HISTORY OF JAFFREY, CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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TAKEN FROM TWO SOURCES:
1. History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire 
Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886, 1073 pgs.
2. Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H., 1736-1885 by Hamilton Child,
Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, 1885, 882 pgs.

 
page 220 & 206
HISTORY OF JAFFREY NH

JAFFREY lies in the southeastern part of the county [Cheshire] in
lat. 42 degrees, 50' and long. 4 degrees 59', bounded, north, 113
rods by Marlboro and 2,408 rods by Dublin; east 730 rods by Peterboro
and 988 rods by Sharon; south, 1,898 rods by Rindge and 603 rods by
Fitzwilliam; and west, 349 rods by Fitwzilliam, 806 rods by Troy,
and 501 rods by Marlboro, thus having an area of about 22,000 acres,
1,000 of which are covered with water, and 3,200 rended uninhabitable
from its mountainous character.

The surface of the town is hilly and mountainous; a detriment, perhaps,
to cultivation, but elements which go far towards making the
exquisite scenery for which Jaffrey is so justly celebrated, and which
attracts so many pleased visitors each season.  The central part of
of the territory has a general altitude of 1,057 feet above the level
of the ocean, and East Jaffrey lies about 1,032 feet above the same,
while in the northwest part, partly in Dublin, lies grand old
Monadnock, 2,029 feet above the level of the center of the town. The
grand appearance of, and unparalelled view afforded by, this mountain
has rendered it very popular and celebrated.  On the Jaffrey side is
located the Halfway House, built in 1873, and during that season had
12,000 arrivals.  A good carriage road connects it with the public
highway, and a convenient foot-path with the summit, a distance of 
about a mile.  The inhabited portion of the town lies mostly east and
south of the mountain, where the surface is broken by undulating
swells, arable on side and on summit, and upon which are some of the
best farms in the town.  The town is well watered, the numerous streams
flowing from the mountain affording a supply to almost every farm.
Those flowing from the east side unite in the southeastern part of the
town, and, with a stream from Long pond, form the Contoocook river,
which flows northeast and empties into the Merrimack, above Concord.
Those from the west side unite with the Ashuelot and Miller rivers,
which empty into the Connecticut.  Southeasterly from the mountain,
on the old turnpike road, is a spring known as the Monadnock Mineral
Spring.  Its waters are impregnanted with carbonate of iron and
sulphate of soda, and were formerly considered valuable as a medicinal
remedy.  The oil, although the surface is rough and uneven, was
originally very productive, yielding large crops with little cultiva-
tion.  This fertility, however, have now become, in a great measure,
exhausted.

TOWN HISTORY:
It was granted by the Masonian proprietors under the name of
Middle Monadnock, No. 2, November 30, 1749 to JONATHAN HUBBARD and
39 others, residents of Hollis, Lunenburg and Dunstable. 

[The Masonian proprietors were residents of Portsmouth and vicinity, 
twelve in number, who purchased of John Tufton Mason, great grandson of 
Captain John Mason, for fifteen hundred pounds, his right and title to 
a tract of land lying in NH, granted to said Captain John Mason by the 
COuncil of Plymouth in 1629. The purchase was divided into 15 shares, 
of which Theodore Atkinson had three shares, Mark H. Wentworth, 2 
shares and Richard Wibbard, John Wentworth, John Moffat, Samuel Moore, 
Jotham Odiorne, Goerge Jaffrey, Joshua Pierce, Nathaniel Meserve, 
Thomas Wallingford and Thomas Packet, one share each.  Nine additional 
members were afterwards admitted, and the shares increased to eighteen. 
The new members were John Rindge, Joseph Blanchard, Daniel Pierce,
John Tufton Mason, John Thomlinson, Mathew Livermore, William Parker,
Samuel Solly and Clement March. That large trace of land was divided
by the proprietors into townships.  Those around the Monadnock Hills,
as the mountain was then called, were called Monadnocks, designated
by numbers].

On August 17, 1773 the town was legally incorporated, receiving on that
date a confirmatory charter from New Hampshire, signed by Gov. John
Wentworth. 

  After the township was surveyed and divided among the proprietors,
a bount of 142 pounds was offered, for the purpose of encouraging a
settlement, to the first five men, who, with their families, should
settle within one year from that date, June 1750, and remain one
year.  The same proportion was also allowed to one or more families
complying with the same conditions.  Whether any settlement was made
does not appear from any known record.  A traditionary report, however,
has it that a JOEL RUSSELL and his family attempted a settlement in
the southern portion of the town, and while there a son was born to
him, the first white child born in the township.  Whether he settled
soon enough or remained long enough to claim the bounty does not
appear.  There is a reliable account of a settlement in 1752, made by
MOSES STICKNEY, RICHARD PEABODY, and others, in that while here
Simon Stickney, son of Moses, was born, December 9, 1753, making him,
aside the Russell tradition, the first white child born in the
township.  This settlement, however, provde a failure, through fear of
Indians, and all the settlers left, except one man, a CAPTAIN PLATTS,
probably the pioneer of Rindge.  The first permanent settlement, then,
was not made until 1758 by JOHN GROUT and JOHN DAVISON.  Grout settled
on lot 20, range 10, and Davidson on Lot 21, range 3.  Grout was a
prominent man, and made, in connection with Gilmore, an early report
of the settlement of the town to the proprietors.  He died in 1771,
and tradition claims that his body was buried where the first
meeting-house was subsequently built.  John Davidson remained here
until his death, in 1811.  A third traditionary report has it that his
daughter, Betsey, was the first white child born in the town.  From 
the report made by Grout and Gilmore, as mentioned above, and from
other sources, the following list of the pioneers has been prepared,
those who became permanent settlers having a star prefixed to their
name--
John Borland, Joseph Caldwell, James Caldwell, James Caldwell Jr.,
Thomas Caldwell, -- Chrysty, Daniel Davis, *Joseph Dunlap, *John
Davidson, Thomas Emery, -- Fitch, *Roger Gilmore, *John Gilmore,
*John Grout, -- Glover, Enoch Hale, -- Hale, *John Harper, Widow
Henderson, *Joseph Hogg, *William Hogg, Robert Holmes, Jonathan
Hopkinson, David Hunter, Ephraim Hunt, John Little, Andrew McAlister,
Alexander McNeil, William Mitchel, -- Munroe, James Nichols, -- Organ,
Jonathan Parker, -- Russell, *William Smiley, John Swan, *Joseph
Turner, *William Turner, Thomas Turner, Solomon Turner, -- Taggot,
George Wallace, Thomas Walker, Robert Wier, *Matthew Wright, 
Leranus Wright.

***NAMES AND LOCATION OF EARLY SETTLERS**
Most of the early settlers were born in the State of Massachusetts,
some in Londonderry NH, some in England, and some in Ireland.  David
Bailey was born in England; John Davidson and William Smiley in 
Ireland. 

JOHN BORLAND was the first settlers in what is now East Jaffrey,
and built the first mills in that place.  In 1778 he sold his place to
Deacon Eleazer Spofford, of Danvers, and left town.

Four families by the name of CALDWELL--James, James Jr., Joseph and
Thomas--were among the first settlers. When the town was incorporated,
the name of James Caldwell appears on a committee chosen to procure
preaching, and Thomas Caldwell is represented in Hale's report as the
owner of a saw-mill on lot 22, range 5. Nothing more is known of the
family of Caldwell.

The name of THOMAS EMERY is found in Hale's report as the owner of the
right of Nathaniel Pierce, which included the lot on which was built
the Milliken tavern, afterwards the farm of John Felt, and now (1873)
of Levi Brigham, and also the farm of Clarence S. Bailey.

SOLOMON GROUT settled on lot 13, range 9--the Isaac Bailey farm,
and was road surveyor in 1774 and selectman in 1776.

A widow Henderson, by Grout and Gilmore reprt, settled on lot 17,
range 3, now the farm of S. Garfield.

JONATHAN HOPKINS place of settlement is unknown.

Robert Holmes was from Londonderry; his brother Abram settled in
Peterborough. He settled on lot 12, range 3, afterwards on the farm
of Joseph Thorndike, John Conant and Frank H. Cutter. The first frame
house in Jaffrey is reported to have been built on that farm, per
report of Grout and Gilmore.

David Hunter settled on lot 5, range 6, afterwards the farm of David
Gilmore, Esq. now (1876) the farm of Marshal C. Adams. When the first
military company was organized he was chosen ensign.

John Little settled on lot 15, range 4, now the farm of John Quin.
He was highway surveyor in 1774. His successor appears to have been
Simpson Stuart.

