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 1855, liv Wolfeborough NH
FAMILY RECORD:
Col Jonothan W Sanborn - of Brookfield NH; m 5 Apr 1855 Elizabeth A Buzzell
d/o Joseph Buzzell & Hannah (Stoddard) Copp; he was 37 & she 22 at the time;
their int to marr were filed 22 Mar 1855; she d 28 Apr 1911 ae 78y; he was a
County Commissioner at the time of the Buzzell murder trial; he was Col in the
33rd NH Militia Reg; he was a brother of Cyrus King Sanborn who was the
attorney for Joseph B Buzzell in his 1st trial for murder; Cyrus lived and
practiced law in Rochester NH; it is probable that Jonathan & Elizabeth always
lived in Brookfield NH; they apparently had the children listed below [per cem
monument]:
a) Arthur F - b 1856; d 22 May 1885.
b) Anna Jane - b 1859; d 12 Aug 1862.
c) Walter M - b 1861; d 10 Jan 1939.
d) Caroline J - b 1864; d 6 Dec 1935.
e) Alfred - b 1869; d 1898.
f) Mary L - b 1873; d 25 Dec 1936.
[comp by WTR from town, cem & other rec 10/1973].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1860 Jul 3 - Brookfield - Jon/o W Sanborn 43 m farmer 3000/500 bNH [census]
[He is listed alone at this time, but he married E;izabeth A Buzzell, sister of
Joseph B Buzzell. She was 16 yrs his junior. See cemetery records of
Brookfield where she is listed as "Lizzie;" some of her family is buried there
also; per WTR].
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].
1884 Sep 11 - Jonathan W Sanborn wit foreclosure of Buzzell Farm in
Brookfield by Deren F Stoddard [Carroll Co NH Deeds 83/511].
1911 Apr 4 - Elizabeth A Sanborn d Brookfield ae 78-3-20; lifelong res of
Brookfield; b Rochester 3 Jan 1833; chronic bronchitis; d/o Joseph Buzzell
farmer b Madbury & Hannah Stoddard b Brookfield; widow of Jonathan W Sanborn;
bur priv cem Brookfield [NHVR].
m 1855, b Rochester?
liv Brookfield NH
FAMILY RECORD:
Charles Hanson - s/o Reuben Hanson Jr & Mary Watson; d 15 Jun 1913 & was bur
in the town cem in Brookfield; m 19 Dec 1858 at Brookfield NH by Rev Cummings
Paris, a Freewill Bapt Minister of Wolfeborough, to Mary Copp Hayes Buzzell (b
New Durham 1834 d/o Joseph Buzzell & Hannah (Stoddard) Copp); Mary C P Buzzell
was a seamstress at the time of her marriage & in later life was Postmistress
at Brookfield for several years; they initially made their home with, or in a
part of the house of, Reuben Hanson, but later had a home of their own; Charles
Hanson was brother to Susan A Hanson who was shot on 19 Dec 1858. Children:
a) Gertrude E - b 1859-60; m Robert Chamberlain.
b) Mabel A - m John Lang.
c) Sidney I - b 1864; d 1939; m Mary Towner Johnson & had son Ralph (b
c1895) who was Town Clerk of Wakefield in the 1970s, but lived in Wolfeborough;
Ralph m twice & had two daus, Mrs Barbara Trafton of Sanbornville NH 1972 &
Marion Hanson of Portsmouth NH 1973.
d) Joseph H - b 1866; d 1917; m Lucretia Weeks.
e) Hattie - b 1873; d 1918; m Gilbert Cook at Brookfield NH c1899.
[comp by WTR 10/1973 with data furnished by Mrs Beatrice CarrofWellesley
Island, Alexandria Bay NY 13607 1971-1973].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1858 Dec 19 - Charles H Hanson of Brookfield NH ae 26 farmer b Wakefield NH
s/o Reuben Hanson farmer b Brookfield NH & Mary Watson b New Durham NH, married
at Brookfield NH by Rev Cummings Paris of Wolfborough NH, Mary C H Buzzell of
Brookfield NH ae 24 seamstress b New Durham NH d/o Joseph Buzzell farmer of
Brookfield b Madbury NH & Hannah Stoddard b Brookfield; 1st marr for both
[NHVR].
