CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1861 Mar 29 - John Buzzell wit deed Hannah Buzzell to Joseph B Buzzell.
1870 Jul 22 - federal census Brookfield, Carroll Co NH fam 9/10:
Buswell Belinda 55 f w cripple bNH
" John 69 m w cripple bCan father & mother of Foreign birth
[didn't he have same parents as his sister?]
1870 Jul 23 - federal census Brookfield, Carroll Co NH fam 24/27:
Buswell Joseph B 33 m w farmer 1500/1616 bNH
" Hannah 73 f w keeping house bNH
[no other Buzzell type names in Brookfield].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Note: no death record found in central vital record files in Concord 5/95.
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Brookfield NH Cemetery:
Melinda Lane - d 27 Aug 1875 ae 67y 5m
John Buzzell - d 20 Mar 1873 ae 72y 5m
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1880 Dec 29 - from Jonathan W Sanborn & wife Elizabeth A, Charles H Hanson &
wife Mary C H, and Irene Buzzell wid/o Joseph B Buzzell, all of Brookfield, and
Noah K Nutter & wife Joanna of Wakefield, Hale Stevens & wife Sally of New
Durham; Charles T Wentworth of Chicago IL, Joseph H Wentworth of North Hampton
MA, Ellen E Gardner wife/o Charles A Gardner of Worchester MA; and Mary S Davis
wife/o Henry C Davis of NYC, all heirs of Melinda Lane late of Brookfield NH
[the last four were children of Severta (Buzzell) Wentworth, deceased sister of
Melinda], for $250, to Samuel D Adjutant of Wakefield NH; quit claim to 1a lot
with buildings on W side of road from Brookfield Corner to house of Tristram B
Curtis, formerly known as the Parsonage Lot, bounded W by sd road, S & W by
Thomas T Deland, N by Charles H Hanson; signed by all grantors; numerous
witnesses and ack at different times & places; rec 16 Mar 1881 [Carroll Co NH
Deeds 76/129].
1890 Sep 7 - Sarah E Stevens d New Durham ae 86-11-7 b Cancada widow
housewife uremia, d/o Joseph Buzzell & Hannah Austin both b Wakefield, rept
from New Durham [NHVR Concord].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1765 Nov 18 - Reubin Hill of Durham signed a petition for the creation of
Lee parish from the NW end of Durham [NH State Papers XI/586].
1776 - Reuben Hill signed the Association Test at Lee NH [NH State Papers
XXX/81].
1785 Aug 6 - Reuben Hill of Lee petitioned for Dr James Brackett of Lee to
be appointed a JP [NH State Papers XII/391].
1787 - Capt Reuben Hill appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers
XII/392].
1789 Dec 19 - Reuben Hill signed a petition at Lee NH recommending Lt Job
Runnell of Lee to be a civil magistrate [NH State Papers XII/394].
1790 - Lee NH - Hill, Reuben 3m16+ 3f [Census].
1793 Jul 29 - Lee NH - admin to Nathaniel Clough [Evans, Abstracts of the
Probate Records of Strafford Co NH p81].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
In a field near the river and the old mill dam in Lee Hook is the grave yard
of the family of Reuben Hill, a Rev Soldier from Lee. Stone posts mark the
yard. Teh graves are marked by field stones - about a dozen. See Rev War
Rolls and Scales, Lee NH 1816 [Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR,
1938].
see Melinda (Buzzell) Lane
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1844 - Mr Noah K Nutter marr at Dover Miss Joanna Buzzell per Exeter
News-Letter of 23 Sep 1844 [Chipman, New England VR from the Exeter News-letter
1841-46, 1993, p114].
1844 Aug 18 - marr intentions filed by Noah K Nutter & Johannah Buzzell
[Dover NH Directory].
1847 Sep 22 - from Noah Kimball Nutter of Dover mason for $400 to Malinda
Buzzell of same spinster, 1/2 a 50a tract with buildings in Wakefield NH,
bounded by road from Ossipee to Dover by home of E C Piper, by land of Joshua G
Hall, by Branch River, by James Garvin, and the old Leavitt place, meaning
toconvey to sd Buzzell 1/2 the premises conveyed to me by George W Copp by
warranty deed 20 Sep 1847; Joanna Nutter released her dower rights; signed by
Noah K Nutter & Joanna Nutter; wit by James E Lothrop, John H Wiggin & Andrew
Gleason; ack by NKN same date; recd 11 Oct 1847 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/368].
1856 Jun 23 - from Malinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH single woman, for $700,
to Joann Nutter of same married woman, the 50a conveyed to me by Noah K Nutter
& Joann Nutter by deed 22 Sep 1847; signed Melinda Buzzell; wit by Ezekiel
Prescott & Dudley Pike; ack same data; recd 11 Jul 1856 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
29/220].
