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8TRArPORO
CORNER.
urdsy evening to spend Sunday w i t h
dsy, after a pleasant^fortniglit"ia\Mw£
£|iffevL 8 r H . and M r s Goodwin will
friends; she is one o f the very bright
dleton.
enjoy tbe two weeks' vacation allotted
H a v i n g is progressing dnely and
young women who have gone from
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Grace and'Mrs.
Dr.
EteatormUve Nerrtn*,
j i e ~ p s s t o r by the Congregational
many of our farmers have nearlv finished
Farmington to 'add to t h e worth of ed
W . P. Blake visited Mrs. Joseph Blake
church, by a carriage drive iii tni* S ' a ' e
Mr. B. 5. OmldwoU, la book-keeper in ucational circles in other^ towns a n d
A valuable colt, belonging to Cyrus
of Barnsteadi-on'Bunday,
land In/Massachusetts.
T h e y w i l l vi.it
Another of thejjumbeiJU Miss
1
K Koss, was found dead in the pasture, the First National Bank of Folton. Ky. States.
Xhe Woman'* auxiliary mission
•"I was completely run down. My i
completely
"I
[North"Epping over the Sabbath. Their
Bertha W i g g i n g whose/past seasonefbf
soaps and soaps/
became mo utxttrnag through Ion of __
unstrung
-ecame
Ffll Y MORNING. J U L Y 31, 1896. one day, last week
' •leep
arrangements include a vi.it to tbe hiaand worry t&j»t I text aore 1 would bo com* teaching has been spent in N o r ^ A t t l e - •ocietv will >meefc on Friday August 7
Miss M a m i e Y o u n g and friend of pelled toi giT* op my position, fwould lie
*"lth Mrs..*: E./Fernaia.
A.C W
but only one
torlo t o w n s of Concord and L e x i n g t o n .
awake all night long, and It took bat little boro*. M a s s ,/wheie'the Rev J ; H MeExeter hare been visiting the former's
Laren is a pastor
Ed/vsrd E.Trask is visiting hie Farm
HIT T H E B A L L HARD.
They made
PODl I8IIKT) E . r . K ,
rlilDAY
t t O R N l N O sister M r s . F T Staaton
ington home.
Miss l e a Peavey spent Sunday w i t h
the journey on their wheels.
friends in town.
A l Partnlostnn.N H . bT
H E A V Y
DATTIHG C n A H A C T E R I Z E D
Mr. Martin Welch of Lynn was in
The Barnum it Bailey big show, at
Mrs. Bradley Thurston and daughter
TUB O A U B AT BCttORT P A R K .
town aver Sunday with his family at
Rochester, Monday, was the attraction
I. F, ITRHNALiL)
"
Proprietor
were in t o w n on Saturday, and were
Breezy Brow
for many people from this place.
accompanied by the fomer's sister M r s
It was unfortunate for Manager San
Mrs Delia Blake o f Rochester and
Mrs
James Stiles, who with her
8 H Walt*ron, back to 8nmetnworth ders that b y reason of alcknoas, and other
Barnum a isn't in it with the Populist
Master-Willie Blake, are tbe guests of
three children has been stopping witb
Mrs. Harrison Wsldron is in Dover, circumstances, tils team that lined up
show that closed last week
Farmington friends this week
her parents, M r and M r s ( ' C . Dame,
to remain for a few weeks.
against the Sbmereworths, Saturday, at
Master HOBS Pearl o f Littleton is
for several weeks, returned to her home
Mrs. Albert Grsoger, formeily Miss Burget Park, was of the plcked-up vari
There is no rhyme for silver—8t
visiting his grandparents here. M r s .
in Merrimar, N H , last week.
Adelaide C Hajea, had been on from ety
1'aul Globe.
Unfortunate because It put the
!'earl's friends will be glad to know that
New Y o r k , but has gone heme, accom home team back Into last place again
Yet can anyone can make it jingle
Rev N C . L o t h r o p . a former pastor,
which is the soap of
she is meeting with fine success with
panied by M r Granger
occupied the pulpit a l the church agum
Gota had by no meanB recovered from
soaps and washes clothes
A wild man is roaming the woods o f
her work in vocal instruction in L i t t l e
The funeral of Mr Howard Jones his accident of the Saturday before, and
last Sunday, and was listened to b) i
Maine
H e i » thought to be an escape large audience.
ton, and hope to see her and Master
was held at his home in N e w Durham
with less labor and great
A call t o become pas
It wits noticeable la.bis work behind the
from the Populist Convention
Holman belore the vacation *eaaon ends
on Monday. H e leaves a widow for
tor of the church, has been extended to
bat
Both teams had 00 their batting
er comfort.
Bert P i k e , tbe popular driver lor F .
merly Miss Ella Davis, and two sons
Those fellows who are poking so Mr L o t h r o p and we sincerely hope it
togs, and base hits w e r e as plenty as
O Nutter, hat been off duty for a few
Makes hoaae* brighter
The death o f Miss Lucy Dodge, after flies about a bald man's pate. I^lghton's
much fun at the Populists whiskers, will be accepted.
days, because of a lame aide.
Makes heart* lighter
a long period of ill health during which playing at first was simply great, and he
should remember Parson M c K i n n e y
to shake i_e np ao that I could not poaalhly
attend to my btulueaa aa 1 should. In she was moat carefully attended, re had the unstinted admiration of the crowd
Mrs. John Otis and children ore vis
NORTH B A R N 8 T E A D .
connection with tbla 1 had Hvcr trouble, moves one o f whom can be said " S h e
• s e r i n Bta,H.T.
1 his is the best sort of weather to
iting friends in Barnstead.
hearlneaa a boat the stomach, and pains In
present. N&leaubad an unusual num
depart for an exploration of Oreenland.
Mms Ijfoora .1 Holmes i. quite sick different parta of my body. I was also moob hath done what she could."
George \ V Davis went to N e w Y o r k ,
ber of chances, and, -despite his errors,
reduced In flesh. I waa persuaded to. try
On the authority of the old Psalm tune
A forlorn little black child, she was
Wednesday, where he has a situation as
Mr
Simeon Webster is in town
nuide some g o o d plays.
TKADB KOTKS.
Dr, Miles' Restorative Nervine,
there aro " i c y mountains there "
brought from Virginia in the latter part
telegrapher.
renewing old acquaintances
The Score follows:
first procured a trial bottle from a local
rug({UtandKoodre«ultaquIaKlvfolkiw6d. I of the civil war, by the late Mrs James
Mr A Dull O W a l k e r of Michigan, is then procured a-Uof*
SOJIKBSWOBTH
M A . Trefethen of Exeter was in
The August Mcribner is the fiction
W e call the attention of our readers
-. B
Kdgerly who was formerly Miaa
lb po a e
art
t had uaod tbla up
number of that magazine, and contains expected here this week
to the advertisement o f the Salmon Oold t3wn, Saturday
Fogarty S b . .
Martha E . Pernald of South Berwick
< J 1
..8
am now on my tbl .
1 2 1
six
abort stories, a little comedy,
Mining Co.'s stock
I t is one o f tbe
S
Dr. and Mrs. J 8 Elkins were in
John K Davis visited his brother sleep soundly and eatregularly,something In the Fernalil home Lucy was given I l o b U p
and several special articles of wide S W Davis at Rochester last Sunday I could not possibly do before taking joar a kind and suitable training, in. all Brown Su
a
few producing gold mines and Messrs. Rochester last week, a* guests for a
Nervine. I am now fuUurteoocrtCLviQ ao not
Varner r f
6
popular interest
Crompton & Co. assure us. that d i v i short time of M r and Mrs. George E.
available w a y s , and up to the time L»Dgltcr l b
Mrs A b b i e W n g h t , o f N e w \ ork, iB hesitate to pronounce I>r. allies* uestoratlT
Nervine the greatest neroina on earth."
dends w i l l be paid.
A dividend to Cochrane.
Mr. Cochrane's only broth
10
when her mind grew clouded by disease GastoDguar e
visiting her parents M r a i d M r « Jubn
Pulton Ky
B- T CALDWELL
Witter TI
A \ e w York paper attempts to prove
I
the amount of ten per cent for 1896 is er, whose health ia seriously impaired,
she was a loyal and loving Servant to Lttwrtj c r
F Holmes.
Dr. Miles' Nervine la sold on a post
that the man of the future wjl! have no
is witb him in Rochester
guaranteed.
guarantee that the first bottle will Dene:
tbe mistress by whom she was regarded
Miss Blanche Tuttle has a crower that AUdragglatsaellttatIM bottles for la, of
lungs —Chicago Dispatch
la,
iggiatsaellttattM botttea
with affection, ai.d to her family She
James White is working in a shoe
FAUMINIITONS.
has laid a litter of eggs and wanted to
D A N A ' S Sarsaparilla Is not o n l y the
Which means, when that time cornea
became in 1877 a member permanently
best of all remedies for the Nerves, Liver, factory at East Rochester.
•b
bb lb
there will be no camp-meeting at Alton set >
of the household of Mr James B. Ed
Nestles u RB
Kidneys, Stomach, and Blood, but i f no
3 3
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Miss Daniels of Somerville has been
Bay
Mr
and Mrs. Samuel Walker of
Uml 3b
benetlt, you can get your money bock.
OMDr. Miles' N E B T B F u m n tor BPTKA.I. gerly of N o r t h Main Street.
Klrker,If
the guest of MissOra Whitney for a few
Piltafield, called on friends in ihis place
WEAKNESS. AU druKEtaU sell 'em f o r » c
The same guarantee applies to Dana's
o'lAQghliu 3I>
0
Religion was a great deal to Lucy, LelgbtuD lb
The Rev Julias H W a r d , of Boston, Sunday
Pills, Cough Syrup and Plasters. F o r days.
0
and she was msde early in her Nothern Cou, c
1
sale by Q . T . Jones, Agent, N e w Dur
has written a highly interesting paper
Hon. S. C. Whitehouse, president of
0
Mr
and Mrs U Alonzo H a l l of " T h e profounder patriot, the sort thai life a member of a church in South Uenoelt r f
ham, N . H
9-3in
Bikini p
U
on the late Harriet Beecher Htowe for
the N H . Musical Association, is very
Boston. Mass., spent a few days last bojs should be taught to emulate, i t a Berwick
0
She enjoyed
contributing lUrkor. r t
the AngUkt Forum
I t is a compre
enthusiastic in speaking o f the assem
week with James L o c k e and family
forbearing cituen and a profoundlv re toward the maintenance o f worship and
I.IVIKO PICTURES).
Totals.
hensive estimate of her career, her posi
<S
I S 13 17 24 1.1
blies at Weirs, last week
From a mu
but wben he does the auxiliaries of local church work
Mrs. K m m s Drew Clark of L y n n , luctant fighter,
Innings1 3 3 4 5 8 7 8
tion in literature, her moral aim—in
Somertworth
Almost everyone in N e w England sical point of view he declares it was
0 S K 0 0 8 0 1 0 IB
—
short, an analysis of what went to the Mass., spent the day last week with bring his howitzer out he enlists for the and it gave her great pleasure to make Ptrmtogton
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8—18 will remember the great series of living the beat ever held, though tbe attend
whole war " T h e same issue of the holiday or birthday gifts to her friends
her cousin, Mrs Jsmes Locke.
asrneu runs. Fartnlogton, 8 , Soaieraworth, 4.
making of this great writer
ance waa not equal to some former years
Two base hlts- PogartT, 3 . Brown, LangUer, pictures that was produced at K e i t h ' s
The school-board o f Barnstead held paper nsmed announces that, in view among those with whom she was asso (i&ctonguay. Wllley
Klrst b a » e on balls— Var New
T h e a t r e , Boston, two summers
George H . Johnson will g o to N o r
uey.Unstonguaj Liberty, Nedeaa, card. Coin.
Mr
J
B Bishop in the August an examination for teachers last Sntur of the welfare and honor of the nation ciated
back, and scarcely a person failed of wich, Ot , this week, where he will b e
Hit by plrheu ball-Cnru. Struck o u l - b . Hobba
She had no acquaintance with }ieople Noueaa lUcker s. Lolgbtoo 3, Com 8, E l k l o , 3 ,
Not as connected with sound monty, it will
Forum la o f the opinion that it is an day st the Centre srhool-house
A l l theatre goers will the guest of Hert Saunders.
bv Klfclna Brown, UastonjraAy. Liberty PaaseU seeing them
were support M r K m l e y in the Presidential of color hut waa devoted to"ber family
error to call bicycling a " c r a z e . " It is a large number of apphcanis
ball,—Gota 3. Throe base blt—B&rkor Double therefore be interested in the announce
campaign
Mr Emmons of N e w H a m p t o n , and
Of the houaebold nf ber happy home play- Langllor au<l Urown. I'inplres — USTlu
present
something
very different fiom that
ment j u s t made that an even more family, are guests o f Mrs J P . Elkins
I be Outlook of July 35 gives fine there remain only Mr Kdgerly and his a n u j Kogtirty
T h e simple fact is that t h e human race
Mr
Herbert
Hill
and family of
sumptuous and elaborate production is of\Tappan Btreet. T h e y are returning
younger daughter to sorrow for the loss
has discovered a new power for its own Rochester spent Sunday with relatives papers upon both McKinley and Bryan
The managers of the Cooheco League contemplated during the month of A u g home from a leisurely carriage drive to
with others upon Mrs Rtowe, the Kev of one so true and faithful , yet there
use. From the earliest dawn of civili
here. Returning they -left iheir two
held a meeting at Rochester Saturday ust,tbe first series to be put on M o n d a y , Rye Beach and other B^tore resorts, tak
zation man has been experimenting daughters, Ida and L o l a with their Francis K. Clark, I ) D , the foundei is content i n view of htt roimful release
There are some forty sub en largely for the benefit of M r . E m
evening and sustained the original scores August 3
with motion
Finally he has hit upon ^unt, Mrs. James C T u t t l e , for a week of the Christian Endeavor movement, on last Saturday, from imminent suffer
In the contested games between tbe jects in ail, some being original concep mons' health
and upon The Higher Life of Philadel ing
a device which makes his own body
One day last week Oruver Chesley phia, all these being wt II illustrated
KocheAtent and Soincrsworths aud the tions, while others are reproductions of
the source of power
H e has placed
T , E . Butler is in East P e p p e n l l ,
The funeral took place on Tuesday 1 lovers and Somersworths, »o the stand famous paintings.
agod 4 J years spent the day with his
Mass., this week
The good cruse of international bi
wheels upon his feet, and as a result
afternoon in charge of M r J P T i b
The artist who has been superintend
grandmother and for amusement, with
ing In the league Is as follows
metalliam is declared by the Bimetallic belts. Kitting remarks were msde by
finds his powers of locomotion tnulti
Onslow Jones and family sre at A l bis little axe, chopped down s tree 8 ft
*Fer cool. ing the production of these pictures is
l e a g u e of Ureat Britain to have made tbe Rev» S . H Goodwin, and appro
plied by five and even ten
Instead o;
1'laietl
Won
Lo.t.