1863 Jun 28 - from Charles H Hanson of Brookfield NH & wife Mary C H Hanson,
for $94, to Joseph B Buzzell of same, land in Brookfield known as the Parsonage
Lot, purchased by us from Benjamin & Hannah Drew 24 Feb 1862, begin by land of
James N Shortridge, then along his land, then S, then E to road, then along sd
road from Brookfield Corner to Willfeborough to starting pt, 1a, mortgage, deed
void if sd Hansons pay sd Buzzell the $94 per note dated 14 Apr 1862; signed
Charles H Hanson & Mary C H Hanson; wit by Dudley C Coleman & John H Plumer;
ack same date; recd 21 Apr 1863 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 42/395].
1869 Jun 29 - Charles H Hanson's land in Brookfield ment in deed Joseph B
Buzzell to Caroline M Shortridge [Carroll Co NH Deeds 54/323].
1873 Mar 26 - from Mary C H Hanson of Brookfield NH & husband Charles H
Hanson, for $250, to Joseph B Buzzell, 4a in Brookfield on W side of main road
from Brookfield to Union Village, bounded N by the lane from sd road to land
of Thomas S Dealand & by sd Deland's land, on E by sd road, S & W by Joseph T
Churchill, being same premises conv to sd Mary C H Hanson by Joseph T Churchill
1 Sep 1871; signed Mary C H Hanson & Charles M [sic?] Hanson; wit Dudley C
Colman & Gertrude L Hanson; ack same date; recd 22 Apr 1873 [Carroll Co NH
Deeds 61/334].
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].
1880 Jun 16 - Dudley C Colman of Brookfield NH, admin of Joseph B Buzzell
late of same, for $120, to Charles H Hanson of Brookfield, 4a in Brookfield as
conv to Joseph B Buzzell by Mary C H Hanson 26 Mar 1873 (61/334); signed Dudley
C Colman; wit by Charles Churchill & Martha C Gilman; ack same date; recd 13
Jul 1880 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 75/251].
1922 Apr 6 - Mary Hanson d Wolfeborough ae 88-0-23; b 13 Mar 1834 d/o Joseph
Buzzell farmer b Alton NH & Hannah Stoddard b Wolfeborough; she was res of
Wolfeborough 6yrs & formerly res Brookfield; widow; bur Lovell Lake Cem in
Wakefield [NHVR].
m 1858
m 1874
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Joseph B Buzzell - s/o Joseph 5 Joseph 4 John 3 John 2; m Irene d/o Tristam
& Eleanor (Lucas) Curtis of Brookfield (b Tamworth) 20 Jun 1874; she m2 [Rev.
Herbert Leslie Buzzell mms].
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Joseph B Buzzell - b 1837 s/o Joseph Buzzell & Hannah (Stoddard) Copp;
attended the Churchill school in district 1 in Brookfield NH; was a farmer &
master mason; he was Tax Collector & Selectman in Brookfield at various times;
on 29 Mar 1861 his mother Hannah conveyed to him the family farmstead of 80a
[Straf Co NH Deeds 39/385]; his mother, a former Stoddard had purchased this
property from Loring Stoddard by deed dated 27 Nov 1837; Joseph subsequently
purchased several other pieces of property in the vicinity; on 20 Jun 1874 he
filed intentions to marry Miss Irene A Curtis, and they were marr on 20 Jun
1874 at Middleton by Rev Seth Sawyer (a Freewill Bapt Minister); Irene was b at
South Tamworth on 3 Jan 1856 d/o Tristram B Curtis (b NY State) & Abigail
Sanborn (b S Acton ME); Joseph B Buzzell was tried and acquitted of murdering a
former sweetheart; he was later tried & convicted for conspiring too commit the
same crime in a very controversial case; he was sentenced to death & was hanged
at the State Prison in Concord NH on 10 Jul 1879; he was buried in the family
lot in Brookfield; Irene m2 on 20 Feb 1886 at Wakefield NH to Charles H Colbeth
of Portsmouth; Joseph & Irene had two daus:
a) Ada Agnes - b Brookfield 18 Dec 1874; there is no birth record in the
Concord files, this info was given by her mother in a later court case; later,
Ada lived with her mother & Step-father in Portsmouth at their home on
Maplewood Ave as shown by city directories which also show that Ada was a
milliner; Ada never married; she d at the Beatrice Nursing Home in Portsmouth,
and is buried in the Colbeth family lot in Sagamore Cemetery in Portsmouth; Ada
left a will dated 31 Jan 1957 [Rock Co NH Probate $41810 421/291]; her death
record, completed by "a friend," there being no close relatives left,
erroneously gives her date of birth as 21 Mar 1877.