1856 Jun 23 - from Joanna Nutter of Wakefield NH married woman, for $700, to
Melinda Buzzell of same single woman, same land as deed 29/220, mortgage, this
deed void if sd Nutter pays sd Buzzell $700 and interest in 7 yrs; signed Joann
Nutter; wit by John W Sanborn & Ezekiel Prescott; ack same date; recd 1 Nov
1856 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 29/482].
1880 Dec 29 - from Jonathan W Sanborn & wife Elizabeth A, Charles H Hanson &
wife Mary C H, and Irene Buzzell wid/o Joseph B Buzzell, all of Brookfield, and
Noah K Nutter & wife Joanna of Wakefield, Hale Stevens & wife Sally of New
Durham; Charles T Wentworth of Chicago IL, Joseph H Wentworth of North Hampton
MA, Ellen E Gardner wife/o Charles A Gardner of Worchester MA; and Mary S Davis
wife/o Henry C Davis of NYC, all heirs of Melinda Lane late of Brookfield NH
[the last four were children of Severta (Buzzell) Wentworth, deceased sister of
Melinda], for $250, to Samuel D Adjutant of Wakefield NH; quit claim to 1a lot
with buildings on W side of road from Brookfield Corner to house of Tristram B
Curtis, formerly known as the Parsonage Lot, bounded W by sd road, S & W by
Thomas T Deland, N by Charles H Hanson; signed by all grantors; numerous
witnesses and ack at different times & places; rec 16 Mar 1881 [Carroll Co NH
Deeds 76/129].
1892 Sep 13 - Joann Nutter d Wakefield ae 75-0-7 single housework paralysis
buried Lovell Lake Cemetery Wakefield d/o Joseph Buzzell & Hannah ___ [NHVR
Concord].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Lovell Lake Cemetery, Wakefield NH:
a) Joann, wife of Noah K [Kimball] Nutter - d 13 Sep 1892 ae 75-0-7.
b) Noah K Nutter - d 14 Nov 1906 ae 86y.
c) Willie D Nutter, s/o Noah & Joann - d 2 May 1876 ae 15-0-12.
[per WTR].
m 1856, m2 1868 Mary Wentworth, he b Somersworth?
FAMILY RECORD:
Melinda Buzzell - b c1807-8 in Lower East Canada, poss in Bolton, Ontario,
which is located slightly to the NW of Lake Ontario, not too far from Toronto;
she was d/o Joseph Buzzell & ___; Melinda (Buzzell) Lane d 27 Aug 1875 in
Brookfield ae 67y 5m, and is bur there in the Buzzell family plot.
On 10 Feb 1808 Joseph Buzzell of Bolton, Canada bought from Jonathan Buzzell
of Alton NH for $750, a 50a parcel in Alton, being the easterly end of the
homestead farm which had belonged to his father, also a Joseph Buzzell; land of
David Buzzell adjoined this tract on the west; it was apparently about this
time that Joseph & his family, including dau Melinda, returned to NH fromm
Canada.
From a listing of "mill girls" at the Dover Library we find Melinda emp as a
mill girl at the Cocheco Mills in Dover at about ae 23, and boarding at the res
of Rhoda Buzzell at 60 Payne St in Dover; she is listed with her sister
Sevestra Buzzell who was similarly employed; in 1837 she was boarding there
with "the widow Busley;" and in 1838 she was living with Sevestra Buzzell
(later Mrs Amos Wentworth); her brother, John Buzzell, is also listed in these
records, and is identified as a calico printer.
On 31 Mar 1847 Melinda purchased 26a in Brookfield for $125 which she sold
20 Nov 1850 to George Hanson of Brookfield for $200 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/90,
17/501]; on 5 Apr 1847 she bought a quit claim title to a farm in Brookfield NH
for $20 from Ebenezer Jackson & his wife Mehitable, both of Eaton; this farm
had formerly belonged to John Giles [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/119]; on 22 Sep
1847 Melinda bought for $400 one-half a tract (50a) with buildings in Wakefield
from her brother-in-law and sister, Noah Kimball Nutter, mason, of Dover & his
wife Joanna; on 23 Jun 1856 Melinda Buzzell, single woman, deeded this 50a
tract to Joanna Nutter of Wakefield for $200 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 29/200 with
the condition that the deed was void if Nutter pays Buzzell $700 plus interest
in seven years [?] [Carroll Co NH Deeds 31/246]; on 8 Nov 1856 Melinda was
identified as a seamstress when she purchased some property in Brookfield from
William Deland, merchant, and his wife Sarah of Wolfeborough for $900, giving
them a mortage for $700 plus interest [Carroll Co NH Deeds 30/185, 31/246].
