FAMILY RECORD:
see Runnels, Hist Sanbornton NH.CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1822 May 11 - will of Walker Buswell of Northfield NH, yeoman; bequeathed:
to oldest son Walker Buzzell, my horse, eight-day clock, string of gold beads,
gig wagon & two year old colt, apptd exec; 2nd son Thomas G Buswell, $140 to be
deducted out of the demand I hold against him; 4th son Charles G Buswell, $70;
3rd son Stephen C Buswell, $20; dau Sally Buswell, all my household furniture &
$150; 5th son Smith D Buswell, rest & residue of real & personal estates after
paying bills; signed by mark; wit Thomas Lyford, Israel Hodgdon & Jeremiah N
Lyford; proved 5 Sep 1822 [Rock Co NH Probate File #10516, 26/590, 47/209].
m 1792
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Candia Hill Cemetery, Candia NH:
John Buswell - d Dec 1851 ae 83y.
Mehitable, wife of John Buswell - d 30 Jun 1867 ae 93y 5m
[Goss, Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire, 1942,
p29]CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1850 Jul 29 - Candia NH - 74/83 John Busswell 82 m farmer $1000 bNH;
Mehitable Busswell 76 f bNH [census].
1850 Jul 29 - Candia NH - 74/84 Daniel McDuffee 50 m farmer b NH; Nancy
McDuffee 48 f bNH; Nancy M Fitts 13 f bNH [census]. Was Nancy McDuffee d/o
John Buswell & Mehitable?
1851 Jul 12 - Mr John Buzzell d Candia ae 83y per Exeter News-Letter of 6
Oct 1851 [Chipman, New England VR from the Exeter News-letter 1847-52, 1994,
p183].
m 1764, m2 widow Betty Smith
FAMILY RECORD:
Samuel Buswell - s/o Dea John Buswell & Tabitha Walker; b Salisbury 22 Oct
1741; moved to Chester {Candia} & there m Betsey Underhill; {m2 widow Betty
(Smith) Berry}. Children:
a) John - m Mehitable McCluer & lived in Candia.
b) Moses - a doctor; removed to ME.
c) Sarah -.
d) Richard -.
e) William - removed to Canada.
f) Hannah -.
g) David - removed to Bradford {see Hist Candia & Chester}.
[mss Buswell Genealogy by Ezra S Stearns, Secretary of State of NH, with
additional notes {} by Mrs Bernice Wentworth of Riverdale MD, 1976].
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Lt Samuel Buswell - s/o Dea John Buswell & Tabitha Walker; b 22 Oct 1741
Salisbury MA; d 9 Jan 1827 Candia NH; m1 Chester NH 9 Oct 1764 Betsy Underhill
(b 13 Jul 1742; d/o Corp John Underhill & Joanna Healey; d 30 Sep 1806); m2
widow Betty (Smith) Berry; lived in the part of Chester which became Candia NH;
Samuel Buswell appears on a list of settlers in Candia in 1763; he was an
ensign in the campaign against Cape Breton; on 17 Sep !776 he was ensign in
Capt Runnel's Co of Col Thomas Tash's Reg which was stationed at Fishkill NY at
one point; he is called "Lt Buswell" in Candia tax lists of 1778, 1780, and
1810; Candia town records show three days work on the roads by "Lieutenant
Buswell" as of 7 Sep 1791; he appears on a list of teachers 1764-76, and is
also described as a carpenter; he was among the first pew owners in the
Congregational Church in Candia which was organized in 1770; he was a choir
member 1770-1792; he was on a committee to provide for the families of
destitute soldiers 1778, and signed a warning-out as Selectman of Candia 1783.
