Uzziah and William Wyman Families from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: WYMAN
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 388-389

WYMAN, UZZIAH. Two large families by the name of Wyman, at one time lived contemporaneously 
in this town; but exactly where is not known. The progenitor of one of these families was Uzziah. He 
was born in Townshend, Mass., May 18, 1764. When he was sixteen years of age, he joined the 
Revolutionary army, and continued a soldier until the war closed. In 1787 he married Lydia Nutting, and 
immediately removed to Walpole, and, it is thought, took up a residence somewhere on Carpenter Hill. 
He had a family of ten children, all of whom were born in Walpole, except the oldest and youngest, the 
latter being born in 1811, which circumstance would seem to indicate that the family had removed from 
town about that time. His children were:
I. Lydia, b. May 7, 1787, d. 1862.
II. Uzziah, jr., b. Apr. 28, 1789, and is still living in Vermont. (1879.) He m. Orpha, dau. of David 
Britton, of Westmoreland, and had the following children:1st, Elmira. 2d, Oren, who was for 
several years a resident of Walpole, and a member of the "Walpole Band." 3d, Elliot, now living 
in Westmoreland, by occupation a farmer, and an occasional contributor to the county press, on 
various matters. 4th, Mary. 5th, Loring. 6th, Harriet E. 7th, Emily S.
III. Thomas, b. Feb. l7, 1791; m. Huldah, dau. of Ebenezer Gilbert, of Walpole, and removed to 
Vermont, and died there Sep. 17, 1879. One of his children, Andrew A. is a man of some 
prominence in business circles at Cambridgeport, Vt., and also possesses some scholarly 
attainments. Another of his sons was a music teacher of considerable celebrity. He once taught 
vocal music in Walpole, with good success. He resided in Keene at the time, when, in the prime 
of manhood, he was stricken with disease, and lived but a few days. He was much respected, 
and his death was lamented by a numerous acquaintance.
IV. Joseph, d. young.
V. Olive; d. young.
VI. Sybil, b. July 23, 1799; d. Aug. 14, 1845.
VII. Livonia, b. 1800; d. young.
VIII. Richard, b. Jan. 11, 1801; d. aged 11 years.
IX. John, b. Oct. 3, 1804,--still living at Cambridgeport, Vt.
X. Rhoda, b. Mar. 31, 1811; is still living.

WYMAN, WILLIAM, In the records of the town are found the following memoranda: Susannah, 
daughter of William and Polly Wyman, born Jan. 10, 1783. William, jr., b. Mar. 1785. Frances, b. May 
17, 1787. Polly, b. June 3, 1789. Sally, b. Jan. 23, 1792. Thomas, b. May 1, 1794. Willard, b. Dec. 
10, 1796; was killed by a fall from a tree. Elnathan Winchester, b. Jan. 30, 1799. Gibson, John, and 
George. Where the foregoing family lived in town is not known; but there was a family by the name of 
Wyman that lived in the Valley, near a place known as Wyman’s Hill, and this may be the one.