Alexander McNeil settled on lot 12, range 5, and was, by tradition,
the first inn-keeper in Jaffrey.  From the town records, he appears
to have been quite a prominent man.  In 1774 he was chosen one of a
committee to procure preaching, one of a committee to examine the
accounts of the selectman and constable, and one of the committee to
build a meeting-house.  In 1775 he was one of the Board of Selectmen,
and moderator of the annual town-meeting in 1776.  In 1779, at the
annual town-meeting, the town voted that Alexander McNeil should not
keep tavern. He probably left town soon after.

WILLIAM MITCHEL settled on lot 12, range 4, afterwards the farm of
James Gage and his son, Jonathan Gage.  Present owner, Michael D.
Fitzgerald. In 1774 he was chosen auditor of accounts and deer-reeve.
In 1775, surveyor of roads and sealer of leather; 1776, surveyor of
roads.  He probably left town in 1777 or 1778.

ANDREW McALISTER settled on lot 14, range 4, afterwards the farm of
John Briant, now owned by Samuel D. Jewell.

JAMES NICHOLS settled on lot 17, range 1, afterwards owned by
Benjamin Cutter, Benjamin Frost, John Frost, and John Frost Jr., 
now uninhabited.

JOHN SWAN was owner of lot 6, range 4; lot 5, range 5; and lot 21,
range 6. On which lots he settled is not known.

THOMAS WALKER was owner of lot 16, range 2; lot 7, range 6; lot 11,
range 1. On which he settled is not known.

GEORGE WALLACE, settlement unknown.

ROBERT WEIR settled on lot 6, rnage 5.  In 1773, when the town was
incorporated, he was chosen one of the auditors of accounts and
highway surveyor; in 1776 he was chosen town clerk and first
selectman.

LERANUS WRIGHT settled on lot 14, range 8. His successor was
Francis Wright, inn-keeper.  When the town was incorporated, in 1773,
the town-meeting was held at his place.  The farm is now owned by
Dana S. Jaquith.

In 1773 the population had grown to 303 souls, representing 52
families.  On the 17th of August they received, in answer to a petition
to the provincial legislature, a NH charter, in which the town was
given a new name, Jaffrey, in honor of George Jaffrey, one of the
Masonian proprietors and at that time a member of the Governor's
council.  Captain Jonathan Stanley was authorized, within 60 days,
to warn the first town meeting.  After the incorporation, the
settlement increased rapidly, large numbers during and after the
Revolution coming in from Massachusetts.

Pursuant to a warning duly issued by Captain Stanley, the first town
meeting convened on the 14th of September, 1773 when the municipal
government was legally organized by the election of the following
list off officers: Captain Jonathan Stanley, moderator; William Smiley,
town clerk; Captain Jonathan Stanley, William Smiley and Phineas
Spaulding, selectmen; Roger Gilmore tythingman; Hugh Dunlap and John
Harper, field drivers; John Davidson constable; Roger Gilmore, Robert
Weir and Samuel Sherwin to count with the selectman and constable;
David Allen, William McAlister, Robert Wem?, Ephraim Hunt, William
Turner and John Gilmore, surveyors; and William Hogg and Joseph
Wright, fence viewers.  The following persons appear to have been
voters at the time of the organization of the town [1773]: David Allen,
John T. Anderson, Stephen Adams, Thomas Adams, Jethro Bailey, Isaac
Baldwin, John Borland, John Briant, Kendall Briant, ALpheas Brigham,
Jona. Blodgett, George Clark, Jeames Caldwell, Henry Coffren, 
Joseph Cutter, Daniel Davis, John Davidson, Robert Dunlap, Hugh Dunlap,
Thomas Emory, Wm. Fisher, John Gilmore, Roger Gilmore, Robert Gilmore,
Hiram Greene, Oliver Hale, John Harper, Ebnr Ingals, Jona. Jewett,
John Little, Alexander McNeal, Wm McAlister, Wm Mitchell, Samuel
Milliken, Wm Milliken, Dennis Orgon, Samuel Pierce, Jacob Pierce,
Oliver Proctor, Jona. Priest, Daniel Priest, Daniel Priest 2d,
Wm. Smiley, Jona. Stanley, PHineas Spaulding, Saml Sherwin,
Joseph Thorndike, Joshua Thorndike, Wm. Turner, Joseph Turner,
Nathaniel Turner,Simon Warren, John Hanley, Elias Hathorn, Ebenezer
Hathorn, Elred Hetrech, Jason Hemingway, Wm. Hogg, Joseph Hogg,
David Hunter, Ephraim Hunter, Peter Warren, Isaac Wesson, Ephm
Whitcomb, Robert Wier, Matthew Wallace, Saml Woodbury, Mathew Wright,
Francis Wright and Joseph Wright.

Henry Coffeen was chosen a representative to the third provincial 
congress at Exeter, May 11, 1775.  William Smiley was the first 
representative to the state legislature in 1784.
Asa Parker was the first state senator in 1826-27.  Roger Gilmore was
the first justice of the peace, appointed in 1785.  The vote of public
money for support of schools is recorded under the date of 1775,
when 8 pounds was raised.  No attempt toward building a school-house
was made until 1788, when it was voted that each school district
build a school-house within eighteen months; but how many was built
in accordance with this vote is unknown.  The first college graduate
was David Smiley, who graduated from Harvard in 1796. Alexander
McNeil was the first keeper of a public house, near the center of the
town.  The first town-meeting was kept at the inn of Francis Wright,
where Dana S. Jaquith now resides.  A Mr. Breed is said to have been
the first merchant, or storekeeper, though the names of Joseph
Thorndike and David Sherwin are the first on record in 1793. The
first post office was probably established in 1801, with Peter
Lawrence, postmaster.  The first mail stage, Dearborn & Emerson,
proprietors, was established from Boston to Walpole and returned once
a week.  The first saw-mill was probably built by Thomas Davidson,
on lot 22, range 5, where O.J. and A.S. Raymond now own property.
About this time, sooner or later, two others were built at what is
now locally known as Squantum.  The next saw and grist-mill was built
by John Borland, at what is now East Jaffrey.  In 1778 he sold the
same to Dea. Eleazer Spofford, who was the leading man in that
business till 1813, when he sold his farm to Daniel Adams, and his
mills and water-power to a company, who in 1814 built a factory for
the purpose of spinning cotton yarn.  This yarn was made into cloth
by hand-looms.  The other mills were, one south of the meeting-house,
built by William Davidson, and one at the Spring village by Abram
Bailey.  On the site of the last mill there was afterwards erected
a woolen-mill by Edward Bailey, which on being burnt, was supplanted
by a woolen-ware establishement.  In 1833 a saw-mill was built by
John Hodge, on a stream running from Hodge pond to the Contoocook 
river. It was burnt in 1836, rebuilt, and went into disuse in 1860.
A fulling mill was built by Josiah Belknap at an early date, near
the site of the William Davidson mill.  He removed to Springfield Vt
about 1818.  A fulling-mill was built at East Jaffrey by Joseph
Lincoln, and afterwards owned for many years by Samuel Foster.
It is now used for a knife factory.  A mill was built by a corporation
called the Cheshire mills, afterwards owned by Alonzo Bascomb, now
used for the manufacture of paper pulp.  On or near the site of the
first cotton-mill built in Jaffrey, Alonzo Bascom built the present
large brick-mill now owned by the White Bros.  A starch-mill was
built at Squantum, and burnt January 2, 1839 with Samuel Abbott in it.

Among the distinguished men who have had their homes in Jaffrey,
and to whose memory the town fondly turns, may be mentioned in the
following:  Rev. Labian Ainsworth, born at WOodstock, Conn, July 19,
1857, and died here on Wednesday, March 17, 1858, aged 100 years, 7
months and 28 days; Hon. Abel Parker, born at Westford, Mass,
March 25, 1753, came to Jaffrey May 5, 1780 and died here in 1831
aged 78 years; Hon. Isaac Parker, born here April 14, 1788, and
died at Boston at an advanced age; Levi Spaulding born here
August 22, 1791 and died in Ceylon June 18, 1873; Hon. Joel Parker,
LLD was born here January 25, 1795 and died AUgust 17, 1875.

Of the oldest inhabitants in the town, at the present time,
Benjamin Cutter is the oldest, being 92 years of age; Ethan Cutter
the next oldest, 90 years; Eleazer W. Heath also 90 years; Abner
Bailey the next at 86; John Felt the next at 85.