Children (all birth dates from Candia Town Records):
a) Anna - b 8 Aug 1765; d 4 Jul 1780.
b) John - b 30 Nov 1767; d 12 Jul 1851; m 6 Sep 1792 Candia to Mehitable
McClure (b 31 Jan 1774; d 30 Jun 1867); lived Candia; 5 ch.
c) Sarah - b 4 Jun 1770; d 11 Nov 1826 Auburn NH.
d) Moses - b 24 Feb 1773; physician; d 26 Feb 1847 Dexter ME.
e) Richard - b 14 Oct 1775; drowned 3 Aug 1809 at Deerfield.
f) Samuel - b 4 Jun 1779; d 10 May 1811 Candia.
g) Hannah - b 22 Feb 1782; res Canterbury.
h) William - b 23 Dec 1784; rem to Canada.
i) David - b 13 Apr 1787; rem to Bradford; d 13 Nov 1872 ae 85 New London
CT.
[mss Buswell genealogy by Mrs Maren Laquire, 204 Three Rivers E, Ft Wayne IN
46802, 1985].
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Lt Samuel Buswell - There was a William Buswell in Salisbury who was one of
the commissioners to run the line between Salisbury & Hampton in 1667, but the
records of Salisbury do not afford us any connection between him and Lt Samuel
Buswell who came from that town to Chester in 1763. He was the s/o John &
Tabitha, b 22 Oct 1741. He m Betsy d/o Capt John Underhill in 1764. He
settled on the west half of No 120, 2nd P, 2nd div. He was a carpenter. He
was in the French War and at Cape Breton, and also in the Rev War. Mr
Buswell's son Samuel went to georgia about 1800 against his mother's desires,
as she supposed she would never see him again. She having a strong taint of
hypochondria, took to her bed and never left it or spoke for 6 or 7 years. She
d 30 Sep 1806. Lt Buswell m2 Betty Smith, now the Wid/o Jonathan Berry.
Children:
a) John - m Mehitable McClure d/o James McClure in 1792; lived on the
homestead and had: Samuel - m Susan d/o Jesse Eaton; Jacob - m Mary Sargent,
liv Dea Kelly place in Auburn; Mahala; Nancy; Richard. He d 1851 ae 84.
b) Moses - a physician; d ME.
c) Sarah - m Moses Underhill s/o the hatter; d 1826.
d) Richard - m Sarah Berry & was drowned.
e) William - went to Canada.
f) Hannah.
g) David - lived Bradford NH.
[Chase, Hist of Old Chester NH, 1869, p481].
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Samuel Buswell - a carpenter; was at Cape Breton in the French War; later
served in the Rev War; came to Candia from Salisbury MA about 1763 & the next
year m Betsey Underhill of Chester. Children:
a) John - stayed on the home place; m Mehitable McCluer in 1792; d summer of
1851 ae 84; wife survived him; had five children who lived to maturity: Samuel;
Jacob; Mahala; Nancy & Richard.
b) Moses - physician; d Maine.
c) Richard - drowned.
d) Samuel -.
e) William - liv Canterbury.
f) Hannah -.
g) David -.
[Eaton, History of Candia: Once Known as Charmingfare; with notice of the
Early Families (1852)].
