Could someone tell me about the cemetery on Meetinghouse Hill off Route 31 in Antrim? Is there a list of graves for this cemetery? I am researching my ancestor Samuel Nichols who moved from Co. Antrim Ireland to New Hampshire. Samuel and his wife are said to be buried at the "old cemetery on the hill" which I've been told by another descendant is Meetinghouse Hill. I'd like to verify this for my records. - --------------------------------- Samuel Nichols, b. abt. 1720 in Ireland, died in 1804. His wife, Mary Ann, b. abt. 1722, died sometime around 1804. Samuel joined his four sons, Thomas, Daniel, Adam, & John in the town of Antrim before he died. 1. Samuel Nichols was born in Co. Antrim, Ireland 1714-1720. Samuel died 1804 in Antrim, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Source: "History of the Town of Antrim, New Hampshire, From Its Earliest Settlement, To June 27, 1877, with a brief Genealogical Record of all the Antrim Families." By. Rev. W. R. Cochrane, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Published by the Town. Manchester, NH, Mirror Steam Printing Press. 1880. His wife was probably Mary Ann ? who he married in County Antrim, Ireland, before 1745. It is thought that she was Mary Ann Templeton possible sister to Adam Templeton of Ireland & New Hamsphire although no proof has been found. Samuel Nichols had the following children per Cochrane's book: + 2 i. Daniel Nichols b. abt. 1745.Daniel died March 3, 1812 Antrim, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire. + 3 ii. Thomas Nichols was born May 16, 1751. . Thomas died June 27, 1810 in New York. + 4 iii. Adam Nichols was born 1754. Adam died Nov. 1847 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Adam married Ruth Atwood in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, May 4, 1786. (Source: Marriage record on hand.) + 5 iv. John Nichols was born 1759. . John died 1812 Cattaraugus. It is possible that there is an older brother, Samuel. A Samuel Nichols is mentioned in Cochrane's history of Francestown as being a possible brother or cousin to the 4 Nichols brothers in Antrim. I'd appreciate any help with more information about this family especially the burial place of Samuel and his wife. Sincerely, Gwen Brooks

Hi Hillsborough Co. researchers, I have received several emails from folks wanting to know about PRATT Cemetery in Mason, NH. I have looked through the History of Mason and found very little about the surname PRATT. This is what I was able to find: John Pratt arrived in Mason about 1789. He died 27 Jan 1832 at the age of 77y. [born ca 1755] His wife, Sarah, died in April 1834, age 86. [b: ca 1748] The lake near by was [and still is] called Pratt Pond. Pratt Cemetery was originally a family plot, yet no records of Pratt burials seem to exist. It grew into a neighborhood burying ground. In 1912 it was enlarged and in 1917 an additional piece of land was added to it. [ Mason Bicentennial 1768-1968, edited by Elizabeth Orton Jones, pg 172] I do not find any PRATT families in any of the Family Registers. Timothy PRATT of Malden married Ruhamah RUSSELL 30 July 1797 in Mason Oliver H. PRATT married Maria HILL 4 June 1829 in Mason Seems as though the Mason PRATTs were pretty quiet folk as I found very little about them. A check of the Mason federal censuses might be next in order for anyone researching this name. In checking the History of Fitzwilliam, NH I found many PRATT families. I also found PRATT families in Townsend, MA Nothing found in History of Brookline, NH. Hope this helps someone! Happy Holidays! Rhett R. Owings Living in CA, but loving NH USGenWeb town coordinator for Mason, NH http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm

I jumped reflexively on that Pratt cemetery list. It was a good drill, although I later concluded that my Piscataquis County Pratt antecedents probably migrated directly from the Plymouth Colony area to central Maine. It was interesting, however, to see how many of those southern NH family names are also represented in Franklin County Maine, where I grew up. It appears that a large number of the families who settled in that tier of towns along or above US 2 in Maine migrated from New Hampshire in the first half of the 19th Century. My Hillsbrough County families include Melendy and Chandler, from Wilton, and Kenney (Kinney) and Phelps from Hollis. The Wilton families ended up in Wilton, Maine; the Hollis families in the vicinity of Dover-Foxcroft. Other Piscataquis County families in my history came from Knap County: Nuite (Nute) and Gilman from Gilmanton, and Edgerly from Alton. So although I grew up in Maine, and have Maine roots as far back as the 1650's, in 1800 I had a lot more ancestors in New Hampshire than in Maine. So I appreciate your website. Keep up the good work. Herb Melendy Norfolk, VA

Hello Researchers, A little Christmas present for New England researchers: I now have up loaded the Pratt Cemetery Records and the Pratt Annex Records up on my Mason GenWeb site. Lots of good info here! Surnames listed for the 77 records on the Pratt Annex are: BARRETT BUTLER COLLIER CREIGHTON ELLIOTT EVERETT GRAY HOWE KIVIMAKI LOROCHELLE MAXWELL MIKKOLA MOORE OSGOOD PERKINS RUSSELL SCHREIBER SMITH SPALDING TARBELL WILLEY WORCESTER WYMAN YOUNGBLOOD Hope someone out there finds something they have been looking for! Happy Holidays! Enjoy. Rhett R. Owings Living in CA, but loving NH USGenWeb town coordinator for Mason, NH http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm

Hi Karen: I believe that your ancestors and my husband's connect. His great grandfather was Horace Piper, son of Francis Piper and Abigail Goodnow (or Goodins or Goodnoe.) I do not know of other children. My papers are in CT where I live in the summer, but I recall that Francis and Abigail were married in Boston. I tracked down the church but could not get info on their records. Horace was born in Sterling MA and Abigail died in Sterling in 1866. Hope some of this helps. I have Francis Pipers ancestors. If you would like this list, please let me know. My best, Peggy Surette Vero Beach FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <KCSingley@aol.com> To: <NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 6:10 PM Subject: [NHHILLSB] Abigail Goodnoe and Francis Piper > I'm looking for information on Abigail Goodnoe and Francis Piper who were > married 1804, MA. They removed to Sharon, NH where they had several children. > Any info would be appreciated. > Thanks, > Karen > >

I'm looking for information on Abigail Goodnoe and Francis Piper who were married 1804, MA. They removed to Sharon, NH where they had several children. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Karen

I'm searching for THOMAS M. COLE born around 1810 in Vermont. I was able to obtain this info through a census. He was married to a woman named Laura who was also born in Vermont around 1815. They had at least one son named FRANCIS M (perhaps for Marian) COLE. He was born either 14 Mar 1839 or April 27, 1835 in Oxford, Maine or Lowell, Mass. (Pension records and Milford history book say two different things) I've sent letters off to both places, but to no avail. It appears that records in Oxford have been lost or burnt in fires. Even without this info, I know a great deal about FRANCIS M. COLE, his wife Betsey Aham and the children. I have even visited his gravesite in Milford, NH and have obtained his pension records from the Civil War. I am looking for any advice on how I might find out about his mom and dad and any other siplings. I know there are a zillion Coles in this area, and have been searching and searching to find THOMAS COLE, married to an Ellen, with a child Francis M. Any helpful leads appreciated. Please email: khenn@san.rr.com

Hello researchers, I have just uploaded records of PRATT CEMETERY of Mason, Hillsborough Co., NH. I wish to thank David Fox for copying these records at the Mason Historic Society room and submitting them for the Mason GENWEB site. You will find records from 1700s - 1900s listing birth date, death date, age, spouse, parents and other notes. Some of the names you will find are: ADAMS BOYNTON BROWN CREIGHTON EATON ELLIOTT HALL HODGMAN KEYES MITCHELL NUTTING QUIMBLY RADDIN RUSSELL SHATTACK SHEDD SPAULDING TARBELL WILLIAMS WRIGHT In early 2001 I expect to upload PRATT ANNEX. Let me know if you find this helpful. Rhett R. Owings Living in CA, but loving NH USGenWeb town coordinator for Mason, NH http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm

-----Original Message----- From: Joan Blaisdell <joan.blaisdell@worldnet.att.net> To: NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:10 AM Subject: 99th Anniversary Levee Friday,Feb.20th,1903 Citizen's Hall So. Lyndeboro,N.H. Lafayette Artillery Captain R.N.PUTNAM Lieut.E.A. WOODWARD Corp. W.F. HERRICK E.J.BLANCHARD J.A.PUTNAM F.A.WINN Privates J.A. BLANCHARD I.ROWE E.ROSS A.W.PUTNAM J.W.HARTSHORN, C.K. GRANT G. S.BUTTRICK W. J.GANGLOFF H.E. DRAPER W.C. CARKIN A.L. WRIGHT C.D. REILLY H. E. HOLT F.A.HOLT L. W.HADLEY W.S. HADLEY F.E.CARSON J.E.DOLLIVER H.W.EASTMAN J.CARMODY C. E.PUTNAM C.W. HARTSHORN H. F. HARTSHORN P.E HOLDEN Quartermaster C.H. TARBELL Gunner's Squad CORP. Andy HOLT A.T. FORD A.S.CONANT J.C. CARKIN F.J.BISHOP G.CRAM S.M.BUCK A.. J. GRANT Roster of OFFICER"S 1804-1903 James WILSON N.MORRISON J. MITCHELL J. WHITE I.HADLEY W. SCOTT N. HUNT S. CAREY L. HILL E. PUTNAM W.HOLT L.STONE M.PARMENTER S. CRAM J.F.HOLT J.B.KIDDER A.M. WHITTEMORE J. STEVENSON E. DANE J. ROGERS J. CHAMBERLIN N. JONES J.H.TARBELL E.C. CURTIS C.H.HOLT J.GAGE A. HOLT A..S. CONANT C.H.HOLT A.HOLT A.HOLT H.A.PROCTER F.H.EATON J.C. CARKIN J.A. BLANCHARD R.N. PUTNAM S.M.BUCK E.ROSS R.N.PUTNAM Organized 1804 Incorporated 1837 Capt. F.H. Buffum Dunbarton N.H. Music by ATWOOD's ORCHESTRA of LOWELL Ticket's $1.00 per couple.Turkey supper will be furnished in Dining Hall 50 cents a plate. Military gentlemen are requested to appear in uniform. This information was from small hand program from my father's personal paper's. Copied by Joan BLAISDELL