TOWN OFFICERS [only a partial list from original document shown
below]
TOWN CLERKS:
William Smiley 1773, 1774, 1777, 1783
Robert Weir 1776
Roger Gilmore, 1778, 1779, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801
Adonijah Howe, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1802, 1804,
1806, 1807, 1808
Jedediah Sanger 1785
Abel Parker 1789
Alexander Milliken 1790
David Smiley 1803 1804
David Page 1805
Samuel Dakin 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815
Oliver Prescott 1816
William Ainsworth 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821
Henry Payson 1822, 1823, 1824
Thomas Adams, 1825-1832
Benjamin Cutter, 1823-1829, 1842-1847
John Fox, 1848-1863

REPRESENTATIVES (partial) (* marked were born in Jaffrey)

Henry Coffeen, May 11, 1775 to third Provincial Congress at Exeter
William Smiley 1784
John Gilmore 1785, 1786
Abel Parker, 1787, 1791, 1793, 1797, 1799
Benjamin Prescott, 1790, 1796, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813-1817
Joseph Thorndike, 1794, 1795, 1798, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803
Adonijah Howe 1804, 1805, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821
David Pge 1806, 1807
Laban Ainsworth 1808
Oliver Prescott* 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826
William Ainsworth* 1828, 1829, 1830
Levi Fisk* 1831, 1832 1833
John Conant 1834, 1835, 1836
Edward Spaulding* 1837, 1838, 1839
Samuel Patrick* 1840
John Felt 1841-45, 1847
Laban Rice, 1846
Peter Upon 1848, 1849, 1850
John Fox* 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854

STATE SENATORS, NATIVES OF JAFFREY
Asa Parker, 1826, 1827
Levi Fisk, 1835, 1836

POPULATION/DESCRIPTION

In 1775 at the beginning of the war, the number of inhabitants was
351.
1783 - 1033
1790 - 1235
1800 - 1341
1810 - 1336
1820 - 1339
1830 - 1354
1840 - 1411
1850 - 1497
1860 - 1452
1870 - 1256
1873 - 1288
1880 - 1267

In 1880 Jaffrey had a popluation of 1,268 souls.  In 1884 it had
thirteen school districts, ten common schools, two graded schools and
one high school... There were 219 pupils attending these schools,
46 of whom were pursuing the higher branches, taught by one male and
sixteen female teachers, the former receiving an average monthly
salary of $60.00 and the latter $24, 18 each.  William W. Livingston
was superintendent.

VILLAGES
EAST JAFFREY, a comely post village is located in the southeastern
part of the town, on the Monadnock railroad, at the head of the
Contoocook river, and is noted for its pure mountain air, pleasant
drives, and the beautiful scenery which surrounds it.  It has two
churches (Congregational and Universalist), one hotel, two banks, four
stores, a cotton-mill, edge tool manufactory, two blacksmith shops,
a chair-shop and about fifty dwellings.

JAFFREY, a post village located in the central part of the town, has
one church (Congregational), one hotel, two dry goods stores, a
blacksmith shop, livery stable and about twenty-five dwellings.  It has 
in its vicinity, also, the summer residences of many who come here
during that season to enjoy the delightful scenery and healthful air.

BUSINESSES / MANUFACTURES

THE MONADNOCK NATIONAL BANK, located at East Jaffrey, was incorporated
in 1850, with a capital of $50,000.00 as the Monadnock State Bank.
Its officers were John Conant, President; Peter Upton, cashier, and
John Constant, Benjamin Cutler, Jonas M. Mellville, James Scott of
Peterboro, Rufus Haywood, Samuel Ryan Jr., and Solomon Allen directors.
In 1855 John Fox was chosen president and was succeeded in 1857 by
James Scott of Peterboro.  In 1865 the bank was incorporated as a 
National bank, under its present name, and re-organized with a capital
of $100,000.00 and with the following officers: James Scott, president;
Peter Upton, cashier; and James Scott, Benjamin Cutter, Samuel Ryan,
Arad Adams, James L. Balster, Joseph T. Biggelow, and John Conant,
directors.  Benjamin Cutter was chosen president in 1870.

THE MONADNOCK SAVINGS BANK was incorporated in 1869, with Oscar H.
Bradley, president and Peter Upton, treasurer.

THE GRANITE STATE HOTEL, Caldwell Bros., proprietors, located at
East Jaffrey, is a fine, three-story brick building.  The present
proprietors took possession May 1, 1884 and are sustaining the just
celebrity of the house with the public.

THe PROCTOR HOUSE, J.B. Proctor, Proprietor, is a fine hotel located
on the southern slope of Monadnock mountain.

JAFFREY COTTON MILLS--About October 1, 1884, White Brothers bought the
Cheshire Fiber Co.'s mill, a brick structure about 120x40 feet,
three stories high, located on the Contoocook river, about one mile
below East Jaffrey village, and have refitted it with cotton spinning
and carding machinery, and will have that portion of their work done
there, and the weaving will then occupy the greater part of the mill
at the village.

THE GILMORE SAW AND GRIST-MILLS, located on road 29, occupy the site of
the first grist-mill, erected by William Davidson about 100 years ago.
That mill run by him for many years, was finally burned.  It was
rebuilt, by Gardner Bower, who sold to Moses Perkins, he to Levi
Daggett, and finally in 1850 it cames into the hands of Harvey J.
Gilmore.  He sold the property to his son, George F., and E. Heath.
The former subsequently bought out Mr. Heath and is now sole
proprietor.  He manufactures lumber and chair-stock and does custom
grinding.

WILBER WEBSTER'S SHOE-KNIFE FACTORY, located at East Jaffrey, was
built for a saw-mill by Reuben Ramsdell, now of Rindge, in 1869.
Mr. Webster purchased the property in 1872, and has carried on the
manufacture of shoe-knives therein ever since.

ASAHEL G. RAYMOND'S SAW-MILL, located in the eastern part of the town,
was built about twenty-four years ago.  A thriving business is done
here.  It is a flag station on the Monadnock railroad.

MONADNOCK RAILROAD--was completed and opened in June 1871.  The first
trip, from Winchendon to Jaffrey, was made November 22, 1870.

WARS AND HOW IT AFFECTED JAFFREY:

REVOLUTIONARY WAR
The following Jaffrey soldiers in the Revolution are mentioned in the
state report--Ephraim Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Adams, George 
Atridge, Daniel Avery, Joseph Bates, Jonathan Blodgett, John Briant,
Alpheus Brigham, Asaph Brigham, Joseph Brooks, Simeon Burt, Joseph
Cutter, John Gilmore, Dudley Griffin, Jacob Gould Jr., John Hale,
Lieut. John Harper, Daniel Harper, Ebenezer Hathorn, James Haywood,
Ebenezer Ingalls, Benjamin Jaquith, John Matthews, William McAlister,
Abraham Ross, Bezaleel Sawyer, Jesse Snow, Michael Silk, William
Smiley Jr. (died in service at Ticonderoga 1776), Phineas Spaulding,
Benjamin Spaulding, Jonathan Stanley, Samuel Stanley, James Stevens,
John Stone, Moses Cutter, Nathan Cutter, James Cutter, John Davidson,
Matthew Dean, Jonathan Dean, Benjamin Dole, John Dole, Hugh Dunlap,
Daniel Emery, Daniel Emery Jr., James French Jr., Robert Gilmore,
Samuel Ober, William Osgood, Benjamin Prescott, Moses Peabody, Joseph
Perkins, Jacob Pierce, Kendall Pierson, William Pope, Jonathan Priest,
Asa Priest, Oliver Proctor, James Reed, Benjamin Stone, John Taggert,
Jonathan Taylor, Peter Tower, Lieut. William Turner, Samuel Weir,
Joseph Wilder, Ezra Wilder, Ephraim Whitcomb, Elias Whitney,
Cotton Whiton, Francis Wright.

The following is a list of soldiers who settled here during or after
the war--
Stephen Adams, Lieut. Oliver Bacon, Isaac Bailey, Isaac Bailey Jr.,
Hart Hatch, Jacob Baldwin, Lieut. Samuel Buss, John Cox, Thomas
Dalton, Francis Mason, Lieut. Abel Parker, Whitcomb Powers, William
Redfield, Joseph Robbins, Moses Stickney, Moses Stickney 2d,
Samuel STickney, David Stratton, William Emery, Samuel Emery,
Nathan Fish, Thomas Fisk, Jonas Gerry, Thomas Goff, Nathan Hunt,
John Lake, Lieut. Benjamin Lawrence, James Turner, Henry Thompson,
Lieut. Jereme Underwood, Isaac Wesson, Silas Wilder, Abel Winship, 
Ithamer Wheelock, Thomas Wheelock, Joseph Wright.

WAR OF 1812
In the war of 1812, nineteen soldiers were sent to the support of
Portsmouth. Those who received documented compensation included
Oliver Warren (captain), Daniel Adams, Thomas Chadwick, David Chaplin,
Ethan Cutter, Isaac Cutter, Samuel Dutton, James Eaton, Walter Eaton,
Austin George, Robert Goff, Henry Hapgood, Stacy Hodskins, Moses
Hunt, Abel Nutting, Philip Peak, Moses Pierce, David Sawtell and
Samuel Stratton.

