Month: July 2025

By Muriel Bristol | July 27, 2025

Benaiah Dore was born in Lebanon, ME, February 2, 1764, son of John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore.

Historical Memoranda. … Children of John and Charity (Wentworth) Dore were: Daniel, John, Jonathan, Hannah, Elizabeth, Charity, Joseph, Beniah, Philip, Wentworth, Paul, Sarah, Andrew and Dorothy (Dover Enquirer, June 4, 1868).

Benaiah Dore of Lebanon, ME, enlisted as a private, in December 1781, in Capt. John Fuller’s Company, in Col. William Shepards’ Fourth Massachusetts Regt., which was raised for the defense of West Point. He appeared in a muster roll there, in February 1782, and there until discharged in August or September 1783.

I, Joshua Pray of Lebanon in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that in the year A.D. 1781 I inlisted Seven men in Said Town of Lebanon into the Continental Service of the United States to be engaged in the Service of Said State in the war of the revolution and I further Say that Benaiah Dore, now of Milton in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire did enlist in the service as aforesaid in the Spring or Summer of Said year and that Said Dore did to my knowledge pass muster and was in Said Service for a number of Months but how long I cannot now recollect but I think for Considerable more than one year. Joshua Pray.
Strafford Ss. the 18th day of May A.D. 1818, the above named Joshua Pray personally appeared and made Sollom [Solemn] Oath that the Above declaration by him Subscribed was Just and true before Me. John Fish, Justice of the Peace.

Benaiah Dore of Milton, aged seventy-five years, testified in an affidavit, July 3, 1837, given in support of the Revolutionary pension application of Elizabeth (Witherell) Burrows, widow of Sgt. Jonathan Burrows of Lebanon, ME, Dore testified that he and six others had been recruited by Sgt. Burrows, in 1781, for the term of three years in the Continental service. (Jonathan Burrows died in Lebanon, ME, January 2, 1817).

“I, Benaiah Dore of Milton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy five years, depose, testify and say, that I enlisted into the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution, in the year 1781, at the time of my enlistment I lived in Lebanon in the County of York and provence [Province] of Maine, now State of Maine, and in the neighbourhood of Jonathan Burrows late of said Lebanon deceased, said Burrows had previously been ingaged [engaged] in the service, had been and [an] orderly sergeant, and was then a recruiting officer. I enlisted for three years with six others, none of the others are now alive to my knowledge. Soon after our enlistment, we all marched to Boston with said Burrows where we were to pass muster, the muster master refused at first to take me, as I was young and rather slender, but after sergeant Burrows had drild [drilled] me a few dayes, I went again before him, he then said we will take him, and if we can do nothing else with him we will make a drummer or fifer of him; after having pas’d muster I was attached to the fourth Massachusetts Regiment, Commanded by Col. [William] Sheappard in Capt. John Fuller’s Company, Capt. Fuller resigned I think in 1782 and Capt. [Jesse] Holister took his place. Mr. Burrows was joined to the fifth Massachusetts Regiment, we continued in Boston about one week, and then marched to West Point and joined the army. Sergeant Burrows had a brother by the name of David in the service with him, who was taken sick with the small pox and died. I had the same disorder at the same time and was sick in the hospital with said David Burrows, the said Jonathan Burrows was in to see us about every day and appeared to manifest great worriment of mind about his Brother and after his death appeared to be discontented, and wished to return home, and after having served about one year and a half as near as I can now recollect, he got a substitute, one Joseph Stevens to serve out the remainder of his three years enlistment and returned home to Lebanon aforesaid where he lived until his death, which took place about twenty years past. I do further depose and say, that my belief is that the said Jonathan Burrows acted as orderly sergeant untill he left the army ~ Benaiah {his x mark} Dore. Signed in presents [presence] of James Roberts
Strafford County ss. July 3rd 1837, personally appeared Benaiah Dore above named (who I certify is a creditable witness) and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true ~ Before me James Roberts Justice of the Peace.”

Benaiah Doore married (1st) in Berwick, ME, October 1, 1786, Experience Andrews, he of Lebanon, ME, and she of Berwick, ME.

(The known children of Benaiah and Experience (Andrews) Dore were: Benjamin Dore (1787-1877)).

Son Benjamin Dore was born in the Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, March 22, 1787.

Beniah Door headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], one male aged under-16 years [Benjamin Door], and three females [Experience (Andrews) Dore, and two others]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mark Miller, and James Berry. (See Northeast Parish in the First (1790) Federal Census).

Father John Dore died in 1796.

Brother Daniel Dore was one of twenty-four petitioners from Wakefield, Rochester & Dover, as well as Massachusetts, that signed the Salmon Falls sawmill petition of June 1797. (See Salmon Falls Sawmill Petition – 1797).

Beniah Door headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Experience (Andrews) Door], one male aged 10-15 years [Benjamin Door], one female aged 10-15 years, one male aged under-10 years, and two females aged under-5 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

Former company commander Capt. John Fuller (1731-1801) died in Lunenburg, MA, February 4, 1801, aged seventy years.

Elder brothers, Jonathan Dore and Daniel Dore, both signed the Rochester Division Petition of 1802. For whatever reason, Benaiah Dore did not so sign.

Beniah Door was assessed in the Milton School District No. 3 of Paul Jewett in 1806 (See Milton School Districts – 1806).

Experience (Andrews) Dore died in 1806. Benaiah Dore married (2nd) in Lebanon, ME, July 18, 1807, Mary “Polly” Pray. Rev. Zebulon Delano of Berwick, ME, performed the ceremony. She was born in Berwick, ME, circa 1780.

(The known children of Benaiah and Mary (Pray) Dore were: Eliphalet Pray Dore (1808–1868), Samuel Dore (1810–), Ebenezer P. Dore (1814–1841), Alice Dore (1817-), Isaac Benaiah Dore (1821–1891)).

Son Eliphalet Dore was born in Milton, July 26, 1808. Son Samuel Dore was born in Milton, July 4, 1810.

Mother Charity (Wentworth) Dore died circa 1810.

Benaiah Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Mary (Pray) Dore], one male aged 16-25 years, one female aged 10-15 years, one male aged under-10 years [Eliphalet P. Dore], and one female aged under-10 years [Mary H. Dore]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Josiah Moulton and Henry Miller.

Son Benjamin Dore married (1st), December 25, 1811, Mary Brackett.

Son Benjamin Dore was among those that petitioned the NH General Court, in or around June 1814, seeking incorporation of the Milton Congregational Society. (See Milton Congregational Society Petition – 1814).

Son Ebenezer P. Dore was born in Milton, in 1814. Daughter Alice Dore was born in Milton, in 1817.

Former regimental commander Col. William Shepard (1737-1817) died in Westfield, MA, November 16, 1817, aged eighty years.

DIED. At Westfield, on the 16th of inst., William Shepard, aged 80. – He will be recollected as a brave and respectable officer of the Revolutionary army, and afterwards as Commander of the 4th Division of the Militia, during the rebellion of 1785 & 6, in this Commonwealth. – While in the service of the United States he received a wound in his neck. – He died possessed of unsullied reputation as a Christian, fair fame as a Soldier, and undeviating integrity as a Citizen. In addition to his various military employments, Gen. S. was appointed by the suffrages of his fellow citizens to many highly important trusts in the civil department of government. – for several years he held a seat in the Council and Senate of this state, and in the Congress of the United States. Such appointments were evincive of the esteem in which he was held and the general confidence placed in him (Greenfield Recorder (Greenfield, MA), November 1817).

Daughter-in-law Mary (Brackett) Dore died July 8, 1818. Son Benjamin Dore married (2nd) in Shapleigh, ME, January 3, 1819, Deborah Brackett. She was born in Acton, ME, in 1779, daughter of Nathan W. and Mary (Heard) Brackett.

Benaiah Dore aged fifty-three years, resident in Milton, applied for a Revolutionary war veteran’s pension, in May 1818. He swore an affidavit in support of that application, March 16, 1819, before David M. Durrell, Strafford County Court of Common Pleas Justice,

… That he the said Benaiah Dore enlisted in said service in March or April 1781 in the state of Massachusetts to serve three years, that he joined the American army at West Point, & was attached to the company commanded by Capt. Fuller of the 4th Massachusetts Regt. commanded by Col. Shepard, that he continued to serve in the corps aforesaid, in the service of the United States, till August, or September 1783 when, in consequence of ill health, he was discharged from said service at West Point, in the state of New York ~

(Maine had then been a “Province” of Massachusetts). Benjamin Stevens gave an affidavit of his personal knowledge that Benaiah Dore of Milton had enlisted in the land service of the United States in 1781, for the term of three years. Levi Jones, justice-of-the-peace & of the quorum attested, July 10, 1819, that Stevens was a Gentleman whose character for truth and veracity had not to his knowledge been impeached.

David Knox testified that he too had served at West Point and that Benaiah Dore had joined him there as early as February 1782, and had remained there until discharged about the last of August or first of September 1783.

When the pension was approved, it commenced at the rate of $96 per annum retroactive to May 2, 1818. 

However, the earliest Revolutionary war pension statutes and provisions required also that the pensioner be in “reduced circumstances,” as well as been a Revolutionary veteran. Benaiah Dore was dropped from the pension roll over this issue after the March 1820 payment.

Benaiah Dore, aged fifty-five years, a resident of Milton, appeared in Dover, NH, July 4, 1820, in order to present an account of his being in “reduced circumstances.”

53 acres of land with an old dwelling house and barn on the same ~ 2 oxen ~ 3 cows ~ 3 hogs & 2 shoats [piglets], one half of a pair of wheels ~ one plough & one half of one harrow ~ one axe & one hoe ~ Iron hollow ware, nine chairs ~ one loom and two wheels, 3 tables, 1 chest & 1 case of drawers ~ one heifer one year old ~ $25 income. Beniah {his x mark} Dore. Attest Levi Jones, Fred Ballard.

Dore described also the names and ages of his family members, and their ability to contribute to their own support, as being

… a wife named Polly aged forty years ~ one son aged 12 years, unhealthy and not able to earn a living, named Eliphalet Dore ~ 1 son 10 years old Samuel Dore in good health ~ one son 5 years old named Ebenezer Dore in health ~ one daughter 3 years of age named Alice Dore ~ that his wife is in a low state of health and poorly able to labour ~ that he is indebted to several persons $43 ~

Son Isaac Benaiah Dore was born in Milton, in 1821.

Benaiah Dore of Milton filed the following schedule of his property, February 13, 1829, in support of his application to resume his monthly pension.

Schedule of my property. 53 Acres of poor Land in Milton in said County with an Old house & Barn thereon, three Old tables, ½ doz. old Chairs, one Tea Kettle, 1 pot (cracked), 1 two pail Kettle, ½ doz. Knives & forks, one yoke of small Oxen, one yoke Steers, three Cows, 11 Sheep, 2 Spring Pigs, and I am indebted to sundry persons in the sum of eighty Seven Dollars. Beniah {his x mark} Dore.

Benaiah Dore published a notice of his emancipation of his still-minor son, Samuel Dore, in 1830. (Samuel Dore would have been about eighteen or nineteen years of age).