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Lt Samuel Buswell - from Salisbury, MA; b Oct 22 1741; d Jan 9 1827; m1 Oct 9 1764
Betsy Underhill (b July 13, 1742; d Sept. 28, 1806; dau of John of Chester). Children:
a) Anna - b Aug. 8 1765; d July 4 1780
b) John - b Nov 30 1767; d July 12 1851; m Sept 6, 1792; m Mehitable McClure (b Jan 31, 1774; d June 30 1867; dau of James McClure). Children:
a) Samuel - b Sept 24 1793; d Jan 7 1882; m Dec 31 1822; m Susan Eaton (b July 19 1788; d July 9 1877; d/o Major Jesse Eaton). Children:
a) Asa E - m Eliza A. Critchett, dau of Moses Sept 22 1853
b) George -
c) Edward Francis - m Clarissa, dau of Benjamin Cass; d Apr 6, 1879
d) Samuel Augustine
b) Deacon Jacob - b June 17 1795; d June 25, 1870; m Polly, dau of Josiah Sargent Dec 11 1827
c) Son - b June 11 1798; d June 20, 1798
d) Mahala - b Dec 4, 1799; m Joseph Fitts Nov 16 1820; d Nov 8 1881
e) Nancy - b July 9, 1802; m Daniel McDuffee Jr. Oct 13 1824
f) Harriett - b Dec 26, 1804; d Oct 8 1806
g) Richard - b June 2. 1810; m Sarah Worthen (b Apr 20 1818; d/o Jon. & Jane? (Shannon) Worthen) Jan 29 1839
c) Sarah - b June 1770; d Nov 11 1826; m1 Moses Underhill of Chester; m2 Dr. Moses (b Feb 24 1773; d In Maine)
d) Richard - b Oct 14 1775; d Aug 3 1809, drowned in Deerfield; m Sally Berry, d/o Jonathan Berry, Sept 27 1802; she m2 Asa Potter
a) Jason - b Apr 26 1803
b) Jonathan - b May 28 1805
e) Samuel - b June 4 1779; unmarried; d May 20 1811 consumption
f) Hannah - b Feb 22 1782; m David Moore, Wheelock, VT Nov 27 1806
g( William - b Dec 23 1784; went to Canada
h) David - b Apr 13 1787; d Nov 13 1872; m2 Betty (Smith)(widow of Jon. Berry; d Feb 1829 Corinth, VT
[Register of Families of Candia, Compiled by Wililam Churchill Reade, Pastor of the Congregational Church, 1878 - 1883].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1826 Nov 25 - will of Samuel Buswell of Candia, gentleman; bequesthed to:
wife Betty, all personal estate, rest & remainder, apptd exec.
son John Buswell, $1.
grandchildren, David C Underhill, Betsey Underhill & Orrin Underhill,
children of my dau Betty deceased, $1 each.
son Moses Buswell, my time-piece.
grandchildren, Jason Buswell & Jonathan Buswell, children of my son
Richard Buswell deceased, $1 each.
dau Hannah, one old featherbed and coverlet that was her deceased
mother's.
son William Buswell, $1.
son David Buswell, $1.
signed Samuel Buswell; wit Samuel Aiken, Andrew Seavey & Hannah Seavey;
proved 23 Jan 1827.
[Rock Co NH Probate File #13375, 49/269].
m 1764, m2 widow Betty Smith
m 1799
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Moses Buswell - s/o Lt Samuel Buswell & Betsey Underhill; b 24 Feb 1773; m 5
Mar 1799 at Pittsfield NH Lydia Huntington Loomis (b 2 Feb 1774 Lebanon CT; d/o
Ebenezer Loomis & Mary Huntington); note that the "Descendants of Joseph
Loomis" by Elias Loomis, 1870, erroneously states that Lydia Huntington Loomis
married Moses "Burritt," and that the same error was repeated in the 1875 &
1908 editions of this work; this error is also repeated in the "History of
Woodstock, Connecticut" by Bowen (2/352 & 5/228), and possibly in other places;
the correct marriage record is on file in Concord NH, and the birth records of
his first two children (born NH), also give his correct surname; the birth
records are also extant in the Pittsfield NH town records, and were also
repeated in the Dexter ME records after the family moved there; Moses Buswell
was living in Deerfield NH in 1790 & 1803; as a young man he became a
physician, probably by apprenticship to an extablished doctor, perhaps even
prior to his marriage; he apears in Anson, Somerset Co ME, in 1810, and Garland
(fist settled 1811), Penobscot Co ME in 1820; Moses Buswell served as one of
the three members of the school committee in Garland 1819 & 1827; he ran
unsuccessfully to be a delegate to the Maine contitutional convention in 1820,
and soon after for governor; in 1821 Dr Buswell was one of only five families
within the village limits of Garland, and by 1830 there were about 70 families
there, including a William Buswell MD, who was presumably the son of Moses; a
church census of Garland in 1829 shows Samuel P Buswell and Moses Buswell as
Universalists; there are many property transactions on record at Bangor for
Moses, William G, and James C Buswell, mostly in the Dexter area; all the
Buswell land transactions are indexed under "Buzzell;" Moses & his family
removed from Garland to Dexter ME where he d 26 Feb 1847 per Dexter records.
