NETTLETON FAMILY
The Nettletons of the town of Newport and Sullivan county, New Hampshire, are all descendants of Jeremiah Nettleton, who made a settlement in the town of Newport in the year 1779, lived there about thirty-five years, and at his death left a large family of children from whom in later years has come a numerous line of descendants, and in each succeeding generation from the time of the settler there have been men of prominence in the civil, political and industrial history of the state.

(I) John Nettleton, of Kenilworth, England, is mentioned in history as the founder of this particular branch of the Nettleton family of New England, but of his antecedents contemporary genealogists give little information of value. It is known, however, that he lived about fifty miles west of the city of London, and that after his immigration to America was one of the early colonists of Connecticut. He married, and among his children was a son Joseph.

(II) Joseph, son of John the ancestor, married, February 18, 1712, Hannah Bushnell. and had a son Jeremiah.

(III) Jeremiah, son of Joseph and Hannah ( Bushnell) Nettleton, and grandson of John the ancestor, was of Killingworth, Connecticut, which appears to have been the principal seat of the family in that state. The family name of his wife is not mentioned by any of the earlier chroniclers of Nettleton history, but it is known that he married and that one of his sons was Jeremiah Nettleton, progenitor of the family of that surname in New Hampshire.

(IV) Jeremiah Nettleton was a descendant of the fourth generation of John Nettleton, the ancestor, and was born in Connecticut, probably at Killingworth, October 17, 1738, and died in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1815. He settled in Newport in 1779, having come from Connecticut during that year with his wife and eight children, the eldest of whom was then less than seventeen years old. Jeremiah settled on what afterward became known as the Paul farm, and he owned Bald mountain and the land extending thence southward to the river. He married, at Killingworth, Connecticut. November 19, 1761, Love Buell, of whose ancestors a brief mention in this place is appropriate. She was a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Post) Buell, granddaughter of Samuel and Judith Buell, great-granddaughter of Samuel and Deborah (Griswold) Buell, and great-great-granddaughter of William and Mary Buell. Jeremiah and Love (Buell) Nettleton had nine children, all of whom save the youngest were born in Connecticut.

They were as follows : Mabel, born November 15, 1762, married Aaron Buell. Jr. Charity, July 27, 1764, married a Mr. Story and settled in Goshen. New Hampshire. Aaron, November 11, 1766, married Mehitable Dow. Jeremiah, Jr., September 11, 1768, married Lydia Ledoyt. Nathan, June 21, 1770, married Hannah Wheeler. Rachel, October 4, 1772, married Joshua Heath. Deborah, February 11, 1775, married Peter Stow. Joel, February 6, 1778, married Elizabeth Dow. Daniel, born in Newport, New Hampshire, December I, 1780, married (first) Esther Peck, and (second) Rhoda Ryant.

(V) Joel, eighth child and fourth son of Jeremiah and Love (Buell) Nettleton, was born in Killingworth, Connecticut, February 6, 1778, and was about one year old when he was brought with his father's family to Newport. Having reached his majority he became a farmer in the northeast part of the town, but soon afterward purchased the old Newport House, which he enlarged and turned into one of the most famous taverns in that part of the state, while he himself was one of the most popular landlords in Sullivan county for many years ; and in connection with his tavern he was proprietor of a line of stages. His wife, whom he married March 5. 1805, was Elizabeth Dow, daughter of Jeremiah Dow, and who with her brother Nathaniel and her sister Mehitable removed from Salem, New Hampshire, to Newport in 1792 and settled in the eastern part of the town. Mehitable Dow afterward married Aaron Nettleton, older brother of Joel Nettleton. Joel and Elizabeth (Dow) Nettleton had six children, viz. : Joel Parker, born August 21, 1806, succeeded his father as landlord of the Newport House, married Charlotte Lyon, and died in Connecticut. Mary Hendrick, April 9, 1810, married Cyrus Walker. Gilbert, March 24, 1812. Elizabeth, October 7, 1814, married Zepheniah Hutchinson, a noted singer, and settled in Illinois. Persia D., July 27, 1818, became the second wife of Cyrus Walker. Daniel. February 6, 1821.

(VI) Daniel Nettleton.,youngest son and child of Joel and Elizabeth (Dow) Nettleton, was born in Newport, New Hampshire. February 6, 1821, and died in the same town October I, 1875. His young life was spent at home with his parents, whom he helped with the work about the Newport House, but after he became of age he went to Wilmot, New Hampshire, and for twelve years carried on a tanning business. He was a capable and successful business man, and occupied a prominent place in the public affairs of that town. He was selectman in 1860-61-62, and representative of Wilmot in the general court in 1865-66, and after returning to Newport was selectman of that town in 1873-74. He also was actively identified with the state militia, in which at one time he held the rank and commission of colonel, hence the military title by which he was generally addressed — Colonel Nettleton. He was a man of decisive character and sound judgment, whether in official or personal business affairs, and his frank manners and generous disposition won for him many warm friends and made him one of the must popular men in Newport. In July, 1850, he married Ellen C. Wilmarth (see Wilmarth), eldest daughter of Jonathan M. and Lucy (Cheney) Wilmarth, and a descendant of some of the best families of New England. Two children were born of the marriage of Daniel and Ellen C. (Wilmarth) Nettleton, viz. : Lucy E., born May 27, 1851, and Fred. H., February 12. 1861, was graduated at Newport high school, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, and Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

( VII) Lucy E., daughter of Daniel and Ellen C. (Wilmarth) Nettleton, and a descendant of the seventh generation of John Nettleton, of Kenilworth. England, and Killingworth, Connecticut, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, May 27, 1851. She was educated at Colby Academy, New London, New Hampshire. She married Arthur C. Bradley. formerly of Vermont and now of Newport, New Hampshire.

Source: "Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire", ©1908, pps. 1843-4
Submitted by K. Torp

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