M Castel-Bert, a Frenchman, w h o e ton Bay
high and 10 inches in circumference,
substantial progress in the past year, priate singing was given b ) Mr and s*»mer»worth
walking five 01 ten miles with more or
R<M.best«r
reputation largely rests upon the pano
brought it to the shed and sawed it into
and there is probability of a permanent Mrs. I ) YV. Kimball, Mrs. A K . Put Uorer
less effort and fatigue, he finds himself
ramie work that he accomplished in this
stove wood before he left it
Psnttingtoo
tribunal of arbitration between our own nam, and M r K. K. Carlton
traveling ten, twenty, flftv, and even
Inter
country, notably, " T b e Crucifixion,"
and the mother countrv
hundred miles, aocordlng to his pbyslca
ment was made in the Karminglon
LooK O u t
8hiloh," "Bunker H i l l , " " F r i b u r g , "
vigor and experience, with little per- for breakers ahead when pimples, bolls,
I IIIPN' C'OSTUIHUTION
A n important strike in the excellent cemetery, beside the grave of Mrs
etc., and some of the best conceived o f
ceptible fatigue and with a most delight carbuncles and tike manifestations of im printing house of J J Little it Co. in Kdgerly
^
the pictures are his
N o expense has
T h e y wouldn't ap New York City has been settled by
ful sense of animation
H e has become pure blood appear
A party of ciur citizens enj>i)ed an
Oo Monday morning a surgeon from
been spared In the production, and the
master o f his new power,—ibe moat pear If your blood were pure and your arbitration, the referee being President
excursion over the lake in the pteamer
Boston, assisted by l)r John Young ol
system In the right condition
They
pictures w i l l be produce 1 witb an accu
valuable he has acquired since he learn show you what you need—a good blood- Seth Ix)w of Columbia College Things
Dover and D r John C Parker of this Peihap.i last Sunday and report a fine racy of detail that i s amazing. T b e
ed to walk,—and it is honceforth a part purlfer, that's what you get when y o n like these make one feel that civilization
CURES OTHERS .WILL CURE YOU
time
i
town, removed s tumor weighing 32
lighting effects will be grand, more than
of his equipment for bis struggle with take Or Pierce's I .olden Medical I)ls- really advances and climbs upward as
Put y..ur money in the savings bank 6000 candle power being employed
pounds, from Mrs Solomon Hall, ol
cowry
life. Is it probable that having once
well
whose recovery earnest hope is enter for safe keeping and we'll warrant those
It carries health with It. A l ) blood,
l o Llqald u d P l U a
become possessor of a power like this
T o return to the exercises of 8unday, tained
burglars won't gett i
A trained nurse is in alien
skin,and scalp diseases, from a common
TUB COU1TT.
Dr Glidden's Rheumatic Cure will
the human race Is going to abandon it • blotch or eruption to the worst scrof — Mr Goodwin waa compelled to con
dance upon the patient.
We
visited the garden of Hiram
be a boon to you if suffering with rheu
A s wall might we expect it to abandon ula, aro cured by it. I t Invigorates the dense his carefully noted record of the
There is likely to be a formal reunion Stevens last Sunday and were v e r )
T w o wood ibis, a very rare bird in matism, for it absolutely cures every
I Ivor purifies ana enriches the blond, convention, in his re pott, as the Rev
railways, and gas, and electricity
this season o f the class of l b 9 1
surprised to see such s variety of veg this section, were shot st Salmon Falls form o f rheumatism
and rouses every organ Into healthful
For sale by
action
In the most stubborn forms ol K. N C Barnes was to speak at seven
Mr and M r s Frank Shapleifth re
etsbles growing on such a small piece recently
NKW KNULAND PAIU.
Roberts it Peavey, Farmington, N H
skin diseases, such as salt-rheum eczema o'clock in the audience room, concern turned lo Springfield Mass , on Halur
ol land.
Anyone interested in garden
Prof A E Thomas has been elected
tetter, erysipelas, carbuncle*, and kind ing prohibition
Mr Harnes is a very
ing will do well to cull and see for
Arrangements for the N e w Kngland red aliments and with scrofula lo every voung man and his gifts as a public
principal uf Austin academy, Strafford
BCt.'Kt.KN 8 AStniUA HAI.VB
C u r e for Headache
themselves wbat can be done in this
shape, and all blood taints, it effects per •pesker are certainly uncommon to men
Fair at Rigby Park and City Hall,
A s a remedy for all forms of heailucetia line with proper rare
The bent Halve In tne world for cut s,
•tOClAL AMD PCftHOrtAI,
fect and permanant cures of the worst
M r Stevens ha*
Portland, Maine, August 17, 18, 1 9 , 3 0
>f his years
Hardly any one doubts Electric Bitters has proved to be the very
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
cases
our thanks for a basket o f the largest
and 21, are now near completion. A
It effects a permaneut cure and
thai the manufacture and sale of intox best
Mrs. J K. French spent Sunday with sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
full and choire exhibit o f live stock,
IN U K D S U A I .
the most dreaded habitual sick headaches currants we ever saw and w e feel <afe
corns and all rddn eruptions and positive
icants, for use as beverages, should be
Mr and M r s . Geo. M . Btard at D o v e r
yield to Its Influence. We urge all who in saying that were ever raised u, this
ly cures piles, or no pay required. I t Is
equalling or exceeding that o f last year,
done away with
Palling the enforce
Miss O r a Whitney spent Wednesday Is warruntoed toirlve perfect satisfaction
are afflicted to procure a bottle and give town
is assured. Mr. S 8. Sanborn, of Bos
Burglars entered the handsome new ment of prohibitory law, a high license this remedy a fair trial
In cases of hab
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
with friends in Dover
Woh Dean ynu'ro •Iwayv In the leail
ton, is to exhibit some twenty-six head residence o f M r s . John Burleigh, at baa seemed to some men better than no itual constipation, Electric Bitters cures
box.
i>'or*KMle. bv Kobnrts & Peaveiy.
We never knew you fall.
Mrs. A r t h u r Beard spent s few day
of his celebrated French coaching stud , South B e r w i c k , Friday night, and se check at all upon (ha evil referred to by giving the Deeded tone to the bowels,
But tre'u like to know Just how yon fly
That kiln wltnout s ull
at Farmington with M r s . J P Elkins
eight or ten English and American cured nearly 8 4 0 0 worth of jewelry and l o enforce properly the laws of New andfew cases long resist the use ot this
medicine. T r y It once. Large bottles
8ay, A b e , don't let tbe boys fool you and Mrs. Richardson last week.
vehicles and numerous set o f harness, solid silver plate
T h e y held a
Hampshire, in this respect, a strong ouly fifty cents at Rolierts A Peavey's
for that is a genuine little N i g , I saw
four ot wbioh cost 8600 per set in Eng volver at the head o f the servant girl public opinion is necessary, or the drug store.
Mrs. George Tibbetts and son H a r
(2)
I M m winking at the Tarmington girls old have been the guests of Rochester
land. ( ' . I Hood, of L o w e l l , Is to ex who had been aroused by the noise, and authority must be used by State rather
n*st night as he turned
the crank friends in the present week.
hibit —though not in competition—his threatened to kill her if she made a n ) than IJCSI officials.
Don't take too much stock in what Joe
famous Jersey
cattle and Berkshire outcry.
< urcs lilieiiiiintlsin
Price, SOc
Mr. and M r s . Ben Wentworth are ai/ocsl officers never yet have found
says.
swina. T h e racing program is unques
mong the new arrivals at 0 ' ean P a r k
any attempt to carry out the spirit of
T h e D i s c o v e r y S a v e d His Life,
tionably the best ever offered by an)
Should suyono Sod tor umbrella
THE TUEN OF LIFE.
They make their home at Uemdan
M . Q CalUouette. druggist, Beavers- the law, to be a desirable undertaking
Marked on the handle T I I . f..
agricultural
society in the Eastern vlllo, III., says
And leave at the orsoe of the Now,
" T o D r King's N e w People who advocate temperance are
cottage.
Will receive ibe thanks I there bars left.
States. Thure are fifteen races, the Discovery I o w e my life.
Waa taken
apt to swell the successes of tbem who T h e
M o s t C r i t i c a l P e r i o d In t h e
Miss L a u r a Harrington has j o i n e d W h e o l e r & W i l s o n
yearling for a purse of 9 6 0 0 and the w i t h la g r i p p e and tried a l l the physi
Life o f a Woman.
cians for miles about, but ot no avail and sell liquors, through a lack of thought,
balance for purses o f 9 1 , 0 0 0 each
Mr James Perdue, an old soldier ber parents a t pcean Park for a. few
was given up and told J oould not live. indifference, or other cause, and the
New No 0, Family
residing at Monroe, Mloh . was severely days, and m a k e s a welcome addition to
Three
hundred and
twenty-severn
Having D r . K i n g ' s N e w Discovery In my sentiment of a community needs to be
afflicted with rheumatism but received the FahniRgton colony |
Sewing Haobines,
horses are named in the fifteen races, store I sent for a bottle nod began Its use
a v j n t m c . or Mr*. Kslljr, of PatchOfu,
rompt relief from pain by using Chamaggressive before any one man can do
thus assuring a large field o f starters
*Kev. G e o . H . Cat* and,family o f Rotary Motion and
and from the first dose began to feol bet
L o a « Island.
orlaln's Pain Balm
H e says: ' ' A t
effective work in the putting down of
The Adrian W i r e Co. are lo exhibit a ter, and after using three bottles was up
tunes my back would ache so badly that Newton, M a s s . , are guests qf/Oliver J
Ball Bearings
any practice which menaces the publir
There la no*period in woman'a earthly
I could hardly raise up. I f I bad not M . Oilman o f Alton. ..
car load o f wild animals consisting of and about again. I t Is worth its weight
,'
H a k e Them
In gold. W e won't keep store or house health.
career which ahe approaches with ao
gotten relief I would not be here to write
buffalo, deet, e l k , bear and coyotes without I t . " G e t a tree trial at Roberts
Rev. M r . Hauler, remembered for
these few lines.
Chamberlain's Pain
Mr Goodwin's conscientious and ex much anxiety as t h e "change of Life."
Easy running, quick, mpld and durable.
W
A Eddy, of Bayonne, N J., dcPeavey's drug store.
(2)
Balm has done me a great deal of good his evangelical work in this place last Prices nnviirinng to style and finl-h
Tet
during t h e
cellent remarks at the close of the meet
and C. H Lamson, o f Portland, will
and I feel v e r y thankful for I t . ' F o r Spring, is, witb bis family, occupying a Ensy payments, liberal discounts, f o r
Tni
HTATK.
i a g ^ a v e food for thought.
l i e never past twenty y e a r s
give daily exhibitions o f kite
flying.
sale at Parker's Pharmacy.
cottage at M i l t o n .
cash, or part cosh I
have
urges hearers to do that in which he w o m e n
Including tandem, mld-air photograph
•7-014 machines taken In exchange.
The musical convention at 'be Weirs cannot rightfully say " C o m e , " instead learned much f r o m
A t the recent great Sunday school
ing, drawing electrklty from the clouds
a woman.
Are) You Tired
of " G o , " but be tries to find oat bis
and other novelties in the w a y of air was a great success.
All tbe tune? This condition Is a A N Indication convention held in Boston, sfter s song
I t Is safe t o aay
that your blood Is not rich ani noartsaloi as It by Mrs. Dexter tu Tremont Temple, a
_
nd
navigation. I t is expected a Lillentbal
T h e late D r . F A C o l b y o f Berlin own duty as well as to indicate that of
ought to be and aa It 'may be If yon will"take »
t h a t women w h o J
AQBNT.
his audience.
?. . JS?
ffi? « " * t blood purifier, Hood's distinguished woman psssed £ ndtp t o
flying maobine will be in operation carried a life insurance o f #28,000.
prepare
•'
SanaparlUa. Thousands write. uSarHood'i 8ar- Mrs. Dexter, which read, " I thank.God
F A R M I N G TON, N . H
A pleasantly large number of people themselves
during the week of the fair. M r . Lara
aaparilta has cured them or thai tired fMUnr by
Laconia forms the first Bryan and
S+vlns them rich, red blood.
for giving you such a v o i c e ; I thank
were present at the lecture, and the f o r
son expects his 30 foot kite w"lil carry a S e w a l l club o f the campaign.
the
you for using I t . "
Rev. J B. Harrington made the open eventful
man aloft. Prof, and Madam L a Rnux
K e n d a l l it L a d d will issue a Bryan
.3°^HX" 'Jf
easily jet prom ptlyon tbs lire,
ing prayer. A chorus choir led the period,
will make doily balloon ascensions and
aad bowels. Cars kick hejatsab*.
Rev. E . N . C . Barnes w a i ihe'gViest
and Sewall newspaper in Manchester,
singing o f hymns.
parachute jumps.
A contract is made
IttsactoaitnertttaathassiveD flood', e
CHARLES A. BENNETT,
pssa.
ol M r . and Mrs, A. W 8hstifdrd while
beginning A u g . I .
aill'a the drst place amoof msdlcinei. li " T S
with T . W . Eok whereby he i t t o bring
Mrs. Ssflbrd, Mrs. Putnam and Mrs, through i t
in town.
,
One True Blood Portlier and n a m tonlo.
ALTON; N , H „
Camp I d l e w i l d on C o w island, L a k e Prank Pearl, who were at the Weirs ranch easier
John 8. Johnson, the world champion
Mr. and M r s . F . W . Coburo, Jr., o t
Winnlpesaukee, contains 4 0 boys this last weekj seem to have found th
bicycle rider, R a y McDonald, A l Weln
than in the
New Durham, will spend the next few
ing, and several noted French and Eng. summer.
musical gathering even more delightful past.
weeks at Y o r k Beach.
Ilsh bloyclistt direot from Europe to
T h e veterinary surgeons o f the 8 l a t r than in former years, and they say that
T h e r e la
John Berry was st home from Manrace and g i v e exhibitions at the fair. are to ask the Legislature t o establish a Mrs. Dexter o f our own county sang but one
cheater over Sutday.
T h e Portland W h e e l Club are to make S t a t e Board o f Registration in veterin superbly. D r . Carl B . Duft of N e w course t o
P R A L K B nr
a n seeding parade, t a d predict t w o ary surgery w i t b power t o debar from Y o r k , M r . Bancroft of Mootpelier, V t . , pursue to
Rev. I. 8 . Harrington went i » Ocean
8HIHGLE8, OLAPBOABDB, LATHS,
subdue the
hundred wheels in line, many o f which practice all w h o are not qualified.
Park, M o n d a y , wLere he -will remain Doors, W|ndova, BUnds. Builders' rtnlah, U u ,
Mrs. Brown o f Concord, and tbe inim
nervous com.
~Hair and-ttement. Screen Doors
will be ridden by ladles. Col. Brlgbatn
for the n e x t t w o weeks.
N o r t h C o n w a y proposes to psss its itable Blaisdell with his orchestra, with
aad salafi
vnm
plications,
o f Ibe National Orange, and several coaching parade this year.
TAWAHVirYORLiySFAIR
the pianists present, were favorite pera n d prepare
advocates o f good roads are t o lecture
lormers, and Miss D o r a Haley, of this
E. A. CkUkWrOIUl.
A. D. TOU.ES.
K, A- IJaOHTON.'
during the w e e k . Olive T h o r n s Miller,
county, gave pleasure in ber singing, the system
B K R I AND T B I B L
^ a l - C i t y Hall, will talk upon the birds
as did M r . Conant o f Concord, and for t h e change, p y d l f fi Pinkham'S
V e g e t a b l e Compound should b e used.
of N e w "EngTanuV
The report made on Sunday evening tith.rs o f the musicians engaged.
It |s well f o r those approaching- this
C&AWTORD, TOIX£S ifc CKX, XAHAG£R8,
Miss Blanche Townsend same on Sat
at the earlier service in the Congrega
time,
wrlfes M r s . P l i k h a m , a t Lynn,
T h e Fish and Game commissioners tional church, by Mr. Goodwin, was
{jSa&Skiors toC If. TAcrwr.)
Maaa, Shehak t h e experience pt years
will exhibit specimens o f our inland full of Interest, and was marked by
OFFICE— WilUoii' BlocK, Main Street, Farmington,
2T. JB.
i n Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and
nroared*ofChndren and sdnlta bava
flsb.
Hon.
Thomas B . R e e d ' s quota quotations worthy of rernetabrance, America, the five great continents. Sha toalihe/inalflvisina;.' Bbe-wilJ charge
bytaja treated
bntaram— the other dl.rjjea, mwayBp.
'
—
toma art'
Unas art.-JndWUOT. wluTa vaitobl. ap.
of government seed will b e exhibited. from many of the addresses made in ker medicines are being used by. suffer you nothing.
particular attenthjo rlTen to lasnraooe an Factories, knitv Hotels,I thrclUnrs, KerchandUe, and
rjBIta: t ^ tooina; oOaoalvs breath: hard
t»: f
S h e helped this woman, vrho says:—
all mods of insorabl
bpruoertr, UHheioIlowtng-Comvanlesr V}»r '
c
Thos. A . L a m b is to show a large col the national convention of the Y . P. S. ing humanity for the cure of sickness
fan
tatlbeUT.jrlui occasional arlplncs
4Ctna or Harttord. Oooa,
"I have nsed L y d l a B, Pinkham's
—
MaarSaitar at EnalanJ.
