Came to Paris in 1800, and was indentured with his brother Uriah, until he was twenty-one. He was b. Sept. 8, 1786, and therefore his term of service was seven years. He died in Paris, Sept. 5, 1842, aged 56. His wife d. May 13, 1849, aged 52 years.

William and his wife, and 2 sons and 2 daughters came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham, 1638.

He lived and was taxed in Salem, removed to Wenham, Mass., but returned to Salem, and had been taxed during his absence, but, learning the circumstances of his absence, his taxes were remitted. Mr. Rix and his wife were members of the First Church, Salem, from which they both withdrew, June 6, 1703, the year he went to Preston, Conn. He went to Stonington, Conn., in the summer of 1703, but bought the same year a large tract of land in Preston of Joseph and Ephraim Minor.

In Preston, and near his farm, is an old burying ground known as the "Rixtown burying grounds," where many of the family are buried. The old homestead had remained in the family until about 1880, when it passed to others, but, as a correspondent wrote, "The farm is there still." November 22, 1727, James deeded to his son, Thomas Rix, "for in ye consideration of ye natural love, good will and fatherly affection that I bear to my loving and dutiful son Thomas Rix of Preston, a certain tenement and housing and lands, being two-thirds of ye farm that I now live upon, reserving to myself and my wife Margaret part of ye house." Ref., Book of Deeds, 4, page 400, Preston Books.

A deed from James Rix to Ebenezer Lambert, of date Nov. 3, 1703, and recorded in Salem, shows him to have been a shipwright, and shows also Margaret, wife of James Rix, was of Preston.

In the diary of Joshua Hempstead, before referred to, can be found the following about James.

Mr. Hempstead, being in want of a shipwright, goes to Preston and engages James Rix, and in his diary of date, Monday, June 18, 1716, says: "Goodman Ricks come to work for four pounds fifteen shill. pr. month, half goods (viz.) salt and rum." Tuesday, July 10, 1716, Mr. Hempstead enters in his diary, "Ricks has gone to caulk Pelton's sloop." Friday, Oct 5, 1716, he says: "Nathl. & Robert is gone to carry 8 bushels of salt to Robt. Stoddard for Mr. Ricks." Jan. 9, 1717, he settled with Mr. Ricks. Mr. Hempstead records in his diary, Sept. 29, 1729, "Old Goodee Ricks was buried, aged about 76."

James and wife were buried in the "Rixtown burying grounds," and both have gravestones, but the only letters legible is on one of them, M. R. 1711. It is very evident he married, second, Margaret, as she was named in the deed to his son Thomas in 1727.

When James settled in Preston, there were no buildings on the place, and the only way to reach the land was a rough bridle path from Norwich, ten miles away. James probably came from Salem to New London by boat, for he came up from that place to Preston.

The farm at this date (1905) is in the town of Griswold, which part was taken off from Preston in 1815.

Within a few years after the settlement of the neighborhood, a cemetery was established, and bodies buried there probably by permission, but in 1737 the land was deeded to twenty-two residents, and among them was Thomas Rix. From time to time several additions were made to the grounds and at this date (1905) thirty-seven Rix's are buried there. The compiler paid a visit to these grounds in September, 1905, and located without any doubt the graves of Thomas Rix the emigrant, his son James and wife Margaret, his first wife, where all three lie side by side. James may have lived in Ipswich, where his first child may have been born.

A copy of the deed of the land bought by James Rix situated in the town of Preston, Conn.:

"To all Christian people whom this present shall come know ye. Ephriam and Joseph Minor of Stonington in the County of New London, of Connecticut Colony in New England send greeting.

"Know ye that we Ephraiam and Joseph Minor upon good & just consideration and money more especially for in consideration of 20 Pounds of current Money of New England in hand acurate & well & trult payed to us by James Rix of Preston, Conn., New London Coliny and County, to record of which we do so jointly and severally. Ephram and Joseph Minor acknowledge that we are fuly payed, satisfied & contented thare off in every part and parcel whare off we do acquit & desolve James Rix & his heirs for ever, by these present to grant and Bargain & sell a certain portain of land unto James Rix his heirs, Executors, Administrators & Assigns, Assessors for ever, Sundry Tract of Land 100 acres be it more or less as it is bounded situated & Lieying with in the Bounds of the town of Preston, Conn., joining to Billings Brook, Begining at a white Oak Tree marked on four sides, from this runing eastly 80 score Rods to a white Oak marked on four sides standing by a Swamp & from that to great Brook called Billings Brook & so running northly by this Brook till it comes to a white Oak Tree which is a Line Tree of Ephram Herrick. From thence running north westly and continueing up on said Herrick's Line till it comes to Land of Thomas Dawson and continueing upon the said Dawson Line till it comes to the first mentioned bound.

