New Hampshire

Buzzell Benway

1. BUZZELL BENWAY was b. in Grantham June, 1805; m. , Harriet Muzzy, b. April, 1813, and d. May 25, 1883. They came to Cornish about 1846, and lived near Croydon line on the Notch road, uppermost house. He d. Oct. 15, 1882. He sold out his mountain farm about 1878 (?) and removed from town. Children: i. LEMUEL, b. Oct. 9, 1832, in Grantham; m. – , Sarah Churchill of Cornish, dau. of Lewis and Ruth (Quimby) Churchill, b. Jan. 28, 1830, and d. May 12, 1874. Lemuel was a generally useful man. He d. March 29, 1890. They … Read more

Harvey Benway

2. HARVEY2 BENWAY (Buzzell1) was b. Aug. 23, 1851, in Plainfield; m. in Lempster Jan. 17, 1879, Isabel Mellen of Sunapee, b. Sept. 13, 1868. Came back to Cornish to live in April, 1888. Children: i. HIMAN A., b. April 14, 1881; m. Aug. 25, 1910, Ruth E. Bartlett, dau. of Daniel D. and Rebecca (Bryant) Bartlett. ii. ELENORA C., b. Feb. 29, 1884; m. March 16, 1902, Earl W. Brown of Cornish. Their first child, a dau., was b. Aug. 14, 1903. iii. MABEL H., b. March 15, 1887; m. June 28, 1908, Elmer C. Bartlett of Cornish. Lived … Read more

Jonathan Bingham

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, adopted by Jonathan’: m. first, Mary Abbie; m. second, Sarah Upton. Res., Windham. Conn. By first wife he had: JONATHAN5 BINGHAM,, b. Feb. 20. 1735: m. first. , Elizabeth Warner, b. d. : m. second, – . Abigail Warner, a sister of his former wife … Read more

Samuel Bingham

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.

Lemuel Bingham

LEMUEL4 BINGHAM, their third child, b. Sept. 20, 1713; m. April 28, 1737, Hannah Perkins. She d. Oct. 21, 1795. He d. Nov. 3. 1758. Children, b. in Windham (?), Corn.: i. TERVIAH, b. March 5, 1740. ii. LUCY, b. Sept. 14, 1742. iii. FAITH, b. -, 1744. iv. JEDEDIAH, b. March 3, 1747. v. ANNA, b. Sept. 12, 1750; m. , Capt. Andrew Tracy of Cornish (?). Eight children. She d. Sept. 5, 1827. 2. vi. ELIAS, b. Sept. 28, 1753. vii. A child, name and date unknown. viii. HANNAH, b. April 26, 1758.

Elias Bingham

2. ELIAS5 BINGHAM (Lemuel4, Samuel3, Thomas2-1) was b. Sept. 28, 1753; m. first, Nov. 2S, 1776, Vashti Elderkin of Windham, Conn., b. July 19, 1753, at Norwich, Conn., and d. Sept. 3, 1804, in Cornish, aged 51; m. second, -, 1805, Hannah T. b. -, 1764, d. Dec. 10, 1827 aged 63. He d. May 17, 1829. He, with both wives, is buried in Cornish. By first wife he had ten children and one by second wife. The first three were b. in Windham, Conn., the rest in Cornish. i. LUTHER, b. April 5, 1775; m. March 1, 1801, Polly … Read more

Jebidiah Bingham

3. JEDEDIAH6 BINGHAM (Elias5, Lemuel4, Samuel3, Thomas2-1) b. Sept. 10, 1786, in Cornish; m. Jan. 17, 1811, Anne Weld of Cornish, dau. of Moses and Miriam ( ) Weld, b. Aug. 27, 1786, and d. . Children: i. CHARLES E., b. Jan. 11, 1812. ii. PERMELIA, b. July 21, 1813. iii. CAROLINE C., b. Jan. 15, 1817. iv. HARRIET L., b. Feb. 25, 1820. v. JULIA ANNA, b. April 22, 1827.

Rev. J.M. Blake

REV. J. M. BLAKE, a son of Royal Blake, was b. in Sanbornton in 1819. Was one of a family of seven children; m. first, Harriet Augusta Burnham, who d. childless, about 1850; m. second, July 1, 1852, Susan G. Burnham, a half sister of his first wife. He was a Methodist preacher, but of frail constitution. Came to Cornish about 1855, supposedly sent by the Methodist Conference. While here his health gradually failed and he was obliged to give up preaching; d. July 24, 1858, aged 39. His wid. d. Dec. 6, 1874, aged 44. Both buried in Cornish. … Read more

Curtis H. Blake

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 near the close of their lives, when they removed to the Jesse 0. Wyman farm just previously owned and occupied by James F. Tasker. Here they spent their last dads. He was a farmer, an upright, honest man. He d. Jan. 19. 1905. Dorothy d. … Read more

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.

