Larnard Powers, for many years one of the leading farmers and most influential citizens of Cornish, was born at Croydon, N.H., April 20, 1808. His grandparents were Lemuel and Thankful (Leland) Powers, and his parents were Colonel Samuel and Chloe (Cooper) Powers. Colonel Powers was born at Northbridge in 1763, and was a soldier and […]
The first known record of this name in this country is that of Isaac Comings spelled (Cumings). He came from Eng. or Scotland to this country about 1640. He and his descendants for several generations settled chiefly in the towns of eastern Mass. The direct line of those of his descendants who came to Cornish
1. MOSES4 CHASE (Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) the tenth and youngest child of Daniel3 and Sarah (March) Chase, was b. March 16, 1727, in -Newbury, Mass. When about five years of age, he, with his parents rem. to Sutton, Mass. He came to Cornish at, or soon after, the first settlement of the town in 1765.
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
Alfred Fitch, a prominent farmer of Cornish and a descendant of one of the old families of the town, was born May 12, 1861. The first of the family to settle in Cornish was James Fitch, who came from Connecticut. He was born in 1712, and died October 25, 1805. His son, James, was father
13. BENJAMIN CHAPMAN6 CHASE (Moody5, Moses4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Sept. 8, 1793; m. Nov. 13, 1817, Eliza Royce of Claremont, a sister of Mrs. Paran Stevens of Claremont and N. F. City. He was a farmer and d. at 36, Sept. 19, 1829. Children, supposed (?) b. in Cornish: i. BENJAMIN CHAPMAN, JR.,
JOHN and JEMIMA COLE (pedigree unknown) lived in Cornish near the close of the 18th century. There is no trace of the family remaining on tombstone, or elsewhere, except the following list of children. The census of 1790 credits the family with three boys and one girl beside the parents. Children: i. BETSEY, b.
ENOCH F. CHELLIS, a son of Thomas Chellis, was b. Aug. 8, 1815, in Plainfield. He came to Cornish in the winter of 1844. He m. March 7, 1843, Mrs. Sarah A. (Taft) Chase, wid. of Kimball Chase, b. June 9, 1815, and d. Feb. 4, 1888. He settled on the farm then belonging to
12. GILMAN MIORTIMER4 BARTLETT (Peletiah3, Nathaniel2, Samuel1) was b. Jan. 24, 1822; m. Oct. 20, 1848, Angelina Comings of Cornish, dau. of Uriel and Sarah (Robinson) Comings, b. NoV. 3, 1823, and d. Dec. 19, 1894. -1r. Bartlett lived in Cornish near the mills until after the death of his wife. Afterwards in Brownsville, Vt.
3. EDMUND HOOKER8 COBB (Francis7-6, Ebenezer5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. -Nov. 25. 1822; m. April 10. 1851, Hannah Penniman of Cornish, b. Nov. 26, 1824, in Hartland, Vt., dau. of Amos and Polly (Mace) Penniman. For some years they res. on the old homestead in Cornish and then rem. to East Plainfield. He d. July 27.
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
FRANK ADDISON FIFIELD, son of Edward and Rosarah (Spaulding) Fifield of Plainfield, was b. there Nov. 24, 1852; m. first, Jan. 30, 1877, Kate S. Waterman of Lebanon, adopted dau. of Silas and Sally (Wood) Water man. She d. about, 1880, without issue; m. second, Feb. 6, 1882, Thankful Pardy, dau. of John and Phebe
4. STEPHEN4 COLE (Daniel3, Ebenezer2, Ephraim1) was b. Oct. 17, 1787; studied medicine with Dr. Roswell Leavitt of Cornish and Dr. Edward E. Phelps of Windsor, Vt., and from them received a license to practice medicine and later received an honorary degree from Dartmouth College. He settled first in Huntsburg, Vt., and then, in 1813,
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
1. ASA COBURN, b. -; m. first, -, Letta , b. -. She d. in 1789; m. second, -, Mary -, b. -; d. Oct. 1, 1807. Children by Letta, b. in Grantham and Cornish: i. ROBERT, b. April 9, 1783. ii. DANIEL, b. Feb. 23, 1785; d. young. 2. iii. ASA, JR., b. March
The Churchills are of English descent. John1 Churchill came in 1643 to Plymouth, Mass. He m. Dec. 18, 1644, Hannah Pontus and had six children. The generations following are: William2, b. in 1657; m. Jan. 17, 1683, Lydia Bryant. Had eight children. William3, their eldest son, b. Aug. 2, 1685; m. Jan. 4, 1704, Ruth
Three men of this name came from Dracut, Mass., and settled in the northeast part of the town, in that part of Grantham afterwards annexed to Cornish. Their ages, and that of their children, were nearly contemporaneous, leading us to believe they were brothers. Their names were Dudley, Asa and Merrill. The record of the
HARRY6 CHAPMAN (Joseph5, Benjamin4, Samuel3-2, Edward1) was b. July 27, 1800; m. Sophia Stone of Plainfield, dau. of David and Ruth (Kenyon) Stone, b. Aug. 24, 1800, and d. June 3, 1887. He d. April 10, 1878. Children: 1. HUBBARD. 2. HARRY, JR. 3. ANGELINE. 4. JONES. 5. FRANK.
12. WILLIS G.6 COLE (Geo. L.5, Daniel4-3, Ebenezer2, Ephraim1) was b. Nov. 21. 1848; m. first, June 9, 1870, Julia Almira Huggins of Cornish, dau. of Geo. W. and Paulina (Pryor) Huggins, b. Oct. 11, 1846, and d. March 11. 1880; m. second, June 29, 1880, Nizaula Bixby of Windsor. Lives on the homestead of
3. WILLIAM2 BALLOCH (James) b. April 16, 1820; m. NOv. 6, 1844, Nancy J. Deming of Cornish, dau. Of Sylvester and Charlotte (Campbell) Deming, b. Nov. 1, 1823. Mr. Balloch d. Aug. 27, 1893. He was a man Of goOd gifts, being highly appreciated by his townsmen, as shown by being repeatedly chosen by them
