Tombstone Tuesday ~ Deacon Thomas Senter, d. 1834, Hudson, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Senter Cemetery, on the corner of Robinson Road and Old Derry Road in Hudson, New Hampshire.  If you have a GPS you can find it at  USGS Nashua North Quadrangle, E30311, N474278, Zone 19 (42° 48' 51"N, 71° 24' 30"W) not far from the Londonderry town line.

IN MEMORY OF

DEA. THOMAS SENTER

DIED DEC. 25, 1834

AEt. 83

ESTHER, his first wife

DIED 1800 AEt. 62

MERCY, Second wife

DIED 1802 AEt 41

Also three children of

T. & E. SENTER

CHARLOTTE, DIED 1791

AEt. 7 Y's

BRIDGET, DIED 1793

AEt 16 Y's

CATEY, DIED 1803

AEt 27 Y's

A tender father and mothers dear,

And three beloved daughters lie here,

When Christ returns to call them forth,

The rising day will show there worth.

B. DAY LOWELL

Thomas Senter was the son of Samuel Senter and Susan Taylor, born 4 May 1753 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and he died on 25 December 1834 in Hudson, New Hampshire. He married Esther Greeley about 1774.  She was the daughter of Ezekiel Greeley and Esther Lovewell, born 17 February 1749 at Nottingham West (now Hudson) and died in 1800 in Hudson.  They had nine children.  He also married second to Mercy Jackson, and third to Eunice White.  Thomas Senter was the deacon at the First Baptist Church in Hudson, which first met at his home on Old Derry Road before there was a baptist meeting house.  Thomas Senter also served in the American Revolutionary War in Capt. Archelaus Towne's Company for Derry, New Hampshire, mustered in 1 August 1775 for 3 months and 8 days.

1.)  Bridget, born about 1775, died 1793
2.) Catherine, born about 1776 and died 1803 AKA "Catey"
3.) Esther, born 1779, died 17 February 1828,  married James Proctor (see below)
4.) Susan, born 27 April 1781, died November 1850, married James E. Eayers
5.) Charlotte, born 1783, died 1791
6. ) Thomas, Jr., born 2 November 1784, died 10 February 1863, married Tryphena Sawyer
7. ) Nancy, born about 1786, married Isaac Lawrence
8. ) Rebecca, born 29 October 1787, died 9 March 1817, married Noah Robinson
9. ) Charles, born 18 February 1792, died 28 November 1857, married Harriet Greeley

In memory of

MRS ESTHER

wife of Mr. James Proctor

who died Feb. 17, 1828, AEt 48

Here lies the sleeping dust unconscious close confined

But far, far above, dwells the immortal mind

Eunice, died July 3, 1812, AEt, 4 Yrs.

An Infant, died, March 28, 1815.

Lydia, died March 31, 1821, AEt, 11 Yrs.

Esther W. C. died Aug. 5, 1825, AEt. 4 Yrs.

Susan H., died at Boston, June 21,

1830, AEt. 7 Yrs. 6 Mo.

Suffer little children to come unto me and 

forbid them not for such is the kingdom of Heaven

The First Baptist Church of Hudson, NH website http://www.firstbaptisthudson.com/pages/history.html 

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Isaac Thom and his Children

This tombstone was photographed at the Cemetery on the Hill, Windham, New Hampshire

ISAAC THOM ESQ.

died in Boston

Jan. 29, 1832

AEt. 52

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WINSLOW LEWIS

died Dec. 21, 1824

AEt. 23 mo.

SOPHIA

died Oct. 7, 1828 AEt. 13 mo.

ISAAC

died Aug. 4, 1820 AEt. 7 yrs.

ARTEMAS SIMONDS

died Jan. 7, 1832 AEt. 22 mo.

Children of

Isaac Thom Esq. & Sophia

his wife

Isaac Thom was born 31 January 1790 in Windham, New Hampshire, the son of Benjamin Thom and Katherine Morrison.  He married Sophia Senter on 16 April 1809.  She was born 17 February 1789, the daughter of Asa Senter and Margaret Tufts.  She died 3 March 1849.  He died on 29 January 1832 in South Boston, Massachusetts, where he was a member of the city council. 

