Reuben Whittier is supposed to have been from Newton. He and his wife Mary had eleven children, born between 1740 and 1758. Probably a number of them were born in some other place. His was lot No. 30 in the south-east corner of the town, now in possession of Horace Whittier.
Benjamin Whittier was active in the time of the Revolution. He lived in that part of the town, we think, on or near the road that leads, by Addison Green’s, to Chester.
Richard Whittier lived in Brentwood. It is said he lived in Raymond in his later years. He had a son, Aaron, born in Brentwood, who came here and lived on lot No. 30, already named. He was a diligent, enterprising, successful farmer, and while he minded his own business well, he was generous and obliging to others. He died on that place. His widow lived to be 90 or more years, but died at her daughter’s, Mrs. Josiah Robinson’s, in Fremont.
They had a number of children, but, in the absence of records, no full particulars can be given. Edmund, a son, followed him on the home place, was a good farmer, one of the Selectmen, and Representative two years. He died. His wife was a daughter of Samuel Poor, and is noticed in the genealogy of the Poor family. Of the children, Otis H. lives in Hampton, Horace on the home place, Mrs. John F. Lane in the village, and one or two younger in Western New York.
Another son of Aaron Whittier was the late John Whittier, an active business man of Fremont. Mrs. Josiah Robinson of Fremont, and Mrs. Isaac Poor of Newbury, Mass., are daughters.
Mr. Aaron Whittier’s father, Richard, had a brother Daniel. This Daniel had a son, Josiah, who lived once in the westerly part of this town. Josiah, now living near the village, was a son, born in town, and Aaron W. Whittier, in the village, was another. Others live in Deerfield, where the parents died.
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