LABAREE FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH

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LABAREE FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH
Transcribed and contributed to Genealogy Trails by Janice Farnsworth - Farns10th@aol.com
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort 4 by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub 1876,
Claremont, NH

p.462 Peter Labaree b. 1724 at Salem MA was descended from Huguenotts who were driven from France through religious persecution. He was a ships' carpenter at Salem until 1750 at which time he moved to Fort No. 4. On August 30, 1754 he went to the home of Capt James Johnson and was captured with that family by Indians and taken with Ebenezer Farnsworth and the Johnsons to Canada. His wife was Ruth Putnam, daug of Seth and Ruth Putnam. They married 1746, at either Salem or Danvers, MA. They had 9 children listed in detail p. 466:

l. Ruth Labaree b. 1747 at Salem m. Nathan Hurd of Newport
2.Elizabeth Labaree b. 1749 at Salem m. Joseph Powers and they moved to New York.
3.Peter Labaree, Jr. b. at No.4 1750 m. Sarah Kennedy. Their children were:

l. Samuel
2. Israel
3. Peter
4. Sarah
5. William Labaree b. 178l m. 1808 Parthena Whitmore daug of Ebenezer Whitmore and Sarah (Roberts) Whitmore of Middletown Conn. William and Parthena lived at Ascutneyville Vt and had these children:

l. Adeline Labaree b. 1808
2. John W. Labaree b. 18ll
3. Harriet Labaree b. 18l3
4. Louisa Labaree b. 18l5
5. William Labaree b. 1818 m. Marie Gilson at Hartland Vt in 1849
6. Ralph Labaree b. 1820
7. Benjamin Labaree b. 1823
8. Sarah Labaree b. 1830 at Hartland Vt. m. 1852 Alzina M. Royce at Royalton Vt.

6. Rev. Joseph Labaree b. 1783 m. 1817 Huldah Lyman He d. 1852 They had these children:

l. Hubbard Labaree b. 1817
2. Joseph Labaree
3. John Lyman Labaree
4. Eliza Labaree
5. Sarah Labaree
6. William Labaree
7. George Labaree
8. Henry Labaree
9. Infant unnamed
l0. David Brainard Labaree
ll. Huldaah Lyman Labaree
l2. Joseph Labaree
l3. Emily R. Labaree b. 1837

Note Peter Labaree Sr. d. 1803 Ruth Putnam d. 18l0 both buried in Charlestown, New Hampshire

Peter Labaree, Jr. after the Revolutionary War went to Maine, where he married (2) Sarah Longfellow daug of Nathan Longfellow and had l0 additional children. These children and Peter's grandchildren are listed pages 466, 467 and 468...on request...file resumed and finished 8/l/97: Peter Labaree Jr. After the Revolution in which he fought, he removed to Maine where he m. (2)Sarah Longfellow and had these additional childred (the first four born at Townalborough Plantation, now Dresden, Maine and the next 6 born at Ballatown Plantation now called Whitefield, Maine:

7. Susan Labaree
8. Mary Labaree
9. Rufus Labaree (see below)
l0. Seth Labaree
ll. Ruth Labaree
l2. Benjamin Labaree
l3. Sarah Labaree
l4. Eliza Labaree
l5. Putnam Labaree
l6. Sophonia Labaree

All but Ruth settled at their father's homestead at Ballstown Plantation, now Whitefield, Maine.

4. Mary Labaree 4th child of Peter Laboree and Ruth Putnam Labaree b. 1752 at N.S. m. Isaac Pratt of Fort No.4
5. Sarah Labaree b. 1754 m. Phineas Page and moved to Fairfax, Vt.
6. Susanna Labaree b. 1758 m. Jonas Gould and settled at Maine.
7. Abigail Labaree b. 1760 m. David Hubbard of Fort No 4
8. Benjamin Labaree b. 1762 d. 1834 m. Hannah Farwell b. 1767 daug of Josiah Farwell (see above)

l. Cynthia Labaree b. 1784 d. 18l0
2. Mary Labaree b. 1786 m. Joseph Smith of Eaton Canada
3. Hannah Labaree b. 1788 d. 1874 m. Pliney Hibbard of Montreal Canada
4. Susan Labaree b. 1790 m. Isaac Abbott of Littleton, NH She d. 1870
5. James Labaree b. 1792 m. Harriet Grout b. 1806 daug of Major Jonathan Grout and Parthena (Page) Grout. James and Harriet settled on Peter Labaree's homestead. Their children were:

l. Jane Labaree b. 183l
2. Eliza Labaree b. 1833 d. 1834
3. Sarah Labaree b. 1835 m. 1870 Charles Wright of Keene N.H.
4. James Labaree Jr. b. 1838 m. 186l Tila Putnam of Springfield, Vt.

l. Arthur James Labaree b. 1865
2. Minnie Labaree b. 1873

5. Benjamin Labaree b. 1840 d. 1842
6. Hannah Farwell Labaree b. 1844 m. 1863
Francis Carey They settled at Lempster

l. Carl James Carey b. 1868
2. Francis Carey Jr. b. 1874

7. Kate A. Labaree b. 1847 m. 1875 Charles Wright of Keene Vt. (see above)

6. Lucretia Labaree b. 1794 m. 1824 Otis
Batchelder of Littleton NH She d. 1866
7. Alpha Labaree b. 1797 d. 1800
8. Sarah Labarie b. 1799 m. 1823 Jonas Tufts
of Walpole, NH
9. Rev. Dr. Benjamin Labarie, Jr. b. 180l grad. Dartmouth College 1828. Apptd professor and subsequently president of Jackson College, Tennessee thru 1837 when he became secretary of the Central American Education Society of NY. In 1840 he became president of Middlebury College, Vt. thru 1866 when he retired to Roxbury, MA and was a lecturer at Dartmouth. He m (l) Eliza Capen d. 1834 He m. (2) 1836 Susan (Freeman) Fairbank.
l0. Amanda M. Labaree b. 1805 m. Horace Hutchin-son of St. Johnsbury, Vt.
11. Clarissa Labaree b. 1807 m. William Goffe of Bedford, MA.

9. Rufus Labaree son of Peter Labaree and Ruth Putnam b. 1764 m. Olive Farwell daug of Josiah Farwell (see above)

l. John Labaree b. 1787
2. Theodosia Labaree b. 1789
3. Sophronia Labaree b. 179l
4. Henry Labaree b. 1792
5. Benjamin Labaree b. 1794
6. Patty Labaree b. 1796