The following month at about ae 49 she m Henry D Lane at Wolfeborough NH 18
Dec 1856, both of Brookfield, per old "Dover Enquire" newspaper; the federal
census of 1860 lists Henry D Lane farmer ae 37 b NH, Melinda Lane ae 47 b East
Canada, and John Buzzell ae 59 b East Canada; Henry & Melinda were divorced 20
Jun 1865, he being the libelant, and the cause abandonment [NHVR].
On 30 Aug 1868 Henry D Lane ae 45 (s/o Samuel Lane & Mary Dearborn) farmer
of Wakefield marr as his 2nd wife, Mary Wentworth ae 37 (d/o Lyman Wentworth b
Milton NH & Nancy Guptil b Acton ME) of Wakefield; it was her first marr; they
were marr by John W Sanborn JP.
On 18 Nov 1868 Melinda sold 23a with buildings in Brookfield to William H
Willey of Brookfield for $425; the property bounded on sd Willey's land on the
S side of the road to Wolfeborough that goes over Tumble Down Dick hill,
bounded W by Noah H Roberts, S by Woodman Hill Road, andE by widow Susan R
Willey [Carroll Co NH Deeds 53/382].
The 1870 federal census lists Belinda [sic] Buswell [sic] ae 55 cripple b NH
as head of household with John Buswell [sic] ae 59 cripple b East Canada.
On 24 Aug 1871 Melinda bought from George F Shortridge of Brookfield & wife
Caroline M, for $375, the parsonage lot in Brookfield, meaning the 1st parcel
mentioned in the deed from Joseph B Buzzell to Caroline Shortridge dated 29 Jun
1869 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 58/518].
Melinda Lane d intestate in 1875 [Carroll Co Probate #3050].
On 29 Dec 1880 Samuel D Adjutant of Wakefield purchased by quit claim deed
the 1a lot with buildings in Brookfield, formerly known as the parsonage lot,
from Jonathan W Sanborn & wife Elizabeth A, Charles H Hanson & wife Mary C H,
and Irene Buzzell, wid/o Joseph B Buzzell, all of Brookfield, and Noah K Nutter
& wife Joanna of Wakefield, Hale Stevens & wife Sally of New Durham; Charles T
Wentworth of Chicago IL, Joseph H Wentworth of Northampton MA, Ellen E Gardner
wife/o Charles A Gardner of Worchester MA; and Mary S Davis wife/o Henry C
Davis of NYC, all heirs of Melinda Lane late of Brookfield NH [the last four
were children of Severta (Buzzell) Wentworth, deceased sister of Melinda]; the
lot was located on the W side of the road from Brookfield Corner to the house
of Tristram B Curtis, and was bounded W by sd road, S & W by Thomas T Deland, N
by Charles H Hanson [Carroll Co NH Deeds 76/129].
[comp by WTR c1973].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1847 Mar 31 - from Joshua N Cate of Brookfield NH, admin of estate of Sally
Giles late of same deceased intestate, for $125, to Melinda Buzzell of Dover NH
spinster, 7/8ths of lot in Brookfield 1/8th of which is claimed by Ebenezer
Jackson & wife of Eaton NH, bounded W by John T Churchill, N by Parker Cook, E
by on John Churchill, S by stream on which Churchill's mill stands; signed by
Joshua N Cate; wit by Jeremiah Chamberlain & Dudley Pike; ack 31 Mar 1847; recd
18 May 1847 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/90].
1847 Apr 5 - from Ebenezer Jackson & Mehitable Jackson, both of Eaton NH,
for $20, to Melinda Buzzell of Dover NH; quit claim to a farm in Brookfield of
the late John Giles, also known as the Kennson Thomas farm; signed by Ebenezer
Jackson & Mehitable Jackson; wit by Daniel lary & Elizabeth Lary; ack by both
same date; recd 18 May 1847 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/119].
1847 Sep 22 - from Noah Kimball Nutter of Dover mason for $400 to Malinda
Buzzell of same spinster, 1/2 a 50a tract with buildings in Wakefield NH,
bounded by road from Ossipee to Dover by home of E C Piper, by land of Joshua G
Hall, by Branch River, by James Garvin, and the old Leavitt place, meaning
toconvey to sd Buzzell 1/2 the premises conveyed to me by George W Copp by
warranty deed 20 Sep 1847; Joanna Nutter released her dower rights; signed by
Noah K Nutter & Joanna Nutter; wit by James E Lothrop, John H Wiggin & Andrew
Gleason; ack by NKN same date; recd 11 Oct 1847 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/368].
