seats, which appear\\nto have been free, while around the walls, both below and\\nin the galleries, were arranged large, square pews, which\\nwere private property, and probably built at different times\\nby their respective owners. This, with some occasional\\nrepairs, was the religious home where the larger part of\\nthe people of Troy worshipped for nearly forty years.\\nFor several years before the meeting house was occu-\\npied, the people held Sabbath services in private houses or\\nat the inn of James Reed, as circumstances required. As\\nearly as 1768 preaching was maintained for at least a\\npart of each year. During the autumn of that year and a\\nconsiderable part of the winter following, Mr. Nehemiah\\nParker, a graduate of Harvard College in 1763, w^as the\\npreacher, and who soon afterwards became pastor of the\\nCongregational church in Hubljardston, Mass. About the\\nmiddle of the year 1770, the proprietors made out a\\nformal call to Mr. Benjamin Brigham to settle with them\\nin the gospel luinistry. Mr. Brigham was a native of\\nMarlborough, Mass., and had graduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 1764-. The folloAving ])rovisions for his pecu-\\nniary support was tendered him. Two lots of land of one\\nhundred acres each had been reserved for the first settled\\nminister, and two lots more had been reserved for the use\\nof the ministry, of which he would have the proper benefit.\\nA settlement of eighty pounds lawful money was also offered\\nin addition to his salary, which was to be fifty-three\\npounds, six shillings, and eight pence sterling, which after", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 117\\nthree years was to be increased by two potinds anntially\\ntill it shonld amount to sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings,\\nand four pence sterling, or something more than three\\nhundred and fifty dollars.\\nThe settlement w^as a gift as an inducement to accept\\nthe call, and such gifts were the rule a century ago. This\\nsettlement was estimated to be worth a little over two\\nhundred and sixty-six dollars. This, with the annual\\nsalary and the income from two hundred acres of land,\\nwas a very liberal support and a sufficient inducement, for\\nin January, 1771, Mr. Brigham accepted the call that had\\nbeen extended to him, and preparations were soon made\\nfor the ordination of the first pastor, which occurred on\\nthe 27th of March following. As the meeting house was\\nnot in a suitable condition to be used, the services took\\nplace at the inn of James Reed, which was upon the old\\nmilitary road, and in sight of the house formerly occupied\\nby Gilbert C. Bemis, in Fitzwilliam, which was burned a\\nfew years since. The proprietors paid Mr. John Mellen\\nthe sum of twenty-five dollars for providing for the coimcil\\nand the clergymen that might be in attendance.\\nIt seemed necessary that a church should be regularly\\norganized before the pastor should be ordained, which was\\ndone by the council previous to those services. A cove-\\nnant had been previously dra^vm up, to be accepted and\\nsigned for this purpose and as showing something of the\\nouter and inner life of the Christian people that first\\nsettled in this region, the ancient document is given entire.\\nCOVENANT.\\nA. D. 1771, 1 Monadnock No. 4, in ye Province of New Hampshire.\\nMarch 27. We whose names are hereunto subscribed lieinji in-\\nhabitants of No. 4 aforesaid, knowing that we are ver} prone to ofilend\\nand provoke God ye Most high, in Heart and hfe, thro ye prevaiHng of\\nsin that Dwelleth within Us and 3 e manifold temptations from without", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "118 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nUs and for which we have great reason to be unfeignedly hnmljled be-\\nfore him from Day to Day, Do in yc name of our Lord Jesus Christ, with\\n(le])endcnce upon his gracious assistance aiul influence of the holy gliost,\\nsolemnly enter into Covenant with (iod, according to God as followeth\\n(1.) That having Chosen and taken ye Lord Jehovah to 1)e our God,\\nwe will fear him and cleave to him in Love, and serve him in Truth with\\nall our hearts giving up ovirselves to be his people in all things at his\\nDisposal and Sovereign Direction, That we ma\\\\ have, and liold Commu-\\nnion with him as Members of Christ s Mystical Body according to his\\nrevealed will, to our Lives End.\\n(2.) We further Promise to kec]) Close to ye Truth of Christ, En-\\ndeavoring with lively affections towards it in our Hearts to Defend it\\nagainst all opposers thereof, as God shall at any time call us thereunto\\nwhich that we may Do, we Resolve to Use ye holy Scriptures as our\\nPlatform, whereby we may discern ^-e Mind of Christ, and not ye new\\nfound inventions of men.\\n(3.) We also Bind ourselves to Bring uj) our Children and Servants\\nin ye knowledge and fear of God, by holy instruction from ye sacred\\nScriptures, (a Summary of which we have in a c Catechisms of ^-e Ven-\\nerable assembly at Westminster,) that true Religion may Be maintained\\nin our Families while we live, and among such as live when we are Dead\\nand gone.\\n(4.) We also Engage to have a Cai eful inspection over our own\\nhearts, so as to Endeavor by Virtue of ye Death of Christ, ye mortifica-\\ntion of all our sinful worldly frames and disorderly affections, whereby\\nwe may be with Drawn from ye Living God.\\n(5.) Moreover we Obhge our Selves to ye faithful im])rovement of\\nour abilities and opportunities to worship God, according to all ye par-\\nticular institutions of Christ for his chiu ch, under Gospel administration;\\nas, to give Reverent attention to \\\\-e word of God, to pray unto him, to\\nsing his i)raises, and to hold Communion with Each other in ye use of\\nBoth ye seals, viz. Baptism and ye Lord s Supper.\\n(6.) We likewise promise that we will eaceably submit to ye holy\\nDiscipline appointed by Christ in his Clih. for offenders, obeying them\\nthat rule over us in the Lord.\\n(7.) We Bind also ourselves to walk in Love toward one another.\\nEndeavoring our mutual Edification; Visiting, Exhorting, Comforting as\\noccasion serveth Warning any Brother or Sister that offends not\\nDivulging anv Private offences unnecessarilv But Heedfullv following", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 119\\nthe several precepts of Christ laid down lor Chh. Dealini;, Matt, xviii:\\n15, 16, 17, willinj^ly fors^iviiig all that manifest to ye Judgment of\\nCharity that they trnh^ Repent of all their miscarriages.\\nNow ye God of Peace, that Brought again from ye Dead, ye Lord\\nJesus Christ, ye great Shepherd of ye Sheep, through ye Blood of ye ever-\\nlasting Covenant, make us all perfect in ever3 good work to Do his will,\\nworking in us that which is well ])leasing in his sight, thro Jesus Christ,\\nto whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen.\\nBenjamin Brigham, Pastor elect.\\nBenjamin Bigelow.\\nJohn Fassett.\\nNathaniel Wilder.\\nCaleb Winch.\\nJames Reed.\\nN. B. As to Discipline, this Chh. is founded upon ye Cambridge\\nPlatform, as it is commonly Received and Practised upon in ye New\\nEngland Churches.\\nThis covenant was signed b\\\\ five men in addition to\\ntlie pastor elect, and of the church thus constituted l)ut one\\nmember, Calel) Winch, was a resident of what is now Troy.\\nTen churches, with their pastors, were invited to com-\\npose the council, but of these only Marlborough, West-\\nborough, Royalston, and Winchendon, Mass., and Keene\\nand Swanze\\\\^ appear to have been represented.\\nThe answer of Mr. Brigham to the call he received,\\nwas probably characteristic of the man and was consid-\\nered of sufficient importance to be jjlaced in full upon the\\nproprietors records, and was as follows:\\nMonadiu)ck No. 4, January 2i), 1771.\\nTo the Proprietors and Congregating Society of Monadnock No. 4,\\nin the Province of New Hampshire.\\n(iracc. Mere} and Peace be midtiplied from (jod our Father and the\\nLoril Jesus Christ.\\nBrethren and Friends.\\nThe great God who is Sovereign of universal nature and orders ail\\nthings according to the Counsels of his own will, for his own honor and\\nglory and the iiest interests of all who love and fear and obev him, has,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "120 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nin his all wise providence, brought me among you to preach the Gospel\\nof his Son Chi ist Jesus, and also inclined you to make choice of me who\\nam very unworth3- of the honor, to settle among you in the work of\\nthe Gospel Ministry. You have laid before me vour proposals, bearing\\ndate Nov. the 7th 1770 and January the 29th 1771, which offers I view\\nas generous considering the infancy of the town and circumstances ot\\nthis people; and cannot forbear returning you my sincere and hearty\\nthanks for the great respect you have shown me thereby. I have taken\\nVDur invitation into serious and prayerful consideration, and when I\\nreflect how great and arduous the work of a Gospel Minister is, how\\nmuch grace and wisdom is necessary and how very iinequal 1 am to\\nsuch an under taking, it makes me to trend^le and to say with the\\nblessed Apostle, Who is suflicient for these things!\\nNevertheless when I consider the sufficiency of God s grace he affords\\nto all thcni that sincerely ask it of him and the promise of Christ that\\nhe will l)e witli his Ministers always to the end of this world, and the\\nuncommon unanimit} of the people in the choice of me for your I astor\\nit supports nic and I take courage.\\n1 do therefore, viewing it my duty, and having taken the advice of\\nmy fathers and brethren in the Ministry, with dependence, upon grace\\nand strength derived from Christ, the Head of all influences, accept of\\nyour invitations and offers, with this reserve that I have two Sabbaths\\nannuallv allowed me during the time of my ministry that I may have\\nop])ortunity to visit my parents and friends.\\n1 further entreat that you would remember me daily in your prayers\\nto God, though an unworthy, yet that I may be a faithful Servant and\\nwatchman upon this part of Jerusalem s walls, instrumental of advanc-\\ning the Redeemer s Kingdom in the world and of jiromoting religion,\\n])ietv, and true Godliness among you, that finally I, who sow and you\\nwho reap, may rejoice together in the kingdom of glorv forever and ever.\\nBenjamin Bkigham.\\nMr. Brighara continued pastor for nearly twenty-nine\\nyears, or until his death, which occurred June 13, 1799.\\nHis salary was paid according to contract for twenty-\\nseven years, wdien by mutual agreement, it was assumed\\nby the town.\\nDtiring the ministry of Mr. Brigham there were ad-\\nmitted to the church two hundred and eighty-five members,\\ni", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 121\\none hundred and thirty-one males and one hundred\\nand fifty-four females. No doubt many of these were resi-\\ndents of what is now Troy.\\nThe following tribute to him is from the records of the\\nchurch: He was a good Divine, an able and faithful\\nPastor, the friend of peace, truth and righteousness.\\nWhile he lived he was greatly esteemed and beloved by his\\npeople and all his acquaintances, and at his death he was\\ngreatly lamented.\\nAfter the death of A Ir. Brigham there was no pastor\\nof the church until 1802, services being held by candidates\\nor supplies. In June of this year, the church extended a\\ncall to Mr. Stephen Williams of Woodstock, Conn., to be-\\ncome their pastor, and requested the concurrence of the\\ntown in this action. The town voted to comply with this\\nrequest, and offered Mr. Williams a settlement of three\\nhundred and thirty-four dollars, and an annual salary of\\nthree hundred dollars, without the use of the ministerial\\nlot. But unfavorable reports respecting the character and\\nhabits of the candidate were put in circulation about that\\ntime, and the town took the precaution to vote that if he\\nshould become their pastor upon the proposed terms, and\\nwithin six years should be dismissed because of charges\\naffecting his morals, he should bind himself to restore to\\nthe town three-fourths of the amount of his settlement,\\nand a less proportion, or one-half of the same, if, for the\\nsame reason, his ministry should close in twelve years,\\nand one-fourth of the same, if within eighteen years.\\nThese conditions proved unsatisfactory to Mr. Williams,\\nand a compromise was effected, the settlement of three\\nhundred and thirty-four dollars to be relinquished, and the\\ntown adding one hundred dollars to the amoimt of his\\nstipulated salary, making the amount four hundred dol-\\nlars annuallv.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "122 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nHe was ordained Nov. 4th, 1800, the council reporting\\nthat after a careful examination, in which particular atten-\\ntion was paid not only to the religious qualifications, but\\nalso the moral character of the candidate, and were happy\\nto find that he possessed an unusually amiable moral\\ncharacter, which had continued from his early youth, and\\nwhich they did not consider in the least blemished by some\\ninjurious reports which Mr. Williams himself candidly came\\nbefore the council and informed them of; but which upon\\na full investigation of the evidence appeared to have been\\noriginated and industriously propagated with a wicked\\nand malicious design to injure him and to disturb the\\nhappy unanimity of the people.\\nThe churches represented in the ordination were those\\nin Royalston, Longmeadow and At hoi, Mass., of Wood-\\nstock, Conn., and of Rindge, Keene, Jafifrey and Marl-\\nborough, N. H.\\nMr. Williams is represented to have been a man of edu-\\ncation, a fluent, pleasing speaker, and of sound doctrinal\\nbelief, according to the standard of the times but, unhap-\\npily, he was very penurious, and became so fond of intoxi-\\ncating drinks that he would drink to excess when others\\nstood ready to pay the bill. His bibulous habits soon\\ncaused disaffection, and in less than two years the church,\\nthe town, and Mr. Williams himself, united in calling a\\ncouncil for his dismission, and proposing to ask for this\\nwithout setting forth the reasons. This council met Sept.\\n28, 1802, and declined to comply with the wishes of the\\nparties concerned unless the reasons for the dismission\\nwere given, and advised the calling of another council, to\\nv^hich the whole matter should be submitted, which was\\nagreed to. The council met Nov. 19, 1802, and Mr. Wil-\\nliams was dismissed, thus terminating a serious difficulty;\\nblit some of the people, who were the especial friends of", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 123\\nMr. Williams, were aggrieved, and did not give a ready\\nwelcome to his successor.\\nAugust 20, 1804, a call was extended to Mr. John\\nSabin of Pomfret, Conn., and offering as a settlement one\\nhundred and fifty dollars, and an annual salary of three\\nhundred and fift} dollars, which was accepted. A council\\nwas called for his ordination in January, 1805, but before\\nit assembled, a protest against his acceptance of the call\\nand ordination as pastor was presented to Mr. Sabin,\\nsigned b} twenty-one male members of the church, who\\nwere chiefly warm personal friends of the late pastor, Mr.\\nWilliams.\\nThe council assembled and patiently attended and\\nexamined all the evidence that was offered, Avith the result\\nthat it was decided that the interests of religion, the peace\\nof the town, and the usefulness of Mr. Sabin would not\\nbe promoted by his settlement. The ground taken was\\nthe want of harmony in the church and town respecting\\nhim, and because the candidate had, it was thought, as\\ncharged by those opposed to hiin, given occasion for dis-\\nsatisfaction by being somewhat non-committal in his\\nprobationary preaching touching some of the generally\\nreceived doctrines of religion.\\nSeveral days later, thirty male members of the church\\nsigned a request for a church meeting to consider and act\\nupon this result, which was held February 14th, 1805,\\nwhen it was declared that the call given Mr. Sabin\\nremained good, and making provision for another cf)uncil,\\nadopting a long and particular answer to the action of\\nthe former council but it did little or nothing toward\\nsilencing the opposition.\\nThe town joined in the request for the second council,\\nwhich was held March 5th, at which eight churches were\\nI represented, all but one being in Massachusetts. All the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "124 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nproceedings of the former council were carefully considered,\\nas well as the new and carefully prepared protest of the\\ntwenty-one members of the church and some others, when\\na committee of the council was raised to confer with both\\nparties and bring about a reconciliation, if possible. The\\ninterview proved successful, as the final vote of the council\\n^vas unanimous, and Mr. Sabin was ordained as a minister\\nand installed as pastor in Fitzwilliam the following day.\\nThe circumstances of his settlement quite naturally\\naffected unpleasantly his relations to the neighboring\\npastors for a time, but after awhile they exchanged\\npulpits freely with him, and deemed him a faithful and\\nconscientious minister. Rev. Mr. Sabin was born in Pom-\\nfret, Conn., April 17, 1770, and graduated from lirown\\nUniversity in 1797, at the age of twenty-seven years, and\\nwas nearly thirty-five years old at the time of his ordina-\\ntion. He continued pastor of the church for nearly forty-\\none years, or until his death, which occurred October 14,\\n1845.\\nThe pastorate of Mr. Sabin covered a very important\\nand at times exciting period of the history of the town.\\nThe meeting house was not large enough for the com-\\nfort and convenience of the congregation, and before the\\nordination of Mr. Sabin, the matter of erecting a new edi-\\nfice was brought before the town, but it was voted down,\\nand although it was brought up again and again in suc-\\nceeding years it was always voted down. The location of\\nthe new house seemed to be the difficult point to settle, as\\nthere were several localities proposed, which caused many\\nwarm and protracted disputes, and which was finally\\nsettled by the compromise effected between those who\\nlived in this part of the town, who desired the organiza-\\ntion of a new town, and those who were in favor of\\nlocating the house where the present FitzAvilliam town", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 125\\nhall now stands, whose united forces carried both meas-\\nures at the polls by a large majority.\\nOne condition of the charter granted by the Masonian\\nproprietors to the proprietors of Monadnock No. 5, now\\nMarlborough, required the grantees to build a convenient\\nmeeting house in the township within ten years from its\\ndate, provided they were not prevented by Indian wars.\\nA proprietors meeting was held January, 1770, when\\nit was voted to build a meeting house, and a building\\ncommittee of six persons chosen, and a subscription paper\\ncirculated for the purpose of raising funds to aid in build-\\ning the house. There was no difficulty in selecting a loca-\\ntion, which \\\\vas on a spot nearest the center of the town.\\nThe frame of the meeting house was put up by Stephen\\nChurch, some time previous to Nov. 21, 1770, at which\\ntime a meeting was held at the house of Benjamin Tucker,\\nwhen it was voted to accept of certain accounts for ser-\\nvices done about the meeting house, among them being\\none of Benjamin Tucker for eight gallons of rum, at three\\nshillings, two pence, and tvv^o farthings per gallon, for the\\nraising of the meeting house.\\nIn those days it was customary on all occasions like\\nthese to have at least one barrel of rum, which undoubt-\\nedly was provided on this occasion but the demand for\\nthis indispensable article was so great that this quantity\\nwas not sufficient, and Benjamin Tucker, being chairman\\nof the building committee, procured the additional eight\\ngallons, for which he brought in a separate account. The\\nhouse was not finished completely for nearly fifteen 3 ears,\\nalthough services were held during the following year\\nwhen the roof only was covered in.\\nAt this time it was voted to Lay a tax of one\\nfarthing on an acre for to hire preaching with. In 1774,\\nprovision was made to board the outside, by a tax of one", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "126 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand one-half pence per acre. At a meeting in January,\\n1779, it was Voted to finish Cleapboording the meeting\\nhouse and colour it, to hang the Doors to Lay the Lower\\nfloor and build the body seats and Git one Box of Glass\\nto Glaize it in part. To meet this expense, a tax of eight\\npence per acre was assessed. In 1785, the proprietors\\ngave up all claim to the meeting house and it passed into\\nthe hands of the town, and in order to get money to\\nfinish the building, pe\\\\v grounds were sold at auction at\\ndifferent times.\\nIn 1774, the desire to settle a minister seems to have\\nincreased, for it was voted to Chuse a Committee to\\nprovide a minister on Probation, in order for a Settlement.\\nIt appears that the several committees chosen were\\nnot successful in hiring preaching, and for several years\\nservices were irregular. But about 1777, the people\\nbecame more earnest about this matter and several\\nmeetings were held. About this time the Rev. Joseph\\nCummings, a native of Topsfield, Mass., came among them\\nand preached several Sabbaths as a candidate, when a\\ntown meeting was cialled August 6, 1778, at which it was\\nvoted to come into some method of Settling a minister\\nin said Town.\\nIt was voted to give Mr. Cummings a call to settle\\nwith them as a preacher, and a committee was chosen,\\nconsisting of Lieut. Benjamin Tucker, Capt. James Lewis,\\nLieut. Eliphalet Stone, Lieut. James Brewer, and Mr.\\nSamuel Soper, who were to propose a method of settle-\\nment, and whose proposals were accepted, which were\\nas follows\\nSTATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCheshire ss August ^-e 6, 1778, att a Legal meeting of the Town of\\nniarlborough the sixth Da^v of Avigust inst, made Choise of Mr. Richard\\nAtwell moderator for sd meeting, Voted to give the Rev. mr, Joseph", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL mSTORY. 127\\nCtimmings of Sea Brook a call to settle in sd marlborough as a gospel\\nminister, Voted b^^ said Town to make the Rev. mr Cunimings the fol-\\nlowing ijroposals for a settlement, to take one share of Land in said\\nmarlborough Containing By Estimation one hundred and fifty acres, one\\nhundred acre Lots the Lot on which the meeting house stands on Which\\nwe Desire to reserve four acres Round the meeting house For j)ublick use,\\nVoted to Clear Eighteen acres on said Lot Leaving ten trees on each\\nacre in addition to what is already Cleared on said Lot in two Acars,\\nFrom ordination one half yearly, Voted that the Revd mr Cummings\\nShall have Liberty to go onto the ministry Land in said town Cut any\\nquantity of timber of an3^ sort that shall Be Necessary for his own\\nBuildings. For his salery to have For the first year Forty pounds, for\\nthe Second year Fortv-five pounds, for the third year fifty jjounds and\\nto Continue Fifty pounds yearly, until there becomes one hundred and\\nten families in said Town then to have Sixt3 -Six pounds thirteen shillings\\nand fore pence yearly so Long as he shall Remain our gospel minister\\nall the above sums to be made equevelent to Ry at three Shillings and\\nfore pence pr Bushel.\\nLieut. Benja Tucker\\nLieut. Joseph Collins\\nMr. Daniel Goodenow\\nMr. William Barker\\nLieut. James Brewer\\nDavid Wheeler, Town Clerk.\\nCommittee\\nin behalf\\nof\\nMarlborough.\\nMr. Cummings returned the following answer under\\nthe date of October 12, 1778:\\nTo the Inhabitants of the Town of Marlborough. P iends and Fel-\\nlow Christians, Whereas, it has pleased the great head of the Church\\nto incline your hearts to settle the gospel ministr\\\\^ among you and\\ndisposed you to give me (unworthy as I am) an invitation to the im-\\nportant work; after mature deliberation and many anxious thoughts\\nupon a matter of so great moment; having been importunate with God\\nfor direction and asked advice of men\\nI conclude to accept your invitation (provided you will allow me two\\nor three Sabbaths yearly during my ministry to visit my friends as thev\\nlive at a distance.) Humbly confiding in Divine goodness for assistance\\nfaithfully to discharge the duty of a gosjiel minister, and begging your\\nearnest prayers that a blessing may attend mv ministerial labors.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "128 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nHeartily wishing that grace, merc^- and peace may be the stabiHty of\\notir times 1 sul)seril)e your affectionate Friend and Servant.\\nJoseph Ci mmings.\\nMr. Ciimmings was ordained Nov. 11, 1778, at which\\ntime a Congregational church was formed, consisting of\\neight members.\\nThe salary of Mr. Cummings was $133.33, which was\\nsoon rendered wholly inadequate by the depreciation of\\nthe pa])er money, which began in 1777 and w^ent on so\\nrapidly that in about four years it became nearly worth-\\nless. In 1780, it was voted that his salary be increased\\nforty times, and a few months later it was voted to make\\nit seventy-two for one. Soon after this, difficulties arose\\nbetween the church and Mr. Cummings, the people charg-\\ning him with unfaithfulness and the pastor denoimcing the\\npeople for not fulfilling their contract in clearing land, and\\nalso charging them with unkindness. A council was con-\\nvened Dec. 26, 1780, to take the matter into considera-\\ntion, and as a result of their deliberations, it was voted\\nthat the pastoral relations between Mr. Cummings and\\nthe church be dissolved, which w^as accepted by the town\\nand all the ])arties concerned.\\nThe difficulties growing out of his dismission did not\\nend at that time, but continued for a long time, and for\\nnearly thirteen years there was no settled pastor, and\\npreaching only a part of the time.\\nMr. Halloway Fish was ordained pastor of the church,\\nSept. 25, 1793, with a settlement of one hundred and\\nseventy poimds, and an annual salary of seventy pounds.\\nMr. Fish was a native of Upton, Mass., and a graduate\\nof Dartmouth College in 1790. He was pastor of the\\nchurch nearly thirty-one years, and during his ministry\\nthe church increased greatly in membership. Mr. Fish died\\nSept. 1, 1824, at the age of sixty-two years and one month.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 129\\nDuring the pastorates of the Rev. Messrs. Sabin of\\nFitzwilliam and Fish of Marlborough, the town of Troy\\nwas incorporated. Sept. 14, 1815, at the request of sev-\\neral residents of the new town, an Ecclesiastical Council\\nwas convened, consisting of Rev. Halloway Fish of Marl-\\nborough, Rev. John Sabin of Fitzwilliam, and Rev. Ezekiel\\nRich, an evangelist, to assist in organizing a Congrega-\\ntional church. The following agreement of fellov^ship w^as\\nsubscribed to by ten men and their wives.\\nWe do now, before God and these witnesses, severally and niiitnall3\\ncovenant and engage to receive and trust each other as Christian breth-\\nren and sisters to watch over each other with Christian tenderness and\\nfidelity to use our best endeavors to reclaim an\\\\ of our number who\\nma^^ wander from the path of truth and duty and that we will use the\\nbest means in our power to have the ordinances of the Gospel, and the\\nfaithful preaching of the Lord, regularly administered among us, and in\\ntestimony of our cordial assent to the above, we hereb}^ subscribe our\\nnames.\\nCaleb Winch and Esther Winch.\\nSilas Fife and Abigail Fife.\\nDavid Saunders and Molly Saunders.\\nCyrus Fairbanks and Mercy Fiiirbanks.\\nJoshua Harrington and Elizabeth Harrington.\\nJacob Osborn and Sibel Osborn.\\nJoseph Butler and Pervey Butler.\\nWilliam Barnard and Bathsheba Barnard.\\nCaleb Winch and Lucj Winch.\\nJoseph Tilden and Salonia Tilden.\\nArticles of faith and a covenant were also adopted and\\nassented to. A meeting of the church was held Sept. 15,\\n1815, when it was voted to extend an invitation to Rev.\\nEzekiel Rich to become their pastor, and appointed a com-\\nmittee, consisting of Silas Fife, Jacob Osborn, and Joshua\\nHarrington, to notify the town of the doings of the church\\nand ask the town s concurrence and assistance in his set-\\ntlement, and also to notify Mr. Rich of their choice. The\\n17", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "130 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ntown concurred, and Mr. Rich accepted the call, and prep-\\narations were made for calling a council for his ordina-\\ntion. Letters missive were sent to eleven churches, viz\\nFitzwilliam, Rindge, Jaffrey, Marlborough, Swanzey, Keene,\\nSullivan and New Ipswich in New Hampshire, and North-\\nbridge, Athol and Harvard in Massachusetts. The coun-\\ncil met December 19, at the house of Capt. D. W. Farrar,\\nand formed by choosing Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., of\\nRindge, moderator, and Rev. John Sabin of Fitzwilliam,\\nscribe. After a due examination of Mr. Rich, the council\\nvoted unanimoush to proceed to his installation as pastor\\nover the church the next day, at ten o clock in the forenoon.\\nThe introductory prayer was made by Rev. William\\nMuzzy of Sullivan, and Rev. John Crane, D. D., of North-\\nbridge, Mass., preached the sermon; the installing prayer\\nwas offered by Rev. Laban Ainsworth of Jafifrey, Rev. Seth\\nPayson of Rindge gave the charge, and Rev. Warren Joy\\nof Harvard, Mass., the right hand of fellowship, and the\\nconcluding prayer -was made by Rev. Richard Hall of New\\nIpswach. The town voted to pay him eight dollars for\\neach Sabbath he supplied the pulpit from the time of his\\ninstallation until the first Tuesday of the next February,\\nAvhich should be paid monthl_v, and four hundred dollars\\nas an annual salary after that time, so long as the pas-\\ntoral relation existed between him and the town, with an\\nadditional sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to be paid\\nFebruary, 1816, and one hundred and fifty dollars more\\nin one year. Should he become unable to supply the pul-\\npit, one-half the salar^^, or two hundred dollars was to be\\npaid him annuall^^\\nAfter a time a number of the residents of the toAvn\\nwho contributed to the support of the minister became\\ndissatisfied with Mr. Rich and asked to be exemj^ted from\\npaying a minister tax, and that the connection between", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 131\\nhitn and the town be dissolved, giving as the reason for\\nsuch action, that he was devoting most of his time to his\\nown private enterprises for the accumulation of property,\\nand for preaching doctrines which he had previously\\ndenied. This the town voted to do, and Mr. Rich united\\n\\\\vith the church in asking that a council be called for his\\ndismission. This was composed of the churches in Fitz-\\nwilliam, Marlborough, and Rindge, who assembled at the\\nhouse of Joshua Harrington, and after careful deliberation\\nfound it expedient that his pastoral duties should termi-\\nnate July 18, 1818. No evidence appeared that he had\\nforfeited his Christian or ministerial character, and in their\\nopinion he had been a faithful minister and had discharged\\nthe duties that might reasonably have been expected of\\nhim at his settlement. Mr. Rich continued his residence in\\ntown, on the farm now owned by E. P. Kimball, until\\nabout 184-5. He occasionally supplied the pulpit after his\\ndismission, and also peiTormed some missionary labor in\\nthis and other states. He died at Deep River, Conn.\\nNovember, 1819, a religious society was formed by the\\nname of the First Congregational Society of Troy, which\\nwas a party with the church in supplying the pulpit till\\n1824, when a new constitution was adopted the society\\ntaking the name of the Congregational Society of Troy.\\nThe last meeting of the society was recorded in 1846.\\nThere was no regular preaching from this time until\\n1820, when Rev. Seth E. Winslow was employed as a\\nstated supply for three years. Rev. Otis C. Whiton sup-\\nplied the pulpit from September, 1824, until December,\\n1827. He was invited to become pastor, but for some\\nreason declined. After he closed his labors in Troy, he\\npreached in different places till April 18, 1841, when he\\nbegan to preach at Harris ville, and was installed Aug. 11,\\n1842, and remained pastor till his decease, Oct. 17, 1845,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "132 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nat the age of fifty-one years. After Mr. Whiton, Rev.\\nMessrs. Peabody, Pitman, and Erwin, were employed for\\nshort periods to supply the pulpit.\\nRev. Stephen Morse, a graduate of Dartmouth College\\nin 1821, was installed as second pastor of the church,\\nAug. 26, 1829. The following churches w^ere represented\\nin the council, either by pastor or delegate, or both, viz:\\nJaffrey, Fitzwilliam, Keene first church, Swanzey, and\\nMarlborough. The Rev. Mr. Burnham made the intro-\\nductory prayer and Rev. Mr. Barstow of Keene preached\\nthe sermon the installing prayer was made by Rev. Laban\\nAinsworth of Jaffrey, Rev. John Sabin of Fitzwnlliam gave\\nthe charge. Rev. Salmon Bennett of Marlborough pre-\\nsented the right hand of fellowship. Rev. Ebenezer Coleman\\nof Swanzey addressed the people and Rev. Mr. Sabin\\noffered the concluding prayer. Mr. Morse was pastor\\nuntil Jan. 31, 1833, and although his ministry was short,\\nit was successful, there being some thirty additions to the\\nchurch during that time, nineteen joining by profession on\\none occasion. For some reason there was some falling off\\nin the support of Mr. Morse, and it became necessary for\\nhis dismission.\\nThere were some in town who were in favor of preach-\\ning certain doctrines which the church did not support,\\nand could not sanction as hearers, which undoubtedly\\ncaused some dissension among the people. These parties\\nwere opposed to what was called at that day rigid Cal-\\nvinisiu, and were in favor of greater liberality in covenantal\\nbelief, and in the matter of ministerial exchanges. As the\\nmeeting house was desired and occupied a portion of the\\ntime by others, the church negotiated supplies for a time,\\nand when they could not have the meeting house,\\nworshipped at private dwellings or the center school-\\nhouse. Among the supplies may be mentioned the Rev.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 133\\nMessrs. Ainsworth, Crosby, Farnsworth, Spaulding and\\nHolm an.\\nWhen the formation of the new town was first desired,\\nit was thought neeessary as a preparatory act that a\\nmeeting- house should be built, and accordingly at a meet-\\ning of the citizens held during the summer of 1812, a com-\\nmittee was chosen for the purpose of making the necessary\\narrangements for the building of a meeting house, which\\nconsisted of Capt. Isaac Fuller, George Farrar, Sen., Daniel\\nW. Farrar, Daniel Cutting and David White. At a meet-\\niug of the citizens in 1813, the committee made a report\\nof their proceedings, and it was voted that they should\\ndraw a plan of a house they had examined in Templeton,\\nMass., and sell what pews they could to raise money to\\npay the expense of building. The committee did not\\nsucceed according to their expectations and for a time it\\nseemed they would be obliged to abandon the enterprise,\\nwhen through the liberality of Elnathan Gorham, who\\nhad just moved into the village, who bought pews and\\nrendered such pectmiary aid, the committee ^vere enabled to\\nplace the building under contract. The timber for the\\nframe was furnished by the citizens, and hewn according\\nto the dimensions furnished by the committee the framing\\nand outside finishing were let for five hundred and fifty\\ndollars, to a man from Sullivan the inside finishing w^as\\nlet to Samuel Morse of Templeton, for six hundred dollars.\\nThe contractors pushed the work forward with all\\npossible speed, and the frame was raised in June, 1814.\\nThe raising was attended v^ith a circumstance that came\\nnear proving disastrous. Just as the frame was partially\\nraised and the effort of every man was required to sustain\\nand complete the work, an alarm was given that a boy\\nhad fallen into the mill-pond and was drowned. Quick as\\nthought, a large number rushed to the ^vater, leaving their", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "134 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ncompanions in labor in a most perilous position. For a\\nlittle time a few only, thoughtful and brave men, stood at\\ntheir posts, though they were almost led to tremble lest\\nthe weight they had to sustain should prove too much for\\ntheir strength, and they should be crushed beneath the\\nfalling timbers. Fortunately, however, no harm ensued,\\nand the drow^ning boy, who was Aaron, son of Hugh\\nMason, bj^ great effort was saved.\\nThe house was dedicated early the following winter,\\nand the sermon w^as preached b3 Rev. John Sabin of\\nFitzwilliam. The Rev. Messrs. Ainsworth of Jaffrey, Pay-\\nson of Rindge, Fish of Marlborough and Brown of\\nSwanzey, took part in the exercises.\\nThis house was situated upon what is now the north\\ncommon, and faced the east. It is presumed that the\\ninterior arrangement \\\\vas similar to the style then in\\nvogue, being furnished in the central or body part with\\nlong slips or seats, while square pews were arranged next\\nto the walls, both below and in the galleries. The house\\nw^as painted on the outside at least, for we find that the\\ntown accepted the offer of Daniel W. Farrar to paint\\nit for the unsold pews and two hundred dollars in\\nmoney.\\nIn January, 1816, the proprietors relinquished to the\\ntown all their interest in the meeting house, except the\\npews w^liich had been sold to individuals. The deed Avas\\nas follows\\nKnow All Men by These Presents: That we Isaac Fuller, George\\nFarrar, Daniel W. Farrar, Daniel Cutting and David White of Troy, in\\nthe County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, in consideration of\\nthe sum of twenty- dollars paid by the said town of Tro3% the receipt\\nwhereof we do hereby acknow^ledge, have remised, released, and forever\\nquitclaimed, and do by these presents remit, release, and forever quit-\\nclaim unto the said town of Troy, a certain house lateh- built in said\\ntown of Tro} for public worship, and for a public meeting house,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\n135\\nsituated near the former town line ])et\\\\veen Fitzwilliani and Marlbor-\\nough, excepting the pews which hcive been sold and \u00c2\u00a3ire the i)ro])crty of\\nindividuals as follows, viz:\\nBODY PKWS.\\nNiitiiber. Owner s Name.\\n18. David White.\\n19. Henry Tolman.\\nNiiniber. Owner s Name.\\n1. Joshua Harrington.\\n2. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n3. Elnathan Gorham.\\n4. Daniel Farrar.\\n5. Elijah Fuller.\\n7. William Barnard.\\n8. Caleb Winch.\\n9. Isaac Fuller.\\n10. Silas Fife.\\n11. Samuel Star key.\\n12. John Lawrence.\\n13. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n14. Ebenezer Wright.\\n15. Jacob Osborn.\\n16. John Starkey.\\n17. Samuel Rockwood.\\n35. George Farrar.\\n36. Thomas French.\\n37. Caleb Perry.\\n88. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n39. Josiah Lawrence.\\n40. Peletiah Hodgkins.\\n41. Easman Alexander.\\n42. Solomon Alexander.\\n24.\\n26.\\n27.\\n20. James Godfrey\\n21. Silas Wheeler.\\n22. Daniel Cutting.\\n23. Samuel Farrar.\\nLuke Harris.\\nAsa Brewer.\\nSalmon Whittemore.\\nA. Coohdge L. Ward.\\n28. H. Jackson T. Godding\\n29. Jacob Daggett.\\n30. Sylvester P. Flint.\\n31. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n32. Zopher Whitcomb.\\nWALL PEWS.\\n43. Talmon Knights.\\n44. William Farrar.\\n45. Samuel Morse.\\n46. Joseph Haskell.\\n47. Nathan Winch.\\n48. Joseph Forristall.\\n49. Edmund Bemis.\\n50. Ebenezer Nurse.\\n1. D^miel W. Farrar.\\n2. Nathan Newell.\\n3. Joshua Harrington, Jr\\n4. Thomas French.\\n5. Joseph Cutting.\\n6. Stephen Farrar.\\n7. Aaron Holt.\\n8. Moses Aldrich.\\nGALLKKV PEWS.\\n17. Daniel W. Farrjir.\\n18. Josejih Butler.\\n19. Joseph Wheeler.\\n20. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n21. Joseph Alexander.\\n22. Daniel Lawrence, Jr.\\n23. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n24. Daniel W. Farrar.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "136 HISTORY OF TROY.\\n9. Daniel W. Farrar. 25. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n10. Daniel W. Farrar. 26. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n11. Daniel W. Farrar. 27. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n12. Daniel W. Farrar. 28. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n13. Levi Starkey. 29. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n14. Daniel W. Farrar. 30. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n15. Daniel W. Farrar. 31. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n16. Daniel W. Farrar. 32. William Lawrence.\\nTo have and to hold the same together with all the privileges and\\napi)nrtenances thereunto belonging to the said town of Tro\\\\ forever.\\nIn witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this\\nthirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixteen.\\nIn ijresence of us, Isaac Fuller. [L. S.]\\nWilliam Barnard. George Farrar. [L. S.]\\nSylvester P. Flint. Daniel W. Farrar. [L. S.]\\nAbraham Coolidge. Daniel Cutting. [L. S.]\\nCaleb Perry. David White. [L. S.]\\nA new religious society was formed Dec. 16, 1833, by\\nthe name of the Trinitarian Congregational Society of\\nTroy, composed mostly of the members of the church, and\\na new constitution adopted.\\nThe question of a new house of worship for the use of\\nthe society soon became a prominent factor, and at a\\nsociety meeting held Nov. 12, 1834, it was voted to build\\na new meeting house, and a building committee chosen,\\nconsisting of Abel Baker, Solomon Goddard, Charles W.\\nWhitney, Alpheus Crosby, Amos Sibley, Luke Harris, and\\nMoses S. Perkins, who were authorized to obtain a suit-\\nable lot, and make contracts for building, leaving it dis-\\ncretionary with them to build with brick or wood. It\\nwas afterward voted that the house should be fifty-six\\nfeet long by forty-four wide, with a vestry under the roof.\\nThe land was contributed by Daniel W. Farrar, and it is\\npresumed that operations were commenced the follow-\\ning spring, and the house completed early in the fall, for\\nSeptember 26th, the society voted to accept the report of", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "Rev. Daniel Goophite. Kev. Levi Brigham.\\n^t^ 4^\\nRev. James Marshall. Rev. David W. Goodale. Rev. Josiah Merrill.\\nRev. Wm. p. Clancy. Rev. Dighton Moses.\\nconCtKkctATional ministers.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY\\n137\\nthe building committee as to the expense of the house,\\nwhich was $1,994-.\\nThe basement of the meeting house was built of gran-\\nite, by Alpheus Crosby, at his expense, and was fitted up\\nand used as one or two tenements until 1871, when it\\nwas purchased by the society, together with some of the\\nadjoining land, of the owner, William A. Harris, and made\\nover into a vestrv for the use of the church.\\nCoNdREOATIONAL ClHKCl\\nThe choice of pews was given Daniel W. Farrar, as\\ncompensation for the land upon which the house stands,\\nwdiich is the present Congregational church.\\nThe society received in 1872, a legacy from the estate\\nof Mrs. Sophronia W. Jones, through which her residence\\nliccame the property of the society for a parsonage, which\\nwas used and occupied as such until 1893, when the prop-\\nerty was sold to Herbert A. Marshall, and a lot purchased\\nof George N. Parmenter, on the Jafifrey road, u])on w^hich a\\nnew^ parsonage was built during the fall of 1893.\\nA call was extended to Rev. Jeremiah Pomeroy, a grad-\\nuate of Amherst College and Auburn Theological Seminary,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "138\\nHISTOKY OF TROY.\\nto become the first ])astor of the Trinitarian vSociety,\\nand the third of the church, at a salary of four hundred\\ndollars. He was installed Jan. 6, 1836, the introductory\\nprayer being given by Rev. Giles Lyman of Jaffrey; Rev.\\nL. P. Bates of Templeton, Mass., preached the sermon, the\\ninstalling prayer was by Rev. Vinson Gould of Bernards-\\nton, Mass., charge by Rev. S. G. Clapp of Enfield, Mass.,\\nthe right hand of fellowship was by Rev. Moses I. Gros-\\nvenor of Marlborough, the charge to the people by Rev.\\nZ. S. Barstow of Keene, and the concluding prayer b}^\\nCONfiKEGATIONAL PARSONAGE.\\nRev. Mr. Sal)in of Fitzwilliani. There were several seasons\\nof unusual interest during his ministry which continued\\nuntil Feb. 27, 1844-, Avhen he was dismissed. He went to\\nHarrisville, on leaving Troy, where he labored successfully\\nfor four yeiirs, when he went to Massachusetts.\\nRev. Luther Townsend was ordained and installed pas-\\ntt)r, March 5, 184-5. He was a native of Fitzwilliam, and\\nwas born Aug. 12, 1813. He graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1839, and from Andover Theological Seminary\\nin 184-2.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 139\\nMr. Townsend was pastor for fifteen years, being dis-\\nmissed May 22, 1860, after which he returned to F itzwil-\\nhani in feeble health, where he died of consumption, Feb.\\n9, 1 S62, aged forty-nine years.\\nFrom this time until September, 1865, there was no\\nregular pastor, preaching being maintained by supplies,\\nwho were the Rev. Messrs. Easnion, Perry, Whitcomb,\\nJenkins, Alexander, Miller, Brown, Spaulding, Roberts and\\nBeck with.\\nRev. Daniel Goodhue came in the fall of 1865, and\\nremained until about April 1, 1868, and was succeeded by\\nRev. Levi Brigham.\\nMr. Brigham Avas born in Marlborough, Mass., Oct.\\n14, 1806; graduated at Williams College, 1833, and An-\\ndover Theological Seminary, 1836. Previous to coming\\nhere he preached in Dunstable, Mass., for fourteen years,\\nand in Saugus, Mass., for eighteen years. He was pastor\\nfor eight years, or until Sept. 12, 1876, when he returned\\nto his native town, where he died a few years since.\\nRev. James Marshall was pastor from February, 1877,\\nuntil his death, which occurred in April, 1878. The ser-\\nvices of Rev. David W. Goodale were secured the following\\nSeptember. He was born in Douglass, Mass., Dec. 28,\\n1847; graduated from Monson Academy, 1871; Amherst\\nCollege, 1875; Andover Theological Seminary, 1878. He\\nwas ordained and installed as pastor, Oct. 1, 1878. He\\nresigned September, 1883, going to Sudbury, Mass. He\\nwas settled in Hillsborough Bridge, N. H., for several\\nyears, but is now at Suffield, Conn.\\nRev. Josiah Merrill became the next pastor soon after\\nthe resignation of Mr. Goodale, and continued in that\\nrelation until the latter part of 1891, when he resigned on\\naccount of advanced age and feeble health. He died at\\nLvnn, Mass., in the summer of 1894.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "140 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nRev. Benjamin W. Pennock was pastor one year, from\\nFebruary 1892, till February 1893, and was succeeded by\\nRev. William P. Clancy, who commenced his labors July\\n1, 1893.\\nRev. Dighton Moses became pastor in the fall of 1896.\\nFor several years after the organization of the church\\nno person held the office of deacon, probably some member\\nof the church committee acting in that capacity. Since\\nthe organization of the church eleven persons have served\\nas deacons.\\nDanforth Colbuni, Jr., was elected July 3, 1S23.\\nCaleb Winch, Jan. 18, 1825.\\nAbel Baker, June 30, 1826.\\nEasman .\\\\lexancler, Sept. 14, 1S27.\\nEdwin Buttrick, Sept. 4, 1863.\\nLuther VVhittemore, Jfiii- 1, 1864.\\nBarrett Ripley, Sept. 3, 1868.\\nJames C. Parker, Jj^n. 3, 18S4.\\nOliver W. Smith, April 5, 1891.\\n-Asa C. Dort, Nov. 23, 1893.\\nThomas A. Birtwhistle, Nov. 23, 1893.\\nDeacons Baker, Alexander and Buttrick served the\\nchtirch from the time of their election to the office until\\ntheir death, the two former for about thirty-six years\\neach, and the latter for twenty-eight years, nearly.\\nTHE RAPTIvST CHURCH AND SOCIETY.\\nIn November, 1789, a Baptist church was organized at\\nthe house of Agabus Bishop, in the southwestern part of\\nwhat is now the town of Troy, with twenty-five mem-\\nbers, whose names are as follows:\\nAgabus Bishop. Thomas Tolman.\\nRebekah Bishop. Eben Ormsby.\\nThomas Clark. Hannah Ormsby.\\nMary Clark. Elijah Ormsby.\\nRufus Freeman. Eleazor Mason.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 14-1\\nPhebe Freeman. Daniel Bullard.\\nIsaac Jackson. Sarah Bullard.\\nSarah Jackson. Jesse Bishop.\\nJose])li Aldrich. Rebekah Bishop, II.\\nLucy Aldrich. Timothy Godding.\\nJohn Godding. Ruth Godding.\\nMary Godding. Mary Starkey.\\nRebekah Bishop, III.\\nA set of articles of faith were adopted, the original of\\nwhich has been preserved, and is in keeping of the clerk of\\nthe church in Troy.\\nThis church was known for about twenty-five years as\\nthe Baptist Church of Fitzwilliam. For about twelve\\nyears after the organization, the church was without reg-\\nular preaching services, but were favored occasionally with\\nthe services of the pastors of several neighboring Baptist\\nchurches. The following year considerable religious interest\\nAvas manifest, and as a result the church licensed Mr.\\nRufus Freeman to preach the Gospel, and for a length of\\ntime not definitely known he furnished them with regular\\npreaching.\\nFor over forty j^ears, or until 1836, they had no regu-\\nlar place of worship, school and dwelling houses furnishing\\nthe places for its meetings. In 1836, under the pastoral\\nlabors of Rev. Obed Sperry, they united in worshiping\\nwith the First Congregational society, and met with them\\nin the tow^n house in the village. For some time the\\nchurch was the owner of but one hymn book. Deacon\\nMason read the hymns reading two lines, and then they\\nsang them, and then he would read two more lines, and\\nso on. And when a sufllicient supply was purchased, it is\\nsaid that he remarked that he was sorry, as he was\\ndeprived of a great privilege.\\nNov. 10, 1810, Arimah Allen was licensed to preach the\\nGospel, and was engaged b\\\\ them as their settled minister", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "142 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nat a salary of fift^^ dollars a year for his services, and a\\ncouncil called to ordain him.\\nAbout the time when the town of Troy was incorpo-\\nrated in 1815, this church was divided into two branches.\\nThe branch in Troy assuming the name of the Fitz-\\nwilliam and Troy Baptist Church, and the branch in\\nFitzwilliam assuming the name of the First Baptist\\nChurch of F itzwilliam. Some eighteen of its members\\nwere dismissed to become the nucleus of the latter church.\\nIn 1817, December 18, the church voted to call\\nBrother Darius Fisher to ordination, and then to become\\ntheir pastor. He held this relation for sixteen years, or\\nuntil his death in 1834. A remarkable circumstance about\\nthe pastorate of Elder Fisher was that he received a\\nsalary of one dollar and a half a year and the shoeing of\\nhis horse.\\nFrom 1825 to 1836 there are no records whatever\\npertaining to the church except a document which shows\\nthat in 1827 Elder Fisher organized a missionary society,\\ncalled the Male and Female Society of Fitzwilliam and\\nTroy for Missionary purposes.\\nIn 1836, the Fitzwilliam and Troy Baptist Church\\nassumed the name of The First Baptist Church of Troy.\\nRev. Obed Sperry became pastor in 1836, and served\\ntwo years. From 1839 till 1844, Rev. John Woodbury\\nwas in charge of the pastorate. In 1840, he was aided\\nin his labors by the famous evangelist, Rev. John Peacock,\\nand a glorious revival was the result. During the five\\nyears of Mr. Woodbury s service there were thirty-one\\nadditions to the church.\\nRev. P. P. Sanderson next served the church as pastor\\nfrom 1845 to 1846, one year.\\nIn 1846, the Rev. Phineas How^e ^vas called to the\\npastorate, but felt obliged to resign on account of ill health.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "ECCL ESI A S TIC A L HIS TOR I\\n143\\nIn 1847, at the meetingvS of the church, the question of\\nthe relations of the church to the liquor traffic were\\ndiscussed, and they decided by vote, That it was wrong\\nto license men to sell spiritous liquors as a beverage.\\nThe church thus early taking a decided stand in the\\ndirection of temperance.\\nRev. A. M. Piper succeeded to the pastorate in 1847,\\nand served five years, during \\\\vhich time seven persons\\nwere added to the church. During the pastorate of Mr.\\nPiper, steps were taken to build a house of worship of\\nBaptist Church.\\ntheir own. At a church meeting on March 30, 1848, they\\nvoted to build a meeting house, and api)ointed a building\\ncommittee consisting of the following persons L. Brown,\\nL. C. Clark, E. Lyon, A. S. Clark, and C. Mason. These\\nbrethren entered vigorously into the discharge of their\\nduties. A site was obtained, the work commenced, and\\nsoon a convenient house was completed, and in Janutiry,\\n1849, it was dedicated with ap])ropriate services to the\\nworship of God. Here, from that time down to the present,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "144 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthey have been enabled to maintain the regular minis-\\ntration of the Gospel.\\nRev. A. B. Eggleston became pastor in 1853, and\\nremained with them for two years. Rev. Joseph Mitchell\\nfollowed in 1856, and labored with the church for one\\nyear. Rev. P. P. Briggs next svtpplied the pulpit for one\\nyear. At the commencement of his labors he was assisted\\nby Rev. John Peacock, the evangelist, and as a result of\\ntheir combined labors, about thirty members w^ere added\\nto their memljership.\\nRev. John Fairman was pastor during the year 1857.\\nIn 1858, the church extended a call to Rev. C. D. Fuller,\\nwdio Uibored with them for two years. Rev. J. B. Bills\\nnext had charge of the pastorate, remaining only a few\\nmonths. From 1860 till 1862, the pulpit was supplied by\\nW. H. Chamberlain. From 1862 till 1864, the church had\\nno settled pastor. Rev. E. K. Bailey supph ing the pulpit\\nduring these two years.\\nRev. J. S. Herrick was next called to become their pas-\\ntor. He began his labors in 1864, and was pastor for\\nfourteen years, or until 1878. During his pastorate some\\nseventy-eight additions were made in the church member-\\nship. Mr. Herrick had to retire from active labor on\\naccount of poor health.\\nDaniel R. Herrick, son of J. S. Herrick, was licensed to\\npreach, and the church called him to become their pastor,\\ncalling a council for his ordination. He was pastor a\\nlittle over a year, 1878-79, when he was obliged to retire\\non account of ill health. During his pastorate, twenty-\\nfour united with the church. During the succeeding two\\nyears the church was without a pastor, the pulpit being\\nsupplied by various ministers.\\nRev. O. E. Brown became pastor in 1881 and remained\\nwith the church for three years, being succeeded in 1884", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 145\\nby Rev. W. F. Grant, who labored with them for four\\nyears, resigning- in 1888.\\nRev. L. E. Scharf became pastor in October, 1889, and\\nremained with them two years, when he resigned, and\\nRev. D. R. Herrick again became the pastor for a short\\nperiod, six months, being succeeded by Rev. W. W. Hackett,\\nwho resigned about Jan. 1, 1894-, being succeeded by the\\npresent pastor. Rev. E. W. Dow.\\nThe church has licensed eleven young men to preach\\nthe Gospel, all of whom, except two, have served the\\nchurch as pastors.\\nThe following persons htive served as deacons\\nEleazor Mason. Luke C. Clark.\\nA. Stone. Howard Clark.\\nT. Godding. Alvah S. Clark.\\nE. L,von. A. M. Smith.\\nI. Stowell. Charles W. Brown.\\nLemuel Brown. Frank L. Brown.\\nMr. Godding was elected in 1818, and served for\\nthirty-eight years, and Mr. Alvah S. Clark has also served\\nfor about thirty -eight years.\\nDuring the^early years of the church s history, and at\\ntimes in its later years, the church has had to contend\\nagainst adverse influences, growing out of a variety of\\ncauses or circumstances, which have hindered its pros-\\nperity. Years ago there existed in most of the New\\nEngland States, as well as in New Hampshire, what was\\ncalled the Standing order, which compelled all propert3^\\nholders to pay a church tax for the maintenance of the\\nState church. This law worked very disadvantageously\\nagainst the mendjcrs of this church, for they were not rich\\nin worldly goods, and consequently every dollar they were\\ncompelled to pay for the support of another society,\\nlessened the means of supporting their own society. Thus", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "146 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nwe see their pecuniary resources, for a considerable time,\\nwere not sufficient to meet all demands made upon them,\\nand necessary to be met, in order to promote the rapid\\nand vigorous growth of the church.\\nAnother hindrance has been the frequent pastoral\\nchanges that have taken place, and also the frequent\\nremovals of the members to other churches in the land,\\nseeking their fortunes elscAvhere in their attempt to better\\ntheir condition in life. Several causes have led to the fre-\\nquent pastoral changes. In the past, if not at the present\\ntime, it has been the established policy of the denomina-\\ntion to oppose the practice of settling ministers for life.\\nAnother cause, as already stated, has been the pecvmiary\\ncondition of the church, which has seemed to render the\\nremovals necessary-.\\nThere have been two exceptions to the prevailing prac-\\ntice of the denomination regarding pastoral changes. Rev.\\nDarius Fisher was licensed by the chiux h, ordained as pas-\\ntor, holding the position for sixteen years, or until his\\ndeath, which took place in 1834. The other was Rev. J.\\nS. Herrick, who was pastor for fourteen years.\\nThere is in connection with the church a Ladies Benev-\\nolent Society which hiis done much good work in the\\ncause of humanity.\\nThe membership of the cluu ch was one hundred and\\nfourteen in 1895.\\nDuring the year 1892, extensive repairs were made to\\nthe church, and an addition built upon the east end for a\\nvestry, affording commodious and pretty quarters for all\\nchurch gatherings, while the interior arrangement of the\\nchvirch was changed, the pulpit and choir being placed at\\nthe east or opposite end, and the body of the church fitted\\nwith new and modern pews.\\nDeacon C. W. Brown was one of the prime factors in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 14-7\\nthe church s progress, and it was largely through his\\nefforts that the improvements were carried out, and his\\nwas the first funeral to be held in the church after its\\ncompletion.\\nThe improvements and addition necessitated quite an\\noutlay, but the church was fortunate in having the debt\\nliquidated soon after, and at the present time they are free\\nfrom any indebtedness.\\nTHE UNIVKRSALIST SOCIKTY.\\nA few of the citizens of the town holding more liberal\\nviews upon religion than either of the religious societies,\\ncalled a meeting at the town hall to consider the expe-\\ndiency of forming a new society. Isaac Aldrich, Jr., was\\nchosen moderator, and I^eonard Farrar, clerk, and those\\npresent voted to form a new society; and a committee\\nchosen to prepare a constitution, consisting of Leonard\\nFarrar, Charles Carpenter and Isaac Aldrich, Jr. At an\\nadjourned meeting Sept. 25, 1858, this committee reported\\na constitution which was adopted, and the society\\nassumed the name of The First Liberal Union Society\\nof Troy.\\nAt an adjourned meeting two days after, this society\\nelected its officers as follows, viz: Isaac Aldrich, Jr., presi-\\ndent; Charles Carpenter, Francis Foster, Stephen B. Farrar,\\ndirectors John Clement, secretary.\\nThe society never had a settled minister, but hired dif-\\nferent persons for limited periods, the services being held\\nin the town hall.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VIII.\\nGENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND LOCAL TRADITIONS.\\nTOPOGRAPHY. LIST OF MILLS AND SHOPS THIRTY YEARS AGO. WILD ANI-\\nMALS. WOLF AND BEAR HUNTS.\\nAccording to a computation made by Capt. J. S. Adams\\nof Fitzwilliam, for Dr. A. M. Caverly, Troy comprises an\\narea of twelve miles, four himdred eighty-five acres and\\nthirty-five rods, and is bounded on the north by Marlbor-\\nough, on the east by Jaffrey, on the south by Fitzwilliam,\\nand on the Avest by Swanzey and Richmond. The surface\\nis very hilly and uneven the highest part is Gap moun-\\ntain, situated in the easterly part, and separated from the\\nMonadnock by a deep ravine. The surface, so broken,\\naffords almost ever^^ variety of soil, with some extensive\\nmeadows, both in the easterly and westerly parts, while\\nin the central are some excellent interval lands. The south\\nbranch of the Ashuelot river passes through the center of\\nthe town. This rises from Rockwood pond in Fitzwilliam,\\nflowing north, and in its course receives several tribu-\\ntaries, the first being the Keith brook, near the south line\\nof the town; the second, the Jackson brook, which rises\\nin Richmond, flows east and discharges its waters into\\nthe pond near the depot. The Ward brook, in the easterly\\npart, drains the westerly slopes of the Monadnock and\\nGap mountains, and in its course towards the west,\\nreceives the Bov^^ker brook, and turning north, enters the\\nBranch just above the blanket mill dam. Brandy brook\\nso-called from the color of its vO ater rises in the south-\\neast part of Marlborough, and flowing southwest enters", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ETC. 149\\nthe Branch near the old Whitconib and Forristall dain at\\nthe North End. Marlborough brook, formed of two\\nbranches, one from Stone pond and the other from Meet-\\ning House pond in Marlborough, flows south and enters\\nthe Branch near the residence of Winthrop Knight.\\nThese streams have many small falls affording mill\\nprivileges, which have been more or less improved. Thirt^^-\\nfive years ago the first mill on the Branch was the woolen\\nmanufactory of Nurse Wheeler, now known as the old\\nblanket mill; just below this was the bark mill of Col.\\nWright still lower down was the shoddy mill of Thomas\\nGoodall, now called the middle mill. The sawmill and\\nrake manufactory of Charles Carpenter was situated just\\nabove the site of the old Root sawmill, and where no\\\\v\\nstands Troy blanket mill.\\nFurther down the stream was the sawmill of Capt.\\nSibley, now C. D. Farrar s, in a part of which was a chair\\nmanufactory under the supcrintendency of A. P. Perley.\\nStill further north was the jDail shop of E. Whitcomb and\\nthe sawmill of J. M. Forristall, both taking water from\\nthe same pond. The last mill on the Branch within the\\nlimits of the town was the clothespin manufactory of\\nJonas Bemis Son this privilege is now owned by Arthur\\nEdwards. On the Jackson brook were the sa\\\\v and stave\\nmill of D. J. Fife and the Blanding pail shop. On the Ward\\nbrook was the saw and grist mill of Col. James R. and\\nAlvah Stanley, and near its confluence with the Branch,\\nthe pail shop of E. Buttrick. In the south part of the\\ntown, on the Bowker brook, was a gristmill owned by\\nGeorge Damon.\\nBesides the mills already mentioned, there was a stave\\nmill on a small branch of the Jackson brook owned by\\nCharles Alexander, and a sawmill and pail handle manu-\\nfactory^ on a small stream in the northwest part of the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "150 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ntown, owned by C. N. Garfield, now owned by Webster\\nCorey. There was also a clothespin manufactory on this\\nlatter stream near the boundary line between Troy and\\nMarlborough.\\nUntil within a few years the greatest natural curiosity\\n^vas the falls in the Ward brook, about one-half mile from\\nthe village. Within a few rods the waters of this stream\\ndescended over the rocks from one hundred and fifty to\\ntwo hundred feet, which in time of high water formed a\\nfoaming cataract which presented a spectacle truly sub-\\nlime, and surrounded as it was with woods, attracted\\nmany visitors. Near by is a granite quarry, formerly\\nowned by Luther Whittemore, now the property of the\\nTroy Granite Co., who have recently diverted the course\\nof the stream for the purpose of taking out the stone, thus\\ndestroying the fall. This quarry contains a fine, beautiful\\ngranite, particularly Avell adapted for building piu poses.\\nNot much work was done here until within a few 3 ears,\\nwhen large quantities of it have been quarried and\\ncarried away.\\nThe east part of the toAvn \\\\vas originally covered with\\na heavy growth of maple, hemlock and beech, while the\\nintervals in the central part Avere covered wdth a heavy\\ngrowth of elm, yellow and white pine, hemlock and birch.\\nThe high lands in the west part were covered with maple,\\nred oak and beech, while the swamps and low grounds\\nwere covered with alders, spruce, hemlock and brown\\nash.\\nIn studying the history of any locality, and the changes\\nwhich have been gradually taking place through a series\\nof years, we naturally feel interested in every thing relat-\\ning to its primitive state. This territory was a solitary\\nwilderness when the first settlers arrived, the haunt of\\nvarious species of birds and ferocious wild beasts. Among", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ETC. 151\\nthe birds it is said that wild turkeys w^ere abundant and\\nthat large numbers of them were annually killed by the\\nsettlers. It is not surprising that the wild beasts, feeling\\na natural pride in their inherited possessions, should be\\njealous of their intruders, and if they did not make\\npersonal attacks, that they should institute a sort of\\nguerilla warfare upon property, especially when it stood\\nin the w^ay of a craving appetite, for they had never\\nlearned to exercise self denial, exce])t in the presence of a\\nsuperior powder. The most troublesome of these animals\\nwere the wolf, bear and catamount. Of the former of\\nthese the settlers stood in no particular fear, as it is well\\nknown that a wolf will seldom attack a man unless\\nseverely goaded wnth hunger. But the wolfs great love\\nof mutton was frequently betraying him into acts of\\n})ett\\\\^ larceny upon the flocks Avhich were grazing in the\\npastures. He was often exceedingly greedy in his plunder,\\nnot content with what might seem an ordinary meal, but\\nappropriating to himself a large proportion of the flock\\nand he carried his depredations to such an extent that the\\nsettlers commenced against him a warfare which has\\nresulted in his total extermination. This warfare was\\nsometimes carried on by regular organized companies, and\\nwhenever a neighbor s flock suffered, the citizens would\\nturn out en mnsse and hunt down the common enemy.\\nThe usual method of conducting the wolf hunts was for\\nthe party to surround the woods in which the animal was\\nsupposed to have his home, and stationing a few experi-\\nenced marksmen on one side, those upon the opposite side\\nwould march directly through, driving before them the\\nobject of their search, which on emerging from the woods\\nwas very likely to fall by a sentinel s shot. Sometimes\\nafter surrounding the woods, the hunters at a given signal\\nmarched directly towards the center, thvis gradually closing", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "152 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nUp, and the wolf being soon enclosed in a small circle, was\\neasih killed.\\nThree of these wolf hunts occurred within the recollec-\\ntion of persons who related the facts to Dr. Caverly.\\nThe first was in 1795, when it was known that several\\nof these animals infested the woods which at that time\\ncovered the territory between Cobb s road and the\\nJacob Newell place, now owned by Franklin Whitcond).\\nA large number of individuals from this and the adjoining\\ntowns assembled and completely swept this forest, and\\nthey succeeded in driving from her retreat one old wolf,\\nwho on attempting to escape from her pursuers, was\\nkilled just as she was crossing Cobb s road, by Andrew\\nSherman, who had been stationed at that point. The\\nsignal was immediately given, and all assembled and\\nmarched to the Warren store, where they expended the\\nbounty (twenty dollars), for licjuor and refreshments, and\\nso large was the number that each received only one glass\\nof rum and two crackers.\\nThe second wolf hunt was in 1797. One night in the\\nfall of this year they killed ten sheep from the flock of\\nElijah Alexander, and a few nights after they killed twenty\\nbelonging to Levi Randall. Intelligence of this slaughter\\nspread rapidly and a general wolf hunt was agreed upon.\\nAt this time it ^vas known that these animals had\\nretreated to the low ground west of Mr. Alexander s,\\nsince known as the Clark swamp. At the a])pointed\\ntime about two hundred of the citizens assembled, and\\nafter a pretty thorough search they succeeded in starting\\nup two wolves, one of which was killed and the other\\nwotmded. The remains of the \\\\vounded wolf were found,\\na few months after, on the side of the hill near the resi-\\ndence of Joseph Alexander, Jr., now Walter Elliott s.\\nAfter a time the huntsmen reassembled, and with the wolf", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ETC. 153\\nwhich had been killed, took up their line of march for the\\nhouse of John Sweetland. In the meantime a messenger\\nhad been dispatched to Jonas Robinson with orders for\\nhim to meet them with an abundant supply of crackers,\\nrum and sugar. Robinson prom])tly obeyed the summons,\\nand \\\\vas soon on the way with a wagon load of the\\nspecified articles. When all had arrived at the place of\\nrendezvous, a circle was formed and the toddy and\\ncrackers, to the value of the bounty, were passed round,\\nand all present had a jolly good time.\\nBut the power of this enemy was not yet crushed,\\nalthough it was greatly weakened. Sheep were continualh^\\nbeing missed from the flocks of the farmers, and in many\\ninstances the theft was traced to a sly old animal, known\\nas the three-legged wolf. This was one that had been\\ncaught in a trap and had lost a part of one foot; and\\nalthough repeated attempts had been made to kill her,\\nshe had always eluded the hunter and had established\\nsuch a reputation for shrewdness that to destroy her was\\nthought to require the exercise of consummate skill. To\\nthis animal the attention of the sportsmen was earnestly\\ndirected she was carefully sought, both by day and by\\nnight, and whenever surprised, she was found to retreat\\nto the swamp which had been the scene of the previous\\nsearch. Her location having been determined, another and\\nmore thorough search was resolved upon by the inhabi-\\ntants. At the time appointed, a large number assembled\\nwith guns and dogs and invested the swamp in which the\\nanimal was secreted, and having carefully guarded every\\npoint of escape, a searching party entered and commenced\\na thorough examination of every part. The old wolf,\\nthinking that a certain class of animals were getting a\\nlittle too neighborly, attempted to change her location,\\nand in doing so received a charge from the gun of Jonathan", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "154 HTSTORY OF TROY.\\nCapron, and fell. But vShe was only wounded, and,\\non an attempt being made to dispatch her by a blow\\nwith the end of a musket, she seized and severely shattered\\nthe stock, consequently she was killed by lodging in her\\nhead the contents of. the barrel. The signal of victory was\\ngiven as on former occasions, and the hunters reassembled,\\nand with the trophy of their victory, marched to the\\nvillage and partook of the usual refreshments of crackers\\nand rum, which was served to them by Jonas Robinson,\\nu])on the common, where by the combined operation of\\nthe jubilant and ardent spirits, a comical scene was\\nexhibited. The bounty having been exhausted, the com-\\npany dispersed, but whether all reached their homes that\\nnight or not, it would be impossible to tell. This was the\\nlast general wolf hunt of which any knowledge was\\nobtained; other wolves were occasionally killed, but\\nusually by small parties and without much ceremony.\\nBears were less numerous than wolves, and much more\\ndreaded by the inhabitants. This dread arose not so\\nmuch from real danger, when the animal was treated with\\ndue respect, as from the fact that when wounded or\\ninsulted he was known to be a formidable foe. The bear,\\ntoo, was exceedingly fond of mutton, and was very par-\\nticular in his selection, for a shec]) of ordinary quality he\\nwould never molest so long as there was a better in the\\nflock. His carnivorous propensities were not limited to\\nsheep alone, but were directed to a great variety of\\nanimals. Hence calves, swine, and other domestic animals\\noccasionally became the victims of his rapacity. In his\\npredatory excursions he often exhibited a singular bold-\\nness, entering the barnyards, barns, and in some instances\\neven the dwellings of the inhabitants. To destroy this\\nformidable beast required the exercise of courage, caution,\\nand the most effective weapons, for if wounded, merely.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "GENERAL OBSEKVATIONS, ETC. 155\\nthe hunter s only safety was in maintaining a respectful\\ndistance. His great tenacity of life and the danger\\nattending a contest with him, were enough to deter most\\nmen from engaging in it single-handed. Consequently he\\nAvas seldom molested except by strong parties, well armed\\nand prepared for almost any emergency.\\nIn many instances these animals were taken in a trap,\\nusually made of wood, although steel traps were occa-\\nsionally used. The wooden or log traps as the^^ were\\ncalled were constructed by driving stakes into the ground\\nin a semi-circular form and in close proximity to each\\nother, the whole forming a sort of a tent-like recess, with\\nan opening for egress. At this opening were placed two\\nsmall logs or poles, one on the ground, and the other\\ndirectly over it, and so arranged that when elevated it\\nwould fall upon the lower one, and be held there by up-\\nright stakes on either side. When prepared for use, the\\nupper pole was raised to a proper height and held there\\nloA^ a small brace, from which a spindle projected inward.\\nTo the end of this spindle was attached the bait, and the\\nbear to obtain this, had to pass in between the poles, and\\na small motion of the spindle displaced the brace and the\\nelevated pole descended u]i()n his body. This was a con-\\ndition from which he had not power to extricate himself,\\nand consequently was easily dispatched by the hunter.\\nMany anecdotes of these cinimals have come down to\\nus from the early settlers, some showing their ]3eculiar\\nhrd)its, others the terror inspired by their presence.\\nOne morning in the spring of 1777, Mrs. Daniel Law-\\nrence left home with the intention of visiting Mrs. Thomas\\nTolman. At that time the only bridge, near the site of\\nthe ])resent so-called Ward bridge, was a foot bridge made\\nof logs. Just as Mrs. Lawrence stepped upon one end of\\nthis, a bear jumped upon the opposite end and was", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "156 HISTORY OF TKOV.\\nadvancing to meet her. Mrs. Lawrence, on heholding the\\nmonster, turned and fled as for her Hfe, directing her steps\\nto the nearest house, Mr. Ward s. On reaching the house\\nshe was so exhausted that she fainted and fell. When she\\nhad so far recovered as to be able to give utterance, she\\nexplained the cause of her fright, upon which several men,\\nwell armed, went in pursuit of the bear, but never fotmd\\nhim.\\nJacob Newell related a story which was remembered by\\nthe older inhabitants. One afternoon shortly after he set-\\ntled here, he went into the woods in pursuit of game.\\nGoing beyond his intended limits he lost his way, became\\nbewildered, and darkness coming on, he found it impossi-\\nble to reach home that night. Consequently, when he\\ncould no longer see to travel, he lay dowai under a large\\nlog for the night. But his rest was continually disturbed\\nby the screeching of the owl, and the hideous noise of the\\nwolf and other wild beasts, the very tramping of whose\\nfeet he could distinctly hear. As soon as daylight appeared\\nhe rose from his leafy couch, when, to his great terror, up\\nrose a huge bear from the opposite side of the same log.\\nThe surprise was mutual and neither party seemed dis-\\nposed to commence a quarrel, and after gazing upon each\\nother awhile, the bear walked slowly away, and towards\\nnoon that day, Mr. New^ell, fortunately, reached his little\\nclearing in safety.\\nBears sometimes made sad work in the cornfields,\\nbreaking down and devouring large quantities of the corn.\\nIn 1799, a large bear commenced his depredations in the\\ncornfield of Dea. Silas Fife. The deacon thinking that the\\ncarcass of the bear might conqiensatc him for the loss of\\nhis corn, made a log trap, and after baiting it so that it\\nshould apiiear as desirable as possible, he left the field,\\nthat bruin might not be disturbed in his operations. The", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ETC. 157\\nnext time the bear appeared in the field, thinking that he\\nsmelt sheep, and lieing somewhat anxious to change his\\ndiet, immediately hunted u]) the log trap. But his meal\\nwas only in anticipation, for he had but just reached it,\\nwhen down came the log upon him, and the Fife family\\nsoon had a feast of his flesh.\\nOn one occasion, Dea. Timothy Godding and Benjamin\\nTolman were at work together clearing a piece of land.\\nIn the morning, before going out to work they put their\\nmeat and beans into a kettle, which, by the way, had no\\nbail but this was readiU supplied by a withe, and by this\\nthe whole was suspended upon a stick over a small fire in\\na stone fireplace, and it was supposed that the pork and\\nbeans would be nicely cooked for their dinner. But on\\ntheir return at noon, to their great surprise they could\\nfind neither the kettle nor its contents. On a careful\\nexamination, the tracks of a bear were found in and about\\ntheir little cabin. So it was evident that he was attracted\\nthere by the smell of the meat, and being somewhat hun-\\ngry, he put his head into the kettle to obtain it, and burn-\\ning his nose, attempted to dodge backwards, and the\\nwooden bail caught upon his neck and he deliberately\\nwalked away with the kettle, pork and beans. Sometime\\nafter this, the kettle was found in a swamp, where liruin\\nhad probably left it to cool.\\nOne afternoon shortly after Thomas Tolman settled\\nhere, Mrs. Tolman sent a young lad wdio was living in\\nthe family, a few rods onh^ from the house, to get a pail\\nof water. He had been absent l)ut a few moments, when\\nhearing a scream, Mrs. Tolman stepped to the door to\\nlearn the cause, and to her amazement she saw a bear\\nrapidly approaching the boy. In an instant she seized the\\nbroom, the only weapon at hand, and rushed to his assist-\\nance. The bear, not fancying so formidable a weapon,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "158 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nturned and fled into the woods, and thus the bo\\\\ was\\nfortunately saved.\\nIn the fall of the year 1778, the cornfield of Daniel\\nGoodenough (who was at that time a neighbor of Dea.\\nFife), was savagely ravaged by bears. Being somewhat\\nprovoked at the loss of his corn, Mr. Goodenough deter-\\nmined on the bear s destruction. He was an experienced\\nhunter, but would never use a trap, so one moonlight\\nnight he put on his overcoat, took his gun, and went into\\nthe woods to watch for his game. He walked cautiously\\nabout for awhile, when feeling chilly he crept under a large\\nlog, and lay down to listen. Pretty soon he heard a\\nlittle noise near, and thinking he would ascertain the\\ncause, he very carefull}^ raised his head to look over the\\nlog. Just at that moment a bear placed both fore ]3aws\\nupon the opposite side of the log, and was peeping over\\nto see what was behind it. Quick as thought, on seeing\\nthe monster s head, Goodenough aimed his gun and fired.\\nNo sooner had he discharged his gun, than, knowing the\\nperil of encountering a wounded bear, he jumped upon his\\nfeet and fled for home. Not daring to venture back that\\nnight to learn the result of his shot, he waited until\\nmorning, and then in company with some of his neighbors\\nhe returned to the scene of his evening s operations, and\\nat a little distance from the log found the lifeless body of\\nthe bear.\\nBut probably one of the most remarkable encounters\\nwith a bear, especially when we take into consideration\\nthe almost miraculous escape of the individual concerned,\\ntook place a few years later. One of the early settlers in\\nthe town went to a neighbor s house about a mile distant\\nto get some potatoes. Gn his return early in the evening,\\nwith his bag of potatoes on his shoulder, he sav^ in the\\npath just before him what he took to be an enormous", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ETC. 159\\nbear, just in the attitude of making upon him a fatal\\nspring. Instantly his hair stood erect, and he trembled in\\nevery joint. He was unarmed, and what to do he knew\\nnot. Flight seemed the only alternative, but this was\\nimpossil)le for the animal was close upon him, and even at\\nthe very thoughts of flight, he seemed almost to feel his\\nrelentless fangs in his back. Considering his days num-\\nbered, he paused a moment, and then resolved to die num-\\nfully, and, like the brave Spartans at Thermopyle, sell his\\nlife as dearly as possible. So dropping his potatoes, he\\nseized a large lever which, fortunately, was at hand, and\\nraising it, advanced with trendjling steps towards his\\ndeadly foe. He moved a step, then paused took another\\nstep, paused again the poor man saw clearly his doom\\nin the monster s teeth and in the fire of his eye. It was\\nan awful condition, death seemed inevitable. But he re-\\nsolved that the savage beast should feel the weight of his\\nuplifted club, so straining every muscle, he brought it with\\nherculean ]30wer upon the head of his unflinching foe. His\\nweapon dropped from his hand, and he stood a pale,\\ntrend)ling, helpless victim, completely in the power of his\\nmighty antagonist! But be not alarmed, for the man\\nescaped, his antagonist was only a stump.\\nThe catamount was the most ferocious of all the wild\\nbeasts of New Hampshire. His great size, strength and\\nagility of movement, together with his formidable weapons,\\nrendered him the terror both of man and beast and when\\nprovoked, no animal could stand before him. Fortunately\\nbut a few such monsters have ever existed in this vicinity,\\nand it is not now known that more than three or four\\nhave ever been seen within the limits of the town.\\nOne of the most remarkidile of this class of animals\\nwas once killed by Dea. Fife, near his house. vSoon after\\nsettling here, his father came to make him a visit, and as", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "160 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe custom was in those days, he brought his axe to\\nassist his son in clearing the forest. One day as they\\nwere chopping a Httle west of the pond, which was near\\nbv, they discovered a deer that had just been killed by\\nsome unknown monster of the wilderness. Being some-\\nwhat alarmed, they immediately decided to take measin-es I\\nto rid the forest of so dangerous a visitor. Without delay,\\nyoung Fife took his father s horse and went to Rindge and\\nprocured of Dea. Lovejoy of that town, a large steel trap.\\nAs the sun was setting, with trap, gun and axe in hand,\\nthe father and son sought the carcass of the deer. During\\ntheir absence, much to their surprise, it had been drawn\\nseveral rods and finally taken up and carried away, so\\nthat they could track it no farther. But finding the heart\\nand liver, they felled a tree, from which they cut a log and\\nhitched the same to the trap, which they placed in a posi-\\ntion to take the fatal grip whenever the animal should\\nreturn to obtain the fragments of his slaughtered victim.\\nThe next morning the deacon took his musket and in com-\\npany with his father, was soon on the ground, and to\\ntheir astonishment, the trap, log and all were gone. Witli\\nmuch caution they followed the track of the log in the\\ndirection towards the pond, near which they perceived the\\nanimal with his appendages permanently entangled among\\nthe rocks. When they had arrived within a few rods, the\\nmonster reared on his hind legs, and as he took a survey\\nof his enemy, gnashed his teeth and seemed to bid defiance\\nto them. But as young Fife raised his gun to his eye, his\\nfather pleaded with him not to fire, fearing that the cata-\\nmount would kill them both. But crack went the musket,\\nand at first seemed to make no impression upon him, so\\nthe gun was quickly reloaded and l^rought to the eye a\\nsecond time, but seeing his fury abating and that he was\\ntrembling, he waited a moment and the animal fell. On", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ETC. 161\\napproaching him it was found that he was dead, the ball\\nhaving pierced his heart. The animal was a very large\\none, and measured thirteen feet and four inches from his\\nnose to the end of his tail. The skin was stuffed and after-\\nwards sold to the proprietors of the Boston Museum for\\nforty-five dollars.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IX.\\nBURYING GROUNDS.\\nFIRST BURYING GROUND. FIRST PUBLIC BURYING GROUND. MOUNTAIN YIEW\\nCEMETERY. LIST OF THOSE INTERRED IN THE OLD CEMETERY.\\nThe first interments within the limits of this town\\nwere made in ground held as private property. We have\\nno means of knowing when the first death in town\\noccurred, but it was probably about the year 1772, when\\na child of Jonathan Shaw died, and was buried near the\\npaternal residence. In a few years other persons in the\\nneighborhood died and were interred in the same ground,\\nfor when a small lot had been set apart by a family for\\nburial purposes, other neighboring families often deposited\\nthere their dead, so that this became the burying ground\\nfor the use of that part of the to\\\\vn at that earh period,\\nalthough it was never really public property. The last\\ninterment there was more than one hundred years ago\\nand the soil has repeatedly changed owners. The ruthless\\nravages of time and the cultivation of the soil, long since\\ndestroyed the mounds and it would be impossible to find\\na vestige of them. Thus the last resting place of past\\ngenerations become lost, for it ^vas not then customary\\nto mark the places by the erection of monuments or even\\nslabs of stone to periietuate the memory of departed\\nhumanity.\\nIn 1797, another burying ground of family origin was\\ncommenced in the extreme westerly part of the town,\\nwhich was near the road and some little distance west of\\nthe present residence of Leonard H. Merrifield. A child of", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "BURYING GROUNnS.\\n163\\nWilliam Starkey died that year, and this location was\\nselected for the burial. This land, although owned by\\nMr. Starkey, was used as a common ground, and for\\nseveral years was the receptacle for most of the dead in\\nthat vicinity, some dozen or fifteen persons being interred\\nthere. This lot was originally enclosed by a stone wall,\\nexcept at the entrance, but the wall is now nearly gone\\nand it is covered with trees, so that it is verA^ difficult to\\nfind traces of the graves.\\nThe last interment in this place was made beyond the\\nrecollection of any person now living, but Mrs. Samantha\\nWhitcomb, who w^as born and reared in that neighbor-\\nhood, has given the names of those buried there with the\\nlocation of their graves, which is no doubt substantially\\ncorrect, as indicated in the following diagram\\nNOKTH.\\nMrs. Gove and\\nDavighter of Tyler Tenney.\\nthree children.\\nMr. Tenney.\\nChild of Baxter.\\nMelachi Tarpey and child.\\nPeter Starkey, wife,\\nMalone Starke.v, and\\ndaughter Malone.\\nMr. Davenport,\\nhis\\nWilliam Starkey and wife;\\nmother and th\\nree\\nhis son and wife\\nsmall children.\\nand one daughter.\\nThe first public burying ground was a donation to the\\ntown of Marlborough, in 1785, by William Barker, the\\nfirst settler. He formerly owned considerable land near\\nwhat is now Troy village, and in his disposition of the\\nsame, he reserved about one acre, which he deeded to the\\ntown for a burying ground, and which constitutes the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "164 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nlarger ]5art of what is now known as the old cemetery.\\nThis lot was fenced, and soon after, several interments\\nwere made, the first being Mrs. Sally Kendall. Mrs.\\nKendall was the eldest daiighter of Jacob Newell, and\\nmarried Nathan Kendall, who died at her father s house\\nsoon after her marriage. No monument was ever erected\\nto her memory, and the exact date of her death cannot be\\ngiven, but is supposed to have been sometime in the fall\\nof 1785. Tw^o children of William Barker were jirobabh^\\nthe next to be interred there, the first being Olive, who\\ndied Jan. 7, 1786; the second, Luke, who died March 5,\\nthe same year. Nancy, another daughter of Jacob Newell,\\nAvas also buried there about this time. Many of the\\nearlier graves are destitute of stones, so that we have no\\nclue to the names of the persons whose remains thev\\ncontain. The yard contains the reinains of some member\\nor members of nearly all the families who have lived in\\nthe central part of the town.\\nFor many years this was enclosed by only a temporary\\nfence, but in 1839 the towm voted to enlarge the yard by\\nthe addition of about three-fourths of an acre at the west\\nend, which was then enclosed with an ordinary stone Avail.\\nThe cemetery was further enlarged in 1863, when the\\ntown purchased an additional lot of land of Jacob Boyce\\nand the Wheeler heirs. In a few years this became too\\nsmall for the requirements of the town, and it became\\nnecessary that a new burying ground should be secured.\\nThe matter was brought before the town at the annual\\nmeeting in 1873, but no definite action was taken luitil\\nthe next year. Several localities were mentioned, and\\nLemuel W. Brown offered to give the town a lot of land,\\nwhich was situated on the west side of the highway, and\\nnow owned by Fred E. Whitcomb. This was not consid-\\nered a suitable place and the offer was not accepted by", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "BURYING GROUNnS. 165\\nthe town. At a special meeting held April 30, 1874, Wil-\\nliam G. Silsbv, William J. Boyden and George H. Aldrich\\nwere chosen a committee to procure a piece of land for a\\ncemeterv\\\\ They purchased six acres of David W. Farrar,\\nbeing ])art of the Ward place, so-called, five hundred dol-\\nlars being paid for the same. A like sum was appropri-\\nated for fencing it and laying out into lots, which was\\nexpended under the direction of W. G. Silsby, W. N. Wat-\\nson and W. J. Boyden. The larger part of this land faces\\nthe east and the grand old Monadnock mountain, and\\ntherefore received the name of Motmtain View Cemetery.\\nThe following 3 ear, a receiving tomb was built at an\\nexpense of three hundred dollars.\\nThe following table giving the name, time of decease,\\nand age of all persons whose remains were interred in the\\nold cemetery, so far as could be ascertained, was compiled\\nby Mr. George E. Aldrich, for Dr. Caverly, and is given\\nhere entire as published in his History of Troy.\\nName. Family Connection. Time of Decease. Age.\\nAlexander, Ellinor, dau. of Easman and Luey. 1838. Feb. 21. 28\\nAlexander, Hannah. 1832. Dec. 20. 18\\nAlexander, Annis. 1834. Mar. 12. 22\\nAlexander, Elizabeth. 1836. Mar. 18. 27\\nAlexander, Elijah, son of Joseph and Lucretia. 1832. Mar. 20. 8\\nAlexander, Elijah, Jr., son of Josei)h and Lncretia. 1826. Sept. 29. 3\\nAlexander, Lonisa, dau. of Joseph and Lucretia. 1826. Oct. 13. 6\\nAldrich, Olive, wife of Capt. David. 184.0. Jime 17. 28\\nAldrich, Abigail A., dau. of Isaac and Abigail. 1839. Mar. 25. 25\\nAldrich, Julius C, son of Isaac atul Abigail. 1855. July 22. 33\\nAldrich, Abba M., dau. of Isaac, Jr. 1844. Jan. 26. 9m.\\nAldrich, Abigail A., wife of Isaac. 1858. Aug. 21. 77\\nAmadou, Josiah. 1847. July 6. 59\\nAmadou, Lydia, wife of Josiah. 1827. Jan. 15. 37\\nBarker, William. 1798. Oct. 5. 62\\nBarker, Wilham, Jr., son of William and Jane. 1790. Apr. 12. 28\\nBarker, Ruth, dau. of William and Jane. 1790. Apr. 7. 24", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "166\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nName.\\nBarker, Luke,\\nBarker, Olive,\\nBall, Daniel.\\nBall, Lydia,\\nBallou, Moses.\\nBallou, Welcome.\\nBemis, Edmund.\\nBeniis, Susannah,\\nBemis, Luther.\\nBemis, Sarah,\\nBemis, Elijah.\\nBemis, Martin L.,\\nBent, Sarah,\\nBishop, William.\\nBishop, Betse^^\\nBishop, George.\\nBellows, Ann E.,\\nBellows, Alfred A.,\\nBellows, Frederick A.,\\nBlanchard, Melissa,\\nBlanding, Harvej\\nBolster, Betsey,\\nBoyden, Sarah A.,\\nBoynton, Cletnentine,\\nBruce, Sarah,\\nBruce, Helen M.,\\nBruce, Byron C,\\nBruce, Sarah A.,\\nBruce, Mary M.,\\nButtrick, Daniel.\\nButtrick, Warren W.,\\nBush, Aloses.\\nButler, Joseph.\\nButler, Viola,\\nButler, Jason,\\nCarpenter, Charles W.,\\nCarpenter, Maria L.,\\nCapron, James P.,\\nClark, Jonathan.\\nFamily Connection,\\nson of William and Jjine.\\ndau. of William and Jane.\\nwife of Daniel.\\nwife of Edmund.\\nwife of Luther.\\nson of George F.\\nwife of Levi.\\nwife of Wilham.\\ndau. of John and Melissa,\\nson of John and Melissa,\\nson of John and Melissa,\\nwife of Hosea.\\nwife of Aaron.\\ndau. of Ira and Thirza.\\ndau. of David and Bethia.\\nwife of Cyrus.\\ndau. of Cyrvis and Sarah.\\nson of Cyrus and Sarah.\\ndau. of C3 rus and Sarah.\\ndau. of Eli and Sarah.\\nson of Edwin and Lucv.\\ndau. of Aaron and Fanny,\\nson of Jabez and Betse3\\nson of Charles and Elvira,\\ndau. of Charles and Elvira,\\nson of James and Saphronia.\\nTime\\n1786.\\n1786.\\n1830.\\n1810.\\n1838.\\n1857.\\n1857.\\n1848.\\n1812.\\n181-5.\\n1852.\\n1852.\\n1849.\\n1831.\\n1830.\\n1828.\\n1838.\\n1848.\\n1848.\\n1856.\\n1859.\\n1851.\\n1847.\\n1830.\\n1851.\\n1848.\\n1838.\\n1838.\\n1842.\\n1848.\\n1843.\\n1826.\\n1844.\\n1853.\\n1837.\\n1850.\\n1853.\\n1837.\\n1852.\\nof Decease.\\nMar. 3.\\nJan. 7.\\nFeb. 23.\\nOct. 13.\\nOct. 3.\\nNov. 3.\\nFeb. 12.\\nJan. 5.\\nSept. 6.\\nMar. 24.\\nNov. 1.\\nJuly 3.\\nMar. 23.\\nFeb. 6.\\nAug. 21.\\nJuly 10.\\nSept. 17.\\nSept. 9.\\nSept. 20.\\nMay 6.\\nMar. 23.\\nApr. 3.\\nMar. 14.\\nJuly 10.\\nFeb. 10.\\nAug. 24.\\nMay 6.\\nOct. 7.\\nMar. 5.\\nMay 17.\\nJan. 5.\\nMay 4.\\nMar. 28.\\nAug. 15.\\nMay 16.\\nMay 9.\\nMay 4.\\nApr. 23.\\nOct. 13.\\nAge.\\n14\\n2\\n74\\n86\\n57\\n34\\n90\\n93\\n46\\n48\\n48\\n23\\n57\\n57\\n22\\n4\\n2\\n7 m.\\n63\\n50\\n51\\n20\\n25\\n51\\n22\\n22\\n11\\n5\\n100\\n2\\n34\\n77\\n1\\n5\\n5\\n9\\n3\\n36", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "BURYING GROUNDS.\\n167\\nName.\\nClark, Martha,\\nClark, Hannah V.,\\nClark, Jonathan, Esq.\\nClark, Louisa.\\nClark, Lyman,\\nCoolidge, Abraham.\\nCoolidge, Sarah,\\nCoolidge, Asher.\\nCoolidge, William,\\nCoolidge, Clarissa,\\nCoolidge, Sarah,\\nCoolidge, Ramazo,\\nCoolidge, Edwin,\\nCoolidge, Sarah,\\nCoolidge, Sarah P.,\\nCrosby, Emih\\nCrosby, Louisa,\\nCummings, Sarah.\\nCutting, Daniel, Esq.\\nCutting, Sarah,\\nCutting, Albert,\\nCutting, Sarah,\\nDavis, Harriet,\\nDodge, Josiah.\\nFairbanks, Abigail,\\nFairbanks, Chas. Henry,\\nFairbanks, Nancy,\\nFairbanks, Silas.\\nFarrar, Lucena,\\nFarrar, Naomi E.,\\nFfirrar, George E.,\\nFarrar, Nancy,\\nFarrar, Harriet N.\\nFarrar, Naomi,\\nFarrar, George.\\nFarrar, Bethia,\\nFarrar, Capt. Daniel.\\nFarrar, Lucy,\\nFarrar, Daniel,\\nFamily Connection,\\ndau. Jonathan and Hannah,\\ndau. Jonathan and Hannah.\\nson of Thomas and Rowena.\\nwife of Abraham.\\nson of Asher.\\nwife of Orlando.\\ndau. of Orlando and Clarissa.\\nson of Barak and Nanc^\\nson of Barak and Nancy.\\nwife of Elbridge.\\ndau. of Charles and Sarah.\\ndau. of Alpheus and Mary.\\ndau. of Alpheus and Mary.\\nwife of Daniel,\\nson of Daniel and Sarah,\\ndau. of Daniel and Sarah,\\ndau. of Charles and Mary.\\nwife of George.\\nson of George and Abigail.\\nwife of George.\\ndau. of Daniel and Lucena.\\ndau. of George and Naomi,\\nson of George and Naomi,\\ndau. of George and Naomi,\\ndau. of George and Naomi,\\nwife of George.\\nwife of George.\\nwife of Daniel,\\nson of Maj. John.\\nTime\\nof Decease.\\nAge.\\n184-9.\\nApr.\\n15.\\nOm.\\n1843.\\nJune\\n19.\\n1\\n1850.\\nAug.\\n20.\\n62\\n1832.\\nDec.\\n2.\\n25\\n1834.\\nDec.\\n4.\\n17\\n1843.\\nJ iy\\n26.\\n79\\n1836.\\nOct.\\n18.\\n71\\n1834.\\nNov.\\n15.\\n43\\n1826.\\nMay\\n11.\\n18m.\\n1822.\\nMar,\\n,18.\\n24\\n1822.\\nMar.\\n,28.\\n10m.\\n1825.\\nMay\\n2.\\n4 m.\\n1832.\\nMar.\\n20.\\n1\\n1859.\\nFeb.\\n7.\\n28\\n1845.\\nvSept.\\n5,\\n2\\n1823.\\nNov.\\n17.\\n17m.\\n1825.\\nOct.\\n22.\\n1\\n1824.\\nJan.\\n16.\\n58\\n1855.\\nNov.\\n15.\\n80\\n1847.\\nApr.\\n30.\\n59\\n1828.\\nOct.\\n30.\\n26\\n1815.\\nSept.\\n29.\\n1\\n1826.\\nJan.\\n8.\\n4\\n1855.\\nMar.\\n20.\\n55\\n1848.\\nAug.\\n27.\\n27\\n1848.\\nNov.\\n29.\\n1\\n1858.\\nJ iy\\n29.\\n27\\n1858.\\nOct.\\n24.\\n39\\n1855.\\nDec.\\n12.\\n45\\n1829.\\nMar.\\n3.\\n10\\n1829.\\nMar.\\n10.\\n1\\n1825.\\nMar.\\n8.\\n8 m.\\n1825.\\nJune\\n1.\\n2\\n1842.\\nSept.\\n2.\\n46\\n1824.\\nNov.\\n1.\\n65\\n1825.\\nMar.\\n26.\\n67\\n1837.\\nNov.\\n18.\\n71\\n1838.\\nAug.\\n20.\\n75\\n1832.\\nvSept.\\n5.\\n69", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "168\\nName.\\nFarrar, Col. William.\\nFarrar, Ireiia.\\nFarrar, John.\\nFarrar, Charles.\\nFarrar, Stephen B.,\\nFarrar, Delila,\\nFarrar, Stephen.\\nFarrar, Sarah,\\nFarrar, Betsey G.,\\nFarrar, Hannah Maria,\\nFassett, Josej)!!.\\nFassett, J ihn P.,\\nFisher, Susannah,\\nFisher, Ira.\\nFisher, Sally,\\nFisher, Rev. Darius.\\nFish, Benjamin.\\nFife, Mary J.,\\nFolh Bartholomew,\\nForbs, Benjamin.\\nForristall, Joseph.\\nForristall, Hannah,\\nForristall, Belinda,\\nForristall, Kesiah,\\nForristall, Alexander,\\nForristall, Thomas J.,\\nForristall, Sarah J.,\\nFreneh, George,\\nFrost, Abby Ann,\\nFrost, Perley.\\nFoskett, Corbett A.\\nFuller, Ca])t. Isaac.\\nFuller, Patty.\\nFuller, Anna,\\nFuller, William,\\nFuller, Isaac.\\nFuller, Hannah,\\nGarfield, Angeline,\\nGarfield, Lucy,\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\nFatnilv Coniicction.\\nson of Stephen,\\nwife of Stephen.\\ndan. of Daniel W,\\nwife of Daniel W.\\ndan. of David W.\\nson of John W.\\nwife of Darius.\\nwife of Ira.\\nwife of Timothy.\\nson of John and Mary.\\nwife of Joseph.\\ndan. of Joseph and Hannah.\\ndau. of Joseph and Hannah.\\nson of Joseph and Hannah.\\nson of Josejjh and Hannah.\\ndau. of Joseph M.\\nson of Jonathan and Betsey.\\ndau. 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Joshua and Elizabeth.\\nwife of Elijah.\\ndau. of lilijah.\\ndau. of Elijah.\\nson of A. B. and Betsey.\\nson of A. B. and Betsey.\\ndau. of Abner and Laiu^a.\\nson of Abner and Laura.\\ndau. of Joseph and Ruth.\\nson of Josci)h ;uid Ruth.\\ndau. of Henr\\\\ and Martha.\\nson of Henry and Martha.\\nwife of Hezekiah,\\ndau. Peletiah and Mehitable.\\nwife of Aaron.\\nSf)n of Aaron rind Rhoda.\\nwife of Elkanah.\\nTime i\\nof Dece\\nase.\\nAge.\\n184.5.\\nFeb.\\n19.\\n19\\n182S.\\nJan.\\n10.\\nIS-tl.\\nMay\\n30.\\n25\\n1854.\\nJan.\\n8.\\n59\\n184G.\\n.I iy\\n18.\\n21\\n1849.\\nDec.\\n10.\\n48\\n1849.\\nOct.\\n28.\\n1833.\\nFeb.\\n24.\\n28\\n1852.\\nSei3t.\\n11.\\n1854.\\nApr.\\n3.\\n58\\n1844.\\nApr.\\n3.\\n45\\n1850.\\nJ lv\\n24.\\n16\\n1842.\\nJune\\n23.\\n32\\n1852.\\nSept.\\n11.\\n1852.\\nAug.\\n15.\\n29\\n1852.\\nSept.\\n4.\\n59\\n1827.\\nDec.\\n14.\\n22\\n1832.\\nSept.\\n20.\\n79\\n1823.\\nFeb.\\n15.\\n66\\n1833.\\nMay\\n7.\\n42\\n1827.\\nJune\\n3.\\n27\\n1837.\\nJune\\n22\\n5\\n1833.\\nAug.\\n20.\\n3\\n1856.\\nMar.\\n.27.\\n23\\n1859.\\nApr.\\n19.\\n22\\n1845.\\nOct.\\n23.\\n2\\n1843.\\nJune\\n21.\\n9\\n1822.\\nAug.\\n27.\\n2\\n1829.\\nMar\\n.27.\\n6 m.\\n1843.\\nAug.\\n17.\\n2\\n1840.\\nJan.\\n28.\\n1 m.\\n1851.\\nOct.\\n4.\\n60\\n1821.\\nOct.\\n4.\\n64\\n1843.\\nApr.\\n3.\\n83\\n1845.\\nJune\\n20.\\n27\\n1856.\\nApr.\\n11.\\n59\\n1851.\\nAjjr.\\n10.\\n52\\n1826.\\nAug.\\n3.\\n3\\n1857.\\nApr.\\n6.\\n69", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "170\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nName.\\nHtitchins, George W.,\\nIngalls, Eliza,\\nIngalls, George W.,\\nJenkins, Helen Maria,\\nKendall, George.\\nKendall, Timothy.\\nKendall, Capt. Timothv\\nKendall, Charles,\\nKendall, Caroline,\\nKendall, Lyman.\\nKendall, Parkman.\\nKnights, Franees Estella,\\nLawrence, Irena,\\nLawrence, Daniel.\\nLawrence, Kilizabeth,\\nLawrence, William,\\nLawrence, Joseph.\\nLawrence, Patty,\\nLawrence, Jonathan, Jr.\\nLawrence, Alfred.\\nLanipson, Sarah,\\nLyman, Chester.\\nLyman, Lvicy,\\nLyman, Leonard,\\nLyman, Harriet,\\nMann, Edwin,\\nMarshall, William.\\nMarshall, Anna,\\nMarshall, William, Jr.\\nMarshall, Daniel.\\nMerrifield, Susannah B.,\\nMerrifield, Francis,\\nNewell, Hepzibeth,\\nNewell, Nathan.\\nNewell, Rachel.\\nNewell, Veranns.\\nNewell, Keiihen.\\nNewman, Joseph S.\\nNnrse, Ebenezer.\\nI ^uiiily Coiiiicctioii.\\nson of William and Lydi;i.\\nwife of Raiis(jm.\\nson of Ransom and Eliza,\\nwife of Rev. Al)rtdiam.\\nson of Timoth_v and Anna,\\ndan. of Timothv and Anna.\\ndan. of Winthroji and Lydia.\\nwife of John.\\nwife of Daniel.\\nson of William and Patty.\\nwife of William.\\nwife of Jonathan.\\nwife of Chester.\\nson of Chester and Lnc^\\ndan. of T. L.\\nson of. Elias.\\nwife of William.\\nwife of Simeon B.\\nson of S. B. and Sus;ninah.\\nwife of Jacob.\\nTime\\n1842.\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1851.\\n1854.\\n1855.\\n1851.\\n1837.\\n1836.\\n1828.\\n1850.\\n1846.\\n1849.\\n1832.\\n1840.\\n1817.\\n1820.\\n1840.\\n1841.\\n1848.\\n1827.\\n1828.\\n1849.\\n1835.\\n1849.\\n1856.\\n1835.\\n1857.\\n1855.\\n1844.\\n1853.\\n1853.\\n1801.\\n1835.\\n1831.\\n1819.\\n1842.\\n1847.\\n1824.\\nof Decease.\\nFeb. 18.\\nAug. 15.\\nMar. 19.\\nMay 22.\\nvSept. 14.\\nDec. 16.\\nFeb. 14.\\nFeb. 9.\\nAug. 24.\\nMay 5.\\nMar. 22.\\nSept. 20.\\nFeb. 28.\\nJuly 13.\\nOct. 29.\\nJan. 10.\\nDec. 5.\\nJan. 5.\\nOct. 14.\\nApr. 27.\\nJuly 26.\\nFeb. 26.\\nSept. 19.\\nAug. 4.\\nSei)t.27.\\nApr. 29.\\nMay 17.\\nFeb. 17.\\nApr. 11.\\nSept. 19.\\nOct. 1.\\nApr. 16.\\nOct. 2.\\nMay 2.\\nOct. 1.\\nJuly 25.\\nJan. 5.\\nMay 13.\\nDec. 10.\\nAge.\\n3\\n39\\n9\\n31\\n29\\n42\\n68\\n16\\n22\\n21\\n2\\n63\\n84\\n101\\n1\\n11\\n51\\n67\\n49\\n96\\n43\\n51\\n4\\n16\\n35\\n50\\n75\\n45\\n27\\n21\\n1\\n73\\n52\\n2()m.\\n75\\n74\\n62", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "BURYINd GROUNDS.\\n171\\nName.\\nNurse, Priscilla,\\nNurse, Maria.\\nNurse, Mary J.,\\nNurse, Edward G.,\\nNurse, Charles,\\nOsljorn, Jaeob.\\nOsborn, Sibel.\\nParker, Nathaniel.\\nParker, Eliza,\\nParker, Minerva,\\nPartridge, Edward.\\nPartridge, Edith,\\nPerry, Caleb.\\nPiper, William\\nPutney, Susan M.,\\nRice, Lucy,\\nRice, Fanny,\\nRich, Rachel Crane,\\nSaunders, David.\\nSatuiders, Polly,\\nSiblev, Amos,\\nSiblej Amos Whiton,\\nSpaulding, Mahala,\\nSpaulding, Betsey E.,\\nStarkey, Luther,\\nStarkey, Betsey,\\nStarkey, Luna,\\nStarkey, Viana,\\nStarkey, S;irah D.,\\nStarkey, L. Diana,\\nStarkey, Maria,\\nStarkey, Ann M.,\\nvStarkey, Caleb L.,\\nStarkey, Stephen.\\nStanley, Benjamin B.,\\nStearns, Sarah Ann,\\nStearns, Jemime,\\nStowell, Dea. Isaac.\\nStowell, Betsey,\\nFamily Connection,\\nwife of Ebenezer.\\ndan. of Joseph and Nancy,\\nson of Joseph and Nancy,\\nson of Joseph and Nanc3^\\nwife of Nathaniel.\\ndan. of Nathaniel and Eliza.\\nwife of Edward.\\nson of Rev. A. M.\\ndau. of Jose])h and Mary.\\nwife of Cutler.\\ndau. of Cutler and Mar}-.\\nwife of Rev. Ezekiel.\\nwife of David.\\nson of Amos.\\nson of Amos.\\nwife of Erastus.\\nwife of Eri J.\\nson of Peter and Marj\\nwife of Enoch.\\nson of Lima and Hannah.\\ndau. of Lunji and Hannjdi.\\ndau. of Daniel and Sarah.\\ndau. of Daniel and Sarah.\\ndau. of Bailey and Betse^\\ndau. of Alanson and Mary.\\nson of Stephen and Polly.\\nson of B. M. and Abitiail.\\ndau. of Amos,\\nwife of Jonathan.\\nwife of Isaac.\\nTime r\\n)f Decease.\\nAge.\\n1844.\\nApr.\\n26.\\n78\\n1832.\\nFeb.\\n10.\\n24\\n1837.\\nMay\\n17.\\n1\\n1834.\\nSept.\\n4.\\n1\\n1834.\\nAug.\\n30.\\n8\\n1845.\\nApr.\\n25.\\n79\\n1845.\\nMay\\n12.\\n80\\n1857.\\nOct.\\n30.\\n51\\n1848.\\nJune\\n28.\\n42\\n1856.\\nJune\\n4.\\n17\\n1851.\\nOct.\\n21.\\n65\\n1845.\\nDec.\\n14.\\n57\\n1833.\\nOct.\\n18.\\n26\\n1850.\\nJan.\\n6.\\n6 m.\\n1851.\\nFeb.\\n24.\\n4\\n1832.\\n20\\n1829.\\nMay\\n18.\\n2 m.\\n1837.\\nMar.\\n20.\\n53\\n1833.\\nJune\\n19.\\n77\\n1822.\\nJune\\n25.\\n71\\n1849.\\nSept\\n.22.\\n18\\n1826.\\nJan.\\n8.\\n14m.\\n1847.