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Descendants of Jeremiah Wiswall

7. William¹⁰ Wiswall (Jeremiah⁹, Noah⁸, Thomas⁷, Noah⁶, Thomas⁵, Robert⁴, Robert³, Thomas², Richard¹) was born 23 Aug 1765 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 Oct 1798 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Craft 07 Feb 1788 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph Craft and Elizabeth Davis. She was born 16 Oct 1766 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 Dec 1826 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Children of William Wiswall and Elizabeth Craft are:

	41	i.	Eliza¹¹ Wiswall, born 12 Jun 1789 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 1813.
+	42	ii.	Charlotte Wiswall, born 20 Apr 1791 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 27 Jan 1837 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	43	iii.	Sarah Davis Wiswall, born 01 Feb 1794 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 24 Jul 1828 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	44	iv.	Nancy Ann Wiswall, born 12 Mar 1796 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 19 Feb 1867 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	45	v.	William Wiswall, born 28 Dec 1798 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died Aft. 1870.

8. Esther¹⁰ Wiswall (Jeremiah⁹, Noah⁸, Thomas⁷, Noah⁶, Thomas⁵, Robert⁴, Robert³, Thomas², Richard¹) was born 15 Aug 1771 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 16 Jun 1801 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married Solomon Curtis⁶ 28 Jun 1789 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, son of John Curtis and Abigail Thayer. He was born 03 Nov 1765 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 19 May 1818 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

More About Esther Wiswall:
Burial: Old East Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Notes for Solomon Curtis:
Lived at Watertown, Milton and Newton where he married Esther Wiswall, and 2nd Hannah Wiswall, sisters. He died May 19,1818 a. 53 at Newton Lower Falls, was a paper manufacturer.

Title: Genealogy of the Families of Braintree, Mass., 1640-1850
Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB
Publication: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3.
Repository:
Note: NEHGS & Frank Dyer
Call Number:
Media: Microfilm
Page: 1283

Children of Esther Wiswall and Solomon Curtis are:

Allen Crocker¹¹ Curtis, born 19 Nov 1789 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 1872. He married Lucy Brown 03 May 1817 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; born 1798 in Massachusetts.

Notes for Allen Crocker Curtis:
from http://www.pillarhouse.com/abt_history.html

Pillarhouse is in Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.

Allen Crocker Curtis, born in 1789 to Solomon Curtis, owner of one of this country's first paper mills, buys 11.5 acres near the Quinobequin River on what was then Washington Street and has local builder William Lyon construct his Greek revival-style home. Curtis House is built in 1828.
1834-Allen Crocker and his brother William build a large stone mill on the Quinobequin River that still stands today on what is now known as the Charles River. Later, the brothers smuggle in from England two Fourdrinier machines which enable them to be the first in the U.S. to make paper on a continuous roll.
1860-Allen Crocker Curtis retires from the Curtis family paper business that spanned over 68 years in Newton Lower Falls.

1850 Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts census:

Curtis, Allen C. 61 MA
" , Lucy 53 MA

+	47	ii.		Eliza Curtis, born 1791 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
	48	iii.		Hester Curtis, born 1798 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 29 Aug 1802 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

More About Hester Curtis:
Burial: Old East Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

+	49	iv.		William Curtis, born 13 Aug 1794 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
	50	v.		Edward Curtis, born Abt. 1797; died in New York.

9. Thomas¹⁰ Wiswall (Jeremiah⁹, Noah⁸, Thomas⁷, Noah⁶, Thomas⁵, Robert⁴, Robert³, Thomas², Richard¹) was born 05 Jan 1775 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 27 Apr 1836 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. He married Sarah B. Trowbridge 10 Nov 1803 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel Trowbridge and Elizabeth Bond. She was born 03 Mar 1782 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 03 Aug 1848 in Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire.

Notes for Thomas Wiswall:
from: A Wiswall line, 10 generations in descent, from Elder Thomas Wiswall to James Boit Wiswall, c. 1925 by Clarence Augustus Wiswall:

pages 35-36:

Thomas Wiswall, son of Capt. Jeremiah was born on the old homestead of his father at Oak Hill, Newton, January 5th, 1775.
In early manhood he captured the heart of Sarah, daughter of the somewhat lordly and patrician Trowbridge whose life extended back to the wealthy English merchant, and who long were prominent in Colonial government. Their marriage occurred in 1803. Her striking figure and pleasing features with her gracious manners and kindly spirit endeared her to all her family and friends. The family consisted of five sons and two daughters who reached maturity.
In early life he learned the trade of carpenter and as such worked on the construction of St. Mary's Church at the Lower Falls. He afterwards removed to Falmouth, Maine, where his daughter Hannah was born, Dec 28, 1806. At a subsequent date he went to Exeter, New Hampshire.
The first paper mill on the Exeter River, next above King's Falls, some two miles from Exeter, was built in 1777. This property was conveyed in 1813 to Col. Enoch Wiswall of Watertown, Massachusetts, who transferred it, in 1815, to his brother, Thomas. He operated it successfully in conjunction with Isaac Flagg, manufacturing book and newspaper until his death. He owned two-thirds of the stock and Flagg owned one-third. His residence was near the mill and consisted of a large, white painted frame house, and here several of his children were born, among them his son, Augustus. In February 1833, the mill was burned but was rebuilt the same season with improved equipment.
On Sunday June 11, 1911, the writer, while on a visit to the old mill site and homestead at Exeter, Mr. Jeremiah Dudley then in his 92nd year, who was an old resident and lived near, gave the following account of my grandfather, whom he remembered well:
He said he was not a "large man", being of medium height and somewhat spare build with light hair and blue eyes. He also said he was slightly lame. That he was the practical man in the mill, looking after the making of the paper while Flagg delivered the manufactured product with teams to the newspaper offices in the surrounding towns, going as far as Lowell and Portsmouth and even he thought as far as Boston.
Flagg claimed one-third interest, which was allowed, though there was some question as to how he obtained so large a portion.
After Thos. Wiswall's death, which occurred April 27, 1836, his son Otis assumed his place in the business for some time, but finally Flagg gained the entire possession of the property, as was supposed by the poor business judgement of Otis, and very much to financial disadvantage of the heirs.
The aforementioned Jeremiah Dudley also gave the following description of my grandmother, Sarah [Trowbridge] Wiswall:
"She was of more than medium height, of a full figure with a very fair complexion and handsome features, blue eyes and light hair. She was of a very amiable disposition and much loved in the community."
She died at the home of her son, Thomas, in Dover, August 3rd, 1848, and was buried the following Saturday by the side of her husband in Exeter. She was brought on the cars from Dover. Many of the townspeople were at the depot on arrival and formed a procession to the church yard.

The Trowbridge Family:
2733.
SARAH TROWBRIDGE, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wiswall) Trowbridge, born March 3, 1782, married Thomas Wiswall, and settled in New Hampshire. Nothing farther is known.

The Wiswall Genealogy:

308 THOMAS WISWALL (146) B. 5 JAN 1775 AT NEWTON MA: M. 10 NOV 1803 SARAH B. TROWBRIDGE: CH. 543 OTIS, 544 HANNAH MAREAN, 545 ELIZABETH BOND, 546 GEORGE TROWBRIDGE, 547 THOMAS, 548 THOMAS, 549 THOMAS HENRY, 550 HENRY TROWBRIDGE, 551 AUGUSTUS CURTIS: D. 27 APR 1836 AT EXETER NH. C14

More About Thomas Wiswall:
Burial: Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire

More About Sarah B. Trowbridge:
Burial: Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire

Children of Thomas Wiswall and Sarah Trowbridge are:

Otis¹¹ Wiswall, born 14 Feb 1804 in Falmouth, Maine. He married (1) Mary S. Wiggins Abt. 1825. He married (2) Esther C. Horne 23 Aug 1840 in Ipswitch, Essex Co., Massachusetts; born 05 Feb 1815 in Dover, Massachusetts.

Notes for Otis Wiswall:
1850 Wakefield Twp., Carroll Co., New Hampshire census, page 29:

Otis Wiswall 45 M NH
Esther P. " 35 F NH
Mary Horn 70 F NH
Otis W. Smith 18 M NH
Margaret Horn 26 F NH

1860 Wakefield Twp., Carroll C.. New Hampshire census, page 573

Otis Wiswall 56 M Maine
Esther P. Horne 45 F New Hampshire
Mary Horne 80 F Domestic New Hampshire

+	52	ii.	Hannah Marean Wiswall, born 28 Dec 1806 in Falmouth, Maine; died 25 Apr 1891 in Durham, New Hampshire.
	53	iii.	Elizabeth Bond Wiswall, born 30 Aug 1808 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died 30 Dec 1877. She married Henry L. Wiggins Abt. 1829; born 1788 in Wakefield, Carroll Co., New Hampshire; died 11 Mar 1844.
	54	iv.	George Trowbridge Wiswall, born 15 Aug 1810 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died 28 Jun 1899 in Urbana, Illinois. He married (1) Eliza B. Moses. He married (2) Amelia Pennington. He married (3) Anna Pennington.
	55	v.	Thomas Wiswall, born 10 Oct 1812 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died 11 Oct 1812 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
	56	vi.	Thomas Wiswall, born 19 Nov 1814 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died 06 Jun 1816 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
+	57	vii.	Deacon Thomas Henry Wiswall, born 28 Jan 1817 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; died 06 Mar 1906 in Durham, Strafford Co., New Hampshire.
+	58	viii.	Henry Trowbridge Wiswall, born 26 Apr 1820 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; died 02 Oct 1899 in Dover, New Hampshire.
+	59	ix.	Augustus Curtis Wiswall, born 24 Jun 1823 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; died 20 Jun 1880 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

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