1850 Nov 20 - from Melinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH spinster for $200 to
George Hanson of Brookfield, 26a in Brookfield which I bought of Joshua N Cate
& Ebenezer Jackson and wife of Eaton per deed 11/90; signed Melinda Buzzell;
wit by Joseph Buzzell & Dudley Pike; ack by MB 20 Nov 1850; recd 26 Nov 1850
[Carroll Co NH Deeds 17/501].
1856 Jun 23 - from Malinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH single woman, for $700,
to Joann Nutter of same Married woman, the 50a conveyed to me by Noah K Nutter
& Joann Nutter by deed 22 Sep 1847; signed Melinda Buzzell; wit by Ezekiel
Prescott & Dudley Pike; ack same data; recd 11 Jul 1856 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
29/220].
1856 Jun 23 - from Joanna Nutter of Wakefield NH married woman, for $700, to
Melinda Buzzell of same single woman, same land as deed 29/220, mortgage, this
deed void if sd Nutter pays sd Buzzell $700 and interest in 7 yrs; signed Joann
Nutter; wit by John W Sanborn & Ezekiel Prescott; ack same date; recd 1 Nov
1856 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 29/482].
1856 Nov 8 - from William Deland of Wolfeborough NH merchant & wife Sarah,
for $900 [sic, $700?], to Melinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH seamstress, 120a with
buildings in Brookfield, begin SE corner of Aaron Wilson's land, then N by sd
Wilson & Mark Furber to road on Tumbledown Dick mountain, then SE by Joseph T
Churchill to land of John Deland, then S by sd Deland & James C Chesley to road
from New Durham to Brookfield, the on sd road to starting pt, reserving the
burying grounds on sd premises where my friends are buried and a place ther to
bury others as I may be disposed; signed William Deland & Sarah Deland; wit by
Celestia C Deland & Joshua N Cate; ack by both 2 Dec 1856; recd 16 dec 1856
[Carroll Co NH Deeds 30/185].
1856 Nov 8 - from Melinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH seamstress, for $700, to
William Deland of Wolfeborough merchant, prop descr in deed 30/185, mortgage,
sd Buzzell to pay sd Deland $700 in 7 years with interest; signed by Melinda
Buzzell; wit by Susan A Cate & Joshua N Cate; ack same date; recd 18 May 1857
[Carroll Co NH Deeds 31/246].
1860 - Brookfield NH - 523/552 Henry D Lane 37 m farmer 800/225 b NH;
Melinda Lane 47 f b East Canada; John Buzzell 59 m farmer b East Canada
[census].
1864 - Henry D Lane taxed for 1 poll [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1865 - Belinda [sic] Lane taxed for 25a [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1866 - Belinda [sic] Lane taxed for 25a [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1868 - Melinda Lane taxed for 25a [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1868 Nov 18 - from Melinda Buzzell of Brookfield NH, for $425, to William H
Willey of same, 23a with building in Brookfield, begin corner of William H
Willey's land on S Side of road to Wolfeborough over the hill called Tumble
Down Dick, the W by sd road to land of Noah H Roberts near the brook, the SW by
sd Roberts, then S by sd Roberts to Woodman Hill Road, then E by sd road to
land of widow Susab R Willey, then NE by her land to land of Wm H Willey, then
by sd Willey to starting pt; signed Melinda Buzzell; wit by ___ & Moses C Cate;
ack same date; recd 4 Dec 1868 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 53/382].
1870 - Melinda Lane taxed [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1870 - Brookfield NH - no Henry Lane family [census].
1870 Jul 1 - Charles Henry Lane, s/o Henry D Lane & Mary Wentworth, d ae 9m,
bur Lovell Lake Cem, Wakefield NH.
1871 - Melinda Lane taxed [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1871 Aug 24 - from George F Shortridge of Brookfield NH & wife Caroline M,
for $375, to Melinda Buzzell of same, the Parsonage Lot in Brookfield, meaning
to convey the first parcel mentioned in the deed from Jospeh B Buzzell to
Caroline M Shortridge 29 Jun 1869; signed Geo T Shortridge & Caroline M
Shortridge; wit Dudley C Coleman & ___ C Coleman; ack same date; recd 20 Oct
1871 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 58/518].
1872 - Melinda Lane taxed [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1873 - Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1875 - Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1876 - Heirs of Belinda [sic] Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH
Tax Lists].
1878 - Heirs of Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax
Lists].
1879 - Heirs of Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax
Lists].
1880 - Heirs of Melinda Lane taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax
Lists].
1895 Jan 15 - Mary A Lane d ae 64-8-0 of Bright's disease; b Acton ME marr
housewife d/o Lyman Wentworth farmer & Nancy Archibaldphysician was W S Davis
of Sanbornville NH [NHVR]; she is buried in the Lovel Lake Cemetery in
Wakefield..