\\nNov.\\n18.\\n37\\n1847.\\nAu.ij.\\nS.\\n28\\n1827.\\nNov.\\n8.\\n24\\n1821.\\nJune\\n18.\\n70\\n1833.\\nMar\\n.30.\\n20\\n1849.\\nJune\\n30.\\n19\\n1842.\\nJ iy\\n25.\\n16m.\\n1845.\\nSept\\n7.\\n17m.\\n1847.\\nFeb.\\n17.\\n14m.\\n1851.\\nJune\\n7.\\n4 m.\\n1852.\\nFeb.\\n18.\\n10m.\\n1853.\\nMar\\n.27.\\n29\\n1856.\\nNov.\\n5.\\n13\\n1837.\\nAu.i,^\\n8.\\n16\\n1843.\\n.I lv\\n15.\\n90\\n1856.\\nJan.\\n63", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nName.\\nStowcll, Lovina,\\nStdwell, Harvey L.,\\nStevens, Eliza W.,\\nSticknev, Abiel.\\nTolman, Benjamin.\\nTolnian, Hepzilaeth,\\nT(ilman, IJclvvard.\\nTolman, Henr3\\nTolman, Sarjih A.,\\nTolman, James T.,\\nTenney, Melinda,\\nWetlierl)ee, Maria,\\nWetherbee, Edmund H.\\nWard, David,\\nWhiteoml), Elzina,\\nWhitcomb, Charles,\\nWhiteomb, Luther,\\nWhiteomb, Luey Ann,\\nWhiteomb, Aliigail.\\nWheeler, Mary,\\nWheeler, Louisa A.,\\nWheeler, Stephen, Jr.\\nWheeler, Aaron Y.,\\nWheeler, Nathan.\\nWheeler, Clari.ssa.\\nWheeler, Timothv.\\nWheeler, David B.,\\nWilbur, Catherine.\\nWill)ur, Jonathan.\\nWhite, David.\\nWhite, Esther,\\nWhite, David,\\nWhittemore, Levi.\\nWhittcmore, Mary,\\nWhittemore, Salmon.\\nWhittemore, Sarah,\\nWhittemore, Mary W.,\\nWhittemore, Elijah,\\nWhittemore, Srdmon,\\nFamily Connection,\\nwife of Isaae.\\nson of Isaae.\\nwife of Rev. Alfred.\\nwife of Beniamin.\\ndau. of Henry and Mary,\\nson of Henr^ and Mar^-.\\nwife of Moses,\\ndau. of Daniel and Luca\\nson of Calvin and Clarissa,\\nson of Nahum and Mar^^\\ndau. of William and Clarissa,\\nson of William and Clarissa,\\nson of William and Clarissa,\\nwife of Luther.\\nwife of Hezekiah.\\nwife of E]5hraim.\\nson of Aaron.\\nson Timothv and Kidiannah.\\nwife of David.\\nson of David and Esther.\\nwife of Levi.\\nson of Salmon and Lydia.\\ndau. of Salmon and Lydia.\\nson of Salmon and Lydia.\\nson of Salmon and Lvdia.\\nTime\\n3f Decc\\nase.\\nAjje.\\n1S52.\\nApr.\\n27.\\n66\\n1845.\\nJuly\\n25.\\n25\\n184-4.\\nDec.\\n8.\\n26\\n1855.\\nFeb.\\n4.\\n85\\n1840.\\nMar\\n9.\\n85\\n1842.\\n.I lv\\n20.\\n77\\n1852.\\nOct.\\n26.\\n41\\n1851.\\nMar\\n6.\\n68\\n1844.\\nNov.\\n2.\\n19\\n1821.\\nJune\\n28.\\n4\\n1823.\\nMay\\n24.\\n30\\n1837.\\nDee.\\n8.\\n24\\n1847.\\nAu.ij.\\n16.\\n7 m.\\n1845.\\nApr.\\n18.\\n6\\n1839.\\nOct.\\n9\\n1855.\\nNov.\\n17.\\n22\\n1854.\\nOct.\\n24.\\n30\\n1851.\\nJan.\\n25.\\n21\\n1827.\\nNov.\\n20.\\n30\\n1832.\\nJune\\n30.\\n88\\n1851.\\nNov.\\n14.\\n25\\n1837.\\nJ iy\\n19.\\n28\\n1830.\\nJan.\\n30.\\n3 m.\\n1836.\\nMar\\n17.\\n80\\n1832.\\nMar\\n22.\\n34\\n1846.\\nAug.\\n14.\\n60\\n1839.\\nNov.\\n6.\\n22\\n1856.\\nDec.\\n26.\\n21\\n1857.\\nMax-\\n14.\\n51\\n1844.\\nJan.\\n3.\\n81\\n1839.\\nSciit\\n27.\\n75\\n1825.\\nNov.\\n12.\\n32\\n1847.\\nFeb.\\n8.\\n61\\n1858.\\nJan.\\n31.\\n66\\n1826.\\nMay\\n6.\\n47\\n1832.\\nJan.\\n21.\\n23\\n1S31.\\nOct.\\n14.\\n25\\n1820.\\nMar\\n6.\\n2\\n1824.\\nNov.\\n26.\\n5 m.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "BURYING GROUNDS.\\n173\\nName.\\nWhittcmorc,\\nWhittcniorc, Lncy Ami,\\nWhitney, Edward G.,\\nWhitney, Sarah A.,\\nWilder, David.\\nWilder, Lney,\\nWilder, Stephen W.,\\nWinch, Nathan,\\nWinch, Polly,\\nWinch, Asenath,\\nWinch, Adeline C,\\nWinch, Franklin B.,\\nWinch, George B.,\\nWise, Lydia,\\nWright, Joel.\\nWright. Tabitha,\\nWright, Kesiah,\\nWright, Thomas,\\nWright, Sallv,\\nFamily Connection,\\nson of Salmon and Lydia.\\nwife of Levi.\\nson of S. G. and A. N.\\ndan. of S. G. and A. N.\\nwife of David.\\nson of David and Lnc}-.\\nwife of Nathan.\\nwife of Nathan.\\ndan. Nathan and Abigail.\\nson of Nath. J. and Abigail.\\nson of Nath. J. and Abigail.\\ndan.of Asahel and Hannah.\\nwife of Joel.\\nwife of Joel.\\nson of Ahnon and Salh*.\\nwife of Almon.\\nTime\\nof Decease.\\nAge.\\n1816.\\nMar.\\n13.\\n1841.\\nAng.\\n10.\\n24\\n1S57.\\nAug.\\n31.\\n1\\n1858.\\nApr.\\n11.\\n15\\n1848.\\nJ lv\\n9.\\n40\\n1842.\\nJ lv\\n24.\\n28\\n1841.\\nAug.\\n21.\\n3 m.\\n1851.\\nAug.\\n28.\\n70\\n1834.\\nJan.\\n1.\\n53\\n1858.\\nFeb.\\n11.\\n72\\n1842.\\nAng.\\n19.\\n6\\n1843.\\nSept.\\n.17.\\n15\\n1849.\\nSept.\\n,25.\\n6\\n1831.\\nAug.\\n21.\\n1\\n1838.\\nDec.\\n29.\\n79\\n1838.\\nAug.\\n13.\\n70\\n1835.\\nSept,\\n9.\\n70\\n1851.\\nMay\\n21.\\n23\\n1841.\\nMav\\n15.\\n41", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "CHAl TER X.\\nEXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS.\\nFIRST CHAIR AND TABLE FOR MEETING HOUSE. AMOUNT PAID FOR WORK-\\nING ON HIGHWAY. BY-LAWS AGAINST ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.\\nACTION OF TOWN IN DIYISION OF THE COUNTY. FIRST MAP OF THE\\nSTATE. TOLERATION LAW. FIRST STOVE IN MEETING HOUSE. STONE\\nBRIDGE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 DISPENSING WITH SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE. DIS-\\nTRIBUTION OF THE PUBLIC SURPLUS. TEMPERANCE REFORM. MISCEL-\\nLANEOUS MATTERS. FIRST PRINTED SCHOOL REPORT. FIRST PRINTED\\nTOWN REPORT. FINISHING ROOM UNDER TOWN HALL. CHANGING THE\\nNAME OF THE TOWN. HISTORY OF THE TOWN HALL.\\nAt a town meeting in 1815, it was voted that a chair\\nand table should be furnished b}- the selectmen at the\\nexpense of the town for use in the meetino^ house, this\\naction being made necessary from the town having to\\nhold the town meetings in this house.\\nThree hundred dollars were voted to be raised in 1816\\nfor the repair of highways and bridges, which should be\\npaid in labor at the rate of eight cents per hour for a\\nman or yoke of oxen.\\nA committee was chosen to re]3ort by-laws for prevent-\\ning horses, mules, neat cattle and swine from running at\\nlarge, and the following were adopted\\nThat the owners, or those havino^ the care of any horse, horses or\\nhorse kind, or any mules, who shall allow them to run at large on anA\\nhiohway or pn1)lic place within the town of TroA-, from and after tlie\\nfirst daA of April next, to the last da^ of October next, shall forfeit and\\npay the sum of one dollar for each and every horse, or horse kind, or\\nmule so found nuining at large, excepting colts uiuler tlie age of six months.\\nTliat the owners or those having the care of any neat cattle who\\nshall allow them to go at large as aforesaid, within the above siiecified", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "EXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS. 175\\ntiiiK, shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty cents for each and every\\ncreature so found going at large as aforesaid. That the owner or per-\\nson or persons having the care of any swine, who shall allow them to\\ngo at large, without being yoked and ringed according to the regula-\\ntions of the laws of this State, shall forfeit and pay the sum ^A twenly-\\nlive cents for each and every swine so found going at large; and each\\nof the above penalities to be recovered by action of debt before any\\njustice of the peace, to and for the use of the person who shall sue for\\nthe same with cost of suit.\\nSigned by Sylvester P. Flint, 1\\nCaleb Perry, 1 Committee.\\nWilliam Barnard,\\nThe Province of New Hampshire was divided into five\\ncounties in 1771, Cheshire being one and receiving its\\nname from a county of the same name in England, and\\nincluded the territory now in Sttllivan county. Charles-\\ntown and Keene were made the shire towns. As the\\npo]julation increased and business interests became more\\ndiversified, this arrangement was not a satisfactory one,\\nand the question of the division of the county was dis-\\ncussed and brought up for action for several years. In\\n1819, the town voted forty-four in favor and four against;\\nthe next year the decision was reversed, the vote being\\ntwo for and sixty-eight against division. The question\\nwas finally settled, the northern half taking the name of\\nSullivan and being incorporated July 5, 1827, the vote of\\nTroy at the annual meeting that year being thirty-three\\nfor and twenty-five against.\\nA large map of the State was published in 1815, by\\nPhillip Carrigain, under the patronage of the Legislature.\\nAt that time no map of any state had been published\\ncomparable with it in simplicity of arrangement and taste\\nof execution. The government furnished each town with\\na copy, and in 1817 the town voted that this map should\\nbe deposited with the clerk for keeping.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "176 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nBefore 1819, the law required that each citizen should\\npay his proportion toward the support of the settled min-\\nister of the town or parish in which he resided, tinless he\\nproduced a certificate from some society of another denomi-\\nnation, stating that he attended their worship, and con-\\ntributed to the support of their religious order. But in\\n1818, the town voted that the selectmen tax the inhabi-\\ntants of the Congregational Society only for Mr. Rich s\\nsalary, meaning that those inhabitants only who be-\\nlonged to the society should be taxed for the minister s\\nsupport. This action was probably taken on account of\\nthe o]ii)osition of some of the people to Mr. Rich, who did\\nnot wish to be taxed for his support. The following year,\\nthe Legislature passed an act, in the face of ]30werful\\nopposition, known as the Toleration Law, which pro-\\nvided that no person should be compelled to join or sup-\\nport any congregation, church or religious society, without\\nhis express consent and that any person choosing to\\nseparate himself from any society, should, on leaving a\\nwritten notice with the clerk, be exempted from any future\\nexpenses that might be incurred by the society. Whether\\nfrom the operation of this law or from local causes, the\\ntown in 1821, voted that one-half of all the minister s\\ntax assessed last year, be abated.\\nAt this time there was no means of heating the meeting\\nhouse during the cold weather; what warmth there was\\nbeing obtained from small foot stoves filled with coals,\\nand no other means had been provided, or action taken\\nfor warming the meeting house until 1830, when it was\\nvoted, that a stove might be ])laced in it, if individuals\\nshould see fit to put one in at their own expense.\\nIn 1835, the town voted that everA^ society in town\\nhave the use of the meeting house belonging to the town,\\nfor religious meetings on Sabbath days, according to their", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "EXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS. 177\\nvaluation in making taxes. That the division l^e made b\\\\^\\nthe selectmen, and that no society have the right to shut\\nthe house against others unless to occupy it for religious\\npurposes.\\nIt w^as found necessary to rebuild the bridge ne^ir the\\nHarrington mill this year, and at a special meeting on the\\nISth of Jime, Joseph M. Forristall, Daniel W. Farrar and\\nLyman Wright were chosen a committee to superintend\\nthe liuilding of the same. This committee caused an arched\\nstone bridge to be built and at a meeting the following\\nJanuary, the town voted to accept of the doing of the\\ncommittee in building a stone bridge also voted to raise\\n$4-50 by special tax to defray town charges.\\nIn 1833, it was voted that the visiting of schools by\\nthe Superintending Committee be dispensed with this year,\\nand in 1842, it was further voted to adopt the law ex-\\ncusing Superintending School Committees from examining\\nthe primary schools.\\nIn 1836, the United States government had a surplus\\nof thirty-six millions of dollars lying in the treasury, which\\nhad accumulated from the sale of public lands, and the\\namount was increasing, as at that time the public debt\\nhad all been paid. Congress voted to distribute this\\namong the different states, New Hampshire receiving over\\neight hundred thousand dollars, which the Legislature\\nvoted to divide among the towns according to population.\\nThe amount received by Troy cannot be given. The ques-\\ntion of its disposition seems to have been an important\\none as it was brought before the annual meeting for two\\nor three years. David W. Farrar and Daniel Cutting were\\nthe agents chosen to receive the money, which they were\\nto loan to individuals in small sums, but finally the select-\\nmen were authorized to approi)riate the money for t(nvn\\nptn-poses, under an act of the Legislature, passed in 1S38.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "178 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThe question of temperance reform received considera-\\ntion by the citizens of the town in 1838, the following\\narticle appearing in the warrant for the annual meeting\\nthat year: Is it expedient that a law^ be enacted by the\\nGeneral Court, prohibiting the sale of wine, or other\\nspirituous li((uors, except for chemical, medicinal, or me-\\nchanical pur]30ses. The vote stood fifty -five in favor and\\ntwenty-one against.\\nFor several years large numbers of men and women\\nhad been ardently engaged in the prosecution of this\\nreform, and while great and gratifying success had been\\ngained, it was considered incomplete, and the question of\\nmore stringent law^s, prohibiting its sale, was being\\nagitated, and an effort made to have the Legislature pass\\nsuch an act. Four years later the question again received\\nconsideration upon the article, Is it expedient thiit a law\\nbe enacted for the suppression of tippling shops, fifty\\nvoting for and thirty-six against.\\nIn 1839, it was voted that the road tax should be\\npaid in money, and in 1848, that the Superintending\\nSchool Committee be allowed three dollars each for their\\nservices.\\nUp to 1840, the only approach to the sawmill which\\nstood near where the blanket mill now stands, was ])y a\\nnarrow path on private ground but in the fall of this\\nyear, the selectmen, on petition of Charles Carpenter and\\nothers, laid out a new highway from the meeting house\\nto the mill.\\nSeveral town meetings were held during the year 1844,\\nand the following items are taken from the votes\\npassed\\nVoted. That the taxes 1)e collected by the iirst of March next, or\\nthe collector receive no pay for collecting;.\\nVoted. To discontinue the old Turnpike rcjad, runnin;^ from near", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "EXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS. 179\\nAmos Stearns house towards Elijah Rowker s, to the liouiulary line of\\nthe town.\\nVoted. That the bell be cast over and made into a new one.\\nVoted. That an agent be a])pointed to get the bell repaired, and that\\nseventy-five dollars be appropriated for that purpose.\\nVoted. That Daniel W. Farrar l)e the said agent.\\nThe ChCvShire Railroad was being constructed through\\nthe town in the years 1846 and 1847, and consequently\\na large number of transient laborers \\\\vere employed, and at\\nthe annual meeting the latter year, it was voted, that the\\nIrish laborers be excused from taxation the present year.\\nIn 1846, the following regulations were established bv\\nthe firewards\\nRy virtue of the authority in us vested In law, we the subscribers, a\\nmajority of the firewards in the town of Trov, in the County of Cheshire,\\ndo establish the following regulations respecting the kindling, guarding-\\nand safe keeping, and for the prevention and extinguishment of fires to\\nbe in force in said town.\\n1st. All persons are requested to furnish themselves with ladders and\\nIjuckets according to the State law, as adopted by the said town.\\n2d. No person shall place and keep any dry ashes in any wooden\\nvessel under the penalty of five dollars for each offence.\\n3d. No person shall keep a wooden door at an\\\\ fireplace under the\\npenalty of five dollars for each oftence.\\n4th. No person shall carr3^ any lighted pipe or cigar into any barn,\\nstable, f)r shed, or into any building while finishing, or into anv cabinet\\nor house joiner or wheelwright s sho]i, nor shall any jaersoii carrv ;inv\\nlighted candle or lamp into an3- barn, unless the same be inclosed in a\\nlantern, under the penalty of three dollars for each oftence.\\nnth. The foregoing regulations shall take effect and he in force on\\nand after the 15th of May, A. D. 1S4G.\\nClIAKLKS COOUIDGK,\\nOlivkk Hawkins,\\nJosKiTi Jones, Roard\\nThomas Wkkuit, of\\nSalmon Wright, Firewards.\\nDavid W. Farrak,\\nEdwin Bvttrick,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "180 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThe Ward Hill was formerly one of the most difficult\\nin the town, and was for a long time the snliject of com-\\nplaint. Many efforts had been made to avoid this, by\\nconstructing a road on diiferent ground, but it was found\\nimpossible to lay out a road on an^ ground which should\\nbe satisfactory to all parties concerned. But in the fall\\nof 1849, the selectmen, after a careful examination of the\\nwhole matter, laid out the present road on the petition of\\nJohn Lawrence and others, which was completed and\\nopened the following year. They also, in accordance with\\na vote of the town on the petition of Charles Carpenter\\nand others, laid out a road extending from Mr. Carpen-\\nter s sa\\\\vmill to the bridge near the foot of the Ward Hill.\\nPrevious to the year 1852, and for several years after-\\nwards, all reports of the town officers w^ere written and\\nplaced on file with other papers, but this year it w^as\\nvoted that the selectmen should get the report of the\\nSuperintending School Committee printed, and that every\\nfamily in towm should be furnished with a copy.\\nIt was also voted to allow engine men one dollar and\\nfifty cents each for their services.\\nThe amount of highway tax appropriated for winter\\nuse was very often insufficient to keep the roads suitably\\nbroken out, and individuals would have bills presented for\\nbreaking roads, to the payment of which objection was\\nfrequently made, and the question of ])aying an extra sum\\nfor this service in the winter w^as brought up for discus-\\nsion and at the annual meeting in 1857, it w^as voted to\\nraise a highway tax of one hundred and fifty dollars in\\nmoney, which should be appropriated as other highway\\ntaxes to the several surveyors, to be expended in the win-\\nter, the amoimt unexpended to be reported to the select-\\nmen before the first of March.\\nIt was voted to procure blinds and a lightning rod for", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "EXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS. 181\\nthe town hall, in 1858. The next year Dr. A. M. Caverly\\nwas chosen an a^s^ent to get a lithograph of the to^vn\\nhouse ])ut into the History of Troy, w^hich \\\\vas soon to\\nbe pnl: lished, and the sum of sixteen dollars w^as appro-\\npriated for the purpose of defraying the expense of the same.\\nThe following resolution was adopted\\nWherk.xs: Dr. A. M. Caverly, having procured at his own expense\\nand arduons labor, a very complete History of the Town of Troy,\\nRksolvkd. That we as a town tender him a vote of thanks, and as\\na token of our esteem, we jiay the expense of his lithograjjh which is to\\nappear in said History-.\\nThis 3 ear it was voted to have three hundred copies of\\nthe selectmen s report printed.\\nUpon the (luestion of the expediency of purchasing a\\ncounty- poor farm for the support of county paupers, the\\nvote was two in the affirmative and sixty-four in the\\nnegative.\\nAt this time a contagious disease appeared among the\\ncattle in town, and the selectmen were authorized to take\\nsuch steps to prevent its spread as they thought best.\\nIn 1861, it was voted to have the room under the town\\nhall finished, two hundred dollars being appropriated for\\nthat purpose. It was also Resolved: That if individuals\\nfeel disposed to contribute a sufficient sum to finish the\\nlower part of the town hall for a school room, they have\\nthe ])rivilcge, provided however, that the said contribu-\\ntions shall be put into the hands of a competent commit-\\ntee a])]3ointed by the town, and expended under their\\ndirection. John Grimes, Ira Boyden and David W. Far-\\nrar were chosen for this committee.\\nE. P. Kimball, John Grimes and Edmtmd Bemis were\\nselected to procure a new bell for the town house and to\\ndispose of the old one.\\nThree hundred dollars was raised in 1862, to be put", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "182 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nwith a sum already raised, for the purpose of pnrchasiiio a\\nfire eno-ine and hose.\\nAt a special town meeting held Jime 18, 1864, E. P.\\nKimball, Stephen B. Farrar and David Wheeler were chosen\\na committee to finish a room in the lower part of the\\ntown hall, for an engine room, three hundred dollars being\\nraised for the purpose.\\nAt the election in November, 1864, upon the (luestion\\nIs it expedient that a convention be called to revise the constitution.\\n1st. To enable the qualified voters of the State, ensjai^ed in the mili-\\ntary or naval service of the country, in time of war, insm^rection, or\\nrebellion, to exercise the right of sufilVage while absent from the State;\\n2d. To abolish all religions tests as qnalifieations for office;\\n3d. To diminish the number of memljcrs of the House of Repre-\\nsentatives\\n4th. To increase the number of members of the Senate\\n5th. To make provisions for future amendments of the constitution\\nthe vote stood thirtv-four for and thirty-eight against.\\nAn article was inserted in the \\\\varrant for the annual\\nmeeting, March, 1866, To see if the town will vote to\\ninstruct their representative to the next Legislature to use\\nhis influence to have the name of Troy changed to that of\\nMonadnock.\\nThis was doubtless inserted on account of the trouble\\nand inconvenience in postal, express and baggage matters,\\narising from a confusion and similarity in writing the\\nnames Troy, N. H., and Troy, N. Y. The vote was fifteen\\nin favor and fifty-four against.\\nNovember, 1871, the town voted to discontinue that\\npart of the highway running across the common, beginning\\nnear the Chapman house and running in a southerly direc-\\ntion to nearly opposite the tin shop house, and to lay\\nout a new one beginning near the same point and running\\neasterly to a point nearly opposite the town hall, inter-\\nsectinsf with the road there.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "EXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS. 183\\nBarrett Ripley, C. W. Wliitney and William Butler were\\nchosen a committee to fence, grade and beautify the\\ncommon, four hundred dollars being- appropriated for the\\npurpose.\\nSometime previous to the year 1872, a brass band had\\nbeen fcjrmed and had become involved in debt in procuring\\nthe necessary equipments, and the town voted to appro-\\npriate two hundred and fifty dollars to relieve them from\\ndebt. It was also voted to sell the State bonds at par,\\nas occasion arose, to pay town debts.\\nIn 1875, it was voted to redistrict the town for school\\npurposes, and the following persons were chosen for that\\npurpose: District No. 1, Barrett Ripley; District No. 2,\\nChas. W. Whitney; District No. 3, Edmund Bemis District\\nNo. 4, William N. Watson; District No. 5, Daniel J. Fife;\\nDistrict No. 6, Alvah S. Clark.\\nIn the warrant for the annual meeting for 1878 was\\nan article to see if the town would vote to procure a\\nsoldier s monument, l)ut no action was taken.\\nJune 4 1853, the proprietors of the old meeting house\\nmet agreeable to a call made by Daniel W. Farrar, Eas-\\nman Alexander and Elijah Harrington, under an act passed\\n1)y the Legislature in 1848, ])roviding for the sale of meet-\\ning houses in certain cases. There were present:\\nStephen Wheeler. Liitlier Chapman.\\nElijah Harrington. Lyman Wright.\\nEasman .\\\\lexander. I cktiali Hodgkins.\\nDavid W. Farrar. Daniel Cutting.\\nDaniel W. Farrar. Artemas Fairl)aidvs.\\nAbel Baker.\\nIt was voted to sell the house at auction, and Daniel\\nW. Farrar, Lyman Wright and Artemas Fairbanks were\\nchosen a committee to sell and convey the same, the select-\\nmen of JaftVey being a]jpointed to make the division of the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "184 HISrOfx Y OF TROY.\\nproceeds among the proprietors. The house \\\\vas pur-\\nchased by the town.\\nAn article was inserted in the warrant for the March\\nmeeting, 1855, to see if the town would vote any direc-\\ntions as to what should be done with the old meeting\\nhouse, and choose an agent or committee, with power to\\npurchase land for the removal of the house if thought ex-\\npedient, or take any action in relation to the same. A\\ncommittee of five were chosen, consisting of Joseph M.\\nForristall, Leonard Farrar, Lyman Wright, Abel Baker\\nand Brown Nurse, to investigate and see what could be\\ndone and report at the next town meeting.\\nA special meeting was held April 25, for the purpose of\\nhearing the re])ort of the above committee, and to see if\\nthe town would remove the house to any lot that might\\nbe purchased to choose an agent or committee to pur-\\nchase land and take a deed of the same; to carry the\\nremoval of the house into efitect and to submit a plan or\\nplans to finish the same.\\nThe committee made a report, but no further action\\nwas taken and the matter was brought up again at the\\nannual meeting in 1856, when the ([uestion was referred\\nto a committee consisting of Daniel W. Farrar, Brown\\nNurse and Ira Boyden, who were to report at a meeting\\nto be held not later than the first of September, following,\\nand at a meeting held on the second day thereof, they\\nsubmitted the following:\\nWe recommend that the town decide first to remove or not to re-\\nmove said house.\\nWe recommend that the town canse a liall to be finished in the n])i)er\\npart of said house, 4-() by 45 feet, willi a stairway about ,S feet wide in\\nthe center of the front part, a1)out four feet from the front door, and\\noccupvini; al)out eleven feet in the ascent. To lower down the windows\\nabout three feet and put a j.;()thic head upon the windows; the ])id])it\\nwindows to be closed up. The hall to be laid with a new floor and in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "EXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS. 185\\nevery respect to be well and tlioronghlv finished, and to be furnished\\nwith fifty settees. To finish a room njjon each side of said stairs of\\nabout fifteen 1)y seventeen feet, and to put up two stacks of chimneys\\nin the partition between the hall and these rooms. All of which your\\ncommittee think ma^^ be done for the old material and five hundred\\ndollars.\\nThat the roof be repaired by ])atchin,iL;, which we think may be done\\nto last eii^ht or ten ^-ears.\\nThat the house be well jjainted outside with two coats of fjood paint,\\nwhich we estimate to cost from $100 to $125.\\nThat the pews be taken out and the pew floors placed u])on a level\\nwith aisle floors, and we estimate the old pew material will pay the\\nex])ense.\\nThat the town choose an agent or committee to carry the above rejjtjrt\\ninto eflect, with such instructions as the town shall give him or them*\\nThis report was adopted, and it was voted to move\\nthe house, by turning it one cjuarter round, into the north-\\neast corner of the common, within from eight to twelve\\nfeet to the north and east Hne of said common.\\nAll the sections of the report were adopted, and a\\ncommittee was chosen bj^ ballot to carry these measures\\ninto effect, consisting of David W. Farrar, Edward P.\\nKimball and Ira Boy den.\\nIn addition, this committee was instructed to have a\\ngood cellar under the house, provided it would not cost\\nmore than one hundred dollars extra.\\nThe work having been completed, it was accepted by\\nthe town at the annual meeting in 1858, and it was\\nvoted to procure blinds for the whole house and to have\\na new lightning rod. Edwin Buttrick, Brown Nurse,\\nDavid W. Farrar, Edward P. Kimball and A. M. Caverly\\nwere chosen to prepare suitable by-laws for the regulation\\nof the hall, which were in due time reported and ado])ted.\\nThe hall having become too small for the needs of the\\ntown, especially on occasions of public gatherings or\\nentertainments requiring the use of a stage, the question", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "186\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nof an enlargement was agitated for several years, but no\\ndefinite action was taken tnitil the March meeting, 1893,\\nwhen two thousand dollars was voted to be raised for\\nthat purjjose, and Charles W. Whitney, William J. Boyden\\nand Warren W. Kimball were chosen a building committee.\\nB\\nMiiiiisiaiaian If\\nIS- laiaiai i\\n#fci\\nTown Hai.l.\\nAn addition about twenty-five feet in length was built on\\nto the north end of the hall, the land being given by\\nJames L. Stanley. The upper part was finished as a large\\nand commodious stage, with suitable dressing rooms and\\nclosets, Avith an entrance from the lower floor. The lower\\npart was finished for the use of the fire department, with\\nthe addition of a hose tower. The old side seats in the\\nhall were removed, and the interior decorated and furnished\\nwith inside blinds, increasing the capacity of the hall very\\nmaterially.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XI.\\nTOWN OFFICERS AND yVPPROPRIATIONS.\\nLIST OF CONSTAI$LE.S. TOWN OFFICERS. APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES FOR\\nGOVERNOR. SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SCHOOL BOARDS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 COPV OF\\nEARLY CHECK LIST.\\nIn former times the office of town constable was one\\nof considerable importance, and from one to three were\\nusually chosen at each annual meeting. Their jurisdiction\\ndid not extend beyond the town, but their duties were\\nsimilar and of greater scope and the position more impor-\\ntant perhaps, than that of the deputy sheriff of the pres-\\nent day, for they represented the majesty of the law, and\\nwere charged with the execution of warrants and the ser-\\nvice of summonses. It was usually the custom to appoint\\nthe tax collector one of the constables, as in the discharge\\nof his duties it was necessary that he should have author-\\nity to enforce the law.\\nThe following list gives the names of those chosen as\\nconstables from the incorporation of the town until 1860\\n1816. John Lawrence.\\n1817. Calvin Starkey.\\nDavid White.\\nISIS. Calvin vStarkey.\\nDavid White.\\n1S19. John Lawrence.\\nDavid White.\\n1S2(). Edmund Bemis.\\nDavid White.\\n1821. Calvin Starkey.\\nDavid White.\\n1822. Calvin vStarkey.\\nDavid White.\\n1823. Calvin Starkey.\\n1824.. Luke Harris.\\nlS2rj. Luke Harris.\\nlS2(i. John Lawrence.\\nDavid White.\\n1827. John Lawrence.\\n1828. Calvin vStarkey.\\n1829. Lemuel Brown.\\n1830. Lemuel Brown.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "188\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\n1831.\\nThomas Wright.\\n1 846.\\n1832.\\nThomas Wright.\\n1847.\\n1S33.\\nWilHam Marshall.\\nCalvin Starker.\\n1848.\\n1834.\\nCalvin Starke3\\n1849.\\n1835.\\nCalvin Starkey.\\nJohn Lawrence.\\n1850.\\n1836.\\nAbel Baker.\\n1851.\\nCalvin Starke\\\\-.\\n1852.\\n1837.\\nCalvin Starke^-.\\nBenjamin F. Grosvenor.\\n1853.\\n1838.\\nCharles Coolidge.\\nAshael S. Wise.\\n1854.\\n1840.\\nEzekiel White.\\nLnke Harris.\\n1855.\\n1841.\\nEzekiel White.\\nJohn Whittemore, Jr.\\n1856.\\n1842.\\nHzekiel White.\\nJohn Whittemore, Jr.\\n1857.\\n1843.\\nNathan Winch.\\n1858.\\nBrown Nnrse.\\n1859.\\n1844.\\nThomas Wright.\\nCharles Coolidge.\\n1845.\\nThomas Wright.\\n1860.\\n1846.\\nThomas Wright.\\nEdward P. Kimball.\\nIsaac Aldrich, Jr.\\nIsaac Aldi ich, Jr.\\nEdward P. Kimball.\\nJames L. Bolster.\\nJames L. Bolster.\\nJames R. Stanley.\\nJames L. Bolster.\\nJames R. Stanley.\\nAnstin B. Gates.\\nStephen B. Farrar.\\nAnstin B. Gates.\\nStephen B. Farrar.\\nStephen B. Farrar.\\nElHott Goddard.\\nJames R. Stanley.\\nLeonard Wright.\\nStephen B. Farrar.\\nEdward P. Kimball.\\nAbel W. Baker.\\nCharles B. Wright.\\nStephen B. Farrar.\\nAlonzo B. Harrington.\\nLyman Wright.\\nIsaac Aldrich, Jr.\\nAlbert G. Hnrlbutt.\\nModerators.\\n1816. Sylvester P. Flint.\\n1817. Caleb Perry.\\n1818. Sylvester P. Flint.\\n1819. Timothy Kendall.\\n1820. Timothy Kendall.\\n1821. Timothy Kendall.\\n1822. Lyman Wright.\\n1823. Lyman Wright.\\n1824. Lyman Wright.\\n1825. Lyman Wright.\\n1826. Lyman Wright.\\nTOWN OFFICERS.\\nTown Clerks.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nCharles W. Whitney\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. I arrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nRepresentatives.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nSylvester P. Flint.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel Cntting.\\nDaniel Cntting.\\nDaniel Cntting.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel Cutting.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nEzekiel Rich.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS AND APPROPRIATIONS.\\n189\\nModerators.\\n1S27. Lvman Wrio;lit.\\n1S2S. Lyman Wrioht.\\nl.S2 J. Lyman Wrij^ht.\\n1S30. Lyman Wright.\\n1831. Lyman Wi ioht.\\n1532. Lyman Wright.\\n1533. Lyman Wright.\\n1834. Lyman Wright.\\n1835. Lyman Wright.\\n183G. Timothy Kendall.\\n1837. Lyman Wright.\\n1838. Lyman Wright.\\n1839. Lyman Wright.\\n1840. Lyman Wright.\\n184-1. Lyman Wright.\\n1842. Lyman Wright.\\n1843. Lyman Wright.\\n1844. Lyman Wright.\\n1845. Lyman Wright.\\n1846. Lyman Wright.\\n1847. Lyman Wright.\\n1848. Lyman Wright.\\n1849. Abel Baker.\\n1850. Abel Baker.\\n1851. Edward P. Kimball.\\n1852. Lyman Wright.\\n1853. Lyman Wright.\\n1854. Lyman Wright.\\n1855. Lyman Wright.\\n1856. Abel Baker.\\n1857. Abel Baker.\\n1858. Abel Baker.\\n1859. Abel Baker.\\n1860. Leonard Farrar.\\n1861. lulwin Bnttriek.\\n1862. Leonard F.arrar.\\n1863. Leonard Farrar.\\n1864. Edwin Biittriek.\\n1865. Edwin Buttriek.\\nTown Clerks.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Fari ar.\\nBrown Nnrse.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nBrown Nm se.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nBrown Nnrse.\\nBrown Nurse.\\nBrown Nnrse.\\nBrown Nurse.\\nLuke Miller.\\nLuke Miller.\\nLuke Miller.\\nLuke Miller.\\nLuke Miller.\\nWilliam Marshall.\\nWilliam Marshall.\\nLeonard Wright.\\nAbial M. Caverly.\\nAbial M. Caverly.\\nAbial M. Caverly.\\nGeorge A. Adams,\\n(reorge A. Adams.\\nJf)hn (ji imes.\\n(leorge A. Adams.\\nHenry W. I \\\\-irrar.\\nHenrv W. h arrar.\\nRepresentatives.\\nDaniel Cutting.\\nDaniel Cutting.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nLyman Wright.\\nL3 man Wright.\\nChester Lyman.\\nChester Lyman.\\nDaniel Cutting.\\nDaniel Cutting.\\nJonathan Clark.\\nJonathan Clark.\\nAbel Baker.\\nAbel Baker.\\nAbel Baker.\\nJohn W. Bellows.\\nJohn W. Bellows.\\nJeremiah Pomeroy.\\nThomas Wright.\\nThomas Wi ight.\\nJohn W. Bellows.\\nJohn W. Bellows.\\nBrown Nurse.\\nBrown Nurse.\\nJotham H. Holt.\\nJotham H. Rolt.\\nAldin Egleston.\\nLyman Wright.\\nLyman Wright.\\nJoseph M. Forristall.\\nJoseph AL Forristall.\\nE^dwin Buttriek.\\nEdwin Buttriek.\\nAbial M. Caverly.\\nAbial M. Caverly.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nDavid W. Farrar.\\nEdmund Bemis.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\nModcrntors.\\n1S66. Edwin Ruttrick.\\nISGT. Edwin Bnttrick.\\nISGS. Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1S69. Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1S7(). Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1571. Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1572. Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1873. Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1S74-. Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1S75. Edwin Ruttrick.\\n1S7G. Charles W. Whitney.\\n1 S77. Charles W. Whitney.\\n1878. Charles W. Whitnev.\\nTown Clerks,\\nrieni v W. Farrar.\\nAsa C. Dort.\\nAsa C. Dort.\\nAsa C. Dort.\\nCharles E. Kimball.\\nCharles D. Farrar.\\nCharles D. Farrar.\\nAutjustus Hodijkins.\\nAugustus Hodjrkins.\\nAujTustus Hodgkins.\\nHenry M. Whittemorc.\\nHenry M. Whittemore.\\nHenrv M. Whittemorc.\\nRepresentatives.\\nEdmund Bemis.\\nElisha H. Tolman.\\nElisha H. Tolman.\\nAugustus Hodf^kins.\\nAugustus Hodgkins.\\nCharles W. Whitney.\\nCharles W. Whitney.\\nGeorge W. Brown.\\nGeorge W. Brow^n.\\nWilliam N. Watson.\\nWilliam N. Watson.\\nWilliam G. vSilsby.\\nWilliam G. Silsl)v.\\nThe first election nndcr the biennial method of clioosin\\nstate officers was held in Novemlier, when the representa-\\ntive and supervisors of the check list were chosen,\\ntown officers onh^ being chosen at the annual March\\nmeeting.\\nTown Clerks.\\nMoses E. Wright.\\nMoses E. Wright.\\nCharles A. Hubbard.\\nFranklin Riple^^\\nFranklin Riple3\\nFranklin Rijiley.\\nModerators.\\n1879. Henr} W. Farrar.\\n1880. Henry W. Farrar.\\n1881. Henry W. Farrar.\\n1882. Henry W. Farrar.\\n1883. Edwin Buttrick.\\n1884. Edwin Buttrick.\\n1885. Charles W. Brown. Franklin Ri])ley.\\n1886. Charles W. Brown. Franklin Rijjlc}-.\\n1887. Charles W. Brown. Franklin Kipkw.\\n1888. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. Stone.\\n1889. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. Stone.\\n1890. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. Stone.\\n1891. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. Stone.\\n1892. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. vStone.\\n1893. F ranklin Ripley. Melvin T. Stone.\\n1894-. Franklin Ripley. Melvin T. Stone.\\n1895. Franklin Ripley. Melvin T. Stone.\\n1896. Franklin Ripley. Melvin T. Stone.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS AND APPROPRIATIONS.\\n191\\nCommencing with the liiennial election in Novenilier,\\n1878, the following officers were chosen:\\nModerators.\\nl.STS. Henry W. Farrar.\\nKeprcscntatives\\nAsii C. Dort.\\n1880. Henrv W. Farrar. Asa C. Dort\\n1882. Henrv W. Farrar. Charles \\\\V. Brown.\\n1884-. Edwin Bnttrick.\\nEdwin Buttriek.\\n1886. Charles W. Brown. Melvin T. Stone\\n1888. Charles W. Brown.\\n1890. Charles W. Brown. John H. Con^s^don\\n1892. Charles W. Brown. Edwin B. Dort.\\n1894. Franklin Kiple3^\\nSupervisors.\\nEdwin Bnttrick.\\nCharles W. Whitney.\\nCharles W. Brown.\\nCharles W. Brown.\\nWilliam G. Silsby.\\nWilham N. Watson.\\nWilliam G. Silsby.\\nWilliam N. Watson.\\nW^arren W. Kimball.\\nEdwin Buttriek.\\nWilliam N. Watson.\\nFrank S. Harris.\\nEdwin Bnttrick.\\nHenry M.Whittemore.\\nFrank S. Harris.\\nHenry M. Whittemore. Edwin Bnttrick.\\nHenr} M.Whittemore.\\nFrank S. Harris.\\nEdwin Bnttrick.\\nHenry IM.Whil.lcni ore.\\nFrank S. Harris.\\nEdwin B. Dort.\\nJames L. Stanley.\\nHenry M.Whittemore.\\nDaniel F. K. Herrick. Henry M.Whittemore.\\nEdwin B. Dort.\\n1896. Franklin Ripley,\\nFrank L. Brown.\\nAlvah S. Clark. Harvey E. Gates.\\nMelvin T. Stone.\\nJames L. Stanley.\\nSELECTMEN.\\n18H Sylvester I Flint, Daniel Cnttin,^-, William Barnard.\\n1817. Daniel Cnttint;, Caleb Perry, vSalmon Whittemore.\\n1818. Sylvester P. Fhnt, Daniel W. Farrar, George Farrar.\\n1819. Daniel Cutting, Salmon Whittemore, Timothy Kendall.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "192 HISrOKV OF TKOY.\\n1820. Daniel W. Farrar, Salmon WhittenKjre, Timothy Kendall.\\n1821. Daniel Cutting, Timothy (kxlding, Amos Sibley.\\n1822. Daniel Cutting, Timothy (lodding, Amos Sibley.\\n1828. Daniel Cutting, George Farrar, Timoth} Kendall.\\n1824. Daniel W. Farrar, Amos Sibley, Caleb Perry.\\n1825. Daniel Cutting, Amos Sil)ley, Calvin Starkey.\\n1826. Amos Sibley, Salmon Whittemore, Calvin Starkey.\\n1827. Daniel Cutting, Calvin Starkey, Lyman Wright.\\n1828. Daniel W. Farrar, Lyman Wright, Timothy Kendall.\\n1829. Daniel Cutting, Calvin Starkey, Luke Harris.\\n1830. Daniel Cutting, Luke Harris. Abel Baker.\\n1881. Abel Baker, Calvin Starkey, John Lawrenee.\\n1832. Daniel Cutting, Abel Baker, Daniel Buttriek.\\n1838. Daniel Cutting, Daniel Buttriek, Jonathan Clark.\\n1834. Daniel Buttriek, Daniel W. Farrar, Calvin Starkey.\\n1835. Daniel Cutting, Jonathan Clark, Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1836. Daniel Cutting, Jonathan Clark, Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1837. Jonathan Clark, Abel Baker, John Colburn.\\n1888. A1)el Baker, Thomas Wright, John W. Bellows.\\n1889. Abel Baker, Thomas Wright, John W. Bellows.\\n1840. John W. Bellows, Joseph M. Forristall, Charles Coolidge.\\n1841. Abel Baker, Charles Coolidge, Solomon Goddard.\\n1842. John W. Bellows, Charles Coolidge, Joseph M. Forristall.\\n1843. Abel Baker, Leonard Farrar, lidwin lUittriek.\\n1844. Abel Baker, Leonard Farrar, Edwin Buttriek.\\n1845. .\\\\bel Baker, Lyman Wright, Jonathan Clark.\\n184(). Abel Baker, Lyman Wright, Jonathan Clark.\\n1847. John W. Bellows, Moses S. Perkins, Nathan Wineh, Thomas\\nWright, Jonas Bemis.\\n1848. Abel Baker, Leonard Farrar, (leorge W. Brown.\\n1849. Abel Baker, Thomas Wright, Jonas Bemis.\\n1850. Abel Baker, Thomas Wright, Jonas Bemis.\\n1851. /Vbel Baker, Thomas Wright, Jonas IJeniis.\\n1852. John W. Bellows, James R. Stanley Augustus Hodgkins.\\n1853. John W. Bellows, Jotham H. Holt, James R. Stanley.\\n1854. Jotham M. Holt, Augustus Hodgkins, Lyman Harrington.\\n1855. Augustus Hodgkins, Lyman IIarringt(m, James R. Stanley.\\n185G. Jotham H. Holt, Ira Boyden, Henry A. Pcjrter.\\n1857. Jotham H. Holt, Henry A. Porter, Isaae Aldrieh, Jr.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS AND APPROPRIATIONS.\\n193\\n1858. Jotham H. Holt, Henry A. Porter, Isaac Aldrich, Jr.\\n1859. Abel Baker, Edmund Bemis, John C. Alexander.\\nISGO. Edmund Bemis, Stephen B. Farrar, Elliott Whitetnnb.\\n1861. Stephen B. Farrar, Elliott Whitcomi), John C. Alexander.\\n1862. John C. Alexander, Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins.\\n1863. Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins, William G. Silsby.\\n1864. Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins, William L. Bemis.\\n1865. Edmund Bemis, Augustus Hodgkins, John IT. Beers.\\n1866. Augustus Hodgkins, John U. Beers, Jotham H. Holt.\\n1867. Stephen B. Farrar, Edmund Bemis, Charles W. Brown.\\n18(58. Edmund Bemis, Charles W. Brown, Hamilton Parker.\\n1869. Edmund Bemis, Charles W. Brown, Stei)hen B. Farrar.\\n1870. Stejihen B. Farrar, Robert M. Silsby, Charles A. Farrar.\\n1871. Edwin Buttrick, William N. Watson, Edmund Bemis.\\n1872. Edwin Buttrick, William N. Watson, Edmund Bemis.\\n1873. William N. Watson, Edmund Bemis, Alvah S. Clark.\\n1874. Wilham N. Watson, Alvah S. Clark, George W. Randall.\\n1875. Alvah S. Clark, Edmund Bemis, William N. Watson.\\n1876. Edmund Bemis, William N. Watson, James R. Stanlex\\n1877. Wilham N. Watson, James R. Stanley, Avigustus Hodgkins.\\n1878. William N. Watson, Charles C. Smith, William A. Harris.\\n1879. Edmund Bemis, James R. Stanley, Henry W. Farrar.\\n1880. James R. Stanley, Hcnr} W. Farrar, Edmund Bemis.\\n1881. Henry W. Farrar, Edmund Bemis, William A. Harris.\\n1882. Edmund Bemis, James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence.\\n1883. Edmund Bemis, James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence.\\nKSS-i. Edmund Bemis, James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence.\\n1885. James C. Parker, Alfred G. Lawrence, John H. Congdon.\\n1886. Edmund Bemis, John H. Congdon, Edward F. Adams.\\n1887. John H. Congdon, Edward F. Adams, George N. Parmenter.\\n1888. Edward F. Adams, George N. Parmenter, Edmund Bemis.\\n1889. Edward F. Adams, George N. Parmenter, John H. Congdon.\\n1890. John H. Congdon, Edmund Bemis, Friink L. Brown.\\n1891. Edmund Bemis, Edward F. Adams, Elmer E. Haskell.\\n1892. Edmund Bemis, George A. Starkey, Elmer E. Haskell.\\n1893. George A. Starkey, Elmer E. Haskell, George N. Parmenter.\\n1894. Elmer E. Haskell, (icorge N. Parmenter, William J. Boyden.\\n1895. Elmer E. Haskell, (ieorge A. Starkey, Henry M. Whittemore.\\n1896. John H. Congdon, Ora C. Mason, Herbert P. Thompson.\\n1897. Alvah S. Clark, Herbert P. Thompson, Ora C. Mason.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\nTREASURERS.\\nThe following persons have served as treasurers\\n1816-17. George Farrar.\\n1818-28. William Farrar.\\n1824-27. Lyman Wright.\\n1828. Solomon Goddard.\\n1829. Abel Baker.\\n1830-38. Timotli_v Kendall.\\n1839-4-1. Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1842-44. Brown Nurse.\\n1845. David W. Farrar.\\n1846-49. Charles Coolidge.\\n1850-51. Alnion Wright.\\nSEXTONS\\n1852-54. Charles Coolidge.\\n1855-58. Isaac Aldrich.\\n1859-62. John Grimes.\\n1863. George A. Adams.\\n1864-66. John U. Beers.\\n1867-68. Barrett Ripley.\\n1869. Abel Baker.\\n1870. Edward P. Kiml)all.\\n1871-73. Barrett Ripley.\\n1874-97. Asa C. Dort.\\nSince 1 SI 6, the following persons have served as sextons:\\n1816. Lxdve Harris.\\n1818. Preston Bishop.\\n1819-20. Jonathan B. French.\\n1822. Moses Bush.\\n1823. Elijah Fuller.\\n1824. Moses Bush.\\n1825. Lyman Wright.\\n1826. David W. Farrar.\\n1827. Charles Davis.\\n1828. Oliver Hawkins.\\n1829. Elijah Harrington.\\n1830. Oliver Hawkins.\\n1831. Thomas Wright.\\n1832-33. Ohver Hawkins.\\n1834-65. Thomas Wright.\\n1866-70. Stephen B. Farrar.\\n1871-74. William A. Harris.\\n1875. Joseph F. Capron.\\n1876. Charles Haskell.\\n1877-78. Alanson Starkey.\\n1879-80. William A. Harris.\\n1881. Alanson Starkey.\\n1882. William A. Harris.\\n1883-97. James L. Stanley.\\nThe following table gives an idea of the amount\\nexpended on account of the regular expenses of the town\\nfrom the time of its incorporation. The number of resi-\\ndent taxpayers in 1816 was one hundred and twenty-two.\\nThe appropriations for highways in the early years was\\nthe amount raised for repairs alone, and w^as usually paid\\nin labor. Special appropriations were nearly alwa3 s made\\nfor the building of new highways. Other appropriations\\nfor special pin-poses will be mentioned in the account of", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS AND APPROPRIAriONS.\\n195\\nthe purposes for which they were made. The amotmt\\nstated to be raised for the support of schools for the past\\nfew years does not give the amount expended, for it has\\nbeen voted to appropriate enough from the savings banks\\ntax, in addition to the literary fund and dog tax, to make\\nthe amount from twelve to fifteen hundred dollars. During\\nthe years when no amount is recorded as being raised it\\nis supposed it was only that required by law.\\nThe amount allowed per hour for labor upon the high-\\nways was probably the same as that of the other towns\\nin the county in 1827 it was eight cents for a man or\\nyoke of oxen; in 1836, ten cents; later it was fifteen\\ncents. For several years previous to the passage of the\\nhighway law now in force, the town had raised their\\nhighway tax in money, which \\\\vas expended under the\\ndirection of one or more agents chosen by the town.\\nAPPROPRIATIONS.\\nHigh-\\nways.\\nSchools.\\nTown\\nCharges.\\nHigh-\\nways.\\nSchools.\\nTown\\nCharges.\\n1816.\\n$300\\n$250\\n$600\\n1834.\\n$400\\n$275\\n$300\\n1817.\\n300\\n200\\n550\\n1835.\\n400\\n300\\n250\\n1818.\\n300\\n300\\n600\\n1836.\\n400\\n300\\n75\\n1819.\\n300\\n240\\n300\\n1837.\\n350\\n250\\n350\\n1820.\\n300\\n250\\n200\\n1838.\\n400\\n250\\n600\\n1821.\\n300\\n250\\n150\\n1839.\\n400\\n1,200\\n1822.\\n300\\n250\\n180\\n1840.\\n600\\n300\\n1,200\\n1823.\\n400\\n250\\n150\\n1841.\\n400\\n300\\n800\\n1824.\\n400\\n250\\n200\\n1842.\\n600\\n300\\n1,000\\n1825.\\n400\\n300\\n400\\n1843.\\n400\\n300\\n350\\n1826.\\n600\\n250\\n150\\n1844.\\n400\\n400\\n400\\n1827.\\n450\\n250\\n400\\n1845.\\n600\\n400\\n1,000\\n1828.\\n400\\n250\\n400\\n1846.\\n600\\n400\\n1,000\\n1829.\\n400\\n300\\n200\\n1847.\\n600\\n400\\n1,000\\n1830.\\n300\\n250\\n150\\n1848.\\n500\\n400\\n1,000\\n1831.\\n600\\n300\\n80\\n1849.\\n500\\n400\\n1 ,000\\n1832.\\n400\\n275\\n300\\n1850.\\n500\\n400\\n1,000\\n1833.\\n400\\n275\\n300\\n1851.\\n500\\n400\\n1,000", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF TKOY.\\nHigh-\\nways.\\nSchools.\\nTown\\nChar^-es.\\nHiKh-\\n\\\\va3 S.\\nSchools.\\nTown\\nCharges\\n1852.\\n$500\\n$400\\n$1,000\\n1874.\\n$1,500\\n$800\\n$2,000\\n1853.\\n500\\n400\\n1,000\\n1875.\\n1,000\\n800\\n2,000\\n1854.\\n500\\n400\\n800\\n1876.\\n800\\n900\\n1,500\\n1855.\\n500\\n800\\n1877.\\n600\\n900\\n1,000\\n1856.\\n500\\n1,000\\n1878.\\n700\\n900\\n1,500\\n1857.\\n500\\n1,000\\n1879.\\n600\\n839\\n1,500\\n1858.\\n500\\n2,000\\n1880.\\n700\\n1,500\\n1859.\\n500\\n500\\n1881.\\n800\\n1,075\\n1,500\\n18(30.\\n500\\n1,500\\n1882.\\n800\\n1,075\\n1,500\\n1861.\\n500\\n1,800\\n1883.\\n800\\n1,075\\n1.500\\n1862.\\n500\\n1,000\\n1884.\\n700\\n1,075\\n1.200\\n1863.\\n500\\n1,000\\n1885.\\n900\\n800\\n1\\n1864.\\n800\\n2,150\\n1886.\\n900\\n800\\n1\\n1865.\\n800\\n500\\n3,000\\n1887.\\n800\\n800\\n400\\n1866.\\n700\\n800\\n1,500\\n1888.\\n1,000\\n800\\n800\\n1867.\\n700\\n800\\n1,500\\n1889.\\n1 ,000\\n800\\n800\\n1868.\\n500\\n800\\n1,500\\n1890.\\n1,000\\n1,000\\n800\\n1869.\\n500\\n800\\n1,500\\n1891.\\n1,200\\n1,150\\n800\\n1870.\\n500\\n800\\n1,500\\n1892.\\n1.000\\n1,150\\n800\\n1871.\\n800\\n1 ,000\\n1,500\\n1893.\\n1,200\\n900\\n500\\n1872.\\n1,000\\n1,000\\n1,500\\n1894.\\n1,250\\n200\\n1873.\\n1,000\\n800\\n1,500\\nVOTES FOR GOVERNOR.\\nIn the tbllowing list of votes for governor, the name\\nof the person elected is placed first each year. In the\\nearh history of the state it is quite probable that party\\ndistinctions did not exist. After a time the terms federalist\\nand republican designated part^^ divisions, and from the\\ntime of the incorporation of Troy until 1824-, the leading\\ncandidates voted for are classed b} their after-part}- affilia-\\ntion. About 1824 the federal part}- ceased to exist, and the\\ncontending political interests rallied about individual men.\\nJackson and Adams were contestants for the presidential\\nchair, and although not differing materially in principle,\\nthese interests espoused the cause of either one or the other", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS AND APPROPRIATIONS.\\n197\\nand were recognized as Jackson men or Adams men, and\\nthe contests became intensely bitter at tiines. Andrew\\nJackson and Henry Clay were the rival candidates in the\\npresidential campaign of 1832, and those supporting Jack-\\nson Avere called democrats, and those supporting Clay\\nwere termed whigs. The aljolitionist or free soil party\\nbegan to develop about 1841, and in the presidential elec-\\ntion of 1856, the whig, free soil and American or Know-\\nNothing party organizations were abandoned, and a new\\npart} formed from them, in opposition to the democratic\\nparty which took the name of republican.\\n1816. William Plnninier, r, 4-1\\nJames Sheafe, f, 77\\nLSI 7. William Pkimmer, r, 44\\nJeremiah Mason, f, 66\\nISIS. William Phmimer, r. 44\\nJeremiah Mason, f, 64\\n1S19. vSamnel Bell, r, 38\\nWilliam Hale, f, 52\\n1820. vSanmel Bell, r, 92\\n1821. Samuel Bell, r, 89\\n1822. vSamnel Bell, r, 69\\n1823. Levi Woodb\\\\iry, r, 33\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, r, 19\\n1824. David L. Morrill, a, 19\\nJeremiah Smith, 59\\nLevi Woodbur\\\\ j, 2\\n1825. David L. Morrill, a, 87\\n1826. David L. Morrill, a, 78\\nBenjamin Pierce, j, 5\\n1827. Benjamin Pierce, j, 58\\nDavid L. Morrill, a. 21\\n1828. John Bell, a, 80\\nBenjamin Pierce, j, 12\\n1829. Benjamin Piei ce, j. 16\\nJohn Bell, a, 85\\n1830. Matthew Harvey, j, 14\\nTimothy Ujjham, a, 95\\n1831. Samuel Dinsmoor, j, 30\\nIchabod Bartlett, a, 84\\n1832. Samuel Dinsmoor, j, 28\\nIchabod Bartlett, a, 74\\n1833. Samuel Dinsmoor, j, 54\\nArthur Livermore, a, 47\\n1834. Wilham Badger, d, 10\\nAndrew Jackson, 1\\n1835. WilHam Badger, d, 28\\nJoseph Healy, r, 85\\n1836. Isaac Hill, d, 29\\nGeorge Sullivan, 78\\n1837. Isaac Hill, d, 39\\nLuther Chajiman, 2\\nBlank, 2\\n1838. Isaac Hill, d, 32\\nJ.ames Wilson, Jr., w, 118\\n1839. John Page, d, 43\\nJames Wilson, Jr., w., 113\\n1840. John Page, d, 44\\nEnos Stevens, \\\\v, 95\\n1841. John Page, d, 45\\nEnos Stevens, w, 96\\n1842. Henry Hubbard, d, 39\\nEnos Stevens, w, 89\\nJohn H. White, i d, 4\\n1843. Henry Huljbard, d, 35", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\n1848.\\n1,S44.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1847.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851.\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1854.\\n1855.\\nAnthony Colb^-, \\\\v,\\nJohn H. White, i d,\\nDaniel Hoit, f s,\\nScatterinfT,\\nJohn H. Steele, d,\\nAnthony Colb\\\\ w,\\nHenry Hidjbard,\\nJohn H. White,\\nDavid Hoit,\\nJohn H. Steele, d,\\nAnthony Colbj w,\\nDaniel Hoit, f s,\\nJared W. Williams, d, 36\\nAnthony Colb^ \\\\v,\\nNathaniel S. Bern-, f s\\nJared W. Williams, d, 45\\nAnthonA^ Colby, w,\\nNathaniel S. Berry, f s, 19\\nJared W. Williams, d, 55\\nNathaniel S. Berry, Is, 107\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, d, 57\\nLevi Chamberlain, w, 79\\nNathaniel S. Berry, f s, 17\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, d, 69\\nLevi Chamberlain, w, 68\\nNathaniel S. Berry, f s, 20\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, d, 63\\nThomas E. SawA cr, w, 82\\nJohn Atvvood, f s, 21\\nNoah Martin, d, 58\\nThomas E. Sawyer, \\\\v, 77\\nJohn Atwood, f s, 23\\nNoah Martin, d, 51\\nJames Bell, \\\\v, 62\\nJohn H. White, f s. 20\\nNathaniel B. Baker, d, 51\\nJames Bell, w, 65\\nJared Perkins, f s, 29\\nRalph Metcalf, a, 102\\nNathaniel B. Baker, d, 43\\n76\\n1855\\n9\\n1856\\n3\\n1\\n40\\n1857\\n86\\n4\\n2\\n1858\\n4\\n41\\n83\\n1859\\n8\\n36\\n1860\\n94\\n9\\n1861\\n45\\n95\\n1862\\n1863.\\n1864.\\n1865.\\n1866.\\n1867.\\n1868.\\n1869.\\n1870.\\n1871.\\n1872.\\nJames Bell, v^, 11\\nRalph Metcalf, a, 90\\nJohn S. Wells, d, 49\\nIchabod Goodwin, w, 14\\nWilliam Haile, r, 97\\nJohn S. W^lls, d, 55\\nCharles B. Haddock, 5\\nWilliam Haile, r, 92\\nAsa P. Cate, d, 50\\nIsaac Riddle, 4\\nIchabod Goodwin, r, 102\\nAsa P. Cate. d, 58\\nIchabod Goodwin, r, 94\\nAsa P. Cate, d, 67\\nNathaniel S. Berry, r, 97\\nGeorge Stark, d, 60\\nNathaniel S. Berry, r, 89\\nGeorge Stark, d, .54\\nJoseph A. Gilmore, r, 91\\nIra A. Eastman, d, 63\\nWalter Harriman, i d, 3\\nJoseplt-A. Gilmore, r, 90\\nEdw. W. Harrington, d, 70\\nFrederick Smyth, r, 85\\nEdw. W. Harrington, d, 54\\nFrederick Smyth, r, 85\\nJohn G. Sinclair, d, 63\\nWalter Harriman, r, 90\\nJohn (t. Sinclair, d, 68\\nWalter Harriman, r, 94\\nJohn G. vSinclair, d, 79\\nOnslow Stearns, r, 85\\nJohn Bedel, d, 63\\nOnslow Stearns, r, 96\\nJohn Bedel, d, 70\\nSamuel Flint, 1\\nJames A. Weston, d, 67\\nJames Pike, r, 104\\nLemuel P. Cooi)er, 1\\nEzekiel Straw, r, 110", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS AND APPROPRIATIONS.\\n199\\n1872. James A. Weston, d, 68\\n1873. Ezekiel Straw, r, 95\\nJames A. Weston, d, 61\\n1874. James A. Weston, d, 59\\nL. McCutcliings, r, 120\\n1875. Person C. Cheney, r, 125\\nHiram R. Roberts, d, 59\\n1876. Person C. Cheney, r, 180\\nDaniel Marc\\\\ d, 53\\n1877. Benj. F. Prescott, r, 119\\nDaniel Marcy, d, 50\\n1878. Benj. F. Prescott, r, 121\\nFrank A. McKean, d, 63\\n1879. Natt Head, r, 121\\nFrank A. McKean, d, 65\\n1880. Charles H. Bell, r, 128\\nFrank Jones, d, 57\\n1882. Samnel W. Hale, r, 93\\nM. V. B. Edgerlv, d, 67\\n1882. Josiah M. Fletcher, t, 2\\n1884. Moody Currier, r, 120\\nJohn M. Hill, d, 63\\nGeorge Carpenter, g, 1\\nLarkin D. Mason, t, 1\\n1886. Charles H. Sawyer, r, 105\\nThomas Cogswell, d, 53\\n1888. David H. Goodell, r, 132\\nCharles H. Amsden, d, 68\\n1890. Hiram A. Tnttle, r, 119\\nCharles H. Amsden, d, 69\\n1892. John B. Smith, r, 130\\nLuther F. McKinney, d, 68\\nWilliam 0. Noyes, 1\\nEdgar L. Carr, 1\\n1894.. Charles A. Busiel, r, 135\\nGeorge D. Epps, 1\\nHenr^-^ 0. Kent, d, 47\\nDaniel C. Knowles, 3\\nSCHOOL COMMITTEE.\\nThe following list gives the names of those persons\\nchosen by the town or appointed by the selectmen, to\\ninspect the schools, so far as there is any record\\n1816. Ezekiel Rich, Roswell Crosstield, Curtis Coolidge.\\n1817. Ezekiel Rich, William Farrar, Caleb Perr\\\\\\n1818. Ezekiel Rich, Caleb Perry, Daniel W. Farrar.\\n1819. Charles W. Whitney, David Holbrook, Caleb Perry.\\n1823. Seth E. Winslow, Daniel W. Farrar, Lyman Wright.\\n1825. Otis C. Whiton, Ezekiel Rich.\\n1826. Otis C. Whiton, Ezekiel Rich, Caleb Perry.\\n1827. Otis C. Whiton, Ezekiel Rich, Caleb Perry, Charles W.\\nWhitney, Abel Baker.\\n1854-55. Luther Townsend, Leonard Farrar, Abial M. Caverly.\\n1857-59. Luther Townsend.\\n1860-62. Abial M. Caverly, Leonard Farrar, John (irinies.\\n18(}3. Leonard Farrar, John Grimes, Thomas li. Roberts.\\n1864. Leonard Farrar.\\n1865-67. Leonard Farrar, Daniel Goodhue, Jonathan S. Hcrrick.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "200\\nHISrOK Y OF TROY.\\n1868-69. Jonathan vS. Herrick.\\n1870. Jonathan S. Herrick, Leonard Farrar, Levi Bri^yliani.\\n1871. Levi Brighani, Moses E. Wi ight.\\n1873-74. Leonard Farrar, Jonathan S. Herrick.\\n1875. Jonathan S. Herrick.\\n1876-78. George H. Aldrich, Asa C. Dort.\\n1879. David W. Goodale, Daniel R. Herrick.\\n1880-81. David W. Goodale.\\n1882-85. Melvin T. Stone.\\nThe town system of schools A^as estabHshed by the\\nLegislature of 1885, placing the entire supervision of\\nschools in the school board, consisting of three persons.\\nThe following have comprised the school boards since the\\nsystem was adopted\\n1886. Melvin T. Stone.\\nAsa C. Dort.\\nGeorge N. Parmenter.\\n1887. Asa C. Dort.\\nGeorge N. Parmenter.\\nJosiah Merrill.\\n1888. Charles W. Brown.\\nJosiah Merrill.\\nFranklin Riple\\\\\\n1889. Josiah Merrill,\\nr^ranklin Kiple^\\nCharles W. Brown.\\n1890. Franklin Ripley.\\nCharles W. Brown.\\nMelvin T. Stone.\\n1S91. Charles W. Brown.\\nMelvin T. Stone.\\nFranklin Ri])ley.\\n1892. Melvin T. Stone.\\nFranklin Riple^\\nJohn H. Congdon.\\n1893. Franklin Ripley.\\nJohn H. Congdon.\\nAtirilla M. Harris.\\n1894. John H. Congdon.\\nAnrilla M. Harris.\\nDaniel R. Herrick.\\n1895. Aurilla M. Harris.\\nDaniel R. Herrick.\\nFranklin Rii)lev.\\nThe follo\\\\ving is a copy of the earHest check list that\\nis in existence\\nA LLST OF VOTERS NAMES FOR THE YEAR 1818, IN THE\\nTOWN OF TROY.\\n.\\\\niadon, Josiah\\n.\\\\rnol(l, Nathan\\nAlexander, Jose])h\\nAlexander, Easnian\\nAlexander, Ezra\\nAlexander, lilijah\\nBuckstf)n, David\\nBolster, Artemas\\nBarnard, Wni.\\nBrewer, Asa\\nBn;ce, John", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "TOllW OFFICERS AND APPKOPRIATIONS.\\n201\\nBishop, Wm.\\nBishop, Preston\\nBuxton, Ehjah\\nBah, Daniel\\nBall, Daniel, Jr.\\nBnttor, Joseph\\nButtor, Joseph, Jr.\\nBemis, Ednunul\\nBnttor, Simon\\nBush, Moses\\nCor1)in, Joseph\\nCoolidge, Abraham\\nCoolidge, Orlando\\nCutting, Daniel\\nCutting, Joseph\\nCutting, Moses\\nClark, Thomas, Jr.\\nClark, Thomas\\nChase, Wm.\\nCree, Moses\\nCoolidge, Asher\\nCorbin, Nathaniel\\nDaggett, Levi\\nDavis, Charles\\nFarrar, Daniel W\\nFarrar, Wm.\\nFarrar, Wm., 2d\\nFarrar, Daniel\\nFarrtir, Daniel, Jr.\\nFarrar, Samuel\\nForristall, Josejjh\\nFairbanks, Cyrus, Ji\\nFlint, Sylvester P\\nFife, vSilas\\nFife, Timothy\\nFarrar, George\\nFarrar, Stephen Newell, Reuben\\nFuller, Isaac Newell, Nathan\\nFuller, Elijah Norton, Asa\\nFarrar, George, Jr. Nurse, Ebenezer\\nFuller, Isaac, 2d Nurse, Luther\\nFitts, Robert\\nForristall, Joseph M.,Jr. Osborn, Jacob\\nGartield, Isaac\\nGerry, Benjamin\\nGray, Joseph\\nGove, Nathaniel\\nGodding, Timothy\\nGriffin, Wm.\\nHarrington, Joshua, Esq.\\nHarrington, Joshua, Jr.\\nHarrington, Elijah\\nHolt, Aaron\\nHarris, Luke\\nHodgkins, Hezekiah\\nHodgkins, Peletiah\\nHow, Zalmon\\nHarris, Stephen\\nJackson, Henry\\nJackson, Henry, Jr.\\nJackson, Silas\\nKnights, Talmon\\nKendall, Timtjthy\\nLawrence, Daniel\\nLawrence, John\\nLawrence, Jonathan\\nLawrence, Josiah\\nLawrence, Wm.\\nLaw^rence, Daniel, Jr.\\nPerry, Calel)\\nPerkins, Moses\\nPerkins, John\\nPerkins, Moses, Jr.\\nRich, Ezekiel, Rev.\\nRoswood, Lyman\\nSpears, Joseph\\nStarkey, Samuel\\nStarkey, George\\nStarkey, Levi\\nStarke3\\\\ Peter\\nStarkey, Peter, Jr.\\nStarkey, Nathan\\nStarkey, Calvin\\nStarkey, Benjamin\\nStarkey, Enoch\\nSherman, Andrew\\nSibley, Amos\\nStearns, William\\nSaunders, David\\nSaunders, Levi\\nStarkey, John\\nStarkey, Lun:i\\nSergents, John\\nTolman, Benjamin\\nTolman, David\\nTinney, Abel\\nTolman, Thomas", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "202 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nTolmaii, Henry Whitney, John Wheeler, Silas\\nWhitney, Charles W Wright, Lyman\\nWinch, Caleb White, David Whittemore, Salmon\\nWinch, Caleb, Jr. Ward, Levi Wheeler, Josiah\\nWinch, Nathan Willard, Aaron Wheeler, Jonathan\\nWhitney, John, Jr. Wliitcond), Zo])har", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XII.\\nTHE REBELLION.\\nSLAYKRY. MISSOURI COMPROMISE. DRED SCOTT DECISION. HOMIJARDMENT\\nOF FORT SUMTER. CALL FOR TROOPS. FIRST ENLISTMENT. AID FOR\\nsoldiers FAMILIES. EXPENSES INCURRED. ROUNTIES OFFERED. ItOUN-\\nTIES PAID. YOTES OF THE TOWN. SUMMARY OF EXPENSES INCURRED.\\nMEN WHO SERYED IN THE REDELLION AND THEIR RECORD. LIST OF\\nTHOSE LIYING IN TROY lU T CREDITED TO OTHER TOWNS. PRESENT\\nRESIDENTS WHO SERYED IN OTHER TOWNS OR STATES.\\nThe causes which led to the great American conflict\\nare undou1)tedly more or less familiar to all but it may\\nbe well to briefly mention some of the most important\\nfactors. The constitution of a free government is stich\\nthat there ever will be opposing political parties. That it\\nshould be so, perhaps, is better for the human race, for in\\nthe free discussion of the principles underlying republican\\ngovernment lies the liberty of the nation. The history\\nof the world proves that there has always been an\\nantagonism between freedom and slavery. In America,\\nthe conflict was started in its incipient stages at the\\nformation of the government. As it existed in this\\ncountry, slavery was not a general system, such as might\\nbe applied equally to all persons in like conditions, but\\nmight be called a personal S3 stem, it being a relation\\nbetween people of dift erent color the white inan and\\nthose of African descent.\\nThe spirit of our laws, brought about by the liberty of\\nindc])endence, was that all mankind should be equal and\\nshotdd stand together in civil socict}- under laws affecting\\nall alike who were in like conditions, 3 et for a long time", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "204 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe ne^ro race \\\\vas excepted from the benefits of such a\\nsystem and held as slaves, no satisfactory reason beino^\\ngiven for the exception, only as a profitable investment of\\nmoney in a cheap instrument of labor. It was not the\\nfact of a difference in race and color, for other races\\ndiffering in these respects were not excluded from the\\nbenefits of such a system of laws. It w^as not their unde-\\nveloped condition, for other races equally undeveloped\\nwere adiuitted to the privileges of our laws. It was not\\nbecause the3 had thrust themselves into our societ}\\nunfitted for association with us, and thereby to be\\nisolated, because they had been brought here against their\\nwill and a price paid for so doing.\\nAs an object of trafiic and a cheap instrument of labor,\\nthe slave was considered not only a convenience but a\\nnecessity, loy the people of the South, and the slave power,\\nprompted b}- their economic ideas, and the people of the\\nNorth, controlled by the force of humane ideas, were\\narrayed against each other in a prolonged dual contest\\non the one hand for the extension of slavery in the terri-\\ntories, in order to seciu-e popular interest and favor, and\\non the other to eliminate it from the system of the\\ncountry.\\nWhen Missouri was admitted as one of the States of\\nthe Union in 1821, there w^as a long-continued struggle\\nbetween the parties seeking the admission as a slave\\nState and those who sought to exclude from her limits\\nthat institution, w^hich ended in Congress passing a\\nmeasure, which has become famous as the Missouri com-\\npromise, by which slavery was forever inhibited north of\\nthe line of 36\u00c2\u00b0 30^\\nThis measure was recognized Iw the North as a solemn\\ncompact never to be broken. But the great mass of the\\nSouthern people always regarded its terms with disfavor,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 205\\nand seemed readj to set it aside if possible when the first\\nopportunity should present itself.\\nSueh an occasion seemed to present itself upon the\\norganization of Kansas and Nebraska as territories in\\n1S54. For thirty years the Missouri compromise had\\ndeferred the inevitable conflict between the opposing\\nparties, but at this time the measure was disregarded,\\nStephen A. Douglass making the proposition that the\\nsubject of establishing or excluding slavery be left to the\\ndecision of the people of these territories. The struggle to\\ncolonize Kansas was a desperate conflict which assumed\\nthe character of a partisan warfare, when the most\\ninhuman means were resorted to for the purpose of giving\\nslavery a permanent foothold there, and those bloody\\nscenes had not been forgotten by the liberty-loving people\\nof the country when the Territory of Nebraska adopted a\\nconstitution and asked to be admitted to the Union. The\\nNorth was now thoroughh aroused and made determined\\nopposition to the repeal in any measure or degree of the\\ncompromise in question, and the measure was defeated and\\nNebraska came into the Union a free State.\\nThus matters stood until 1856-57, at the beginning of\\nBuchanan s administration, when the Dred Scott decision\\nwas given out, in which the Supreme Court attacked the\\nvalidity of the Missouri compromise, saying that one\\nof the constitutional functions of Congress was the pro-\\ntection of property that slaves had been recognized as\\nproperty by the Constitution and that Congress was\\nbound to protect, not to prohibit, slavery in the territories.\\nThe mass of the Northern people held that slaves were\\nlooked on by the Constitution, not as property, but as\\npersons held to service or labor, by State laws that the\\nconstitutional function of Congress was the protection of\\nliberty as well as property and that Congress was thus", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "206 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nbound to prohibit, not to protect slavery in the territories.\\nThus the North dissented from the decision of the\\nSupreme Cotu t, and the storm of anger it aroused added\\none more step on the road to disunion.\\nThe tmders^round fires were burning briskly when the\\nelection of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency in 1860,\\nand his inauguration, March 4th, 1861, caused them to\\nburst forth, and was the culminating point in the con-\\ntroversy.\\nThis event was interpreted by the slaveholding States\\nas meaning a change in the balance of power that would\\nsecure to the free States a controlling influence in the public\\naffairs of the nation.\\nA little more than a month after the inauguration of\\nPresident Lincoln, on April 12th, 1861, the signal of war\\nwas given by that act which sent consternation to the\\nhearts of all loyal people, the bombardment of Fort\\nSumter, a United States fortress in the harbor of Charleston,\\nSouth Carolina. Three days after, the President of the\\nUnited States issued a proclamation, calling for seventy-\\nfive thousand soldiers to enlist for the space of three\\nmonths, it being the opinion of those in authority and\\nloyal to the government, that this time would be sufiicicnt\\nfor putting an end to the Rebellion. The citizens of Troy\\nwere not behind their fellow-citizens in manifesting their\\npatriotism when the hostile cannon boomed upon Fort\\nSumter, but gave their supi)ort to the government.\\nUnder this call New Hampshire was retiucsted to I ur-\\nnish one regiment of infantry for three months, and Troy\\nfurnished one person: First Regiment N. H. Volunteers.\\nThree months. Charles H. Strecter. enlisted May 3, 1861\\nmustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Co. G.\\nA town meeting was held May 8, 1861. The town voted\\nto guarantee to those who enlisted that their wages", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 207\\nshould be made up to them so that the amount should\\nequal twenty dollars per month, and tlKit ten dollars\\nshould be paid at the time of enlisting, which sum should\\nbe taken from their wages.\\nIt was also voted that a committee be chosen and\\nauthorized to look after the families of those who should\\nenlist and see that they were provided for. This committee\\nconsisted of David W. Farrar, Edwin Buttrick and Gregory\\nLawrence, and the selectmen were authorized to borrow a\\nsum of money, not to exceed five hundred dollars, for the\\npurpose of carrying the votes into effect.\\nAt the session of the Legislature in June, an act was\\npassed authorizing cities and towns to aid the families of\\nvolunteers and for other purposes. At a town meeting\\nheld Oct. 21, 1861, the selectmen were instructed to use\\nany money not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose,\\nor to borrow money if necessary to carry out the provis-\\nions of the act.\\nIn the selectmen s report to the town at the annual\\nmeeting, March 11, 1862, the following account was given\\nof expenses incurred on account of the war\\nBOUNTY PxVID TO vSOLDIERS.\\nCharles H. Streeter,\\nJ. F. Capron,\\nFrederick P. Cutler,\\nHoughton Lawrence,\\nSilas Stickney,\\nOren S. .\\\\(lams,\\n$87 00\\nAID TO THE FAAHIJEvS OF VOLUNTEERS.\\nHenry T. Smith s family, $;}C) 00\\nSilas Stickney s family, U.) OO\\nWarren L. lirown s family, 36 OO\\n)hn .\\\\ma(l()n s family, 20 57\\n$37\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n10\\n00", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "208\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\nRobert Wheeler s family,\\nGeorge Derby s famih-,\\n$36 00\\n24 00\\n$171 57\\nJuly 30, 1862, the following communication was made\\nto the Adjutant General at Concord\\nThe number of male citizens in the town of Troj of the age of eigh-\\nteen years and under forty-five years, liable to do military duty, is\\neighty-two. The number who are or have been in the service of the\\nUnited States, is twenty-eight.\\nTwo have enlisted wdio have not 3 et been mustered into the United\\nStates service, and are not included in the above return.\\nJohn Grimes, Town Clerk.\\nThe following named persons are those who have enlisted in the\\nUnited States service, from the town of Troy, since April 1, 1S61.\\nJoseph F. Capron.\\nOren S. Adams.\\nRobert Wheeler.\\nSamuel Thompson.\\nSilas S. Stickney.\\nRobert Cosgrove.\\nFrank Fierce.\\nHenry Amadou.\\nJames Amadon.\\nFrederick Lang.\\nCharles H. Streeter.\\nJohn Amadon.\\nNelson Haskell.\\nEzekiel Haskell.\\nHoughton Lawrence.\\nAlbert G. Roby.\\nJames Kaven.\\nLorenzo B. Tolman.\\nWilliam H. Tenney.\\nCenter H. Lawrence.\\nFrederic Cutler.\\nPatrick McCaffrey.\\nEdward Harvey.\\nGeorge Derb}-.\\nHenr^ T. Smith.\\nFrederic Lawrence.\\nDaniel Fiske.\\nLemuel W. Brown.\\nJohn C. Alexander,\\nEdmund Bemis,\\n[OUGKINS,\\nAugustus H(\\nSelectmen\\nof\\nTrov.\\nAt a town meeting held Aug. 27, 1862, it was voted\\nthat each recruit or volunteer for the war who was ac-\\ncepted and mustered into the United States service, for the\\nterm, unless sooner discharged, be paid the sum of one hun-\\ndred dollars, and that if the town was called upon to\\nfurnish men to fill up the old regiments, the sum of fifty", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 209\\ndollars be paid in addition, making a total of one hundred\\nand fifty dollars.\\nIt was also voted to pixy to those enlisting for three\\nmonths, a bounty of one hundred dollars, and that their\\nwages be made up to twenty dollars per month for the\\ntime they serve and the selectmen were authorized to\\nborrow a sum of money sufficient to meet these calls, not to\\nexceed three thousand dollars.\\nThe bomity was limited to the number required to fill\\nthe quota of the town, and was not to be paid until the\\nmen were mustered into service, and no man was to\\nreceive a bounty that received a commission before leaving\\nthe state. Accordingly the following volunteers for three\\nyears received the bounty\\nWilliam Barnes,\\nCharles H. Barrett,\\nSidney E. Tolnian,\\nEdward F. Fuller,\\nSimeon Merrifield,\\nFrank Shattuck,\\nFrank Burress,\\nFrank Laraby,\\nDaniel Harris,\\nDaniel L. Barnard,\\nCharles Lang,\\nCurtis A. Whittemore,\\nBOUNTIES PAID TO NINE MONTHS MEN.\\nLorenzo Dexter, $100 00\\nJohn Lang, 100 00\\nPatrick Shehan, 100 00\\nJoseph H. Hill. 100 00\\nFrancis S. Piper, 100 00\\n$500 00\\nDuring the year ending March 1, 1863, the families (jf\\nvolunteers reported as receiving pecuniary assistance, were\\n$100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n(^0\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n100\\n00\\n$1,200 00", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "$146\\n15\\n96\\n28\\n146\\n15\\n98\\n15\\n28\\n28\\n107\\n26\\n72\\n00\\n6\\n00\\n12\\n00\\n36\\n00\\n48\\n00\\n60\\n00\\n40\\n00\\n51\\n00\\n48\\n00\\n20\\n00\\n$1,015 27\\n210 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nRobert Wheeler s family,\\nGeorge W. Derby s family,\\nLemuel W. Brown s family,\\nSilas Stickney s family,\\nHenry Smith s family,\\nJames Kavaimugli s family,\\nFrederiek Lawrence s family,\\nDaniel L. Barnard s famih^\\nFrank Sluittuck s family,\\nFrank Bnrress famih\\nPatrick Shehan s famih\\nSiraieon Merrifield s family,\\nCharles H. Barrett s family,\\nLorenzo Dexter s famih\\nJohn Lang s family,\\nJohn Amadon s family.\\nThe return made to the Adjutant General, April 27,\\n1863, gives the number of men who were or had been in\\nthe United States serviee, as forty-eight. Of this number,\\none had entered the service in another state, three had\\ndied and nine had been discharged.\\nA draft was made in September, 1863 sixty-eight names\\nwere in the box and the following twenty drawn out\\nGeorge Brown. Edward S. Foster.\\nJoel O. Blanding. Franklin Whitcomb.\\nWilliam J. Boyden. Hervey J. Brown.\\nLevi Merrifield. Charles W. Whitney.\\nFrederick Lang. Daniel B. Silsliy.\\nIra G. Starkey. Jonas Foster.\\nRobert F. Boyce. William Butler.\\nDaniel P. Thompson. Hezekiah Hodgkins.\\nFrancis L. Clark. Joseph Tuppcr.\\nGeorge L Ripley. Hdward W. Sutton.\\nEither because the quota of the town was already filled,\\nor for other reasons, these men were not required to serve,\\nand we have a record of only one sending a substitute.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 211\\nSept. 21, 1863. Voted, That the town pay the\\ndratted men, who are or may hereafter be drafted for three\\n3^ears, or their substitutes, on or after being mustered into\\nthe United States service ten days, three hundred dollars.\\nThe selectmen were instructed to borrow a sum for the\\npurpose of carrying the foregoing vote into effect, not to\\nexceed four thousand dollars, and were given authority to\\nraise an additional sum, if necessary, not to exceed five\\nthousand dollars.\\nAnother meeting was held Dec. 5, 1863, when it was\\nvoted that the selectmen pay the citizens of the town who\\nshall enlist for three years (until the quota is filled), three\\nhundred dollars, on being accepted and mustered into\\nservice. It was also voted that the town assume the\\nresponsibility of paying the United States and State\\nbounties to those citizens who should enlist, on being\\nmustered into service, and the selectmen were instructed\\nto borrow ten thousand dollars for the purpose.\\nIt was also voted that the selectmen hire recruits out\\nof town, if it could be done satisfactorily, to help make\\nup the quota of the town.\\nThe selectmen s report for the A ear ending March 1,\\n1864, sliOAvs that the following volunteers for three years\\nwere paid bounties\\nJesse Hiscock, $700 00\\nLyman Spooner, 700 00\\nJohn Mahoney, 570 00\\nPeter Morel, 570 00\\nJohn Johnson, 570 00\\nJohn Douglass, 570 00\\nCharles Anderson, 570 00\\nJohn Collin, 570 00\\nJohn Daniels, 570 00\\nEvan Crook, 570 00\\nGeorge W. Clark, 100 00\\n$0,000 00", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "$63\\n00\\n63\\n00\\n70\\n00\\n70\\n00\\n70\\n00\\n212 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThe folloAviiig nine months volnnteers were paid boun-\\nties in accordance AA ith the vote passed in 1862, to make\\ntheir waj^^es equal twenty dollars per month for the time\\nthey served\\nJoseph H. Hill,\\nFrancis S. Piper,\\nPatrick Shehan,\\nJohn Lang,\\nLorenzo Dexter,\\n$266 OO\\nBounties paid to drafted men or their substitutes Jolm\\nEsintrant, as a sulistitute for Daniel P. Thompson, three\\nhundred dollars.\\nThe soldiers families aided during the ^-ear were as\\nfollows\\nSimeon Merrifield s famil_v,\\nCharles H. Barrett s family,\\nJames Kavananj^h s family,\\nJohn Amadon s family,\\nFrank Shattuck s family,\\nSamnel Th( m])son s family,\\nPatrick Shehan s famih-,\\nLorenzo Dexter s family,\\nLevi Streeter s family,\\nDaniel L. Barnard s family,\\nSilas Stickney s family,\\nLemuel W. Brown s family,\\nJohn Lang s famil\\\\\\nRobert Wheeler s faniil_v,\\nLyman Spooner s family.\\nMay 7, 1864. The town voted\\nTo pay the men that have already enlisted into the United States\\nservice under the present call for two hundred thousand men, three\\nhundred dollars.\\nJuly 30, 1864. The town voted\\nThat we pay volunteers, or enrolled men, or their substitutes, one\\n$144\\n00\\n96\\n00\\n120\\n00\\n8\\n00\\n40\\n00\\n72\\n00\\n70\\n00\\n67\\n00\\n96\\n00\\n40\\n00\\n96\\n00\\n144\\n00\\n70\\n00\\n144\\n00\\n8\\n00\\n$1,215 00", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "THE KEBELLION. 213\\nluindred dollars for one j ear, and a corresponding sum for the nnmber\\nof years the^ ma\\\\ enlist, not exeeeding three, if thcA are accepted and\\nnuistered into service, to fill up the quota of the town nnder the present\\ncall for five hnndrcd thousand men, to be paid when mustered into\\nservice.\\nThat wc ]iay the drafted men or their sulistitutes, two hundred dollars,\\nto be paid as soon as mustered into service.\\nThat the selectmen borrow a sum not exceeding six thousand five\\nlunidred dollars for the jiurpose.\\nTo choose an agent to procure siibstitutes, and chose Edmund Bemis\\nas said agent.\\nSeptember 5, 1864. The town voted:\\nTo pay any that may volunteer from this town, to fill the quota\\nunder the late call for five hundred thousand men, the sum of three\\nhundred dollars in currency for one j-ear.\\nThe following volunteers were paid bounties for one\\nyear s enlistment\\nNelson E. Haskell, $300 00\\nAlbert Cobl), 300 00\\nGeorge H. Kinsman, 300 00\\nRobert M. Silsby, 300 00\\nGeorge W. Tupper, 300 00\\nJonas R. Foster, 300 00\\nGeorge J. Kipley, 300 00\\nJohn H. P.urrill, 300 00\\nDanvers C. Fassett, 300 00\\nJoel Holt, 2d, 300 00\\nOren vS. Adams, 300 00\\nFrank E. Amadou, 300 00\\nLorenzo Dexter, bounty as a nine months\\nman for 1862, 70 01\\n$3,070 01\\nThe following men were drafted Nathan Carter, Alvah\\nS. Clark, Henry W. Farrar, Thomas Goodall, F. B. For-\\nristall, William O. Silsby, Leonard Wright. The^ furnished\\nsubstitutes who were paid bounties as follows", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "214 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThomas Bruce, $300 00\\nGeorge Wallace, 300 00\\nDaniel vSmith, 300 00\\nErnest Beard, 300 00\\nAllen McLeod, 300 00\\nFrancis Page, 300 00\\nGeorge Harris, 300 00\\n$2,100 00\\nThe soldiers families aided during the year closing\\nMarch 1, 1865, were as follows:\\nSimeon Merrificld s family, $14-4 00\\nCharles H. Barrett s family, 96 00\\nJames Kavanangh s famih-, 40 00\\nLemuel W. Brown s famil3% 108 00\\nLevi Streeter s family, 96 00\\nFrank Shattuck s family, 48 00\\nDaniel L. Barnard s famih-, 48 00\\nLyman Sjjooner s family, 48 00\\nJohn Amadou s family, 8 00\\nDanvers C. Fassett s family, 72 00\\nGeorge J. Ripley s family, 66 80\\nRobert Wheeler s family, 108 00\\nWilliam Barnes family, 88 00\\nWilliam Barnes family, for 1863, 78 00\\n$1,048 80\\nThe selectmen s report for the year ending March 3,\\n1866, gives the following list of bounties paid to volun-\\nteers for one vear\\nSamuel M. Thompson,\\n$300 00\\nSidney B. Boweu,\\n300 00\\nLucius H. Clement,\\n300 00\\nEzekiel Haskell,\\n300 00\\nTown of Rindge, for Frank Pierce,\\n300 00\\n$1,500 00\\nThe soldiers families aided during\\nthe year\\nwere\\nGeorge J. Ripley s family.\\n$44 00\\nLevi Streeter s family,\\n32 00\\nOren S. Adams familv.\\n40 39", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 215\\nDaniel L. Barnard s family,\\nFrank Shattuck s family,\\nSimeon Merrifield s family,\\nDanvers C. Fassett s family-,\\nLyman Spooner s family,\\nSamuel AI. Thompson s famiK-,\\nBetsey B. Amadon,\\nWilliam Barnes family,\\nCharles H. Barrett s family,\\n$346 73\\nThe disbursements on account of the Avar, during each\\nyear, were as follows\\n1862. Bounty paid to soldiers, $87 00\\nAid to families of volunteers, 171 57\\n$258 57\\n$8\\n00\\n17\\n00\\n30\\n40\\n42\\n00\\n17\\n07\\n48\\n00\\n19\\n87\\n32\\n00\\n16\\n00\\n1868. Bounties paid volunteers, $1,200 00\\nBounties paid nine months men, 500 00\\nAid to soldiers families, 1,015 27\\n1864. Bounties paid volunteers, $6,060 00\\nBoimties paid nine months men, 266 00\\nBounties paid drafted men or sub-\\nstitutes, 300 00\\nAid to soldiers families, 1,215 00\\nExpense, selectmen to Concord, 15 35\\n1865. Bounties paid volunteers for one\\nyear, $3,760 01\\nBounties paid drafted men and\\nsubstitutes, 2,100 00\\nAid to soldiers families, 1,048 80\\nEdmund Bemis, for car fare and\\nexpense paid Ija him for his ex-\\njiense and the expense tiiid car\\nfare of volunteers to Concord to\\nenlist, 84 91\\nEdmund Bemis, expense to Leba-\\nnon and Concord, j^ettinji volun-\\nteers and substitutes, 42 31\\nlix])cnsc sinidry persons to Lebanon, 21\\n$2,715 27\\n$7,856 35\\n$7,057 03", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "216 HISTORY OF TROY.\\n1866. Bounties paid volunteers, $1,500 00\\nAid to soldiers families, 3-t6 73\\nExjjense of men to Lebanon for\\nenlistment, 13 94-\\n$1,.S60 67\\n$19,7-17 S9\\nThus we see the total expense of the town\\nto have been $19,74-7 89\\nOf this sum, bounties reimbursed by\\nthe State and the United States, $8,912 00\\nReceived from State, aid to famiHes, 2,655 52\\n$6,567 52\\nTotal expenditure of the town, $13,180 37\\nThe selectmen s re])ort for the year ending March 1,\\n1894, gives the amount due from the United States Gov-\\nernment for bounties advanced as $1,380.00.\\nThe original papers relating to the mustering in and\\nassignment of bounties of those who went from this town,\\nwere unfortunately lost many years since, but the follow-\\ning record gives the names and history so far as it could\\nbe obtained, of the citizens of Troy who served during the\\nfour years War of the Rebellion, and is believed to be\\nnearly an accurate and authentic list:\\nAdams, Oren S., Company A, Seeond Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861;\\nmustered in Sept. 17, 1861, as a private; discharged, disaljled, May\\n30, 1863, Concord; reenlisted, and mustered in for one year, Jan.\\n31, 1865; assigned to Company C; appointed sergeant. May 1,\\n1865; discharged, Dec. -I, 1865. Also served in Company E, First\\nVermont Infantry enlisted April 19, 1861, for three months; mustered\\nout Aug. 15, 1861.\\nAmadou, John, Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861 died of disease, Jan. 15, 18()2, on board\\nsteamer Louisian;i, Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.\\nAmadou, Frank li., Company I, liightcenth Regiment. Enlisted and\\nmustered in March 1, 1865, for one year; mustered out July 29, 1865.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 217\\nAnderson, Charles, Company K, Ninth Re,y;iment. Mustered in Dec. 23,\\n1S63; supposed to have deserted en route to the regiment.\\nBarnard, Daniel L., Comi)any I, Ninth Kej^iment. Enlisted July 22, 1862\\nmustered in Aug. 15, 1862; discharged June 15, 1865, to date June\\n10, 1865: Concord. Died Dec. 2-i, 1889, Woburn, Mass.\\nBarrett, Charles H., Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug.\\n30, 1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862, as a musician; mustered out\\nJuly 8, 1865. Killed at Stoddard.\\nBarnes, William, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 1,\\n1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862; discharged Aug. 18, 1865, at\\nConcord.\\nBarnes, Frank, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 25,\\n1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862; deserted Jan. 14, 1863, Pooles-\\nville, Md.\\nBowen, Sidne3 B., Company I, Third Regiment. Enlisted March 20,\\n1865, for one year; mustered in March 20, 1865; mustered out July\\n20, 1865.\\nBrown, Lemuel W., Company F, Second Regiment United States Shai p-\\nshooters. Enlisted Oct. 9, 1861; mustered in Nov. 26, 1861;\\ntransferred to Invalid Corps July 1, 1863; discharged Nov. 26,\\n1864, Washington, D. C. Died at Troy, Aug. 30, 1890.\\nBruce, Thomas, Company I, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nJuly 9, 1864; deserted Feb. 10, 1865, City Point, Va., en route to\\nregiment. Substitute for Nathan Carter.\\nBurde, Ernest, Company K, Eleventh Regiment. Enlisted July 22, 1864;\\nsubstitute for Thomas Goodall missing at Poplar Spring Church,\\nVa., Sept. 30, 1864.\\nBurrill, John H, C(jmi)any C, Second Regiment. Reenlisted and mustered\\nin for one year, Feb. 1, 1865; mustered out Dec. 19, 1865.\\nlUirress, Frank.\\nCapron, J(^seph F., Com])any A, Second Regiment. Enlisted April 25,\\n1861, for three months; not mustered in; paid b^ the State; reen-\\nlisted May 22, 1861, for three years; mustered in May 31, 1861;\\ndischarged, disabled, Oct. 22, 1861, Washington, D. C; reenlisted in\\nDec, 1863, into the First Regiment Connecticut Cavalry. Died at\\nTroy, Feb. 13, 1892.\\nClark, George W., Com])any A, Second Regiment. Enlisted Ai)ril 17, 1863;\\nmustered in April 18, 1863; discharged, disabled, Sept. 22, 1863, Fred-\\nerick City. Md. Died at Troy, Jan. 1, 1864.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "218 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nClement, Lucius H., Company I, Third Re.a^iment. Enlisted and mustered\\nin March 2U, 1865, for one year. Died of disease, July 4-, 1865, Golds-\\nborough, N. C.\\nCobb, Albert, Compaiij^ E, First Regiment, Heavy Artillery. Enlisted\\nSept. 1, 1864, for one year; mustered in Sept. 5, 1864; mustered out\\nJune 15, 1865.\\nCollins, John, Com])any D, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nDec. 23, 1863; killed May 12. 1864, Spottsylvania, Va.\\nCosgrove, Robert, Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861\\nmustered in Dec. 3, 1861; wounded Aug. 30, 1862, Bull Run, Va.\\ndischarged, disabled, Jan. 5, 1863, Alexandria, Va. also served in\\nCompany F, Third Battalion, Fifteenth Infantry, U. S. A. enlisted\\nDec. 20, 1864, for three years; appointed corporal; discharged, dis-\\nabled, June 14, 1867, Atlanta, Ga. Died Feb. 16, 1892, at National\\nMilitary- Home, Indiana.\\nCrook, Evan, Company D, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nDec. 23, 1863; deserted April 24, 1864, Harrisburg, Pa.\\nCutler, Frederick P., Company H, Second Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 6,\\n1861; mustered in Sept. 17, 1861; discharged, disabled, March 26,\\n1863, Philadelphia, Pa. Died at Troy, April 12, 1892.\\nDaniels, John, Company D, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nDec. 23, 1863; v^rounded and missing. May 12, 1864, Spottsylvania,\\nVa. gained from missing; deserted Jan. 10, 1865, Philadelphia, Pa.\\nDerby, George W., Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861;\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861; ap])ointed corporal, Felx 21, 1862; ser-\\ngeant; drowned Aug. 13, 1862, by foundering of steamer West\\nPoint, in Potomac river.\\nDexter, Lorenzo, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 5,\\n1862; mustered in Oct. 23, 1862; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nDied at Troy, vSept. 21, 1892.\\nDouglass, John, Company F, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nDec. 23, 1863; transferred to Department of Northwest, 1864; tem-\\nporarily assigned to Company F, Twenty-Third Veteran Reserve\\nCorps, Dec. 16, 1864; died of disease, Peb. 15, 1865, at Milwaukee, Wis.\\nEsintrant, John, Company E, Fifth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nOct. 1, 1863, as substitute for Daniel P. Thompson; wounded June\\n18, 1864, Petersburg, Va.; entered Mower General Hospital, Phila-\\ndelphia, Pa., Oct. 19, 1864; transferred to Trenton, N. J., Feb. 16,\\n1865. No further record.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 219\\nFassett, Danvers C, Company E, First Regiment, Heavj- Artillery. En-\\nlisted Sept. 1, 1S64, for one year; mustered in Sept. 5, 1864; mus-\\ntered otit June 15, 1865.\\nFisk, Daniel M., Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 18, 1861;\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861; killed Sept. 17, 1862, Antietam, Va.\\nFoster, Jonas R., Company E, First Regiment HeavA- Artillerw Enlisted\\nSept. 1, 1864, for one j-ear; mustered in Sept. 5, 1864; mustered out\\nJune 15, 1865.\\nFuller, Edward F., Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug.\\n14, 1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nDied Aug. 5, 1889, Lynn, Mass.\\nHarris, Daniel, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 21,\\n1862; mustered in Sept. 23, 1862; wounded Oct. 19, 1864, Cedar\\nCreek, Va.; mustered out July 8, 1865. Died June 6, 1872, Winchen-\\ndon, Mass.\\nHarris, George, Eleventh Re^ment. Enlisted Juh- 22, 1864; mustered\\nin July 23, 1864 substitute for Leonard Wright. Deserted en route\\nto regiment.\\nHarvey, Edward W., Compan}- A, Second Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 2,\\n1861 mustered in Sept. 8, 1861 discharged by civil authority Nov.\\n12, 1861, Bladensburg, Md.\\nHaskell, Ezekiel, Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861;\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861 transferred to Company G, Seventh In-\\nvalid Corps, Dec. 19, 1863; discharged Nov. 28, 1864, Washington,\\nD. C; enhsted in Company I, Third Regiment, March 20, 1865, for\\none _vear; mustered out July 20, 1865. Died at Troy, Sept. 23, 1884.\\nHaskell, Nelson E., Company F, Fifth Re.giment. Enlisted and mustered\\nin Oct. 23, 1861; wounded Jime 1, 1862, Fair Oaks, Va.; discharged,\\ndisabled, Dec. 27, 1862, Alexandria, Va.; eidisted in Trooj) B, First\\nRegiment, New Hampshire Cavalry; mustered in March 24, 1864;\\ndeserted Aug. 12, 1864; returned under president s ])r()clanmtion.\\nMar. 31, 1865; mustered out July 15, 1865.\\nHill, Joseph H., Company I, Sixteenth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 9, 1862;\\nmustered in Oct. 23, 1862; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nHiseock, Jesse, Co. F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in Dec.\\n25, 1863; mustered out July 17, 1865. Died at Troy, Oct. 13, 1895.\\nHolt, Joel, 2d, Troop (i. First Regiment, New Hampshire Cavalry. En-\\nlisted and mustered in Aug. 16, 1864, for one year; discharged Jime\\n5, 1865, Washington. D. C. Died at (kithrie, 0. T., April 27, 1892.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "220 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nJohnson, John, Company F, Ninth Rc.2;iment. Enhsted and mustered in\\nDec. 23, 1863; deserted May 30, 1865, Milwaukee, Wis.\\nKavanau^h, James.\\nKavan, James, Company C, Third Regiment. EnHsted and mustered in\\nMarch 25, 1862; discharged, disaljled, May 9, 1S63, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nKingsman, George H., Com])any E, First Regiment, Heavy Artillery\\nEnlisted Sept. 1, 1864, for one ear; mustered in Sept. 5, 1864;\\nmustered out June 15, 1865.\\nLang, John F., Company I, Sixteenth Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 19,\\n1862; mustered in Oct. 23, 1862; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nLang, Chai-les, Company 1, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted July 22, 1862;\\nmustered in Aug. 15,1862; transferred to Company- E, Second Artil-\\nlery, United States Army, Oct. 14, 1862; re-transferred May 26,\\n1865; mustered out June 10, 1865.\\nLarabv, Frank, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 25,\\n1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862; deserted Feb. 3, 1863, Pooles-\\nville, Md.\\nLawrence, Center H., Company A, Second Regiment. EnHsted May 2,\\n1861, for three months; not mustered in; reenlisted May 22, 1861,\\nfor three years; mustered in May 31, 1861, as sergeant; ajjpointed\\nsergeant major Aug. 21, 1861; adjutant Oct. 26, 1861; discharged\\nOct. 31, 1861, to accept promotion. Subsequent service, captain;\\nassistant adjutant general. United States Volunteei s; brevet major\\nUnited States Volunteers, to date March 13, 1865, for gallant and\\nmeritorious services during the war.\\nLawrence, Houghton, Company D, Second Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 6,\\n1861 mustered in Sept. 17, 1861 discharged, disabled, July 11, 1862.\\nDied at Troy, April 10, 1884.\\nMcCaffrey, Patrick, Comjjany F, Second Regiment. Enlisted May 6,\\n1861, for three months; not mustered in; reenlisted May 22, 1861,\\nfor three years; mustered in June 4, 1861; died of disease, July 8,\\n1862, Bladensburg, Md.\\nMcLeod, Allan, Company L Fifth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 24, 1864;\\nsubstitute for F. B. Forristall discharge to date Dec. 14, 1864.\\nMorel, Peter, Company D, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nDec. 23, 1863; deserted Feb. 18, 1864, Camp Burnside. Ky.\\nMahoney, John, Company D, Ninth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nDec. 23, 1863; wounded May 18, 1864, vSpottsylvania, Va. trans-\\nferred to Company D, Sixth Regiment, June 1, 1865; mustered out\\nJuly 17, 1865.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 221\\nMcrrifiekl, Simeon, Compain- A, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 14,\\n1862; mustered in Sept. 22, l sr)2; mustered out May 17, ISGS.\\nPage, Francis, Company A, Eleventh Reg^iment. EnHsted Jid^ 24, 1864;\\nsubstitute for WilHam G. Silsln transferred to Company F, Sixth\\nRegiment, June 1, 1865; mustered out Jvdy 17, 1865.\\nPhiUtrick, Charles W. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862; mustered in Sept. 22,\\n1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nPierce, William L., Company E, First Regiment. Enlisted and mustered\\nin June 1, 1861; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; served in band. Died\\nJuly 27, 1878, Milford.\\nPierce, Frank, Compan3^ F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Nov. 15, 1861\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861 wounded Aug. 29, 1862, Bull Run, Va.;\\nappointed corporal Sc])t. 1, 1862; sergeant; reenlisted and mustered\\nin Dec. 22, 1863; appointed first lieutenant Company B June 1, 1865;\\nmustered out ]v\\\\y 17, 1865.\\nPiper, Francis S., Company I, Sixteenth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1862;\\nmustered in Oct. 22, 1862. Died of disease Aug. 16, 1863, Memphis,\\nTenn.\\nRipley, George J., Company A, Eighteenth Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 5,\\n1864, for one year; mustered in Sept. 13, 1864, as corporal; reduced\\nto ranks April 27, 1865; discharged June 25, 1865, Manchester, N. H.\\nRoby, Joseph A., Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861;\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861; appointed corporal March 1, 1863; ser-\\ngeant May 1, 1863; mustered out Nov. 28, 1864.\\nShattuck, Frank, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 28,\\n1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nShehan, Patrick, Company- I, Sixteenth Regiment. Enlisted Sept. 11,\\n1862; mustered in Oct. 23, 1862; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nSilsby, Robert M., Company- E, First Regiment Heavy Artiller}-. Enlisted\\nAug. 30, 1864, for one A-ear; mustered in Sept. 5, 1864; mustered\\nout June 15, 1865.\\nSmith, Daniel, Unassigned Eleventh Regiment. Mustered in Julv 23,\\n1864; substitute for Henry W. Farrar; deserted en route to regi-\\nment.\\nSmith, Henry, Comi)any F, Fifth Regiment. Enlisted and mustered in\\nOct. 23, 1861; discharged, disabled, Oct. 27, 1862, Washington, D. C.\\nStickncy, Silas S., Com])any D, Second Regiment, linlistcd Sept. 3, 1861;\\nmustered in Se])t. 17, 1861; wounded severely July 2, 1863; died of\\nwounds July 15, 1863, Gettysburg, Pa.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "222 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nStreeter, Charles H., Companj- G, First Reo;iment. Enlisted April 20,\\nISGl; mustered in Ma3 2, 1861; diseharj^ed Aug. 9, 1S61 enlisted\\nSept. 5, 1861, in Company- C, Seeond Reji^imcnt mustered in Sejjt.\\n17, 1861; appointed corporal; reenlisted and mustered in Jan. 1,\\n1864; credited to Portsmouth; appointed sergeant July 1, 1864;\\nfirst sergeant Nov. 30, 1864; sergeant-major March 17, 1865; first\\nlieutenant Comjian^ A, Ma\\\\ 1, 1865; transferred to Compau}- E;\\ndischarged Aug. 16, 1865.\\nSpooner, Lyman, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted and mus-\\ntered in Dee. 29, 1863; died July 7, 1865, Savannah, Ga. Buried in\\nnational cemetery, Beaufort, S. C; grave No. 1399.\\nThompson, Samuel M., Comjjany I, Third Regiment. Enlisted March\\n20, 1865, for one 3 ear; mustered out July 20, 1865. Also served in\\nCompany F, Sixth Regiment, credited Richmond; enlisted Oct. 12,\\n1861; mustered in Nov. 28, 1861, as corporal; ai)pointed sergeant\\nJuly 1, 1862; first sergeant Sept. 1, 1862; second lieutenant Feb. 3,\\n1863; discharge to date April 29, 1863.\\nTolman, Lorenzo F., Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Dec. 2, and\\nmustered in Dec. 3, 1861; reenlisted and mustered in Jan. 29, 1864;\\nci edited Stratford appointed corporal wounded June 20, 1864, at\\nPetersburg, Va. appointed sergeant July 1, 1865; mustered out July\\n17, 1865.\\nTolman, Sidney E., Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug.\\n15, 1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862; discharged, disabled, July 20,\\n1863, Washington, D. C.\\nTupper, George W., Company E, First Regiment, Heavy Artillery. En-\\nlisted Sept. 1, 1864, for one year; mustered in Sept. 5, 1864; mus-\\ntered out June 15, 1865.\\nWallace, George, Company E, Fifth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1864;\\nmustered in Aug. 7, 1864; substitute for Alvah S. Clark; mustered\\nout June 28, 1865.\\nWheeler, Robert A., Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Nov. 19,\\n1861; mustered in Nov. 28, 1861; mustered out Nov. 28, 1864.\\nWhittemore, Curtis A., Company- A, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug.\\n15, 1862; mustered in Sept. 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.\\nDied Sept. 11, 1867, Fitchliurg, Mass.\\nAmong those living in Troy but who \\\\Yere credited to\\nother towns, were the following I\\nI", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 223\\nAmadou, Henrj^ J., Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861;\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861; wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 13,\\n186-t; mustered out Nov. 28, 186-t. Died at Troy July 27, 1867;\\ncredited to Fitzwilliam.\\nAmadon, James O., Keene Volunteers. Enlisted A))ril 25, 1861 reenlisted\\nMay 21, 1861, for three 3 ears; no further record. Served in a\\nprivate capacity through the war.\\nCaj)ron, George I., Company C, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug. 11,\\n1862; discharged July 8, 1865. Died at Troy Nov. 17, 1868; cred-\\nited to Swanzey.\\nFisk, Asa B., Conipan\\\\ F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861\\nmustered in Nov. 28, 1861; wounded Aug. 29, 1862, Bull Run, Va.;\\ndischarged, disabled, Nov. 5, 1862, Alexandriii, Va.; credited to Fitz-\\nwilliam.\\nLang, Frederick. Served in Twentieth Indianti.\\nLawrence, Frederick C, Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 17,\\n1861; mustered in Nov. 28, 1861; discharged, disabled, Jan. 2, 1863,\\nBaltimore, Md. Died at Troy Jan. 25, 1863; credited to Fitzwilliam.\\nLawrence, Alfred, Troop C, First Regiment, New Hampshire Cavalry.\\nEnlisted April 19, 186-t; captured Jiuie 29, 1864, Ream s Station, Va.\\nDied of starvation Aug. 19, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.; grave No.\\n6144; credited to Marlborough.\\nTuppcr, Alonzo W., Company A, Fourteenth Regiment. Enlisted Aug.\\n14, 1862; wounded at Cedar Creek Oct. 19, 1864; discharged July\\n8, 1865. Died at Millers Falls, Mass., June 2, 1874; credited to\\nSwanzcN\\nThe ntim1)er of men furnished under the different calls\\nof the President, were as follows: April, 1861, two; July,\\n1861, twenty-six; July, 1862, eighteen; August, 1862,\\nthirteen; February, 1864, two; July, 1864, fourteen; De-\\ncember, 1864, seven, making a total of eighty-two.\\nMost of those who served in the ninth regiment were\\nhired volunteers, procured from other places, or through\\nthe recruiting stations at Concord or Lebanon. At this\\ntime and during the year 1864, it was very difficult to\\nprocure citizens of the town, to fill the (juotas required of\\nthe town, and in accordance with a vote of the town", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "224 HISTORY OF TROY.\\npassed at a meeting held Dec. 5, 1863, the selectmen hired\\nmen to fill tip the quotas as necessary. In addition to the\\nbounties paid by the town, the selectmen w^ere obliged to\\npay in cash, the bounties offered b}^ the United States and\\nthe state of New Hampshire, the men thus hired trans-\\nferring or assigning their bounties to the town.\\nThere is reported as one of the unavailable assets of\\nthe town, the sum of thirteen hundred and eighty dollars,\\ndue from the Ihiited States, for bounties thus paid and\\nwhich were not refunded, on account of the loss of the\\nassignments before the final settlement with the govern-\\nment, was made.\\nDeducting the number of volunteers hired and those\\nwho served as substitutes, it makes the number of actual\\nresidents of the town who served in the war about seventy.\\nThe soldiers from Troy were fortunate in that the num-\\nber killed or dying, was not as large proportionately, as\\nin other places. This was not because they were not effi-\\ncient soldiers, or because they were not found in places of\\nexposure or danger. Of the number, two were killed, John\\nCollin and Daniel M. Fisk one died of wounds received,\\nSilas S. Stickney one was drowned, George W. Derby;\\nfour died of disease, John Amadou, Alfred Lawrence, Pat-\\nrick McCaffrey and Lyman Spooner. The three last named\\nw^ere buried on southern soil. Several died soon after\\nreaching home of disease contracted in the service.\\nThe first soldier to be brought here for burial was\\nLuther W. Fassett, brother of D. C. Fassett, who enlisted\\nin Company E, Second Regiment, from Winchester, and\\nwho was killed by a rebel guerilla at Evansport, Va.,\\nApril 2, 1862. Fassett, with others, had Ijcen engaged in\\ndigging for a gun that had been buried by the rebels, after\\nbeing abandoned. He, with a companion, started back\\nfrom where the men were engaged in digging, to procure", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 225\\nsome shovels hich were stored in a building about a\\nmile awa} They were met by three rebels in eitizens\\nclothes, who had been skulking in the bushes, and who\\nconfronted them with loaded carbines. Fassett immedi-\\nately surrendered, but notwithstanding this, they sent a\\nbullet through his body, while his comrade made good his\\nescape, and the guerillas eluded all efforts to capture them.\\nTbe following have become residents of the town since\\nthe war, who served from other towns or in other states\\nAdams, Edward P., Company \\\\l. Sixth Regiment. linlisted Oct. 29, lcS(51\\nappointed cori)oral Nov. 2iS, 18(51; sergeant Dee. 1, 1S()2; first ser-\\ngeant Jan. 1, 1863; first lieutenant Oct. 31, 1863; captain April 20,\\n1864; discharged Jan. 6, 1865. Captain Adams was with the regi-\\nment ill all its battles up to the time he was mustered out, and was\\npromoted through the grades of corporal, sergeant and lieutenant to\\nthat of captain.\\nApplin Charles K., Company B, Fifth Regiment. Enlisted Oct. 2, 1S(U\\nmustered in Nov. 26, 1861, in Comi)any F, Second United States\\nShari)shooters reenlisted Dec. 21, 1863; mustered in Dec. 25, 1863;\\ntransferred to Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers Jan. 30, 1865; assigned\\nto Company B, June 17, 1865; mustered out June 28, 1865.\\nBrooks, Irving. Thirty-sixth Unattached Massachusetts.\\nDort, Asa C, Company D, First New Hampshire Cavalry. iMilisted\\nApril 29, 1864; discharged July 15, 1865. Ouartermaster sergeant.\\nDean, John R., Seventh Vermont.\\nFoster, Andrew, Fiftv-third Massachusetts Volunteers. Died A])ril 2,\\n1895.\\nFoster, Joseph M., Fifth Vermont.\\n(iove, Charles H., Company C, Fourteenth KegimciiL. linlisted Aug. 12,\\n1862; discharged Jul.r 8, 1865.\\nLahifit Thomas J., Troop A, First New Hampshire Cavalry. Enlisted\\nMarch 10, 1864.; discharged May 20, 1865.\\nMoulton, Edward W., Eleventh Vermont.\\nMaddox, (Tcorge F., United States Navy. Steamer Colorado.\\nNash, Oliver L., Company F, Sixth Regiment. Enlisted Nov. 28, 1861;\\nwounded Aug. 29, 1862; discharged for disability, Dec. 22, 18(52.\\nRice, Nelson E., Third Vermont.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "226 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nRuffles, Josiali, Company A, Second Ketiiinent. Enlisted Aiii 29, 1861\\nreenlisted Se])t. 1862, into Coni])any K, Fourth United States Artil-\\nlery. Keenlisted 1864, at Brandy Station, Va. disehari^ed at Fort\\nDelaware, Del., Feb. 11, 1867.\\nSebastian Charles N., Company A, Second Regiment. Enlisted May 31,\\n18(51. Enlisted Aiij^. 1862, in Comi)any H, Twent_v-third Massachu-\\nsetts Volunteers; reenlisted in same company and retiiment, Dec.