New Hampshire Families

Notes


Col John FOLSOM

MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
  Grave Yard on the Folsom-Chesley Farm on Newmarket Road, Lee NH, the home of
Mrs Irving G Chesley & her daughter Winnifred in 1938 - Col John Folsom - b 12
Oct 1745, d 5 Apr 1820 (Rev Soldier); Elizabeth, his wife - b b 29 Aug 1850
[sic], d 25 Dec 1828 (She was Elizabeth Smith) [Walker et al, Burial Places in
Lee NH, DAR, 1938].

Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/68


Seth W WOODMAN

FAMILY RECORD:
  Seth W Woodman, s/o Joseph & Sally (Williams) Woodman of Barrington, m 1 Jan
1843 Louisa M Gear (b 31 Jul 1820, d 17 Nov 1882) [Hist Durham 2/397].

CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1843 Jan 16 - Seth W Woodman marr Louisa M Geear (sic), both of Barrington
[Barr Town Rec 1/819].
  1860 Jun 20 - Lee NH - 22/24 Seth W Woodman 47 m farmer 2500/2500 bNH;
Louisa Woodman 39 f bNH; George A Woodman 15 m school bNH; Leander E Woodman 13
m school bNH; Otis E Woodman 12 m school bNH; Elizabeth A Woodman 9 f school
bNH; Leroy W Woodman 6 m school bNH [census].
  1870 Jun 4 - Lee NH, Wadleys Fall PO - 96/104 Seth W Woodman 57 m farmer
1500/300 bNH; Louisa Woodman 49 f bNH; Geroge A Woodman 25 m farmelaborer bMA;
Otis E Woodman 22 m farm laborer bNH school; Lizzie A Woodman 19 f bNH school;
Laroy W Woodman 16 m bNH school; Charles A Woodman 5 m bNH school [census].
  1880 Jun 7 - Lee NH - 114/128 Louisa M Woodman f 59 widow NH/NH/NH; Otis E
Woodman m 31 son farmer NH/NH/NH; Laroy W Woodman m 26 son carriage maker
NH/NH/NH; Charles A Woodman m 15 son NH/NH/NH [census].

MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
  Town Cemetery, Lee NH - Row 3 Lot 8 - Seth W Woodman - d 14 Apr 1880 ae 67y
8m 22d; Louisa M, his wife - d 17 Nov 1882 ae 62y 3m 18d; Leander E, their son
- d 15 Apr 1870 ae 23y 4m; Otis E, their son - d 11 Apr 1908 ae 59y 10m 28d
[Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938].


Otis E WOODMAN

CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1892 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1892]
   1895 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1895]
   1898 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1898]
   1898 - Otis E Woodman, blacksmith in Lee [The Kittery, Greenland, Newington
and Other Towns Directory, 1898].
  1899 - blacksmith, h Lee Hill rd to Lee Plains, PO Lee [Lee Directory,
1899].
  1900 Jun 7 - Lee NH - 112/112 Otis E Woodman head m May 1848 52 s NH/NH/NH
farmer owns/free; Sarah A Pierce servant f Jun 1823 76 wd NH/NH/NH housekeeper
[census].
  1905 - farmer & blacksmith, h Lee Hill rd Newtown Plains, po Dover [Lee
Directory, 1905].
  1905 - Otis E Woodman, blacksmith [Lee Business Directory, 1905].
  1908 Apr 11 - Otis E Woodman d ae 60 [Lee Directory, 1909].
  1908 Apr 11 - Otis E Woodman d Lee ae 59-10-27 single blacksmith s/o Seth W
Woodman farmer b Barrington & Louisa M Gear b Barrington, heart disease [Lee
Annual Report].
  1909 - farmer & blacksmith, h Lee Hill rd Newtown Plains, po Dover [Lee
Directory, 1909].