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tombstone Tuesday ~ More Greeleys

These gravestones were photographed at the Senter Burial Ground, in Hudson, New Hampshire.  It is located very close to the Londonderry border.  I live not too far from this burial ground, and near Greeley road where Horace Greeley's grandparents had a farm.   I previously blogged about the Greeley family, and the famous Horace Greeley, at this link:  http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/03/horace-greeley-remembers-londonderry.html

LUCY M

wife of 

Alfred D. Greeley

DIED

July 18, 1849

Aet 29

On earth was a tender mother

and wife, but now has gone to

---ing redeeming love and praise.

Lucy M. Senter was born 1820 in Hudson and died 18 Jul 1849 in Hudson.  Her parents were Thomas Senter and Tryphena Sawyer.  (Thomas Senter's parents were Thomas Senter and Esther Greeley)   She married Alfred D. Greeley on 29 March 1842 in Hudson and had two children both born in Londonderry: Lucy b. 1845 and Francis O b. 1847 

FATHER                          MOTHER 

JOHN GREELEY        DASTYMONY GREELEY

DIED                             DIED

May 16, 187?                ??????????

Aet. 88                        ????????

The Greeley family plot

many of the stones are broken, but have been repaired

DUSTYANN,

wife of

John Greeley

died

Oct. 25, 1825

Aet. 34

John Greeley was the son of Zaccheus Greeley and Esther Senter.  He was born 11 December 1783 in Hudson, and died 1872 in Derry.  He married Dustimony "Dusty" Eastman on 16 June 1809 in Londonderry.  She was born on 3 April 1790 in Vershire, Vermont, and died in Londonderry.   Their children were Franklin, b. 1809; Emeline, b. 1811; Sanford, b. 1813; Alfred D, b. 1816 (see below and wife #1 above); Elbridge Gerry, b. 1816 (twin); and John b. 1819.  

MOTHER             FATHER

ALFRED D. GREELEY

1816 - 1888

HIS WIFE

ANN R. DART

1822 - 19--

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tombstone Tuesday ~ John Senter, Hudson, New Hampshire

These gravestones were photographed at the Senter Cemetery, Hudson, New Hampshire.  It is located on the corner of Derry and Robinson Road at USGS Nashua North Quadrangle, E30311, N474278, Zone 19 (42° 48' 51"N, 71° 24' 30"W)

The unusual green quartz boulder on the left

has a bronze plaque that reads:

IN MEMORY OF 

JOHN SENTER 1742

HIS WIFE

JEAN FOSTER 1765

DEDICATED BY HIS DESCENDANTS

1998

HERE LYES THE BODY OF MRS

JEAN SENTER WIFE TO MR

JOHN SENTER SHE DIED JULY 10

1765 AGED 67 YEARS

I'm not a Senter descendant, but this cemetery is right around the corner from me, and I've always wanted to explore it.  It's only a small family burial ground, but there are many surnames on the gravestones inside.  John was one of the original proprietors of Londonderry (Nutfield)  in 1719.

There is a book, John Senter and Jean Foster Descendants, circa 1693 - 2005, by John G. Senter, compiled by Geary M. Senter, Nashua, NH, 2005.

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Horace Greeley remembers Londonderry

In his autobiography, “Recollections of a Busy Life”, Horace Greeley remembers his childhood in Nutfield. His parents’ families were from Londonderry, and he used to spend his summers with his grandparents to attend school. On page 23 through 28 he compares the dour Presbyterian and Congregational services with the lively country life of Londonderry’s common people. Weddings were celebrated with liquor, musket shootings and lots of dancing. Drinking was common, even at wakes and funeral, which he attributed to the Celtic ancestors of the Nutfield settlers. He also describes the first New England potatoes grown and eaten by the Nutfielders, and the Scottish flax grown and woven into linens. Games of strength, rather than skill or wit, such as wrestling and boxing were common, as well as house raisings and corn husking.

