JOHN ALLEN, b. in 1756, was a Revolutionary soldier. Spent a portion of his life in Cornish and d. May 5, 1845. His wife, Sally, was b. in 1758, and d. June 10, 1831. Both are buried at the Flat. The full list of their children has not been obtained. 1. JOHN ALLEN, JR., was b. in 1784, and d. on the Flat April 21, 1848. He was twice m.: first, Dolly ; second, April 25, 1805, Hannah Goldthwaite, who was b. in 1785 and d. Oct. 23, 1823. Had several children.
THOMAS ARNOLD ALLEN was b. March 23,1823; m. Lydia N. Dunbar, who was b. June 7, 1828, and d. March 1, 1905. Mr. Allen d. Jan. 10, 1900. They always lived in town, spending their last years on the Flat. They had one child: 1. Clara, b. March 25, 1863. She m. Liberty Kempton and by him had a dau.: A. Lena, who m. Austin Huggins.
WILLIAM ALLEN and Betsey Swinnerton, both of Croydon, were m. Aug. 1, 1806, and lived in Cornish several years and had these children, b. in Cornish: i. HIRAM, b. March 13, 1809. He m. in 1834, in Cornish, Martha E. Huggins of Cornish. They returned to Croydon in 1837. They had six children. ii. LUCY, b. Feb. 2, 1812.
1. JOSHUA ATWOOD of Bradford, Mass., the son of John and Hannah Atwood, was b. Dec. 3, 1724. he was a blacksmith by trade. He m. in 1744, Mehitable Seva, b. in Bradford Feb. 1, 1727. They removed from Bradford to Pelham, N. H. (time not known), and became the parents of seventeen children. He d. July 8, 1809, aged 85 years. His wife d. March 11, 1805, aged 78. They both d. in Pelham. Of this family two settled in Cornish: William who came about 1811, and Joshua, Jr., a few years earlier. These spent the remainder of their … Read more
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 Mr. Bartlett was a prominent man. as his name frequently appears among town affairs. Unfortunately the genealogist has been unable to determine who his posterity have been, yet by the census of 1790 it is shown that he then had two sons over sixteen years … Read more
2. NATHANIEL2 BARTLETT (Samuel1) was b. in 1755. He came to Cornish with his parents; m. -, Anna Fitch of Cornish, b. in 1762, and d. May 30, 1838. He d. Sept. 7, 1838, aged 83. Children, all supposed to have been b. in town. By the census of 1790 Mr. Bartlett had a son under 16 years Of age and two daus. This agrees with the following record: i. BETHENA, b. Nov. 16, 1784; m. March 24, 1817, James Fitch of Cornish. Four children. (See Fitch.) She d. Aug. 28, 1870. 3. ii. JOHN, b. Nov. 14, 1786. iii. … Read more
3. JOHN3 BARTLETT (Nathaniel2, Samuel1) was b. Nov. 14. 1756; m. -, Polly Williams, a sister of Stephen Williams, Sr., and dau. of Samuel Williams, b. June 17, 1793, and d. Aug. 24, 1849; m. second, April 3, 1850, Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Bailey) Kendrick, b. Dec. 18, 1806, and d. March 23, 1881. He d. March 4, 1869. He was a farmer and also an expert drummer in the state militia, as were several others of the Bartletts. Children, all by first wife and b. in Cornish: 7. i. HIRAM D., b. Nov. 12, 1817. ii. ANNA F., b. Dec. … Read more
4. NATHANIEL3 BARTLETT (Nathaniel2. Samuel1) was b. April 16, 1791; m. March 5. 1816, Sarah Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Jesse and Sarah (Harrington) Johnson, b. Dec. 15, 1793. and d. Sept. 13. 1864. He d. March 14, 1853. Children, all b. in Cornish: i. NATHANIEL J., b. Nov. 24, 1816; d. Sept. 3, 1852, aged 36, an invalid. 9. ii. SYLVESTER N., b. June 3, 1819. iii. SARAH MARIA, b. Aug. 27, 1821: m. May 20, 1846, George D. Kenyon. Two children. (See Heaven.) She d. Oct. 8, 186.5. iv. JAMES FITCH, b. Dec. 15, 1823; m. April 5, … Read more
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. GILMAN MORTIMER, b. Jan. 24, 1822. 13. iii.JESSE JOHNSON, b. Nov. 16, 1823. iv. STEPHEN COLE, b. July 30, 1825; d. Aug. 23, 1829. v. LUCY ANN, b. Dec. 10, 1827; m. June 4, 1848, Norman A. Deming of Cornish. Five children. (See Deming.) She, … Read more
6. LYMAN3 BARTLETT (Nathaniel2, Samuel1) was b. Oct. 26, 1802; m. July 2, 1839, Catharine O. Hilliard of Cornish, dau. of Benjamin and Roxana (Hall) Hilliard, b. Dec. 23, 1807, and d. Feb. 27, 1895. Lived on the west side of Dingleton Hill, nearly overlooking the village of Windsor. He d. Jan. 2, 1874. Children, all b. in town: i. MARY ELLEN, b. Feb. 16, 1840; m. Dec. 7, 1864, Henry W. Walker of Cornish. One child. (See Walker.) She d. May 24, 1901. ii. MARIA C., b. Oct. 24, 1841; d. May 23, 1867. iii. FRANCES L., b. Jan. … Read more
