Ansel Barrows
ANSEL BARROWS, a brother (?) of Moses, Jr., with Hannah, his wife, had the following children, b. in town: i. JAMES ELIOT, b. May 8, 1796. ii. SIMEON TOLMAN, b. Feb. 18, 1798.
History of the Town of Cornish Sullivan County New Hampshire
Child, William Henry. History of the town of Cornish, New Hampshire, with genealogical record, 1763-1910. Concord, N.H., Rumford Press. c1911.
Andrew Comings
6. ANDREW7 COMINGS (Samuel6-5, John4-3-2, Isaac1) b. Oct. 9, 1776. Worked in his father’s mill from the age of fourteen till he was twenty-four, when he built a brick cottage house on a farm a mile east from his birthplace, where he spent most of his life. Beside farming, he worked at the carpenter’s trade.
Andrew Bailey
1. ANDREW BAILEY lived in town several years before and after the opening of the 19th century. He m. Feb. 7, 1799, Rebecca French of Cornish, dau. of Ephraim and Comfort (York) French, b. June 17, 1776. No dates of their death have been found. Their children were: i. ISAAC MITCHELL, b. July 29, 1801;
Andrew Bailey
2. ANDREW BAILEY, b. April 12, 1805, in Cornish (?), was the son of Andrew and Rebecca (French) Bailey. Lived several years in Northfield, Vt.; m. -, Hannah M. Lewis of Cabot, Vt., b. Aug. 11, 1819, and d. Jan. 18, 1893. She was dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Moody) Lewis. They came to Cornish
Alfred Chase Chadbourne
ALFRED CHASE3 CHADBOURNE (Benjamin,) was b. Feb. 21, 1832; m. Dec. 24, 1861, Elizabeth C. Deming of Cornish, dau. of Judah and Caroline (Jackson) Deming, b. Oct. 12, 1829, and d. Jan. 2, 1900. A farmer and lived in the north part of the town. He d. June 27, 1891. Children, all b. in town:
Alexander Barker
ALEXANDER BARKER was b. in Scotland June 1, 1814. The date of his coming to America is unknown. He was a flax-dresser and farmer; m. -, Elizabeth Mercer of Cornish, dau. of William and Elizabeth Mercer, b. , 1810, and d. in 1896. He d. in Cornish Oct. 9, 1893. Their children, all b. in
Abel Chase
ABEL and LYDIA CHASE (pedigree unknown) lived both in Croydon and Cornish, probably coming from the former place. They had the following children: i. PAMELIA, b. in Croydon Feb. 7, 1806. ii. BELINDA, b. in Croydon March 9, 1805. iii. ABEL EDSON, b. in Cornish June 2, 1810. iv. HIRAM LEWANDO, b. in Cornish April
Nathaniel Churchill
NATHANIEL6CHURCHILL, youngest brother of Lewis6, was b. May 13, 1784, and lived in Grantham (now Cornish). He m. a sister of Tristam Hardy. Had one child, Alice, b. in Cornish, Aug. 5, 1808. He was killed by being thrown from a horse while crossing a brook Jan. 4, 1808, but the gravestone record says he
Moses Chase
7. MOSES5 CHASE (Moses4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) b. Nov. 9, 1772: m. Jan. 20, 1800, Deborah Bull. Shed. Aug. 17, 1837. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College. But little can be learned of him. It is supposed that he left town in early life and his home and occupation have not come to our
Merrill Coburn
6. MERRILL3 COBURN (Richard2, Merrill1) was b. Feb. 12. 1820, a twin brother of Mitchell; m. Nov. 9. 1847, Susan S. Fellows of Cornish, dau. of John and Temperance (York) Fellows, b. Aug. 14, 1821, and d. March 12, 1905, in Reading, Vt. He d. July 5, 1882. Children: i. A child, b. and d.
Levi Cobb
2. LEVI7 COBB (Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. March 12, 1795; m. Jan. 2, 1823, Calista S. Bugbee of Woodstock, Vt.. b. March 12, 1801, and d. Jan. 3, 1861. He d. April 14, 1840, aged 45. A farmer and spent his life on the homestead of his father. Children, all b. in Cornish: i. LIVONA
Joshua Atwood
JOSHUA3 Atwood (Joshua2, John1) was b. March 13, 1756; m. Sarah McAdams, b. March 19, 1773. He d. May 5, 1813. She d. Sept. 20, 1846. Children, all b. in Cornish except the first two: 1. BETSEY, b. Oct. 8, 1798; m. Dec. 26, 1814, Curtis Knight. She had ten children. They buried a dau.,
Jonathan Chase
4. JONATHAN5 CHASE (Samuel4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was was b. Dec. 6, 1732. (For military record see sketch.) He m. first, Nov. 28, 1759, Thankful Sherman of Grafton, Mass., b. in 17.39 and d. Nov. 25, 1765, aged 29, leaving five children; m. second, Oct. 22, 1770, Sarah Hall, dau. of Rev. David Hall of
George Weld
GEORGE8 WELD (Horace7, John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. Dec. 13, 1817; m. April 9, 1843, Maria Chase of Cornish, dau. of Theodore and Judith (Bryant) Chase, b. Nov. 18, 1821; d. Sept. 9. 1894. For many years a teacher of schools in N. H. and Mass. Served as drum major in the
Fred G. Blake
2. FRED G.2 BLAKE (Curtis H.1) was b. March 8. 1854: m. Nov. 25, 1884, Minnie E. Bennett. They have lived in Windsor, Vt., but more recently in Cornish. Children: i. WALTER CURTIS, b. April 14, 1888. ii. WINNIE MAY, b. Feb. 1, 1893. m. Roy FRED, b. March 9. 1895.
Elijah P. Kenyon
ELIJAH P.3 KENYON (Joseph2-1) was b. 1803; m. Mary Huntington Bingham, dau. of Elias and Hannah T. Bingham, b. March 27, 1806, d. Feb. 18, 1872. He lived in Cornish and d. March 14, 1878. Children: 1. An infant, b. ; d. April 27, 1827. 2. HANNAH P., b. 1829 (?); m. Dec. 6, 1854,
Dudley Tappan Chase
14. DUDLEY TAPPAN7 CHASE (Lebbeus6, Jonathan5, Samuel4, Daniel3. Moses2. Aquilla1) was b. April 2, 1823, on the old General Chase homestead in the first two-story house built in town. Lived there till 1840. Graduated Kimball -Union Academy, class of 1844; Dartmouth College. class 848. Studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1849. Practiced at Windsor,
Caleb Chase
2. CALEB5 CHASE (Caleb4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. March 19, 1755; m. -, Tabitha Bemis, b. -, 1755, and d. Feb. 25, 1831, aged 76. One record says they came to Cornish from Brookfield, Mass., in 1780, with a small family; the rest of the children were b. in town. Mr. Chased. Jan. -,