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Phoebe Simmons in the Town History of Surry
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Phebe Simmons is referenced in the History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Phoebe served the family of Simon Baxter for 5 generations; was included in the dowery of Baxter daughter Margaret. Phoebe was given a lump sum and pension ; she became a boarder of Charles Robinson in Keene until her death in 1886.
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English
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University of New Hampshire Library
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Manwaring, J.
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Kingsbury, Frank B. "History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire : from date of severance from Gilsum and Westmoreland, 1769-1922, with a genealogical register and map of the town." New Hampshire State Library, https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs00king.
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443
Genealogical Register
Miss Phoebe Simmons, q. v., the negro, came to
family when a girl, and remained in members of the Baxter and
Robinson families until her d. in 1886. He was selectman, 1804 and constable,
1805.
He m. 17—, Margaret Noney b. Suffield, Conn., June 14, 1750; d. S.
) Noney, (or Noony).
Sept. 16, 1825; dau of James and Margaret (
Ch. b., all except first, in Alstead and S.:
able fortune for those days.
live in his
1.
ii.
(8)
S. Aug. 25, 1829.
Keene Dec. 31, 1847; m. (1) 1790, Stephen
"a spendthrift" from whom she was divorced; m. (2)
William' Nov. 2, 1770;
Martha Mar. 6, 1773;
Tyler,
q. v.
Judge Elijah Knight,
iii.
iv.
Simon Apr.
1775;
1,
RoxANA Mar.
d.
d.
d.
q. v.
Nov.
probably in Alstead.
15, 1777;
16, 1777; d. S. Jan. 11, 1848;
m. 1796, Jonathan Harvey,
q. V.
v.
Prudence Nov.
m. 1796, Esq. David Shaw,
13, 1780; d. S. Jan. 21, 1845;
q. V.
vi.
Margaret Nov.
22, 1782; d.
m. Nov. 25, 1802, James Ingalls,
;
q. v.
vii.
viii.
Simon Feb. 27, 1784 in S.;
Benjamin Apr. 26, 1786;
Partridge,
ix.
Mar.
19,
there Mar. 20, 1786.
d.
;
1791;
Nancy Apr.
15, 1790; d.
rem. to Jay, N. Y.; m. Rachel
d.
(Harvey) Partridge. No ch.
George May 6, 1788; d. S. Jan.
^x. Horace Nov.
xi.
b.
d.
5,
dau. of
;
1838; taxed in S. 1808.
(9)
May
(10)
Bellows Falls, Vt.,
30, 1793; d. S.
Mar.
Amos and Sarah
m.
15, 1820;
S.
8,
1857.
June
25, 1815,
Cyrus
Field, q. v.
BAXTER (Simon^ Simon') probably res. in Alstead
6. BENJAMIN''
1790 (U. S. Census) m. (1) Nov. 23, 1777, Ruth Brown of Alstead; m. (2)
July 8, 1810, Margaret Hewett of St. John, N. B. About Jan. 21, 1779 he was
taken from Alstead to Exeter and was there confined in jail with his father,
Simon", the Tory.
Ch. b. (1) wife:
d. 1865; m. Martin Burr, s. of Luther and Jane
1. Abigail*
(Howard) Burr; see Burr Genealogy. Five ch.
m. Joseph Mercer of Norton, N. B.
d.
ii. Frances
m. Simon' Baxter, s. of Joseph^ Baxiii. Sophia
d.
;
;
;
;
ter, q. v.; d.
Ch.
iv.
V.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
b.
;
1890?
(2) wife:
Benjamin F. Mar. 8, 1813; d. Sept. 15, 1905; m. Naomi S. Metcalf.
Johnson.
m.
Margaret Ann Feb. 28, 1817; d.
Mary Prudence Mar. 25, 1819; d. Apr. 3, 1915; m. Adam E. Giles,
Naomi Ruth June 19, 1821; d. Sept. 19, 1904; m. (1) Horace Saun;
ders; m. (2) William Hobert. Five ch.