MEXICAN WAR
Two men, David Cutter and George F. Cutter served in the Mexican War. 

WAR OF THE REBELLION (CIVIL WAR)
In the late civil war the town furnished 151 men, 5 of whom were 
killed in battle and 23 died of wounds or disease while in the service.
[NAMES ONLY are included here]: Charles W. Webster, C. Frederick
Webster, Charles W. Adams, Lysander A. Adams, John Q. Adams,
Benj. Abanton, Warren F. Allen, Henry A. Atherton, Calvin Bailey,
Spencer L. Bailey, Almon W. Bailey, Harvey N. Bailey, Charles Baker,
John F. Berry, Christopher Bartenbach, Hiram Bennet, John F. Briant,
Edmund Brady, James T. Brown, Samuel L. Bolles, Alonzo Butterfield,
Henry Buckwould, Jacob Buckwould, Charles A. Carter, Oscar Eugene
Carter, John Caldwell, Daniel M. Colburn, Lysander J. Coudray,
Edwin R. Cutter, Edward E. Cutter, Gustavus A. Cutter, John C.
Cummings, John W. Darling, Frank DeWier, Frederick Donaldson,
Charles W. Diamond, James Dadwell, Morty Downs, James R. Douglass,
Charles D. Emery, Charles Farouch, Luther W. Fassett, Danvers C.
Fassett, Joel E. Fassett, John Flynn, John Frost, George Gilmore,
William T. GLeason, William H. Goodrich, Theodore Hanscomb, John S.
Hartwell, John H. Hartwell, John Hecker, Horace J. Hill, Peter Hogan,
William Hoyt, Andrew Johnson, Robert Jones, Joshua R. Joslin, Henry
H. Joslin, Joseph H. Joslin, Albert N. Joslin, John F. Kidder,
Charles D. Kimball, Elisha A. Kingsbury, Dexter B. Knowlton, Joseph S.
Lucy [?Lacy], David W. Lacy, Charles D. Law, John Leathers, George L.
Lowe, Andrew Lindsay, George H. Long, Jerome W. Leighton, Alvin H.
Martin, Chas. B. Merrifield, John McCunn, Lawrence Montgomery,
Henry F. Morse, Nahum W. Mower, Thomas S. Mower, Barnard Mulligan,
Charles H. Nutting, Edward N. Nutting, Jacob Newell Jr., Henry C.
Osburn, James E. Petts, Samuel Paine, Albert S. Pierce, Henry Pierce,
Gurley A. Phelps, Joel H. Poole, John W. Poole, Ivers E. Pollard,
Levi Pollard, Oren D. Prescott, George P. Prescott, Leonard Rand,
Jonas C. Rice, Herbert C. Richardson, George W. Richardson, Darius P.
Richardson, Edmund F. Ritchie, Henry Ritchie, Darius Ritchie, George
C. Ritchie, William B. Robbins, Alfred Robbins, William H. Wolf,
Benjamin Sanford, Charles A. Sargent, Grenville Shedd, Leonard E.
Spaulding, Austin A. Spaulding, Leander Spaulding, Afred Spaulding,
Daniel W. Stevens, Henry A. Smith, Charles M. Smith, Samuel A. 
Stratton, Ira Smith, Aaron Smith, Henry Stevens, Josiah Stebbins,
George Steele, Philip Stedman, Elbridge G. Tarbox, Jackson Taggart,
Martin Tehu, Henry A. Thompson, Joseph S. Thompson, Francis Thompson,
Henry A. Turner, Albert S. Verder, Charles W. Verder, Sylvanus W.
Waters, Charles Wilson, John Wilson, Frank Wetherbee, George F. Wilbur,
Edwin F. Wheeler, John F. Wheeler.
  SOLDIERS IN SERVICE FOR OTHER STATES: Clarence S. Bailey, captain
Massachusetts Cavalry; Henry H. Cragin, Ohio Volunteers; Benjamin F.
Lawrence, Massachusetts Battery; William L. Cutter, Iowa Cavalry;
Lucius Upton, Massachusetts Battery (died); John R. Verder, 
Connecticut Volunteers.

SOLDIERS KILLED IN BATTLE: (CIVIL WAR)
Luther W. Fassett, Second Regiment, at Evansport, Va April 2, 1862
Sylvanus C. Waters, Sixth Regiment, at Antietam, September 17, 1864
Frank Weatherbee, sharpshooters, at Antietam, September 17, 1864
Henry Ritchie, Second Regiment, at Pegram House, Va Sept 30, 1864
Charles Carter, Fourteenth Regiment, at Cedar Creek, Oct 19, 1864

SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE (CIVIL WAR)
Joseph Caldwell, Eighth Regiment, at Thibodeaux LA 1862
Joel E. Fassett, Second Regiment, at Jaffrey
Edmund Ritchie, Second Regiment, at Philadelphia Oct 2, 1862
Charles D. Emery, Fourteenth Regiment, at Washington, Nov 14, 1863
Henry A. Smith, FOurteenth Regiment, at Poolsville MD Jan 7, 1863
Charles M. Smith, Fourteenth Regiment, at Poolsville MD Jan 12, 1863
Almond W. Bailey, Sixteenth Regiment at New Orleans, June 7, 1863
John C. Cummings, Sixteenth Regiment at Mound City, October 23, 1863
John W. Darling, Sixteenth Regiment, at Butte la Rose LA May 17, 1863
Jacob Newell Jr. Sixteenth Regiment at Baton Rouge LA April 14, 1863
Hiram Bennet, cavalry, at Point Lookout MD Sept 11, 1864
Daniel M. Colburn, Ninth Regiment, Virginia, Nov 29, 1864
Charles A. Sargent, Ninth Regiment, at Salisbury NC Oct 23, 1864
Leonard Rand, Fourteenth Regiment, at Camp Parapet May 28, 1864
Henry H. Cragin, 1864; an Ohio volunteer
Jackson Taggart, cavalry, at Andersonville GA Sept 21, 1864; grave
No. 9460.
John Q. Adams, at the Marine Hospital 186- ?
Lucius Upton, August 7, 1864; Massachusetts Battery
Albert N. Joslin, Fifth Regiment
John F. Kidder, Sixth Regiment, at Alexandria Va Nov 11, 1862;
grave No. 425.
Harvey N. Bailey, cavalry, at Westford, Mass March 8, 1865
John S. Lacy, Fifth Regiment, at Yorktown VA May 11, 1862
Oscar Eugene Carter (died)

CHURCHES

THE OLD MEETING HOUSE
Masonian proprietors stipulated that a meeting-house be built within
6 years from the date of the charter.  There is nothing in the early
records of the town, however, to show that anything was done towards
this object previous to 1774, when it was voted that such a
structure be built..... but, probably from the difficulty of raising
money, the work was not very rapidly pushed, and the house was not
completed until 1799.  In 1789 the town voted to sell the pews at
auction. The house was very substantially built, and no money was
voted for repairs until 1822.  At this time the town also voted that
citizens should have the privilege of building a steeple to the house,
provided they did so without expense to the town.  This was done, and
in 1823 a bell was purchased and hung in the belfry.  From this date 
to 1870 little was done to the house except to keep it in repair.
Since 1844 it was been used as a house of worship.  In 1870 the
inside of the house was remodeled, the pews and galleries removed,
the lower story fitted for a school-house for the use of the Conant
High school, the upper for a hall for the use of the town.  The
outside is to-day almost precisely the same as in 1822, after the
steeple was built.  In 1872 the town received from John Conant, Esq...
the sum of $944.00, the principal to be kept for a perpetual fund,
the income thereof used in beautifying and keeping in repair the
meeting-house....

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF JAFFREY VILLAGE--The grant from the
  The church was organized May 13, 1780 with 33 members, and the
first pastor, Rev. Laban Ainsworth, who was ordained December 10, 1782.
There present church building was erected in 1844. It will seat
400 persons... The society now has 70 members with William H.
Livingston pastor. [The original members were: Kendal Briant and wife
Mary (Martin), John Briant, Daniel Emery and wife Jane, Eleazer
Spofford and wife Mary (Flint), John Combs and wife Bathsheba,
James Gage and wife Sarah (Lamson), Oliver Proctor and wife Elizabeth,
Isaac Bailey and wife Susanna; Isaac Baldwin and wife, John Wood and
wife, James Haywood and wife Kezia Haywood, Jonathan Priest and wife,
Ephraim Whitcomb and wife Elizabeth, Jerome Underwood and wife 
Lucy (Wheat), John Eaton, and William Slack. [more on other pastors of
this church in "History of Cheshire Co" not included here].

THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY, at East Jaffrey, was organized
November 16, 1822, and re-organized in 1858 with 25 members.
Rev. Dolphus Skinner was the first pastor.  Their church building,
erected in 1844, will seat 275 persons... The society now has about
60 members, with Dr. Sawyer pastor. Their Sabbath-school,
organized in 1845, has 35 scholars. [The original members 1822: Capt 
John Stone, moderator, Caleb Searle clerk, John Cutter treasurer,
Mr. John Cutter and Colonel Oliver Prescott committee]

JAFFREY EAST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH--On the first of December, 1849,
the following named persons requested letters of dismission from the
church at the Center, for the purpose of organizing a church at
East Jaffrey: Jonas M. Melville, Betsey Melville, Liberty Mower,
Mary Ann Mower, William Morse, Salmon H. Rand, Emeline A. Rand,
Martha W. Lacy, Mary Bacon, Rebecca Bacon, John Verder, Sarah J. 
Verder, Samuel Marble, Lucy Marble, Roxanna J. Mower, Angelina S.
Mower, Phineal [not a typo] Spaulding, Lyman Spaulding, Susan M.
Spaulding, Thomas A. Stearns, Sarah E. Stearns, Samuel N. Laws,
and Abigail Parker.  On the 9th of January 1850, the new church was
organized, and their first pastor, Rev. J.E.B. Jewett was installed
September 25, 1854.  Their church building, which will seat 350
persons.. was built in 1850.  The society now has 72 members with
Rev. E.J. Riggs, pastor.  They have a Sabbath-school with an average
attendance of fifty.

BAPTIST CHURCH--The Baptist Society in Jaffrey was formed in April
1820, and on April 6, 1829, the following notice was published in the
"Keene Sentinel," viz: "We, Benjamin Prescott, Alpheus Crosby,
Paul Hunt and others, have formed ourselves into a Religious Society,
by the name of the First Baptist Church and Society in Jaffrey, and
are hereby known by that name.." The church was formed May 28, 1814.
The first pastor was John Parkhurst [1818], followed by
Elder Cummings (1825), Calvin Greenleaf (1831-35), Appleton Belknap
(1835-1846), and others not included here.  The meetings of the
Baptist Church and Society were held, as voted, in the school-house
in District No 1 until 1822 In 1819 the Baptists were no longer
taxed for the support of the minister settled by the town, but had
the privilege of using the same for the support of the one of their
choice. The use of the meeting-house for public preaching, was in 1822,
also divided by the town among the different denominations of
Christians according to the valuation of their property.  From this
time the Baptists occupied the house their proportion as assigned 
til 1839.  On the 5 of Feb 1829, the church voted to build a meeting-
house near the house of Mr. Melville and chose Benjamin Prescott,
Joseph Joslin and David Chadwick a committee for that purpose.  The
house was completed and ready to use June 12, 1830 and dedicated June
30th.  In 1873 the house was repaired, with the addition of a vestry
and such other improvements as were deemed necessary.

SCHOOLS
In 1775, two years after the incorporation of the town, eight pounds
were raised for a school, to be divided into five parts.  In December
of that year the town voted to sell one of the school lots and to use
the interest on the proceeds of the sale for the support of a school.
In 1777 the town voted to pay the interest of 100 pounds for two years
for the use of a school; in 1778 12 pounds, in 1779 200 pounds
(depreciated currency) in 1781 1000 pounds, in 1783 50 pounds [more
in original document not included here]. A school was taught here
by Josiah Forsaith from 1807 to 1809 inclusive.  In 1832 Melville
Academy was incorporated (grantees Asa Parker, Luke Howe and
John Fox). It was named in honor of Jonas M. Mellville.  In 1833 a
suitable building was erected, which is now used for a school-house.
The school was opened in the fall of 1833 under the instruction of
Horace Herrick, principal, and Miss AUrelia Townsend, assistant.
He remained until 1836.  The following individuals were afterwards
employed as teachers: Roswell D. Hitchcock, William Eaton, Harry
Brickett, Charles Cutter, David C. Chamberlain, Sarah French. The
academy continued in operation until the establishment of the
Conant High School.
  In 1868 John Conant, Esq. of Jaffrey, gave the town the sum of
seven thousand dollars, the interest of which is to be used for the
support of a High School in said town.  The town-house in the centre
of the town was altered and repaired to meet the wants of the town.
The lower story is used for the school, and the upper one for a town
hall.  In 1872 the school was opened for instruction.  The present
principal is A.S. Annis.

LAWYERS--David Smiley, Samuel Dakin, William Ainsworth, Albert S.
Scott, Clarence A. Parks, and J.B. Twiss.

PHYSICIANS--Adonijah Howe, Willis Johnson, Abner Howe MD, Adonijah
Howe Jr., Luke Howe, D.C. Perry, Amasa Kennie, S.L. Richardson,
R.R. Perkins, A.J. Gibson, G.A. Phelps, and O.H. Bradley.

POST OFFICE--Peter Lawrence was the first postmaster.  The office
was probably established during the winter of 1801.  April 1, 1846
the name of the office was changed to Factory Village, and located
in that place.  On the 8 of December, Factory Village was changed to
East Jaffrey. The office at Jaffrey was re-established November 6,
1846.

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BIOGRAPHIES EARLY SETTLERS AND LATER PROMINENT RESIDENTS
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STEPHEN ADAMS came to Jaffrey from Hamilton, Mass about 1807 and
settled upon the farm where D.P. Adams now resides, on road 25.
He was in the naval service during the Revolution. He married
Mehitable Cummings of Marlboro NH and reared a family of five children.
His son, Jessie Adams married Ruth, daughter of Edward and Ruth
Perkins, who bore him six children.  He resided on road 26 for many
years, or until his death, which occured December 15, 1863. His son,
Addison Adams has married twice, first, Mary L. Davis of Lawrence,
Mass who bore him one son; second, Mrs. Mary R. Plummer, daughter of
Jonathan J. Comstock, who has borne him two children. He resides upon
a farm on road 28.

DANIEL P. ADAMS, son of Isaac and grandson of Stephen, married Emily
L., daughter of Edmond and Oliver Burpee, [not a typo] of this town,
and resides upon the old homestead of his grandfather, on road 22.

MARSHALL H. ADAMS came to Jaffrey from Danvers, Mass in 1863, and
settled upon the farm where he now resides on road 27. He married
Susan B. Patterson of Danvers, Mass, who bore him four children,
three of whom are school-teachers. He as been selectman three years.

SHUBAEL BASCOM, an early settler of Hinsdale, NH, married Philena
Elmore and reared a family of eleven children. His son, Roswell
Bascom married Sophia, daughter of Sampson and Thankful Evans of
Hinsdale, who bore him two children. He finally settled in the village
of East Jaffrey where he now resides.  His son, William W. Bascom,
is a resident of Ashburnham, Mass, and his daughter, Lucia E., is at
home with her father.

TIMOTHY BEMIS, a native of Marlboro, Mass, came to Marlboro NH in
1776. His son, James Bemis, a commissioned officer in the Revolutionary
war, married Hannah Frost, who bore him nine children, only one of
whom is now living, and settled in Dublin [NH]. His son Josiah married
Sibyl Emery of Jaffrey and had born to him three children, only two
of whom are now living. His son, Alvin J., married Mary Greenwood of
Marlboro NH, who bore him two children, neither of whom is now living.
He resides on road 35, in the village of East Jaffrey.

DR. OSCAR H. BRADLEY was born in Louisville, KY, February 10, 1826.
He was a grandson of Jonathan Holmes of Londonderry NH, an officer
who served under General Stark at Bennington, and under Washington
through the dark and memorable winter at Valley Forge.  At the age
of four years, Oscar H. moved with his parents to the western part
of Vermont where he lived until he reached the age of 17. He
graduated from Black River academy at Ludlow Vt in 1847, taught
school the following winter at Mt. Holley, Vt. and in the spring of
1848 entered the law office of Hon. D.E. Nicholson of Rutland [Vt].
In the autumn of that year he commenced the study of medicine with
Drs. Amos and George B. Twitchell, in Keene NH, and in 1851 graduated
from the Castleton Medical college.  He has from its inception been
a director of the Monadnock railroad. He was largely instrumental too
in the establishment of the Monadnock Savings bank, in this town, of
which he has been its only president.  No physician or surgeon in
southern New Hampshire is better known or more generally employed in
difficult and serious cases than he.  In the medical profession he
is particularly noted for keeness and accuracy of perception in the
diagnosis of disease, and for positiveness of judgement and a 
self-reliance that rarely errs.  His influence in the public affairs
of the town has been marked, and has always been exerted in behalf of
advancement and progress in all worthy objects.  He married Julia A.,
daughter of Daniel Spaulding, Esq. of Fitwilliam in 1853,
and has two sons, Daniel Edward and Mark S.  The former, born
May ? 1861 graduated from Dartmouth College in 1883, and from Thayer
school of civil engineering at Hanover in 1885.  He married Annie R.
Samson, of St. Albans Vt December 31, 1883.  He is now employed as
civil engineer for the Hoosac Tunnel & Readsboro railroad.  Mark S.
was born January ? 1868 and expects to enter Dartmouth college in 1885.