1897 Mar 22 - Henry D Lane d Wakefield NH ae 73-2-22, b Somersworth widowed
farmer LaGrippe, s/o Samuel Lane b Chichester carpenter & Mary M Dearborn b
Wakefield [NHVR]; his death notice in the Concord Evening Monitor states he d
in Sanbornville; he is bur in the Lovel Lake Cemetery.MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Melinda Lane - no death record found in Concord in pre-1901 files.
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Brookfield Cemetery:
Melinda Lane - d 27 Aug 1875 ae 67y 5m
John Buzzell - d 20 Mar 1873 ae 72y 5m
m 1856
m 1856, m2 1868 Mary Wentworth, he b Somersworth?
FAMILY RECORD:
Melinda Buzzell - b c1807-8 in Lower East Canada, poss in Bolton, Ontario,
which is located slightly to the NW of Lake Ontario, not too far from Toronto;
she was d/o Joseph Buzzell & ___; Melinda (Buzzell) Lane d 27 Aug 1875 in
Brookfield ae 67y 5m, and is bur there in the Buzzell family plot.
On 10 Feb 1808 Joseph Buzzell of Bolton, Canada bought from Jonathan Buzzell
of Alton NH for $750, a 50a parcel in Alton, being the easterly end of the
homestead farm which had belonged to his father, also a Joseph Buzzell; land of
David Buzzell adjoined this tract on the west; it was apparently about this
time that Joseph & his family, including dau Melinda, returned to NH fromm
Canada.
From a listing of "mill girls" at the Dover Library we find Melinda emp as a
mill girl at the Cocheco Mills in Dover at about ae 23, and boarding at the res
of Rhoda Buzzell at 60 Payne St in Dover; she is listed with her sister
Sevestra Buzzell who was similarly employed; in 1837 she was boarding there
with "the widow Busley;" and in 1838 she was living with Sevestra Buzzell
(later Mrs Amos Wentworth); her brother, John Buzzell, is also listed in these
records, and is identified as a calico printer.
On 31 Mar 1847 Melinda purchased 26a in Brookfield for $125 which she sold
20 Nov 1850 to George Hanson of Brookfield for $200 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/90,
17/501]; on 5 Apr 1847 she bought a quit claim title to a farm in Brookfield NH
for $20 from Ebenezer Jackson & his wife Mehitable, both of Eaton; this farm
had formerly belonged to John Giles [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/119]; on 22 Sep
1847 Melinda bought for $400 one-half a tract (50a) with buildings in Wakefield
from her brother-in-law and sister, Noah Kimball Nutter, mason, of Dover & his
wife Joanna; on 23 Jun 1856 Melinda Buzzell, single woman, deeded this 50a
tract to Joanna Nutter of Wakefield for $200 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 29/200 with
the condition that the deed was void if Nutter pays Buzzell $700 plus interest
in seven years [?] [Carroll Co NH Deeds 31/246]; on 8 Nov 1856 Melinda was
identified as a seamstress when she purchased some property in Brookfield from
William Deland, merchant, and his wife Sarah of Wolfeborough for $900, giving
them a mortage for $700 plus interest [Carroll Co NH Deeds 30/185, 31/246].
The following month at about ae 49 she m Henry D Lane at Wolfeborough NH 18
Dec 1856, both of Brookfield, per old "Dover Enquire" newspaper; the federal
census of 1860 lists Henry D Lane farmer ae 37 b NH, Melinda Lane ae 47 b East
Canada, and John Buzzell ae 59 b East Canada; Henry & Melinda were divorced 20
Jun 1865, he being the libelant, and the cause abandonment [NHVR].
On 30 Aug 1868 Henry D Lane ae 45 (s/o Samuel Lane & Mary Dearborn) farmer
of Wakefield marr as his 2nd wife, Mary Wentworth ae 37 (d/o Lyman Wentworth b
Milton NH & Nancy Guptil b Acton ME) of Wakefield; it was her first marr; they
were marr by John W Sanborn JP.
On 18 Nov 1868 Melinda sold 23a with buildings in Brookfield to William H
Willey of Brookfield for $425; the property bounded on sd Willey's land on the
S side of the road to Wolfeborough that goes over Tumble Down Dick hill,
bounded W by Noah H Roberts, S by Woodman Hill Road, andE by widow Susan R
Willey [Carroll Co NH Deeds 53/382].
The 1870 federal census lists Belinda [sic] Buswell [sic] ae 55 cripple b NH
as head of household with John Buswell [sic] ae 59 cripple b East Canada.
