CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1907 Aug 13 - Eunice Maria Gallant b Exeter NH 1st c/o Edmund Gallant b
Canada & Margaret M Parkinson b Newmarket [Exeter Annual Report].
1908 - Gallant, Edmund, mill op, 26 Green
Margaret (Parkinson)
Eunice M
[Exeter & Hampton Census & Business Directory 1908 p179].
1909 Feb 11 - Edmund Gallant Jr b Exeter NH 2nd c/o Edmund Gallant b Canada
& Margaret M Parkinson b Newmarket [Exeter Annual Report].
1918 May 16 - Robert A Gallant b Exeter 6th c/o Edmund Gallant b Canada &
Marg't M Parkinson b Newmarket [Exeter Town Report].
1919 Jan 8 - Margaret Gallant b Exeter 7th c/o Edmund Gallant b Canada &
Margaret Parkinson b Newmarket [Exeter Town Report].
1921 Oct 3 - Shirley Gallant b Exeter 7th c/o Edmund Gallant b Canada &
Margaret parkinson b Newmarket [Exeter Town Report].
1921 Oct 3 - Shirley Garland [sic] d Exeter no age b Exeter d/o Edmund
Garland [sic] & Margaret Parkinson [Exeter Town Report].
1929 Nov 6 - Margaret M Gallant d Exeter ae 42-3-10 b Newmarket married d/o
William Parkinson & Maria ___ [Exeter Town Report].
aka GALEN in Canada
FAMILY RECORD:
John Galen/Gallant - m Christine Couture & had:
a) John - liv Kahooze NY.
b) Alfred - m Mary Bernard.
c) Henry - liv Kittery ME.
d) Rose - m Ralph Hutchins; perhaps 2 ch, 1 boy & 1 girl.
e) Mandy - m Robert Twombly; liv South Boston
f) Edmund - m Margaret Parkinson.
g) Mary Ann - m Alexander Blanchette.
h) Edward - d ae 3yr.
i) ___ - fisherman in Kittery ME.
j) Margaret - m Wm J Minnon & had:
a) Richard -.
b) William -.
c) Beatrice - m Oggie Carboneau; liv Exeter.
k) Minnie - m Ralph Bedell & had children.misc:
Martha Langley - unm; liv Exeter.
there were aunts in Haverhill.
Nelson Gallant - d Kahooze NY, perh on visit to his uncle John Gallant.
Walter Parkinson - marr & liv Amesbury.
[info from Robert Gallant, s/o Edmund, of Exeter NH c1990].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1907 Jun 4 - George W Huntley ae 21 b Manchester s/o Julian B Huntley & Mary
E Dame, m at Exeter NH by Rev Ansley E Woodsum, Florence L Brigham ae 21 b
Exeter d/o Orange S Brigham & Ida Glover [Exeter Annual Report].
1907 Dec 25 - Louis Dow ae 18 b Seabrook s/o Joseph Dow & Avesta Small, m at
Exeter NH by Rev Raymond H Huse, Clara Sawyer ae 16 b Haverhill MA d/o Gaton
Sawyer & Carrie Glover [Exeter Annual Report].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1907 Feb 25 - Mary K Riley d Exeter ae 76y 3m widow, b Ireland d/o Timothy
Keefe & Elizabeth _____ [Exeter Annual Report].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1907 Dec 26 - Eliza Spurr d Exeter ae 27-2-25 married b Fall River MA d/o
William Parkinson & Maria Steele [Exeter Annual Report].
m c1835,liv Dix Island ME, Quincy MA 1846, Newmarket NH 1850
SUMMARY of Joseph F Wiggin data:
s/o - Nathaniel Wiggin & Hannah Garland per his death rec
b - 1811 per cem inscr
b - c1809 in Lee NH per his death rec
b - c1810 NH per 1850 census
b - c1810 NH per 1860 census
b - c1814 NH per 1870 census
b - c1808 NH per 1880 census
m - no m rec in NHVR, perhaps m in Quincy MA c1837 since son Edwin was b
there c1839? are there publ vrs for Quincy?