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I, THE subscriber, to hereby relinquish to my son, SAMUEL DORE, a minor, all right, title and claim to his future earnings, and allow him to transact business as of his own right, and shall not hereafter pay any debt or debts of his contracting. BENAIAH his x mark DORE. Attest, JOSHUA G. HALL. Milton, June 21, 1830 1* (Dover Enquirer, June 29, 1830).

Beniah Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Mary (Pray) Dore], two males aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years, and one male aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Hayes, Jr., and Deborah Ricker. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

Benj. Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years,  two males aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, two males aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, one female aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Phineas Wentworth, and Beard T. Varney. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

Brother Daniel Dore died in Milton, January 31, 1831.

Former company commander Capt. Jesse Hollister (1756-1831) of Lenox, MA, died in Burlington, VT, January 19, 1831, aged seventy-six years.

DEATHS. In Burlington, Capt. Jesse Hollister, aged 76, a soldier of the Revolution (Working Man’s Gazette (Woodstock, VT), February 2, 1831).

Bennaiah Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 70-79 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Mary (Pray) Dore], one male aged 30-39 years, two males aged 20-29 years, two females aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, and one male aged under-5 years. Five members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Dore and Phineas Wentworth. It included a Revolutionary pensioner, Bennaiah Dore, aged seventy-five years, i.e., the householder himself.

Benjamin Dore headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years, one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, two males aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, two males aged 10-14 years, two females aged 5-9 years, and one female aged under-5 years. Six members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mary Miller and Bennaiah Dore.

Son Eliphalet Dore married in Dover, NH, in 1840, Augusta H. Fox, he of Milton and she of Dover, NH. She was born in Acton, ME, in May 1813, daughter of James and Sally (Whitehouse) Fox.

Married. In this town, Mr. Eliphalet Dore of Milton, to Miss Augusta Fox, of this town (Dover Enquirer, November 10, 1840).

Son Ebenezer P. Dore died in 1841. Brother Wentworth Dore died in Milton, August 24, 1845.

Beniah Dore, a farmer, aged eighty-five years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Pray)] Dore, aged sixty-seven years (b. ME), Isaac B. Dore, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), Abby [(Howe)] Dore, aged twenty-eight years (b. ME), John D. Dore, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Samuel Dore, aged five years (b. NH), and Mary Jones, aged forty-seven years (b. ME). Isaac B. Dore had real estate valued at $1,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Eliphalet Dore, a shoemaker, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and Noah Merrow, a marble worker, aged thirty-three years (b. NH).

Eliphalet Dore, a shoemaker, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Augusta [(Fox)] Dore, aged thirty-eight years (b. ME), James F. Dore, aged six years (b. NH), and Ella M. Dore, aged eight months (b. NH). Isaac B. Dore had real estate valued at $800. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Dore, a farmer, aged sixty-three years (b. ME), and Beniah Dore, a farmer, aged eighty-five years (b. ME).

Son Eliphalet P. Dore of Milton made his last will, December 3, 1852. He bequeathed to his beloved wife, Augusta Dore, the improvement of all his property, both real and personal, so long as she remained his widow. He bequeathed that same property, after the decease of his widow, in equal shares to his three children, Nathaniel Hanson Dore, James Freeman Dore, and Ella Maria Dore. He named his brother, Isaac Dore, as executor. Reuben Buck, Asa N. Witham, and Susan Dore signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 80:147).

Benaiah Dore died in Milton, February 2, 1854, aged ninety years. His widow, Mary [(Pray)] Dore, a resident of Milton, aged seventy-three years, applied for a Revolutionary veteran’s widow’s pension, June 6, 1854. She stated that

… she was married to the said Benaiah Dore on (or about) the eighteenth day of July, A.D. 1807; that her said husband died on the second day of February A.D. 1854; that she was not married to him prior to the 2nd of February eighteen hundred, but at the time stated. She further declares that she is now a widow ~ Mary {her x mark} Dore. Attest, Daniel Otis, Wm H. Hatchett.

(Mary {her x mark} Dore made a similar statement before John L. Swinerton, J.P., March 30, 1854, as did Asa Fox (Strafford County Probate, Old Series, 16775)).

Mary Dore, widow of Benaiah Dore, a Revolutionary war private, was placed on the Federal pension roll, from April 2, 1854, at the rate of $96 per annum.

Benjamin Dorr, a farm laborer, aged seventy-four years (b. ME), headed a New Hampton, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Deborah [(Brackett)] Dorr, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME), Deborah A. Dorr, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and Martha Dorr, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). Benjamin Dorr had real estate valued at $600 and personal estate valued at $150.

Eliphalet P. Dore, aged fifty-one years, headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dore, aged forty-seven years, Nathl H. Dore, aged nineteen years, James F. Dore, aged sixteen years, and Ella M. Dore, aged ten years.

Isaac B. Dore, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abba [(Howe)] Dore, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), Mary [(Pray)] Dore, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH [SIC]), Phinehas Howe, a farm laborer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), A.S. Shaw, a farm laborer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), and E.G. Chamberlin, aged forty-three years (b. NH). Isaac B. Dore had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $600. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Eliphalet P. Dore, a farmer, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and George Howe, a shoemaker, aged thirty-one years (b. ME).

John C. Dore, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Samuel E. Dore, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Julia A. [(Corliss)] Dore, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), H.A. Dore, aged three years (b. NH), and Susan [(—-)] Dore, aged forty-five years (b. NH). John C. Dore had real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Wallingford, Jr., a farmer, aged forty-one years (b. NH), and Benja Roberts, a farmer, aged sixty-six years (b. NH).

Isaac B. Dore of Milton registered for the Class II military draft in Milton, in June 1863. He was a shoemaker, aged forty-two  years (b. NH).

Mary (Pray) Dore died in Milton, November 17, 1863, aged eighty-one years.

Daughter-in-law Deborah (Brackett) Dore died in Lebanon, ME, November 26, 1865, aged seventy-three years, ten months.

Brother Andrew Dore died in Milton, December 17, 1866.

Son Eliphalet P. Dore added a codicil to his last will of December 1852 (see above), January 23, 1868. In this codicil, he revoked the one-third equal share of his daughter, Ella Maria Dore, and instead allocated the reversion of his property to his two sons, Nathaniel H. Dore and James F. Dore, in equal halves. His daughter, Ella M. Dore was to have $50 and a home with her mother and brothers so long as she remained single. Rufus W. Brackett, Nicholas H. Roberts, and Isaac B. Dore signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 80:148).

Son Eliphalet Dore died in Milton, February 10, 1868, aged fifty-nine years.

DIED. In Milton, Feb. 10, Eliphalet Dore, aged 59 years (Dover Enquirer, March 26, 1868).

The last will of Eliphalet P. Dore, and its codicil, were proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Somersworth, NH, June 2, 1868 (Strafford County Probate, 80:148).

Benjamin Dorr, a retired carpenter, aged eighty-three years (b. NH), headed a New Hampton, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Martha J. Dorr, a tailoress, aged thirty years (b. NH), Deborah H. [(Dorr)] Hubbard, a housekeeper, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), and John M. Hubbard, aged eight years (b. MA) (b. NH). Benjamin Dorr had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $1,000. Martha J. Dorr had personal estate valued at $500.

Nathaniel H. Dorr, a farm labourer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dorr, a housekeeper, aged fifty-six years (b. ME), Ella M. Dorr, works in woolen mill, aged twenty years (b. NH), James F. Dorr, a farm labourer, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and Lizzie S. [(Maddox)] Dorr, works in woolen mill, aged twenty-five years (b. ME). Nathaniel H. Dorr had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $450. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nicholas H. Roberts, a farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME), and Isaac B. Dorr, a farm laborer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH).

Isaac B. Dorr, a farm laborer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Abbie [(Howe)]  Dorr, aged forty-nine years (b. ME). Isaac B. Dorr had real estate valued at $1,500 and personal estate valued at $350. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathaniel H. Dorr, a farm laborer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Lizzie A. Howe, keeping house, aged forty-eight years (b. ME).

Son Benjamin Dore died in Lebanon, ME, November 20, 1877, aged ninety years, eight months.

Daughter-in-law Susan (—-) Dore died October 17, 1878, aged sixty-five years, eight months, and twelve days. (“A Faithful Friend”).

Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dorr, keeping house, aged sixty-five years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Nathaniel H. Dorr, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), Ella A. Dorr, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and James F. Dorr, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), his daughter-in-law, Sarah E. [(Maddox)] Dorr, aged thirty-six years (b. ME), and his granddaughters, Lillian R. Dorr, aged seven years (b. NH), Gracie E. Dorr, aged four years (b. NH), and No-Name [] Dorr, aged one year (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Edmund Drew, a farm laborer, aged fifty-five years (b. ME), and Edmund Horn, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH).

Isaac B. Dorr, a day laborer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household (“Village of Milton Mills”) at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Abby [(Howe)] Dorr, keeping house, aged fifty-eight years (b. ME). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Freeman E. Stevens, runs steam engine in mill, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Cyrus F. Hart, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH).

Granddaughter Ella M. Door died of an ovarian tumor in Milton, June 21, 1889, aged thirty-nine years, eight months, and fourteen days. She was a single houseworker. W.E. Pillsbury, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son Isaac B. Door died of heart failure in Milton Mills, July 1, 1891, aged seventy years, five days. He was a married laborer. W.E. Pillsbury, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Daughter-in-law Abigail (Howe) Dore died of a cancerous tumor, April 21, 1895, aged seventy-three years, eleven months. She was a widowed housewife. She was born in Newfield, circa 1822, daughter of Phineas and Hannah (Ham) Howe.

Augusta H. [(Fox)] Dore, a farmer, aged eighty-seven years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her son, James F. Dore, a grain dealer, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), her daughter-in-law (of twenty-nine years), Sarah E. [(Maddox)] Dore, aged fifty-two years (b. ME), and her grandchildren, Grace E. Dore, a weaver (wool) aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Charlotte P. Dore, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Augusta M. Dore, at school, aged seventeen years (b. NH), and Winnie B. Dore, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH). Augusta H. Dore owned their farm, free-and-clear. She was the mother of three children, of whom one was still living. Sarah E. Dore was the mother of six children, of whom four were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James H. Horne, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and Lena F. Drew, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty-three years (b. ME)..

James D. Dorr, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included his mother, Augusta [(Fox)] Dorr, aged ninety-seven years (b. ME), and his sister[-in-law], Elizabeth [(Maddox)] Dorr, a weaver (woolen mill), aged sixty years (b. ME). James D. Dore owned their farm, free-and-clear. Augusta Dore was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James H. Horne, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and Lena F. Drew, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty-three years (b. ME).

Daughter-in-law Augusta H. Dore of Milton made her last will, March 7, 1913. She devised $850 to her granddaughter Grace E. Evans. She devised $250 to her daughter-in-law, Lizzie Dore, and whatever might remain in her Norway Plains Savings Bank account (Passbook 4908). She devised to her granddaughter, Augusta M. Henderson, her homestead farm, with buildings, and appurtenances. That granddaughter was to care for her daughter-in-law, Lizzie Dore. She appointed Charles D. Fox of Milton to be executor. Lena F. Drew, Calvin S. Haines, and Charles D. Dox signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 140:241).

Daughter-in-law Augusta H. (Fox) Dore celebrated her one-hundredth birthday on May 13, 1913.

