Bio: Benjamin Applebee : Franconia, Grafton Co, New Hampshire From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Franconia Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886 Benjamin Applebee, a native of Rhode Island, came to this town as an early settler, locating on the place where Daniel Whitney now lives, on road 13. Here he resided until 1825, when he moved to Easton, where he died. He reared a family of eight children, of whom five were sons--Justice, Emer, James, David and Minot. Minot remained on the homestead several years, then moved to Easton, but returned to this town in 1842, locating on the place where his son David H. now lives. He married Rhoda Howland and reared a family of six children, as follows: Jerome, Lydia, Sally, Mary, George H. and David H. The last mentioned is the only one of the family now living here. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. **************************************************************************** Submitted by: Rick Giirtman rickman@worldpath.net Date: October 24, 2000