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Surname: WIERS
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 383-385

WIERS, SAMUEL, was born in 1746. His father was an English soldier, and after the close of the 
war in which he was engaged he went back to the mother country, leaving two children, a son and 
daughter. Samuel was cared for by one Maj. Stratton, of Northfield, Mass., and the girl married Samuel 
Marshall, the grandfather of John W. Marshall, of this town. In 1775, Samuel surreptitiously helped 
Mary, the daughter of Aaron Burt, a merchant of that place, out of the window of her father’s house 
and they were clandestinely married, when he and his wife made their way to Walpole. He took 
possession of some valuable land in the southwest corner of the town; but of whom he obtained his title 
is not known. There he lived for several years unmolested; but at length his title was disputed by one, 
Mrs. Norman, the daughter and heir of an Irish lawyer, by the name of Brush. The case was in court 
some twenty years, the proceedings of which will be found in the historical part of this work. Samuel 
Wiers died at Charlestown, in 1802, while attending court there. He requested that he might be buried 
on his claim, saying, "I can hold my length and breadth at any rate." His request was granted, and a 
modest stone slab marks his resting place on the farm now owned by Lyman Chickering. He was 
married twice. By the first wife he had five children, viz:
I. Samuel M., b. Aug. 4, 1776; d. Sep. 1, 1859; m. in 1795, Rachel Chaffee, of Westminister, 
Vt., b. Dec. 16, 1772; d. Nov. 9, 1852. The issue of this family was ten children. 1st, Chester, 
b. Mar. 26, 1796; m. first, Laurinda, dau. of Hugh Dunshee, in 1826, and went to Stockholm, 
N.Y. Ch. (1) Lewis. (2) Diana C. (3) William A. He married for his second wife Diantha, a 
sister of his first wife. 2d, Annette, b. June 28, 1797; m. John Dunshee. (See Dunshee.) 3d, 
Hannah, b. May22, 1799; m. Wilder Stearns, of this town. 4th, Persis, b. Mar. 30, 1801; m. 
Harry Gates, of Lyndon, Vt. 5th, Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 1803; m. Isabella Baron, of Lyndon, Vt 
and had six ch., viz: (1) Jarville C. (2) Sylvania. (3) Calvin. (4) Perry (5) Almina. (6) Ezra C. All 
were born between 1825 and 1832. 6th, Fanny, b. May 11, 1806; m. Benjamin Dwinnell, of 
Keene. . 7th, Livonia, b. Aug. 4, 1807. 8th, Nancy, b. July 5, 1810. 9th, Hiram B., b. Mar. 2, 
1814. He enlisted into the U. S. service, and what became of him is unknown. 10th, Mary 
Melissa, b. Mar. 21, 1817; m. Reuben Farmer, of Herkimer, N.Y.
II. John H., b. Jan. 2, 1778; m. Sarah White, of Northfield, Mass.; lived in Westmoreland, and 
died Mar. 7, 1857, without issue. His widow afterward married Larkin Baker, Esq., of 
Westmoreland.
III. Chester, b. 1780; d. 1849; m. Effie Lombard, and had seven children. 1st, Hiram. 2d, James. 
3d, Fanny. 4th, Chester, m. Phebe, dau. of Ephraim Lane, of this town, and had three ch. (See 
Lane.) 5th, Maria. 6th, Samuel. 7th, Louisa. He married, for a second wife, a widow by the 
name of Aldrich.
IV. Fanny, b. 1782; m. Jacob Locke, of this town.
V. Samyra, b. Feb. 22, 1782; m. Harlon Simmons, of Westmoreland, when advanced in life.
Samuel Wiers’ second wife was Thankful Lombard, b. 1760; d. 1846. The issue of this 
marriage was four children:
VI. Vice, (probably Lovisa,) b. 1796; m. Levi Lyman. (See Lyman.)
VII. Dilate, b. Jan 7, 1798; m. Alvin Chickering, of Westmoreland, and has two sons living 
in town. Lyman and Charles.
VIII. Sally, b. Dec. 12, 1799, died unm. at Alstead, July, 1847.
IX. Moses, b. May 52, 1801; m. Betsey Rich, of this town, and had five children, only one of 
whom, Mary, b. 1831, survived and lived to maturity; m. William White, but died young. [Note: 
The original book has May 52, 1801--it is not a transcription error--MLM]