Charles A WOODMAN

see Daniel E Plummer

CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1892 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1892]
   1895 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1895]
   1898 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1898]
   1898 - Charles A Woodman, farmer in Lee [The Kittery, Greenland, Newington
and Other Towns Directory, 1898].
  1899 - farmer, h Lee Hill, PO Lee [Lee Directory, 1899].
  1905 - clerk, h Lee Hill, po Lee [Lee Directory, 1905].
  1909 - clerk, Town Treasurer, h Lee Hill, po Lee [Lee Directory, 1909].
  1910 Apr 19 - Lee NH - 25/27 Daniel E Plummer head m 68 widower NH/NH/NH
store keeper owns/free; Linda? Walker dau f 32 m1-6 1/- NH/NH/NH; James R C
Walker son-in-law m 33 m1-6 NH/NH/NH lumber worker; Marion D Walker gdau f 2
NH/NH/NH; Alice M Clements servant f 19 s NH/Can/-; Charles A Woodman servant m
44 s NH/NH/NH store clerk [census].
  1912 - town Treasurer, clerk, D E Plummer, Lee Hill, bds same [Lee
Directory, 1912].
  1920 Jan 5/6 - boarder at James B Walker in Lee [census].
  1923 - salesman, Lee Hill [Barrington, Epping, Lee, Madbury NH Directory,
1923].
  1929 - salesman, Lee Hill [Barrington, Lee, Madbury, & Northwood NH
Directory, 1929].
  1934 - salesman, Lee Hill [Dover Suburban NH Directory, 1934].
  1935 - salesman, Lee Hill [Dover Suburban NH Directory, 1935].
  1935 - Charles A Woodman, taxed 2.00 [Dover Suburban NH Directory, 1935].
  1936/7 - salesman, Lee Hill [Dover Suburban NH Directory, 1936/7].
  1939 Oct 20 - Charles A Woodman d ae 75-1-21 s/o Seth W Woodman & Louisa
Gear [Lee Annual Report].

Sources:
Other : D - Exeter Annual Report 1939


George GEAR

COMPILED GENEALOGIES:
  George Gear, b 16 May 1792, d 5 Jun 1868, s/o Samuel Gear & Abigail
Sherburne; m his cousin Deliverence Gear d/o John Gear & had four Children:
  a) Samuel
  b) Louisa
  c) Daniel - b 4 Feb 1823, m1 Catherine Gear and had two children: Charles    
           (1850) and Mary (1855).  He m2 Rosina Brock.
  d) ?
       [Geer, Geer Genealogy, 1923, p368].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1815 Sep 8 - from William McDaniel of Barrington, husbandman, to George
Geear (sic) of Barrington, husbandman, for $65, 6a in Barrington bonded on
south and east by Samuel Geear (sic); ack 11 Sep 1815 [Straf Co NH Deeds 88/4].
   1815 Dec 14 - George Gear of Barrington marr Deliverence Gear of Barrington,
by Rev John Osborne of Lee [Tibbetts, The NH Genealogical Record 4/128].
  1826 Jan 14 - from Josiah Jackson of Durham & Nicholas Jackson of Barrington
to George Gear of Barrington for $50, 3a in Barrington which is enclosed on all
sides by land of George Gear [Straf Co NH Deeds 130/16].
  1830 - Barrington NH
       John Gear 1m 10-14, 2m 15-19, 1m 70-79, 1f 30-39, 1f 60-69
       Samuel Gear 1m 10-14, 1m 60-69, 1f 20-29, 1f 50-59
       George Gear 1m 5-9, 1m 10-14, 1m 30-39, 1f 0-4, 1f 5-9, 1f 20-29, 1f    
                30-39
       Gideon S Gear 1m 0-4, 1m5-9, 1m 30-39, 1f 0-4, 1f 20-29
  1840 - Barrington NH [census]
       Joseph Geer 1m5-9 2m40-49 1f5-9 1f40-49
       Gideon S Gear 1m5-9 1m10-14 1m15-19 1m40-49 1f0-4 1f5-9 1f30-39
       Patience Gear 1f60-69
       Benj Gear 1m0-4 1m30-39 1f15-19 1f20-29
       Sam'l Gear 1m10-14 1m20-29 1m70-79 1f15-19 1f20-29 1f70-79
       George Gear 1m15-19 1m40-49 1f10-14 1f20-29 1f40-49
  1850 - Barrington NH - 731/779 George Geer 58 m farmer 400 bNH; Deliverance
Gear 56 f bNH; Daniel Gear 27 m farmer bNH; Catherine Gear 20 f bNH [census].
  1853 Jan 29 - will of George Gear of Barrington, husbandman.  Bequeathed to:
wife Deliverence, household goods; oldest son Samuel Gear, "all the lands and
buildings deeded to me by my father Samuel Gear late of Barrington by deed of
warrant in 1831 (153/529); sone Daniel Gear all other real estate; dau Louisa M
Woodman $100; dau Sarah A Langley $100.  Apptd Samuel Gear & Daniel Gear
executors.  Wit: Samuel Sherburne, Jacob Sherburne & William Sherburne.  Proved
1st Tuesday July 1868 at Rochester [Straf Co NH Probate 74/64].
  1857 Feb 3 - On petition of Ebenezer Buzzell, guardian of Sarah E Buzzell,
Ebenezer was granted a license to sell 12a in Barrington bounded E by Asa
Chesley & others, SW by George Gear & others, NW by Andrew M Daniel, Albert H
Daniels & others, and SE by John & William Bodge [Straff Co NH Deeds 69/347].
  1868 Jun 5 - d very suddenly in Barrington, Mr George Gear ae 76y [Dover
Enquirer 11 Jun 1868].
  1868 Jul 1st Tuesday - his will proved.