Former Maine Woman Centenarian. Milton Mills, N.H., May 9. – “I am not a bit tired, but I am afraid some of the rest of you are.” These were the words of Mrs. Augusta H. Dore to her granddaughters after she had received the congratulations of 300 of her friends and neighbors at a reception at her home in Milton Mills, Tuesday, in honor of her 100th birthday. The children of the neighborhood public school to the number of 80 marched to her home early in the day to greet her, bearing 100 pinks. A shower of letters and cards from all parts of the country was received. Mrs. Dore was the recipient also of three birthday cakes, which with other refreshments, she served to her guests. Late in the afternoon she enjoyed an auto ride and at the close of the day’s observance her pastor, Rev. James W. Williams of the Free Baptist church, spoke words of congratulations and offered prayer. Mrs. Dore was born in Acton, Me., about two miles from her present home, being a near neighbor of Ralph Farnum, the last survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill. Her maiden name was Fix [Fox]. Seventy-five years ago she married Eliphlet Dore and removed to her present home, close to line between Maine and New Hampshire. Her husband died 30 years ago, since which time her only child, James F., cared for her until his death, five months ago. A granddaughter has since resided at the home place. Mrs. Dore has each summer done work out of doors, in her garden, and has been active in the work of the home. All her faculties are acute, and she gives little evidence of her advanced years. For more than 80 years she has been a member of the Free Baptist church in Milton Mills (Kennebec Journal, [Wednesday,] May 14, 1913).

Daughter-in-law Augusta H. (Fox) Dore died of heart failure in Milton Mills, April 2, 1914, aged  one hundred years, ten months, and twenty-seven days.

MRS. DORE, AGED 101 YEARS, DEAD. New Hampshire’s-Oldest Woman, a Native of Acton, Me., Passed Away at Milton Mills. Mrs. Augusta H. Dore, of Milton Mills, N.H., passed away at her home April 2, after a few days illness. Her age was 100 years, 10 months, 27 days. She retained all her faculties up to the last, and spoke a few moments before the end. She was very tenderly cared for by her granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur Henderson, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. J.F. Dore. Funeral services were held at her home, Sunday, April 5, conducted by Rev. J.W. Williams, former pastor of the Free Baptist church, of which she has been. a member for 83 years. He was assisted by Rev. Mr. Southwick, and Mrs. Minnie Buckley of Milton sang. Floral tributes were many and beautiful (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), April 10, 1914).

The last will of of daughter-in-law Augusta H. Dore was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Somersworth, NH, May 19, 1914 (Strafford County Probate, 140:).

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By Muriel Bristol | July 20, 2025

Joseph Plummer [Jr.] was born in August 13, 1786, son of Beard and Susanna (Ham) Plummer. He was a namesake for his paternal uncle, Joseph Plummer [Sr.].

Maternal grandfather Jonathan Ham died in Rochester, NH, in 1793. Mother Susanna (Ham) Plummer died in Milton, February 20, 1803.

Father Beard Plummer and his brother, Enoch Plummer, were assessed in the Milton School District No. 1 of another brother, Joseph Plummer, in 1806 (See Milton School Districts – 1806).

[Lewis Plummer was born in Milton, June 6, 1809. (N.B. Though some have posited him to be a son of Joseph Plummer, through a first marriage to Anna “Nancy” (Cram) Plummer (1787-1814) of Newburyport, MA, she was not a first wife of this Joseph Plummer, nor the mother of Lewis Plummer)].

Joseph Plumer, Jr., married in Hampton Falls, NH, October 8, 1810, Sarah “Sally” Brown, he of Milton and she of Hampton Falls, NH. Rev. Jacob Abbott performed the ceremony. She was born 1785, daughter of Nathan and Miriam (Smith) Brown.

(The known children of Joseph and Sarah (Brown) Plummer were: Jonathan Plummer (1811-1812), Caroline Plummer (1813-1865), Enoch W. Plummer (1815-1896), Beard Plummer (1817-1902), Joseph Plummer (1820-1907), Sarah Plummer (1821-1894)).

Father-in-law Nathan Brown of Hampton Falls, NH, made his last will, November 15, 1811. He devised a one-third  part of his farm and its building while she remained a widow. He directed his sons, John Brown and Josiah Brown, to provide her with as much firewood as she might need for her comfortable support, cut and hauled to her door, as well as a horse and chaise whenever she shall occasion to use them. He also bequeathed his furniture to her- excepting his clock – for her own proper use forever. Were she to remarry, she was to receive two cows and $100.

Nathan Brown bequeathed $15 each to his daughters, Sally Plummer and Nancy Berry, at his death and a further $40 each within two years. He devised other real estate to his son, Benjamin Brown, namely the farm on which he now lives (purchased of Levi Healey); the 20 acres of land situate in Exeter near Susanna Leavitt (purchased of Moses Pike); the 2 acres of land situate in Exeter, to be taken off that side adjoining Abner Sanborn, to be of equal width at both ends (purchased of O. Peabody &  G. Lamson); the five acres purchased of Samuel Tilton; and the 4 acres of salt marsh in Hampton (purchase of one Folsom). He directed his son, Benjamin Brown, to pay the legacies mentioned, as well as $100 to his brother, William Brown, in part of what I owe him; and the payments and performance due to Sarah Healey as her life estate.

Nathan Brown bequeathed $150 to his eldest son, John Brown. He bequeathed all the rest and remainder in equal shares to this his eldest son, John Brown, and to his youngest son, Josiah Brown. He named those two sons, John Brown and Josiah Brown, to be his joint executors. Benjamin Sanborn, Zephaniah Brown, and Levi Lane signed as witnesses (Rockingham County Probate, 40:322).

Son Jonathan Plummer was born in Milton, November 5, 1811. He was a namesake for his great grandfather, Jonathan Ham. He died in Milton, March 21, 1812.

Father-in-law Nathan Brown died December 1, 1811, aged fifty-eight years. His is said to have died or been lost at sea while serving as chief officer of the ship Monk (Salem Gazette, May 21, 1811). His last will was proved in a Rockingham County Probate Court held in Exeter, NH, January 6, 1812 (Rockingham County Probate, 40:323).

Daughter Caroline Plummer was born in Milton, January 9, 1813. Son Enoch W. Plummer was born in Milton, April 4, 1815.

Father Beard Plumer and his brother, Joseph Plumer, signed the Milton Congregational Society petition of June 1814. (See Milton Congregational Society Petition – 1814).

Paternal grandfather Hon. John Plummer died in Rochester, NH, November 19, 1815, aged ninety-six years. (Columbian Centinel, November 29, 1815).

Beard Plumer, Esq., of Milton made his last will in Milton, October 5, 1816. He devised a life estate in a chamber and another room in his new house, along with support, to Achsah Plumer. He devised $100 to his son, Enoch Plummer; $1 to granddaughter Mary Plummer (daughter of deceased son Jonathan Plummer), and an additional $99 when she became eighteen years of age; $500 to daughter Betsy Hall (wife of Joshua G. Hall); $500 to daughter Susanna Plummer, along with $300 worth of neat stock and furniture, and two feather beds and bedding; land in Milton, and a half a pew on the “town floor” of the Milton Meeting-House, to son Joseph Plumer; $600 to son Beard Plumer when he became twenty-one years of age; and a one eighth and one-half share of a one-eighth share of Lot #120 in the Fourth Division (purchased of Joseph Plumer, Jr.), and the use of his “wall pew” in the Milton Meeting-House. He named his two sons, Joseph Plumer and John Plumer, as executors. Joseph Plumer, Ann Nutter, and Levi Jones signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 17:525). (See Milton Town House – 1804).

Father Beard Plummer died in Milton, October 7, 1816, aged sixty-two years.

OBITUARY. In Milton, New Hampshire, Hon. Beard Plumer, aged 62 (Christian Disciple (Boston, MA), November 1816).

(See also Hon. Beard Plummer Autopsy – 1816).

Son Beard Plummer was born in Milton, August 16, 1817. He was a namesake for his paternal grandfather, Beard Plummer. Son Joseph Plummer was born in Milton, March 11, 1820.

Joseph Plummer, Jr, signed the Milton anti-division remonstrance of June 1820. He signed also the Milton militia division petition of November 1820. (See Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).

Benjamin Scates, Theodore C. Lyman, and Joseph Plumer, Junr, signed as witnesses to the last will of Joseph Plummer, March 12, 1821 (Strafford County Probate, 24:506).

Uncle Joseph Plummer died in Milton, April 27, 1821. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Wolfeborough, NH, May 29, 1821 (Strafford County Probate, 24:509).

Daughter Sarah Plummer was born in Milton, November 18, 1821. She was a namesake or “Junior” of her mother, Sarah (Brown) Plummer.

The Milton Selectmen of 1823 were H. Hayes, H. Meserve, and Jos. Plumer.

Mother-in-law Miriam (Smith) Brown died in Epping, NH, January 16, 1824.

Uncle John Plumer died in Rochester, NH, May 13, 1824, aged sixty-two years.

Joseph Plumer of Milton, husbandman, made his last will, June 18, 1825. He devised $1,000, his horse and chaise, and his household furniture, excepting that furniture otherwise devised, to his beloved wife, Sally Plumer. He devised a life estate in a lower front room and chamber in his house to his wife, Sally Plumer, and daughters, Caroline Plumer and Sarah Plumer. He devised his real estate, excepting the rooms mentioned already, to his sons, Enoch W. Plumer and Joseph Plumer, when they reached the age of twenty-one years; and his sawmill right, when they reached the age of twenty years. He devised $3,000 to his second son, Bard Plumer. He devised $1,000 and a featherbed to his eldest daughter, Caroline Plumer, when she either married or reached the age of twenty-one years. He devised all the rest and remainder to his children, Enoch W. Plumer, Joseph Plumer, Bard Plumer, Caroline Plumer, and Sarah Plumer. He named his brother-in-law, Joshua G. Hall, as guardian of his minor children. He named his wife, Sarah Plumer, as executrix. Levi Jones, Levi Wentworth, and Joseph P. Jones signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 34:24).

Joseph Plummer [Jr.] died in Milton, January 3, 1826, aged thirty-nine years. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court, January 26, 1826 (Strafford County Probate, 34:26).

DIED. In Milton, on the 3d inst., Mr. Joseph Plumer, son of Hon. Beard Plumer, aged 39. The deceased was one of the most useful and respectable inhabitants of the town. He has left an afflicted wife, a family of young children, and an extensive circle of friends and relations, to lament their loss.

Sarah [(Brown)] Plummer headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 40-49 years [herself], one female aged 15-19 years [Caroline Plummer], one male aged 15-19 years [Enoch W. Plummer], two males aged 10-14 years  [Bard Plummer, and Joseph Plummer], one female aged 5-9 years [Sarah Plummer], one male aged 20-29 years, and one female aged 20-29 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Levi Jones and Jos. P. Burrows.

Son Bard Plummer married (1st) in Rochester, December 5, 1839, Mary Ann C. Horlor, he of Milton and she of Rochester, NH. She was born in Bath, England, circa 1816, daughter of William and Ann Horlor.

Married. In Rochester, on the 5th inst., by Rev. Mr. Willey, Mr. Bard Plumer, of Milton, to Miss Mary Anne C. Horlor, of Rochester (Dover Enquirer, December 17, 1839).

