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the clearing of his land and erect-
ing mills, from 1778 to March 1787,
when he removed his family there,
and resided there till his death,
March 11, 1800, in his 68th year.
In Enfield, he was made a magis-
trate and Representative, and dis-
charged the principal town offices.
Hon. Jesse Johnson, oldest son
of the foregoing by his first mar-
riage, was born in Hampstead,
1762. The subject of this notice
in 1779, in his 17th year, walked'to
Enfield, through the wilderness, to
aid in clearing his father’s lands.
The year after he became of age,
he was appointed Justice of the
Peace, an office he held 32 years,
till his death; was Proprietor’s
Clerk, 30 years, one of the town’s
earliest land surveyors, its first
magistrate and representative, a
delegate to the convention that in
1792 formed the present State Con-
stitution, Judge of Probate, Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas,
and in 1812, nominee of his party
for Congress. He died Sept. 23,
1816, in his 54th year.
Gile. Johnson Gile, an exem-
plary man, father of the late Dan-
iel Gile, a gentleman of intelli-
gence and worth, and grandfather
of Ebenezer Gile, who occupies
the homestead, of Dr. Aaron Gile,
and of Mrs. Lydia (Gile) Conant,
late wife of G. W. Conant, Esq.,
came to the town from Hopkinton,
with his wife and two children, in
1779, and died there, March 14,
1790, aged 38.
Bingham. Elisha Bingham was
born in Windham County Connec-
ticut, and settled in Enfield about |
1772. Though illiterate, he seems
to have been a man of good capa-
city, his name often occurring as a
town officer. He had a large fam-
ily. His son Elias, born Aug. 29,
1772, was the first male child born
in the town, and his daughter
Phebe, born January 7, 1778, prob-
ably the first female child. In
1787, Mr. B. removed, with his en-
tire family, to Jay, Essex County,
N. Y.
Paddleford. Jonathan Paddle-
ford who has descendants in the
town, was, if not the first, among
the very first settlers. He came
to Enfield with an adult family of
sons and daughters, from Ashford,
Windham County, Conn., where,
as early as 1765, he purchased sev-
eral pieces of land from the origi-
nal proprietors under the Enfield
charter, and removed to Enfield
between that year and 1772. He
erected the second gristmill in.the
town, afterwards known as Fol-
lansbee’s Mills, on Mascomy Riv-
er, near where the Shaker Mills
now stand. He died, July 13,
1783.
jBicknell. Capt. Nathan Bick-
nell came to the town, with his
wife and six children, in the
spring of 1777, from Ashford,
Conn., and resided east of East
Pond, where his son Isaac after-
wards lived. Bicknell’s Brook
was named after him He died in
Enfield.
Jackman. Samuel Jackman,
the ancestor of the Endfield Jack-
man, was from Haverhill, Mass.,
and came to Enfield about 1779,
when he bought there a full right
of Jesse Johnson, Esq., on George
Hill.
Sanborn. John Sanborn, land
surveyor, joined the Shakers, left
them and committed suicide about
1788. He lived on George Hill.
Kidder. Thomas Kidder came
to the town, from Alstead, in 1786, |