,
i about UaVnaVeli Mat aad ttchtnssL
lection of N e w England
minerals. C. E . held in Washington recently. nd disease.
Boston- firs aad Marine,
Uc^iharacun —"'^boatthsaaDarsras
KtRsABtsbritewart.M, J.
N e v e r was them such a nnlvarro! de V e g e t a b l e Compound In my family ten
Capital at Concord, » , U
Utaocwatahortnry
T h e r e will b e afternoon and evening One ot the sayings was that "every
y e a r s , w i t h t h e best results. Some
coosbjsrjnduiacf
mand, never such wonderful results.
Ooocord llntaal ot ta aeon),!». H .
rtb t atarrhtsenrlas
Saw.TATk.
sleep; ilow ft
concerts by leading bands as well as member of the society should be as a
naletlnnuui of Scotland
Shaker Digestive Cordial, a cure for t i m e a g o n q r d a u g h t e r had catarrh' ot
h ^Jtaado-ofPortsnwoUi.S.B.
a «ata»»>. tnada Is'
lire trnJerwrltzra or Concord N. H.
PrDTMeheaXotaal <o( Prutldance.B. r.
the usual exhibits and such novelties as IWe wire carrying energy to every other Indigestion, U prepared from roots and the w o m b , and i t entirely mxreaTher.,
rushfauc Usual of rnaaoun, Slaaa.
Palatine of Kr.Slantl: ^,'Mr- « «
may be found o f interest.
Every effort part of the body," and "to all needful herbs, and is a natural remedy, which I w a s approaching the .''chang*' of
is being made \o make { h i s the fair places outside of the organisation" may cures b y aiding nature and not by fight l i f e , " and was i n a deplorable/ condi
roe Insnrsww Company of Sqrtt ^ajartaa
»«<»««>
ing her.
attraction o f the year and the manage* have been added to the first phrase.
Shaker digestive Cordial makes those tion. U y w o m b h a d fallen, a n d the
oovniKfto rax 4i4rS&4&faft»*
ment are sanguine it will so prove. Another Vrotd of note was "pulmonary fat, w h o have become thin by not digest- bearing-down pains and backache w e r e
AOOI DEBT JH3TJBAHDB.-Tra»Tlera ol llartrorrl. \
terrible, and k i d n e y s affettted
Portland} Capo Elisabeth and O l d Or- patriotism."
One can. make his own ing their food.
PLATR UI.AS3 AND BOILER irfgOBASCK, fldalUxaia? CaanaUv o f N,
an4timaU«orN.r, Aasats,*M4'JIM.
i t restores tbe spirits and the appetite
chard at,thla, season o f the year are in application of this characterization.
U f X M8V$virCKi Stats hSeofsatV» MnraaIB«aerl|of Hcrarx, N.J.J. As-eis, »*Mo».l«r.
sC| of Newark, K.
~ I began t a k i n g t h e Cuuipuimd,
~
of those who ate dejected and fagged out
lossrsses s o Inst Rsaugi by l^ttfngj»bother »rti wanes or bnt|,
gala dress, and the special.rates granted
and m y pains ceased, t consider i t the
The Harper's weekly of July 18 has from the wearing effects o f Indigestion.
naiyean^a affltnat OyeJonaaan.1TjarjjJMtrt«^-awA rTTSFItflS Iff itliSSf
by
transportation companies should
I t relieves the symptoms o f dyspepsia strong bridge b e t w e e n siolrneea and
a short editorial upon Militant Patriot
exfu^uhooM»ttl«* """"P ''
§r tfcl^WWi Hal pojlpj oro«V fafoa* aile***. to
admit o f all bur people attending this
and, after using f o r a reasonable time, h e a l t h , and recommend it to everybody
ism, which is similarly suggestive, and
N o w England institution.
cores the complaint.
Office n«ys In Farmlngf-en Every Tuesday,
• - - '.
its concluding phrase is-one to consider; Anally b y druggists. T r i a l bottle 10 eta. I m e e t w h o needs It."—MBS. L. E s x L r ,
Soft
P a t c h 030 e, L. L
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Lucy Dodge death and memorial article from the Farmington News, Page2, July 1896. Lucy Dodge was a well known figure during her life in Farmington and is one of the most notable black historical figures in the local record. <br /><br />Note this article cotains biases from the period.<br /><br />The article reads:<br /><br /><p><em>The death of Mrs Lucy Dodge, after</em><br /><em>a long period of ill health daring which</em><br /><em>she was most carefully attended, re-</em><br /><em>moves one of whom can be said "She</em><br /><em>hath done what the could."</em></p>
<p><em>A forlorn little black child, the was</em><br /><em>brought from Virginia in the latter part</em><br /><em>of the civil war, by the late Mrs James</em><br /><em>B Edgerly who was formerly Miss</em><br /><em>MarthaE. Fernald of South Berwick</em><br /><em>In the Fernald home Lucy wsa given</em><br /><em>a kind and amiable training, in. all</em><br /><em>available ways, and up to the time</em><br /><em>when her mind grew clouded by disease</em><br /><em>she was a loyal and loving servant to</em><br /><em>the misstress by whom she was regarded</em><br /><em>with affection, arnd to be her family She</em><br /><em>became in 1877 a member permanently</em><br /><em>of the household mi Mr James B. Ed-</em><br /><em>gerly of North Main Street.</em></p>
<p><em>Religion was a great deal to Lucy,</em><br /><em>and the was made early in her Northern</em><br /><em>life a member of a church in South</em><br /><em>Berwick She enjoyed contributing</em><br /><em>toward the maintenance of worship and</em><br /><em>the auxiliaries of local church work,</em><br /><em>and it gave her greet pleasure to make</em><br /><em>holiday or birthday gifts to her friends</em><br /><em>among those with whom she was asso-</em><br /><em>ciated</em></p>
<p><em>She had no acquaintance with people</em><br /><em>of color but was devoted to “her family "</em><br /><em>Of the household of her happy home</em><br /><em>there remain only Mr Edgerly and his</em><br /><em>younger daughter to sorrow for the loss</em><br /><em>of one so true and faithful , yet there</em><br /><em>is content in view of her merciful release</em><br /><em>on last Saturday, from imminent suffer-</em><br /><em>ing</em></p>
<p><em>The funeral took place on Tuesday</em><br /><em>afternoon to charge of Mr J P Tib-</em><br /><em>betts. Fitting remarks were made by</em><br /><em>the Rev S. H Goodwin, and appro-</em><br /><em>priate singing waa given by Mr and</em><br /><em>Mrs. )D W. Kimball. Mrs. A E. Put-</em><br /><em>nam, and Mr E. E. Carlloo Inter-</em><br /><em>ment waa made in the Farmington</em><br /><em>cemetery, beside the grave of Mrs</em><br /><em>Edgerly.</em></p>
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1880 Graduation Exercises Farmington High School Booklet
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A bi-fold booklet of the 1880 Graduation Exercises of the Farmington High School. The event was set for eight o' clock, Thursday July 1, 1880 at the Congregational Church in Farmington, NH. Music was planned, as well as eleven speakers, including the Salutatorian and the Valedictorian.
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�THE
F A l ' I L Y
of
BENJAMIN and AEIO-AIL (PRAY) HAM
of
FARFINaTON, E.K.
Compiled t y t h e i r G-randdaughters
Louise (Stone) Jones,and K a t h a r i n e Ham Stone
1940
Presented by the author to the FarminstonjN.H.
H i s t o r i c a l S o o i e t y , January,1953
F a t h a r i n e Ham Stone
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Fray's Q«aardiaa Account
of ^€)tm Bm
laveatoiy of JaUm ISae** JS»tat«
Daad of Abigail
IISB
to Jiinoch Bunlcor
A Mote on W i l l i a m Ham ( i n Aiaerica 1636-1672)
�Th« B o u r o e s of i n f o r m a t i o n f o r t h i s s k e t c h ares<*
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F i l e s of t h e Farmington, H* H. Hews
a r t i c l e s hy A d e l a i d e C i l l e y Waldron*
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A H i s t o r y o f E a r l y Portsmouth, H* H*
by R a l p h May.
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1926
Family L e t t e r s and i n f o r i a a t i o n fromA h i g a i l Ham Stone*
4*
F i l e s of t h e Farmlngton, N. H. News
f o r laaOe & 1890s.
�Banjaain Has was of the f i f t h ganersticaa i n descant froa WHliaa Has
i»ho asm
trm
Sngland to Haw Bigland and was i n liseter i n 1644,
Portsmouth in 1646.
He reached
I n 16^2 ths salectraon of Str«B«to®rry Bank, as Portsmouth
nas then eailod, e x a i ^ e d the old town records and crossed off what was not
approved by thm,
Amnp, the entiries that r^aaiaed was the following» «It
is granted timt each itdiahitant i s to have l o t s of lara! according to the
order written,* and eimmg, the nmos i s that of W i l l i a a Has (spelled Haisie)
for tifiir acres. Lator reoorrls ahm
that hs was a land owner i n 1660.
His son Matthflfw settled on the I s l e s of ^ o a l s , ten s i l e s off PortaBouth arid had two aona^Joha and fhcasas.
Jdin settled i n Sfewington, H. H., and had sovewO. sons, one of whoa
was John J r . w^»o was ow
ijiroat-grarwlfathar. Tradition says that he went
trm Portwao>ith to i#iat i s now the v i l l a g e of Fanaington taking h i s worldly
goods on f wheelbarrow altlioxii^ tJmt s « 3 a an l ^ o s s i b i l i t y .
eat
He took t*p or
bought a l l ths land on which the v i l l a g e of Paraingtcffli now stands. The l i t t l e
ssttlousnt was then known as The Dock, f ^
date of h i s a r r i v a l there i s not
knoim but i t was \indoti5tedly while tliat region was a part of the northwsst
parish of Rooi^^rter, for i t was not m t i l 1798 that the town of Famington
TO5 incorporated, fb& torn l i e s I n the v a l l e y betw9«si Miltoa Bldge and ISew
Durfiaa Rid|«e, about eigjiteen Ejtles northwest of Dover, on the road to Lake
HnxMpesat&ee, which i s
BOE»
t i n JSJiles further m .
His house stood m
tl»
h i l l north of
Bo^, a f i n e locatimi whioSi vmrndmA
ths sarly 190(^.
i s "vm & farxaer and a press^rous nan for those tliaes, as
i n the faadJly t m t i l
the invsntory of his pjroperty totaled $3,&}6,n. He had f i v e s^ms, Thomas,
Jesej^, Abnar, Benjamin and Woam,
miA two dati^tters, a a r ^ and Mary.
t d l l i s dated Jur© 29, 1011, and the inventory of h i s property was
at tha probate court held i n Dover on Daem^T
IS, 1§12, when h i s am
Ms
recorded
Joseph,
�w o ^?aa eswcutor, mi&». oath tlmt t « irivaatoiy ewitaiaa a l l tha estate of
h
!»
thi said John Bam that had ecm to hfii knowledge. l E s w i l l i s interesting
for iw gave hia land to his sons Biems, Joseph, Ben^asKln and Mos»S| to h i s
sm Hbmr he g«re |200 and one good f e a t ^ r bed and bedding, Abrwr prmp^
..
b8to<ft: himself to Mtweiotrth, Maine, uSiere he laarried and had e i ^ t <^ldren.
The tare daughters mm
and to Mary flOO
gi-ren ueemy, to Mrah
1300 aad householri f^ralahingi
IXsmlshingi. T o d ^ i t i s a«»iiag to note tJ» axaet
^vinim of bads, bedding (ineluKllng the c o r i s ) , and o t i w household goods
but thaw things had been aotplrod by
wwk «id were of p w t mLue,
In the divlsism of h i s land he j p w h i s mm fhmm
the land i a th®
waitom part of h i s holdinpi, wttere the Bostcm md Maim Hallroad mod to be.
Be is said to hmm b&m
mi «a«^-g«L«g fsasier with a l a r i e f«ily of ehUdreii.
Joseph (generally knosm as Col. Joseph} Imd tise land lying wsst of the ProviiMje
road, tm Horth aain Street. B a a j w i a and »>«as had tim hcn^stead east of t h i s
rosd, with the house and f a m bxdldings.
and Imd a l l the stook m&
Tmy mm
also t t e resid^iary legattWMi
f a m tj^plSMints. flm inventory of great»gr^»ifathsr's
pro|)erty shows t M t Benjasdis had 97 acre® of land and K«Mie8 7S acres, I siigspose
th« two farwB Tmm
o a r r l M on as a unit, for Wemm. mm
tarded child. I rtJSMft^r hi» as a burly mm
what today we e a U a r e -
dressed i n overalls with a red ban-
danaa around his neck. Aftor h i s falrf-ier's death he lived, witii h i s brother Thossas,
but as he wis not w e l l oared f o r tl»re his mphm
iOimmt (our Uno2^ Doctor) t&tk
hia to tl» hewatead itlmm ho livcsd toe rest of h i s l i f e and was a t»efal mmAim
of tJi0 fMi3y for -ho di4 the chox^ss, dioppad w o ^ arai did farm work* lis used
aai^ quaint ^ r e s s i o s j s and o j was to preface hi.s 3»ark8 witdi the word '•Hke."
i©
O o SuiKiay TOmlaf h® was chopping woost ami Atatt Annie r w l M e d h i a that i t wsas
n
Stoday, •Well," to said, »»llke you didii't hxm beans t h i s aoming,"
in 186? at the ago of seventy and was buried i n the faaKlly mm%&rj
After his death hi® fars. was soM and the mmmy
divided mmmg
He died
m the farm.
h i s heirs.
�Our grandfather, Benjaain Ban, was Iwam i n 1?92.
I n I S l ? ha married
Mgail Pray^ of Lebanon, Maine, and %imy had s i x oiiildr^Mi, Uaxf Am
, Abi^r,
Susan, BeaJaEiin, Charles and Abigail (our aottor).
From a sketch of the history of Farwingtoa we learn that i n 1 7 ^ The Dock
ms a l i t t l e hamlet of less than one hundred people, suzrounded by the primeval
forest. The roads iswre tm
md
very poor^ travel was either on horseback or by
ox teaaj there was no ohurch or post office m)d t t e school was c^ned only the
yaar bsfora. llm houses were either log cabins or o)»~ateiry fraaa.
Banjafflin prctoably attended the l i t t l o school, but whether he }iad any further
aducation i s not rocorded.
lie fouglit i n the War of 1812, f o r i n her l a t e r lif©
hia yriiim received a pension for h i s soj-vic® i n that war.
its died i n Howaatoer,
1S25, at the ago of ^ l i r t y - t h r e a , leavijig his wife and s i x ohildrea, the youngest
(our mother) bora a few acHtitha aftor he died. He was working i a the woods getting
out logs. 1 ^ snow was deep and i t was cold so that he took a heavy cold which
davsloped into typhoid pneueu^nia.
The oldest daughter
.
^
ifttfy Arm was teen i n her s i ^ ^ year and was the only cm
A
to reasaiber hitt i^Laarly*
S^m once told har ixlece Louise that with t ^ f i r s t
MBsy she aarDed ahu bought a bead-stone f o r hie grave.
^owy
of the children
figitt^ froa tlio distant past.
To us he i s only a
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Abigail Fr&jf the daughlwsr of Benjimin Pray
boni in Lebanon, Malsw,
^tt>lgall (Llbby) P i ^ ,
Ctetober 10, 178?, one of twelve children.
We
k o nothing about her father (Benjaisin Pray) but after tim deat^ of her f i r s t
nw
huaband Abigail Ilbby Pray m r r i a d a
Hayes of Faraington and he was
k w as S i r IJayos, wiiioh s»y be an abbreviation tar Qrandair.
nm
Sie l i v e d to be
over ninety and waa auch loved by her grandcliildren. She taught Eary Ann to sew,
knit and cook. During h»r l a s t illnofis a nei^itoor was talking with her about her
•{^roachiug death myi she said, "fttH, death i s m>lmioholy.*'
W know but l i t t l e of our israndteiother Em^s mrlj
a
JXt& for she seldom talked
of har child; jood, but she rsascabered tha death of Wasliington and said i t took s i x
woeks for the mm
to reacti thm, a^id when i t eane the people oried, Washington
is daad, iVasliington i s deadl"
also r««WBa4wred tJje hardships which Jefferson's
wbargo bro'jght to than wiien trade was at a s t a i u l s t i l l .