This name was not found in Cornish until about 1869, when Elijah D. Austin came from Plainfield. He was the son of Elijah and Lavinia (Williams) Austin, b. June 12, 1829, in Plainfield. He had m. May 5, 1863, Martha C. Davidson, dau. of James and Anna (Durani) Davidson, b. Jan. 17, 1831, d. May 27, 1899. Mr. Austin was a farmer and res. several years on the first farm above Windsor Bridge on the Connecticut river. He d. June 7, 1906. Children, the first three b. in Plainfield, remainder b. in the town of Cornish. 1. HENRY D., b. … Read more
JOHN AYERS lived in Greenland; m. -, Hannah Luey and had several children. Their record is incomplete. Mr. Ayers d. in Greenland, but his wid., with at least a part of her children, came early to Cornish. She d. in town Dec. 2, 1815, aged 79. Their children, as far as ascertained: 1. HANNAH, b. 1754 (?); m. , David Huggins of Cornish and had several children. (See Huggins.) She d. Oct. 26, 1822, aged 68. 2. AMY, b. , 1756 (?); m. , Capt. Stephen Parker. She d. March 31, 1798. 3. PHEBE, b. Dec. 10, 1758; m. , … Read more
CYRUS H. BARTON was b. in Croydon Oct. 7, 1859. Was the son of John A. and Melissa P. (Lovell) Barton. He came to Cornish in 1889; m. July 1, 1883, Rosette A. Rowell. dau. of Amos and Emily F. (Wheeler) Rowell, b. . She is a teacher of great success. Children: i. PERLEY L., b. in Croydon Nov. 25, 1884. Grad. Kimball Union Academy in class of 1903. Clerk in the employ of Dexter Rich ards and Sons, manufacturers of woolen goods, Newport. ii. ETHEL R., b. July 31, 1893. A student at Kimball Union Academy.
JACOB BEAL, son of John and Catharine (Kimball) Beal, was b. in Plainfield Dec. 16, 1815, the youngest of twelve children. He remained at home until of age, when he went to Mass. and was employed by his brother, George, on a steamboat running from Boston to Hingham. In 1848, at the age of 33, he returned to Plainfield, where he m. , Charlotte Read, dau. of Septimus and Betsey (Chapman) Read. She d. June 20, 1877. In 1879 he came to Cornish, where he spent the remainder of his life. On Jan. 22, of that year, he m. Mrs. … Read more
CHARLES COTESWORTH BEAMAN was b. May 7, 1840, in Houlton, Me. He was son of Rev. Charles C. and Mary Ann (Stacy) Beaman of Boston; m. Aug. 19, 1874, Hettie Sherman Evarts, dau. of Hon. Wm. M. and Helen Minerva (Wardner) Evarts, b. Nov. 28, 1852, in N. Y. City. He built the house at “Blow-me-down” Farm in Cornish in 1883, which has since been used as their summer home with winter residence in N. Y. City; engaged in the practice of law. In the midst of an eminently useful life, Mr. Beaman was called away by death on Dec. … Read more
GEORGE R.5 KENYON (Charles N.4 John Nelson3, Mumford2, Joseph1) was b. Nov. 21, 1863; m. June 3, 1891, Hattie E. Mansur, dau. of C. D. and Elmira C. (Beckworth) Mansur, b. July 23, 1867. Children: 1. CARROLL E., b. Oct. 26, 1894, in Plainfield. 2. SYLVIA A., b. Aug. 31, 1896, in Cornish. 3. GEORGE M., b. Jan. 30, 1899, in Cornish. 4. CHARLES D., b. Aug. 5, 1901, in Cornish; d. Sept. 3, 1902. 5. MINNIE A., b. March 5, 1904, in Cornish.
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. OSCAR DEANE, b. Aug. 22, 1894.
DANIEL H.9 WELD (Hiram8, Johns7-6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. May 28, 1864. Lives in the stone house built by his grandfather. A farmer and butcher; m. Sept. 4, 1894, Lizzie M. Sturtevant of Cornish. Children, all b. in town: 1. ADA ALICE, b. Dec. 30, 1896. 2. RUTH MAY, b. Feb. 11, 1899. 3. A son, b. Oct. 31, 1903. 4. A dau., b. July 8, 1905. 5. A dau., b. March 21, 1907, and d. the same day. 6. A son, b. July 11, 1908.
FRANK H.9 WELD (Henry A.8, Willard7, John6, Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1) was b. Feb. 19, 1853; m. first, Oct. 23, 1877, Julia E. Bartlett of Cornish, dau. of Edwin P. and Emeline (Wood) Bartlett, b. Nov. 19, 1855; and d. Sept. 4, 1884; m. second, March 24, 1886, Ada H. Hilliard of Cornish, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Bryant) Hilliard, b. July 22, 1855. Children: one by each wife, and b. in Cornish: 1. ANA E., b. June 3, 1882; m. March 7,1905, Oscar Lewis of Randolph, Vt. 2. HENRY HILLIARD, b. Feb. 21, 1892.
LEMUEL and LYDIA BABCOCK had the following children: 1. JONATHAN CHASE, b. Dec. 24, 1802. 2. THEODOSIA, b. Sept. 7, 1808. It appears that Lydia d. and that Lemuel m. second, Polly, and they had One son: 3. GEORGE, b. Dec. 19, 1811. Somewhat demented, yet very eccentric. Well known and remembered by many; became a pauper after the death of his parents; d. in Unity June 1, 1884.