\\n1863; discharged July 31, 1865. Was in Libby prison. Old Parish\\n])rison. New Orleans, and Salisbury jirison, N. C, for about a year.\\nThompson, Charles E., Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers.\\nWhitcomb, Oliver P., Company F, Fifth Regiment. Enlisted as sul)sti-\\ntnte Aug. 11, 1864- assigned to Company D; credited to (iroton;\\ndischarged June 28, 1865.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIII.\\nHIST(1RICAL AND TRADITIONAL.\\nLETTKK KR(1M C. K. I OTTKK, ESO., KKSPECTINC, THE WESTEKN ItOl NDAKV\\nOF THE STATE. THE Sl I I )SEI) ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2KI)EK. THE UORIiEKV.\\nIt has been previously stated that Sir Ferdinando\\nGoro^es and Capt. John Mason obtained from the Council\\nof Plymouth, in 1622, a grant of the territory extending\\nfrom the Merrimack to the Sagadahock, and back to the\\ngreat lakes and river of Canada the St. Lawrence; also,\\nthat Rev. John Wheelwright and others, in 1629, pur-\\nchased of the Indians a considerable tract of land between\\nthe Piscataqiui and Merrimack; and further, that Mason\\nalone, shortly after, obtained a new grant of this very\\nsame territory. Some account has been given of the efforts\\nof Alason and his heirs to maintain their title to the ter-\\nritory. On the 30th of January, 1746, John Tufton\\nMason, who was then considered to be the legal heir to\\nthe soil, sold his interest to a company of twelve men, in\\nPortsmouth, denominated the Masonian Pro])rietors.\\nIt is also shown that the townships in the vicinity of\\nMonadnock were granted by these Masonian Proprietors.\\nIt may not be well understood how the original grant to\\nMason could be made to include the territory so far west\\nas the Monadnock, and the subject not being perfectly\\nclear to the mind of Dr. Caverly, he addressed a letter of\\ninquiry to C. E. Potter, Esq., of Hillsborough, at that\\ntime one of the best historians in the state, who furnished\\nthe following communication which may hel]) explain the\\nmatter.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "228 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nHlLLSHOKOt CH, Sc])t. f), 1^50.\\nMy Dear Sir:\\nOn pa,2:e 235 of the History of Manchester (Ante and Post) you will\\nfind a history of the sale to the Masonian Proprietors. The purchase by\\nthem was a bit of sharp iiractiee on the part of speculators and huck-\\nsterins ])oliticians, that would not be tolerated at the present day, as\\ncorrupt as the croakers say we have become. Their western and north-\\nern line was claimed to be a curve or arc parallel to the seacoast of\\nNew Ham])shire, lyin\u00c2\u00bb- betwixt the Piscata(|ua and a point three miles\\nnorth of the Merrimack. This claim was undoubtedly an aftertlumj^ht\\nmade for the purpose of takino- in a much larger amount of land than\\nwas intended in the original grant. This line, which was called the\\nMasonian curve, and the Masonian curved line, was surveyed and\\nrun out at various times, and down to the time of the Revolution, was\\na fruitful source of vexation. The bounds of New Hampshire as granted\\nto Mason, on the south and southwest, were a line three miles north of\\nthe Merrimack and parallel to that river to the fartherest head thereof\\ntill sixty miles were made, and then the head line extended east till it\\nreached a ijoint sixty miles from the mouth of the Piscataqua and on a\\nline running up that I iver. This grant was made b^- the Council of Ply-\\nminith, sui)posing that the Merrimack river had its source in the West,\\nas placed on Smith s and the maps of that time. After the Massachu-\\nsetts people discovered that the Merrimack made an elbow at Draeut,\\nand there came from the north, they claimed that the crotch of the\\nriver at Franklin was the fartherest head of the Merrimack, and\\nthat a large ])ine three miles north of there, (and called the Endicott\\ntree, because marked as the line tree under Endicott s administration)\\nwas a bound or line tree on their northern line, which passed east and\\nwest through the tree from the coast of Main to the South Sea.\\nIn 1652, they placed the farthest head of the Merrimack still farther\\nnorth, at the Endicott rock, at the outlet of Lake Winne]jesaukee, and\\nthence running three miles north, established a point through which\\ntheir north line extended east and west.\\nThis claim covered Mason s grunt and was in controversy down to\\n1740. In that year the board of The Lords of Trade decided that\\nthe northern boundary of the j^rovincc of Massachusetts be a similar\\ncurve pursuing the course of the Merrimack river, at three miles distance\\non the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic ocean and ending at\\na point due north of Pawtueket Falls, and a straight line drawn from", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL. 229\\ntliciice fine west till it meets with his Majesty s other .government.\\nTliis determination was made on the ,yronnd that when Massaehnsetts\\nand New Hampshire were granted, the Merrimaek was sn])|)osed and\\nlaid down as eominy- from the west.\\nAs Mason s grant ran ni)on the Merrimaek ]iarallel, at three miles\\nnorth of the river, whieh was tlie north line of Massfielnisetts when\\nthe Lords of Trade determined the north line of Massaehnsetts in 174-0,\\nto 1)e as above described, and where it is at i:)resent the heirs of Mason\\nand afterwards the Masonian Proprietors claimed that their line on the\\nsonth shonld conform to that line, and the State Legislatnre accpiiesccd\\nin that claim.\\nIt commenced on the line of Massaehnsetts, at a point sixty miles\\nnorth from the seashore (three miles north of the month of the Merri-\\nmack,) at the sonthwest corner of Fitzwilliam. P itzwilliam was granted\\nby the Masonian Projjrietors as Nnmber Fonr of the townshijjs\\ngranted in the Monadnock country. There were eight of these town-\\nships. Of these, Nos. IV, V, VI, VII and VIII were bounded westerly by\\nthe Masonian cnrve. No. IV niclnded what is now Fitzwilliam and a\\n])art of Troy. No. V. inclnded what was formerly Oxford, but now\\nMarlborough and Koxbnry. No. VI was Packersfield, now Nelson and\\nSnllivan, in i)art. No. VII was Limerick, now Stoddard. No. VIII was\\nfirst New Concord, then Camden, now Washington. These towns were\\nall originally bonnded on the west by the Masonian cnrve. No. I of\\nthe Monadnock grants was what is now Kindge, No. II is now Jaffrev,\\nNo. Ill is now Dnblin.\\nThese were called Monadnock No. I, II, III, etc., and Canada No. I,\\nII, etc. Candida No. I is now Mason, No. II was what is n()V\\\\ Wilton,\\nand No. Ill was what is now Lyndcborongh. These townships were\\ngranted by Massachusetts to the soldiers in the expedition against\\nCanada iind their heirs bnt the real object was to give the i)eo])le of\\nMassaehnsetts the soil, as the government was abont to ])ass out of\\ntheir hands. So of the Narragansett Townshi]is, No. Ill was what is\\nnow Andierst, No. IV was what is now (loffstown, mainly. No. was\\nwhat is now Bedford, and No. VI was what is now I)nid);irton nnd\\nHo])kinton, or nearly so. Nos. I .and II were located in Maine and\\nMassaehnsetts. These were granted to soldiers and their descendants,\\nthat had been in the Narragansett war. Charleston was also called No.\\nIV, being the fourth of a nnmber of frontier towns granted as security\\nagainst the incursions of the Indians.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "230 HISrORY OF TROY.\\nTliese t()\\\\vnslii]is are laid down niul named and nnnd)ered, as I have\\nmentioned a1)()ve, in Klaneliard and LanLjdon s Majj of 17(51, and in\\nHolland s Maj) of 1784. Thus yon will see that Troy was within the\\ngrant of Mason as elainied by the Masonian Projjrietors. This enrve\\nline of the Masonian r r()])rietors was surveyed soon after the settlement\\nof vour town, hv Robert h^leteher in 1 7(5S and aj^ain in 1 7() The two\\nsurveys differed, but the diiferenee did not alTeet the line in Cheshire\\nCounty. This line of 1708 erossed the Pemigewassett betwixt the towns\\n(jf IMymouth and Urid^ewater, (then a i)art of Alexandria,) ])assed\\nthrough Holderness and the north ])art of S(|uam Lake and interseeted\\nthe State line betwixt Freedom and liaton, that now are, l)ut at the\\nnorth Jingle of what was then Leavittstown.\\nThis line of 17(59, eonimeneed to divide from that of 1 7( S, at the\\nsouth eorner of (irafton and on the line of what was then e.alled Alex-\\nandria, overplus now I)anl)inw, iind ])assing a little north, erossed the\\nPemigewassett at the bend of the river above the Livermore Farm in\\nHolderness, and interseeted the State line where the Saeo erosses the\\nsame in Conw.ay.\\nAfter the Revolution the eontroversy as to the Masonian enrve was\\nsettled by the Legislature. Jan. 17S7, they ajjpointed John MeDuffie,\\nJosiah Rartlett and Arehibald MeMin^phv, a eommittee to rini and deter-\\nmine the line. They determined upon a straight line as the head line of\\nMason s Patent. Their report was aeeepted by the Legislature. This\\ncut off a large segment from their claim, and the Masonian Proprietors\\nthen came forward and i)urehased it of the State, for forty thousand\\ndollars in State securities and eight hundred dollars in specie. The\\nState s title was passed to them June 18, 1788, by a Committee con-\\nsisting of Thomas Bartlett, Dudley Odlin and Archibald MeMurphy.\\nThus ended the Masonian controversy, and leaving Troy still within the\\nMasonian claim. (See History of Manchester, jiages 520 and 521.)\\nYoiirs respectfully,\\nC. E. Potti-:k.\\nOn the third of March, 1811, a roliberv was committed\\nin what is now Troy, and this occasioned no Httle excite-\\nment at that time. The circumstances were substantially\\nas follows Luke Harris and a young lad by the name of\\nCharles Tolman, were traveling in a sleigh from Marl-\\nborough to Fitzwilliam, on the turnpike road leading from", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL AM) TRADITIONAL. 2,S1\\nKeene to the latter place. Just before sunset they passed\\nCarter s tavern, where Harris saw a stranger mounting\\nhis horse, and soon after observed that he was following\\nhim. The pursuit was continued about one hundred rods\\nto a wood, where the stranger rode on and passed Harris\\nand kept a little forward of him some distance, then halted\\nand let Harris pass him. Harris rode on and the stranger\\nfollowed him almost to the falls, and then passed him\\nagain.\\nAs they came to a curve in the road Harris saw the\\nstranger take out a pistol and prime it. Near the road\\nthat led to Talmon Knights the stranger stopped and\\nHarris passed him. The stranger then followed Harris a\\nfew rods and then passed him, keeping forward till he\\narrived at a wood path, into which he turned and\\nstopped. When Harris came up, the stranger rode out,\\npresented a pistol towards him and said, deliver up your\\nmoney. Harris replied that he had none of conse-\\n(|uence. The man then said, d n you, deliver up your\\nmoney or you are a dead man. Harris then gave him\\nhis pocketbook. The man ordered him to go back to\\nKeene or he wotild blow him through. Harris then\\nturned back and the stranger rode off towards Fitzwil-\\nliam. Harris intended to go back and turn up the road\\nto Talmon Knights He drove fast and his horse got a\\nlittle past the road, and in attempting to turn him the\\nsleigh struck a log and was almost u})set and Harris fell\\nout. When he got up he saw the stran_ger coming back.\\nHe came up and told Harris he was a rascal, and had\\ndeceived him, that he had more money, holding a dirk at\\nHarris s breast while he searched his pockets, then told\\nhim to go on to Keene and if he turned l)ack that night,\\nhe would be the death of him. The man then rode off\\nand Harris rode back towards Keene until the stran^rer", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "232 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nwas out of sight, when he turned hack and went up the\\nroad to Knights tehing him of the robbery and request-\\ning him to turn out in pursuit of the robber.\\nThe robber went towards FitzwilHam, and when he\\nhad got to a dry bridge aljout a mile south of the place\\nwhere he robbed Harris, he met a Mr. Willard driving a\\nteam, and a Mr. Powers near him. The robber demanded\\nWillard s money. Willard told him he had none. Robber\\ndismounted and coming up to him with his pistol in his\\nhand, said, d n you, why do you dally? Deliver up\\nyour money or you are a dead man. Willard took out\\nall he had, only a few cents, and the robber said, march\\non, d n you, march on or I will be the death of you.\\nWillard took Mr. Powers horse and rode on to Harris\\ntavern called to the people to turn out and pursue the\\nrobber. He then turned back and stopped at Morse s,\\ncalled to them to turn out and catch the robber rode on\\nto Osgood s, called to the people in the house asked if\\nthey had seen any person ride by upon the run. Just at\\nthat time the robber stepped out and said, yes, he has\\njust gone by. Willard saw him and knew him and jumped\\nfrom his horse; at the same time the robber dre\\\\v his\\npistol. Wilhird seized the pistol, at the same time clinch-\\ning the man who drew his dirk. The prisoner finally got\\noff and mounting his horse rode away bareheaded, having\\nlost his hat in the scuffle. Willard started in pursuit of\\nthe robber, who took the old Turnpike road, but when\\nwithin about a mile of FitzwilHam village, being closely\\npursued, he dismounted and ran into the woods.\\nIntelligence of the robbery soon spread, and in a short\\ntime several individuals were on the ground. The first to\\ndiscover the robber in the woods was Dr. Samuel Lane of\\nFitzwilHam. Seeing him coming out of the woods about\\ntwenty rods distant, he galloped his horse after him, and", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL AND TKADiriONAL. 233\\nwhen within a few rods of him called and avsked who he\\nwas Turning and coming towards Lane, the robber\\nsaid, I am the man, or I am the man pursued. When\\nthtw met, the robber said, you are a rascal and are in\\nmy power, at the same time pulling on his pistol which\\nmissed fire. Lane struck the man with his whip and dis-\\nmounted on the off side (the robber being on the near\\nside). Lane s horse started while he had one foot in the\\nstirrup, dragging him some distance before he got free,\\nwhen he saw the robber pursuing him with the dirk in his\\nright hand and the pistol in the left. Lane struck off the\\npistol and closed in with the robber, who attempted to\\nstab him with the dirk, first in the side and then in the\\nshoulder. Lane called out murder, threw the robber,\\nwho immediately turned him under, and made repeated\\nattempts to stab him, but having bent the point of the dirk\\nagainst his shoulder bone, could not penetrate his clothes\\nafter. Lane continued to hold the rol^ber by the hair,\\ncrying murder. Jonas Robinson and a Mr. Starkey\\nsoon came up and secured the robber. He was taken be-\\nfore E. Wright, Esq., of FitzwilHam, and duly committed\\nfor trial.\\nThe prisoner s name was found to be George Ryan, and\\nwas from St. John s, Canada. On the 10th of the follow-\\ning ALiy, the prisoner was arraigned before the Superior\\nCourt then in session at Charlestown, the defendant plead-\\ning not guilty. The trial was set for Thursday, the\\n16th, when the Court opened at nine o clock. There were\\npresent Hon. Arthur Livermore, Chief Justice; Hon. John\\nSteele, Justice; William K. Atkinson, Esq., Attorney General\\nfor the State; J. C. Chamberlain, J. H. Hubbard and\\nRoger Vose, Esqs., for the prisoner. The case was ably\\nconducted on both sides, and the follo^ving abridgment\\nof the charge of the Chief Justice to the jury will show", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "234 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe ground of defence and the principal points brought to\\nbear upon the case.\\nGentlemen of the Jury\\nBy a Statute of this State, the crime of robliery is made a capital\\noffence. The words of the act arc: Tliat if any ])erson shall felonioush^\\nassault, rob and take from another person, any nu)ney, goods, chattels\\nor other property, that may be the sulyeet of theft, such jjcrson lieing\\nthereof convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and suffer death.\\nGeorge Ryan is indicted for a breach of this law. To this indictment the\\ndefendant has pleaded not guilty, and you are to determine this impor-\\ntant issue. The extreme severity of the law rerpiires the fullest evidence\\nbefore you slioidd convict. It is yovn dutv to try this issue on the\\nevidence in the case. An awful responsibility rests on you. You will\\nfirst consider, gentlemen, whether the prisoner did the deed. If you\\nbelieve he did it, you will then consider whether he had his reason at\\nthe time, and you are to ])resumc he had unless the contrary is shown.\\nIf vou liclieve the prisoner deriingcd at the time, you will then determine\\nwhether this proceeded from intoxication or from the visitation of Provi-\\ndence. Intemiierance is itself a crime and one crime cannot excuse\\nanother.\\nHis Honor then stated the evidence on the part of the\\ngovernment, and also the evidence of Bingham, Hogan\\nand Capt. Dunham, in favor of the prisoner, and then\\nproceeded\\nIt may be important in this case to consider whether the defendant,\\nprevious to the 3d of last March, was a person of good character;\\nwhether it does not ajjpear from the evidence that he has Ijcen engaged\\nin the North West Companv s service, and if so whether this may not\\naccount for his being armed in the manner he was. It may be im|)or-\\ntant also to consider wdiether the prisoner brought back the dirk for the\\n]iuri)ose of using it, or whether it was merely accidental.\\nHis Honor then noticed the testimony of the other\\nwitnesses, on the part of the prisoner, and proceeded\\nYour first incpiiry is, whether the ])risoner did rob LidvC Harris. If\\nyou believe Harris, and his testimony is confirmed by other evidence,\\nyou must believe that the defendant did that deed. You will then\\nin(|uire whether he did it feloniouslv. To determine this, vou must also", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL. 235\\ncletcrniine whether he had at that time the use of his reason. Stiles and\\nShaw testify, that in their opinion he had not the use of his reason. If\\nyon are of tliis 0])inion, the sin of his transgression is not to lie laid on\\nhim, miless he was tlie voinntary eanse of his own derangement. Intoxi-\\neation is no exense for the eomniissioii of a erime. This is trne as a\\ngeneral rnle. Btit all general rules are snl)jeet to exeeptions. Suijjiose a\\nman tuiae(|uainted with the eft eets of S])iritnous liqnor should be ])re-\\nsented with it and shoxdd, 1)y drinking it, ))e thrown into n fit of\\nmadness he would not be aeeonntable for his actions during his delirium\\nand the I eason is beeausc his intoxieation is involuntary and unintended.\\nThe efteets of ardent s]Mrits are very different ujion difterent persons. A\\nlarge (|uantity will have no effeet ujion some men, while a small ([uantity\\nwill intoxieate others. In this ease yoti kno^v nothing of the ])risoner\\nbefore this time. He might have been unaccustomed to the use of ardent\\nspirits. You will therefore consider whether he was jjrobably intoxi-\\ncated; and if so whether he might not have drunk more than he was\\naware of. It will l)e your duty to examine all the evidence in the case.\\nI rejieat, gentlemen, the whole res])onsibility of this trial rests upon the\\njury. You must not convict until all reasonable doubts arc removed.\\nIf thev are not, you will acipiit the ])risoner; if they are, whatever may\\nbe the eonscfpienccs to him, it is your duty to find him guiltv.\\nThe jury, after licinfi out al)Oiit half an hour, returned\\nwith the verdict of not guilty.\\nThere was considerable excitement in Troy in the win-\\nter of 1818, in consequence of the discovery of what were\\nsupposed to be human bones, under a barn formerly owned\\nby Levi Haskell. The circumstances were substantially as\\nfollows A son of Aaron Holt, who at that time lived on\\nthe Haskell farm, v\\\\ras sick, and Dea. Griffin rode down to\\nMr. Holt s in the evening of the 3d of January, for the\\n])urpose of watching with the sick lad during the night.\\nOn arriving there, Joel, another son of Mr. Holt, took a\\nlantern and accompanied Mr. Griffin to the barn to put\\nup his horse. While there, the lantern w^as accidentally\\nheld too near some combustible material which took fire,\\nand the whole building was quickly enveloped in flaines.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "236 HISTORY OF TKOY.\\nAlter the barn had been burnt, a small mound of earth\\n\\\\vas observed immediately under \\\\vhere the floor of the\\nhaymow was upon diggins^ into it there were found what\\nwere supposed to be himian bones. It appeared as though\\na small excavation had been made, into which a human\\nbody had been deposited upon a board and the whole\\ncovered with earth. But time and the fire had so aflected\\nthe few bones remaining, that their real character was not\\neasily made out. It was the public opinion, however, that\\na murder had been committed, and that these bones were\\nthe remains of a man who had mysteriously disappeared\\nfrom the town some years before. Suspicion was fixed\\nupon various individuals and the excitement ran so high\\nthat the selectmen of the town published the following\\nadvertisement\\nA vSUPPOSED MURDER.\\nWe the undersigned Seleetmen of the town of Troy, county of Cheshire,\\nState of New Hampshire, hereby certify, tliat on the 3d of January ISIS,\\na 1)arn in this town was accidentally burnt; that a few days after\\nthere was discovered the evident appearance of the remains of a full\\ngrown human body, laying on a board, slightly covered with sand,\\nunder the ])lace of the floor of the haymow. This ajjpcaranee was ex-\\namined, and bones found, which were by those present judged to be\\nhnm;in; though they were so aflected by time, and the intense heat of\\nthe fire, that their original form was not entire, nor were they capable\\nof being arranged in due order bv the anatomist. It is the current\\nopinion of the ]icople of this town and vicinity, that these are the\\nremains of a man whose death was occasioned by inilawful means, and\\nwhose body was concealed in that ])laee; and many circumstances are\\ncalled to mind which go far towards strenglhening this opinion. About\\nfourteen vears ago, it is very generally recollected that inquiry was made\\nafter a stranger of whom it was said, that the last wdiieh was seen or\\nheard of him was in this town; but his name and place of residence, aiul\\nthose of his friends who were in search of him, are not recollected. The\\nundersigned rec(uest that the jn-inters of newspapers throughout the\\nUnited States would be so good as to publish this, as soon as con-\\nvenient and also that any people who can give any information respecting", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL. 237\\na person, wlio w;is missiiio or sn]ii)ose(l to lie nmrdcrcMl, in f)r near\\nthis town, ])rcvious to the time said barn was Iiiu iit, wotild, witliont\\ndelay, forward ns siieli information, tliat all jiossible means to detect,\\nand brinji to justice the perpetrators of the supjjosed horrid deed may be\\nspeedily employed.\\nSylvester P. Flint.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nGeorge Farrar.\\nN. B. Troy is a newly incorporated town, taken jirincipally from\\nMarlboronoh and Fitzwilliam, nine miles southwardly from Keene, (N. H.)\\nthrough which passes a great road from Keene to Boston, (Mass.)\\nTroy, March IS, IS 18.\\nEarly in the following- winter, Joseph Nimblet of Wood-\\nstock, Vt., appeared and stated, that fourteen years be-\\nfore, his brother-in-law, Seth Lucns, started from Province-\\ntown, Mass., to go to Woodstock with a large sum of\\nmoney; and that he was traced as far as the hotel of\\nChristopher Harris in Troy (then Marlborough), and that\\nnothing farther Avas ever heard of him. It was stated\\nthat he was in pursuit of a farm and the report was that\\na stranger, answering the description of Lucus, was seen\\nto leave the hotel, in compauA^ with Levi Haskell and\\nJonathan Lawrence, Jr., for the purpose of examining the\\nfarm which Haskell proposed to sell to him, and was the\\nfarm upon which the barn was burnt. It appears that\\nthe opinion had long prevailed, to some extent, that\\nhuman blood had been shed upon those premises and it\\nhad been currently reported that there had been seen, in\\nand about the barn, many marvellous phenomenas which\\nwere considered indicative of the commission of a horrid\\ncrime. Many of those phenomenas were substantiated by\\nmen whose veracity we should hardly dare question but\\nwe have a very imperfect idea of the various phantoms to\\nwhich the imagination under certain circumstances will\\ngive birth.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "238 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIn thivS case, the evidence ^vas such, and the excitement\\nran so high, that it seemed necessary that something\\nshould be done to satisfy the pubhc mind. Consequently, i\\nthe persons suspected, Levi Haskell and Jonatluan Law-\\nrence, Jr., were arrested, and, on the 11th of January,\\n1819, were examined in the town house before Elijah Dun-\\nbar, Esq., of Keene. James Wilson, Sen., was employed\\nas cotmcil for the State, and Joel Parker for the ]:)risoners.\\nIt appeared in the evidence that Lucus was missed some\\nfourteen or fifteen years before, that search was made for\\nhim, that he was traced as far as the Harris tavern, and\\nthat nothing farther could be heard of him. It also ap-\\npeared that Haskell, about that time, had in his posses-\\nsion more money than he could reasonably account for;\\nand there were other circumstances which led some people\\nto suj^pose that he had something to do with the disap-\\npearance of Lucus. In the result of the examination, Has-\\nkell was committed, and Lawrence was ordered to recog-\\nnize for his appearance at the next Superior Court, to give\\nhis testimony in behalf of the State. Haskell had to lay\\nin jail until the next May, when his case was brought be-\\nfore the grand jury at Charlestown and upon examina-\\ntion of the testimony, the Attorney General thought it\\nwas, not sufficient to convict the prisoner of the crime\\nw^ith which he was charged, and as the jury did not find\\na bill against him, he was discharged.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "CHATTER XIV.\\nEDUCATIONAL HISTORY.\\nDIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF KDfC.VTION. INTEREST OF SCHOOL LOTS EXPENDED\\nFOR SCHOOLS. THE FIRST SCHOOL. THE FIRST TE.VCHER. DIVISION\\nOF TOWN INTO SOU.VDKONS. SCHOOLHOl SES. NEW DIVISION OF THE\\nTOWN INTO DISTRICTS. TOWN SYSTEM ESTABLISHED. IIIC.II SCHOOL.\\nMRS. LOUISA B. WRIGHT. NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.\\nIntelligence lies at the foundation of true greatness. It\\nplaces man at the head of the animal kingdom, and prop-\\nerly exercised, iinparts a grandeur to his whole being.\\nThis makes the man, and we judge of him, not so much\\nfrom his external form as from the lustre of that spark\\nethereal that shines through its clayey walls. This spark\\nis an emanation from the Eternal Source of life, but\\nreceives its lustre from contact with the wings of earth.\\nIt is in itself indestructi1)le and must continue to exist\\nco-eternal with God, and it will forever bear upon its disk\\nthe various tints it has received in its gradual develop-\\nment from an embryotic state. With its original structure\\nman has nothing to do, much less has he the ability to\\nmake in it the slightest change, but its develoijment is the\\ngreat wrork of life, and for this he alone is responsible.\\nThis is a work that reaches to the very depths of man s\\nnature, and its effects stretch on even beyond the bounds\\nof his mortal existence. That a work of such magnitude\\nshould be treated with indifference, or receive so small a\\nshare of public attention, is enough to fill every reflecting\\nmind with the deepest sorrow. That the mind will be\\ndeveloped is as certain as that mind exists, but whether", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "240 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nfor good or for evil must depend upon the influences\\nbrought to bear upon it.\\nBut the end attained depends upon the niejins employed\\nand the object to be acquired. The fame of Sparta, one\\nof the most powerful and important of the Greek states,\\nrested mainly upon her soldiers and her military discipline.\\nThe Spartans regarding war as the great business of life,\\nby their system of education inculcated the heroic virtues,\\nsuch as patriotism, public spirit, courage, fortitude, and\\ncontempt of danger, suffering and death. Her eminent\\nmen were almost all eminent as soldiers, and fev^^ of them\\nhad any pretensions to rank as able or enlightened\\nstatesmen.\\nThe Cretans having similar views of life, adopted a like\\ncourse of instruction, adding thereto a slight smattering\\nof poetry and music.\\nThe Persian system was somewhat in advance of these,\\nas 1)eing prescribed by law, everything about it was made\\nsubservient to the interests of the state, but in one of its\\nfeatures it has probably not been surpassed by more\\nmodern systems. The Persians regarded the education of\\ntheir youth as the most important duty and essential ])art\\nof their government. They believed that the most of the\\nevils that had disturbed the tranquility of the surrounding\\nnations, arose from defects in the education of their\\nchildren. Hence, they arranged their system with a special\\nview to the prevention of crime. The boys were sent to\\nschool to learn justice and virtue, and it is said the crime\\nmost severely punished amongst them was ingratitude.\\nAnd instead of building prisons and almshouses for the\\npunishment of criminals and the maintenance of the\\nvagrant, they endeavored so to order it as to have no\\ncriminals nor vagrants amongst them.\\nThe system of the Greeks was better adapted to the", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 241\\ndevelopment of national resources, although less calculated\\nto prevent crime. Here the arts and sciences were es-\\nteemed and cultivated, and industry and economy enforced.\\nThis system was well calculated to produce eminent men,\\nand the ancient city of Athens, once illustrious as the seat\\nof learning, boasted of many persons who have excelled in\\nthe arts of war and government, in philosophy, elocjuence,\\npoesy, painting, sculpture and architecture. But there was\\nrunning through all these systems a vital defect, and one\\ngrowing out of a corrupt religion.\\nTaking into consideration the times when they existed,\\nand remembering that the light of revelation had scarcely\\ndawned upon the world, the wonder is not that they were\\ndefective, but that they approached so near the most\\napproved modern systems. These nations have given us\\na noble example of zeal and energy, temperance and fru-\\ngality, chastity and self-sacrificing devotion to countr^^\\nwhich is rarely found in modern history.\\nHad they possessed a sound religion they might have\\nwrought out for the world the problem of which the last\\neighteen hundred years have only disclosed the first princi-\\nples. The formation of a system of education that should\\ngive a right direction, and develop in harmonious propor-\\ntions all the faculties of the soul, a system that should\\ninculcate truth and patriotism, and cultivate the social\\nand domestic affections, love to God and good will to\\nmen, was reserved to modern time.\\nSuch a system we may well conceive to have had its\\nbirth in the minds of those illustrious subjects of whom\\nthe sovereigns of Europe were not ^vorthy, and who\\nfollowing the guidance of the star of hope were directed\\nto the western wilderness, where they laid the foundation\\nof such institutioifs as the world before had never seen.\\nThese ])ioneers seem to have been raised up for the express", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "242 HISTORY OF TROY.\\npurpose of demonstrating to the world man s capacity for\\nself government. Their plans were laid after mature\\ndeliberation, and every step in their development exhibited\\nalmost superhuman wisdom and foresight. And in no one\\nthing is their sagacity more clearly seen than in the estab-\\nlishment of the free public schools of New England, which\\nare based upon the principle that virtue and intelligence\\nof the people are the foundation of the Republic. Without\\nthese principles the best constitution and laws that could\\nbe formed would be but a dead letter upon the statute\\nbooks of the State. Laws to be effective in a republican\\nform of government, must be tmderstood and appreciated\\nby the people. This requires a certain amount of intelli-\\ngence, of intellectual and moral culture which the free\\npublic schools of our country are well calculated to pro-\\nmote. A republican form of government like ours could\\nnot be sustained were it not for the influence exerted hy\\nour free schools. This was perhaps foreseen by the foun-\\nders of our republic, for they not only gave us the best\\ngovernment on the earth, but they also established the\\nbest means for perpetuating and perfecting it.\\nThe history of our common school system is interest-\\ning, from the fact that by it we have a clue to the intelli-\\ngence of the people at every period from the early settle-\\nment of the country. But it is not necessary for us here\\nto give a detailed account of its rise and gradual develoji-\\nment. It is for us to notice the progess of edttcation and\\nthe means employed for its ])romotion in this territory\\nwithin the limits of Troy.\\nIt will Ije remembered that in the grant of these town-\\nshijjs, one share of land was reserved for the benefit of the\\nschools. At an early period these lands were disposed of\\nby lease for a long term of years and the interest expended\\nfor the benefit of the schools.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL IIISroRY. 243\\nThere is no record of public schools in Monadnock No.\\n5, previous to the year 1770, when it was voted that\\nWilliam Barker, Isaac McAllester and Richard Roberts be\\na committee to expend the interest of the school lot in\\nschooling; the children. During the winter of 1770-71,\\nseveral schools were kept in the town, one of which was\\nin the house of Phineas Farrar, under the direction of\\nWilliam Barker, as committee. Who the teacher w^as is\\nnot certainly known, but it is supposed to have been\\nJames Brewer, as he was one of the early settlers who\\ntook great interest in the education of youth. He had a\\ngood education himself and was anxious that the children\\nshould not grow up in ignorance. Another school was\\nke]3t in the neighborhood of Dea. Silas Fife s, but in whose\\nhouse or by whom taught is not known. For several\\nyears the income of the school lot was committed to the\\ncare of the selectmen, and it is supposed to have been\\nexpended under their direction, in different parts of the\\ntownship, as fast as it accumulated. As there were no\\nschoolhouses until some time after this, the schools were\\nkept in private rooms and were but of few weeks dura-\\ntion, and even these few weeks schooling could not be\\nafforded only once in two or three years.\\nThe school books were few, and the instruction was\\nconfined to what we term the rudiments of school knowl-\\nedge. The New England Primer, the Psalter, the Testa-\\nment and the Spelling Book were about the only books\\nused; there w^as no book on Arithmetic; the teachers set\\nsums, on birch bark or paper, and explained the rules as\\nbest they could. Arithmetic was the popular study, but\\nnot much proficiency was made as compared with that\\nin our common schools now. To learn to figure by\\nthe rule of three was considered quite an accom-\\nplishment. Soon after the Revolutionarv war, English", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ngrammar was introduced, and at a little later ]ieriod,\\ngeography-.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, April 10, 1777, it was\\nvoted to divide the town into fom equal squadrons for\\nschooling, and Jedediah Taintor, Silas Fife, David Wheeler\\nand Theodore Mann were chosen a committee for this\\npurpose. On the 23d of June this committee submitted\\nthe following report, which was accepted\\nBcsiTiiiiin^ at the Centre Line at the East Side ()f the town, tlienee\\nrunnin through the town then Bcs innino; on said Line Between the\\nSixth and Seventh Lots; tlienee Running on said Line to Fitzwilliani ior\\nthe North End Beginning at the South East Corner of Lot No. Sixty-\\nnine, thence Running Westerly to the North East Corner of Lot No. 53;\\nthence tin ning South to the South East Corner of Lot No. 53, thence\\nRunning West to the town Line.\\nIn 1778, an additional stun of one hinidred poimds was\\nraised for schooling. This sum was dealt out very s])ar-\\ningiy, for the treasurer, James Brewer, reports two years\\nlater that only twenty-five pounds had been expended. It\\nmay seem strange that so small a sum should have been\\nexpended, l)tit it must be remembered that the war of the\\nRevolution had principally engrossed the ])ublic mind, in\\naddition to the building of the meeting house, the su])i)ort\\nof the ministry, and the making and repairing of high-\\nways, consequently but little provision was made for the\\nschools. It seems that the town hardly fulfilled the\\nrequirements of the law, for an article was inserted in the\\n\\\\varrant for the annual meeting in April, 1781, To see if\\ntown will ]3rovide a school or schools the present year,\\nand raise money for that pur])ose, in order to keep the\\ntown from being presented. No action w^as taken upon\\nthe article. From this time until 1787, small sums were\\nraised at different times for schooling, and probabl}^\\nexpended xuider the direction of the selectmen.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 245\\nIn 1778, it wHvS voted to sqtiadron out the town anew\\nfor schoolino-, and Oliver Wrio^ht, Reuben Ward, Phineas\\nFarrar, E1)enezer Temple and Moses Tucker were chosen\\nto make this division. It is evident the committee attended\\nto their duties, lout no report ot their proceedings has\\nbeen preserved\\nOn December 15th of the same year, the town voted\\nthat\\nEach S(|ii,-ulr(ni slionUl build thereon school ho.nses as near the Centre\\nas possi1)ly could he convenient.\\nVoted that the Selectmen shall a])])oint the Place to Imild in case of\\nDisagreement in any S(|uadron in Town.\\nVoted that the Selectmen Shall make the Rate for each Squadron.\\nVoted that every School House shall be bnilt In the first of December\\nnext.\\nIt would seem that some of the squadrons neo^lected to\\ncomply with this vote, and it is quite certain that no\\nschoolhouse was built within the limits of Trov during:\\nthis period, for four years afterwards an article was\\ninserted in the warrant to see what method the Town\\nwill Take with those squadrons that have not provided\\ntheir schoolhouses sufficient to keep school in. In rela-\\ntion to this article, the town voted that the school\\nsquadron which Daniel Cuttinf^ and others belong to, have\\nuntil the first Day of May next to finish their School\\nHouse, and if not Done by that time, the Selectmen are to\\nbuild their school house and assess them to pay for\\nthe same.\\nAt the annual meeting in March, 1789, the town voted\\nto raise thirty pounds for schooling, and at a meeting in\\nthe following May, it was voted that each squadron\\nshould have their proportion of the money and expend it\\nas they thought proper. About this time a few indi-\\nviduals made an effort to establish a (Trammar school, prob-\\nably in accordance with a law passed in 1719, requiring", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "246 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ntowns of one hundred house-holders to support a grammar\\nschool, but when the town was asked to raise mone}- to aid\\nthe cause, it met with an unfavorable response and nothing\\nfurther was done in relation to the matter.\\nDuring the next few years the population increased so\\nmuch by the arrival of new settlers, that it became neces-\\nsary to re-district the town, as those living in the outskirts\\ncould receive but little benefit from the schools as then\\narranged. At a meeting held April 21, 1794-, the folio wing-\\ncommittee were chosen for that purpose: Lieut. Oliver\\nWright, Lieut. Reuben Ward, Deacon Stone, (yidcon New-\\nton, Robert Worsley, Hugh Mason, Theopilus Howard,\\nMoses Tucker and David Wheeler.\\nThis committee divided the town into eight districts,\\nthree of Avhich were within the limits of Troy, namely, the\\nsouthwest, southeast and south.\\nThe Southwest District comprised the territory on West\\nHill, and the following is a list of persons included in that\\ndistrict in 1794-:\\nJoseph Tolman. Isaac Robljins.\\nBenjamin Tolman. William Barker.\\nJoseph Cuttinj^-. Mr. Alexander.\\nWarren W^arner. John Barker.\\nJohn Garfield. James Dean.\\nBenoni Robbins. Gideon Alexander.\\nTalmon Knights. David Wheeler.\\nThe Southeast District com])rised the territorv on East\\nHill, and included the following:\\nLient. Reuben Ward. Hezekiah toolidge.\\nDaniel Lawrence. Aljraham Coolidge.\\nJonathan Lawrence. Jonathan Whipple.\\nHugh Thompson. Capt. Joseph Frost.\\nDilling-ton Phillips. Jose])h Freneii.\\nSimon Piper. Silas Fife.\\nGeorge Farrar.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 247\\nThe South District included the north part of the\\nvilhi*i, e and what is now called the North end, whose list\\ncomjirised the following persons\\nIcha1)o(l Shaw. Josej)!! (t()u1(1.\\nEsc|uire Root. Jacolj NcwcU.\\nEbcnezer Bacon. Keiiljen Newell.\\nJonathan Ball. Hugh Mason.\\nJohn Rogers. James Newell.\\nLawson More. Theodore Mann.\\nIsaac Gonld. John Parkhnrst.\\nDaniel Cutting. Calvin Goodenongh.\\nDaniel Gould. William Bruce.\\nDaniel Gould, Jr. Eli Gould.\\nThe Southwest District immediately made preparations\\nfor building a schoolhouse. A meeting was called, an\\nappropriation made, and Warren Warner, a resident of\\nthe district, was employed to build it, and by the first of\\nJanuary was so nearly completed that it was used for the\\nwinter s school. The building was very small, being only\\nal)out eighteen feet square, and the walls of the room\\nwere wainscotted with rough pine boards. There was no\\nceiling, consequently the timbers in the upper part were\\nleft bare. There were two long benches on one side of the\\nroom for the larger scholars, with low seats in front for\\nthe smaller ones. About two years afterwards the house\\nwas clapboarded, but it was never painted. This was the\\nsecond schoolhouse built within the limits of the town and\\nstood in a corner of the orchard of Jonas Bemis.\\nThe South District, in March, 1796, raised forty-six\\ndollars and sixty-six cents for the purpose of building a\\nhouse. Whether this small amount covered the whole\\nex])ense does not appcjir from the records, but it is certain\\nthat a house was soon built which was located on the\\nwest side of the road and nearly opposite the residence of\\nLemuel Brown. This was never clapl)oarded or painted.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "248 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand was finished on the inside similar to the house last\\ndeseril)ed, only in addition to the two long benches at the\\nend of the room opposite the fireplace, there was one on\\neither side and a common table took the place of the\\nteacher s desk. This was used for a schoolhonse until\\n1806, when it was sold, the district uniting with the con-\\ntiguous one in the north part of Fitzwilliam, and sent\\ntheir children to the schoolhonse Avhich stood several years\\na few rods w^est of the Marshall barn, now owned by C.\\nD. Farrar. This district raised one hundred and forty-\\nthree dollars towards building the new schoolhonse, which\\nis supposed to have been about one-half the expense of\\nthe building. The house first built, after exchanging\\nowners several times, was purchased by Jabez Butler, who\\nconverted it into a dwelling house, and now constitutes a\\npart of that owned and occupied by Winthrop Knight.\\nA schoolhonse was built in the Southeast District in\\n1796, which was located near the residence of Daniel\\nCutting, now owned by John Lang. This house was\\nburned in the winter of 1806, and a new one Avas built\\nthe following spring, one hundred dollars being raised for\\nthe purpose, which ^vas not sufficient, for the next year\\nan additional sum of fifty-seven dollars was raised to\\ncomplete the work. This was built on the north side of\\nthe road and near the residence of Henry A. Porter.\\nAs many of the early records of the town of Fitzwil-\\nliam were destroyed, and es])ecially those relating to the\\nschools, it is impossible to give an accurate account of the\\nfirst efforts of the people in establishing their schools.\\nThe town was divided into stptadrons, which in 1792\\n\\\\vere nine in number, of which three were wholly or in\\npart within the limits of Troy.\\nIn 1778, a committee was chosen who leased the\\nschool lots, the interest of which was expended for the", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 249\\nschools. Whether a school was maintained in Fitzwilliam\\nprevious to 1773 cannot be determined. In 1774 and\\n1775, seven pounds were raised each year for the use of a\\nschool, which indicates that up to that time but a single\\nschool was maintained. There was no appropriation\\nmade in 1776, for the reason that the previous appropria-\\ntion had not been expended.\\nAn act was passed by the Legislature in 17S9 for\\nregulating the schools in the State, by Avhich each town\\nwas required to raise five pounds on every twenty shil-\\nlings, in the Proportion Act, to be expended for the\\nsupport of schools.\\nTwo years later an act was passed making it obliga-\\ntory upon the towns to raise seven pounds, ten shillings,\\non every twenty shillings, in the Proportion Act, instead\\nof five pounds. It is quite probable that from this time\\nFitzwilliam raised fully the amount required by these acts,\\nas the records show that she was liberal in her appropri-\\nations, raising annually from four to six hundred dollars\\nfor schools.\\nThe hrst schoolhouse on land now in Troy was built\\nby FitzwilHam in 1790, in the North Squadron, and it\\nstood on the east side of the road, between the place now\\nowned by Mrs. A. W. Whitcomb and the late residence of\\nWillard White. This was a small house wath a hipped\\nroof, and was never clapboarded. The chimney and fire-\\nphice were built of stone, and there was a large stone\\nhearth which formed nearly half the flooring. There was\\na long bench at one end of the room and one on each of\\nthe two sides, for the use of the large scholars, with\\nsmaller seats in front for the smaller scholars.\\nIn 1800, by a vote of the town, this squadron was\\ndivided at the Brook between Mr. David White s and\\nMr.JonathanCapron s House. This schoolhouse remained", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "250 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ntinocciipied from this time until 1806, when it was\\nsold to David White, ^vho removed and attached it to the\\nwest end of his house. Soon after the district was divided,\\nthe house near the Marshall barn was commenced, but it\\nwas not completed in season for the winter school, which\\nwas kept in the house of Walter Capron. The new house\\nwas built by Elijah and Isaac Fuller, and was finished\\nearly in 1803, at a cost of about two hundred and fiftN^\\ndollars.\\nAnother schoolhouse was built very soon after by the\\nsouth division, which was located on a road which at that\\ntime led from Joseph Forristall s to Aaron Wright s. The\\nfloor of this house was elevated at one end of the room,\\nmaking an inclined plane, upon which were placed the\\nbenches, of which there were four tiers, separated by aisles.\\nThese were quite an improvement upon the long benches\\nof the first schoolhouses, as they were only of sufiicient\\nlength to accommodate two scholars.\\nThe Northeast Squadron built a house about 1790,\\nwhich stood near the residence of Samuel Griflin, which\\nsite is now within the limits of Fitzwilliam. This house\\nwas burned in the winter of 1806, and at a district meet-\\ning on the 19th of the next June, one hundred and seventy-\\nfive dollars were voted to be raised for building a new^\\none. This was built on the south side of the road between\\nthe residence of Jonathan B. Clark and the Grifllin farm.\\nAfter the first house was burned and before the new one\\nwas completed, two terms of school were kept in the\\ndwelling house of Ivers Emerson. The new hoitse was\\ncompleted in 1807, and from that time the district was\\nwell accommodated until after the division of the town in\\n1815. The schools in the Northwest Squadron, were kept\\nfor some years in a log house wliich stood a few rods east\\nof the Bishop house. The house was built by Agabus", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.\\n251\\nBishop, and was occupied hy him until he built the frame\\nhouse in which he afterwards lived and died.\\nIn 1804, the town voted to district the town anew,\\nand the selectmen, consisting of Oliver Damon, Arunah\\nAllen and John White were the committee chosen for the\\npurpose. Their report was adopted, and the new arrange-\\nment called the North Squadron, District No. 10; the\\nNortheast, District No. 6; the Northwest, District No. 13;\\nand the squadron near Porristall s, District No. 9, and\\nthese ninnbers were retained until most of the territory\\ncom])rising these districts ]3assed from the jurisdiction of\\nFitzwilliam.\\nAt the first annual meeting after the incorporation of\\nTroy, a committee of seven were chosen to regulate the\\nschool districts, consisting of Caleb Perry, D. W. Farrar,\\nDavid White, William Farrar, Samuel Starkey, Elijah Ful-\\nler and Thomas Clark, Jr.\\nAt an adjourned meeting on the 25th of the same\\nmonth, this committee reported as follows, viz:\\nThat the following persons should be included in the\\nseveral districts\\nDLSTRICT NO.\\nKev. Mr. Rich.\\nMoses Aldrich.\\nSilas Wheeler.\\nJoab Da.sjgett (Farm).\\nSylvester P. Flint.\\nJoseph Barrett (Farm).\\nLuke Hai-ris.\\nAniolcl Thompson.\\nLyman Wright.\\nNathan Newell.\\nSalmon Wliittcmore.\\nJoshna Harrinii;ton.\\nElijah Harrington.\\n1.\\nGeorge Farrar, Jr.\\nHenry Tolmnn (Farm).\\nCurtis Coolidge.\\nRoswell Crossfield.\\nJosejih Forristall.\\nJohn Whitney.\\nLuther Niirse.\\nJohn Whitne\\\\ Jr.\\nEhenezer Nurse.\\nJosiah Amadou.\\nDavid White.\\nDaniel Farrar.\\nDaniel Farrar, Jr.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "252\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nJfihn Brnce.\\nWidow Bruce.\\nTimothy Godding.\\nAsa Brewer.\\nThomas Tolman.\\nAndrew Sherman.\\nSamuel Farrar.\\nDaniel W. Farrar.\\nTimothy Kendall.\\nPreston Bishop.\\nJoshua Harrington, Jr.\\nDISTRICT NO. 2.\\nCyrus Fairbanks. William Barnard.\\nCyrus Fairbanks, Jr. John Lawrence.\\nMoses Perkins. William Lawrence.\\nCalel) Perry. Joseph Butler.\\nPeletiah Hodgkins. Josiah Lawrence.\\nLevi Ward. Jonathan Lawrence.\\nAbraham Coolidge. Jacob Osborn.\\nDaniel Cutting.\\nBenjamin Tolman.\\nJosiah Wheeler.\\nIsaac Garfield.\\nElijah Fuller.\\nEdmund Bemis.\\nGeorge Farrar.\\nSilas Fife.\\nZopher Whitcomb.\\nHenr\\\\ Jackson.\\nBenjamin Starkey,\\nPeter vStarkey, Jr.\\nWilliam Chase.\\nWilli. im Bishop.\\nDLSTRICT NO. 3.\\nJoseph Ctitting.\\nEasman Alexander.\\nJoseph Alexander.\\nTalmon Knights.\\nAaron Holt.\\nIsaac Fuller.\\nStephen Farrar.\\nDLSTRICT NO. 4.\\nCalvin Starkey.\\nNathan Starkey.\\nPeter Starkey.\\nLuna Starkey.\\nJohn Starkey.\\nWidow StarkcA (Farm).\\nThomas Clark, Jr.\\nDISTRICT NO. 5.\\nDavid vSaundcrs. Nathan Winch.\\nJoseph Haskell (Farm). Caleb Winch, Jr.\\nJohn Sargent. William Farrar.\\nCaleb Winch. EUas Evans.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 253\\nDISTRICT NO. 6.\\nElijah Bnxton. Daniel Ball.\\nDavid Wiley. Levi Starkey.\\nSamuel Starkey. Thomas French.\\nEnoch Starkej Joseph Til den.\\nAll the property taxed for the support of schools, to be\\npaid into the district where the owner resides, if residing\\nwithin the limits of said tOAvn all polls and non-resident\\nlands to pay their school tax to the district where they\\nare contained, reference being had to boundaries, to the\\nreal estate of individuals whose names are set to their\\nrespective districts.\\nDistrict No. 6, being destitute of a schoolhouse, raised\\none hundred dollars for the ]3urpose of building one, which\\nwas located on a lot of land afterward owned by Stephen\\nHarris. The district was so small that a school could be\\nmaintained only a very few weeks each year, and conse-\\nffuently but little benefit to the scholars. For this reason\\nit was thought best to unite the district with No. 3,\\nwhich was done by vote of the town in March, 1831.\\nHaving no further use for their house it was sold to Jona-\\nthan Clark, who removed it near his buildings.\\nThe schoolhouse in District No. 1, was soon found too\\nsmall to accommodate the large number of pupils, and in\\n1828, the district voted to build a larger one, raising five\\nhundred dollars for that purpose. The old schoolhouse\\nAvas sold to Charles M. Tolman, who removed it to the\\nwest side of the mill pond and converted it into a dwelling\\nhouse.\\nThe contract for building the new hovise Avas given to\\nJosei:)h M. Forristall, and the work was com])leted in 1828,\\nin season for the winter school. This was used until the\\ndivision of the district in 1838, when it was sold for three\\nhundred and seventv-five dollars.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "254 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThe purchasers formed a stock company, and the par\\nvahie of the shares was twenty-five dollars. The proprie-\\ntors were: Daniel W. Farrar, who had four shares; Ste-\\nphen Wheeler, who had two shares Solomon Goddard,\\nwho had two shares Alijheus Crosb\\\\% who had two\\nshares Nathan Winch, who had two shares Lyman\\nWright, who had one share; Lnke Harris, who had one\\nshare; Josejih M. Forristall, who had one share; Charles\\nW. Whitney, who had one share; D. Farrar and E. Harring-\\nton, who had one share.\\nThe house was thoroughly repaired, individuals sub-\\nscribing about ninety-two dollars towards the expense.\\nThis, in addition to the excess of the stock funds above\\nthe cost of the building, made the expense of the repairs\\ntwo hundred and thirty-four dollars. The object of the\\nproprietors in this outlay, was to retain the building for\\nthe use of a high school, and it was occupied a part of\\nthe time for several years for this purpose. After a time,\\nDavid W. Farrar purchased the building of the proprietors\\nand converted it into a dwelling house. This is the brick\\nbuilding next to the Congregational church, known as the\\nold academy.\\nDistrict No. 2 expended but little on her schoolhouse\\nfor several ^-ears. The first accovmt for repairs was in\\n1833, when twenty-five dollars was raised for that purpose.\\nDistrict No. 3, was destitute of a schoolhouse at the\\nincorporation of the town, the old one having been burned\\nin 1814. For two winters the school was ke]3t in the\\nhouse of William Barker, but in 1817, the district voted\\nto build a new house and raised one hundred dollars\\ntowards the expense. This was built by Isaac and Elijah\\nFuller, but whether the one hundred dollars was the whole\\ncost, does not appear from the records. In 1834, forty-\\nfour dollars was expended in repairing the house.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "Enr^CATIONAL HISTORY.\\n255\\nUntil 1823, District Xo. 4 had only a log house, when\\nit was voted to build a house in accordance with the\\nimprovements of that period, and affording more com-\\nfortable quarters for the children. The site selected was\\nSciiooLiiofSE OX West Hill.\\nnear the jimction of the two roads between the residence\\nof Peter Starkey and William Bishop. The house was\\nMERRIFIELD SCHOOLHUl-SE.\\nfinished in 1824, and cost one hundred and twenty dollars.\\nThe schoolhouse in District Xo. 5, being located some", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "256 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ndistance from the center, was removed nearer, and repaired\\nin 1823 at a cost of forty-five dollars. In 1834, thirty\\ndollars was expended for a like purpose.\\nAt the annual meeting in March, 1838, the town voted\\nto make some alterations in the school districts, and chose\\na committee to make investigations and report what\\nalterations they considered necessary. This committee\\nconsisted of the following persons, viz: District No. 1,\\nStephen Wheeler, Amos Sibley, Daniel Farrar. District No.\\n2, Daniel Cutting, William Lawrence. District No. 3, John\\nW. Bellows, Amasa Aldrich. District No. 4, Joseph Putney.\\nDistrict No. 5, Chester Lyman.\\nOn the 19th of the same month the committee made\\ntheir report, whereupon the town voted that the altera-\\ntions be made as reported by the committee.\\nBut this division only included the inhabitants of the\\ntown, no reference being made to a division of the real\\nestate, and consequently was found not to answer the\\npurpose intended. Another meeting w\u00c2\u00a3is called April 9,\\nwhen it was voted to reconsider the vote of accepting the\\nreport of the committee, and that they be authorized to\\namend their report so as to include all the real estate\\nin the same district, except what was by law taxable in\\nother districts. The committee reported the following\\namendment, viz: Every person living in the several\\nschool districts in the town of Troy shall be taxed in the\\ndistrict in which he lives, for all the real estate he holds\\nin the town of Troy under his own actual improvement,\\nand all other of his real estate in the town of Troy sliall\\nbe taxed in the district in which it is included; and all real\\nestate owned by persons living out of the town shall be\\ntaxed in such district or districts as the selectmen shall\\ndetermine.\\nThe town voted to accept the report of the committee.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 257\\nmade on the 19th of March, with this amendment. But\\nit was soon discovered that this amended report was\\ndefective, and it did not meet the requirements of the law,\\nfor the boimdaries of the districts were Hable to be\\nchanged with every change in the ownership of real estate.\\nAnother meeting was called on the 2d of June, wdien it\\nwas voted to divide the town into school districts\\naccording to law. And to be sure of its legality, a law-\\nyer was placed at the head of the committee, which was\\nas follows: Luther Chapman, J. M. Forristall, Abel\\nBaker, John W. Bellows, Chester Lyman, Calvin Starkey,\\nDaniel Farrar.\\nOne week later the committee submitted their report,\\nwhich was adopted by the town. District No. 1, or the\\nvillage district, \\\\vas divided, the northern half being called\\nNo. 1 the southern half. No. 2. The other districts were\\nnearly the same with some slight alterations and a change\\nin numbers; No. 2 was changed to No. 3, and so on.\\nAt this time Districts Nos. 1 and 2 were each destitute\\nof a school house, and a meeting warned by the selectmen,\\nwas held June 1st, 1839, when No. 1 voted to raise three\\nhundred dollars for building a schoolhouse. This house\\nwas built by Mr. Forristall, and finished in season for the\\nwinter school. In 1853, two hundred dollars was expended\\nin repairing the house which was newU^ painted, the lot\\nupon which it stood well fenced and ornamented w^ith\\nsmall trees.\\nDuring the 3^ear 1862, this house was repaired at con-\\nsiderable expense, several hundred dollars being expended,\\nand the following winter was burned.\\nA special meeting of the district was called Jan. 24,\\n1863, when it was voted to build a new house on the site\\nof the old one, one thousand dollars being raised for the\\npurpose. The new house was to be larger than the old", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "258 HISTORY OF TROY.\\none fifty feet long and thirty -two wide to be constructed\\nof brick or wood, as thought best Ijy the committee chosen\\nto build the same, consisting of Jacob Boyce, A. B. Gates\\nand Calvin Alexander.\\nThe old lot not lacing large enough for the enlarged\\nhouse, a narrow^ strip of land on the north side, twenty\\nfeet in width and the length of the lot, was purchased of\\nThomas Wright.\\nThe Ijuilding was made of l)rick and completed in\\nf^\\nPi\\n^liMf^tJR^\\nNorth Primary Schoolhouse.\\nseason for the winter school, the expense being a little over\\ntwo thousand dollars. This building known as the North\\nPrimary schoolhouse, has recently been made into tene-\\nments.\\nDistrict No. 2 made preparations for building a house,\\nbut not agreeing upon a location, an application was made\\nto the selectmen, who appointed a committee to fix the\\nlocation agreeably to the provisions of the statute at that\\ntime. The committee consisted of Djinicl Cutting, Brown\\nNurse, Daniel Buttrick, Luke Harris, Thomas Wright \u00c2\u00a3ind\\nJohn Lawrence.\\nii", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 259\\nThey reported that the site for the schoolhotise should\\nbe on land of Elijah Harrington, at the southeast corner,\\nadjoining- land of Moses Ballou s heirs. This report was\\ndated the 8th of June, 1840, and the contract for building\\nthe house was given to Mr. Forristall for two hundred\\nand eighty dollars. After seven years it was found neces-\\nsary to make repairs and one hundred and forty-seven\\ndollars were raised for the purpose, and two years later\\nabout fifty dollars more were expended upon it, but after\\nSouth Pkimaky ScnooLiioiisE.\\nall the repairs it was an old house and did not meet the\\nrequirements of the district. In 1834 the district voted\\nto Imild a new house and made a liberal appropriation for\\nthe purpose. This was let out in portions to different\\nindividuals, but the most of the work was done by Ira\\nBoyden, and it \\\\vas finished in January, 1855, at a cost\\nof thirteen hundred dollars. This was the South Primary\\nschoolhouse, now occupied as a residence by Moses Abare.\\nThe schoolhouse in District No. 3 was burnt in the\\nwinter of 1838, and early the next spring preparations\\nwere made for building a new one, but a contention arose", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "260\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nabout its site, and it became necessary to petition the\\nselectmen to appoint a committee to settle the question.\\nThis committee consisted of Luther Chapman, Joseph M.\\nForristall, Chester Lyman, Brown Nurse and Alpheus\\nCrosby, who reported that the site for the schoolhouse\\nshall be on land, called and known b}^ the name of the\\nBoyden pasture, a few rods east of an old cellar, on the\\nroad leading from Nathaniel Parker s to Daniel Cutting s,\\nat a stake and stones in the center erected by your com-\\nmittee. This question being settled, the new house was\\nSciiooi.iKjnsE ON East Hill.\\nfinished in a few months from that time, at a cost ot\\nabout two hundred and fifty dollars. This is the present\\nschoolhouse site on East Hill.\\nThe inhaliitants of District No. 4 had expended about\\nseventy-five dollars for repairs up to 1858.\\nThe schoolhouse in No. 5 was first located nearly a\\nthird of a mile from the inhabited part of the district, and\\nin 184-0, in accordance with a vote of the district, it was\\nremoved to near the barn of Albert Pratt, and repaired at\\na cost of about sixty dollars. This house was burnt in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 261\\n1841, and the next A ear a new one was Iniilt which cost\\none hundred and seventeen dollars.\\nThe schoolhotise in District No. 6, becoming consider-\\nably dilapidated, was entirely enlarged in 1849, and thor-\\noughly repaired, at an expense of one hundred and eighty\\ndollars. In 1861, the selectmen were chosen a committee\\nto make alterations in the school districts. They enlarged\\nand defined the boundaries of District No. 1, and made\\nslight alterations in No. 4, the others remaining as\\nbefore given. In 1861, the sum of two hundred dollars\\nwas raised to finish the room under the town hall, which\\nwas to be done by laying new floors and repairing the\\nwalls and ceiling, and painting. In 1864, part of this\\nroom was finished to use as an engine room, and in 1866,\\nit was voted that the south room be fitted in a manner\\nsuitable to be used for educational piu poses, and furnished\\nwith seats, tables, benches, and all articles necessary for\\nsuch purpose, four hundred and fifty dollars iDeing raised\\nfor the expense, Edward P. Kimball being chosen the\\nagent to carry this vote into effect. It was also voted\\nthat the two south rooms in the lo\\\\ver part of the hall be\\nused for a graded or high school.\\nA special town meeting was called May 25, 1878, for\\nthe ])urpose of voting upon the cpiestion of redistricting\\nthe town anew, and the selectmen and school committee\\nwere chosen a committee for that purpose viz William\\nN. Watson, Charles C. Smith, William A. Harris, Asa C.\\nDort and George H. Aldrich, who made the following\\nreport which was adopted.\\nAfter a very careful examination of the seliool interests of Troy, your\\neomniittee ])resent the foilowinji^ re])ort.\\nWe find tliat something mnst he done with District No. 5. It lias\\nmoney a))portioned hut is in no situ.ation to school it out, and we are\\no1)li ed to do something: in order to receive the State funds.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "262 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nWe also find the several distriets lines in very bad shape, so that the\\nsame piece of land has been taxed in one district at one time, and at\\nother times in another.\\nAfter a very careful examination, we recommend that the town be\\nmade into three districts, constitutinof a village district, and two out-\\nside disti icts, said village district to consist of Nos. 1 and 2, together\\nwith a larger part of Nos. 5 and 6 adding a part of No. 5 to No. -i,\\nand part of No. 6 to No. 3, making a total valuation in the village dis-\\ntrict of $l-t4,4.S(). Valuation of No. 3, $187.05, and of No. 4-, $231.38.\\nThe other districts having the benefit of grammar school b3 pa3 ing tuition.\\nWe recommend that the village district be divided for the primary\\ndei)artment the noi th half of the district occu])ying the No. 1 house,\\nand the south half the No. 2 house; the grammar school going into the\\nhigh school room, which entireh- obviates the building of a new house,\\nand gives the scholars the full and in our opinion the best use of the money\\nwe raise for school purposes.\\nAsa C. Dokt.\\nWm. N. Watson.\\nC. C. Smith.\\nWm. a. Harris.\\nThis arrangement continued until all districts were\\nabolished by an act of the Legislature in 1885, establish-\\ning the town system.\\nBy this act the district system of common schools,\\nwhich had prevailed for nearh two generations, was\\nabolished, and the town became one entire district. The\\nentire supervision of the schools was vested in boards of\\neducation, who are chosen by the towns, each member\\nbeing elected for three years. They have authority to\\nprovide schools at such places and times as in their\\njudgment shall give all the scholars of the town\\nas nearly ec|ual advantages as may be ]5ractica1)le.\\nThe chief reason for establishing this law was to place\\nall pupils, so far as may be, on the same footing. In the\\nremote and outside districts the number of scholars was\\nfrequently ver\\\\- small, and complaint was often made that", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 263\\nunder the former system these small schools fared poorly\\nin respect to facilities for instruction.\\nA special meeting of the town held Feb. IG, ISGI, the\\nuse of the town hall was voted to be given Mr. Carroll\\nD. Wright, for the purpose of holding a high school. Mr.\\nWright was hired by the district and taught two or more\\nterms, when the interest in the school abated and the\\nproject was abandoned.\\nIn 1866, several of the citizens petitioned the selectmen\\nfor a special meeting, \\\\vhich was held JuU^ 5, \\\\vhen it was\\nvoted to adopt the provisions of Chajjter LXXIX of the\\nCompiled Statutes, relating to the establishing of a high\\nschool. This petition was signed by E. P. Kimball, A. G.\\nHurlbutt, Geo. A. Adams, E. fkittrick, Thos. Goodall,\\nJames O. Aniadon, Stephen B. Farrar, G. W. Randall,\\nAndrew J. Aldrich and John Wheeler.\\nIn order to carry these provisions into effect it was\\nvoted that the south rooms in the lower part of the hall\\nshould be fitted up and used for this ])iu pose. The school\\nwas opened in the spring of the following year and was\\ntaught by William Moore. There were two terms in each\\nyear, spring and fall. In 1868, Mrs. Louisa B. Wright,\\nthen teaching at West Swanzey, was cm])loyed as tciicher.\\nThe services of Mrs. Wright were secured the following-\\nyear and she became a resident of the town. She also\\ntaught the summer and winter terms in the North or\\nDistrict No. 1 school.\\nUnder the able and efiicient instruction of Mrs. Wright,\\nthe school attained a high degree of perfection and\\naccjuired more than a local reputation, a large number of\\njjupils from neighboring towns availing themselves of its\\nl^rivileges.\\nThis arrangement continued for ten years, or until\\n1878, when the village district was constituted and the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nschools o^raded the grammar department being put in the\\ntown hall room, when no more pupils were admitted from\\nadjoining towns.\\nIt is fitting that more than a ])assing notice should be\\ntaken of the labors of Mrs. Wright, whose services as a\\nteacher in Troy covered a period of sixteen years, fifteen\\nMrs. L(juisa B. Wright.\\nof which were continuous. Her labors commenced in\\nMarch, 1868, as teacher of the high school. The follow-\\ning year she became a resident of the town, and for nine\\nyears taught the high school and that in District No. 1,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 265\\nor until the change was made in the arrangement of the\\nschools, and the high school changed to the grammar\\ndepartment in 1878. She taught the latter until the\\nsummer of 1883, when she went to West Swanzey for one\\nyear, returning in the fall of 1884, teaching until the close\\nof the summer term in 1885.\\nMrs. Wright completed her one hundredth term of\\nteaching at the close of the summer term in 1880, and her\\nforty-fourth in Troy, which was celebrated b_v suitable\\nexercises at the town hall on July 3d.\\nMr. William Butler was chairman of the committee of\\narrangements, and in his introductory remarks, spoke of\\nthe occasion as no ordinary one, for he knew of no one,\\nnot advanced in years, who had taught one hundred terms\\nof school. David W. Farrar was president of the day, and\\nspoke of the importance of one hundred terms of school in\\na community like this, and of its salutary influence and\\nthe liability not to give it that consideration commensurate\\nwith its importance. Rev. S. H. McCollester, of Marl-\\nborough, delivered an address upon Education, and at\\nthe close. Rev. J. S. Herrick presented Mrs. Wright with\\none hundred dollars in gold, consisting of twenty five-\\ndollar coins, and former pupils from Swanzey presented an\\nadditional sum. Numerous toasts were given, which were\\nresponded to by H. W. Farrar, M. E. Wright, A. C. Dort,\\nRev. D. W. Goodale, C. C. Smith and Rev. S. H. Mc-\\nCollester.\\nAfter leaving Troy, Mrs. Wright went to Marlborough,\\nwhere she taught for aljout three years, when she went to\\nKansas. With increasing 3a*ars has come increased knowl-\\nedge from continuous study, and she has until recently\\nbeen actively engaged in educational work, having been\\n])rinci|)al of the high school in Seneca, until the summer of\\n1897.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "266 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThe old schoolhouses not being sufficient to accomnio-\\ndate the increasing number of scholars in the village, the\\ntown at the annual meeting in March, 1893, voted to\\nbuild a new house, and chose a committee to procure\\nestimates for a four-room schoolhouse, either wood or\\nbrick, and secure a location. This committee consisted of\\nJohn H. Congdon, Henry M. Whittemore and J. H. Bige-\\nlow. The^^ reported at the next annual meeting, their\\nreport being adopted. The matter was then taken up in\\nthe town district meeting. At the meeting, March 13,\\n1894 Charles D. Farrar, Augustus Hodgkins and George\\nA. Starkey were chosen a committee with authority to\\nlocate and purchase a lot. The committee made a report\\nat an adjourned meeting held April 7th, when it was voted\\nto purchase of Joseph W. Raymond the north lot on the\\nmuster field. At a meeting one week later, E. P. Kimball,\\nAsa C. Dort, Franklin Ripley, Geo. A. Starkey and Wm. J.\\nBoyden were chosen a building committee, who were to\\nprocure plans and estimates and report at a future meet-\\ning, when the sum of ten thousand dollars was voted to\\nbe raised. At a meeting September 29, an additional sum\\nof two thousand dollars was voted to be raised.\\nThe plans were drawn by Barker Nourse, architects,\\nof Worcester, Mass., and the contract for building was let\\nto W. E. Austin of Jefferson, Mass.\\nThe building is situated at the head of the new street\\non the muster field, and is seventy-six by forty-seven feet,\\ntwo stories, with basement, built of brick with granite\\ntrimmings. The entrances are on the east and west ends,\\nthe halls and corridor occupying the entire north side of\\nthe building; the four school rooms are on the south side\\nof the building, exposed to the sunlight and well lighted\\nand ventilated. The floors are of hard pine and the walls\\nare sheathed with the same, with natural slate blackboards.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "EDUCA TIONA L HISTORY.\\n267\\nThe rooms are twenty-eight by thirty-fonr feet, con-\\ntaining Ijook closets, and the two rooms on each floor\\nbeing connected by a teacher s room, with suitable ward-\\nrobe rooms outside. The building is heated with steam,\\nand the basement besides containing the heating appa-\\nratus, has two large playrooms, each twenty-eight by\\nthirtv-three feet, with concrete bottom. The entrance\\nb b k b\\nI f^l^ t 1 111 11\\nit W^\\nNew Schoolikjuse.\\ndoors are made to swing both ways and wide stairways\\ngive easy access to the basement and second story.\\nThe building will accommodate two hundred and\\ntwenty-five pupils, and was appropriately dedicated Thurs-\\nday afternoon,. April 18, 1895, addresses being delivered\\nby PVed Gowing, state superintendent of public instruc-\\ntion, and Rev. S. H. McCollester of Marlborough.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "268 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nThere lieiiig no further use for the two primary school-\\nhouses, the committee sold the same at auction; the north\\none was purchased by Samuel Mortimer for five hundred\\nand two dollars, and the south one by Moses Abare for\\nfour hundred and twenty-seven dollars, and they have\\nsince been converted into tenements.\\nWe have attempted to give a brief sketch of the efforts\\nof the ])eople to promote the cause of popular education,\\nand which, like all great enterprises, had a small begin-\\nning; but by the persistent efforts of a few individuals,\\nthe work has been gradually carried forw^ard vmtil the\\npresent time, wdien nearh all the citizens are interested in\\nthe work.\\nThe town has always done, by Avay of appropriation,\\nall that could reasonably have been expected. For several\\nyears after its incorporation, the amoimt annually raised\\nfor the support of schools was two hundred and fifty\\ndollars, in addition to the literary fund, and this siun has\\ngradually been increased until the present time.\\nIn 1896, the sum raised was nineteen himdred and\\nseventy-five dollars, and the whole amount expended w^as\\nover twenty-four hundred dollars. The whole number of\\ndifferent pupils registered was two hundred and eighty, of\\nwhich two hundred and fourteen were in the village.\\nBut the question wnll probably arise, has this increased\\nexpenditure yielded an adequate return? The answer is\\nbest given by the schools in comparison with those of the\\nearlier period. How^ different the schools and method of\\nteaching of the present day Then teachers were paid\\neight or ten dollars a month. Now three or four times\\nthat amount is paid, and w^e have reason to feel that the\\nmoney is well expended. Then the government of a school\\nw^as often conducted by force, and the most essential qualifi-\\ncation of a teacher was bone and muscle to wield the rod.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 269\\nIt is said that Jupiter on one occasion made a procla-\\nmation that he wonld crown the person with immortaUty\\nwho had done the most good, and been the greatest\\nblessing to his fellow-men. The competitors were numer-\\nous; the \\\\varrior, the statesman, the sculptor and ])ainter,\\nthe musician and benevolent, all pressed their claims. But\\nJupiter, seeing an old gray-headed, sage-looking man\\nstanding far behind the rest and apparently taking no\\nactive part in the matter, asked him what made him look\\nso smiling? The old man replied that all these competi-\\ntors were once his pupils. Crown him, says Jupiter,\\nand seat him at mv rig-ht hand.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XV.\\nPHYSICIANS AND LAWYER.\\nDR. JUSTUS PERRV. DR. KliKNKZKR WRK.HT. DR. CHARLES \\\\Y. WHITNEY.\\nDR. Ll KE .MII.I.KR. DR. M. C.WKKEV. DR. MARY ANN HARRIS. DR.\\nDANIEL FARRAR. DR. DANIEL R. WOODWARD. DR. BENJAMIN H. HART-\\nWELL. DR. JOHN DODGE. DR. CARL G. METCALF. DR. M.S. FERGUSON.\\nDR. BENJAMIN Ii. HARRIM AN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 DR. M. T. STONE. LUTHER CHAPMAN, ESQ.\\nFor some years tlie inhabitants of what is now Troy,\\nresiding upon the borders of Marll^oronoh and Fitzwilliam,\\nwere dependent for medical assistance upon the physicians\\nlocated near the center of these towns, for the population\\nwas too small to support a resident physician. But after\\nthe formation of the new town was seriously contem-\\nplated, efforts were made to obtain one, and Dr. Justus\\nPerry of Marlborough was selected. Of his early life but\\nlittle is known beyond the fact that he was a native of\\nBarre, Mass., and studied medicine with Dr. Stephen\\nBatcheller, vSr., of Royalston. He settled in Marlborough\\nin 1786, and possessing great natural and acquired\\nability, he gained the reputation of a skillful physician,\\nand for a few years did an extensive business. But unfor-\\ntunately he acquired the habit of using strong drinks, a\\nhabit which so increased as to discpialify him for the\\npractice of his profession. He located in what is now\\nTroy, in 1796, and an effort was made to reform him,\\nthat his usefulness should not be lost to his fellow-men.\\nHe was induced to sign a temperance pledge, obligating\\nhimself to abstain from the use of all intoxicating drinks\\nfor one year, in consideration of which the citizens bound\\nthemselves to furnish him with a horse and all medicines", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS AND LAWYER. 271\\nfree of charge during the year. This pledge he faithfully\\nkept, btit as soon as the time expired he relapsed into his\\nformer dissipated habits, and losing his practice, returned\\nthe following year to the center of Marlborough, where he\\ndied in 1800.\\nThe next physician who located here was Dr. Ebenezer\\nWright. He was the son of Capt. Ebenezer Wright and\\nwas born in Templeton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1761. He ac-\\nquired a good English education and entered upon the\\nstudy of medicine at Rutland, Yt. He settled in Fitzwil-\\nliam in 1785. He is said to have possessed the rudiments\\nof a great mind, applied himself closely to business, became\\nnoted for his sound judgment and soon gained the confi-\\ndence of the community. In compliance with the recjuest\\nof individuals he removed to this village in 1811. He\\nwas here during the excitement attending the efforts to\\nobtain the charter of Troy, and took an active part in\\nthose measures which resulted in the organization of the\\nnew town. He returned to Fitzwilliam in 1814, continuing\\nthe practice of his profession until his death, March 16, 1829.\\nDr. Wright was succeeded by Dr. Charles W. Whitney,\\nwho located here in 1815. He was the son of Dr. Isaiah\\nWhitney and was born in Kindge in 1791. Dr. Isaiah\\nWhitney was born in Harvard, Mass., Dec. 13, 1765;\\nmarried Dorcas, a daughter of Dr. Charles Whitman of\\nStowe, in August, 1787. The Whitman family are descend-\\nants of the first settlers of New England. Dr. Charles\\nWhitman was the son of a physician, and whose grand-\\nfather, also a physician, came from England, one of the\\nband of Pilgrims on the Mayflower, in 1620.\\nDr. Whitman of Stowe, was surgeon in the army during\\nthe Revolutionary war, and his wife was a Stevens, and\\nit is asserted that she was a descendant of the celebrated\\nIndian princess, Pocahontas.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "272 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nDr. Isaiah Whitney, soon after his marriage, settled in\\nRindge and continued in the practice of his profession\\nuntil his death, Nov. 30, 1839. Dorcas, his wife, died in\\nRindge, July 11, 1844. They had ten children, five sons\\nand five daughters.\\nCharles W. was the second son, and he gave the follow-\\ning account of his history: My youth \\\\vas spent like\\nthat of most children at that time I was very fond of\\nfishing; nothing suited me better than to be angling for\\nthe spotted trout in the various streams of my native\\ntown, and this was a great detriment to my future\\nknowledge. In the fall and winter of 1809, I roomed\\nwith Philip Payson and recited to his father, Seth Payson,\\nD. D. In 1810, I was sent to New Ipswich Academy, and\\nin the spring of 1811 commenced the study of medicine\\nunder the tutelage of my father. In the spring of 1813 I\\nwas sent to Boston to study and practice with John\\nRandall, M. D., six months, and in December of the same\\nyear I commenced the practice of my profession in Alarl-\\nborough, Mass. It was thought by many at that time\\nthat experimental knowledge formed the most important\\npart of a yoimg medical student s education.\\nHe left Marlborough in the spring of 1815, and assisted\\nhis father in Rindge a few months, but, the narrative con-\\ntinues In October, I started for Vermont to look me n\\\\)\\na place to practice my profession, got up among the Green\\nMountains where the sun would shine a few minutes, and\\nthen there would be a snow squall, and above all, I did\\nnot like the looks ol the land or the people; I became\\nhomesick and thought I would much rather winter among\\nmy native hills, so made tracks back much faster than I\\nwent on, and on arriving at Capt. Gorham s hotel in\\nTroy, the Captain invited me to locate here. I told him\\nI would take the matter into consideration and decide in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "PHYSTCTANS AND LAWYER.\\n273\\na fe\\\\v days. My father advised nie not to come, on\\naccount of the smalhiess of the place; l)nt having no place\\nin view, I concluded to make the trial. I came, engaged\\nl)oard at D. W. Farrar s, boarded there three years, built\\nmy house in 1818, married Mary, daughter of Dea. Samuel\\nGriffin of Fitzwilliam, in Novemljcr of the same vear.\\n,,K\\nCharles W. Wiiitnkv. M. D.\\nHe l)ccame a member of the New Hampshire Medical\\nSociety, and was licensed May 8, 1828, and he was also a\\nmember of the Western New Ham])shire Medical Associa-\\ntion. He was an excellent citizen, a judicious, careful", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "274 HISTORY OF TROY.\\npractitioner, and enjoyed the confidence of the people.\\nHe continued in practice until advanced age, feeble health\\nand serious loss of hearing obliged him to relinquish it.\\nHe said: I can truly say what few of my age can, I\\nnever called for a glass of spirit of any kind for myself, at\\neither of the taverns or stores, since I established myself\\nin town. Although disabled by these infirmities, he\\nenjoyed the society of his friends and retained his intellect\\nuntil the end.\\nIn consequence of the impaired health and partial deaf-\\nness of Dr. Whitney, who found it difiicult to perform all\\nthe labor required of the physican of the town, it was\\nthought advisable to obtain a younger man to take a\\npart of the professional business. Consequently, Dr. Luke\\nMiller located here in 1847. But little is known of his\\nearly life, except that he first saw light in the town of\\nI eterborough, and practiced dentistry some years in his\\nnative town. He studied medicine with Dr. Albert Smith\\nof Peterborough, and commenced practice \\\\vith Dr. Hitch-\\ncock of Ashby, Mass., remaining a few months, coming to\\nTroy, where he did a fair amount of business. He removed\\nto Winchendon, Mass., in the fall of 1853, remaining al)()ut\\na year, when he came to Fitzwilliam, and entered into\\npartnership with Dr. Silas Cummings. In 1857, he removed\\nto Chatfield, Minn. His wife was Aljby Ann Lovell.\\nDr. A. M. Caverly located in Troy, vSept. 1, 1853. He\\nwas a descendant of Moses Caverly, who was born about\\nthe year 1715, in Croydon, a town which lies about ten\\nmiles south of London Bridge, England, and who, in com-\\npany with two younger brothers, Nathaniel and Thomas,\\nimmigrated to this country about the year 1740, and\\nsettled in Portsmouth. Moses married a Johnson of Ports-\\nmouth, about the 3 ear 1743, and resided there till about\\n1770, when with his brother Thomas, he removed to that\\ni", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS AND LAWYER. 275\\npart of Barrin^ton now included in Strafford. Nathaniel\\nafterwards resided in Barrington a short time, but eventu-\\nally moved to Township No. 4 (now Charlestown), where\\nhe died. Moses had five sons: Phillip, Charles 1st, John,\\nWilliam and Charles 2d; and one daughter, Abigail, all of\\nwhom were born in Portsmouth.\\nPhillip, the oldest, was born March 23, 1745; removed\\nwith his father and the rest of the family to Barrington\\nmarried Bridget Pendergast, who was born Feb. 24, 174v5,\\nand resided in Barrington till his death, April 1, 1813.\\nDuring the time of the Revolutionary war he took an\\nactive part in opposing the arbitrary acts of the British\\nhis name occurs upon the Test Papers from his adopted\\ntown, as one who joined the American Association, and\\nin 1777, he entered the army, and was on dutv several\\nmonths in the state of Rhode Island. After the war his\\ntime was devoted to farming, and he owned one of the\\nbest farms in Barrington, and had considerably projierty\\ninvested in wild lands in different parts of the state. He\\nhad nine children, eight sons and one daughter. Moses,\\nthe eldest son, was born April 3, 1771 married Judith,\\ndaughter of John Caverno, Aug. 4, 1793, and the follow-\\ning year removed to Loudon and located on a lot of land\\ngiven him by his father. He died June 25, 1821. Mrs.\\nJudith Caverly died Feb. 1, 1824, aged forty-nine years.\\nThey had two sons, Solomon and Moses, the former was\\nborn Feb. 21, 1795, the latter, A])ril 13, 1797. Solomon\\nmarried Sarah, daughter of John Moore of Canterbury,\\nNov. 14, 1816, and settled on a farm given to him by his\\nfather, and adjoining the homestead. The} had two chil-\\ndren, a son and daughter.\\nThe son, Abial Moore Caverly, was born Nov. 28, 1817,\\nand after having i)ursued a pre])aratory course of study,\\nbecame the \\\\m\\\\n\\\\ of R. P. J. Tenney, M. D., of Loudon, under", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "276 HISroKY OF TROY.\\nwhose instruction he remained one year. The kist two\\nyears of his medical course were spent under the tutelage\\nof Dr. William W. Brown of Manchester. He attended\\nlectures at Dartmouth Medical College and the Phila-\\ndelphia College of Medicine, graduating from the latter\\ninstitution, after which he spent several months in the\\nPennsylvania Hospital. He married Caroline, daughter of\\nThomas Ames, Escj., of Canterlnu-y, March 25, 1845, and\\nthe following year was elected principal of the South\\nGrammar School in Manchester, and he entered u]5on the\\nduties of the position the next spring. Mrs. Caroline\\nCaverly died Feb. 2, 1851, and the following year he\\nresigned his position as teacher, and again resumed the\\nstudy and practice of medicine with Dr. Brown. On com-\\ning to Troy he purchased the location owned by Dr. Mil-\\nler, near the railroad l^ridge, now owned by Mrs. F. S.\\nSchnell, and resided there until the 30th of November,\\n1854, when he married Sarah L., daughter of Solomon\\nGoddard, and afterwards resided on the Goddard place.\\nDr. Caverly was a skillful and successful practitioner\\nand had a large practice, and was honored with several\\ntown offices. He was Superintending School Committee\\nfor several years, Representative to the Legislature in 1861\\n-62, town clerk, 1857-59. He possessed a love for anti-\\nquarian and historical researches, and while engaged in\\nriding over these hills, as duty called, he collected infor-\\nmation concerning the early settlement of this region and\\nthe early settlers^ which was incoqwrated in a History\\nof Troy, pid)lished in 1859. The possessors of this infor-\\nmation long since passed from the stage of life, and the\\nfacts here presented have been valuable in giving a more\\ncomplete history of the towns from which this town was\\nformed. In the spring of 1863, he removed to Pittsford,\\nYt., where he continued in practice until his death. Being", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS AND LAWYER.\\n277\\nactuated by the same love for historical research, he col-\\nlected material and wrote a History of Pittsford, which\\nwas published in 1872.\\nAniAi- M. Cavkkly, M. D.\\nMary Ann Harris, daughter of Luke Harris, entered\\nn])on the study of medicine at the time when the subject\\nof the medical education of women was first brought\\nforward. The first women s medical college was estab-\\nlished in Philadelphia, although there had ]3reviously been\\nformed in Boston a Female Medical Educational Society,\\nwhich was chartered in 1852, for the education of mid-\\nwives, nurses and female physicians, and in 185() was\\nchartered as the New England Female Medical College.\\nFrom this institution Miss Harris graduated in 1851), and\\nafter graduation settled in Abington, Mass., remaining for\\nthree years. Not being in robust health she returned to\\nher native town and practiced her profession during the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "278\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nSlimmer season for about three years. She married Jahez\\nButler in ISGO and removed from town, giving up\\nthe practice of medicine. The following resolution was\\nadopted at the annual meeting in 1S94-:\\nMaky a. Harris Butlkr, M. D.\\nResolved, That the thanks of the Town of Troy are hereby presenter!\\nto Mrs. Mary A. Harris Butler, for her gift, free of all ex])ense to the\\ntown, of the tower clock which now adorns the town house.\\nResolved, That the town clerk 1)e reciuested to transmit to Mrs. But-\\nler, an attested copy of this resolution.\\nDaniel Farrar, M. D., was born in Troy and was the\\nsixth physician to locate in the town. He graduated from", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS AND LA]VYER.\\n279\\nthe Harvard Medical School in the spring of 1SG2. He\\nwas appointed Assistant Surgeon ot the Third New\\nHampshire Regiment, Aug. 13, 1862, and arrived at the\\nregiment about the middle of September, 18G2. His posi-\\ntion at this time was an anomalous one, as in his ajjjjoint-\\nment a vacancy was anticipated in the medical staft and\\nI\\nDaniel Fakrak, M. I).\\nsoon after occurred. He began his duties at once and\\nperformed them well. In the spring of 1863, the regiment\\nwas scattered, two com])anies being at Hiltf)n Head, S. C,\\nseven companies were at Pickney Island and one company", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "280 HISrORY OF TROY.\\nat Pope s. Dr. Farrar remained with the two companies\\nat Hilton Head. On A])ril 15, 1863, after the regiment\\nhad gone to Edisto Ishmd, Dr. Farrar was ordered to\\nspecial duty, taking charge of the sick at the outposts of\\nHilton Head (Seabrook, Fort Alitchel, Fope s, Jenkin s\\nIsland and Spanish Wells), with headquarters at Pope s.\\nHe had scarcely entered upon these duties \\\\yhen he was\\nrelieved by an order relieying everybody in the brigade of\\nwhich the Third New Hampshire was a part. He rejoined\\nthe regiment at Edisto River, and not being in good health\\nvery soon after sent in his resignation, which was not\\naccepted. He repeated the act at once and was honorably\\ndischarged, on surgeon s certificate of disability, at Botany\\nHay Island, on May 4, 1863. U])on his return home he\\ncommenced practice here. Not being physically strong he\\ncould not endure the rides over this hilly country, and he\\ngave up his practice sometime in 1865, and afterwards\\nremoved to Leominster, Mass., where he continued in\\n])ractice till his death, June 3, 1875.\\nDr. Farrar was succeeded by Daniel B. Woodward,\\nM. D., who ])racticed until about 1868, when he removed\\nto Ellenburgh, N. Y., where he now resides.\\nThe next physician was Dr. Benjamin H. Hart well, who\\nwas born in Acton, Mass., Feb. 27, 1845; graduated at\\nJefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, March, 1868. He\\ncommenced practice here the following May, and renudned\\nuntil March, 1869. He removed to Ayer, Mass., where he\\nhas since resided, a highly respected and successful physician.\\nDr. John Dodge came next from Springfield, Vt., but\\nremained only a few months.\\nDr. Carl G. Metcalf was the tenth physician. Born in\\nEast Unity, N. H., April 21, 1846; studied medicine with\\nDrs. Butler of Lempster and Swett of Newport, graduating\\nat AlbauA Medical College in December, 1869. Commenced", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS AND LAWYER. 281\\npractice in Troy in Feliruary, 1870, remaining until April,\\n1872, when he removed to Middleton, Mass., where he\\nwas located three years. Failing health required a year s\\nrest, and in 1876 he located in Marlborough, Mass., where\\nhe resided until his death, Nov. 1, 1884. He married, in\\nAugust, 1872, Abbie A., daughter of Rev. Levi Brigham.\\nThe next physician to settle here was Dr. M. S. Fer-\\nguson, but he remained only a short tiine.\\nThe twelfth physician to locate here was Dr. Benjamin\\nE. Harriman. He was born in Concord, Oct. 20, 1854,\\nwhile his family were temporarily residing at the capital,\\nhis father, Ex-Governor Walter Harriman of Warner, fill-\\ning at that time the responsible ofiice of state treasurer.\\nHe commenced the study of medicine in 1874, with\\nA. H. Crosby, M. D., of Concord. He attended one\\ncourse of lectures at the University of Vermont, two at\\nBellevue Hospital Medical College, and three at Dartmouth\\nMedical College, graduating from the latter institution in\\nNovember, 1877. He commenced the practice of medicine\\nat Manchester in the December lollowing and almost im-\\nmediately acquired a good practice, and met with a\\nsuccess most flattering to a beginner. He had not been\\nin robust health for several years, and in June, 1878, he\\nbroke down and gave up his practice, going to Florida\\nfor the winter, without much apparent benefit. In October,\\n1879, he established himself in Troy, and once more at-\\ntempted to practice, meeting Avith encouraging success, but\\nthe labors of a country practice so wore upon him, that he\\nagain succumbed and he returned home the last of the fol-\\nlowing February, and now, really for the last time. Even\\nthen he would not admit that his life s work was done,\\nbut combatted his disease as best he was able and looked\\nforward to the time when he should be strong enough to\\nrenew the practice of his profession. These hopes were", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "282\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nnot destined to end in frnition, for he continued to grow\\nworse, and finally passed peacefully away, on the morn-\\ning of May 23, 1880.\\nIn April, 1879, Dr. Harriman married Miss Jessie B.,\\ndaughter of Isaac W. Farmer of Manchester.\\nMelvin T. Stone, M. D.\\nDr. M. T. Stone settled in Troy, Feb. 20, 1880.\\nStudied medicine with Dr. F. A. Stillings of Concord,\\nN. H., and graduated from Dartmouth Medical College,\\nNovember, 1879.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS AND LA WYER. 283\\nThe legal profession has never had but one representa-\\ntive who became a resident of Troy. Whether this should\\nbe attributed to the peaceful disposition of the citizens, or\\nto some other cause, we will not attempt to state. The\\nfact is but one lawyer ever resided in Troy. Luther Chap-\\nman, Ksq., was born in Keene, Dec. 28, 1788, and was\\nthe son of Samuel Chapman, a farmer of that town. He\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1803, studying law\\nwith John C. Chamberlain, Esq., of Charlestown, and\\ncommenced the practice of his profession in Swanzey in\\n1806. He married Salh^ daughter of Samuel King of\\nChesterfield, Feb. 9, 1808, and removed to Fitzwilliam,\\nwhere he resided until 1836, when he came to Troy and\\nlocated in the house which formerly stood on the site of\\nthe double tenement house now owned by the Troy Blan-\\nket Mills. He was for tnany years a conspicuous member\\nof the Cheshire bar, and although not regarded by many\\nof his associates as a very brilliant lawyer, was considered\\nas one of the best read lawyers in the state. The fol-\\nlowing anecdote is related of him It is said that at one\\ntime he was defendant in a suit brought against him by\\nCyrus Merrifield, which, though very small in magnitude,\\nmaintained its place upon the court docket through many\\nsuccessive terms, and afforded some amusement among his\\nprofessional brethren. Whenever a term of court com-\\nmenced and he appeared, their first inquiry would be con-\\ncerning the progress of the Merrifield suit. On one of\\nthese occasions he was asked how he got along wnth\\nMerrifield; to which he replied, I guess the suit is about\\ndone I told Merrifield the other day that he might take\\nfifteen dollars and go to h 1, and I guess he will do it.\\nMr. Chapman returned to Fitzwilliam, where he died Aug.\\n15, 1856, aged seventy-seven. His wife died there Aug.\\n1, 1869, aged eighty-seven.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVI.\\nMILLS AND MANUFACTURING.\\nFIRST GRIST AND SAWMILI.S. MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN WARE. PAIL\\nSHOPS. SCVTHE FACTORY. PAIL HANDLES. BROWN EARTHERN WARE\\nAND POTTERY. TANNERY. IL\\\\T MAKING. FULLING MILLS. FIRST HORSE\\nBLANKETS MADE. TROY BLANKET MILLS. GRANITE INDl STRY. BOX\\nMAKING. BRICK YARDS.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors of the township Alonad-\\nnock No. 4, held at the inn of Capt. Thomas Cowdin, in\\nFitchbnrg, Oct. 11, 1768, it was voted that the sum of\\ntwenty pounds, lawful money, be \\\\)aid to Col. Sampson\\nStoddard in consideration of his conveying to Doctor\\nGideon Tiffany two lots of land to build a gristmill on,\\nwhich sum was to be in full for the same. For some\\nreason the mill built by Tiffany was not accepted by the\\nproprietors, and at a meeting held March 4, 1772, a com-\\nmittee w- as chosen to put in execution the bond given by\\nTiffany, to build and keep in good repair a gristmill, or\\nto make some proper settlement with him regarding the\\nmill. Soon after this, the mill was completed and put in\\norder by Thomas Tolman. This mill, wdiich stood near\\nwhere the old blanket mill stands, answered the purpose\\nof the proprietors. A little later he erected near it a good\\nsawmill, which was close by the spot where the highway\\ncrosses the stream. Joshua Harrington purchased the\\nproperty about 1780. The sawmill was not long used,\\nbut the gristmill for a long time was known far and wide\\nas the Harrington mill, and was continued in operation\\nby Mr. Harrington and his sons imtil al^out 1834, or\\nmore than Mtj years.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND MANUFACTURING. 285\\nAbout 1779, Daniel Cutting built a sawmill near the\\npresent mill of C. D. Farrar, and Phineas Farrar built a\\ngristmill at the North end in 1784. A sawmill was built\\nnear the present site of the Troy Blanket Mills about\\n1789, by Ephraim Root, which was burned some years\\nlater.\\nIn 1803, Hezekiah Hodgkins built a sawmill on the\\nlocation now owned by Geo. S. Colburn on East Hill. At\\none time Luke Parkhurst had a sawmill near the Porter\\nWhite place, so-called, on West Hill.\\nThe manufacture of wooden ware is one of the most\\nimportant industries of the town, having been carried on\\nfor more than one hundred years.\\nThomas Clark, in 1779, commenced the making of mor-\\ntars, spools, plates, bowls and trays, which he carried\\naway and exchanged for food and clothing, thus materi-\\nally adding to his income.\\nThe first shop erected for the manufacture of pails was\\nImilt by Moses Curtis and was situated on the stream\\nbelow the old tannery. At what time this shop was built\\nwe are unable to state, but about 1826, or a little later,\\nthe shop was purchased by Luke Harris, and soon after he\\nformed a partnership with Charles Coolidge. This part-\\nnership continued for a few years, when the shop was\\npurchased by Mr. Coolidge who carried on the business\\nalone until 1859, when he sold the shop to Thomas Goodall\\nand retired from the business.\\nIn the spring of 1845, Capt. Solomon Goddard and\\nEdwin Buttrick formed a partnership for the manufacture\\nof pails, and built the brick pail shop now in use. This\\npartnership continued until the death of Capt. Goddard,\\nwhich occurred in 1854, when Mr. Buttrick bought his\\n]3artner s share of the business which he carried on alone\\nuntil 1866, when his son-in-law, Asa C. Dort, became a", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "286\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\npartner. In June, 1878, the larger part of the shop was\\ndestro^^ed by fire, the sawmill and the interior of the brick\\nlouilding being burnt, entailing a loss of several thousand\\ndollars. The present wooden buildings were built soon\\nafter. After the death of Mr. Buttrick in 1891, the latter\\nPatl Shot of E. Bi TTkick Co.\\nsucceeded to the business -which is still carried on under\\nthe name of E. Buttrick Co. Some twenty or twenty-\\nfive hands are employed in the manufacture of tubs and\\npails, consuming about twelve hundred cords of pine.\\nAbout 1826, Amos Sibley built a new shop at the\\nNorth end, wdiich was for several years used as a peg mill\\nand was afterwards converted into a pail shop. This mill\\nremained vacant for a number of years and became the\\nproperty of David W. Farrar. This is the mill now owned\\nby his son, Charles D. Farrar, in which he commenced the\\nmanufacture of pails and buckets in 1873.\\nSince 1880, Mr. Farrar has had his dr\\\\ houses destroyed\\ni", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND ALANUFACTURLXG.\\n287\\nby fire several times, either wholly or in part, with more\\nor less loss each time, aggregating a large sum. He\\nemploys eighteen or twenty men, and uses about a thon-\\nsand cords of pine yearly, making principally pails and\\nbuckets.\\nP.viL Shop of Ciias. D. Fakkak.\\nGeorge Brown built a mill at the North end in 1S37,\\nin which he made wash boards, mop hjindles, clothespins,\\nturned bed posts, mortars and fancy dishes.\\nAbout 1878, Coolidge Whittemore commenced the\\nmanufacture of wooden ware at Bowkcrville, in the shop\\nformerly owned Ijy Elijah Bowker of P itzwilliam. Both\\npartners, Elbridge Coolidge and Henry M. Whittemore,\\nare residents of Troy, but the mill is located just over the\\nline in Fitzwilliam. This firm continued in business until\\n1895 when Mr. Coolidge retired, and the business was\\nconducted by Henry M. Whittemore for a short time.\\nAbout 1801, William Barnard and Moses Aldrich l)uilt", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "288 HISTORY OF TROY.\\na scythe factory at the North end, the first one in town,\\nand commenced making scythes, continuing in business\\nuntil 1816, when they sold out to Amos Sibley, who\\ncarried on the business until 184-4. At that time it was\\nconsidered a good day s work for a person to make six\\nscythes, which were \\\\vorth ten dollars per dozen. He sold\\nthe scythe shop to Whitcomb cv Forristall in 1856, who\\nconverted it into a pail shop. This is the building near\\nthe railroad crossing, Avhich was last used as a pottery\\nand is now owned by the Troy Blanket Mills.