She renesiberad a dark day
(an acllpse?) and tlie year tJiore w a s a f r o s t every moMth.
In 1817 she s m i l e d Benjasdn Mm of faredngton, H. H., and i t w a s said that
aha ims the handscmst g i r l who went into the mmtlixg house. She wa^ a Baptist and
always explained that s^ie was a Fx^owiU Baptist and not a Hardshell,
B)b had a
g o alto voi(^ and sang i n ths choir. I rwimber her when ahe was w a l l over
od
eighty Bitting by tlw window hcxLdiiig her lijaaxibook dose to her ayes end singing
her favorite hQwrns i n a quavering voi«».
Isft a widow at t l ^ age of t l i i r t y ^ a i x , with s i x childraa, the oldest i n her
eighth year ard the youngest bom
few months a f t e r ti» death of her husband, with
a Saw Hamjahir© fara for their st^port, the outlook ims not easy,
but she was not
daunted by i t and worked liard to bring up Iter family. The children wsre Mary Ann
(called Arjiie), bom 163Jj Abaor, bom i B l g j Susan, bom 1821 j Benjmin Franklla,
bom 1523; Charles, bom
and Abigail, bom Slamh 1 , ::^26,
Bmidss the fana a?id the house there was a ©d,st-«iill, which was taken frflo
�\lbm by
of t>i® Mam rolativea by what QrandiaotlMir t h o u # t wera unfair
practices. The house was beyoiKl repair so l a 1829 Orandaothor b u i l t a naw
horn® m the site of the old one, on t!ie .knoH north of %im v i l l a g e .
a itm» house, a story and a h a l f , with an tmfinished a t t i c .
I t was
This i s tlMi
houaa that we called th& **old house < .
*
For ysars QrmimiUmr
leased ths f t a k i n g half of the produce for
the rant. Bub she found i t increasingly d i f f i c u l t to e a r o f o r h a r children
and i t was nsi^ssary to soM
awm
of them to l i v e with her x^lativee.
Susan
and Charles went to l i v e with t h e i r IJmlm Charles Fxay i n l ^ m l l , Walm,
BanJaEiln Franklin was sent to h i s l ^ l e Benjaiain i n Ossipee,
she nevar turned ai^ono away w h o was cold or huoigry.
and
Poor a s she was
One atorray night there
US a knock OR the door, Grandiaotlier opened I t and thex^ st^od a stranger
asking for shelter f o r iim n i # t . She took h i a i a afid m d e a bod for h i a m
tha floor before tlie opm
fire.
I n tha aomi^ig fm t r i e d to isxpress h i s thanks
but could not Biak» hiautelf widerstoi^ for Im was a foreigner.
Besides the farm work, Krtiloh even f o r wcetan was Im&vy, Orandtaotl^r did
spinning and weaviiig f o r itjor own faiaHy and for lier neighbors.
3^
laade har
mm deaigis aM dyvtA and spun her ami wool. There are at least three pieces
of har work s t i H l a exiatenoe, on® a oouatorimns i n hlvm and white squares
and two butternut shades (one now used as portieres i n the hcaae of George
Haelwstar Stone), liar old-fasliioned locm was kept i n the l o f t of the
bam for years after she ©eased to um
com
it.
Sh« was often called on to help m i ^ b o r s i n tii» of sickness and both
ito and Awjt Annie were gajwmus i n gtvtjig t h e i r services, and t^oy were s k i l fuj. too,
Sh& studied ths itoaaac carefully and was w e l l wenaed i n t t e phases
of the moon for each one hajtl to be h i s own weathar prophet.
dlotod a change of weather wlnm the mom
**8outhed.'*
often pre-
Another of her
aa^n^
n s that wlmi the tsomi rained porridge luir bowl was always upside do«m.
Ihsa hsr oldest daa^Jtor, Annie, isarrled Grand£aot}ier relinquished tJie
�cars of t . house add farsa ajid laay be said to iiave retired to tha chiimey"«
conjar, alt>M>ugh she s t i l l did a good deal of housework. She knit woollen
atockings for a l l the fsmi>era of the fa»ily aiwi she t r i e d to teach mm to knit
but with ths saail s t i ^ l aaodles and fine yam wliieh she used I aade a botch
of i t .
Althou^ as noted e a r l i e r Orandmt^ier yielded the managment of the house
to her daughter and i t often &&&md
as i f aim wore ordered auround too pereEi-
torily tiwre were %imB when a - asserted herself and tlien her daughter bowi^
l»
to her w i l l .
I n her l a t e r yearti i t was imrd for h&r to walk so that she did not
go out alone and Aunt Annie would often refuse to go «lth her to c a l l on the
aaighbors, but occasionally Qranttether would i n s i s t and she would carry her
point.
Bar grand-daughter Louise tmmdsmra
&o& oooaslcm whan Aunt Annie and Ikither
vent away for the day leavltig Qraridiaotlier, Afum, Susie auid herself a t bona. After
thay were w i l l on tliair way Qrandaotlier oam out of her bedro<m with her best dress
and boiuiet on.
She told tltm tlmt s l ^ was goiiig to see soiae of the nei^bors and
if she did not cma he«© to dinner tl»y aeed not worry. About the ndddle of the.
aftarnoon she ret'Jrned vary happy for she liad made a ausiber of c a l l s ,
put
airay har bonnfct, ehajtiged Imr dreas and said to tlie ohildren, *Tou need not say
anytliiiig about this to your «ot^r or Aunt Aimie" and tlnegrdid not.
like Bany country women of her time she smoked a pipe and took snuff, Sba
said she did this baci^use BM !iad catarrh and she t r i e d aaiiy tlmss to give u > both
|
habits, but without success.
Iter dark hair was flecked with s i l v e r , sJso always wore a lao® cap acul, keratdaf and har dresses were oithar dark gray or black.
She retained her good looks
to the last. Ror great grands(»i,Eab«rt U l l s of Toledo, CMo, looks sMore l i k e her
than any other of her descaiuiaJita,
Although she talked so l i t t l e of her l i f e or her children she was « wonan of
�imp fseliagi the death of her oldaat ®oa Abmr and tJ^e disappearance of
Charlaa, hsr youngest s<m, were aom t r i a l s .
Ihea hsr dati^ter Abigail aarried
and went to iMo to l i v e both Qrui^ulmother and Auant Annie were loal:^ to hama her
go 80 far a^ay for t h e i r world was very s a a l l and Cftiio was then a l i ^ t a frontier
atate. Th» tim cams, i n her later l i f o , when she sade t w v i s i t s to Abigail,
QQt in Marietta and 1 ^ l a s t i n Madis^nvillo.
She spent several winters with
her B » Beajaain i n Iflncheater, Massachusetts, and went s i ^ t - s o e i n g i a «ad
<i
MTowi Bostcari, asmg otter -Wiinpi clisbing th« tewer a t Mt. Atflsum C«B»t©ry,
For WBtm yaart before her death she z^ceived a i^uuiion of |0 a sonth,
bacauss of her husband's aervli>a i n the War of 1Q12.
I doubt i f any of us ean
appraciate tfhat i t aeant to h«r to have t h i s atBall sun a l l hsr own. mmx
I be-
gan t a a ^ n g atu! received $40 a amth Q r ^ ' ^ o l ^ r was worried that one so young
(I was then over t w n t y ) should have so tauoh oonaty to handle aund xat&ad m
m%
to wasta i t .
In lBd3 Aunt Aimle began p r e i ^ a t i o n s to build a new hoxnm on the s i t e
of tho old one. QrandtaKyther did not want a mm houa« but her 9b4e«ti£m8 were
over-ruled and wo2* on t w mm house wsant tai.
J»
I n ^\»» of 'M»t year ( i n h«r
ninety-fourtii j/ear) Qranfeotlier f e l l i l l mid f o r two weeks l a y p a r t i a U y unconacious but not suffering.
A l l tiait tiiae she mm&d
her r i ^ i t haM back and
forth in regular rytte and "Uils oontint;®d u n t i l almost her l a s t breath.
I have
often wojid0i"od i f this was sii)-oonscious, a r e v i v a l of motions which alcm used
to naka in spinning or weaving.
I n hmr Itmg l i f e slus saw raa^y ohangsai l i v i n g
bsoaau far easier than i n Imr youth and her l a s t year^ were f i l l e d with ccmfort.
Ws have reason to bo proud of her fine character, her courage tinder hardahipa and her ability to bring vsp her cMldren so that thay a l l becuEms soeA
ditiMns. The children rscelved t h e i r early education i n tiie d i s t r i c t school
known as tha laldron School whidi waa situated about a saile north of the v i l l a g s .
I t waa a long, cold walk i n winter but a kimlly n e i ^ b o r who lived m
aftan took thm i n to get warn.
that road
Thar® wore a winter and a auMBer t e m wit^
fre-
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quent c t i ; ® of teachors. I t i s worth noting t^mt each of the children want
!w|#
away to school l a t « r on and that Abner grad\iated fr« Bowdoin College and the
aadical school.
I a each case t h i s sctooling was obtaiMd by ti»ir own e f f o r t s .
��-4um
mil iicmh)
nm
Bmsm
The eldest daughter, koala (Mary Aim), after going to the d i s t r i c t school
want to Wakefield, M. lU, arid attoadM scliool tliere for two years, l i v i n g with
a cousin. In 1818 slie ©arriad Snocl'i Bualcer of Faraaiiigtcai, son of James and
iillaabsth Bunkar.
They went to school together as cliildren.
Tlitjn h& was away
for several ye&ra working with a circus and seldoas sending any word of h i s i^r©abouts.
After a few years he cm& h«e mxl worked on the Vim far», and ttma married
Annie. Tbey had no children but ixtok Am» K i g a l i , whose aether had died, to
bring up. Uncle liiioeh was a good farsM^r and aade the t&m pay.
F i n a l l y he and
Aunt Annie bought out the other teirs, and she made i t ^ r hcaa as long as she
lived.
I rsEsiaber Uncle fiioch was f u l l of fun arai loved to play Jokes on others.
Aunt Annie was tetj^ieramntal, as we say today, but ha would la\agh a t hsr wl^n
aha waa out of sorts and briag her aroujid. He Hked to tease Uncle Moses m&
trould t o l l his Wiat he couldn't count.
"Yes I can," Unci© Moses would reply.
"Then count t!ie bundles of hay," Uncle iinoch would say, asid IMcle loses would
throw th«n down froia the hay nm
sayinij, "lare*8 one, here's another, hare's
one, hare'a anothar,^ u n t i l a l l were account*^ f o r .
Aunt Aimi® died i n Dooeobar, 1895.
I n 18S3 she soM the old houa® and i t
was moved to a now location on Bunker Street where i t s t i l l stands. She b u i l t
a tiTO-story, hip-roof liousa and stable a « raade her h t ^ there. She l o f t the
ri
place to her nephew, George W. Stom, who sold i t to the late Elror Thayer.
Mr.
Thayer enlarged i t and i t i a now the show place of the team.
Tho village grew rapidly i n the »7es and 'BOs, mi
of tha fans for building lots.
Aunt Mni© sold off aoat
By t h i s neans she acquired a cosifortabla sua,
about ten or twelve thousard dollars i n a l l , artd gained tha reputation ammg the
townapeoplo of beiiig wealthy, a reputation stie greatly anjoyad.
In her younger dapt she did t>ie wori: that f e l l to tam wosea, milking, butter*
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Baking and -mm a noted cook. One of h»r fin© quaHtlaa waa har loyalty to
har frianda and thara was mora than one inatajice of her standing by woEaea
who were In trouble and helping thaa ^ t on their feet again.
SLendar and erect with a decisive luaaner, lier nieces and nephew often
^ouj^ht that she was too severe wl'yi thm
but, as one of har sisters-in-Iaar
aaid, Annie arid Ellen (Dr. Ilam's vdfe) i^ight q u m ^ l betwe^ themrelves b«rt
i f trouble touchod any om of the fajaily they prasentad an unbroken front to
tha world.
�m m
mi
Abnar tos, tfm oldeaft son, ism horn i n 1815>.'' 'fk was a«sod for h i s
unclG Abnor Haft, WJMK he i s said to !mve resoabled, being rather ^ l o r t , with
daep set ayes. As a boy he was serious and particular to do things right. I t
vas ha who looked after his IMole Ptoses Em
cared for at his brother Thotaas's,
whea hs found that he was not w e l l
Ife took him to the fasiily hocte and there h»
llvBd until his daath.
Abner was eager for an eduoati<m but ha was not sent away from hc!»a as
younger cJiildrsn were, probably because he was old enough to bo a halp there.
Ha want to Strafford Acadee^ i a a noar-by t<ani and f r o s there to Bo«doin Collega
whara he graduated i n 1844,
During h i s college course he stayed out a year to
aam money to continue h i s studios, teacMng i n Strafford Acadea^, He finished
hia medical eouiwe at Hew XoHc University i a law fork City I n 1947,
Ho practiced aedicin® i n Ffersdngton, Dover afid Boston, md
tl»en bought a
drui^tore i n Carabrldge, Mass., wMch ho carried on a few years. I reaaasber h i a
there as wo llv&d mex
by, and I often wi@ait to the stos^.
chlldron for, so f a r as 1 can r&msAmr,
Ha aust have l i k s d
im was never i i ^ t l e n t with
childish
curiosity. He taught h i s niece I^uiso to walk.
After the C i v i l War to, l i k e wany othears, tteught the South offered groat
opportunities md
h® went to South Carolina to raisid cotton.
contracted mlignant fever aiKi died tinor© i n 1866.
Unfortunately he
I ranaai^r our driving
to
Fftraington when I was a ohild and think i t »ust h a v e b e e n at the tiae the mtm
hia death had been received, for the soene i s clear i a agr »eaory. Qr^iKfeiother
and Aunt Annie were standing i n iJm big bam
door and wmn
Uncle Ben got out of
the carriage Orancteothor throw herself i n h i s arms and wept.
Abner aarrlad KUen Pollard of Great F a l l * , M. H,, l a
&m
child,
Charlaa Abner, lived to grow up, tlie others tlyiag l a infancy. Awit I H e n lived
until 1908, a stately woraan who must have been handsaw i n youth.
of
�Charles was the ^jpl© of Imr eye, as he was of hia Amt Annie's, f o r
was the cmly one to bear the nam of lim. lie was brou#it up i a the expectation of baing Ms aunt's heir.
He jpraduated froa Harvard i a 1873 (1) but
vardT foiJOd any work thereafter which Im cared to do. I t waa, however, tiarough
his sfforts ttaat the pension was secured f o r h i s grandHother,
Bs died of titerculosis i n 1B32.
Aft<sr hia deatli his m>tiier l i v e d i n B(Miton mioh of the t i a e ,
Xt i s wm
of tha fsaily stories that she often read iqp mi scaae st^Ject i n the eai^c0.opsdia to as to have 8<«i©thiiig to talk about a t the boarding-house table. She
was quite deaf, altliou# sho wo-old not adadt i t , and one day startled ev&zytam
at tha table by bx^akiag i n to tl» ooiiverwatioa w|th the questicasi to her r i g l i t hand nai^dsor as to wlmt he thou^t of 8a?)oleon»8 treatment of J o s ^ h i n e , the
reply ia not riscord^, Ariotliwr tiae she was paovsd with her niece Louise and
tittraafter aJbr&ya spoke of her as Mrs, 0, Jmes.
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smm mm
Susan and Charlos wmt to Gorhaa, H. H,, and frcas there to Lovell,
Kaine, to stay with their uncle, Charles Pray,
He got thrnn into the Wood
faaily of that town, wall-to-do coiaitry people, tho f a a i l y consisting of
father, mother afid three bachelor sons.
for coE^any and to educate, JmiMi
They want^ a young boy and g i r l
V/ood, one of the sor^s, sent thea to
achool and afterward aarried Susan, laho vm
aa s» was.
ia
coiuiidered to be very fortunate,
She was tlm best looking of tl*e three g i r l s and was very yotaig
whan aba was aarried. She arai Iter husband had no children but Umiy adopted
a little g i r l , Mary Abbie.