b) Grace L - b 21 Mar 1877 at Brookfield; d there 31 Jul 1878 ae 10 mos
]sic] of lung fever [NHVR & Brookfield TR].
[comp by WTR 10/1973].
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For a brief account of his trials see Merrill, Hist Carroll Co NH, 1889,
p273ff.
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Joseph Buzzell - voted in Brookfield NH for the first time in 1836; he does
not appear on the voter lists for several years before that [per Earl Drew, a
Brookfield resident, 19 Jun 1973].
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Harmony Grove Cemetery Portsmouth NH - Ada Agnes Buzzell b 1877 d 1957 on
Colbeth monument; grave 1087-T-0000 [cem index].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1860 Jul 10 - Brookfield - 582/613 Hannah Buzzell 63 f housekeeping
1200/500; Joseph B Buzzell 23 m farmer; George H Drew ae 14 m [census].
1861 Mar 29 - from Hannah Buzzell of Brookfield NH widow, for love &
affection I bear to my son Joseph B Buzzell, after my decease, my 80a homestead
farm in Brookfield, begin near school house in dist #1, then E to river, the S
on river & land occupied by John T Churchill to land of Ezekiel Prescott, then
S on sd Prescott to road, then across road by land of Joseph Malehearn to land
of Luther G Cate, then S on sd Cate to land of John T Churchill, then SE by sd
Churchill to road, then across sd road & along sd road to start, being what I
bought of Loring Stoddard 27 Nov 1837; signed Hannah Buzzell; wit by John
Buzzell & Daniel Martin; ack same date; recd 18 Apr 1861 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
39/385].
1863 - Buzzell residents taxed in Brookfield: Jonathan Buzzell, Jonathan
Buzzell Jr & Samuel Buzzell Jr [Brookfield Annual Report].
1863 Mar 31 - from Luther G Cate of Wakefield NH & wife Mary E, for $1035,
to Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield, 4.5a in Brookfield, begin on road from
Brookfield Corner to Union Village in Wakefield at SE corner of Isaac W Cate,
then W, then S, the E to road, the N by road to starting pt; signed Luther G
Cate & Mary E Cate; wit Elijah Wadleigh & Dudley C Coleman; ack same date; recd
21 Apr 1863 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 42/547].
1863 Jun 28 - from Charles H Hanson of Brookfield NH & wife Mary C H Hanson,
for $94, to Joseph B Buzzell of same, land in Brookfield known as the Parsonage
Lot, purchased by us from Benjamin & Hannah Drew 24 Feb 1862, begin by land of
James N Shortridge, then along his land, then S, then E to road, then along sd
road from Brookfield Corner to Willfeborough to starting pt, 1a, mortgage, deed
void if sd Hansons pay sd Buzzell the $94 per note dated 14 Apr 1862; signed
Charles H Hanson & Mary C H Hanson; wit by Dudley C Coleman & John H Plumer;
ack same date; recd 21 Apr 1863 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 42/395].