George W. July 26, 1826; d. Apr. 5, 1881.
Harriet Newell Mar. 29, 1830; d. Berlin, Germany, Apr.
member of Eunice Farnsworth Chapter, D. A. R.
BAXTER
23, 1892;
a
(Simon=, Simon') doubtless lived in Alstead when
has been stated he refused to sign the Association Test in
that town, 1776, this appears an error, as he was at that time under 21 years
7.
a
WILLIAM'*
young man;
it
Genealogical Register
Susan Jeannett July
iv.
Holbrook,
V.
.
Keene July
1,
1900; m. George
W.
q.v.
Nancy Lucretia Mar.
Samuel Hills June
vi.
30, 1820; d.
843
Keene unm. Oct. 5, 1887.
Aug. 10, 1829.
Keene Jan. 28, 1905; m. Apr.
18, 1823; d.
13, 1828; d. S.
Mary
Isadore Jan. 21, 1835; d.
26, 1855,
George B. Buffum, a Keene merchant, b. Royalston, Mass. Oct. 16,
1828; d. Keene Feb. 8, 1890, s. of James (of Richmond, N. H.) and
Ruth (Bliss) Buffum. No ch. but they adopted: i. Mary Louisa
Doty' b. July 25, 1858, a grand-daughter of Elijah Holbrook, q.v.
She m. July 25, 1883, Edward Warren Gate; res. Somerville, Mass.
vii.
*JONATHAN' ROBINSON (Capt. Jonathan', Isaac', Joseph'?, Corp.
6.
Joseph^?) was constable in S. 1827-28, selectman four years, moderator six
years, treasurer, 1841, and represented the town in the General Court 1837-38.
He was a school master when a young man, and delivered the address at the
dedication of the village bell.
He lived at No. 23 a few years then in the
1824 at No. 102 where he lived till March 1850 when he bought
He m. S. Nov. 2, 1823
to 441 Main street Keene.
Elvira Shaw b. July 15, 1802 in Alstead, d. Keene Aug. 11, 1865, dau. of
Esq. David Shaw, q.v. It is understood he m. (2) late in life Mrs. Sarah T.
(Robinson) Allen of Acworth, dau. of Daniel Robinson, q.v.
village,
and
his brother's
in
farm and rem.
Ch.
i.
b. S.:
Charles Dean" June
of Hallowell,
Robinson
ii.
iii.
lot
14, 1824; d.
Me. b. 1839
in Keene.
Helen Elvira July
Louise Maria Dec.
(?)
27, 1825; d.
17, 1826;
d.
Keene Feb.
d.
8, 1908; m. Fannie Lowell
Feb. 18, 1886; both buried in the
unm. Chicago Feb. 7, 1894.
unm. Northboro, Mass. July
9,
1903;
buried Keene.
iv.
Adeline Amelia Dec. 30, 1828; d. Brookline, Mass. Jan. 16 ?, 1916; m.
S. Apr. 22, 1852, Henry W. Smith of Boston, b. Enfield, Mass. 1829?;
d. about 1914.
He established and manufactured the Smith organs
of America, one of the instruments is now in use in Surry church.
Ch. b. i. Carrie A.' b. Boston 1853?; m. Charles D. Holmes and res.
:
Medfield, Mass.
v.
Dr.
No. ch.
Henry Jonathan
where he practiced
Feb.
9,
1831;
d.
his profession for
Southboro, Mass. Mar. 1904?,
years; m. Charlotte Rice
many
John Rice. Ch.: i. Frank Rice' and ii. Richard
Shaw; both boys were drowned near Boothbay Harbor, Me. by the
of Northboro; dau. of
upset of a boat,
vi.
John Chadwick May
15, 1832; d. Edinburg, 111.; rem. West about
1852 and settled in Edinburg where he served that city as mayor
several years; was a strong temperance and successful business man.