On 24 Aug 1871 Melinda bought from George F Shortridge of Brookfield & wife
Caroline M, for $375, the parsonage lot in Brookfield, meaning the 1st parcel
mentioned in the deed from Joseph B Buzzell to Caroline Shortridge dated 29 Jun
1869 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 58/518].
Melinda Lane d intestate in 1875 [Carroll Co Probate #3050].
On 29 Dec 1880 Samuel D Adjutant of Wakefield purchased by quit claim deed
the 1a lot with buildings in Brookfield, formerly known as the parsonage lot,
from Jonathan W Sanborn & wife Elizabeth A, Charles H Hanson & wife Mary C H,
and Irene Buzzell, wid/o Joseph B Buzzell, all of Brookfield, and Noah K Nutter
& wife Joanna of Wakefield, Hale Stevens & wife Sally of New Durham; Charles T
Wentworth of Chicago IL, Joseph H Wentworth of Northampton MA, Ellen E Gardner
wife/o Charles A Gardner of Worchester MA; and Mary S Davis wife/o Henry C
Davis of NYC, all heirs of Melinda Lane late of Brookfield NH [the last four
were children of Severta (Buzzell) Wentworth, deceased sister of Melinda]; the
lot was located on the W side of the road from Brookfield Corner to the house
of Tristram B Curtis, and was bounded W by sd road, S & W by Thomas T Deland, N
by Charles H Hanson [Carroll Co NH Deeds 76/129].
[comp by WTR c1973].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1847 Mar 31 - from Joshua N Cate of Brookfield NH, admin of estate of Sally
Giles late of same deceased intestate, for $125, to Melinda Buzzell of Dover NH
spinster, 7/8ths of lot in Brookfield 1/8th of which is claimed by Ebenezer
Jackson & wife of Eaton NH, bounded W by John T Churchill, N by Parker Cook, E
by on John Churchill, S by stream on which Churchill's mill stands; signed by
Joshua N Cate; wit by Jeremiah Chamberlain & Dudley Pike; ack 31 Mar 1847; recd
18 May 1847 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/90].
1847 Apr 5 - from Ebenezer Jackson & Mehitable Jackson, both of Eaton NH,
for $20, to Melinda Buzzell of Dover NH; quit claim to a farm in Brookfield of
the late John Giles, also known as the Kennson Thomas farm; signed by Ebenezer
Jackson & Mehitable Jackson; wit by Daniel lary & Elizabeth Lary; ack by both
same date; recd 18 May 1847 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/119].
1847 Sep 22 - from Noah Kimball Nutter of Dover mason for $400 to Malinda
Buzzell of same spinster, 1/2 a 50a tract with buildings in Wakefield NH,
bounded by road from Ossipee to Dover by home of E C Piper, by land of Joshua G
Hall, by Branch River, by James Garvin, and the old Leavitt place, meaning
toconvey to sd Buzzell 1/2 the premises conveyed to me by George W Copp by
warranty deed 20 Sep 1847; Joanna Nutter released her dower rights; signed by
Noah K Nutter & Joanna Nutter; wit by James E Lothrop, John H Wiggin & Andrew
Gleason; ack by NKN same date; recd 11 Oct 1847 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 11/368].
1850 Nov 20 - from Melinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH spinster for $200 to
George Hanson of Brookfield, 26a in Brookfield which I bought of Joshua N Cate
& Ebenezer Jackson and wife of Eaton per deed 11/90; signed Melinda Buzzell;
wit by Joseph Buzzell & Dudley Pike; ack by MB 20 Nov 1850; recd 26 Nov 1850
[Carroll Co NH Deeds 17/501].
1856 Jun 23 - from Malinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH single woman, for $700,
to Joann Nutter of same Married woman, the 50a conveyed to me by Noah K Nutter
& Joann Nutter by deed 22 Sep 1847; signed Melinda Buzzell; wit by Ezekiel
Prescott & Dudley Pike; ack same data; recd 11 Jul 1856 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
29/220].
1856 Jun 23 - from Joanna Nutter of Wakefield NH married woman, for $700, to
Melinda Buzzell of same single woman, same land as deed 29/220, mortgage, this
deed void if sd Nutter pays sd Buzzell $700 and interest in 7 yrs; signed Joann
Nutter; wit by John W Sanborn & Ezekiel Prescott; ack same date; recd 1 Nov
1856 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 29/482].
1856 Nov 8 - from William Deland of Wolfeborough NH merchant & wife Sarah,
for $900 [sic, $700?], to Melinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH seamstress, 120a with
buildings in Brookfield, begin SE corner of Aaron Wilson's land, then N by sd
Wilson & Mark Furber to road on Tumbledown Dick mountain, then SE by Joseph T
Churchill to land of John Deland, then S by sd Deland & James C Chesley to road
from New Durham to Brookfield, the on sd road to starting pt, reserving the
burying grounds on sd premises where my friends are buried and a place ther to
bury others as I may be disposed; signed William Deland & Sarah Deland; wit by
Celestia C Deland & Joshua N Cate; ack by both 2 Dec 1856; recd 16 dec 1856
[Carroll Co NH Deeds 30/185].