m - Loues ___ per 1850 census
m - Louis ___ per 1860 census
m - Lois ___ per 1870 census
m - no wife per 1880 census, Lois d 1878 per cem inscr
m - Lois M ___ per m rec of son Edwin
m - Lois Hayden per d rec of dau Mary Adelaide
d - a widower, 26 Dec 1885 ae 76y 8m 13d at Newmarket NH per his death rec
d - 1885 per cem inscr
d - between 9 Dec 1885 and 31 Dec 1885 when his will was written and proved,
respectively, per Rock Co probate file; will names son Edwin F Wiggin, dau Mary
Burgess, & bro George B Wiggin
liv - Lee NH as child per his d rec
liv - Quincy MA c1839 per b data for son Edwin
liv - Quincy MA c1843 per b data for dau Mary Adelaide; is he in 1840 census
of Quincy?
liv - Quincy MA 1846 when bought Newmarket land from Bracket L Jones
liv - farmer in Newmarket NH 1850 per census
liv - farmer & blacksmith in Newmarket 1860 per census
liv - farmer in Newmarket 1870 per census
liv - farmer in Newmarket 1880 per census
liv - Newmarket 1885 when wrote will
liv - Quincy & East Milton MA, and Dix Island ME per family sources; it
seems likely that the time in ME was before his marriage because after he moved
from Quincy to Newmarket he seems to have stayed there.
children per will & census records:
1) Edwin F Wiggin - b 25 Mar 1839 Quincy MA, see his file
2) Mary Adelaide - b 16 Feb 1843 Quincy MA, m Charles Sidney Burgess (qv)SUMMARY of Lois M Hayden data:
d/o
b - c1815 MA per 1850 census
b - c1815 MA per 1860 census
b - c1816 MA per 1870 census
b - 1815 per her gravestone
b - Quincy MA per d rec of dau Mary Adelaide (Wiggin) Burgess
m - see Joseph F Wiggin data
d - 1878 per her gravestone in Riverside Cem Newmarket NH
d - no d rec in Concord NH VR officeFAMILY RECORD:
The following line of descent was provided to Mrs Wilma T Regan of Exeter NH
by Mrs Margaret Smith of 260 Epping Road RFD #4, Exeter NH 03833 8/89:
Joseph Francis Wiggin - b 13 Apr 1809 Lee NH; m Lois Hayden (d/o Samuel
Howard Hayden & Lois White), intentions 14 Dec 1835; blacksmith and quarryman
Quincy MA and Dix Island ME; bought 135 acres off Grant Rd in Newmarket 1846;
he d 26 Dec 1885, buried Riverside Cemetery Newmarket NH. They had son:
Edwin "Ned" Wiggin - b 25 Mar 1839 Quincy MA; m 26 Aug 1868 Angelissa L
Haines (b 8 Aug 1847); blacksmith & farmer; he d 1900, buried Riverside
Cemetery. They had son:
Joseph Frank "J Frank" Wiggin - b 15 Jan 1875; m 6 Sep 1896 Ethel Valina
Paul (b 24 May 1880, d 8 Aug ...); he d 20 Aug 1948,, buried Exeter Cemetery.
They had five children:
1) Elmer Frank Wiggin - 30 Mar 1897; unm; d 27 Jan 1919 in Rotterdam,
Holland after being injured aboard ship while serving in the US Navy; buried
Exeter NH.
2) Dorothy Roberts Wiggin - b 18 Aug 1898; m Jun 1922 Robert Harold Seward.
She d 20 Sep 1949, buried Rockingham Jct Cem in Newfields. They had a son,
Elmer Paul Seward b 7 Sep 1930, d 22 Jun 1970.
3) Evelyn Harriet Wiggin - b 19 Aug 1903; m 1 Oct 1927 Russell Tilton Rowe.
They had a son, Russell Robert Rowe b 6 Dec 1929.