Children:
a) Cynthia Loomis - b 27 Jan 1801 Pittsfield NH (NHVR).
b) William Gordon (used surname Boswell) - b 28 Nov 1803 Pittsfield NH
(NHVR); m Alphredia ___; both living with children in Garland 1830, and in
Dexter 1840; he rem to Pike Co PA with his brother James; later they both went
to Buchanan, Berrien Co MI where they had a laundry business together.
c) Samuel Prentice - b 25 Oct 1805 Pittsfield NH (NHVR); m Sally ___; he d
1830 & will proved 30 Jul 1833; no issue; Sally d Dexter 14 Jul 1858 never
having remarried.
d) son? - suggested by 1820 census.
e) James (used surname Boswell) - b 1809; m1 ___; m1 widow Phebe (Van Etten)
Ayers in Sussex Co NJ; enl in CW at Berrien Co MI; d 7 Jun 1874 Danby Twp,
Ionia Co MI; bur N Eagle Cemetery; left descendants.
f) Jane - b c1811 or after; m ___ Millett.
[mss Buswell genealogy by Mrs Maren Laquire, 204 Three Rivers E, Ft Wayne IN
46802, 1985].
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Moses Buswell MD - b 24 Feb 1773; m 5 Mar 1799 Lydia Huntington Lomis (b 2
Feb 1774). Children:
a) Cuntha Lomins - b 17 Jan 1801.
b) William Gordon - b 28 Nov 1803.
c) Prentiss - b 25 Oct 1805.
[Pittsfield Genealogies, vol 1 p48, mss at NH Hist Soc].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1800 - ME - census index:
David Boswell - Hancock Co p??? 10100-00100
John Boswell - Hancock Co p??? 31010-10100
William Boswell - Kennebec Co p1300 00100-10100
William Boswell - Kennebec Co p1302 00001-00101
_____ Bussell - York Co p983 11010-01010
Ebenezer Bussell - York Co p956 21010-21010
Isaac Bussell - York Co p983 02010-00110
Isaac Bussill - York Co p999 00001-00000
John Bussill - York Co p992 00100-00100
Lemuel Bussill - York Co p921 10100-10100
Moses Bussill - York Co p999 20010-20010
Nathaniel Bussill - York Co p920 01101-01101
Abraham Buswell - Kennebec Co p135 21201-00100
Josiah Buswell - Kennebec Co p115 00010-00100
Samuel Buswell - Kennebec Co p114 10010-40010
Thomas Buswill - Kennebec Co p1254 10010-10010
John Buzzill - York Co p891 30010-20110
[abst by Michael W Martin MD].
1840 - Maine - census
Bussell, Silas - Peno 229 Dixmont
Bussell, William - York 017 Parsonsfield
1m<5 1m10-15 1m30-40
1f5-10 1f30-40
Bussell, John - York 017 Parsonsfield
1m5-10 1m70-80
1f5-10 1f30-40
Bussell (Buswell), William - Peno 302 Dexter
1m5-10 1m10-15 1m30-40
1f10-15 1f40-50
Bussell, James C - Peno 302 Dexter
Buzzell, Philip
1m<5 1m5-10 1m10-15 1m15-20 1m40-50
1f<5 1f30-40
Buzwell, Moses - Peno 302 Dexter
1m20-30 1m30-40 1m60-70
1f50-60
[per Michael W Martin MD, 25 Blue Ridge Dr, S Windsor CT 06074, 2/97].
m 1799
aka Boswell
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1810 Jan 5 - Admin of the estate of Richard Buswell late of Deerfield,
yeoman, deceased, was granted to Horatio Gates Cilley, gentleman of Deerfield,
and he with Gideon Lamson, merchant & Jacob Cram, clerk, both of Exeter gave
bond; inventory of his estate taken by Wm Mudget Jr & Jeremiah Blake,
appraisers, included 1 cow & household furnishings, but no real estate [Rock Co
NH Probate File #8204, 39/335, 39/535].