MISC ITEMS

  Private Cemetery on McDaniel Shore Drive behind Swain's Lake in Barrington.  
McDaniel Shore Drive intersects with Rt 4, the old Durham-Concord turnpike:

       George Gear 1789-1868
       Delivernce Gear, his wife, 1791-1859

       Daniel Gear 1823-1893 ae 70y 4m 20d
       Catherine, his wife, 1830-1859, ae 29y 10d
       children of Daniel & Catherine Gear
               Charles 1850-1884 their only son ae 34
               Mary A 1856-1861
       [copied by Wilma T Regan, 1969].

Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff


Deliverence GEAR

Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff


Josiah True BARTLETT

m2 1910 Frances S Cass

CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1880 Jun 4 - Lee NH - 51/57 J True Bartlett m 29 house carpenter NH/NH/NH;
Tryphena W f 29 wife Can/Can/Can; Rosa Belle Bartlett f 5 dau MA/NH/Can; Clara
A Bartlett f 3 dau NH/NH/Can; Edna Bartlett f 1 dau NH/NH/Can [census].
  1892 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1892]
   1895 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1895]
   1898 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1898]
   1898 - J True Bartlett, farmer in Lee [Kittery, Greenland, Newington, and
other towns, Directory, 1898].
  1898 - J F Bartlett, carpenter in Lee [The Kittery, Greenland, Newington and
Other Towns Directory, 1898].
  1899 - farmer & carpenter, h n South Lee, PO South Lee [Lee Directory,
1899].
  1900 Jun 2 - Lee NH - 21/21 Josiah F Bartlett head m Sep 1850 49 m28
NH/NH/NH farmer owns/free; Tryphena W Bartlett wife f Jun 1859 49 m28 5-5
Can/Can/Can; Rosabell Bartlett dau f Aug 1874 25 s MA/NH/Can dressmaker; Carrie
A Bartlett dau f Oct 1876 23 s NH/NH/Can teacher; Edna E Bartlett dau f Nov
1878 21 s NH/NH/Can; Mary E Bartlett dau f Nov 1881 18 s NH/NH/Can; Puline? E
Bartlett dau f Aug 1891 8 s NH/NH/Can can't write [census].
  1905 - farmer & carpenter, h n South Lee; Miss Carrie A Bartlett, home at J
T B, South Lee; Edna E Bartlett, teacher, home J T B, South Lee; Mollie S
Bartlett, home at J T B, South Lee; Rose B Bartlett, nurse Dover Hospital, home
J T B, South Lee [Lee Directory, 1905].
  1905 - Mrs J T Bartlett, South Lee, boarding house; J T Bartlett, carpenter
& builder [Lee Business Directory, 1905].
  1905 - Edna E Bartlett, teacher, home at J T B, South Lee [Lee Directory,