Son Enoch W. Plummer and Thomas Chapman were the Milton Delegates to the NH State Whig Convention, which was held in Concord, NH, Tuesday, November 21, 1837 (Times & Dover Enquirer, November 28, 1837). (See Milton’s Ante-Bellum Party Affiliations).

Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 50-59 years [herself], five males aged 20-29 years [Enoch W. Plumer, Bard Plumer, and Joseph Plumer, and others], one female aged 20-29 years [Caroline Plumer], and one female aged 15-19 years [Sarah Plumer]. Five members of her household were engaged in Agriculture. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Roberts and Levi Jones.

Daughter Caroline Plummer married, March 31, 1840, David Porter Wentworth. He was born in 1814.

Son E.W. Plummer  and Joseph Pearl were the Milton Delegates to the NH Fifth Senatorial District Whig Convention, which was held at the Jonathan T. Dodge Hotel in Rochester, NH, January 18, 1841. The Convention selected Daniel Winkley, Esq., of Strafford, NH, as their preferred candidate (Times & Dover Enquirer, January 26, 1841). (See Milton’s Ante-Bellum Party Affiliations).

Son Bard Plummer appeared in a list of persons enrolled in the militia of Newburyport, MA, in 1842.

NH Governor Henry Hubbard appointed son Enoch W. Plummer as Colonel of the 33rd NH Militia Regiment, in June 1843. He appointed Jonathan Sanborn as Lt. Colonel, and John Churchill as Major (Dover Enquirer, July 18, 1843).

Son-in-law David Porter Wentworth died in Ossipee, NH, September 14, 1844, aged twenty-nine years.

Son Joseph Plummer married (1st) in Somersworth, NH, October 30, 1844, Adaline Frances Baker, she of Somersworth, NH. She was born in Somersworth, NH, May 24, 1820, daughter of Moses and Sarah “Sally” (Thoms) Baker.

Marriages. In Somersworth, on the 30th ult., by Rev. Mr. Willey, Mr. Joseph Plumer of Milton, to Miss Adaline F. Baker, daughter of Hon. Moses Baker of S. [Somersworth] (Dover Enquirer, November 12, 1844).

Son Bard Plummer appeared in a list of persons enrolled in the militia of Newburyport, MA, in 1845.

Son Bard Plummer [of Newburyport, MA,] was part owner of the 110-ton brig Thoosa, of Newburyport, MA, in November 1846. (In Greek mythology and the Odyssey, “Thoosa” was the sea nymph mother of the Cyclops).

THOOSA, brig, 110 tons; built Essex, 1833; length, 73 ft.; breadth 19 ft. 4½ in.; depth 8 ft. 10 in.; billet head. Reg. Jan. 13, 1845. Benjamin P. Dow, Nicholas Varina, owners; Nicholas Varina, master. Reg. Nov. 1, 1845. Benjamin P. Dow, Nicholas Varina, both of Newburyport, owners; Stephen Goodwin, master. Reg. Nov. 6, 1846. Bard Plummer, Josiah Bradley, Woodbury Masters, owners; Samuel D. Hoyt, master.

The brig Thoosa, was “cleared,” or authorized to depart, from its home port of Newburyport, MA, on its way to Havana, Cuba, in November, 1846.

HOME PORTS. NEWBURYPORT, Nov. 13 – Cld brig Thoosa, Hoyt, for Havana (New York Herald, November 16, 1846).

The brig Thoosa arrived in New Orleans, LA, on December 13, 1846, with crewmen rescued from a sinking ship.

From Havana – Seven Days Later. The brig Thoosa, arrived on the 13th from Newburyport, had on board the Captain, Mate, and six men belonging to the ship Everton, which was found leaking badly and in a sinking condition on the 28th November, in lat. 36° North, long. 629 West. The Everton experienced a severe gale on the 23d, whilst on her voyage from Boston to St. Jago, with a cargo of ice. During the gale she lost all her sails and part of her rigging (New Orleans Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), December 26, 1846).

The brig Thoosa arrived in Charleston, SC, January 26, 1847, having traveled from Marielle, Cuba, via Havana, Cuba, with a load of molasses.

ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Brig Thoosa, Hoyt, Marielle via Havana, 7 days. Molasses. To J.M. Shackelford. Off Cape Florida spoke brig Quincy from Havana for Boston. Left at Marielle brig Sea Boor and schr. Civilian, waiting. The brig Carribee, from Frankfort, (Me.) arrived 15th inst. The brig Fawn, for Boston sailed from Marielle 14th inst. (Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC), January 27, 1847).

NEW CROP WEST INDIA MOLASSES. – 118 hhds. and 14 tierces of very superior quality, cargo of brig Thoosa, from Mariel. For sale by JAMES M. SHACKELFORD, Corner Fitzsimons’ wharf and East Bay. Ja 27 (Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC), January 27, 1847).

FOR NEW-YORK.– Wanted a DECK LOAD of Cotton for the Brig THOOSA, Hoyt master; to sail in a few days. Apply on board, at Exchange wharf, or to JAMES CHAPMAN, Exchange-st. Ja 29 (Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC), January 29, 1847).

EXPORTS. NEW YORK – Brig Thoosa, 84 bales Upland Cotton, and 235 bbl Rice (Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC), February 5, 1847).

The brig Thoosa would stop subsequently at the Delaware breakwater, Philadelphia, PA, and New York, NY, before heading south to Cuba again.

DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Feb 18 – The brig Thoosa, 17 ds fm Charleston, for N York, put in here yesterday, and remains at the anchorage in com with the vessels mentioned yesterday (NY Evening Post (New York, NY), February 20, 1847).

Son Bard Plummer [of Newburyport, MA,] was part owner also of the 98-ton schooner Gladiator, of Newburyport, MA, in 1847-48. He sold his interest in or around December 1848.

GLADIATOR, sch., 98 tons; built Duxbury, 1837; length 73 ft.; breadth 19 ft. 1 in.; depth 7 ft. 8¾ in.; billet head. Reg. Nov. 3, 1847; Woodbury Masters, of Hampton Falls, N.H., Bard Plummer, owners; Samuel D. Hoyt, master. Reg. Dec. 19, 1848. Woodbury Masters of Hampton Falls, N.H., Thomas Chase of Seabrook, N.H., Benjamin P. Dow, owners; Samuel D. Hoyt, master. Reg. Oct. 19, 1852. William Sanborn of Seabrook, N.H., Isaac H. Boardman, owners; Christopher Morey, master (Essex Institute, 1837).

Son Bard Plummer was a director of the Boston and Newburyport Mining Company in March 1849. This company was evidently formed to participate in the gold rush of 1849. They traveled to California by sea.

BOSTON AND NEWBURYPORT MINING COMPANY. Sailed from Boston, March 2, 1849, on schooner Edwin, for Chagres [Panama] to cross the Isthmus. Bard Plummer, Albert W. Goodwin, and William W. Huse, directors; George E. Allen, treasurer; G.B. Tibbets, physician; W.W. Allen, surgeon (Howe, 1923; Boston Evening Transcript, March 1, 1849).

Son Bard Plummer of Newburyport, MA, became a partner in a grocery store in San Francisco, CA, during the gold rush of 1849. Capt. George Cook, who had traveled to California by sea, and then sold his ship, met him there.

A few days after I arrived, as I was strolling along Montgomery street, carefully picking my way through the bogs, I was accosted by a person calling me by name; he was dashing along through the mud in boots that reached to his thighs, corduroy trousers, a fustian coat, hickory shirt, and a Mexican sombrero, and looked like a dismounted hussar. He was Mr. Bard Plummer, from Newburyport. He invited me down to his store. I found him engaged in the grocery business with two young men from Boston, under the style of Plummer, Kieth & Co. They had been established about seven months and had been very successful.
Their store was a rough-boarded frame building about fifteen by twenty-five feet, situated in a mud puddle near the foot of Sacramento street. In one corner of the building, a space eight feet by ten, was partitioned off with rough lumber; in it were three bunks or shelves. This was their lodging and counting room. For this miserable apology for a store they were paying a rent of $1,000 a month, and this always in advance, which at ten per cent. per month for money, makes a grand total of $25,000 per year (Cook, 1908).

Another “Forty-Niner,” also from Newburyport, MA, wrote home to his parents from San Francisco, CA, September 27, 1849. He told them that his passage from Boston had taken 170 days, which he had heard was a better than average time.

… I have seen a number of Newburyport men, Captain Bradbury, Bard Plummer, two of the House sons, John O.W. Brown, Anthony Hale. He has been sick and is getting well fast (Hendrickson, 2017). 

Enoch Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), John T. Plumer, aged eight years (b. NH), Joseph E. Plumer, aged seven years (b. NH), Mary B. Plumer, aged five years (b. NH), Beard Plumer, and four years (b. NH), Sarah Plumer, aged two years (b. NH), Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and Sarah Plumer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Wallingford, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and David D.A. Robinson, a shoemaker, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).

Joseph Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Adaline S. [(Baker)] Plumer. aged thirty years (b. NH), and Moses B. Plumer, aged two years (b. NH). Joseph Plumer had real estate valued at $4,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between Nathaniel W. Burnham. overseer of the alms house, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and Nahum Tasker, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH).

Son Bard Plummer had one of the San Francisco, CA, merchant firms that agreed to accept Page, Bacon & Co. certificates as money in exchange for merchandise, in February 1855.

New Advertisements. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25th, 1855. WE, the undersigned, merchants of San Francisco, hereby agree to receive certificates of deposit on Page, Bacon & Co., at par, in payment of merchandize. Arrington & Co., Moses Ellis & Co., Pickett & Mount, J.H. Pinner, Eugene Kelley & Co., Henry Julian, Dow, McRuer Co., Loud &  Hosmer, Bard Plummer, Henry Hugg & Co., Sherry, Janes & McCrea, W.C. Allen & Sawyer, Johnson & Co., Jackson McKinty, Geo. Dietz & Co., A.B. McCreery, R. McKee & Co., Haynes & Lawton, Earl & Co., Woodworth & Co., Wm. T. Coleman & Co., A.L. Edwards & Co., Hussey, Bond & Hale, Harrold, Randall & Co., Story, Redington & Co., De Long, McNiel & Co., & T.L. Horn, Lowe, Ebbets & Co., W.W. Backus. Beck & Elam. Country papers copy. [20-1m (Georgetown News (Georgetown, CA), March 1, 1855).

Daughter Sarah Plummer married in Wakefield, between April 30, 1854, and April 30, 1855, George A. Neal, she of Milton and he of Wakefield, NH. He was aged forty-one years and she was aged thirty-three years. Rev. Nathaniel Barker performed the ceremony. George A. Neal was born in Wakefield, NH, circa 1813.

Bard Plummer, a merchant, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), headed a Winchester, MA, household at the time of the First (1855) MA State Census. His household included Mary A. Plummer, aged thirty-five years (b. England), Florence L. Plummer, aged one year (b. MA), Margaret McLaughlin, a domestic, aged thirty-five years (b. Ireland), and Dorcas A. Knight, aged fifteen years (b. MA).

Daughter-in-law Mary Ann C. (Horlor) Plummer died of consumption in Winchester, MA, May 8, 1858, aged forty-two years.

DIED. In Winchester, Mass., May 8, of consumption, Mrs. Mary A.C. Plummer, wife of Mr. Bard Plummer, and daughter of Wm. Horlor, Esq., of Berwick (Union & Journal, May 21, 1858).

