The Granite Monthly Volume 41; A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...present owner being Judge Walter H. Sanboru of St. Paul, Minn. Andrew McClary was "of Epsom" by a deed April 30, 1741. He is said to have settled there in 1738. He came from the north of Ireland in 1726, reaching Boston August 8 of that year. October 8, 1728, Andrew "McCleary" of Hanover, Plymouth County, Mass.. bought land in Nottingham. N. H. He was "of Nottingham" by a deed October 16. 1735, also "of Nottingham" February 27 and March 7, 1747, but "of Epsom" again June 10. 1747, and onward. He died there between September 13, 1764 and October 15. 1765, leaving a widow, Agnes, and children: John, born in 1719; Andrew, said to have been about ten years younger; Jane, who had married, January 8. 1756, John McGaffey; and a daughter that had married Richard Tripp. By tradition this daughter's name was Ann. The church records have it Nanny. A deed signed by her mark October 15, 1765, has it "Agnas." An older deceased daughter, Margaret, had married George Wallace early enough to have a child baptized in 1740. The McClarys had the most easterly of the home lots, near Deerfield. John living on the south side of the road and Andrew, Jr., on the north side. The three sisters lived near. All had large families, and the McClary blood became widely diffused, though the name has disappeared. This noted family was so fully treated by Warren Tripp in the Granite Monthly of October. 1900, that I will pass it without further notice here. Among the proprietors who undertook to settle, the first twenty families were Samuel Wallace of Rye and William Wallace of Greenland, probably brothers, though I have not seen proof of that. Samuel was son of William, who was son of a George Wallis (generally so spelled) "som...