4) Pauline Isabel Wiggin - b 31 Aug 1907; m1 Jun 1936 Eugene Higgins; m2 9
Feb 1938 Roland A Cowell. She dsp 3 Nov 1961, buried Rochester NH.
5) Paul Neal Wiggin - b 31 Aug 1907; m1 Winifred J Byrne (b 4 Feb 1910 Co
Wicklow Ireland, d 15 Oct 1932); m2 Margaret E Wilson of Cohasset MA who lives
(1989) in Hampton NH. Child by 1st wife:
Margaret Caroline Wiggin - b 30 Sep 1932; m Jun 1951 Robert W Smith (b 30
Nov 1928). Children: Wayne Alan Smith - b 19 Oct 1953; Kenneth Robert Smith -
b 17 Jul 1955.
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Joseph Francis Wiggin - Nathaniel 6 Henry 5 Thomas 4 Thomas 3 Thomas 2 Thomas
1; b 13 Apr 1809 Lee NH; d 26 Dec 1885, will written 9 Dec 1885, proved 31 Dec
1885, Rock Co Probate 162:45, 172:389, 173:553; bur Riverside Cem at Newmarket;
marr int 14 Dec 1835 with Lois Hayden (b 1815 d/o Samuel Howard Hayden
{1782-1857} & Lois Leach White {1793-1869}); liv Quincy MA per Quincy Hist Soc;
lived & worked at Dix Island ME, 10 mi off Rocklnad; bought 135a off Grant Road
for $2300 in 1846. Children:
a) Edwin F - b 1839; m Angelissa Haines.
b) Mary Adelaide - b 16 Feb 1843; d 2 Jan 1928 at Haverhill MA; m 2 Jul 1866
Charles Sidney Burgess in Providence RI.
[comp by Margaret (Wiggin) Smith, 260 Epping Rd, Exeter NH, c1989].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1843 Feb 16 - Mary Adelaide Wiggin b [per two family birthday books &
gravestone inscr; a 1968 search of the central MAVR files reported no b rec
found for Mary A Wiggin].
1846 Mar 2 - deed from Bracket L Jones, yeoman of Newmarket NH, to Joseph F
Wiggin of Quincy MA blacksmith, for $2300, 135 acres with buildings in
Newmarket, begin NE side of road from Nicholas Doe's land, now or formerly
owned by heirs of Ebenezer Smith deceased, then running 10 deg E about 109 rods
to the NW corner of the hereby coveyed land to land owned by John Haines, thece
S 78 deg E about 55 rods to some willows extending to a ditch running N 10 deg
E, thence on said course bounding westerly by said land about 33 rods to a
board fence which runs S 78 deg E about 33 rods toa white maple near a corner
of a hedge fence bounded N on Benjamin Norton's land. thence S 10 deg W about
31 rods to a stake between an oak and white birch, thence S 78 deg W about 50
rods to two white maples about 3 rods from the north side of an old causeway to
the E line of land owned now or formerly by Charles P Rundlett, thence S 6 deg
W about 65 rods to a large buttonwood tree, thence the same course 46 rods to
Edward Hilton's land, thence S 18 deg W about 51 rods to the road first
mentioned, thence NE along S side of sd rd to the start; being the same
premises conveyed to me by deed of John P Jones, and thereafter by deed of
Samuel Jones dated 19 Mar 1842 (Rock Co Deeds 311/6). Huldah, wife of Brackett
L Jones released her dower rights. Signed: Bracket L Jones & Huldah Jones.
Wit: Nicholas Doe & J B Creighton. Recorded: 3 Mar 1846.