Daughter-in-law Adaline F. (Baker) Plummer died of neuralgia in Milton, June 30, 1858, aged thirty-eight years, one month, and six days.

E.W. Plumer, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged forty-two years (b. NH), John T. Plumer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Joseph E. Plumer, aged seventeen years (b. NH), Mary B. Plumer, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Bard B. Plumer, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Sarah Plumer, aged twelve years (b. NH), Fanny W. Plumer, aged nine years (b. NH), Susan Plumer, aged six years (b. NH), Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), Caroline [(Plummer)] Wentworth, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and Thomas Wentworth, aged twenty years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $1,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plumer, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), and Charles Jones, a farmer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).

Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Moses B. Plummer, aged eleven years (b. NH), Joseph Plummer [III], aged eight years (b. NH), J.L. Gerrish, a farm laborer, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), Irene Gerrish, a housekeeper, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and Charles Hammons, a boarder, aged sixty years (b. NH). Joseph Plummer had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $2,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of an unoccupied house (with Albert Nason, a farmer, aged forty-five years, just beyond), and [his brother,] E.W. Plummer, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH).

George A. Neal, a clerk in store, aged forty-four years (b. NH), headed  a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Neal, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH). George A. Neal had personal estate valued at $500, and Sarah P. Neal had personal estate valued at $1,200.

Son Joseph Plummer married (2nd) in Saxonville, [Framingham,] MA, October 1, 1863. Hannah D. Clark, he of Milton and she of Framingham, MA. He was a farmer, aged forty-three years, and she was aged thirty-two years. Rev. George E. Hill performed the ceremony. She was born in Sanbornton, NH, December 18, 1830, daughter of John and Betsy (Taylor) Clark.

MARRIAGES. In Saxonville, Mass., 1st inst., Joseph Plumer, Esq., of Milton, to Miss Hannah D., daughter of John H. Clark, formerly of Sanbornton (Dover Enquirer, October 15, 1863).

Son B. [Bard] Plummer married (2nd) in Portsmouth, NH, October 13, 1863, Ellen Tarlton, he of New Orleans, LA, and she of Portsmouth, NH. He was aged forty-two years and she was aged thirty years. Rev. James D. Normandie performed the ceremony. She was born in Newcastle, NH, circa 1827, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Neal) Tarlton.

MARRIAGES. In Portsmouth, Mr. Bart. Plummer of New Orleans, to Ellen Tarlton, daughter of Thomas Tarlton, Esq. (Dover Enquirer, October 22, 1863).

(The riverine approaches to New Orleans had been captured by Federal forces under Admiral Farragut, in late April 1862, and the city itself had been occupied by General Butler, on May 1, 1862).

Daughter Caroline (Plummer) Wentworth died of cancer in Milton, May 31, 1865, aged fifty-one years.

Son Bard Plummer, of Plummer & Daniels, in New Orleans, LA, testified in a multilateral dispute between the Freedmen’s Bureau, in Hamburg, AR, the Harris Plantation, and its tenant agent or overseer, B.J. Adams, in December 1866.

Miss Sue Harris, owner of the Harris Plantation, complains that Adams, who has the plantation rented, is Boiling the Cotton as fast as he can preparatory to shipping it to New Orleans & selling it & thus defrauding the Negroes & her of their portion of the cotton.
Bard Plummer, Commission Merchant, New Orleans, reports to me today that by Miss Harris’ consent the cotton has been divided. That the negroes got 11 bales, 4 of which the civil officers have seized to pay for supplies sold Adams for the Negroes by Hosea & McBride. That Adams had [gone] off without settlement with either him or the Negroes. That the 4 bales of the cotton has been taken by civil officers to pay Hazard’s debt is sold & But 7 bales are left for the Freedmen. That Adams has proven himself a swindler & great rogue.

COURT NOTES. Judgement for thirteen thousand three hundred dollars was rendered in the Third District Court against Eliza S. Compton, foreclosing mortgage on a plantation in the parish of Madison. By consent of parties execution was stayed until the 1st of January, 1868. The suit was brought by Adams Daniels and Bard Plummer, holders of promissory notes in the above amount secured by mortgage (New Orleans Times (New Orleans, LA), February 2, 1867).

Sarah “Sally” (Brown) Plummer died of dropsy in Milton, July 27, 1867, aged eighty-two years. She was a widowed farmer.

Son Bard Plummer appeared in the New Orleans, LA, directory of 1869, as having his house at 46 Carondelet [street].

Son Bard Plummer was an original incorporator of the Feliciana Savings and Exchange Bank, when the Louisiana Assembly charted it in April 1870.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That following named persons, their successors and assigns, viz.: John P. Mumford, William H. Stirling, H.S. Welton, David J. Riley, T.H. Noland, William B. Cornell, Bard Plummer, Henry L. Birge, L.B. Jenks, and Carlos Wilcox, are hereby created and constituted a corporate and politic under the name and title of the “Feliciana Savings and Exchange Bank,” with all the rights and powers forth in the following articles, viz.:
Article I. The name and title of the said corporation shall be “Feliciana Savings and Exchange Bank,” and its domicile is established in the town of Bayou Sara, parish of West Feliciana, and State of Louisiana; but said corporation may establish with like powers and privileges in the towns of Jackson and Clinton, in the parish of East Feliciana, in said State. It shall exist for term of fifty (50) years from the passage of this act. It shall power to contract, sue and be sued, and shall have and use a common seal of such device as may be deemed proper … (Brandao, 1870; New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA), April 27, 1870).

Enoch W. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plummer, keeping house, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), Mary B. Plummer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Bard B. Plummer, a farm laborer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Sarah Plummer, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Fanny W. Plummer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Susan Plummer, aged eleven years (b. NH), and George I. Whitehouse, a farm laborer, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $4,340. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Charles Jones, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH).

Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Hannah D. [(Clark)] Plummer, keeping house, aged forty years (b. NH), and Joseph Plummer, a farm laborer, aged nineteen years (b. NH). Joseph Plummer had real estate valued at $9,000 and personal estate valued at $4,240. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Enoch F. Mason, a farm laborer, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and [his brother,] Enoch W. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH).

George A. Neil, a bookkeeper, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Sarah [(Plummer)] Neil, keeping house, aged forty-eight years (b. NH). George A. Neil had personal estate valued at $400.

Son Bard Plummer appeared in a list of registered voters of Newton, MA, in October 30, 1877.

Granddaughter Florence L. Plummer died of phthisis in Auburndale, [Newton,] MA, November 30, 1877, aged twenty-three years, four months. (Born in Winchester, MA, daughter of Bard Plummer (b. Milton, N.H.) and Mary A.C. Plummer (b. Bath, England)).

DEATHS. PLUMMER. – In Auburndale, 30th ult., Florence L. Plummer, only daughter of B. Plummer, 23 years, 4 months (Boston Globe, December 8, 1877).

Son Bard Plummer appeared in a list of registered voters of Newton, MA, October 24, 1879.

Enoch W. Plumer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH). They shared a two-family residence with the household of Bard B. Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). Their residence appeared between those of Joseph Plumer, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. NH), and Enoch S. Mason, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).

Joseph Plumer, aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Hannah D. [(Clark)] Plumer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and his help, Minnie M. Langley, at house, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and Lafayette Rines, at house, aged eighteen years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Lydia Varney, keeping house, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and Enoch W. Plumer, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH).

Bard Plummer, a merchant, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), headed a Newton, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ellen T. [(Tarlton)] Plummer, keeping house, aged forty-two years (b. NH). They resided on Hancock Street.

George A. Neal, a carpenter, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time o the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah P. [Plummer)] Neal, keeping house, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH).

Son-in-law George A. Neal died November 2, 1880, aged sixty-six years.

DEATHS. In Wakefield, Nov. 2, George Neal, aged 65 yrs. (Dover Enquirer, November 4, 1880).

Bard Plummer of Newton, MA, was an agent for the Northwestern Mutual Company of Milwaukee, WI, in 1881.

Bard Plummer of this city, i.e., Boston, MA, was portrayed by artist Alfred Ordway in September 1893.

Art and Artists. Mr Alfred Ordway has just completed a fine portrait of Bard Plummer of this city. It is one of the best of Mr Ordway’s productions, being excellent in drawing, strong in color, and portraying the characteristics of the man with fidelity (Boston Globe, September 24, 1893).

Son Bard Plummer and his wife, Ellen (Tarlton) Plummer, were mentioned in a Tarlton family genealogy (of 1900) as spending more time in traveling and visiting winter resorts during his retirement.

Ellen Tarlton married Oct. 13, 1863, Bard Plummer of Milton, N.H. He went to California in 1849; was afterward interested in shipping and cotton business. He has retired from active business, and they spend some time in travel and at winter resorts. No child (Tarlton, 1900). 

LOCAL MENTION. Mr. Bard Plummer, traveler, capitalist and a genial son of New Hampshire, visited Mr. Kimball at Olivewood on Sunday. He is accompanied by his wife, and after making a visit to San Francisco will return here to settle (National City Record (National City, CA), January 4, 1894).

Daughter Sarah P. (Plummer) Neal died of pneumonia in Milton, February 8, 1894, aged seventy-two years, two months, and twenty-three days. She was a widow. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Telegrams for the following persons are at the Western Union company’s office in this city: Leo F. Heckhouse, Bard Plummer, John Williamson (Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), September 19, 1895).

Son Enoch W. Plumer died of cirrhosis of the liver in Milton, June 18, 1896, aged eighty-one years, two months, and fourteen days. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

RECENT DEATHS. … Mr. Enoch W. Plummer, one of the oldest citizens of Milton, N.H., died Thursday. He was born in the town April 4, 1813. He was identified with the Volunteer Militia, and held the commission of colonel for several years. He filled many town offices, representing the town in the New Hampshire Legislature. For over forty years he was a deacon of the Congregationalist Church, and at the date of his death the oldest Church member (Boston Evening Transcript, June 20, 1896).

AT THE HOTELS. John H. Barker of Toledo, Bard Plummer of Boston, William F. Vernier of Philadelphia, and J.C. Parkes of Galveston are at the Astor (New York Times (New York, NY), October 24, 1896).

Son Baird Plummer, a landlord, aged eighty-two years (b. NH), was a lodger in the Boston, MA, household of William Childs, a lawyer, aged fifty-one years (b. MA), at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. William Childs rented their house at 23 Claremont Park.

Lucretia Tarlton, aged eighty-five years (b. NH), headed a Portsmouth, NH, houshold at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her sisters, Dorothy Tarlton, aged eighty-two years (b. NH), Ann Tarlton, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), Ellen [(Tarlton)] Plummer, a widow [SIC], aged seventy years (b. NH), and her niece, Emma F. Tarlton, aged forty years (b. at Sea). Lucretia Tarlton owned their house on Supervisor Street.

Joseph Plumer [Jr.], a farmer, aged eighty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-seven years), Hannah B. [(Clark)] Plumer, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH). Joseph Plumer owned their farm, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Bard B. Plumer, a farmer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), and Calvin Mason, a farmer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH).

Son Bard Plummer died of a complication of diseases (including cancer) at 470 Lake Avenue in Manchester, NH, September 7, 1902, aged eighty-five years, twenty-one days. He was a married merchant.

PERSONAL MENTION. Ex-Sheriff Bard Plummer of Milton came here on the early train this morning and accompanied by the Knights Templar on their excursion (Foster’s Daily Democrat, September 9, 1902).