1864 - Joseph B Buzzell was Tax Collector in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual
Report].
1867 - Joseph B Buzzell taxed in Brookfield for 95a [Brookfield Annual
Report].
1868 - Joseph B Buzzell taxed in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1868 Apr 21 - from Joseph T Churchill of Brookfield NH & wife Martha M, for
$250, to Joseph B Buzzell of same, 1a in Brookfield with building, begin by
land formerly owned by James C Perkins, then along sd land, then S, then E to
road, then along sd road from Brookfield Corner to Wolfeborough to starting pt,
the same lot formerly owned by Thomas L Churchill; signed Jospeh T Churchill &
Martha M Churchill; wit by Dudley C Coleman & Martha A Churchill; ack by both
21 Jun 1868; recd 7 Jul 1869 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 54/322].
1869 - Joseph B Buzzell taxed in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1869 Jun 29 - from Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield, for $500, to Caroline M
Shortridge, wife/o George T Shortridge of same, 1a lot with buildings in
Brookfield known as the Parsonage Lot, bounded N by Charles H Hanson, E by main
road thru Brookfield Corner, S & W by Isaac W Cate, the same conveyed to me by
Joseph T Churchill 21 Apr 1869; also a 4a tract on W side of sd road bounded E
by sd road, N by Isaac W Cate, S & W by Joseph T Churchill, as conveyed to me
by Luther G Cate 31 Mar 1863 (42/547); signed Joseph B Buzzell; wit by Dudley C
Coleman & Nathaniel D Farnsworth; ack same date; recd 7 Jul 1869 [Carroll Co NH
Deeds 54/323].
1870 - Joseph B Buzzell taxed in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1870 May 16 - from Mark Stevens of Brookfield NH & wife Priscilla, for $800,
to Joseph B Buzzell of sd Wakefield [sic?], 15a in Brookfield on W side of main
road from Brookfield Corner to Wolfeborough by the house of Theophilus W
Lyford, bounded n by sd Lyford, S & W by Joseph T Churchill, E by sd road; also
another 7a tract on N side of the cross road from the house of William Lucas to
Wakefield, bounded N by Joseph T Churchill, E by Benjamin Drew, S by sd cross
road, W by William Lucas; both being part of the premisesconv to me by Thomas C
Burley 16 Aug 1868; signed Mark & Priscilla Stevens; wit by __ Gilman & Dudley
C Gilman; ack same date; recd 16 Mar 1871 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 57/421].
1870 Jul 22 - Brookfield - 24/27 Joseph B Buswell ae 33 m farmer 1500/1616 b
NH; Hannah Buswell ae 73 f housekeeping b NH [census].
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].
1871 - Joseph B Buzzell taxed in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1871 Aug 24 - Melinda (Buzzell) Lane 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].
1872 - Joseph B Buzzell ae 34 single, Selectman in Brookfield [Brookfield
Annual Report].
1873 - Joseph B Buzzell farmer ae 35 single, Selectman, taxed on 106a in
Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1873 Mar 26 - from Mary C H Hanson of Brookfield NH & husband Charles H
Hanson, for $250, to Joseph B Buzzell, 4a in Brookfield on W side of main road
from Brookfield to Union Village, bounded N by the lane from sd road to land
of Thomas S Dealand & by sd Deland's land, on E by sd road, S & W by Joseph T
Churchill, being same premises conv to sd Mary C H Hanson by Joseph T Churchill
1 Sep 1871; signed Mary C H Hanson & Charles M [sic?] Hanson; wit Dudley C
Colman & Gertrude L Hanson; ack same date; recd 22 Apr 1873 [Carroll Co NH
Deeds 61/334].
1873 Mar 29 - from Joseph T Churchill of Brookfield NH & wife Martha M, for
$504, to Joseph B Buzzell of same, land with buildings in Brookdfield bounded E
by sd Churchill, N by sd Buzzell, W by road from Brookfield Corner to Union
Willage, S by road from Brookfield to Wakefield Corner; signed Joseph T
Churchill & Martha M Churchill; wit by Dudley C Coleman & Mattie Coleman; ack
same date; recd 14 Apr 1873 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 61/273].