JACOB BUCKWOLD married Catharine Hahn of Baden, Germany, March 7, 1858,
and has eight children. He came to this country in May 1857, and
settled in Jaffrey. He was a soldier in the late Rebellion,
enlisting in 1861 in Co. G, 14th NH vols, and was honorably discharged
in 1863. He died August 18, 1882. His family resides in the village of
East Jaffrey.

JONAH CARTER was a native of Leominster, Mass. His son Jonah married
Lucy Joslin and came to Jaffrey about 1793. He settled upon a farm on
road 61, and reared a family of ten children, only one of whom,
Luke Carter, is now living.  This son married Lucy, daughter of Silas
and Susan (Reed) Ross, and reared a family of eight children, four
of whom are now living. He is a manufacturer of woodenware, and
resides upon a farm on road 13.

JOHN CUTTER, son of Nathaniel, born at Woburn, Mass, March 16, 1765,
came to Jaffrey in 1789.  He married Abigail Demary of Rindge,
and soon after commenced business as a tanner, buying the tannery of
a Mr. Tanner which was afterwards occupied by his son, B. Cutter, Esq.,
but which has since been demolished.  He was a man of singular energy
of character and was the first person in Jaffrey who kept his accounts
according to the decimal system.  By frugality and industry he
acquired a competency.  His son, Ethan Cutter married Nancy B.,
daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Stiles) Blodgett, of Fitzwilliam,
and resides in Jaffrey, where he has been keeper of a public house
for forty years.  Jonas Cutter, one of his two children, married Lydia
V., daughter of Joseph and Seba (Barnes) Eveleth, of Dublin NH, and
is now proprietor of the Cutter hotel in Jaffrey Center, formerly known
as the Grand Monadnock House.  Only one of his two children, Mortimer
E. Cutter, is living.  He married Nellie E. Platts of Winchenson, and
has one child, Edith I. Cutter.
  Benjamin Cutter, son of John, was born January 8, 1793. He married
Grata, daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Hale) Hunt of Rindge. She died
November 5, 1871, aged 78.  Mr. Cutter settled in early life where
he now lives.  He became a tanner and currier with his father, and
pursued the manufacture of leather originally in the establishment
erected by his father, and afterwards, until 1850, in the building
now occupied for the same purpose by his son, Julius Cutter.  He
has been a prominent man of the town, not seeking political honors,
but ever ready to serve when called by his fellow townsmen to do so,
and is always ready to help in doing good wherever occasion required.
He was been a willing helper of the poor.  He has always been a
Democrat, but liberal in his views on politics and religion. He was
town clerk for many years and justice of the peace.  He was one of the
first to organize the Monadnock National bank, was one of the directors
for thirty years, and was president of the bank for about twelve years,
until he resigned in 1881, on account of advancing age.  He is now
living a retired life.  For several years he has been engaged in
antiquarian research, and has a more extensive knowledge of the history
of his native town than any other man living.  His life has been a
successful one, and now, in his ripe old age, he is honored and
respected by all who know him.  His children were Sarah Augusta, born
August 10, 1820, who married Dr. William J. Campbell, at Jaffrey in
1844. She died December 1, 1846 in Francistown [sic Francestrown] NH.
She was a poetess of some local note.  Ermina, born November 17, 1821,
married David Chamberlin in 1848. Adaliza, born January 21, 1823, 
married April 11, 1851, Dr. Gurley A. Phelps, a native of Vermont,
but for many years and still a practicing physician in Jaffrey. She
died June 3, 1858, leaving one child, Grace Maria.  Mrs. Phelps, like
her sister, Mrs. Campbell, left partial manuscript, from which a neat
volume has been published since her death.  Julius, fourth child of
Benjamin, was born November 28, 1824. He married Caroline, daughter of
John and Huldah Hobert (Conant) Felt, of Jaffrey, and settled on the
homestead.  He continued the tanning and currying business since 1850
at the old location of his father, until 1883, when he retired. He
has two children, Emma M. and Alice E. He has been selectman since
1883.  Benjamin F., fifth and youngest son of Benjamin, was born
March 17, 1827. He married Mary E. Cooper, daughter of Josiah and
Mariette G. Cooper of Boston.  He settled in Boston in 1846, where he
was an importer and wholesale dealer in fancy goods until 1875, when
he retired from active business.  He represented West Roxbury in the
legislature in 1863, 1864 and was state senator in 1883, and is now
an alderman of Boston.  He has four children.

JOEL CUTTER, son of Joseph, married Mary S., daughter of Col.
Timothy Jones of Bedford, Mass.  Nehemiah Cutter, one of their ten
children, married Emily A., daughter of Col. Oliver and Deborah (Perry)
Bailey. He has two children, occupies a farm on road 20, and is a
successful farmer and keeper of a summer boarding-house.

JOSEPH CUTTER, a native of Lexington, Mass., married Rachel Hobert,
of Pepperell, Mass, and reared a family of ten children. His son,
John Cutter, born October 24, 1780, married Mary, daughter of Daniel
and Betsey Batchelder of Wilton NH, who bore him ten children. He
died in Jaffrey January 15, 1857.  His son, John A. married Nancy H.,
daughter of Emory and Martha (Hill) Wheelock, and had four children,
all of whom are now dead. He is an extensive farmer, and resides on 
road 32.  Dr. Calvin Cutter, brother of John A., served as a surgeon
three years during the war of the Rebellion, and was at the battles of
Bull Run and Fredericksburg.

GUSTAVUS A. CUTTER,was one of the three children of Charles A. and
Philena, who resided on road 52. He served in the late Rebellion and
was honorably discharged.

JONATHAN FOX came to this town from New Ipswich NH and married 
Sibyl Jackson of Concord, Mass, who bore him seven children. His son,
John H. Fox, married Isabella W., daughter of Luke Howe, and had born
to him three children.  He was a physician and the town representative
for many years. His residence was locted on the academy square, at the
Center Village.  His son John H. Fox married Belle W., daughter of
Rodney and Angie L. (Turner) Brown, has one daughter, and resides in
the village of East Jaffrey.  He is town representative at the
present time.

THOMAS FRENCH, son of David, was born December 17, 1765 at Billerica,
Mass, and married Hannah Cummings of Londonderry NH, March 31, 1788.
He came to Jaffrey about that time and first settled on road 19,
upon what is now known as the Spaulding farm.  He was a farmer and a
shoemaker, reared nine children, one of whom is now living. His son
LUke French married twice, first Nancy W. Blanchard, who bore him
four children, and second Lucy Spaulding, by whom he had nine children,
seven of whom are living.  He now resides in Jaffrey village.

BENJAMIN FROST, son of Benjamin, who settled in Jaffrey in 1783,
married Annis, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Whitney) Pierce of
Jaffrey, and settled in Dublin in 1806. He was a carpenter,
millwright, and brick-mason. His son, Joseph P. Frost, first settled
in Dublin, but moved to Jaffrey in 1849.  He is a public-spirited man,
much employed in town affairs, has been selectman three years, and is
now town clerk and justice of the peace.  He married twice, first,
Sarah E., daughter of Abel and Mary (Spaulding) Cutter, January 4,
1844, and second, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Polly (Jewett) Osgood
of Milford.  Of his four children, only one, J. Albert Frost, now
in the Sandwich Islands, is now living.  John, son of John, and
grandson of Benjamin, married Amanda, dau of Dea. David and Annie
(Ryan) Simonds, of Peru, Vt. and has three children. He served three
years in Co. G, 14th NH Vols, during the late war and was honorably
discharged.  He is now a prosperous farmer on road 12, and has been
selectman three years.

JOHN GARFIELD, son of Abraham, and grandson of John, who was at the
battle of Lexington, married Emily Gould, has two children, and
resides on road 60.

JONATHAN D. GIBBS, son of Joseph S. married twice, first Rhoda,
daughter of Edward and Rhoda (Lawe) Locke, of Westminster, Mass,
who bore him one daughter, Elizabeth R., now living; second, Sarah H.,
daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Merriam) Wilson of Mason NH. He
first settled in Jaffrey upon a farm on road 3, where he remained
12 years and then moved to Jaffrey Center, where he stayed until his
death, March 2, 1882.  He published a very accurate map of the town
of Jaffrey which is highly prized.  His wife and daughter occupy the
homestead at the present time.