"To have and to hold, posses & enjoy the so bargened Premises, singualy & every part and parcel thare off with all priveliges apertaining, comprehended & contained within the afore said Barganined Premises, Wood, Water, Timber, Grass, Rock or whatever pertains to the Land or Premises to James Rix his Heirs, Executors Administrators & assignes for ever with out let or hendrance or molestation of Ephram & Joseph Minor, or his Executors, Administrators or Assignes for ever all and singualy every part and parcel thare off, shall be and remain to the sole benefit and behoof of James Rix his Heirs, Executors, and from this Day He is clearly freely acquited & discharged of and from any further Bargain, Gift, Grant, Mortgage, Dowry or Encumbrance what so ever of Ephram & Joseph Minor, which we do declare that they are stand lawfuly Posseded & are true Propriators of this tract of Land at the signing and sealing of these present, and having in them selves full power & good and lawfull athority to bargain the said premises & do for ever covernant & promis to James Rix his Heirs and Assignes that Ephram & Joseph Minor or thare Executors, Administrators or Assignes shall be willing at all times if required of them to give Deed & perform any further Act what so ever Legaly called for the sure making of our Bargain Prooving & according Ephram & Joseph Minor & doth render up said Land & Seals the 15 Day of July 1703.

"Signed and Sealed "EPHRAM MINOR. [SEAL.]
in presence of "JOSEPH MINOR. [SEAL.]
Witness,
"CHRISTOPHER MINOR.
his
HEZEKIAH X HOLDRED.
mark.
"The written Deed was acknowledged by Ephram & Joseph Minor this 15th Day of July 1703 before me,

"EPHRAM MINOR, Justice of Peace.
"This Deed entered on record Oct. 7th, 1703, by me, Jonathan Tracy, Recorder of Town of Preston, Conn."

He resided in Preston, Conn., where his children were born, and after the death of his wife he went to Mendon, Mass.

Mr. Rix joined a party of thirty-three men in Salem, Mass., to settle in the wilderness, and chose the town of Boscawen, N. H., and were the first settlers. This was in 1733, but it seems Mr. Rix did not remain there long, for he came to Concord, married and lived there at least till he had two children born. At it was customary to elect a young married man to the office of hogreeve, he was elected to that office, the year of his marriage. During the Indian raids, in 1746, the inhabitants were told to repair to the garrisons whenever the Indians showed themselves, and among those to repair to the garrison of Timothy Walker, Jr., was Nathaniel Rix and family, which garrison stood where the Franklin Pierce house now stands in Concord.

Nathaniel Rix enlisted in Concord, Jan. 21, 1745, in Capt. John Clough's company of scouts; dismissed Mar. 18, 1745. He also enlisted Apr. 24, 1755, in Capt. Joseph Eastman's company, Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment in the expedition against Crown Point; discharged Oct. 21, 1755.

His first two children were born in Concord and it seems he returned to Boscawen, where his son Nathaniel was born; he was again a resident of Concord, where he was taxed in 1757 and 1758. His military record can be found in the "Military of New Hampshire," page 185. Mr. Rix was a teamster and it is a tradition that on his return from a trip from Boston he put up at a public house and fell downstairs and broke his neck.

He resided in Landaff till 1799, when he removed to Stanstead, Canada, where he bought a large tract of land about two miles from Stanstead Plain, and cleared up a good farm, where he remained till about 1820, when he sold out and returned to the States and settled in Littleton, N. H., near his son Nathaniel. He was in Newbury, Vt., in 1773, and he signed a petition to the New York Assembly for a conformation of his grant and for the remission of one-half the usual fees. He was one of 400 signers in the presence of Hon. Samuel Wills, a judge of the court of Common Pleas. The petition was dated Jan. 26, 1773. (Documentary History of New York, Vol. 10, pp. 449-500.)

