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Note: (Research):Stinson, James. '97 James, oldest son of John and Nancy Stin- son [162], was b. in Hillsborough, Aug. 30, 1789. His wife was Sarah, dau. of Rev. Robert Dickey of Wilmot. He res. on the homestead, the John Colby place, and the James E. Shepard place ; was a cooper by trade ; a tub which he made for Mrs. Perley Burpee is still in the family. Children : 1. Thomas, b. July 6, 1816; d. Feb. 26, 1817. 2. Robert, b. Dec. 13, 1817 ; was a Universalist minister. Fitted for college at the N. L. academy, and entered the sopho- more class at Dartmouth in 1842, though unable to complete the course on account of ill health. His preparation for the ministry was received at the hands of Rev. Joseph Sargent of Sutton, and he began preaching in 1S44. The day of his ordination, Sept. 3, 1S471 was also the date of his marriage to Ruth M., dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Pressy) An- di'ews of Sutton. He was connected with the churches at Sutton, Acton, Mass., and Croydon, and travelled for some years in the South and West for his health. When the Civil War broke out he gave himself up to the cause of freedom, and in the fall of 1861, at the president's call for more men, he was commissioned chaplain of the Sixth N. H. V. But the hardships of war rapidly conquered the feeble frame, and the following summer he came home, completely broken in health. March 11, 1863, he passed away, his life a sacri- fice upon his country's altar as truly as that of the soldier who falls in the smoke and roar of battle. Rev. Robert Stinson was a man of man_v lovable qualities, and won the respect and esteem of his parishioners and fellow-citizens by his thorough manliness of conduct. All his children d. young. I 3. John, b. Dec. 24, 1S19; m., June 27, 1844, Lydia, dau. of Captain and Mary (French) Hartford, and res. in X. L. 4. Sarah Ann, b. May 17, 1S26 ; m. Ephraim Davis. 5. Drusilla, b. April, 1828; d. June 14, 1828. Town Officers 1815. '97 Daniel Robinson, Anthony Sargent, Henry Morgan. Isaac Messer, Nathaniel Messer, Edmund Davis, James Wood- 204 HISTORY OF NEW LONDON. ward, Ebenezer Sargent, Eliphalet Woodward, Perley Burpee, Daniel Woodbury, James Stinson, Joseph Folsom. 1816. '97 Otis Everett, Samuel Morgan, Jonathan Everett, Jr., John Brown, Samuel Burpee, James Stinson, Dea. Zebedee Hayes. 1818. '97 John Currier, Asa Gage, Theophilus B. Adam.s, Samuel Burpee, Jeremiah Burpee, Levi Harvey, John Gates, James Hutchins, John Morgan, 3d, Capt. Solomon Adams, Ezekiel Trussell, James Stinson, Caleb Harriman, Jesse Shep- ard. 1822. '97 Nathan Herrick, Anthony Colby, David Everett, James Stinson. 1825. '97 Matthew H. Sargent, Samuel S. Knowlton, Jacob Harvey, Wesley P. Burpee, James H. Messer, Levi H. Mor- gan, David Everett, William Messer, Stephen Whittier, John Trussell, James Stinson, Perley Muzzey, Moses Shepard, John Hutchins. 1836. '97 Joel Fletcher, John Page, Jonathan Gage, Marshall Trayne, William Wood, Aaron L. Sargent, Samuel J. Phil- brick, Job Seamans, Esq., Samuel Carr, Israel Hunting, Samuel Burpee, James Stinson, Dexter Everett, Joseph Wood- ward, George W. Richards, William Morgan, Joseph Trus- sell, Jacob Dole, Asa Pingree. 1842. '97 Edmund Ring, John Page, David Gage, Jacob Messer, James M. Sargent, James Stinson, Caleb Ray, Asa Pingree, Richard Messer, Moses Ring, Horace Clark, B. P. Burpee, Samuel Carr, Eli Todd. Surveyors of Lumber 1822. '97 John Page, Jr., Jonathan Herrick, Jr., James Stinson. 1824. '97 John Page, 3d, James Stinson, Levi H. Morgan, Stephen Sargent. 1825. '97 John Page, James Stinson, Daniel M. Everett. Cullers of Staves 1830, Joseph Kimball, Marshall Trayne ; 1831, Edmund Davis; 1833, Edmund Davis, Daniel M. Everett; 1835, Mar- shall Trayne, James Stinson ; 1837-1841, James Stinson.
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