ROGER GILMORE, ESQ was one of the early settlers of the town and the
first settlers on road 30, near the center of town. Most of the town
meetings were held, previous to the erection of the first meeting
house in 1775, at his home.  When the town was organized, he was 
chosen the first tythingman, a very important office in those days.
He was a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1791, and was
the first justice of the peace appointed by the state, after the
adoption of the constitution in 1784.  When the first military
company was organized in 1775 he was chosen first lieutenant and
afterwards captain.  He died in November 1807, at the age of 79 years.
His son, Harvey Gilmore married Mary, dau of John and Sarah (Haywood)
Byman.  His son, George F. Gilmore, married Annie R., daughter of
Thomas and Lucy (Osgood) Gardner of Rindge, who bore him four
children.  He resides upon the home farm, road 29.

THOMAS GOFF came from Dublin, Ireland at an early day, and was at the
Battle of Bennington.  His son, Robert Goff married Sallie Bryant and
settled in Jaffrey, upon a farm on road 28.  His only son, Kendall
Goff, married Mary Pratt of New Ipswich NH, and has one son living.
This son, Thomas K. Goff, married three times, first, Louisa M.
Farnham, who bore him one son, Charles E.; second, Sarah Sprague; and
third, Annie M. Magoon of Canada, who bore him one daughter, Mary L.
He now occupies the old homestead.

ELEAZER W. HEATH, son of David, and a native of Corinth, Vt., 
married Rhoda Merril of Bradford Vt., and for his second wife,
Mary N. (Gibbs) Gilmore of Jaffrey.  Mr. Heath was a soldier in the
war of 1812, and was the battle of Plattsburg.  He is now living,
at the great age of 90 years, and occupies a farm on road 29,
known as the Emory place. He has seven children.

THOMAS JAQUETH, [sic Jaquith]
a native of Hollis NH married Marinda Tarbox of
Londonderry NH. Dana S. Jaqueth, the second of his thirteen children,
married Ada M., daughter of Leeprett and Hannah (Keith) Wilber of
Westmoreland, has two children, and resides upon a farm on road 43.
He served three years in Co. A 2d NH Vols, was at the first battle of
Bull Run, and was a prisoner ten months, confined in Libby, Parish
and Saulsbury prisons. His son, Willie L. Jaqueth married Jennie S. 
Chase of Mt Vernon NH and now resides on road 55.

JACOB JEWELL came to Jaffrey, from Marlboro, Mass., settled upon a 
farm on road 5, and had born to him ten children.  His son, 
Dexeter Jewell, the only one living, married Sarah Moore and has four
children.  His son, Samuel D. Jewell, married twice, first Frances
Cutter, who bore him two children, second Emily, daughter of
Joseph and Hannah (Evens) Upton of Peterborough NH and resides upon a
farm on road 18.

DAVID LACY came from Andover, Mass, and settled in Jaffrey previous to
1790, located on lot 14, tier 8, and his name appears among those of
the early land-surveyors.  He married Charlotte, daughter of Jonathan
and Mollie (Fitch) Blodgett, November 2, 1788, and had born to him
nine children.  His son, William Lacy, married Betsey Brondson,
May 26, 1829 and settled in Jaffrey, engaging in mercantile pursuits
in company with E. Cutter and L. Sweetzer, occupying the Ainsworth
store.  By diligence and economy he found means to enlarge his trade,
and in the spring of 1854, he bought and stocked the Foster Store,
of East Jaffrey, in which he placed his son, James S. Lacy, who
afterwards became a partner, and remained as such til his father's
death June 20, 1869.  His son James S., married Dorcas C., daughter
of Moses and Cozby (Coolidge) Perkins July 22, 1856. He is now the
leading merchant here and a prominent man in town affairs.

DAVID W. LACY served nine months in Co. I, 16th NH Vols, and was
honorable discharged.  He married Emma S. Jaqueth, has two children
and resides on road 61.

BENJAMIN LAWRENCE, a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, came to
Jaffrey from Groton, Mass in 1788 or 1789 and settled on a farm on
road 5, where Fred J. Lawrence now resides.  He married Rebecca Woods,
of Pepperell, Mass, and reared a family of ten children. His son
ITHAMER LAWRENCE married twice, first Betsey Jewell, who bore him 
three children, and second, Rebecca Emery, by whom he also had three
children.  His son Benjamin married Sarah E., daughter of James D.
and Betsey P. Sawyer of Jaffrey, and had three children, two of whom
are living, viz: Walter F. and Annie E., residents of Jaffrey Center.

J.S. LAWRENCE, son of Ithamer, married Susan, daughter of Zachariah
and Rebecca Emery, who bore him three children, all now living and
occupied the homestead until his death. His son, Frederick L.
married Clara, daughter of Nehemiah and Adaline (Bailey) Cutter,
has one child, and resides on the home farm, road 5.

HARLON F. MORSE, son of Elihu L, married Lizzie B. Hunt, and has six
children. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in
Co. G., 14th NH Vols, served 3 years, and was honorable discharged.
He now resides in Jaffrey.

SAMUEL PIERCE came to Jaffrey from Lunenburg, Mass in 1773, and first
settled upon the farm on road 58, where E. Cary now lives. He married
twice, first Abigail Carter, and second Elizabeth Whitney, and
reared a family of ten children.  He died December 27, 1824, at the
age of 75 years.  His son, Joseph Pierce married Esther Jaqueth,
settled on the home farm, and had born to him eight children, three
of whom are living.  He died April 20, 1860.  Frederick S. Pierce,
son of Joseph, married twice, first Martha Tolman and second,
Mary A. Grant.  He now resides in East Jaffrey, is justice of the 
peace, and was appointed deputy sheriff for Cheshire and Hillsboro
counties in 1866, which office he still retains.  He is an auctioneer
and insurance agent, having been engaged in the former business
sixteen years, and six years in the latter.

ASA AND BETSEY (PIKE) PIERCE, from Weston, Mass, located in Dublin [NH]
about 1786. After a few years he died, leaving his widow and two
sons, Asa and Jonas. July 29, 1790, his widow married Thomas Davidson,
and removed to Jaffrey. 
  JONAS PIERCE, second son of Asa, was born in Dublin April 8, 1788.
He married Lucinda, daughter of Benjamin Bailey of Jaffrey,
September 1, 1811. She died in 1838. He married, second, Mrs. Polly
Bowers, September 11, 1838 who died March 2, 1875, aged 85 years.
He died May 28, 1857. He was one of the prosperous farmers of Jaffrey.
His children were Asa, Abigail, Addison, Jonas, Benjamin, Amos,
Dexter, Betsey and Emily.  Addison Pierce, born March 14, 1817 married
Millie Prince of Thompsonville, Conn., and resides on the homestad.
  BENJAMIN PIERCE, fourth son of Jonas, born July 11, 1821, married
Lucinda, daughter of Isaac and Betsey (Bailey) Stratton, May 12, 1846,
and has two children--George A. and Ada L. He located in Boston, where
he accumulated a large estate, but finally removed to this town, and
now owns the Shedd farm, off road 36.  In 1877 he built the Granite
State Hotel, which is a valued addition to East Jaffrey.  He is a
prominent man in town affairs, having held many positions of trust,
was town representative in 1870 and 1871, and was delegate to the
State constitutional convention in 1876. He is now one of the
directors of the Monadnock National bank, and vice-president of the
Savings bank of East Jaffrey village.
  ASA PIERCE, a native of Jaffrey and the eldest son of JONAS,
married Lodica B. Dyke of Livermore, Me, and reared a family of nine
children.  His eldest son, Albion D. Pierce, married ANnie J.,
daughter of Henry and Jane (Mitchel) Latimer of Boston, who bore him
two children, Grace A., and Arthur L., now living.  His widow now
resides on the home farm on road 30. Her father, Henry Lattimer,
came from England to Boston about 1840, and was a noted military man
and was prominent in politics.

CAPT. ELDAD PRESCOTT, son of Benjamin, was a native of this town, and
the first settlers upon the farm on road 39 corner of 40. His son,
OREN PRESCOTT married three times, first, Martha L., daughter of Jacob
and Martha Adams of Rindge; second, Caroline A., daughter of
Willima T. Nutting; and third, Louisa J. Plummer of Goffstown, who
bore him five children. His son Elliot O. Prescott married Lizzie A.,
daughter of Julius and Eliza Hale of Rindge, and resides upon a farm
on road 35.


