Source: Wells, Frederic P., History of Newbury, Vermont : from the discovery of the Coös country to present time : with genealogical records of many families St. Johnsbury, Vt.: The Caledonian Co., 1902, c1900, 857 pgs. Page 484 Burnham Denison R., b Rumney, N.H., Jan 2, 1799; m. in Rumney June 21, 1824, Abigail Hopkinson Carlton, (b. Goffstown, N.H., Jan. 18, 1803; d. Plymouth, N.H., Sept. 26, 1864). They moved to Groton in 1824 where he was a merchant and came to Newbury, 1830, where he was in business till 1841 (see p. 276) when here m. to Plymouth and kept the Pemigewasset House until in burned in 1862. He built the house in which Mrs. C.C. Wallace lives. Children: i. Thomas J., b. Groton, June 29; d. November, 1829. ii. Garaphelia M., b. Newbury, Sept. 13, 1831; m. at Plymouth, March 30, 1854, Joseph P. Merrill, and rem. to Ottumwa, Iowa, where they still live. iii. Desevignia S., b. Newbury, April 25, 1834; m. December 1858, Lura E. Marston, who d. February 1893; d. August 1893. iv. Sarah Aspasiah, b. Newbury, Dec. 3, 1838; m. Jan. 1, 1863, Charles B. Pope, who d. Aug. 31, 1885. Lived in Chicago. v. Abby F., b. Newbury, Jan. 18, 1841; m. May 2m 1867m Charles H. Greenleaf of the Hotel Brunswick, Boston and the Profile House. Page 276 Dennison R. Burnham came here about 1830, and his first partner in the Morse Building was a Mr. Skinner. This partnership did not last long for Mr. Morse bought Mr. Skinner out and the firm became Morse and Burnham. James M. Chadwick, who had been their clerk, came into the firm, and they had a branch store at South Newbury in the house now that of Mr. A. B. Rogers. Later, Mr. Burnham removed to Plymouth, New Hampshire and kept the Pemigewasset House, until it burned in October, 1862. Additional entries in Historical Events section Page 128 In 1805, an event occurring in Haverhill has a place in the annals of Newbury. On the 18th of December, Josiah Burnham, a prisoner in the jail at Haverhill Corner, murdered, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, two fellow prisoners, Hon. Russell Freeman and Capt. Joseph Starkweather. Burnham lived here in Newbury a number of years and was a signer of the New York petition of 1770. He was, by turns, farmer, horse-dealer, school-master and vagabond. He was also a very good surveyor. His trial took place at Plymouth, and his defense was Daniel Webster's first plea. This latter circumstance gives the murder an historic interest. Burnham was hanged August 12, 1806, the gallows being erected on the hill-side north of the Corner. It was estimated that 10,000 persons, the largest crowd that had ever gathered in this part of the country, witnessed the execution. A remarkable sermon was preached on that occasion by Rev. David Sutherland of Bath. Burnham had sold his body to the surgeons for rum, and after the execution, it was brought over to Newbury, and placed in Dr. McKinstry's office, in the Col. Johnson house. The same evening, it was dissected in a small building which stood where the east end of James Lang's barn now stands, at the Ox-bow. One of the doctors, up from the country, brought a large cleaver, such as is commonly used by butchers, as his share of the dissecting tools. The skeleton of Burnham is in the anatomical museum at Hanover. Page 178 The history of the choir would fill a small volume. Jacob Bayley and Simeon Stevens first "took the lead of the singing"; then came Jeremiah Ingalls, who trained what was then considered to be a wonderful choir. It was said that travelers would plan to stop in their journeys over Sunday, in Newbury to hear the fine singing. It is not certain who succeeded Mr. Ingalls. Jacob Kent 3rd was leader in 1829, and probably for some years before and after; then came P.W. Ladd for about twenty years; H.N. Burnham was leader for some years;... Page 330 the following lawyers with their terms of practice here are mentioned by Governor Farnham [in Child's Gazeteer of Orange County] Benj. F. Burnham 1861-1863. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [VTORA] Newbury History - A's & B's from the index > From: > "Forest S. Horner" <fhorner@dtnspeed.net> > Date: > Sun, 06 Jul 2003 16:56:13 -0500 > To: > VTORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > >thanks for the listing... >would be interessted in who the Burnham is. > >Steve Donahue wrote: > > > >> >>