Dr. John Sabine Blanchard

DR. JOHN SABINE BLANCHARD was the son of Robert and Jemima (Chapman) Blanchard. He was b. Aug. 10, 1805, in Canaan. Having prepared himself for his profession as a physician he located and first began his practice at Cornish Flat in 1829. He continued there until about 1843, when he rem. to Meriden, where he still continued in practice, as his health would permit, until his death, Aug. 26, 1861. (See Med. Dept.) Nov. 8, 1832, he m. Louisa Jackson of Cornish, dau. of Judge Eleazer and Lois (Corbin) Jackson, b. Jan. 6, 1813, d. Mad 17, 1872. Children, all … Read more

Aquilla Chase

AQUILLA1 CHASE, b. in Conway, Eng., in 1618, was the honored ancestor of all of this name who have ever lived in Cornish. With two of his brothers he came to America in 1639, and settled in Hampton. He m. Ann Wheeler, rem. to Newbury, Mass., in 1646 and d. there Dec. 27, 1670. They had eleven children. Their youngest son, Moses2, sometimes called “Ensign Moses,” was b. Dec. 24, 1663. He lived and d. in Newbury. He m. Nov. 10, 1684, Anne Follansbe. They had nine children. Their eldest son Daniel3 was b. Sept. 20, 1685; m. Jan. 2, … Read more

Samuel Chase

1. SAMUEL4 CHASE (Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) commonly called “Judge Chase” was the eldest son of Daniel,, and b. in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 2S, 1707. He m. in May, 1725, Mary Dudley, dau. of Samuel Dudley, Esq. She was b. Feb. 22, 1711, and d. in Cornish Feb. 12,17S9. The “memory of the just is blessed.” (Inscription on her tombstone.) They, with most of their children, some of them having families of their own, left Sutton. Mass., and lived a few years in Walpole, and then settled in Cornish among the first. He was the first justice of the peace in … Read more

Samuel Chase

2. SAMUEL5 CHASE (Samuel4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 28, 1728, in Sutton, Mass.; m. May 29, 1751, Silence Stow of Grafton, Mass., b. in 1727, and d. in Cornish Nov. 19. 1794, aged 67. He d. July 10, 1790. Both buried in Cornish. Records of the children a little uncertain. i. RUTH, b. -, 1753; in. Nov. 9, 1773, Nicholas Cady of Cornish. Three children. (See Cady.) She d. July 6, 1788, aged 35. 6. ii. SAMUEL, b. , 1754. 7. iii. PETER, b. , 1756. iv. ELIZABETH, b -, 1762; m. July 6, 1780, Abel Spaulding. She … Read more

Dudley Chase

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 age of 35, in the strength of manhood and possessed of the spirit of enterprise and a desire to provide ample means for his already numerous family, he, with others, was the first to make a clearing in the wilds of Cornish. (See Settlement … Read more

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 Sutton, Mass., b. Dec. 15, 1742, and d. Oct. 13, 1806, aged 63. He d. Jan. 12; 1800. Children by Thankful Sherman: i. PRUDENCE, b. Aug. 5, 1760: m. March 11, 1775. Nathaniel Hall. Nine children. (See Hall.) She d. April 3, 1808. ii. ELIZABETH. … Read more

Solomon Chase

5. SOLOMON5 CHASE (Samuel4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) b. Sept. 1, 1742; In. (by his father) June 15, 1767, Sarah March, b. May 18, 1744, and d. Oct. 6, 1840, aged 96. He was a physician of considerable note and one of the first in town. Settled at first in Walpole as a physician but came to Cornish with his family before the Revolution. Was in the service of the Revolution chiefly as a surgeon in the army. Was under orders to thus serve three of the N. H. Regts. during the fall of 1777. After the war was over he … Read more

Samuel Chase

6. SAMUEL5 CHASE (Samuel4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1), usually known as Samuel, 3d, was b. in 1754; m. first, Nov. 12, 1772, Elizabeth Leet, b. in 1750, and d. March 24, 1781, in Claremont; m. second, Sept. 20, 1781, Damaris Sabin, b. in 1749, and d. Sept. 9, 825, aged 76. He d. Oct. 1835. aged 84. “One of the first settlers in town and a soldier of the Revolution.” (Inscription on tombstone.) Children by Elizabeth Lect: i. MARY, b. Aug. 16, 1773: m. Feb. 27, 1791, William Leslie. Three children. (See Leslie.) She d. June 28, 1797, aged nearly 24. … Read more

Peter Chase

7. PETER6 CHASE (Samuel5-4 Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. in 1756; m. Dec. 13, 1778, Sarah Cady, b. ‘Nov. 29, 1757, and d. May 3, 1826. He d. July 17, 1792, aged 36. After his death, his wid. m. Oct. 8, 1794, Thomas Young. She had six children by Mr. Chase and three by her last husband. (See Young.) i. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 28, 1781; m. , Benjamin Rich. She d. Aug. 8, 1811, aged 30. ii. ELIZABETH, b. March 25, 1752; d. unm. June 4, 1811, aged 29. iii. SARAH, b. March 2, 1783, in Cornish; m. Oct. 6. … Read more

Ithamar Chase

8. ITHAMAR6 CHASE (Dudley5, Samuel4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Sept. 27, 1762, in Sutton, Mass. (See sketch.) Hem. June 26, 1792, Janette Ralston of Keene, dau. of Alexander and Janette Ralston, both of Scotland. She was b. July 26. 1773, in Charlestown, Mass. He d. in Keene Aug. 8, 1817. Children: i. A child, date of birth and name unknown. ii. HANNAH RALSTON, b. Dec. 23,1794; m. Sept. 16, 1818, John Whipple, Esq., of Dunbarton. iii. ALEXANDER RALSTON, b. April 17, 1797. iv. ABIGAIL CORBETT, b. May 26, 1799. v. DUDLEY HEBER, b. Sept. 14, 1801. vi. JANETTE LOGAN, … Read more