\\nFor several years Webster Corey made pail handles at\\nhis shop on West Hill, turning them by hand, and at one\\ntime did quite an extensive business, but the invention of\\nluachinery, so that the whole work is done automaticalh^\\nhas made it unprofitable to do business by hand turning.\\nWinthrop Knight carried on the wheelwright business\\nat his shop at the North end, and forty or fifty years ago\\nmanufactured sash and blinds.\\nThe manufacture of earthen ware and pottery was\\ncarried on more or less constantly for a period of sixty-\\nfive or seventy years.\\nIn 1821, Constant Weaver built a pottery, the first in\\ntown, which stood in the back part of what was recently\\nthe hotel garden. Mr. Weaver did but little in the pottery\\nhimself, devoting his tiiue to the tavern, but committed\\nthe management of it to his son, who proved incompetent to\\nthe task, and it not proving profitable was soon\\ngiven vip.\\nAbout 1812, Col. Daniel W. Farrar built a pottery\\nwhich stood in the forks of the road near the place owned\\nby Mrs. Gilbert C. Bemis, and which was rented in 1817\\nor 1818 to Solomon Goddard and Jonathan B. French,\\nwho carried on a partnership business for about three\\nyears, when their business relations were dissolved. Capt.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND MANUFACTURING. 289\\nGoddard was a potter by trade, having served an appren-\\ntieeship in his father s shop. Some time previous to the\\ndissolving of the partnership, he had purchased of Joshua\\nHarrington, Jr., about two acres of land with the build-\\nings thereon, which was part of the place now owned by\\nHiram W. Hutt, and upon which he built a new pottery\\nin which he carried on business until 1843, when he sold\\nit to Eri J. Spaulding, and after about two years entered\\ninto business with Edwin Buttrick in the manufacture of\\nwooden ware. The old pottery in which Goddard and\\nFrench worked was afterwards removed and formed part\\nof the dwelling house now owned by Nicholas Grimes.\\nAfter quitting the pottery, French, in company with\\nMoses Ballou, rented Col. Farrar s store and was engaged\\nin trade for a. short time but soon relinquished it and\\nmoved to the West.\\nAt one time there was a pottery on the brow of the\\nhill just beyond the residence of John McCarley. This\\noriginally belonged to Rev. Ezekiel Rich and afterwards\\nbecame the property of Elisha H. Tolman. Who carried\\non business in this estalDlishment cannot be ascertained.\\nAbout 1878, C. M. Silsby Co. made pottery at the\\nNorth end in the old Whitcomb Forristall pail sho]3,\\nand a year or two later by W. G. R. M. Silsby for a\\nshort time, and afterwards by Henry McCormac. About\\nthe same time Charles A. Farrar was engaged in making\\npottery in the brick shop now owned by him.\\nThe l)usiness could not be made profitable in competi-\\ntion with the larger establishments which turned out the\\ncheaper grades of ware b\\\\^ machinery, and gradually fell\\ninto decay, and no manufacturing has been done for some\\ntwelve or fourteen years.\\nFrank A. Aldrich carried on the North end ]5ottery for\\na short time previous to Henry McCormac.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "290 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nHarvey Blanding built the shop now owned by C. A.\\nFarrar, in 1849, in which he manufactured pails for about\\nten years, or until his death. After his death the shop\\nwas purchased by E. P. Kimball and Daniel M. Farrar,\\nand for a time Avas rented to one Perley for the manu-\\nfacture of chair stock. After a time Mr. Farrar purchased\\nthe interest of his partner and engaged in the manufacture\\nof pails until his death in 1870. He also built the saw-\\nmill which is now a part of the shop of Marcus V. Damon.\\nJason Winch, a native of Framingham, Mass., came\\nhere in 1782 or 1783, and built a tannery on the site of\\nthe one burned a few years since. He carried on tanning\\nand currving for a few years, but being unfortunate in\\nbusiness he closed it up and left town. It is quite prob-\\nable that the property remained idle until 1815, when the\\ntanyard and the Warren stand was purchased by Lyman\\nWright, of David White and Joshua Harrington, who\\nobtained them of Warren at the time he left town. He\\ncame here from Templeton, Mass., where he learned the\\ntanner s trade. Soon after acquiring the property, he built\\na new tannery wdiich stood nearly over the stream and a\\nlittle lower down than the old one. Some 5^ears after he\\nmoved it farther up the stream and toward the north,\\nputting an addition upon the east end, and this formed\\nthe principal part of the tannery as long as it stood.\\nMoses Bush, a native of Templeton and a tanner by\\ntrade, came here in 1824, and formed a partnership with\\nCol. Wright, which continued until the death of Mr. Bush\\nin 1826.\\nAt a later period a partnership was formed with\\nFrancis Foster, and the tirm of Wright Foster con-\\ntinued in business until the death of Mr. Wright. Mr.\\nFoster carried on the btisiness alone for several years, but\\nin 1869 the tannery passed into the hands of W. G. R.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND MANUFACTURING. 291\\nM. Silsby. The firm consisted of William G. Silsby and\\nRobert M. Silsby, tanners by trade, who came here from\\nAlstead. They carried on the business for about fifteen\\n\\\\^ears, when the former retired from the firm. R. M. Silsb}\\ncarried on business for a short time until the destruction\\nof the tannery by fire, which occurred April 13, 1887.\\nThe tannery site and water privilege is now owned by\\nthe Troy Blanket Mills. Charles Davis, a native of Han-\\ncock, came here in 1819, and purchased an old house\\nwhich stood on the farm formerly owned by John Flagg\\nand moved it to the village. Mr. Davis was a hatter b\\\\^\\ntrade, and a part of his house was finished for a hat shop,\\nand was probabh the first establishment of the kind in\\nTroy. He carried on the business for about ten years and\\nthen moved to Holden, Mass.\\nBenjamin F. Grosvenor, a hatter, came here about\\n1831, and commenced hat making in what is now called\\nthe tinshop house. On coming here he formed a partner-\\nship Avith Edward Tolman, and the following year he sold\\nhis interest to Tolman and moved to New Boston, where\\nhe resided one A^ear, and then went to Hillsborough\\nBridge, but returned to Troy in 1836, and resumed the\\nbusiness of hat making. The following year he built a\\nshop which stood near what is now the stable of C. \\\\V.\\nBrown s heirs, which was removed in 1856 and converted\\ninto a dwelling house. He removed from here to Me-\\nthuen, Mass.\\nThe business was afterwards carried on by E. P. Kim-\\nball, who served an apprenticeship under Grosvenor. Mr.\\nKimball carried on the business of tinsmith in the same\\nhouse for a number of years, the tinshop house, so-called,\\nand at one time had ten peddlers on the road.\\nAlexander Parkman, a clothier by trade, had a fulling\\nmill near the present site of the Troy Blanket Mills, about", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "292 HISTORY OF TROY.\\n1778. He lived here for about ten 3 ears, and it is pre-\\nsumed found plenty of work to keep him busy in the sea-\\nson for dressing cloth, for at that time all families spun\\ntheir yarn and wove their cloth. He removed to Ne^v\\nYork about 1788.\\nAbout 1790, a fulling mill was built in the village. By\\nwhom built or operated cannot be stated. About 1800,\\ntwo brothers, John and William Browm, came here from\\nFitchburg and purchased the mill and worked at their\\ntrade as clothiers a short time, but not succeeding accord-\\ning to their expectations, they sold the mill to Thomas\\nBenney and moved back to Fitchburg. The mill was\\nburnt soon after and Mr. Benney rebuilt it. He remained\\nfor three or four years and then left the place.\\nSalmon Whittemore bought of Jonathan Wood of Fitz-\\nwilliam, the Benney mill, April, 1815, paying sixteen hun-\\ndred dollars for the same, but the mill was old and the\\ntimbers so decayed that the following year he took the\\nmill down and built a new one on the same spot, and\\nthis building was the one that formed that part of the\\ntannery \\\\vhich was used for finishing leather. Mr. Whit-\\ntemore carried on the mill for several ears and was\\nsucceeded by Oliver Hawkins, who used the mill only for\\na short time. After this the Ijuilding was used by a Mr.\\nCoolidge for the manufacture of rakes, and later by one\\nDanforth for the manufacture of pitchforks, etc., and still\\nlater by William Jackson, w^ho made axes.\\nJoshua Harrington, Jr., and his brother, Elijah Har-\\nrington, built a carding mill about 1808, which stood on\\nthe opposite side of the stream from what is now called\\nthe middle mill of the Troy Blanket Mills. They car-\\nried on business until 1808, when Joshua sold his interest\\nin the mill to his brother Elijah. He continued the\\nbusiness alone in the season for carding wool until 1840,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND MANUFACTURING.\\n293\\nwhen he sold it to Charles Coolido;e, who took it down,\\nas it interfered Avith the operation of his pail mill.\\nLuke Harris bought the gristmill and water ])rivilege\\nof Elijah Harrington, in 1836. He took the gristmill\\ndown and commenced immediately to build a factory,\\nwhich was completed the following year and used to\\nmanufacture woolen cloth.\\nThe most important and chief branch of industry, and\\none that has added much to the growth and prosperit\\\\^\\n^jS* oii^^infey\\nti lip \u00c2\u00bbV.\\nlii^j^\\niiriiMiniiTii ii \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0faiiigiilBilllin till llillW. .11\\n*7^m|[ iiiiijrnhiii\\nTroy Blanket Mii-ls Front View.\\nof the town, is the manufacture of horse blankets. Tro^\\nis the birthplace of this branch of industry, for previous\\nto the time when the first blanket was made by Thomas\\nGoodall, in 1857, there was none made in America, all\\nblankets used being the English scjuare blanket, imported\\nand expensive. From a very small beginning, this branch\\nof manufacturing has become an extensive one throusfhout", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "294 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe country, and is an important one in many towns in\\nMaine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.\\nThomas Goodall was a native of De\\\\vsbury, England,\\nand served an apprenticeship with a large manufacturing\\nestablishment in his native town for eleven years. He\\ncame to America in 1846 and settled in Troy in 1851.\\nOn coming to Tro^- he hired the Harris mill, then owned\\nby Stephen Wheeler and Brown Nurse, and in company\\nwith a Mr. Turner, commenced the manufacture of a\\ncheap grade of beavers and satinets, or nigger cloth, as\\nit was called on account of its color. The weaving was\\ndone in the Harris mill, but the material was prepared at\\nthe mill of Winthrop Knight, at the North end.\\nAfter a few years, Goodall Turner sold out to Bur-\\nnett Risley, Mr. Goodall going to Ashuelot, where he\\nengaged in getting out shodd}- from there going to\\nMarlborough. The latter firm did not possess sufficient\\ncapital to conduct a successful business, and Mr. Goodall\\nreturned to Troy, bu^-ing out the interest of Burnett, the\\nfirm becoming Goodall Risley. The business did not\\npay and Risley disposed of his interest to Mr. Goodall.\\nThis was just preceding the financial panic of 1857;\\nbusiness was getting dull and money scarce, and horse\\nblankets were imported and expensive. Mr. Goodall con-\\nceived the idea of making blankets from the cheap cloth\\nwhich he was manufacturing, with straps and buckles\\nattached. This cloth was three-fourths of a yard in width,\\nand the first blanket was made by taking two strips of\\nsuitable length, joining them together, a narrow strip of\\nred flannel being used to cover the seam and for funding.\\nAs all the imported blankets were square, an improvement\\nwas made in those for stable use in having them cut out\\nso as to fit the neck without wrinkling. As a blanket\\nmade from this cloth was not quite wide enough, the", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND MANUFACTURING.\\n295\\nwidth was increased to one yard, and for a long time the\\nlilankets were made in this manner, being sewed together\\nIjy hand by the people of the village, the cloth being cut\\ninto suitable lengths and shaped and distributed at their\\nresidences. The blankets did not sell very readily at first,\\nIjut the hard times and the war of the Rebellion soon\\ncreated a demand for a cheap blanket and thc}^ then\\nfound a ready sale, and for several years the business\\nproved highly profitable.\\nTroy Blanket Mills Rear View.\\nAfter a time, Mr. Goodall purchased the mill and also\\nthe building known as the middle mill, and continued in\\nbusiness until November, 1865, when the Troy Blanket\\nMills was formed by J. H. Elliot, R. H. Porter and Bar-\\nrett Ripley of Keene, who purchased of Goodall the mills\\nand machinery and all the other real estate and ]irivileges\\nowned bv him. At that time the mill contained two sets", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "w\\n296 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nof cards, two hand jacks, nine looms and but one or two\\nsewing machines, as most of the blankets were made by\\nhand. The present brick mill was erected in 18G9 and\\ncontained three sets of cards, jacks and looms. It was\\nenlarged in 1877, and the machinery of the old mill moved\\nto it and the old mill abandoned.\\nThe mill was enlarged in 1880, at that time containing\\nten sets of cards, seven self-operating jacks, with fourteen\\nhundred spindles and sixty looms, besides printing machin-\\nery and sewing machines. It was further enlarged in\\n1887, when the office was built; in 1889, by the addition\\nof the engine house, storehouse and west wing, and again\\nin 1890 and 1892. The capacity of the mill has been\\nincreased from five hundred blankets dail}^ in 1880, to\\ntwelve hundred at the present time, and two hundred and\\nfifty hands are employed.\\nBarrett Ripley was superintendent until 1887. The\\nTroy Blanket Mills was incorporated Jan. 1, 1887, with\\na capital stock of eighty thousand dollars. Franklin Rip-\\nley is the present superintendent.\\nThe growth of the town has been commensurate with\\nthe growth of this industry.\\nMr. Goodall located in Sanford, Maine, after leaving\\nTroy, where he has been very sviccessful, building up a\\nlarge and prosperous business, having six or seven large\\nmills used in the manufacture of blankets, plushes and\\nplush goods of various descriptions, and about which has\\ndeveloped a large and flourishing village.\\nBut little was done in the granite industry until within\\na very few years, although Troy contains granite of a\\nsuperior quality, wliich has been found to be very valu-\\nable for building and monumental purposes, having good\\ncolor and evenness and firmness of conijjosition which\\nenables it to withstand exposure, holding its color well", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND MANUFACTURING.\\n297\\nafter long exposure to air and moisture. As examples,\\nthe residences of Mrs. Sarah E. Harris and Hiram C. New-\\nton may be cited, both having been built more than fifty\\nyears ago from stone taken from the quarry now owned\\nby the Troy Granite Co.\\nQuite a good many years ago, a Mr. Bates opened a\\nquarry near the present farm of Michael Enright, 2d.\\nThe stone was used in the construction of a bank build-\\ning in Fitchburg. This quarry w^as afterwards owned by\\nDavid Woodw^ard, but little stone was ever taken from it,\\nand it has remained idle for twenty years or more.\\nAlpheus Crosby owned the Falls quarry, now owned\\nby the Troy Granite Co., and got out the stone from\\nQvARKY OF Troy Granite Co.\\nwhich the basement to the Congregational church and the\\nhouse of Mrs. Harris was built, the latter in 1837. Later\\none Frye becjime the owner and built the house now\\nowned by H. C. Newton. After changing hands several\\ntimes, it became the property of Luther Whittemore, but", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "298 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nit was not worked much, nearly if not all the stone taken\\nout being used for local purposes only. About 1890-91,\\nthe quarry became the property of Pellett Bros, of Wor-\\ncester, Mass., who quarried considerable stone which they\\nused for building purposes. After a year or two they sold\\nout to other Worcester parties, who operate it vmder the\\nname of the Troy Granite Co. The present officers are, L.\\nA. Taylor, president; O. W. Norcross, vice president; A.\\nO. Knights, treasurer. In 1895 the firm of Norcross Bros,\\nsecured the contract for building the approaches to the\\nnew Congressional Library at Washington, which they\\nbuilt of the Troy granite, erecting a large shed, two hun-\\ndred feet in length, and several other buildings for the\\npurpose, and for a time over a hundred men were em-\\nployed. Previous to this all stone had been shipped in the\\nrough state. William Y. Woodbury is the present super-\\nintendent.\\nMarcus V. Damon commenced the manufacture of pails\\nin 1893, on the site of the Mellen Farrar sawmill.\\nAustin B. Gates mjinufactured clothespins in the mill\\nnow owned by Arthur Edwards. This mill was built b}\\nMr. Gates and was afterwards owned by John Woods and\\nlater, by George Brown and A. W. Stockwell, who sold it\\nto Edwards.\\nIn 1883, Oliver C. Whitcomb came here from Swanzey\\nand commenced the manufacture of locked corner packing\\nboxes in the old mill formerly occupied by the Troy Blan-\\nket Mills. A few years after, Frank S. Harris entered into\\npartnership with Mr. Whitcomb, the firm name being O.\\nC. Whitcomb Co. Some twent^^ to thirty hands were\\nconstantly employed, and it became necessary to procure\\nlarger and more commodious quarters. Accordingly the\\nold picture frame shop was leased and was being fitted\\nup for the business, when it was destroyed hy the fire", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "MILLS AND MANUFACTURINd. 299\\nwhich occurred in April, 1887. They remained in their\\nformer quarters until 1891, when they moved to Harris-\\nville.\\nThe making of brick was an industry that has been\\ncarried on quite successfully at different times. The first\\nbrickyard was near the present residence of Elijah H.\\nAdams, and was owned and conducted by Rev. Ezekiel\\nRich for a short time, when it was abandoned. The brick\\nused in building the Congregational church were made in\\nthis yard. Mr. Rich also owned another yard, which is\\nthat part east of the railroad, now owned by the Troy\\nBrick Co. This became the property of Elisha H. Tolnian,\\nwho manufactured brick for a few years. After this it\\npassed into the hands of E. P. Kimball, who sold it to W.\\nP. Chamberlain of Keene, and the clay was used in the\\nmanufacture of pottery at Keene. It then became the\\nproperty of George W. Ball of Keene, who made brick for\\nsome years, when the business was abandoned, and it\\nremained idle. About 1888 or 1889, the property was\\nsold at auction for one hundred dollars, and was pur-\\nchased by a company, of whom C. C. Abbey of Chicopee,\\nMass., and M. J. Sherman of Keene were the principal\\nowners, and known as the Troj^ Brick Co. Considerable\\nmoney v^as expended in erecting new buildings and sheds\\nand putting in modern machinery and implements, and for\\nseveral years a large number of bricks were made.\\nAbout 1836, Capt. Thomas Wright opened a yard near\\nwhere George A. Starkey s trout ponds are situated, and\\ncarried on a successful business for twenty-five or thirty\\nyears. He did considerable business as a contractor, and\\nmade the brick for and built all the brick structures in the\\nvillage with the single exception of the Congregational\\nchurch.\\nIn 1870, Moses E. Wright, Henry J. Brown and E. P.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "300 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nKimball formed a partnership under the name of Wright,\\nBrown Co., for the manufacture of picture frames and\\nmoulding. The frames were made in the brick shop now\\nowned by C. A. Farrar, and the finishing done in part of\\nMr. Kimball s store. In 1873, a building was erected on\\nthe opposite side of the stream from the tannery, eighth\\nby forty feet, two stories high with basement, and the\\nbusiness moved into it. The enterprise proved profitable\\nfor several years, but finally the firm was dissolved, and\\nlater H. J. Brown Co. carried on the manufacture of\\nbrooms for some three or four years. This firm was com-\\nposed of Henry J. Brown, Charles C. Smith and E. P.\\nKimball. For several years after this the building remained\\nempty, until the spring of 1887, when it was leased by O.\\nC. Whitcomb Co. for the manufacture of boxes, and\\nwas being fitted up for that purpose when it was destroyed\\nby fire, April 13, 1887.\\nAbout fifty years ago, James R., Alvah and Abner Stan-\\nley purchased the Hodgkins mill on East Hill, and making-\\nsome additions and improvements, carried on business for\\nmany years, first in getting out chair posts, wdiich were\\ncarried to Gardner by team, and later in the manufacture of\\nclothespins and office chairs. They also operated a grist-\\nmill during the time, and did the grinding for the sur-\\nrounding country in Jafifrey, Marlborough, Fitzwilliam and\\nTroy. This mill was afterwards purchased by George S.\\nColburn, and operated by him at different times, until it\\nwas burned a few vears since.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "CHAPITER XVII.\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nTHE OLD MILITARY KOAD. POST OFFICE AND POSTMASTERS. FORMATION\\nOF AN ENGINE COMPANY. HAMILTON ENGINE AND COMPANY. MONAD-\\nNOCK STEAMER CO. FREE MASONS. MONADNOCK LODGE, NO. SO, F.\\nA. M. LIST OF OFFICERS. PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. REAL ESTATE\\nDEVELOPMENT.\\nDuring the years 1735 to 1760, the ahnost constant\\nwars with the Indians made it a matter of importance\\nthat some direct way of communication should be estab-\\nHshed Ijetween Massachusetts and the frontier towns\\ntowards Canada. During this time Massachusetts claimed\\nnearly all of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont as part\\nof her territor^^ and sustained garrisons along the Con-\\nnecticut river, in townships that had been granted by that\\nProvince, to protect their frontier. These forts were at\\nNumber Four, or Charlestown Great Meadow, or West-\\nmoreland Great Falls, or Walpole; Fort Dummer, or\\nHinsdale; Upper Ashuelot, or Keene; and Lower Ashuelot,\\nor Swanzey. In order to transport the munitions of war\\nwith the troops through the wilderness to these frontier\\nforts, it would seem that roads for wheeled vehicles w^ould\\nbe necessary and constructed. That such a road was\\nmade through this section of territory is undoubtedly true,\\nalthough there is no record of it, only what has been\\nhanded down b^^ tradition, therefore it is impossible to\\nstate the time it was built or the exact location, although\\nits general direction can be given. It is quite probable\\nthat this road, or that portion of it in Massachusetts,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "302 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nwas l3uilt about 1735, starting from the vicinity of Fitch-\\nburg, Mass., passing through Ashburnham, into Winchen-\\ndon. As the first settlement in this region was made\\nabout 1760, this part of the road must have been made\\nat a later date, or else the first settler must have taken\\nthe trail from what had been the road some fifteen or\\ntwenty years previously.\\nThe uncertainty of the location is due to the reason\\nthat, in succeeding years, wherever the road did not meet\\nthe wants of the people as a public highway-, it soon ^vent\\nout of use, and wherever it did it was maintained like all\\nother town roads, and soon its history became lost.\\nFrom Winchendon, it is believed that a branch extended\\nin a westerly direction, passing through the southwestern\\ncorner of Fitzwilliam into Richmond, and continuing on\\nto Fort Dummer. The other branch, and most important\\none, taking a northwesterly direction, passing through the\\nentire length of Fitzwilliam, proceeded onward to Number\\nFour, or Charlestown.\\nThe Fitzwilliam historian says that in 1871 he easily\\ntraced the road for a considerable distance through the\\nnorthwest section of the town, and that it was located a\\nshort distance west of the former residence of Gilbert C.\\nBemis, burned a few^ years since, and proceeding northerly,\\npassed east of Rockwood pond and west of the present\\ntraveled highway. The track was grown up with trees,\\nand some of them of very large size, l)ut the sluices made\\nacross the water courses were standing as they were built,\\none hundred and fifty years ago. From the point above\\nnamed it proceeded in a northerly course to Troy village,\\nand taking a northeasterly direction, passed near the\\njircsent residence of John Tatro, and on over the hill near\\nthe old Clark place into Swanzey.\\nIt is highly probable that this road \\\\vas continued on", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEOUS. 303\\nthroiis4 h Vermont, and was used for the transportation of\\ntroops and supplies from Massachusetts and New Hamp-\\nshire during the Revolutionary War for the military oper-\\nations that took place in the Lake Champlain region.\\nOne of the older inhabitants of the town once remarked\\nto the writer that undoubtedly some of the powder used\\nin fighting the battle of Bennington was transported over\\nthis road.\\nPOST OFFICE.\\nThe records of the Post Office Department show that a\\njiost office was not established in Troy until about nine\\nyears after the incorporation of the town, the majority of\\nthe inhabitants receiving their mail through the post\\noffice at Fitzwilliam, which was established in 1805.\\nThe Marlborough post office was not established until\\n1823, or a little more than a year previous to Troy, the\\npeople of that town getting their mail through the office\\nat Keene.\\nA post office was established in Troy, March 10, 1824-,\\nand Daniel W. Farrar was appointed postmaster.\\nThe following is a list of the persons who have held\\nthe office of postmaster, up to the present time, with the\\ndate of their commissions\\nDaniel W. Farrar, Mar. 10, 1,S24-.\\nvStephen Wheeler, Ai)ril 9, 1825.\\nOtis C. Whiton, Jan. 9, 1827.\\nBrown Nurse, Feb. 27. 1836.\\nDavid W. Farrar, Mar. 19, 1850.\\nEdward P. Kimball, April 2, 1855.\\nCharles W. Whitney, Jtdy 23, 1861.\\nDavid W. Farrar, Dec. 17, 1864-.\\nCharles W. Whitney, Oet. 18, 1865.\\nWilHani G. Silsby, April 24, 1871.\\nCharles W. Whitney, April 27. 1874.\\nWarren W. Kiniljall, Autr. 25, 1885.\\nHerbert P. Thompson, July 12, 1897.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "304 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nFORMATION OF AN ENGINE COMPANY.\\nA fire engine eonipany was incorporated in 1839,\\naccording to the following notice:\\nBe It Known, That Charles CooHdge, N. B. RolHns, Benj. F. Grosve-\\nnor and fifteen others, inhaliitants of Troy, have associated themselves\\ninto a Conipaii} to be known In the name of Fire Engine Company,\\nNo. 1, in said Tro} agreeable to the Laws of the State of New Hamp-\\nshire.\\nTroy, N. H., Feb y 20, 1S39. Wm. S. Hutchins, Clerk.\\nThe names of the other members of the company can-\\nnot be given, because of the deficiency in the records.\\nIn 1843, the company was composed of Edward Far-\\nrar, D. D. Foster, Edwin Buttrick, J. F. Craig, Stephen\\nStarkey, William Marshall, Charles Coolidge, John Wheeler,\\nSamuel G. Whitney, Charles Carpenter, Milton Frost, J.\\nHow, Isaac Aldrich, George Fairbanks, N. F. Newell, A. R.\\nBallon and Charles Patch.\\nThe anniml meeting was held at the engine hall, Jan. 2,\\n1843. After the roll had been called the company voted\\nto adjourn to the tavern of Capt. Stephen Wheeler for\\nthirty minutes, probably for refreshments, after which the\\nfollowing list of ofiiccrs were chosen: William Marshall,\\nClerk Charles Coolidge, Captain D. D. Foster, First\\nSteward John Wheeler, Second Steward S. G. Whitne}-,\\nCharles Carpenter and Milton Frost, Standing Committee.\\nGeorge Fairbanks, A. R. Ballou, Stephen Starkey, Charles\\nPatch and J. F. Craig were new members appointed at\\nthis meeting.\\nThe by-laws required the members to meet once a\\nmonth, and for failure to be present at the meeting, each\\nabsentee was subject to a fine of twenty-five cents, or\\ntwelve and one-half cents each roll call, and fifty cents\\nwhen absent from a fire.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEOUS.\\n305\\nAt the next annual meeting, Eri J. Spaulding, E. P.\\nKiniljall, N. Whitcomb and E. Wheeler became members.\\nThe records do not show at what time the first engine\\nwas purchased, but it was probably soon after the forma-\\ntion of the company. This machine is one of the oldest\\nfire engines in the United States. The date of its manu-\\nfacture is unknown, but at the time it was purchased was\\nconsidered a great improvement over anything used for\\nsuch purposes. The machine can still be used for throwing\\nwater. It was made by the National Hydraulic Company\\nof Proctors ville, Vt., a company which was organized in\\nOld Fire Engine.\\n1829. The body of the machine is about six and one-half\\nfeet in length and two and one-fourth feet wide. The tank\\nwhich holds the water is at the back end of the apparatus\\niind is about four and one-half feet in length, two feet\\nwide, and fourteen inches deep. The pump is of the rotary\\npattern and is operated by two cranks a little over four\\nfeet in length, there being room for four or five men on\\neach crank. There is no suction hose attached, ^md the\\nwater was drawn from wells, cisterns or other sources,\\nand carried to the machine in buckets or pails a double", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "306 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nrow of men, women and children passing these from hand\\nto hand to the engine the empty buckets being returned\\nto the water supply in the same manner. There is a reel\\non the front of the machine for carrying the hose to be\\nattached to the pipe, and in the front part is a compart-\\nment for carrying such articles as desired. For years this\\nengine was kept in a place prepared for it in the north\\nend of the shed attached to the store of C. W. Whitney.\\nThe old engine having been in use for twenty years or\\nmore, had become nearly obsolete, and a more modern\\nmachine was necessary for the suitable protection of ])ro]3-\\nertv against fire, and the company took measures to pro-\\ncure one. They held a levee, or fair, Feb. 19, 1862, for\\nthe ])urpose of raising money to go toward purchasing a\\nnew engine, the proceeds of which amounted to one hun-\\ndred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-four cents, individual\\nmembers of the company subscribing in addition the sum\\nof twenty-two dollars, making the total amount one hun-\\ndred and seventy-four dollars and twenty-four cents. At\\nthe town meeting the following month, the town voted to\\nraise a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, to be i)ut\\nwith the sum already raised for the purchase of a fire\\nengine and hose, and Henry A. Porter was chosen the\\nagent of the town for this purpose, to act in conjunction\\nwith C. B. Wright, agent of the fire company.\\nAn engine was purchased of the city of Chelsea, Mass.,\\nas per the following report made by Agent Wright\\nraid City of Chelsea, for Hamilton. No. 4-. $150 00\\nFare to Boston and Ijack,\\nHotel bill and incidental expenses,\\nDaniel \\\\V. Farrar, towartis freii;lit on euiiine,\\nTroy, May lOtli, 1S62.\\nThe number of members originally required for a full\\ncompany was about twenty, but in 1863 the number was\\n5 00\\n9 30\\nlO 00\\n$174-\\n;-!0", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "M ISC EL LA NLOUS.\\n307\\nincreased to forty. Soon after the purchase of the new\\nengine, the company adopted the name of Hamilton P ire\\nEngine Company No. 1. With increased memljcrshi]) and\\na larger machine, new quarters became imperative, and in\\n1864 the company petitioned the selectmen to call a meet-\\ning, to see if the town would vote to build a new engine\\nhouse. The town voted to take the north part of the\\nlower portion of the town house for an engine room,\\nappropriating three hundred dollars to defray the expense\\nI HHI 1\\nHamilton Fire Engine.\\nof putting the same in proper condition, luider the direc-\\ntion of a committee com])osed of E. P. Kimball, Ste])hen\\nH. h^arrar and David Wheeler.\\nDuring the past fifteen years, the town suffered consid-\\nerably from freciuent fires, the largest and most severe of\\nwhich occurred April 13, 1887, when the tannery of R. M.\\nSilsby, the picture frame shop and a house and barn\\nbelonging to the Troy Blanket Mills, were destroyed, and\\nother adjacent property saved only after a desperate fight\\nby the fire department.\\nThe engine company did excellent work with the old\\nHamilton machine, and the escape of the village from", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "308\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nserious destruction, led to a discussion of better protection\\nagainst fires, and in 1891 the town appropriated eighteen\\nhundred dollars for the purchase of a steam fire engine.\\nThe matter was put in the hands of a committee, consist-\\ning of the three first mem1)ers of the board of firewards,\\nJohn H. Bigelow, Asa C. Dort and Franklin Ripley. A\\nmodern steam fire engine was purchased and the succeed-\\ning year a suitable hose wagon was procured. The pur-\\nchase of the steamer necessitated the formation of a new\\nMoNADNOCK Steamer and Hose Wagon.\\ncompany and Monadnock Steamer Company was organ-\\nized. With the advent of the modern appliances for extin-\\nguishing fires the necessity for Hamilton Engine Company\\nceased to exist and the company was disbanded after a\\ncontinuous existence of more than fifty years. In the fall\\nof 1893, a hydrant was put in near the town hall, and a\\nline of pipe laid connecting with the pipe system of the\\nTroy Blanket Mills. The water supply is obtained from\\nthe stream which passes through the center of the village\\nand from numerous large reservoirs in different parts of\\nthe village.\\nWith the modern apparatus and an efficient company", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEOUS. 309\\nof firemen for the proper handling of the same, and an\\naliimdant snpply of water which can be carried to all\\nparts of the village, bnt few towns of the size of Troy\\nhave as good protection against conflagration.\\nFREEMASONS.\\nFreemasonry was established for the purpose of fraternal\\ndeeds of charity and benevolence, and has been cherished\\nand perpetuated by a united brotherhood through centu-\\nries, until it has spread over the whole world.\\nWhen the pioneers of our country emigrated to America\\nand established their colonies on our shores, there were\\nlaid the foundations of a great nation which was to\\ninsure social, religious and political freedom. Through all\\nthe vicissitudes and adverse circumstances of social and\\npolitical revolutions the fraternity survived.\\nChurches and schools were in turn followed by Masonic\\nlodges and halls set apart for their accommodation duly\\nconsecrated. Some of these lodges were chartered by the\\nGrand Lodge of England, and others hy the Mother Kil-\\nwinning Grand Lodge of Scotland. When independence\\nwas declared, a large number of citizens were Freemasons,\\nand the order flourished in a land where there was liberty\\nof thought and freedom of conscience where the happiness\\nof the human race was to be perpetuated through the\\ntenets of brotherly love, relief and truth.\\nAfter independence w^as secured, grand lodges were\\nformed in all the original states and the order grew and\\nprospered. In the sparsely settled regions, the membershi])\\nin a lodge of Freemasons was a tie that was highly\\nappreciated, and the history of the public men of those\\nearly times show that the mutual claims of brother\\nAlasons had a ])rominent part in ])olitics. The assertion\\nthat one William Morgan had 1)een abducted and drowned", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "310 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nbecause he had revealed tlie secrets of the order, raised a\\nstorm of anti-masonry in 1S26 that swept over the country.\\nFor poHtical purposes, outrageous falsehoods and the\\nmost absurd statements regarding Freemasonry were cir-\\nculated, and members of the order of the highest respecta-\\nbility declared in vain that they had taken no obligation\\nconflicting with their duties to God, their country, to\\nsocietv or themselves; but were obliged to succumb before\\nthe storm of political persecution and hundreds of lodges\\nwere temporarily closed. But after a few years had\\nelapsed, Freemasonry, true to itself and its ]M-inci])lcs,\\narose purified and regenerated, and resumed the discharge\\nof its duties. Anti-masonry as a separate political force\\ncame to an end after the presidential election of 1832.\\nThe Grand Lodge of New Hampshire chartered July\\n23, 18()(), Charity Lodge No. IS, F. A. M., which was\\nlocated at Fitzwilliam, and at the institution of the lodge\\nthe following officers were installed\\nJosliua Harriii. ;toii, \\\\V()rslii])tul M.-ister.\\nJoseph Winch, Senior Warden.\\nDavid (Daniel, pro1)a1)ly) Farrar, Junior W.irden.\\nBenjamin Bemis, Jr., Treasiu er.\\nJoseph Carter, Secretary.\\nBenoni Shnrtleft Senior Deacon.\\nEdward Perkins, Junior Deacon.\\nAlexander Foster, Steward.\\nJosiah Goldsmith, Tyler.\\nBenjamin Bemis, Kei)rcsentative to Grand Lod^e.\\nJoseph Carter, Proxy.\\nOf these persons, Joshua Harrington and Daniel Farrar\\nwere residents of Troy. Joshua Harrington was Master\\nof the lodge in 1808 and X812-13.\\nThe lodge was located in Swanzey in 1817-18, then\\nmoved to Troy, where it remained until 1826, when it\\nwas returned to Fitzwilliam. It remained in Fitzwilliam\\nM", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEOUS. 311\\nuntil 1S47, when it was removed to Jaffrey. It is now\\nloeated at East Jaftrey. William Barnard, a resident of\\nTroy, was one of the first Masons made in Charity Lodge.\\nMembers were admitted from these and adjoining towns\\nand the lodge had about sixty members.\\nQuite a large numl)er of the residents of Troy were\\nmade Masons in Charity Lodge after it was loeated in\\nJafifrey, and finding it inconvenient to go so far to attend\\nthe meetings, a petition was presented to the Grand Lodge\\nof New Hampshire for the formation of a lodge in Troy,\\nand a charter was granted to Monadnock Lodge No. cSO,\\nf\\\\ A. M., June 13, 1866. The petitioners, who became\\nthe charter members, wxre John Clement, E. P. Kimljall,\\nA. O. Hurlbutt, Elliott Whitcond), Amos J. Blake, D. M.\\nFarrar, Silas Cummings, Abner Gage, J. J. Allen, Robert\\nMcDonald, Amos Gurnsey, A. B. Gates, A. J. Aldrich,\\nDaniel B. Woodward, A. F. Boyce, Wm. G. Silsby and\\nLemuel W. Brown.\\nThe lodge was constituted, consecrated, and its officers\\ninstalled, Aug. 23, 1866, by the Most Worshipful Grand\\nLodge of New Hampshire, under the direction and super-\\nvision of District Deputy Grand Master Edward Gustine\\nof Keene, Bro. R. H. Porter of Keene performing the\\nduties of Grand Master. The following are the names of\\nthose installed as officers\\nJohn Clement, Worshipful Master.\\nSilas Cinnniinsi;s, Senior Warden.\\n.-Vnios J. Blake, Junior Warden.\\nElliott Whiteomb, Treasurer.\\n.Xlbert (t. Hurlbutt, Secretary.\\nWilliam Butler, Senior Ueaeon.\\nEnoch S. Aldrich, Junior Deacon.\\nB. Gates, Senior Steward.\\nAbner (iage. Junior Steward.\\nLemuel W. Brown, Tyler.\\nJ. T. Collins, Marshal.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "312\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\nMAY, 1S67.\\nElected.\\nJohn Ck iiR nt. W. M.\\nAmos J. Hlake, S. W.\\nKeul)eii Pratt, J. W.\\nElliott Whitconib, T.\\nA. (i. Hiu-lbutt, S.\\nC. W. Whitney, Rep. to G. L.\\ni,s(;!s.\\nElected.\\nJohn Clement, W. M.\\nAmos J. Blake, S. W.\\nReuben Pratt, J. D.\\nElliott Whitcomb, T.\\nA. Hurlbutt, S.\\nlcS69.\\nElected.\\nJohn Clement, W. AI.\\nC. W. Whitney, vS. W.\\nWilliam Hutler, J. W.\\nAbner (ias^e, T.\\nA. (t. Hurlbutt. S.\\nA. J. Hlake, Rep. to G. L.\\n1870.\\nElected.\\nCharles W. Whitney. W. M.\\nWm. Butler, S. W.\\nReuben Pratt, J. W.\\nAbner Gas; e, T.\\nWm. G. vSilsby, S.\\nJohn Clement, Rep. to G. L.\\n1S71.\\nHlectcd.\\nC. W. Whitney, W. M.\\nWm. Butler, S. W.\\nR. Pratt, J. W.\\nA. Ga-e, T.\\nW. G. Silsby, S.\\nJ. Clement, Rep. to G. L.\\nAppointed.\\nC. W. Whitney, vS. I).\\nE. S. Aldrieh, J. D.\\nRev. Ira Bailey, Chaplain.\\nAmos Gurnsey, Tyler.\\nA. B. Gates, S. S.\\nAbner Gage, J. S.\\n.\\\\ppointcd.\\nRev. Ira Bailey, Chaplain.\\nGustavtis Lueke, S. D.\\nL. D. Pease, J. D.\\nL. W. Brown, Marshal.\\nA. J. Aldrieh, S. S.\\nAbner Gage, J. S.\\nA. B. Gates, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nRev. Ira Bailey, Chaplain.\\nL. D. Pease, vS. I).\\nElbridge Ctunmings, J. L).\\nWyman vS. White, Marshal\\nS. Adams, S. S.\\nR. M. Silsby, J. S.\\nD. C. Fassett, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nE. S. Aldrieh, S. D.\\nR. M. Silsby. J. D.\\nW. S. White. Marshal.\\nA. J. Aldrieh, S. S.\\nI). C. Fassett, J. S.\\nElliott Whitetmib, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nR. M. Silsby, S. D.\\nChas. D. Farrar, J. D.\\nW. S. White, Marshal.\\nA. J. Aldrieh, S. S.\\nLueian K. Warden, J. S.\\nE. H. Streeter, Tyler.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEOUS.\\n313\\n1872.\\nElected.\\nWm. Butler, W. M.\\nGeorge A. Wliitteniore, S. W.\\nR. M. Silsljy, J. W.\\nA. Gtige, T.\\nA. G. Hurlbutt, S.\\nC. W. Whitney, Rep. to G. L.\\n1S73.\\nElected.\\nWm. Butler, W. M.\\nR. M. Silsby. S. W.\\nA. G. Hurlbutt, j. W.\\nA. Gage, T.\\nG. A. Adams, S.\\nGeo. A. Wliitteniore, Rep. to G. L\\n1874-.\\nElected.\\nR. M. Silsby, W. M.\\nA. G. Hurlbutt, S. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, J. W.\\nA. Gage, T.\\nChas. E. Kimball, S.\\nWm. Butler, Rep. to G. L.\\n1875.\\nElected.\\nR. M. Silsby, W. M.\\nA. G. Hurlbutt, S. W.\\nWm. J. Boyden, J. W.\\nC. E. Kimball, S.\\nA. Gage, T.\\nR. Pratt, Rej). to G. L.\\nElected.\\nC. W. Whitney, W. M.\\nW. J. Boyden, S. W.\\n1876.\\nAppointed.\\nJ. J. Allen, Chaplain.\\nC. U. Farrar, S. D.\\nWm. J. Boyden, J. D.\\nW. S. White, M.\\nWm. H. Blanehard, S. S.\\nThomas H. Lewis, J. S.\\nE. H. Streeter, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nJ. J. Allen, Chaplain.\\nW. J. Boyden, S. D.\\nE. H. Streeter, J. D.\\nChas. B. Wright, M.\\nA. B. Gates, S. S.\\nStephen A. Wright, J. S.\\nJ. A. Tupper, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nWm. (t. Silsby, S. D.\\nJames E. Louby, J. D.\\nAnson G. Beebe, Chaplain.\\nAlbert E. Ingalls, S. S.\\nLester K. Stiles, J. S.\\nD. C. Fassett, M.\\nBenj. F. Clark, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nW. G. Silsby, S. D.\\nJames E. Louby, J. D.\\nA. G. Beebe, Chaplain.\\nA. E. Ingalls, S. S.\\nL. K. Stiles, J. S.\\nD. C. Fassett, M.\\nB. F. Clark, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nWm. Butler, S. D.\\nGeo. W. Willis, J. D.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "314\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nElected.\\nW. G. Silshy, J. W.\\nA. Gage T.\\nHenry W. Farrar, S.\\nA. G. Hurlhutt, Rep. to G.\\nElected.\\nWm. J. Bovden. W. M.\\nW. G. Silsbv, S. W.\\nG. W. Willis, J. W.\\nL. W. Brown. T.\\nH. W. Farrar, S.\\nC. W. Whitney, Rep. to G\\nElected.\\nW. G. vSilsby, W. M.\\nG. W. Willis, S. W.\\nA. E. Iiigalls, J. W.\\nL. W. Brown, T.\\nH. W. Farrar, S.\\nW. J. Boyden, Rep. to the G.\\nL.\\n1S77,\\nL.\\n1878.\\n1879.\\nElected.\\nG. Silsby, W. M.\\nW. WilHs, S. W.\\nD. Farrar, J. W.\\nW. Brown, T.\\nW. Farrar, S.\\nJ. Boyden, Rep. to G. L.\\nAppointed.\\nA. E. Ingalls, S. S.\\nB. F. Clark, J. S.\\nL. W. Brown, Chaplain.\\nA. J. Tnpper, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nWm. Butler, S. D.\\nSolon H. Lane, J. D.\\nD. C. Fassett, M.\\nA. B. Gates, Tvler.\\nAppointed.\\nWm. Butler, vS. D.\\nS. H. Lane, J. D.\\nR. M. Silsby, Chaplain.\\nL. K. Stiles, S. S.\\nW. H. Blanchard, J. S.\\nC. D. Farrar, M.\\nA. B. Gates, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nSolon H. Lane, S. D.\\nA. B. Gates, Tvler.\\n1880.\\nElected.\\nW. Willis, W. M.\\nD. Farrar, S. W.\\nW. Farrar, J. W.\\nW. Brown, T.\\nG. Hurlbutt, S.\\nG. Silsl)y, Rep. to G. L.\\nAppointed.\\nWm. Butler, Chaplain.\\nChester L. Lane, S. D.\\nWalter F. Page, J. D.\\nD. C. Fassett, M.\\nB. F. Clark, S. S.\\nGeo. E. Lane, J. S.\\nA. B. Gates, Tvler.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEO US.\\n315\\n1881.\\nElected.\\nG. W. Willis, W. M.\\nC. D. Farrar, S. W.\\nH. W. Farrar, J. W.\\nA. G. Hiirlbutt, S.\\nL. W. Brown, T.\\nR. M. Silsby, Rep. to G. L.\\n1882.\\nElected.\\nC. D. Farrar, W. M.\\nH. W. Farrar, S. W.\\nC. L. Lane, J. W.\\nL. W. Brown, T.\\nA. G. Hurlbutt, S.\\nG. W. Willis, Rep. to G. L.\\nElected.\\nC. D. Farrar, W. M.\\nC. L. Lane, S. W.\\nG. E. Lane, J. W.\\nW. J. Boytlen, T.\\nWm. Butler, Rep. to G. L.\\n188c\\n1884-.\\nElected.\\nC. L. Lane, W. M.\\nG. E. Lane, S. W.\\nM. T. Stone, J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. G. Hurlbutt, S.\\nC. I). Farrar, Rep. to G. L.\\n1885.\\nElected.\\nG. E. Lane, W. M.\\nM. T. Stone, S. W.\\nC. M. Lane, J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. G. Hurlbutt, S.\\nC. L. Lane, Rep. to G. L.\\nAppointed.\\nC. L. Lane, S. D.\\nG. E. Lane, J. D.\\nB. F. Clark, S. S.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, J. S.\\nR. M. Silsby, Chaplain.\\nDon C. Taft, M.\\nD. C. Fassett, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nG. E. Lane, S. D.\\nM. T. Stone, J. D.\\nB. F. Clark, S. S.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, J. S.\\nR. M. vSilsby, Chaplain.\\nD. C. Fassett, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nM. T. Stone, S. D.\\nHenry L. Barnard, J. D.\\nR. M. Silsby, Chaplain.\\nWm. Butler, M.\\nD. C. Fassett, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nC. Marcellus Lane, S. D.\\nC. W. Whitney, Jr., J. D.\\nR. M. Silsby, Chaplain.\\nA. C. Dort, M.\\nFred C. Lincoln, S. S.\\nArthur A. Woodward, j. S.\\nA. S. Mahon, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nC. W. Whitney, Jr., S. I).\\nA. A. Woodward, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chaplain.\\nL. H. Burnham, S. S.\\nGeo. W. Mason, J. S.\\nWm. Butler, M.\\nA. S. Mahon, Tyler.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "316\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\n1S86.\\nElected.\\nM. T. Stone, W. M.\\nC. M. Lane, S. W.\\nC. W. Whitney, Jr., J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. S. Mahon, vS.\\nG. E. Lane, Rep. to G. L.\\nElected.\\nM. T. Stone, W. M.\\nC. M. Lane, S. W.\\nC. W. Whitney, Jr., J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. S. Mahon, S.\\nA. S. Mahon, Rep. to G.\\nElected.\\nM. T. Stone, W. M.\\nC. M. Lane, S. W.\\nC. W. Whitney, Jr., J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. S. Mahon, vS.\\nG. W. Mason, Rej). to G.\\nElected.\\nC. M. Lane, W. M.\\nC. W. Whitney, Jr., S. D\\nF. S. vSchnell, J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. S. Mahon, S.\\nM. T. vStone, Rep. to G.\\n1S,S7.\\n1888.\\n1889.\\nL.\\n1890.\\nElected.\\nC. M. Lane, W. M.\\nF. S. Sdinell, S. W.\\nJ. M. Kamsdell, J. W.\\nAppointed.\\nFred S. Sehnell, S. D.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chaplain.\\nC. D. Farrar, M.\\nGeo. W. Mason, S. S.\\nC. H. Applin, J. S.\\nD. C. Fassett, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nF. S. Sehnell, S. D.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chaplain.\\nG. W. Mason, S. S.\\nC. H. Apphn, J. S.\\nC. D. Farrar, M.\\nL. W. Brown, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nF. S. vSchnell, S. D.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chaplain.\\nG. W. Mason, S. S.\\nC. H. Applin, J. S.\\nC. D. Farrar, M.\\nC. W. Whitney, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, S. D.\\nFrank S. Harris, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chaplain.\\nGeo. A. Starkey, S. S.\\nHerbert A. Marshall, J. S.\\nH. M. Whittemore, M.\\nG. W. Mason, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nF. S. Harris, S. D.\\nGeo. A. Starkey, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chajjlain.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEOUS.\\n317\\nElected.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. S. Mahon, S.\\nM. T. Stone, Rep. to G. L.\\n1S91.\\nElected.\\nF. S. Schiiell, W. M.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell. S. W.\\nF. S. Harris, J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA.. S. Mahon, S.\\nC. M. Lane, Rep. to (t. L.\\n1892.\\nElected.\\nF. S. Schnell, W. M.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, vS. W.\\nH. L. Barnard, J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nA. S. Mahon, S.\\nM. T. Stone, Rep. to G. L.\\n1893.\\nElected.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, W. M.\\nH. L. Barnard, S. W.\\nG. W. Mason, J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden. T.\\nE. B. Dort, S.\\nF. S. Schnell, Rep. to G. L.\\n1894-.\\nElected.\\nJ. M. Ramsdell, W. M.\\nH. L. Barnard, S. W.\\n(t. W. Mason, J. W.\\nW. J. Boyden, T.\\nE. B. Dort, S.\\nA. A. Woodward, Rep. to G. L.\\nAppointed.\\nH. A. Marshall, S. S.\\nHeri)ert D. Gee, J. S.\\nH. M. Whittemoi-e, M.\\nEdgar M. Thom])s m, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nG. A. Starkey, S. D.\\nG. W. Mason, J. D.\\nH. M. Whittemore, Chaplain.\\nH. A. Marshall, S. S.\\nH. D. Gee, J. S.\\nE. M. Thompson, M.\\nD. C. Fassett, Tyler.\\nAppoitited.\\nG. A. Starkey, S. D.\\nG. W. Mason, J. D.\\nH. M. Whittemore, Chaplain.\\nEdwin B. Dort, vS. S.\\nA. A. Woodward, J. S.\\nC. D. Farrar, M.\\nD. C. Fassett, Tyler.\\nAppointed.\\nH. M. Whittemore, S. D.\\nA. A. Woodward, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chaplain.\\nH. A. Marshall, S. S.\\nChas. H. Apjjlin, J. S.\\nC. W. Whitney, M.\\nH. L. Bryant, Actlui^ Tyler.\\nA])pointed.\\nH. M. Whittemore, S. D.\\nA. A. Woodward, J. D.\\nA. C. Dort, Chaiilain.\\nH. A. Marshall, S. S.\\nC. H. Applin, J. S.\\nM. T. Stone, M.\\nH. L. Brvant, Aetin Tvlcr.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "318 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nPATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.\\nTrojan Grange No. 157, P. of H., was organized Dec.\\n13, 1890, with the following charter members and officers:\\nHenry M. Wliittemore, Master. (leorge W. Mason, Seeretary.\\nCarlos M. Barnard, Overseer. John H. Con^don, Gate-keeper.\\nCharles W. Brown, Lecturer. Jane S. Congdon, Pomona.\\nFrank H. Lewis, Steward. Lillian E. Lewis, Flora.\\nAlvah S. Clark, Chajjlain. Jennie G. Whitteniore, Ceres.\\nGeorge A. Starkey, Asst. Steward. Alice Starkey, Lady Asst. Steward.\\nKdward P. Kimball, Treasurer.\\nThe following have served as Master of Trojan Grange\\nHenry M. Wliittemore, John H. Congdon, Carlos M. Bar-\\nnard, Hiram W. Eastman.\\nREAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.\\nIn the fall of 1888, Joseph W. Raymond of Keene\\npurchased of James L. Stanley, the old muster field, so-\\ncalled because it was upon this level tract of land that\\nthe old time regimental musters were held. In those days\\nthese musters were an important event which was looked\\nforward to with pleasure, and for weeks preceding would\\nbe the theme of conversation. Everybody went to the\\nmuster the soldier to perform his duty his wife to\\nadmire him his children to eat gingerbread and candy\\nto drink egg-nog and explode firecrackers peddlers to\\nhawk their wares, and showmen to exhibit their curiosi-\\nties, the climax of the whole being the sham battle\\nbetween rival regiments.\\nThis tract of land had frequently been spoken of as a\\ndesirable one for building lots, and Mr. Ra^miond had the\\nsame surveyed and laid out into lots with a street through\\nthe center, the tow^n voting to lay out a highway in con-\\nformity with the same in the spring of 1889. Mr. Thomas\\nA. Birt whistle was the first to buy a lot and build a\\nhouse, being soon followed bv others, until there are now", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "MISCELLANEOUS.\\n319\\nt^velve houses containing aljout twenty-two tenements,\\nbesides the new schoolhouse which stands at the head of\\nthe street. A few years later he purchased of Mrs. Sarah\\nBrown a part of the Spaulding farm, a portion of which\\nhe put into building lots, and upon this tract there haye\\nbeen built three houses. To Mr. Raymond s energy and\\nRaymond Avenue.\\nperseyerance the town is indebted for the many improye-\\nments in this direction.\\nAbout 1889, Marcus V. Damon built a house on the\\nlot near the Blanding sawmill, and a new highway was\\nlaid out to the same.\\nIn 1895, Freeman Abbott built two houses on land\\nbought of E. P. Kimball, near the railroad and south of\\nthe brickyard, and the following year a highway was laid\\nout to reach them.\\nDuring the past eight years there haye been l^uilt about\\nforty-six houses in different parts of the yillage, containing\\nfrom one to four tenements each.\\nThe building occupied by E. P. Kimball Son was\\nbuilt by S. G. Whitney about 184-2, but has been owned", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "320 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand kept as a store hy Mr. Kimball since IS-^G. Until\\nwithin a few years, E. P. Kimball and C. W. Whitney\\nwere the only dealers in general merchandise in town. In\\n1895, Ernest F. Barrett of Swanzey opened a store in a\\nbuilding which was erected by Mrs. Sarah Brown near the\\nrailroad bridge and on the opposite side of the street.\\nElbridge Howe carries on a small newspaper and periodi-\\ncal business, and Herbert P. Thompson deals in boots,\\nshoes and medicines, in a building erected a few years\\nsince between Mrs. Sarah Brown s and the hotel.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "Genealogical Register*\\nThe preparation ol the foUowins^ genealo^es has entailed\\nconsiderable labor, many letters have been written and\\nniticli time spent in searchini^ records. So far as possible,\\ninformation has been solicited direct from the families\\nthemselves or some representative, and in nearly every\\ninstance prompt and fnll re])lies have been received.\\nWhere information could not be obtained from private\\nsources it has been taken from the genealogies that have\\nbeen published in the histories of the adjoining towns, and\\nespecially those of Marlborough and Fitzwilliam.\\nIt has been the object of the compiler to make the\\nrecord as full, complete and accurate as possible, although\\nit is not to be presumed it is free from errors.\\nIn many cases where the family records give only the\\nbirths, marriages and deaths, further details concerning\\nthe individual will be found in other portions of the work,\\neither in the list of town officers, biographical sketches or\\nthe records of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War or\\nthe War of the Rebellion.\\nMoses Abare was born in Canada; came to Troy about\\n1872 or 1873 and settled on the Asa Nurse place;\\nmarried. May, 18(35, Cclinda Ladderbush.\\nI. Ckmna, 1)orn Aug. 2(5, 1866; married Elmer L. Whitinij; resides in\\nFitehliiirg.\\nII. Moses.\\nIII. Edward.\\nIV. Nelson, married, Jidy 29, 1895, Hattie Marrotle.\\nV. Clara, bom April la, 1873.\\nVI. .\\\\g.\\\\es, born Aug. 29, 1875.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "322 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nVII. Joseph, born Nov. 6, 1876.\\nVIII. Henkv, born April 29, 1878.\\nIX. Louis, born May 23, 1879; died June 17, 1879.\\nX. ZoE, born Sept. 27, 1880.\\nXI. Phebe, born Feb. 24, 1882.\\nXII. John, born Dec. 15, 1885.\\nXIII. Louis, born March 28, 1887.\\nAlonzo B. Abbott, Ijoni in Hancock, Me., May 10, 1860;\\nmarried, May 10, 1882, Etta, daughter of Franklin\\nand Eliza P. (Brooks) Whitcomb.\\nI. Claka Elzina, born April 27, 1886.\\nII. Elsie Rekecca, born Nov. 23, 1887.\\nIII. James Franklin, born July 25, 1889.\\nIV. RuBiE Agnes, born Oct. 22, 1892.\\nV. Don Bradford, born June 16, 1896.\\nNehemiah Adams came from Ipswich, Mass., about 1820,\\nand settled in Jafifrey; married Lydia C. Benjamin;\\nhad eight children. Mr. Adams was a member of the\\nstate convention for the revision of the constitution in\\n1850. He died Aug. 10, 1853, aged 53; Mrs. Adams\\ndied in Troy, June 20, 1886, aged 78.\\nI. AuGUvSTUs A., born Aut 4, 1829, at Hartford, Vt married ALary,\\ndaughter of William and Sarah White Haskell; resides in Win-\\nchcndon, Mass.\\nII. (tEORGE Ijorn Nov. 24, 1831; married, Oct. 5, 1852, Josephine\\nMaria, l)orn Oct. 10, 1836, daughter of Luther and Caroline\\nCutter of Jaffre^^\\nIII. OscAK N., born Dec. 15, 1833; married, Oct. 31, 1855, Lucy Jane\\nJohnson. He died in Troy, Oct. 5, 1860.\\nIV. Isaac Milton, born April 20, 1835; married Charlotte S. Allen,\\nJune 2, 1858; died in Cavendish, Vt., June 28, 1860. Had one\\nson, George Augustus, born June 3, 1859; died March 15, 1880.\\nv. Helen L., born Nov. 5, 1838; married, 1st, George E. .\\\\ldrieh,\\nJune 11, 1858; married, 2d, Edward S. Foster, Nov. 1, 1878.\\nVI. Oren S., Ijorn April 1, 1840; married Anna M. Starkey, Feb. 2,\\n1865.\\nVII. Charles W., Ijorn March 11, 1843. Served in Co. A, Second Regt.,\\nN. H. v.; resides in Salina, Kansas.\\nVIII. AnBiE: Frances, born April 25, 1845; married Charles H. Strecter\\ndied Dec. 13, 1868.\\nGeorge A. Adams, son of Nehemiah and L\\\\^dia C. (Benja-\\nmin) Adams, born in Jaffrey, Nov. 24, 1831 married,\\n1st, Oct. 5, 1852, Josephine Maria, born Oct. 5, 1836,\\ndaughter of Luther and Caroline Cutter of Jatfrey", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL KEGLSTEK. 323\\nshe died March 23, 1890; married, 2d, Mrs. Mary A.\\nBrown, May 15, 1892.\\nI. MiNNETT.\\\\ P., born Sept. 16, 1855; married James L. Stanley, June\\n20, 1876.\\nII. C.VKRiH A., born Jan. 30, 1859; married, Dec. 21, 1885, Fred F.\\nPage, born July 24 1860; resides in Keene. One eliild, Harry\\nA. Page, born in Troy, Nov. 25, 1886.\\nIII. Ann.\\\\ L., born March 26, 1865; married, June 2, 1890, Murray J.\\nBliss, 1)orn Nov. 30, 1865; resides in Keene.\\nIV. Alice J., born in Sanford, Me., Nov. 21, 1867; married, Dec. 25,\\n1889, F. Eugene Bowen, born Oct. 28, 1865; resides in Keene.\\nOne child, Richard A. Bowen, born Nov. 2, 1891.\\nAugustus A. Adams, son of Nehemiah, l)orn Au^. 4, 1829;\\nmarried, Sept. 25, 1855, Mary, daughter of William\\nand Sarah (White) Haskell; resides in Winchendon,\\nMass.\\nI. Charlks, born Oct. 29, 1856; married, 1st, Oct. 29, 1877, Hattie\\nChandler of Winchendon, who died and he married, 2(1, Jan. 4,\\n1892, Josie Hartwell of Gardner; resides in Gardner. One child,\\nBernicc, born March 16, 1878.\\nOren S. Adams, son of Nehemiah and Lydia C. (Benjamin)\\nAdams, was born A])ril 1, 1841; he married, Feb. 2,\\n1865, Anna M., danghter of Bailey and Betsey (Clark)\\nStarkey, born May 21, 1848. Mrs. Adams died Jan.\\n14, 1897.\\nI. Minnie Gektrude, born March 22, 1868.\\nII. WiLRUR Clement, born July 25, 1872; married, Feb. 14, 1895,\\nFlora B. Tenney of Marlboi ough, born .Vug. 19, 1872.\\nIII. Walter Bailey, boi-n Nov. 29, 1876; died Dee. 2( 1878.\\nEdward F. Adams, son of Isaac and Adela (Perkins)\\nAdams of Jaffrey, born May 25, 1825, came to Troy\\nDec, 1881; he married, 1st, Feb. 28, 1853, Sarah h\\ndanghter of George and Louisa (Jones) Harve\\\\^ of\\nMarlborough; she died Aug. 17, 1859; married, 2d,\\nDec. 25, 1860, Rel^ecca J., daughter of Jonathan and\\nMelinda Hill of Swanzcy.\\nI. John Ouincv, born in Marlborough, June 18, 1858.\\nII. Eugene Elmer, born in Chittenden, Vt., Oct. 27. 18(55; died March\\n21, 1867.\\nIII. WiNFiELD Scott, born in Swanzcy, May 1, 1868; married. May 10,\\n1887, Katie Isabell, daughter of John H. and Ann (Robertson)\\nKimball of Marlboroutih.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "324 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIV. Eva Jennie, bom in Bellows Falls, June 15, 1870; died July 2S, 1S78.\\nV. Orville Edward, born in Bellows Falls, March 17, 1S72; died Aug.\\n12, 1.S72.\\nVI. (jEktkude May, born in Brattleboro, June 30, 1873.\\nVII. Morris E., born April I J, 1S77.\\nElijah H. Adajms, son of Elijah, was born in Keene, Nov.\\n26, 1826; married, Sept. 19,1848, Luthera, born Aug.\\n18, 1827, daughter of Silas Howe of Swanzey.\\nI. Marion A., born Feb. 18, 1850; married, June 2, 1869, Marvin D.\\nLewis.\\nII. Charles L., born Dee. 15, 1851 married, Dec. 15, 1880, Julia E.\\nCaldwell of Ryegate, Vt., where they now live.\\nIII. Lvdia a., born March 25, 1854.; married, Oct. 30, 1877, William S.\\nBlair of Si)ring field Mass.\\nIV. Sarah M., born March 27, 1856; married, March 21, 1883, Horace\\nW. Baker of Warwick, Mass., where they now reside.\\nV. Ueeyetta C, born April 2, 1858.\\nVI. John, born Oct. 19, 1860; died in Troy, March 14, 1862.\\nVII. Susan E., born Jan. 6, 1863; married. Dee. 24, 1889, Fred E. Whit-\\ncomb.\\nIsaac Aldrich came to Troy in 1830 and settled on the\\nfarm south of the Morse tavern, formerh the residence\\nof Peter Starkey, Jr. He was the son of Ananias\\nAldrich, a native of Mendon, Mass., who settled in\\nRichmond at an early period, where most of his chil-\\ndren were born. He was born April 9, 1777, and\\nmarried Abigail, daughter of I^evi Aldrich of Richmond,\\nMarch 12, 1801, and resided a short time in Rich-\\nmond, then moved to New York, and from there to\\nPennsylvania, in each of which places he stopped one\\nor two years, then returned to l^ichmond, from which\\ntown he came to Troy. After residing on five or six\\ndifferent farms, he came to the village in 1844 and\\nresided with his son Isaac. Mrs. Aldrich died Aug. 21,\\n1858; he died Nov. 24, 1863.\\nI. David, born Aug. 10, 1801 married Phebe Decker; lived in Penn-\\nsylvania where he died.\\nII. Ananias, born April 2, 1803; married M;iry Davis; was killed in\\nPennsylvania by blasting stone.\\nIII. Joel, born Jan. 9, 1805; married Jtdia King; died in New York.\\nIV. Louisa, born Feb. 1, 1807; married William Marshall, Sept. 23,\\n1834; died in October.\\nV. Levi, born Feb. 23, 1809; married Marv McCarty.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n325\\nVI. Soi HRONiA, horn Feb. 25, l.Sll married, Nov. 1, 1SH2, James\\nCai)ron died Ajtril 3, 1871.\\nVII. AniGAiL, horn Jan. 30, ISl-l; died March 25, 1838.\\nYiii. Isaac, horn March 11, 1817; married, Aug. 29, 1839, Alngnil Ann,\\ndaughter of Pelatiah M. and A1)igail (Carter) Everett of Fitzwil-\\nham; died July 30, 1882.\\nix. Judith E., horn Mav 22, 1819; married, Dec. 10, 1848, Benjamin\\nF. Perr} of Keene; died Jan. 24, 1884. Mr. I erry (hed July 1(5,\\n1887.\\nX. Julius C, l^orn June 6, 1822; married Catherine Wood; died July\\n21, 1855.\\nXI. Joseph E., horn Jan. 29, 1828.\\nIsaac Aldrich, Jr., son of Isaac, born March 11, 1817;\\nmarried, Aug. 29, 1839, Abigail Ann, born March 17,\\n1821, danghter of Pela-\\ntiah M. and Abigail\\n(Carter) Everett of Fitz-\\nwilliam. Mr. Aldrich\\nwas a blacksmith and\\ncarriage maker, and for\\na few years after his\\nmarriage he lived in\\nFitzwilliam and worked\\nat carriage making. Af-\\nterwards he returned to\\nTroy and occupied the\\nBush house, now owned\\nby C. H. Gove, a short\\ntime then in company\\nwith his brother, Julius\\nC, he built the brick\\nhotise now owned by\\nMrs. Polly Bemis and\\nSimeon Mcrrifield. He\\nwas at one time deput3^\\nsheriff. Mrs. Aldrich died\\nJuly 30, 1882.\\nI. GiiOKGE E., horn June 11, 1840; married, June 11, 1858, Helen L.,\\ndaughter of Nehemiah and L3 dia C. (Benjamin) Adams; married,\\n2d, died Jan. 21. 1895. Children: 1. George M., horn June\\n11, 18 2. Ilnny .1., horn Oct. 25, 18\u00e2\u0080\u0094; 3. Arthur TT horn\\nFeh. 21, 18\u00e2\u0080\u0094.\\nIsaac Aldrich, Jr.\\nFeb. 11, 1878; he died", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "326 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nAmasa Aldrich, son of Nahtini, of Richmond, boti^^ht the\\nWhitcomb farm of Abel Baker, in 1828, and located\\nhere with his family. He was born in 1799; married,\\n1st, Aug. 25, 1816, Susanna, daughter of Samuel\\nThompson of Swanzey; married, 2d, April 24-, 1825,\\nAnna, daughter of Benjamin Tolman.\\nI. Angeline, born Feb. 2G, 1827; died April 11, 1851.\\nII. Andrew J., Ijorn Nov. 13, 1829.\\nAndrew J. Aldrich, son of Amasa, was born Nov. 13,\\n1829; married, Oct. 15, 1851, Sarah W., daughter of\\nAbel and Martha (Fuller) Garfield, who died Jan. 21,\\n1891. In April, 1874, he moved to Keene, ])uying out\\nthe restatu ant at the depot, which he conducted until\\nabout 1892 or 1893, when he retired froin business\\nand went to Bellows Falls to live with his son. He\\nwas overseer of the poor for Ward 5, Keene, for two\\nyears, and also held the office of justice of the peace.\\nI. Frank W., Ijorn in Marlboron,s:h, Jan. 31, 1853.\\nII. Hkrhert D., born Mareli 4-, 1857.\\nIII. Anc.kline a., born Jnnc 1, 18(50; died April 25, 1862.\\nIV. Carroll, born Oct. 8, 1862; married, Oct. 19, 1887, Helena S. L)i-\\nvanl of Nelson, who was born Nov. 21, 1861.\\nFrank W. Aldrich, son of Andrew J., was born Jan. 31,\\n1853; married, 1st, Dec. 25, 1872, Emma J. Clement,\\nborn in Royalston, Mass., July 20, 1851; died in Troy,\\nJune 24, 1881 married, 2d, Cora F. Town, born in\\nRindge, Jan. 24, 1866; died May 12, 1885; married,\\n3d, Aug. 16, 1887, Margaret A. Becker, born in Port\\nDover, Ont., July 26, 1861; resides in Athol, Mass.\\nI. BiKNiCE C, born Oct. 14, 1873; died Oct. 5, 1886.\\nII. born May 24-, 1877; died Jnne 18, 1877.\\nIII. Carrie C born vSept. 21, 1880.\\nHerbert D. Aldrich, son of Andrew J., born March 4,\\n1857; married, Nov. 3, 1880, Mina J., daughter of\\nAnderson and Almira (Ballou) Aldrich of Swanzey,\\nborn Nov. 8, 1860. Mr. Aldrich has been the proprie-\\ntor of the depot restaurant at Bellows Falls since 1887.\\nLottie E., born Nov. 1, 1883.\\nGeorge Herman Aldrich, son of Amasa, of Swanze3\\nborn in Swanzey, May 30, 1833; married, Oct. 3,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 327\\n1853, Hannah, born Jan. 20, 1832, daughter of Alvah\\nThompson of Swanzey. For a few years \u00c2\u00a3ifter his\\nmarriage he Uvecl in Wisconsin, Hving a pioneer s Hfe,\\nengaged in farming and teaching. He came to Troy\\nand settled on West Hill, farming for a few years,\\nwhen he moved to the village, purchasing the A. W.\\nBaker place where he lived, having an office and doing\\nan extensive business in Keene as an insurance agent,\\nt6 which place he removed in 1889.\\nI. Walton Herman, l)orii July 2, 1S54; married. Oct. 3, 1S7 Eliza\\nJ. Wilder of Peterborough. Is a ])racticinj jjliysician in Marl-\\nborough.\\nII. Hkki!Kkt Cvkhl, Ijorn Aui;-. 28, 1S55; married, Aug. 6, ISTS, Clara\\nJ. Cook.\\nIII. Edwin Tiiomi son, born Aul;. 2-i, 1S58; married.\\nIV. Edith Layinia, born Aug. 24, l,S(i2.\\nV. John Langdon, born Aug. 23, lfS()4; died April 2, 1S65.\\nVI. Eugene Langdon, Ijorn March 30, 1S66; married, 1st, Oct. 3,\\n1888, S. Florence Hannaford; she died May 22, 1891, aged 26\\nyears; he married, 2d, July 17, 18 J4-, Harriette M. Metcalf of\\nKeene.\\nVII. EvMMA Maria, born Nov. 30, I8(i8; married, March 10, 1890, A.\\nM. DooHttle.\\nviii. Sidney Cook, bom May 3, 1872.\\nElijah Alexander, born in Uxbridge, Mass., 1741 mar-\\nried, 1765, Elizabeth Taft of Mendon died in 1822;\\nMrs. Alexander died in 1838.\\nI. Gideon, born Aug. 13, 1767; settled in Canada, \\\\Yhcrc he died.\\nII. Amasa, born Nov. 30, 1769; died in New York.\\nIII. Elizabeth, born Sept. 13, 1771; died in Mendon, aged 30.\\nIV. Luther, born Sept. 19, 1773; graduated at Harvard College and\\nstudied theology with Dr. Crane of Northbridge but as he was\\nabout to enter the ministry, he went to Canada to visit his\\nbrother. Dr. Alexander, and while there he took the smallpox and\\ndied,\\nv. Calvin, born June 20, 1775; studied medicine with Dr. Willard of\\nUxbridge, and settled in Montreal, where after achieving an hon-\\norable fame and doing an extensive business, he died.\\nVI. Elijah, born March 25, 1777; died in Vermont.\\nVII. Jkmlma, born March 15, 1779; married James Cheever; died in Troy.\\nVIII. Timothy, born Nov. 27, 1780; learned the hatter s trade; died in\\nNew York.\\nIX. Phineas, born Aug. 20, 1782; lived in Canute, Ohio.\\nX. Joseph, born Oct. 20, 1784-; married Lueretia Howe.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "328 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nXI. Easman, Ijorii April 28, 1786; married Liic\\\\ Garfield; lived on the\\nhomestead.\\nXII. Eunice, born Jan. 29, 1788; married |ame.s Davis of Jaffrey.\\nXIII. Lois, born Dee. 16, 1790; married James Hieks and settled in Wis-\\neonsin.\\nXIV. SritMiT, Ijorn Ang. 1, 1791; married Isaae Garfield; lived in vSe-\\ndana, N. Y.\\nXV. liZKA, born April 16, 1794 married Lueretia Ftdler; lived in Fitz-\\nwilliam.\\nJoseph Alexander, son of Elijah; married, 1811, Lncretia,\\ndaughter of Zalmon Howe, who was born in Holden,\\nMass., July 11, 1788; Mrs. Alexander died in Troy,\\nAug. 28, 1861 Mr. Alexander died May 6, 1868.\\nI. [osKi ii, born Feb. 7, 1812; married Prndenee (Blanding) Bowen.\\nII. Elijah, 1)orn Fel). 14, 1814- died Mareh 20, 1822.\\nIII. Calvin, boim A]n-il 23, 1816.\\nIV. Li CKHTiA, l)orn Sej^t. 11, 1818; married David Woodward of Svvan-\\n7,e_v, who died June, 1856.\\nV. Louisa, born Oct. 13, 1820; died Oct. 20, 1826.\\nVI. Elijah, 2d, born March 14, 1823; died vSept. 29, 1826.\\nVII. Luther, bom May 1, 1825.\\nviii. Caroline, born May 3, 1827; died Aug. 23, 1880.\\nIX. Charles, liorn March 5, 1831.\\nJoseph Alexander, Jr., son of Joseph, born Feb. 7, 1812;\\nmarried, Oct. 2, 1839, Prudence (Blanding) Bowen,\\nborn Jan. 24, 1814; died Nov. 13, 1878; Mrs. Alex-\\nander resides in Templeton, Mass.\\nI. Caroline L., born Maj- 26, 1840; married, Feb. 3, 1864, Levi\\nMerrifield.\\nII. Louisa A., born March 24, 1842; married, Nov. 13, 1862, Edward\\nS. Foster; died May 13, 1876.\\nIII. Marv E., born Jan. 20, 1847; married, Jan. 20, 1872, William W.\\nKoss of Didjlin, who died Mareh, 1873. One child, Viola L. Ross,\\nborn July 1, 1872; married, Harry J. Nash, Nov. 15, 1890. She\\nmarried, 2d, April 7, 1876, Walter F. Elliott. Children: Cora\\nL. F:iliott, born Nov. 6, 1878; died Jan. 18, 1879. Mal)el J.\\nF:iliott, born May 4, 1886.\\nIV. Emma M., born April 28, 1849; died March 20, 1859.\\nV. Ellen E., born Nov. 18, died Nov. 26, 1852.\\nVI. Viola A., l)orn Nov. 26, died Nov. 29, 1853.\\nVII. Joskimiine M., born May 3, 1859; married, Jan. 6, 1882, Daniel F.\\nRichards; resides in Gardner.\\nCalvin Alexander, son of Joseph, born April 23, 1816;\\nmarried, Feb. 19, 1843, Abbie Ann, daughter of Geo.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL KEGL iTER. 329\\nW. Mnrphy of New Ipswich, who was born Dec. 5,\\n1823, and located on the home place, now known as\\nthe Stillman Taylor place on West Hill. The house\\nnow standing- was built 1)y him about 1858. He lived\\nthere eight or nine years, then moved to Marlborough\\nbut he returned in 1858. He followed the occupation\\nof shoemaker, carpenter and farmer, and alwa^^s found\\nemployment in one of them. He removed to East\\nSwanzey in October, 1871, and engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of wooden ware, and continued in the business\\nuntil within two or three years of his death, which\\noccurred Dec. 18, 1888.\\nI. (iEOKGE D., Ijoni July 3, IS-iT; died March 18, 1866.\\nII. AnniE Frances, born Nov. 27, 1854; married, June 26, 1877, Her-\\nl)ert W. Mason; died Jan. 15, 1897.\\nIII. II.VTTiE Rebecca, born Aug. 21, 1859; married, March 24, 1881,\\nJames M. Ramsdell.\\nLuther Alexander, son of Joseph, born May 1, 1825;\\nmarried, Sept. 7, 1848, Lydia S. Harris, daughter of\\nStephen Harris born Sept. 9, 1832. He resides in\\nEast SwanzcA at the present time, and has lived in\\nMarlborough and Swanzey most of the time.\\nI. Walter Scott, born May 9, 1849.\\nII. Martha A., born Dec. 24, 1853; married, Jan. 24, 1872, (leorjie E.\\nFuHer of Marll)oroiiL;h.\\nIII. Lillian M., born Oct. 2, 1856; married, July 18, 1877, Jasper E.\\nLovering-.\\nIV. LoKA E., born April 29. 1860; married, Sej)!. 21, 1881. Fred A.\\nCarter.\\nV. Nellie M., Iiorn March 8, 18(55; married, Dec. 31, 1883, Charles\\nA. Harden of Richmond.\\nCiiarle;s Alexander, son of Joseph, born March 5, 1831;\\nmarried, March 27, 185G, Ellen C, born July 19, 1837,\\ndaughter of Philo Applin. He moved from Troy to\\nWestport, Swanzey, aliout 1862 or 1863, and after-\\nwards lived in Keene, East Swanzey, Winchcndon and\\nEitchburg, where he died Aug. 31, 1889.\\nI. Charles Warren, born Oct. 28, 1857; married, .\\\\pril, LS83, Ilattie\\nM. Stoddcird of Oardner, Mass.\\nII. Julian Ecisert, Ijorn April 14, 1859.\\nIII. Frank Philo, horn July 27, 1860; died in Swanzey, Mav 6. 1883.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "330 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIV. Willie Edward, born March, l.S()2; died Oct. 31, 1863.\\nV. Willie Wesson, born Sept. 8, 1863; married, Dec. 31, 1890, Lizzie\\nHartnett of Gardner, Mass.\\nVI. Eakl Evans, born March 20, 1865; died in Fitchljuri^, June 4, 1887.\\nWalter Scott Alexander, son of Luther, born May 9,\\n1849; married, June 16, 1880, Nellie Adaline, born Jan.\\n1, 1862, daughter of Hermon L. Lincoln.\\n1. Roland Luthek, born April 21, 1884.\\nEasman Alexander, son of Elijah, born April 20, 17S6;\\nmarried. 1808, Lucy, dauohter of John Garfield, and\\nsettled on the home farm with his father. He was\\nemphatically a home man, and never was in a stage-\\ncoach or railroad car, and very seldom going beyond\\nthe limits of the town but unlike many other home\\nmen he knew the w^ay to church. He died June 9,\\n1863; his wife died April 23, 1866.\\nI. Makv, born May 18, 1805; died in 1885; nuirried Russell Waters;\\nresided in Fitchburg; he died Oct., 1890. Children: 1. Silns Wat-\\ners, married Eveline Saw^^er; resides in Leicester, Mass.; 2. S^irah\\nWaters, married William Baldwin; resides in Fiteh])ur 3. A ;/.s-\\nsell R. Waters, resides in Fitchburg.\\nII. Elizabeth, born Dec. 20, 1808; died March 8, 1830.\\nIII. Elinor, born July 25, 1810; died Fel). 21, 1838.\\nIV. Annls, born June 12, 1812; died March 12, 1834.\\nV. Hannah, born Jtdy 10, 1814; died Dee. 22, 1833.\\nVI. LrCY, born April 12, 1817; married, April 15, 1842, Levi Whitte-\\nmore, Jr., of Troy; died Aug. 10, 1843.\\nVII. Easman, born Sept. 5, 1819.\\nVIII. John C, born March 17, 1822.\\nIX. AiiiGAiL, born Feb. 26, 1824; married. Dee. 31, 1846. Luther Whit-\\ntemore; died May 20, 1890.\\nX. Sarah L., born Oct. 4, 1825; married, Oct. 10, 1848, Levi Merri-\\nfield died March 4, 1863.\\nEasman Alexander, son of Easman, born Sept. 5, 1819;\\nmarried, 1st, Jime 9, 1842, Dorothy Ann, daughter of\\nJonathtm and Dorothy (Cutting) Lawrence; resides in\\nGardner, Mass., where he was engaged in the under-\\ntaking business for many years; Mrs. Alexander died\\nAug. 25, 1890; married, 2d, Jan. 2, 1894, Mrs. L.\\nSleeper of Annapolis, N. S.\\nI. Lrcv Ann, born Aug. 18, 1843; married Walter E. Stuart; resides\\nin Worcester, Mass.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "I\\nGENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 331\\nII. Clinton H., l)orn May 1, 1S4-6; married Florence Jolinson, who\\ndied ill 1 SS(5.\\nIII. Alfred L., lioni March 3, IS+S; married NclHe Allen of Fitchbnru^.\\nIV. Ai STiN P., born May (5, 1.S4U; married Carrie Stndley resides in\\nNatick, Mass.\\nv. Fkank K., born May 12,1853; married Alnieda Converse of Stock-\\nholm, N. Y.; resides in Gardner.\\nVI. .\\\\KTHrK, born April 12, 1855; died Nov., 1888.\\nJohn C. Alexander, son of Easman, born March 17,\\n1822; married, Dec. 28, 1852, Laura E.. daughter of\\nArtenias and Polly Beard of FitzwilHam died Nov.\\n17, 1862.\\nI. (iHORGE H., born July 18, ISl-t; married, June 20, 1888, Lucy F.,\\ndaughter of Lorenzo and Sarah H. (Garfield) Dexter. One child,\\nRnlph Irwin, born July 31, 1890.\\nII. AI. Abkie, born Jan. 19, 1867; married, Aug. 12, 1881, Edward W.\\nTolnian. Children: 1. Adelaide H. Tolmnu, born Feb. 10,1883;\\n2. Easter Lillian Taiwan, born April 5, 1885; 3. Lnnra Eranccs\\nTolman, born April 19, 1889.\\nIII. John H., born Jan. 12, 1859.\\nIV. Laura E., born Dee. 1, 18(30; died Nov. 8, 1862.\\nV. Clifford, born Oct. 4, 1862.\\nJosiAH Amadon, born Aug. 9, 1787; died July 6, 1847;\\nmarried, 1st, April 1, 1810, Lydia, born May 8, 1788;\\ndied Jan. 15, 1827, daughter of David and Esther\\n(Bruce) White of FitzwilHam; he married, 2d, May\\n29, 1839, Mary White, sister of his former wife, born\\nOct. 12, 1794. Mr. Amadon came into what is now\\nTroy, in 1809, and worked at shoemaking, where all\\nhis children, which were by his first wife, were born.\\nHe removed to FitzwilHam about 1827.\\nL Mary, born Oct. 29, 1810; married, Oct. 14, 1832. Gideon Bemis\\nof Westminster, Vt., son of David and L3 dia (Stiles). Children\\nborn at Westminster: 1. Lydia Bcniis, born Aug. 4, 1833; 2.\\nRuth Bemis, born March 5, 1836; 3. Josiali Lewis, born Nov.\\n11, 1841; 4. Phehe Bemis, born Nov. 11, 1841; 5. Mary Bemis,\\nborn Nov. 13, 1843.\\nII. John, born Nov. 12, 1812.\\nni. Leander, born Aug. 9, 1814; died Dec. 12, 1878; married, May 14,\\n1847, Sarah H. Randall, born March 18, 1822, daughter of\\nlileazer and Clarissa (Wheeler) of Chesterfield. Children born at\\nBellows Falls, Vt. 1. Clara, born Feb. 18, 1850; 2. Erederiek,\\nborn Feb. 25, 1852; 3. Aliee, born Sept. 25, 1856; 4. Henry,\\nborn July 31, 1858.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "332 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIV. JosiAH, l)oni Feli. 20, ISIG; died July IS, 1S4-9; unmarried.\\nV. Sarah A., born Sept. 7, 1S21; married jared D. Perkins; resides in\\nBellows Falls.\\nVI. Esther, born Oet. 9, 1823; married, An.q. S, 1S44-, Elbrid^e Al-\\ndrich, sou of Luke and Mary (Martin) Aldrieh of Riehmond died\\nDee. 4, 1879, at Worecster, Mass.\\nVII. Hannah, liorn Aug. 26, 1825; married, A])ril 13, 184-7, David Da-\\nmon of Fitzwilliam died Aug. 2, 1875.\\nJohn Amadon, son of Josiah, born Nov. 4, 1813; married,\\nOct. 20, 1840, Betsey B. Putney of Chesterfield, born\\nJuly 3, 1814; died at Hatteras Inlet, Jan. 15, 1862.\\nHe resided in Fitzwilliani, Richmond, Marlborough and\\nTroy, working at his trade as a blacksmith. Mr.\\nAmadon was a member of Co. F, 6th Regt., N. H. Vols.\\nMrs. Amadon died Dec. 18, 1896.\\nI. Sarah Elizaiskth, l)orn July 1, 184-1; married Joseph P. Ca])ron.\\nII. James Orlando, born Sept. 10, 184-2; maiTied, Mareli 2, 1871,\\nvSusie Bryant. Children: 1. Robert S., born Aug. 24, 1872; 2.\\nLucy M., born Sept. 10, 1874; 3. Henry H., born Aug. 13, 1876;\\n4. Aniiic K., born Feb. 11, 1878; 5. James G., born Jan. 18, 1881\\n6. Fred P., born Nov. 17, 1882.\\nIII. Henry JosiAH, born Mareh 18, 1844; he enlisted in the same com-\\npany with his father, served three years, and was in twenty-three\\nbattles; he was one of the number who survived the wreck of the\\nill-fated steamer West Point, which was sunk in the Poto-\\nmac river. At the end of his term of enlistment he received an\\nhonorable discharge, returned home, and died of disease con-\\ntracted in the army, July 27, 1867.\\nIV. Francis Edward, Ijorn Jul3 30, 1846; married, Nov. 4, 1872, Sarah\\nA. Wright. One child, Howard John, 1)orn MaA 24, 1880.\\nv. Charles Herbert, born March 3, 1848; is a sailor.\\nVI. Ella Maria, born Oct. 2, 1854; married, Jan. 1, 1874, Julius E.\\nBemis; resides in Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Son, 1)oni Dec. 20,\\n1875; died young; 2. Henry Whitcomb Bemis, horn Feb. 2, 1SS5;\\n3. Chester Luke Bemis, born Aug. 14, 1886.\\nvii. George F^rederick, Ijorn May 11, 1857; married, June 12, 1879,\\nClara C. Webber. Children: 1. Pavl H., 1)orn Mareh 31, 1881;\\n2. Frederick W., born July 21, 1883; 3. Helen L., l)orn March\\n25, 1887; 4. Hnrold, liorn May 9, 1889; 5. F. Philip, born\\nOct. 21, 1894.\\nBaker. John Baker and Elizabeth, his wife, were in\\nConcord, Mass., in 1729. Of his ancestry we have no\\nknowledge; but he was probably born in England and\\nemigrated to this country when a young man, and settled", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER. 333\\nin Concord where four of his children were born. He is\\nsu]iposed to have returned to England where he remained\\nsome three years, when he again emigrated to this coun-\\ntry and settled in Waltham, where he resided five or six\\nyears and then with a part of his family moved to Kill-\\ningly, Conn. Richard, son of John and Elizabeth, was\\nborn in Concord, April 8, 1729. When twenty-nine \\\\^ears\\nof age he purchased a tract of wild land in Westminster,\\nMass., intending to take up his abode there, but was\\npressed into the British service in the French and Indian\\nWar for one year. At the ex])iration of his time of service\\nthe English ofiicers refused to give him and his company\\ntheir discharge and retained them against their consent.\\nThey prepared themselves with snow shoes and the whole\\ncom])any, consisting of al)out sixty men, left the camp at\\nAlbany at midnight, intending to cross the Green Moun-\\ntains to Massachusetts. They got lost, wandered several\\ndays among the mountains, but finally found the Deerfield\\nriver, which the} followed to Colerain, where they found\\ninhabitants, after having been out nine days without pro-\\nvisions except a small dog which they killed the fifth day,\\nand having the snow, which was some four feet deep, for\\ntheir l)ed. Mr. Baker reached home in safety, and soon\\nmarried Mary Sawyer of Lancaster, settled in Westmin-\\nster, raised up a numerous family of children, and died\\nDec. 13, 1808.\\nMary (Sawyer) Baker s grandfather, Thonuis Sawyer,\\nwas one of the first settlers of Lancaster, Mass. He built\\na house, surrounding it by a fort, and a sawmill, to which\\nthe inhabitants resorted in case of Indian hostilities, which\\nwere very common from 1670 to 1710. At one time, su])-\\nposed to be between 1675 and 1680, his garrison was\\nattacked by the Indians, and all were killed except Mr.\\nSawyer and two women. Night came on, the women", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "334 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nloaded the guns and Mr. Saw^-er continued to fire from\\nthe port holes till nearly midnight, at which time the\\nIndians withdrew from the place. Mr. Sawyer then caught\\nhis horse, and after setting fire to his house which con-\\ntained shocks of grain, the women mounted the horse, and\\nhe walked by their side until they reached a place of\\nsafety.\\nOn the 15th of October, 1705, Mr. Sawyer with his son\\nElias and John Bigelow were taken captives by the Indians\\nat his sawmill a little after daylight, whither he had gone\\nto commence the labors of the day, and the savages imme-\\ndiately set out with their prisoners for Canada. On the\\njourney they treated Mr. Sawyer with great cruelty, and\\non arriving at Montreal, he remarked to the governor,\\nwhose residence was at that place, that there was a good\\nsite for mills on the river Chambler, and that he would\\nbuild him a sawmill on condition that he would procure\\nhis, his son s and Bigelow s redemption. The governor\\nreadily closed in with the proposal, as at that time there\\nwas not a sawmill in all Canada, nor an artificer capable\\nof building one. He accordingly applied to the Indians\\nand very readily procured the ransom of young Sawyer\\nand Bigelow, but no sum would procure Mr. Sawyer s\\nredemi^tion him being distinguished for his bravery,\\nwhich had proved fatal to a number of their brethren\\nthey were determined to immolate. The victim was\\naccordingly led forth and fastened to the stake, environed\\nwith materials so disposed as to produce a lingering death.\\nThe savages surrounding the unfortunate prisoner, began\\nto antici])ate the horrid pleasures of beholding their victim\\nwrithing in torture amid the rising flames, and rending\\nthe air with their dismal yells. Suddenly a friar appeared\\nand with great solemnity held forth what he declared to\\nbe the kev to the gate of Purgatorv, and told them that", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 335\\nunless they released their prisoner he would instantly\\nimlock that gate and send them headlong thereinto. Super-\\nstition prevailed \u00c2\u00a3ind wrought the deliverance of Mr.\\nSawyer for they at once unbound him and gave him ujj\\nto the governor.\\nIn one year from that time he completed the sawmill,\\nwhen he and Bigelow were discharged. They detained\\nhis son Elias one year longer, to instruct them in the art\\nof sawing and keeping the mill in order. He was then\\namply rewarded and sent home to his friends, and both\\nhe and his father lived to an advanced age and were\\ngathered to their graves in peace.\\nBezaleel Baker, fourth son of Richard and Marv\\n(Sawyer) Baker, was born in Westminster, Mass., Jan. 4,\\n1768. At fifteen years of age the care of his father s brick\\nyard and farm devolved upon him and two vounger\\nbrothers, his father being confined to the house by sick-\\nness for many years. He came to Marlborough in Decem-\\nber, 1787, working at shoemaking and other business\\nduring the winter, and returning to Westminster in the\\nspring, which he continued to do until Nov. 16, 1789,\\nwhen he purchased a tract of wild land, and married,\\nSept. 17, 1793, Abigail, daughter of Dea. Nathan and\\nRebecca (Haynes) Wood of Westminster. Mr. Baker was\\na strictly temperate man when every one else thought it\\ndid them good to drink yet his neighbors said thev never\\nknew him to drink spirits but once, and that was at a\\nwolf hunt, where one was killed and the bountv ])aid in\\nrum, and while the rain fell in torrents he drank with the\\nothers. The influence of his temperate habits was vcrv\\nsalutary on his family, for none of them ever made exces-\\nsive use of ardent spirits.\\nThe Deacon Nathan Wood above referred to was a\\ndescendant of William Wood, who came to this country", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "336 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nin 1638 and settled in Coneord, Mass. Married, May 2,\\n1750, Rebecca, daughter of Abijah Haynes of Sudbury,\\nMass., born Feb. 14, 1731. Mr. Wood removed to West-\\nminster in 1756. He was active in opposing those\\nmeasures of the British government which led to the Rev-\\nolution and the struggle for independence was a member\\nof the first Congress which met in Cambridge, and encour-\\naged resistance to the arbitrary acts of the English croAvn.\\nBut he died June 19, 1777, and his fifteen children followed\\nhim to the grave. His posterity have since settled in\\nalmost every state in the Union, and among them have\\nbeen several clergymen.\\nMr. Baker died Oct. 1, 184-9, and his wife died April\\n10, 1862. He had eight children of whom three married\\nand lived in Troy.\\nI. Kkuecca, born July 14-, 1795 married Etheel Parnienter; died Nov.\\n10, 1841.\\n11. AiiEL, born April 8, 1797.\\nIII. Ezra, born Feb. 27, 1799; married Caroline Adams; lived in Jaffrey.\\nIV. Makv, born June 27, 1801; married Lvd^e Moors.\\nV. Asa, l)orn Feb. 24, 1803; married Hannah Moors of Sharon; died\\nOet. 12, 1869.\\nVI. TiiiKZA, born Dec. 7, 1804; married, Nov. 26, 1828, Joel Holt; died\\nin Troy, June, 1862.\\nVII. Caleb, born Feb. 27, 1807; died Jan. 16, 1837, unmarried.\\nVIII. Mahala, born April 3, 1810; married, Nov. 5, 1839, Eraslns\\nvSpavdding; died in Troy, Nov. 18, 1847; was fatally burned by\\nthe firing of a kettle of varnish that was upon the stove in the\\nroom where she was sitting.\\nAl)el Baker descended from an honorable ancestry and\\nit was found the blood had not been contaminated in\\npassing through his veins. He came from Marlborough\\nin 1821, and located on the Whitcomb ])lace, afterwards\\nowned by Amasa Aldrich. He resided there for some eight\\nyears, then bought the Perry farm, formerly owned by\\nDea. Silas Fife, now owned by Oliver P. Whitcomb, where\\nhe lived several years when he moved to the village.\\nLike most lads at that early day he was brought up", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n337\\non a farm, and accustomed to almost all kinds of manual\\nlabor. He possessed a good constitution, was athletic\\nand energetic, and seldom failed to accomplish the object\\nof his desire. His educational advantages were limited\\nand were mainly those of the common schools of the time,\\nwhich were much less efficient than those of the jjresent\\nday. These advantages however were well improved, and\\nhe became one of the best and most advanced scholars in\\nthe district.\\nHaving mastered the branches taught in the district\\nschools, he was sent to an academy in New Salem, Mass.,\\nwhere he studied one term\\nand then commenced teach-\\ning. For several years, he\\ntaught school in the winter jSl^\\nand assisted his father on r f^\\nthe farm in the summer.\\nAs a teacher he was very\\nsuccessful and his services\\nwere sovight by the best\\nand most desirable school\\ndistricts. He married, April\\n18, 1821, and coming to\\nTroy, devoted his time and\\nattention to agriculture.\\nHis admirable qualities of\\nhead and heart were soon\\nrecognized l3y his fellow citi-\\nzens and he became one of\\nthe leading men of the town. His sound judgment, prac-\\ntical wisdom, and general intelligence fitted him for any\\nposition in the community and he was consequently\\nelected at different times, to almost all the civil offices in\\nthe town. He served the town as selectman some sixteen\\nAbei. Baker.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "338 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nyears and most of the time as chairman of the board, and\\nrepresented the town in the legislature in the years 1840,\\n1841 and 1842. In all the public positions he was called\\nto fill, he was faithful and honest, and none of his constit-\\nuents ever had reason to feel that they had misplaced\\ntheir confidence.\\nHe did a large amount of business in the settlement of\\nestates. His ability and familiarity with the law fitted\\nhim for the transaction of this kind of business, and for\\nmany years his services in this line were in constant\\ndemand.\\nThe crowning excellence of Deacon Baker s life, however,\\nis to be found in his devotion to the services of his Divine\\nMaster and in his noble Christian character. He experi-\\nenced religion in early life and united wath the Congrega-\\ntional church of which he was ever afterwards a worthy,\\nactive and honored member. Through the trying period\\nin the early history of the church in this town, he w^as\\none of the few who remained steadfast in the Congrega-\\ntional faith and through his and his colaborers efforts,\\nunder the Divine blessing, the church lived and prospered.\\nSoon after he became a member of the church he was\\nchosen one of the deacons, and held and honored the office\\nfor thirty-six years, or during the remainder of his life.\\nAs an officer in the church he w^as vigilant and faithful,\\nwatching over its members and laboring to promote their\\nspiritual welfare. He was honored by all classes, and\\nlooked up to as a faithful friend, a wise counselor, and\\nexemplary Christian. His intimacy with the people and\\nmatters of the town had made him well acquainted with\\nits history, and previous to his death had commenced\\ncollecting material for the purjiose of continuing the same.\\nAfter a long and useful life, he died Sept. 26, 1878, calmly\\nand in the full assurance of a glorious immortalitv.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER. 339\\nAbel Baker, second son of Bezaleel, born April 8, 1797;\\nmarried, 1st, April 18, 1821, Cordelia, daughter of\\nCaleb and Deborah (Fairbanks) Perry; she died Ang.\\n4, 1839, and he married, 2d, Nov. 16, 1840, Mrs.\\nSarah (Crosby) Bush, daughter of Alpheus Crosby of\\nJaffrey; she died March 27, 1872, and he married, 3d,\\nApril 29, 1875, Martha, daughter of Elijah and\\nPrudence (Newell) Harrington; he died Sept. 26, 1878;\\nshe died March 6, 1884. Children all by first wife.\\nI. Orrissa, born Ang. 28, 1822 died Sept. 6, 1823.\\nII. Cordelia, bom Dec. 27, 1823; married, Dec. 1, 1845, John F.\\nHnmphreys of Athol, Mass. died April 29, 1892. Had one son\\nGeorge F. Humphreys, who is a clergy-man in New York.\\nIII. Abel W., born April 28, 1825.\\nIV. Caroline B., born Jan. 5, 1827; married, Jnne 6, 1848, F. S.\\nParmenter of Athol, Mass., who died Dec. 7, 1881; his widow\\nnow resides in Boston. Two children, Frank S. and William H.\\nV. Myra a., born Feb. 24, 1832; married John U. Beers; died Dec. 3,\\n1874.\\nYi. Mary W., born May 21, 1836; married Rev. J. A. Batcheller; he\\ndied in Exeter, N. H., Dec. 27, 1884.\\nAbel Warren Baker, son of Abel, born April 28, 1825;\\nmarried, April 8, 1847, Mary, daughter of Joseph and\\nRuth (White) Haskell. After residing one year in\\nMarlborough and about as long in Jafifrey, Troy, South\\nOrange and Fitchburg, he returned to Troy and resided\\nuntil about twenty years ago, when he moved to\\nKeene.\\nI. George Washington, 1)orn Jnly 4, 1848.\\nII. Abel Warren, born Jnlv 13, 1851; married Catherine Page of\\nWorcester, Mass.; resides in Oakland, Cal. One child, Stunner\\nWarren.\\nIII. Fred Henry, born Jnne 11, 1855; married, 1st, Sarah D. Chase,\\nwho died May 9, 1890; married, 2d, Ella F. Parke of Koxiniry\\nresides in Oakland, Cal. One child, Florence E.\\nIV. Ida Mary, born Dec. 10, 1857; mai ried E. N. Cmnmings; resides\\nin Fitchburg, Mass. One child, Eddie E. Cummings.\\nV. Abbie a., born Aug. 10, 1865; married Wilham E. Willnir; resides\\nin Fitchburg, Mass.\\nVI. Horatio S., born Aug. 11, 1868.\\nGeorge W. Baker, son of Abel W., born July 4, 1848;\\nmarried, 1st, June 15, 1876, Helen M., daughter of\\nDavid W\\\\ and Hannah (Wheeler) Farrar; she died", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "340 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nAug. 18, 1884; married, 2d, Oct. 15, 1889, Lucy Goss\\nof Chicago he died Fel). 3, 1892, in Chicago.\\nI. Anna Louisa, born March 6, 1S7S.\\nII. Charles Warken, Ijorn October, 1879; died Aui^. 13, 1880.\\nIII. Leila Helen, born June 16, 1882.\\nAmos Baker came to Troy in February, 1866, and\\nbought the George Farrar place of Lorenzo Dexter,\\nwhere he resided until a few years since when he\\nremoved to Marlborough. He was born in Hubbards-\\nton, Mass., July 25, 1819; married, 1st, June 14,\\n1843, Fannie Tenney of Weston, Yt., who was born\\nJuly 24, 1825; died Nov. 8, 1884; he married, 2d,\\nCynthia Buttrick, born May, 1830; died Feb. 5, 1890;\\nmarried, 3d, Nov. 4, 1890, Mrs. Abigail C. Sargent of\\nMarlborough.\\nI. Fanny Rozell, born May 26, 1844, in Mendon, Mass.; married,\\nOct. 26, 1869, Charles D. Clark; died July 22, 1893.\\nII. Sarah S., born July 13, 1846; married, July 21, 1866, Abner W.\\nPierce; resides in Nova Scotia.\\nIII. Samuel Amos, born Fd). 20, 1853; married, Aug. 9, 1875, Alice E.\\nLord. Children: 1. Elliot L., born June 25, 1875; married, Nov.\\n14, 1894, Junie E., daughter of Ozro J. and Lucy (Kendall) Hale;\\nthcN^ have children: Beth Helen; Norman Harr^-, born March 11,\\n1896; Doris Eva, born June 30, 1897. 2. Fred Amos, born Jan.\\n7, 1877; 3. Cora Alice, born April 9, 1883.\\nDaniel Ball came from Holden, Mass., in 1785, and\\nsettled in Marlborough he came to what is now\\nTroy, in 1812; he died Feb. 23, 1830, aged 74; his\\nwife Avas Lydia Smith of Worcester; she died Oct. 13,\\n1840, aged 86.\\nI. LvDiA, married John Thurston of Marlborough.\\nII. Betsey, married, March 24, 1807, Amos Stanford of l)ul)lin.\\nIII. Relief, born Oct. 15, 1781; married Liebieus Rhodes of Marl-\\nborough; died Dec. 26, 1842.\\nIV. Olive, married, April 20, 1802, Simeon Cobl) of Dul)lin.\\nV. Esther, married Benjamin Bosworth of Winchendon.\\nVI. Ruth, Ixirn March 14, 1786; married Stephen Rhodes of Marl-\\nborough.\\nVH. Lucy, born Feb. 24, 1789; married Daniel Woodward of Swanzcy.\\nviii. Patty, l)orn March 4, 1793; married, March, LSKi, Stejjhen\\nHarris; she died 1852.\\nIX. Daniel, born March 16, 1795; married Hannah Bolles of Richmond.\\nX. Wesson, married L\\\\ dia Walker of Royalston, Mass.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 341\\nJonathan Ball came from Southborongh, in 1787, and\\nIniilt a tavern near the present residence of Capt. E. F.\\nAdams his wife was Anna, supposed to be a daughter\\nof Isaac Gibbs.\\nI. Jonathan.\\nII. Khijecca.\\nIII. Polly.\\nIV. Nancy.\\nV. Nai!I!v, born June 19, 17S6.\\nVI. LuciNDA, born April 25, 1789.\\nVII. vSiLAS, born March 26, 1792.\\nMosES Ballou came from Smithfield, R. I., Dec. 1, 1823,\\nand located in the Maxcy house he was the son of\\nMoses Ballou and was born June 2, 1781; married,\\nDec. 28, 1818, Martha, daughter of John Randall of\\nNorth Providence, R. I., born Feb. 29, 1792; died\\nSept. 23, 1873, in Swanzey; Mr. Ballou died in Troy,\\nOct. 3, 1838.\\nI. Dezah C, born March 20, liS21, in Smithfield; married Benjamin\\nRead of Swanzey died Nov. 10, 1882.\\nII. Moses D., born Dec. 2, 1822; married, Jan. 18, 1850, Eunice F.,\\ndans hter of Elijah Lane; died Nov. 27, 1867. One child, Fanny\\nM. Ballon, born Jtme 19, 1855; married Eugene E. Applin.\\nIII. Albert R., born in Troy, Dec. 26, 1824; married, Dec. 26, 1849,\\nMarN M., daughter of Benjamin Mason; died Nov. 20, 1865.\\nChildren: 1. Frank Albert Ballou, born March 4, 1850; died\\nNov. 20, 1890; 2. Eninm M. Ballon, born Nov. 23, 1855; died\\nMarch 28, 1856; 3. Ehvin M. Ballou, born July 24, 1857; died\\nApril 28, 1859; 4. Ella M. Ballou, Ijorn Feb. 22, 1859; died Nov.\\n3, 1865; 5. Maiy Deziab, born June 22, 1862; married Charles\\nEveleth of Swanzey.\\nWitLCOME Ballou married, June 2, 1852, Lucy, daughter\\nof Stephen Harris and settled on the place where A. B.\\nHarrington afterwards lived. He was a painter and\\nhad the reputation of being a very skillful workman.\\nHis health failing, he sold his farm in 1856, and went\\nto the West, but soon returned to Troy, where he died\\nNov. 3, 1857.\\nI. Frank W., born July 22, 1856.\\nWilliam Barker is supposed to have been a native of\\nConcord, Mass. He married Jane, daughter of William\\nand Keziah (Clo\\\\ es) Goddard, born March 12, 1739;", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "342 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nMr. Barker was the finst person to settle in what is\\nnow the town of Troy he died Oct. 5, 1798, aged 62.\\nI. AmcAiL, born Au^. 20, 1760; married James Dean.\\nII. William, bom June 5, 1762; died Ai)ril 12, 1790.\\nIII. Mary, Ijorn Dec. IS, 1763.\\nIV. Ruth, born April 2, 1766; died April 7, 1790.\\nV. John, born Dec. 1, 1767; died 1820.\\nVI. ElizaiuiTH, born Feb. 5, 1770; married, March 20, ISOO, Abijali\\nCadwell of Fair Haven, Vt.\\nVII. Li KE, born Oct. 12, 1771 died March 3, 1786.\\nVIII. Nathan, born Sept. 28, 1773; married, Jan. 6, 1804-, Lncy Law-\\nrence; settled in Vermont.\\nIX. Pelec, born Aug. 6, 1776; died March 1, 1786.\\nX. Lrcv, born July l-l, 1780; married James Wheelock.\\nXL Olive, born Sept. 18, 1783; was scalded to death, Jan. 7, 1786.\\nCalvin Barnard came from Marlborough to Troy in 1872,\\nand settled on the Lemuel Brown place at the North\\nend. He was born in Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1816;\\nmarried, Sept. 29, 1846, Mary Miranda Perkins, born\\nin Unity, N. H., Aug. 28, 1823. Mr. Barnard died\\nNov. 24, 1891. His widow died July 17, 1895.\\nI. Josephine C, born in Marlow, Sept. 30, 1817; married, Jan. 2,\\n1872, Hudson D. Hale of Rindge. He died June 5, 1873; and\\nshe married, 2d, Sept. 27, 1876, Charles H. vStanford. Children:\\n1. George M. Stanford, born Oct. 19, 1877; 2. Willis C, born May\\n10, 1881; 3. Mary A., born Sept. 16, 1883.\\nII. Adelaide M., born in Unity, N. H., vSept. 28, 1849; died Feb. 17,\\n1867.\\nIII. Carlos Melvin, born in Unity, N. H.,JuW 24, 1851; married. May\\n17, 1877, Harriet R., daughter of Gregory and Emily (Brown)\\nLawrence. Children: 1. Lumen Downing Barnard, born Jan. 18,\\n1884; 2. Walter Melvin Barnard, born Aug. 26, 1891.\\nIV. Alice B., born in Unity, N. H., June 26, 1853; married, Jan. 4,\\n1882, Charles W. Brown; died July 30, 1884.\\nV. Homer C, born in Ashby, Mass., Oct. 17, 1855; married, 1879,\\nAddie E. Ta^-lor. One child /ess/c A^., born April 25, 1881.\\nVI. Henry Lym.\\\\n, born in Marlborough, Jan. 23, 1861.\\nVII. Idella Frances, born in Marlborough, March 10, 1863.\\nVIII. Emily Lucy, bom in Marlborough, July 10, 1865.\\nPhilip Bemis, perhaps grandson of Joseph, who settled in\\nWatertown, Mass., in 1640, was in Cambridge in 1723,\\nand married, Nov. 21, 1723, Elizabeth Lawrence. In\\n1738 he moved to Westminster, Mass., being the third\\nsettler in that township. He had six children, all born", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER. 343\\nin Cambridge. The date of their birth is not recorded,\\nbut the church records give the date of baptism as\\nfollows\\nI. Philip, Nov. 13, 1726.\\nII. William, Nov. 13, 1726.\\nIII. Uavii), July 30, 1727.\\nIV. AinoAiL, July 25, 1731.\\nV. Edmund, Oct. 22, 1732.\\nVI. Zaciieus, July 25, 1736; married Elizabeth Lyon, and settled in\\nWestminster.\\nEdmund Bemis, son of Capt. Edmund and Elizabeth (Rand)\\nBemis, and grandson of Philip and Elizabeth (Lawrence)\\nBemis, born in Westminster, Mass., in 17G5; married\\nSusjinnah Graves, and settled first in Fitchburg, but\\ncame to what is now Troy in 1807, and purchased a\\nfarm. Mr. Bemis died Feb. 11, 1857; his wife died\\nJan. 5, 1848.\\nI. Clarissa, married William Whitcomb.\\nII. Elijah, died in infancy.\\nIII. Elijah, married Lucy Bntler; died Nov. 5, 1S52.\\nIV. Susannah, married William Jackson of Wallingford, Vt. died Dec. 5,\\n1826.\\nV. Jonas, born Feb. 14, 1809.\\nVI. Mary, bom June 7, 1814; married, 1835, George W. Brown; lives\\nin Troy.\\nVII. Sumner, born 1815; married R. Ann Thompson; died April 19, 1877;\\nkilled by an accident in E. Buttrick Co. s mill.\\nJonas Bemis, son of Edmund, born Feb. 14, 1809; married,\\nAug. 25, 1831, Fanny, daughter of William Lawrence\\nof Marlborough, and resided a few years on the farm\\nformerly owned by Levi L. Pierce, but eventually sold\\nthe place and went to live with his father, on the farm\\nnow owned by J. M. Foster, and became one of the\\nmost successful fanners in the westerly part of the\\ntown. Mrs. Bemis died April 26, 1870; he died March\\n21, 1874.\\nWilliam L., born Nov. 2, 1834; married, A])ril 3, 18(51, Mary J.\\nHolt of Troy; resides in Pawtuckct, R. I. Children: 1. Nellie A.,\\nborn Dec. 10, 1861; 2. Henry Leslie, born Jan. 21, 1873.\\nWarren B., born March 12, 1839; married. May 20, 18(57. Sarah\\nFrances Holt of Alabama, born .\\\\pnl 21, 1848. No children;\\nresides in Cincinnati, Ohio.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "344 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIII. Mary E., born Oct. 20, 1S40; married, Jan. 11, 1866, Henry C.\\nAlmy of South Portsmouth, R. I. Children: 1. Frederic Warren\\nAhny, born Oct. 29, 1866; 2. Fanny Ocrtrncle Almy, I)orn April\\n28, 1873.\\nIV. Frederick W., born April 28, 1852; died Oct. 18, 1862.\\nV. Frank H., born May 3, 1857; married, July 20, 1887, Juliette C.\\nMiller; resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. One child, Mary Adeline, born\\nJuly 1, 1888.\\nElijah Bemis, son of Edmund, married, March 11, 1824,\\nLucy Butler, and located on the farm formerly owned\\nby Hugh Thompson, Ijut afterwards by Jonathan Law-\\nrence, Jr., where he resided until his death, Nov. 1,\\n1852.\\nI. Edmund, born Sept. 19, 1824-.\\nII. Caroline, born Jan. 13, 1826; married David Rob1)ins of Winchen-\\ndon; died May 17, 184-9.\\nIII. LoRiNG, born April 6, 1827; married, March 2, 1854, Ellen Hall of\\nPlymouth, Vt.\\nIV. liujAii, born March 2, 1829; married, June 2, 1852, Susan H. Kim-\\nball of Rindge.\\nV. (iiLHERT C, born June 23, 1830; married, Oct. 10, 1854, Ellen\\nMetcalf of Rindge.\\nVI. Susannah, born March 30, 1832; married, .April 1, 1850, Simeon\\nMerrifield; died Oct. 1, 1853.\\nVII. Lucv Ann, born Sept. 22, 1835; married, July 4, 1859, Derby\\nof Fitzwilliam.\\nEdmund Bemis, son of EHjah, born Sept. 19, 1824; married,\\n1st, Aug. 13, 1846, Mary M. Kimball of Rindge. Mrs.\\nBemis died June 20, 1885, aged 58; and he married,\\n2d, May 18, 1886, Polly A. Bowen of Richmond. He\\ndied June 10, 1892. A few years after his marriage he\\npurchased the Perkins place on East Hill where he\\nlived until about 1887, wdien he moved to the village\\nand purchased one-half of the brick house formerly\\nowned by Isaac Aldrich. Mr. Bemis was a shrewd\\nbusiness man and a successful farmer, and by industry\\nand economy secured quite a competence. He served\\nas selectman of the town at different times for t-wenty-\\nfive vears, and in 1865 and 1866 represented the town\\nin the legislature. He was frequently called upon to\\nact in the settlement of estates and other probate\\nbusiness. Children:", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n345\\nGeorge Warren, born Jan. 2, 1852; married, November, 1883,\\nCecelia Sweezer of New Rrnnswick; resides in Tenipleton, Mass.\\nM.XKiANNA, born June 1(5, 18.53; married, Sept. 14-, 1S71, Henr_v P.\\nHowe of Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Altii May Howe, born March\\n14, 1873; died Sept. 1, 1873; 2. Edmund Beinis Howe, born July\\n7, 1878; 3. Perley Clifton Howe, born Jan. 1, 1882.\\nEmma Jane, born Juh- 21, 1860; married, June 29, 1886, Alfred F.\\nHaskins. Children: 1. R() j;er Abbott Haskins, born Aug. 6,\\n1891 2. Ernest Pearl Haskins, born April -i, 1893.\\nHl).Mt\\\\NI) BKMI!^\\n.