Son Joseph Plummer, [Jr.], died of progressive muscular atrophy at Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, March 5, 1907, aged eighty-six years, eleven months, and twenty-five days. He was a farmer and a lifelong resident of Milton. James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate.

LOCAL. Mr. Joseph Plummer of Milton, one of the most respected men of this county, has passed away at the age of eighty-five years (Farmington News, March 8, 1907).

Ann Tarlton, own income, aged eighty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Portsmouth, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her sister, Ellen T. [(Tarlton)] Plummer, own income, aged eighty years (b. NH), and her niece, Emma F. Tarlton, none, aged forty-five years (b. Bay of Bengal, India (U.S. Citizen)). Ann Tarlton owned their house on Livermore Street, free-and-clear.

Daughter-in-law Ellen (Tarlton) Plummer died of apoplexy at 46 Livermore Street in Portsmouth, NH, February 12, 1912, aged eighty-four years, six months, and eight days. She was a widow.

Mrs. Ellen T. Plummer Dead. PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Feb. 12 – Mrs. Ellen Tarlton Plummer, aged 84, widow of Bard Plummer, died today. She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas and Dorothy Tarlton and is survived by a niece, Miss Emma F. Tarlton, who has always resided with her, and by several nephews (Boston Globe, February 13, 1912).

Hannah D. (Clark) Plummer died of chronic valvular disease of heart at Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, September 2, 1912, aged eighty-one years, eight months, and fifteen days. She had resided in Milton for forty-five years, i.e., since circa 1867, with her previous residence having been in South Framingham, MA. James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate.

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By Muriel Bristol | July 13, 2025

James Chesley Hayes was born in Dover, NH, January 29, 1760, son of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Hayes) Hayes.

The next settlement is believed to have been made upon Plumer’s Ridge in 1772 or 1773, or very near that time, and probably by Benjamin Scates. Beard Plumer and his brother Joseph, sons of the Hon. John Plumer of Rochester, however, were very early settlers, and it has been sometimes questioned whether they were not the first in this locality. James C. Hayes, David Wallingford, William Palmer, Elijah Horn, Moses Chamberlain, and others, very soon followed and opened up settlements in this neighborhood (Scales, 1914).

Father Ichabod Hayes was among the one hundred ninety-eight men who signed the revolutionary Association Test in Rochester, NH, June 1, 1776.

WE, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets, and Armies, against the United American COLONIES (Batchellor, 1910).

Twenty-two Rochester men “refused” to sign. Another twenty-two Rochester Friends, i.e., “Quakers,” did not “choose” to sign, i.e., they were conscientious objectors.

James C. Hayes married, circa 1789, Betsy Twombly. She born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, June 4, 1762, daughter of Jonathan Twombly.

The date of Mr. [Jonathan] Twombly’s settlement is obtained from the birth of his daughter, Betsey, who afterwards married [in 1789] James C. Hayes. She was born June 4, 1862 [1762], and is believed to have been the first white child born in town (Scales).

(The known children of James C. and Betsy (Twombly) Hayes were James Hayes (1790–1845), Hanson Hayes (1792–1851), Abra Hayes (1795–1879), Chesley Hayes (1798–1835), and Sally Hayes (1803–1828)).

Son James Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, December 27, 1790.

James C. Hayes was one of eighty-five inhabitants of Dover, Rochester, Somersworth, Barrington, and elsewhere, that proposed that a lottery be held in order to raise the 300 they estimated would be necessary to rebuild the Cocheco Bridge in Dover, NH, which had been swept away by the memorable freshet of October 1785 (Hammond, 1882).

Son Hanson Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, January 13, 1792. Daughter Abra Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, June 14, 1795.

Father Ichabod Hayes died in Dover, NH, October 15, 1794. Mother Elizabeth (Hayes) Hayes died in Dover, NH, October 28, 1795.

William Palmer, Esq., received $90.58 in tax money, collected by J.C. Hayes, December 5, 1795, and $29.86 in tax money, collected by James C. Hayes, in 1796.

Son Chesley Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, July 11, 1798.

James Hayes headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Betsy (Twombly) Hayes], three males aged under-10 years [James Hayes, Hanson Hayes, and Chesley Hayes], one female aged under-10 years [Abra Hayes], and one female aged 16-25 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

James C. Hayes signed the Rochester division petition (or Milton separation petition) in what was then Rochester, NH, May 28, 1802.

Daughter Sally Hayes was born in Milton, March 31, 1803.

James C. Hayes, Caleb Wingate, and Benjn Miller were one of nine Milton district school committees in 1804. (See Milton School Committees – 1804).

James C. Hayes purchased Pew No. 23 in the newly-constructed Milton Town House, for $12.50, in 1804. It was situated on the east side of the Gallery balcony, between a vacant pew, Pew No. 22, and that Saml Nash, Pew No. 24. (See Milton Town House – 1804).

Ens. James C. Hayes was assessed in the Milton School District No. 1 of Joseph Plumer in 1806 (See Milton School Districts – 1806).

James C. Hayes died in Milton, February 27, 1809, aged forty-nine years. It would be related, many years later, that he had been killed suddenly …

… by the rolling of a log upon him (Dover Enquirer, April 15, 1845).

Betsy [(Twombly)] Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 45-plus years [herself], two males aged 16-25 years [James Hayes and Hanson Hayes], one female aged 16-25 years [Abra Hayes], one male aged 10-15 years [Chesley Hayes], and one female aged 10-15 years [Sarah Hayes]. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).

James Hayes, Jr., married in Milton, January 28, 1817, Apphia Chard [Card]. Levi Jones, J.P., performed the ceremony. She was born on Seavey’s Island in Kittery, ME, September 11, 1786, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Neal) Card.

Son Hanson Hayes married in Dover, NH, July 3, 1817, [Mrs.] Sophia (Swasey) Hanson, both of Milton. Rev. Joseph W. Clary performed the ceremony. She was born in Dover, NH, January 5, 1796, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Somersby) Swasey (Dover Historical Society, 1894). (Her first husband had been John Hanson, who died April 30, 1814).

Daughter Abra Fish married in Milton, March 6, 1820, Ira Fish. He was born in Milton, January 4, 1790, son of John and Rebecca (Ober) Fish.

Daughter Sally Hayes married, March 3, 1822, Rufus Junkins, he of Wakefield, NH. He was born in Scotland, York, ME, December 16, 1797, son of Eleanor Junkins.

The NH legislature authorized incorporation of the Milton Social Library by nine Milton men, including son Hanson Hayes, June 14, 1822. Gilman Jewett was empowered to call its first meeting and preside over it as its moderator pro tem.

Son Chesley Hayes, and sons-in-law Rufus Junkins and Ira Fish, were among the inhabitants of Wakefield, NH, and vicinity that petitioned the NH legislature, in 1824, seeking to have Wakefield’s northern militia company disannexed from the 27 Regiment of militia and annexed instead to the 33rd Regiment of militia.

Son Chesley Hayes married, in June 1825, Betsy Sherman. She was born in Tamworth, NH, March 8, 1802, daughter of Thomas and Betsy (Keith) Sherman.

Daughter Sally (Hayes) Junkins died in Milton, July 12, 1828, aged twenty-five years.

Widowed son-in-law Rufus Junkins married (2nd) in Wakefield, NH, July 16, 1829, Temperance P. Adams, he of Wakefield, NH, and she of Milton. Rev. Saml Nichols performed the ceremony.

Jas. Hayes, Jr., headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Apphia (Card) Hayes], one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years [Benjamin F. Hayes], one male aged 5-9 years [Charles C. Hayes], one male aged under-5 years [Cyrus A. Hayes], and one female aged 60-69 years [Betsy (Twombly) Hayes]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Moses Chamberlain and Levi Jones.

Hanson Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Sophia ((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years [Susan A. Hayes], two females aged 5-9 years [Mary D. Hayes and Sarah E. Hayes], one female aged under-5 years [Clara J. Hayes], one male aged under-5 years [John H. Hayes]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Moulton and Moses Chamberlain.

Ira Fish headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fourth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [Ira Fish], one female aged 30-39 years [Abra Fish], two males aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years [Ezra O. Fish], one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 5-9 years [Ira D. Fish]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Forbes and Hiram Wiley.

Rufus Junkins headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fourth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Temperance P. (Adams) Junkins], one male aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, and two males aged 5-9 years [Rufus A. Junkins].

Ruel Washburn reported that Mr. Jabez Bradbury had paid Chesley Hayes for $12.50 for his expenses, as per bills No. 20, 21, and 22, for 1832. Mr. Bradbury was a Maine state agent upon the Mattanawcook road, the Baring and Houlton roads, and the Lincoln road, in 1831 and 1832 (Kennebec Journal, April 23, 1834).

Son Chesley Hayes died in Lincoln, ME, February 20, 1835, aged thirty-six years.

Chesley Hayes signed the petition for the first [Lincoln] town meeting, and was the first Town Clerk, serving three years. He bought much real estate in Lincoln, built a house and kept the first hotel. His early death was much regretted (Fellows, 1929).

Widowed daughter-in-law Betsy (Sherman) Hayes married (2nd), in Lincoln, ME, April 17, 1836, Joel Sampson. He was born in Tamworth, NH, December 20, 1789 (Fellows, 1929).

Son James Hayes, Jr., sold his father’s 140-acre farm to the town, which was situated between Plummer’s Ridge and Branch, for use as Milton’s Poor Farm, in 1839.

Note: This place is linked to a bit of interesting history. In 1837, it was voted to deposit with the States, payable to the Sec’y of the Treasury of the United States on demand, the U. S. Treasury surplus, accumulated from tariff after the debt was paid in excess of $5,000,000. Three of four installments to the states were paid when the financial crash of 1837 came. New Hampshire divided what it received among its towns. Milton received its share 14 Mar. 1837 and decided to buy a “town farm” with it. The James Chesley Hayes farm of 140 acres was bought of his son James Hayes, Jr., for $500 (Richmond, 1936).

Timothy Fuller, Treasurer of the School and Ministerial Fund of Lincoln, ME, in 1840, foreclosed on a mortgage given to his predecessor as Treasurer, son Chesley Hayes (back in 1834).

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE. WHEREAS Owen Stinson, on the seventeenth day of 1834, by his deed of mortgage which is recorded in the Penobscot Registry, Book 52, page 51, conveyed to Chesley Hays, Treasurer of the School and Ministerial Fund in the Town of Lincoln, or his successor in said office, a certain lot of land situated in said Lincoln, being lot numbered ten in the fourth range of lots in Township numbered three, containing one hundred acres, more or less. Notice is hereby given that the conditions of said Mortgage have been broken and remain unfulfilled, by reason whereof I claim to foreclose the same. TIMOTHY FULLER, Treasurer of the School and Ministerial Fund in the town of Lincoln. w3w Jan. 14 (Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, Bangor, ME), January 20, 1840).

Son-in-law Ira Fish was noticed, in April 1840, for $55.46 in 1839 taxes due on his home farm, and the Wiggins and Whitehouse lots, in Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME.  Joel Sampson was noticed also, for $35.14 due on his home farm, the Buker farm, and his village lot and buildings (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), April 15, 1840).