1905].
  1906 - Edna E Bartlett, 28, d 7 Oct 1906 [Lee Directory, 1909].
  1906 Oct 7 - Edna E Bartlett d Lee ae 27-11-3 b Lee single teacher d/o J
True Bartlett farmer b Lee & Tryphenia Cass b Lowell MA, carriage accident [Lee
Annual Report].
  1908 Jun 2 - Tryphelia W Bartlett d ae 57 [Lee Directory, 1909].
  1908 Jun 2 - Tryphema W Bartlett d Lee ae 57-11-24 b Barnston PQ married d/o
Simon Cass b Newport VT & Elsie Belknap b Barnston PQ, apoplexy [Lee Annual
Report].
  1909 - farmer & carpenter, Lee Hill & Epping rd; Miss Carrie A Bartlett,
teacher, home at J T B, South Lee; Mollie S Bartlett, home at J T B, South Lee;
Rose B Bartlett, nurse Dover Hospital, home J T B, South Lee [Lee Directory,
1909].
  1910 Apr 23 - Lee NH - 64/67 J True Bartlett head m 60 widower NH/NH/NH
farmer owns/free; Carrie A Bartlett dau f 23? s NH/NH/Can teacher public
school; Pauline E Bartlett dau f 18 s NH/NH/Can; George Gregory? servant m 16 s
MA/MA/MA farm laborer; Helen H Thompson ??? f 23 s NH/NH/NH telephone operator
[census].
  1910 May 11 - J True Bartlett of Lee ae 59 carpenter b Lee s/o Israel
bartlett b Lee & Elizabeth C Mathes b Lee, marr at Nottingham by Ira D Morrison
clergymna of same, Frances S Cass of Boston mA ae 50 storekeeper b Barnston PQ
d/o Simon Cass b Barnston PQ & Elsie cass b Barnston PQ, his 2nd & her 1st marr
[Lee Annual Report].
  1912 - farmer & carpenter & builder, off Lee Depot & Wadleys Falls rd; Miss
Carrie A Bartlett, teacher, Haverhill MA, home at J T B, South Lee [Lee
Directory, 1912].
  1920 Jan 7 - Josiah T Bartlett & wife Frances liv/w Mason Woodruff in Lee
[census].
  1923 - carpenter, off Lee Depot rd [Barrington, Epping, Lee, Madbury NH
Directory, 1923].
  1926 Dec 16 - Josiah True Bartlett d Lee ae 76y s/o Israel Bartlett &
Elizabeth Mathews [Lee Annual Report].
  1935 - Josiah T Bartlett heirs, taxed 100.00 [Dover Suburban NH Directory,
1935].
  1975 Sep 27 - Pauline E Bartlett d Exeter ae 84y single teacher b NH bur Lee
[Lee Annual Report].


James ASHFORTH

CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1909 Feb 7 - female Ashforth b Lee 1st c/o James Ashforth mill hand & Lulu B
Davis b Amherst, res of Hillsboro [Lee Annual Report].
  1909 Mar 31 - female Ashforth d Lee ae 1y 24d b Lee d/o James Ashforth b
Hillsboro & Lulu B Davis b Amherswt, marasmus [Lee Annual Report].