\\\\iJCH Lillian, born Ajiril 11, 1862; married, .Xjiril 27, 188(),\\nElmer J. Adams. Chiirlren 1. Tracer Addison Adams, born\\nApril 3, 1889; 2. Arnold licniis Adams, born Jan. 27, 1891;\\nresides in Jaffrey.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "346\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nGilbert C. Bemis, son of Elijah, born June 23, 1830;\\nmarried, Oct. 19, 1854, EJlen vSarah, born Feb. 18,\\n1836, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Pratt) Metcalf\\nof Rindge. He died Feb. 4, 1892. One child\\nI. Charles Gilbert, born Sept. 23, 1S64, in Jaffre3\\nCalvin Bemis was the son of Jonathan Bemis of Marlbor-\\nough, where he was born Jan. 27, 1798; married,\\nMarch 14, 1822, Deborah, daughter of Asa \u00c2\u00a3ind\\nC.*.LViN Bemis.\\nDeborah (Sargent) Brewer; after his marriage they\\nresided eight years in Swanzey, one year in Marlbor-\\nough, twenty years in Rindge, and came to Troy in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 347\\n1851, locating on the place now owned by Mrs. Abel\\nBurpee. He was a man of sound judgment and uni-\\nversally respected. Mr. Bemis died in Troy, Aug. 9,\\n1872; his widow died in Fitzwilliam, July 17, 1882.\\nChildren\\nI. Eliz.\\\\, liorn Oct. 10, 1823; married, May 8, 1855, Calvin Hastings,\\nborn Nov. 25, 1817, son of Calvin and Polly (Baker) of Marl-\\nborough resides in Keene.\\nn. Maria, born Jan. 24, 1820; married, March 31, 1847, Charles\\nPerry of Fitzwilliam.\\nHI. Marv Jane, born Ai)ril 9, 1835; married, Oct. 23, 1855, Leonard\\nWright.\\nJohn U. Beers was born April 8, 1829. He settled in\\nTroy, Aug. 10, 1853. His father, John Spencer Beers,\\nwas born in Providence, R. I., in 1797, and moved to\\nOrwell, Bradford County, Pa., about the year 1820.\\nHe married, Aug. 25, 1822, Sally Howe, and returned\\nto Providence where he resided eight years, when he\\nreturned to Orwell. John U. resided with his parents\\ntill 1843, when he went to Brooklyn as an apprentice\\nat the tanning business, and remained there until Nov.\\n27, 1847; the next year he worked at his trade in\\nAshby, Mass.; he went to Rindge in 1849, and married\\nMarcia A. Woods, a native of that town, in 1850.\\nAfter coming to Troy, he worked at his trade for\\nWright Foster; later he removed to Hinsdale. Died\\nin Whately, Mass., February, 1895. Mrs. Marcia A.\\nBeers died Oct. 27, 18v54, and he married, 2d, Myra\\nA., daughter of Dea. Abel Baker, Dec. 10, 1856.\\nI. John Addison, born Dec. 5, 1851.\\nII. Charles A., born Ang. 7, 1863; died Aug. 19, 1863.\\nIII. Arthur H., born Aug. 4, 1864.\\nIV. Walter S.\\nAgabus Bishop and wife, Rebecca, are said to have come\\nfrom Wrentham, Mass., and settled here about 1778;\\nhe died Dec. 26, 1795. His widow was taxed in Fitz-\\nwilliam until 1802. They had ten children, all born\\nbefore the family came here.\\nI. Rkhkcca, married William Clark and settled on the farm formerly\\nowned by John Godding, where they lived a few vears, when\\ntliev went West.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "348 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nII. Dolly, married Nathaniel Buckland, Jr. The_v left town aliout 1797.\\nIII. Hannah, married Rol^ert Bowditeli; lived in Vermont.\\nIV. Abigail, married Ezekiel Miles; resides in Wallingford, Vt.\\nV. Betsey, married Aaron S])arks resides in Springfield, Vt.\\nVI. Lucy, married Aaron Si)ofi( ord resides in Peru, New York or Ver-\\nmont,\\nvn. Polly, married James C. Allen resides in Wallingford, Vt.\\nviii. Jesse, married Godding, a sister of Timotln- and John, and\\nsettled near Thomas Clark s. Mrs. Godding died Sept. 6, 1790;\\nhe died Oct. 3, 1790.\\nIX. Agabus, married Rebecca Sweetland, jjroliably a daughter ol John\\nSweetland. One child, Jesse, born about 1792; married Lucinda,\\nborn 1799; died 1837, daughter of Jesse and Rose (Swift) Bal-\\nlon of Richmond. Children: Smith, born Nov. 12, 1814; Betsey,\\nborn Aug. 10, 1818; Lois, born April 22, 1823; married Harris(m\\nTaft of Richmond. Troy records show that Jesse, son of Agabus\\nand Rebecca Bishop was married Aug. 2, 1860, to Mrs. Prudence\\nThornton, daughter of Stephen and Olive White of Fitzwilliam\\nshe was his fourth wife and he was her foiu th husband.\\nX. William, died Feb. 6, 1831, aged 57 3 ears; he married Betsey Jes-\\nsu]) of Warwick, Mass.; she died Aug. 21, 1830, aged 57 years.\\nChildren: 1. Hosea, born July 3, 1803; 2. George, born Feb. 27,\\n1806; died July 10, 1828.\\nJohn Herbert Bigelow, son of Charles Bigelow, was\\nl)orn in Fitzwilliam, Felj. 14, 1852; married, June 19,\\n1877, Mary Abby, born Nov. 27, 1850, daughter of\\nDavid N. and Abigail R. (Alexander) Putney of Fitz-\\nwilliam. Has been station agent at Troy for about\\nfifteen years.\\nI. Chaklks Irwin, born Aug. 20, 1879.\\nThomas A. Birtwhistle was born in Halifax, England,\\nMay 29, 1830; married, 1st, June 23, 1852, Susannah\\nStocks, who died Jan. 16, 1884, aged 53 years; married,\\n2d, Feb. 17, 1885, Elizabeth Stocks, born Nov. 27,\\n1827, sister of his first wife. Mr. Birtwhistle came to\\nAmerica in 1854, staying a few months, but returned\\nwnth his family in the fall of 1856, and settled in\\nMassachusetts came to Troy in 1869, and entered\\nthe emjjloy of Troy Blanket Mills and has continued\\nworking for them x\\\\\\\\) to the present time. He has been\\nan industriotis, temperate and u])right citizen and has\\nbeen able by these habits to accumulate some propertv,\\nand has taken a deep interest in the affairs of the", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n349\\ntown. Mrs. Birtwhistle died June 11, 1896, and he\\nmarried, 3d, July 30, 1897, Mrs. Lucy A. Pike.\\nThomas A. Biktwiiistle.\\nElizabeth Ann, l)oni in Ilnlit ax, liiii^land, June 17, ISr)?); married\\nCharles D. Farrar.\\nEllen, born in Halifax, Jnly 21, 1857; married, Aug. 29, ISSI,\\nCharles J. Shaw; resides in Ossipee, N. H. Children: 1. Wnltcr\\nJefferson Shaw, born Aug-. 14, ISS.S; 2. Evelyn Elizabeth Shnw,\\ndied 1SS5, aged 11 months; H. Lonis Ethelhert Shnw, born\\nMareh l(i, 4. Ernnklin Aked Shnw; 5. Chnrles Leonnrd\\nShnw.\\nLoins William, horn in Alarhlehead, Mass., Maix-h 30, ISGO; died\\nAugust, 1860.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "350 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIV. Harriet Maria, born in Marblehead, April 14, 1861 married,\\nAug. 20, 1889, Leonard E. Tilden of Marlborough.\\nV. Frp:derick Stocks, born in Saugus, Mass., Sept. 24, 1864.\\nVI. Arthur Horsfall, born in Sangns, May 15, 1867; died July 28,\\n1867.\\nVII. Alfred Newton, born in Saugus, August, 1869; died October, 1S69.\\nVIII. Frances Hartley, born in Troy, April 24, 1870; died Aug. 15,\\n1870.\\nIX. Mary Susannah, born June 7, 1871; died Aug. 9, 1871.\\nHaryey Blanding, son of Otis and Abigail (Barms)\\nBlanding, was born in Richmond, Ma\\\\ 1, 1809;\\nmarried, Dec. 3, 1835, Mary Perham, daughter of\\nZalmon and Phebe (Holt) Howe; died March 23,\\n1859; Mrs. Blanding died Nov. 6, 1879, aged 68.\\nAfter coming to Troy, he worked for Charles Coolidge\\nsome time in his pail shop, and just before his marriage\\nbuilt the house in which he afterwards resided, and in\\n1849, built the shop now owned by C. A. Farrar, in\\nwhich he manufactured pails imtil his death.\\nI. Mary Jane, born April 3, 1837; married, Aj^ril 20, 1858, James\\nRobb.\\nII. Joel Oscar, born Feb. 26, 1842.\\nIII. Janette Adeline, born Nov. 11, 1846.\\nIra Boyden, son of Eli Boy den, born in Chesterfield, April\\n18, 1801; married, Jan. 1, 1826, Thirza Coburn, and\\nresided in Chesterfield and Winchester until March,\\n1839, when he came to Troy and built the house near\\nthe line between Troy and Marlborough, now owned\\nby Charles F. Pope. In 18-45, he moved to the village\\nand purchased of Nathan Putney the house now owned\\nby J. H. Bigelow, and later, in company with his son,\\nbought the one now owned by W. J. Boyden, where\\nhe resided until near the close of his life. He \\\\vas a car-\\npenter and one of the most usefid citizens. He died\\nJuly 2, 1884; Mrs. Boyden died 1868.\\nI. Sarah, born Feb. 9, 1827; died March 14, 1847.\\nII. Peksis H., born Jan. 20, 1829; married, Nov. 1, 1852, David F.\\nCutler of Newark, N. J.; Mr. Cutler died Jan. 6, 1869. Children:\\n1. Fred Albert Cutler, born July 21, 1855; died April 14, 1856;\\n2. William P. Cutler, born Dec. 6, 1858; married, June 14,1886,\\nAdelaide Z. Young; 3. Fred IF. Cutler, born Jan. 21, 1864;\\nmarried, Sept. 29, 1886, Mary G. Gardinier.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 351\\nIII. Alfonzo W., born Dec. 2, 1831 died Aug. 12, 1833.\\nIV. William Judson, born June 7, 1836; married, Oct. 6, 1863, Jane P.\\nAldrich of Richmond. Children: 1. Lttla A., born March 29,\\n1865; married, Jan. 6, 1892, Ernest H. Gates. One child, Ralph\\nErnest Gates, born Nov. 7, 1896; 2. Harold E., born April 2,\\n1880.\\nV. Charlotte A., bom July 29, 1838; married, Oct. 1, 1861, William\\nButler.\\nThe Brewer family came from England, but at what\\ntime is not known. Their ancestry dates back to John\\nBrewer, who married Anne had a son, James, who\\nmarried Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Rice; he had a son,\\nJames, born Sept. 10, 1675, and married: 1st, Elizabeth\\nGrant, 2d, Abigail Smith, widow of Johnanna Singleton;\\nthey had a son, James, born July 27, 1703; married, Dec. 8,\\n1731, Mary Smith.\\nJamp:s Brewer, the son of James, was born Oct. 28, 174-6;\\nmarried, Dec. 11, 1766, Mary Hoar. He came from\\nEast Sudbury, now Way land, Mass., in 17^8 or 17^9.\\nMrs. Brewer died Nov. 27, 1826, and he died Nov. 21,\\n1832. They were buried in Swanzey on a little knoll\\nnearly opposite the residence of Denman Thompson.\\nI. Asa, born July 2-1, 1767.\\nII. Tlksis, born July 22, 1771; married, Aug. 12, 1789, Silas Wlieeler.\\nIII. James, born June 10, 1779.\\nIV. Makv, born Oct. 8, 1782.\\nAsa Brewer, son of James, became a resident in June,\\n1797; married, Aug. 25, 1794 Deborah, daughter of\\nSamuel and Deborah (Sylvester) Sargent, born April\\n17, 1772, and settled in Roxbury. On coming here he\\nlocated on the Enoch Garfield farm and afterwards on\\nthe Jonathan Clark farm, and some ten years later re-\\nmoved to Barton, Vt., where he died March 11, 1836;\\nhis widow died in Rindge, Aug. 2, 1845.\\nI. Polly, born Sept. 17, 1796; married, 1st, Jonathan Clark married,\\n2d, Isaac Stowell.\\nII. Asa, born May 9, 1798.\\nIII. Deborah, born April 10, 1800; married, March 14-, 1822, Calvin\\nBemis.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "352 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nlY. Silas, born April 10, 1802 married Lovina Woodward of Swanze^\\nand moved to Maiden Koel Wis., where he died Nov. 27, 1S80;\\nhis widow died in 18 S1.\\nV. Betskv, Ijorn Mareh 10, 1807; married Benjamin Garey of Jaffrey.\\nvi.-vii. Twins, infants, died Nov. 14, 1808.\\nVIM. Pkksis, born Feb. 23, 1810; married Samuel Cross of Salem, N. H.;\\n(lied July, 1858.\\nAsa Brewer, son of Asa, born May 9, 1798 died Sept.\\n4, 1863; married, 1st, June 8, 1820, Rachel, born Fel).\\n22, 1798, daughter of Joel and Betsey (Gibbs) Knight\\nof Sudbury, Mass. she died Nov. 28, 1828, and he\\nmarried, 2d, Betsey Knight, l)orn May 4, 1804-, a sister\\nof his first wife. After his marriage he located on the\\nJonathan Clark place and soon after purchased the\\nfarm afterwards owned by William Whitcomb, and a\\nfew months after moved to Fitzwilliani. Children born,\\nI, H, in Troy, iii, vii, in Fitzwilliam, vin, ix, in Rindge,\\nfour by 1st marriage, seven by 2d mariage.\\nI. JoKL K., born Jan. 27, 1822; died Sejjt. 4-, 1863; resided in Charles-\\ntown, Mass.\\nII. J.\\\\MKS, born Jan. 25, 1825; married Cynthia who died in\\nMaine, Nov. 29. Resides in Topeka, Kansas.\\nIII. Hakkiet, born March 27, 1827; died June 11, 1827.\\nIV. GuoKGE S., born Nov. 18, 1828; married, Sept. 24-, 1851, Kusina.\\nborn Nov. 4, 1827; died Nov. 20, 1871, daughter of Reuben and\\nBeiitriee (Beard) Tarbell of Rindge resides in Boston, Mass.\\nV. (lARDNEK, born Oct. 11, 1829; married Marinda C, daughter of\\nGeorge W. Bryant; she died April 11, 1856, in Boston, aged 22\\nyears, 9 months; resided in Charlestown, Mass.. Died at Bur-\\nlington, Vt.. 1897.\\nVI. RACin:L, born .\\\\pril 10, 1833; died Oct. 2, 1853, unmarried.\\nVII. Mankiet R., born June 3, 1835; married William H. Wheeler of\\nFitzwilliam.\\nVIII. I ^i.iZABETH A., born June 21, 1837; married, Dec. 2, 1864, hvdwin\\nS. Chase of Royalston; resides in Boston, Mass.\\ni.\\\\. He.nkv H., born Marcli 19, 1841; resides in Philadelphia, Pa.\\nX. Calvin B., born Sept. 17, 1844; resides in Tojieka, Kan.\\nXI. FiMERANCV H., born Dec. 29, 1846; married Thaddeus Cumniings,\\nJan. 14, 1866; resides in Fitchburg, Mass.\\nHenry S. Brown was born in England, July 6, 1849;\\nmarried, Oct. 7, 1867, Mary A. Weston, born in\\nEngland. He came to Troy from Salisbury, Mass., in\\n1869, and was employed as a spinner by Troy Blanket", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n353\\nMills until his death, which occurred July 9, 1881\\ndrowned while bathing at Salisbury beach.\\nI. Hknry James, born Feb. 17, lcS69; married, 1st, June 29, 1.S73,\\nLula A., daughter of Simeon and Nancy (Tupper) Merrifield; she\\ndied May 22, 1895; married, 2d, July 26, 1896, Emma J.,\\ndaughter of Oliver P. and Ellen (Parker) Whitcomb. One child.\\nHazel Vera, born April IS, 1894.; died Aug. 24, 1894.\\nII. Walter Eli, born Oct. 19, 1870.\\nIII. Emma Louise, born March 28, 1872; married Joseph Jarvis.\\nIV. Bessie Adella, born Jan. 11, 1876; married, July 18, 1894, Fred\\nA. Nev^ ton of Fitzwilliam. One child, Robert Stafford Newton,\\nborn May 11, 1895.\\nV. Ethel M., born Oct. 5. 1879; married, Nov. 16, 1893, Leon F.\\nMarshall of Fitzwilliam, died March 9, 1895. One child, Ethel\\nM. Marshall, born March 4, 1895.\\nLemuel Brown was a native of Sudbury, Mass., and\\ncame here in 1823, purchasing the Daniel Cutting farm\\nof Levi Daggett. He\\nwas accompanied by his\\nfather, Abel Brown, and\\na younger brother, Geo.\\nW. Brown. He married\\nLeafy Knight of Sud-\\nbury, born May 2,\\n1797; died Oct. 10,\\n1879. Mr. Brown re-\\nsided on the place for-\\nmerly owned by Calvin\\nBarnard, on which he\\nbuilt a new house in\\n1832. For a short time\\nhe lived in an old house\\nwhich stood southwest\\nof this house.\\nI. Almika, born Oct. 6, 1818;\\nI married, March 27, 1842,\\nLyman Siiooner.\\nII. Emily, born April 3, 1820;\\nmarried, Jnne 5, 1843,\\nGregory Lawrence.\\nIII. Harriet, born Jan. 9, 1831; married, Nov. 5,\\nMcClenathan; died Nov. 19, 1854.\\nlY. Caroline, born Oct. 4, 1832; died Oct. 24,^839.\\nLemuel Bkown.\\n1850. Warren", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "354\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nV. Lhmikl W., born October, 1835.\\nVI. Charles W., born Jan. 31, 1839.\\nLemuel Warren Brown, son of Leniiiel, bom October,\\n1835; married, 1st, July 7, 1857, Sarah T. Bliss of\\nRoyalston, Mass., died July 27, 1880; married, 2d, Oct.\\n19, 1881, Mrs. Sarah Howe. He died August 30, 1890.\\nI. Nellie Elvira, born July 24, 1858; married, Octoljer, 1S84 Fr.-uik\\nE. Collett of Alston, Mass; died Feb. 14, 1885.\\nII. Sarah Aubie, born April 22, 1860; married in 1883, Wilbur J.\\nBedell resides in Hardwick, Vt.\\nIII. Warren C, born Nov. 13, 1873; manned, Jidy 4, 1894, (^race M.\\nCarver of Nova Scotia.\\nCharles \\\\V. Brown.\\nCharles W. Brown, son of Lemuel, born Jan. 31,\\n1839; married, 1st, June 21, 1863, ALartha J. Dyke of", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 355\\nHuntington, Vt., bora Sept. 15, 1844, died Feb. 4,\\n1879; married, 2d, Jan. 4, 1882, Alice B. Barnard; she\\ndied July 30, 1884, and he married, 3d, May 13, 1891,\\nMrs. Clara L. Nutting, born August 2,1854; Air. Brown\\ndied Feb. 22, 1893. He lived on the homestead until\\nabout 1871, when he moved into the village, and about\\n1885, purchased the place now owned by his heirs,\\npreviously owned by Barrett Ripley. He was one of\\nthe selectmen in 1867, 1868 and 1869; representative\\nin 1882, and served as moderator from 1885 until his\\ndeath. He entered the employ of the Troy Blanket\\nMills in 1869, and remained until his death, being for\\nseveral years assistant superintendent. Was for many\\nyears deacon and an honored and influential member\\nof the Baptist church. Children all by first wife.\\nI. Frank L., born Sept. 20, 1867.\\nII. LoKKTTA J., born Sept. 7, 1870; married, Dec. 21, 1892, Ernest R.\\nBall; resides in Bellows Falls. Children: 1. AIndelinc Frnnccs\\nBall, born Oct. 30, 1893; 2. Ralph Ball, 1)orn July 1, 1895; 3.\\nConstance Ernestine Ball, born Jan. 4-, 1897.\\nIII. Grace, born Ma_Y 23, 1877.\\nGkorge W. Brown, son of Abel, born 1811; married, June\\n28, 1837, Mar_y, daughter of Edmund and Susannah\\n(Graves) Bemis, and moved into a house he 1)uilt the\\nprevious year and no^v owned by his son. Soon after\\nthis he built a shop near the house in which he turned\\nbedposts, mortars and fancy dishes, later manufac-\\nturing washboards, nio]5 handles and clothespins. Mr.\\nBrown died April 29, 1880.\\nI. Georok, born April 21, 1839.\\nn. Mary E., born Oct. 17, 1843; married, .\\\\u, iust, l8r)C), Daniel Adams\\nField, born in Leverett, Mass., Jnly 17, 1839; resides in Jaffrey.\\nGeorCxE Brown, son of George W., born April 21, 1839;\\nmarried, Oct. 29, 1863, Nellie M. Converse of Keene.\\nI. Hknrv E., born Oct. 17, 1804; married, Oct. 25, 1890. Gertrnde\\nM., danghter of We1)ster and Mtiry (Oaks) Corey. One child,\\nGeorge, born Oct. 6, 1892; died Oct. 14, 1892.\\nII. Eva M., born Dec. 13, 1866; married, Jnly 14, 1887, Georj^e W.\\nTobias. Children: 1. David Charles Tobias, born Dec. 18, 1891\\n2. William Ennis Tobias, born Jan. 3, 1893.\\nIII. Elberta G., 1)orn May 28, 1868; married. Dee. 21, 1886, Edwin\\nB. Forristali resides in Cambrid, 4e])ort, Mass.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "356 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nErastus Brown was a son of Asaph and Martha (Wilder),\\nand grandson ot Samuel and Lovina (Bruce). He \\\\vas\\nborn in Winchendon, May 2, 1808; married, Sept. 29,\\n1832, Alfreda, born Sept. 4, 1808, died Feb. 6, 1873,\\ndaughter of Ezekiel Thompson of Swanzey. For some\\ntime previous to his marriage he resided in Rindge, but\\nfrom 1830 to 1840, he lived in Fitzwilliam, coming to\\nTroy in 1841. He was a blacksmith by trade and\\nmade edge tools in the shop afterwards occupied by\\nA. W. Baker, which was the old curry shop belonging\\nto the tanner^ He died Sept. 17, 1845, from injuries\\nreceived in his mill. The following is from an obituary\\nnotice published at the time. The death of Mr. Brown\\nwas occasioned by an injury which he received at his\\nmill. Owing to a defect in the floor, he fell, his arm\\nbecame entangled in the machinery and was crushed in\\na shocking manner amputation at the shoulder joint\\nbecame necessary. But this did not avail to save his\\nlife. After some forty-eight hours of intense suffering,\\nwhich was borne with patience and Christian fortitude,\\nhe died. Mr. Brown was an honest man and a\\nChristian. His life was above reproach.\\nI. Maria A., bom in Fitzwilliam, Nov. 4, 1833; married Chancy N.\\nGarfield; died April 16, 186G.\\nII. Martha J., born in Fitzwilliam, Sept. 10, 1887; died Nov. 4, 1838.\\nIII. Henry J., bom in Fitzwilliam, Feb. 25, 1840; married, Jidy 20,\\n1870, Ann M. Holt; resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Children: 1.\\nErnest B., born Jinie 7, 1874; 2. Wnhlo H., born Sept. 27, 1878;\\ndied Jnly 24, 1882.\\nIV. Hklen J., born in r^itzwilliani, Feb. 25, 1840; married Moses E.\\nWright.\\nV. Martha A., born in Tro}-, Sept. 11, 1843; married, 1st, David W.\\nCapron married, 2d, Jan. 19, 1882, Ashel (t. Spragne of Keene.\\nIrving Brooks, son of Ira and Rebecca E. (Wilder) Brooks,\\nborn in Ashburnham, Mass., June 1, 1842; married,\\nJune 28, 1882, Mrs. Emma J. Gee, daughter of Harvey\\nS. Gates.\\nI. Elkose Irving, born Sept. 1884.\\nJohn Bruce, with his wife Maiw (Joslin) and eight children,\\ncame from Sudbury, Mass., about 1775. He died June", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 357\\n3, 1779, aged 50 years, killed by logs at sawmill;\\nlived about thirty hours. But little can be obtained\\nabout his family or descendants.\\nI. Li CV, married Daniel Farrar; died Aug. 20, 1830.\\nII. Polly, married John Moore of Warwick, Mass.\\nIII. LvniA, married William Nurse, April 27, 1780.\\nIV. Esther, married David White, Aug. 2, 1787; died Sept. 27, 1839.\\nV. William, married, Dec. 11, 1781, Abigail Gould; he died March 13,\\n1811, aged 50 years, from boards falling on him; he lived and\\ndied on the Franklin Woodward farm.\\nVI. John, died ^-oung.\\nVII. Thomas, married a daughter of Ichabod Shaw.\\nVIII. CvRi S, married Betsey Moore and settled in Vermont.\\nAbel J. Burpee was born in Sterling, Mass., Oct. 3, 1825;\\nmarried, Sept. 10, 1861, Mrs. Roancy A. (Porter)\\nPiper, who was born in Jaffrey, July 16, 1822. Came\\nto Troy in 1862, and bought of the Calvin Bemis heirs\\nthe place where he lived until his death, Feb. 6, 1896.\\nI. Walter F., born in Marll)oi-ough, .\\\\pril 12, 1862; married, Dec.\\n31, 1S85, Susie M. Perham.\\nWilliam Butler was born in Chesterfield, Oct. 10, 1838;\\nmarried, Oct. 1, 1861, Charlotte A. Boyden. Mr.\\nButler resided for man} years in the house now owned\\nby J. H. Bigelow, and was employed in various\\ncapacities as a salesman. A few years since he removed\\nto Arlington, Mass., his present residence.\\nI. Cora Maijel, born in Troy, June 0, 1862.\\nII. (lERTRUi)E Augusta, born in Richmond, .\\\\pril 19, 1804-; married,\\nJune 6, 1894-, Charles H. Swan; resides in Arlington, Mass.\\nIII. William Hurlbutt, born in Tnn March 23, 1869.\\nJoseph Butler, born probably in Bolton, Mass., June 2,\\n1767; married Parna Temple, born Nov. 22, 1770;\\ndied in Troy, May 22, 1832. He located first in\\nBolton, where he lived for about eighteen years after\\nhis marriage. He came here about 1806, and bought\\nof Rufus Russell, a farm southeast of Simon Butler s,\\nwhich was formerly on an old road leading from Silas\\nFife s to Hugh Thompson s. They resided there about\\nthirty 3^ears when they removed to Marll)orough,\\nwhere he died March 28, 1844.\\nI. Betsey, born Sept. 28, 1791; married Elias Mann; died in Jaifrcy.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "358 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nn. Amos, born Dec. 13, 1792.\\nni. Joseph, born March 10, 171)4; married Polh Mason of Swanzcy.\\nIV. Olivk, lK)rn Oct. 11, 1795; married Simon Butler.\\nV. Abigail, born June 3, 1798; married Levi Daggett lived in KMndge.\\nVI. Lucy, born June 3, 1800; married Elijah Bemis.\\nVII. Asa, born June 15, 1802.\\nVIII. Jahez, born Nov. 14, 1803.\\nIX. Levi, born July 7, 1809; married, Nov. 11, 1827, Sophia Sargent\\nof Lancaster; removed to Oxford, Mass. died in 1880. Children\\n1. Loiiisn; married William Oordon; 2. Ellen S., married h^rancis\\nLarkin.\\nAmos Butler, son of Joseph, married Mary Sargent, born\\nin Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 13, 1801, came to Troy\\nabout 1819 or 1820; lived here two or three years,\\nthen removed to Marlborough where they resided until\\n1834, when they removed to Plymouth, Vt., where he\\ndied March 19, 1862.\\nI. Hampleton Erwin, born in Lancaster, May 9, 1817; married,\\nDecember, 1855, Mary Williams of Reading, Vt. he was a\\nmachinist; died in Plymouth, Vt., in 1865.\\nII. Amos Orson, born in Troy, Aug. 28, 1818; died in Shrewsbury,\\nMass., July 28, 1829.\\nIII. Elmira, born in Troy, Feb. 16, 1820; married, 1840, Amos W.\\nDike; she died in Plymouth, Vt., Dec. 8, 1844.\\nIV. Cordelia, born in Marlborough, Dec. 10, 1822; died in Plymouth,\\nVt., Dec. 8, 1869.\\nV. George Appleton, born in MarlI)orough, March 22, 1825; died\\nSept. 28. 1826.\\nVI. Susan Abigail, born in Marlborough, Ajjril 14, 1827; married, Oct.\\n4, 1854, David Boyd; resides in Plymouth, Vt.\\nVII. Stephen Merrick, born in Shrewsbury, Mass., Feb. 21, 1831;\\nmarried, Oct. 29, 1860, Ellen A. Williams, who died in November,\\n1864.\\nvuL Frederick Austin, born in Lancaster, Mass., March 11, 1834;\\nmarried, March 26, 1860, Julia Pollard of Bridgewater, Vt. is a\\ncari)enter; resides in Plymouth, Vt.\\nIX. S. M. Webster, liorn in Lancaster, Mass., Dee. 27, 183(5; resides in\\nPlymouth.\\nX. Fitzharlan H., born in Plymouth, Vt., Feb. 4, 1840; married,\\nFeb. 4, 1863, Angie Johnson of Plymouth removed to Stratton,\\nVt., where he was ordained a l^ rccwill I aptist minister, Dec. 12,\\n1865.\\nAsa BiTTLER, son of Joseph, married, April 2, 1826, Julia,\\ndaughter of Simeon and Lucy Butler; resided in St.\\nAugustine, Ills., where he died.\\nI", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 359\\nI. Eli H., born Juh- 7, 1827; resides in Worcester, Mass.\\nII. F.\\\\NNIH, born April 8, 1833; married A. O. Wheeler of Troy; resides\\nin Illinois.\\nIII. M.VKY, born Aug. 22,1834; married Nathaniel Bourn of Kiclimond\\nresides in Illinois.\\nJabez Butler, son of Joseph, married, 1st, Betsey Boyden\\nof Chesterfield she died Aug. 30, 1867, and he married,\\n2d, Feb. 11, 1869, Mary Ann, daughter of Luke and\\nPolly (Whitney) Harris; resided in Plymouth, Vt.,\\nwhere he died Jan. 14, 1889. Children by first wife.\\nI. Otis P., born 1830; resides in Rindge.\\nII. Jason, born 1832; died young.\\nIII. Ambrose, served in the United States army; since died.\\nIV. Angie, married W. Guild of Shrewsbury, Vt.\\nV. Om.vk D. died in the United States service.\\nSimon Butler, a native of Lancaster, Mass., married,\\nMarch 5, 1817, Olive, daughter of Joseph and Parna\\n(Temple) Butler, and settled in Marlborough. He came\\nhere in 1820, and resided six years, then returned to\\nMarlborough, where he remained ten years but in\\n1837, he came to Troy again and located on the farm\\nfirst purchased and where he lived until his death,\\nMarch 20, 1869; his wife died Jan. 8, 1870.\\nI. LovELL P., born Nov. 14, 1817; died Nov. 24, 1891, unmarried.\\nII. Simon Oliver, born March 30, 1819.\\nIII. Algernon Sidney, born Sept. 23, 1822.\\nIV. Charles, born Jan. 25, 1826.\\nV. Ira Melvin Broad, born Dec. 5, 1829.\\nVI. Mary Jane, born Nov. 9, 1835; married, 1st, Nov. 14, 1850,\\nEdward F. Starkey he died April 28, 1859; she married, 2d,\\nMarch 29, 1869, M. A. Dickerman, l)()rn in Mt. Holly, Vt., vSept.\\n22, 1829; died April 7, 1897.\\nSimon Oliver Butler, son of Simon, born March 30,\\n1819; married, April 12, 1854, Ruth E. Haskell of\\nOakham, Mass. He moved from Troy to Marlborough,\\nMarch 2, 1858, where he resided until April 1, 1861,\\nwhen he removed to Holden, Mass., and later to\\nOakham, where he now resides.\\nI. Clara P., born in Troy, June 7, 1856; died Feb. 8, 1857.\\nII. Henry N., born in Marlborough, May 27, 1858; married, Sept. 19,\\n1885, Emma (touUI of North Brookfield, Mass.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "360 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIII. Olive Maria, Ijoni in Marlborough, Dec. 19, 1859; married\\nCharles F. Howard of Orange, Mass. died Dec. 22, 1889.\\nIV. George S., born in Oakham, Dec. 4, 1863.\\nV. Sarah E. N., born Oct. 5, 1867.\\nCharles Butler, son of Simon, born Jan. 25, 1826;\\nmarried, 1st, Sarah P. Haskell, who died Sept. 13,\\n1856; he married, 2d, Nov. 19, 1857, Maria L. Haskell;\\nhe died June 5, 1892 he resided in Oakham, Mass.\\nI. Bertha Edna, born Nov. 14, 1871.\\nAlgernon Sidney Butler, son of Simon, born Sept. 23,\\n1822; married, 1st, March 4, 1847, Harriet Goddard\\nof Rindge, who was born in Athol, Jan. 30, 1820;\\ndied May 22, 1861 married, 2d, Mary Darling. For\\nsome time after their marriage they resided in Troy,\\nthen moved to Rindge, where they remained tmtil\\n1855, then returned to Troy and lived on the Elijah\\nBemis farm until he removed to Jaifrey, his present\\nresidence.\\nI. LvsANDER SiONEV, born Jan. 21, 1848; married Louise A. Watson,\\nJune 4, 1868; died at Worcester, Mass., July, 1872. Children:\\n1. Albert, born in Keene, 1869; died young; 2. Everett Sidney,\\nl)orn July 10, 1872.\\nII. Ella Harriet, born Jxine 9, 1854; married Luke Parkhurst.\\nIII. Marietta Idella, born Dec. 15, 1858; married Alfred F. Clark.\\nIV. Eveline Caroline, born Dec. 17, 1865; married David Fryc.\\nIra M. B. Butler, son of Simon, born Dec. 5, 1829;\\nmarried, 1st, Sept. 25, 1854, EHza J. White of Fitz-\\nwilliam. Mrs. Butler died Aug. 29, 1867; and he\\nmarried, 2d, March 29, 1869, Rebecca Jane Ross of\\nDublin; she died May 28, 1873; married, 3d, Aug. 19,\\n1873, Louisa Wilder of Winchendon.\\nI. Lksthk, born in Fitzv^rilham, Dec. 18, 1860; married, Feb. 15, 1887,\\nllura M. Beckett of Webster, Mass. One child, Myrtle Alyiina,\\nl)orn Oct. 24, 1887.\\nII. Willie A., born Dec. 1, 1865; died Aug. 7, 1871.\\nDaniel Buttrick was a descendant of Samuel Buttrick\\nof Concord, Mass., who was one of the early settlers\\nof that town, and who late in life gave to each of his\\nsix sons a farm near the center of the town. He was\\nthe son of Daniel and Eunice Buttrick, and was born\\nin Winchendon, Jan. 23, 1783; married, Dec. 23, 1810,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 361\\nMary, daughter of William Knight of Fitzwilliam.\\nDaniel, the father, w\u00c2\u00a3is born May 13, 1748, and died\\nMay 17, 1848, at the age of 100 years and four days.\\nThe subject of this sketch settled in Marlborough\\naliout 1819, and for several years tended the toll-gate\\non the south turnpike. He removed to Troy in 1831,\\nlocating on a farm he had ]3reviously purchased of the\\nadministrator of the estate of Josiah, son of David\\nWheeler, which is the place now occupied b3^ Samuel\\nA. Mason. He died March 31, 1860; his widow\\ndied Oct. 7, 1879, aged 90.\\nI. EiNicii, l)()rn Sept. 26, ISII married, Dee. 11, 1834, Stillinaii\\nWoodward; died April 1, 1S66.\\nII. EinviN, 1)orn June 18, 1813.\\nIII. Danikl, horn (Jet. -l, 1814; died March 25, 1815.\\nIV. M.\\\\KV Ann, born Jan. 11, 181(5; married, Nov. 9, 1837, Alton\\nBlodo-ett; resides, a widow, in Fitehburg.\\nV. M.XKTii.v C, born Jan. 18, 1818; married, Feb. 15, 1837, Osgood\\nCollester, who died Feb. 28, 1873; and she married, 2d, Lucius\\n.\\\\lch ich resides in Fitchliurg.\\nVI. Maria K., Ijorn Jan. 18, 1848; married, Felx 1(3, 1837, Harrington\\nSi1)ley; resides in Fitehburg.\\nVII. Lvi)i.v R., born Feb. 4, 1820; married Walter Ha^ ward resides in\\nFitehburg.\\nEdwin Buttrick, son of Daniel, born June 18, 1813;\\nmarried, 1st, March 31, 183v5, Lucy Wetherbee of\\nSwanzey; Mrs. Buttrick died Oct. 28, 1884, and he\\nmarried, 2d, Nov. 23, 1886, Mrs. Maria Wheeler; he\\ndied April 24, 1892. He resided with his father for\\nabout two years after his marriage afterwards he\\nbought the Flint place, to which he removed and\\nremained two years. In 1845 he formed a partnership\\nwith Capt. Solomon Goddard for the manufacture of\\n]5ails, and the following year bought of John Whitte-\\nmore the brick house built by him and in which he\\ncontinued to reside until his second marriage. He\\ncontinued the manufacture of wooden ware with Mr.\\nGoddard until the death of the latter in 1854, and\\ncontinued in the business until his death, a portion of\\nthe time conducting the business alone, and later in\\ncompany with his son-in-law, Asa C. Dort. He was", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "362 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nfor many years an honored and influential member of\\nthe Congregational ehurch and was one of its deacons\\nfor nearly twenty-eight years. He was a member of\\nEdwin Bi ttrick.\\nthe Legislature for three terms, in 1859, 1860 and\\n1884-, and was also a member of the Constitutional\\nConvention in 1889.\\nI. Wakkkn, Ijorn Sept. 27, 184-(); died Jan. 5, 1.S43.\\nII. Ellen Ann, born .\\\\pril 12, l,S4-4-; married, Dee. 27, 1S65, Asa C.\\nDort.\\nC APRON. The numerous families in New England of the\\nname of Capron, are supposed to be the descendants of\\nBanfield Capron, who is said to have been a native of", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "I\\nGENEALOCICAL REGISTER. 363\\nChester, a large seaport town in the north of England.\\nHe came to America, probably about 1660. He married\\nsoon after and settled in Barrington, Mass., where he lived\\nabout twenty years, removing to Attleborough where he\\nlived luitil his death in 1752. He \\\\vas thrice married and\\nhad twelve children, eleven of whom lived to marry and\\nhave families.\\nJonathan Capron, second son of Jonathan and Rebecca\\n(Morse) Capron, married Alice Alden and came to this\\nregion cjuite early, pursuing his trade as a blacksmith.\\nHe had nine children, Jonathan, Thankful, Margaret,\\nWalter, Charles, David, John, Putnam, Rebecca.\\nJonathan Capron, son of Jonathan and Alice (Alden)\\nCapron, settled in Marlborough, and afterwards came\\nto Troy, building a house near the David W. Farrar\\nplace. He was a blacksmith and his shop w^as on the\\nland now owned by Mrs. S. E. Harris, north of the\\nCongregational church. He worked there some ten or\\nhfteen years and then went to Vermont. He had\\ntwelve children.\\nI. ZivKiiAH, ninrried, 1st, Amasa Converse; married, 2d, Eiioeh White.\\nII. Vaa.\\nIII. Lois, married Josiah Inj^alls of Fitzwilliam.\\nIV. Stki ukn.\\nV. CVKI S.\\nVI. Sak.mi, married Jolui Teak.\\nVII. Alici-:, married Shiiahel I lympton.\\nVIII. IlANiNAii, married Martin.\\nIX. Nancy.\\nX. Philinda.\\nXI. Jo.NATIIAN.\\nXII. Patience, married Cha])in.\\nJames Capron, born in Winchester, March 16, ISOS;\\nmarried, Nov. 1, 1(S32, Sophronia, daughter of Isaac\\nand Abigail Aldrich, and located in Jafifrey. He was a\\nshoemaker and learned his trade of James L. Sanborn\\nof Concord. He resided a short time in Troy, Keene,\\nMarlborough and Swanzey, in succession, but returned\\nto Troy in 1846 and resided here until his death.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "364\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\noccupyins; the same shop for thirt_v-six years, and was\\na very industrious man all his life. Airs. Ca])ron died\\nApril 3, 1871; he died Jan. 4, 1882.\\nI. Foster, born Sept. 29, 1S83; died in 1S37.\\nII. Joseph Foster, born June 9, 1.S37.\\nIII. George I., born Nov. 25, 1841; died Nov. 17, 1.S6S.\\nIV. David W., born Feb. 6, 1S47; married. May 5, ISGS, Mnrtlia A.,\\ndaughter of Erastns Brown died Jnly 9, 1870.\\nJoseph F. C apron, son of James Capron, born June 9,\\n1837; married, Dec. 1, 1863, Sarah E., daue^hter of\\nJosiah and Betse3 B. (Putney) Amadou. Died Feb. 13,\\n1892.\\nI. Dora L., born Oct. 10, 1865; died June 5, 1873.\\nII. Grace Elizabeth, born Dee. 19, 1872; married, Sept. 24-, 1892,\\nFrank J. Bemis of Marll)oron.i^h resides in Madbury, N. H. One\\nchild, Hnrriet Elizabeth IScmis, born May 11, 1895.\\nCharles Carpenter was bom May 19, 1808; married,\\nNov. 16, 1837, Elvira Wads worth of Roxbury, and\\nsettled in the Bailey\\nStarkey house. He\\nwas a descendant of\\nWilliam Carpenter,\\nwho came over from\\nEngland and settled\\nin Rehoboth in 1640,\\nand a few years later\\nremoved to W o o d-\\nstock, Conn. Wil-\\nliam s grandson, Eli-\\nphalet, married and\\nsettled in Woodstock,\\nand had children, one\\nof whom, Ebenezer,\\nsettled in Keene, and\\nhis son, Ebenezer, was\\nthe father of Charles.\\nEbenezer Carpenter,\\nmarried Parmelia\\nAmes, who was born in Sudbury, Mass.\\nCarpenter died in Troy, Feb. 14, 1870; his wife died\\nCi I K L s C\\\\ K r n t ic u\\nEbenezer", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER. 365\\nA])ril 27, 1872. On cominf^ to Troy, Mr. Carpenter\\nworked for Charles Coolidge in his pail shop nntil\\n1849, when he bought a house and mill of Horatio\\nLa\\\\vrence. Soon after this he enlarged the mill which\\nwas situated near the present Troy Blanket Mills and\\ncommenced the manufacture of rakes, which he carried\\non for a number of years and in which business he was\\nsuccessful. He died Nov. 2, 1865; his widow died Oct.\\n1, 1889.\\nI. Daughter, born Jan. 1(5 aiul died Jan. IS, 1839.\\nII. M.VRV Elizabeth, born Pel). 7, 1S4-1 married, Feb. 7, ISfiO, Wil-\\nliam (lalatin Hurlbutt.\\nIII. M.XKiA Louisa, born Sept. 8, 1843; died May 4, 1853.\\nIV. CuAKLEs Waiiswortu, boni June 9, 1845; died Ma^ 9, 1850.\\nV. vSakah Elvira, born May 2, 1850; married, Feb. 13, 18B8, Lyman\\nW. Platts resides in South Gardner, Mass.\\nVI. Susan P armelia, born June 14, 1S53; died Oet. 17, 1862.\\nVII. Esther Marl\\\\, born April 14, 1857; died Oct. 5, 1862.\\nDaniel Goss Carter, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Goss)\\nCarter was born Sept. 6, 1814; married, 1st, Aug.\\n26, 1844, Elizabeth Wright, died in February, 1854;\\nmarried, 2d, Oct. 30, 1854, Hannah Lovina, widow of\\nJonathan Clark, and daughter of Luna and Hannah\\n(White) vStarkey; died Sept. 13, 1864. Mrs. Carter\\ndied Sept. 9, 1878. Children, i, ii, bj- 1st marriage,\\nin, VI, by 2d marriage.\\nI. Mary Frances, born April 30, 1845.\\nII. Margaret Florence, born Oet. 26, 1846; married, Oet. 24, 1864,\\nF rederick H. Haskell.\\nIII. Daniel G., born June 9, 1855.\\nIV. Nettie L., born July 24, 1858; died Oet. 9, 1863.\\nV. Hattie M., born June 8, 1860; married, July 6, 1881, Henry L.\\nBarker, born in Charlestown, N. II., July 23, 1851; resides in\\nNewport, N. H. Children: 1. Ihiiry Lewis Barker, born in\\nCharlestown, June 28, 1882; 2. Willie Melvin Barker, born in\\nClaremont, Jan. 26, 1883; 3. Minnie Josephine Barker, born in\\nClaremont, March 12, 1885.\\nVI. Minnie L., born Aug. 23, 1862.\\nAbial Moore Caverly, son of Solomon and Sarali\\n(Moore) Caverly, born in Canterbury, Nov. 28, 1817;\\nmarried, 1st, March 25, 1845, Caroline, daughter of\\nThomas Ames of Canterburv. Mrs. Caverlv died Feb.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "366\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\n2, 1851 and he married, 2d, Nov. 30, 1854, Sarah L.,\\ndanijhter of Solomon and Sarah (Nurse) Goddard.\\nDied in Pittsford, Vt., 1879, where his widow still resides.\\nI. CnAKLHS Solomon, l)oni Sept. 80, 1S56. Is a pliysioian in Rutland,\\nVermont.\\nII. Caroline Ames, born May 21), 1S5S; married H. H. Swift, M. D.\\nresides in Pittsford.\\nCharles S. Caverly, son of Abial M., born Sept. 30,\\n1856; married, November, 1885, Mabel A. Tuttle of\\nCuAKi.i:s S. Caverly, M. D.\\nRutland, Vt. After 1862, he spent his early life in\\nPittsford, Vt., to which place his father removed from\\nTroy. He obtained his preliminary education at Bran-\\ndon, Vt., high school and at Kimball Union Academy,\\nMeriden, N. H., graduating from the latter institution\\nin 1874. He entered Dartmouth College, graduating in\\nthe class of 78. Commenced the studv of medicine", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 367\\nunder the instruction of his father, and after his death\\ncontinuing his studies with Dr. M. Goldsmith of Rut-\\nland, Vt. He attended lectures at the medical dejiart-\\nment of the University of Vermont, and was graduated\\nM. D. in 1881 also attended lectures at the College\\nof Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York,\\n1881-82, besides several courses under private instruc-\\ntion in the same city. He commenced the practice of\\nmedicine at Rutland, Jan. 1, 1883, and has continued\\nthere to the present time. Dr. Caverly is a member\\nand In 1891-92 was president of the Vermont Medical\\nSociety; member and in 1891-92 president of the Rut-\\nland County Medical and Surgical Society; member of\\nthe American Medical Association; American Public\\nHealth Association, and of the Rutland Medical Club;\\nmember of and for the past six years president of the\\nVermont State Board of Health. Was the first health\\nofficer of the village of Rutland, holding the office for\\nthree terms served about three years as assistant\\nsurgeon of the First Vermont Regiment, National\\nGuard, resigning in 1889. Is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternit}^ and a member of the board of directors of\\nthe Rutland Hospital. He has made a special study\\nof diseases of the throat, nose and lungs, and has\\npresented numerous ])apers to the medical societies of\\nwhich he is a member, many of them being published\\nin their transactions.\\nI. Haklev T.. born March, 1\u00c2\u00ab87.\\nCharles N. Chase, son of David and Betsey, born Aug.\\n23, 1832; married, Sept. 5, 1854, Augusta B., daugh-\\nter of Caleb and Polly (White) Sweetser of Fitz-\\nwilliam. For a few years after locating in Troy, he\\nwas employed in the service of Turner Goodall, and\\nlater worked in the pail shops. Resides in Winchendon.\\nChildren born in Troy.\\nI. Alanson Eugene, liorn Auj^ IMfiG; died .\\\\])ril IS, 1S.S4-.\\nII. Akthur Hekmon, l)orn July IS, 1S()().\\nThomas Clark came from Wrentham, Mass., in 1778 and\\nsettled on land which he bought of Thomas Tolman,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "368 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand where he died in 1818. His children were prob-\\nably all Ijorn here.\\nI. William went West.\\nII. Marth.\\\\, niiirried Wiiii^, and lived in the state of New York.\\nin. Thomas, 1 oni Jan. 18, 177U.\\nIV. Betsey; killed by lightninii, Anyust, 1795, aged 17 years.\\nY. Polly.\\nVI. Sally, married Sargent and lived in Vermont.\\nYii. Jonathan.\\nThomas Clark, Jr., son of Thomas, married, March 2,\\n1802, Roena Phillips of Richmond, born Feb. 15, 1784,\\nand settled on the home farm formerly belonging to\\nhis son, Al vah S., where he died Oct. 14, 1856. Mrs.\\nClark died Jmie 7, 1857.\\nI. Howard, born Jtm. 1-t, 1S03.\\nn. FuLLKK, born Oct. 26, 1804.\\nIII. Louisa, born May 7, 1807; died Dec. 2, 1832.\\nIV. Luke C, born Aug. 22, 1809.\\nY. Loyina, born Nov. 8, 1812; died Atig. 2, 1816.\\nYi. Lyman T., born April 29, 1817; was burned to death Dec. -t, 183-t.\\nvii. William, born May 5, 1822; died April 2, 1823.\\nVIII. Alvaii S., born Aug. 29, 1824.\\nJonathan Clark, son of Thomas, born Jnne 3, 1788;\\nmarried Mary, daughter of James and Mary Brewer,\\nand resided in Keene until near the close of 1824, when\\nhe returned to Troy and purchased the farm upon\\nwhich his father-in-kiw Brewer had lived, where he\\nresided until his death, Aug. 20, 1850.\\nI. Asa, born Sept. 4, 1814; married, 1837, Martha Howe of Fitzwil-\\nliam resides in Oregon.\\nII. Jonathan, born April 10, 1816; married, Oct. 22, 1840, Hannah\\nLovina, daughter of Luna and Hannah (White) Starkcy died in\\nSouth Orange, Mass., Oct. 14, 1852. Children: 1. Hiunnih 1\\nborn April 9, 1842; died Jan. 19, 1843; 2. licnjnwin F., born\\nJan. 21, 1844; married, Oct. 18, 1882, Susan A., born Jan. 25,\\n1850, daughter of Daniel and Lucy May of Winchendon, Mass.\\nOne child, Grace E., born in Rindge, Nov. 21, 1883; 3. Martha\\nA., born June 3, 1845; died A])V\\\\\\\\ 9, 1846.\\nIII. Betsey, born Sept. 20, 1820; manned Bailev Starkcy.\\nlY. William, born Jvine 8, 1825; married, 1851, Martha Bowles.\\nv. Daniel W., born Feb. 25, 1831 married Maria Whitney of Swanzey.\\nVI. Henry C, born March 8, 1838.\\n^-^^^.ytA~ Cn\\nrr^L\\nii^", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 369\\nHoward Clark, son of Thomas, Jr., born Jan. 14, 1803,\\nmarried, Dec. 23, 1827, Dolly, born June 13, 1805,\\ndaughter of Jonathan and Delila (Rhodes) Bemis of\\nMarlborough. They first located in Bethlehem, N. H.,\\nremoved to Swanzey in March, 1830, and in 184-1\\ncame to Troy, purchasing of Abner Haskell the farm,\\nwhich he afterward sold to his son Howard T., and\\nmoved to the village. He died April 16, 1874; his\\nwidow died March 2, 1888.\\nI. Jonathan B., bo^n Aug. 22, 1828; married,, March, 1855, Amanda\\nDerby.\\nII. Betsev L., born Sept. 19, 1830; married, 1st, Sept. 19, 1862,\\nAppleton B. Hubbard; he died Sept. 29, 1862; and she married,\\n2d, Feb. 2, 1868, Houghton Lawrence.\\nIII. Howard T., born Jan. 12, 1834; married, Oct. 20, 1855. Sarah E.\\nNott of Barnett, Vt. Divorced; married, 2d, March 7, 1884,\\nMary Ann, daughter of James and Jane (Wilson) Mitchell.\\nIV. Harvey A., born Aug. 7, 1838; married, Feb. 4, 1862, Sophronia\\nA., daughter of William and Caroline Perham; resides in Fitzwil-\\nliam. Children: 1. William Perham, born Aug. 24, 1866; 2.\\nEmily D., born Aug. 13, 1871 died Aug. 26, 1871.\\nV. Harriet A., born Aug. 7, 1838; married, Jid\\\\ 11, 1876, Philip\\nBoyce, born Feb. 9, 1827.\\nVI. Mary, born Dec. 25, 1841; married, Sept. 3, 1863, George F. Sar-\\ngent of Rutland, Vt. resides in Iowa. Children: 1. Arthur H.\\nSargent; 2. Grace E. Sargent.\\nFuller Clark, son of Thomas, born Oct. 26, 1804;\\nmarried, February, 1830, Adaline, daughter of Asa and\\nEunice (Williams) Porter of Marlborough.\\nI. Asa Lovell, born Aug. 2, 1831; died Dec. 27, 1854.\\nII. Josephine L., born Dec. 25, 1834; unmarried.\\nIII. Charles L., born Feb. 9, 1839; married, 1st, Dec. 2, 1863, Mary\\nE. Farnum she died April 17, 1864; and he married, 2(1, lillen\\nL. Whitney of Westminster, Mass.\\nIV. Alfred L., born May 9, 1845; married, June 8, 1882, Marietta I.,\\ndaughter of Algernon Sidney and Harriet (Goddard) Butler;\\nresides in Jafifrey. Children: 1. Josephine Ellen, born June 1,\\n1884; 2. Estella Minetta, born Feb. 7, 1888; 3. Harold ChtTord,\\nborn June 17, 1891.\\nLuke C. Clark, son of Thomas, Jr., born Aug. 22, 1809;\\nmarried, Feb. 21, 1839, Abigail S., born July 20, 1814,\\ndaughter of David and Betsey (Damon) Lowe.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "370 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nI. Lyman T., born Oct. 22, 1839; married, 1st, May 6, 1863, Mary\\nL., born Dec. 25, 1838, daughter of Isaac and Betsey (Andrews)\\nBriggs. He died Ang. 10, 1870; and his widow married, 2d,\\nMarch 16, 1880, Orrin H. Peck. Children: 1. Ada Loin sa, born\\nMarch 10, 1864; married, Dec. 13, 1885, William H. Briggs of\\nStoneham, Mass. 2. George Hubert, born Feb. 14, 1867; married,\\nSei)t. 28, 1892, Jessie Morej^; resides in Worcester, Mass.; 3.\\nAnnie Laura, born Dec. 18, 1870; married Artemus O. Peck; 4.\\nLyman P., born Sept. 25, 1872; died Sept. 10, 1873; 5. Bessie\\nM. A., born Jmie 1, 1874; 6. Adelaide Estella, born Aug. 26,\\n1876.\\nII. George W., born Jan. 16, 1844; died Jan. 1, 1864.\\nni. Francis L., born April 16, 1843; married, Jan. 22, 1871, Susan,\\nborn Jan. 22, 1844, daughter of Herman and Bathsheba (Col)-\\nleigh) Fisher; resides in Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Martin Luke,\\nborn March 6, 1873; 2. Grace Alice, born Oct. 24, 1877.\\nIV. Charles David, born Dec. 29, 1845; married, Oct. 6, 1869, Fanin-\\nRozell, 1)orn in Wendell, Mass., May 26, 1844, daughter of Amos\\nand Fanny (Tenney) Baker; she died July 22, 1893; resides in\\nFitzwilliam. Children: 1. Edward Charles, born July 20,1872;\\n2. Winford Samuel, born Nov. 25, 1876; 3. Lolie Rozcll, born\\nOct. 9, 1879; 4. Floyd Elmore, born Nov. 26, 1886.\\nV. Abbie E., born Aug. 8, 1851; married, Aug. 8, 1889, Charles R.\\nApplin. Children: 1. Philo Cass, born Aug. 3, 1891; 2. Archie\\nWaldo, born Jan. 23, 1895.\\nVI. Warren N., born May 7, 1858; married, July 14, 1883, Etta A.,\\ndaughter of Orrin H. and Hattie (Cheney-) Peek. Children: 1.\\nChester Warren, born April 24, 1884; 2. Flora Augusta, born\\nApril 28, 1885; 3. Florence Abigail, born April 28, 1885; 4.\\nBertha Mabel, born March 15, 1887; 5. Ada Loretta, born July\\n12, 1889.\\nAlvah S. Clark is the sixth son of Thomas, and soon\\nafter his marriage settled on the John Farrar farm\\nwhich was purchased of Oren Brooks, exchanging\\ntherefor the original farm in the southwestern part of\\nthe town. He has devoted his time principally to\\nfarming and lived upon this farm until 1883, when he\\nmoved to the village, purchasing the location and\\nbuilding the house where he now resides. Mr. Clark\\nl)ecame a member of the Baptist church early in life\\nand has been one of its most active and influential\\nmembers, having served the church as deacon for nearly\\nthirty-eight years. He was selectman in 1873, 1874\\nand 1875, and also in 1897, and was collector of taxes", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER.\\n371\\nfor several years. He was a member of the Legisla-\\nture in 1897, serving upon the committee on roads,\\nbridges and canals. He was born Aug. 29, 1824;\\nI.\\nII.\\nIII.\\nIV.\\nV.\\nVI.\\nVII.\\nAlvah S. Clark.\\nmarried, March 19, 1850, Serepta A., born in Fram-\\ningham, Mass., Jan. 4, 1829, daughter of Oren and\\nJulia Ann (Wright) Brooks.\\nLouisa J., born April 23, 1851 died A])ril 22, ISGO.\\nHarriet M., born Maj 15, 1852; died Ana;. 17, 1870.\\nSon, born May 29, 1853; died May 30, 1853.\\nDaughter, born May 29, 1853; died June 30, 1853.\\nMary E., born June 26, 1855; died July 27, 1870.\\nClara A., born vSept. 10. 1850; died July 23, 1870.\\nSarah E., born Sept. 17, 1859; died Aug. 30, 1886.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "372 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nvin. Ida M., born June 18, 1861; died July 25, 1876.\\nIX. Olive J., born Nov. 28, 1SG2; died Aug. 4, 1876.\\nX. Henry, born April 14, 1864; died May 11, 1864.\\nXI. William T., born Dec. 11, 1865; died Aug. 12, 1876.\\nXII. Martha A., born Oct. 11, 1867; died July 29, 1876.\\nEarle Clark was born in Roxbury, N. H., Nov. 12, 1814;\\nmarried, June 25, 1854, Eliza W., born in Oakham,\\nMass., Nov. 14, 1817, daughter of Elnathan and Eliza\\n(Wheeler) Gorham. He settled in Troy soon after his\\nmarriage, where he died Dec. 26, 1882.\\nI. Jennie Gorham, born Oct. 16, 1856; married Henry M. Whittcmore.\\nJohn Clement, born Aug. 7, 1821; married. May 1,\\n1844, Mary Woodbury, born Aug. 13, 1826, daughter\\nof John and Betsey (Crosby) Cutter of Jaffrey, and\\nresided in Campton two years, in Charlestown, Mass.,\\none year, returning to Campton in 1847, from which\\nplace he came here. He was a grandson of John Clement,\\nwho was born in 1775, married and settled in Center\\nHarbor, and had seven children. William, the third\\nson, married Sally Beetle of that town and had three\\nchildren, George, John and Sally Ann. He was a black-\\nsmith by trade and became a citizen of Troy in 1850,\\nworking at his trade until 1858, when he leased the\\ntavern in the village, now known as the Monadnock\\nHotel, which he kept for some fifteen years or more,\\nduring the later years making extensive repairs and\\nimprovements upon the same, but failing health and\\nfinancial embarrassments compelled him to retire from\\nthe same soon after. Mr. Clement was one of the\\ncharter members of Monadnock Lodge, F. A. M.,\\nand was its first worshipful master, which position he\\nheld for four years, and was one of its most active,\\ninfluential and prominent members. Mrs. Clement died\\nin Keene, Dec. 26, 1882; he died in Troy, June 8,\\n1884.\\nI. Lucius Howe, born March 14, 1845; died at Goldsborough, N. C,\\nJuly 5, 1865; a soldier in the Union armj\\nII. Anna M., adopted daughter; married, Nov. 15, 1876, Frank Dame;\\ndied 18\\nI", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 373\\nLeonard Cobb, born July 21, 1800; married, May 22,\\n1823, Nancy Osborne, who was born Nov. 12, 1798.\\nThey located on the farm which had long been owned\\nby Talmon Knights. Mr. Cobb resided there until his\\ndeath, April 18, 1856. Mrs. Cobb died March 15,\\n1862.\\nI. Farwell O., born March 10, 1824; married, March 14, 1850,\\nLouisa M., daughter of FrankHn and Louisa (Dyer) Woodward.\\nMr. Cobb died March 26, 1890. Children: 1. Henry C, born\\nJan. 2, 1851; 2. Charles Frederick, born Nov. 9, 1852; 3. George\\nWallace, born Nov. 10, 1854; married, Nov. 28, 1892, Mary J.\\nKeeler; resides in St. Louis, Mo.; 4. Frank Eugene; 5. Emma\\nJane, born Feb. 22, 1863; married, Nov. 26, 1893, Ezekiel Porter;\\nresides in West Parish, Me. 6. Lizzie Maria, born April 16,\\n1865; married, July 1, 1892, William J. Hammond; resides in\\nPortland, Me.; 7. Wilder D., born May 11, 1867; 8. Walter\\nLester, born April 9, 1869; 9. Mary Ahhie, born Aug. 31, 1872;\\nmarried, Juh 12, 1893, Guv Haveji resides in Chicago, Ills.\\nII. Sybil, born May 23, 1826; married, 1st, Harvey Lawrence; married,\\n2d, Jan. 1, 1849, Theodore J. Dyer; married, 3d, Bryant. Is\\na widow and resides in Fitchburg.\\nIII. Albert, born Aug. 11, 1829.\\nIV. Alvin, born Aug. 11, 1829.\\nV. Leonard Davis, born May 14, 1832; married, Oct. 11, 1853, Mary\\nAnn Chase; resides in Chesterfield.\\nCooLiDGE. The ancestor of the Coolidge family in this\\ncountry was John Coolidge, who was one of the earliest\\nproprietors of Watertown, Mass., in 1636-37. His eldest\\nson, John, who was probably born in England, married,\\nNov. 14, 1665, Hannah Livermore. His third son, John,\\nborn Feb. 19, 1662, settled in Sherburne. He was a\\ncarpenter by trade, and was a soldier in King Philip s\\nwar. Isaac, eldest son of John last named, born April 21,\\n1685; married, April 26, 1710, Hannah, daughter of Capt.\\nJoseph Morse of Sherburne. Joseph, son of Isaac, born\\nApril 22, 1726; married, Jan. 26, 1746, Elizabeth Frost.\\nThey had twelve children, among whom were Abraham\\nand Hezekiah, who settled in this region.\\nAbraham Coolidge, son of Joseph, was born in Sherburne,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "374 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nJan. 1. 1764; he died July 26, 1843. His wife, whose\\nname is unknown, died Oct. 8, 1836.\\nI. Barak, born Dec. 30, 17S9; married Nanev Harris; died March,\\n1851.\\nII. AsHKR, liorn Aug. 8, 1791; married Olive StarkcA died Nov. 15,\\n18:57.\\nIII. Dorcas, 1)orn Ma3 24, 1794- married Charles Farrar; removed to\\nthe West, where she died May 29, 1855.\\nIV. Orlando, born Jan. 14, 1796; married, 1st, C. Rockwood she died\\nand he married, 2d, Mrs. Louisa (Woodward) Eaton; removed to\\nKcene.\\nV. OsCAK, born July 22, 1798; married Lovina Rockwood; removed\\nto Chesterfield.\\nVI. CosBV, born June 11, 1800; niai ried Moses S. Perkins; removed to\\nJaffrey.\\nVII. Charles, born March 28, 1804.\\nHezekiah Coolidge, brother of Abraham, was born in\\nSherlmrne, Feb. 13, 1766. His wife was Esther\\nHe died in the fall of 1805, and his widow married\\nJonathan Frost of Marlborough.\\nI. Harrikt, born Jan. 6, 1792; married Asa Frost of Marlborough;\\ndied April 12, 1863.\\nII. Elliot, born Dec. 8, 1794; married, Jan. 22, 1818, Nancy Oates;\\nremoved to Canada.\\nIII.. Harlow, born Oct. 21, 1798; died young.\\nAsHER Coolidge, son of Abraham, born Aug. 8, 1791;\\nmarried, April 7, 1822, Olive, daughter of William\\nStarkey and resided about one year with his father-in-\\nlaw. After changing his residence several times he died\\nin the Ward house, Nov. 15, 1837. Mrs. Coolidge died\\nat Keene, September, 1848.\\nI. William, born November, 1824; died May 11, 1826.\\nII. Elbridge, born May 15, 1826; married, 1st, May 25, 1854, Sarah\\nM., daughter of Levi and Mary (Blodgett) Whittemore; she\\ndied Feb. 7, 1859; and he married, 2d, July 7, 1860, Caroline M.\\nWhittemore, sister of his first wife; she died June 8, 1888;\\nmarried, 3d, April 8, 1891, Mrs. Anna L. Brown. One child,\\nElla M., born Api il 8, 1S57 died Oct. 12, 1876.\\nIII. Olive Ann, born 1828; died 1841.\\nIV. William E., born Jime 17, 1830.\\nY. George, born Feb. 6, 1833.\\nVI. Sarah, born Januar3 1835; ni;irricd, October, 1855, George W.\\nBillings died in 1858.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "genealoCjICal register.\\n375\\nCharles Coolidge, son of Abraham, born March 28,\\n1804.; married, Dec. 22, 1833, Sarah Carpenter, born\\nMay 17, 1806. Mr. Coolidge died Jnne 13, 1881;\\nMrs. Coolidge died April 7, 1891.\\nv\\nCharles Coolidge.\\nI. vSarah p., born Nov. 2, 184.2; died vSept. 5, 184.5.\\nII. Charles K., born Jnly 28, 1846; married, Nov. 18, 187v i, juk-tta\\nA. R. Stone, born April 25, 1851. Children: 1. Sadie J., born\\nSept. 9, 1856; died March 1, 1889; 2. Charles P., born Ani 5,\\n1877; 3. Henry E., born March 30, 1883; 4. Annie M., born\\nDec. 23, 1887; died Jan. 22, 1889; 5. Bertha S., born May 7,\\n1890; 6. Bessie .4., born May 9, 1891; died Aii,!4. 17, 1891.\\nloHN H. CoNGDON was bom in Wallingford, Vt., July 1,\\n1837. He became a resident of Troy in February,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "376 HISTORY OF TROY.\\n1883, when he came here from Lowell, Mass., and\\npurchased of William Morse the farm upon which he\\nnow resides. Married, 1st, Nov. 21, 1861, Mrs. Jane\\nPeck, daughter of David and Lydia Stevens of Cam-\\nbridge, N. Y., born March 22, 1826; died April 20,\\n1896. He married, 2d, July 1, 1897, Mrs. Lydia\\nMarshall. One adopted child, Charles H., born Ma^\\n16, 1883.\\nGeorge H. Congdon was born in Sutton, Mass., Dec. 18,\\n1854; married, Sept. 27, 1877, Margaret Mahon, born\\nin Wallingford, Vt., April 18, 1858.\\nI. Stephen Andrew, born Dec. 16, 1879.\\nII. Robert Harvey, born Nov. 17, 1887.\\nWebster Corey was born in Dublin, Aug. 28, 1827;\\nmarried, 1st, Feb. 22, 1855, Amanda C, daughter of\\nBeriah Oakes she died Feb. 22, 1856. Mr. Corey\\nmarried, 2d, Dec. 30, 1859, Mary Abbie, sister of his\\nfirst wife. Mr. Corey came from Marlborough, in\\n1866, and located on the farm he now occupies on\\nWest Hill. He carried on the business of manufac-\\nturing pail handles on the Chancy N. Garfield farm for\\nmany years.\\nI. Amanda M., born Dec. 19, 1855; married Hadley resides in\\nJaffrey.\\nII. Charles W., born Fel). 12, 1862; married, Sept. 20, 1886, Eva M..\\ndaughter of Joseph and Harriet (Fuller) Lawrence; resides in\\nKeene.\\nIII. Jennie M., born Jan. 29, 1864.\\nIV. Gertrude N., born Dec. 30, 1869; married Henry E. Brown.\\nV. Belle, born Aug. 10, 1871.\\nCrosby. The origin of the New England portion of the\\nCrosby family has been traced to Simon de Crosby, of\\nLancashire, England, 1220. Simon the emigrant, at the\\nage of 26, with his wife Ann, and son Thomas, came to\\nthis country and settled in Cambridge in 1635. He died\\nin 1639, and his widow married Rev. William Thompson\\nof Braintree, Mass. They had three sons, Thomas, Simon\\nand Joseph.\\nSimon, born in 1637; settled in Billerica, Mass. became", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 377\\nfreeman in 1668; representative in 1692-7-8; married in\\n1659, Rachel Brackett, and had a family of nine children.\\nJosiah, son of Simon Crosby, born in Billerica in 1677;\\nmarried Mary Manning and had eleven children. Josiah,\\nhis eldest son, born 1730; married Sarah Fitch of Bed-\\nford; settled in Milford, N. H., and had ten children. Two\\nof his sons, Joseph and Alpheus settled in Jaffrey. Alpheus\\nwas born Nov. 16, 1762, at Milford, and came to Jaffrey\\nin 1786, and was warned from the town the same year.\\nHe married, 1st, Elizabeth Gilmore, Nov. 18, 1788, and\\ncarried on the business of farming and teaming to Boston\\nand other places. His wife died (3ct. 26, 1839, aged 70;\\nhe died Oct. 4, 1845, aged 83 he married, 2d, Mary Fos-\\nter of Amherst, who survived him, and after his decease\\nreturned to her native town. He had ten children by his\\nfirst wife; Betsey, Esther, Mary, Nancy Ann, Sarah,\\nAlpheus, Asa, Franklin, Porter and Josiah.\\nAlpheus Crosby, son of Alpheus, born in Jaftrey, April\\n13, 1798; married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and\\nSibyl (Jackson) Fox, and located in Troy in 1821,\\npursuing his trade of blacksmith. He resided a short\\ntime in a house owned by E. P. Kimball and worked\\nin a shop formerly occupied by Nathan Wheeler.\\nAfterwards he lived in a tenement under the Congre-\\ngational church, but in 1837 he built the stone house\\nowned by Mrs. S. E. Harris, and resided in this until\\njust before he removed to Illinois in 1854. His wife\\ndied Oct. 19, 1868; he died Dec. 16, 1873.\\nI. Infant, 1)orn in Jaffrey died.\\nII. Makv Louisa, Ijorn in Jaffrey; died yonng.\\nni. JosKi ii Fox, born in Troy, Dec. 25, 1827; married Priscilla Bal)-\\neock of Rockford, 1850, and died there.\\nIV. CiE jRGE Fox, bom Dec. 28, 1829; married May Wood of New\\nMilford, 111.; was killed by a kick of a horse, Nov. 16, 1874.\\nChildren: 1. Charles Arthur; 2. Lntira Mar; 3. Hattic.\\nV. Makv E., born Feb. 11, 1832; married John G. Pendleton, broker,\\nOct. 20, 1856; resides in Rockford. Children: 1. Helen Maria;\\n2. Fannie Hunter; 3. Kate Crosby.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "378 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nVI. Emma C, born Jan. 7, 184-2; married Charles Cottoxi, jeweler, Aug.\\n14, 1SG2; he died September, 1872. Children: 1. Roger Gil-\\nmore; 2. Mary Elizabeth; 3. William Borden; 4. Helen Louisa.\\nVII. pRKnERiCK L., born June 28, 1846; married Elizabeth Larime, Feb.\\n20, 1868. Children: 1. Mary Elizabeth: 2. Clara Maria; 3.\\nAnn Hunter.\\nVIII. AiuuE Crocker, born May 28, 1848; married Norman Robinson of\\nRockford, hardware dealer. One child, Robbie, died in 1872.\\nJoseph Cummings, son of Daniel, married, 1819, Hepzibah\\nRobbins, born in Nelson, Jan. 17, 1799; died in Troy,\\nAug. 12, 1880. He settled first in Roxbur\\\\% removed\\nto Marlborough in 1821, and later came to Troy, and\\nresided on the place now owned by Mrs. George N.\\nParmenter. He was a blacksmith by trade he died\\nMarch 17, 1887.\\nI. Asa R., born in Roxbury, Auy. 12, 1819; died in Providence, K. I.,\\nNov. 13, 1844.\\nII. C.VROLINE E., born in Marll)orough, June 12, 1821 married Eli\\nDort; died Oct. 18, 1884.\\nCutting. The ancestor of the Cutting family in this\\nregion, was Richard Cutting, who, at the age of eleven\\nyears, with his brother William, embarked on the shi])\\nElizabeth at Ipswich, England, for America, April,\\n1634. Richard was a wheelwright, and settled in Water-\\ntown, Mass., where he was admitted freeman, Ajiril 18,\\n1690. He died in Watertown, March 21, 1695-96. His\\nson James, born Jan. 26, 164-7-48; married, June 16,\\n1679, Hannah Cutler. Jonathan, the fourth son of James,\\nwas born Jan. 12, 1687-88; married, Jan. 5, 1709-10,\\nSarah Flagg; died May 29, 1754. Moses, son of Jona-\\nthan and Sarah Flagg Cutting, born Feb. 14, 1711-12;\\nmarried, Mav^ 25, 1736, Mary Stratton, and settled in\\nFramingham. They had eight children, among whom\\nwere Daniel, Joseph and Moses, who settled here.\\nDaniel Cutting, son of Moses and Mary (Stratton)\\nCutting, baptized 1749; married, 1st, 1771, Submit\\nBall. He came from Framingham in 1773, and located\\non the Timothv Fife farm. About six vears later, he", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 379\\npurchased of Jonah Harrington, the Lemuel Brown\\nplace m the north part of the town, w^here he resided\\nsome sixteen years, but the family circle being broken\\nup by the death of his wife, he returned to Framing-\\nham in 1795, where he married, 2d, Mrs. Martha\\nBrown. He died in 1812, aged 63.\\nI. Sarah, liorn Avig. 15, 1772; married Abncr Smith of I)ii1)liii died\\nSept. 11, 1830.\\nII. Daniel, born Jan. 17, 1775.\\nIII. Joseph, born March 15, 1777; removed to Framingham.\\nIV. Kehecca, born June 5, 1779; married Reuben Goidd settled in\\nVermont.\\nV. Levi, born March 2, 1782; removed to Framingham.\\nVI. Lois, born Ai^ril 25, 1785.\\nVII. AzuRA, born Sept. 22, 1787.\\nVIII. SuiiMiT, born March 5, 1792.\\nJoseph Cutting, brother of Daniel, baptized in Framing-\\nham, Feb. 3, 1754- came here in 1775; was never\\nmarried died in Troy in 1823.\\nMoses Cutting, another brother of Daniel, came here at\\nan earlj date. He married, 1770, Mary Whitcomb,\\nwho died June 17, 1808; he died Dec. 3, 1834.\\nI. Lucy, born Jidy -t, 1772; married Bailey; lived in Westmore-\\nland.\\nII. Dorothy, born Aug. 26, 1774; married, 1798, Jonathan Lawrence,\\nson of Jonathan and Lucy (Moore) Lawrence.\\nIII. Moses, born Sept. 11, 1777; died Nov. 21, 1807.\\nIV. Deliverance, born Sept. 28, 1780; married Piper; died in\\nMaine,\\nv. Lvdia, born Feb. 23, 1784; married, Nov. 17, 1808, Samuel F arrar,\\nborn April 15, 1785, son of Daniel and Lucy (Brvice) Farrar of\\nMarlborough. Settled in Vermont.\\nVI. Mary, born Juh- 31, 1787; married, Jan. 1, 1810, Artemas Bolster;\\nremoved to state of New York about 1812. They had one infant\\nchild, died March 22, 1811.\\nVII. Aaron, born April 9, 1790; married, Fanny Harvey.\\nVIII. Anna, born Dec. 23, 1792; married Rufus Randall; removed to\\nNew York.\\nIX. Asa, born Jan. 28, 1796.\\nJoseph Cutting, son of Daniel, born March 15, 1777;\\nmarried, Dec. 1, 1795, Anna Ball of Bolton. He left\\ntown about 1820, going to West Boylston, Mass.,\\nwhere he was superintendent of a large factory farm.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "380 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nDied in Pelham, Mass., Jan. 81, 1849. Mrs. Cutting\\ndied in Framinghani, Mass., Sept. 21, 18v52.\\nI. Silas, born Dec. 18, 179G.\\nII. Joseph, born Oct. 30, 1798.\\nIII. Stephen, born Nov. 23, 1800.\\nIV. LuciNDA, l)orn April 2, 1803.\\nV. Oilman, born April 22, 1805.\\nVI. Anna, born Aug. 6, 1807.\\nVII. Luthera, born Feb. 5, 1810.\\nVIII. Summit, born June 27, 1812.\\nIX. Elial, born Jan. 25, 1815; died in Pelham, Mass., in 1885.\\nDaniel Cutting, Jr., son of Daniel, born Jan. 7, 1775;\\nmarried, Feb. 22, 1807, Sarali L., daughter of Jona-\\nthan Lawrence, born June 4, 1787; died April 30,\\n1847, and settled on the place now owned by John\\nLang. He died Nov. 15, 1855. He was prominent in\\nthe affairs of the town, and was a member of the\\nLegislature eight terms between 1828 and 1837.\\nI. Pekmelia, born April 17, 1807; married, June 16, 1829, Abner\\nStanley; died Dec. 30, 1870.\\nII. Caroline, born Dec. 5, 1808; married, Nov. 22, 1825, Samuel\\nOeary; died March 12, 1866.\\nIII. Adaline, born Sept. 10, 1810; married, Sept. 19, 1833, Chester\\nLyman; died Dec. 7, 1876.\\nIV. Albert, born Aug. 30, 1812; died Oct. 30, 1838.\\nV. Sarah, bom June 12, 1814; died Sept. 29, 1815.\\nVI. Daniel Wise, born March 7, L816.\\nVII. Sarah A., born Feb. 19, LS18; nmrried. May 27, 1838, Charles C.\\nCooHdge; died Feb. 17, 1895.\\nVIII. Clarissa, born Feb. 28, 1820; married, April 21, 184-0, Calvin H.\\nWetherbee; died June 6, 1884.\\nIX. AniCAiL, born Jan. 4, 1822; married, Feb. 7, 1850, James R. Stan-\\nley died Sept. 5, 1873.\\nX. Arvilla, born Nov. 25, 1823; married, Oct. 10, 1848, Jacob W.\\nGates; died April 25, 1885.\\nDaniel Wise Cutting, son of Daniel, Jr., born March 7,\\n1816; married, 1st, Feb. 11, 1840, Adaline A. Gates,\\nborn April 30, 1818; died Dec. 11, 1854; married, 2d,\\nAug. 30, 1858, Asenath P. Barrett, born Feb. 18,\\n1832. Mr. Cutting resided in Cambridge, Vt., where\\nhe died Nov. 2, 1895.\\nI. Augusta, P., born June 26, 1843; died Nov. 20, 1852.\\nu. Albert J., born March 27, 1845; died Dec. 26, 1890.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 381\\nLevi Daggett was a descendant of John Daggett, who\\nsettled in Attleborotigh, about the year 1666, and\\nwas one of the proprietors of the township. Joseph\\nDaggett, son of John, built the first corn mill in Attle-\\nborough, but at what time is not known. Ebenezer\\nDaggett was the third generation, and had two sons,\\nNaphtali, who was president of Yale College from 1766\\nto 1777, and John, who, says the historian of Attle-\\nborough, was one of the principal public characters\\nand leading men of the town, especially during the\\ntrying period of the Revolution. He and Col. May\\nwere the two, on whom the town placed the most\\nreliance. He was possessed of a strong and sound\\nmind, and was marked by a resolute and decided char-\\nacter. Joab Daggett, son of John, was possessed of\\nconsiderable property, and he obtained possession of\\nthe Daniel Cutting farm, by virtue of a mortgage from\\none Robbins. He died March 17, 1816, and his son\\nLevi bought out the other heirs and took up his resi-\\ndence in Troy about this time. He married, April 15,\\n1818, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Parna (Temj^le)\\nButler and resided in the house he purchased until\\n1823, when he sold the farm to Abel Brown. In\\n1825 he returned to Attleborough, where he resided\\nuntil 1846, then moved to Jaffrey. In 1854 he returned\\nto Troy, and resided in Mrs. Hayden s house one year,\\nand a like period in the Newell house, but in 1856 he\\nbought the Starkey farm of Asa Butler, and in 1858\\nhe sold this and moved to Rindge.\\nI. Abigail, born Feb. 11, 1819; married, May 17, 1847, B. J. Tenney.\\nII. Lkvi, born Juh- 3, 1820; married, Nov. 17, 184 7, died\\nApril 18, 1857.\\nIII. JoAH, born An,^. 7, 1822; married, April 24, 1844-.\\nIV. Emkline, born Sept. 3, 1824.\\nV. Cordelia, born May 15, 1830.\\nVI. Caroline, born Nov. 2, 1832.\\nGeorge Damon, son of George, of Fitzwilliam, was born\\nSept. 6, 1821 married, Sept. 6, 1852, Lucy, born Dec.\\n24, 1831, daughter of Elijah and Doroth3 (Crombie)\\nBowker. Capt. Elijah Bowker was the son of Bartlett", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "382 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nBowker, and was born in Fitzwilliam, Jan. 8, l SOv\\nHe married Dorothy Crombie, Nov. 18, 1880. Mr.\\nDamon located in the southern part of Troy, about\\n1852, and for a larger part of the time had the prin-\\ncipal charge of a gristmill which was located near his resi-\\ndence. He removed to Keene about 1880, where he died\\nJtme2, 1890. Children born, i in Fitzwilliam, ii,iii in Troy.\\nI. Marcia Cleaves, born Jan. 22, 1854; married Albert D. Marshall.\\nII. Marcus Victor, born June 19, 1859; married, Sept. 19, 1879, Ella\\nL., born Sept. 19, 1860, daughter of Frank D. and Helen Knapj)\\nof Keene. Children: 1. George Frnnklin, born May 6, 1880; 2.\\nMaud Irene, born Jan. 10, 1883; 3. Milo Marcus,horn Aug. 5,1896.\\nIII. Minnie Madrith, born Feb. 14-, 1867; married WilHam J. Wright.\\nJohn Devine was born in Ireland; married about 1856,\\nMargaret Enright, who was born about 1837-38. He\\nhas resided in Troy about thirty years.\\nI. William, born Nov. 24, 1858.\\nII. Mary Josephine, born Aug. 20, 1861.\\nIII. Michael; died young.\\nIV. John died 3 oung.\\nV. Maurice, born Feb. 26, 1869.\\nVI. Maggie, born Oct. 11, 1870; died March 5, 1882.\\nVII. Lizzie A., born June 11, 1875.\\nLorenzo Dexter, son of Esick and Sophia Whitney Dex-\\nter of Royalston, Mass., was born in Boston, May 25,\\n1829; married, Feb. 16, 1854-, vSarah H., daughter of\\nEnoch and Lucy (Hodgkins) Garfield; died Sept. 21,\\n1892. After his marriage he located on the farm\\nwhich had long been occupied by his father-in-law, and\\nabout four years later he removed to the George\\nFarrar farm, now owned by H. W. Eastman, and some\\nyears later came to the place now owned by his widow.\\nI. Lucy Frances, born May 3, 1855; married, George H. Alexander.\\nu. Ly DIA Almedia, born Jid3 1, 1857; married, Jan. 1, 1880, William\\nF. Whitcomb of Keene.\\nIII. Lizzie Sophia, born July 11, 1860; died Feb. 15, 1861.\\nIV. Amos Oscar, born Dec. 19, 1861; married, Dec. 13, 1892, Mattie\\nA., daughter of John and Elvira (Glines) Leavitt died Nov. 30,\\n1894. His wife died March 28, 1893.\\nV. LoNEv Alzina, born Jtme 14, 1864.\\nVI. Arthur Edward, born Aug. 16, 1865.\\nEli Dort was born in Surry, June 25, 1816; married,\\nNov. 19, 1840, Caroline E., daughter of Joseph and\\nHepzibah (Robbins) Cummings settled in Marlborough", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER.\\n383\\nIV.\\nV.\\nwhere he followed the occupation of house-painting\\nand graining tintil 1865, when he removed to Keene\\nwhere he still resides. Mrs. Dort died Oct. 18, 1884.\\nAsa C, born July 10, 1843.\\nEliza Almika, born March 30, 1847; married, Jan. 8, 1867, Horace\\nN. Irish of Colchester, Vt.\\nCiHOKGE Oilman, born Aug. 27, 1850; married, May 31, 1877,\\nMary A. Wilson of New Bedford, Mass. Is a druggist and resides\\nin Providence, R. I.\\nEva Julia, born Aug. 16, 1852 married, July 23, 1876, T. Jewett Locke.\\nMary Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1859; married Frank H. Wright.\\nAsa C. Dokt.\\nAsa C. Dort, son of EH, born July 10, 1843; married,\\nDec. 27, 1865, Ellen A., daughter of Edwin and Lucy", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "384\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\n(Wetherbee) Buttrick. Soon after his marriage he\\nentered into business with his father-in-law, and con-\\ntinues the business under the name of E. Buttrick\\nCo. Mr. Dort has been treasurer of the town for\\ntwenty-three years and has also been an active mem-\\nber of the lire department for several years. He has\\nbeen a member of the Legislature and held other town\\noffices.\\nEinviN B. ItoKT.\\nEdwix B., born Dec. 29, 1866; married, Oct. 10, 1S94. Charlotte\\nF., daughter of George F. and Mary L. (Matthews) Wyman\\nof Keene; died May 2, 1S97. One chikl, Kathcriiie May, born\\nOct. 29, 1895.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICA L REGISTER.\\n385\\nII. Katie B., born May 31, 1868; died April 13, 1872.\\nm. Mary S., born April 1, 1872; married, Oct. 19, 1893, Eugene C.\\nMyrick; resides in Providence, R. I.\\nResidence of Asa C. Dort.\\nArthur J. Edwards, son of James and Maria (Fisher)\\nEdwards; born Jan. 21, 1858; married, March 31,\\n1887, Emma M., daughter of John D. and Abigail\\n(Wright) Hale of Swanzey, born April 21, 1865.\\nI. Ethel Maria, born Nov. 2, 1887.\\nII. CiiAKLES. born Nov. 5, 1889; died Nov. 12, 1891.\\nIII. Akthi r James, born Ajn-il 30, 1892.\\nIV. BiLEV Aeisekt, l)orn Dec. 26, 1894-.\\nv. Daughter, born July 13, 1897.\\nLiNWOOD B. Emery, son of Samuel I). Emery, was born in\\nTurners Falls, Mass., Sept. 23, 1867; married, Feb.\\n14, 1891, Alice M., daughter of Eleazer W. and Mary\\nM. (Gilmore) Heath of Jaffrey, born Feb. 8, 1869.\\nI. Harold Leslie, liorn March 10, 1892.\\nThomas Enright, son of Dennis, born 1860; married,\\nAug. 12, 1885, Kate V. Stanton of Athol Mass., born\\nMay 15, 1866. He died Aug. 28, 1894.\\nI. Eva, born Aug. 7, 1886.\\nII. Thomas James, bom Aug. 21, 1888; died Aug. -t, 1889.\\nIII. Nellie Gertrude, born May 12, 1890.\\nIV. Lizzie Belle, born Jan. 12, 1892.\\nV. Edward Michael, l)orn Jan. 24, 1893; died July 31, 1893.\\nVI. Marion Frances, born Feb. 6, 1894.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "386\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\nAIiCHAEL Enright, SOU of Michael, born in Ireland, 185G;\\nmarried, June 25, 1889, Mary V. Deschene, born in\\nCanada, Nov. 10, 1868.\\nI. Mary Elizabeth, born Aug. 25, 1890.\\nII. Maggie Agnes, born March 31, 1892.\\nIII. John Martin, born Sept. 24, 1894.\\nIV. Charlotte Ellen, born March 1, 1896.\\nV. Cecelia Lena, born March 1, 1896.\\nCyrus Fairbanks, born in Harvard, Mass., Nov. 17, 1786;\\nmarried, July 3, 1817, Betsey Jackson of Westminster,\\n1\\nI\\nCVRl S Fairdanks.\\nMass. Soon alter his birth his parents removed to\\nAshburnham, and here he s])ent a large part ot his\\nminority. In his early life he had the misfortune to\\nlose the use of his lower limbs, in consequence ot which", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 387\\nhe learned the shoemakers trade, and came to Troy in\\n1S16, working one year with Preston Bishop, who\\nhad, a Httle more than a year previous bought of\\nSamuel Garey a carpenter s shop which stood near\\nwhere the house now owned l)y E. P. Kimball stands\\non the corner. In the fall of 1815, the shop was\\nliurnt, and Bishop being very much esteemed, his neigh-\\nbors, out of sympathy, assisted him in building another\\nhouse, the present house which has been modified\\nand improved. Mr. Fairbanks bought the location in\\n1817, and resided there until his death, which occurred\\nNov. 23, 1861; his wife died April 29, 1868.\\nlu.iz.x, ))orn March 22, IcSliS; married Ransom Iiigalls; died -Vxi.u.\\n15, 1S57.\\nSii..\\\\s H., born Dec. 7, 181S; married Catherine Aldrich died at\\nJaffrey, Oct. 24, 1858. One child, Arthur.\\nMaky Ann, born Dec. 3, 1822; married E. P. Kimljall.\\n(iHORGK. 1)orn Oct. 22, 1825; married, 1st, Jan. 1, IS+fi, A1)by\\nWright, who died Aug. 27, 1848; married, 2d, October, 1849,\\nNancj Watkins of Walpole, who died July 27, 1858; married, 3d,\\nChildren, i by 1st wife, ii by 2d wife, iii, iv by 3d wife. 1.\\nCharles Henry, born March, 1847; died Nov. 29, 1848; 2.\\nCharles Henry, 2d, born May 17, 1851; 3. Delos 4. Sarah Jane.\\nCharles, born March 15, 1827; died June 18, 1843.\\nWalter A., born Jan. 5, 1830; married, Aug. 4, 1864, Mary Jane,\\ndaughter of Brown and Mar\\\\ (Wheeler) Nurse; resides in Fitch-\\nburg, Mass. Mrs. Fairbanks died Oct. 25, 1896. Mr. Fairbanks\\nwas for a time clerk in the store of Dexter Whittemore at Fitz-\\nw^illiam. In the fall of 1863, he became a resident of Fitchburg,\\nand for about eleven years, or until 1874, he was interested with\\nL. J. Brown in the dry goods business, but at the latter date re-\\ntired from active business, but has been connected with various\\nenteqirises. At the present time he is a trustee in the Worcester\\nNorth Savings Institution vice president and director in the\\nWachusett National Bank director in Orswell yarn mills, Nockege\\nprint mills, and Lancaster mills of Lancaster, Mass. is a director\\nin the Fitchburg Park Association and trustee in the Fitchbin\\\\g\\nReal Estate Association. Was also a director of the Wachusett\\nElectric Light plant, and ]n-esidcnt of the same when it was sold\\nto another compan}-.\\nSarah W., born May 8, 1832; married, Jime 28, 1865, Daniel M.\\nSawyer of Keene; died Oct. 26, 1895. One child, Walter Fairbanks\\nSawyer, born Feb. 5, 18(58. Is a ])hysician in Fitchburg.\\nCakcjlink born Jan. 183(5; married Daniel Farrar.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "388 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nFarrar. Jacob Farrar and his brother Jonathan were\\namong the original proprietors of Lancaster, Mass., and\\nwere there as early as 1653, and tradition says they came\\nfrom Lancashire, England, and Jacob was probably\\nbetween thirty and thirty-five years of age when he came\\nto this country. His wife and children remained in Eng-\\nland imtil 1658, when he had a residence prepared for\\nthem to live in. During King Philip s War he had two\\nsons killed. He died in Wobnrn, Mass., Aug. 14, 1677.\\nHis eldest son, Jacob, was born in England, probably\\nabout 1642 married Hannah, daughter of George Ha}--\\nward, in 1668. He was killed by Indians, Aug. 22, 1675.\\nHis second son, George, born Aug. 16, 1670; married\\nMary Howe, Sept. 9, 1692, and settled in that part of\\nConcord, Mass., now Lincoln. He is said to have been a\\nman of great energy and thrift. His second son, Daniel,\\nborn Nov. 30, 1696 married Hannah Fletcher, and settled\\nin Sudbury, Mass., where he died about 1755. His eldest\\nson, Josiah, born September, 1722; married, 1745, Hannah,\\ndaughter of John Taylor of Northborough, Mass., a man\\nof considerable note and a Tory of the Revolution, whose\\nname was borne by a former governor of New Hampshire,\\nJohn Taylor Gilman. He died in Marlborough, Nov. 24,\\n1808; his widow died there Feb. 10, 1810. Daniel, a\\nbrother of Josiah, born 1724; married, 1748, Mary\\nand resides in Lincoln, Mass.\\nPhineas Farrar, son of Josiah and Hannah (Taylor)\\nFarrar, born in Sudbury, Aug. 20, 1747; married\\nLovina Warren of Marlborough, Mass. He came to\\nthis region in 1768, purchasing several lots of land.\\nHe died April 1, 1841; his widow died Feb. 17, 1845.\\nI. PuiNKAS, l)oi-n Nov. 12, 1771; married. May, 1794, A1)igail, daugh-\\nter of Elii^halet and L.vdia (Goddard) Stone. He went to Miehi.iiau,\\nwliere he died Sept. 24-, lcS5v5.\\nII. John, born Aug. 24, 1773; married Cynthia Stone.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 389\\nIII. Betsey, born fan. IS, 177fi married Elijah Frost of Marll)oroujili\\nshe died 1830.\\nIV. C.XLVix, l)orn Jan. 11, 1778; married Bathsheba B. Bates of Brim-\\nfield, and resided in Waterford, Me., where he died Feb. 19, 1819.\\nHis eldest daughter, Caroline E., inarried Levi Brown of the same\\ntown, and who was the mother of Charles Farrar Brown, whose\\nnom cle phime was Artemus Ward.\\nV. Luther, twin to Calvin, born Jan. 11, 1778; married Alary Whit-\\ning of New Ipswich; was a lawyer and settled in Norway, Me.,\\nwhere he died April 28, 1812.\\nVI. JosiAii, born April, 1780; married Betsey Prince of Waterford, Me.,\\nwhere he lived and died.\\nVII. BiLDAD (who on becoming of age took the name of William), l)orn\\nOct. 21, 1782; married, Nov. 12, 1812, Nancy Whilcomb. He\\ndied Dec. 28, 1863; his wife died Sept. 3, 1861.\\nVIII. Daniel W., born Feb. 22, 1786.\\nIX. David, born July 5, 1788; died in Waterford, Me., May, 1817.\\nX. Nancy, born March 16, 1792; died May 14, 1795.\\nXI. James, born March 16, 1792; married, Feb. 22, 1816, Koxanna\\nFrost; died Nov. 3, 1861.\\nDaniel W. Farrar was the eighth son of Phineas\\nFarrar of Alarlboroiioh, and he became a resident of Troy\\nin 1800, when he came here and was employed as a clerk\\nin the store of Jonas Roljeson, seven years. In 1805,\\nRobeson moved to Fitzwilliam and left him in charge for\\na time he then formed a copartnership with him and\\ncarried on the company business until 1813, when he\\nbought out Mr. Robeson s share and took sole charge of\\nthe store. About this time he formed a partnership with\\nCurtis Coolidge, which continued for about three A^ears,\\nwhen he took the entire business and conducted the same\\nuntil about 1843, when he was succeeded by his son,\\nDavid W. Farrar and John Whittemore, Jr., of Fitzwilliam.\\nAt this time he resided in the Garey tavern, but in 1835,\\nhe moved the old store built by Robeson, a little back and\\nbuilt the brick store now owned b^- C. W. Whitney. After\\ngiving up his store, he devoted the most of his time to\\nfarming, and lived in the house now owned by C. D.\\nFarrar, and which was built in 183G.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "390\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nFor more than fifty years lie was one of the most\\nenterprising- men of the town, and probably no one exerted\\na greater influence. He was\\nver_v active in the move-\\nment which led to the for-\\nmation of the town of\\nTroy, and it was mainly\\nthrough his exertions that\\nthe act was accomplished,\\nas will be seen by referrino-\\nto the account of its incor-\\nporation. His name is iden-\\ntified with almost every\\npublic act, and although\\nhis position at times may\\nhave been violently as-\\nsailed, yet all seemed will-\\ning to give him credit for\\nstrict integrity and of act-\\ning from the best of mo-\\ntives. In some respects he was a remarkable man, and\\nfew with the same early advantages would have made so\\nconspicuous a mark in life. He possessed good native\\ntalent, an active mind, and was quick of apprehension,\\nbut his school advantages ^vere very limited. But he had\\na mind for improvement and an energy which enabled him\\nto overcome the most formidable obstacles and to make\\nup in good measure the deficiency of his early school\\nadvantages. Every day was a practical school to him;\\nhe kept his books by his side, but instead of gathering\\nfrom them a few theories without a knowledge of their\\napplication, like many more modern scholars, he used\\nthem, as was once said by a noted divine, as soldiers to\\nassist him in fighting the battle of life. He made his\\nDaniel W. Farrar.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 391\\n])ooks contribute to his Inisiness capacity, and in all his\\nstudies, cuj bono? was his earnest inquiry. Thus his\\neducation was highly practical and this will account for\\nhis success in life.\\nDaniel W. Farrar, son of Phineas, born Feb. 22, 1786;\\nmarried, 1st, May 24, 1812, Eliza, born Dec. 11, 1791,\\ndaughter of Dr. Ebenezer and Betsey (Bates) Wright;\\nshe died April 15, 1814; and he married, 2d, Aug. 17,\\n1815, Betsey, born Sept. 21, 1794, daughter of Deacon\\nSamuel and Hannah (Bowker) (iriffin. He died March\\n7, 1860; his wife died Rov. 6, 1858. All his children\\nwere by his 2d marriage.\\nI. D.wii) W.\\\\RKEN, l)orn Jan. 30, 1817.\\nII. Kijz.\\\\ Wright, Ijoni Se])t. 26, ISlS; married, .\\\\u,l;. 17, 1S44, Rev.\\nAlfred Stevens; died Dee. S, IS-tl-.\\nIII. Helen M.\\\\ri.\\\\. Ijorn June 15, 1S2(\u00c2\u00bb, married, Jmie 7, IMS, Kev.\\nA1)raliam Jenkins, Jr. died May 22, 1851.\\nIV. Iii)\\\\v.\\\\Rn, born Nov. 14-, 1822.\\nV. S.\\\\K.\\\\n, born May 28, 1824- died Mareh 27, 1838.\\nVI. U.W iEL. born May 29, 1836; married, Nov. 24, 1863, Caroline A.,\\ndaughter of Cyrus and Betsey (Jaekson) Fairbanks; dieil June3,\\n1875; resides in Leominster, Mass. Children born in Leominster:\\n1. Echvnrd Hinl, born Oet. 24, 18(56; 2. Gertrude Elixn, born\\nOet. 7, 1870.\\nDavid W. F.vrrar was the son of Daniel W. and Bet-\\nsey ((iriffin) Farrar, and was born in Troy, Jan. 30, 1817.\\nHis fiither was a merchant of the town for thirty-six\\nyears, and has been spoken of as a man of strict integ-\\nrity and acting from the best of motives. It will be seen\\nthat Mr. Farrar s l)usiness education began in early child-\\nhood and he grew up to Ijusiness life with an cxam])le before\\nhim of uprightness and honesty, and received instruction in\\nthe accurate and careful management of business affairs.\\nThus we see that the superior business ability he mani-\\nfested, was in part, the result of long trjiining in the work\\nwhich he afterwards carried along so successfully alone.\\nHe inherited good native talent from his father, and\\nhaving an active mind, quick of apprehension, and alert", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "392\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nto discern advantageous openings, with a desire for\\nimprovement and progress, he succeeded.\\nHis educational advantages were only those such as\\nthe town furnished, except a short time spent at an acad-\\nemy in an adjoining town. As was said of the father,\\nthat to him every day was a practical school, so we may\\ninfer that the son received more instruction than the\\nDavid \\\\V. Fakkak.\\nschools alone afforded him. We find him growing u]) to\\nmanhood under wise instruction in business, and with the\\npractical duties of life placed before him in a practical\\nmanner. His time was occupied in his father s store, out", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEK. 393\\nof and after school hours and school days, until 184-3, in\\nthe service of his father. At this time he took charge of\\nthe store and conducted the business for twenty years,\\npaying for the same and enlarging it quite extensively.\\nThis Avas before the railroad came as a factor in the trans-\\naction of business. This store was the center of trade for\\nall this region iind presented a lively appearance all day\\nlong iind sometimes far into the night. The main cause\\nof this great \u00c2\u00a3ictivity was the making of palmleaf hats,\\nwhich was commenced at first by Mr. Farrar s father,\\nwith some degree of fear and timidity, who purchased fifty\\nleaf at one time and thought it a great venture. The\\nbusiness proved profitable, and instead of buying so many\\nof the leaf, jjurchases were made by the numlicr of tons.\\nThe business assumed its greatest magnitude under the\\nmanagement of Mr. Farrar. The store would be encircled\\nall day with teams that came from all about within a\\ncircle of twenty miles, getting the leaf to take home to\\nmake into hats, and taking ])ay for the work done in\\ngoods from the store. But this business was injured by\\nthe advent of the railroads, and the center of trade for dry\\ngoods and groceries was taken from Troy. He sold out\\nhis store to Thomas Goodall, Dec. 1, 1860, but loought it\\nback again Jan. 1, 1863, taking his son, Henry W., into\\npartnership, who conducted the business for two years,\\nwhen the business was purchased by Messrs. C. W. Whit-\\nney and W. G. Silsby. In his business as a merchant,\\nMr. Farrar was highly successful and acquired the means\\nof purchasing real estate and of building the residence, in\\n184-8, which was occupied by him as long as he lived in\\nTroy. Soon after taking the store he engaged in the\\nmanufacture of wooden ware in addition to that of the\\nl^almleaf hat business. After relinquishing his mercantile\\npursuits he devoted his time to his real estate and the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "394 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nmanufacture of wooden ware at the North end, w^here the\\nbusiness is now conducted by his son, Charles D. Farrar.\\nHe also, for about two years, about 1860, had a manu-\\nfactory at Swanzey.\\nThese facts serve to show the activity of Mr. Farrar in\\nhis business career. A man so prominently connected with\\nthe business of the town, could not, of course, escape\\npublic duties. Turning to his public life he is found to\\nhave been much interested in town affairs. Having large\\ninterests in the town and paying large taxes, it would\\nnaturally be expected that he would be more or less inter-\\nested in its welfare and development. As soon as he had\\nattained his majority he was elected town clerk; an office\\nwhich his father had held from the organization of the\\ntown, until the year ])revious to the election of Mr.\\nFarrar. This office he held for some six or seven 3 ears.\\nMr. Farrar was never selectman of the town becavisc he\\n^vas so busy with his own affairs that he always declined\\nto allow his name to be used for that position. He\\nalways manifested an interest in educational matters cind\\nserved upon the board of superintending school committee.\\nHe was also one of those who took an active part in\\nsecuring the remodeling of the room in the town house,\\nrecently used for school purposes, so that there might be\\nhigh school privileges for the older children. After the\\nestablishment of the high school, he with others became\\nresponsible for the expenses of the school, guaranteeing to\\nthe teacher her pay.\\nIn 1863, he was chosen representative to the state\\nlegislature. He was an active member, taking part in the\\nwork of the cominittees, as also in the general work of\\nthe house. Through him the town secured a reduction of\\nthe county tax, for when the apportionment was made he\\nbecame convinced that the amount required from Troy was", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 395\\nin excess of its valuation, and appeared before the commit-\\ntee of apportionment, stating that they had not made the\\npercentage of taxation equal, it being excessive in regard\\nto Troy as compared with some other places. The com-\\nmittee at first v^ere unwilling to change the rate, l)vit Mr.\\nFarrar was so positive in his statements that he secured\\na reduction which made a saving to the town of about\\nfive hvindred dollars. In 1856, he purchased some soldier\\nland claiius of the war of 1812, and in consequence of\\nwhich he was several times obliged to go to the West to\\nlook them up and locate thein. Some of them were found\\nto l)e of value, others worthless. In the wild scenes in\\nwhich this western country then abounded he took part\\nand searched out and located his claims, and in doing so\\nwas led into scenes in which his courageous nature and\\nactive spirit found full scope. It is probable that others\\nof a less adventurous spirit would have been deterred from\\nso arduous a task and have lost all they had invested in\\nthese lands. During one of these western trips, in the\\nspring of 1878, he came to the place now known as Britt,\\nIowa, in which vicinity he owned lands. Here tw^o rail-\\nroads crossed, and the promise of a large town was good,\\nand, believing in the future of the place, purchased largely\\nof its lands, and having obtained a business interest in the\\nplace, Mr. Farrar left Troy in the fall of 1880, and took\\n.up his residence in Britt, and began to labor for its\\nadvancement; his first effort for the public benefit of the\\ntown was the agitation of the building of a public school-\\nhouse, which, through his influence largely, was built from\\ndesigns made by him, it Ijeing a two-story frame structure\\nabout thirty feet by seventy feet, finished very neatly and\\nmaking an ornament to the town.\\nSoon after the erection of the schoolhouse, a local\\npreacher of the Methodist church commenced holding", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "396 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nservice there and Air. Farrar urged the organization of a\\nSabbath school. The pastor of the Congregational church\\nat Britt, at the time of his death, in speaking of him, says\\nSometime in May of that year, I met him and he urged\\nme to come and spend a Sabbath and afterwards wrote\\nto the same effect, and on the first Sabbath in the June\\nfollowing, I commenced to preach there and have continued\\nto until the present, the result of which is a church of\\nfifteen memliers and an edifice thirty feet by forty-five feet,\\nfinished except the belfry, and with a del)t of only two\\nhundred dollars. In all these enterprises he has interested\\nhimself and promoted. His last public w^ork was to meet\\nthe church officials to devise means for the payment of\\nthe minister s salary, and other indebtedness of the church.\\nHe had been quite sick, but getting better, on Satur-\\nday, Sept. 30 (1882), anxious for the success of a county\\nfair held at Britt, he went to that during the day and at\\nnight attended a church meeting in the church when there\\nwas no fire, taking cold. The next day he was worse and\\ncontinued to fail until his death. He further wrote of\\nhim: for two terms he was elected a member of the town\\ncouncil, and his Avise counsel did much to shape the action\\nof the board, and economically use the public monies in\\nlaying sidewalks, planting trees around the schoolhouse\\nlot, and other public improvement, works that will bear\\nhis impress in time to come. There are but few men\\n\\\\vhose loss will be more seriously felt for years to come in\\nthe church and by the community than D. W. Farrar.\\nDuring the past summer I have had many private inter-\\nviews in which he manifested an unusual anxiety to\\nthrown off the affairs of business scattered over seven\\nstates, and rest. What he was so anxious to accomplish\\nwas done for him in his removal from them all, and a rest\\nw^e hope in the paradise of God.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 397\\nThe church in Britt adopted resolutions in reference to\\nMr. Farrar, and speaking of him as an active worker in\\nthe Lord s vineyard, one intelligent to plan and cpiick to\\nexecute, as well as a sympathetic brother. He was a\\nman of great energy, good business qualifications, genial\\nin personal intercourse, and a warm friend to his friends.\\nMr. Farrar made a public profession of religion and\\nbecame a member of the Congregational church in 1869,\\nunder the pastoral care of Rev. Levi Brigham, and after\\nuniting with the church was called upon frequently for\\nservice. He was upon the Sabbath school committee for\\nsix years; was several times delegate to the county con-\\nference of churches was temporary church clerk and\\nserved four years upon the chiuxh committee. After he\\nwent to Iowa we see that his interest in religious matters\\nwas prominent, and he thought it well to look after the\\neducational and religious interests of his adopted town,\\nand took a prominent part in securing it.\\nIt was said of him, that he was a man of great\\nactivity in business, yet in it all endeavoring to show\\nhimself a man of whom one who knew him all through\\nlife testifies that he always regarded his word as equal to\\nhis bond though of great energy and of a nervous tem-\\njjerament, yet usually holding it in restraint to that which\\nwas just having a mind wdiich w^as argumentative and\\njudicial, and w^hich looked to the superiority of right in\\nthe end, however he might differ in opinion from others;\\na man of strong friendship to his friends with public\\nspirit \\\\vhich considered not alone his own good, but also\\nthat of his fellow citizens a man of progressive thought\\nand improvement, and who, making progress himself,\\ndesired others to share it wnth him, thus seeking to give\\nthe young larger intellectual advantages; a man attentive\\nto the worship of God in the sanctuary during all his life,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "398 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nbecoming at length impressed with the duty owed to God\\nand having the force of will to take up that duty after\\nthe habits of life had long been fixed, without attention\\nto this duty as a personal matter; a man, who, in start-\\ning a new town after this period of his life, gives promi-\\nnence to his estimate of the value of the religious element\\nin the welfare of a town, asserting by his action that the\\nmature judgment of his later years made the service of\\nGod a i)rime essential to personal, social and jiublic\\nlife.\\nDavid W. Farrar, son of Daniel, born Jan. 30, 1817;\\nmarried, June 29, 1S4-1, Hannah, daughter of Stephen\\nand Polly (Wright) Wheeler; died in Britt, Iowa, Oct.\\n7, 1882.\\nI. Henry W., 1)orn April 21, 1S42.\\nII. Hannah M., l)oni Sept. 27, 1.S48; died Oet. 10, ISl-?.\\nni. Charles David, horn Oct. 1.S4-7.\\nIV. Helen M., born .\\\\ng 13, 185+; married Oeoroe W. Baker; died at\\nBradford, Vt., Aug-. IS, 18S4.\\nHenry W. Farrar, son of David, born April 21, 1842;\\nmarried, May 30, 1865, Leila B., daughter of Jerry\\nand Ann Waterhouse. He received his education in the\\ncommon schools and at Vermont Academy. For a\\ntime he was engaged in business with his father. Later\\nwas in business in New York city for some time.\\nUpon the completion of his business there, he returned\\nto Troy and was engaged in looking after his father s\\nbusiness, and held various to\\\\vn offices. Was town\\nclerk and selectman in 1879, 1880 and 1881. After\\nthe death of his father he inherited real estate interests\\nin Iowa and adjoining states and removed to Britt.\\nHe was mayor of the town one year and filled the\\noffice with credit, and was a leader in all matters of\\npublic interest. In his business relations he was\\nprompt, rendering to every man his due and expected\\nthe same in return. Failing, health compelled him to\\ngive up business, and he died at Minneapolis, Minn.,\\nAug. 13, 1885. His widow resides, and is vice", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "GENE A LOnrCA L REGISTER.\\n399\\npresident of the State Bank at Monte Vista, Colo-\\nriido.\\nHenrv \\\\V. Fakrar.\\nCharles D. Farrar, son of David, born Oct. 3, 1S47;\\nmarried, Sept. 6, 1877, Elizabeth A., daughter of\\nThomas and Susanna (Stocks) Birtwhistle. He at-\\ntended the common schools of the town and took a\\ncourse of instruction at Highland Military Academy,\\nWorcester, Mass. He was a clerk for about two years\\nin the dry goods store of L. J. Brown in F itchburg.\\nHe returned to Troy, and in 1873 commenced the\\nmanufacture of wooden ware in the Sibley peg mill at", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTORY OF TROY\\nthe North end, and is a successful l)usiness man and\\nthe largest real estate owner in town. He was town\\nCharles D. Farrar.\\nclerk in 1872 and 1873, but aside from this has ahvays\\ndeclined accepting any town office.\\nDaughter, l)oni Nov. 5, 1878; died Nov. 8, 1878.\\nDavid Warken, born Oct. 13, 1882.\\nThp:oi)okk BiRTWHiSTLE, bom Sept. 2, 1884 tlicd Oct. 1( 18S4-.\\nlinwAKi) Hknrv, born May 12, 1886.\\nEdward Farrar, a younger brother of David W., was\\nborn in Troy, Nov. 14, 1822, and after pursuing a\\npreparatory course of study entered Dartmouth Col-\\nlege, but on account of physical inability, he did not\\nI.\\nII.\\nIII.\\nIV.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n401\\nfinish the usual college course, but left without his\\ndegree. Soon after he commenced the study of law\\nwith Levi Chamberlain, Esq., of Keene, and entered\\nHarvard Law School from which he graduated in\\n184-7, and entered upon the practice of his profession\\nin Keene, being admitted to the Cheshire County Bar\\nin December of the same year. He held the office of\\nClerk of the Supreme Court for the County of Cheshire\\nfrom December, 1857, until the time of his death. He\\nalso served as Mayor of Keene, and held many places\\nof trust and responsibility. He married, Aug. 23,\\n1858, Caroline, daughter of Charles H. Brainard of\\nKeene. He died Feb. 11, 1888. Children:\\nCaroline Frances, born Aug. 3, 1860.\\nSarah Brainard, born Aug. 13, 1869; died Nov. 11, 1888.\\nResidence of C. D. Farrar.\\nMajou John Fakkar was a native of Framingham, Mass.\\nmarried, 1st, Oct. 13, 1740, Martha, daughter of Rev.\\nJohn and Sarah (Tileson) Swift of F ramingham. His\\nwife died 1749, and he married, 2d, Oct. 4, 1750,\\nDeborah, born Jan. 27, 1728-29; died Nov. 2, 1793,\\ndaughter of Thomas and Deljorah (Gleason) Winch of\\nFramingham.\\nI. Makv, l)orn Jan. 8, 1742; married (len. James Reed.\\nII. Martha, born Dec. 15, 174-t; died .\\\\pril 3, 1775.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "402 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIII. John, Ixumi and died May 5, 1749.\\nlY. Marth.\\\\, Ijorn June 7, 1749.\\nV. John, born Aug. 11, 1751; married, May 8, 178(3, Ruth Davis;\\ndied March 20, 1809.\\nVI. Deborah, born Dec. 26, 1753; married, Sept. 12, 1770, Caleb Le-\\nland resides in Leominster, Mass.\\nVII. Nelly, born Nov. 4, 1755; married, Capt. John Brown of Fitchburg.\\nvm. Joseph, l)orn April 3, 1758; married, 1st, Hannah Kimball of\\nFitchburg; married, 2d, Martha Nutting of Pepperell; married,\\n3d, Elizabeth Fletcher of Dunstable.\\nIX. William, born June 30, 1760; married, July 6, 1780, Ircna Boyn-\\nton; he died May 4, 1837; his wife died May 15, 1835.\\nDaniel, born Feb. 19, 1763 died in Troy, Sept. 5, 1832, unmarried.\\nXI. Anne, born Oct. 27, 1765; married Benoni Shurtleft\\nXII. Samuel, born Jan. 22, 1769; married Mary Nutting of Pepperell.\\nXIII. Hetty, Ijorn Oct. 14, 1771; married Joseph Haskell.\\nDaniel Farrar, born in Lincoln, Mass., March 25, 1755;\\nmarried Lucy, daughter of John and Mary (Joslin)\\nBruce of Sudbury, Mass. He died Nov. 13, 1S37; his\\nwife died Aug. 20, 1838.\\nI. Elizabeth, born Jan. 23, 1776; married, 1st, Nathan Platts;\\nmarried, 2d, Samuel Rockwood died Jan. 10, 1836.\\nII. Daniel, born March 24, 1778; died April 29, 1781.\\nIII. Lucy, born Oct. 31, 1780; married, Dec. 31, 1805, Caleb Winch.\\nIV. Daniel, born Nov. 10, 1782.\\nV. Samuel, born April 15, 1785; married, Nov. 17, 1808, Lydia Cut-\\nting; settled in Vermont.\\nYi. John B., born Dee. 17, 1787; married, Aug. 15, 1810, Anna Harvey\\nof Marlborough; died Oct. 14, 1854.\\nYii. Mary, born April 14, 1790; married William Winch.\\nYiii. Sally, born Feb. 16, 1792; married Abishai Collins; died vSejit. 25,\\n1843.\\nIX. William, born Feb. 18, 1794; married, March 20, 1816, Betsey,\\nborn Sept. 26, 1793; died Dec. 2, 1881, daughter of Josiah and\\nLucy (Snow) Whittemore of Phillijjston, Mass.; died Jan. 7,\\n1870. Removed to Monroe County, N. Y., and from there to\\nHadley, Lapeer County, Mich., where both died. They had four-\\nteen children, of whom twelve lived to maturitv and eleven\\nmarried.\\nX. Nancy, born Jan. 5, 1797; married A. Kawson removed to Vermont.\\nXI. Tryphena, born Oct. 21, 1799; married Robert Fitz of New Ipswich,\\nwhere she died in 1842.\\nGeorge Farrar, brother of Daniel, born in Lincoln, Feb.\\n1, 1760; married Bruce of Sudbury, Mass.; died\\nNov. 1, 1824; his widow died March 26, 1825.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 4-03\\nI. George, born Dec. 8, 1784; married, 1st, Naomi Starker, who died\\nSept. 2, 1842; married, 2d, Sally, daughter of John Whitney.\\nDied Oet. 3, 1860.\\nII. Nahitm, born Nov. 7, 1786; died 1812.\\nHI. Stephen, born Jan. 1, 1789.\\nIV. Patty, born April 21, 1798; died 1810.\\nV. Saeey, born Sept. 11, 1797; married Luther Bemis; died March 24,\\n1845.\\nGeorge Farrar, son of George, born Dec. 8, 1784;\\nmarried, 1st, 1817, Naomi Starkey and settled on the\\nfarm formerh owned by Ichabod Shaw. He bonght\\nthe farm of one Piper, who had it of Thayer, and the\\nlatter had it of Moses Kenney, who had it of Shaw.\\nMr. Farrar lived on this place until his death. Mrs.\\nFarrar died in 184-2, and he married, 2d, Sally,\\ndaughter of John Whitney.\\nI. Naomi E., born 1818; died 1829.\\nII. Martha, born 1820; married Henry Haskell.\\nin. Harriet Newell, born 1822; died 1825.\\nIV. Nancy, born 1824; died 1825.\\nV. George Elliott, born 1826; died 1829.\\nVI. George E., born 1830, and died same year.\\nStephen Farrar, son of George, born Jan. 1, 1789;\\nmarried, Dec. 17, 1815, Delila, daughter of Jonathan\\nand Delila (Rhodes) Bemis; died March 2, 1841.\\nI. Charles, born April 6, 1817; died 1838.\\nII. John, born Feb. 3, 1819; died July 24, 1831.\\nIII. Stephen Bemis, born Ma^ 18, 1821; died June, 1826.\\nIV. Stephen Bemis, 2d, born Aug. 23, 1826.\\nStephen Bemis Farrar, son of Stephen, born Aug. 23,\\n1826; married, June 2, 1846, Persis Twitchell of North-\\nfield, Mass., born Sept. 16, 1827; died April 15, 1874.\\nHe located on the home farm, the place now occupied\\nbv Carlos M. Barnard, where he lived until his death,\\nNov. 15, 1870, which was caused by falling from a\\nbuilding.\\nI. John S., born May 23, 1848; died Nov. 28, 1860.\\nII. Charles, born Aug. 10, 1850; died Nov. 28, 1860. Both drowned.\\nIII. Julia Cora, born Jan. 24, 1862; married, April 9. 1884, Fred S.\\nSchnell, born April 8, 1859.\\nDaniel Farrar, son of Daniel, born Nov. 10, 1782;\\nmarried, Dec. 30, 1806, Lucena, born April 11, 1780,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "404 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ndaughter of Daniel and Hannah (Goodrich) Mellen.\\nHe died Nov. 26, 1867.\\nI. Hannah Goodrich, bom Oct. 11, 1807; died Sept. 14, 1S24-.\\nII. LrCENA. born May 15, 1810; died Dec. 12, 1855.\\nIII. Betsky, 1)oni April 22, 1813; died Jan. G, 1892, unmarried.\\nIV. Daniel M., born Nov. 7, 1815.\\nV. Leonard, born Sept. 20, 1817; died June 1, 1876.\\nVI. James, l)orn June 29, 1820; married Clara Brown of Warwick,\\nMass.; died in Adrian, Mich., Dec. 8, 1890.\\nVII. Hannah, born April 25, 1825; died Jan. 30, 1826.\\nDaniel Mellen Farrar, son of Daniel, born Nov. 7,\\n1815; married, Feb. 15, 1838, Sophronia Keith, born\\nDec. 10, 1810; died April 3, 1872; he died March 28,\\n1870.