1856 Nov 8 - from Melinda Buzzell of Wakefield NH seamstress, for $700, to
William Deland of Wolfeborough merchant, prop descr in deed 30/185, mortgage,
sd Buzzell to pay sd Deland $700 in 7 years with interest; signed by Melinda
Buzzell; wit by Susan A Cate & Joshua N Cate; ack same date; recd 18 May 1857
[Carroll Co NH Deeds 31/246].
1860 - Brookfield NH - 523/552 Henry D Lane 37 m farmer 800/225 b NH;
Melinda Lane 47 f b East Canada; John Buzzell 59 m farmer b East Canada
[census].
1864 - Henry D Lane taxed for 1 poll [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1865 - Belinda [sic] Lane taxed for 25a [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1866 - Belinda [sic] Lane taxed for 25a [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1868 - Melinda Lane taxed for 25a [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1868 Nov 18 - from Melinda Buzzell of Brookfield NH, for $425, to William H
Willey of same, 23a with building in Brookfield, begin corner of William H
Willey's land on S Side of road to Wolfeborough over the hill called Tumble
Down Dick, the W by sd road to land of Noah H Roberts near the brook, the SW by
sd Roberts, then S by sd Roberts to Woodman Hill Road, then E by sd road to
land of widow Susab R Willey, then NE by her land to land of Wm H Willey, then
by sd Willey to starting pt; signed Melinda Buzzell; wit by ___ & Moses C Cate;
ack same date; recd 4 Dec 1868 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 53/382].
1870 - Melinda Lane taxed [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1870 - Brookfield NH - no Henry Lane family [census].
1870 Jul 1 - Charles Henry Lane, s/o Henry D Lane & Mary Wentworth, d ae 9m,
bur Lovell Lake Cem, Wakefield NH.
1871 - Melinda Lane taxed [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1871 Aug 24 - from George F Shortridge of Brookfield NH & wife Caroline M,
for $375, to Melinda Buzzell of same, the Parsonage Lot in Brookfield, meaning
to convey the first parcel mentioned in the deed from Jospeh B Buzzell to
Caroline M Shortridge 29 Jun 1869; signed Geo T Shortridge & Caroline M
Shortridge; wit Dudley C Coleman & ___ C Coleman; ack same date; recd 20 Oct
1871 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 58/518].
1872 - Melinda Lane taxed [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1873 - Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1875 - Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax Lists].
1876 - Heirs of Belinda [sic] Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH
Tax Lists].
1878 - Heirs of Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax
Lists].
1879 - Heirs of Melinda Buzzell taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax
Lists].
1880 - Heirs of Melinda Lane taxed for house & lot [Brookfield NH Tax
Lists].
1895 Jan 15 - Mary A Lane d ae 64-8-0 of Bright's disease; b Acton ME marr
housewife d/o Lyman Wentworth farmer & Nancy Archibaldphysician was W S Davis
of Sanbornville NH [NHVR]; she is buried in the Lovel Lake Cemetery in
Wakefield..
1897 Mar 22 - Henry D Lane d Wakefield NH ae 73-2-22, b Somersworth widowed
farmer LaGrippe, s/o Samuel Lane b Chichester carpenter & Mary M Dearborn b
Wakefield [NHVR]; his death notice in the Concord Evening Monitor states he d
in Sanbornville; he is bur in the Lovel Lake Cemetery.MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Melinda Lane - no death record found in Concord in pre-1901 files.
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Brookfield Cemetery:
Melinda Lane - d 27 Aug 1875 ae 67y 5m
John Buzzell - d 20 Mar 1873 ae 72y 5m
m 1830, m1 1839 Eliza M Locke
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Amos Wentworth - b 9 Aug 1812, s/o Isaac Wentworth & Eleanor Goudy; m1 Eliza
M Locke in Oct 1833; m2 17 Oct 1839 at Dover NH Sevesty B Buzzell. He d May
1876 Springfield MA & she d 19 Sep 1869 at Springfield MA. Children:
a) Joseph Henry - b 25 Dec 1841 Dover NH, m 29 Jan 1867 Annie E Root, he d
Florence MA.
b) Eleanor Eliza - 11 Feb 1844 Dover NH, m 9 Sep 1868 Charles A Gardner, she
d Boston MA
c) Mary Susan - b 25 May 1846 Dover NH, m1 9 Sep 1866 Charles Day, they div,
m2 Henry C Davis, she d West Springfield MA.
d) Charles Tappan - b 14 Jun 1848 Dover NH, d Florence MA.