He m.
Ch.: i. Martha' b.
;m.
d.
.
and she
vii.
William Shaw Mar.
;
left three ch.,
a son and two daus.
22, 1834; d. Chicago, wealthy.
ness at Waterloo and Chicago, 111. He m.
He was
in busi.
Ch.
b.
*Jonathan Robinson^, Jr., and several members of his family are buried in Woodland
cemetery in Keene. In the same lot is the grave of Phebe Simmons, the colored woman who
served in the family for many yrs. and who d. Dec. 9, 1886.
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SIMMONS.
PHOEBE SIMMONS,
Miss
1.
Dec.
1886.
9,
when
a girl.
b. Rockingham, Vt. abt. 1800; d. in Keene
She was a negress, came to live in Capt. Simon Baxter's family
She lived at No. 116 for many years then removed to Keene with
the Robinson family; her record follows:
Miss Phoebe Simmons d. at the home of Charles D. Robinson where
she had lived for ten years, at the age of 86 years.
She was well
known to many as a colored woman of estimable personal characterisAfter living in the Baxter family some years, Mrs. Margaret
Baxter gave her to her granddaughter, Mrs. Jonathan Robinson, about
1823, and she remained in the Robinson family until her d.
At the
death of Mrs. Baxter, as was the custom in those times, provided that
Phoebe should have "One upper bed, one under bed, bedstead and cord,
one pair of sheets, two pairs of sheets, two pairs of pillow-cases, two
blankets and three outside bed-coverings, one tablecloth and three
towels, one table and three chairs, some crockery, her clothing, and one
cow." Phoebe was regarded with peculiar affection; was known to five
generations of the family and at d. left a sister living with Peter Evans
of Charlestown; at 90 years of age. "Aunt Phoebe," as she was called,
w^as buried in the Robinson family lot in Woodland cemetery, Keene,
where a headstone marks her grave.
tics.
SINCLAIR.
ALFRED PETERS SINCLAIR,
1.
Monuque, Canada Jan.
a
Frenchman wood chopper,
b.
at St.
1875; came to S. 1914; lived at No. 232, then
built a small house at No. 230 in 1918 where he lived until May 1919 when
he removed to Gilsum. He was a s. of Peter^ and Mary (O'Shaughnessy) Sin-
He m. Keene May
clair.
15,
9,
1918, Mrs. Melvina
(LaBounty) Durant,
q.v.
SKINNER.
JONATHAN' SKINNER
1.
lived in Bolton, Conn.,
m. July
25, 1735,
Joanna
Loomis.
Ch.
1.
ii.
iii.
iv.
V.
b.
Bolton:
Jonathan- Aug. 24, 1736; m. in Bolton Apr. 27, 1758, Ann Smith,
(2)
Abner Apr. 13, 1739, d. possibly at Hartland, Vt. or Hanover.
NoDiAH (a son) May 30, 1741; d. Bolton Sept. 8, 1742.
Joanna Dec.
AsAHEL Apr.
3,
1744;
d.
17, 1746;
there Dec. 20, 1744.
m. Bolton Nov.
20,
1766,
Sarah Trumbull of
Bolton,
vi.
vii.
2.
NoDlAH July
Joanna July
8,
1750;
Bolton July 16, 1752.
m. at Bolton Oct. 3, 1769, Gideon Burnham.
(Jonathan') removed from Bolton to that part of
d.
28, 1753;
ABNER- SKINNER
S. about 1764; he signed the Association test 1776; served in
Rev. war, q.v. Between 1806 and 1810 he moved from S. to Hartland, Vt. at
which time he sold his pew in Surry meeting-house to his s. Richard^ also of
Hartland 1810. He owned several lots in town and is supposed to have been
the first man to settle at No. 83. He m. in Bolton Jan. 21, 1762, Susanna
Smith ("both of Bolton") dau. of Jonathan Smith, q.v.
Gilsum now
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