On the same date Joseph F Wiggin of Quincy MA and wife Lois M Wiggin gave a
mortgage on this property to Bracket L Jones to secure two promissory notes
totaling $1150 plus interest. In the mortgage the property is described as
being on the S side of the road from Nicholas Doe's to "Lamp river" village,
and bounded E & S by John C Fowler, Chas P Rundlett, Josiah Hilton & Edward
Hilton, and N by William & Benjamin Norton & John Haines, & W by land formerly
owned by heirs of Ebenezer Smith. The mortgage is signed by Joseph F Wiggin &
Lois M Wiggin, and witnessed by Nicholas Doe & James B Creighton. Marginal
notes show that on 28 May 1850 Bracke L Jones sold the mortgage to Daniel W
Ladd, Esq of Epping for $677. The transfer was signed by Bracket L Jones, and
witnessed by G W Kittredge & James M Chapman. Recorded 30 May 1850. Another
marginal note dated 23 May 1861 shows the mortgage was discharged. Signed by
Daniel W Ladd and witnessed by Wm H Belknap [Rock Co Deeds 322/64-65].
1850 Aug 13 - Newmarket NH - 418/441 Joseph Wiggin 40 m farmer 3000 bNH;
Loues Wiggin 35 f bMA; Edwin L Wiggin 11 m school bNH; Mary A Wiggin 7 f school
bNH [census].
1860 Jan 16 - deed from Levi D Rollins and wife Grace of Epping to Joseph F
Wiggin and Parsons Doe both of Newmarket, 12 acres in Nottingham for $600 [Rock
Co NH Deeds 385/472].e
1860 - Newmarket NH - 307/363 Joseph F Wiggin 50 m farmer & blacksmith
4000/1000 bNH; Louis Wiggin 45 f bMA; Edwin F Wiggin 21 m farmer & blacksmith
bMA; Mary A Wiggin 17 f bMA [census].
1861 May 23 - mortgage paid off; see 1846 deed & mortgage above.
1870 Jun 24 - Newmarket NH - Joseph F Wiggin 56 m farmer 4500/1000 bNH; Lois
Wiggin 54 f keeps house bMA; Edwin F Wiggin 31 m farmer -/1000 bMA; Angie L
Wiggin 22 f no occ bNH; George A Wiggin 1 m bNH [census].
1873 - Newmarket NH - Wiggin, Joseph F, blacksmith, h Grant Rd [Newmarket
Directory 1873].
1874 Dec 18 - So Newmarket, Joseph Wiggin harvested 300 bu of No 1 Baldwin
apples from his orchards [Ex News-Letter 18 Dec 1874].
1879 May 31 - deed from Parsons Doe & wife Lavina B Doe to Joseph F Wiggin
of Newmarket for $2500, land and buildings in Newmarket: 1) 35 acres north of
the highway leading from the residence of Wm F Duwell to residence of Reuben M
Burley, bounding east on Josiah Hilton, south and west on Elbridge N Doe; 2) 15
acres bounded on south by said road, west by Rueben M Burley, north and east by
Elbridge N Doe; said two tracts forming our homestead farm. Signed: Parsons
Doe & Lavina B Doe. Wit: Martin V Fogg & Charles H Smith. Recorded 31 May 1879
[Rockingham Co Deeds 471/10].
1880 - Newmarket NH - Joseph F Wiggin m 72 farmer NH/NH/NH; Mary Burgess f
38 widow MA/NH/MA; Bell Burgess f 12 school RI/RI/MA; Joseph m 7 school
NH/RI/MA [census].
1885 Dec 9 - will of Joseph F Wiggin of Newmarket NH: 1) bequeathed to son
Edwin F Wiggin "my home place on the hill" bought from Bracket L Jones and wife
Huldah on 2 Mar 1846 (Liber 322) on condition that EFW pay $1000 towards
expenses of settling the estate, and that he pay $500 lump sum or $30/year his
sister Mary; 2) today Mary Burgess "the place where she now lives" bought 31
May 1879 from Parson Doe & wife Lavina B Doe (Book 476/18), plus all personal
property I may have at my decease including stock, tools, furniture, notes due,
and personal property; 3) appoints "my brother George B Wiggin" executor
without bond. Signed Joseph F Wiggin. Witnesses: Belle F Burgess of Newmarket
NH, Harriett Garland of South Newmarket NH, and Ezra F Barber of Epping NH.
