Cornish New Hampshire

Francis Cobb

This family can easily be traced back 300 years to Henry Cobb1, b. 1886 in the County of Rent. Eng. He came to America in 1629 and was a prominent man in Barnstable, Mass., where he lived and d. He left sixteen children. His eldest son, John2, b. June 7, 1632, in Plymouth, Mass., had […]

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Daniel Chase

2. DANIEL5 CHASE (Moses4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) b. in Sutton, Mass., March 15, 1753, and d. Aug. 13, 1841, aged 88. Came to Cornish with his father. When of age, he purchased an extensive tract of land north of Cornish Flat and built a large and fine residence thereon. He held many offices of honor

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Edward T. Ayers

EDWARD T.4 AYERS (Samuel3, Thomas2, John1) a half brother of Henry, b. Jan. 4, 1847; m. Jan. 26, 1870, Ann P. Howard, dau. of Marshall and Hopy (Winter) Howard, b. Sept. 18, 1856. Res. on his father’s homestead; a farmer. Children, both b. in Cornish: 1. VERNON FITCH, b. Jan. 20, 1871. 2. JULIA ANN,

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Moses Barrows Jr.

MOSES BARROWS, JR., with Elizabeth, his wife, lived several years near the foot of Furnald Hill. They were constituent members of the Baptist Church at its organization. Charity Barrows, a sister of Moses, was also another. These were the children of Moses and Abigail Barrows, who in advanced years came to town and spent the

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Joshua Atwood

JOSHUA3 Atwood (Joshua2, John1) was b. March 13, 1756; m. Sarah McAdams, b. March 19, 1773. He d. May 5, 1813. She d. Sept. 20, 1846. Children, all b. in Cornish except the first two: 1. BETSEY, b. Oct. 8, 1798; m. Dec. 26, 1814, Curtis Knight. She had ten children. They buried a dau.,

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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,

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Dr. Joseph Chapman

DR. JOSEPH5 CHAPMAN (Benjamin4, Samuel,3-2, Edward1) was the oldest child of Capt. Benjamin and Jemima (Gates) Chapman and was b. Dec. 12, 1757; m. in 1782, Martha Jirauld of Cornish, dau. of Dea. Reuben and Joanna (Spaulding) Jirauld, b. Aug. 2, 1759, and d. March 15, 1855, aged 95. He settled on the farm afterwards

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Moody Chase

6. MOODY5 CHASE (Moses4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) Was b. Oct. 10, 1770, in Cornish; m. first. Jan. 28. 179:3, Rebecca Chapman of Cornish, dau. of Capt. Benjamin and Jemima (Gates) Chapman, b. -, 1771 (‘.), d. June 10. 1794, aged 2:3; m. Second, Jan. 28. 179:3. Rhoda Cook of Claremont (?), b. , 1769 (‘.),

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Capt. Seth Cole

CAPT. SETH COLE was b. Feb. 4, 1825, in Warren, R. I. He was the son of Elijah and Mary (Esterbrooks) Cole. In 1843 when but 18 years of age he commenced seafaring, which occupation he followed through the remainder of his life, with the exception of five or six years. His first five years

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Daniel Atwood

DANIEL4 ATWOOD (Joshua3-2, John1) b. in Pelham Aug. 26, 1800; m. Oct. 26, 1831, Sally L. Goward, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Lothrop) Goward, b. Dec. 14, 1808, in Croydon. They res. in Cornish many years then rem. to Acton, Mass., where he d. April 15, 1862. She d. Sept. 5, 1890. Children, all b.

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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

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William Allen

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,

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John Haskell

JOHN HASKELL m. March 25, 1779, Eunice Carpenter and they had the following children: 1. POLLY, b. Feb. 3, 1780. 2. JOHN, JR., b. June 24, 1781. 3. LUCY, b. April 28, 1783. 4. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 21, 1786; d. Feb. 23, 1790. 5. LYDIA, b. July 29, 1788. 6. SALLY, b. March 9, 1790.

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Dan Wheeler Cole

9. DAN WHEELER5 COLE (Daniel4-3, Ebenezer2, Ephraim1) was b. in Plainfield Jan. 18, 1826; m. April 2, 1849, Philena A. Spencer of Plainfield, dau. of Archibald Spencer, b. in 1826 and d. Jan. 23, 1892. They came to Cornish in 1850 and settled on the Thomas Ayers place where they lived many years and then

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Asa Coburn

2. ASA COBURN, JR., b. March 2,1787; m. Jan. 2, 1810, Sally Page of Cornish, dau. of Joshua and Marjorie ( ) Page, b. April 17, 1785. Their children were: i. ESTHER PAGE, b. Aug. 4, 1810. ii. CHARLOTTE, b. Feb. 7. 1812. iii. ALMIRA, b. Dec. 15, 1813.

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Thomas Chase

THOMAS5 CHASE (Wells4, Moses3-2, Aquilla1) was b. in Amesbury, Mass., May 14, 1735. Went first to Chester, where he in. in 1758, Mary Hall, dau. of Henry Hall, and afterwards settled in Salisbury. After a few years, in 1768, he and family came and settled in Cornish, and a part of their children were b.

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