CAPTAIN I.B. PROCTOR, the present owner of the so-called Felt Farm,
and proprietor of the Proctor House, situated on the pleasant southern
slope of Monadnock mountain, is a native of Lunenburg, Mass., where
he was born in 1824, and at which place he lived until 1844, when he
was appointed purchasing agent of the Vermont & Massachusetts railroad,
with his office in Fitchburg. In 1854 he was elected captain of the
Washington Guards, a fine military company of Fitchburg. In 1858 he
was elected superintendent of the Middlesex railroad in Boston. In
1861 he entered the army of the late war, and served two years.
In 1873 he was appointed by Governor Washburn, a justice of the peace
for all the counties in the state, and in 1864 was appointed by the
President a commissioner to examine the Union Pacific railroad, which
required his making several trips across the plains to California.
In 1868 he engaged in the real estate business, as broker and
auctioneer, at Fitchburg, and remained in that business until he
removed to his present home in Jaffrey in 1881.  In 1875 and 1876 he
was elected president of the Worcester North Agricultural Society of
Fitchburg.

DR. DANIEL RYAN in 1750 came from Ireland as surgeon on board of a 
vessel, and settled in Marblehead, Mass. His son, Samuel Ryan, also
a physician, came to Sharon NH in 1790, married Mrs. Patty Sawyer,
who bore him four children. One of these, Samuel Ryan Jr., married
Hannah J., daughter of George & ALice (Sawyer) Shead of Peterboro NH,
July 14, 1811, and reared a family of three children, two of whom are
now living.  He was a farmer and lumberman and the principal owner
of the famous steam-mills of Fay, Commins and Ryan.  He was a leading
man in town affairs and held most of the important offices. He came
to East Jaffrey in 1854, and was selectman several years, town
representative in 1863 and 1864, and served 25 years as a director of
the Monadnock Savings bank at East Jaffrey.

LEONARD F. SAWYER, son of Josiah, married Mary B., daughter of
Albert and Mary P. (Pollard) Adams of Rindge, and has two children--
Etta M., and Ella M., twins. He is a prosperous farmer and has 3
summer cottages on Contoocook Lake, which borders his farm. He has a
large collection of natural curiousities, antiquities and
geological specimens.

CUMMINGS SAWYER, son of Josiah, married Elizabeth, daughter of W.
Edward and Parnell Young, and has three children. He now resides on
the homestead farm, on road 39.

JOSEPH SCOTT was a native of Lancashire, England. Thomas Scott, one
of his five children, married a Miss Welch and reared a family of
six children. His son John S. married four times, first, Alice Wilder;
second Lucy Tollman; third, Louisa Wilder; and fourth, Sarah A. Hodge.
He has three children and resides upon a farm on road 45.

OLIVER J. SPAULDING, was born in Jaffrey NH August 2, 1833, graduated
at Oberlin College, Ohio in 1855; removed to St. Johns, Mich, in 1857.
In 1858 he was elected a member of the Board of Regents of the
University of Michigan for the term of six years. Served during the
war of the rebellion in all the grades from captain to brevet
brigadier-general.  In 1866 he was elected secretary of state for
Michigan, and was re-elected in 1868.  Was a special agent of the
United States treasury department from 1875 till he resigned the
position to take his seat in Congress to which he was elected in
1880. In 1883 he visited the Sandwich Islands as chairman of a
commission to investigate the practical operations of the Hawaiian
reciprocity treaty. In 1884 he declined a third nomination for Congress
which was tendered him.  He is a prominent member of the Masonic
fraternity, and has been grand master of the council of royal and
select Masons, and grand commander of Knights Templar, of Michigan.
Is a member of the Episcopal church, and has been senior warden of
the church and St. Johns since 1866.  In 1862 he married
M. Cecelia Swegles, daughter of John Swegles, ex-auditor-general of
Michigan. He is a lawyer by profession.

JAMES STEPHENS, a lieutenant under General Washingotn in the 
Revolution, and a native of Andover, Mass, came to Jaffrey about 1769.
He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Lacy, and second to Betsey
Wood Litch, and settled upon a farm on road 44, where Henry Chamberlain
now resides.  Polly, the youngest of his seven children, and the only
one now living, resides upon the home farm and is 87 years of age.
Polly, a granddaughter of James, has a set of spoons made from the
silver mountings that were upon the sword worn by her grandfather 
during the war.  His only son, James Jr. married Mercy Adams of
Rindge, located on road 44, and reared three children.  One of these,
Charles, also resides on the home farm.

NATHANIEL F. STEVENS, a son of James M. and Mary C. (Fogg) Stevens,
was a native of Exeter NH. He came to Jaffrey in 1862 and located upon
a farm on road 55, on Peabody Hill. He married Huldah A. Choate of
Sandwich NH, who bore him three children, two of whom are now living.
He served in the late war as captain of a rifle company, under General
Wadley of the state militia. He has been a prominent farmer and cattle
dealer, but has now retired form business and is living on the
homestead with his son Fred I., who married Dora M. Wellman. His
daughter, Fannie Winship, resides in Cleveland, Ohio.

GREEN TOWNE, son of Deacon Towne, who was captain under General Green
in the Revolution and also served in the French and Indian War,
married Lucy, daughter of Capt. Solomon Rand of Rindge [NH]. He
reared a family of eight children, five of whom are now living. His
son Levi P. Towne married Emily A., daughter of Jonathan and Harriet
(Dwinell) Sawyer of East Alstead. He has two children, and is a
thriving farmer on road 53.

PETER UPTON, son of Jonathan and Nancy (WHittemore) Upton, was born
in Tynsborough, Mass, October 1, 1816. He came to Jaffrey in October
1837, and entered the store of Hiram Duncan as clerk. Two years later
he was admitted to an equal partnership in the new firm of
Duncan & Upton.  Upon the death of Mr. Duncan in 1840, the business
was continued by Mr. Upton, to whom was also committed the settlement
of the estate of his late partner, and the completion of many
important trusts which Mr. Duncan had in charge.  He continued
actively engaged in trade until 1851, retaining an interest in the
business until 1861, when he was succeeded by his partner, Hon.
Charles H. Powers, a gentleman well known in NH political circles.
Among many positions of trust and responsibility held by Mr. Upton,
it may be mentioned he was postmaster from 1861 until he resigned
the office in 1884. He was town treasurer in 1860 and 1861, and
represented the town in the legislature of 1848-49 and 1850. From the
outset he has been a director of the Monadnock Railroad Co., and
untiring in his efforts for its construction and subsequent prosperity,
and it is hardly too much to say that to Mr. Upton and Dr. Bradley
more than to any, or perhaps all others, is due the very existence
of the road, upon which the present prosperity of the town of
Jaffrey depends.  It may not be out of place in this connection to
remark the just pride with which Jaffrey recalls having voted--and
paid--the railroad five per cent of her valuation, while an equal
amount in addition was pledged by individual citizens--every dollar
of which was promptly and voluntarily paid--a record not equaled by
all of her neighbors.  Mr. Upton has always been closely identified
with the improvement and building up of the East Village, from a
mere hamlet called "Factory Village," without even a postoffice,
until today NH has no more thrifty and substantial village than East
Jaffrey.  The occupation of a life time with Mr. Upton has been
banking.  At the organization of the Monadnock Bank in 1850, he was
chosen cashier, and to an unusual degree was the management of its
affairs entrusted to him.. [more in original document not included
here].  In January 1881, Mr. Upton was elected president of the bank,
his only son, Hiram D. Upton, succeeding him as cashier. 
 In 1870 the MOnadnock savings bank was organized and Mr. Upton,
after three months, was chosen its treasurer, and is still retaining
the position.... In September 1884 the Republican party made Mr.
Upton its candidate for the office of councilor in the fourth district
to which he was duly elected by more than the party vote. [more in
original document not included here]. 
 Mrs. Upton is a daughter of Hiram Duncan, his first business partner,
and Emeline (Cutter) Duncan, who was a daughter of the late John
Cutter, or "Tanner John," as he was commonly known nearly a century
ago.  They have three children: Mary Adelaide, born November 4, 1856,
graduated from Union High school, Lockport NY in 1877, married
December 24, 1878 Walter L. Goodnow who is engaged in mercantile
business in East Jaffrey; Hiram Duncan, born May 5, 1859, graduated
from Dartmouth college, class of 1879, married Annie F., daughter of
Dr. Marshall Perkins of Marlow, October 14, 1879, was elected cashier
of the Monadnock National bank in January 1881, and president of the
Northwestern Trust Company of Fargo, Dakota, in May 1883, both of
which positions he still holds; and Alice Whittemore, born July 5,
1863, graduated from Wellesley college in class of 1883.

LOUIS WOODRUFF, a native of Westfield NJ, married Damaris N. Winans,
of Elizabeth NJ who bore him six children, three of whom are living.
His son, John W. Woodruff, married Susan A., daughter of Luke and
Abbie (Dawes) Tucker of Elizabeth NJ. Two of his three children,
James D., a resident of Minneapolis, Minn. and Frederick S., of
Boston, Mass are nowliving. John W. Woodruff resides upon a farm on
road 3.



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