The will was proved on the statement of Harriett Garland 31 Dec 1885. At which
time George B Wiggin was appointed executor with Harrison G Burley and Luther C
Reynolds of South Newmarket as bondsmen. Those three signed the documents with
witnesses Fannie E Burley & Fred S Foss. [Rock Co Probate file #4866 & Books
162/47, 172/369, 173/553].
1885 Dec 26 - Joseph F Wiggin d Newmarket of a pulmonary abcess ae 76y 8m
13d widower b Lee s/o Nathaniel Wiggin & Hannah Garland both b Newmarket, C W
Scott MD of So Newmarket, reported from Newmarket NH [NHVR].
1885 Dec 31 - will proved, see above.MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Statement of Charles Lester Buzzel of Northwood NH c1980 [great-grandson of
Joseph F Wiggin]:
Joseph F Wiggin, once of Quincy and East Milton MA, was a blacksmith &
quarryman. In the central square of Quincy was an exceptionally large granite
horse watering trough when I worked in Boston many years ago. Because of its
size, and age, this trough was moved to a park somewhere in Quincy to make room
and improve parking facilities for autos. J F Wiggin did what iron work there
was about that trough. I read in a Boston paper, some years ago, a story about
which quarry furnished the stone, etc.
Joseph F Wiggin went from Quincy MA to Dicks or Dix Island off the coast of
Maine. Dicks Island was a huge quarry. How long there I do no know. From
there her went to Newmarket. To the best of my knowledge, he went to Newmarket
some time before my grandmother, Mary A (Wiggin) Burgess [d/o JFW] was 13 years
old. I remember her telling of being there at that age which would be about
1856.
Joseph F Wiggin's children were: Mary Adelaid - b 1843 d 1926; and Edwin F -
b 25 Mar 1839 d 19 Oct 1900. All are buried in Riverside Cemetery Lots
331-332. The lot was bought by J F Wiggin for $20.00, and I have the original
deed. There is a Nathaniel Wiggin in Riverside with the others b 10 Aug 1784
and d 14 Nov 1816. I have no idea what he was to J F Wiggin, but Josephine
(Burgess) Howard [grand-daughter of JFW] always spoke of him as Uncle Nat.
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Extract from a letter from H Hobart Holly, Historian, Quincy Historical
Society, 8 Adams St, Quincy MA 02169 c1972: .... The fountain and water trough
that you mention is dated 1891. It is a round granite structure with carvin
which shows no metal work. It was originally in Quincy Square and was moved in
the 1930's to its present location at the entrance to Mount Wollaston Cemetery.
The present fountain and watering trough replaced a town pump and watering
trough in the Squarem which of course has long disappeared. Since there was
metal work in connection with the pump, I would suspect that it was this on
which Mr Wiggin worked prior to 1846. ...
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Extract from a letter from Ernest W Maxcy, 114 Chestnut St, Camden ME 04843,
member of the Shore Village (Rockland) Historical Society, 27 Feb 1979: ...Dix
Island...is a small island in the Mussell Ridge channel, about 10 miles from
Rockland by water. Today it is uninhabited. The quarry on the island is
grantite. We are in the heart of one of the greatest granite producing areas
of the country. Dix Island was named for C A Dixon who operated the quarry.
This is one of hundreds of similar quarries in this vicinity. The granite
business became big business shortly after the Civil War and lasted until
shortly after the turn of the century.....It is probable, as Dix Island was
accessable only by water that the entire crew lived on the island. ...
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Cemetery inscriptions, Riverside Cemetery, Newmarket:
Joseph F Wiggin 1811-1885 & Lois M Hayden 1815-1878
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The Joseph F Wiggin lot (lots 331 & 332) in Riverside Cemetery in Newmarket
was purchased by him for $20. From him it passed to his dau Mary A (Wiggin)
Burgess; then to her dau, Lois Josephine (Burgess) Howard; then to her nephew,
Charles Lester Buzzell; he then gave the deed to his dau Wilma Lois
(Buzzell,Towle) Regan on 2 Oct 1972 at which time there was still one empty
grave [per notes of WTR].Sources:
Other : Fitts, Hist Newfields p681