He was a revolutionary soldier, being one of the first to enlist from Landaff. He served in Capt. Samuel Young's company, Col. Bedel's regiment, from Dec. 15, 1776, to Mar., 1777, also in Capt. Hutchin's company from Aug. 18, 1777, to Sept., 1777. He was also a drummer in Capt. Luther Richardson's company, Col. Bedel's regiment, from Apr. 6, 1778, for eleven months and twenty-five days. He was also in a Mass. regiment, and his name appears on the rolls of that state. His signature appears on a receipt for bounty paid by Haverhill, of date Dec. 2, 1780. He was probably on a visit to his brother, James, and perhaps was induced to enlist because of a larger bounty than New Hampshire paid.

A lodge of masons was organized in Stanstead in the early settlement of that place, and it is believed Mr. Rix was made a mason there, for in 1821, his son Nathaniel was master of Morning Dawn Lodge, located at Waterford, Vt.; it is recorded on the records of the lodge that "Nathaniel Rix, Sr." was a visitor. As father and son were well known as Sr., and Jr., it pretty well establishes the point that Nathaniel, Sr., was a mason. The compiler has searched all masonic publications, but can find no mention of a lodge as having ever been established in Stanstead, yet it is a fact that one was organized there. Hon. Albert S. Batchelder, of Littleton, N. H., searched high and low for the records of both the Stanstead and Waterford lodges, but only one has been found and that of the Waterford Lodge, which was found in Washington.

He probably went to Old Preston, Conn., where his son James went in 1703. In the New London County (Conn.), Historical Society's publication, Vol. I, can be found the most remarkable diary extant by Joshua Hempstead, of New London, Conn. For forty-seven years nothing hardly escaped this man's observation, and which he recorded. This remarkable man was at once a farmer, surveyor, house and ship carpenter, attorney, stone cutter, sailor and trader. Being in want of a shipwright, he goes to Preston and engages Goodman Rix. In his diary he says: "Nov. 1st, 1718, I went to the funeral of Old Ricks who died last night." This must have been Thomas, the emigrant, and being called "Old Ricks" indicates he was the oldest Rix in Preston. In a deposition he says he was born in 1622.

Went to California.

Wm. P. Robbins age 36, M. Farmer R.E. $1200 B: NY
Elizabeth Robbins age 27 B: NY
Adelia Robbins age 6, F B: NY
Joseph Noyes age 11 B: NY

Benjamin Robinson was born in the house at Narragansett Pier, now owned by Miss Mary Watson, and called the "Mansion House." He lived there all his life. His father gave him by will a part of the homestead farm with the house; he bought out his sister's and brothers' right.

The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II says middle initial T.

Like his brother Sylvester, he was born on the Candian side, but as his
father
had not lost his U.S. citizenship, and he moved to the U.S. while still a
minor, he was a U.S. citizen. Like his brother, he was in WW II aboard
ship.
He is supposed to have been in the company that ferried President Wilson
to
attend the conference that settled the first world war.

Married Freeman Leavett, seperated from him, and later married Albert
Andrews.
Came to Greenville in 1905 with her parents and removed to Sherman with
them.

Born in Greenville, N.H., a twin with Howard.

Died in an accident getting onto a wagon from which he slipped as it was
in motion and was crushed.

Unmarried. Veteran of World War II.

Twin with Harold. Married twice.

Died in infancy

Unmarried.

When she was about 14 years old, her parents moved to Greenville, N.H.
Here
she united with the Baptist Church. After marrying Spurgeon Naas, they
removed to Sherman Sttion, maine and there she united with the
Congregational
Church of that town.

From a boy, he seized every opportunity for improvement. He read much, and thus became well informed upon the topics of the day, and in advancing years was the trusted advisor and friend of many of his townspeople.

In 1841-2, he became interested in the temperance movement known as the "Washingtonian," first started in Baltimore, Maryland. In this he worked with the zeal and ardor that characterized any enterprise in which he took part. This work was so thoroughly done that soon there was a marked change in the town. For a number of years it was impossible for a man to obtain intoxicating liquor nearer than Charlestown.

In 1841, he was chosen president of the Wakefield Bank. He held this position until his death, in 1867. He united with the Baptist Church in December, 1838. No one loved the old church better than he, and he was always trying to do something for its prosperity. He filled a large place in the growth and advancement of his town.

Born in Canada, came to Greenville with his parents in 1905 and went with
them
to Sherman Station. He was in the world war and in action for a long
time.
Was in hospital for a long time also