\\nI. Daniel Warren, born Nov. 7, 1839.\\nII. John Lyman, born Oct. 6, 1841.\\nIII. Charles Adelbert, born April 24, 1844.\\nIV. AiiiiiE Lucena, born Dec. 10, 1848; married Charles E. Kimball;\\ndied Sept. 20, 1893.\\nDaniel W. Farrar, son of Daniel M., born Nov. 7, 1839;\\nmarried, Nov. 7, 1860, Nancy A., born April 9, 1842,\\ndaughter of Luther F., and Harriet Piper; died July\\n14, 1881. Children born in Fitzwilliam.\\nI. LuLA Estella, born Dec. 4, 1866; married, Jan. 19, 1887, Henry\\nH. Buckwold.\\nII. Edith May, born July 24, 1871; married Perle^- A. Hale.\\nIII. Adelhert Warren, born May 29, 1876.\\nJohn Lyman Farrar, son of Daniel M., born Oct. 6, 1841;\\nmarried Ellen Josephine Piper, born May 10, 1845;\\ndied April 1, 1875. His widow married, 2d, Feb. 3,\\n1879, William W. Webster.\\nI. Walter Daniel, born April 20, 1867.\\nII. Stephen Mellen, born Feb. 6, 1869.\\nIII. James Henry, born Jan. 30, 1871.\\nIV. Frank Warren, born May 4, 1878.\\nCharles Adelbert Farrar, son of Daniel M., born April\\n24, 1844; married, April 3, 1865, Charlotte E. Bemis.\\nI. Mary Adhie, born March 11, 1866; married, Dec. 18, 1888, Fred\\nW. Fidler of Westmoreland.\\nn. Leonard Adelbert, born Se|)t. 28, 18()9; married, Se])lember, 1894,\\nMary Bennett. One child, Leonard Cliarles, born Nov. 13, 1895.\\nResides in Maiden, Mass.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGL ^TEK. 405\\nIII. Frkd Jones, born Jul_v 28, 1871; married, Nov. 12, 1896, Ida E.,\\ndaughter of Levi A. and Emily L. (.\\\\dams) Fuller of Marlborougli.\\nIV. Nellie Ida, born Oct. 28, 1875.\\nV. Charlotte Bemis, born June 10, 1877.\\nElias French Farr, was born in Windham, Vt., June 30,\\n1831; married, 1st, Nov. 24, 1857, Janette Weir, born\\nin Victor, Nova Scotia, Jan. 17, 1833, who died Aug.\\n9, 1892; killed by the cars on the railroad bridge at\\nthe North end. Mr. Farr, married, 2d, Nov. 24, 1896,\\nMrs. Angelia Burpee.\\nL George Henry, born Oct. 22, 1858; married, June 11, 1881, Ella\\nM., daughter of William N. Watson. One child, Willinm Henry,\\nborn in Troy, Oct. 30, 1885.\\nII. John Thomas, born Oct. 12, 1860; married. June 17, 1885, Flora\\nG. Coburn of Jafifrey. Children: 1. Ghulys 2. Ralph.\\nIII. Etta, born Jan. 17, 1862; married, June 4, 1884, Edwin Ray of\\nWest Gardner, Mass. Children: 1. Vurwill Mnynnrd Rny 2.\\nEthel Iclell Ray.\\nIV. James, born Dec. 30, 1864; married, June 17, 1891, Martha M.\\nEmery of Jafifrey. One child, Leila.\\nV. Florinda, born Dec. 8, 1867; married, Aug. 1, 1892, Earl H. Whit-\\nney of Athol, Mass. One child, Harold Francis Whitney.\\nFassett. Patrick Fassett and his wife Sarah, came\\nfrom Rock Fassett Castle, Ireland, and settled in Lexing-\\nton, Mass. There is a tradition that the ancestors of the\\nfamily were refugees who fled from Scotland to escape\\nreligious })ersecution, and that the name Fassett was\\nassumed to conceal their identity, the original name being\\nMacpherson. The proper English pronunciation of the\\nname Fassett gives the broad sound to the a, and in\\nEngland as well as in this country, some branches of the\\nfamily spell the name Fawcett or Fossett, as being less\\nliable to mispronunciation. The final consonant is often\\nwritten single. The oldest children of Patrick and Sarah were\\nJoseph, born Oct. 2, 1672; died June, 1754; resided in\\nLexington. By wife Mary had a son,\\nJoseph, born Dec. 6, 1701; died Aug. 14, 1755; married\\nAmity Willard, whose father was from Wales. Had six\\nchildren of whom the fourth,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "406 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nJohn, born Dec. 7, 1739; married Isabel Bogle of\\nNatick, Mass. They came to Fitzwilliam about 1768,\\ntheir third child, Joseph, being the first white male child\\nborn in that town. They had eight children, Willard,\\nJohn, Joseph, Obil, Thomas, Isabel, Benjamin and Lucy.\\nObil, born Aug. 25, 1771; married, Sept. 2 S, 1794,\\nLois, born April 5, 1768; died Aug. 11, 1847, daughter\\nof Levi and Ruth (Darling) Bixby of Winchendon. He died\\nNov. 14, 1842. They had Joseph, Benjamin, John, Francis\\nBenjamin, Isabel, Stephen Franklin, Clarissa, Obil William,\\ntwo sons, twins, Eunice Bixby, Dr. Thomas Willard.\\nJoseph Fassett, son of Obil, born Ma3^ 1, 1795; married,\\nMarch 3, 1820, Tabitha, born Sept. 12, 1791; died\\nSept. 6, 1871, daughter of Joel and Tabitha Wright\\nof Fitzwilliam. Was in the wooden ware and lumber\\nbusiness in Fitzwilliam removed January, 1836, to Jaf-\\nfrey built the first half-way house on the Monadnock.\\nI. Taiutha B., born Aiig. 26, 1820; married Edward B. H. Stewart.\\nII. JosKPii Wright, born June 7, lcS22.\\nIII. Lois Bixby, born Nov. 1, 1823; married A1)el Thompson, born Dec.\\n13. 1815; died Oct. 7, 1846.\\nIV. John Benjamin, born Oct. 12, 1825; married, Nov. 23, 1851, Lydia\\nAnn Phelps of Winchester; died in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 24,\\n1886.\\nv. Joel E., born Aug. 8, 1827; went to Boston when quite young\\nand lived there until the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted\\nin Company E., Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers,\\nwhere he saw^ much service. After the war he returned to the\\nold homestead in Jaffre\\\\ where he died May 11, 1864.\\nVI. Edward Gardner, born Sept. 16, 1829; died May 20, 1850.\\nvn. Luther W., born Nov. 12, 1831; married, Sept. 24, 1856, Sarah\\nE., daughter of Dr. Thomas Willard Fassett. He served in Second\\nRegiment and was killed at Evansport, Va., April 2, 1862. One\\nchild, Carrie.\\nVIII. Dan VERSE C, born May 2, 1834.\\nIX. Clarissa C, born June 9, 1836; married Sumner Will)ur; died Dec.\\n26, 1856.\\nDanverse C. Fassett, son of Joseph, born May 2, 1834;\\nmarried, Aug. 18, 1855, Hannah Hammond, born Jan.\\n12, 1836; died Nov. 15, 1895.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER.\\n407\\nGardner C, born Oct. 19, 1857; married, 1st, Aiinic Briiio; married,\\n2d, Josie Luther; resides in Reading, Mass.\\nEllsworth L., born March 11, 1863; married, 1st, July 4, 1882,\\nJessie M., adopted daughter of Henry A. Spofford married, 2d,\\nAug. 4, 1891, Elleanor Mabel Robinson, born Oct. 26, 1870.\\nDanverse C. Fassett.\\nJosp:ph Wright Fassett, son of Joseph, born June 7,\\n1822; married, 1st, Nov. 16, 1847, Sarah A. Putney,\\nwho died Dec. 13, 1873, from injuries received by bein_\u00c2\u00a3\\nthrown from a carriage on Ward Hill; married, 2d,\\nNov. 5, 1874, Mrs. Emily L. (White) Dunn of Sullivan,\\nwho died April 7, 1888; married, 3d, Mrs. Eliza N.\\nPowers. Mr. Fassett died July 23, 1891, caused from", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "408 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nhaving his neck broken l)y being thrown from a mow-\\ning machine while at work in a field near his house.\\nAfter his first marriage, Mr. Fassett lived for a few\\nyears in this town and in Boston, Mass. but in 1854,\\nhe returned to Jafifrey and bought the old homestead\\nfarm, on which he resided until his death. He was\\nchosen and appointed to many offices of honor, trust\\nand responsibility. Children born, i and iii in Troy, ii\\nin Boston.\\nI. Ch.\\\\kles Wright, bom Dec. 3. 1S48; married, Oct. 5, 1S76, Adelia\\nP., born Jan. 14, 1847, daughter of Thomas and Marietta (Cut-\\nter) Upton of Jafifrey, where he resides. One child, Fred Wright.\\nII. Abbie Ann, born Jan. 14, 1851; married, Oct. 10, 1878, Alvin H.\\nSimonds of Fitchburg, Mass. died Nov. 22, 1879. One child,\\nSusan Ethel Simonds, born Oct. 22, 1879.\\nIII. Fk.vnk p., born March 2, 1853; died Dec. 19, 1863.\\nIV. Henkv J., born Dec. 19, 1863, in Fitzwilliam. (Adoi)ted).\\nDaniel A. Field, son of Dexter Field, born in Leverett,\\nMass., July 17, 1839; married, August, 1866, Mary E.,\\ndaughter of George W. and Mary (Bemis) Brown.\\nChildren born, i, ii, in, iv, v, and viii in Troy, vi, vii\\nin Jaftrey.\\nI. Lizzie Idella, born Dec. 1, 18C)(;; married, Alay 30, 1889. Charles\\nH. Cornell.\\nII. C.EoKGE Hi)\\\\v.\\\\Ki), born July 21, 1889.\\nIII. Wynn.\\\\ Mabel, born Jan. 6, 1873.\\nIV. Wakken Dexter, born April 13, 1875.\\nV. Freu Brown, born Aug. 31, 1876.\\nVI. Charles Arthur, born Aug. 9, 1879.\\nVM. Johnnie Washington, born Nov. 9, 1881.\\nVUL Clifford Ennis, born July 2, 1883.\\nFife. The surname Fife claims to be descended from\\na younger son of Fife Macduf, Earl of Fife, from which\\ntitle they have the name and carry the arms. (Lowers\\nFamily Names of the United Kingdom.) It is not\\ndoubted that those of the name of Fife are descendants of\\nFife Macduf They have the paternal arms of Macduff.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094(Old Manuscript furnished 1)y Joseph Bainbridge Fife,\\nM. D.) While it is true that the name had its origin in\\nthe foregoing manner, it is believed to have also been", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "I\\nGENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 409\\nassumed b^ natives of the county of Fife, Scotland, other\\nthan descendants of Fife Macduff, and, as appHed to their\\ndescendants, is a local surname. The county is spelled Fife,\\nbut in Scotland the surname is most often spelled Fyfe.\\nThis is one of the oldest families in Scotland, as is\\nshown b\\\\^ its frequent and honorable mention in Scotland\\nhistory from the very commencement of the use of sur-\\nnames, and by traditions handed down in the family from\\ngeneration to generation. James and William were the\\nancestors of the P ife family in this country. They were\\nnatives of Fifeshire, Scotland, and were among the early\\nsettlers of Bolton, Mass. James married Patience Butler,\\na native of Bolton. They had twelve children, among\\nwhom were Silas and Robert.\\nDea. Silas Fife, son of James and Patience (Butler) Fife,\\nborn in Bolton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1743; married, Aug. 15,\\n1772, iVbigail Hotighton, a native of Bolton. He was\\none of the earliest settlers in this region. He united\\nwith the Congregational church in Marlborough in\\n1779, and was made one of the deacons, June 22, 1791,\\nand continued to hold the office until Sept. 3, 1815,\\nwhen he withdrew from the Marlborough church in\\norder to unite with the church here, on account of its\\nlacing nearer his residence. He held various positions\\nof honor and trust in town with credit to himself and\\nadvantage to his fellow citizens.\\nI. Samuel, Ijorn June 27, 1773.\\nII. Betsey, born May 3, 1775; married William Tenney died June 22,\\n1821.\\nIII. Silas, born April 21, 1777; married Abigail Johnson; removed to\\nHalifax, Vt., where he died April 12, 1834. One child: Otis,\\nl)orn July 17, 1810; married, Oct. 15, 1832, Temperance Pearce;\\ndied in Oswego, N. Y., May 2, 1843.\\nIV. John, born Feb. 6, 1779.\\nV. James, born Nov. 14, 1780; married Mrs. Coy; died in Troy, 1S4().\\nVL Akigail, born Dec. 2, 1782; died in childhood.\\nvn. Benjamin, born March 24, 1786; married Betsey Newton; died in\\nTroy, Nov. 24, 1842.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "410 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nviii. Amos, bom Oct. 14, 1790; married Nancy, daughter of Reuben\\nWard; he died in Boston, Dec. 18, 1830.\\nIX. Timothy, born April 24, 1792.\\nX. Nathan, born Feb. 22, 1795; married Margtiret Bird; died at Isle-\\nau-Haute, Me.. October, 1834.\\nSamuel Fife, son of Deacon Silas, born June 27, 1773;\\nmarried, 1st, Sept. 6, 1806, Anna, daughter of Daniel\\nand Lucy (Collins) Emerson of Marlborough, born May\\n27, 1782, and died in Jaffrey, July 28, 1818; married,\\n2d, April 1, 1819, Sarah Thayer, born in Richmond,\\nAug. 15, 1776, and died in Elmore, Vt., June 20, 1847.\\nHe died in Elmore, Oct. 15, 1851. Children: i, ii, iii\\nby first wife; iv and v by second wife.\\nI. Almond, born March 4, 1811; married, Jan. 5, 1841, Marinda\\nPeck; died Sept. 3, 1868.\\nII. Abba, born July 5, 1814; married, Jan. 28, 1836, Charlotte Courser;\\nresides in Iowa.\\nIII. MiRA, born April 19, 1818; married Jason M. Kendrick of Wilming-\\nton, N. Y. died April 5, 1848.\\nIV. Emerson, born Nov. 13, 1819; died November, 1853, unmarried.\\nY. Silas, born April 20, 1825; married, Jan. 1, 1857, Sarah Allen;\\nresides in Chicago.\\nJohn Fife, son of Deacon Silas, born Feb. 6, 1779;\\nmarried Sarah Seward, born March 27, 1774; died in\\nPeterborough, Aug. 24, 1858; he died there Ma^^ 7,\\n1843.\\nI. Abigail, born July 29, 1800; married, Oct. 12, 1823, Samuel Strat-\\nton resided in Jaftrey.\\nn. William, born Nov. 23, 1803; married, 1st, April 27, 1833, Ruth\\nGott; married, 2d, Dec. 22, 1847, Sarah Sellers; died at Ells-\\nworth, Me., June 2, 1857.\\nIII. John, born Jan. 31, 1807; married, Nov. 4, 1830, Caroline Stone;\\nresides in Charlotte, N. Y.\\nIV. Mary, born June 27, 1808; died 1828, unmarried.\\nV. Elmira, born Aug. 11, 1811; died March 16, 1895.\\nVI. Elvira, iwrn Aug. 11, 1811; died Dec. 8, 1894. Both lived and\\ndied in Peterborough, unmarried.\\nTimothy Fife, son of Deacon Silas, born April 24, 1782;\\nmarried, 1821, Mary Jones of Framingham, and located\\non the farm with his father, and resided there till the\\ndeath of the latter, when he came into possession of\\nthe farm. In 1848, he sold this place to William A.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 411\\nHarris, and purchased of George Bemis the farm now\\nowned by John Tatro, where he lived until his death,\\nDec. 12. 1871. Mrs. Fife died Feb. 10, 1856.\\nI. Daniel Jones, horn Aug. 11, 1823; married, 1st, Sept. 23, 1S51,\\nLoiiy Alzina, born July 8, 1833; died Dec. 1, 1862, daughter of\\nEnoch and Luc3 (Hodgkins) (yarfield; married, 2d, March 2-1,\\n1864, Lizzie H., born Jan. 27, 1840, daughter of Ja))ez, Jr., and\\nMary Jane (Perkins) Morse. Chikh-en: 1. Arthur Frederick, born\\nFeb. 27, 1866; 2. Grnce Frances, Ijorn April 24, 1872; died Oct.\\n16, 1884.\\nII. Betsey T., born Dec. 24, 1824; married Jacob N. Harrington; died\\nMay 29, 1868.\\nIII. Sarah E., born May 23, 1826; married William A. Harris; died\\nJuly 28, 1897.\\nIV. Mary M., born Aug. 18, 1827; died Aug. 19, 1847.\\nV. Raciiael, born Oct. 30, 1828; married, January, 1862, Joseph\\nBailey, who died June 26, 1888; died March 14, 1892.\\nRobert Fitts was a native of Royalston, Mass., and came\\nhere in 1809 or 1810 with his widowed mother, and\\nresided several years in the Whipple house. Married,\\n1825, Tryphena Farrar. He was a mechanic and was\\nrepresented as being a very ingenious man and given\\nto new inventions. Soon after coming here he built a\\nshop which stood near the old blanket mill, and in\\nthis he constructed several machines which were pro-\\npelled by water. This shop was burned in 1825. He\\nlived here until about 1827, when he went to Mason\\nand afterwards to New Ipswich.\\nI. Robert, lived in Ashburnham.\\nII. Mary, married White of New Ipswich.\\nIII. Keziah, married Kenyon; lived in Ashburnham.\\nIV. Samue:l, lived in Ash])urnham.\\nv. Lucy, lived with her father.\\nVI. Georgianna, died in infancy.\\nFoRRisTALL. Jcsse and Joseph Forristall, sons of John\\nand Thankful (Jones) Forristall of Holliston, Mass., came\\nto this region in the spring of 1781. Joseph settled on\\nland now within the limits of Troy,\\nJoseph Forristall, born 1758; died April 12, 1848;\\nmarried, 1778, Hannah, born 1764; died May 2, 1849;", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "412 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ndaughter of Joseph and Mary (Parker) Mellen of Hol-\\nliston, Mass.\\nI. Betsey, born Dec. 31, 17S0; married Samuel Hemenway of Fitz-\\nwilliam.\\nu. Keziah, born Sept. 17, 1782; married, Felx 2, 1S09, Thomas Gould\\nof Swanze_v; died MaA- 11, 184-1.\\nIII. John, born Feb. 23, 1786; married MarA Parker; resided in Win-\\ncliendon.\\nIV. Hannah, born Sept. 9, 1789; married Samuel Stone of Fitzwilliam\\nresided in Swanzey.\\nY. PoLly, born March 6, 1792; married Kufus Govdd; resided in\\nCavendish, Vt.\\nVI. Joseph Mellen, born Oct. 18, 1794.\\nVII. Jonas, born Oct. 18, 1794; married Lucy Klandin;.^ resided in\\nSutton, Mass.\\nVIII. Dexter, born July 22. 1797.\\nIX. Ezra, born Sept. 20, 1799; married, A])ril 12, 1825, Betsey,\\ndauj^hter of Geor i;e and Betsey (Lawrence) Starkey died March\\n3, 1872; resided in Boston, Mass.\\nX. Belinda, born 1802; died Jan. 7, 1808.\\nXI. Alexander, born 1805; married, Jan. 9, 1831, Mar_v L., daughter\\nof George and Betsey (Lawrence) Starke3 died at Woodbury,\\nL. L, June 25, 1847; she died at Chelsea, Mass., July 31, 1875.\\nXII. Thomas J., born 1807; married Jane Chamberlain died Feb. 4, 1850.\\nxiiL SvLVENDER, bom 1809; married, 1st, Hannah Knight; 2d, Harriet\\n(lorham; resides in Chelsea, Mass.\\nJoseph M. Forristall, son of Joseph, horn Oct. 18,\\n1794; married, March 9, 1818, Fanny, born Dec. 22.\\n1797, daughter of Benjamin and Sally (Haskell)\\nBrigham; died Oct. 14, 1864. His wife died April 12,\\n1889. After his marriage he located on the farm\\nformerly owned by Caleb Winch, where he resided six\\nyears. After this he lived on the Sanders farm two\\nyears, then leased the tavern built by Josiah Morse,\\nand kept the public house two years. He resided a\\nshort time in the Whipple house, but in 1829, he built\\nthe Flint house, now owned by E. F. Adams, and\\nresided there six A^ears. In 1833, he purchased of Asa\\nPorter, the sawmill at the North end, built by Silas\\nWheeler. At this time there was a high sand bank at\\nthe junction of the two roads near the mill, and Mr.\\nForristall levelled this and built upon its site the house\\nnow^ owned bv Leonard Bovce. He was a verv", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n413\\nathletic, industrious man and did much to improve the\\ncondition of the town, and enjoyed the full confidence\\nof his fellow citizens. He held many town offices and\\nrepresented the town in the Legislature for two years.\\nJoseph M. P okkistai.l.\\nI. Czarina, born March IS, ISIU; married Hcnrv A. Porter.\\nII. Franklin Brigiiam, born Dee. 15, 1S21.\\nin. vSamira, born Oct. 31, 1823; married Anstin B. Gates; died May\\n26, 1882.\\nIV. Joseph N., 1)orn April 19, 1S2G.\\nV. Benjamin BRifriiAM, born May 2, 1830.\\nVI. Aei iieus Merrill, born Jan. 1, 1833.\\nVII. Henry M., born vSept. 6, 1835.\\nVIII. Sarah Jane, born May 18, 1838; died March 30, 1851.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "4.14.\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nBenjamin B. Forristall, son of Joseph M., born May 2,\\n1830; married, March 23, 1853, Harriet E. Shannon.\\nI. Edwin B., born Atig. 18, 1862; married, Dec. 21, 1880, H11)crta G.,\\ndaughter of George and Nellie (Converse) Brown.\\nu. Frederick G., born Dec. 10, 1868; married, July 8, 1889, Catherine\\nC. Downie of Fitchburg. Children: 1. Fred E. B., born Jan. 18,\\n1891 2. Ralph D., born Ajiril 14, 1894.\\nAlpheus M. Forristall, son of Joseph M., born Jan. 1,\\n1833; married, Jan. 1, 1856, Sarah M. Adams; resides\\nin Cliftondale, Mass.\\nStephen A. D. Forristai^l.\\nI. Hekhert M., born Aug. 14. 1859; married, Sept. 30, 1886, Emma\\nJ. Kadden of Cliftondale.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 415\\nII. vSthphen a. D., born vSej)!. 10, 1S61 married, May 6. 1884, Kath-\\nerine P. Cross of Keene; resides in Cliftoiidale, Mass.; he is at\\nl^resent siijierintendent of telegraph of the Boston Maine rail-\\nroad system. One child: Phillip AL, Ijorn Feb. 19, 1888.\\nIII. Anna L., born Nov. 9, 1863; died Oct. 12, 1880.\\nFranklin B. Forristall, son of Joseph M., born Dec. 15,\\n1821; married, Sept. 15, 1846, Martha Ann, daughter\\nof Wilham and I^atty (Haskell) Lawrence; died May\\n5, 1884. His widow died Oct. 7, 1890.\\nI. Marietta M., born Dec. 12, 1847; married Levi Randall of Keene;\\ndied Nov. 21, 1890.\\nII. Hannah E., boi-n Jan. 20; died April 3, 1851.\\nIII. Sarah Jane, born April 13, 1852.\\nIV. George H., born Sept. 17, 1853.\\nJoseph N. Forristall, son of Joseph M., born April 19,\\n1826; married, Sept. 10, 1851, Mary Ann, daughter\\nof Abner and Laura (Lawrence) Haskell; died June 1,\\n1871.\\nI. WiLLAKD NoYES, bom in Swanzey, Sept. 19, 1865; married, Nov.\\n15, 1888, Lucretia Marshall of Stamford, Conn.; resides in Hart-\\nford, Conn. One child: Joseph Marshall, born Aug. 4, 1891.\\nII. E. Viola, adopted daughter; died June 2, 1863, aged eight years.\\nHenry M. Forristall, son of Joseph M., born Sept. 6,\\n1835; married, Dec. 25, 1859, Helen M. Ormsby, at\\nElkhart, Ind. He returned to Troy wdiere he lived\\nuntil 1862, when he located in Edwardsburgh, Mich.,\\nremaining about two years, when he went to Grinnell,\\nIowa, where he died Jan. 31, 1867. His widow resides\\nat Tecumseh, Mich.\\nI. Lincoln M., born in Troy, Oct. 18, 1860; died in Tecumseh, Dec.\\n31, 1891; unmarried.\\nII. Fannie May, born in Grinnell, July 3, 1865; died March 4, 1868.\\nFrancis Foster was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1812;\\nmarried, March 11, 1835, Susan W. Packard. Mrs.\\nFoster s father, Jonathan Packard, was born in Oakham,\\nMass., in 1790, and died in 1856. Her paternal grand-\\nfather, Caleb Packard, was born in Oakham, in 1764,\\nand died in 1847. Her great-grandfather, Ichabod\\nPackard, was a native of Bridgewater, Mass. Her\\nmother, whose maiden name was Susan Crawford, was\\na native of Oakham. Her maternal orrandfather was", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "416\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nborn in Oakham, her great-grandfather in Rutland,\\nMass., her great-great-grandfather in Ireland. Her great-\\ngreat-great-grandfather _ _\\nwas a native of Scot-\\nkind, where he remain-\\ned till he married he\\nthen set out for Amer-\\nica, but the laws were\\nsuch at that time as to\\nprevent his coming, and\\nconsequently he went to\\nIreland, where his son,\\nthe ancestor of Mrs.\\nFoster, was born. The\\nFosters, it has been said,\\ndescended from the re-\\nnowned Miles Standish,\\nbut the statement is not\\nauthenticated. Calvin\\nFoster, the father of\\nFrancis, was born in\\nDudley, Mass., in 1782,\\nmarried and resided\\nsome time in Worcester, but died in Colebrook in 1830.\\nCalvin Foster s father was a native of Harvard, and\\ndied there in 1782. Francis Foster became a citizen\\nof Troy in the early part of 184-3, and resided some\\ntime in the house afterwards owned by Edwin But-\\ntrick. He was a tanner and currier, and carried on\\nthe business for several years under the name of\\nWright Foster. He sold his interest in 1860, to\\nLeonard Wright and moved to Keene, where he con-\\ntinued in business till ^vithin a year of his death. The\\nbusiness Avas afterwards carried on by his son until\\na few years since. Mrs. Foster died in Keene, April\\n13, 1877. Mr. Foster died July 23, 1877.\\nSusan Maria, born Aug. 8, 1836; married, Aug. 20, 18(53, James\\nRub} Sibley of Stafford Springs, Conn.; resides in Lynn, Mass.\\nChildren: 1. Frederick James Sihier, horn Feb. 3, 18G6; 2. Charles\\nRuby Sibley, born March 21, 1SG9; married, July 29, 1891,\\nFrancis Foster.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 417\\nGeorgiie May Pierce of Lynn. Children: Edna R., 1)orii April\\n22, 1S92; Charles R.. Jr., born Nov. 13, 1895; 3. Mnrv Foster\\nSibley, born Jan. 13, 1872; married, Oct. 23, 1893, Herbert Grant\\nMorse of Fitchlnirg; -t. Martini Louise Sibley, born Aug. 2,\\n1874-.\\nII. LrcY Jank, born Sept. 27, 1838; married, Feb. 26, 1863, Joseph W.\\nCross, Jr. Children: 1. Katberine Prentiss Cross, bom May 17,\\n1864; married S. A. Douglass Forristall; 2. Francis Foster Cross,\\nborn Oct. 13, 1866; 3. Gertrude May Cross, born Jan. 8, 1869;\\n4. Robert Morrison Cross, born Aug. 3, 1872; 5. Frank Eugene\\nCross, born June 30, 1876. The family reside in Somerville, Mass.,\\nthe sons being emjjloyed in the dry goods business in Boston.\\nIII. Martha Alamanza, born Dec. 27, 1841; married, Dee. 8, 1862.\\nHiram Allen Crawford, born in Oakham, Mass., Juh^ 22, 1832;\\nresides in Buckworth, Victoria, Australia. Children: 1. Hiram\\nAllen Crawford, Jr., born Sept. 28, 1863; died July 25, 1866; 2.\\nGertrude Maria Crawford, born May 25, 1865; died Jan. 9, 1866;\\n3. Susan Maud Crawford, born May 25, 1867; 4. Walter Carle-\\nton Crawford, born Feb. 18, 1870; married, May 28, 1895, Jessie\\nHaeffner.\\nIV. Mary Caroline, born Aug. 15, 1844; married, June 26, 1867, Rev.\\nSilas P. Cook; died April 9, 1883, in Chelsea, Mass.\\nv. Frank Eugene, born Jinie 30, 1848.\\nVI. Addie Isabel, born July 12, 1853; married, June 25, 1873, Solon\\nE. Bufifum of Keene; resides in Taunton, Mass., where Mr. Bufifum\\nis at the head of the large carpet department of N. H. Skinner.\\nChildren: 1. Walter Solon Butiinn, born Aug. 16, 1874; 2. Grace\\nIsabel Buffum, boi u Jan. 8, 1877.\\nVII. Jtlia Gertrude, born June 21, 1856; married, 1879, Charles E.\\nHutchinson, who was a native of Rutland, Vt. resides in Fitch-\\nburg, Mass. Mr. Hutchinson is express messenger from Fitch-\\nburg to Boston on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R.\\nR. Children: 1. Hazel Foster Hutchinson, born Feb. 6, 1884;\\n2. Margaret Isabel Hutchinson, born Nov. 3, 1885.\\nEdward S. Foster, born Oct. 22, 1833; married, 1st, Nov.\\n13, 1862, Louisa A., daughter of Joseph and F rudence\\n(Bowen) Alexander; she died May 13, 1876; he\\nmarried, 2d, Nov. 1, 1878, Helen L., daughter of\\nNehemiah and Lydia C. (Benjamin) Adams.\\nI. Frank E., born Feb. 13, 1865; died Sept. 12, 1872.\\nII. Leon W., bom Sept. 3, 1871; died Dec. 4, 1891. Committed sui-\\ncide by shooting.\\nAndrew S. Foster, born in Ashburnham, Mass., Dec. 1,\\n1836; married, Sept. 13, 1862, Lizzie S., daughter of\\nJoseph and Adeline (Chase) Hale, born in Winchendon,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "418 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nMass., Avig. 29, 1844; died April 2, 1895. Settled on\\nthe Allen place in 1877.\\nI. Arthur E., adopted son, borii March 31, 1S71.\\nJoseph M. Foster, born in Sheldon, Vt., Sept. 10, 1840;\\nmarried, July 22, 1865, Lima A. Wright, born in\\nEnoslmrg, Vt., Feb. 15, 1841. Children born, i to v,\\nin Montgomery, Vt., vi to x, in Troy.\\nI. Edmund E., born June 13, 186G; married Lilla E. Rice. One child,\\nElsie L., 1)orn Sept. 9, 1894.\\nII. Alma R., born Oct. 28, 1861; married A11)ert Potter; resides in\\nGardner, Mass. Children: 1. Harold W. Potter, born Sept. 17,\\n1891; 2. Ethel M. Potter, born Jan. 7, 1894; 3. Gladys E. Pot-\\nter, born July 22, 1895.\\nni. LoNA E., born Sept. 5, 1870; married, A.v\\\\g. 18, 1892, Charles M.\\nRussell.\\nIV. Jesse A., born March 30, 1873.\\nV. Arlin E., born Nov. 10, 1875.\\nVI. Cornelius C, born April 26, 1878.\\nVII. Alice M., born Ma3^ 12, 1880.\\nVIII. Nellie L., born Sept. 9, 1883.\\nIX. Lillian M., born May 2, 1886.\\nX. Martha B., born Dec. 2, 1888.\\nCharles Freeman, born 1856; married, May 30, 1880,\\nEliza Palidee, who was born October, 1863.\\nI. AniiiE, born Aug. 13, 1882.\\nII. Arthur, born Nov. 11, 1884.\\nIII. Charles, boim June 26, 1887.\\nIV. Henry, born Jtme 15, 1889.\\nV. Frank, born June 23, 1891.\\nVI. Leon E., born Sept. 28, 1892.\\nVII. Edna K., born Jan. 10, 1895; died June 2, 1896.\\nVIII. Bertha Edna, born March 1, 1897.\\nAlfred Freeman, married, February, 1881, Louisa Pali-\\ndee, born December, 1868.\\nI. Malvina, born Sept. 4, 1883.\\nII. Eva, born Jan. 1, 1889.\\nIII. Mary Alice, born April 23, 1892.\\nStephen Freeman, married, Oct. 14, 1890, Mary Barron.\\nI. Mary Urella, born Feb. 29, 1892.\\nII. Ina Frances, born Nov. 15, 1893.\\nJoseph French is supposed to have come from Attle-\\nborough, Mass., where his grandfather settled about", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 419\\nthe vear 1720. He located in the northeast part of\\nwhat is now Troy, on the farm now owned by Joseph\\nHaskell. He resided there until about 1808, when he\\nsold his farm to Hezekiah Hodgkins and removed to\\nLudlow^ Vt.\\nI. Akkthusa, married, June 5, 1804, Joseph Mason, Jr., of Dublin.\\nII. S.\\\\KAH, married, Jan. 1, 1800, Samuel Thurston of Marlljorou.sih\\ndied March 2, 1839.\\nIII. Bridget, married, June 23, 1803, Jonas Knight of Fitzwilliam\\ndied Oct. 13, 1804.\\nIV. Vkvijng, died Nov. 14, 1804, aged 25.\\nDavid Frost, son of Sylvester Frost of Marlborough, born\\nAug. 11, 1818; married, Aug. 29, 1843, Abigail T.,\\ndaughter of Stephen and Polh^ (Wright) Wheeler, and\\ncommenced housekeeping in the Jacob Boyce house.\\nMr. Frost came to Troy with his father, March 28,\\n1827. He was employed in the store of Dexter Whitte-\\nmore, in Fitzwilliam about three years, and commenced\\ntrade in Troy, in April, 1841, and continuing until\\n1851. He moved from Troy to Fitchburg in 1853,\\nwhere he died Dec. 22, 1872.\\nI. Am?Y Ann, born in Troy, Nov. 16, 184G; died Dec. 15, 1851.\\nII. Roger Perley, born in Fitchburg, Oct. 11, 1854.\\nFuller. John Fuller, the first ancestor of the families\\nin Troy bearing this name, was one of the first settlers of\\nCambridge Village, now Newton, Mass. He was born in\\n1611, and settled there about 1644, and was one of the\\nlargest land owners in the village, owning upwards of one\\nthousand acres. This land at his death was divided\\namong his five sons, who lived to the following ages\\nJohn, 75; Jonathan, 74; Joseph, 88; Joshua, 98; Jere-\\nmiah, 83. The History of Newton says that twenty-\\ntwo of the descendants of John Fuller went into the army\\nof the Revolution. He died Feb. 7, 1698-99; and his\\nwidow, Elizabeth, died April 13, 1700. His son John,\\nborn 1645; married, 1682, Abigail Boylston; settled in\\nNewton, and had nine children, among whom was Isaac,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "420 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nborn Nov. 22, 1695; married Abigail and had among\\nothers, Abijah, born June 1, 1723; married Lydia Richard-\\nson of Newton.\\nElijah Fuller, son of Abijah and Lydia (Richardson)\\nFuller, was born in Newton, Mass., Feb. 11, 1766;\\nmarried Lucretia Smith, born in Holden, Mass., about\\n1765. He came here in 1797, and settled on West\\nHill. Mr. Fuller died in 1822. His wife survived him\\nand died in 1863, at the ripe age of 97.\\nI. Isaac, l)oni in Hubbardston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1794.\\nII. Martha, 1)orii Dec. 14, 1797; married Abel Garfield, died in Keene,\\n187S.\\nIII. Lydia, born June 9, 1800; died March 11, 1811.\\nIV. Lucretia, born Aug. 1, 1805; married Jolui E. Jackson; removed\\nto Vermont.\\nV. Eli|AH, born Ajjril G, 1808; fell into scalding water and died Jan.\\n12, 1812.\\nVI. Harriet, l)orn April 21, 1810.\\nCapt. Isaac Fuller, a brother of Elijah, liorn in Newton,\\nMass., 1775; married Patt^^ Howe of Holden, Mass.,\\nwhere he resided a short time before coming here in\\n1797. He died in 1819, perishing in a storm while\\nreturning home from the village, one stormy night in\\nthe \\\\vinter of that year.\\nI. Am ASA, born in Holden, Dec. 7, 1797.\\nII. Li CRETiA, born Jan. 11, 1800; married Ezra Alexander; died June\\n11, 1873.\\nm. Pattv, born Sept. G, 1802; married David Jackson of \\\\Vallingf(n-d,\\nVt.; she was killed 1)y lightning, Sept. 3, 1847.\\nIV. Nancv, born Jan. 11, 1805; married, Aug. 17, 1823, Andrew Sher-\\nman, who died May 26, 1871; resided in Keene.\\nV. Dorothy, born April 5, 1807; died June 22, 1807.\\nVI. Stillman, born July 22, 1808; died March 16, 1809.\\nVII. Lydia, born Feb. 9, 1810; married Kufus Jackson; resides in Wal-\\nlingford, Vt.\\nVIII. Isaac, born Aug. 3, 1812; died July 3, 1814.\\nIX. Harriet, born Feb. 28, 1815; died Sept. 14, 1818.\\nX. Eliza, born Jime 28, 1817; married Sherman; resides in Brook-\\nfield, Mass.\\nIsaac Fuller, eldest son of Elijah, born Nov. 14, 1794;\\nmarried, Feb. 7, 1818, Temperance Hinckley of Barn-\\nstable, Mass., born Nov. 11, 1792. He lived some", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 421\\nyears with his father, but in 1830, moved into the\\nJosiah Wheeler house, where he resided two years, then\\ncame to the viHage, where he died Dec. 14-, 1833.\\nI. Martha H., born March 15, 1819; married Pelej^- Sherman of\\nMount Holly, Vt.\\nII. Isaac RicharDvSON, liorn Aug. 13, 1820; married Laura Jackson of\\nMount H0II3\\nIII. Lydia, born June 12, 1822; married Winthrop Knight; died Nov.\\n12, 1866.\\nIV. William, born March 15, 1824; died April 12, 1825.\\nV. Charles, born April 13, 1827; died Feb. 1, 1832.\\nVI. Harriet E., born Nov. 1, 1829; married Joseph E. Lawrence; died\\nSept. 20, 1892.\\nAmasa Fuller, son of Capt. Isaac, born Dec. 7, 1797;\\nmarried, 1st, Anna, daughter of Jonathan and Delilah\\n(Rhodes) Bemis she died June 19, 1826. Mr. Fuller,\\nmarried, 2d, Jan. 11, 1827, Hannah Jackson of Wal-\\nlingford, Vt., born Nov. 5, 1803. Mrs. Hannah Fuller\\ndied April 5, 1845; and Mr. Fuller, married, 3d, Oct.\\n2, 1845, Mrs. Mary (Knight) Hager of Troy, born\\nFeb. 14, 1802; died in Troy, Jan. 20, 1867; he married,\\n4th, Mrs. Lovey P. Kidder, born Oct. 6, 1813. He\\ndied in Swanzey, July 18, 1879.\\nI. Isaac, born in Troy, Aug. 10, 1819.\\nII. Elmira, born A])ril 9, 1822; married, July 16, 1846, Stephen Har-\\nris; died in Swanzey, Maj^ 1847.\\nIII. Anna, born Feb. 14, 1826; died Nov. 23, 1826.\\nIV. A daughter, born June 11, 1828; died July 18, 1828.\\nV. A son, born Ai^ril 29, 1829; died A]n-il 30, 1829.\\nVI. liLViRA, born Sept. 21, 1830; died March 6, 1833.\\nVII. A daughter, born March 1, 1832; died March 6, 1833.\\nVIII. Am ASA, born Sept. 28, 1833; married, Sept. 13, 1855, Georgianna\\nU. Taylor of Winchendon, born vSept. 13, 1834; she died July 4,\\n1896. One child, Edward S. (adopted son), born in Winchendon,\\nJune 25, 1866; died April 6, 1886.\\nIX. Levi A., born May 4, 1836.\\nX. A son, born July 31, 1838; died same day.\\nXL Ekwin J., born vSept. 19, 1839; married, Sept. 16, 1865, Czarina W.\\nJacobs, born in Koyalston, June 8, 1841 resides in Winchendon.\\nThree childreiL\\nIsaac Fuller, son of Amasa, born Aug. 10, 1819; mar-\\nried, Dec. 12, 1843, Hepzibah, daughter of Abel and\\nMartha (Fuller) Garfield. He died Nov. 7, 1866; and", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "422 HISl^ORY OF TROY.\\nshe married, 2tl, Dec. 8, 1870, Asa B. Clark; she\\nmarried, 3d, Dec. 2, 1875, Samuel B. Aldrich; she died\\nin Keene, May 4, 1895.\\nI. Julia M., born Fel). 4, 1847; married, July IG, 1868, Edwin F\\nStockwell of Keene; died July 28, 1868. He died April 26, 1871.\\nII. Okorc.k E., born Dec. 13, 1850; married, Jan. 24-, 1872, Mattie A.,\\ndaughter of Luther and Lydia S. (Harris) Alexander.\\nIII. Fredkrick a., born Sept. 2, 1853; mam-ied, A])ril 8, 1874-, Fannie\\nM. Blanding;, boi-n April 24, 1853; she died married, 2d,\\nJune 1, 1887, Carrie Cram of Gardner, Mass. One child, Wiiil rcd\\nI., born Oct. 29, 1875.\\nIV. Andrew I., born Sept. 22, 1858; married, Oct. 18, 1876, Bessie A.,\\ndaughter of Harvey S. and Adaline B. Gates resides in S\\\\vanze\\\\-.\\nOne child. /\u00c2\u00bb//.T i\\\\/., born March 14, 1871).\\nLevi A. Fuller, son of Amasa, born May 4, 1836; mar-\\nried, 1st, Feb. 22, 1860, Elvira L., adopted daughter\\nof Joseph Bemis of Ashburnham, born June 4, 1839;\\ndied Nov. 15, 1865. He was elected deacon of the\\nCongregational church in Marlborough, Oct. 30, 1874;\\nMr. Fuller married, 2d, Oct. 30, 1866, Emily L.,\\ndaughter of Dr. Willard and Anstris (Joslin) Adams of\\nSwanzey, born July 28, 1848.\\nI. Cora A., born June 24, 1862; died July 27. 1862.\\nII. Elmer A., born Dee. 27, 1863; married Wilson.\\nIII. Ida E., born Nov. 16, 1871; married Fred J. Farrar.\\nIV. Walter T., born July 6, 1876.\\nV. Arthur Levi, born July 2, 1882.\\nVI. Cora Anstris, born July 2, 1887.\\nGarfield. The Garfields of this country are mosth-\\ndescendants of Edward Garfield, one of the earliest propri-\\netors of Watertown, Mass. He married, 1st, Rebecca\\nthe mother of his children. She died April 16, 1661, aged\\n55; and he married, 2d, Sept. 1, 1661, Johanna, widow\\nof Thomas Buckminster of Brookline. He died June 14,\\n1762. His youngest son, Benjamin, born 1643, married,\\n1st, Mehitable Hawkins, who died Dec. 9, 1675; and he\\nmarried, 2d, Jan. 17, 1677-78, Elizabeth Bridge. He was\\nrepresentative of Watertown nine times between 1689 and\\n1717. He died Nov. 28, 1717. Thomas, son of Benjamin", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 423\\nand p:iizabeth (Bridge) Garfield, born Dec. 12, 1680, settled\\nin Weston, Mass., where he married, Jan. 2, 1706-7, Mary,\\ndaughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Flagg) Bigelow, who\\ndied Feb. 28, 1744-45. He died Feb. 4, 1752. His son\\nJohn, born Dec. 3, 1718, married, 1744-45, Thankful\\nStowell. He died May, 1767.\\nJohn Garfield, son of John and Thankful (Stowell)\\nGarfield, born in Weston, Mass., Oct. 11, 1751;\\nmarried, July 6, 1775, Lucy Smith of Weston, and\\nsettled first in Lincoln, where ten of his children were\\nborn. He came here about 1792.\\nI. S.\\\\K.\\\\ii, iKjni April 11, 177G; inarried Kichard Davis; died in Vermont.\\nII. John, born Oct., 1777; married Lucy Davis; died in Londonderry, Vt.\\nIII. Ahkaham, born June 12, 1779; married, Oct. 6, 1805, Eunice,\\ndaughter of David and Eunice (Whitney) Thurston.\\nIV. Lucy, l)orn Feb. 19, 1781; married Easman Alexander; died April\\n23, 1866.\\nV. S.\\\\MUEL, born April 8, 1782; died in New York.\\nVI. J.-VMES, born April 18. 1784; died in 1844.\\nvii. Thomas, born Sept. 29, 1785; married, Sept. 1, 1811, Lois Cobb;\\nsettled in Londonderry, Vt.\\nVIII. Isaac, born July 7, 1787; married Submit Alexander.\\nIX. Thankful, born May 1, 1790; married Israel Davis; settled in\\nMontgomery, Vt.\\nX. Abki., born April 20, 1792.\\nXI. Elijah, born June 14, 1794; married Polly Pierce; died in New York.\\nXII. Enoch, born Oct. 26, 1796.\\nXIII. AiiiGAiL, born Nov. 10, 1798; married Newell Day; settled in Win-\\nchendon.\\nXIV. Hepzibeth, born Nov. 10, 1798; married Amos Ray settled in Oanlner.\\nAbel Garfield, son of John, born April 20, 1792; married,\\n1822, Martha, daughter of Elijah Fuller, and located\\non the home farm with his father.\\nI. (lEOKGE Washington, born Jan. 14, 1823.\\nII. Hei Zibah, born March 2, 1825; married, 1st, Isaac Fuller married,\\n2d, Asa B. Clark; married, 3d, S. B. Aldrich died May 4, 1895.\\nHI. Chancy N., born Jan. 21, 1828.\\nIV. Sakah W., born Jan. 21, 1832; married .\\\\n(hcw J. .\\\\ldrich dicil\\nJan. 10, 1891.\\nV. Martha L., born Dec. 23, 1839; married, Dec. 23, 1857, Delano II.\\nSibley; died in Newton ville, Mass., Oct. 4, 1SS8. One child\\nrecorded born in Troy; 1. Leonora Sibley, born July 1, 18()().\\nVI. Makv Ann, born Jan. 1, 1842.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "424 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nGeorge W. Garfield, son of Abel, born Jan. 14-, 1823;\\nmarried Angeline Aldrich, Nov. 4, 1847; she died April\\n11, 1851; married, 2d, Get. 31, 1862, Augusta L.,\\ndaughter of George and Louisa (Jones) Harvey; she\\ndied May 27, 1878; married, 3d, March 24, 1879,\\nVictoria A. Barton. Mr. Garfield went to Marlbor-\\nough in 1851, and was for a short time in company\\nwith Isaac Fuller in the manufacture of boxes, after\\nwhich he was station agent at Marlborough Depot\\nfive years. He then moved to the village and was\\nassociated with Elisha O. Woodward in a store three\\nyears. He removed to Keene in 1862, where he was\\nfreight agent for the Cheshire Railroad four years then\\nremoved to Lawrence, N. Y., in 1867, where he was\\nfor nine years engaged in the pail and butter-tub\\nbusiness returned to Keene in 1876, where he now\\nresides.\\nI. WiNKKKD G., born in Marlborongh, April 27,1854; died April 4, 1859.\\nII. Daughter, born Nov. 26, 1859; died Nov. 29, 1859.\\nIII. Willis S., (adopted son), born in Tro\\\\ March 6, 186() married,\\nAug. 14, 1889, Belle Wright; resides in Marlborough.\\nChancy N. Garfield, son of Abel, born Jan. 21, 1828;\\nmarried, 1st, Sept. 6, 1853, Maria, daughter of Erastus\\nBrown. Mrs. Garfield died April 16, 1866; and he\\nmarried, 2d, died Jan. 14, 1875; married,\\n3d,\\nI. Ida M., born Oct. 6, 1854; died Oct. 13, 1862.\\nII. Edith A., born Jan. 8, 1857; died Sept. 18, 1861.\\nIII. Nellie F., l)oni June 25, 1859; died Sept. 9, 1861.\\nIV. born Jan. 4, 1864.\\nV. Son. born March 6, 1866.\\nEnoch Garfield, son of John, born Oct. 26, 1796; married,\\nJan. 9, 1823, Lucy, daughter of Hezekiah Hodgkins,\\nand located on a farm which he purchased of Enoch\\nMetcalf, and formerly owned b3^ William Nurse. Mrs.\\nGarfield died Dec. 29, 1854; he died May 30, 1883.\\nI. Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 21, 1816; married Charles Scholley of\\nOardner, Mass., Oct. 10, 1843.\\nII. Sally H., born Nov. 22, 1823; died Jan. 10, 1828.\\nIII. Amos, born July 22. 1825; died Feb. 19, 1845.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 425\\nIV. Sarah H., born Ma\\\\ 11, 1828; married Lorenzo Dexter.\\nV. LoNEY A., born July 8, 1833; married Daniel J. Fife; died Dec. 1,\\n1862.\\nAustin B. Gates, son of Levi and Parmilla (Porter) Gates,\\nwas born in Marlborough, March 8, 1821 married,\\nSept. 19, 1844, Samira, daughter of Joseph M. and\\nFannie (Brigham) Forristall, born Oct. 31, 1823; died\\nMay 26, 1882; Mr. Gates died Nov. 23, 1895. They\\nresided in Fitchburg, until 1846, when they returned\\nto Troy, and for a time was engaged in manufacturing\\nclothespins at the mill recently owned by A. W. Stock-\\nwell. He returned to Fitchburg in 1881, and after the\\ndeath of his wife he lived with his daughter, Mrs.\\nPage, and in 1893, went to Clinton, Mass., where he\\ndied. He Avas a stonecutter by trade, and worked at\\nhis trade after leaving the mill until failing eyesight\\ncaused him to give it up.\\nI. Annetta M., Ijorn Sept. 10, 1846; married, Sept. 8, 1864, Warren\\nB. Hubbard of Royalston, Mass. resides in Athol, Mass.\\nn. Isabel V., born Dec. 2, 1850; married, Oct. 6, 1875, Walter F.\\nPage of Fitchburg. Children 1. Max Everett Page, born April\\n24, 1880; died same day; 2. Christine Samira Page, born March\\n4, 1883; 3. Roland Everett Page, born July 12, 1884.\\nHarvey Strong Gates, was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt.,\\nMay 31, 1827; married, July 27, 1850, Adahne Boyn-\\nton Read, born in Concord, Vt., July 2, 1833. Chil-\\ndren born, I, II, in Kirby, Vt., in, in Lyndon, Vt., iv, v,\\nVI, in North Concord, Vt., vii, in Keene. Mrs. Gates\\ndied June 20, 1897.\\nI. Albert Clarence, born May 19, 1851; died May 7, 1852.\\nn. Emma Jane, born April 24, 1853; married, 1st, George W. Gee, who\\ndied; married, 2d, Irving Brooks.\\nMl. Betsey Ann, born Nov. 13, 1855; married Andrew I. Fuller.\\nIV. Flavilla Elvira, born March 13, 1859.\\nV. Lillian Genevieve, born June 13, 1861; married, May 8, 1883,\\nJohn H. Wentworth of Wendell, Mass. Children: 1. Harold E.\\nWentwortb, born July 7, 1885; 2. Helen A. Wcntwurth, born\\nMarch 5, 1887.\\nVI. Mary Gertrude, born June 26, 1864; married Walter H. Wheeler.\\nVII. Harvey Ernest, born Jan. 29, 1870; married, Jan. 6, 1892, Lula\\nA., daughter of William J. and Jane P. (Aldrich) Boyden. One\\nchild, Ralph Ernest, born Nov. 7, 1896.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "426 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nGouDAKD. Godard, a proper name, derived from the\\nSaxon of God or Good, and the Dutch of Nature, signify-\\ning one endowed with a compliant and divine disposition\\nof mind. Goodiard is perhaps a variation of the same\\nname. Dr. Goodiard Hved in England, and was chaplain\\nto the Earl of Warwick at St. Paul s Cross A. D. 1470.\\n(Bailey s Dictionary.)\\nSolomon Goddard was a descendant of Edward God-\\ndard, farmer, who was born and lived in Norfolk County,\\nEngland was once very wealthy, but afterwards much\\nreduced by oppressions during the civil war. Being on the\\nParliament side, his house was beset and demolished by a\\ncompany of cavaliers, wdio also plundered his house. He\\nescaped through the midst of them in disguise, but died\\nsoon after. William, the seventh son of Ed\\\\vard, married\\nElizabeth Miles and settled in London, where he carried\\non an extensive trade. He came to New England in 1665,\\nfor the purpose of securing a debt, and the plague then\\nraging in London was probably the occasion of his con-\\ncluding to tarry here, and he sent for his wife and children,\\nwho came over in 1666. They had six children Ijorn in\\nLondon, three of whom died young; the other three came\\nto New England, viz: William, Joseph and Robert. They\\nhad also six children born in Watertown, Alass., where\\nthey settled, but three of these only grew to manhood,\\nviz: Benjamin, Josias and Edward. Edward was born\\nMarch 24, 1675, married Susannah Stone in 1696, and\\nsettled in Framingham, where he was einployed several\\nyears as a schoolmaster, at a salary of forty pounds per\\nannum, and subsequently distinguished himself in some of\\nthe most responsible offices, being frequently selectman\\nand mioderator, for a long series of years town clerk, and\\nfor several years representative in the General Court. He\\nhad nine children, seven sons and two daughters. Edward,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER. 427\\nthe eldest son, was born May 4. 1698, married Hepzibah\\nHapgood was one of the first proprietors and owned five\\nrights in the town of Shrewsbury, Mass., and died there\\nOct. 13, 1777. He had twelve children; David, the third\\nson, was born Sept. 26, 1730; married Margaret Stone\\nof Watertown and settled in Orange; had seven children,\\nfour sons and three daughters John, the youngest son,\\nwas born April 30, 1768 married Hannah Forristall, by\\nwhom he had fourteen children. Solomon, the second son,\\nwas born May 2, 1796, and resided with his parents\\nduring his minority and learned the trade of a potter in\\nhis father s shop.\\nSolomon Goddard, born May 2, 1796; married. May 9,\\n1821, Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Nurse. He came to\\nTroy in 1817, and commenced work in a pottery then\\nowned by Daniel W. Farrar, and which stood in the\\nforks of the road near the house owned by Mrs. Gilbert\\nBemis. Later he entered into partnership with Jona-\\nthan B. French, who, in 1821, built the house since\\nknown as the Winch house. Capt. Goddard resided in\\nthe house purchased of Joshua Harrington, Jr., until\\n1839, when he built the brick house on the premises\\nnow owned by Miss Flavilla Gates. Mr. Goddard\\ndied Jan. 4, 1854.\\nI. Elliott, born Dec. 24, 1823; married, Aug. 11, 1S47, Mar,v Nor-\\neross of Royalston, Mass. He located in Troy nntil 1S52, when\\nhe moved to Boston. The foHovving- 3 ear he retnrned to Troy,\\nand in 1 S54. he removed to Keene, and later to Charlestown,\\nMass. Children: 1. Edwin M., l)orn May 2, 1S49; 2. Mary\\nElizabeth, Ijorn A])nl 24, 1858.\\nIL JosiAH E., born Feb. 11), 1825; died July 18, 184G, in Manchester,\\nMassachusetts.\\nHL Sakah L., born Au,c:. 15, 1830; prraduated at Mt. Holyokc Female\\nSeminary, 1851 married A. M. Caverly, M. D.\\nMrs. Godding, widow of John, Sr., had eight children, four\\nsons and four daughters, came from Attlcl)orough,\\nMass., about 1779.\\nL John, married Marv Kobbins of Warwick, Mass. Aliout 1805 the\\nfamily removed to Wallinji ford, Vt., and later to the western part", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "428 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nof New York. Children: 1. Hannah, born May 5, 1783; 2.\\nMnrv, l)()rn July 12, 17S5; 3. John, l)orn June 3, 17SS; 4. Asc-\\nnnth, born July 13, 1791; 5. Asn, born Dec. 1, 1793; 6. Levi,\\nborn Sept. 27, 1797.\\nTimothy Godding, another son, married, 1790, Ruth\\nRobbins, sister of his l)rother John s wife; she died in\\nTroy, Nov. 7, 1854; he died in Winchendon, March 7,\\n1856.\\nI. William, born Nov. 1, 1790; resided in Hector, N. Y.\\nII. Rei5ECC.\\\\, born April 21, 1793; died Oct. 10, 1799.\\nIII. Alvah, born Nov. 5, 1796. Was a prominent jihysician in Win-\\nchendon, Mass.\\nIV. RuFus, born Auj?. 8, 1799; resided in Burke, Vt.\\nV. Ira, born March 5, 1802; married, Dec. 5, 1833, Eliza White, who\\ndied Oct. 28, 1849; he died Dec. 10, 1849. One son, Rii/hs,\\nresides in Winchendon.\\nVI. LoNEY, born Aug-. 29, 1804; died Feb. 24, 1833, unmarried.\\nVII. Philinda, born Feb. 18, 1807; died young.\\nThomas Goodali. was born in Dewsbnrv, Yorkshire\\nCounty, England, Sept. 1, 1823, and when less than\\nthree years of age was left an orphan. He served an\\nap])renticeship in a large manufacturing establishment\\nin his native town, eleven years. At the age of twen-\\nty-three years he caine to America, and after a brief\\nstay in Connecticut he w^ent to South Hadley, Mass.,\\nwhere he olotained a good position. He married, A]3ril\\n29, 1849, Ruth, daughter of Jeremiah Waterhouse.\\nThe manufacture of horse lilankets in America was\\nfirst commenced in Troy, and Air. Goodall was the\\noriginator of the business. He came here in 1852 and\\nengaged in the manufacture of satinets and beavers.\\nAt this time the only horse blankets in use were\\nimported and square in shape, and observing the diffi-\\nculty experienced in keeping these blankets on a horse,\\nhe conceived the idea of having them made with straps\\nand buckles attached, and also having them cut so as\\nto fit better. Diu ing the war of the Rebellion he\\nadded to his business the manufacture of army\\nblankets, many bales of which he presented to the\\nUnion soldiers in Confederate prisons. In 1865, he\\nsold out, and feeling the need of rest after twentv", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n429\\nyears application to business, he went with his family\\nto England, resolved to take an extended vacation.\\nBut being of an active disposition he could not long\\nremain idle, and shortly after his arrival in England,\\nbegan the exportation of lap robes, which were largely\\nmanufactured there, for sale in this country. While\\nThomas CtOoiiat.l.\\nengaged in this business he made a number of trips to\\nthis country, and feeling that the policy of the United\\nStates would encourage manufactures of all kinds, he\\nconcluded to begin the business of making la]) robes,\\ncarriage robes, etc., here, the manufacture of which", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "430 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nhad not been previously attempted in this country.\\nHe selected Sanford, Maine, as a suitable location and\\npurchased the entire mill privilege. In October, 1SG7,\\nhe moved to Sanford with his family. Many difficul-\\nties were at first experienced, for the production of\\nthis class of goods required new and complicated\\nmachinery, and besides, the English manufacturers, of\\nwhom he formerly bought, hearing of his project tried\\nin every way to discourage it but by means of\\nmachinery of his own invention, by superiority of\\ndesign, color and quality of his robes, he soon estab-\\nlished a foothold and succeeded in driving nearly all\\nof the foreign robes from the American market. Start-\\ning with but the germ of a plant, development soon\\nfollowed, due entirely to the brains, energy and skill\\nw^hich were brought to bear upon it, until twelve large\\nmills are now included in the plant, giving many acres\\nof floor space and providing employment for over seven\\nhundred hands. Millions of blankets and robes are\\nturned out each year, and thousands of pieces of furni-\\nture and car plush. Though accounted one of the\\nshrewdest and most successful of business men, nature\\nendowed him with a kind disposition, and to those\\nwhom he finds worthy and deserving of his charity, he\\nis ever ready to extend a helping hand. Few have in\\na quiet way dispensed more charit} and the poor in\\nthe community in which he lives have reason to\\nrememl)er his liberality. Several years ago he resigned\\nhis position as president of the Sanford Alills corpora-\\ntion, and sought rest and relaxation in retirement\\nfrom business, his three sons, Ernest, Loiiis and\\nGeorge, having proved themselves fully competent to\\nlook after his interests and their own as well.\\nI. Louis, born Sept. 23, 1S51.\\nII. George, born Sept. 23, 1.S51.\\nIII. Ernest M., born Aug. 15, 1853.\\nIV. Ida Mary, born Aug. 15, 1858; died Oct. 5, 18G2.\\nV. Lei,a H., 1)orn Jan. 23, 1864; died 1S69.\\nElnathan Oorham, married Eliza, daughter of Nathan\\nWheeler of Fitchburg, Mass., for his third wife. He", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 431\\nke])t the ]jul)lic house, now the Monjidnock Hotel,\\naljout 181G; four years later he went to Ohio, where\\nhe (lied Sejit. 10, 1824. Mrs. Gorham married Moses\\nHayden, who was elerk for many years for Squire\\nFarrar. vShe died Aug. 18, 1863. He had two chil-\\ndren by Eliza.\\nI. Eliza W., 1)orn in Oakham, Mass., Nov. 14-, 1S17; niarried, 1st,\\nJune 16, 1S41), (icorge Baker of Chelsea, Mass.; niarriefl, 2d,\\nEarle Clark.\\nII. CiiAKLES, born 1820; died near Panama, 1856.\\nCharles H. Gove, son of Levi and Olive F. Gove, born in\\nHartland, Vt., May 19, 1836; married, March 9, 1860,\\nThankful, daughter of William and Thankfid (Sawyer)\\nSebastian of Swanzey, born Aug. 11, 1834 Came to\\nTroy in 1871. Mrs. Gove died March 26, 1896.\\nI. William S., born June 22, 1861 married, 1st, Oct. 5, 1882, Mabel\\nD., daughter of Lj-man W. and Mary Ann (Brockway) Bowker\\nof FitzwilHam, born July 11, 1860; died Sept. 23, 1883; married,\\n2d, Nov. 14, 1885, Jennie L. Byron. Children: I.John Henry,\\nborn March 15, 1887; 2. Grrie Mniicic, born Oct. 14, 1889.\\nII. Maude M., born May 1, 1863; niarried, Aug. 2, 1881, Walter S.\\nSavory of Boston. Children: 1. Norma B. Savory, born Se])t.\\n20, 1881; died Sept. 2, 1890; 2. Thomas Charles Savory, born\\nMarch 12, 1883.\\nIII. Levi, born July 9, 1866; married, Feb. 4, 1897, Mary E. Lynch of\\nFitzwilHam.\\nMiNOTT W. Greenwood is the son of William W. and\\nSarah (Hardy) Greenwood, and was born in Marl-\\nborough, July 30, 1854; married, June 23, 1878, Ida\\nA. Wallace of Milford, N. H. Mr. Greenwood came to\\nTroy, from Milford, in 1891, in the employ of Troy\\nBlanket Mills. The following year he purchased of J.\\nW. Raymond a lot on the muster field and built his\\npresent residence.\\nI. Clara Burns, born Dec. 5, 1879.\\nII. Elsie May, born Oct. 21, 1886.\\nBenjamin F. Grosvenor was a native of Pelhain and\\nmarried Mary J. Titcomb of the same town. He was\\na hatter by trade and came to Troy in 1831, and\\ncommenced making hats in the house now owned by\\nTroy Blanket Mills, called the tinshop house. He", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "432 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nionned a partnershi]) with Edward Tolnian, and Ijiiilt\\nthe house in 1832, afterward occupied by Thomas\\nGoodall, now owned by C. W. Brown s heirs. The\\nfoUowinii- year he sohl his interest to Tohiian and went\\nto New^ Boston, where he resided one year, and then\\nwent to Hillsborough Bridge, but returned to Troy in\\n1836, and resumed the business of hat making. In\\n1837 he built a shop which stood for some years near\\nwhat is now the stable belonging to this place, and\\nwhich was afterwards removed and converted into a\\ndwelling house. He removed from Troy to Dracut,\\nMass., in 184-2, and afterwards to Methuen. He had\\nthree children.\\nI. Makv J.vne.\\nII. H.\\\\NNAH, A. S. D.\\nIII. JOSKPHINE.\\nJohn Grimes, son of Alexander, born in Keene, Jan. 1,\\n1819; married, March 12, 184-6, Mary Louise, born in\\nTyre, N. Y., March 10, 1820; died in Troy, July 9,\\n1859. Mrs. Grimes came to Keene at the age of four\\nyears and resided there most of the time until her\\nmarriage. Mr. Grimes father left his native town,\\nPelham, N. H., with his father, John Grimes, when a\\nboy and located in Keene. He was a grandson of\\nAlexander Graham, wdio is supposed to have been a\\nScotch immigrant, and came to this country about the\\nyear 1740; and who died in the town of New Boston\\nat the advanced age of one hundred years. Mr. Grimes\\nwas for several years station agent for the Cheshire\\nRailroad company.\\nNicholas Grimes, born in Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 1, 1831;\\nand came to Troy when about fourteen years of age,\\nand has lived in this vicinity ever since. For many years\\nvv^as emplo3^ed in the tanneries in Fitzwilliam and Troy.\\nMarried, Aug. 25, 1855, Ellen Supijle, who was born in\\nCecilstown, Ireland, March, 1830; died March 26, 1894.\\nI. Margaret Eleen, ni Aug. 5, 1856.\\nII. William Hknrv, born April 4, 1858; married Mary Ann McGuire\\nof Claremont. Children: 1. Francis Ellen, born April 12, 1883;\\n2. William Xiclif lfis, liorn finie 15, 1884.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 433\\nIII. John Nicholas, lioni Sept. 17, ISGl.\\nIV. K.\\\\TiiEKiNE Eliz.\\\\hkth, boni Sept. 22, ISGG; married, June 19,\\n1895, Thomas J. Wimi of H;irrisville.\\nV. Fr.vncis Supple, born Oet. 21, 18(58.\\nOzRO J. Hale was born in Winchendon, Auo-. 20, 1841\\nmarried, Dec. 9, 1865, Lucy A., daughter of Joseph\\nand Miiry Ann (Thurston) Kendall, born in Swanzey,\\nMarch 5, 1843. Children born, i, in Winchendon, ii,\\nin Rindge, iii, iv, vii, in Troy, v, vi, in Royalston.\\nI. Peklev a., born Oct. 19, 1866; married, Aug. 20, 1890, Edith M.,\\ndaughter of D. Warren and Nancy Ann (Piper) Farrar. Children:\\n1. Dorothy Ilnzvl, Ijorn March 24-, 1892; 2. CnrI Victor, born\\nFeb. 4, 1894-.\\nII. Ev.v M.\\\\KV, l)orn Jan. 25, 1869; married, Sejjt. 28, 1892, Elmer E.\\nWard; died March 18, 1893. One child, Evn Hnic Ward, Ijorn\\nMarch 4, 1893.\\nIII. Id.v Fk.\\\\nces, born June 24, 1870; married, Sept. 25, 1895, William\\nK. Gordon Carson. One child. Inn Cnrsoii, born March 23, 1896.\\nIV. Susie Cl.\\\\ka, born Sept. 5, 1872; married, July 16, 1895, Eldridge\\nN. Dow.\\nV. JuNiE Etta, born June 1, 1874; married, Nov. 19, 1894, Elliot L.\\nBaker.\\nVI. Harry Norma.x, 1)orn Aug. 12, 1875.\\nVII. Florence Mabel, 1)orn Aug. 17, 1883.\\nJOHN F. Hale, son of John D. and Abigail (Wright) Hale,\\nborn in Swanzey, Sept. 5, 1857; married, Sept. 3,\\n1885, Chloe E., daughter of Nelson W. and Jennie M.\\n(Brooks) Rice.\\nI. Elmer Franklin, born April 13, 1886.\\nII. Jennie Ella, born Aug. 30, 1887.\\nIII. Melvin, born Jan. 5, 1890.\\nIV. LoRETTA, bom Dec. 31, 1893.\\nV. Edwin Ellsworth, born March 27, 189(5.\\nPvDWARD L. Hardy, born in Harrisville, June 28, 1854;\\nmarried, April 17, 1878, Adah F., born Sept. 28, 1858,\\ndaughter of Alvin B. and Sarah (Bennett) Chase.\\nCame to Troy in 1883, in the employ of E. Buttrick\\nCo., and later, Troy Blanket Mills, where he has been\\nemployed for the last eight or nine years cis engineer.\\nHe purchased of Joseph W. Raymond a lot on the old\\nmuster field in 1889 and built his present residence.\\nI. Florence Anice, born May 4, 1882.\\nII. Efeie Estella, liorn Aug. 22, 1889.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "434 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nHarrington. Robert Harrington, probably the emi-\\ngrant ancestor, was one of the early proprietors of Water-\\ntown, Mass., where he died May 17, 1707. He married,\\nOct. 1, 1649, Susannah George, born 1632; died July 6,\\n1694. They had thirteen children of whom was\\nThomas, born April 22, 1665; married, April 1, 1686,\\nRebecca, daughter of John Bemis and widow of John\\nWhite; resided in Watertown. They had six children of\\nwhom the eldest was\\nEbenezer, born June 27, 1687; died 1753; settled in\\nWaltham, Mass., and from thence removed to Framing-\\nham about 1709; married. Fell. 3, 170S, Hepzibah,\\ndaughter of Peter Clayes of Framingham. They had nine\\nchildren of whom the fifth was\\nJoshua, born Oct. 11, 1718; married, 1st, Jan. 11,\\n1743, Sarah, daughter of John and Bathsheba (Rugg)\\nNurse. She died without issue, and he married, 2d, Oct.\\n3, 1751, Betty (Reed), widow of John Bent of Framing-\\nham; she died March 18, 1784; he died Nov. 24, 1784.\\nThey had four children, John, Sarah, Joshua and\\nHannah.\\nJoshua Harrington, son of Joshua, born Se])t. 13, 1755;\\nmarried, Nov. 21, 1780, Elizabeth, diiughter of Asa\\nand Mary (Newton) Brigham, who died Feb. 15, 1823,\\naged 66 years; he died Sept. 20, 1834.\\nI. Anna, born June 29, 1781; married William Marshall; died Fell.\\n16, 1857.\\nII. Daniel, born Dec. 15, 1782; married, Jan. 24-, 1809, Mary, born\\nApril 11, 1786, daughter of Jesse and Martha F orristall of Fitz-\\nwilliam; removed to Vermont where he died, and the widow\\nreturned to Fitzwilliam, where she died Jime 23, 1819.\\nIII. Betsey, born April 18, 1784 married, Jan. 10, 1805, Asa Slowed,\\nson of Abijah removed to the West.\\nIV. Joshua, born Sept. 29, 1785.\\nV. F^LijAH, born April 23, 1787.\\nVI. Sally, born Jime 17, 1789; died Feb. 1, 1800.\\nVII. Polly, baptized June 12, 1791; died May 7, 1833, unmarried,\\nVIII. Lyman, baptized March 2, 1794-; died Feb. 1, 1800.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n43\\nJoshua Harrington, son of Joshua, born Sept. 29, 1785;\\nmarried, 1st, June 2, 1808, Nelly Gates of Dublin\\nmarried, 2d, Ruth Hall, sister of his first wife. In\\n1820, he removed to Alstead and in 1850 from thence\\nto Pittstown, N. Y.\\nI. Sally, born May 6, 1809; died unmarried.\\nIL Lym.\\\\n, born May 5, 1811; married Mary Wilbur, wlio died Feb.\\n21, 1873, aged 63; he died Aug. 20, 1866. One ehild, Nellie\\nJane, adopted daughter; died April 20, 1861, aged 5.\\nin. Ele.\\\\nor, born May 23, 1813; married Josiah Bridge of Lowell,\\nMassachusetts.\\nIV. Joshua, born Aug. 26, 1815; married R. M. Wright of Winchendon;\\nhe died in California, Sejjt. 4, 184 9.\\nV. L?:oNARD B., born March 7, 1818; married Eunice Grant of Lyme,\\nNew Hampshire.\\nYi. Charles, born May 9, 1820; married Kachael Evans; lived in Ohio,\\nvu. Lucy Ann, Ijorn July 22, 1822; married Nathaniel Adams of Marlow.\\nYiii. Georc.e p., born Jan. 10, 1824-; married the widow of his brother\\nJoshua.\\nIX. Mary Jane, born Aug. 27, 1826; married Stejjhen Adams.\\nElijah Harrington, son of Joshua, born April 23, 1787;\\nmarried, 1st, Feb. 1, 1810, Prudence Newell; she died\\nJune 3, 1827, and he married, 2d, Mrs. Tabitha Tol-\\nman. He died May 15, 1870.\\nHarrington Place as Owned by Spauldinc.\\nI. Nelson F., born Jan. 4, 1811; died at sea.\\nII. John, born March 5, 1812; married Emily Cajiron of Jaffrey.\\nIII. Alonzo Brigham, born April 9, 1815.\\nIV. Daniel, born Jan. 20, 1817.\\nV. Patty, born March 31, 1819.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "436 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nVI. Elizareth, born A])ril 16, 1823 married Ford of Concord died\\nin 1857.\\nVII. Jacob Newei.l, born Jan. 4, 1827.\\nVIII. Arbee Read, died Aug. 20, 1833, aged three years.\\nIX. Frances E., died Jnne 22, 1837, aged five years.\\nAlonzo B. Harrington, son of Elijah, horn April 9, 1815;\\nmarried Betsey, daughter of John and Irene (Newell)\\nLawrence, In 1857, he bought a part of the Ichabod\\nShaw farm of Welcome Ballon, and afterwards resided\\non that place. He died July 9, 1866. After his death\\nthe family went to Marlborough to reside.\\nI. Edward, born March 15, 1833; died March 27, 185G; unmarried.\\nII. Charles B., born April 23, 1837; died April 20, 1859; unmarried.\\nIII. Eliza Jane, born Oct. 13, 1839; died June 13, 1840.\\nIV. Adliza, born June 17, 1841; died Jul} 21, 1842.\\nV. Sarah A., born Jan. 23, 1843; married Monroe Dickey; resides in\\nWorcester, Mass.\\nVI. Di ANE C, born July 6, 1846; married, March, 1876, Marietta,\\ndaughter of Frederick and Sarah Hannaford of Cape Elizabeth,\\nMe.; resided in Fitchburg; died Dec. 14, 1895.\\nVII. NovES (t., born Oct. 13, 1848; married, 1877, Ellen L., daughter of\\nArtemas and Lovina (Bemis) Richardson; resides in Worcester,\\nMass. Children: 1. Anna Lovina, born in Leominster, April 17,\\n1878; died in Marlborough, July 25, 1878; 2. Charles Brighaw,\\nborn in Marlborough, Aug. 14, 1879; 3. Noyes E., l)orn in Leom-\\ninster, March 24, 1882; died in Troy, Aug. 25, 1882.\\nVIII. Okorge, born July 8, 1851; married, Oct. 24, 1883. Adaliza H.\\nChase, born in Newport, N. H., Dec. 31, 1849. One child, Marion\\nIrene, l)orn Jan. 13, 1891. Is engaged in trade in Antrim, N. H.,\\nunder the naine of Harrington Kibbey, general merchandise.\\nIX. Irene L., born Oct. 13, 1855; married, Oct. 13, 1880, Rev. Millard\\nF. Hardy; resides in Townshend, Vt.\\nJacob N. Harrington, son of Elijah, born Jan. 4, 1827;\\nmarried, Oct. 25, 1849, Betsey T., daughter of Timo-\\nthy and Mary (Jones) Eife. She died May 29. 1868.\\nI. Addie, born Oct. 23, 1850; died.\\nII. Edgar H., born Aug. 5, 1852; nuirried Iris E. Nash. One child,\\nliertlia L., boril April 2, 1879.\\nIII. Charles, 1)orn Dec. 13, 1854.\\nIV. Mary J., born July 25, 1857; died July 23, 1862.\\nV. Martha M., born Sept. 10, 1859; married Currier; resides in\\nAndover, N. H.\\nVI. Frank W., born Aug. 15, 1861; died in Passaic, N. J., Feb. 22,\\n1890.\\nVII. Lizzie V., Ijorn July 3, 1865; died Nov. 15, 1895; burned to death\\ncaused liy clothing taking fire from a lamp.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTEK.\\n437\\nChristopher Harris was a native of Rhode Island. He\\ns])ent his minority in the town of Richmond. In 1787,\\nhe married a young hidy also from Rhode Island, and\\ncontinued to reside in Richmond until 179(1, when he\\ncame here and purchased the tavern formerly owned by\\nJonathan Ball. About 1811, he removed to Rocking-\\nham, Vt., where died in 1828.\\nI. Polly; married Henry Tolman.\\niL Luke.\\nin. J.\\\\MEs; married Eunice Foster. He was killed by the ears at the\\ndepot in Tro^ 1856.\\nIV. Daniel, settled in Cortland, N. Y.\\nV. Oliver, settled in Plymouth, Mass.\\nVI. Nancy; married Barak Coolidge; died in Sterling, Mass.\\nVII. Joseph; married Mary Wheeler; removed to Michigan.\\nLuke Harris, son of Christopher, married, 1st, 1812,\\nMary, daughter of John and Mary (Jones) Whitney.\\nAfter his marriage he\\nlived with his father a\\nfew years and then\\nmoved into the Whipple\\nhouse, where Charles\\nHaskell now lives. Mrs.\\nHarris died in 1816\\nand he married, 2d,\\n1817, Betsey Whitney,\\na sister of his first wife\\nshe died 1858-59; and\\nhe married, 3d, July 9,\\n18()1, Hannah Blood of\\nNelson he died in Nel-\\nson, Feb. 3, 1872, aged\\n81 years, 2 months. In\\n1818, he bought the\\nfarm on which Josiah\\nLawrence first settled,\\nand lived there five and\\none-half years, then sold\\nthe farm to William Lawrence, and moved into the\\nThomas Tolman house, now owned by O. H. Aldrich,\\nin 1824-. The following vear he built for Salmon\\nLl KK IlAKKI", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "438 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nWhittemore the house now owned by E. P. Kimball,\\nand a few years later bought the pail shop built by\\nMoses Curtis, which stood below the old tannery, and\\ncommenced making pails. In 1828-29, he bought of\\nJonathan B. French the house now known as the\\nWinch house, where he lived until 1836, when he sold\\nhis pail shop to Charles Coolidge, and his house to\\nNathan Winch, and moved into the house he built for\\nWhittemore. He bought the Harrington gristmill and\\nwater privilege. He took the gristmill do\\\\vn and\\ncommenced immediately to build a factory, which was\\ncompleted the following year, and used to manufacture\\nwoolen cloth. The business did not prove successful\\nand he moved to Sterling, Mass., in 1841, where he\\nresided five years, then went to Richmond, where he\\nlived until 1858, when he went to Nelson. Children,\\nI to III, by first marriage, iv to xi, by second marriage.\\nI. James Madison, bom May 24 1812; died Fd)riiar\\\\ 181(5.\\nII. Marv Ann, born Oct. 30, 1813; married Jabez Butler.\\nIII. Martha, born March 25, 1816; married, Jnne 16, 1844, Heman\\nKendall, son of Heman and Submit (Tuttle) Kendall of Sterling-,\\nMass.; and died there Aug. 7, 1881. Children: 1. Nathan Henry\\nKendall, born Sept. 15, 1846; died Ajiril 15, 1860; 2. Heman\\nPrentice Kendall, born May 28, 1856; married (Trace E. Shattuck\\nof Sterling.\\nIV. Susan, born March 20, 1818; died 1839.\\nV. Sakaii W., born Oct. 23, 1819; married Isnric W. Holbrook.\\nVI. Nathan W., born March 5, 1821.\\nvu. Fkrdinani), born March 28, 1824; died 1825.\\nVIII. IsAHKLLA, born March 28, 1824; died 1825.\\nIX. John W., born Sept. 15, 1828.\\nX. Isaiah, born Jan. 13, 1831 resides in Missouri.\\nXI. Caroline Elizabeth, born Feb. 14, 1833; married Minot R. Fhil-\\nlijjs of Nelson.\\nStephen Harris was the son of Stephen Harris who came\\nfrom Gloucester, R. I., and settled in Richmond; mar-\\nried Charlotte, daughter of Jesse Ballon. He was born\\nSept. 25, 1790; married, 1st, March, 1816, Patty,\\ndaughter of Daniel Ball, born March 4, 1793; died\\nSept. 24, 1852; married, 2d, Sally, widow of Joseph\\nWhitcomb of Swanzey, who died Jan. 7, 1875. He\\ncame to Troy in April, 1819, and resided a short time\\nI", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICA L REGIS TER.\\n489\\nI.\\nIt.\\nIII.\\nwith his father-ill-law, Daniel Ball. He moved to\\nSwanzey in 1820, residing there for about eighteen\\nyears when he returned to Troy. After the death of\\nhis first wife he lived in Richmond for a time but\\nfinally returned to Troy, where he died July 17, 1861.\\nElisha, born Sept. 29, 1817; died 1846.\\nStephen, born Oct. 24, 1820; married, July 16, 1S46, Ahnira Puller.\\nWiLLARD, born June 3, 1823.\\nWilliam A., born Aug. 29, 1825.\\nLucy, born Feb. 16, 1829; married, June 2, 1852, Welcome Ballon.\\nLydia, born Sept. 9, 1832; married Luther Alexander.\\n\\\\Vn,i,iAM A. Harris.\\nWilliam A. Harris, son of Stephen, born Aug. 29, 1825;\\nmarried, Oct. 25, 1849, Sarah E., daughter of Timothy\\nFife. After his marriage he resided a short time on his", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "440\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nfather s farm, but afterwards ])urchased and lived for\\nseveral years on the farm now owned by Arthur J.\\nEdwards, and later purehased the Crosby place in the\\nvillage, where he lived until his death, July 10, 1885.\\nMrs. Harris died July 28, 1897.\\nWilliam F., born Sept. 11, 1852; died same day.\\nFkhi) a., bom May 13, 1856; married. Oct. 2, 1878, Ida E.,\\ndaiii^hter of James S. and Betse} (Atherton) Bliss, who was born\\nin Whitingham, Vt., Aug. 11, 1858. Children: 1. Berthn M.,\\nborn in Jacksonville, Vt., Dec. 16, 1878; 2. Leon A., born in\\nTroy, July 31, 1880; 3. Robert E., born in Keene, April 3, 1889.\\nResidence of Mrs. S. E. Harris.\\nHI. Wii.LLVM H., born Sept. 18, 1857; married, vSept. 23, 1882, Lizzie\\nM., daughter of .Asa and Sophronia L. ((lould) Davis of Stod-\\ndard, who was boni March, 1858. Children; 1. Lil .hni .1., honi\\nin Sullivan, Dec. 20, 1885; 2. Osciir born in Sulli\\\\aii, Jinie\\n16, 1895.\\nlY. AuKiLLA M., born Oct. 2, 1859.\\nV. Fkank S., l)orn March 16, 1862; married, 1st, May 16, 1S,S;),\\nJosie H., daughter of Thomas B. and Fannie Burns of I itzwil-\\nliam; married, 2d, Oct. 11, 1893, .\\\\ddie E., daughter of Zoi)har\\nand Betsey H. (Culver) Willard of Hjirrisville, who was born\\nJan. 1, 1857. One child, Myrtle F., born Aug. 28, 1890.\\nBenjamin F. Harris is the son of Joseph Harris of Fitz-\\nwilliam, formerly of Saugus, Mass., where he was born\\n1838; married, 1st, March 31, 1863, Abbie J., daugh-\\nter of Nathan and Julia (Martin) Whipple of Fitzwnl-\\nliam. Mr. Harris lived for some vears on the farm", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 441\\nnow owned by Nahum Green. Mrs. Harris died Octo-\\nber, 1885, and he married, 2d, May 25, 1887, H.\\nMaria, daughter of Bowman and Cynthia (Whitcomi))\\nHowe.\\nI. Cora A., born Jan. 5, 1864; married, Nov. 25, 1884-, ]o\\\\\\\\n M.\\nFarnham of Lancaster, N. H.\\nII. Charles H., Iwrn Nov. 10, 1865; married, 1st, May 8, 1888, Olive\\nS. Eaton of Worcester, Mass.; she died Aug. 24 1892, and he\\nmarried, 2d, Dec. 17, 1893, Ida Brownhill of Worcester.\\nIII. Herdert F., born July 28, 1868; died June 14, 1885. Drowned\\nin Bowkerville pond.\\nIV. Mabelle G., boi-n Oct. 15, 1873; married, Oct. 21, 1891, Fred\\nClough of Lancaster.\\nV. Lester F., born Sept. 22, 1876.\\nVI. Florence G., born Mav 15, 1881.\\nAiJNER Haskell, a native of Harvard, Mass., came here\\na1)otit 1778, and located near where James Carpenter\\nHves; married, Feb. 21, 1759, Martha, born April 18,\\n1739; died Feb. 8, 1817, daughter of Phineas and\\nMary Ward of Marlborough, Mass. Mr. Haskell died\\nApril 4, 1809, aged 73 years.\\nI. M.\\\\RTHA, married Joseph Farwell of Lancaster, Mass.\\nII. Joseph.\\nIII. Levi, born July 20, 1769; died Nov. 22, 1830.\\nIV. Sally, married Benjamin Brigham of Fitzwilliam.\\nJoseph Haskell, son of Abner, came to Marlborough,\\nabout the year 1803, and located a little southwest of\\nMonadnock Mountain, on the third New Hampshire\\nturnpike. A stage from Keene to Boston passed over\\nthis road daily, Sundays excepted, and Mr. Haskell\\nopened a public house. He also became an extensive\\nlandholder. He married. May 10, 1787, Mehitable,\\nbaptized, Oct. 14, 1771 died Oct. 29, 1824, daughter\\nof Major John and Deborah (Winch) Farrar; he died\\nJan. 7, 1825, aged 62, from injuries received b} being\\nthrown from his wagon the previous fall.\\nI.- Patty, born Aug. 26, 1778; died Jan. 5, 1840; married William\\nLawrence.\\nII. Nancy, born Aug. 21, 1791; died June 20, 1824; married Josiah\\nWheeler.\\nIII. Joseph, l)orn IVLirch 24, 1794.\\nIV. William, born June 28, 1796.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "442 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nV. Ei^EANOK Bkuwn, bofii Nov. IH, 17 .)S; married, Jan. 14. IcSlT,\\nPeter Tarbell of Grafton, Yt.; died 1.S77.\\nVI. AisNER, born March 11, 1801.\\nVII. AbPHEUS, born July 30. 1804; died Oct. 21, 1805.\\nVIII. John, liorn March 19, 1807.\\nIX. Harriet, born Nov. 15, 1809; married Alanson Barber.\\nX. Henry, born Jnly 20, 1812.\\nJoseph Haskell, son of Joseph, born March 24. 1794;\\nmarried, April 2, 1818, Ruth, born Oct. 28, 179(3,\\ndaughter of David and Esther (Bruce) White, and\\nsettled first in Troy. In 1828 he bought his father s\\nfarm and tavern stand, and lived in Marlborough till\\n1845-46, when he returned to Troy, where he died\\nApril 18, 1865; his widow died Aug. 21, 1879.\\nI. Mary Ann, born in Troy, May 21, 1820; died in 1822.\\nII. Eliza Ann, born in Troy, Nov. 14, 1822; married Cyrus Thompson;\\ndied Aug. 8. 1896.\\nIII. Eleanor, born in Troy, Jan. 12, 1824; married, Sept. 28, 184;:5,\\nGeorge A., son of Abel Nutting, born Feb. 19, 1817; resided in\\nMarlborough; died Dec. 4, 1895. Children: 1. George Henry\\nNutting, born Nov. 15, 1857; 2. Sarah Jane Nutting, born April\\n29, 1859; married Geoi-ge Howe; 3. David Wheeler, born Se])t.\\n30, 1862.\\nIV. Mary, born in Troy, May 21, 1826; married .\\\\bel W. Baker.\\nV. Lyman, born in Marlborough, Sept. 21, 1828; died March 27, 1829.\\nVI. Harriet, born in Marll)orough, Nov. 11, 1830; married William\\nJackson,\\nvii. Joseph, born in Marlborough, Aug. 6, 1832.\\nVIII. Maria, born in Marlborough, Aug. 4, 1834; married David Wheeler.\\nIX. Sarah, born in Marlborough, June 12, 1839; married, 1st, June 19,\\n1867, Alhson G. Howe of Peterborough, who died March 3,\\n1872; married, 2d, Oct. 19. 1881, Lemuel W. Brown, who died\\nAug. 30, 1890. One child, Nelhe Ada, born in Peterborough,\\nAug. 28, 1871; died Feb. 18, 1888.\\nX. LrcY Jane, born in Marlborough, Feb. 9, 1841; married, Oct. 27,\\n1869, John E., son of Stillman and Eunice (Buttrick) Woodward\\nof Marlborough; resides in Fitchburg. Children: 1. WiUie S.\\nWoodward, born March 20, 1874; died Sept. 1, 1878; 2. Gerty\\nMay Woodward, born Jan. 25, 1877.\\nWilliam Haskell, son of Joseph, Senior, married, Oct. 20,\\n1818, Sarah, daughter of David and Esther (Bruce)\\nWhite of Pi tz William. He resided on the homestead\\nfor several years and then came to Troy, where he\\ndied Jan. 26, 1841; his widow died in 1892.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 443\\nI. EzEKiEL, born Feb. 6, 1S20.\\nII. Joseph, born Oct. 16, 1822.\\nIII. Alonzo, born Feb. 16, 1824; married, Sept. 10, 1852, Betse_v Mar-\\nshall of Jafifrey.\\nIV. Albert, born March 10. 1826; died Ang. 6, 1846.\\nV. Sarah Ann, born Feb. 26, 1830; married, 1st, Corbett Fosgate;\\nhe died and she married, 2d, Horace Knapp; resides in Win-\\nchendon.\\nVI. LvDiA, born March 6, 1832; married, 1st, Addison A. Marshall; mar-\\nried, 2d, John H. Congdon.\\nVII. Mary, born June 29, 1834; married Augustus A. Adams; resides in\\nWinchendon.\\nVIII. Charles, born May 14, 1841.\\nAiiNER Haskell, son of Joseph, Senior, born March 11,\\n1801; married, May 3, 1823, Laura Lawrence. After\\nhis marriage he resided in Marlborough some three or\\nfour years, and then came to Troy, where he died Sei^t.\\n1, 1847; his widow died\\nI. Orrick L., born in Marlborough, Nov. 18, 1825.\\nII. Mary Ann, born in Troy, Sept. 12, 1829; married, Sci t. 10, 1847,\\nJose])h N. Forristall.\\nIII. Henry A., born in Troy, July 8, 1834; died June 21, 1843.\\nIV. Klizemann M., born in Troy, Nov. 14, 1838; died Oct. 30, 1840.\\nOrrick L. Haskell, son of Abner, born Nov. 18, 1825;\\nmai-ried, March, 1850, EHzalieth W., daughter of\\nNahum and Mary Ward resides in South Keene.\\nI. Andrew L., born in Troy, March 11, 1851; married, Dec. 15,\\n1874, Annie M. Lord, born Feb. 21, 1848.\\nII. Lizzie A., born June 30, 1854; married, Nov. 24, 1874, James Biggs\\nof Lowell, Mass.\\nIII. George H., born April 6, 1856; married, Oct. 2, 1878, Nellie An-\\ndrews of Chesterfield.\\nIV. Maria A., born Oct. 21, 1857: married, Nov. 8, 1880, Frank H.\\nStrickland of Winchendon.\\nV. Eva M., born June 28, 1860.\\nHenry Haskell, youngest son of Joseph, Senior, born\\nJuly 20, 1812; married, Feb. 14, 1838, Martha,\\ndaughter of George and Naomi (Starkey) Farrar, and\\nsettled in Troy, but removed to Marlborough, March\\n1, 1841, and located in the southeast part of the\\ntown, where he lived until 1859, when he removed to\\nWinchendon. He served eighteen months in the War", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "444 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nof the Rebellion. Children, all but the first born in\\nMarlborough; died 1891.\\nI. Henry George, born Jan. 15, 1839; died Jan. 28, 1840.\\nII. AI.\\\\KTHA Ann, born March 18, 1841; died Aug. 17, 1843.\\nIII. Albert H., born June 4, 1849; killed Jan. 29, 1877, while engaged\\nin running a circular saw in Merriam s mill in Westminster,\\nMass. He left a wife and one child.\\nlY. Tarbel p., born March 19, 1854.\\nV. Frank E., born March 20, 1856; died Oct. 27, 1875.\\nJoseph Haskell, son of Joseph, Jr., born Ang. 6, 1S82;\\nmarried, Sept. 25, 1858, Mary Jane, daughter of Bailey\\nand Betsey (Clark) Starkey. Children born, i to hi,\\nin Marlborough, iv to vi, in Tro3\\\\\\nI. Elmer Ellsworth, born June 20, 1862; married, (^ct. 28, 1893,\\nAngle A., daughter of Edward C. and Caroline A. (Sjiooner)\\nSutton.\\nII. Walter Josetii, born Oct. 12, 1804.\\nIII. Arthur Herbert, born Sept. 2, 1866; married, Sept. 9, 1895,\\nMary M., born July 21, 1872, daughter of Elijah T. and Ella A.\\n(Bennett) Platts of Jaftrey. One child, Rijlph PLitts, born May\\n27, 1896.\\nlY. Etta Vina, born Jan. 29, 1868; married, Nov. 21. 1895, Elliott W.\\nAldrich.\\nY. Nellie Jane, born Nov. 18, 1872; married, Jan. 16, 1895, Ernest\\nF. Dean.\\nVL Bessie Anna, born Feb. 2, 187S; married, May 28, 1S97, Fred E.\\nWhitcomb of FitzwilHam.\\nEzEKiEL Haskell, son of William, born Feb. G, 1820;\\nmarried, 1st, Mirantha Demary of Rindge; married,\\n2d, Mrs. Jane Lawrence of Troy; died Sept. 23, 1834.\\nChildren born, i to iii, by 1st marriage, iv, v, by\\n2d marriage.\\nI. Flora E., born married E. Locke of .-Vthol, Mass.\\nII. Nelson W., born\\nIII. Abbie N., born married (liles.\\nIV. Fred E., ))orn Aug. 20, 18()().\\nY. Hattie a., born May 13, 1808; married Bert Hale; resides in\\nI Athol.\\nJoseph Haskell, son of William, born Oct. 16, 1822;\\nmarried, 1st, Anna Bemis of Southborough, Mass.\\nmarried, 2d, Teresta T. Ray of Shutesbury, Mass.;\\nmarried, 3d, Mrs. Ermina S. Rice of Jafifrey. Air.\\nHaskell is a regular ordained minister of the Baptist", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER.\\n445\\ndenomination and during the early part oi his Hfe held\\nseveral pastorates.\\nCharles Haskell, son of William, born May 14, 1840;\\nmarried, Jan. 1, 1868, Mary Alice, born in Peter-\\nborough, April 10, 1844, daughter of John A. and\\nChaki.ks Haskkll.\\nCharlotte D. P. (Richardson) Allen. Mr. Haskell is\\nquite well known as a dealer in horses, having followed\\nthe business, more or less for twenty years, and has\\nalso done something in training and driving horses\\nupon the track. He has also followed the business of\\nauctioneer, having commenced in Boston when about", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "446 HISTORY OF TROY.\\neighteen 3 ears of age. He was proprietor of the Kim-\\nball House for seven years, but about ten years ago\\nhe purchased the B. F. Perry place in the village where\\nhe has since resided.\\nI. Mary Alice, Ijorn Nov. 6, 1868; married, May 17, 1892, Herbert\\nD. Gee; resides in Winchester. Children. 1. Retta May Gee,\\nIjorn Dec. 23, 1893; 2. Marion Louise Gee, liorn April 15, 1897.\\nHerrick. The traditions of this very ancient family\\nclaim their descent from Ericke, a Danish Chief, who\\ninvaded Britain about the year 911, during the reign of\\nAlfred, and, having been vanquished by that prince, was\\ncompelled, with his followers, to re-people the wasted\\ndistricts of East Anglia, the government of which he held\\nas a fief of the English crown.\\nIn an attempt to unite the Danish ])owcr in Britain\\nagainst the Englishmen, Ericke was defeated by Edward,\\nthe son and successor of Alfred, and was subsequently\\nslain by his own subjects for alleged severalties in his\\ngovernment.\\nThe Norman invasion found this name represented by\\nEric, the forester, who resided in Leicestershire, and was\\nan extensive landholder. Eric raised an army to repel the\\ninvaders and in the subsequent efforts of the English\\nearls and ])rinces to dispossess the Normans of their recent\\nconquest, and drive them out of the coimtry, he bore a\\nprominent part. But he shared also in the unfortunate\\nissue of all these patriotic efforts. His followers and allies\\nwere stripped of their estate, and the sources of his own\\npower were dried u]) and being no longer in a condition\\nformidable to the new government, Eric w^as taken into\\nfavor by William, the Conqueror, who intrusted him with\\nimportant offices about his person and in the command of\\nhis armies. In his old age, he was ]3ermitted to retire to\\nhis house in Leicestershire, where he closed his stormy and\\neventful life. The estate was given him bv William, the", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 447\\nCoiuiiieror, for military services, about the year 1080.\\nHis descendants occupied the estate withovit interru])tion\\nfor nearly eight hundred years.\\nHenry Eyryk, a lineal descendant from Eric, the fores-\\nter, was seated at Great Strctton, in the county of Lei-\\ncester, England, at a very remote period. His grandson,\\nRobert Eyryk of Stretton, by his w^ife Joanna and William,\\nwho bore the title of Sir William Eyryk, Knight of Stret-\\nton. He was commissioned to attend the Prince of Wales\\non his expedition into Gascony, 1355. From him descended\\nRobert Eyrick of Houghton, who was living in 1450.\\nThomas Eyrick of Houghton settled in Leicester, and died\\nin 1517. His second son, John Eyrik, or Heyrick, born\\n1513, married Mary, daughter of John Bond, Esq., of\\nWard End in Warwickshire. He died April 2, 1589, leav-\\ning a large family, among whom was William, born 1557.\\nHe was a member of Parliament from 1601 to 1630,\\nKnighted 1605, and was known as Sir William Herrick of\\nLeicester, London, and Beau Manor Park. He married,\\n1596, Joan, daughter of Richard May, Esq., of London;\\ndied March 2, 1652-53, aged 96. Henry, the fifth son of\\nSir William, was born at Beau Manor in 1604, and was\\nnamed by command of the unfortunate Prince Henry,\\neldest son of James L His sponsors were Sir David Murry,\\nSir John Spillinan and Lady Aston. He came to this\\ncountry and settled in Salem, Mass., in 1629. He married\\nEditha, daughter of Mr. Hugh Laskin of Salem, and became\\nthe ancestor of the numerous race by that name in this\\ncountry. He died 1571, leaving seven sons and a daugh-\\nter, who are named in his will. Of these, Thomas and\\nBenjamin, the eldest and the youngest of the sons, and the\\ndaughter, Elizabeth, died childless. The other five sons\\nare regarded as the patriarchs of their respective branches\\nof the posterity of Henry and Editha Herrick. They are", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "448 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nknown in history as Zacharie of Beverly, Ephraim of Bev-\\nerly, Joseph of Salem, John of Beverly, and George of Salem.\\nJoseph of Salem, baptized, Aug. 6, 164v5; died Feb. 4,\\n1717-18; married, 1st, Sarah Leach, who died about\\n1764; married, 2d, Mary Endicott about 1677.\\nJoseph, son of Joseph and Sarah (Leach) Herrick, born\\nApril 2, 1667; married Elizabeth died Sept. 11, 1749.\\nBenjamin the second son of Joseph, was born April 14,\\n1700; married, Nov. 27, 1720, Lydia Hay ward died\\n1778, at Methuen, Mass. He had a large family of whom\\nthe tenth was Nathaniel, baptized, Oct. 31, 1736; married\\nSusannah Messer of Methuen, who died Nov. 7, 1807,\\naged 74; he died 1807. He had Nehemiah, born Sept. 16,\\n1775; married. 1st, Sarah Day, who died; married, 2d,\\nNov. 29, 1832, Abigail Hall. Inherited an estate in\\nMethuen from his uncle, Thomas Herrick died 1844. He\\nhad six children of whom the third was Jonathan S.\\nJonathan Symonds Herrick, son of Nehemiah and Sarah\\n(Day) Herrick, was born in Derry, N. H., April 20,\\n1810; married, 1st, Jan. 3, 1843, Maria S. Whitier,\\nwho died 1845; married, 2d, March 4, 1846, Martha\\nK. Richardson, who died in 1852; married, 3d, April\\n20, 1853, Sarah Richardson he died Dec. 8, 1895. At\\nan early age his parents moved to Methuen, Mass.,\\nsettling upon a farm which his father inherited from\\nhis uncle, Thomas Herrick. This farm now forms a\\npart of the city of Lawrence. Here he passed his boy-\\nhood and youth. At the age of seventeen he became\\nconverted and united with the Baptist church in Me-\\nthuen. On coming of age, he became desirous of fitting\\nhimself for the ministry, and took measures to secure\\nan education. He attended the high school in Haver-\\nhill, Phillips Academy, Andover and Dartmouth College.\\nHe supported himself while studying by teaching com-\\nmon schools and singing schools, and, at times, working\\nat shoemaking. He left college in his junior year, to", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n449\\ntake charge of the Ba])tist church at West Norwich,\\nVt., where he was ordained September, 184-0. He held\\npastorates in Hudson, N. H., TA^igsborough, Mass.,\\nWarner, Rumney and Hanover, and came to Troy in\\nDecember, 1864, as pastor of the Baptist church, which\\nhe lield for about fourteen years, or until late in the\\nRev. Jonathan S. Herkick.\\nwinter of 1879, when feeble health compelled him to\\nresign. Mr. Herrick was always interested in educa-\\ntional matters, and especially in the schools of Troy,\\nserving as superintendent of schools for a good many\\nyears. He was a Christian gentleman in the truest\\nsense of the word and was honored and respected by\\nthe entire communitv.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "450 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nI. AiniHK S., (lied 1S45.\\nII. Maria E., bom in Warner, N. H., Dec. 19, 1S4(5.\\nIII. James D., born in Warner, N. H., June 4, 1S4-S.\\nIV. Martha J., born in Warner, N. H., Feb. 11, iMoO; married, Sep-\\ntember, 1876, Rev. Fred A. Thayer, a Congrejiational minister,\\nwho died in Quincy, Ills., March, 1883.\\nV. Daniel F. R., born in Rnmney, N. H., Jan. 10, 1852.\\nOliver Hawkins, born in Winchester, Feb. 6, 1801 mar-\\nried, Sept. 1, 1824. Johannah H. F oster, and resided\\ntwo years in his native town. He became a citizen of\\nTroy in Sept., 1826. Soon after coming here he bought\\nthe location now owned by Mrs. Aljel J. Burpee, and\\nresided there until March, 1851, when he removed to\\nRindge, and later to Fitzwilliam. The last few years\\nof his residence here he was one of the firm of Goddard,\\nButtrick Co., in the manufacture of tubs and pails.\\nI. Lucy F., born July 3, 1826.\\nII. Johannah, born April 15, 1828; married, 1st, Aug., 1847, Willard\\nHolt, who died; married, 2d, June, 1857, Jesse Pike.\\nIII. Ann Lanv, born Oct. 18, 1830; married, Nov., 1852, Alfred K. Harris.\\nIV. Fannv, born Sept. 9, 1832; married. May, 1854, Alfred T. Colony.\\nV. Nancy E., born June 10, 1834; married, Nov., 1858, Nathan P..\\nBoutwell.\\nVI. Oliver P., born July 21, 1836.\\nYii. Marshall P., born March 8, 1839; served in the Third Regiment,\\nN. H. v., in the War of the Rebellion; resides in Minneai)olis, Minn.\\nVIII. SrsAN A., born Feb. 22, 1845.\\nIX. John H., born July 14, 1846.\\nAndrew Heberts, born in Canada, June 20, 1847; mar-\\nried, Aug. 28, 1868, Josephine Freeman, born in Vermont,\\nAug. 12, 1849.\\nI. Bh;rtha L., born in Canada, Dec. 7, 1871; married, Aug. 21, 1886,\\nDaniel Enright, born Aug. 1, 1865. Children: 1. Corn Mabel\\nEnright, born June 2, 1887; 2. Norman Edward Enright, born\\nAug. 1, 1895.\\nII. Oscar L., born July 28, 1873; married, Scjjt. 10, 1894, Katherinc\\nShehan. One child, Elfrida Sybil, born Feb. 28, 1896.\\nIII. Minnie E., born Aug. 20, 1875; married, Oct. 1, 1894, Edward\\nMcOuade of Marlborough.\\nIV. D)A M., born Sejit. 12, 1878; married, June 18, 1895, Edmund H.\\nTenncy. One child, Ellsworth Edwin Tenney, born Aug. 4, 1896.\\nV. Ahhie E., born Oct. 12, 1880.\\nVI. IsABELLE P., bom March 2, 1882.\\nVII. Wilfred J., horn Ajiril 30, 1884.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 451\\nVIII. Melvin S., born Feb. 25, 1887.\\nIX. Clifford D., born Nov. 8, 1889.\\nX. Olive E., born Sept. 4, 1893.\\nHezekiah Hodgkins was born in New Ipswich married\\nLydia, daughter of Pelatiah Ciimmings. He died Oct.\\n4, 1821, aged 64. His widow died April 3, 1843,\\naged 83.\\nI. Stephen, born 1782; married Aretluisa Corbin, March 2(\\\\, ISO?;\\ndied in Albanjs N. Y., 1827.\\nII. Pelatiah, born 1784.\\nIII. Sarah, born 1786; died 1817.\\nIV. Lydia, born May 21, 1790; died the same 3-ear.\\nV. Amos, born July 25, 1792; died the same year.\\nVI. Lucy, born Nov. 15, 1793; married Enoch Garfield; died Dec. 29,\\n1854.\\nVII. Lydia, born 1796; married, Oct. 5, 1815, Joseph Corbin of Rochester,\\nN. Y. died 1817.\\nVIII. Aaron, born April 25, 1797.\\nIX. Elizabeth, born June 7, 1804; died 1812.\\nX. Sarah, born 1810; married Almon Wright.\\nPelatiah Hodgkins, son of Hezekiah, born 1784; married,\\nOct., 1814, Mehitable Adams of Jaffrey, and settled on\\nthe homestead farm, now owned by Joseph Haskell,\\nwhere he lived until his death, July 11, 1860. His wife\\ndied July 29, 1860, aged 72.\\nI. Augustus, born Nov. 12, 1815; died Oct. 29, 1817.\\nII. Lydia, born Aug. 30, 1818; died June 20. LS45.\\nIII. Augustus, 2d, born June 29, 1820.\\nIV. Sarah C, born July 19, 1823; died March 8, 1826.\\nV. Hezekiah, born Jan. 8, 1829; married. Died Sept. 14, 1875. One\\nchild, Angle Marin, born Oct. 6, 1867.\\nAugustus Hodgkins, the second son of Pelatiah, was born\\nJune 29, 1820; married, 1st, 1858, Hannah J. Rose-\\nbrook, who died Feb., 1883; and he married, 2d, April\\n14, 1883, Mrs. Elvira M. Leavitt of Twin Mountain,\\nN. H.; died Dec. 15, 1894. Mr. Hodgkins lived on the\\nhome farm until about 1865, when he purchased of\\nLeonard Wright the place in the village where he\\nresided until his death. He was one of the selectmen\\nfrom March, 1862, until March, 1867; represented the\\ntown in 1869 and 1870, and was town clerk in 1873,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "452\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\n1874 and 1875. He was a man of conservative prin-\\nciples and somid judgment, and held the confidence and\\nesteem of his fellow-citizens.\\nI\\nAugustus Hodgkins.\\nAaron Hodgkins, son of Hezekiah, born April 25, 1797;\\nmarried, 1st, Dec. 30, 1821, Rhoda Perkins, who died\\nin 1851 and he married, 2d, Jan. 15, 1852, Mrs.\\nAlfreda T. Brown, widow of Erastus Brown, and\\ndaughter of Ezekiel Thompson of Swanzey. He died\\nApril 11, 1856; Mrs. Hodgkins died Feb. 4, 1873.\\nAfter his marriage he located in a house near the mill\\nformerly owned by James R. Stanley. After residing\\nthere some years he bought the farm now owned b}^\\nH. E. Mellen, where he resided tmtil his death.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 453\\nI. Harriet A., born July 10, 1S25.\\nII. Christopher, Ijorn Jan. 6, 1829; married, Nov. 14, 1854, Mrs.\\nMellisa (Gurnse}-) Temi}- resides in Marlhoronoh. Children: 1.\\nLeila E., born May 20, 1856; married Henry Metealf; 2. Arthur\\nC, born Aug. 31, 1857; 3. Eva A/., 1)orn Aug. 4, 1859; died\\nAug. 24, 1864.\\nIII. Ambrose, 1)oni Jan. 20, 1831.\\nIV. Mary, born Dec. 25, 1832.\\nV. Frederick, born March 4, 1835.\\nVI. Cyrus, born Jan. 24, 1837.\\nVII. Ermina B., born March 19, 1839.\\nAaron Holt, born in Holden, Mass., Oct. 27, 1776;\\nsettled in Troy in 1807; died in 1826, from the effects\\nof a kick from a vicious horse.\\nI. Aaron, born Jan. 25, 1801; died Jan. 6, 1818.\\nII. Joel, born March 30, 1803.\\nIII. Jotham H., born Feb. 22, 1805.\\nIV. Dorothy, born Sept. 8, 1807; died 1812.\\nV. Moses Wheeler, born July 6, 1810; died Sept. 21, 1813.\\nVI. William, born Oct. 13, 1812; married, and went West; died in\\nNewport, Ky.\\nvii. Amos, born Dec. 20, 1814. At the age of nineteen he left home and\\njoined the regular army, and served with credit to himself and\\ncountry during the Florida war, under Gen. Winfield Scott, as one\\nof his body guard. He carried to his death an honorable scar\\nfrom a wound received during this campaign. After his discharge\\nfrom the army, he moved to Somerset, Ky., where he taught school\\nand married in 1844. In 1849, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and\\nentered into mei cantile pursuits, and for maiw j-ears was one of\\nthe leading merchants of the city. He died Ma\\\\ 1895. Children\\n1. Lucy; married T. J. Collins; 2. Sarah Frances; married W.\\nB. Bemis 3. Lizzie.\\nVIII. Dorothy, born Feb. 28, 1816; married John Pool of Jaffrey; died\\nApril 18, 1840.\\nIX. Betsey, born March 16,1819; married Fri J. S])aulding; died Aug.\\n8, 1849.\\nX. Aaron, born July 15, 1821.\\nXL Lydia, born Nov. 16, 1825; married Henry Maynard of Holden,\\nMass.\\nJoel Holt, son of Aaron, Ijorn March 30, 1803; married,\\n1st, Nov. 20, 1828, Thirza, daughter of Bezaleel and\\nAbigail (Woods) Baker of Marlborough, and located\\nin Troy. In 1835 he moved to Princeton, Mass., and\\nresided there until 1858, \\\\vhen he bought the Baker\\nplace and again located in Troy. Mrs. Holt died May", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "454\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\n17, 1861, and he married, 2d, Bathsheba Mr.\\nHolt died June 19, 1873.\\nI. Marv B., born Sept. 8, 1829; died July S, 1833.\\nII. Thikza Maria, born March 8, 1832; died Jan. 16, 1851.\\nIII. Eunice Abigail, born Nov. 11, 183+ married Alvin S. \\\\Ybite of\\nShirley, Mass.\\nIV. Marv Jane, born Oct. 16, 1839; married William L. Bemis.\\nJoTHAM H. Holt, son of Aaron, born Feb. 22, 1805;\\nmarried, April 19, 1831, Miriam Bartlett of Berlin,\\nJOTHAiM H. HOI.T.\\nMass., who was born Nov. 26, 1804; he died July 2,\\n1881. Mr. Holt resided about two and a half years\\non the Luther Whittemore farm, but in 1834, he\\npurchased of Zopher Whitcomb and heirs the Joseph", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 455\\nCutting farm, which he owned \u00c2\u00a3ind cultivated for many\\nyears, but finally disposed of it and came to the village\\nto live. He was one of the prominent men of the\\ntown and had the confidence of his fellow citizens and\\nwas chosen to numerous ])Ositions of trust and respon-\\nsibility.\\nI. EIllen p., horn Miirch S, 1832; married, June 22, 1S53, Charles\\nLewis of Cincinnati, Ohio; resides in Topeka, Kans.\\nII. Milton J., 1)orn April 7, 1884; married, Dec. 27, lS(i4-, Lodenia\\nGiddin^s of Cincinnati, Ohio. Children: 1. (jCoi\\\\^c E., born July\\n27, 1866; 2. Julian II., born April 28, 1870 died March 6, 1897;\\n3. Alice M., born Ant--. 30, 1878. Went to New York city in 1868\\nand has been engaged in the produce commission bnsiness; resides\\nin Hoboken, N. J.\\nIII. Levi B., born Nov. 9, 1835.\\nIV. S.\\\\KAH D., born Oct. 7, 1838; unmarried.\\nV. Frederick A., born June 23, 1841 died March 19, 1842.\\nVI. Joel, born Oct. 27, 1843.\\nVII. Frederick, born Oct. 29, 1845; died Aug. 10, 1846.\\nVIII. Edwin F., born July 27, 1848.\\nLevi Bartlett Holt, son of Jotham H., was born Nov.\\n9, 1835; married, June 13, 1869, Cecelia Fish of\\nStockton, California. He went to California when\\nyoung, and June 12, 1863, was enrolled as sergeant of\\nCapt. Cook s Co. G, Sixth Regiment California Infantry,\\nserving until Oct. 31, 1865, when he was discharged.\\nThe following spring he secured employment on the\\nwest side of the San Joacjuin river, twenty miles south\\nof Stockton, and later was engaged to tend the ferry\\nnear by. In December, 1868, in company with H.\\nFish, an uncle of his wife, he purchased the ferry. In\\n1873 he also engaged in farming and stock raising\\nnear San Joaquin cit3\\\\ In 1875 he sold his interest in\\nthe ferry and devoted his time exclusively to farming,\\nstock raising and buying grain on commission. By\\nenergy and industry he soon became a leader in the\\ncommission business. In 1886 he rented his farm and\\nmoved to Stockton, devoting his time wholly to the\\ngrain business. After residing in Stockton a short\\ntime he was elected councilman, which office he held\\nfor tw^o vears. He died Mav 16, 1889, from concussion", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "456\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nof the brain, caused by beiii 4 tlirown from his carriage\\nwhile returning from his farm a few da\\\\ s previously.\\nHis sudden death caused widespread sorrow in the\\ncommunity in which he resided.\\nLkvi Baktlett Holt.\\nJoel Holt was the fourth son of Jotham H. Holt and\\nwas born on the Holt place, on West Hill, Oct. 27,\\n1843. He attended the district school, and for a time\\nwas a private pupil of Dr. Caverly who found him to\\nbe an apt scholar. Later he attended Appleton Academy\\nat New Ipswich, from which he graduated in 1864,\\nthe valedictorian of his class. Soon after he enlisted\\nin the First New Hampshire Cavalr3% serving in Troop", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n457\\nG, from August, 1864, until June, 1865. After his dis-\\ncharge he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and studied law\\nwith Judge Storer of that city and was admitted to\\nthe bar. He soon jifter went to Kansas, his first set-\\ntlement being made at Wathena, Doniphan county,\\nJuiMiE Jdku Holt.\\nwhence he migrated to Mitchell, then a new county. He\\nwas early chosen to the l)ench, where he served to great\\nacceptance. For two terms of four years each he served\\nas judge of the fifteenth judicial district of Kansas, the\\nsecond term being held by the unanimous cf^isent\\nof the voters of that district. Afterwards he was", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "458 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nappointed one of the associate justices of the supreme\\ncourt of that state, the duties of which arduous and\\nexalted position he discharged with impartiality and\\nsingular ability. He was at one time a prominent\\ncandidate for Congress in the northwestern section of\\nthe state, and although he made a strong fight was\\ndefeated. He was a thorough and profound lawyer\\nand a model man, and was a leading citizen in that\\nsection of the country, assisting in laying solidly the\\nfoundations of lawful government and the institutions\\nof society and religion. In all his public career he was\\nrevered as a man above reproach and of great ability.\\nA kind and devoted husband and father and a\\nChristian gentleman, always kind and gentle as a\\nchild and pure-minded no one who ever associated\\nwith him in business affairs or the social circles but\\nfelt better for the contact, and greater admiration for\\nthe strong but simple character of the man. His home\\nwas at Beloit, but he joined the great movement from\\nKansas to Oklahoma and had established himself at\\nGuthrie, and had attained a fine standing at the bar\\nin his new home when he was stricken down before\\nreaching the prime of life. Although a sufferer for\\nsome time from chronic stomach trouble, his death was\\nsudden and unexpected, and occurred at Guthrie, O. T.,\\nApril 27, 1892. On being congratulated after the\\ndelivery of an address on the previous Memorial Day,\\nat his home, he remarked that he was gratified, not\\non his own account, but because he wanted his wife\\nshould hear him in such an address before she died, as\\nMrs. Holt at that time was not expected to livelong;\\nbut we know not the uncertainty of life, for at the\\nnext Memorial Day observance his comrades were\\ncalled upon to decorate his grave. He received the\\nhonorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth College in\\n1887. He was for a great many years an active and\\nconsistent member of the First Presbyterian Church of\\nBeloit. Married, 1870, Kate A. Blanchard, born Oct.\\n6, 1846; died Aug. 18, 1894.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 459\\nI. JoEi, S., born Sept. 20, 1871.\\nII. K.\\\\TE M., born April 7, 1873.\\nIII. Milton, born Sept. 22, 1875.\\nIV. Alick Wells, born Feb. 28, 1876.\\nV. Anna Hayes, born May 8, 1877.\\nZalmon Howe came from Holden, Mass., about 1803.\\nAbout 1837, he removed to Fitzwilliam, where he died\\nSept. 13, 1855, aged 87 years he married Phebe Holt\\nof Holden, who died April 10, 1867, aged 87 years, 9\\nmonths.\\nI. AsENATH, born married John Simonds of Brattleborongh.\\nII. Nklson, born May 7,1807; married, 1st, Dec. 24, 1831, Eliza, born\\nMarch 14, 1815; died Jnne 3, 1850, daughter of Caleb and Mary\\n(Whittemore) Sweetser; married, 2d, Dec. 5, 1850, Angeline,\\ndaughter of David Piatt of Troy. For many years Mr. Howe,\\neither alone or in connection with his brother, did a large amount\\nof business in manufacturing wooden ware at Howeville, in Fitz-\\nwilliam removed to Boston, and later to Maine.\\nIII. Sarah, born Aug. 10, 1810; married, April 14, 1831, Thomas\\nSweetser of Fitzwilliam died June 19, 1847.\\nIV. Mary, born married Harvey Blanding.\\nv. Martha, born married Asa B. Clark.\\nVI. Harriet N., born June 6, 1816; married, June 5, 1809, Gideon G.\\nWillis of Swanzey; died May 12, 1878.\\nVII. Joel, born married, March 6, 1844, Nancy, daughter of George\\nRichardson died in Keene.\\nBowman Howe, born Aug. 30, 1814; married, Jan. 1st,\\n1838, Hannah, born June 25, 1815, daughter of Jacob\\nand Phillis (Sweet Grant) Whitcomb she died Dec. 18,\\n1854, and he married, 2d, Oct. 2, 1855, Cynthia, born\\nSept. 21, 1825, a sister of his first wife, who died in\\nTroy, Feb. 20, 1890 Mr. Howe died Jan. 20, 1877.\\nI. Charles, born Sept. 14, 1838; married, March 1, 1866, Sarah J.,\\ndaughter of Jason and Sally Knights of Phillipston.\\nII. Isaac Whitcomb, born May 8, 1840; died July 3, 1842.\\nIII. Elizabeth, born June 10, 1843; married Henry Handy, June 29,\\n1865.\\nIV. Orrin Bowman, born Aug. 2, 1847; married, March 17, 1872,\\nEmma, born July 16, 1852, daughter of Amos A. and Catherine\\n(Carter) FHnt of Richmond. Children: 1. Edna, born in Rich-\\nmond, Jan. 2, 1876; 2. Carl E., born in Winchester, Aug. 31,\\n1878.\\nv. Cora M., born April 20, 1859; died Dec. 6, 1861.\\nVI. Emily S., born Nov. 6, 1861 married, July 8, 1896, Walter N. Gay.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "460 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nYii. Ei.itKiDGE, born Jan. 5, 1864-.\\nVIII. HrriKAiM W., 1)orn Sept. 13, 1S67; married, Jnne IS, ISOl, Sadie\\nE., daughter of A. F. Hannaford.\\nHubbard. George and Mar^ (Bisho])) Htilibard came\\nto America from England about 1733, and first settled in\\nWatertown, Mass. They had John, who married Mary\\nMerriam and lived in Concord, Mass. They had Jonathan,\\nwho married Hannah Rice and lived in Concord. They\\nhad Thomas, who married Mary Fletcher and lived in Con-\\ncord. They had Nathan, v^ho married Mary Patterson\\nand lived in Groton, Mass. They had Hezekiah, who\\nmarried Rebecca Hntchinson, and who went from Groton\\nto Rindge, N. H., in 17Sv3. They had Harry, who married,\\nJune 8, 1823, Clarissa Fay and lived in Southborough and\\nShrewsbury, Mass.\\nAppleton Burnham Hubbard, son of Harr^-, married,\\nSept. 19, 1854, Betsey L., daughter of Howard and\\nDolly (Bemis) Clark; died vSept. 29, 1802, aged 33\\n3 ears.\\nI. Charles A., l)orn June 7, 1857.\\nII. Hakkv, l)()rn Oet. 19, 1S59.\\nCharles Appletox Hubbard, son of Appleton B., was\\nborn in Troy, June 7, 1857; married, Oct. 15, 1884,\\nMaryanna, daughter of Julius Augustus and Mary Ann\\n(Wood) Stearns of Rindge. He attended the schools\\nof Troy and the New Hampshire College of Agriculture\\nand the Mechanic Arts at Hanover, graduating from\\nthe latter in 1877; returned to Troy and was employed\\nas a clerk in the store of E. P. Kimball Son for\\nabout two 3^ears. In 1882 he removed to Boston,\\nMass., with his mother and brother. Mr. Hubbard\\nwas for several years in the accounting department of\\nthe Union Pacific Railwa\\\\^ Com])any at its Boston\\nofiice. He has recently been appointed com])troller of\\nthe Oregon Short Line Railroad Company with head-\\nquarters in Boston. This railway is about fourteen\\nlumdred and fifty miles in length, located in Utah,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL RE(USTER.\\n461\\nWyoming, Idaho and Oregon. He resides in Newton,\\nMassachusetts.\\nHarry Api LETON, born May 5, 1895.\\nCharles A. Hithisard.