Vlaits to Ltwsll b"- other meimrB
of tiiB family ware rod l e t t e r events,
and ware usually accos^jlished by horse atai buggy oac horse and sleigti. A wm"
orabla trip to &usan*s waaa laade by her brother B e n j a i ^ and his wife i n tha
winter by horse and sleijih f r o s Farraiiigton, 7ln ride to Lovell was delightful
thou^ cold, but idiile tliey were ttere the snow waited and the hoswmrard t r i p
over patches of snow was nsver forgotten.
Susan died i n 1355 j u s t before tlua b i r t h of the niece who was naaed for
har, Susan Wood Stone. Sie had j u s t had tlte parlor and s i t t i n g rotm aadto into
one roaa and had bought new furniture i n Boston, fhe f i r s t t i m the roo« was
uaed was for her fiawral,
A latter fro@ Aunt Susan, whidi i s appended, shows her affocticoi for h&e
faoiily.
�Letter to AbiKsr Hm
trm
h i s S i s t e r Susan (Ham) Wood
Lovell, m,.
Doc, 17, 1842
Dsar Brother
I rec'd your very kind l e t t e r a few d.vB since and was
h^py to hear frc« you after so Img
silence.
I could not iaagine
Mihy you did not write or send a paper i f your t i m was so amch eraployed that you could not write tmlaas you Ixad quite forgotten ma.
However I w i l l not censure you too severely as X aat i ^ t to be negligent nyself.
But ths tlraa sec^sts long since I have seen or l:^ard froa
you.
You say you have tlie prospect of passing the winter pleasantly
in B. (fflust be Boston) and niost sincerely do I hope i t w i l l p r o v e so.
lou have not a friond on earth Dear Brotliar tiiat rejoices EK>re i n
your prosperity axul happiness thaa I do.
Perhaps you w i l l say that
I aa a l i t t l e s e l f i s h because your prosiMCts are now f l a t t e r i n g .
am proud to own you as
terothar
I
and so I acknowledge I am, but s t i l l
a sistar'a affection for ^ brot'ier i s deep and impounding l e t h i s earver
through l i f o be what i t my,
especially when site sees h i a walking i a
the paths of honor and v i r t u s .
lou would l i k o to know I s\;Q)|}ose where Charles i s t h i s wifiterj
as you say you oould not get a school f o r h i a i i i B.
Us l e f t here a
*Bak ago today for Faroingtoa to teach school there. I do not know
idiat d i s t r i c t i t i s . Be has 10 or 12 dollars a month, I m
not sure
vhichj the teachers at CoirMay tcdd hlA that i f ha would continue going to school there t i l l next f a l l lie cotild tlien enter college a ysar
in advance. He has been very studious and made rapid iB^jrovesent, or
al least so h i s teacher says, I s h a l l eocpeot liim here again as soon
�&8 his school closas, I rocoived a l a t t o r frcaa Mary Arm a few days since j
hsr health i s very poor thoug^i am&
better tiian i t was i n the ammssr.
She has baen to Portsmouth to t r y the effect of the s a l t water, thinks
i t was a boiwfit to ter. Abby Ims had a chance to take a school t h i s
winter but thinks i t w i l l be better for IMV to go to school titan to
teach. Mary wrote that Benja i a keeping school i n Dover and report
aays h© i s paying his addrosses to a young lady by tlie name of Bacon
but I do not believe om
word of i t , or to say the least X hope i t i s
not 80, ha i s quite too young $»% to think of laarrylng*
I such rather
bear that he intended to enter college with Charles which I t r y to perauade ayself i s the case.
You oak i f JR>U aay expect to see n» at B. (Boston?) t h i s winter.
I Buat aay no, I hardly think I sliould dare venture so f a r froa horn
thia bitter cold weather. But I hope to see you here as 80<m as you
graduate and you nuat not disippoint me.
I "^dtnk of going to F a j r a i i ^
ton cm a v i s i t i n tha course of t l u ^ or four weeks, wish i t were
poasibla for m
to see you there.
I do not know as I have anything to write that would bo interesting to you.
Things go m. much as tisey did l a s t suiaaer. Charles Pray's
wife is yet l i v i n g and 71m has laovod to C(»sray. You say you have often
thought of the pleasant rides you had with Josiah, I hope you have not
forgotten the one you took with
to Cliathaa, that was a pleasant ride
Indeed.
I t i s growing l a t a and I sust close j l o t m
hear froa you often.
Sand m a pa,p%r I f you oamiot write but at a U events l e t m
you very often.
iiKcuae a l l adstaires as tlsis i s written i n a htirry.
Your affectiojmto s i s t e r
Susan
hear froa
�(Qeorg© W. StiXKj) the l e t t e r I hav< waa copied by Father from the
original and on the back page i a t h i a note by Mother.
Wednesday evening.
lour father has copied tho l e t t e r already
santioned i n sine. The original I twant to keep for i t shows the aiarks
of ags. I t i s f a ^ d and the writing not very distinct now, dated, your
Father says as near as he can make out, i n 1642.
I s l i a l l send your
Aunt laiwi's lettor also as you w i l l be glad to know that Dr. lenard
W o , widely known i n his day, was Prosidont of the college during
od
your Uncle Dr's. course.
I hM
latter was sealed with wax,
f o r g o t t ^ to say that your Aunt Susan's
Envelopes not being used at that t i s e . I t
ms craassqiBBntly torn and your Father f i l l e d i n the aissing words as
beat ha could.
This Kiorning b r o u ^ t ths baby's piettires.
Please t e l l
the young aan i t i s the f i n e s t Valentino we ever received. I s n ' t he
a darling?
He i s »©• w e a t I long to take him tn ay arms. We are
delightewi with ths pictxxros. lie lo<&s so wise mid so good.
aH
Tell
Martha h®r picture i s aa good as i t can be and we are a U glad to have
her with the baby. Of course she w i l l talto good care of i t .
Vary lovingly your Mother
P. S. by George W. Stone. Tha B- I questioned as "Boston" aust be
^Brunswick" wliere Bowdoin college i o .
Hartha was our colored aaid ami nirrso and the baby was Bradford.
��Bonjarain IVanklin, ths s®comi son, was born July 3, 1823.
As a baby
he had rickets and Qrandaotlajr ocnsuLted a doctor who advised the follofidng
troatnentt A tvb of water was drsnn from the w e l l at night and allowsd to
•tand outdoors.
I n the nomiag th® baby was taken fro® h i s warm bed axid
plunged in %\m cold water.
Of course he shrieked but after being wra|^>ed
in a blanket and put to bad again he would go to sleep, ttoe treatiaci^ was
afficacioua, i f heroic, for as a young aan he was quite an athlete.
Whan he wm eigtit years old he tmnt to l i v e with his uncle, Bonjttln
Pray, in 03si|Wie and worked f o r h i s board mx& clothes. He never forgot the
drudgery of hooing potatoes on Ctesipee Mountain. Ho lived at home very l i t t l e
after that for when he was thirteen he went to Ilatick, Mass., as an apprentice
with Stephen Hayes to loam shoroakLng and receive a certain amount of schooling. He worked f o r Hayes a year and by working over tlssae lie earmd eiasugh to
buy his tise.
fhe lainister i n Matlck, Hev. E l l a s liaMm, was Interested i n ths
young nan of the town and loamKi thaa bo^s.
Benjaiain always apck9 gratefully
of lilr. Nason and said he owed liio love of Shakespeare to liim.
Another yoxmg
Ban froo Farsingtcsi oaoe to Matick at that t i s e , Henry Wilson, who was v i c e praaident with Grant.
A debating dub rem £ovmd
by a grotg? of the young laen,
which gav® thaa a good training.
Benjamin F. must have boon a good scholar for wlien ha was i n the d i s t r i c t
school tha teacher offered a prise to the pupil who would coasdt l i M l e y
Hurray's gramar to heart, fib did so and raoeivod a copy of tha hated book
aa the prize.
In IMS ha aarried Catherine Eingabury Bacon of Jlatdck, daughter of John
and Lucy (Sawin) Bacon. 3i9 was a aost attractive young woman, of lovely charleter, always a hel|%mte. Thay had one child who died i n infancy. Sotm a f t e r
their marriagG they went to MUlbury, Mass., to l i v e where Benjaialn and Charles,
hia younger brother, establiabad a store. This waa not a success and BenJ^da
�l&d his wife rotiirnsd to ths Bacon bom
i n Ha t i c k .
Ha taught school and
studiod lasr i n tha offico of
After being adaittad to the Bar he practiced i n Hatick i n partiwrship
with E. F. Dewing. During ^ s period he was able to build a coafortable
hmiis on Walnut I t t l l i a Matick. I n the late «50s i» was elected Clerk of
Courts of Middlesex County, an offico irtiich he held for ten years or mora
mtil inci^asixig deafness c c ^ l l e d hira to resign. At that Um
last Cambrid^ to l i v e to be mar
he went to
the Court House | while i t i s doubtful i f
hi was d^ply versed i n the law he grasped a legsQ. question quickly and took
the ateps that semed necessary for a solution. After the close of th» C i v i l
far ba axvA Mr. Dewi;^ aoqaismd a sugar plantation i n Louisiana and t r i e d
augar a«king but i t was not successful. I n his l a t e r years he dealt i n
raal estat® i n a saaH way.
lie died i n
18P3.
For many yeans Benjastln was tlm aainstay of the ottier ausabers of the
family for halp i n t i s e of ^ u b l e , eitoar hy advice of finaxieial help.
He
had an alert miM and a good amory. ile read widely and had the habit of
reading aloud to t « faudl;,'' anything that interosted hia. As h i s foster
ha
efaild I have reason to be very grateftil to him for guiding my readiixg. Uy
gratitude i s greater now that wiwn I was a child for then Macaulay's history
of Ji^gland did not interest m» m a r l y so sauch aa the **Frud^'' hooke, buct under
hia watchfTol eye I read Macaulay. Ho lite»d to select passages fro® Webster's
araticBis for m
to speak i n school on Friday afternoons.
M(m$
othor books he
raad alo'jd were Irving »s L i f e of Washington, h i s K^okerl>ocker Jtistory of Wtm
York and Kane's Arctic iaqploratioaB.
Deafnoss clouded his l&tcr years md there were than noiBof tha hearing
aide that aako t h i s a f f l i c t i o n l»arable now. Although he did not always r e aliaa i t , his wife was h i s guidinig star, always loyal atid patient.
Ik! travelled a good deal, aakins ^ sisaer t r i p fo Labrador i n 1864, I t
la interesting to rustethat t!>e conditioxis of l i f e for the fisherssn had not
�changed when Dr. Qrenfell began h i s work there so long afterwards.
went to California i n 1866 going to the isttous of Panaaa
it by r a i l and mbarking m the west side for San Francisco.
He
water, crossing
This t r i p was
partly on business and partly to search for soae traoe of his brother Charles,
w o had not been heard from for years, but no trace was found. His return
h
trip was made overland by stage to the point where the transcontinental r a i l road was met.
The N a t i c k
Gobbler
One of the L i b e r t y s h i p s under c o n s t r u c t i o n a t South
Portland i s to be named f o r the V i c e - P r e s i d e n t
of the U n i t e d
States whom New Hampshire and M a s s a c h u s e t t s both may c l a i m ,
the one as a n a t i v e , the other a s an adopted son.
Wilson's l i t t l e
Henry
shoe shop stands i n N a t i c k as a memorial to the
cobbler who came a f o o t from New Hampshire w i t h h a r d l y , a penny
in his pocket but w i t h r a r e a s s e t s of c h a r a c t e r .
liis
industry
Wits phenomenal, h i s ambition unbounded and i i i s courage e q u a l l y
remarkable.
From the Boston H e r a l d
- 1942
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CHARLES mm
Charles, tt» youngest son, and his s i s t e r Qmm
went to Lovell, llaiiiQ,
to live witJi their micle, Ciiarles Pray. He e a ^ l e t a d h i s education i a Vm
acadffly at W&rih Coraifay, Si»an urged hia to go to college hut he did not do
80. H taught d i s t r i c t school i n Farsingtoa for sciaa time f o r $10 or i l 2 a
e
•onth.
"1^"^
,
Soaetia© i n the li-ite »4Q6 he and Beajasin went to m i i h u r y , Mass., awl
o e o a goiisral store but tho vanture was not saccossful and he decided to
pnd
seek his fortune i n Califorriia.
lie waa urged to go h(M& mxA see h i s mother
and sisters before leaving but he refxised to f o r ho said he oould not withstand
M6 Bother's pleading and i»naie»s and Abbie's tears. When nim found that he
.
cotdd not b© persuaded to do t h i s , his sister-in-law with ths fine Christian
p!ulo8(^i:y she always Iiad t r i e d to sake h i s l a s t days with than as pleasant as
poasibla.
He sailed aroiaid tha Worn, and was nine months i a reaching San Praaciseo.
Several lettars ware received f r m h i s aiiid i n each he ^mgilsiimd of not l^aring
rron hoaa, l a the l a s t one i ® said he was going to sose ffldnss worked hy Haadi
cans aiKi spoko of a doctor as being a good friend. After l e t t e r s fr«M Ida stopp d coEdnc; his aiater ilbigaH ; ^ t fr«xs ths Parmingtcffi post office a l i s t of a l l
o
the post off lets i n C a l i fomia and wrot« to each but never received replies.
Other efforts to trace hl» f a i l e d and >m was one of the mjay gold seekers whose
dlsappearariQe iwa&'i,iaiver solved.
��miQiOL
Abigail Bm, tha yomg&at
nm
of the faRiily, waa bom three months after
hsr father's death, March 1, 1026,
Whan she was old enough to go to school th& other children were either
thro>i#i the d i s t r i c t school or a t school away froa hOEe so she had to take the
aile-long walk alone.
She knew that her a o t l ^ r had hard work to oaks ends steet
and that she was worried about getting t l ^ Koney to pay taxes. The l i t t l e
day^-
ter asked her what taxes were and after her mother explained l i t t l e Abigail
said, " I ' l l watch mid when I see th^ tax Bian oming I ' l l drive the cows and
horses across to the big |)afltura and ha won't Know we have any."
After she was througli tlio d i s t r i c t school slie went to the acactey a t
Cliiaaaton for a year and then taxight i n Imr native town.
She was a great
help at home, being a w i l l i n g worker, and ter s i s t e r Annie discouraged any
attaint to go away J»» teach.
Aunt Annie often took boarders, yoimg m&n wliO worked i n tho v i l l a g e ,
mm
the railroad from Itover to Altcw Bay was b u i l t she took as a boarder a
young c i v i l engtnesr, Stephen W. Stone, not thinking that he wotild carry off
hsr s i s t e r .
The young people becam w e l l acquainted and the frierKiship ripened into
aarriage.
When the railroad was finished a party of townspeople went to Alton
and then over ti» lak» and t h i s was the f i r s t %ijm that Fathor took Mother out.
The young engineer now went out to Ohio (t!Mjn the f a r west) and continued
his railroad work. Ths engagaarant lasted two yo&rs and then he cam back to
be auarried.
The date was set but he was delayed i n jetting back and he stopped
in Boston to order a wedding s u i t .
T ^ n he stiached Fanaington he fotsid tl»
fatally were assffiabled and sorae of 1Aym could wait no longer so the wedding took
place the next day, Sunday, June 4, 1854, but h i s new s u i t was not ready,
for their wedding journey, which was takon * i t h Uncle Knoch's iiorse and
chaise, they v i s i t e d the groom's brothers, Thc^as and Charlos, i n Maine. When
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tte golden wedding was celebrated i n 1904 one of tha nieces, Mary Stone
Stearns, wrote to thea t e l l i i i g theia ^ a t an ispression t h e i r v i s i t made on
her, ti^on a l i t t l e g i r l .
After the marriage FatSior rotximed to tftiio, bat as he was not stirs
itmj^ he would be located his bride did not go with him.
As soon as he was
•atablishod he sent f o r her with exj>licit instructions as to where they would
seat. She travelled west with Moaes Baoon ami wife ami Mr. and Mrs. Jennings
1 ^ had j u s t been auu'ried and were going to Cliicago. There i s a story i n ths
B c » family that iiliaiaboth (Bac<m) Jennings was ver^'" loath to leave home aM
a(3
wpt copiously, even a f t e r raacliing tiw railroad station.
