William B. Leavitt, a prominent resident of North Grantham, widely known as the compiler of Leavitt’s Almanac, was born August 7, 1812, son of John and Susan (Burnham) Leavitt. The family has been in America since the early part of the seventeenth century, when three brothers came from England to the shores of the New […]
5. PELETIAH FITCH3 BARTLETT (Nathaniel2, Samuel1) was b. Nov. 21, 1793; m. Dec. 29, 1819, Lucy Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Jesse and Sarah (Harrington) Johnson, b. May 24, 1791, and d. Oct. 23, 1860. He d. Sept. 22, 1868. Children, all b. in town: 11. i. HENRY FRANKLIN, b. Nov. 9, 1820. 12. ii.
POLLY WAKEFIELD, now 95 years of age, the oldest person now living in town, is the widow of Maj. Josiah Wakefield, of Newport, and daughter of Phineas Newton, who came to Croydon in 1772, from Worcester, Mass.
JOHN LOVERIN came to this town from Springfield, N. H.; married a sister of Capt. Edward Hall, settled on the G. W. Cain place, and died a wealthy farmer. KIMBALL LOVERIN, son of John, has been a successful farmer.
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.
10. JOHN MURRAY5 COLE (Daniel4-3, Ebenezer2, Ephraim1) was b. Aug. 3, 1836; m. May 5, 1860, Jane M. Bugbee. dau. of George and Eunice (Lamphire) Bugbee, b. Dec. 27, 1836. Have lived several years in Cornish and then rem. to Plainfield. A successful farmer. He d. in Lebanon Nov. 30, 1907. Children: i. GEORGE,
SAMUEL3 BINGHAM (Thomas2-1) b. March, 1685; m. , Faith Ripley, dau. of Joshua Ripley, whose wife was dau. of Dep.-Gov. William Bradford. Had several children.
GEORGE FREDERICK PUTNAM, youngest son of John Putnam, Esq., was born November 6, 1841; received his literary training at Norwich University, and studied law with N. B. Felton, Esq., of Haverhill, N. H., and was admitted to the bar in 1866.
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
JESSE ALDEN was b. May 30, 1762; m. May 31, 1792, Sarah Rice, who was b. Feb. 9, 1764. He d. of spotted fever April 2, 1813. Children: 1. SAMUEL RICE, b. May 7, 1793. Lived in Granville, Vt. 2. AMANDA, b. March 14, 1795; m. Rufus Bean. She d. Feb. 5, 1840. 3. SARAH,
Rev. Isaac G. Hubbard, at one time the rector of Trinity Church, Claremont, was born here, April 13, 1818, son of Isaac and Ruth (Cobb) Hubbard. His grandfather, George Hubbard, who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, came to Claremont in 1778 from Tolland, Conn. Judge J. H. Hubbard, of Windsor, a son of
SILAS KEMPTON, son of Jeremiah, and grandson of Ephraim, the first settler ; after carrying on a successful tanning and shoe business at the Flat, removed to Newport, where he is now engaged in farming.
FRANKLIN PUTNAM, son of John Putnam, Esq., was born September 8, 1833; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1859; studied law with Brown & Sewell, at Bath, Me., and commenced the practice of his profession at Kansas City, Mo., in 1861, where he died November 3, 1865.
MARTIN E.5 KENYON (Edwin G.4 George D.3, Joseph2-1) was b. Aug. 17, 1872; m. Dec. 6, 1893, Julia Ann Avers of Cornish, dau. of Edward T. and Ann P. (Howard) Ayers, b. July 15, 1872. In trade in Windsor, Vt., where they res. Children: 1. BERNICE M., b. Sept. 19, 1894, in Cornish; d. April,
Town Clerks – The following is a list of town clerks from 1768-1885 inclusive. Moses Whipple, from 1768 to 1772. John Cooper, from 1772 to 1775. Moses Whipple, from 1775 to 1781. From 1781 to 1783, no records. Stephen Powers, from 1783 to 1789. Jesse Green, from 1789 to 1795. Jacob Haven, from 1795 to
ADOLPHUS CUTTING, a younger brother of Hon. Jonas Cutting, of Maine, studied medicine, and after graduating went West, where a decided success has attended both his professional and pecuniary efforts.
ELLEN PUTNAM, youngest daughter of John Putnam, Esq., a fine scholar and successful teacher, married N. B. White, Esq., a lawyer at Omaha, Nebraska.
JOHN TOWNE, son of John Towne, was born August 17, 1805. In June, 1840, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of State, which office he held four years. He was register of deeds for Sullivan County from 1851 to 1854, inclusive. He was for many years a successful teacher and has been for a long time
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
DEA. ABEL METCALF, his oldest son, settled in Newport, and was the father of REV. KENDRICK METCALF, Episcopal clergyman at Geneva, N. Y., and Professor in the Geneva College, of SILAs, a successful farmer and man of political note at Newport, and of THERON, a popular -merchant in Boston.