1873 May 10 - from Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield NH, for $525, to Daniel T
Dyer of Broomfield, Orford Co ME, the premeses conv to sd Buzzell by Joseph T
Churchill on __ Mar 1873; signed Joseph B Buzzell; wit Dudley C Colman &
Benaiah D Whitehouse; ack same date; recd 16 Nov 1874 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
64/423].
1873 May 10 - from Daniel T Dyer of Broomfield, Orford Co ME, for $275, to
Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield NH, land & buildings in Brookfield, bounded W by
main road from Brookfield Corner to Union Village, N by Joseph T Churchill, E
by sd Buzzell known as the Burley Field, S by road fro above road to Sanborns
Mills in Wakefield, the same premises conv to me by sd Buzzell, mortgage, sd
Dyer to pay a note to sd Buzzell; signed Daniel T (mark) Dyer; wit by Dudley C
Colman & Beniah D Whitehouse; ack same date, recd 16 Nov 1874 [Carroll Co NH
Deeds 64/427].
1874 Nov 6 - Miss Susan Hanson of Brookfield, was shot in her own house
about 8 O'clock Monday evening (Nov 2), from outside, by someone, killing her
instantly. Joseph Buzzell, who she sued for breach of promise, is suspected as
the perpetrator of the horrid deed [Exeter News-Letter, Friday 6 Nov 1874].
1876 Jan 27 - from Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield NH & wife Irene A, for
$500, to Deren F Stoddard of Portsmouth NH, land & buildings in Brookfield,
bounded N by John & Thomas L Churchill, E by heirs of Mehitable Churchill, S by
Ezekiel Prescott & Joseph Maleham?, W by Thomas Churchill; also all premises
conv to me by Hannah Buzzell 29 Mar 1861 (39/385); also another tract in
Brookfield bounded N by Thomas T Deland, E by main road from Brookfield Corner
to Union Village, S & W by heirs of Joseph T Churchill, the 1st descr premises
being subject to a life interest of my mother the above Hannah Buzzell, and
both the above premises being subject to an attachment made in favor of Susan A
Hanson, late of sd Brookfield, mortgage, deed to be void if sd Buzzell pays sd
Stoddard $500 per a note; signed Joseph B Buzzell & Irene A Buzzell; wit Dudley
C Colman & Edward Kelley; ack same date; recd 1 Feb 1876 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
66/592].
1877 - Joseph B Buzzell taxed in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1877 Mar 3 - Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield assigned an unspecified mortgage
to Ezekiel Prescott of same for $330; signed Joseph B Buzzell; wit by Dudley C
Colman & Charles Colman; ack same date; recd 5 Mar 1877 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
69/286].
1878 - Joseph B Buzzell ae 43 married taxed Brookfield [Brookfield Annual
Report].
1878 Apr 5 - from Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield & wife Irene A, for $600,
to Henry R Stoddard of Portsmouth NH, land & buildings in Brookfield, premises
conv to me by Hannah Buzzell 29 Mar 1861 (39/385), subject ot a life interest
of sd Hannah Buzzell; also a 2nd tract as per mortgage (66/592), both premises
subject to a mortgage to Deren F Stoddard of 27 Jan 1876 (66/592); also another
tract in Brookfield known as the Burleigh Field, bounded N by heirs of Joseph T
Churchill, E by Hannah Drew, S by road, W by Thomas L Churchill, 7a; all of
above being subject to an attachment infavor of Susan Hanson; deed to be void
if sd Buzzell pays $600 + interest to sd Stoddard per note; signed Joseph B
Buzzell; wit by I DeWitt Carter & James A Edgerly; ack same date; recd 5 Jul
1878; mortgage assigned to Deren F Stoddard 9 Sep 1884 by Henry R Stoddard; see
forclosure book 83/511 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 71/475].