F i n a l l y her older
brotoer aaid to har, "As you f e e l so badly about going you mod not do so, but
stay here." Whersupon she stopped crying aru! said indignantly, "Of coarse I'm
^ing.«
The f i r s t day's journey waa to Albany whore tlm night waa passed. Ths
next day thay reached Cleveland where Mother l e f t her frieiKls and went to Goluabus, expecting to meet har husband. He had again boon delayed and was not a t the
train or at the hotel, nor ima there any word f row him.
She told tne hotel clerk
teat she aust g^t to ChillieotJia for she was sure her husband waa s i c k .
The clerk
advised her to go by packet boat and got a stateroom f o r her. About an hour a f t e r
aha l e f t Father arrived, learned wlmt had happened aini hired a horse and driver.
By driving a l l n i ^ t , chaiigiiig horses as he went, he arrived i n Chillicothe i n
iim to meet har aa she stepped off t l ^ boat.
He uaed to t e l l his children that
that waa tho t i s e th&lr motlier t r i e d to run away f rcaa h i a .
The aarried l i f e of Stephen and Abigail was a happy one.
dren, two of #iaa died i n infiincy, Mary and Prank.
They had s i x c h i l -
The ot^ier children were -
Susan Ibod Stone, bom October 2, 1055| Louise iVances, Bom OctoberlS, lS59i
totharins Ham, bom fJovei^r 12, 1660 and George 'Winchester, bom Deosnber 3, 166S.
Most of t h s i r aarriod l i f e was spent in s o t ^ e m CMo, with a b r i e f interlude
i » they cam© back to Massachusetts, and another when they l i v e d i n Crawfordsvillo,
ia
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Indiana. QrandisotJrser and Aunt Annla thought I t was not safa or right f o r
Abigail to go so f a r away froa horn to IXm
letters.
and t h i s was the burden of t h a i r
So tho jreturn to MaaMMehusetts was made ahosit 1856, whan Father went
into tha glue business with h i s bc^ood friend, Noel Woodward, of Sawtoa,
fhis
wnture was a f a i l u r e and father l e f t h i s l i t t l e fa»dly i n iswtoa while he r s tiarned to <3hio to re-establish hlEisalf.
llother had her fourth child, Katharine,
in Soraaber, 1660, soon after Iwr husband l e f t and, am winter was cosing on, her
brother Benjaain, then l i v i n g i n Caabrldge, took the whole f a a l l j to h i s hens
a ^ r s tiiey staysKi a yaw*, u n t i l Father iiad a now ham
time to s t a r t for OMo,
f o r thaHS. Whoa i t was
her brother and h i s wife, whose 5Kily child died i a i n -
fancy, had beocxae attached to the baby and wanted to keep her. Mother found i t
ifflpossiblo to withstand her brother's pleas and f i n a l l y consented, so that l i t t l e
Katharine beoame the foster d a u ^ t e r of her uncle and aunt.
Whan tha faiaily was re-united i n GMo
the hoae was established i n the ehana-
ing old town of Marietta, the f i r s t penaanwit M t t l m a n t i n the lorthwsst T e r r i tory, and here l i t t l o firank and Qeorge were bom.
The children have always lodced
back on the l i f e aiKi the friends there w l ^ deep affection.
I n 1070 QrandBothar Ham ajid Aunt Ajmie made their f i r s t v i s i t to cM.0, a
great event i a their l i v e s .
Thay want to iiarietta and as t!io family was about
to move to GrawfordsviJJL®, Indiana, went with them. Father was to build a r a i l road frm
Logaasport to Rockville but i t was found i^H>ssible to raise the as<^ss-
ary funds for t h i s project and a t the STHI of tiiree years i t was abandoned.
Timn
Father becawe road-«aster of ttia rtjad he Jiad formerly woiiced on, the old Marietta
aiitd Cincinnati Road, which afterward was taken ovar by the Baltimore and Ohio
as the Baltiiaore and cMo SouthRestom.
lis had charge of the roadbed and a l l ths
feridgss on the 26o wile stretch and held i t wxtil hie retiraBsent l a 1S96 or 9 7 .
Wrni the fOTlly ret'-imed to Ohio i a 1873, tim ham
was established i n ths
suburb of MadisonviUe, a t that tlate a clvarning l i t t l e country v i l l a g e .
Here a
liouss was b u i l t on Colunbia Avenue, now called E r i e Avenue, about a quarter of
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a a l i a fros tho railroad s t a t l o ^ v h l c h was tha f a n i l y h<xae as lootf as Father
lived.
He believed i n stibstantial ossuitrtfiStim and carried oat h i s bidlef I n
t h i s house. Susie ustwl to say that a railroad engine could be run t h r o u ^ i t
without jarring i t .
Much of the tlsie Father had fro« 1,606 to 2,000 mm at woi:^ sad thsy wer«
very I t ^ a l to hl» so he had no labor troubles to contend with, tim mm, aost of
whoa Uv^d i n the country, shosed t h a i r feeling f o r him b r 8»i»dii»i 0UUKrous g i f t s
of the produce of th«ilr gardons and poultry yaxxis.
At one tliae an ioportaiitt piece of road work was not going on as w s U as i t
should and i n v ^ t i g a t i o n ehom^ timt
of the sien had a kag of wMidcsy i n h i s
•h&ek. Wttbmit saying ar^fthirig Fathor got an officer i n plain olotliM to go
throtish tha mllroad ump with hira and sure enougj^i, i n Toa SJslly's shack ths
keg was found. Wlusn tm was oxtered to r o l l t)ie keg out, 2lrs. K e l l ^ ««dMd an
axe lying mar
and swinging i t around her head threatened vanij^anoe on aqgrwa*
who touchsd thB keg.
Father and the o f f i c e r waited t i l l she ealiafld dtma a l i t t l e
and than Fathor took the axe asri^ frcm her a^id ordered Tom to r o l l the keg outside which he did. I'ith s o i ^ well-directed blows t\m head was knocked i n and the
whiskey ran out on the prouid. The other mn lodced on but did not interfere
and there was no fartiier trouble.
Xears after h i s retirwaent Father tock a t r i p east and as he was to pass
through ChlHloothe where one of }iis fomer iormmn
lived he wrote asking; the
aaa to meet him at tfm t r a i n as tie would l i k e to sea hSia again. Vvhen he steppsd
off tiM! t r a i n at Chillicothe not only was his foreman there but a group of asn
who had forsterly worked for liia who also wauited to greet MM,
Father was vary quiet but with r e a l force iif charactar and no one oould have
bMm a better mate f o r llother who was rather joerwus and high stnmg, f u l l of
siHtrgy aad aabition.
She waa generous i n her estimate of her friends, did not
gossip about thsB mvi i n return W(m their warn affecttion.
She w»s dtovoted to
har f a a i l y snd asibitious for her ohildren tltat tluiy have a good education and
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take their plaeea i n the world.
She was a good aanagfar, what old-fash-
ioned people callad prudent, a good heljjsato f o r hor husbarsd.
Hiere i o one ©ore ajiocdote of Fattier wl^iioh i s worth recording. Msen
Louise was quite young the pot dog snapped at h i a when ha t r i a d to pat h i a .
Father gave tlw dog a hard blow with a stick ami i t frightened Loxiise who
ran upstairs to her rosaa, t h r w horself cm tha bad and cried.
Soon Father
esM and sat down beside her bed, sayixig as he did so, "Louise, I hare a l ways had a violent t ^ ^ r ami as a young ctan I realiaed that i f I did not
caoquer i t , i t would conquer ae, and I havo aado every e f f o r t to restrain
it."
The grandc^iildrcBi, both H U l s ' mid Joma *, had the good f<»*tune to
tarjow their grandparents w e l l for they a l l spent tmoh tia® under the hospitable roof of the Madisonville Iwm,
For thMi there must be jaaxgr Jtappy
aSffiorias of these unassiuinii; and geniiine people. As the ysars go cm they
i d . l l tova a l^etter understanding, a clearer perspective of ttiose sturdy,
genuine pec^le from whoes they are proud to be dascetuied.
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gnuitod land I n Fortmonth i n
1646, tarn callod Freaoan'e Point; woiit fjraa iaoaitor to
PortMotjth in 1646,
f i l f s ' s oother wae llaiy lfe|)lot of Loadai.
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latthowj aarriod.
Ilad smm
Jokm (3) and Thtaaaa ( 3 )
(3) J<*« sattlod i n SewiricttHi and mrr^-od Judi.th Piteiian.
(4)
JIad 8«n Jtrfin ( 4 ) , J r . , mid others. Ha was oiir groatgrandfathor.
(5) Thoaaa, graifidfathor of John TwdKbly.
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Col, J<wo|>h a a r c h ^ to Por^saoiith with a cc^5)an2r of
soldiers i n ?larOh, 10 6 2.
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(5) Eenjanifl, our grandfathori m r r i t ^ Abigail Fray of Lebanon, Mains. I'^&TV^ 1
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aarried)
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(7) Katharine
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Sttooeeding gonorati<^ i n Strafford County, Dover.
�- 27 Tito Praja of Lsbaaon, Main®
Abigail Pray saarrisd Benjasain Has^of Fawsii^on, H. H.
She waa the daughter of
Brothers and S i s t e r s worej
Abraham (eldest)
John, father of Mrs. Ihitter
Boajaain, of Ossipee
Hathaniel, father of Mrs. Weber
i d a i l (youngest)
iiu«
Charles
Joshua, fatoer of Williaa Pray, of iJatick
Ann
Mary, laarried
Feavey
Susan, aarried
^ r e s
llehitable, aarried
Piorco
The aiother of this f m i l y was a itbby before she married a Mr, Pragr,
aad she m r r i e d a seoond tiw», a
Hayes, of Faradngton, N, H,
0raat-grandj3other Hayas was over ninety yeax* old wh«a she died.
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R e c o l l e o t i o n B of the Old EoiAe a t F a n a i n g t o n , K. H«
I rememher the o l d p l a c e a t F a m i n g t o n
and j u s t how
i t looked when I was a c h i l d .
rery d i s t i n c t l y
The one s t o r y
house,
painted w h i t e , f a c e d tne s o u t h and had the end toward the s t r e e t *
I t was b u i l t I t h i n k , i n 1829 when mother was t h r e e y e a r s o l d .
Her f a t h e r had intended b u i l d i n g a new house but d i e d w i t h o u t doing
80, and Grandmother b u i l t it»
l l o t h e r can remember when i t was
feuilt.
I have heard mother t e l l of the l i v i n g room i n which waa the b i g
f i r e p l a c e , where the cooking was done, around which the f a m i l y g a t h e r e d
in tha evening.
A t one time the baking was done i n the b r i c k oven,
which was heated once a week, and f i l l e d w i t h brown b r e a d , beans,
pies &c«
They a l w a y s had enough to e a t and c l o t h e s to keep them
warm, though not v e r y f i n e ones.
Grandmother b e i n g l e f t a widow
with s i x l i t t l e c h i l d r e n , had r a t h e r a hard time.
out the farm or h i r e i t worked.
She had to r e n t
They a l l worked h a r d , but mother
seems to have p l e a s a n t memories of h e r c h i l d h o o d .
B e i n g the
youneieat, born a f t e r her f a t h e r d i e d , she probably d i d not f e e l
t h e i r p o v e r t y and the h a r d s h i p s BO k e e n l y as the o l d e r ones.
Grandmother had a loom and wove much of t h e i r c l o t h i n g and
hold s t u f f , but I do not know where the loom was kept*
house-
Mother used
to make p l a y houses over i n the p a s t u r e , and keep house w i t h r a g
d o l l s and d i s h e s made out of a c o r r i s .
They walked a i n i l e to
school through the deepest snows i n w i n t e r , and the boys i n the
school had to take t u r n s a c t i n g a s j a n i t o r going e a r l y enough t o
make the f i r e so t h a t the room would be warm when the t e a c h e r
arrived.
When one of mother's b r o t h e r s , Uncle Doctor or Uncle
C h a r l e s j W - s j a n i t o r he took g r e a t p r i d s i n doin^; h i s work w e l l
c.
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g e t t i n g up T s r y e a r l y I n the c o l d w i n t e r morninga, so aa to have
a good f i r e and
the s c h o o l house n i c e l y swept 'before s c h o o l
Mother waa
a cough.
r a t h e r a d e l i c a t e c h i l d and was
As consumption was
the scourge of Hew
thought t h a t she was going i n t o a'^decline" and
the neiejhbors ccwuing i n and
ing
troubled
and
she can remember
t n l k i n i ; to Qrandmotner about h e r ,
he d e c i d e d
stomach, and a oourse of treatment
now 83 y e a r s
with
Sntsland, people
t h a t they d i d not t h i n k she would l i v 3 to j^row up.
a doctor was c o n s u l t e d
time.
say*
Finally
t h a t the ooUfc,h came from h e r
cured
i t entirely.
Mother i s
old.
I n l a t e r y e a r s the aouse was
changed somewhat| a p a r t
of the l i v i n g room was p a r t i t i o n e d o f f and
on the end n e x t the s t r e e t .
two
s m a l l bedrooms made
A d i n i n g room was added on the
side and an entrance made on the west s i d e , towards the
80 t h a t I a l w a y s c o n s i d e r e d
the south s i d e .
The
north
street,
t h a t tae f r o n t of the houae r a t h e r than
s o u t h door opened i n t o a s m a l l e n t r y , from
which the s t a i r s went up i n t o two u n f i n i s h e d rooms under the r o o f ,
one l a r g e r than the o t h e r .
These were a l w a y s used as s l e e p i n g rooms
and I have s l e p t up t h e r e many n i g h t s , and
deli^ihtful place.
atone, and a t one
of my
thought i t a v e r y
Outside the s o u t h door was
s i d e grew a l i l a c bush.
f a v o r i t e spots where I l o v e d to p l a y *
a broad f l a t door
T h i a door s t e p was
one
I n the p a r l o r , w h i c h
was f o r m e r l y the l i v i n g rcos*, atcod a huge s t o v e , c a l l e d a "Copenhagen*.
In t h i s room waa
card t a b l e .
a l s o the b i g s o f a covered w i t h h a i r c l o t h , and
the
The b i g c l o c k u s u a l l y stood i n the d i n i n g room, w h i l e
the o l d s e c r e t a r y was
an old f a s h i o n e d
i n the k i t c h e n .
chest-of drawers.
I n Aunt A n n i e ' s bedroom waa
J u s t below the h i l l
on the souuth
�fide of the house, was t h e a l J w e l l .
I rtawKlier the b i g barn and
the c a r r i a g e house, the barn y a r d and l a n e through which the COWB
were d r i v e n to the p a s t u r e i the garden and t h e woodpile behind t h e
house.
The brook t h a t flowed through the meadow was a g r e a t a t t r a c -
tion, i n i t we f i s h e d w i t h bent p i n s , and s a i l e d b o a t s .
On t h e h i l l
beyond was t h e f a m i l y b u r y i n g ground., fenced i n , where we gathered
checker b e r r i e s and w i n t e r g r e e n .
A t r i p to t h e b i g p a s t u r e a f t e r
the cows when they s t r a y e d away, o r to p i c k w i l d s t r a w b e r r i e s , was
quite an event, and to c r o s s the b i g brook on s t e p p i n g s t o n e s was
a f e a t not to be l i g h t l y undertaken.
Uncle Moses, my g r a n d f a t h e r ' s b r o t h e r , l i v e d a t t h e
old farm and I can remember him w e l l .
He was a good n a t u r e d , harm-
l e s s o l d man, n o t v e r y b r i g h t a s t o i n t e l l e c t , and I t h i n k he must
nave spent most of h i a time i n the woods p r e p a r i n g t h e f a m i l y f u e l ,
as I remember him coming home i n the evening w i t h h i e a x e on h i s
shoulder.
I don't know when he d i e d , and t h e r e i s no stone to h i s
memory i n the l o t i n the Farmington cemetery to which t h e bodies
were removed from t h e f a m i l y b u r y i n g ground.
mention
I must n o t f o r g e t t o
o l d K a t e , the f a i t h f u l h o r s e , whose l o s s was deplored when
she was s o l d .