In the second chapter he waxes poetically on the old warriors of Scots-Irish Londonderry, such as John Stark, George Reed, and Dr. Matthew Thornton. In the third chapter he describes his Greeley and Woodburn forbears, and their homes in Nutfield (now Londonderry) and Nottingham West (now the town of Hudson). This is the part of Londonderry where I live, close to the Hudson border, and a short walk from a small dirt road now called “Greeley Road.” I don’t know if they lived there or just nearby. Sanford Greeley owned the land along Route 102 near the Lithia Water Spring, and in September 1887 Horace Greeley was featured in an advertisement for the product.

Horace Greeley was born and raised in Amherst, New Hampshire in 1811. He forfeited a scholarship to Phillips Exeter Academy and went to be a printer’s apprentice in Vermont. He removed later to New York City, and founded the weekly New Yorker and later the New York Tribune which made him the most important editor of his times. He was a reformer, abolitionist, and promoted Lincoln’s Republican Party. When he rebelled against the corrupt administration of Ulysses S. Grant, he ran for president in 1872 for the Liberal Republican party, yet lost. He became quite mad, and died soon after died on November 29, 1872 before all the electoral votes could be counted.

Greeley is most famous for his quote “Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.” He supported homesteading laws and agrarian reforms. He always wrote about the common, working class and independent American spirit. Was this due to his Scots-Irish ancestry? Distaste for authority, and a love of frugality, argument and debate? Was life in his childhood Londonderry so wild that it inspired him, or not wild enough- thus creating a romantic images of a Western frontier?

Horace Greeley’s family tree:

Generation 1: Horace Greeley, born 3 February 1811 at Amherst, New Hampshire, died 29 November 1872 in Pleasantville, New York; married on 5 July 1836 in Warrenton, North Carolina to Mary Young Cheney.

Generation 2: Zaccheus Greeley, born 12 March 1782 at Londonderry (now Hudson), New Hampshire, died on 18 December 1868 in Wayne Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania; married 1807 in Londonderry to Mary Woodburn, daughter of David Woodburn and Margaret Clark, born 1788 in Londonderry, died 1855 in Wayne Township.

Generation 3: Zaccheus Greeley born on 27 November 1753 in Hudson, New Hampshire, died June 1846 in Londonderry; married in 1766 to Hester Senter, daughter of Samuel Senter and Susan Taylor, born 1755 in Hudson, died in September 1826.

David Woodburn married to Margaret Clark, granddaughter of “Ocean Born Mary”, daughter of John Clark.

Generation 4: Ezekiel Greeley, born 21 October 1725 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, died on 21 January 1793 in Hudson; married about 1747 to Esther Lovell, daughter of Zaccheus Lovell and Esther Unknown, born about 1747 in Hudson.

Samuel Senter, born on 31 January 1720/1 in Londonderry, died on 10 July 1775; married in 1741 to Susan Taylor, born in 1723 in Londonderry, died in 1795, buried in the Senter Burying Ground, Hudson, near the Londonderry border.

Generation 5: Benjamin Greeley, born on 28 February 1699/00 in Haverhill, died on 22 February 1785 in Haverhill; married first 1 January 1722/23 in Haverhill to Ruth Whittier, daughter of Joseph Whittier and Mary Peaslee, born on 31 July 1702 in Haverhill, died 4 December 1745 in Haverhill of childbirth. Married second to Hannah Poor.

Generation 6: Joseph Greeley, born on 5 February 1651/2 in Salisbury, Massachusetts, died on 7 March 1745 in Hudson; married on 5 February 1694/5 in Haverhill to Martha Wilford, daughter of Gilbert Wilford and Mary Dow.

Generation 7: Andrew Greele, born 1617 in Nottinghamshire, England, died on 30 June 1697 in Salisbury; married in 1643 in Salisbury to Mary Moyse, daughter of Joseph Moyse and Hannah Folcord.

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For more information:

Recollections of a Busy Life, by Horace Greeley and Robert Dale Owen, Boston: H. A. Brown & Co., 1868.

Greeley Genealogy, by George Hiram Greeley, Boston: 1905.

The Life of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune, by James Parton, New York: Mason Brothers, 1855.

Vital Records of Londonderry, by Daniel Gage Annis, Manchester, NH: 1914