1878 Jul 31 - Gracie L or S Buzzell - d Brookfield NH ae 10m of lung fever;
b Brookfield d/o Joseph B Buzzell (b Brookfield) and Irene A Buzzell (b
Brookfield NH) [NHVR].
1879 Jul 10? - Joseph B Buzzell executed by hanging at State Prison in
Concord ae 42 married farmer [NHVR Concord].
1879 Oct 24 - In the Supreme Court for Carroll Co at Ossipee on Wednesday,
Charles W Cook, who, by his own confession, was a principal in the killing of
Susan Hanson of Brookfield, Mass {sic, NH}, plead guilty to murder in the
second degree and was sentenced to the Sate Prison for 30 years. Joseph B
Buzzell was executed on the tenth of July last, as an accessory to the murder,
and now the sentence of Cook is the closing chapter in that terrible crime
which was committed 2 Nov 1874 [Exter News-Letter, Friday 24 Oct 1879].
1879 Dec - Irene A Buzzell, widow of Joseph B Buzzell, late of Brookfield,
declined admin of the estate, and recommended the Dudley C Coleman of
Brookfield be apptd [Carroll Co NH Probate Files #770].
1879 Dec 12 - inventory of the estate of Joseph B Buzzell of Brookfield was
presented by Dudley C Coleman, admin; estate included a homestead farm, the
Burleigh field, the Hanson field, and 1/6th part of the Lane lot [Carroll Co NH
Probate File #770.
1880 - heirs of Joseph B Buzzell taxed in Brookfield; Hannah Buzzell shown
as taxpayer for 1st time [Brookfield Annual Report].
1880 Jan 3 - from Dudley C Colman of Brookfield NH, admin of Joseph B
Buzzell late of same, for $175, to Charles Colman of Wolfeborough NH, 7a in
Brookfield bounded N by heirs of Joseph T Churchill, W by Susan A Bostin, E by
Noah Wilkinson, S by maid road from Brookfield Corner to Wolfeborough Junction,
being same premises conv to sd Buzzell by Mark Stevens 16 May 1870 (57/421),
also known as the Burleigh Field; signed Dudley C Colman; with C W Geene [sic?]
& John W Sanborn; ack 23 Jun 1880 by DCC; recd 25 Jul 1880 [Carroll Co NH Deeds
75/247].
1880 Jun 16 - Dudley C Colman of Brookfield NH, admin of Joseph B Buzzell
late of same, for $120, to Charles H Hanson of Brookfield, 4a in Brookfield as
conv to Joseph B Buzzell by Mary C H Hanson 26 Mar 1873 (61/334); signed Dudley
C Colman; wit by Charles Churchill & Martha C Gilman; ack same date; recd 13
Jul 1880 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 75/251].
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].
1881 - Hannah Buzzell taxed on 90a in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1881 Aug 23 - from Irene A Buzzell of Brookfield, wid/o Joseph B Buzzell
late of same, for $250, to Henry R Stoddard of Portsmouth, quit claim to land
known as the Burleigh Field as conv to sd Buzzell by Mark Stevens 16 May 1870;
also the Hanson Field as conv to sd Buzzell by Mary C H Hanson 26 Mar 1873;
also the 80a Buzzell Farm as conv to Hannah Buzzell by Loring Stoddard 27 Nov
1837, and by her conv to sd Buzzell 9 Mar 1861; signed Irene A Buzzell; wit by
Nathan D Pratt & John J Harvey; ack 25 Aug 1881 by Irene at Lowell MA; recd 26
Dec 1881 [Carroll Co NH Deeds 77/496].
1882 - Hannah Buzzell taxed on 90a in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1883 - Hannah Buzzell taxed on 90a in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1884 - Hannah Buzzell taxed on 90a in Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1884 Sep 11 - Deren F Stoddard peaceably entered & took possession of
premises in Brookfield conv to him by mortgage/deed of Joseph B Buzzell & wife
Irene A, also conv in a mortgage to one Henry R Stoddard by same Jospeh B
Buzzell 5 Apr 1878 (71/475) which sd mortgage has been duly assigned to sd
Deren F Stoddard, and is now held for foreclosure; signed Deren F Stoddard; wit
by Jonathan W Sanborn & Charles Colman [Carroll Co NH Deeds 83/511].