The heavy work on t h e farm was done w i t h oxen, and
I used to l i k e to watch them h a u l i n ^ , stone on a " s l e d * ,
the v o i c e of t h e i r d r i v e r .
obeying
I t h i n k t h e i r names were Buck and B r i g h t .
In h a y i n g time my d e l i g h t was to r i d e to t h e barn on t h e l o a d o f
hay.
I a l s o helped t o c a r r y Jugs of w a t e r sweetened w i t h molasses
and|l»avored w i t h g i n g e r , f o r the men to d r i n k w h i l e h a y i n g .
the
00W8
Wh«n
were d r i v e n home a t n i g h t I l o v e d to go to t h e barn and
watch the p r o c e s s o f m i l k i n g , sometimes being a l l o w e d to take a
�-31band i n i t m y s e l f .
4
The h i g b a r n was a d e l i g h t f u l plaoe i n whioh
L p l a y , but we spent most of our time out of doors.
O
Aunt Annie
was a i^ood cook and her doughnuts, r y e pan oakee and o o l d I n d i a n
pudding, which she gave us f o r l u n c h e o n s , t a s t e d v e r y good.
I oan
remember t h a t she made cheese once, but t h a t was not much done i n
my time.
The cheese p r e s s was i n the c a r r i a g e house*
Grandmother
and Aunt Annie taught me to k n i t and would g i v e me a " s t i n s " aa
they c a l l e d i t , which seemed r a t h e r hard to me when I wanted to
play.
I had to k n i t a c e r t a i n number of rounds i n the l e g of a
Btooking.
Grandmother wa.s a g r e a t k n i t t e r and uaed to k n i t our
stockings f o r us when we were c h i l d r e n *
I remember h e r w i t h g r e a t
a f f e c t i o n and I have a l w a y s c o n s i d e r e d h e r a remaerkable woman.
According to the custom of tne times she r e t i r e d from a c t i v e
liie
when the o l d e s t daughter (Aunt A n n i e ) was m a r r i e d , and gave the housekeeping over to h e r *
A f t e r w a r d s Grandmother s a t i n the chimney
corner and k n i t , or helped w i t h the l i g h t e r p a r t of the work.
She
l i k e d to be employed, and would wash d i s h e s a s l o n g a s ehe was a b l e *
Her e y e s i g h t was v e r y poor i n l a t e r y e a r s , but she l o v e d to read
her B i b l e and would s i t and s i n g hymns i n a t r e m b l i n g o l d v o i c e *
For
some y e a r s she drew a p e n s i o n , a s my G r a n d f a t h e r had s e r v e d i n t h a
war of 1812.
She a l w a y s r e t a i n e d h e r membership i n the B a p t i s t
church of Farmington. She went to the farm when ahe was m a r r i e d i n
1817 and i t was her home f o r 66 y e a r s .
She was a widow f o r 58 y e a r s ,
and d i e d i n the o l d house a t the r i p e o l d age of 93.
She had many
sorrows, c h i e f of which being the death o f h e r youngest son, C h a r l e s ,
who went to C a l i f o r n i a i n the e a r l y 'bOs and n e v e r r e t u r n e d .
Nothing
was ever known of the manner of h i s d e a t h and i t must have been a
l i f e l o n g g r i e f to Grandmother*
August, 1909
Susan W.
Hills.
�R e c o l l e c t i o n s of the Old Home a t Farmington,
H.
Among my e a r l y r e c o l l e c t i o n s of Farmington i s t h a t of
the b i g red gate on which I l o v e d to c l i m b and watch the o c c a s i o n a l
passer by.
Another t a i n g I w e l l remember i s tne w i l d c h e r r y
tree a t the c o r n e r of the porch.
palatable f r u i t ,
I l o v e d to eat the sour, un-
stone and a l l and the o n l y reason I can see
why I d i d not have a p p e n d i c i t i s i s t h a t t h i s d i s e a s e was
not
known then to tne m e d i c a l w o r l d .
The broad stone step a t the south door was a f a v o r i t e
haunt of mine and I t h i n k I must have s a t t h e r e by the hour, so
p l a i n l y do I remember the view of the meadow, the v i l l a g e and the
h i l l s beyond.
I was a dreamy c h i l d and I t h i n k I spent many hours
when the other c h i l d r e n were p l a y i n g , i n musing and imagining impossible things.
One
of my e a r l y dreams was t h a t Uncle C h a r l e s
would come home from C a l i f o r n i a w i t h r i c h e s u n t o l d and we would a l l
l i v e happy ever a f t e r .
Another dream was t h a t I would one
day be a c i r c u s r i d e r , I had seen i n a c i r c u s parade a l i t t l e
l i g h t h a i r e d g i r l on a w h i t e pony, d r e s s e d i n a l i g h t b l u e r i d i n g
habit trimmed w i t h s i l v e r s t a r s and to be i n t h i s g i r l ' s p l a c e
was my day dream.
But t h i s i s hot of Farmington.
The woodpile back of t h e house was my p l a y house, here I
gathered c h i p s and stones and made my rooms and f u r n i t u r e .
barn was f u l l of wonderful p o s s i b i l i t i e s .
the
hay mow
The
To c l i m b to t h e top of
f i l l e d toe w i t h d e l i g h t and t e r r o r f o r I was so l i t t l e
that I had to be helped up and then came the f e a r t h a t I should
never get down u n l e s s I jumped.
Once C h a r l e y Ham
t o l d me
if I
would put a horse h a i r i n a b o t t l e of water i t would t u r n i n t o a
snake.
Of course 1 b e l i e v e d him and watched
the b o t t l e f o r days
�only to be d i s a p p o i n t e d ,
I remember when our baby b r o t h e r Prank was b u r i e d , t h a t
we walked from the house over the c a r t p a t h to the l i t t l e
family
grave y a r d , I t h i n k I a c t e d b a d l y on the way f o r f a t h e r took me
by the hand and I walked w i t h him and mother.
I know he looked
Tery s a d .
Behind the b u r y i n g ground was the p i n e woods where we
went to gather c h e c k e r b e r r i e s .
I n e v e r v e n t u r e d f a r i n t o t h e wood
for i t r a n down i n t o a h o l l o w and looked so dark and deep t h a t
I imagined w i l d a n i m a l s and even g i a n t s might l i v e i n i t s gloom
and shade.
Behind the barn was the b a r n y a r d and a l a n e l e d down t o
the p a s t u r e .
When the cows were d r i v e n i n t o the b a r n y a r d I used
to take a c e r t a i n f l o w e r e d cup and watch through t h e b a r s of t h e
fence t i l l Aunt Annie had f i n i s h e d m i l k i n g .
When she came out
she would f i l l my cup w i t h t h e warm m i l k and I would s i t down on
the ground and d r i n k i t .
The horse was Old K a t e and she had a
c o l t named Lady Washington.
little girl.
The c o l t was s o l d when I was a v e r y
Aunt Annie once drove to m i l l and took George and me.
We went v e r y e a r l y i n the morning and w h i l e on the. road I looked
at George and he was bare headed, h i s h a t had blown o f f , but he
was so happy t h a t he d i d n ' t c a r e and had not spoken of i t .
We
had to go back a l o n g d i s t a n c e to f i n d i t .
The brook was our g r e a t d e l i g h t .
C h a r l e y took me f i s h i n g
once and I promised Aunt Annie a f i s h d i n n e r , but a l a s , I t a l k e d
so much t h a t C h a r l e y went o f f ajid f i s h e d a l o n e f o r he s a i d t h a t
I would s c a r e the l i f e
out of any f i s h .
to g e t l o n e l y and then f r i g h t e n e d .
A f t e r he l..Hft I began
My hook was a bent p i n ajid
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ray l i n e a s t r i n g ; a f t e r a w h i l e I swung my l i n e around so t h a t
Waen
my hook caught i n the mouth of a h i g b u l l f r o g .
I
saw t h a t
frog swinging on ray l i n e and k i c k i n g w i t h a l l h i s might I almost
died of f r i g h t but l u c k i l y he k i c k e d l o o s e and s p l a s h e d i n t o the
water and I r a n home a s f a s t a s my s h o r t l e g s would c a r r y me.
When I v/as a v e r y l i t t l e g i r l Uncle Enoch used to g i v e rae h i s h a t
to hang up when he csune i n from the f i e l d .
When I took i t I would
often f i n d a g r a s s hopper i n i t and I guess I screamed
lustily
for g r a s s hoppers were one of the t e r r o r s of my young l i f e .
the
t a o l e I s a t b e s i d e Uncle Enoch.
At
My potato had to be mashed
and smoothed u n t i l i t was w i t h o u t uneveness or I thought I could
not e a t i t .
Uncle Enocn used to s a y t h a t he was going t o make a
machine to prepare my p o t a t o .
One day when we had cod f i s h w i t h
cream g r a v y and my p l a t e had been f i x e d to my s a t i s f a c t i o n , something drew my a t t e n t i o n away.
plate was empty.
When I was ready to e a t a g a i n my
Uncle Enoch had s l i p p e d the food on to h i s p l a t e .
He d i d t h i s not once but many t i m e s , Aunt Annie a l w a y s p r o t e s t i n g
and he w i t h h i s l o v e of a j o k e , doing i t a g a i n when occasion o f f e r e d .
I can j u s t remember when sheep were kept on the farm and
one ram was v e r y c r o s s .
One day when the sheep were d r i v e n
the
barnyard we a l l climbed up on the f e n c e to watch C h a r l e y
the
a n i m a l s up w i t h a s t i c k .
f i g h t to u s .
into
stir
I t was e x c i t i n g a s a S p a n i s h b u l l
Aunt Annie had a f l o c k of Ducks.
A hogshead was
sunk i n the y a r d and f i l l e d w i t h w a t e r f o r them.
We were
told
that we could take the ducks to the brook a f t e r the g r a s s i n the
meadow had been c u t .
C h a r l e y suggested t h a t we d r i v e them down
to show them where the brook was.
When the ducks came i n s i g h t
of r u n n i n g w a t e r they made t h e i r way to i t a s f a s t a s t h e i r s h o r t
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legs could c a r r y them and n e v e r a g a i n d i d they r e t u r n to t h e i r home
by the h a r n .
I n dismay a t what we had done we spent the morning
tramping up and down the hanks of the brook, t r e a d i n g down the long
grass, t r y i n g to d r i v e the ducks back to the b a r n , but w i t h no
success.
I do not t h i n k Aunt Annie s a i d much about i t tho' i t
was to save the g r a s s she had f o r b i d d e n our doing t h i s .
Once when
Charley took me over to the b i g brook he showed me how I could get
across by jumping from one stone to a n o t h e r .
out
He d i d i t v e r y e a s i l y
when I t r i e d I jumped i n and i n u t t e r contempt of a g i r l
he
pulled me out, shook me w e l l and s a t me up on a rock to d r y , going
off and l e a v i n g me.
One day some men came to the house and Aunt
Annie went out to the barn w i t h them.
then we knew Old K a t e was s o l d .
her
away.
They t a l k e d a long ti:rie and
T h a t n i g h t a man came and took
Anna d i d not e a t any supper but s t a y e d out i n the s t a l l
w i t h her head a g a i n s t Old K a t e ' s neck and c r i e d .
The meadow was most b e a u t i f u l to me and I remember how
the
green, v e l v e t y g r a s s c o n t r a s t e d w i t h the g r a y stone w a l l and
the
dark p i n e s i n the background.
wild s t r a w b e r r i e s here.
I n the e a r l y summer we g a t h e r e d
When the g r a s s was long and the wind blew
i t I imagined i t a green sea w i t h ever moving waves.
I n haying
tiiiie to p i t c h hay, to c a r r y some k i n d of a d r i n k to the men,
r i d e i n the hay wagon, was b l i s s beyond compare.
to
Once Aunt Annie
gave me a f o r k e d s t i c k to p i t c h hay w i t h and I was h u m i l i a t e d
deeply f o r a l l the o t h e r s had p i t c h f o r k s .
I t was i n v a i n she t o l d
me t h a t I would be l i k e l y to put out my eyes w i t h a f o r k , but when
one of the men
t o l d me I could work w i t h him I was s a t i s f i e d w i t h
my home made implement.
The y e a r of the duck epidode one of the men brought
�home a b e a u t i f u l duck b l e e d i n g from a c u t i n the s i d e .
I t had made
i t s n e s t i n the long g r a s s and the mower, not seein^, i t had c u t
into the n e s t ,
me s i c k .
The poor t h i n g was almost dead and the s i g h t made
I t h i n k my c o n s c i e n c e
t r o u b l e d me too f o r my p a r t i n d r i v -
ing them to the brook.
At church we used to stand d u r i n g the s i n g i n g , t u r n i n g ^
about to f a c e tne s i n g e r s a t the back of the church.
A g i r l whom
I knew, I t h i n k she was a Hayes, used to s i t i n the c h o i r w i t h h e r
s i s t e r and I e n v i e d h e r above a l l people f o r d u r i n g the sermon
she could walk about and not be seen.
L o u i s e Prances
1909
( S t o n e ) Jones
�-37-
pmmt
Mp OF iMi
K
M&saa Ham Fam
J«>8e|>h Bm
¥am
as f a r m Waldxtm
mil
milage Bmijm»B
District
Sold before Bas^^aads Kam's
death
fiaalteaa P l a ^
�-38TRAESCIIFT C? COURT RECORDS
Sarali Baa*© 9^1^
adteiisiatar^ llagr %% iBIf,-
;;a: iaa'a aatato a t e l i i i a t o i ^ Hay 19,
.;37
laitsid propartgr va2.«d a t S304.82.
Bwary «rttcl@ of hoa^liotM fuswitur® valtied, piaiaing free
&i0xt cmta to $2.2.50. f ^ t l i e i r l»ed» msis tha aost valtaabla.
ixmntory •sad© J«n»,
fl'ils li'sforsation ooplod frm rseords I n tho Frofcata CSourt
at
S. I I . , byfetttortri©It. Stow.
�-39-
Decambar 7, 1825 - Abigail Ham appointed administratrix of astata of
Benjaain Em,
Bond, 23*000. Suratiea, Thomas Ha»
and Joshua Pray.
Joseph Haa died i n 1825 i n Uonrmbar,
February 3, 1831 - Joshua Pray of Milton appointed guardian of Mary A m ,
Abnar, Susan, Benjamin F., Charles arid Abigail Baa,
children of Benjaadn Haa, J r . , late of Paradngton.
90 acrus of land i n his farm.
Stiretios, John Wingate, Esq., ax-id Thoaas Ham, yaoiaan.
May 14, 1831 -
Joshua Pray authorlaod to s e l l real estate to tha
aaount of $411 for the st^port of h i s wards,
July 1 6 , 1833 -
Guardian authorised to s e l l the g r i s t s i l l .
Land fortaing Benjamin Ham estate bounded on
NorUmest by land of Moses Kaia
liortheast by raiige road
Southeast by land of S. Dme, Mathaniel Bastatan and others
Southwest by the Cochero River
�-40aUARBIAK'S ACCCUKT
Joahia Praor i H e d h i s guardian's account May 1 6 , 1840.
Frors Fsbruary 1 4 , 1S31, to A p r i l 1 8 , 1830, hia asqpanaa
account nas |64.{^.
i s erodita t» hairs itith fl60.53
.ami ohargas $1 f o r sorvlcos myd
1833. - Pttbnjaiy 14
Qm
oixpmmm*
di^
S1.C30
March 14
Jouraay to Itov»r & iuxtm
2.^
May 5
Om
dag| a e l l i a g p r c ^ r t y
1,00
May 14
om
dtoy. Probate Court
2,00
U
mmabmr
Wemat^r
ll/Z
14
1$
Sewaabor 3^
days
caw day a t FarBdjagUm
with Hoad Comittaa
X.OD
Qm dsy a t Famltigtoja
with Eoad CoRi^ttea
X.00
Ooa day a t Stomingtoo
w i ^ load ^oPEdttaa
U 3 2 - March 1?
A p r i l 21
1833 - Potoruary 20
1836 - March 31
A p r i l 10
A p r i l 26
1.50
1.00
Oie day
1,00 and aattla ^ c t s .
