FRANK E.8 WELD (John7, Peleg6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. May 23, 1859; m. Sept. 13, 1887, Mabel Nora Mace, b. Dec. 13, 1868. Lived in Cornish till 1900, and then rem. to Arctic, R. I. Have recently rem. to Charlestown. A farmer and worker in leather, also a florist. One child: 1. […]
RUFUS G. BADGER of Norwich, Vt., the son of Nathan and Lucy (George) Badger, was b. in 1824. Came to Cornish about 1849; m. April 9, 1850, Clarissa B. Burr of Cornish, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Hall) Burr, b. July 26, 1826. He was a tailor for a time. Spent most of the remainder
WILLIAM4 ATWOOD (William3, Joshua2, John1), eldest son and third child of William and Elizabeth (Hall) Atwood, was b. Sept. 15, 1806. He followed his father’s trade of blacksmithing most of his life; m. Nov. 25, 1828, Rhoda Jackson of Cornish, dau. of Capt. Perez and Lucy (Hunter) Jackson, b. May 28, 1803, and d. at
3. WILLIAM2 BALLOCH (James) b. April 16, 1820; m. NOv. 6, 1844, Nancy J. Deming of Cornish, dau. Of Sylvester and Charlotte (Campbell) Deming, b. Nov. 1, 1823. Mr. Balloch d. Aug. 27, 1893. He was a man Of goOd gifts, being highly appreciated by his townsmen, as shown by being repeatedly chosen by them
3. LEVI HENRY8 COBB (Levi7, Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. June 30, 1827. He m. Jan. 12, 1858, Harriet J. Herrick at Malone, N. Y., b. in Milton, Vt., Jan. 10, 1827. Children: i. MARY ABBIE, b. March 7, 1859; m. , Rev. E. F. Hunt. Res., Conway, Mass. ii. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. March 16, 1860;
Among the tombstone records of Cornish is that of Dea. John Bartlett, who was b. in 1727, and d. June 8, 1797. By his side are the remains of his wife, Jemima Downer, who was b. in 1732, and d. aug. 17, 1818. The records also show that during the early years of the town
3. DUDLEY5 CHASE (Samuel4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) b. Aug. 29, 1730, in Sutton, Mass.; m. Aug. 23, 1753, Alice Corbett of Mendon, Mass., b. in 1732. If the honor of being the first settler in Cornish belongs to any one individual more than another it would seem that Dea. Dudley Chase can claim it. At
The Binghams of Cornish were of English descent. THOMAS1 and MARY BINGHAM res. in Sheffield, Eng. THOMAS2 and MARY (Rudd) BINGHAM came to America about 1659 and res. in Norwich, Conn. Had eleven children. DEA. ABEL3 and Mary (Odell) BINGHAM, res. and d. in Windham, Conn. Nine children. He d. ‘March 25, 1745. JONATHAN4 BINGHAM,
EKEKIEL ABBOTT was b. in Bradford Feb. 13, 1796; m. Nov. 20, 1823, Phoebe Morse, a sister of Asenath (Morse) Bugbee and formerly of Reading, Vt., b. May 24, 1802, and d. in Bedford April 13, 1875. He came to Cornish a few years before his marriage and worked at cabinetwork. Remained on the Flat
WILLIAM3 ATWOOD (Joshua2, John1), brother of Joshua3-2, tenth son and seventeenth child of Joshua and Mehitable (Seva) Atwood, was b. Feb. 17, 1773, in Pelham; m. first, Dec. 29, 1799, Elizabeth Hall, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Barker) Hall, b. in Pelham Oct. 29, 1779, and d. in Cornish Sept. 15, 1831; m. second, Dec.
GEORGE H.4 AYERS (Stephen3, Thomas2, John1) b. Aug. 28, 1842; m. Jan. 17, 1864, Martha J. White, dau. of Abial and Elsie (Case) White, b. Jan. 24, 1840. A farmer and dea. Of the Congregational Church. One child: 1. WILLIE H., b. Sept 12, 1870; d. June 27, 1882.
The Churchills are of English descent. John1 Churchill came in 1643 to Plymouth, Mass. He m. Dec. 18, 1644, Hannah Pontus and had six children. The generations following are: William2, b. in 1657; m. Jan. 17, 1683, Lydia Bryant. Had eight children. William3, their eldest son, b. Aug. 2, 1685; m. Jan. 4, 1704, Ruth
CURTIS H. BLAKE, a brother of Rev. J. M. Blake, was b May 1, 1825, and came to town in Feb., 1856. He had m. Sept. 17, 1850, Dorothy Williams of Lowell, Mass. After living brief periods in several places in town they settled on the place near D. H. Hilliards. Here they remained until
2. FRANCIS7 COBB (Francis6, Ebenezer5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. March 20, 1789; m. first, Feb. 7, 1814, Elizabeth W. Lucy of Cornish, who d. Dec. 13, 1814, with her two infant children; m. second, Sept. 26, 1815, Joanna Coburn of Cornish. who d. May 19, 1820, aged 38; m. third, March 7, 1821, Mrs. Betsey (Bruce)
JONAS HASTINGS was b. about 1826, in Grantham; m. Mary D. W Whittaker of the same town, a sister of Jonathan C. Whittaker, b. 1828. They had one child, a son: 1. Albion, b. Aug. 19, 1867. Mr. Hastings came to Cornish about 1859 and was employed by the town to take charge of their
LEVI LINCOLN7 CHAPMAN (Levi6, Joseph5, Beniamin4, Samuel3-2, Edward1) was b. Aug. 30, 1835; m. Nov. 15, 1876, Effie R. Beal of Plainfield, dau. of Jacob and Charlotte (Read) Beal, b. March 17, 1853, and d. July 6, 1888; m. second, Nov. 27, 1890, Mrs. Mary J. Bixby of Lyme, who d. Nov. 10, 1903, aged
2. STEPHEN6 CHILD, JR. (Stephen5, Daniel4, Ephraim3, Benjamin2-1) was b. Aug. 20, 1792. Being the youngest son, he was his parents choice to remain on the homestead and care for them in their declining years. Here he spent his life as a farmer. Was a member of the Baptist Church. As a politician, he was
4. EDWIN LEIGHTON8 CHILD (Wm. Henry7, Stephen6-5, Daniel4, Ephraim3, Benjamin2-1) was b. May 15, 1867; educated in the schools of Cornish and at the N. H. Agricultural College associated with Dartmouth College, then at Hanover. Soon after he became interested in dairy work especially in butter making and graduated from the Vermont Dairy School at
Edgar A. Churchill, a prominent resident of Cornish, was born in this town, August 29, 1847. His parents were Barker B. Churchill, son of Lewis Churchill and Mary (Angier) Churchill, of Cornish. The latter, who was Barker’s first wife, had eight children, of whom Edgar A., Mary E., and Jennie reached maturity. Mary is now
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