[Wentworth, Wentworth Genealogy, English and American, 2/579; Canney,
Marriages of Strafford Co NH p570; Frost, Dover NH Marriages p2].
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Serveta Buzzell - b Alton NH 1809 d/o Joseph Buzzell & Hannah ___; in 1838
she was liv at 60 Pyne St Dover NH & worked at Cocheco Mills [Dover Directory];
she marr 17 Oct 1839 at Dover by Rev R O Williams of Dover to Amos Wentworth,
both were of Dover, it was her 1st & his 2nd marr; his 1st wife had been Eliza
Locke of Rochester whom he marr in Oct 1833; Eliza d childless in Sep 1834;
Amos was b 9 Aug 1812 s/o Isaac 5 & Eleanor (Goudy) Wentworth [Wentworth,
Wentworth Geneal, 1878, 3 vols]; in 1843 Joann Buzzell (sister of Servesta?)
was boarding in the household of Mrs A Wentworth in Dover; Amos Wentworth d May
1876 in Springfield MA, perhaps at the home of his dau Mary Susan; he may be
bur with his 1st wife (prob in Rochester), but he is not bur with Servesta in
Brookfield NH; the couple had 4 children b Dover:
a) Joseph Henry - b 25 Dec 1841; enl CW 1864 in Mass Heavy Artillery; m 29
Jan 1867 Annie E Root of Haydensville MA & liv in Florence MA; by 1880 he was
liv in Northampton MA.
b) Eleanor Eliza - b 11 feb 1844; m 9 Sep 1868 Charles A Gardiner (or
Gardner) of Springfield MA & liv in Boston; by 1880 she was liv in NYC.
c) Mary Susan - b 25 May 1846; m1 9 Sep 1866 Charles day of West Springfield
MA; m2 Henry C Davis & liv in West Springfield; by 1880 they lived in NYC.
d) Charles Tappan - b 14 Jun 1848; liv Florence MA; bu 1880 was liv in
Chicago IL.
[comp by Wilma T Regan 10/1973].
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Amos Wentworth - s/o Isaac Wentworth & Eleanor Goudy; b 9 Aug 1812; m1 Oct
1833 Eliza Locke who d childless Sep 1834; m2 17 Oct 1839 Vesta B Buzzell of
New Durham NH; she d Springfield MA 19 sep 1869 ae 60y; he d Springfield MA May
1876. Four children by 2nd wife:
a) Joseph Henry - b 25 Dec 1841; m Annie E Root; liv Florence MA.
b) Eleanore Elizabeth - b 11 Feb 1844; m Charles A Gardener; liv Springfield
MA.
c) Mary Susan - b 25 May 1846; m1 Charles Day; m2 Henry C Davis; liv West
Springfield MA.
d) Charles Tappan - b 14 Jun 1848; liv Florence MA.
[Wentworth, Wentworth Genealogy, England and America, 3 vols, 1878, 2/579].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1843 - Joann Buzzell, mill worker at Cocheco Mfg Co in Dover, liv at A
Wentworth [Dover NH City Directory, 1943].
1869 Sep 19 - Vesta Wentworth d Springfield MA, res of Springfield, b Alton
NH, married, ae 60y, d/o Joseph Wentworth [sic] and Hannah Buzzle [sic] [MAVR].
1880 Dec 29 - from Jonathan W Sanborn & wife Elizabeth A, Charles H Hanson &
wife Mary C H, and Irene Buzzell wid/o Joseph B Buzzell, all of Brookfield, and
Noah K Nutter & wife Joanna of Wakefield, Hale Stevens & wife Sally of New
Durham; Charles T Wentworth of Chicago IL, Joseph H Wentworth of North Hampton
MA, Ellen E Gardner wife/o Charles A Gardner of Worchester MA; and Mary S Davis
wife/o Henry C Davis of NYC, all heirs of Melinda Lane late of Brookfield NH
[the last four were children of Severta (Buzzell) Wentworth, deceased sister of
Melinda], for $250, to Samuel D Adjutant of Wakefield NH; quit claim to 1a lot
with buildings on W side of road from Brookfield Corner to house of Tristram B
Curtis, formerly known as the Parsonage Lot, bounded W by sd road, S & W by
Thomas T Deland, N by Charles H Hanson; signed by all grantors; numerous
witnesses and ack at different times & places; rec 16 Mar 1881 [Carroll Co NH
Deeds 76/129].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Buzzell Family Cemetery in Brookfield NH:
Servesty B Wentworth, wife of Amos, d 19 Apr 1869 ae 60 [per WTR].
m 1830