Various Porter Families from History of the Town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire (1881) Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by MLM, Volunteer 0000130. For the current email address, please go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000130 Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************************************ Full copyright notice - http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm USGenWeb Archives - http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Surname: PORTER Source: History of the Town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire by Charles A. Bemis, Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, Mass., 1881, pages 604-607: RICHARD PORTER settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1635. In the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 25, p. 13, his name occurs among a list of passengers at Weymouth, England, March 30, 1635, bound for New England. He was a member of the original church in Weymouth, and for many years served the town as selectman, constable, etc. No record of his marriage is found. He d., probably, in 1689. He had four children. His eldest son John, m., Feb. 9, 1660, Deliverence, dau. of Nicholas and Martha (Shaw) Byrum. He resided in Weymouth and is said to have been one of the most enterprising men of his time, and was a useful, honored citizen, holding all the various town offices at different times. He d. Aug. 17, 1717. His widow d. Sept. 30, 1720. His son Thomas m., about 1706, Susanna, dau. of Matthew and Sarah (Hunt) Pratt, b. 1684. Ezra, son of Thomas and Susanna (Pratt) Porter, b. Sept. 8, 1725, m. 1751. Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Ruth (Richards) Lovell, b. Dec. 17, 1723. She d.; and he m. (2d) Patience, dau. of Solomon and Temperance Hathaway, b. Oct.21, 1741; lived in Weymouth. JOEL PORTER, son of Ezra and Ruth (Lovell) Porter, b. in Weymouth, Mass., June 16, 1755; m., 1780, Lovina Woods, b. 1757; came to Marl. in 1780, and located in the south-east part of the town, near the foot of Monadnock Mountain, his land being situated in Marl. and Dublin. In 1792, he built a house on the Dublin part of his farm, into which he moved his family. This was set off to Marl. by an act of the Legislature, in 1818. Mr. Porter served about two years in the war of the Revolution (see Chap. III.). He d. Sept 8, 1824. His wife d. August, 1819, ae. 62. Of the children, the five oldest were b. in Marl., the others in Dublin. I. Joel, b. March 19, 1783; d. 1786. II. David, b. Apr. 15, 1784; m. March 20,1809, Deborah Farrar; removed to Sullivan, afterwards to Gilsum. He d. Aug. 24, 1867. She d. July 15, 1870. III. Lovina, b. Nov. 16, 1786; m., 1847, Jesse Knowlton, who d. in 1849, and she m. (2d), 1851, Chester Lyman, Esq., of Swanzey. She d. Jan. 6, 1876. IV. James, b. July 13, 1788; m., 1812, Betsey Williams; removed to Potsdam, N.Y. V. Joel b June 22, 1790; d. Oct., 1810. VI. Ezra, b. July 23, 1792; m. Oct., 1821, Ada, dau. of Abiel and Rhoda (Drake) Alger; removed to Winchendon, Mass. VII. Noah, b. July 6, 1794.+ VIII. Joseph, b. May 6, 1796; m., 1824, Orathe Whitcomb; removed to Florida. IX. Lucy, b. Aug. 27, 1798; m. Chester Lyman. X. Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1801; d. in Nashua, 1852. ASA PORTER, a brother of Joel, b. in Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 3, 1756; m. Eunice Williams of Groton, Mass., b. July 23, 1760. He was in several of the most famous battles of the Revolution. (See Chap. III.) He came to Marl. about 1780, and resided for a short time in the "Tomb," so called, a sort of dug-out in the side-hill, at the corner of the roads near the Alger place. He afterwards purchased a lot of wild land, which comprises the farm now owned by Fuller Clark. Here he resided until his death, Dec. 1, 1852, being the oldest person that has ever d. in Marl. His wife d. Dec. 18, 1821. I. Asa, b. May 3, 1779; d. Oct. 14, 1780. II. Lydia, b. March 17, 1781; m. Israel Flood, q.v. III. Polly, b. Nov. 24, 1782; d. young. IV. Eunice, b. July 27, 1784; m. Nathan E. Wild, q.v. V. Dan, b. Sept. 5, 1786; d. March 6, 1790. VI. Asa, b. July 5, 1788.+ VII. Abel, b. March 8, 1791. VIII. Mary, b. June 8, 1793; m. Calvin Starkey of Troy; removed to Townsend, Vt. IX. Levi, b. March 21, 1795.+ X. Reuben, b. June 8, 1797; m. Prudence Hills; removed to Chesterfield. 1. Charles Lovell, b. Feb. 18, 1826. 2. Ellen Maria, b. Jan. 16, 1828. 3. Sumner Williams, b. March 3, 1830. 4. Elisha Hills, n. Nov. 13, 1831. XI. Permilla, b. June 15, 1799; m. Levi Gates, Jr., q.v. XII. Lovell, b. Feb. 20, 1801; d. Nov. 28, 1824; um. XIII. Elvira, b. March 12, 1803; resides in Marl., um. XIV. Adaline, b. Jan. 1, 1807; m. Fuller Clark, q.v. NOAH PORTER, son of Joel, m. March 5, 1820, Abigail Hobert of Groton, Mass., b. Aug. 17, 1797. After residing a short time in Groton, he removed to Jaffrey, and thence to Marl., where he resided for many years. In his old age, he removed to the village of Troy, where he d. Dec. 10, 1880. His wife d. in Marl. July 30, 1875. I. Lorinda H, b. in Groton, Dec. 29, 1820; m. Jonathan Page; resides in Jaffrey. II. Roancy A., b. in Jaffrey, July 16, 1822; m. Joseph J. Piper of Jaffrey. He d., and she m. (2d) Abel J. Burpee of Sterling, Mass.; resides in Troy. III. Sarah L., b. in Jaffrey, Sept. 15, 1824; m. William Ward; resides in Troy. IV. Charles W., b. in Marl., March 26, 1826; m. Sabra Wheeler of Acworth; resides in Swanzey. V. Catherine H., b. in Marl., Feb. 4, 1828; m. (1st) Josiah Newell of Jaffrey, and m. (2d) I. Wheeler of Acworth. VI. George W., b. in Marl., Dec. 29, 1829; m. Elizabeth Wheeler of Acworth; resides in Keene. VII. Harriet W., b. in Marl., July 9, 1833; m. Asa C. Hemenway; resides in Keene. VIII. Francis J., b. in Marl., Feb. 10, 1836; m. Ellen Higgins of Hinsdale; d. Oct. 27, 1862. IX. Eliza A., b. in Marl., May 20, 1840; d. Nov. 23, 1856. ASA PORTER, son of Asa, m. Sybel Osborne of Troy, and first settled in Weathersfield, Vt. He afterwards resided in Marl., Troy, and Waltham, but in 1855 he removed to Oregon, where he soon after d. I. Henry A., b. Oct. 12, 1817; m. Czarina Foristall, Apr. 7, 1842. II. Leonard W., b. Sept, 14, 1820; m. Mary Howard of Hopkinton, Mass.; removed to Boston. III. Almira, b. Jan. 1, 1823; m. Luke Bemis of Waltham, Mass. IV. Lorinda, b. Dec. 25, 1828; m. Amos W. Buttrick of Winchendon. V. Louisa, b. March 14, 1831; m. Oliver Smith of Winchendon. LEVI PORTER, son of Asa, m. Sally, dau. of Moses Sawyer of Sharon, N.H.; settled on the farm now owned by his son, George A. Porter. He d. Apr. 6, 1867. His wife d. Aug. 19, 1866. I. Mose Sawyer, b. Aug. 23, 1824; m., May 4, 1870, Emily, dau. of Elijah and Amorite (Wild) Gates; resides in Leominster. II. Levi Williams, b. Apr. 5, 1826; m. June 1, 1853, Caroline Philista, dau. of Charles and Emily (Frost) Gilbert; resides in Leominster. III. George Augustus, b. Jan. 9, 1828; m., Oct. 24, 1861, Lucy A. Smith of Fitchburg; resides on the home farm. 1. George Wilbur, b. Feb. 8, 1871. 2. Joseph Warren, b. Oct. 17, 1873. LEVI PORTER, another brother of Joel, resided in town a short time about 1785. He m. Margaret, dau. of Jonathan and Alice (Alden) Capron. They had one dau. I. Lone, b. March 7, 1785; m. Benjamin Twiss; removed to Vermont.