For those looking for the Parker name there is a book about Parkers that you might want to look at if you haven't already- NATHANIEL PARKER 1651-1737 READING, MASSACHUSETTS AND HIS DESCENDANTS showing their ancestry in America from THOMAS PARKER 1609-1683 It is a biographical and historical genealogy written by HAZEL PARKER JONES

My ggrandfather, George Albert FORD was b April 30, 1845 in Hillsboro, NH. A sister Emma was b abt 1843. Their father was William FORD. Previously thought their mother was Sarah Ann ORNE b/c William and Sarah married in 1840. However, I just this week received a death certificate of Emma and it lists her mother as Lucy OLMSTEAD. Now I wonder if perhaps Sarah died early in the marriage and William married Lucy. By 1850, George & Emma were supposedly orphans and being raised by their paternal grandmother who we thought might have been named MUGFORD or MUMFORD. By 1852, the children were suppposedly "adopted" by a family was named Chapman. Do any of these names sound familiar to anyone???

Greetings, all. This is one of my brick walls I posted a year or so ago. Just giving it a shot again. I am looking for the parents of a John SLEEPER, b 26 Oct 1786 (place uncertain), m 25 July 1809 at Francestown, New Hampshire, Lydia DODGE (b 16 Feb 1790). I have checked GENDEX and FamilySearch and find nothing. John's birthdate comes from the Dodge Genealogy, where he is described as a successful farmer in Francestown with 10 children. SLEEPER is a well-known name on the MA/NH border, and this John is certainly part of that family, but I haven't been able to link him up to the rest. Any info will be welcome. Many thanks. Bob O'Hara (rjohara@post.harvard.edu) Genealogy page: http://rjohara.net/gen.html (Now featuring "The Demonic Possession of Elizabeth Knapp.")

Marcia, You are quite welcome. Glad I could help. Rhett R. Owings Living in CA, but loving NH USGenWeb town coordinator for Mason, NH http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm

Rhett, Thank you so much for taking the time to send me the information on Obadiah Parker. It was very nice of you. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this information. They are a part of my Young genealogy. I seem to be stuck on the Young's so I am trying some of the off branches to see if I can find a link. My Mary Elizabeth Parker married a Morrill Young in Lowell and lived in Nashua. Thanks again. Marcia

Anyone have ANY data on Abraham or Elizabeth Boyd below? Can anyone confirm dates? Abraham Boyd Jr., son of Abraham and Hannah HILL Boyd was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. He was baptised 16 October 1768. He married Elizabeth (Taylor) McKINSTRY of West Springfield, Mass. Their intentions to marry were published 6 October 1792. Elizabeth was born 19 June 1764 at Gilsum, New Hampshire. Abraham died 23 June 1798 in Wilton, N.H. 1. Hannah Boyd 2. b. 27 July 1794 d. pre 1846 Kane County, Illinois. She married Levi BARTLETT, the son of Sylvester BARTLETT.

Thank you! Betty

Saw your Parker family. I am descended from Thomas (Deacon) PARKER through Nathaniel then his daughter Susannah Sarah PARKER. She married Joseph UNDERWOOD. Their son, James UNDERWOOD, went on to some fame in Hillsborough county as one of the first Judge's. He also served in the Revolutionary War. I was interested in your line for Deacon Thomas. I had a birth date in 1605 and his father as Robert. This info was some time ago, so I was wondering if you had sources for an update. You also list the place of birth for Thomas and his father John. Thanks for sharing, hope to talk to you soon, Colin

Here is my line: John Parker 1583 Browsholme, Wiltshire, Eng. Thomas Parker 1609-1683 Browsholme, Wiltshire, Eng. Died Middlesex, MA. Nathaniel Parker 1651-1737 Middlesex, MA. Obadiah Parker 1698-1758 Groton, Middlesex, MA. Elizabeth Parker 1744-1831 Groton, Middlesex, MA. Obadiah, Jr. lived in Mason, New Hampshire 1730

Hello, What are the dates for the Obadiah PARKER mentioned in List? I have an Obadiah PARKER who came over must later ... about 1800. They eventually came to Morris County, NJ. I am curious where, in England, that Obadiah PARKER came from. (Or his immigrant ancestor). My Obadiah PARKER lived near Lancaster (Eng.). Thank you. Betty

Anyone have information on Obadiah Parker and his son Liet. Obadiah Parker( 1730-1816) from Mason, New Hampshire. Son Obadiah married Ruth Stevens in 1752. Marcia