A Penobscot County Probate Court held in Bangor, ME, April 28, 1840, appointed Ira Fish of Lincoln, ME, as guardian for his nieces, Frances E. Hayes, Sally J. Hayes, and Hannah S. Hayes, minors and heirs of Chesley Hayes, late of Lincoln, ME (Penobscot Probate, 2:540).

James Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Apphia (Card) Hayes], one male aged 15-19 years [Charles C. Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years [Cyrus A. Hayes], one female aged 10-14 years [Sarah C. Hayes], one female aged 5-9 years [Mary J. Hayes], and one female aged 70-79 years [Betsy (Twombly) Hayes]. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David M. Corson and John Nute.

Hanson Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Sophia ((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes], one female aged 15-19 years [Sarah E. Hayes], one female aged 10-14 years [Clara J. Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years [John H. Hayes], and one male aged 5-9 years [Andrew J. Hayes]. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sarah Chamberlain and Asa Brackett.

Joel Sampson headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one male aged 30-39 years, one female aged 30-39 years [Betsy ((Sherman) Hayes) Sampson], two females aged 10-14 years [Frances E. Hayes], one female aged 5-9 years [Sally J. Hayes], and one female aged under-5 years [Hannah S. Hayes]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Jones and Royal E. Remick.

Ira Fish headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [Ira Fish], one female aged 50-59 years [Abra Fish], one male aged 20-29 years [Ezra O. Fish], two males aged 15-19 years [Ira D. Fish], one male aged 5-9 years [Charles Fish], and one female aged under-5 years [Louisa Fish]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Emery and Israel Hall.

Rufus Junkins  headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female age 40-49 years [Temperance P. (Adams) Junkins], two males aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one female aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years, one female aged under-5 years, and one female aged 60-69 years. Two members of his household are engaged in Agriculture.

The heirs of son Chesley Hayes were among those noticed of delinquent taxes on his house, barn and farm in Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME, in 1841.

COLLECTOR’S NOTICE -LINCOLN. NOTICE is hereby owners given to of the lands resident and and non-resident proprietors and real estate in the town of Lincoln, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, that the same are taxed for the years A. D. 1839 and 1840, for State, County, Town and School District No. 3 Taxes, and also for Delinquent Highway Taxes for 1838 and 1839, committed to me to collect as Collector for 1839 and 1840, by the Assessors of said town, in the sums following, and that the same remain unpaid in the bills, as follows, viz. in Township No. 3. …
Heirs of Chesley Hayes, house, barn and farm, 210 [acres], 485 [value], 10.67 [cash tax for 1840], 10,67 [total tax]. …
The said Collector will proceed according to law to sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder, at the tavern of John T. Nute, in said Lincoln, on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of June next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, so much of said lands and estates as shall be sufficient to discharge said taxes and the necessary intervening charges, and if no person shall appear on or before that time to discharge said taxes and charges. BENJAMIN G. MONRO, Collector of Lincoln. Dated at Lincoln this 5th day of Feb. 1841 (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), February 17, 1841).

Betsy (Twombly) Hayes died in Milton, October 16, 1844, aged eighty-two years.

DEATHS. In Milton, Oct. 16, 1844, widow Betsey Hayes, relict of Mr. James C. Hayes, who was killed suddenly some years since by the rolling of a log upon him, aged 82. She had a long, painful sickness through the operation of a cancer, on the part of the face over the eye, which she endured with the greatest patience, and died in a most desirable state of tranquility and hope. Being an early settler in the town where she had lived so long, and having witnessed the desolations which death had already made among her early associates, she was willing to go hence, especially as she contemplated so calmly an end to the trials and sufferings she had endured and the lasting enjoyment of rest which is provided for the faithful in Christ (Dover Enquirer, April 15, 1845).

Son James Hayes, Jr., died in Milton, February 18, 1845, aged fifty-four years.

DEATHS. In Milton, Capt. James Hayes, aged about 50 (Dover Enquirer, March 4, 1845).

And continued from his mother’s obituary, of April 15, 1845 …

DEATHS. Also in Milton, on the 18th of February following, Capt. James Hayes, jr., eldest son of the above, aged 54 years. The last hours of the son were cheered with the same consolations and hopes of religion that sustained the spirit of his departing Mother. Though but little past the meridian of life, and an anxious wife and children about him, not all of mature years in life, to hold him to earth, he still submitted himself to the will of God, and received the summons to depart with the greatest tranquility of mind. At the time of his death he was one of the Selectmen of Milton, the duties of which office he had well discharged for nearly two years successively. B.G.W. (Dover Enquirer, April 15, 1845).

Apphia [(Card)] Hayes, aged sixty-four years (b. NH [SIC]), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Her household included Charles Hayes, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Sally Hayes, aged nineteen years (b. NH). Charles Hayes had real estate valued at $900. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those Comfort Laskey, aged seventy-four years (b. NH) and Daniel M. Corson, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. NH).

Hanson Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Sophia [((Swasey) Hanson)] Hayes, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), and Andrew J. Hayes, a farmer, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Hanson Hayes had real estate valued at $2,000. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of David M. Corson, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), and James A. Ricker, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH).

Ira Fish, a lumberman, aged sixty years (b. VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and Charles Fish, a student, aged seventeen years (b. ME).

Joel Sampson, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. MA), headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Betsey ((Sherman) Hayes) Sampson, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), Sarah J. Hayes, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), Hannah S. Hayes, aged eighteen years (b. ME), and Mary A. Sampson, aged ten years (b. ME). Joel Sampson had real estate valued at $1,000.

Rufus Junkins, a blacksmith, aged fifty-two years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Temperance [(Adams)] Junkins, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), James H. Junkins, a shoemaker, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), Rufus A. Junkins, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Sally H. Junkins, aged twenty years (b. NH), Elizabeth Junkins, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Eleanor Junkins, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Edwin W. Junkins, aged twelve years (b. NH), and Priscilla Junkins, aged seven years (b. NH). Rufus Junkins had real estate valued at $500.

Joel Sampson died in Lincoln, ME, July 20, 1850, aged sixty years.

Son Hanson Hayes died in Milton, December 1, 1851.

Widowed daughter-in-law Sophia ((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes married (3rd) in Milton, January 29, 1854, Ebenezer Adams, both of Milton. (Her pension claim gave the marriage date as February 15, 1854). He was aged sixty-one years and she was aged fifty-eight years. Rev. Loren E. Gordon performed the ceremony. He died in Milton, April 4, 1855.

Son-in-law Rufus Junkins died in Union, Wakefield, NH, April 17, 1854, aged fifty-four years.

DEATHS. In Wakefield, Mr. Rufus Junkins, aged about 60 (Dover Enquirer, May 9, 1854).

Daughter-in-law Betsy ((Sherman) Hayes) Sampson died in Lincoln, ME, August 8, 1856, aged fifty-four years (Fellows, 1929).

Aphie [(Card)] Hayes, aged seventy-two years (b. NH [SIC]), headed a Milton (“Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included Sarah C. Hayes, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH). Aphie Hayes had person estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [her son,] Chas. C. Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH) and Samuel G. Chamberlain, a farmer, aged thirty-two years (b. NH).

Ira Fish, a farmer, aged seventy years (b. VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), Maxey Ordway, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), and Geo Voyer, aged sixteen years (b. Canada). Ira Fish had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $300. Maxey Ordway had real estate valued at $300 and personal estate valued at $300.

Aphia [(Card)] Hayes, aged eighty-two years (b. NH [SIC]), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. She shared a two-family dwelling with the household of [her son,] Charles C. Hayes, a millwright, aged forty-seven years (b. NH).

Ira Fish, a farmer, aged eighty years (b. Townshend, VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, keeping house, aged seventy-five years (b. Milton, NH), and Sarah Hayes, a domestic, aged fifty years (b. Lincoln, ME). Ira Fish had real estate valued at $900 and personal estate valued at $200. Abra Fish had real estate valued at $1,000.

Son-in-law  Ira Fish died in Patten, ME, May 24, 1872, aged eighty-two years.

Death of an Aged Citizen. Hon. Ira Fish of Patten died a few days since at the advanced age of 82 years. In 1824 Mr. Fish moved from New Hampshire to Lincoln, where he remained about twenty years, when he moved to Patten, which has since been his home. He was one of the most prominent and influential business men in that section of the county, had been several times elected to both branches of the Legislature, and frequently held other offices of public trust. He was respected by his neighbors, friends and acquaintances for his many excellent traits of character, as was especially testified by the immense throng which gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to their departed friend (Bangor Whig & Courier, May 31, 1872).

Daughter-in-law Apphia “Effie” (Card) Hayes died of a brain hemorrhage in Milton, October 4, 1878, aged ninety-two years, and twenty-three days.

Union. There has been several quite sudden deaths in this and the neighboring towns with the past ten days, as follows: Mrs. Effie Hayes died at the residence of her son, Charles C. Hayes, Esq., in Milton, on the 4th inst., at the age of 92, of paralysis; she was a sister of the late venerable Thomas Carr [Card] of your city and the oldest person but one in Milton (Dover Enquirer, October 17, 1878).

Daughter Abra (Hayes) Fish died in Patten, ME, February 1, 1879.

Daughter-in-law Sophia (((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes) Adams died in North Berwick, ME, November 25, 1881, aged eighty-four years, ten months.

MAINE NEWS GLEANINGS. York. NORTH BERWICK. – The Biddeford Journal says that Mrs. Sophia Adams of North Berwick died Friday evening after years of sickness and suffering, at the advanced age of 87 years and 10 months (Lewiston Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME), December 3, 1881).

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References:

Fellows, Dana W. (1929). History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822-1928. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=jevpT-tMFioC&pg=PA344

Find a Grave. (2021, July 28). Abra (Hayes) Fish. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/94349615/abra-fish

Find a Grave. (2010, April 22). Chesley Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/51475444/chesley-hayes

Find a Grave. (2021, October 10). Hanson Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/232909065/hanson-hayes

Find a Grave. (2009, December 29). Ichabod Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/46094758/ichabod-hayes

Find a Grave. (2014, May 26). James Chesley Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/130395278/james-chesley-hayes

Find a Grave. (2022, March 7). CPT James Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/237336842/james-hayes

Find a Grave. (2018, April 15). Sally Hayes Junkins. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/188848524/sally-junkins

Find a Grave. (2013, January 15). Betsey Sherman [Hayes] Sampson. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/103610485/betsey-sampson

Hammond, Isaac W. (1882). Town Papers: Documents Relating to Towns in New Hampshire. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=zifBZaMD0ogC&pg=PA551

By Muriel Bristol | July 6, 2025

William Wentworth Lord was born in Berwick, ME, February 18, 1761, son of Ebenezer and Martha (Emery) Lord.

Mother Martha (Emery) Lord died May 5, 1773, aged forty-eight years. His father married (2nd), in 1774, Jane (Hight) Plaisted.

William W. Lord married (1st) in Rochester, NH, October 13, 1783, Mary (Garland) Allen. She was born circa 1763.

(The known children of William W. and Mary ((Garland) Allen) Lord were: Mary Lord (1783-183?), Sally Lord (1784-181?), Rebecca Lord (1786-1812), and Jane Lord (c1793-1835).

Daughter Mary “Molly” Lord was born February 28, 1783. Daughter Sally Lord was born circa 1784. Daughter Rebecca Lord was born October 16, 1786.