\\nHarry Hubkard, second son of Appleton Rnrnhani Hub-\\nbard and Betsey Louisa (Clark), was born in Troy,\\nN. H., Oct. 19, 1859. When he was about three years\\nold his father died. He lived in Troy with his mother\\nand brother, Charles A. Hubbard, until the summer of\\n1882, when they all moved to Boston. As a boy he\\nattended the ]5ublic schools of the town, for several\\nvears under Mrs. L. B. Wright, and afterwards received", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "462\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nprivate iiistriiction from her, and later from Franklin\\nRipley, who had then just graduated from Amherst\\nCollege. At the age of nineteen (187cS), he entered\\nHarry Hubbard.\\nPhillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H., and grad-\\nuated from that Academy in 1880 with the highest\\nrank and in the fall of that year entered Harvard\\nCollege, where he remained the full four years and\\ngraduated in 1884-, with the highest degree {summa\\ncum laude) and with the highest honors in political\\nscience. In the fall of 1884, he entered the Harvard\\nLa^v School, where he remained until about Jan. 1,1885,\\nwhen troul)le with one of his e^^es compelled him to\\nrest from study for several months, after which he", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 463\\nentered the law office of Gaston Whitney, Boston\\n(of which firm ex-Governor Gaston was the senior\\nnieml^er), and remained there until the opening of the\\nHarvard Law School in the fall of that year, and\\ncontinued his course in the school until December, 1885,\\nwhen the return of the e\\\\^e trouble again compelled him\\nto suspend study. Fearing that this trouble would\\ncompel him to abandon the law as a profession, he\\napplied to Charles Francis Adams and obtained a\\nsituation in the service of the Union Pacific Railway\\nCompany, in May, 1886, and remained with that\\ncompany in Boston until 1888. During this time and\\nafter the eye trouble ceased, he resumed the study of\\nlaw and was admitted to the Suffolk County Bar, in\\nBoston, Jan. 17, 1888. In August, 1888, he removed\\nto New York city and entered the law office of Dillon\\nSwayne, where he continued until the dissolution of\\nthat firm. In January, 1893, he formed a copartner-\\nship with ex-Judge John F. Dillon and his son John M.\\nDillon, under the style of Dillon Hubbard, and is\\nnow practicing law as a member of that firm at No.\\n195 Broadway, New York city. Resides at No. 45\\nWest 95th street in same city. Member of Madison\\nAvenue Baptist church of Bar Association of the city\\nof New York of Bar Association of state of New York\\nand of Harvard Club, New York city. Married, Oct.\\n15, 1891, Maria Louise Clancy, daughter of Edward\\nClancy and Maria Louise (Gilborne).\\nWilliam Galatin Hurlbutt was born in Williamstown,\\nVt., Sept. 23, 1831; married, Feb. 7, 1860, Mary\\nElizabeth, daughter of Charles and Elvira (Wads worth)\\nCarpenter. Mr. Hurlbutt was for several years, or until\\nMay, 1881, station agent at Troy. After that he was\\nat North Ashburnham for a short time, but at ])resent is\\nstation agent and postmaster at East Boxford, Mass.\\nI. Alick Maria, born Jan. 2, 1.S62.\\nII. Annik Wadswokth, born Ajjril 17, 1S65; married, Oct. l,s, 1893,\\nCharles C. Read of South (yardiier, Mass. Chikb-eii: 1. Kath-\\nerine Elizabeth Rend, born Sept. IS, 1894; 2. AJicc Gertrude Read,\\nborn July 15, 1896.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "464 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIII. Charlotte Emzaukth, 1) )ni Oct. 5, 1878.\\nIV. Bessie Gertrude, l)()ni Aug. 13, liSSO.\\nHiram W. Hutt was born in Nova Scotia, Dec. 15, lcS61\\nmarried, March 31, 18S8, Ida M. Snyder, born in\\nNova Scotia, April 3(3, 1867. Mr. Hutt came to Troy\\nsoon after his marriage, and a few years since pur-\\nchased of Mrs. Sarah Brown the phice on the Jaffrey\\nroad formerly belonging to Eri J. Spaulding.\\nI. Cora May, liorn June 21, 1892.\\nII. Murray Eugene, lioni Jan. 24, 1S95.\\nRansom Ingalls, son of Zimri of Richmond, born Oct. 9,\\n1811; married, 1st, Sept. 30, 1837, Sylphina, born\\nAug. 18, 1817; died 1844, daughter of Timothy\\nand Nellie (Keith) B. Pickering of Richmond; married,\\n2d, May 21, 1844, Eliza, born March 22, 1818; died\\nAug. 15, 1857, daughter of Cyrus and Betsey (Jackson)\\nFairbanks; married, 3d, Abigail died Nov. 3,\\n1880; he died Dec. 2, 1882.\\nI. Charles F., born June 15, 1838; married, June 8, 1859, Mary E.,\\nIjorn March 21, 1838, daughter of Abijah and Betsej^ (Sweetser)\\nSpofFord of Fitzwilliam resides in Hillsborough Bridge, N. H.\\nChildren: 1. George Elwell, born in Troy, March 5, 1862; married,\\nOct. G, 1883, Flora R., born Aug. 23, 1861, in Sullivan, N. H.,\\n(hiughter of John S. and Jane E. (Jennings) Currier. One child,\\nCharles Onley, born March 5, 1885. 2. WHliam Henry Spuflord,\\nl)orn in Marlborough, Feb. 15, 1875.\\nn. Alhert E., born 1846; married, Ella Loomis of Win-\\nchcndon. One child, Leon E., born in Troy, Dec. 1, 1874.\\nIII. George, born died.\\nIV. Sarah, 1)orn 1853; married Herbert Woods.\\nV. AnniE Eliza, born July 12, 1855; married Eugene Woods.\\nAmos H. Ingalls, son of Zimri, was a carpenter and\\nbuilder; lived in Troy several years; married Polly,\\ndaughter of Nicholas Cook. Built the house now\\nowned by Ira G. Starkey, the one owned by George A.\\nStark ey, where he lived for a time, and also built the\\nresidence of Mrs. S]30oner. He died in Gardner in Feb-\\nruary, 1883.\\nI. Arthur.\\nII. Emma.\\nIsaac Jackson, with wife Ruth and children, among whom\\nwere Henry and Isaac, came from Attleborough, Mass.,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 465\\nin 1778, or before, and settled on land now comprising\\nthe farm owned by John Tatro, where they cleared up\\nthe land, raising a few potatoes and making maple\\nsugar. He died July 16, 1796. His v^ddow was taxed in\\nFitzwilliam till 1802. The list of his children as given\\nin the old history is not correct in some of the items.\\nThe list given here is as correct as it is possible to\\nmake it. There was also recorded in Fitzwilliam,\\ninfant of Isaac Jackson, died June 29, 1789; daughter,\\ndied Oct. 16, 1793.\\nI. Henry.\\nII. Isaac, married Dea. Godding s sister; went to Walliiifjtbrd, Vt.\\nill. John, married Lueretia Milliii of Westminster, and settled in Swanzey.\\nIV. Amos, moved to Vermont.\\nV. Samuel.\\nVI. Anna.\\nVII. Sarah.\\nVIII. Bebe, born Dee. 16, 177S; married, 1st, Joel Alellen married, 2d,\\nRussell Ballon, son of James and Tamasin (Cook) Ballon of Rich-\\nmond; his 2d wife; he was born July 11, 1763, in Cumberland,\\nR. I.; died in Swanzey, Nov. 10, 1S47.\\nIX. PoELv, born Jan. 16, 1781; married, March 16, 1802, Laban Star-\\nkey, son of Peter; died 1844.\\nX. Lucy, married Fisher and settled in Fitzwilliam.\\nHenry Jackson, son of Isaac, was born in Attleborough,\\nand came to Troy with his father and brother Isaac.\\nHe married Sally Childs of Alstead, N. H., and settled\\non West Hill, and afterwards bought of Otis Stark ey\\nthe farm known as the Porter White place. They had\\neleven children, six boys and five girls. The girls all\\ndied young. He left Troy in 1833, and went to\\nBerlin, Vt., where he died at the age of 93. The fol-\\nlowing list is not complete and most of the items given\\nare from a letter written by Isaac, son of Henry, when\\nhe was 86 years of age.\\nI. Henry, born Oct. 25, 17*J3; married Abigail Bruce; went to Yer-\\nmont died in Williamstown.\\nII. Silas Whitcomb, born Aug. 22, 1795; married Isabel Phillips;\\nremoved to Berlin, Vt.\\nIII. Susannah, born June 13, 1799; married Herman Fisher; died\\n(vSept.?) 1822.\\nIV. Samuel, born June 13, 1799; married Laura Lovell died abput\\n1881. Opened a store in Troy, afterwards removed to Rocking-\\nham, Vt., and was in trade there for many years and died there.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "466\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nV. Sally, Ijorn Dec. 24, 1800.\\nYL Erastus, born died in Michii^an.\\nviL Isaac, born 1805; married Mary, daughter of Henry Tolnian. They\\nwere itinerant jireaehers and held meetings in Maine, New Hamj)-\\nshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, and tliroughout the Western\\nstates for thirty years, but finally returned to Harrison, Maine,\\nwhere they died at a good old age.\\nYiiL Charles.\\nJones. Benjamin Jones was born in Ipswich, Mass.,\\nAug. 18, 1751; married, May, 1773, Elizabeth Cleaves,\\nwho was born in Beverly, Oct. 20, 1752. After his mar-\\nriage, he settled in Lyndeborough as a physician and gained\\nconsiderable celebrity in his profession. They had ten\\nchildren and all but one became professedly pious. The\\ngrandfather of Benjamin was born in Wales.\\nJoseph Jones, son of Ben-\\njamin, married, 1st,\\nSept. 11, 1811, Ann\\nRichardson, who was\\nborn in Billerica, Mass.,\\nAug. 19, 1788; she died\\nin Lyndeborough, May\\n19, 1827; and he mar-\\nried, 2d, Mrs. Clarissa\\nPage of Burlington, Vt.,\\ndaughter of Dr. Isaiah\\nWhitney of Rindge she\\ndied Feb. 16, 1844; and\\nhe married, 3d, Sept.\\n28, 1844, Sophronia,\\nanother daughter of the\\naforesaid Dr. Whitney,\\nand resided in Lynde-\\nborough one year. He\\nbecame a citizen of\\nTroy, in April, 1845,\\nresiding in the house built by Lucius Bryant, and now\\nowned by H. A. Marshall. Mrs. Sophronia Jones died\\nin Troy, Jan. 10, 1872; Mr. Jones died June 19, 1872,\\naged 87.\\nJoseph Jonks.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 467\\nI. John, born Sept. 12, 1812; graduated at Dartmouth College in\\n1833; studied theology at Andover, and was settled over a Con-\\ngregational church at Chittenden, Vt., but in a few years was\\ndismissed at his own request, after which he was emplo_ved two\\nyears by the Home Missionary Society to preach as a missionar3\\nin Indiana, at the expiration of which time he removed to San-\\ndusky, Ohio, and from thence to Earlville, Illinois. He labored\\nas an evangelist for many years, but finally gave it up and\\nentered the drug business, which he was in at the time of his\\ndeath, which occurred at Colorado Springs in 1890.\\nII. Joseph, born Sept. 2, 1818; entered the College Institute at Ober-\\nlin, Ohio, but after two years studj was obliged to leave on\\naccount of ill health, and was a commission merchant in Chicago\\nwas president of the Lackawanna Coal Companv for several years\\ndied at Chicago in 1884.\\nIII. Benj.\\\\min Cleaves, born March 31, 1824; died at Chicago in 1884;\\nwas in the hardware business.\\nIV. Clarissa Ann, born Nov. 9, 1828; married, Nov. 8, 1849, William\\nR. Hurlbutt. He was a dry goods merchant in Boston died Jan.\\n22, 1882. Mrs. Hurlbutt resides in Cambridge, Mass. Children\\n1. Mary Clara, born in Troy, Oct. 16, 1850; married, Oct. 4,\\n1878, George Edward Shaw of Dorchester, Mass., who died Nov.\\n30, 1881; 2. William Scollay, born in Cambridge, Oct. 14, 1854;\\nunmarried. Is a dry goods merchant in Boston.\\nJohn Jarvis, born in Ireland, Oct. 16, 1840; married, May\\n16, 1853, Mary Given, born in Ireland, August, 1830.\\nCame from Ireland to Troj^ in 1879, and located on\\nthe farm he now occupies.\\nI. Lizzie, born March, 1855; died 1878.\\nII. James, born Nov. 27, 1857; died in Concord, N. H., February, 1887.\\nIII. John, Jr., born Jan. 7, 1859.\\nIV. Andrew, born April 9, 1861.\\nv. Joseph, born September, 1864; married, June 2, 1888, Emma L.,\\ndaughter of Henry S. and Mar\\\\ Brown. Children: 1. Roy\\nHenry, born May 8, 1889; 2. Alice Lillian, born Sept. 21, 1890;\\n3. Bernice, born Nov. 11, 1894; died Aug. 25, 1895; 4. Theodore\\nStafford, born Sept. 5, 1896.\\nVI. Arthi R, born April 13, 1870; died in Troy, Aug. 19, 1882; killed\\nby being run over by cars.\\nVII. Marv, born Feb. 28, 1872.\\nVIII. Annie, born Oct. 24, 1873.\\nArthur Jarvis, a brother of John, was born in Ireland;\\nmarried, Dec. 11, 1880, Johanna Enright, born in\\nIreland, March 17, 1856. He came to Troy al)out the\\nsame time as his brother.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "468 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nI. Maky E., born in Akron, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1881.\\nII. Letitia, born Nov. 27, 1882.\\nIII. Teresa E., born Aug. 29, 1884.\\nIV. Lillian P., born Dec. 28, 1894-.\\nMoses Kenney came from Marlborough, Mass., about the\\nyear 1772, and purchased the farm then owned by\\nJames Tiffany, where he resided imtil 1778, when he\\nsold to Moses Cutting and moved to Vermont. He\\nhad one son.\\nI. John, baptised Oct. 31, 1773.\\nNathaniel Kendall was born in Providence, R. I., where\\nhe resided until he was sixteen years of age, when\\nhe removed to Lancaster, Mass. He came here in\\n1786, and lived in various places. It is said he changed\\nhis residence twenty times.\\nI. Nathaniel, born March 2, 1783; married Mar^- Annis; died at\\nSpringfield, Mass., August, 1846.\\nII. John, born Dec. 11, 1784; died at sea.\\nIII. Rebecca, born Feb. 15, 1786; married Thomas Dival of Lancaster,\\nMass.; died 1831.\\nIV. Abigail, born Sept. 6, 1787; married Jonathan Martin of Rich-\\nmond died 1856.\\nV. Samuel, born Dec. 17, 1788; married Hannah, daughter of Kimber\\nHarvey of Marlborough died in Canada, 1829.\\nVI. Thomas, born Dec. 28, 1789; married Onda Tiftany of Northfield.\\nVII. Henry, born April 2, 1795; married Dorotln- Parker; removed to\\nCanada.\\nVIII. Hannah, born March 18, 1796; married Jonathan Martin of\\nRichmond.\\nIX. Nancy, born June 30, 1798; married Hosea Bowen of Richmond.\\nx. Joseph, born September, 1800.\\nXL Sally, born Dec. 18, 1802; died 1832.\\n^Timothy Kendall, born Aug. 25, 1782; married, Sept.\\n26, 1804, Anna, born April 26, 1782; died April 1,\\n1860, daughter of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brigham\\ndied Feb. 14, 1851. Mr. Kendall came here about\\n1815, and in 1819 he built the Stephen B. Farrar\\nhouse, and resided there until 1831, when he exchanged\\nfarms with Stephen Farrar. He reserved several house\\nlots and built the house afterward owned by Earle\\nClark, and lived there two years. In 1833, he built\\nthe house afterwards occupied by A. W. Baker, where", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 469\\nhe lived until 1845, when he returned to Fitzwilliam.\\nChildren born, i to iv, in Fitzwilliam, v to ix, in\\nTroy.\\nI. LvMAN, born July 9, 1S05; died May 5, 182S.\\nII. Caroline, born June 22, 1S07; died Nov. 11, 1812.\\nIII. Clarissa, born Sept. 29, 1809; died March 15, 1812.\\nIV. TiMOTHv B., born Dec. 14, 1811; died Oct. 2-t, 1812.\\nV. Timothy, born Oct. 9, 1813; married. May 10, 1839, Catherine,\\ndaughter of Stephen and Polly (Wright) Wheeler; died Dec. 16,\\n1855. Children: 1. Charles 1)orn Aug. 15, 1842; 2. Lucy\\nAnn, born Jan. 17, 1844.\\nVI. Carolink, born Jan. 30, 1816; died Aug. 24, 1836.\\nVII. Parkman, born Sept. 13, 1818; died March 24, 18.50.\\nVIII. Charles, born Jan. 10, 1821 died Feb. 9, 1837.\\nIX. George, born Oct. 24, 1824; died Sept. 14, 1854.\\nJoseph Kendall, son of Nathaniel, bom September, 1803;\\nmarried Mary Ann Thurston of Marlborough, and\\nlocated on the Rhan farm, which had before been occu-\\npied by his father. He resided there a few years, then\\nmoyed to the farm then owned by Col. D. W. Farrar,\\nsituated south of the S. B. Farrar place. In 1852, he\\nbought of Mrs. Sarah Haskell, a farm upon which he\\nliyed for several years. Mr. Kendall died March 30,\\n1877; Mrs. Kendall died Sept. 17, 1886, aged 78.\\nI. John, born Dec. 7, 1827; died June, 1842.\\nII. Rehecca, born Sept. 12, 1829; married, 1st, Hayward Bigelow of\\nPrinceton, Mass. married, 2d, Leonard Spaulding of Aver, Mass.\\ndied April, 1892.\\nIII. Mary Ann, born Dec. 23, 1831 married Moses Cudworth of\\nRindge; died Nov. 6, 1895.\\nIV. Helen M., born Jan. 7, 1834; married John Hosley of Springfield,\\nMassachusetts.\\nV. Joseph W., born Aug. 4, 1838; married, resides in Princeton,\\nMassachusetts.\\nVI. Cornelia J., ])orn Oct. 31, 1840; married, 1st, Frank Colburn;\\nmarried, 2d, Anderson; died 1883.\\nVII. Lucy A., born March 5, 1843; married Ozro J. Hale,\\nviii. John A., born Aug. 13, 1845; married, Hattie Ward.\\nIX. Caroline E., born Oct. 30, 1848; married Alex PVazer of Nova\\nScotia.\\nX. Edwin Francis, born Ajiril 20, 1851; married, 1st, married,\\n2d, Lucy A. Hubbard of Watertown, Mass.\\nXI. EnwiNA Frances, born April 20, 1851; married Horatio Hastings;\\nresides in lilast Temjileton, Mass.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "470 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nEdward P. Kimball is the son of Col. Retyre Kimball of\\nHillsborough, where he was born Feb. 23, 1820. His\\nmother was Mary Bell of Tewksbury, Mass. His\\nfather died Dec. 10, 1830, and at the age of eleven\\nyears he was left dependent upon himself to earn his\\nliving, which he did doing chores and clerking in stores\\nfor different persons. Later he became apprenticed to\\nBenjamin F. Grosvenor, a hatter, and came to Troy in\\n1836, when a little more than sixteen years of age,\\nand worked at hat making and as salesman until\\n1841, when he went into business for himself in the\\nshop formerly occupied by Grosvenor, which stood near\\nwhat is now the stable of C. W. Brown s heirs. The\\nfollowing year he commenced the grocery business. In\\n1844, he opened a livery stable which he carried on in\\nconnection with his numerous other enterprises for\\nthirty years or more. In 1848, he bought of David\\nW. Farrar the store which is now occupied by E. P.\\nKimball Son, and which was built a few years before\\nby S. G. Whitney. Ten years later he added the tin\\nbusiness which he carried on in the house now o^vned\\nby Troy Blanket Mills and known as the tinshop\\nhouse. At one time he had ten pedlars on the road.\\nHe conducted this business for a few years when he\\ngave it up. In 1859 he bought out the store of Brown\\nNurse, which w^as in what is now the tenement part\\nof the Monadnock Hotel, and two years later bought\\nout Thomas Goodall in the D. W. Farrar store. In\\naddition to these he has at different tiines been con-\\nnected with or interested in numerous other enterprises\\nwhich have been carried on here, the picture frame\\nbusiness, the broom business and the brick business,\\nbesides holding various offices and serving as post-\\nmaster, town clerk, tax collector, auctioneer and\\ndeputy sheriff. He was appointed deputy sheriff in\\n1844, and was appointed sheriff in 1874, and has held\\nthe office of deputy sheriff from his first appointment\\nuntil the present time except under sheriffs B. Lovell, Geo.\\nW. Holbrook and E. F. Lane and while he was sheriff.\\nIn 1870, he bought of Elisha H. Tolman, the farm he", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n471\\nnow owns, w^hich he has improved and brought into a\\ngood state of cultivation, devoting his interests in this\\ndirection more particularly to dairying. He is a mem-\\nber of Monadnock Lodge, No. 80, F. A. M., and\\nwas a member of the old Fitz-Trojan lodge of Odd\\nFellows, which was located in Fitzwilliam from 1849\\nK;i)\\\\vaki) p. Kimkall.\\nto 1854. In politics he has always been a Democrat.\\nThus it is seen that for sixty years he has been inti-\\nmately associated with most of the local industries,\\nand his knowledge of the town and the history of its\\npeople is interesting and varied. He has always been\\ndeeply interested in the welfare and prosperity of the", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "472\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\ntown and favorable to all measures that would conduce\\nto its rise and progress, always ready to assist with\\nlabor and money in any undertaking promising any\\nadvancement. Having been deprived of securing only\\na meagre education, he has alwa3^s been desirous that\\nothers should receive all the advantages possible, and\\nhas been interested in the public schools and an advo-\\ncate of all improvements, and was one of the first to\\ntake measures for the establishment of a high school\\nStoke and Rksiiienck ok li. F. Kimuai.i,.\\ndepartment, which flourished for several years under\\nthe tuition of Mrs. L. B. Wright. July 9, 1S44-, he\\nmarried Mary Ann, daughter of Cyrus and Betsey\\n(Jackson) Fairbanks, and in 1853, liought the house\\nin which he now resides. Three sons have been born\\nto them of whom two survive and are engaged in the\\nbusiness of E. P. Kimball Son. Col. Retyre Kimball\\nwas a native of Hillsborough, where he was born Feb.\\n4-, 1789, and he married, March 28, 1818, Mary Bell\\nof Tewksbury, Mass. He died Dec. 10, 1830, and his\\nwidoNV lived with her son, in Troy, until her death,\\nwhich occurred Oct. 14, 1873.\\nCharles E., l^oni July 10, 1847; married, May 25, 1870, Abbie L.,\\ndaughter of Daniel and Sophronia (Keith) Farrar, who died Sept.\\n20, 1893. One child. Bessie A., born Aug. 3, 1872.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 473\\nII. George Fred, born April 1, 1851; married Aug. 21, 1877, Ella P.,\\ndaughter of Charles W. and Frances S. (Taylor) Whitney died\\nApril 25, 1881. Children: 1. Edward Whitney, born Jidy 11,\\n1878; 2. Mary Frances, born July 28, 1879; died Aug. 19, 1880.\\nIII. Warren W., born March 1, 1857.\\nWiNTHROP Knight, son of Joel and Betsey Knight of\\nSudbury, Mass., born Sept. 9, 1816 married, 1st, April 6,\\n1S43, Lydia, daughter of Isaac and Temperance (Hinck-\\nley) Fuller, and settled on the place formerly owned\\nby Jabez Butler, and now owned by him. A few years\\nafter, he erected, upon the stream near his house, a\\nshop in which he has manufactured sashes, blinds, has\\na grist mill and has carried on a wheelwright business.\\nHe is the youngest son in a family of fourteen children,\\neight sons and six daughters, w^hich included three\\npairs of twins. Mrs. Knight died Nov. 12, 1866, and\\nhe married, 2d, July 21, 1867, Mrs. Betsey Starkey,\\nwidow of Bailey Starkey.\\nI. Daughter, died in infancy.\\nII. Son, died yoinig.\\nIII. Arthur Pearl, born Sept. 1, 1858; married Sept. 8, 1880, Ella M.,\\nborn in Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 17, 1858, daughter of Moses\\nE. and Ellen M.. (Parker) Wright. Resides in Marlborough. Child-\\nren: 1. Edwin Winthroj), born Oct. 13, 1881; died Sept. 23,\\n1882; 2. Ralph Lewis, born June 27, 1890; 3. Mildred Alice,\\nborn Dec. 6, 1895.\\nThomas J. Lahiff was born in County Clare, Ireland,\\nAug. 21, 1834; married, Feb. 17, 1863, Bridget Mac-\\nnamara, who was born in County Clare. He became\\na citizen of Troy in 1888, coming from Nelson, and\\nsettled at the North end on the place he purchased of\\nE. S. Foster.\\nI. Henry T., born in Keene, Jan. 23, 1864; died July 1, 1865.\\nII. Margaret, born in Keene, Dec. 2-1, 1865; married, Nov. 13, 1889,\\nJames McGinness of Hillsborough.\\nIII. Honora, born in Keene, Dec. 1, 1867; died Oct. 19, 1882.\\nIV. John, born in Keene, Jan. 8, 1870.\\nV. Bridget, born in Nelson, May 9, 1872.\\nVI. Mary, born in Nelson, April 18, 1873; died May 16, 1875.\\nVII. Thomas M., born in Nelson, Jul\\\\ 25, 1875.\\nJohn F. Lang, born in Germany, March 29, 1818; married,\\n1st, Christine Young; married, 2d, 1836, Minnie Fetler,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "474 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nborn Nov. 29, 1814. He came to Troy in 1859, and\\nworked in the iDlanket mills for several years, but pur-\\nchased the Cutting place in 1873, where he has since\\nresided.\\nI. Paulina, born 1840; married, 1st, Buckwold married, 2d,\\nJosiab Ruffle.\\nII. Gottlieb, born 1842.\\nHI. Augusta, born 1847; married D. Alden Starkey.\\nIV. Charles, born 1854.\\nV. John, born 1856.\\nLouis LaPoint, born June 1, 1847; married, March, 1867,\\nJulia Freeman, born Nov. 21, 1846.\\nI. Mary Alice (Eliza), Ijorii June S, 1870.\\nII. Emily, born Dec. 21, 1874.\\nIII. Ered, born July 16, 1876.\\nIV. Arthur, born Oct. 1, 1877.\\nV. Cecelia, born Dee. 8, 1880.\\nVI. Josephine, Ijorn Feb. 17, 1882.\\nVII. Emma, Ijorn Feb. 10, 1885.\\nviii. Walter, I)orn May 17, 1888.\\nIX. Theodore, born June 7, 1894.\\nLawrence. George Lawrence, an early settler of\\nWatertown, Mass., born 1637; married, 1st, Sept. 29,\\n1657, Elizabeth Crisp, who died May 28, 1681; and he\\nmarried, 2d, Aug. 16, 1691. Elizabeth Holland; he died\\nMarch 21, 1708-9. His son Cxcorge, born June 4, 1688;\\nmarried Mary and died March 5, 1735-36. William,\\nson of George, born March 20, 1711 married, Nov. 28,\\n1734, Mary Perry, and settled in Weston, Mass.\\nDaniel Lawrence, son of William and Mary (Perry)\\nLawrence, born in Weston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1747;\\nmarried Elizabeth Graves of Sudbury, their marriage\\nintention being published Dec. 5, 1772. He died July\\n13, 1832; his widow died Oct. 29, 1840, aged 101.\\nI. Polly, born 1774; married Hugh Thompson; died in Maine.\\nII. Betsey, born 1777; married, Get. 7, 1800, George Starkey of\\nSwanzey; died Sept. 13. 1813.\\nIII. Daniel, born 1779; married. Nov. 25, 1802, Lucy Moore; removed\\nto Alljany, N. Y.\\nIV. Lucy, born 1781; married, July 29, 1802. Cyrus Coolidge.\\nV. John, born Feb. 2, 1784.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n475\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*\u00c2\u00ab*i\u00c2\u00bb*\\nJohn Lawrence, son of Daniel, born Fe1). 2,\\nmarried, 1st, March 4, 1806, Irena, daughter of\\nNewell, Jr., and settled\\non the home farm. Mrs.\\nLawrence died 18 49,\\nand he married, 2d,\\nMrs. Eliza Hayden,who\\ndied Aug. 18, 1868; he\\ndied Jan. 16, 1864.\\nI. Louis.\\\\, liorn 1806; died at\\nan early age.\\nII. Anna, born 18()7; removed\\nto \\\\ttleborough, Mass.\\nIII. Cl.\\\\kiss.\\\\, born 1809; died\\naged 18 months.\\nIV. Ikkn.\\\\, l)orn 1810; died 18-1.2.\\nV. Simon, born 1812; marrierl\\nEliza Buffnm removed to\\nFitch bnrg.\\nVI. Betskv, born 181-1; married\\nA. B. Harrington.\\nVII. John, born 181 G; married\\nAdaline Goodenow of Win-\\nchendon.\\nVIII. HorcHToN, born 1818; mar-\\nried, Feb. 2, 1868, Mrs.\\nBetsey L. Hnbbard died April 10, 1884.\\nIX. Cynthia, born 1820; died 1840.\\nX. Sarah, born 1822; died 1849.\\nHakvey, born 1823; removed to Illinois.\\nAlmira, born 1826; removed to Illinois.\\n1784;\\nJacob\\nJohn Lawrence.\\nXI.\\nXII.\\nJonathan Lawrence, a brother of Daniel, born Feb. 1,\\n1750; married, 1773, Lucy Moore of Sudbury, Mass.\\nI. Jonathan.\\nII. SaMI EI..\\nIII. CvKi S, died in Massaehnsetts.\\nIV. LrcY, removed to Vermont.\\nV. Isaac, removed to Vermont married Polly Lebourvean of Kcene.\\nVI. William.\\nVII. Auk; AIL, married Newton.\\nVIII. Sarah L., born June 4, 1787; married Daniel Cutting; died \\\\\\\\n-\\\\\\\\\\n30, 1847.\\nIX. Eunice, removed to Vermont.\\nX. Betsey, married Kiee.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "476 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nJonathan Lawrence, son of Jonathan, married, 1798,\\nDorothy, born Aug. 26, 1774; died Feb. 21, 1860,\\ndaughter of Moses Cutting. He lived some years on\\nthe Forbes place in the south part of Marlborough.\\nAbout 1804, he purchased of Hugh Thompson the farm\\nafterwards owned by Sidney A. Butler, where he lived\\ntill near the close of his life, when he went to live with\\nhis brother William. He died October, 1841.\\nI. Alfred, born June 2, 1799; died A]M-il, 1S48.\\nII. Belinda, born July 12, lcS02; married James Dowiiiii.ij of Dedliani,\\nMass.; died Nov. 25, 1.S73. Children: James Lafayette Down-\\ning; 1)orn Oet. 2, 1.S24-; died April 13, 1826; 2. Marietta Ange-\\nline Downing-, l)orn April 22, 1841; died An 14, 1842; 3. Be-\\nlinda L. Downing, 1)orn Feb. 25, 1826; died Dee. 1. 1873; 4.\\nAlfretl Downing; born .Vjiril 29, 1829; Jolin II. Downing; born\\nDec. 7, 1838.\\nlu. SoPHRONL\\\\, I)orn Jan. 29, 1804; died Dee. 8, 1885; unmarried.\\nIV. HoKATio, born May 11, 1807; married Mary, danjihter of Reuben\\nand Polly (Wheeler) Newell; died in Londonderry, Vt., Dec. 8,\\n1898; Mrs. Lawrence died July 31, 1897. Children: 1. Mary\\nJane, born Nov. 28, 1839; 2. Eliza Ann, born May 29, 1841;\\nmarried Horace Hay ward Children: Lizzie L. Hay ward, born\\nJan. 14, 1863; married Charles W. Whitney, Jr.; Charles Hay-\\nward, l)orn July 10, 1865; Gertrude Hayward. born Fel). 25,\\n1877; 3. Horatio L., Jr., born June 16, 1844.\\nV. Austin, l)orn Dec. 25, 1809; died in Arkansas, Janu.-iry, 1877. Had\\nfour children, John, Milton, Mollie, George.\\nVI. DoKOTHV, born Nov. 26, 1812; married Easman Alexander; died\\nAug. 19, 1890.\\nvn. (iREGORV, born Feb. 23, 1816.\\nSamuel Lawrence, son of Jonathan, married Anna Pratt,\\nand lived a few years in Royalston, Mass. He came\\nhere in 1807. Was drowned in the Branch in the\\nwinter of 1810. His widow married Aaron Willard,\\nMarch 11, 1813. She was born in Royalston, March\\n3, 1777, and died Aug. 21, 1871.\\nI. William, born Feb. 23, 1800; married Sarah E. Hiscock; died Jan.\\n8, 1852.\\nII. Almon, l)()rn 1802; married, 1st, Eliza Lawrence, who died 1835;\\nand he married, 2d, Mary Ramfield removed to Cambridoe,\\nMassachusetts.\\nIII. Danforth, born 1804; married Mary Newman settled in Medford.\\nIV. loNAS, born 1806; married Lvdia Coburn settled in Hillsborough.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL RE(USTER.\\n477\\nGregory Lawrence, son of Jonatlian, Jr., born Fcl). 23,\\n1816; married. June 15, 184-5, K^mily, datighter of\\nLemuel Brown, and located on the Silas Wheeler\\nfarm.\\nGregory Lawrhnce.\\nHe has been a ver\\\\ industrious man, a successful\\nfarmer, and a person who has attended strictly to his\\nown business.\\nAlfrku (i., )ni A])ril 24, 1S41); married, March 1+, 1.S72, Sarah\\nF., daughter of Kt-uhcii and Mehnda (Lane) Morse, wlio died\\nAug. 3, 1878. One child, Frank G., 1)orn April 28, 1877.\\nHarrikt Kosi-;, horn April (5, ISf). married Carlos M. Barnard.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "478\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nWlI.I.IAM U.WVKKNCK.\\nWilliam Lawrence, son of Jonathan, married, 1st, Nov.\\n15, 1804, Patty, daughter of Joseph Haskell, and settled\\non the homestead. Mrs.\\nHaskell died Jan. 5,\\n1840, and he married,\\n2d, April 5, 1842, Mrs.\\nTemperance Fuller. He\\nlived on the homestead\\nuntil about 1856, when\\nhe moved with his son, ^^i^iL?^ \u00c2\u00abr^\\nJoseph E., to the place\\npurchased of A. B.\\nGates. He died Nov.\\n25, 1861.\\nI. Calvin, born A])ril 10, ISO.^);\\nmarried, Nov. .S, l.s;5S,\\nMary Ann, daui^hter of\\nSimeon Merrifield (Hed\\nNov. 22, 1866. Mrs. Law-\\nrence died Septemljer, 1S92.\\nChildren: 1. Frederick A.,\\nborn 1841 married Jane\\nFisk; died Jan. 25, 1863.\\nOne child, Mary R., born\\nFeb. 14, 1S61; 2. Helen,\\nmarried Henry C. Allen 3. Louise, married Asa B. Fisk.\\nII. Mary, born Aug. 14, 1806; married, 1st, E. Perkins, who died;\\nmarried, 2d, Asa Boyden of Rhode Island; died June, 1873.\\nIII. Joseph, born Dec. 22, 1809; died Dec. 25, 1820.\\nIV. Fanny, born Sept. 25, 1812; married Jonas Bemis; died Aiiril 26,\\n1869.\\nv. William H., born Sept. 29, 1815; died Jan. 10, 1817.\\nVI. William, born July 15, 1817.\\nVII. Li KK, Ixn-n July 2, 1819; married Mary Boyden; died at Ports-\\nmouth, R. I., Jan. 17, 1890.\\nVIII. Martha Ann, born Nov. 24, 1829; married Benjamin F. Forristall\\ndied Oct. 8, 1890.\\nIX. Joseph E., born Dec. 9, 1829; married, Nov. 12, 1851, Harriet E.,\\ndaughter of Isaac and Temperance (Hinckley) Fuller. One child,\\nHarriet Era, born Sept. 18, 1865; married Charles W. Corey.\\nX. 7\\\\lfrei), born Jan. 24, 1834; married Caroline M. Streeter; died\\nJune 19, 1864. One child, Nellie, bom July 21, 1859.\\nChristopher F. Lawson, born in Denmark, Jan. 10, 1836;\\nmarried, 1st, Adaliza F ox. Mrs. Lawson died and he", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 479\\nmarried, 2d, November 15, 1874, Mrs. Caroline A.\\nSutton.\\nI. James Alfred.\\nII. Ch.^kles E., born Nov. 27, 1S65; died April S, 1S( 7.\\nIII. Benj.\\\\min F., born Jan. 5, lcS69.\\nIV. LoRA Elsie, born Oct. 28, 1875.\\nV. John Herrick, born Oct. 24, 1878.\\nLowe. David Lowe was born in Lnnenl)urg, Mass.,\\nJuly 17, 1785, and died in Amherst. N. H., Jan. 9, 1867.\\nHis wife was Betsey Damon, born in Lancaster, Mass.,\\nSept. 11, 1789, and died in Amherst, Nov. 24, 1881. He\\nsettled in Fitzwilliam, on the place now owned b}^ Ethan\\nBlodgett, in 1821, where he lived for about seventeen\\nyears, when he sold out and removed to Amherst. Previous\\nto this he lived in Fitchburg, where five of his seven chil-\\ndren were born. 1. George, born Feb. 7, 1812; 2. Abi-\\ngail Sweetzer, born July 20, 1814, who married Luke C.\\nClark; 3. David P.; 4. Cyrus, born Oct. 18, 1818; 5.\\nSumner, born April 21, 1821; died June 15, 1821; 6.\\nNewton, born Aug. 21, 1823; 7. Mar}^ Elizabeth, born\\nFeb. 13, 1826.\\nDavid Perkins Lowe, the second son of David, was born\\nMarch 31, 1816; married, 1st, Oct. 12, 1843, Lucy\\nAnn Damon of Amherst, N. H., who was born June 1,\\n1818, and died June 14, 1853; married, 2d, June 14,\\n1855, Susan Upham of Amherst, born April 14, 1832.\\nHe died July 20, 1894. Mr. Lowe was a carpenter by\\ntrade and followed the business previous to coming\\nhere. He came to Troy, in April, 1861, and located\\non the Levi Whittemore place which he had previously\\npurchased of Luke C. Clark. He tore down the house\\nthen on the premises and erected the present house.\\nI. William P., Ijorn May 25, 1845.\\nII. Alphonso D., born Sept. 3, 1849; died Aug. 22, 1850.\\nIII. Amhkv Delia, born Aug. 21, 1857.\\nIV. Da VII) Brainard, Ijorn April 16, 1861 married, April 9, 1890, Flor-\\nence Belle Burnham of Roxbury, Mass., born Sept. 5, 1864. One\\nchild, Florence Crystal Brnhiard, born May 27, 1891 resides in\\nSomerville, Mass.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "480\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nV. JASi KU, Ijoni March 20, 1869; died same day\\nVI. SrsAX Patline, born Feb. 21, 1S78.\\n1\\nlET:\\nDavid P. LowK.\\nGeorge F. Maduox was born in Ellsworth, Me., June 4-,\\n1858; married, Oct. 13, 18S8, Ida E., daughter of Oliver\\nW., and Hannah (Harris) Smith, born Dec. 17, 1869.\\nI. Lessie Ida, born July 23, 1889.\\nII. Ethel Augusta, born Fel). 3, 1891.\\nIII. Rena Florence, born July 12, 1892.\\nIV. Carl Fulton, born June 30, 1894.\\nV. Bertha Laura, born Aug. 4, 1895; died Sej)!.. K), 1895.\\nAndrew S. Mahon, born in Mt. Holly, Vt., Feb. 14, 1853;\\nmarried, Oct. 31, 1876, Flora C. Pratt; died June 17,\\n1892.\\nI. Jessie E., born Jan. 10, 1879.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 481\\nHenry C. Mahon, born in Mt. Holly, Vt., March 28,\\n1855 married, June 24, 1882, Myra L. Hale of Win-\\nchendon, Mass., born Nov. 2, 1861.\\nI. Myrtina Elizaheth, born May 8, 1883.\\nII. Grace Rebecca, born Jan. 7, 1892.\\nElias Mann, son of Theodore, married, Jan. 1, 1811, Bet-\\nsey, daughter of Joseph and Parna (Temple) Butler,\\nand although he frequently changed locations, spent a\\nlarge portion of his life in Troy. He died in Jafifrey,\\nMarch 11, 1858.\\nI. Lauren A., born July 15, 1813; died aged 8 months.\\nII. Elias W., born Oct. 15, 1815; died Oct. 20, 1829.\\nIII. Edward, born Feb. 16, 1817; died Oct. 15, 1819.\\nIV. Lauren, 2d, born Jan. 15, 1819; died P eb. 5, 1819.\\nV. Edwin, Ijorn Sept. 20, 1821; died April 29, 1856.\\nVI. .\\\\lmon, born Sept. 15, 1823.\\nVII. Eliza, born July 15, 1825; died June 27, 1826.\\nVIII. L. Jason, born July 1, 1827; died Jan. 1, 1831.\\nIX. John W., born Dec. 8, 1830.\\nWilliam C. Mason, son of Clark, born Dec. 8, 1817;\\nmarried, Oct. 19, 1841, Susan W., daughter of Charles\\nand Elizabeth (Warren) Page. He became a citizen of\\nTroy in August, 1854, and resided here until 1865,\\nwhen he returned to Marlborough. He descended from\\nNehemiah Mason, who was born in Watertown, Mass.,\\nJune 14, 1721, and married, 1st, Elizabeth Stone, in\\n1754, who died April 24, 1755; married, 2d, Martha\\nClark in 1756. They had born to them. Dee. 23, 1758,\\na son, Hugh, who became a soldier in the Revolu-\\ntionary war, after which he married Elizabeth Clark,\\nand settled in Watertown, where he resided till 1794,\\nwhen he moved to Marlborough. His wife, Elizabeth,\\ndied Feb. 26, 1819, and he married, 2d, Jan. 19, 1820,\\nLydia Moore, and lived in Marlborough, until his\\ndeath, Aug. 25, 1838. Clark Mason, son of Hugh,\\nwas born April 16, 1794; married Eunice Adams, Jan.\\n1, 1817, and moved to Richland, Oswego County, N.\\nY., where their son was born. Mr. Mason died\\nhis widow died\\nI. Warren W., born Julv 5,1845; married Ella Parks of Winchendon.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "482 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nOra C. Mason, son of Amos A., born in Marlborough,\\nJinie 13, 18G0; married, Sept. 30, 1880, Carrie Louisa,\\nborn March 15, 1850, daughter of George and EHza-\\nbeth V. (Hartshorn) Lovering. Children born, i and in,\\nin Marlborough, ii, in Northfield, Mass., iv, in Troy.\\nI. Hakry Wilbur, l^orn Au, 10, 1881.\\nII. Charles Richard, born Feb. 23, 1883.\\nin. Clifford Lovering, Ijorn July 30, 1885.\\nIV. Carl Adams, born Aug. 30, 1891.\\nSamuel A. Mason, son of Amos A., born Feb. 6, 1856;\\nmarried, Aug. 25, 1884, Myra S. Howe of Dublin.\\nL Elwin H., born Oct. 26, 1886.\\nII. Inez E., born May 23, 1889.\\nIII. Lucy A., born May 6, 1893.\\nWarren C. Mason, son of Elijah W., born in Dublin, Jan.\\n17, 1851; married in 1872, Azubah M. Whitney of\\nKeene. He is at present time assistant superintendent\\nof the Troy Blanket Mills.\\nI. Waldo J., born March 25, 1877; died Nov. 19, 1877.\\nII. Edith M., born Nov. 7, 1878; died May 6, 1879.\\nIII. Edith, adopted daughter.\\nGeorge W. Mason, born in Albany, N. Y., Oet. 26, 1852;\\nmarried, July 14, 1879, Lizzie M. Howard of Gilsum,\\nborn June 7, 1857.\\nI. IxA Mabel, born Nov. 3, 1882.\\nII. Mary, born Sept. 2, 1884; died Dec. 27, 1892.\\nIII. Lee Howard, born .\\\\pril 22, 1890.\\nWilliam Marshall, was the son of William and Anna\\n(Harrington) Marshall; married, Sept. 23, 1834,\\nLouisa, daughter of Isaac Aldrich, and located on the\\npremises before occupied by his father, now known as\\nthe Marshall house. He was a shoemaker and\\nworked at his trade in the shop now owned b\\\\^ Mrs.\\nSarah E. Capron, until his death, April 11, 1855.\\nI. Emeline Louisa, born June 19, 1837; married Milton Putney.\\nII. Abby Ann, born March 29, 1840; married Lyman Putney.\\nHerbert A. Marshall, son of Addison A., born in Fitz-\\nwilliam. May 12, 1856; married, Jan. 13, 1880, Edna\\nM., born Aug. 28, 1860, daughter of James and Mary\\nJ. (Lebourveau) Holman.\\nI. Orrie Louise, born Aug. 31, 1890.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 483\\nSimeon Merrifield, came from Newfane, Vt., settled in\\nFitzwilliam, about 1811. He was born Aug. 21, 1783,\\nand died Nov. 9, 1869, in New Salem, Mass., where he\\nwas living \\\\vith a daughter; married, 1st, Maria Con-\\nnor, who died, and he married, 2d, Lois, born Sept. 26,\\n1787; died Sept. 29, 1859, daughter of James and\\nElizabeth (Haven) Stone. Children, i, by 1st mar-\\nriage II to XIII, by 2d marriage all by 2d marriage\\nborn in Fitzwilliam.\\nI. James Allen, died in Jaffrey, Nov. 17, 1886.\\nII. Maria F., baptized Ma_Y 24, 1812; married, 1st, March 29, 1845,\\nBenjamin F. Merrill; married, 2d, Lewis Wyman; died May, 1897.\\nIII. WiLLAKD, baptized Sept. 5, 1813.\\nIV. Elizabeth, baptized April 9, 1815; married William Parkhurst;\\nresides in New Salem, Mass.\\nV. SuiiMiT, baptized April 20, 1817; died about 1870; married, 1st,\\nSolomon Tupper; married, 2d, B. Quimby; married, 3d, Reuben\\nGibson.\\nVI. Mary Ann, baptized Oct. 11, 1818; maiTied Calvin Lawrence.\\nVII. AmoAiL Stone, born May 3, 1821 married, Ma} 3, 1840, Amos\\nWallingford died Feb. 12, 1885.\\nVIII. Lois Haven, born Aug. 17, 1822; married Erastus Tupper; died\\nAug-. 21, 1887.\\nIX. Simeon, born March 29, 1825.\\nX. Levi, born Dec. 28, 1826.\\nXI. Anstriss, born Oct. 8, 1832; died March 2, 1886, unmarried.\\nXII. Sarah S., born April 3, 1833; married, Sept. 17, 1850, Emerson E.\\nBissell resides in Keene.\\nxui. SoiMiRONiA, liorn April 3, 1833, twin, died in infanc3\\\\\\nSimeon Merrifield, son of Simeon, born March 29, 1825;\\nmarried, 1st, April 1, 1850, Susannah, daughter of\\nElijah and Lucy (Btitler) Bemis. She died Oct. 1,\\n1853, and he married, 2d, April 4, 1855, Nancy M.,\\ndaughter of Erastus and Mehitable Tupper. Children\\nborn, I, in Fitzwilliam, by 1st marriage; ii to x, in\\nTroy, by 2d marriage. Mrs. Merrifield died May 17,\\n1882.\\nI. Francis, born May 2, 1851; died Ajiril 16, 1853.\\nII. Susannah, born May 2, 1856; died Oct. 20, 1876.\\nIII. Walter S., born Nov. 2, 1857; died March 24, 1881.\\nIV. Ella, born vSept. 2, 1859; died Dec. 13, 1877.\\nV. Etta J, born Jan. 18, 1862; married, July 1, 1890, Herbert C.\\nMoulton, born October, LS62, in Pawtucket, R. L One child,\\nWalter Simeon Moulton, born in Keene, April 21, 1891.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "484 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nVI. Ida L., born Aug. S, 1866; died Oct. 28, 1876.\\nVII. Rosa M., Ijorn Dec. 9, 1870; died March 28, 1886.\\nVIII. Lulu A., born June 16, 1874; married Henry J. Brown; died May\\n22, 1895.\\nIX. Lena S., born Sept. 17, 1876.\\nX. Annie, born Sept. 6, 1878; died Jan. 4, 1879.\\nLevi Merrifield, son of Simeon, born Dec. 28, 1826\\nmarried, 1st, Oct. 10, 1848, Sarah S., daughter of\\nEasman and Lucy (Garfield) Alexander. She died\\nMarch 4, 1863, and he married, 2d, Feb. 3, 1864,\\nCaroline L., daughter of Joseph and Prudence (Bowen)\\nAlexander. Children born, i, in Fitzwilliam, ii to vi,\\nin Troy.\\nI. Charles C, born June 19, 1852; married Belle Gibson, died Aug.\\n29, 1877.\\nII. Flora E., born April 6, 1858.\\nIII. Elmer U., born July 21, 1867.\\nIV. Elwin D., born Oct. 6. 1868.\\nV. K.A.TIE E., born April 18, 1872.\\nVI. Effie L., born Sept. 28, 1874.\\nLeonard H. Merrifield, son of Horace, was born in Rich-\\nmond, Oct. 12, 1856; married, July 24, 1876, Mary A.\\nCoulter, born in Leominster, Jan. 27, 1860.\\nI. James, born Dec. 21, 1877.\\nII. Clara L., born July 24, 1880.\\nIII. Anna Maria, born June 16, 1882.\\nIV. Mary Jane, born A])ril 7, 1884.\\nV. Alice Elizabeth, born Dec. 17, 1885.\\nVI. Lena Delia, born May 23, 1889.\\nVII. Laura Dylla, (twin), born May 23, 1889.\\nVIII. Ellen Frances, born Jan. 12, 1893.\\nIX. Bessie Elmira, born Oct. 8, 1894.\\nX. Eva LvniA, born March 15, 1897.\\nLuke Miller, born in Peterborough; married Abby Ann\\nLovell.\\nI. Luke.\\nII. AnnY Jane.\\nReuben Morse, son of Reuben and Betsey (Ha3 \\\\vard)\\nMorse, was born in Sullivan, March 23, 1805. His\\ngreat-grandfather, Thomas Morse, was born in Sher-\\nborn, Dec. 5, 1709; married Mary Treadway of Fram-\\ningham. He moved to Dublin about 1762, and was", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 485\\nthe first permanent settler in that town. Reuben\\nMorse married and settled in Stillivan. His \\\\vife died\\nand he married, 2d, Nov. 24, 1840, Melinda A., born\\nDec. 16, 1815, daughter of Capt. John and Marj^\\n(Livingstone) Lane, and after residing a short time in\\nSullivan, removed to Marlborough, and later came to\\nTroy. He died March 18, 1881; his widow still resides\\nin Troy.\\nI. Rose U., 1)orn Sept. 9, IS-t J; married, April 29, 1869, Ira W. Ellis.\\nChildren: 1. Leslie E. Ellis, l)orn Sept. 24-, 1S72; 2. Etlitli M.\\nEllis, born July 7, 1874.\\nII. Ellen M., born Jan. IS, 1845; married George N. Parmenter.\\nIII. Mary L., born April 17, 1847; married, March 29, 1872, Charles\\nP. Ellis. One child, Georj^e S. Ellis, born December, 1873.\\nIV. Sarah P., born Ma_v 13, 1849; married Alfred G. Lawi ence died\\nAug. 3, 1878.\\nV. George R., born Dec. 31, 1851 killed l)v the accidental discharge\\nof a gun, April 6, 1863.\\nSamuel Mortimer, born in England, June 13, 1827;\\nmarried, 1847, Harriet Dallimore, born Sept. 6, 1822.\\nCame to America in 1872, and became a resident of\\nTroy the following 3 ear, purchasing a lot of land of\\nCalvin Allen, and 1)uilding the house now owned by\\nhis son, near the residence of E. F. Adams.\\nI. Ellen, born April 8, 1848; married Stephen P. Silcox.\\nII. Prank, born Jan. 14, 1850.\\nIII. Lois, born Dec. 14, 1851 married John Frances resides in England.\\nIV. Eunice, born Nov. 21, 1855.\\nV. Lydia, born Juh^ 13, 1859.\\nVI. Leah, born Dec. 15, 1860; married, March 25, 1891, John Butler.\\nOne child. Hazel Butler, born in Winchendon, Dec. 29, 1891.\\nVII. Roland, born Sept. 11, 1SG2; died March 16, 1863.\\nFrank Mortimer, son of Samuel, born Jan. 14, 1850;\\nmarried, 1st, July 13, 1879, Lizzie H. Sargent of Marl-\\nborough, who died Sept. 14, 1879; married, 2d, July\\n5, 1882, Elizabeth Armitage, who died March 30, 1890.\\nI. Lois, born June 4, 1883.\\nJacob Ne;well, came from Attleborough, Mass., about\\n1769, and located here. He married Hepzibeth Hart\\nof Lynn, Mass., by whom he had six children.\\nI. Jacoh.\\nII. Pearson died in the armv.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "486 HISTORV OF TROY.\\nIII. James; removed to Vermont.\\nIV. Rkuhen.\\nV. Sarah; married Boyee; removed to the West.\\nVI. Hepzibeth; died in Troy.\\nJacob Newell, eldest son of Jacob, married, Jan. 17,\\n1782, Anna Finney of Richmond. Settled in Penns3 l-\\nvania, where he died. Children all born in Marl-\\nborough.\\nI. Nathan, born Nov. 4, 1783; married Adelia Whiteomb.\\nII. Pearson, born June 29, 1785.\\nIII. Irena, born Aug. 28, 1786; married, Mareh 4, 180G, John Law-\\nrenee; died 1849.\\nIV. Martha, born Aug. 18, 17S8.\\nv. Prudence, liorn July 29, 1790; married Ehjah Harrington; died\\nJune 3, 1827.\\nVI. Hoeton.\\nReuben Newell, son of Jacob, married, 1804, Polly,\\ndaughter of Nathan Wheeler. He died in Troy, Ma^\\n30, 1847.\\nI. Stieeman, l)orn Mareh 7, 180G: married Luey Clark; lived in\\nNorthbridge.\\nII. Miranda, born 1807; married, Feb. 18, 1841, Sampson Wheeler;\\ndied\\nIII. Pearson, born 1808; perished with eold on board the sehooner\\nHudson in returning from New York in 1832.\\nIV. Harlow, born 1810; married Mar}- E. Simmons; removed to\\nWisconsin,\\nv. Mary, born 1811; married Horatio Lawrence; died July 31, 1897.\\nVI. Eliza, born 1817; mai-ried William Whitman of TroA N. Y.\\nVII. Sarah, born 1822; married Sumner Taylor of Richmond.\\nNathan Newell, son of Jacol) Newell, Jr., born Nov. 4,\\n1783; married Adelia, daughter of Nathan Wheeler.\\nHe resided for some time in the Warren store, but\\nabout 1815, built part of the house that was after-\\nwards owned by E. P. Kimball. He was a blacksmith\\nand worked in a shop which stood near where the\\nstable of C. W. Brown s heirs now stands. In 1818, he\\nsold his house to William Stearns and moved into the\\nhouse then owned by Solomon Goddard, where he\\nresided about one year, then moved to Richmond.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n487\\nDana Newton.\\nI. Amos, married Sarah Lai-kin; lived in Richmond.\\nII. Anna F., married Aaron Wheeler of Richmond.\\nIII. Finney, married Emily Harris; removed to the West.\\nLuther Newton, a son of\\nSeth Newton of Soiith-\\nborongh, Mass., married\\nMiriam, d aughter of\\nEzra Newton of South-\\nborough, and came to\\nMarlborough in 1788.\\nHe resided for a short\\ntime on the farm now\\nowned Ijv the Rufus S.\\nFrost heirs. He pur-\\nchased land and erected\\na log house near what\\nhas since l^een known as\\nthe Newton meadow.\\nHe soon after purchased\\nanother lot of land,\\nwhere he began to clear the forest, and built a house\\nwhich is the one now known as the George Thatcher\\nplace, into which he moved in 1797. He died Nov. 19,\\n1829; his widow died Sept. 22, 1852. They had five\\nchildren. His grandmother lived to be 106, and his\\ngreat-grandmother, 112 years of age.\\nI. Artemas, born Jnne 18, 1785.\\nII. Catherine, born Oct. 10, 1786; married Luke Blodgett.\\nIII. Calvin, born Feb. 1, 1791.\\nIV. Dana, born Jime 17, 1795; died at Freeport, Ills., Sept. 20, 1875.\\nIt is said that he resembled his father somewhat in looks, and\\nhis portrait is here presented for this reason, as there is no por-\\ntrait of Luther Newton in existence.\\nV. Nancy, born Feb. 16, 1801 died in Troy, July 7, 1887.\\nCalvin Newton was born Feb. 1, 1791; married, 1st,\\nSally, daughter of Reuben Newton of Southborough,\\nMass.; she died May 25, 1S32, and he married, 2d,\\nFeb. 24, 1833, Lucrctia Le1)ourveau of Keene, who\\ndied July 25, 1840; married, 3d, April 6, 1841, vSally\\nElmina, daughter of Benjamin and Phebe (Norcross)", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "488\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nI.\\nEmily.\\n11.\\nMaktin L.\\nIII.\\nJohn C.\\nIV.\\nCn.\\\\KLKS.\\nV.\\nEmily E.\\nMason of Dublin; she died March 24, 1843, and he\\nmarried, 4th, Oct. 1, 1844, Sally Hart of Hancock,\\nwho died March 28, 1849; married, 5th, May 13,\\n1857, Sabra Worster of\\nSwanzey. She died Oct.\\n16, 1871, and hesoldhis\\nplace in Swanzey, where\\nhe had resided for four-\\nteen years, and came to\\nTroy to live with his\\nson. He died Dec. 16,\\n1873. He had five child-\\nren, two by his first\\nmarriage, two by his\\nsecond marriage, and\\none by his third mar-\\nriase. Thev were\\nC.\\\\LVLN NEWTOX.\\nMartin L. Newton was the son of Calvin and Sally New-\\nton of Marlborough, where he was born July 21, 1820,\\nwhere he lived until he came to Troy. His grandfather,\\nLuther Newton, was an early settler, coming to Marl-\\nborough, in 1788, and building a log house, settled on\\nwhat afterward became known as the Newton place.\\nHe was a man of great physical endurance, and possess-\\ning a good mind, acted a conspicuous j^art in the settle-\\nment of the town. In selecting land for his farm he\\nmanifested wise judgment, it being rich in soil and\\nafterwards became famous for its ])roductiveness. A\\nconspicuous landmark is now on the place, it being an\\nelm tree which stands over the house, and which he\\nbrought some distance on his shoulder and set out.\\nHis son Calvin, the father of Martin, was a man of\\nmuch ability and dignity of character. He was for\\nmany years one of the foremost citizens of the town,\\nrespected for his general knowledge and sound judgment.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "Kksidexce IIP II. C. Xe\\\\vt(jn and Formek Residence of\\nTHE Late M. L. Newton.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n489\\nand his farm became a model one for the times.\\nHe enjoyed the good opinion of his townsmen as an\\nhonest and enterprising- man. The son, Martin L.,\\nMartin L. Nkwton.\\ninherited the old homestead and worked hard to\\nim])rove its condition, and resided there until 1869.\\nHe came to Troy, in 1870, purchasing of Ira G.\\nStarkey the place where he afterwards resided. He\\nwas much like his father in looks and methods,\\nbeing straightforward, open-hearted and industrious,\\nattending strictly to his own business. He was con-\\nsidered a square man in his dealings and paid his\\nhonest debts, his financial motto being Pay as vou\\n62", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "490\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nJ\\ngo. He was just what he seemed, despising hypocris^^\\nand false pretense. While he believed in having the\\ncomforts and necessaries of life as much as possible, he\\n,jT. -\u00c2\u00abs.^.\\nHiram C. Newton.\\nv^as opposed to extravagance, and it troul3led him to\\nsee others living beyond their means for the purpose\\nof making a show^ before the world. He worked upon\\nthe principle of doing unto others as you would have\\nothers do unto you, and it is believed his record will\\nbear no testimony of dishonesty, extravagance, duplicity\\nor unkindness to friends or neighbors. He married,\\n1st, Feb. 14, 1845, Mary Ann Crombie of Hancock,\\nand settled on the home farm in Marlborough, where", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 491\\nhe lived until 1870, when he came to Troy. Mrs.\\nNewton died April 12, 1847, and he married, 2d, May\\n14, 1848, Sarah M., daughter of Richard and Sally\\nStrong of Dublin, born Nov. 19, 1823; he died Dec.\\n26, 1895.\\nI. HiKAM C, born Dec. S, 1845; unmarried. Is pnl^lisher of a monthb\\nliterary paper, the Home Companion, which he started in\\nApril, 1872, and is a dealer in periodicals and 3 ankee notions.\\nII. Jennie, born Sept. 3, 1855; married, Jan. 17, 1883, Fred C. Gow-\\ning of Dnljlin. Children: 1. Alice Mary Gowing, born Nov. 28,\\n1884.; 2. Henry Newton Gowing, born Oct. 17, 1886; 3. Albert\\nCharles Gowing, born Jvme 2, 1889.\\nIII. ()k.\\\\ \\\\V., l)orn Jnl}- 22, 1857; married, Feb. 5, 1878, Lonie E.\\nLeaden of East Berkshire, Vt. Died May 20, 1893. Children:\\n1. Warren Orel, born Nov. 22, 1879; 2. Walter Mnrtin, born 1881;\\n3. Lnvern Eva, born May 26, 1889.\\nJoseph Nurse, born Jan. 26, 1724; married, Feb. 27,\\n1746, Sarah Walkup. It is not definitely known when\\nthey first came here, but as early as 1776, and perhaps\\nearlier. The history of Fitzwilliam says that Mr. and\\nMrs. Nurse were recommended by the church in\\nFramingham, April 21, 1776, and received by the\\nchurch in Fitzwilliam, July 14, 1776. Mr. Nurse\\ndied Feb. 8, 1812, and Mrs. Nurse died Aug. 27,\\n1784. They had ten children, i to vi, recorded in Hop-\\nkinton, Mass., vii to ix, baptized in Framingham, x,\\nadded from the old history. Sarah, Molly and Bath-\\nsheba appear to have married and settled in Massa-\\nchusetts before the remainder of the family came here.\\nI. Sarah, born Fel). 11, 1747.\\nII. MouLV, born Sept. 15, 1749.\\nIII. Jonathan, born Feb. 9, 1751; married Thankful He left town\\nabout 1790. The old history says in one ])lacc, moved to\\nOhio, in another, .settled in Pntnev. Had children born and\\nrecorded in Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Nahby, born July 15,\\n1782; 2. David, born Nov. 16, 1784; 3. Jonathan, liorn March\\n10, 1787; 4. Stephen, born Aug. 4, 1789.\\nIV. Bathshkha, born Nov. 9, 1752.\\nv. JosHiMi, born Jnne 13, 1755; married, Feb. 24, 1785, Mary Hrnce\\nand settled in Dnmmerston, Vt.\\nVI. Hannah, born March 15, 1757; married, Dec. 19, 1782, Colman\\nSanderson. The old history says Sanders, and states that they\\nmoved to Leverett, Mass.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "492 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nVII. Rp;uBEN, baptized June 7, 1761; married Jerusha Bruce, who died\\nMarch 3, 1791. He was recommended to the church in Leverett,\\nMass., Aug. 26, 1796, and he probably left town two or three\\nyears earlier. Had children recorded in Fitzwilliani. The 4-th\\nchild was doubtless by a 2d marriage after he left the town.\\nChildren: 1. Sally, born Oct. 6, 1786; died March 13, 17S9; 2.\\nWniinm Bruce, born Aug. 3, 1788; died May 14, 1791; 3. Sally,\\nbaptized Aug. 1, 1790; died Ajiril 6, 1791; 4: Jcraslia Bruce,\\nl)apti/ced Oct. 5, 1794.\\nVIII. Ebknezer, baptized June 19, 1763.\\nIX. Katv, baptized Dec. 28, 1766; married, April 17, 1783, Reuben\\nGraves.\\nX. Prudknce, married Moseman, and moved to Ohio.\\nEbenezer Nurse, born June 9, 1763; married Priscilla\\nPoor of Royalston, Mass., born Jan. 29, 1766; died\\nApril 26, 1844; lived on the home place and died Dec.\\n10, 1824.\\nI. JosiAH, born Oct. 18, 1785; married, Fel). 6, 1811, Rhoda, daugh-\\nter of Samuel and Rhoda (Johnson) Rockwood.\\nII. Luther, born July 16, 1787; married, Nov. 12, 1811, Lucy, born\\nJune 21, 1789, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Davis. Chil-\\ndren: 1. Eliza, born Aug. 13, 1812; 2. Josiah, born Oct. 1, 1813.\\nm. Lucv, born June 30, 1789; married, July 3, 1810, Moses Drury of\\nFitzwilliam; died April 2, 1827.\\nIV. WiLOAM, born July 6, 1791; died Dec. 14, 1791.\\nV. Sarah, born Nov. 25, 1792; married Solomon Goddard.\\nVI. Selectv, born March 25, 1795 married, Feb. 2, 1819, John Morse,\\nvn. Joseph, born Sept. 10, 1797; married, March 11, 1825, Nancy\\nStarkey.\\nVIII. Asa, born May 9, 1801; married, 1835, Olive Cummings.\\nIX. Jerusha, born Sept. 10, 1804; died 1834.\\nX. Wileiam, born June 3, 1807; married, 1827, Charlotte Kimball.\\nXI. Maria, (twin), born June 3, 1807; died Feb. 10, 1832, unmarried.\\nBrown Nurse was born at Harvard, Mass., Jime 24,\\n1804; married Mary, daughter of Stephen Wheeler,\\nDec. 15, 1831. He was a descendant of Dea. David\\nNurse, who married Rachael Barrett of Concord,\\nMass., and who was a recruitino^ officer for the Ameri-\\ncan army, in the Revolutionary war, and the captain\\nof a company of minute men which he called out on\\nthe alarm being given that the British were at Con-\\ncord but having some twelve or fourteen miles to\\nmarch, he arrived too late for action, the British\\nhaving retired. The eldest son of Dea. David was", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n493\\nDavid Nurse, born Oct. 1, 1762; married, Dec. 14,\\n1793, Lois Brown and located in Harvard as a farmer.\\nHe was called out in the Shay s insurrection, and was\\noffered the post of aid to the commanding officer.\\nBrown Nurse.\\nwhich he declined, preferring that of the soldier. He\\nendured some hardships on account of the severe cold,\\nwhile in pursuit of Capt. Shay and his party, but\\ncame to no engagement. Brown Nurse was the fourth\\nson of David. He came to Troy in August, 1829,\\nstojiped about ten months, taught school in District\\nNo. Three, went to Richmond in June, 1830, and\\nengaged in trade. He resided there until November,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "494 HISTORY OF TROY.\\n1835, when he came to Troy, purchasing a stock of\\ngoods of his father-in-law, and resumed trade. He was\\na man of al3ilit\\\\^ and took a great interest in the wel-\\nfare and prosperity of the town. He served the town\\nas postmaster for nearly fourteen years, and was a\\nrepresentative in the Legislature in the years 1850 and\\n1851. He died suddenly in church at Fitchburg, Feb.\\n21, 1869; Mrs. Nurse died Oct. 16, 1865.\\nI. Mary Jane, born Aug. 2, 1833 married Walter A. Fairl)anks.\\nBeriah Oakes was born in Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 28,\\n1797; married, Dec. 3, 1821, Polly Hayden, born July\\n10, 1793; died Nov. 15, 1863; his widow died Nov.\\n13, 1872.\\nI. John, lioni vScpt. 29, 1S22; died Feb. 21, 1874.\\nII. Rebecca, born March 25, 1824 married Robbiiis; died July\\n10, 1859.\\nIII. Olive Goodnow, born Aug. 20, 1825.\\nIV. Appleton, born Feb. 24, 1827.\\nV. Joel Stearns, born Dee. 4, 1829; died May 17, 1831.\\nVI. Joel Hayden, born Aug. 5, 1831 died.\\nVII. Mary A., born Feb. 15, 1835; married Webster Corey.\\nVIII. Charlotte Amanda, born Feb. 25, 1837; married Webster Corey;\\ndied Feb. 22, 1855.\\nAppleton Oakes, son of Beriah, born Feb. 24, 1827;\\nmarried, Nov. 10, 1852, Lucy Jane, born daugh-\\nter of Henry Stickncy died Aug. 24, 1874. His widow\\nmarried, 2d, June 3, 1875, Stephen M. Follansbee,\\nborn in Weare, Aug. 18, 1834; died June 22, 1896.\\nI. William Edmund, born in Fiteliburg, Nov. 26, 1853; married Lizzie\\n5. Leonard of Lawrence, Mass., Nov. 9, 1876. Children: 1.\\nLizzie Gertrude, born March 15, 1879; 2. George Edmund, born\\nNov. 28, 1883; died Nov. 28, 1887; 3. Jennie May, born March\\n6, 1886; died Dec. 5, 1887; 4. Fred Edmund, born Nov. 28,\\n1889; died Jan. 1, 1890; 5. Lucy Jane, born Sept. 21, 1891;\\ndied Nov. 10, 1891; 6. Blnncbe G., born June 30, 1893.\\nII. George Webster, born in Troy, April 1, 1856; married, 1st, Nov.\\n24, 1888, Sadie Clapp; married, 2d, May 9, 1889, Lizzie E.\\nTuttle of Winchester.\\nIII. Frederick Warren, born in Troy, Sept. 28, 1860.\\nIV. Lizzie E., born in Marlborough, Sept. 9, 1863; married, June 26,\\n1884, George W. Putnam. Children: 1. Fred Melvin Putnam,\\nborn March 28. 1885 2. Lottie Mav Putnam, born Aug. 12, 1888.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER.\\n495\\nFrederick Warren Oakes, is the son of Appleton and\\nLucy Jane (Stickney) Oakes, and was Ijorn in Troy,\\nSept. 28, 1860. When about eight ^x^ars of age he\\nwas sent to Jaffrey, where he Hved in the family of\\nRev. Frederick W. Oakes.\\nJonathan Coburn for one and one-half years, for his\\nboard, clothes and schooling. Later he lived in the\\nfamilies of John Lawrence and a Mr. Ray for about\\nsix vears. After this he was put to learn the black-\\nsmiths trade in Dublin, but one day s experience was\\nenough. He returned to Troy, and for one year was\\nemployed in the Troy Blanket Mills, and for two years", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "496 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nwatched the ledge in Marlborough, for the Cheshire\\nrailroad, under the direction of S. M. Follansbee. He\\nwas then about seventeen years of age, and while\\nalone with the rocks and trees he began to hear a\\nvoice calling him to a larger sphere of life, and he once\\nmore left home for Lawrence, Mass., where he found\\nemployment with the Street Railway Company, using\\npick and shovel. The superintendent, seeing that this\\nyoung man was determined to earn his own living\\nsoon found him a position as car driver, and in two\\nweeks advanced him to conductor, at ten dollars per\\nweek, which seemed to him a fabulous sum. Later he\\nentered a machine shop at North Andover, for the\\npurpose of learning the machinists trade. He one\\nevening attended the Baptist church in Lawrence,\\nwhere a young theological student was preaching for\\nthe summer vacation. It was then that the restless-\\nness and real purposes of life took form, the word was\\nspoken which enabled him to catch a glimpse of life in\\nits reality. He tmited with this church, and after once\\npassing through the uncertainty which always sur-\\nrounds a new life, and getting a glimpse of its possi-\\nbilities, he began to fit for college, receiving financial\\nassistance during his first year, from a Christian lady\\nwho was desirious of helping him. He attended the\\nNichols Latin school, Lewiston, Me., where for four\\nyears he maintained himself by canvassing, teaching,\\nworking in the machine shop through the first vaca-\\ntion, and waiting on the table in the summer hotels.\\nHe graduated from the Latin school in June, 1884-, and\\nthe following September entered Bates College, receiving\\nthe degree of B. A. in 1888. During his college course\\nhe worked constantly, teaching winters and in hotels\\nin summers. During his Junior year he received first\\nhonors in oratory. His one purpose and duty seemed\\nto be the Christian ministry, and in the fall of 1888,\\nhe entered Yale Theological Seminary, much against\\nthe wish of many friends. But the narrower views of\\nreligion were giving way to the wider knowledge. He", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 497\\nleft the Baptist church and united with the Center\\nCongregational church of New Haven, Conn., in 1889.\\nHe graduated from the Theological Seminary in May,\\n1891, receiving the degree of B. D. He soon received\\na pressing call to become pastor of the Congregational\\nchurch at Jeffersonville, Vt., which was excepted. He\\nremained there until September, 1892, when he accepted\\nan urgent call to the Congregational church in Lead-\\nville, Colorado, where he remained for seven months.\\nThe dissatisfaction with church views, and unrest of\\nmind which had been at work for some time finally led\\nhim to make a change and become a member of the\\nEpiscopal church, and he was confirmed by Right\\nReverend F. J. Spalding, Bishop of Colorado, and v^as\\nplaced rector in charge of All Saints church in Denver.\\nAnd here he seemed to find his real place of usefulness.\\nAs rector of the church, he within two years relieved\\nit from a debt of ten thousand dollars, trippled its\\nmembership, and placed the church on a strong basis\\nspiritually and financially. Denver being the Mecca for\\nconsumptives, where there are thirty thousand seeking\\nhealth, and many of them without friends and with\\nlimited means, made it seem that a great opportunity\\nwas there opened for a place where such persons could\\nhave the general comforts of home, at an expense\\nwithin their limited means and still not be a charity\\nand after much thought and care, Mr. and Mrs. Oakes\\ndecided to take measures for the building of a Christian\\nhome where men and women needing the refinements\\nof life might secure them. So with this end in view he\\nhas been successful in equipping and giving to the\\nworld the largest and most beautiful philanthropic\\nwork of America. This noble work was made possible\\nby the wealth of such people as the Vanderbilts,\\nAuchumutys, Sloans, Lows, Jessups, and Hoffmans of\\nNew York, and others, who contributed the necessary\\nfunds for the successful completion of the enterprise,\\nand who entrusted $150,000 to Mr. Oakes with whicli\\nto do the work for others. The Home comprises\\n63", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "498 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthree buildings: St. Andrews House for men, Grace\\nHouse for mother and son or husband and wife, and\\nthe Emily House for women, covering an entire block\\nof land and connected by a glass-covered porch. There\\nis a music room, a library containing two thousand\\nvolumes, a well equipped gymnasium, with bath rooms,\\nlavatories and closets in abundance. The Home is\\nsituated about fifteen minutes ride by three car lines\\nfrom the Denver postofiice, and is so situated that one\\ngets a commanding view of the entire city, the plains\\nfor hundreds of miles and the Rockies for one hundred\\nand fifty miles. The Home is a Christian home\\nunder the direct ownership and management of the\\nEpiscopal Church of Colorado, but seeks to draw lines\\nonly at unworthiness of character. Mr. Oakes is super-\\nintendent and has built a residence and intends to make\\nDenver his permanent home. He married, June 16,\\n1891, Mabel Underbill, of Yonkers, N. Y.\\nI. Frederick Warren, l)orn July 2, 1892.\\nII. Elizabeth Riddle, bom May 16, 1894-.\\nLuke Parkhurst, born Dec. 25, 1806; married, 1831,\\nLaurana F. Priest, born April 2, 1811. Mrs. Parkhurst\\ndied Oct. 13, 1852. Mr. Parkhurst died August, 1872.\\nI. Daniel J., bom Sept. 1, 1832; died April S, 1883.\\nII. JosiAH, liorn March 2-i, 1834.\\nIII. Nancy M., born Jan. 16, 1836.\\nIV. Luther C, born Feb. 21, 1839.\\nV. Laura A., bom May 10, 1841.\\nVI. Martha J., bom Sept. 17, 1843.\\nVII. Luke, born Aug. 9, 1845; married, 1st, April 20, 1872, Luella E.\\nRoundy, who died Jan. 30, 1873; and he married, 2d, MaA 5,\\n1875, Ella H., daughter of Algernon S. Butler.\\nVIII. Elmira, born Aug. 9, 1847.\\nMoses S. Perkins, son of Moses, married, Nov. 15, 1820,\\nCosby, daughter of Abraham Coolidge, and located on\\nthe Edmund Bemis farm, where he lived until 1850,\\nwhen he removed to Jaffrey, where he died Feb. 27, 1875.\\nI. Sarah, born vSept. 7, 1822; married, Sept. 12, 1848, Merrill P. Far-\\nrar of Romeo, Mich.; died Jan. 19, 1854.\\nII. Phebe, born Nov. 17, 1824; mai-ried, Nov. 2, 1847, James L.\\nBolster.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "GENEALOniCAL REGISTER.\\n499\\nIII. Hart, born Sept. 20, 1828; married, July 25, 1854, Pliebe P.\\nFlowers.\\nIV. Cn.\\\\RLES, born Oct. 27, 1833; married Sarah R. Eveleth.\\nV. Dorcas, born June 24, 1835; married, Juh 24, 1855, James S. Lacy.\\nVI. CoziUE, Ijorn June- 28, 1838; married John V. Tenne}\\nVII. Mary, 1)orn May 24, 1840; married Fred W. Bailey; died Dec. 8,\\n1867.\\nNathaniel Parker married, IvSt, Nov. 27, 1834, Eliza,\\ndaughter of Zopher Whitcomb, and located on tlie\\nWard place, which he\\npurchased of Col. D.W.\\nFarrar. Mrs. Parker\\ndied June 4, 1854, and\\nhe married, 2d, 1849,\\nNancv^ sister of his for-\\nmer wife. He died Oct.\\n30, 1857, aged fifty-\\none years. His ^vido^v\\ndied Sept. 6, 1882. He\\nwas an honest, upright\\nman and an excellent\\ncitizen.\\nI. Hamilton, born Feb. 2,\\n1836.\\nII. Minerva, born Aug. 4, 1838\\ndied June 4, 1854.\\nni. Ellen, born Dec. 24, 1846\\nmarried Oliver P. Whit-\\ncomb.\\nHamilton Parker, son of\\nNathaniel, born Feb. 2,\\n1836; married, December, 1857, Eunice A., daughter of\\nCaleb and Polly (White) Sweetser. born May 7, 1835;\\ndied June 20, 1886.\\nI. Wilford E., born April 8, 1860; married, April 6, 1886, Hattie J.\\nCollins of Keenc. One child, Arthur Hnwilton, born March 11,\\n1887.\\nBenjamin F. Piper, born in Jaffrey, Nov. 27, 1847; mar-\\nried, Oct. 4, 1870, Georgianna Shannon of Moulton-\\nborough, born Jan. 1, 1850; died March 7, 1895.\\nI. (iEORCE L., lK)rn vSc])t. 13, 1874; married, Oct. 16, 181)5, Mary\\nCarpenter. One child, Ainin Eliznbcth, born Nov. 18, 1896.\\nNathaniel Parker.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "500 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nII. Everett Edwin, born Aug. IS, 1877.\\nIII. Winifred, born June 22, 1880.\\nlY. Anna Viola, born Nov. 13, 1881; died Oet. 13, 1883.\\nAsa Porter was the sixth child of Asa and Eunice W.\\nPorter of Marlborough, born July 5, 1788; married\\nSybil Osborne of Troy, and settled in Weathersfield,\\nVt., where he resided until he came to Troy in 1832,\\nwhen he purchased the mills formerly owned by Silas\\nWheeler. The following year he sold his real estate to\\nJoseph M. Forristall and moved to Marlborough. He\\nsoon afterwards returned and resided one year on the\\nFlint place, two yeans on the Daniel Stark ey farm, and\\nthen moved to Waltham, Mass., where he resided ten\\nyears; in 1853 he went to Oregon, where he died.\\nI. Henry A., born Oct. 12, 1817.\\nII. Leonard W., born Sept. 14, 1820; married Mary Howard of Hop-\\nkinton, Mass.; removed to Boston.\\nIII. Almira, Ijorn Jan. 1, 1823; married Luke Bemis of Waltham, Mass.\\nlY. LoRiNDA, born Dec. 25, 1828; married Amos W. Buttrick of Win-\\nchendon.\\nV. Louisa, born March 14, 1831 married OHver Smith of Winchendon.\\nHenry A. Porter, son of Asa, born Oct. 12, 1817; mar-\\nried, April 7, 1842, Czarina, daughter of Joseph M.\\nForristall, and located in Waltham, and later in\\nBoston. He came to Troy in 1853 and purchased a\\nfarm of Isaac Stowell, the one now owned by Fred\\nWhitcomb, and resided there until 1862 or 1863, when\\nhe left town. He was a successful farmer, and served\\nseveral ^^ears as one of the selectmen resides in Ayer,\\nMass.\\nI. Henrietta J., born Nov. 2, 1850.\\nII. Charles Henry, born Oct. 17, 1855.\\nNoAH Porter, son of Joel of Marlborough, born July 6,\\n1794- married, March 5, 1820, Abigail Hobert of\\nGroton, Mass., born Aug. 17, 1797. He lived in\\nJafifrey and Marlborough, where his wife died July 30,\\n1875. He then came to Troy, where he died Dec. 10,\\n1880.\\nI. LoRiNDA H., born Dec. 29, 1820; married Jonathan Page of Jaffrey.\\nII. RoANCY A., born in Jafifrey, July 16, 1822; married, 1st, Joseph J.\\nPiper; married, 2d, Abel J. Burpee.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGL ^TER. 501\\nIII. Sarah L., born in Jaffre_v, Sept. 15, 1824; married, 1st, William\\nWard; married, 2d, Alvan W. Lewis of Leominster, Mass.\\nIV. Charles W., horn in Marlborough, March 26, 1S26; married Sabra\\nWheeler of Acworth.\\nV. Catiierink H., born in Marlborongh, Feb. 4, 1S28; married, 1st,\\nJosiah Newell of Jaftrey married, 2d, L Wheeler of Acworth.\\nVI. George W., born in Marlborough, Dec. 29, 1829; married Elizabeth\\nWheeler of Acworth.\\nVII. Harriet W., born in Marlliorough, July 9, 1833; married Asa C.\\nHemenway.\\nvm. Francis J., born in Mai-lborough, Fel). 10, 1836; married Ellen\\nHiggins of Hinsdale; died Oct. 27, 1862.\\nIX. Eliza A., born in Marlborough, May 20, 1840; died Nov. 23,\\n1856.\\nJededl\\\\h Putney was born in Ashlield, Mass., 1777;\\nmarried, 1st, June 3, 1801, Abigail, daughter of Jonas\\nand Abigail (Maynard) Knights, born Aug. 26, 1776;\\ndied Sept. 8, 1832; married, 2d, Jan. 24, 1833, Mrs.\\nHannah, widow of Martin Rockwood, and daughter\\nof Jacob and Mercy (Totnian) Woodward of Marl-\\nborough. Settled in Fitzwilliam about 1808, and came\\nto Troy in 1837, buying the Calvin Starkey farm,\\nwhere he resided seven years, and in 1844 1:)ought a\\nfarm of Horatio Lawrence. He died Feb. 21, 1861,\\nand Mrs. Putney died Sept. 16, 1880.\\nI. Jonas K., married Phebe Flagg.\\nII. Joseph M., married, A])ril 23, 1829, Mary, born Jan. 14, 1S09,\\ndaughter of Nathan and Polly (Davidson) Winch. No record of\\nchildren Ijut a daughter. One child, Susan AL, died in Troy, Feb.\\n24, 1851, aged 4 years.\\nIII. Leonard, married Woodworth.\\nIV. Manasskii, born Jan. 30, 1808.\\nV. Nathan, born April 28, 1810; died May 16, 1891, unmarried.\\nVI. MosES, born May 12, 1812; married, Feb. 17, 1841, Mary, born\\nMay 25, 1808, daughter of Moses and Patty (Ranks) Pratt of\\nMarlborough.\\nVII. Nahum, born Jime 3, 1815; married Julia Chase; died June 12,\\n1863, in Algiers, La. resides in Richmond.\\nVIII. Sewell, born Feb. 1, 1817.\\nIX. SrsAN, died June 14, 1820, aged 1 year, 6 months.\\nX. Charles.\\nGeorge N. Parmentp:r, son of Warren and Sally (Haines)\\nParmenter was born in Sudbury, Mass., June 4, 1844;", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nmarried, April 5, 1878, Ellen M., daughter of Reuben\\nand Melinda A. (Lane) Morse; died May 5, 1895.\\nI. George Livincston, Ijorn Jvih 21, 1883.\\nOrren H. Peck, born in Weston, Vt., Feb. 14, 1833;\\nmarried, 1st, June 6, 1861, Hattie A. Cheney, born in\\nChesterfield, March 16, 1844; married, 2d, March 16,\\n1880, Mrs. Mary L. Clark, widow of Geo. W. Clark,\\nborn Dec. 25, 1838. Children, by 1st marriage.\\nI. Etta C, born in Richmond, March 11, 1863; married Warren N.\\nClark.\\nII. William C, born in Swanzey, Sept. 1, 1865; married, June 11,\\n1892, Addie M., daughter of Barton and Jenettie C. (Stone)\\nGrant of FitzwilHam.\\nIII. Artemas O., born in Troy, Feb. 22, 1868; married, June 2, 1885,\\nAnnie L., daughter of George W. and Mary F. (Briggs) Clark.\\nChildren: 1. Ethel, born Dec. 31, 18^6 2. Irwin Herbert, born\\nFeb. 24, 1889 3. Bessie Miriam, born Nov. 22, 1891 died Aug.\\n29, 1892 4. Ernest Daniel, born Jan. 26, 1893 5. Merton, born\\nSept. 24, 1894; died Aug. 12, 1895; 6. Gordon Benjamin, born\\nNov. 2, 1895; 7. Lyman Juclson, born Nov. 27, 1896.\\nJoseph J. Piper, born Aug. 31, 1818; married, April 12,\\n1842, Ronancy A., daughter of Noah Porter; died Oct.\\n5, 1857. His widow married Abel J. Burpee. Children\\nborn, I, in Troy, ii to v, in Jafifrey, vi to vii, in Marl-\\nborough, VIII, in Swanzey.\\nI. AiUiY J., born Oct. 9, 1842; died March 27, 1846.\\nII. Eloesa S., born Nov. 24, 1844; married, June 5, 1867, Cornelius\\nP. Harding; died JaiL 6, 1876.\\nIII. George W., born March 28, 1846; married, Jan. 25, 1879, Lizzie\\nS. Smith.\\nIV. Charles O., born Dec. 2, 1847; died April 6, 1850.\\nV. Emma J., born Aug. 23, 1850; married, June 27, 1872, Charles\\nShumwa}\\nVI. Willie O., born Nov. 21, 1852; married, July 1, 1874, Hester\\nPollard.\\nVII. Charles L., born Aug. 10, 1854; married, July, 1874, Kate Mor-\\nrison.\\nVIM. Fred F., born Feb. 21, 1859.\\nAlbert Pratt, adopted son of Moses IVatt, was born in\\nMarlborough, July 20, 1830; married, April 30, 1861,\\nNancy W., daughter of John W. and Nanc^^ B. (Foster)\\nWheeler. Mr. Pratt was for many years a respected\\ncitizen of Trov, and is still living in North Dana, Mass.,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 503\\nwith his daughter. Mrs. Pratt died May 13, 1875.\\nChildren born in Tro3\\\\\\nI. Fannik M., born Sept. 20, 1S65 married, Jan. 23, 1889, Willie A.\\nTowne resides in North Dana, Mass.\\nII. Edith M., born 1869; died July 9, 1871.\\nIII. A son, born and died Dee. 18, 1873.\\nAbraham Randall, born Nov. 24, 1731 married Sarah\\nLyon died 1804. Lived in the western part of the\\ntown a few j^ears and then removed to Swanzey.\\nI. Fkeelove, born Jan. 11, 1754; married Jonathan Wheeler.\\nII. M.VKV, born Oct. 22, 1756; married Ananias Aldrich.\\nIII. Reuijen, born Jan. 27, 1760.\\nIV. Levi, born Dec. 22, 1761 married Huldah Newell of Richmond\\ndied July 3, 1843.\\nV. Wait, born April 10, 1763.\\nVI. Sarah, born Aug. 20, 1765; married David Twitchell.\\nVII. RuFus, born Dec. 5, 1768.\\nVIII. AsAHEL, born April 30, 1770; married Damaris Whitcomb.\\nIX. Stephen, born Feb. 15, 1774; married Esther Hammond.\\nX. AnRAHAM, born Oct. 7, 1778.\\nXI. William, born Sept. 26, 1780; married, 1st, Sarah Parmenter;\\nmarried, 2d, Mrs. Mahala Kelton died April 11, 1859.\\nLevi Randall, son of Abraham, born Dec. 22, 1761;\\nmarried Huldah, daughter of Joseph Newell, 1st, of\\nRichmond died July 3, 1843. He was the first person\\nto locate on the farm occupied by Luther Whittemore,\\nand after living there some years he sold out and went\\nto Richmond.\\nI. Marv, born Jan. 3, 1793.\\nII. Benjamin, born July 28, 1794.\\nIII. Joseph, born Aug. 24, 1796.\\nIV. Levi, born Aug. 31, 1798.\\nV. Htldah, born Aug. 31, 1798.\\nVI. Abraham, born Aug. 16, 1800; died Sept. 29, 1873.\\nVII. Lucy, born July 15, 1802 died April 12, 1803.\\nVIII. Reuben, born July 15, 1804; died July 8, 1818.\\nIX. Elisha, born Aug. 2, 1806; died Nov. 10, 1809.\\nX. Stephen, born March 9, 1808.\\nXI. LvMAN, born April 17, 1810.\\nXII. Jonas, born Nov. 14, 1811.\\nXIII. John, l)orn April 15, 1814.\\nXIV. Silence, Ijorn April 18, 1816 married Edson Starkey of Richmond.\\nXV. Davh), born Feb. 14, 1819.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "504 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nWalter G. Randall, son of George W., born in Richmond,\\nAug. 20, 1856; married, Sept. 24, 1885, Annie F.,\\ndaughter of John Lahifif of Keene, born Jan. 7, 1865.\\nHe has been employed for several years in the spinning\\ndepartment of Troy Blanket Mills. During 1894, he\\npurchased of J. W. Raymond a lot on the muster field\\nand erected a house where he now resides. George W.\\nRandall was the son of Willard Randall, born Sept. 6,\\n1830; married, Oct. 18, 1854, Hannah, daughter of\\nNicholas Cook; died in Richmond.\\nI. Don Walter, l)orii in Gardner, Jan. 18, 1888.\\nII. Ralph Aldkich, born Nov. 20, 1889.\\nIII. Doris Imogene, born Feb. 9, 1895; died Aiig. 18, 1895.\\nIV. Freda Grace, born Jnne 26, 1896.\\nNelson W. Rice, son of Luke, of Winchendon, born April,\\n1840; married, June 5, 1867, Jennie M. Brooks, born\\nFeb. 17, 1852. Came to Troy in and purchased\\nthe farm on West Hill, where he no\\\\v resides.\\nI. Chlok Eliza, born Dec. 14, 1870; married Jolin F. Hale.\\nII. Ella Jane, l)orn Nov. 6, 1871 died Jidy 17, 1880.\\nBarrett Ripley was the son of Franklin and Charlotte\\n(Barrett) Ripley of Greenfield, Mass., where he was\\nborn Sept. 26, 1827. He was educated in Greenfield\\nand vicinity, and when a young man he went to\\nSpringfield, Mass., where he was employed in the hard-\\nware store of Homer Foote Co. He went to Keene\\nabout 1850, and became a member of the firm of Elliot\\nRipley, hardware dealers, where he remained in busi-\\nness until 1864 or 1865, when he sold out. Mr.\\nRipley then went to Waterbury, Conn., for a year,\\nwhere he held a position in a manufactor^^ He became\\na resident of Troy in November, 1865, when he pur-\\nchased, in company with John Henry Elliot and others\\nof Keene, the blanket business of Thomas Goodall, now\\nknown as the Troy Blanket Mills, of which he was\\nsuperintendent until a short time before his death. He\\nresided in Troy for ten j^ears, wdien he moved to Keene,\\nwhere he became a prominent citizen and business\\nman. He was a director in the Cheshire National", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n505\\nBank for several years, taking a prominent part in the\\nmanagement of its affairs. He also served as one of\\nthe trustees of the Cheshire Provident Institution,\\nbeing also a member of the board of investment. He\\nBarrett Riplev.\\nhad the reputation of being a successful business man-\\nager, and his counsel and advice were sought and\\nvalued by his associates, fellow citizens and employees.\\nHe married, Sept. 2, 1852, Mary Colton, born in\\nSpringfield, Mass., Jan. 6, 1832, daughter of Zimri f^nd\\nSophia (Van Horn) Richmond. Mr. Riple3^ resided\\nwhere Mrs. C. W. Brown now lives, but removed to\\nKeene in November, 1875; he died Jan. 10, 1888.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "506\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nI. F kanklin, ))()rn Oct. 12, liS5H.\\nu. Martha Hakkktt, honi Marcli 1(), ISoG; married Francis C.\\nFaulkner.\\nIII. Mary Richmond, born May 22, liS5S.\\nIV. Harriet Buckminstkr, 1)orn Aug. 6, 1860.\\nV. Sophia Van Horn, 1)orn Dec. 23, 1862; died Dec. 11, 1865.\\nVI. John Barrett, born July 4-, 1868; died Jan. 28, 1874.\\nVII. Loi iSA Allen, born Jan. 20, 187,^; died May 4, 1876.\\nFranklin Ripley, son of Barrett, born Oct. 12, 1853;\\nmarried, Sept. 8, 1880, Clara I., born June 20, 1854,\\nFranki,in KirLEY.\\ndaughter of Charles and Elizabeth E. (Richardson)\\nKeyes of Keene. He graduated from Phillips Aeadem\\\\^\\nAndover, in 1872, and from Amherst College in 1876.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 507\\nAfter gracUiating he entered the emplo\\\\ of Troy BLanket\\nMills as bookkeeper, serving in that capacity and as\\nassistant to his father until 1888, when he was\\nappointed superintendent, v^hich position he has held\\nuntil the present time. He has been a member of the\\nBoard of Education for several years. Has served as\\none of the firewards for a number of years, and also\\nas moderator. In 1881, purchased of Moses E.\\nWright, the place where he now resides.\\nI. John Barrktt, born Sept. 13, 1881.\\nII. Franki.in, born Dec. 5, 1882.\\nIII. liLiz.viiETii, l)orn Fel). 16, 1884.\\nIV. M.\\\\RY Sophia, born June 23, 1886.\\nV. (iKORGE, born May 8, 1893.\\nCol. Richard Roberts was from Bolton, Mass. He\\nmarried, Feb. 9, 1705, Sybil Goodenough, born May\\n31, 1747. He died in his chaise, vSept. 10, 1801, while\\nreturning from Keene.\\nI. ZiLPH.v married Col. Jose])li: Frost of Marll)orou,yh died April\\n5, 1822.\\nII. Phebe, born April 25, 1772; married, 1st, 1789, Benjamin Frost\\nof Maidborougli he died and she married, 2d, Jan. 4, 1803,\\nHenry Morse of Swanzey; died April 28, 1835.\\nm. LuciNDA, born Dee. 4, 1776; married. March 7, 1796, Thomas\\nBinney of Westminster, Vt.\\nIV. An infant son, who died in 1777.\\nJonas Robinson, or Robeson as the name was first written,\\nwas a native of Lexington, Mass. He married, 1st,\\nSept. 3, 1796, Betsey, born July 10, 1777; died March\\n2, 1807, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Kendall)\\nWard; married, 2d, 1815, Susan Bellows of Wal])ole,\\nwho survived him. He died Aug. 24-, 1819, aged 49\\nyears.\\nI. Eeiza Ann, born \\\\\\\\n-\\\\\\\\ 27, 1798; married, Dec. 7, 1820, Dr. Thomas\\nWells of Columbia, S. C, and died there.\\nII. Jonas, born Mav 10, 1800; married Mi.ss Farrell of M;iine; resides\\nin Louisiana.\\nIII. Maria, born Nov. 23, 1802; married D. I Clark of New York;\\nremoved to New Milford, Ct., where she died.\\nIV. John Ward, born Jan. 30, 1805; was a pliysici.-m; died in South\\nCarolina, a_a:ed twent^ -two years.\\nV. Marv Ann Louisa, born April 22, 1816; died March 2S, 1822.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "508 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nVI. Abel Bellows, born April 10, 1817; married Susan Taylor of New\\nHaven, Ct. He was a physician in New York City. He died in\\n1855 she died in 1857.\\nJohn Rogers was born in Westboro, Mass., Nov. 13, 1747;\\nmarried, 1769, Esther Ball, born in Grafton, Mass.,\\nDec. 9, 1745. His descendants claim that he was the\\ntwelfth generation from John Rogers, the martyr, who\\nwas burned at the stake in Smithfield, England. He\\nw^as a settler here probably before 1773. His wife died\\nDec. 13, 1811, and he then went to reside with his son-\\nin-law, Capt. Shnbael Stone, where he died June 4,\\n1827. He is represented as being a strong, active man,\\nand withal a great hunter, spending a large proportion\\nof his time in pursuit of game.\\nI. Polly, born Jan. 31, 1770; married Shubael Stone.\\nII. John, born April 1, 1772; died May 18, 1796.\\nIII. Eli, born April 25, 1774; died in Watertown, N. Y., in 1817.\\nIV. Thomas, born June 15, 1776; died Nov. 17, 1778.\\nV. JosiAH, born Aug. 22, 1778; removed to Scio, N. Y.\\nVI. Esther, born Aug. 12, 1780; married Ephraim Keyes removed to\\nOhio.\\nVII. Elizabeth, born Nov. 26, 1782; married, Aug. 17, 1800, George\\nGoodenough removed to Pisa, N. Y.\\nviii. Abijah, born March 9, 1785.\\nIX. Sally, born March 12, 1789; married Silas Coffin; removed to\\nRindge.\\nJosiAH Ruffle, born Oct. 14, 1842; married, Jan. 8, 1868,\\nMrs. Pauline Buckwold, born in 1840. Mr. Ruffle has\\nbeen employed as teamster for Troy Blanket Mills sev-\\neral years and a few years since purchased a lot and\\nerected his present residence.\\nI. Edward Samuel, born Dec. 15, 1877.\\nLovELL RuGG became a resident of Troy in 1845, when he\\npurchased a part of the Samuel Farrar farm of\\nHoward, the place afterward owned by Willard White.\\nHe had previously lived in Royalston from which place\\nhe removed to Fitzwilliam in 1842. He married Mary\\nBradley.\\nI. Albert Williams, born June 22, 1837.\\nII. Jane Adelia, born Aug. 1, 1841.\\nIII. Laura Maria, born May 19, 1843.\\nIV. Martha Eliza, born Feb. 22, 1845.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 509\\nV. Gkorge N., born July 29, 1846.\\nVI. Margarkt B., born May 19, 1848.\\nVII. M.\\\\KV Ann, born March 11, 1854.\\nVIII. Wright L., born Aug. 3, 1855.\\nIX. Chloe Augu,sta, born July 25 and died Oct. 21, 1857.\\nEdward Russell was born in Dunkirk, Scotland, 1831;\\nmarried Ann Conboy, who was born in Sli^o, Ireland,\\n1841. He died in Troy, Dec. 15, 1867. His widow\\nmarried, 2d, Daniel Casey.\\nI. Gkorge Perry, born in Otis, Mass., Feb. 11, 1862.\\nII. Edward Jones, born in Troy, April 22, 1867; died at Asheville, N.\\nC, April 15, 1897.\\nDavid Saunders, from Billerica, Mass., came to this region\\nprobably in the fall of 1780 married Molly Living-\\nstone, who died Jtme 25, 1822, aged seventy-one years.\\nHe died June 19, 1823, aged seventy-seven years.\\nI. Charles, married, Dec. 22, 1796, Sally, daughter of Silas and EHz-\\nabeth Angier of Fitzwilliam.\\nII. Isaac.\\nIII. Ezra, married Polly, daughter of Abijah and Mary Stowell.\\nIV. Polly, married, Feb. 24, 1799, Amos Locke.\\nV. Sarah, baptized June 24, 1781; married, Jan. 26, 1801, Luther\\nKnight.\\nVI. Joshua, born June 30, 1782; died March 4, 1790.\\nVII. John, born Aug. 11, 1784; married, Jan. 26, 1807, Mary, daughter\\nof Nahum and Mary (Taylor) Howe.\\nVIII. Jesse, born June 1, 1786.\\nIX. Levi, born Aug. 23, 1789.\\nX. Lovina, born Aug. 23, 1789 (twin); married, Jan. 19, 1807, Jesse\\nLivingstone of Unity, N. H., who died, and she married, 2d,\\nElisha Drurv.\\nXI. Joshua, born Nov. 1, 1792; died Nov. 13, 1792.\\nXII. Joseph, born Jan. 30, 1794.\\nEbenezer Saunders, a brother of the preceding, was born\\nin Billerica, Jan. 11, 1754, and came to this region\\nabout 1789, and located on the farm afterwards owned\\nby Luna Starkey. He lived here until 1813, when he\\nremoved to Fitzwnlliam. He died in Fitzwilliam, Dec.\\n7, 1834. Married, Feb. 10, 1786, Martha, daughter of\\nElezear Stickney of Billerica, who died Oct. 29, 1853.\\nI. Ehenezer, born Dec. 10, 1786.\\nII. Asa, born July 4, 1788; died February, 1854, in Moline, Ills.\\nIII. Anna, born May 23, 1790; married, Feb. 8, 1810, Silas Hallou.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "510 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIV. HosEA, born March 9, 1792; died Auj^mst, 179ri.\\nv. Joshua Stickney, born March 9, 1794; died in 1795.\\nVI. RoxANA, boi-n in 1796; died in 1799.\\nVII. Eeisiia, Ijorn in 1798; died Nov. 10, 1800.\\nVIII. Joel, born March 14,1801; married Mary Biselow died March 5,\\n1870 resided in Keene.\\nIX. Fanny, born Sept. 15, 1803.\\nX. Jeremy S., born July 18, 1805; died Ant?. 11, 1884.\\nXI. Arunah Allen, born Sept. 9,. 1809.\\nICHABOD Shaw, a brother of Jonathan Shaw, settled a\\nHttle northeast of the village, on the road to West\\nHill. He resided here with his family till 1797, when\\nhe sold his farm and removed to Vermont.\\nI. ZiLi Aii, ))orn Marcli 2, 1775; married, Aug. 24, 1797, Thomas\\nBruce of Fitzwilliam.\\nII. Nancy, born April 12, 1777.\\nIII. Sally, born Oct. 15, 1799.\\nIV. DANiiiL, born April 20, 1781.\\nV. Benjamin, born Nov. 2, 1783.\\nAmos Sibley, born Oct. 19, 1783; married Prudence Har-\\nward, who was born July 27, 1793. He was a sc\\\\ the-\\nmaker and learned his trade of his brother in Athol,\\nwhere he married and settled. Soon after he left Athol,\\nand after residing a short time at Oxford, Sutton and\\nDudley, successively, he came to Troy in 1816, and\\nbought the scythe shop built by Aldrich and Barnard,\\nand which was located near C. D. Farrar s pail shop,\\nand commenced the making of scythes. In 1826, he\\nbuilt a new shop in which he carried on business until\\n1841. At the time he commenced scythe-making here,\\nit was considered a good day s work for one man to\\nmake six scythes, and these were worth ten dollars\\nper dozen, but when he closed, b\\\\^ the improvements in\\nmachinery, one man could make nine quite as easily in\\nthe same time, but they were w^orth only seven dol-\\nlars and a half per dozen. Mr. Sibley lived in a small\\nhouse near the shop till 1832, when he built the large\\nhouse afterward owned 1)3^ Elliot Whitcomb, now by\\nCharles Goldthwait. In 1856, he sold his scythe shop\\nto Whitcomb and Forristall, who converted it into a\\npail shop. The next year Capt. Sibley sold his house", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n511\\nto Elliot Whitcomb \u00c2\u00a3ind moved to the village into a\\nhouse which he bought of John J. Wrisley. He died\\nNov. 22, 1863.\\nH\\nAMDS SlIil.KV.\\nVI.\\nVII.\\nVIII.\\nWii.L.vRi), Ijorn Sept. I D, ISIO; died March 2S, 1,S12.\\nLrcv, 1)01-11 May G, ISIL died Pel). 2, 1S32.\\nH.\\\\KKINGTUN, born Jiine 4, 1.S14.\\n.\\\\i!iG.\\\\iL, born Feb. 3, 1S18; married. Pel). 5, 1S39, Benjamin M.\\nStanlev-\\nEmilv, born Mareh 13, 1S2(); married, Oct. 1, iS-tO, (k-or^e A.\\nKendall.\\nP:lvira, born Mareh 1S22.\\nAmo.s W., born Nov. 13. 1,S24-; died Jnne N, 1S2G.\\nCarolinp: M., born Sept. 3, 1S27; married, September, 1,S4-. iMlwin\\nM. Mann, who was drowned .\\\\])ril 29, 1.S46.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "12\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nIX. Amos W., born April 13. 1831; died Sept. 22. 1849.\\nX. Delano H., born June 22, 1834; married, Dec. 23, 1857, Martha L.\\nGarfield; died March 4, 1897. Killed by gas explosion in Boston.\\nOne child, Leonora, born Jtdy 1, 1860.\\nXI. Gideon, born Sept. 3, 1839.\\nHarrington Sibley is the son of Amos Sibley and was\\nborn in Troy, June 4, 1814. He married Maria R.\\nHarrington Siulev.\\nButtrick, a sister of Edwin Buttriek, Feb. 16, 1837,\\nand has been a resident and influential citizen of Fitch-\\nburg, Mass., for a good many years. His father was\\na scythe-maker, and he learned the business in the old\\nshop at the North end, now owned by Troy Blanket\\nMills. After he settled in Fitchburg, he carried on the", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 513\\nbusiness of scythe-making at West Fitchburg for a\\ntime, but later liecame connected with the firm of Hey-\\nwood, Wilson Co., in the foundry and machine\\nbusiness, and is at the present time the oldest surviving\\npartner. He has held numerous offices of trust and\\nresponsibility, and when once chosen has been continu-\\nously reelected. Fitchburg was made a city in 1878,\\nand he was elected a member of its first Common\\nCouncil, and again chosen in 1875. He served on\\nthe Board of Aldermen in 1877, 1878 and 1879. He\\nwas elected a director of the Fitchburg Co-operative\\nBank in 1878, and a director of the Wachusett Na-\\ntional Bank in 1879, both of which offices he holds at\\nthe present time, having been reelected each year since\\nthe first. He is one of the trustees of the Burbank\\nHospital, a position which he has held for several\\nyears. He is a member of the First Universalist\\nSociety of Fitchburg, in which he has held various\\noffices at different times.\\nI. Fkhd H., born Jan. 16, 1S3.S; married, Sept. 27, 1S62, Florence F.\\nSmith; died Aug. 17, lcS63.\\nII. Makth,\\\\ M., born Sept. 17, 1839; married, Nov. 26, 1857, Clark\\nS. Simonds, who died Sept. 17, 1862. Children: 1. Maria B.\\nSinionds, born June 20, 1859; 2. Louise S. Simonds, born Oct. 7,\\n1861; died Sept. 20, 1863.\\nIII. Mary P., born Jime 20, 1842; married, June l-i, 1866, William G.\\nSilsby; died Jan. 16, 1871.\\nIV. Amos W., born Sept. 6, 1851; died Sept. 8, 1853.\\nStephen F. Silcox, born in England, March 25, 1847;\\nmarried, Oct. 19, 1872, Ellen, daughter of Samuel\\nMortimer.\\nI. Edith, born Feb. 4-, 1874-; died Nov. 30, 1876.\\nII. Florence Hallett, born Aug. 6, 1876.\\nIII. Grace Eloise, born Oct. 5, 1886; died Aug. 19, 1891.\\nFisher Silsby, born in Acworth, March 21, 1805; mar-\\nried, Oct. 13, 1835, Drusilla F. McKean, born in\\nSalem. Mass., Jan. 7, 1811 died in Troy, June 6, 1888.\\nMr. Silsby came to Tro3^ from Langdon, N. H., in the\\nspring of 1857 and commenced work in the tannery of\\nFrancis Foster. He continued to be employed in the\\ntannery until feeble health compelled him to give it up.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "514\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nFranci.s Foster sold out to Leonard Wright, and he to\\nPutnam Phelps of Leominster, Mass. His sons.\\nFiSlIEK SiLSIiV.\\nWilliam G. and Robert M., bought the tannery in the\\nspring of 1869. Children all born in Langdon. Air.\\nSilsby died in Rochester, N. Y., May 26, 1891.\\nWilliam Gilson, born May 11, 1838; married, 1st, June 14-, 1866,\\nMary Prudence, daughter of Harrington and Maria K. Sibley she\\ndied Jan. 16, 1871; and he married, 2d, March 12, 1874, Ada J.,\\nborn in Charlestown, N. H., Oct. 12, 1846, daughter of David W.\\nand Jane Parks. Children: 1. Nellie Alary, born Aug. 24, 1868;\\n2. Bertha McKcan, born July 7, 1875.\\nDavid B., born Oct. 3, 1841; married. May 30, 1865, Frances M.\\nFrench, who was born May 16, 1842. Is a salesman; resides in\\nFitchburg, Mass. One child, Florence L., born Aug. 2, 1877.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 515\\nIII. RoiiERT M., 1)orn April 24, 1844; married, Oct. 29, ISGS, Melissa\\nS. Buckliii, 1)oni in Grafton, N. H., Dec. 7, 1850; resides in\\nRochester, N. Y. One child: A /2e LVcT/jc/jc, adoi^ted daus^hter, horn\\nJan. 11, 1878.\\nIV. Charles M., Iiorn Jan. 16, 1849; died Jan. 11, 1879.\\nOliver W. Smith, son of Royal T., was horn Dec. 25,\\n1831 married, 1st, July 13, 1853, Eunice, born Oct. 29,\\n1831; died May 7, 1861, daughter of Levi and Nancy\\nAnn (Byam) Harris; married, 2d, Feh. 14, 1862,\\nHannah, born June 12, 1838, a sister of his former\\nwife.\\nI. Abel H., horn Ang. 11, 1854; married, May 27, 1878, Alice M.,\\nborn Feh. 2, 1859, daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Richardson)\\nBolles of Richmond.\\nII. Leslie E., born June 8, 1857; man-icd, Feb. 11, 1879, Ada M.,\\nIiorn July 21, 1862; died June 4, 1884, daughter of Nathan and\\nRosetta (Whitcomb) Smith of Rindge.\\nIII. Sidney E., born April 7, 1861; married, Nov. 2, 1885, Etta E.,\\nborn Oct. 28, 1867, daughter of George B. and Eliza Jane (Bolles)\\nHandy of Richmond. Children: 1. Carrie Louise, born May\\n9, 1886; 2. Walter Arlon, born June 22, 1887; 3. Eva May,\\nborn Feb. 7, 1892; 4. Flossie Geneva, born Nov. 19, 1893; 5.\\nRoyal Truman, born May 29, 1896.\\nIV. Eunice H., born April 26, 1868; married, Jan. 17, 1887, George T.\\nLovewell. Children: 1. Mary A. Lovewcll, born July 19, 1890;\\ndied Dec. 10, 1890; 2. Henrietta F. Lovewell, born Dec. 16,\\n1891; 3. Ralph H. Lovewell, born Nov. 18, 1895; died Feb. 8,\\n1896.\\nV. Ida L., born Dec. 17, 1869; married (icorge F. Maddox.\\nVI. Herbert O., born June 5, 1871.\\nVII. Charles S., born May 20, 1877; died June 18, 1893.\\nVIII. Elwin, born Dec. 18, 1879.\\nIX. Edwin, born Dec. 18, 1879.\\nX. Nellie, born April 10, 1883.\\nEri J. Spaulding, son of Abel Spaulding-, born in Jaffrev,\\nOct. 17,. 1821; married, 1st, Sept. 3, 1844, Betsey\\nF., daughter of Aaron and Dorothy (Howe) Holt, who\\ndied Aug. 8, 1847; married, 2d, May 14, 1848, Lucy\\nAnn, daughter of Capt. John Jones of Dublin, who died\\nFeb. 14, 1861 married, 3d, Jan. 22, 1868, Maria R.\\nEllis of Springfield, Vt. Mr. Spaulding became a citi-\\nzen of Troy in March, 1841, and was employed in\\nCharles Coolidge s pail shop for two years. He then\\nbought the pottery of Capt. Solomon (loddard and", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "516 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nwas engaged in the manufacture of earthern ware for\\nfive 3^ears. He resided in the house with his brother,\\nErastus, a short time, afterwards occupied the Winch\\nhouse, and in 1850 built the house now owned by H.\\nW. Hutt, which he occupied for several years, until he\\npurchased the Harrington farm, upon which he resided\\nuntil his death. He was a carpenter by trade and\\nworked at that business when not engaged in farming.\\nHe died Jan. 17, 1886. His widow died in Rutland,\\nVt., March 8, 1889. Children: i and ii by first mar-\\nriage; III to VII by second marriage, and viii by third\\nmarriage.\\nI. DiANTHA R., born Sept. 1, 1845 married, Sept. 25, 1866, George A.\\nMerrifield. Children: 1. Alice B.; 2. Eva S.; 3. Arthur H. Re-\\nsides in Athol, Mass.\\nII. Medora Frances, born April 19, 1847.\\nIII. Lucy Ann, born March 19, 1849; died in AscutncAville, Vt., June\\n12, 1862.\\nIV. Lorenzo C, born Sept. 25, 1850; died Sept. 30, 1850.\\nV. Ellen C, born Aug. IG, 1851, in Dn1)lin married. May 1, 1877,\\nWilliam L. Morse; resides in Marlborough, Mass. One child,\\nPauline H. Mr. Morse is of the firm of Morse Bigelow.\\nVI. Albert Eri, born May 9, 1853; married, 1874 or 1875, Carrie L.,\\ndaughter of Ambrose W. and Elizabeth (Robinson) Spaulding of\\nJaftVey. Removed to Princeville, Ills., \\\\vherc he was princijjal of\\nthe high school died there Oct. 5, 1875.\\nVII. Abbie C, born Aug. 21, 1857; married, Aug. 24, 1878, E)udley S.\\nPhilbrick of Auburn, Me.; resides in Cullison, Pratt County-,\\nKansas. One child, Jessie C.\\nvm. Emma, born Sept. 22, 1870, in Milford, Mass.; died April 8, 1892,\\nin Colorado Springs, Col.\\nLyman Spooner was a native of Vermont, born Nov. 26,\\n1814; married, April 27, 1842, Almira, daughter of\\nLemuel and Leaty (Knight) Brown. He located in\\nBrookline, where he remained a few weeks only after-\\nwards he resided a short time in Barre and Sudbury,\\nMass. He returned to Troy in the fall of 1842, and\\nresided here until he enlisted in the War of the Rebel-\\nlion. He w^as a house painter and devoted most of\\nhis time to that occupation. In 1853, he bought the\\nCutting sawmill of Warren McClenathan, but sold it\\nthe following year to Edwin Mann. He died at", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 517\\nSavannah, Ga., July 7, 1865, of disease contracted in\\nthe service.\\n1. Caroline A., born Sept. 9, 1843; mari-ied, 1st, Edward C. Sutton,\\nwho died; married, 2d, Christopher F. Lawson.\\nStarkey. The earliest records of the Massachusetts\\nBay Colony give, of this surname, first, Robert Starkey of\\nConcord, Mass.; second, George Starkey, or Starke, whom\\nSavage says may have been of Lynn, or Maiden; third,\\nRobert Starkey, a mariner, whose house stood on land\\nbelonging to Rev. Increase Mather and near his own\\nhouse. His will was made in 1705, and his only son,\\nRobert, Jr., was a printer and bookseller of Fleet street,\\nBoston his will was made in 1727, and with him the\\nmale line became extinct. Fourth, John Starkey of Boston,\\n1667. A lineal descendant states that this John Starkey\\ncame from Standish, county Lancaster, England, and,\\nthough the connection has not yet been established, yet it\\nis rendered probable from the fact that there have been\\nlarge numbers of this family in Lancaster County for gen-\\nerations, in which the names of John, Thomas, William\\nand George prevail. It is from this John Starkey that\\nthose who inhabited this region descended. John Starkey,\\nby wife Sarah, had, born in Boston: John, Jr., born Sept.\\n23, 1667; Mary; Sarah, born April 1, 1671; Experience,\\nborn Feb. 3, 1672; Martha, born March 25, 1674;\\nAndrew. The records show he was a landholder in\\nMaiden and Charlestown, Mass., in 1674 and later, and\\nin 1689 that he was an inhabitant of Pemaquid, Me.\\nOne authority states that on Aug. 2, 1689, the Penobscot\\nIndians, one htmdred in number, headed by Moxas, landed\\nat New Harbor, on the opposite side of the Point from\\nthe fort. There they seized an Englishman by the name of\\nJohn Starkey, who was alone, and compelled him to give\\nthem information in regard to the condition of affairs at", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "518 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe fort. They surprised the garrison at broad noonday,\\nno scouts out, and foreed Lieut. Weems to surrender;\\nterms of capitulation were made and kept, as, several years\\nlater, Lieut. Weems, then living in New York, presents\\nrepeated petitions for pay due himself and to his men for\\ntheir services at his fort. What John Starkey s fate was,\\ncannot be learned no record has, as yet, yielded to long\\nand exhaustive search. Of his family, it is probable that,\\nas his lands lay near the fort, they were among those who\\nw^ere embarked in Mr. Pateshall s sloop and were\\ncarried to Boston. The son, Andrew, was the first of the\\nfamily to settle in Attleborough, Mass., to which town he\\nmoved from Maiden, Mass., where he married, 1st, in 1708,\\nMehitable, daughter of Samuel and Mehitalsle Waite of\\nMaiden, who was born Dec. 22, 1686; died in 1717; he\\nmarried, 2d, Feb. 2, 1717-18, Katherine, daughter of\\nAlexander and Sarah (Woodcock) Balcom, who was born\\nFeb. 7, 1694. Their children were: Mehitable, John, Jason,\\nJemima, Andrew, Thomas.*\\nJohn Starkey, born July, 1712; married, Feb. 2, 1734,\\nat Attleborough, Amy, daughter of Capt. Joseph and\\nJudith (Peck) Capron, who was born July 15, 1715.\\nTheir children Avere: i, John, Jr., born March 6, 1736-7;\\ndied Oct. 29, 1739; ii, Loes iii, Nathan (or Nathaniel)\\nv^ho remained at Attleborough; iv, William, born in 1742;\\nV, Mehitable; vi, John, Jr., born March 13, 1745-6; vii,\\nEnoch; viii, Peter; ix, Chloe; x, Benjamin, who died in\\nTroy, unmarried xi, Joseph. About 1776, Peter, with his\\nbrothers, John, Benjamin, Enoch and Joseph, came to this\\nregion and settled.\\nPeter Starkey died in February, 1821. His oldest child\\nwas born in Attleborough all the others in New\\nHampshire.\\nThc Starkeys of New Enplanrl, by Emily Wilder Leavitt, Boston, 1892.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL KEGLSTER. 519\\nI. Otis, born Feb. 23, 1114: married Desire Peters. Had children\\nrecorded: 1. Otis, born Nov. 27, 1797; 2. Lewis, born Jul\\\\^ 28,\\n1801.\\nII. Peter, born Sept. 25, 1777; married Mary, born April 13, 1769,\\ndaughter of Jonathan and Amy (Brown) Sweet of Richmond.\\nII!. N.\\\\THAN, born March 12, 1779; married Esther Briggs. One child,\\nBriggs, born June 23, 1804.\\nIV. Lahan, born Jan. 30, 1782; married, March 16, 1802, Polly, born\\nJan. 6, 1781, daughter of Isaac and Ruth Jackson.\\nV. Benjamin, born June 14, 1785; married Sally Smith. Children: 1.\\nBenjamin Proctor, Ijorn Jtily 31, 1807; 2. George Wiisliingtou,\\nborn April 30, 1809.\\nVI. John, born April 3, 1788; married, Aug. 20, 1812, Sarah, born Jan.\\n6, 1789, daughter of John and Lydia (Taft) Cass of Richmond.\\nHad ten children.\\nVII. Calvin, born March 17, 1790; married Marv, born June 8, 1793,\\ndaughter of Asa and Eunice (Williams) Porter of Marll^orough\\nremoved to Townsend, Vt.\\nVIII. LoNA, born April 25, 1792 died aged 2 years, 6 months.\\nIX. Luna, born Sept. 11, 1794.\\nJohn Starkey, son of John, born March 13, 1745-46\\nmarried Mary, daughter of John, Sr., and Rebecca\\n(Sweetland) Godding. No family.\\nEnoch Starkey, son of John, born July 29, 1748; married,\\nOct. 15, 1774, Elizabeth (or Betsey) Blackinton of\\nAttleborough, Mass., who was born Jan. 3, 1751\\ndied Jan. 18, 1823. He Hved in that part of Troy,\\nnow included in Swanzey, and where he died in 1823.\\nI. David, born married, March 23, 1797, Lavinia Woodcock.\\nII. (iEORGE, born 1775.\\nIII. Samuel, born Nov. 30, 1786; married, March 20, 1811, Thankful,\\ndaughter of Nathaniel and Thankful Bolles.\\nIV. Levi, born March 2, 1790; married Hannah Holman of F itzwil-\\nliam; she died Dec. 23, 1846; he died June 17, 1848.\\nV. PoLLV, born June 15, 1793; married, June 27, 1819, John Tildcn\\nof Keene. She died in Westmoreland, June 10, 1854.\\nJoseph Starkey, son of John, born in Attleborough,\\nMass.; married, July 23, 1778, Waitstill, daughter of\\nHenry Morse, and lived in Richmond. He served in\\nCapt. Oliver Capron s company. Col. William Doo-\\nlittle s regiment, at Winter Hill, Somerville, Mass., Oct.\\n6, 1775.\\nI. Martha, born March 13, 1779; married, March 4, 1798, Joseph\\nClark.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "520 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nII. Esther, born June 3, 17S3; married Elijah Davenport.\\nIII. Waitstill, born Jan. 17, 1787; married, Maj 15, 1811, Noah\\nAldrich.\\nIV. Josp:ph, liorn Sept. 27, 1790; married, Felx 20, 1812, Lydia\\nAkh-ich.\\nV. Henry, born Sept. 1, 1795; married, Feb. 17, 1818, Lucy Woodward.\\nVI. Betsey, born May, 1803; married, June 26, 1820, WilHam Wood-\\nward.\\nWilliam Stark ey came from Attleborottgh, Mass., and\\nwas doubtless a relative of Peter, and came to this\\nregion probably before 1793. He died about 1808.\\nI. Sar.\\\\h, born Sejit. 5, 1794; married Tyler Tenney died at the\\nhomestead.\\nII. Hannah, born Oct. 17, 1795.\\nIII. Naomi, born Sept. 29, 1796; married George Farrar; died Sept. 2,\\n1842.\\nIV. William, died in childhood.\\nV. Olive, Ijorn Oct. 25, 1801; married Asher Coolidge.\\nVI. Ebenezer, born Nov. 20, 1803.\\nVII. RiiODA, born Nov. 12, 1805.\\nVIII. Lydia, born JuW 26, 1807; married L. Martin; resides in Keene.\\nLuNA Starkly, son of Peter, born Sept. 11, 1794- married\\nearly in 1812, Hannah, daitghter of Stephen White,\\nborn May 1, 1793; died Feb. 18, 1866. For a short\\ntime he lived in the house with his father, but in 1813,\\nhe purchased the Ebenezer Saunders farm, where he\\nlived until his death, Sept. 17, 1850.\\nI. Luna, born May 28, 1812; died March 30, 1833.