Qm
day, s a t t l e accts.
1.00
2/2 da^, settle accts.
One day, s e t t l i n g iiit*k
Barlesr
.50
1.00
mm d«^, proparing f o r
t r i a l with Barker
2.00
fm
days, a a t t l i m n t
with tarla^r
aay 2
I638 - 1 ^ 14
2.00
Two daya, attending ref.
2.00
Om
2.00
day, jourrusy to Dover
July 14
Cash paid out
J u l y 24
Qm
SeptQBbar 1$
Qm day. Probate Court
Rochester
One day, settling acets.
Sept^Oier 30
day, jounnay to Dover
.62
2.50
1.00
.SO
�-41-
1838 (Ceat«d)-D9«art>ar 26
Qm
day, Jouruay
to Oilraanton
1839 -
t2.S0
January 23
Pour days to Dover
4.00
February 2
f o w ' i a ^ framing
3.>*
February 5
1/2 day,
February 5
February 1 5
»
.50
2.00
<iay to Dover
3*34
Fow days, frwiing
February 18
X/2 day
February'23 " "'©ne day to Rochester
L expenses for raising
fraso
.50
1,50
2.00
ditto
1838 -
April
17.00
Paid J . Pearl - cow
Interest
2.06
164.06
1845 -
April I
Pinal acct. of Joshua Pray
rendered
^ ^
Total awmnt
Accepted by
AbigaU lim
Uary A. Bunker
Enoch Bunker
Benjataln F. !te
1^.74
�i n i L OF JoiiH
Zzi the mm
Lord, Qm
of QoA, &mni
mi
The 29th day of July, i a the year of owe
Thoxjsand Sight Hundred and Eloveni I , Jolm Has, of Paraingtcm,
i n tlwi County of Strafford, aad State of flow Haeqpahire, Huabamfeani being
sick and weak i n Body, but of a sound disposing wind and memrj,
bo given iBito God.
thanks
Calling to mind the awrtality of ay body, and knowing
that i t i s appointed for a l l aon once to die, do sake arsi ordain this my
l a s t w i l l and Testament, that i s to sa^, prinoipally and f i n r b , I give and
recoraaend ^y soul unto Cod ixho gave i t to sss, and ny Body unto thst Earth,
to be buried i n a decent Christian-like laanner, at ths Glscration of ay
ixeeutora, and as touching amh
worldly Estate wherewith i t hath pleased
God to bless cie i n this l i f e , I gt-re, daviae and dispoae i n tha following
aanner and fomt~
l e t - I give and bequeath to ay eon Tho»as Ham, a l l the lax:^ that
l i e a on
tlvss
easterly aide of tho Hlver coaaonly called iraldron's Pdver
t!iat belonged to tfm l o t or fa»
I now l i v e on, i t being tha same land
I have deeded to h i a .
2nd - I w i n and bequoath to ay son Jcweph Haa, 40 acres of land
off of tha northwest part of the Fans I now l i v e on.
Beginning at tha
i»»rthsast comer of said l o t and tliesoe running aou^ierly cm the plan
Road between Tiaotl-g- Stewna and said l o t so f a r aa to eontain said 3ft>rty
acres by running a Line westerly pasullel with the l i n e between Land f or»sr3y omiad by David F»»u^ ami said Lot to Waldron's Mver so^oalled,
m
land owned by Thos. Htaai to h i a , Ms heirs ami aaai^ss forever, and l i k e wise one Feather bed axui bedding that he now has i n h i s keeping.
3rd - I w i l l ai\d bequeath to my son Abner Hasi Two Hundred BoLlars
to be paid witliin one ^n^ar after my deoease by ssy Eaeoutor, and &m
good
Feather h&d and bedding ttero-^rith, providad, nevarthelaaa, that i f he.
�-43
ths said Abmtr Ian, should dio bafoz^' I do, I v i l l that the same be
paid to nxy aoii Moses lim.
4th - I w U l and bequeath to ^
Dutiful Daughter Sarah !la®. Three
HuiKired IXOlars i n sonsy to be paid by ay E»outor i d t h i n one ysar after
wy decease. Two good f a t h e r bads and bedding with t ^ two good bedsteads
and cords, with one half of the Household furniture that belmiged to
late s i s t e r Mary I t e , that waa l e f t w l ^ m& a t Uie tiiae of her decease.
Sth - I w i n and bequeath to my laughter Maiy H^, Qm Hundred
Dollars i n aoney to be paid within mm
year after my Jm^mem, by my
l ^ e u t o r , two good feather beds and bedding w i t ^ two good bedsteads and
cords, with tho other half of tJie ho\i®ehold fui^itxire that belonged to
ay s i s t e r Mary Ham aforesaid.
6th • I w i l l and bequeath to my tsro Daughters, namely Sarah and
Maty Han, each of t J ^ a cow and two sheep, to be wintered and auastared
on 3sy farm l^ree and elear of ar^ exs^ense to thaa, f o r thm %o have ths
use and b e i ^ f i t of| one rom
i n tsy house to their duHMiing, with f u e l
sufficient for o i f i r e , f i t l y prepared to the doorj so long as they or
,«
either of than rsnain unmarried.
?th - I w i l l and bequeath to siy Two rwaining ^xm,
Moses Ham, a l l the rmaining part of
BenjasdLn and
Real Estate or landed property,
with a l l ths Stock mti Faming utensils and household Furniture of every
mm
arid nature whatsoever tlmt i s nut bequeatl^ed, to be equally divided
batareen than according to the quantity and quality thereof, with a l l tha
Buildinpi tl^raon and ever/ appurteimnce wimtsoever a t t^ie t i s e of
debase.
Bth - I do a j ^ i n t Sllaa Osne J r . of Eoc)iestor, and Sarah ay Dau^ter,
to be guardians for ^
acoi Moses
to watch and oare for h i a and the
property tlmt I hav® bequeathed to hiss.
�-44f t h - I w i l l and bequeath tlmt a l l tiie reBainlng property i n
money <»i hand and laoney due to ae that oan or aay be collected, be
equally divided between a^y childron (exclusive of $100- I have paid to
Jcweph and ClOO I have paid to Abner to be deducted as may appear by
thsir Receipts) after ay Just Debts, Legacies i n a y l a t e Father's estate
and B y funeral charges are paid b y my Executor,
10th - I do constit\ite and appoint ay son Joseph Ham to be
Sole
Sxecutor of this my l a s t W i l l and Testament, and 1 do hereby utterly d i s allcwr. Revoke and disannx^ a l l and every othsr Will and Testastant dated
prior to thia I Ratifying aisd Gonfiraing t h i s to be EQT l a s t W i l l and Testaissnt.
In Witness wtwreof I hereunto set my hmd and seal, the date and year
before written.
;^gnad, sealed, published, pronounced mvi declared by »e, t)i& said
John Has, i n tim presence of the aubsoriborst
Bajnamin Conoexy
Josiah Edgor3y
Robert £ni|^t
�-45INVENTCRY
A liKrrant issasd l a oc3EE«3a form to John Mijjpita J r . , Bonjwdjj
Conaftiy, mi
Anthoqy Peavey, a l l of Faswingtoa, in
C o m t y of
S t a f f o r d , frooholdora, toti&# an I^ivmitory &a& Appraisal
tha 1 » -
tata of J ^ n Ham, l a t a of aaid FamlngtcKJ, deceased, Taatatei i*io msuS»
rature as f o U a m , to •wttt
Straffoi-d S , S,
fteadngtoa, SxHy l O W i , 1 0 1 2 ,
Agrooable to tha aiiaaassKl narraat m,
tha xjEJcterstj^icK*, hava tak«i
an Inroatoiy of ttio goods aisd BSstata of John Haa, l a t a of aaid Pamirig>ton, d^immaoAf T e a t a ^ , as sham us tsy Jomph
W i l l aad Test»@«t of aaid Jolm Haa, i a wmmmr
ttm, Escecutor of tho l a a t
fallowing, aasialyi-
fha ^Riaataad f&m of said Daoaaami
fbxm
mm
$65j Tm
Stmm
m& pair Stooj^, |25
at 37
Five Cewra at 014 each
four Cattle, one ;^ar o l d , at $7 aach
Cot B t O l , t^fo years ild a t $|J0 ms^
Two Horsoa
I M r l ^ o a tSbm^ and 5 i M b ©
$2833.00
102.
90.
28.
W,
49.
26.
93137.00
�If.
Strafford Couiity Racords
Raceivad Way 17, 1836
Recorded IXber 178 Folio 62
Ex. by £. I„ Whltehaa
Recorder
USED OF ABlQiUL HAM TO SiOGH BU14KER
,
mm
M.L
nm
Wt Tmsas
mMim, That,
I , Abigail Uaa,
of
Faraington i n the Cotmty of Strafford and State of TUm Hampshire,
Widow, for and i n consideruticsn of the mxa. of four hundred dollaiti to IS® i n hand beifore the delivery hereof, w e l l mA
t r u l y paid by
liKJCh B*unker, of the same faraington, teetsan - have reraised, released
•
and forevw quitclaiiaedj and by these praaenta i o re»i»e, release
and ferever q u l t d a i a unto thd said Knooli B^uiakar, his tieizv and
assigns forever, a l l the right i n dower or power of thirds that I
now have of the Far® aad Gristaaill that was tsy late hiisband's,
Beajjfflin Ham's, be the same on which I nm
Hve.
To have mid to hold tJse said rersdsad praaises, with a l l the
privilegea aad ai^pwtanancea thereunto bolmging, to hia Vm
Enoch Broker h i s fwirs and assigns forever.
said
And I do hereby oove-
nant with the said Bnooh Inaiker that I w i l l warrant and defend the
sa!.d prffiaisea to Itia tha said Bnooh tils heirs and assigns, against
the lawful clalas and desaamis of a i ^ person or persons clalMing by,
frm.
r
or under toe.
of
I n witi'scss wfisreof, I have hereunto set my hand aiid s e a l , t h i s
Sixteenth day of V^y,
dred and t h i r t y - o i ^ t .
i n the yeai* of our lord one thooaand eight hun' e> ,
Sigimi, sealed and deliv©r<*d, i n proaerioe of us,
J e r w i a h Itea
Susan A. I u e
^»
STATS Of ms
jtt»igail Haa
KAira-lllS, Strafford S, S.
my
personally ajjpaaring, the. above mmed Abigail !te
16, A.D.
1838
acknowledged the
foregoing instrtasant to bo her volmtary act ajid deed. Before BW,
JeTiWBiali
l.:itms, Justice of %f>» Peace
�-47W I L L I A-' HAM
!'
The New England h i s t o r i c g e n e a l o g i c a l s o c i e t y of Boston has
received from Dr. Saiauel P . Ham of L o s A n g e l e s , C a l i f o r n i a ,
formerly
of t h i s c i t y , the g e n e a l o g i c a l r e c o r d of W i l l i a m Ham, who came to
America i n 1635 to j o i n a company p r e v i o u s l y s e n t from Plymouth,
Eng, hy R o h e r t Trelawney;, t o take p o s s e s s i o n of Richmonda
Island,
Me., and a l a r g e t r a c t of t e r r i t o r y on the a d j a c e n t aminland, g r a n t e d
to Trelawney hy S i r Fernando
Gorges.
Ham remained w i t h the Trelawney company but one y e a r , he
and f i v e o t h e r s , i n June 1636, c l a i m i n g t h a t they were cheated by
the s u p e r i n t e n d e n t , l e a v i n g Richmonds i s l a n d , where they had been
engaged i n f i s h i n g , and coming to P i s c a t a q u a , where they a l l
settled.
Ham was a t E x e t e r i n 1645, and came to Portsmouth i n 1650,
and the town r e c o r d s show t h a t from 1652 to 1665 he r e c e i v e d from
the
town f o u r g r a n t s of l a n d , a g g r e g a t i n g 166 a c r e s , a t what i s
now known a s Freemans p o i n t , where he made h i s home, and where he
died i n 1672.
T h i s p r o p e r t y was owned and occupied by h i s descendants,
and known as Hams p o i n t , u n t i l about 1820, when Peyton R. Freeman,
a lawyer of Portsmouth, h a v i n g come i n t o p o s s e s s i o n of 67 a c r e s
of the extreme p o i n t , the whole g r a d u a l l y came to be known a s
Preemans p o i n t , and not f a r from the same time the i s l a n d , which
from the e a r l y c o l o n i a l
days had been known a s Hams i s l a n d , was
bought by J e r e m i a h and Mark E o b l e , and a c c o r d i n g to custom had i t s
name changed
to Nobles i s l a n d , which i t s t i l l b e a r s , though now owned
by the Boston & Maine r a i l r o a d .
W i l l i a m Ham's houae, b u i l t p r o b a b l y i n 1652, the y e a r he
r e c e i v e d h i s f i r s t g r a n t of l a n d from the town, was l o c a t e d a few
�-482
rods s o u t h w e s t e r l y from where now stands the c o s t l y
office
b u i l d i n g e r e c t e d l a s t y e a r f o r the MHaite Mountain paper company,
and
the o l d Ham b u r y i n g ground, s t i l l n e a r e r the o f f i c e b u i l d i n g
and n o r t h e a s t e r l y from i t ,
i s now p a r t i a l l y covered
by a b u i l d i n g
formerly a barn.
The
o l d house was torn down i n 1368 or '69, being
d i l a p i d a t e d wreck.
then a
Over 200 y e a r s of wind and weather, and y e a r s
of n e g l e c t and decay, n a v i n g reduced i t to r u i n .
I t was a one-
s t o r y b u i l d i n g c o v e r i n g c o n s i d e r a b l e space on the j^round, w i t h an
iiiimense k i t c n e n , and h a v i n g timbers b i g enough f o r a s n i p . I t
was
t e n a n t l e s s f o r many y e a r s before being removed, and t h e r e was
no s i g n t h a t i t nad ever been p a i n t e d .
The g e n e a l o g i c a l r e c o r d on vi^hich Dr. Ham, who i s of the
e i g h t h g e n e r a t i o n i n descent from the iimaigrant W i l l i a m , devoted
mush time and r e s e a r c h f o r some 20 y e a r s , does not attempt to t r a c e
out a l l of W i l l i a m Ham's descendants,
who a r e s c a t t e r e d a l l over
the union, but i t does b r i n g the r e c o r d s of the l o c a l l i n e s of
descendants down to ine p r e s e n t
time.
I n t e r s p e r s e d through i t i s a l a r g e amount of h i s t o r i c a l
matter r e l a t i n g to members of the f a m i l y who have a c h i e v e d prominence
a t d i f f e r e n t times and p l a c e s i n v a r i o u s l i n e s of u s e f u l n e s s ,
and a s i t i s tne only r e c o r d of W i l l i a m Ham's descendants ever
attempted there i s much i n i t of i n t e r e s t to persons wno can t r a c e
t h e i r descent from xiim.
From the Boston ulobe -1925-
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A bound 48 page book detailing the family history of Benjamin and Abigail Pray- Ham of Farmington. Typed mostly on onion paper and with photos added throughout. Complied in 1940 by their granddaughters Louise (Stone) Jones and Katherine Ham Stone. The book also had a two sided note which has been included as a separate file. Presented by the author to the Farmington NH Historical Society in January of 1953.
Size: 9" x 11.5"
FHS-Kyle Leach
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Complied in 1940 by their granddaughters Louise (Stone) Jones and Katherine Ham Stone
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Complied in 1940 by their granddaughters Louise (Stone) Jones and Katherine Ham Stone
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1940, the books covers 1644-1940
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Donated by Lorraine Meyer
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1869 Handwritten Martha Safford Letter & Envelope
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1869 letter to Martha Safford of Farmington NH, sent from her sister Bella. The letter is written on plain paper, with black ink. The handwriting is a beautiful script, but grammar slips sometimes and there are several writing cross outs.. The letter opens with pleasantries and regret for having not written Martha sooner. In the document she discusses Martha going to school, boarding with her aunt, a sister Marie, and coming to visit Bella and her mother.
Condition: Good. Paper is in good condition, but the ink is beginning to noticeably fade.
Size: 4"x5"
FHS-Kyle Leach
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1869
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1869
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Bella Safford
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