1885 - Hannah Buzzell no longer taxed, but Deren F Stoddard taxed for the
"Buzzell Farm" as a non-resident [Brookfield Annual Report].
1886 - Deren F Stoddard taxed for the "Buzzell Farm" as a resident of
Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1886 Feb 20 - Mrs Irene A Buzzell of Brookfield NH & Charles H Colbeth of
Portsmouth NH, married at Portsmouth NH [NHVR].
1887 - Deren F Stoddard taxed for the "Buzzell Farm" as a resident of
Brookfield [Brookfield Annual Report].
1930/1 - Portsmouth, Greenland, New Castle and Rye NH Directory:
Buzzell, Ada A - milliner, res 1061 Maplewood Ave, Portsmouth
Buzzell, Andrew J - (Harriet E) - h 142 Court St, Portsmouth
Colbeth, Charles H (Irene A), h 1061 Maplewood Ave, Portsmouth (he d
1930).
Colbeth, Eugene C (Lottie) - asst supt US Coast Guard, 40 Pleasant, h 436
Richards Ave, Portsmouth.
Colbeth, Earl M - student, h 436 Richards Ave, Portsmouth.
1943 - Portsmouth NH & Kittery ME Directory:
Buzzell, Ada A - r 758 Maplewood Ave, Portsmouth.
1947 - Portsmouth NH & Kittery ME Directory:
Buzzell, Ada A - r 758 Maplewood Ave, Portsmouth.
1950 - Portsmouth NH & Kittery ME Directory:
Buzzell, Ada A - r 791 Maplewood Ave, Portsmouth.
Buzzell, Andrew J - h 142 Court St, Portsmouth NH.
Buzzell, John (Virginia) - h 164 High St, Portsmouth.
1955 - Portsmouth NH & Kittery ME Directory:
Ada A Buzzell - r 42 Dennett St, Portsmouth NH
1957 Nov 8 - Ada Agnes Buzzell of Portsmouth NH died ; her will dated 31
Jan 1957 bequeathed: all personal estate except savngs accounts to Edna
Colbath, 103 Beal Road, Waltham MA; rest & remainder to be equally divided
between her and Winifred Curtis, 25 Mount Vernon, Saugus MA; requested to be
buried in the Colbath lot in Harmony Grove cem in Portsmouth with arrangements
made by Ruth H Callahan of Portsmouth; signed by Ada Agnes Buzzell; wit Violet
B Gile, Marilyn R Callahan & Thomas E Flynn Sr [Rock Co NH Probate File #41810,
421/291].
1957 Nov 8 - Miss Ada Buzzell ae 81 of 63 Dennett St, d at her home [sic, at
Beatrice Nursing Home, 63 Deer St, Portsmouth per death rec]; b Brookfield d/o
late Joseph & Irene (Buzzell) Colbeth [sic]; resided in Portsmouth since early
childhood; memb of North Cong Church; survided by a cousin, Mrs Edna Colbath of
Waltham MA [Portsmouth Herald of 9 Nov 1957].
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m 1874, m2 Charles H Colbath
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Joseph Buzzell - Silas 4 John 3 John 2; he m Abigail, d/o Solomon and Rachel
Smith, on 25 Jan 1789. Children:
a) Sarah H - b Montpelier VT 25 Aug 1789; d Elgin IL 20 Feb 1863; m Jesse
Abbott of Washington VT (b Montpelier 11 June 1796) on 29 Dec 1816; he d
Rockford IA 3 Apr 1880; owner of stone quarry; Repub; FWB.
b) Solomon S - b 1791; d Williamstown VT 26 Aug 1827; farmer.
c) Lucy - d Montpelier VT; m Major Goodwin.