William W. Lord headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus years [himself], and four females [Mary ((Garland) Allen) Lord, Mary Lord, Sally Lord, and Rebecca Lord]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benja Pierce and Moses Pierce.

Daughter Jane Lord was born circa 1793.

Wm W. Lord headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Mary ((Garland) Allen) Lord], one female aged 16-25 years [Mary Lord], two females aged 10-15 years [Sally Lord and Rebecca Lord], one female aged under-10 years [Jane Lord]. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

Ebener Ricker headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Deborah (Pinkham) Ricker], one male aged 16-25 years [Charles Ricker], one male aged 10-15 years [Shapleigh or Smith Ricker], two males aged under-10 years [John Ricker and Ebenezer Ricker], and three females aged under-10 years [Betsy Ricker, Patience [Ricker], and Sally M. Ricker]. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

Lemuel Ricker headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [Lemuel Ricker], one female aged 45-plus years [Dorothy (Knox) Ricker], one male aged 26-44 years [Jerediah Ricker], two males aged 16-25 years [Joshua Ricker and Ezekiel Ricker], two females aged 16-25 years [Dorothy Ricker and Joanna Ricker], and two females aged 10-15 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

Gershom Downs headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Elizabeth Downs], one male aged 16-25 years [Aaron Downs], one female aged 16-25 years, and one male aged under-10 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).

William W. Lord signed the Rochester division petition of May 28, 1802. (Soon to be son-in-law, Jerediah Ricker and his father, Limuel [Lemuel] Ricker, signed too).

Daughter Sally Lord married in Rochester, NH, February 16, 1803, Jedediah [Jerediah] Ricker, both of Milton. Rev. Joseph Haven performed the ceremony. Ricker was born in Dover, NH, March 2, 1773, son of Lemuel and Dorothy (Knox) Ricker.

Will W. Lord and his son-in-law, Jerediah Ricker, were among “a number of respectable inhabitants & freeholders” that sought a special Town Meeting to reconsider the proposed Meeting House site. They thought that the site should be instead ninety or a hundred rods lower down, on the south side of the brook at the head of the Northwest Pond. The special Town Meeting was held at the home of Lieut. Elijah Horn, September 1, 1803, and that meeting decided not to change the proposed Meeting House site.

Wm Lord purchased Pew No. 7 in the newly-constructed Milton Town House, for $30, in 1804. It was situated on the east side of the ground floor, between those of Caleb Wingate, Pew No. 6, and P. Hantscom, Pew No. 8. At that time, son-in-law Jeh [Jerediah] Ricker purchased Pew No. 18, for $28.25. It was situated on the west side of the ground floor, between those of J. Scates, Pew No. 17, and D. Burnham, Pew No. 19. (See Milton Town House – 1804).

William W. Lord was one of fifty-two Milton petitioners that sought to have Jotham Nute appointed as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, in August 1805.

Daughter Rebecca Lord married in Rochester, September 4, 1805, Aaron Downs, Jr., she of Milton and he of Rochester, NH. Rev. Joseph Haven performed the ceremony. Downs was born in Rochester, NH, June 22, 1780, son of Gershom Downs.

Daughter Mary Lord married in Rochester, NH, March 11, 1810, Charles Ricker, both of Milton. Rev. Joseph Haven performed the ceremony. Ricker was born in Milton, June 7, 1784, son of Ebenezer and Deborah (Pinkham) Ricker].

Wm W. Lord headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Mary ((Garland) Allen) Lord], one male aged 26-44 years [Charles Ricker], one female aged 16-25 years [Mary (Lord) Ricker], one male aged under-10 years, and one female age under-10 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Pinkham and Garshom Downs. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).

Jeremiah Ricker headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included on male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Sally (Lord) Ricker], and one female aged 10-15 years.

Aaron Downs headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Rebecca (Lord) Downs], one female aged under-10 years [Sarah A. Downs], one male aged under-10 years [Luther Downs]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Garshom Downs and Stephen Hendrn. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).

Father Ebenezer Lord died February 19, 1812. Daughter Rebecca (Lord) Downs died in Milton, in 1812.

Son-in-law Charles Recker [Ricker] served also as a Corporal in Capt. William Courson’s Milton militia company when it marched to Portsmouth, NH, in September 1814 (See Milton in the War of 1812).

Widowed son-in-law Aaron Downs married (2nd) in Newington, NH, May 29, 1816, Martha P. Nutter. She was born in Newington, NH, October 26, 1788, daughter of Thomas Nutter.

William W. Lord and his sons-in-law, Charles Ricker and Jerediah Ricker, all signed the April 1820 petition requesting the appointment of James Roberts as a Milton justice-of-the-peace. (See Milton Seeks a Magistrate – 1820).

William W. Lord and his sons-in-law, Aaron Downs, Charles Ricker and Jerediah Ricker, all signed the June 1820 remonstrance petition requesting that Milton not be divided in two parts. (See Milton Anti-Division Remonstrance – June 1820). William W. Lord and son-in-law, Aaron Downs, both signed the Milton Militia Division petition of November 1820. (See Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).

Stepmother Jane ((Hight) Plaisted) Lord died in Berwick, ME, April 10, 1822, aged eighty-six years.

The NH legislature authorized incorporation of the Milton Social Library by nine Milton men, including son-in-law Charles Ricker, June 14, 1822. Gilman Jewett was empowered to call its first meeting and preside over it as its moderator pro tem.

William W. Lord of Milton, yeoman, made his last will, December 17, 1822. He devised a life estate in his real estate to his beloved wife, Mary Lord, with the reversion after her death or remarriage to his grandson, James A. Ricker. He devised a cow and three sheep to his daughter, Molly Ricker, who was also to received one-half of his furniture after his wife’s decease, excepting one feather bed and bedding which he reserved for the said James A. Ricker. He devised a decent comfortable living at his house to his daughter Jane Lord, while she remained single, and a cow, three sheep, and the residue of the furniture thereafter. He devised $1 to his grandson, Ezekiel Ricker, together with what had already been given to his late mother, Sally Ricker. He devised $1 each to his grandsons, Aaron Downs and Simon E. Downs, together with what had been already given to their late mother, Rebecca Downs. He devised all the rest and residue of his real and personal estate to his grandson, James A. Ricker, whom he named as joint executor with his wife, Mary Lord. Timothy Roberts, Rebecca H. Roberts, and James Roberts signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 41:273).

Mary ((Garland) Allen) Lord died between December 1822 and October 1828.

William W. Lord married (2nd) in Rochester, NH, October 14, 1828, Mercy (Corson) Langton, he of Milton and she of Lebanon, ME. Rev. Isaac Willey performed the ceremony. She was born in Rochester, NH, 1763, daughter of Ichabod, Jr.,  and Mary (Allen) Corson.

Wm W. Lord headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Mercy ((Corson) Langton) Lord], one female aged 30-39 years [Jane Lord], one male aged 20-29 years, one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years, and one female aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Aaron Downs and Jas Roberts. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

Jedediah [Jerediah] Ricker headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], two females aged 40-49 years, and one female aged 80-89 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sally Downs and Joshua Handson. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

Chas Ricker headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Mary (Lord) Ricker], one male aged 15-19 years, two females aged 10-14 years, one female aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years, and one female aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jas Bragdon and John Drew. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

Aaron Downs headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Martha P. (Nutter) Downs], one male aged 10-14 years [Eri G. Downs], one male aged 5-9 years [John R. Downs], two females aged 5-9 years [Sarah A. Downs and L. Margaret Downs], and one female aged under-5 years [Rebecca S. Downs]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Saml Blaisdell and Wm W. Lord. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).

NOTICE. THIS may certify that I have given my son SIMON EMERY DOWNS, his time, and declare him free to act and trade for himself, and I shall claim none of his earnings nor pay any debts of his contracting after this date. AARON DOWNS. Witness – JOHN KNOX, jr. Milton, December 2, 1830 (Dover Enquirer, December 7, 1830).

William W. Lord died in Milton, February 13, 1831, aged sixty-nine years, eleven months, and twenty-five days.

DIED. In Milton, on the 13th ult., Mr. WILLIAM W. LORD, aged about 70. By this dispensation of DIVINE PROVIDENCE a wife is deprived of an affectionate and tender companion; children of an indulgent and worthy father; and society of one of its best members. – “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.” – [Com. (Dover Enquirer, March 1, 1831).

The last will of William W. Lord was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held on March 9, 1831 (Strafford County Probate, 41:275).

Dorothy (Knox) Ricker died in Milton, November 26, 1831, aged eighty-four years.

DIED. In Milton, on the 26th Nov., Mrs. Dorothy, widow of Mr. Lemuel Ricker, aged 84 years (Dover Enquirer, December 20, 1831).

Daughter Jane Lord died in Milton, in November 1835, aged forty-two years.

Died. In Milton, Miss Jane Lord, 42. The day preceding her death, she attended to her domestic concerns as usual; retired to bed about nine, and in the morning was found a lifeless corpse (Dover Enquirer, November 17, 1835).

Son-in-law Charles Ricker died in Milton, September 15, 1836, aged fifty-two years.

DIED. In Milton, on the 15th inst., Mr. Charles Ricker, aged 52 (Dover Enquirer, September 27, 1836).

Son-in-law Jerediah Ricker occupied a farm slated to be sold at auction on Saturday, April 22, 1837.

A Farm at Auction. WILL be sold at public auction on the premises, on SATURDAY the 22d day of April next at one of the clocks in the afternoon (unless previously disposed of at private sale) the farm now occupied by Jerediah Ricker situate in Milton, on the Teneriff road, so called, containing about 100 Acres of EXCELLENT LAND suitably divided into mowing, tillage and pasturing, about forty acres of which is covered with an excellent growth of Hard Wood.
The buildings are new consisting of house 26 by 34 ft. and Barn 30 by 36 feet. There is a good orchard and a well of water on said farm. Any person wishing a good bargain in a farm will do well to call and examine the same.
Conditions liberal and made known at the place of sale. For particulars enquire of Joseph Gerrish, Great Falls, Jerediah Ricker on the premises, or the subscriber.
STEPHEN M. MATHES. Milton, March 14, 1837 (Dover Enquirer, March 21, 1837).

Aaron Dow[ns] headed a Milton, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Martha P. (Nutter) Downs], one male aged 15-19 years [Eri G. Downs], one female aged 15-19 years, and one female aged 10-14 years [Rebecca S. Downs]. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John H. Roberts and Nathaniel Clark.

Aaron Downs, a farmer,  aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Martha [(Nutter)] Downs, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), Eri Downs, a farmer, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), Matthias Nutter, a shoemaker, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Rebecca S. Downs, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). Aaron Downs had real estate valued at $1,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jacob Staples, a shoemaker, aged forty-three years (b. ME), and James C. Roberts, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH).

Son-in-law Aaron Downs died July 14, 1850.

Supreme Judicial Court. Geo. W. Merrill vs. Aaron Downs and Simon E. Downs. In this action a verdict was taken by consent of parties for the plaintiff. Exceptions taken to the rulings of the Court and the case transferred to the full bench for decision. Christie & Sanborn for plaintiff; Woodman and Bell for defendant (Dover Enquirer, October 6, 1859).

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References:

Find a Grave. (2022, February 3). Rebecca Lord Downs. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/236455035/rebecca-downs

Find a Grave. (2012, June 22). Jane Hight Lord. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/92405308/jane-lord