Benjamin LANG

m 1908

CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1908 Feb 24 - Margaret Lang b Lee 1st c/o Ben Lang farmer b Lee & Sadie B
Wiggin b Newmarket, res of Lee [Lee Annual Report].
  1908 Aug 27 - Benjamin Lang of Lee ae 23 b Lee s/o Benjamin F Lanf & Hannah
E Harvey, marr at Newmarket by Rev Ira D Morrison of Nottingham, Sadie B Wiggin
of Nottingham ae 18 b Newmarket d/o George A Wiggin & Nellie G Johnson
[Nottingham Annual Report].
  1910 Apr 23 - Lee NH - 53/56 Benjamin Lang head m 24 m1-1 NH/NH/NH student
Dartmouth College owns/free; Sadie B Lang wife f 20 m1-1 1/1 NH/NH/NH; Margaret
Lang dau f 1+1/12 NH/NH/NH; Edith M French servant f 17 s NH/NH/NH servant
[census].
  1910 Jul 25 - male Lang b Lee 2nd c/o Ben Lang farmer b Lee & Sadie B Wiggin
b Newmarket, res of Lee [Lee Annual Report].
  1910 Jul 26 - baby Lang d Lee ae 1d b Lee c/o Ben Lang b Lee & Sadie B
Wiggin, premature birth [Lee Annual Report].
  1913 Oct 13 - Irene Lang b Madbury d/o Benjamin Lang & Sadie B Wiggins
[Madbury Annual Report].
  1914 Dec 3 - Sara Lang b Lee 6th c/o Benj Lang farmer b Lee & Sadie B Wiggin
b Newmarket, res of Lee [Lee Annual Report].
  1916 Feb 2 - Sara Lang d Lee ae 1-2-1 b Lee d/o Benjamin Lang b Lee & Sadie
Wiggin b Newmarket [Lee Annual Report].
  1916 Apr 16 - Charlotte Rebecca Lang b Lee 7th c/o Benjamin Lang farmer b
Lee & Sadie B Wiggin b Newmarket, res of Lee [Lee Annual Report].
  1917 Nov 14 - Anna Rebecca Lang b Lee 8th c/o Benjamin Lang farmer b Lee &
Sadie B Wiggin b Newmarket, res of Lee [Lee Annual Report].
  1920 Jan 2 - Nottingham Rd, Lee NH - 5/5 Benjamin Lang head m 34 marr
NH/NH/NH farmer; Sadie B Lang wife f 30 marr NH/NH/NH; Margaret Lang dau f 10
single NH/NH/NH; Bernice Lang dau f 8 NH/NH/NH; Eleanor Lang dau f 7 NH/NH/NH;
Irene Lang dau f 6 NH/NH/NH; Charlotte Lang dau f 3 NH/NH/NH; Anna R Lang dau f
2 NH/NH/NH [census].
  1920 Aug 1 - Gertrude Lang b Lee 9th c/o Benjamin Lang farmer b Lee & Sadie
Wiggin b Newmarket, res of Lee [Lee Annual Report].
  1922 Nov 5 - Mary Frances Lang b Lee d/o Benjamin Lang & Sadie Wiggin [Lee
Annual Report].
  1923 - (Sara W) farmer, Lee Depot, Nottingham rd [Barrington, Epping, Lee,
Madbury NH Directory, 1923].
  1926 Aug 9 - Priscilla Fay Lang b Lee d/o Benjamin Lang & Sadie B Wiggin
[Lee Annual Report].
  1962 Jun 20 - Bnejamin lanf d Exeter ae 77y b Lee married store owner s/o
Benjamin F Lang & Hannah Harvey [Lee Annual Report].
  1974 Nov 29 - Sadie Lang d York ME ae 84y bur Lee [Lee Annual Report].


Sarah B "Sadie" WIGGIN

Sources:
Other : M - Nottingham Annual Report 1908


George A WIGGIN

m2 Lidella Jane Watson

FAMILY RECORD:
  George A Wiggin - s/o Edwin F Wiggin & Angelissa Haines; b 16 Jun 1869; bur
Southside Cem in Nottingham NH in Watson family lot; m1 Gertrude Johnson; m2
Lida Watson; store owner & farmer in Nottingham.  Children by 1st wife:
  a) Sarah "Sadie" - m Benjamin Lang & had 9 daus including: Margaret,
Bernice, Eleanor, Charlotte & Irene.
  b) Arthur - b 1899; m Frances Gadd.
  [comp by Margaret (Wiggin) Smith, 260 Epping Rd, Exeter NH, c1989].

CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
  1898 Jun 3 - Miss Martha A Buzzell & Miss Lida J Watson, both of Nottingham,
were school teachers in the Square Dist in Nottingham [Exeter News-Letter].
  1942 Mar 8 - George A Wiggin d Exeter NH ae 72y 8m 21d, b Newmarket NH s/o
Edwin F Wiggin and Angie Haines [Exeter Town Report].
  1957 Apr 3 - Lidella Jane Wiggin d ae 86 d/o William F Watson & Ruth Harvey
[Nottingham Annual Report].

MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
  George A Wiggin - m2 Lida Watson, a school teacher in Nottingham; they are
both buried in South Side Cemetery in Nottingham [per Wilma T Regan].