d) Rachel Smith - b Alton NH 10 May 1793; d Worcester VT 12 Dec 1863; m
Levi, s/o Josiah and Hannah (Lamb) Pratt (b Fitzwilliam NH 27 Nov 1795); he d
Worcester VT 31 Aug 1872; farmer; FWB; Repub.
e) Abigail - b 1 May 1799; d Hebron IL 3 Aug 1863; m Abraham Jones Abbott of
Washington VT (b 29 June 1798) on 1 May 1817; he d Onion? IA 3 Nov 1818?;
farmer; FWB; Repub.
f) Catherine? - d Rockford IL; she m Ephraim Abbott of Washington VT (b 8
Aug 1800).
g) Apphia - d Stowe VT 31 Aug 1856; m David Pratt of Rockingham VT 1 Jan
1827; he m2 Ans___ A Weeks (b Bolton VT) on 1 Jan 1857; farmer; lived Waterbury
Centre VT.
h) Anna - b Rumney 18 May 1805;d Earlsville IL 28 Dec 1879; m Calvin Pratt
of Rockingham VT 6 Sept 1825; farmer.
i) Mariah - m Silas Pratt.
j) Hannah - m James Philbrick; lived Worcester Corner VT.
[Rev. Herbert Leslie Buzzell mms].
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Joseph Buzzell - s/o Silas 4 John 3 John 2 Simon 1; b 1765; d 20 Dec 1833; m
25 Jan 1789 Abigail Smith. Chgildren - Montpelier VT:
a) Sarah - b 1789; m Jesse Abbot.
b) Solomon - b 1791; m Sophia Philbrick.
c) Lucy - m Major Goodwin.
d) Rachel - b 1793; m Levi Pratt.
e) Abigail - b 1799; m Abraham Abbot.
f) Catherine - m Ephraim Abbot.
g) Apphia - m David Pratt.
h) Anna - b 1805; m Calvin Pratt.
i) Miriah - m Silas Pratt.
j) Hannah - m James Philbrick.
[Buzzell mms by Lloyd Davis, RR 1 Box 68B, West Danville VT 05873 3/95].
--------------------CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1789 Jan 25 - Joseph Buzzell & Abigail Smith, both of New Durham Gore, were
marr by Rev Samuel Wood of Boscawen [NHVR & Gilmanton TR 2/255].
1790 - New Durham Gore NH census:
Joseph Buzzell Jr 1m 16+, 1m 16-, 2f.
1820 - federal census Williamstown, Orange Co VT:
Buzzel, Benjamin - 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Buzzel, Joseph - 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1
1832 Aug 8 - declaration of Joseph Buzzell of Worcester, Washington Co VT ae
68 for pension under the Act of 7 Jun 1832; states he entered the service in
late Apr or early May 1781 for six months under Capt Peter Gilman & Lt Nicholas
Gilman; enlisted at Gilmanton NH on a tour to guard the frontiers in upper
Coos; immediately marched north and was stationed near Mr Wipple's house;
company consisted of 55 men; served out his time & was disch last of Oct or
first part of Nov; has no disch cert or written evidence of service except the
following affidavits:
Ithamer Buzzel of Strafford, Orange Co VT, ae 68, states that he is well
acquainted with Joseph Buzzel now of Worcester, Washington Co VT; remembers
enlisting in the spring of 1781 for six months; that he left home and was gone
for about that length of time; that he went to the Coos country to guard the
frontiers; that he returned in the late fall or winter of that year; that he
then lived no more than a 1/2 mile from JB who was his cousin, in New Durham
NH; signed Ithamer Buzzell.
Joseph Clark of Strafford, Orange Co VT, ae 60, states that he is well
acquainted with Jospeh Buzzell of Worcester, Washington Co VT; was acquainted
with him during the Rev War; that in April 1781 JB enlisted for six months and
went to the upper Coos; that he returned in the fall or winter after guarding
the frontiers; signed Joseph Clark.
[Rev Pension File S15329].