\\nII. Daniel, l)orn Feli. 12, 1815.\\nIII. Bailey, born Jan. 20, 1816.\\nIV. Hannah L., born Jan. 19, 1820; married, 1st, Jonathan Clark, Jr.;\\nmarried, 2d, Daniel G. Carter; died Sept. 9, 1878.\\nV. Stephen, born July 20, 1823.\\nVI. Ezekiel, born Nov. 24, 1824.\\nVII. Alanson, born Oct. 12, 1826.\\nvni. Vienna, born May 15, 1829; died Jan. 30, 1848.\\nIX. Edward F., born Oct. 14, 1831; married, Nov. 14, 1850, Mary\\nJane, daughter of Simon and Ohve Butler; died April 28, 1859.\\nOne child, Edward Eugene, born Feb. 1, 1857; died April 22,\\n1858.\\nX. Ira G., born March 4, 1834.\\nDaniel Starkly, son of Luna, born Feb. 12, 1813;\\nmarried, Oct. 26, 1836, Sarah O. Holbrook died\\nMarch 1, 1865; his widow died Dec. 21, 1870. He", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 521\\nresided a few years in the Bush house and worked at\\nshoemaking; afterwards he Hved on the Whitney place\\nand on the Nurse farm, where he died.\\nI. Daniel Aldkn, born Juh 10, 1838.\\nII. Sak.\\\\ii Diana, born March 20, 1841; died Jnly 25, 184-2.\\nIII. Laura Diana, born Feb. 27, 1844; died Sept. 7, 1845.\\nIV. Vienna O., born April 19, 1848; married Charles Lang; died March\\n23, 1879.\\nBailey Stakkey, son of Luna, born Jan. 20, 1816;\\nmarried, November, 1838, Betsey, daughter of Jona-\\nthan Clark. He died Jan. 1, 1866, and his widow\\nmarried, 2d, Winthrop Knight.\\nI. Mary Jane, born Feb. 12, 1840; married Joseph Haskell.\\nII. Ellen, born March 13, 1842; married George J. Ripley; died Sept.\\n24, 1870. Children: 1. Frank L. Ripley, born Oct. 17, 1860;\\ndied Nov. 14, 1874; 2. Flora B. Ripley, born Jan. 21, 1864; 3.\\nWiilter G. Ripley, Ijorn Nov. 28, 1866; died April 18, 1879.\\nIII. Maria, born Nov. 21, 1845; died Feb. 17, 1847.\\nIV. Anna M., born May 21, 1849; married Oren S. Adams; died Jan.\\n14, 1897.\\nV. Vienna, born Dec. 14, 1851; married Jonas Foster.\\nVI. Warren B., born Oct. 8, 1853.\\nVII. Walter J., born Dec. 23, 1858; died in 1862.\\nStephen Starkey, son of Luna, born July 20, 1823\\nmarried, Jan. 2, 1849, Polly Sweetser of Fitzwilliam\\ndied March 27, 1853. Mrs. Starkey married, 2d, Oct.\\n5, 1858, John T. Leonardson, who died Dec. 6, 1890,\\naged seventy-five. She died Oct. 11, 1892.\\nI. Charles Steven, born June 13, 1843; married, 1st, Adelaide R.\\nHoward of Richmond, who died July 27, 1885, aged twenty-nine;\\nmarried, 2d, Nov. 2, 1891, Mrs. Delia Luce.\\nII. Caleb Luna, born March 29, 1851 died Feb. 10, 1852.\\nAlanson Starkey, son of Luna, born Oct. 12, 1826; mar-\\nried, April 28, 1850, Mary Rice, born April 26, 1830.\\nAfter his marriage he located in the Jacob Boyce house,\\nbut in 1855 he built the house now owned by Daniel\\nSullivan, and worked in the pail shops for several years.\\nAfter a time he sold this place and went to live with\\nThomas Wright in the house he now occupies.\\nL Ann Maria, born Jan. 27, 1851; died June 7, 1851.\\nII. George Alanson, born Sept. 23, 1852.\\nIII. Thomas Wright, born Dec. 7, 1857.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "522\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nIV. Fred Siblev, born Jan. 12, 1866; married, Sept. 24, 1890, Hattie\\nM. Matthews of Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Harry Matthews,\\nborn Sept. 1, 1891; 2. Ervin Fred, born Nov. 6, 1894.\\nV. Frank Herbert, born April 16, 1873; married, Jnne 16, 1894, Eva\\nL. Shippe}\\nVI. Lii.lace May, born March 1, 1877; died April 15, 1877.\\nGeorge A. Starkey, son of Alanson, born Sept. 22, 1852;\\nmarried, 1st, Aug. 31, 1881, Jennie A., daughter of\\nGeorge A. Starkey.\\nI vers L. and Almira W. (Gates) Richardson of Marl-\\nborough. She died May 30, 1890, and he married, 2d,\\nJuly 20, 1890, Mrs. Alice Diana Cole. Soon after his\\nmarriage he bought the Amos Ingalls place, where he", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 523\\nhas since resided and for several \\\\^ears has been engaged\\nin the meat and provision business and occupies a\\nmarket building which he built, situated near the\\nrailroad and a short distance north of the depot.\\nSome twenty years ago he established the Monadnock\\nTrout Ponds for the artificial propagation of the brook\\ntrout, in which business he has been very successful.\\nHe was one of the selectmen in 1892, 1893 and 1895.\\nI. Mary Lillian, born Ma^- 16. 1882.\\nII. Nellie Gertrude, born Aug. 23, 1883.\\nIII. Henry Ivers, born Aug. 20, 1886; died Dec. 11, 1891.\\nIV. Minnie Jennie, born Jan. 21, 1889.\\nThomas W. Starkey, son of Alanson, born Dec. 7, 1857;\\nmarried, June 17, 1879, Emma May Walker, born Aug.\\n11, 1855.\\nI. Charles H., born Jan. 5, 1880.\\nII. Bertie G., born Sept. 25, 1881.\\nIII. Myrtie Blanche, born Aug. 14, 1884.\\nIV. Mary Gertrude, born Feb. 4, 1887.\\nV. Lela Belle, liorn Juh 14, 1889.\\nVI. Bernice Emma, born Nov. 5, 1893.\\nIra G. Starkey, son of Luna, ])orn March 4, 1834;\\nmarried, Nov. 19, 1862, Augusta, daughter of Dexter\\nWarren of Swanzey, born April 27, 1839. After his\\nmarriage, Mr. Starkey lived for several years on the\\nplace now owned by H. C. Newton; he then went to\\nWinchendon, where he lived for a short time, returning\\nto Troy, and purchasing of George Tupper, the Porter\\nplace on East Hill, where he resided until 1889, when\\nhe left the farm and went to Kansas. He returned to\\nTroy in 1891, and purchased the Ezekiel Peck place in\\nthe village, where he has since lived, selling his farm to\\nCharles Freeman.\\nI. Walter H., born Oct. 12, 1863.\\nII. Charles E., born Jan. 16, 1865; died Oct. 7, 1870.\\nIII. LuLA A., born Feb. 23, 1867; died Oct. 13, 1870.\\nIV. LuLA A., born Jan. 28, 1871; died Se\\\\^t. 2, 1871.\\nV. Wehster T., born April 1, 1872; died Sept. 26, 1872.\\nVL Lester D., l)orn Aug. 8, 1875.\\nWalter H. Starkey, son of Ira G. and Augusta (Warren)\\nStarkey, was born in Troy, Oct. 12, 18G3. He was", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "524\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nborn and reared upon the farm, attended the common\\nschools of the town, and was for several terms under\\nthe instruction of Mrs. L. B. Wright, and was a close\\nstudent and desirous of obtaining a good education.\\nWalter H. Stakkey.\\nLater he entered Ashburnham Academy, at Ashburn-\\nham, Mass., from which he graduated, but close\\nattention to his studies had impaired his health. He\\nwas ambitious to l^ecome a Greek professor, but the\\nfailing health interfered with his plans, and seeking a\\nchange of climate with a view to warding off the\\ndisease, he went to Kansas in the fall of 1883, first\\nlocating in Nehema Count v, and for two winters", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 525\\ntaught school near Seneca in that state. During the\\nnext four years he was deputy county clerk of Nehema\\nCounty, and in the fall of 1888 he entered the law\\ndepartment of the State University, from which he\\ngraduated in 1891. After leaving the tmi versify, he\\nwent to Holland, Jackson County, and entered a law\\noffice, but only remained there a short time. In Octo-\\nber, 1891, he went to Osage City and entered into\\npartnership with J. P. McLaughlin, who had been his\\nroommate at the tmiversity, under the firm name of\\nStarkey McLaughlin. He was an estimable young\\nman, of good ability and very popular where he w^as\\nknown, and had his life been spared he would undoubt-\\nedly have made his mark in his profession. He married,\\nJuly 12, 1894, Miss Clara Niles of Osage City, who died\\none year later. For twelve years the climate held his\\ndisease in check, but after the death of his wife the\\ndisease took hold of him again and made rapid progress\\nto the end, which occurred March 16, 1896.\\nDaniel A. Starkey, son of Daniel, born ]x\\\\\\\\y 10, 1838;\\nmarried, 1st, who died married, 2d, Jan.\\n15, 1866, Augusta C, daughter of John Lang, who\\nwas born in Germany, Sept. 11, 1848. He died March\\n1, 1892.\\nI. Daniel Alden, Jr., bom July 10, 1866; married, .\\\\pril 15, 1890,\\nEllen Rock. Children: 1. Charles Henry, born Nov. 6, 1890; 2.\\nHerbert Samuel, born Sept. 10, 1892; died 3 oung.\\nII. Ai.M.\\\\ L., born May 31, 1867; married, June 7, 1891, Walter C.\\nCarroll of Winchendon.\\nIII. S.VKAH Pauline, born Oet. 8, 1871; died May 8, 1873.\\nlY. Lena May, born April 29, 1874; married, Nov. 9, 1892, Edj^ar H.\\nBlossom. Children: 1. 2. Son, born May 7, 1894.\\nV. John J., born April 4, 1876.\\nYi. Charles Herhert, born May 15, 1877; died Sept. 11, 1886.\\nVII. Cora C, born Sept. 20, 1878; married, May 29, 1895, Curtis M.\\nHuckins of Ashby, Mass.\\nVIII. Leonard W., born Sept. 27, 1879.\\nIX. Herisert L., born Aug. 2, 1881 died Aug. 9, 1882.\\nX. Anna A., born Dec. 14, 1885.\\nXI. Lillian B., born Feb. 18, 1888.\\nEzekiel Starkey, son of Luna, born Nov. 24, 1824;\\nmarried, July 3, 1850, Lucy M. Drury, who was born", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "526 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nin Weston, Vt., May 13, 1831. Mr. Starkey worked\\nin the pail shops in Troy, and in Ohio and St. Louis,\\nfor several years, but finally returned to Troy jind\\nengaged in the livery business, which he carried on\\nuntil a few years since, and was well known to the\\ntraveling public all over the country, as for a long\\ntime he carried the passengers from the depot to\\nMonadnock mountain.\\nI. H.\\\\TTiE M., born April 25, 1856; died Dec. 30, 1856.\\nII. Minnie L., born March 22, 1859; died Aug. 30, 1860.\\nIII. Harry L., born Jan. 9, 1861 died Feb. 9, 1861.\\nIV. Cora L., born April 1, 1866; died Oct. 14, 1878.\\nV. Effie Blanche, born April 12, 1873.\\nStanley. Jonathan Stanley, was originally from Acton,\\nMass., settling first in Rindge and then in Jafifrey. He\\nmarried Louise, probably a daughter of Benjamin Moors\\nof Rindge. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He died\\nJuly 12, 1789, aged forty-one; his wife died Dec. 9, 1828,\\naged eight3 -one. He had nine children: Jonathan, John,\\nBenjamin Moors, Jedediah, Nathan, Sarah, Abiah, Keziah\\nand Abner.\\nJonathan Stanley, the first son, married Betsey Ross,\\ndaughter of Abraham Ross of Jafifrey. He died Nov.\\n4, 1852, aged sevent\\\\^-eight his wife died Feb. 10,\\n1842, aged sixty -seven.\\nI. Abraham, married L^ dia Eveleth.\\nII. Abner.\\nIII. Benjamin Moors, born June 12, 1806.\\nIV. Alvah, born 1807; married, 1st, Luca^ B. Cutting, who died March\\n14, 1875; married, 2d, Jane Danforth. Children: 1. Warren;\\n2. Henry; 3. Liiella, adopted daughter.\\nV. James Ross, born Aug. 5, 1810.\\nVI. Persis.\\nVII. Jonathan.\\nBenjamin Moors Stanley, son of Jonathan, born in\\nJafifrey, June 12, 1806; married, Feb. 7, 1839, Abigail,\\ndaughter of Amos Sibley. He resided in Jafifrey until\\n1851, when he came to Troy, but returned to Jafifrey\\nin 1855, and returned to Troy the following year.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n527\\nHis wife died May 14, 1862; he died in Newport,\\nN. Y., Feb. 6, 1879.\\nBenjamin Bradley, born May 1, 184.3; died Nov. 5, 1856. Killed\\nin the house of Elijah Harrington, by the discharge of a gun in\\nthe hands of a young lad, who playfully pointed the fatal\\nweapon at him, not knowing it was loaded.\\nBetsey Ross, born Feb. 26, 1845; died in Fitchburg, Nov. 1, 1883.\\nEva Henrietta, born July 20, 1847; married Rev. Randall Aldrich.\\nJames R. Stanley, son of Jonathan, born Aug. 5, 1810;\\nmarried, Feb. 7, 1850, Abigail, daughter of Daniel\\nII.\\nIII.\\nJames R. Stanley.\\nCutting, Jr., who died Sept. 5, 1873. He died June\\n21, 1888. He lived with a Mr. Warren of Jaffre_v for\\nseveral years until he became of age, where he learned", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "528 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nthe trade of a stone mason, wliieli business he followed\\nfor a larger part of his life. In 1837, he purchased the\\nmill on East Hill, afterwards owned by George S. Col-\\nburn, manufacturing clothespins and chairs, and also\\nrun a grist mill for several years. He lived on the Stan-\\nley place in Jaffrey for several years, later on the\\nCutting place, and finally came to the village about 1885,\\npurchasing of Edmund Bemis the Wright place, where\\nhis son now resides. Was town constable for several\\nyears and selectman at different times for nine terms.\\nI. James Lyford, born Dec. 1, 1853; married, June 20, 1876, Minnetta\\nF., daughter of George A., and Josephine M. (Cutting) Adams.\\nStone. Capt. George Stone, was born in Lexington,\\nMass., March 21, 1760; married, 1st, Hannah Lovering,\\nof Kingston, about 1788, who died Dec. 27, 1826, aged\\nsixty-five; married, 2d, Abigail Currier, of Canterbury, in\\n1830, who died April 18, 1849, aged sixty -six. He was a\\nsoldier of the Revolution, enlisting at the age of fifteen,\\nand served five years participated in the battles of\\nBrandywine and Stillwater, and other engagements wit-\\nnessed the surrender of Burgoyne endured the sufi ering\\nand privation of the winter encampment at Valley Forge\\nand was wounded at the battle of Monmouth. On the\\nreturn of peace, he settled in Boscawen, N. H., but the\\ndepreciation of Continental money left him so poor that\\nhe had only twent}^ cents to begin life with. By industry\\nhe was soon able to purchase t^venty acres of land, upon\\nwhich he commenced farming, and in time acquired land\\nsufiicient to give each of his eight children a homestead.\\nHe died at West Boscawen, Dec. 8, 1834. His second\\nchild was John, born Feb. 28, 1792; married Submit\\nSweatt of West Boscawen; died Jan. 25, 1870. They\\nhad two sons, the second, Hiram George, was born May\\n24, 1822; married, 1st, Jan. 26, 1847, Mary Ann C.\\nTicknor of Lebanon, w^ho died Nov. 10, 1856; married.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER.\\n529\\n2d, Dec. 5, 1857, Liicinda Lane of Epsom. Mrs. Stone\\ndied Dec. 21, 1891; he died Dec. 26, 1891.\\nMelvin T. Stone, son of Hiram G., was born in West\\nBoscawen, July 28, 1854; married. Jan. 26, 1882,\\nCora M., daughter of Charles W. and Sarah Frances\\n(Taylor) Whitne\\\\ His early life was spent upon the\\nfarm and in attendins: the common schools of his\\nResidence of Dr. AI. T. Stone.\\nnative town, and New Hampton Literary Institution.\\nStudied medicine with Dr. F. S. Stillings of Concord,\\nN. H., and fittended lectures at Dartmouth Medical\\nCollege, from which he graduated in November, 1879.\\nCame to Troy, Feb. 20, 1880, and entered upon the\\npractice of medicine as successor to Dr. lienjamin E.\\nHarriman. In 1887, purchased the Elijah Harrington\\nhouse, previously owned by Ei i J. Spaulding, which\\nwas considerably enlarged and improved, and where he\\nhas since resided. Was superintending school com-\\nmittee and a member of the school board from 1883\\nuntil 1887; was chosen representative to the General\\nCourt in 1887, and has been town clerk from 1887,\\nbesides holding other offices of trust and res])onsibilit3\\nWas a member of the Board of Pension Examining\\nSurgeons, at Keene, during President Harrison s", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "530 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nadministration. Is a member of the New Hampshire\\nMedical Society of the Cheshire County Medical\\nSociety, and Connecticut River Medical Society, having\\nbeen president of the two last named societies.\\nI. Mary Frances, born April 29, 1886; died April 15, 1891.\\nII. Mildred Ticknor, born March 17, 1889.\\nIII. Dorothy Cora, born April 25, 1896; died Aug. 20, 1896.\\nLevi Streeter was born in Rindge, Jan. 12, 1797; mar-\\nried, 1st, Sarah Packard, Jan. 17, 1822. Mrs. Streeter\\ndied August, 1835, aged thirty-eight years; and he\\nmarried, 2d, Dec. 17, 1835, Sophia Stanford, who was\\nborn in Dublin, Oct. 10, 1808.\\nI. Charles, died aged one year, six months.\\nII. Elvira, died aged three years.\\nHI. Caroline, died aged three years.\\nIV. Katherine, born in 1831 married .\\\\mos Lawrence of Fitchbnrg.\\nV. Sarah Jane, born in 1833; married Charles Brown of Winchcndon,\\nMass.\\nVI. Elizabeth, born Aug. 18, 1836; married Barton Grant of Fitzwil-\\nliam.\\nVII. Caroline, born Nov. -t, 1837; married Alfred Lawrence of Troy.\\nVIII. Sophia, born Feb. -l, 1839; married George Brooks of Fitchbnrg.\\nIX. Italy, born in Swanzey, Jan. 4-, 1841 married John F. Whitcomb\\nof Richmond.\\nX. Charles H., born Sept. 5, 184-3; married, 1st, A1)bie Frances,\\ndaughter of Nehemiah Adams; married, 2d, ALiry Powers of\\nWinchendon.\\nXL PvLViRA, born April 15, 1845; married .\\\\lbert Ames of Fitchbnrg.\\nXII. AiiHiE, born Nov. 1, 1847; married Henry H. Daisey died August,\\n1892.\\nXIII. Daniel L., Ijorn Juh 21, 1850; married, 1st, Nov. 6, 1877, Mrs.\\nNettie E. Grant, daughter of David C. Stone of Fitzwilliam, born\\nDec. 21, 1854; died Feb. 7, 1895; married, 2d, Feb. 2, 1896, Mrs.\\nFlora C. Bourn. Children: 1. Stephen Daniel, born Dec. 2, 1878; 2.\\nAlbert Perley, born Sept. 5, 1884; 3. Leila Florence, born March\\n10, 1897.\\nJohn Sullivan was born in Ireland, and on coming to\\nTroy, purchased the John Lawrence farm. He died\\nApril 30, 1880, aged 45 years. Married, 1st, Mary\\nO Brien, who died; married, 2d, Ellen Dunn.\\nI. Daniel, l)orn Jan. 31, 1861.\\nII. John, born 1865; died.\\nIII. Thomas, born Jan. 25, 1869.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 531\\nIV. Nellie Agnes, born Jan. 1, 1870; married, July 26, 1893, Edward\\ndishing.\\nV. Maky Elizabeth, born April 1, 1871; married, Sejit. 24, 1889,\\nMichael Enright, 2d.\\nDaniel Suluvan, son of John, born Jan. 31, 1 S61\\nmarried, Ju^e 14, 1881, Deborah King born Aug. 15,\\n1858.\\nI. Mary J., born Aug. 7, 1882.\\nII. Katherine Marel, born March 13, 1885.\\nIII. John Lawrence, born Dec. 6, 1886.\\nIV. GiLiiERT James, born April 5, 1889.\\nV. Daniel Joseph, born March 29, 1891.\\nVI. Morris Bartholomew, born Nov. 3, 1893.\\nVII. Gertrude, born May 9, 1896.\\nEdward C. Sutton was a son of Nathaniel Sutton, and\\nwas born in Shelburne, Vt., Oct. 17, 1841; married,\\nOct. 24, 1861, Caroline A., daughter of Lyman and\\nAlmira (Brown) Spooner; died June 13, 1870. His\\nwidow married, 2d, Christopher F. Lawson.\\nI. Winfred Homer, born Jan. 29, 1864; died Jnly 12, 1869.\\nII. Charles Lyman, born Dec. 17, 1865; married, April 5, 1885, Isa\\nAdele Knapp of Keene resides in Keene. Children 1. Harry Melvin,\\nborn Oct. 5, 1887; 2. Aklith Eleanor, born Nov. 16, 1888; 3.\\nDorothy Ardelle, born Jan. 2, 1892.\\nIII. Angie Alice, born July 27, 1868 married Elmer E. Haskell.\\nIV. Amy Almira, born July 23. 1870; died Aug. 20, 1871.\\nSamuel M. Thompson of Lisbon, N. H., and Mrs. Olive J.\\n(Bowen) Howard were married Jan. 19, 1858. She\\nwas born Oct. 5, 1831, and married, 1st, Oct. 6, 1855,\\nRomanzo Howard of Montgomery, Alabama. She had\\none child, Adelaide R. Howard, who was born July 3,\\n1856, and married Charles S.Starkey; died July 27, 1885.\\nI. Mahel F., born Aug. 4, 1859.\\nII. Benjamin P., born Dec. 24, 1860; married, May 12, 1891, Mary\\nWeeks of Richmond.\\nIII. Edgar M., born Nov. 8, 1863; married, A])ril 6, 1891, Elizabeth\\nDavis of Fitzwilliam. One child, Pniil. Resides in Fitzwilliam.\\nIV. Herhert p., born vSept. 1, 1866; married, July 3, 1890, Mary Ellen,\\ndaughter of Edward and Harriet (Birtwhistle) Hartley, born in\\nEngland. Children: 1. Harriet Hartley, born Feb. 22, 1893; 2.\\nWilliam EdwarrI, born Feb. 1, 1895.\\nV. Gertrude M., born May 22, 1871; married, June 17, 1891, George\\nRowley of Fitchburg; resides in Brockton, Mass.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "532 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nToLMAN. Thomas Tolnian emigrated to this cottntr^^\\nfrom England about 1635, and settled in Dorchester,\\nMass. His first wife, whom he probably married in\\nEngland, was Sarah She died and he married, 2d,\\nKatherine who died Nov. 7, 1677, and he died Jan.\\n28, 1690. He had seven children. His son John, born\\n1642, married, 1st, Elizabeth Collins of Lynn, who was\\nprobably born April S, 1666. She died Oct. 7, 1690, and\\nhe married, 2d, June 15, 1692, Mary Paul. He died Jan.\\n1, 1724-25. Henry, son of John, born March, 1678-79,\\nmarried Hannah He resided at Dorchester for some\\nyears, and then remov^ed to Attleborough, where he died\\nat an advanced age. His wife died Nov. 11, 1735. His\\nson Henry, born in Dorchester, Feb. 23, 1708, married\\nMary, daughter of Benjamin Slack of Attleborough.\\nHe resided in Attleborough, and died Dec. 25, 1762. His\\nwidow died in Fitzwilliam, Dec. 26, 1785. Three of his\\nsons settled in this region, Ebenezer, Joseph and Benjamin,\\nthe latter in what is now Troy.\\nBenjamin Tolman, married Hepzibeth, daughter of Jacob\\nNewell, and raised up a large family.\\nI. Benjamin, ))()rii 171S2.\\nII. Henry, bom 1783; married Polly Harris; died in 1851.\\nIII. Charles, died at an early age.\\nIV. Hepzibeth.\\nV. Charles, born 1789.\\nVI. Jacoi!, born 1791.\\nVII. Hepzihetii, born 1793.\\nVIII. D.wiD, born 1795; married Martha Hallon died in Troy.\\nIX. Nathan, born 1797; died in I ileli])iir i\\nX. Stephen, bom 179S.\\nXL Sally, l)orn 1800; married Boyce.\\nXII. Calvin, Ijorn 1803; married Mary Bowers.\\nXIII. Anna, born 1804; married Amasa Aldrieh.\\nXIV. LcTHER, born 1807.\\nHenry Tolman, son of Benjamin, born 1783; married,\\nNov. 28, 1805, Polly, daughter of Christopher Harris,\\nand formed a co])artnership with his father-in-law in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 533\\nthe business of the tavern. He lived there one and\\none-half years, then moved to Derry, Vt., where he\\nresided three years, after which he returned to Troy,\\nand lived some time in the William Whitcomh house.\\nAfter this he kept a public house tv^o years, but again\\nreturned to the Whitcomb place. He worked at brick-\\nmaking three years in the yard afterwards owned by\\nThomas Wright, then moved to the Sampson Wheeler\\nplace, where he lived some sixteen years, and finally\\nwent to Sterling, Mass., where he died March 6, 1851;\\nhis wife died Aug. 5, 1857.\\nI. Charles Mason, born Jan. 21, 1S07; married, Ma^- 29, 1S28,\\nLydia Lovejoy; died Dec. 27, l.S3(). After his death, Mrs. Tol-\\nnian returned to Wilton, her native town, and married (irav\\nshe died abont 1842. After his marria ^e he resided in Fitehbnrj^\\ntill 1830, when he returned to Troy, purchased the old school-\\nhouse which stood near the Marshall barn, moved it to the\\nwesterly side of the villaoe and converted it into a dwelling\\nhouse.\\nu. Nancy, born June 17, 1808; married Luther Towns of Amherst;\\ndied October, 1859. Children: 1. Martha Ann Towne, died in\\n1846; 2. Mary F. Towne, married Joshua Bailey of Lowell, Mass.;\\ndied Dec. 4, 1890; 3. Harriet E. Towne, married L. W. Nichols;\\nresides in Worcester; 4. Cynthia Towne, married Kev. John\\nBaskwell 5. Henrietta.\\nIII. Henry, Jr., born Aug. 18, 1809; married Harriet Rhodes; resides\\nin Eldora, Iowa. Formerly lived in Worcester, Mass., where he\\nserved on the board of common council in 1854 and 1855, and\\nthen removed to Wisconsin, and in 1859, was on the board of\\ncounty commissioners, Waushara county. Children: 1. Charles\\nT., born Ai)ril 2, 1836; 2. James M., born May 2, 1839; 3.\\nAlfred R., born July 13, 1841; 4. Sarah A., born Oct. 2, 1844;\\n5. Josephine C, born A])ril 10, 1847; 6. (George born Julv 7,\\n1849.\\nIV. Elisha H., born June 17, 1811.\\nv. Daniel, born Nov. 7, 1812; married Almira Davis; resides in Wis-\\nconsin.\\nVI. Mary, born May 5, 1814; married, April 16, 1833, Isaac Jackson\\ndied in Harrison, Me., Feb. 21, 1888. Mrs. Jackson was a person\\nof rare energy, and possessed a degree of moral courage which\\nwas truly heroic. When very few women, if any, had ste])ped\\nfrom the private walks of life to ])reach the gosjjcl, this young\\nwoman, leaving the gay circles which had delighted her, and in\\nwhich her inesence was ever desired, went into the Great West to\\ncarrv glad tidings to those who were bearing the heavy burflens", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "534 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nof frontier life. It is testified of her that she had been instru-\\nmental in organizing more than thirt}- chnrches. She never\\nIxjasted of having aecomplished anything. The Lord s service is\\njoyous, was all she had to say of her part in the work. Having\\npreached for about forty years in the West, going from the prairie\\nschoolhouse to the citj church, and again, at a time when an\\nuiirising of the redmen was feared, taking her way into the Indian\\ncountr} to tell them of Peace on earth, good will toward men,\\nshe returned to the scenes of earlv life. Making her home near\\nthat of a brother in Harrison, Me., she still labored as her strength\\nwould permit, till almost the close. With her husband, who was\\na preacher, she did lasting work in life s harvest fields.\\nVII. J,\\\\coB N., born Jan. 2, 1816; married, 1st, EHza Ann, daughter of\\nAbram Osborne of Fitchburg, who died at the early age of twenty-\\nsix years; married, 2d, Abbie S. Moses of Warwick, Mass.; died,\\n1873, in San Francisco, Cal. He commenced life as a teacher, in\\nwhich calling he was very successful. After his marriage he\\nengaged in the dry goods business, opening a store in Fitchburg.\\nAfterward removed to Sterling, Mass., where he carried on the\\nsame business. During his residence in that town he served as\\npostmaster, also as a member of the board of school committee.\\nIn 1869, he went with his sons to settle in Nevada, entering into\\nbusiness there, in which he was very successful till the panic of\\n1873, and died suddenly while on a business trip to San Fran-\\ncisco. He was a person of marked intellectual abilit} and of\\ngenial disposition. Children: 1. Frank Henry, resides in Challis,\\nIdaho 2. William Hartley, resides in Tuscarora, Nevada 3.\\nEdith Francis, married Alexander Clark resides in Nevada 4.\\nAddie Newell, resides in Fitchburg.\\nVIII. James, born May 6, 1817; died Jan. 28, 1821.\\nIX. Philander, born June 13, 1819.\\nX. Sarah Ann, born Dec. 31, 1824; died Nov. 2, 1844.\\nXI. Malvina Amanda, born May 11, 1828; married Augustus Leach\\nwho died Nov. 10, 1877. They moved from the homestead in\\nSterling, to Keene, in 1868, where Mr. Leach engaged in the busi-\\nness of contractor and builder. One child, Charles Aiignsttis\\nLeach, born Oct. 17, 1848; married Nov. 12, 1872, Emma L.\\nWhitney of Keene; resides in Fitchburg. One child, Winfred\\nCharles, born Jan. 21, 1877. Mi s. Leach married, 2d, June 30,\\n1881, F. A. Osborne of Fitchburg.\\nElisha H. Tolman, son of Henry, born June 17, 1811;\\nmarried, Nov. 30, 1837, Rosina, daughter of Artemas\\nBeard of Fitzwilliani, and located in Sterling, Mass.,\\nwhere he resided till 1841, when he moved to Fitz-\\nwilliani; but in the spring of 1843, he bought the\\nCameron farm of Rev. Ezekiel Rich, and returned to", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n535\\nTroy. He was engaged in making brick for several\\nyears near where the Troy Brick Co. s yard now is.\\nWas representative in 1867 and 1868. He went from\\nTroy to Denmark, Me., and later to Jackson, N. H.,\\nEUSHA H. TOLMAN.\\nwhere he built a large shop for the manufacture of\\nclotlies])ins and other things. Mrs. Tolman died in\\nTroy, June 23, 1862, and he married, 2d, May 17,\\n1865, Abby B. Foster of Clinton, Mass. He died in\\nJackson, Jan. 16, 1876, dropping dead on entering his\\ndoor after returning from church. His widow married,\\nAug. 5, 1879, Walter V. Harmon of Harrison, Me.,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "536 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nwho died Sept. 14, 1882. Mrs. Harmon resides in\\nWorcester.\\nI. Ellen R., born Sept. 14, 1838; married, July 4, 1865, Chaimcey N.\\nGarfield. One child, Ella A. Garfield, born June 22, 18G7.\\nII. Sidney E., born Nov. 14-, 1844; married, 1st, Sept. 18, 1867, Addic\\nL., daughter of J. S. Kinsman of Keene, who died in Fitchburg,\\nMass., Sept. 8, 1891; married, 2d, March 28, 1895, Mamie A.\\nSpencer of East Concord, N. Y. resides in East Concord. Chil-\\ndren: 1. Fred A., born in Keene, March 19, 1870; 2. Maud A.,\\nborn in Denmark, Me., May 4, 1873; 3. Arthur C, born in Hal-\\nlowell, Me., April 20, 1881; died Aug. 8, 1881; 4. Nina M.. born\\nin Bridgton, Me., Jan. 6, 1884.\\nIII. Sarah Ann, born March 4, 1847; married Nov. 13, 1866, (ieorge\\nH. Kinsman. Children: 1. Minnie R. Kinsman, born July 19,\\n1868; married John L. Livermore of Londonderry, Vt. 2.\\nJohn S. Kinsman, born Sept. 29, 1869; died July 30, 1873; 3.\\nLouis H. Kinsman, born in Keene, Nov. 2, 1874; 4. Ernest A.\\nKinsman, born in Keene, Aug. 19, 1876; 5. Anna M. Kinsman,\\nborn in Keene, Jan. 19, 1879; 6. Addie (t. Kinsman, born in\\nLondonderry, Vt., June 30, 1S81; 7. Stella A. Kinsman, l)orn in\\nLondonderry, Nov. 7, 1883 8. Alice C. Kinsman, born in Bel-\\nlows Falls, May 8, 1885; 9. Henry T. Kinsman, born in Bellows\\nFalls, Ma} 5, 1887; 10. Grace G. Kinsman, born in Fitchburg,\\nApril 3, 1891.\\nIV. Mary Ann, born Feb. 10, 1849; married, Jan. 1, 1869, Levi Saben,\\nJr., of Winchester. Children: 1. Alfred L. Saben, born Dec. 14,\\n1869; married, March 17, 1897, Emihe M. Pickett; 2. Delano M.\\nSaben, born Jan. 9, 1879; 3. Laura E. Saben, born Feb. 28, 1882.\\nV. Minnie P., born Nov. 25, 1852; married, 1st, June 30, 1870, Charles\\nE. Partridge; she married, 2d, March 31, 1888, Walter E. Saben\\nof Winchester. Children: 1. Ralph E. Partridge, born Ma\\\\ 12,\\n1875; died Nov. 22, 1882; 2. Maurice E. Partridge, born April 3,\\n1878; 3. Leon R. Partridge, born Aug. 19, 1880; 4. Harry T.\\nPartridge, born Nov. 17, 1884.\\nVI. Charles Henry, born July 10, 1855; died July 1, 1863.\\nPhilander Tolman, son of Henry, born June, 1819; mar-\\nried Laura Kelton of War-wick, Mass. He went with\\nhis father to Warwick, in March, 1835, and the fol-\\nlowing year went to Worcester, Mass., and served an\\napprenticeship in the wire business for several years,\\nand in 1848, went with his family to Harrison, Me.,\\nand started out in the manufacture of iron and steel\\nwire, folloAving the business for forty years, retiring in\\n1888. He was captain of the Washington Boys Ar-\\ntillery Co. of Troy, in 1833 and 1834. He became a", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 53T\\nmember of the Baptist church in 1837, and since that\\ntime has been a teacher and superintendent of Sunday\\nschools; school agent and superintendent of schools\\nfor many years; has been selectman of his town,\\nrepresentative to the General Court and served as state\\nsenator for two terms for Cumberland County. Has\\nbeen treasurer of Bridgton Academy for more than\\nfifteen years and one of the board of trustees. Has\\nbeen deacon of the Baptist church for years.\\nI. Frank Warren. Was a graduate of Colby University and Newton\\nTheological Seminar_v died in 1877.\\nII. Theodore M.\\nm. Charles Elliot.\\nIV. Emma Frances; niiirried All^ert F. Richardson.\\nV. James Henry. Is a law\\\\ er in Casco, Me.\\nVI. Anna Malvina; married Walter L. Audley.\\nCharles Tolman, son of Benjamin, born 1789; married,\\nJan. 1, 1817, Alta Anderson of Albany, N. Y., and\\nresided there until 1819, when he returned to Troy,\\nand took up his abode with his parents, \\\\vho were\\nthen living on the Stephen Tolman place. In 1820, he\\nremoved to Richmond, where he stopped two years;\\nafter this he lived in Fitchburg three years, and then\\nagain returned to Troy, afterward removing to Shel-\\nburne Falls, Mass., ^vhere he died. At the commence-\\nment of the war with Great Britain in 1812, Mr. Tol-\\nman was at Hudson, N. Y., and on the 9th of July of\\nthat year enlisted and joined the American army at\\nPlattsburg. The next year he was sent with a detach-\\nment of the army to Sacket s Harbor. On the 25th\\nof April, he accompanied Gen. Dearborn, who embarked\\nwith seventeen hundred men on board a flotilla, under\\ncommand of Commodore Chauncy, from Sacket s Har-\\nbor, for the purpose of attacking York, the capital of\\nUpper Canada. On arriving at the place of debarka-\\ntion, about two miles from the enemy s works, an\\nattempt was made to oppose their landing; but the\\nBritish were thrown into disorder, and fled to their\\ngarrison. Mr. Tolman was one of the number selected\\nbv Gen. Pike to attack the enem^ s fortifications, and", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "538 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nhe stood a few feet from that officer at the time he\\nwas killed, by an explosion of a magazine. After the\\ncapture of York, Mr. Tolman was sent to Fort Niagara,\\nwhere he remained about one month he assisted in\\nthe reduction of Fort George, after which he came\\ndown the St. Lawrence wnth the force under Wilkin-\\nson, and retired into winter quarters at French Mills.\\nEarly the next spring he returned to Plattsburg, and\\non the 11th of March received the commission of ensign\\nin a company commanded by Capt. Humphrey, which\\ntook an active part in the battle there on the 11th of\\nSeptember following. After the battle he was appointed\\nprovost-marshal and sent to Crabb Island, about three\\nmiles from Plattsburg, to assist in taking charge of\\nthe prisoners. The 22d of November he was promoted\\nto the rank of third lieutenant, in which capacity he\\nserved to the close of the war.\\nI. Chester, born Nov. 13, 1817; married, Nov. 29, 1S44-. Luciiula\\nFelton of Shelljurne Falls.\\nII. Cornelia, born June 8, 1820; married, Dec. 26, 18-t2,\\ndied April 25, 1845.\\nIII. Mary Ann, born April 27, 1822; died Dec. 26, 1826.\\nIV. Orville, born Jan. 4, 1825; married, Dec. 20, 1851, Louisa Bowers.\\nV. Angeline, born Sept. 2, 1827; died Feb. 8, 1849.\\nVI. Albert, born Oct. 24, 1829; married, Oct. 23, 1856, Sarah Hriggs;\\nresides in Shelburne Falls.\\nStephen Tolman, son of Benjamin, born 1798; married,\\n1st, June 30, 1825, Hannah Martin of Richmond, but\\nthe union being an unhappy one they were divorced\\nand he married, 2d, Lorentha Fisher of Vermont, June\\n5, 1837, who died Sept. 27, 1843; married, 3d, April\\n13, 1844, Susan Fisher, sister of his second wife. He\\nlived on the place now owned by Nelson Rice, but after\\na time went to Shelburne Falls, Mass., where he died.\\nI. Arvilla Ann, born Oct. 16, 1828; died May 13, 1849.\\nII. Alvah, born Aug. 13, 1840.\\nIII. Lorenzo, born Sept. 19, 1843.\\nIV. George Andrew, born Dec. 2, 1844.\\nV. Emily Lorenza, born Jime 5, 1849; died Sept. 22, 1849.\\nVI. Henry Emerson, born Jan. 15, 1850.\\nVII. Lai ka Marilla, born Aug. 2, 1853.\\nVIII. Ella Rosina, born April 18, 1885.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n539\\nThomas Tolman, son of Major Thomas Tolman, of Marl-\\nborough, born March 12, 1814; married, Nov. 30,\\n1836, Susan R. Adams. Mr. Tolman resided a few\\nyears on the place now owned by Samuel A. Mason.\\nHe left town about 1884.\\nNathan Townsend, came from Westborough, Mass., to\\nFitzwilliam about 1778. His wife was Sarah Putnam,\\nwho died June 14, 1810, aged sixt3 -five years. He\\ndied Nov. 8, 1809, aged sixty-seven. He had a family\\nof eight children, of whom Aaron was the seventh,\\nborn April 1, 1779; died March 26, 1854; married,\\nFeb. 21, 1811, Sylvene, born Dec. 23, 1781; died March\\n8, 1851, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Brigham)\\nDavidson of Fitzwilliam. They had three children,\\nLuther, Aaron and Alvah.\\nLuther Townsend, son of Aaron, born Aug. 12, 1813;\\nmarried, Sept. 4, 1845, Laura Maria, born Feb. 16,\\n1815; died August 3,\\n1872, in Keene, daugh-\\nter of Matthew and\\nLucy (Brown) Nims of\\nKoxbury, N. H. Mr.\\nTownsend was pastor\\nof the Congregational\\nchurch in Troy for fif-\\nteen years, and preached\\nin Loudon, N. H., one\\nyear. They had no child-\\nren but an adopted\\ndaughter.\\nI. Marianna, born January 12,\\n1854-.\\nWn.BUR M. Tumey, son of\\nJohn and Catherine\\n(Van Wert) Tumey, was\\nborn in Pitts to wn N Y\\n1860; married, Dec. 24,\\n1891, Ruth Ann, daugh-\\nter of Edward and Harriet (Birt whistle) Hartley, born\\nin England, 1866.\\nRev. Luther Townsend.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "540 HiSTORV OF TROY.\\nI. Miriam Horsfai.l, Ijoni June 24, 1.S93.\\nII. Mabel Ellkn, l)orii Dec. 5, 1894.\\nErastus Tupper, born in Tolland, Conn., July 5, 1806;\\nmarried Mehitable Waitt of New Salem, Mass., where\\nhe resided some years; she died Sept. 10, 1889, and\\nhe married, 2d, July 4, 1842, Lois H. Merrifield, who\\ndied Aug. 22, 1887. Mr. Tupper came from Athol to\\nTroy, in 1851, and located on the Levi L. Pierce farm,\\nafterwards removed to Jafifrey, but returned to Troy,\\nin 1857. He died Sept. 13, 1896.\\nI. Nancv, born Fel)rnar3 1834; married Simeon Merrifield; died May\\n17, 1882.\\nII. Joseph, born June 5, 1836; married, Jan. 1, 1860, Lydia A. Avery\\nof Jaffrey; died Dec. 23, 1886; his wife died April 6, 1896;\\nresided in Turners Falls, Mass. Children: 1. Lilla Josephine,\\nborn Feb. 4, 1861 married, June 8, 1887, Henry M. Harlow of\\nCnmmington, Mass.; resides in Turners Falls; 2. Charles Amos,\\nborn November, 1863; died Jan. 8, 1864; 3. Alvin Joseph, born\\nJan. 31, 1865; died April 15, 1889; 4. Martin Hosea, horn Nov.\\n9, 1871.\\nIII. Alonzo W., born Sept. 7, 1838; married, Sept. 5, 1861, Laura\\nA. Parkhurst; died June 2, 1874; she married, 2d, Sawyer,\\nwho died. One child, Willis A., born Feb. 26, 1862; married,\\nSept. 12, 1894, Jennie Sawyer. One child, Howard M.\\nIV. George W., born May 14, 1843; married, May 19, 1866, Elmira\\nS. Stoddard of Winchendon resides in Marlborough. One child.\\nRose N. E., born July 5, 1868; married, Aug. 8, 1888, Arthur G.\\nFish. One child, Harold G. Fish, born Jan. 22, 1893.\\nV. Alm?:na R., born Feb. 2, 1845; married, Albert D. Avery, who died\\nNov. 15, 1871, aged 29 years; .she died June 1, 1873. Children:\\n1. Eugene Albert Avery, born July 27. 1869; 2. Minnie V. Avery,\\nborn 1864; died Sept. 28, 1876 3. Hattie M. Avery, horn March\\n22, 1866; married Frank H. Bush; resides in Peoria, Ills.\\nVI. E. Eugene, born Nov. 14, 1851 died May 11, 1864.\\nW11.LIAM N. Watson, was born in Skaneateles, N. Y., Aug.\\n2, 1822; married, May 31, 1855, Mary A., baptized\\nAug. 23, 1823, daughter of Rufus and Sibyl (Johnson)\\nFoster of Fitzwilliam. Mr. Watson came from Ohio\\nto Troy in the fall of 1865, and purchased the Jonas\\nBemis place on West Hill, where he resided until his\\ndeath, July 16, 1885. He served in the War of the\\nRebellion in the Fifth Independent Company of Ohio\\nSharpshooters and attained the rank of captain. Mr.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "GENEALOOrCAL REGISTER.\\n541\\nWatson was an enterprising and successful farmer, and\\nrespected citizen, serving the town as selectmen several\\nWilliam N. Watson.\\nterms and represented the town in the legislature. His\\nwidow^ resides in East Templeton, Mass. Children\\nborn in Berea, Ohio.\\nMary Ella, born Oct. 20, 1856; married George H. Farr resides\\nin Worcester. One child, William Henry Farr, Ijorn Oct. 20, 18S5.\\nMaggie Belle, born Dec. 29, 1858; married, April 26, 1882, George\\nE. Smith; resides in East Templeton, Mass. Children bom, i to\\nII, in Tro3^ m, in Gardner, iv to vi, in East Templeton. Children\\n1. George Perky Smith, born Feb. 14, 1883; 2. Hnrley Newtnn\\nSmith, born Oct. 29, 1884; 3. Daniel Herbert Smith, born Jan.\\n24, 1886; 4. Maggie IdcUa Smith, born Feb. 23, 1888; died May", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "542 HISTORY OF TKOY.\\n7, 1889; 5. Inn Mabel Snihh. l) )ni June 12, 1889; died Fel). G,\\n1890; 6. Burton Ray Smith, born vScpt. 18, 189-t.\\nWilliam Ward of Barre, Mass., married, March 20, 1844,\\nSarah L., daughter of Noah Porter, and Hved on the\\nWard ])hice, so called, near the new cemetery, and\\nnow owned by C. D. Farrar. He died April 20, 1S70,\\naged sixty years. His widow married, 2d, A4ay 2,\\n1879, Alvan W. Lewis of Leominster, Mass.\\nI. Cmaklks F., l)()ni died 1852.\\nII. (iKOKCK L., l)()ni 184-(); niarried, I^\\\\-l). JCk 1S()( Mary A. Sullivan.\\nIII. Maky Maria.\\nIV. Hatti?; Emma, ))()ni May 3, 1850; married John Kendall.\\nV. Henry Noah, horn AprU 5, 1854; married, March 27, 1876, Hannah\\nE. vSnllivan. One cWM, James Hewy, liorn Oct. 19, 1886.\\nVI. Charlks Francis, horn June 7, 1859; married, 1881, F lora\\nF. Ahhott. Children: 1. Elmer IF., horn Feh. 24-, 1882; 2.\\nNellie May, horn March 12, 1888.\\nVII. Frederick E., horn Sept. 4, 1864; died.\\nVIII. F.LMKR Ei GHNE, horn .April 7, 1867; married, 1st, Sept. 28, 1892,\\nEva M., dauohter of Ozro J. and Lucy M. (Kendall) Hale, who\\ndied March 18, 1893, and he married, 2d, 1895, Minnie B. Ryam,\\nof Fitzwilliam. One child, Eva Hale, horn March 4, 1893.\\nReuben Ward, son of Phineas and Mary Ward, born in\\nMarlborough, Mass., Dec. 28, 1746; married, June 13,\\n1771, Sarah Kendall; died Jan. 8, 1800.\\nI. Sally, horn Jan. 30, 1772; married John Joy; removed to Glover,\\nVermont.\\nII. Abigail, horn Nov. 9, 1773; married Simon Piper; removed to\\nMaine.\\nIII. Reuben, horn Dec. 9, 1775; married, June 3, 1804, Keliecca, daugh-\\nter of Samuel Coolidge of Marlhorovigh died June 2, 1808.\\nIV. Elizabeth, horn July 10, f777; married Jonas Rohinson.\\nv. John, horn May 25, 1779; died in Troy, of hydrophobia.\\nVI. Daniel, born June 21, 1781; married, Dec. 13, 1802, Lois Whitney\\nof Winchendon removed to Leroy, N. Y.\\nVII. Lucy, born April 12, 1784; married, March, 1805, Timothy Thomp-\\nson of Swanzey.\\nVIII. Levi, born Jan. 7, 1788; married, Sept. 20, 1809, Nancy Whitney\\nof Winchendon removed to Covington, N. H.\\nIX. Fatty, born .\\\\])ril 17, 1790, was scalded to death by boiled cider,\\nNov. 4, 1795. In order to perpetuate the memory of this event,\\nthe following verse was placed upon her gravestone, which stands\\nin the old Center burying ground in Marlborough.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 543\\nBy boiling cyder she was slain,\\nWhilst less than six of age,\\nThen her exquisite, racking pain\\nRemoved her frcjm the stage.\\nBut her immortal spirit \\\\vent\\nTo the Almighty King,\\nWhere all the godly ones are sent.\\nThe praise of God to sing.\\nX. Nancy, bom Nov. 25, 1793; married Amos Fife of Boston.\\nXI. Calvin, born May 4, 1798; married Thankful Smith; removed to\\nLeroy, N. Y.\\nWheeler. Thomas Wheeler was born in Concord,\\nMass., in 1640, and in 1675 accompanied Capt. Hutchin-\\nson, himseh then a captain with about twenty men, to\\nOuaboag, now Brookfield, Mass., to treat with the In-\\ndians. They were drawn into an ambush by the perfidious\\nsavages, and eight of their number killed. Capt. Hutchin-\\nson was mortally wounded, and died soon after. Capt.\\nWheeler was severely wounded, had his horse shot under\\nhim, and, when near being despatched by the enemy, was\\nrescued by his son Thomas, he also being wounded, who\\nplaced his father upon a horse whose rider w^as slain, and\\nboth succeeded by flight in saving their lives. Capt.\\nWheeler died the following year. His son Thomas, whose\\nwife was Hannah had John born in Concord, 1661,\\nbut soon settled in Marlborough, Mass. John married,\\nJune 25, 1664, Elizabeth Wells; he died 1721. Their son\\nJosejih, born April 19, 1700, married, 1st, Jan. 16, 1718,\\nElizabeth Holloway, who died; and he married, 2d, March\\n17, 1730, Deborah Whitney; he died April 23, 1772.\\nDavid Wheeler, son of Joseph and Deborah (Whitney)\\nWheeler, born in Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 8, 1744;\\nmarried, 1st, about 1775, Rebecca Hoar. Mrs. Wheeler\\ndied Sept. 11, 1803; and he married, 2d, Nov. 14,\\n1804, Mrs. Martha Perry, widow of Dr. Justus Perry.\\nMr. Wheeler died Oct. 6, 1813; his widow died May\\n19, 1825.\\nI. David, l)orn June 1 177(5; was a physieian; settled in New Jersey.\\nII. Phkhh, born Nov. (i, 1777; married, Oet. 2, 179S, Al)el Hriiiliam of\\nJaffrey; settled in New York.\\nIII. Dolly, born Sept. 2, 1779; married John Cheever.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "544 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIV. JusiAii, born Feb. 5, 17S1; itiiirricd Xancv Hiiskcll died on the\\nhome fiirm.\\nV. Kehkcca, 1)oni April IS, 1782; married Solomon Kiee of Fitzwilliam.\\nVI. Eunice, l^orn June 19, 1783; married Jeremiah Frost.\\nVII. Sallv, born Feb. 26, 1785; married Jonathan Frost.\\nVIII. Lrcv, born Mav 7, 1787; married Joseph Frost.\\nIX. Joseph, born Dec. 7, 1788; married Wilder; removed to Utica,\\nNew York.\\nX. Jonathan, born April 28, 1791; removed to Newton, Mass.\\nXI. Charlotte, born Nov. 18, 1792; married Kufns Smith.\\nXII. Billy, born May 24, 1794; died Nov. 30, 1812.\\nXIII. John, born April 30, 1796; died May 8, 1796.\\nXIV. Curtis, born July 17, 1797.\\nXV. KoxANN.\\\\, born Aug. 24, 1799; married Jeremiah Wilkins.\\nXVI. Benjamin Franklin, born Sept. 9, 1805; married Mary Evans;\\ndied in Keene, September, 1872.\\nXVII. Sumner, born March 8, 1807; married, May 15, 1832, Catherine\\nVose of Boston.\\nXVIII. OuiNCv, born March 17, 1809; died in Keene, Jan. 13, 1839.\\nXIX. Virgil, baptized, June 23, 1811; died Oct. 10, 1813.\\nSilas Wheeler came from Holden, Mass., to Fitzwilliam\\nabout the year 1800. In 1806, he moved to Marl-\\nborough, living on the place now owned by Gregory\\nLawrence. He moved to Swanzey in 1832. He married,\\nAug. 12, 1789, Persis, daughter of James Brewer.\\nI. Silas, born April 17, 1790; died young.\\nII. Peksis, born Sept. 30, 1791.\\nIII. James, born July 26, 1794.\\nIV. Silas, born Dec. 25, 1796.\\nV. Vashti, born March 29, 1802.\\nVI. Asa, born June 12, 1805.\\nvii. Aaron, born April 3, 1807.\\nVIII. Simon, born March 16, 1810.\\nNathan Wheeler, possibly a brother of Silas, came from\\nHolden, Mass., in 1798. He died 1836.\\nI. PoLLV, married Reuben Newell.\\nII. Adelia, married Nathan Newell.\\nIII. Jonathan, married Lucy Whipple; settled in F itchbvtrg.\\nIV. Eliza, married, 1st, Elnathan Gorham. He died 1821, and she\\nmarried, 2d, Moses Hayden, who died in 1851, and she married,\\n3d, John Lawrence.\\nV. Clarissa, died aged 36.\\nVI. Nathan.\\nStephen Wheeler was born in Boxborough, Mass., Sept.\\n5, 1786; married, 1808, Polly Wright of Fitzwilliam,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISl EK. 545\\nAvho was l)orn Jan. 30, 1788. He resided in his native\\ntown, wnth the exception of two years, during which\\nhe was in Troy, N. Y., until he came to this town. In\\nMarch, 1827, he bought the hotel built hy Josiah\\nMorse, and about seventy acres of land adjoining, and\\ncommenced keeping a public house. Soon after opening\\nthe public house he commenced trade in the old Chap-\\nman house, and engaged in the staging business also,\\ncarrying on at the same time, the public house, trade\\nin the store, staging and farming. He built a house\\nand store south and adjoining the hotel, the Jacob\\nBoyce house and other buildings in the vicinity. He\\nremoved to Momence, Ills., in January, 1855, where he\\ndied Jan. 15, 1861 his widow died Oct. 7, 1862.\\nI. Stephen, born Sept. 1, 1809; married, Dec. 10, 1829, Harriet Gor-\\nham died in Richmond, July 19, 1838.\\nII. Makv, Ijorn Feb. 26, 1812; married Brown Nurse; died.\\nIII. Lucv, Ijorn fan. 22, 1814; married David Wilder; died July l^,\\n1842, at Manchester.\\nIV. Catherine, born June 22, 1816; married Timothy Kendall.\\nV. Hannah, born March 17, 1819; married David W. Fiirrar; resides\\nin Troy.\\nVI. Harriet, born July 3, 1821 died March 26, 1823.\\nvn. Aitnv T., born Jan. 22, 1824; married David Frost.\\nvin. Ephraim, born April 23, 1826; married, Aug. 29, 1842, Louisa A.\\nNutting-. Resides in Momence, Ills.\\nIX. Nancv, born March 7, 1829; married George P. Makinstry.\\nX. David, born July 24, 1832; married, Oct. 12, 1856, Maria, daugh-\\nter of Joseph Haskell; died in Momence, Ills., Sept. 2, 1865. His\\nwidow married, 2d, Edwin Ruttrick. One child, Walter born\\nDec. 13, 1862.\\nSampson Wheeler, a brother of Stephen, married, Feb.\\n18, 1841, Miranda, daughter of Reuben Newell, and\\ncommenced keeping the public house in the village.\\nAfterwards he resided on the Flint place, but later pur-\\nchased the Stillman Newell place, where Elijah H.\\nAdams now lives. He died Aug. 29, 1876; his widow\\ndied Aug. 2, 1881, aged 74.\\nI. Aevin.\\nJohn Whe:eler was the son of Preston Wheeler, and was\\nborn in Westmoreland, in 1812; married, 1st, August,\\n1841, Roxana Clark of Clarendon, Vt., who died Feb.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "546 HISrOKY OF TROY.\\n6, 1867, aged 47; married, 2d, Mrs. He\\ndied Jan. 13, 1892.\\nI. John Harris, liorn Jnh 1, 1851.\\nWalter H. Wheeler, son of David, l)orn Dee. 13, 1862;\\nmarried, Sept. 9, 1883, Mary G., daughter of Harve}^\\nS. and Adeline B. (Read) Gates.\\nI. Blanche, born July 25, ISJSl.\\nII. Gladys May, born .\\\\ug. 19, 1894.\\nJonathan Whipple, a carpenter by trade, was said to\\nhave been in town previous to 1777. He removed to\\nConcord, Vt., in 1804, and died March, 1839, aged 87;\\nhis wife died January, 1830.\\nI. Edwards, born Nov. 6, 1777; was a carpenter b}- trade.\\nII. Edmund Rice, born March 19, 1779.\\nIII. Hannah, born April 22, 1780; married, July 17, 1803, Josiah Roj^ers.\\nlY. Joel Green, born Dec. 2, 1781; removed to Vermont.\\nV. Sarah, born July 27, 1783; married Walker.\\nVI. Kizpah, 1)orn March 13, 1785.\\nVII. Lucy, born May 15, 1787.\\nVIII. Jonathan, born July 23, 1789.\\nZopher Whitcomb was born in Framingham, Mass., in\\n1781. He married. May 7, 1797, Mehitable, daughter\\nof WilHam and Mehitable (Jones) Tenney, who died\\n1832; he died 1847.\\nI. Asa, removed to Vermont.\\nII. Abigail, died aged 30.\\nIII. William, born Feb. 20, 1801.\\nIV. Eliza, married Nathaniel Parker; died June 28, 184-8.\\nV. Luke, died 1838.\\nVI. Nancy, married Nathaniel Parker; died Sept. G, 1882.\\nWilliam Whitcomb, son of Zopher, born Feb. 20, 1801\\nmarried, July 18, 1821, Clarissa, daughter of Edmund\\nBemis, and resided one year on the Josiah Wheeler\\nfarm. In 1822, he moved to the Simon Butler place,\\nand lived there until 1824, and then rented the Jotham\\nH. Holt place. In 1826, he went to Londonderry, Vt.,\\nwhere he resided until 1829, when he returned to Troy\\nand bought the Newell farm of Russell W aters. He\\ndied Jan. 8, 1860; his wife died July 8, 1876.\\nI. Elliot, born Atig-. 19, 1822; married, April, 1851, Elizabeth P.\\nDarling of Jaftrey; died Aug. 30, 1879. One child, Fred E., born", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 547\\nMa3^ 25, 1865; married, Dec. 24, 1889, Susie E., daughter of\\nElijah H. and Luthera P. (Howes) Adams. In 1895, he built a\\nhouse on a lot purchased of A. G. Lawrence.\\nII. Luther, born Julj- 31, 1824; married, 1st, Febi-uary, XS49, Lucy\\nAnn May of Winchendon, who died Jan. 25, 1851; married, 2d,\\nJanuary, 1853, Caroline Wright. He died Oct. 24, 1854.\\nIII. Elsina, born Dec. 25, 1880; died Oct. 18, 1839.\\nIV. Ch.\\\\rles, born July 7, 1833; died Nov. 17, 1855.\\nV. Franklin, born Dec. 19, 1836.\\nFranklin Whitcomb, son of William, born Dec. 19, 1836;\\nmarried, June 6, 1860, Eliza P., daughter of Oren and\\nJulia A. (Wright) Brooks of Fitzwilliam, born April 1,\\n1839.\\nI. Charles, born May 5, 1861; married, Nov. 23, 1881, Lulu L.,\\ndaughter of Henry Grimes. Children: 1. Mary Alice, born Dec.\\n2, 1883; 2. Julia Eliza, born July 19,1885; 3. William Franklin,\\nborn Nov. 8, 1887; 4. Luther Elliot, born March 29, LS90 5.\\nVera R., born Jan. 5, 1895.\\nII. Etta, born Jan. 27, 1865; married Alonzo B. Abbott.\\nIII. Marv, born June 10, 1867; died Aug. 15, 1869.\\nIV. Katie, born July 2, 1875; died March 31. 1878.\\nV. (trace Elliot, born Aug. 3, 1880.\\nJacob Whitcomb, son of Jacob, of Richmond, married\\nSamantha, daughter of William Chase, and lived in\\nRichmond until his death, which occurred Nov. 29,\\n1855, aged 42. His widows resides in Troy.\\nI. Sarah E., born June 10, 1837.\\nII. Jane E., born Aug. 29, 1839.\\nIII. John A., born Jan. 9, 1843; died A])ril 8, 1844.\\nIV. Judith A., born March 25, 1845.\\nV. Oliver P., born Nov. 10, 1847.\\nOliver P. Whitcomb, son of Jacob, married, Nov. 18,\\n1867, Ellen, daughter of Nathan and Nancy (Whit-\\ncomb) Parker. Has lived on the Dea. Abel Baker farm\\nfor several years.\\nI. Frank Albert, born Aug. 13, 1868; married, Oct. 2, 1891, Mary\\nE. Campliell of Sudbury, Mass., born Aug. 27, 1875. One child,\\nFrank Earle, born Sept. 15, 1894.\\nII. Nettie Isabel, born Nov. 25, 1875.\\nIII. Emma Ji dith, born Nov. 5, 1877; m.-irricd, July 22, 189( Henry\\nBrown.\\nIV. Jennie Estella, born Nov. 10, 1880.\\nv. James Edwin, born Oct. 5, 1888.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "548 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nEzEKiEL White came from Douglas, Mass., quite early,\\nbut the precise date is not known, probably about\\n1782. He married Ruth Cree of Douglas. He settled\\non the farm which has been mentioned as the residence\\nof Timothy Godding. His wife died April 12, 1790.\\nChildren proliably all born in Douglas. The list here\\ngiven may not be complete. The father and mother\\nboth died on the Godding farm.\\nI. Sarah, married and died in Keene.\\nII. Stephen, liorn abont 1760; married Molly died June 12,\\n1841, aged SO _vears.\\nIII. David, born about 1763; married Esther Bruce and settled on the\\nPorter White place; after living there soine years he bought the\\nReuben Nurse farm where he resided until after the death of his\\nwife, when he went to Vei mont.\\nIV. EzEKiEL, married, Sept. 28, 1791, Alice, ])robably daughter of Oliver\\nOrmsb} of Richmond; removed to Vermont.\\nV. Daniel, married, y\\\\pril 23, 1795, Patty Crane; removed to Vermont.\\nVI. HosEA, left town about 1794; resided in Mount Holly, Vt.\\nVII. LvDiA, married, Jtine 14, 1791, Samuel Stickney i-emoved to\\nVermont.\\nVIII. Hannah, married Tobey, and died in Burlington, Vt.\\nWiLLARD White was the tenth child of Stephen White;\\nmarried, Nov. 18, 1835, Mary Chase of Richmond,\\nborn Feb. 11, 1820. Was for several years, in the\\nearly fifties, an engineer on the Cheshire railroad. He\\ndied July 12, 1894, aged 83.\\nPorter White was a native of Warren, Mass., born Jan.\\n21, 1795; at the age of twelve years moved to Peters-\\nham with his parents, where he resided seven years,\\nthen moved to Alstead. He married, 1st, June 3, 1813,\\nBetsey Pratt, who died Dec. 3, 1831 married, 2d,\\n1850, Lois Goodale and became a resident of Troy.\\nHe died Feb. 20, 1875.\\nWhittemore. Thomas Whittemore of Charlestown,\\nMass., is generally looked upon as the emigrant ancestor\\nof the entire Whittemore family in the United States.\\nWhile this has not been positively proved, and perhaps\\ncannot be, it is yet extremely probable. It is certain that\\nno other emiorant ancestor bearino the name has been", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 549\\ndiscovered, though quite extended investigations have been\\nmade by various persons in different branches of the family\\nfor the express purpose of looking up the family pedigree.\\nThomas, the emigrant, was from Hitchin, in the county of\\nHertford, England, about thirty miles north of London.\\nFrom the parish record of the town, it is understood that\\nhis grandfather was William Whittemore; his father,\\nThomas, and his mother, Mar^^ William was born about\\n1540, and married in 1566. Thomas and Mary were\\nmarried in 1591. She died in December, 1604, and he in\\nApril, 1617. Thomas was one of the earliest settlers in\\nCharlestown, and located in that part which was subse-\\nquently in Maiden, and is now a part of Everett. His son\\nJohn was baptized in Hitchin, Feb. 11, 1639, and in 1645\\nhe bought a piece of meadow adjoining his farm in Charles-\\ntown, which shows that he came to this country between\\nthe dates given. It is probable that he came over in 1640\\nor 1641. He was married three times, and had one child\\nby his first wife, two by the second wife, and ten by the\\nthird wnfe. Of the children, i, Sarah ii, Mary iii, Thomas\\niv, Daniel; v, John, died young; vi, Nathaniel; vii, John,\\nwere born in Hitchin; and viii, Elizabeth; ix, Benjamin; x,\\nThomas; xi, Samuel; xii, Pelatiah xiii, Abraham, were\\nborn in Charlestown. Thomas, the father, died in Charles-\\ntown (Maiden), May 25, 1661. We see in this family the\\nuncommon circumstance of tw^o persons bearing the same\\nname and alive at the same time. By the terms of Thomas\\nWhittemore s will, dated May 5, 1613, the two sons named\\nThomas were both living, one in England and one in this\\ncountry. It will be noticed that the older Thf)mas was\\nby the second wife, and the younger one by the third wife.\\nThe homestead remained in possession of the family until\\nMay 1, 1845, over two hundred years.\\nJohn, son of Thomas, baptized in Hitchin, Feb. 11,", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "550 HISTORY OF TROY.\\n1639; died in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1694; married,\\n1st, Mary, daughter of Dea. John and EHzabeth Upham,\\nand had children, i, John; ii, Thomas; iii, Joseph; iv, Ben-\\njamin; V, EHzaloeth vi, Nathaniel; vii, Joel, died young;\\nmarried, 2d, Mary Miller, by whom he had children, viii,\\nJoel; ix, Mary, died young; x, Pelatiah xi, Amos; xii,\\nMary; xiii, Daniel; xiv, Rebecca; xv, Hannah.\\nJohn, son ot John, born 1662; owned covenant, April\\n4, 1687; died in Cambridge, April 16, 1702; married, 1st,\\nElizabeth Anabel, by whom he had i, John; she died Oct.\\n27, 1686, and he married, 2d, Sarah Hall, by whom he\\nhad children, ii, Jonathan iii, Richard iv, Joseph v,\\nSarah; vi. Experience, died young; vii, Thomas; viii. Expe-\\nrience; ix, Jonathan; x, Abigail; xi, Anna; xii, Josiah.\\nJohn, son of John, born Feb. 28, 1685; died April 21,\\n1748, in Boston, Mass.; a mariner; married, Nov. 8, 1711,\\nElizabeth Lloyd, who died Aug. 13, 1746, aged 57 years.\\nTheir children were, i, John, baptized May 16, 1714; ii,\\nElizabeth iii, Edward iv, Sarah.\\nJohn, son of John, baptized in the Second church, Bos-\\nton, May 16, 1764; married, June 3, 1742, Lydia Clough,\\nwho died Jan. 15, 1750, aged 31 years. One child, Wil-\\nliam, born about 1744; resided in Lynn, Mass., where he\\ndied June 5, 1782; married, April 30, 1767, Bethia Collins;\\ndied March 29, 1809. They had one child, WilHam, born\\nFeb. 17, 1768; married, Nov. 17, 1791, Anna Burrill.\\nThc}^ had children, i, William, born June 26, 1792; ii,\\nJohn iii, Josiah.\\nJosiah, son of John, born 1748 or 1749 in Boston; died\\nApril 11, 1814, in Phillipston, Mass., aged 65 years;\\nmarried, 1st, Aug. 9, 1773, Lucy, daughter of John and\\n(Clough) Snow of Lunenl)urgh, Mass.; married, 2d,\\nMartha (Parkhurst) Rider. He had by first wife, i, Wil-\\nliam; ii, John iii, Salmon iv, Mary v, Luc}-; vi, Josiah;", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER. 551\\nvii, Levi; viii, Cephas; ix, Otis x, Betsey-; by second wife,\\nxi, Cephtis xii, Zenas xiii, Martha; xiv, Sylvanus.\\nSalmon Whittemore, son of Josiah, born July 17, 1778,\\nin Lunenburg, Mass.; married, Aug. 28, 1805, Lydia,\\nborn June 18, 1784, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary\\nWheeler of Acton, Mass. He resided for a time in\\nRo3^alston, but in 1812 came here and bought the farm\\nsince OMrned by Alvah S. Clark. Levi Haskell had\\nowned the farm some years previous, but at this time\\nhe sold to Whittemore and moved to Fitzwilliam. Mr.\\nWhittemore lived there one year, then bought the Capt.\\nGodfrey house and moved to the village. He had\\nlearned the clothiers trade, and April 1, 1815, bought\\nof Jonathan Wood of Fitzwilliam, the fulling mill built\\nIda^ Thomas Benney, paying $1600, but the mill w^as\\nold and the timbers so decayed that the following year\\nhe took the mill dowm and built a new one. Mr.\\nWliittemore is said to have been a skilful workman,\\nand that he was much esteemed by his fellows-citizens\\nis evident from the various offices to which he was\\npromoted by their suffrages. He died May 6, 1826.\\nI. M.\\\\RY W., born Oct. 11, 1806; died Oct. 1-1, 1831.\\nII. Sarah S., born June 28, 1808; died Jan. 21, 1832.\\nIII. .\\\\bigail F., born Oct. 3, 1809; died Feb. 27, 1814.\\nIV. LvDiA Louisa, born Sept. 20, 1811 married, Dec. 20, 1832, William\\nS. Hutchins, born Dec. 16, 1809; died Nov. 1, 1856, in Keene\\nson of Elisha and Sarah of Winchester, N. H. Mrs. Hutchins\\nresides in Monticello, Iowa. Children born, 1-3 in Troy, 4 in\\nKeene. Children: 1. George William Hutchins, horn ]u\\\\x 9, 1838;\\ndied Feb. 18, 1842; 2. Mary Louisa Hutcliins, born July 27, 1840;\\ndied March 4, 1859; 3. Helen Eliza Hutchins, born Jan. 2, 1844;\\ndied Aug. 21, 1856; 4. Martha Sophia Hutchins, born Jan. 8,\\n1847; married, April 14, 1870, Douglass H. Smith, born Feb. 17,\\n1843, son of Henry D. and Harriet (Campbell) of Bowens Prairie,\\nla. Four children. Resides in Monticello, la.\\nV. CvKUS, born March 0, 1813; married, March 23, 1836, Mary D.,\\nborn April 21, 1817, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Lewis) Rich-\\nardson of Greenfield, N. H. Seven children. Resides in Aurora,\\nNeb.\\nVI. Son, born and died March 13, 1816.\\nVII. Elijah N., born April 27, 1817; died March 6, 1842.\\nVIII. Abigail N., born Mav 29, 1820; married Samuel (jrifiin Whitney;\\ndied Feb. 18, 1894", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "552 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nIX. (jKokch, boni Aiijj. 18, 1S22; married, June IS, 184-i, Emily, 1)()ni\\nJune 11, l!S2(), daughter of Benjamin and A1)igail (Habl)itt) Bar-\\nker of Westmoreland, N. H. Resides in Milford, Mass. Children\\nborn, 1-4 in Keene, 5-8 in Milford: 1. Frederick Benjamin, born\\nJuly 20, 1845; died April 20, 1850; 2. Sarah Eliza, born March\\n9, 1847; died April 17, 1883, in West Springfield, Mass.; married,\\nNov. 22, 1876, Rev. Julius B. Robinson, a Baptist clergyman; 3.\\nAbby Ann, l)orn April 5, 1849; died May 30, 1852; 4. Charles\\nFrederick, born May 2, 1851; died Jan. 21, 1853; 5. George\\nHarrison, born Oct. 17, 1853; 6. Anna Mabel, born Sept. 3,\\n1856; died Feb. 13, 1858; 7. Jennie Carpenter, born Dec. 15,\\n1858; died Jan. 11. 1860; 8. Arby Clifford, born March 31,\\n1861.\\nX. Salmon, born June 29, 1826; died Nov. 20, 1826.\\nLevi Whittemore was bom in Templeton, Mass., June\\n12, 1786; married, May 1, 1811, Polly, born Nov. 1.\\n1790, daughter of Jonathan and Susan (Tenney)\\nBlodgett, then of Marlborough. He resided in Marl-\\nborough and Jafifrey, coming to Tro^- about 1821, and\\nafter changing locations several times finally located\\nupon the farm afterwards owned by his son, Luther,\\nwhere he died Feb. 8, 1847, and his wife died Jan. 31,\\n1858. Children born, i, iii and iv in Marlborough; ii\\nin Templeton, Mass.; v in Jafifrey; vi-xii in Troy.\\nI. Mary Ann, born Nov. 13, 1811; married, Api-il 10, 1832, Lockhart\\nWillard Brockway, born March 24, 1805, son of John and Clar-\\nissa died April 7, 1846. Thev had seven children, of whom the\\nsecond, Clara Ann, married Lyman W. Bowker. Resides in\\nHinsdale.\\nII. Maria, born Aug. 30, 1813; died March 20, 1888.\\nIII. Lkvi, born Nov. 14, 1815.\\nIV. Luther, born Sept. 17, 1817.\\nV. RoANCY, born Feb. 6, 1820; married, Jan. 13, 1854, Sylvester\\nDrury of Fitzwilliam.\\nVI. John, born Nov, 13, 1822; married, 1st, Nov. 18, 1845, Lucy R.,\\nborn June 22, 1827; died Dec. 5, 1860; daughter of Simon and\\nLucy (Fitch) Gre\\\\^ married, 2d, Dec. 13, 1864, Mary Ann, born\\nMay 29, 1830, daughter of Anthoiw and Catherine (Hawkes)\\nPhelps resides in Templeton.\\nVII. Susan, born Sept. 27, 1824; married, Sept. 27, 1848, Thomas\\nPerry of Fitzwilliam.\\nVIII. Martha, born March 27, 1826; died Dec. 8, 1832.\\nIX. Caroline Matilda, born Feb. 25, 1828; married Elbridge Coolidge\\ndied June 8, 1888.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL KEGLSTER.\\n558\\nX. Sakah Malvina, Ijorn May 30, 1S3(); married Elbridge Co()lids t\\ndied Feb. 7. 1859.\\nXI. Cyrus Snow, born Aug. 20, 1832; married, Oct. 20, 1853, Eliza\\nAnn W., born Jan. 6, 1833, daughter of William and Sarah E.\\n(Hiscock) Lawrence of Marlborough; resides in Mansfield, Mass.\\nChildren: 1. Addie Eliza, born Feb. 26, 1858, in Trov 2. Effic\\nLawrence, born Jan. 12, 1870, in Fitchburg.\\nXII. Lucy Ann, Ijorn March 30, 1835; died.\\nLuther Whittemore, son of Levi, born Sept. 17, 1817;\\nmarried, Dec. 31, 1846, Abbv G., daughter of Easman\\nIvl TllKK WlIITTKMORE.\\nand Lucy (Garfield) Alexander; died Dec. 5, 1890. His\\nwife died March 2(3, 1890. He settled on the home\\nfarm, dividing his time between work upon the farm", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "554 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nand his trade as a stone mason. Failing health com-\\npelled him to give up farm labor, and a fe\\\\v years\\nbefore his death he purchased a place in the village, to\\nwhich he moved and where he died.\\nI. Curtis A., l)orn Nov. 6, 184-4- died at Fitchbiirg, Mass.. Dec. 11, 1867.\\nLevi Whittemore, son of Levi, born Nov. 14, 1815; mar-\\nried, 1st, April 15, 1841, Lucy Ann, daughter of Easman\\nand Lucy (Garfield) Alexander; she died Aug. 10, 1841;\\nmarried, 2d, Feb. 23, 1844, Mary M., born May 15,\\n1819, daughter of Martin and Hannah (Woodward)\\nRockwood; died Feb. 7, 1864. In 1846 he bought\\nthe Caleb Winch farm, upon which he resided till 1857,\\nafter which he resided in the village until his death,\\nwhere he w^orked as a stone mason.\\nI. Emm.\\\\ Maria, 1)orn Dec. 11, 1845.\\nII. Henry Martin, horn May 30, 1849; married, 1st, Nov. 6, 1877,\\nSarah L., bom June 8, 1850; died Sept. 11, 1878, datijihter of\\nHoratio and Sarah (Bemis) Lewis of Whitefield, N. H.; married,\\n2d, Oct. 25, 1882, Jennie G.. daughter of Earl and Eliza W.\\n(Gorham) Clark. Was engaged for several years in the manufacture\\nof pails and buckets at Bowkerville, in the firm of Coolidge\\nWhittemore till 1894, when he purchased Mr. Coolidge s interest.\\nChildren: 1. Caspar Martin, born May 26, 1885; 2. Eark\\nClark, born Nov. 24, 1889.\\nJohn Whitney was born in Dunstable, Mass., April 15,\\n1745; married, at Westminster. Mass., February, 1781,\\nMary Jones, born, Framingham, Mass., 1757; died\\nApril 19, 1836. He was a descendant of John Whitney,\\na Puritan emigrant, who settled in Watertown, Mass.,\\nin June, 1635. He was the son of John Whitney of\\nDunstable, and with a brother, Jonathan, came here\\nabout 1780 and purchased a tract of land near where\\nNahtim Green now resides. He resided on his farm\\nuntil his death, Nov. 3, 1829. He was in the battle of\\nBunker Hill, in Capt. Whitcomb s company, of Col.\\nJames Reed s regiment. In 1776, in Capt. Abijah\\nSmith s company for New York, mustered Sept. 21.\\nHe was one of the men returned for Fitzwilliam for\\nthree years of the war. In 1777 he marched to reen-\\nforce the garrison at Ticonderoga, on the alarm, in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 555\\nCapt. John Mellen s company. Was for a time in Col.\\nTimothy Bigelow s regiment for Worcester. Mass.\\nI. Nath.\\\\n, born Jnue IS, 17S1; died in ISll, in Slierbtirne, Vt., ol\\nspotted fever.\\nII. Mary, born March 2, 1783; married, Feb. 16, 1S12, Lnke Harris;\\ndied Sept. 19, 1816.\\nIII. Lucy, bom Jan. 22, 1785; died May 18, 1794.\\nIV. Sally, liorn May 30, 1787; married George Farrar; died.\\nV. John, born Dec. 10, 1789; married Mrs. Angnsta (Fisk) Brooks.\\nVI. Betsey, ))orn Jnh 12, 1792; married Lnke Harris.\\nVII. Sophia, Ijorn Jan. 20, 1795; married Eseck Dexter; died in 1866.\\nVIII. Luke, born Dec. 25, 1798; married Lonisa White.\\nJonathan Whitney, a brother of John, was born in Dun-\\nstable, Mass., Aug. 15, 1745; married, (the first mar-\\nriage recorded in Fitzwilliam), May 7, 1772, Abigail,\\nborn April 26, 1749, daughter of Joseph and Mary\\n(Adams) Hemenway. About 1810, he disposed of his\\ninterest to one Sanford, and moved to Hartland, Vt.\\nI. James, born Nov. 3, 1772; he married, went west and died.\\nII. Joseph, born June 7, 1774; married Sophia OHver.\\nIII. Francis, born Sept. 17, 1776; died June 1, 1842, and left two\\ndaughters; one is Mrs. Abigail Collins; resides in Lisbon, N. Y.\\nIV. Benjamin, born April 6, 1781 he was killed when a young man\\nwas at work on a railroad, blasting rock, and killed l)y a ]jiece\\nfrom the blast.\\nV. Jonathan, born April 6, 1783; married Miranda Marvin.\\nVI. Charles, born June 17, 1786; he had three sons and three daugh-\\nters; one, James, resides in Bristol, Vt., and Charles, resides in\\nBrookfield, Vt.\\nVII. Calvin, born May 25, 1788; married Eliza Everton.\\nVIII. Haynes, born December, 1789; married Jane Robinson.\\nCharles W. Whitney was the son of Isaiah Whitney, and\\nwas born in Rindge, Nov. 15, 1791 married, Nov. 10,\\n1818, Mary, daughter of Dea. Samuel and Hannah\\n(Bowker) Griffin, born Aug. 16, 1793; died Aug. 27,\\n1861; he died Oct. 31, 1861.\\nI. Samuel Griff~in, born Sept. 20, 1819.\\nII. Charles, born July 27, 1824; died July 10, 1827.\\nIII. Henry N., born Oct. 5, 1825; died Feb. 17, 1827.\\nIV. Charles Whitman, born Nov. 26, 1827.\\nV. Mary J., born Aug. 13, 1830; married, Dec. IS, 1856, Samuel A.\\nRichardson, M. D., born in Dublin, N. H., Dec. 23, 1830; died in\\nMarlborough. He settled in Marlborough as a physician in 1855.\\nHis skill and good judgment were soon recognized, and he was", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "556 HISTORY OF TROY.\\ncalled to practice more or less in all the adjoining towns. In\\nSeptember, 1862, he was appointed assistant surgeon of the\\nThirteenth Regiinent, N. H. V., and in A])ril, 1S63, snrgeon. One\\nchild, Mary Belle, born A])ri] 12, ISGI died Dec. 16, 1872.\\nSamuel G. Whitney, son of Charles W., born Sept. 20,\\n1819; married. May 24, 1842, Abbie N., daughter of\\nSahnon and Lydia (Wheeler) Whittemore, born May\\n29, 1820; died in Monticello, Iowa. Feb. 25, 1894. He\\nlocated in the house then owned by Mrs. Lydia Whitte-\\nmore, and engaged in trade a short time in company\\nwith David Frost, afterwards built the store now\\nowned by E. P. Kimball, and traded in this until 1846,\\nwhen he became a clerk in the store of David W.\\nFarrar, where he remained luitil 1858, when he went\\nwest, and for many years was a farmer in Iowa\\nresides in Monticello, Iowa.\\nI. S.\\\\KAii A., 1)orn Ai)ril 7, 1843; died A])ril 11, 1858.\\nII. CiiAKLES H., born Sept. 30, 184.5; died June 20, 1863. He was a\\nsoldier in the Rebellion, serving in the Thirty-first Regiment of\\nIowa Vols., and died from disease contracted in the service.\\nIII. CtKorge S., born Oct. 16, 1847; married, Oct. 17, 18G9, Cclia C.\\nHines; resides in Sylvania, Ohio. Has four children.\\nIV. William H., Ijorn July 9, 1850; married, Sejit. 17, 1876, Lncy L.\\nMcAllaster; died Jnlv 9, 1877. Resided in Edgewater, Ills.\\nV. Lkmi EL p., Ijorn Aug. 23, 1851; died Oct. 29, 1872.\\nVI. Edward G., born Aug. 17, 1856; died Aug. 31, 1857.\\nVII. Makv a., l)orn Feb. 10, 1860; died Sept. 16, 1866.\\nCharles W. Whitney, son of Dr. Charles W. and Mary\\n(Griffin) Whitney, was born in Troy, Nov. 27, 1827.\\nHis boyhood and youth were spent in attendance upon\\nthe common schools of the town, and a short time at\\nFrancestown Academy. Later he entered upon the\\nduties of a clerk in a country store, working three and\\none-half years for John Wliittemore, and about one\\nyear for Dexter Whittemore, in the old Whittemore\\nstore at Fitzwilliam, and later worked several years for\\na wholesale dry goods firm in Boston. He served nine\\nmonths as commissary clerk on the James River, during\\nthe War of the Rebellion, returning home in 1865.\\nSoon after his return he purchased, in company with\\nWilliam G. Silsby, the stock of goods in the brick store,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGL^TER.\\n557\\nof David W. Farrar, and carried on business under the\\nname of Whitne^v Silsby for some three years, when\\nhe ])nrchased his partner s interest and also the store\\nChaki.ks W. Whit.nkv.\\nbuilding of Mr. Farrar, and has been engaged in trade\\never since. This store is the old Robinson stand and\\nthere has been a store upon the spot for iriore than\\none hundred years. Mr. Whitney has held numerous\\ntown offices and represented the town in 1871 and\\n1872, and held the office of postmaster for twent3^-five\\nyears. He has always been deeply interested in all\\nenterprises for the public good, and an earnest worker\\nfor and a liberal contributor to all such enterprises.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "558\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nHe has been for many years a prominent member of\\nthe various Masonic bodies, receiving his first degrees\\nin and was a charter member of Monadnock\\nResidence of C. W. Whitney.\\nLodge. He was district deputy grand lecturer for the\\nThird Masonic District in 1877 and 1878, and district\\ndeputy grand master in 1879 and 1880. Married,\\nSept. 2, 1850, Sarah Frances Taylor, born in Frances-\\ntown, Oct. 23, 1829.\\nI. Ella Frances, born September, 185S; married George F. Kimliall.\\niL Cora Mabel, born May 29, 1858; married Melviii T. Stone.\\nin. Charles W., born March 14, 1861; married, March 24, 1886,\\nLizzie L. Hayward for several years was employed as a clerk in\\nhis father s store, but of late has 1)een in the employ of the Gen-\\neral Electric Co., Boston, Mass. One child, Dorris Belle, born Sept.\\n20, 1888.\\nJason Winch, baptized September, 1751 married Abigail\\nHe carried on a tanning business for a few\\nyears, but being unfortunate in his business, closed it\\nup and left town probably before 1793.\\nL Nabbv, baptized June 3, 1787; died Dec. 27, 1787.\\nCaleb Winch was the son of Thomas, Jr., and was born\\nin Framingham, Mass., Sept. 26, 1744; married Mehit-\\nable Maynard and settled here in 1768 died in 1826.\\nL Joseph, born June 5, 1770.\\nn. Nabbe, born March 26, 1772; died July 24, 1700.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGLSTBR. 559\\nin. Betsey, Ijorn Feb. 21, 1774; married John Gary.\\nIV. Thomas, born Feb. 12, 1776; died Sept. 19. 1777.\\nV. John, born March 10, 1778; married Gary.\\nVI. Hetty, born Juh^ 8, 1779; died January, 1792.\\nVII. N.\\\\THAN, born March 1, 1781; married Polly Davidson; diofl Aut;-.\\n28, 1851.\\nVIII. Caleb, born April 24, 1788; married Lucy Farrar; died in NcjrLh-\\nfield.\\nIX. Ebenezek, born Dec. 19, 1785.\\nX. William, born Aug. 14, 1788.\\nNathan Winch, son of Nathan, born April 7, 1807; mar-\\nried, 1st, Oct. 20, 1833, Abigail Bucklin of Wallingford,\\nVt., and removed to Swanzey where he was engaged\\nin manufacturing pails for six years. Selling his pail\\nfactory, he was for several years engaged in farming,\\nafter which he resumed the pail business. During a\\nportion of this time he lived in Troy, but about 1852\\nhe went to Marlborough and purchased a factory. In\\n1868 he sold out and returned to Swanzey, engaging\\nin the same business but having the misfortune to\\nlose his pail shop by fire, he returned to Marlborough\\nand purchased an interest in his former business, and\\nsubsequently became sole proprietor. Mrs. Winch died\\nApril 23, 1867; and he married, 2d, Dec. 12, 1867, Mrs.\\nNancy Winzel of Framingham, Mass., who died Jan. 28,\\n1872; and he married, 3d, Aug. 6, 1872, Mrs. Lucinda\\n(Stone) Scovell of Woodstock, Vt. Children by first\\nwife.\\nI. P kanklin B., born in Swanzey, Aug. 17, 1833; died Sept. 17, 1849.\\nII. Adelia C, born in Swanzey, Oct. 24, 1835; died Aug. 19. 1842.\\nin. DoKOTiiA A., born in Troy, Nov. 7, 1840; married, 1st, Jan. 1,\\n1864, Fred E. Ward, who died March 7, 1864; married, 2(1,\\nGeorge Hammond of Mechanicsville, Vt. she died July 31, 1872.\\nIV. (iEORGE B., born in Troy, June 12, 1843; died Sept. 25, 1849.\\nV. Infant son, born August, 1848; died same day.\\nVI. (iEORGE F., born in Swanzey, Nov. 20, 1850; married, Nov. 6, 187;\\nLaura L, daughter of Gilman and Harriet (Atwood) Grifhn. )ir-\\nchild, Ahljic Amelia, born June 12, 1877.\\nAsAHEL Wise, married Hannah, daughter of David White\\nof Fitzwilliam, in 1826, and bought the house and lot\\nwhich had long been occu])icd by Thomas Tolnian. lie\\nwas a native of Winchester, where he learned his trade", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "560 HISTORY OF TROY.\\nas a 1)lacksniith. He was a man of consiclera1)le energy\\nand perseverance, and took great delight in training\\nvicious horses, and possessing great muscular strength,\\ncould hold the foot of the most powerful horse and\\nshoe him with ease; he died in 184-0.\\n1. Marv Ann, married George Boiitelle of Bellows Falls.\\nu. Lydia, died at an early age.\\nICHAHOi) Woodward came here from Sudbury, Mass.,\\n])rol)\u00c2\u00a3d)ly before 1793, and was considered one of the\\nbest farmers in town. He was born 1734- nuirried\\nParmenter; died March 9, 1814.\\nI. Josiah, born 1761; married Betsey Follet died Oct. 6, 1.S33\\nresided in Swanzey.\\nu. Isaac, born 17(32; married, 1st, I oUy Brtieket married, 2il, Lucy\\nWhitcomb; died Aug. 12, 1S19.\\nHI. PoLKV, married Ona Aldrich of Richmond.\\nIV. IciiAiioi), settled in Dmnmerston, Vt.\\nPkanklix Woodward, son of Jacob, was born in Marl-\\nborough, May 7, 1809; married, May 26, 1830, Louisa\\nDyer of Athol, Mass., and settled in his native town;\\nafterwards removed to Rindge, from which towm he\\ncame to Troy in 1848, and located on the Bruce farm,\\nwhere he resided. His wife died Oct. 24, 1881, aged\\nseventy-three; he died April 24, 1882.\\n1. Louisa Makia, born I-\\\\ l). 4-, l,s;^l married Parwell Col)b.\\nn. CiiAKLKS Franklin, liorn Jan. 14-, 1,S33.\\nHI. Makv SorniA, born Jidy 29, 1S37 married, Oct. 2S, l,So7, .Vmbrose\\nS. Wilder.\\nIV. Sarah Abigail, born Sei)t. 29, 1.S8S.\\nV. Jamks W.\\\\kkhn, born Dec. 17, 1.S49; married Children:\\n1. Leon ir., born June 25, 1870; died Nov. 24-, 1M.S4-; 2. Ocrtriule\\nA., born Feb. 12, 1!S73; married, March 9, 1 S89, Fred AL Mnr-\\ndongli.\\nCol. Lyman Wright, born May 8, 1793; married, April\\n16, 1817, Betsey, born Aug. 29, 1794: died June 21,\\n1880; daughter of Charles and Beulah (Stone) Bowker\\nof Fitzwilliam. He died Dec. 1, 1866. He was the\\nson of Thomas Wright and learned the tanner and\\ncurriers trade in Templeton and came to Troy in 1815,\\n])urchasing the Warren stand and Winch tan yard of\\nDavid White and Joshua Harrington. He resided in", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.\\n561\\nwhat was the Warren tavern, and in 1841 he covered\\nthe frame with brick walls and remodelled the inside.\\nThis is the house now\\nowned by Thomas Birt-\\nwhistle. The store which\\nhad been attached to\\nthe north end of the\\ntavern he also removed\\naround to the south and\\nmade it into a dwelling\\nhouse, now- owned b^^\\nThomas Mitchell. In\\n1836 he built the saw-\\nmill, and shortly after,\\nthe Charles Carpenter\\nhouse. At that time the\\nonly road to the premi-\\nses was a common foot-\\npath the highway by\\nthere and past the blan-\\nket mills -was not laid\\nout until 1850. He\\ncarried on the tanning\\nbusiness for several years, selling out to Francis Foster,\\nhis partner. Col. Wright was an active, enterprising\\nman and held various offices, both civil and military,\\nand was much esteemed by his fellow citizens.\\nI. Harriet Mellen, born June S, 1821 married, Nov. 2, 1848, Edwin\\nHill; died Feb. 2, 1861; resided in Gardner, Mass.\\nII. Faustina Miles, born Feb. 12, 1823; married, Nov. 5, 184-1,\\nLeonard W. Gilmore; he died May 30, 1844, aged twenty-five\\nyears; and she married, 2d, Lorenzo V. Mnnroe; resides in\\nGardner.\\nIII. Melancia Bowker, born .Xjjril 1828; married, Feb. 17, 1855,\\nLemuel C. Pratt; resides in Kalamazoo, Mich.\\nIV. Leonard, born June 28, 1832.\\nLeonard Wright, son of Lyman, born June 28, 1832;\\nmarried, Oct. 23, 1855, Mary Jane, born April 9, 1835,\\ndaughter of Calvin and Deborah (Brewer) Bemis. Mr.\\nWright learned the tanning business of his father and\\nLvMAN Wright.\\n71", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "562\\nHISTORY OF TROY.\\nconducted the business for a short time ])revious to\\n1865, when the property was purchased by Putnam\\nPhelps of Leominster, Mass., who sold it to W. G.\\nR. M. Silsby, and Mr. Wright moved to Keene, buying\\nLeonard Wkic.ht,\\nan interest in the store of Gates Randall, dealers in\\nboots, shoes, hats, caps and clothing, the firm being\\nRandall Wright. This store was in the building now\\nknown as Wright s block. Later he formed a copart-\\nnership wnth Solon S. Wilkinson, the firm being Wright\\nWilkinson, and dealing in boots, shoes, harnesses,\\ntrunks, etc. After six years Mr. Wilkinson withdrew\\nfrom the firm, and taking the harness department,", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 563\\nestablished the business in Lamson block. Mr. Wright\\ncontinued the business alone for some time, but after-\\nwards took his son, Frank H., into partnership. The\\nfirm of F. H. Wright Co. have been one of the\\nlargest dealers in their line in Keene, carrying on both\\na wholesale and retail business. He was town clerk\\nof Troj^ in 1856 and councilman from ward five in\\nKeene in 1883. He was adverse to accepting public\\npositions, and, as a rule, declined to be a candidate for\\nany political office. He w^as for many years one of the\\nleading Republicans of his adopted city. Mr. Wright\\nwas a successful business man, being enterprising and\\ndiligent in conducting his business, and was interested\\nin the grow^th and prosperity of Keene. He was a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity, entering the Lodge\\nof the Temple in Keene in 1872, and also being a\\nmember of Cheshire R. A. Chapter and Hugh de Payens\\ncommandery of Knights Templar. He died Aug. 10,\\n1897.\\nI. Frank H., born Oct. 10, 1858; married, June 18, 1885, Mary E.,\\nborn Jan. 27, 1860, daughter of Eli and Caroline (Cunimings)\\nDort. Children: 1. Bertha Carolyn, born Aug. 1, 1886; 2.\\nWillard Lyman, born Aug. 27, 1888; 3. Mildred Z^ort, born April\\n23, 1890.\\nThomas Wright was the third son and sixth child of Joel\\nWright of Fitzwnlliam, where he w^as born Aug. 28,\\n1796. Soon after his marriage, he settled in Jaffrey,\\nbut in 1826 he bought the Davis house in Troy, but\\ndid not move here with his family until two years\\nlater. In 1833 he sold this house to Stephen Wheeler,\\nand with his cousin. Col. layman Wright, bought the\\nBarrett farm, and divided it between them, he taking\\nthe w^esterly and his cousin the easterly half. Soon\\nafter this he built the brick house in which he resided\\nuntil his death, and now owned by Alanson Starkey.\\nThe first service of Capt. Wright in town was in driv-\\ning a line of stages from Troy to Keene. Before this,\\nthe line of stages on the third New Hampshire Turn-\\npike had undisputed sway of all the travel from Keene\\nto Boston, and they did not give up any part of it to", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "564\\nHISTORY OP TROY.\\nthe rival line without a contest. The fare was put\\ndown to two dollars a passage, and Capt. Wright and\\nthe Branch Company proved equal to the contest and\\nsecured their share of the travel. Honesty in all busi-\\nness transactions ]jrocured for him the good will and\\nX\\nThomas Wkight.\\napprobation of all the citizens. He represented the\\ntown in the Legislature in 1846 and 1847, and was\\nselectman for several years. He served the town as\\nsexton for nearly thirty-four years, during which period\\nhe buried some four hundred people. He married,\\nApril 8, 1824, Sarah Coan of Wrentham, Mass. died\\nMav 22, 1876; his wife died March 2, 1892.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 565\\nJoel Wright, bom Nov. 4, 1759; married, 1st, Tabitha\\nlived for a time in Fitzwilliam, then moved to\\nJaffrey, and then to Troy. His wife died Aug. 13,\\n1828, aged 70 years, and he married, 2d, Kesiah\\nw^ho died Sept. 9, 1835, aged 70 years; married, 3d,\\nRispah, who died July 11, 1863, aged 83; he died in\\nTroy, Dec. 29, 1838.\\nI. Lucy, born Oct. 24, 1785; married, June 14., ISIO, John Work.\\nu. Polly, born Jan. 30, 1788.\\nIII. Joel, born April 6, 1790; died April 20, 1790.\\nIV. Tabitha, born Sept. 12, 1791; married Joseph Fassett died Sept.\\n6, 1871.\\nV. Joel, born July 7, 1793.\\nVI. Thomas, born Aug. 28, 1796.\\nVII. Edward Gardner, born Aug. 4, 179S.\\nYin. Almon, born April 5, 1801 married Sarah, daughter of Hezekiah\\nand Lydia (Cummings) Hodgkins, died.\\nAlmon Wright, son of Joel, born April 5, 1801 married\\nSarah, born 1810, daughter of Hezekiah and Lydia\\n(Cummings) Hodgkins. Mrs. Wright died May 15,\\n1843; he died in Sanford, Me., Aug. 10, 1884.\\nI. Charles Brown, born Aug. 5, 1833; married, 1st, Oct. 31, 1854,\\nRose Damon Perham, born July 16, 1833, of Fitzwilliam died\\nFeb. 22, 1870; married, 2d, Oct. 1, 1872, Mrs. Lorenzie Ann\\nShattuck; died Sept. 15, 1876. Children: 1. Estella Rose, born\\nFeb. 25, 1856; died June 30, 1876; 2. Charles Ehvin, born Aug.\\n9, 1859; resides in St. Paul, Minn.; 3. Willard Almon, horn Aug.\\n29, 1861 resides in Sanford, Me. 4. Etta Frances, born March\\n14, 1864; 5. Hattie Maria, born Sept. 22, 1865; 6. Minnie Belle,\\nborn July 4, 1868; married W. S. Garfield; 7. George Fred, born\\nJuly 16, 1869; died Dec. 26, 1869.\\nn. Thomas, born 1828; died May 24, 1851.\\nIII. Stephen, born married, Dec. 17, 1863, Louisa A. Miller.\\nChildren: 1. Arthur L., born Jan. 1, 1867; died Nov. 12, 1872;\\n2. Ada Winfred, born May 2, 1869; 3. Don Adolphiis, born July\\n2, 1871; 4. Elroy, born Aug. 16, 1873; died Sept. 27, 1873; 5.\\nAnna E., born Aug. 16, 1873; died March 31, 1889.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "Additions and Corrections.\\nWilliam Barker died in 1788, according to the invScription\\nas given on his tombstone. It is quite probable that\\nWilliam Barker presented his son-in-law, James Dean, with\\nthe fifty acres of land in 1784, instead of 1794, as men-\\ntioned on page 57.\\nDavid W. Goodale, born in Douglass, Mass., Dec. 28,\\n1847; married, July 9, 1878, Mar^^ Lydia Reed. Children:\\nI. HuHEKT Dana, l)orn in Troy, June 5, 1879.\\nII. Ray Coit, 1) )rii in Troy, Ang. 3, 1884.\\nChildren of Charles J. and Ellen (Birtwhistle) Shaw.\\nPage 349.\\nI. Walter Jefferson, born Aug. 19. 1883.\\nII. livELYN Elizabeth, 1)orn Sept. 9, 1885; died Ang-. 3, 1886.\\nIII. Louis Ethelbert, born March 16, 1888.\\nIV. Franklin Aked, born Sept. 12, 1891.\\nV. Charlf;s Leonard, born Se])t. 4, 1896.\\nChildren of John H. and Lillian Genevieve (Gates)\\nWentworth. Page 425.\\nI. Harold Ernest, born Juh 9, 1885.\\nII. Helen Adaline, born March 3, 1887.\\nSilas H., son of Cyrus Fairbanks, born Dec. 7, 1819;\\nmarried Catherine (Woods) Aldrich. Page 887.\\nI. Artih r Walter, born Aug. 24, 1857.\\nChildren of George Fairbanks. Page 387.\\nII. Delos Eugene, born April 3, 1861; married, Dec. 9, 1886, Lilla\\nFlorence, daughter of Lyman H. and Hannah L. (Simonds)\\nGoodnow of Fitchbiirg, who was born in Worcester, Mass.,\\nMarch 6, 1866.\\nHI. Jennie S., bom March 24, 1864; married, Aug. 5, 1891, Fred W.\\nLynch, son of Wallace and Mary Wilson Lynch, born in New Ips-\\nwich, N. H., 1856. One child, Juno F. Lynch, born April 21, 1892.\\nMr. Fairbanks married, 2d, Nancy Watkins, July, 1850.\\nHe married, 3d, Oct. 26, 1859, Mrs. Marriete P. (Stebbins)\\nFrench, who was born in Swanzev, Oct. 25, 1827.", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "ADDITIONS AND COKKECTIONS. 567\\nBenjamin F. Fox was born in Enfield, N. H., Nov. 12,\\n1803 married Hannah S. Cole, who was iDorn in\\nRowley, Mass., Oct. 5, 1807. He came to Troy from\\nMarlborough, Mass., about 1865, and ])vn chased of\\nJohn Flagg the farm where he resided until his death\\nJan. 23, 1889. Children born, i to v in Enfield, N. H.,\\nVI, in Manchester, and vii, in Nashua.\\nI. Charles Edwin, boi-n Sept. 12, 1832.\\nII. Sarah A., born May 27, 1835.\\nIII. Rosamond F., Iiorn Jan. 30, 1838.\\nIV. Anna Loretta, born March 17, 184 married Blbri(1_!.;v Coolidge.\\nV. James C. born Feb. 13, 184-2.\\nVI. Addie, 1)orn Nov. 3, 1848; married Christ(jpher F. Lawson.\\nVII. Fransena M., born Dee. 25, 1849; died Aug. 25, 1851.", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "Index of Names.\\nThis Index does not contain the names in the Genealogi-\\ncal Register nor those in the lists on pages 91, 92, 95, 96,\\n135, 136, 165 to 173, 187 to 202. 251, 252, 253, 311\\nto 318.\\nABBOTT, Freeman 319\\nAbare, Moses 50, 259, 267\\nAlil ey. C. C 299\\nAdams, J. S 148\\nE. F 57, 63\\nGeorge A 263\\nElijah H 299\\nAinsworth, Laban Rev. ...130, 132,\\n134-\\nAlilrich, (korge H 55, 165, 261\\nAmasa 65, 256\\nMoses 68, 287\\nJoseph 141\\nIsaac 147, 304\\nGeorge E 165\\nAndrew J 263, 311\\nFrank A 289\\nAlexander. Elijah. .60, 70, 73, 152,\\n246\\nJ oseph 70, 74\\nJoseph. Jr 70. 152\\nE:asman 73. 140, 183\\nCharles 149\\nGideon 246\\nCalvin 258\\nAllen Samuel 7\\nRobert 17, 18\\nArmiah 141, 250\\nJ.J ^11\\nAUison, Samuel 17, 18\\nSamuel J r 17\\nAmadou J osiah 73\\nJames 263\\nArmer, Andrew 17, 18\\nAtkinson Theodore 8\\nWilliam K 233\\nAtwell, Richard 92\\nAustin, W. E 266\\nBABCOCK, William 21\\nBacon, Eljenezer 55. 247\\nSamuel 55\\nBailey, E. K 143\\nBaker, Abel. .29, 74, 136. 140. 183,\\n184, 257\\nBall, Jonathan 57, 63, 247\\nDaniel 77\\nGeorge W 299\\nBallon, A. R 304\\nMoses 259, 289\\nBarron, Oliver Capt 15\\nBarker, William. .2 1, 23, 25, 27, 39,\\n57, 64, 65, 92, 127, 163, 164,\\n243, 246. 254\\nNathan 65\\nJohn 246\\nBarnard, Calvin 41\\nWilliam. .68, 112, 129, 175. 287\\nBarstow, Z. S. Rev 132, 138\\nBarrett. Ernest F 320\\nBatcheller, Stephen 270\\nBates, L. P. Rev 138\\nBellows, Benjamin 11, 15\\nJohn W 256, 257\\nBelows, Jesse 103\\nBemis, Artemas 36\\nAsa 36\\nLuther 36\\nEdmund. .66, 69, 103, 181,183\\nGilbert C 116, 307\\nJonas 149, 248\\nBennett. Salmon 132", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "INDEX OF NAMES.\\n569\\nKenney, TlionKis...67, 77, 292, 300\\nBenson, Benoni 60\\nBerb\\\\ 53\\nBigelow, John H 266, 308\\nBenjamin 16, 25, 119, 120\\nBigio, Charles 21\\nJoseph 21, 22, 23\\nBills, J. B. Rev 144\\nBirtwhistle, Thomas A. ...140, 318\\nBishop, Agabiis...37, 46, 103, 141,\\n251\\nBethnel 48\\nJesse 48, 141\\nWilliam 255\\nBlake, Amos J 310\\nBlanding, Harvey 290\\nBlanchard, Joseph 19, 22\\nJohn 10\\nJonathan 10, 14\\nBond, Jonathan 21\\nBowker, Elijah 287\\nBoyce, Jacob 164, 257\\nA. F 311\\nBoyden, Ira 181, 184, 185\\nWilliam J 165, 186, 266\\nBrewer, James. .30, 32, 35, 62, 66,\\n69, 82, 86, 92, 96, 126, 127,\\n243, 244\\nAsa 64\\nAsa, Jr 103\\nBrigham, Levi Rev. ...88, 139, 281\\nBenjamin 116, 119\\nBriggs, P. P. Rev 144\\nBrown, Lemuel. .36, 143, 145, 247\\nJohn 67, 292\\nWilliam 67, 292\\nO. E. Rev 143\\nCharles W 145, 146, 291\\nFrank L 145\\nLemuel W 164, 311\\nWilliam W., M. I) 276\\n(George 287, 298\\nHenry J 299, 300\\nSarah Mrs 31\\nBrooks, Nathaniel 11, 14, 15\\nXoah 23\\nSimeon 77\\nAbraham 77\\nBruce, John 37, 45, 50\\nWilliam 54, 247\\nThomas 103\\nBucklin, Nathaniel 63, 103\\nBurpee, Abel J. Mrs 39, 55\\nBui-nham, Rev 132\\nBush, Moses 290\\nButler, Sidney 60\\nSidney A 70, 71^\\nJoseph 90, 129\\nSimon 71\\nJabez 248\\nWilham 183, 265\\nButtrick, Daniel .^25\\nEdwin. .140, 149, 179, 263, 285,\\n289, 304\\nCAMERON, Duncan 37, 45\\nCapron, Jonathan. .63, 68, 71, 154,\\n249\\nWalter 249\\nCarjjenter, James 47, 62\\nCharles. .55, 79, 147, 149, 178,\\n180, 304\\nCarrigain, Philli]j 175\\nCaverly, Abial M 148, 152, 181,\\n185, 227, 274, 275, 276, 277\\nChamberlain, John C. 108,233,283\\nW. H 143\\nW. P 299\\nChapman, Luther.. ..183, 257, 260,\\n283\\nChurch, David 21\\nNoah 21, 22\\nClark, Thomas.. 37, 45, 49, 68, 145,\\n251, 285\\nJonathan 40, 64, 71, 253\\nHoward 47, 145\\nHoward T 62\\nLuke C 65, 143, 145\\nAlvah S...68, 76, 143, 145, 183\\nJonathan B 250\\nRobert 17, 18\\nClancy, W. P. Rev. 140\\nClap]), S. G. Rev 138\\nClay, Elijah Lieut 86\\nClement, John 311\\nCobb, Farwell 32", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "570\\nINDEX OF NAMES.\\nCoelnaii, luliii 17\\nI Sciiic 17\\nThomas 17\\nSamuel 17, 33\\nColburn, John 43, 59\\n(Teortje S 69, 285, 300\\nDaiitorth, Jr 140\\nColem an Ebenezer 132\\nCoiiCTflon, John H 266\\nCoohdge, Hezekiah..54, 55, 72, 246\\nAbraham 54, 55, 112, 246\\nCharles. ...71, 74, 77, 179, 285,\\n295, 304\\nCurtis 74\\nElbridge 287\\n292\\nCook, Silas 60\\nCorey, Webster 150, 288\\nMilan 37, 44\\nCotton, Roland 10\\nJosiah 10\\nCowdin, Thomas Capt 284\\nCraig, J. F 304\\nCrane, John Rev 130\\nCrosby, Alpheus, 136, 137, 254,\\n260, 297\\nA. H. M. D 280\\nCumminiis. vSilas. AI. I). ...274, 311\\nJoseph Rev 33, 126, 128\\nCutting, Daniel. .36, 37, 41, 50, 56,\\n92, 96\\nDaniel, Jr 72, 104, 133, 134,\\n177, 183, 245, 247, 248, 256,\\n258, 260, 285\\nJoseph 37, 41, 64, 92, 246\\nMoses 40, 42, v54, 77. 285\\nCurtis, Samuel 50\\nMoses, 77, 285\\nDAMON, George 149\\nOhver 251\\nMareus V 290, 298, 319\\nDanforth 292\\nDavenport, Joseph C 112\\nDavis, Calvin 80\\nCharles 291\\nDean, James 57, 89, 246\\nDexter, Ebenezer 21, 22\\nDodge, John, M. D 28()\\nDort, Asa C 140, 2(51, 2(52, 265,\\n266, 285, 308\\nDow, E. W. Rev 145\\nDunla]:), Arehibald 17\\nDunbar, Elijah 238\\nEAGER, William\\nEastman, H. W 36, 43\\nEdwards, Benjamin 11\\nArthur 149,\\nEggleston, A. B. Rev\\nElHot, Walter\\nJ. H\\nEmerson 1 vers\\nEmer\\\\- Noah\\nEnrig:ht, Miehael 2d\\nErwin\\n..21\\n50\\n14\\n298\\n,144\\n...80\\n295\\n,250\\n,..13\\n,297\\n232\\nFAIRBANKS, George 304\\nCyrus 129\\nArtemas 183\\nFairman, John Rev 143\\nFarrar, John 30, 35\\nDaniel. ..37, 38, 50, 58, 61, 68,\\n103, 104, 256, 257, 309\\nDaniel W....62,71, 74, 104, 105,\\n106, 110, 111, 112, 130, 133,\\n134, 136, 137, 177, 179, 183,\\n184, 235, 251, 254, 273, 287,\\n303\\nSamuel 43\\nPhineas...30, 31, 45, 53, 54, 56,\\n59, 62, 243, 245, 285\\n(;eorge...53, 70, 104, 112, 133,\\n134, 235, 246\\nCalvin....: 62\\nStephen B 69, 147, 182, 263,\\n307\\nDavid W 75,103, 165, 177,\\n179. 181, 185, 254, 265, 286,\\n303\\nStephen 80\\nJohn, Jr 82, 87, 88\\nJoseph 88\\nWilHam 88, 103, 255\\nLeonard 147, 184\\nHenrv W 265", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "IXDEX OF NAMES.\\n571\\nFarrar. Charles D 41, 75, 149,\\n248, 266, 285, 286\\nDaniel. M. D 278, 279. 280\\nDaniel M 290, 310\\nCharles A 289, 290. 300\\nEdward 304\\nFassett, John 25, 119\\nJoseph 93\\nFelton, Jacob 21, 22. 23\\nFerguson, M. S., M. D 280\\nFife, Silas. ..29. 36, 70, 74, 92, 96.\\n128. 129. 156. 159. 243. 244,\\n246\\nTimothy 41, 60\\nDaniel J 149,, 183\\nFish, Halloway, Rev. 128, 129, 134\\nFisher, Darius, Rev 142\\nFitts, Robert 73\\nFlint, Sylvester P. 78,112,175, 237\\nFlood, James 96\\nForristall, Joseph M....32, 62, 149,\\n177, 184, 253, 251, 257, 260\\nForristall, Joseph. ..37, 47, 250\\nFoster, Joseph M....31, 44, 45, 69\\nAndrew 58\\nEdward 63, 103\\nJonas 87\\nFrancis 147. 290\\nD. D 304\\nFrench. Joseph 65. 69, 246\\nJonathan B 77, 288\\nFreeman, Rnfus 140\\nFrost, J osei)h 246\\nMilton 304\\nFuller, Amasa 36, 70\\nIsaac 57,64,104.133. 134, 250,\\n254\\nElijah 63, 250, 251, 2.54\\nC. D. Rev 144\\n(\\\\ACAi, Ai)ner 311\\nCiartield, Al:)el 33, 42\\nJohn 59, 246\\nlinoch 64\\nChancey N 150\\nCarey, John 65, 66\\nDavid 65\\nJose])h G()\\nGarey, Jonas 69\\nGates, Silas 21, 22\\nAustin B 70, 258, 298, 311\\nVilla, Miss 71\\nGilmer, William 17. IS\\nJohn 17. IS\\n(jodfrey. James 76. 112\\nGodding John 38, 48, 103, 145\\nAsa 49\\nWilliam 49\\nTimothy. .49, 103,141, 145, 157\\nAlvah 49\\nSolomon. .72, 79, 136, 254, 276,\\n285, 288\\nGorges, Ferdinando, Sir 4, 227\\nGorham. Elnathan 78, 104, 133\\nGould, Daniel. ...53, 54, 59, 62, 87,\\n93, 247\\nVinson, Rev 138\\nIsaac 247\\nJoseph 247\\nEh 247\\nGo wing, Fred 267\\nGoodenongh, Daniel. ..21, 25, 127,\\n158\\nCalvin 247\\nGoodhue, Daniel, Rev 139\\nGoodale, David W., Rev. ...139, 265\\nGoodall, Thomas 263, 293, 294,\\n295\\nGrant, W. F., Rev 145\\n(ireen, Jonathan 21\\nSamuel 108\\nNahum 47, 50, 52\\n(Triffin, Samuel Deacon ....235. 250,\\n273\\nGrimes, John 181\\nNicholas 289\\nGrouard, KIdmund 11, 14, 15\\n(irosvenor, Moses 1 138\\nBenjamin F 291, 304\\n(yurnsey, Amos 311\\nGustine, Edward 31 1\\nHACKETT, W. W. Rev 145\\nHale, E. Col 57. 87\\nH.mII. Richard 130\\nJonathan 57", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "572\\nINDEX OF NAMES.\\nHarrington, Daniel 21, 22, 23\\nJoshua 37, 39, 44, Gl, 71, 72,\\n79, 110, 111, 112, 129, 131,\\n284\\nJoshua, Jr.. .289, 290, 292, 309\\nJonah 30. 36, 40, 41, 92\\nEHjah..71, 72, 74, 77, 183, 254,\\n259\\nJoseph 74\\nHarriman, Benjamin E., M. D...281\\nWalter 281\\nHarris, Frank S 298\\nWilliam 39\\nLuke. .45, 73, 77, 112, 136, 230,\\n254, 258, 285, 293\\nChristopher..58, 63, 70, 78, 237\\nStephen 60, 253\\nSarah E., Mrs 63, 297\\nWilliam 69, 137, 261, 262\\nMary Ann, M. D 277. 278\\nHartwell, Josiali 88\\nBenjamin H., M. D 280\\nHarwood, Thomas 14\\nHaskell, Joseph 31, 65, 69\\nLevi 70, 235, 237, 238\\nAbner 37. 46\\nCharles 57\\nHawkins. Abraham 103\\nOHver 179. 292\\nHeald, Thomas 87\\nHerrick, J. S. Rev. ...143, 146, 265\\nDaniel K. Rev 143, 145\\nHitchcock, Dr 274\\nHodgkins, Hezekiah 68, 79, 285\\nPeletiah 79, 183\\nAugustus 266\\nHolt, Jotham H 42\\nAaron 71, 235\\nHoney, John 11, 15\\nHoward, Theopilus 246\\nHow, Abraham. Jr 21\\nBenj amin 21\\nAdonijah 21\\nEleziar 21\\nStephen 21, 22\\nJ 304\\nHowe, Elbridge 320\\nZalmon 70, .74\\nHowe, Phineas 142\\nHubbard, J. H 233\\nHurlbutt, A. G 263, 310\\nHutchins, Wilham S 304\\nHutt. Hiram W 289\\nJACKSON, Isaac. .48, 60, 103, 141\\nJohn 103\\nWilliam 292\\nJaffrey, George 8. 12\\nJohnson, James 20\\nJones, Sophronia W. Mrs 137\\nJ oseph 179\\nJ oslin Ebenezer 21\\nJoy, John 65\\nWarren 130\\nKENDALL, Nathaniel 54\\nTimothy 66, 80\\nNathan 164\\nKenney, Moses 37, 39, 42\\nKimball, E. P.. .38, 54. 77, 79, 131,\\n184, 185. 261. 263. 266, 290.\\n291. 299, 300, 303, 305, 307,\\n310, 320\\nWarren W 186, 303\\nKing, Samuel 283\\nKnights, Talmon 59, 231, 246\\nA. O 297\\nKnight. Winthrop 288, 294\\nLANE, Samuel, Dr 232\\nLang, John 72. 248\\nLawrence, Abel 11, 13, 14, 15\\nWilham 10, 70, 77, 256\\nDaniel. .37, 40. 65, 92. 155, 246\\nJohnathan 38, 44, 70, 237,\\n238, 246\\nJohn 40. 70. 180. 258\\nGregory 32, 53, 62\\nDaniel, Jr 65, 75\\nJoseph E 70\\nSamuel 72\\nIsaac 76\\nJosiah 77\\nLewis, James Capt 57, 87, 126\\nLibbey, Jeremiah 11, 13, 16\\nGeorge 11,16", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "INDEX OF NAMES.\\n578\\nLivermore, Arthur 233\\nLovering, (leoroe 36\\nLovewell, fonatlum ....11, 15\\nLncns, Seth 237\\nLyman, Giles Rev 138\\nLyman, Chester 256, 257, 260\\nLyons, James 17, 18\\nLyon, E 143, 145\\nA lann, EHas 74\\nBenjamin, Cai)t 86\\nTheodore 92. 244, 247\\nMarch, Paul 14, 15, 16\\nMarshall, Herbert A 137\\nJames, Rev 139\\nWilHam 304\\nMason, John, Capt 42. 27\\nRobert Tufton 5\\nJohn 7\\nRobert 7\\nJ ohn Tufton 7\\nThomas Tufton 7\\nSamuel 36, 48. 62\\nEbenezer 103\\nHugh 134, 246, 247\\nC 143\\nEleazor 145\\nMaxey, Levi 68, 72, 73\\nJ onathan 73\\nMilton 73\\nVirgil 73\\nMellen, Daniel ...11, 13, 14, 16, 25\\nJohn 93, 117\\nH. E 55\\nMerrill, Josiah, Rev 139\\nMerrifield, Leonard H 163\\nCyrus 283\\nMeserve, Nathaniel 8\\nMetcalf, Carl G., M. D 280\\nMiller, Luke. M. D 274\\nMitchell, Thomas 53\\nJ osejih 1 43\\nSamuel 17\\nMixer, Ezekiel ...30, 37, 45. 82. 83\\nMoffatt, John 13\\nMontgomery, Hugh 17, 18\\nAlortimer, Samuel 267\\nMorse, Henry 37, 40, 68\\nMorse, Josiah 68, 73, 78\\nvSamuel 105, 133\\nStephen 132\\nM orrison Halbert 17\\nSamuel 17\\nJohn 17\\nThomas 17\\nDavid 18\\nJames, Jr 17, 18\\nMoses, Dighton, Rev 140\\nMoore, Jfimes 17\\nJohn 17\\nSamuel 8\\nWilliam 263\\nMore, Lav^son 247\\nMuzzy, Joseph 93\\nWilliam. Rev 130\\nMcAllister, Isaac 21, 25, 243\\nMcClar\\\\% Thomas 17\\nMcCollester, S. H., Rev. ...265, 267\\nMcCormac, Henry 289\\nMcCarley, John 289\\nMcDonald, Robert 311\\nNEAL, Henry 17\\nNewell, Jacob ...37, 38, 39, 48, 55,\\n73, 79, 82, 85. 92, 152, 156,\\n164, 247\\nStillman 39\\nReuben 69, 247\\nNathan 79\\nPearson 82, 86\\nJames 247\\nN. F 304\\nNewton 63\\nHiram C 50, 297\\nNichols, Joseph 88\\nNimblet, Joseph 237\\nNorcross, O. W 297\\nNourse, Joseph 38, 50\\nNurse, Joseph 50\\nJonathan 50\\nWilliam 50, 63\\nEbenezer 50, 103\\nReuben 50\\nRrown 184, 185, 258,260,\\n294, 303", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "i74\\nINDEX OF NAMES.\\nODIORNE, Jotham 8\\nJonatlian 13\\n()niisl)y, Eljeii 145\\nElijah 14.5\\n()sl)()ni, Jacob GO, 103, 129\\nPACKER, Thomas\\nPatch Charles\\nParker, Wilford E\\nHamilton 43, 61\\nJoseph 53\\nNahum\\nNehemiah Rev\\nJames C\\nJoel\\nNathaniel\\nParkhurst, John\\nLuke\\nParmenter, George N\\nParkinan, Alexander 38, 49,\\nPayson, Seth, Rev 130. 134,\\nPhillip\\nPeabody, Rev\\nPeacock, John 142,\\nPellett\\nPennock, Benjamin W. Rev\\nPerkins, Moses S\\nPerley, A. P\\nPerry, Caleb 74, 175,\\nJustus, M. D\\nPhillips, Darlington\\nPierce, J osh u a\\nLevi L 71\\nPiper, Simon 69,\\nA. M. Rev\\nPitman, Rev\\nPlatts, Nathan\\nJonathan\\nPomeroy, Jeremiali, Rev\\nPorter, (ieorge A\\nHenry A 65, 248,\\nR. H 295,\\nPotter, C. E 227,\\nJohn\\nPratt, Albert\\nPutney, Josei)h\\n....8\\n304\\n..32\\n71\\n54\\n112\\n116\\n140\\n238\\n260\\n247\\n,285\\n137\\n291\\n272\\n272\\n132\\n143\\n298\\n140\\n136\\n149\\n251\\n270\\n246\\n....8\\n76\\n246\\n142\\n132\\n..57\\n...58\\n137\\n..63\\n306\\n311\\n230\\n..16\\n260\\n256\\nRANDALL, Abraham 60\\nRandall, Levi 152\\nGeorge W 263\\nJohn, M. D 272\\nRaymond, Joseph W 266. 318\\nRead, Thomas 10\\nReed, James 11, 13, 14, 15, 25,\\n116, 116, 119\\nRice, Jesse 21, 22, 23\\nRichardson, Stephen 87\\nRich, Ezekiel, Rev.. ..128. 129, 176,\\n289, 299\\nRipley, Barrett. .140, 183, 295, 296\\nFranklin 66, 266, 296, 308\\nRobberts, Richard. ..30, 32, 36, 43,\\n92, 243\\nRobbins, Benoni 31, 56,206\\nIsaac 246\\nRobinson, Jonas 61. 62, 72, 74,\\n103, 153, 233\\nRogers, John 62, 72, 247\\nRolhns, N. B 304\\nRoot, Ephraim...55, 103, 247, 285\\nRussell Ste]3hen 60\\nRufus 71\\nRyan, George 233\\nSABEN, John Rev. ..123, 124, 129,\\n130, 132, 134, 138\\nSanderson, P. P., Rev 142\\nSaunders, Coleman 50\\nSaunders, David 62, 128\\nSaunders, Ebenezer 62, 76\\nSawin Manning 21\\nScharf, L. E. Rev 145\\nSchnell, F. S. Mrs 276\\nShaw, Jonathan 30, 36. 92, 162\\nIchabod 38, 43, 92. 247\\nSherman, Andrew 152\\nM. J 299\\nSibley. Amos. ..136, 149, 256. 286.\\n288\\nSilsby, William G. ...165, 289, 291,\\n303, 311\\nRobert M 289, 291, 307\\nCharles M 289\\nSmith, John 105\\nOliver W 140\\nCharles C....261, 262, 265,300", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "tXDHX OF NAMHS.\\n57:\\nSniilli, Albert, M. 1) 274-\\nSopcr, Saimifl 12(\\nSiJciuldinji, Tlionias 11, 14-, 15\\nEri j 15, 2cS9, 305\\nSptM-ry, Obed Kev 14-1, 142\\nStanley, James K 14-9, 300\\nAlvah 149, 800\\nAbner 800\\nJames L ISB, 81S\\nStarker, Peter.. 88, 43, 82, 90, 112,\\n255\\nJohn 44, 48\\nBenj amin 44\\nEnoch 44, 108\\nJ oseph 44\\nCharles S 44\\nBailey 55\\nWilliam 66. 168\\nLnna 76\\nSamuel 251\\nCalvin 257\\nGeorge A 266, 299\\nStephen 804\\nStearns, William 79\\nSteel, Samuel 17. 18\\nJohn 233\\nStevens, John 10, 11, 13,16\\nStoddard, Sam])S()n..lO. 18, 14,284\\nSampson, Jr 11. 12. 14\\nStone, Shubael, Capt 62, 246\\nEliphalet 126\\nA 126\\nM. T., M. D 282\\nStockwell, A. W 298\\nvStowell, 1 145\\nSweetland, John. ..57, 58. 108. 153\\nTATKO. John. ..86, 38. 44, 46, 82,\\n157, 246\\nTaintor, Jedediah 9(5, 244\\nTax lor, John 21\\nL. A 297\\nTeni])le, Eljenezer 96, 245\\nT]iom])son, Hugh. ..65, 70, 75, 246\\nHerbert P 803, 320\\nThornton. Matthew 10, 18, 14\\nTiffany, Joseph 30, 44\\nJames 37, 39\\nTiffan\\\\-, (iidcon 284-\\nTilden, Joseph 129\\nTolman, Thomas ...80, 89, 44, 45,\\n46, 68, 77. 103. 141. 155,\\n157. 284\\nE. H 31. 32,289, 299\\nBenjamin 87, 88, 44, 46, 82,\\n157, 246\\nEbenezer 39\\nHenry 58, 70\\nCharles 230\\nJoseph 246\\nCharles M 253\\nEdward 295\\nTomlinson, John, Capt 8\\nTownsend, Luther Kev 188\\nTozer. Richard 21\\nTreadwell, William Earle 11\\nNathaniel 11. 13, 14, 15\\nJacob, Jr 11, 14\\nCharles 11, 13, 14, 16\\nTucker. Benjamin 25. 125, 126\\nMoses 245, 246\\nTwitchell. Benjamin 21\\nVose. Roger 238\\nWallingford, Thomas 8\\nWard, Reuben. ..38, 43, 54. 61, 65,\\n68, 92, 245. 246\\nLevi 65\\nWa rren .Jonathan 22\\nJonas 58, 103\\nWarner 246, 247\\nWarson, John 17\\nWatson. William N. 165.183.261,\\n262\\nWeaver. Constant 8, 78. 288\\nWeare, Mesach 90\\nWent worth. John 8\\nM. H 8\\nWesson 58\\nWheeh-ight. John Rev 5, 227\\nWheeler, David 30, 36, 92, 96, 127,\\n182, 244, 246, 249, 307\\nSilas 21, 23, 62\\nvSte])hen 89, 55, 183, 254, 256,\\n294, 803, 304", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "576\\nINDEX OF NAMES.\\nWheeler, Nathan 67\\nSam pson 70\\nJohn 263, 304\\nE 305\\nWliipple, Jonathan 57, 24-6\\nEd ward 57\\nWhitcomb, Ohver P 29\\nWilHam 39\\nFrankhn 39, 70, 152\\nSamantha, Mrs 57, 163\\nA. W., Mrs 63, 71, 80, 249\\nZopher 64\\nJonathan, Capt 86\\nElliott 149, 310\\nFred E 164\\nOliver C 298\\nX 305\\nWhite, Willard 43, 54, 249\\nDavid ...50, 79, 103, 104, 133,\\n134. 250, 251, 290\\nPorter 58, 285\\nEzekiel 63. 103\\nStephen 87\\nJohn 251\\nWhitney, John 52, 103\\nJonathan 52, 103\\nCharles W., M. D. 75. 136, 271,\\n273. 274\\nCharles W. 183, 186, 254, 303,\\n306, 320\\nIsaiah, M. D 272\\nSamuel G 304\\nWhitman, Charles, M. D 271\\nWhiton, Otis C, Rev 131, 303\\nWhittemore, Levi 58\\nJohn, Jr 75\\nSalmon 76, 77, 292\\nLuther 140, 150. 297\\nHenry M 266. 287\\nWibird. Kiehard 8, 13\\nWilder, Nathaniel 119\\nWilliams. Stephen Rev 121. 122\\nWillson. James 17. 18\\nJames. Jr 17\\nR obert 17\\nJ ohn 17\\nThomas 17\\nSamuel 17\\nJonathan 11, 13, 16\\nWilson, James 238\\nMatthew 60\\nWillard, Lockhart 105\\nWinch, Jason 53, 290\\nCaleb. ..30. 35,65, 73, 89, 119,\\n128, 140\\nNathan 73, 77, 254\\nWinslow, Seth E., Re^, 131\\nWoods, John 11, 1. 16, 21\\nJonathan 77, 292\\nWoodbur\\\\ John 142\\nWilliam Y 298\\nWoodward, Abel 25\\nFrankHn 48. 49\\nDaniel 60\\nIchabod 60\\nDavid 297\\nDaniel B.. M. D 280, 311\\nWorsley Robert 246\\nWright, John 44, 103\\nLyman. ..55, 79, 149, 177, 183,\\n184, 254, 295.\\nThomas 70, 179, 258,299\\nOliver 96, 245, 246\\nEbenezer, M. D....103. 104, 271\\nSalmon 179\\nAaron 250\\nLouisa B. Mrs.... 263, 264, 265\\nMoses E 265, 299\\nC. B 306\\nO A 7", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3250", "width": "1984", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3256", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3519", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "historicalsketch00sto_0606.jp2"}}