Dublin Public Library, Dublin, New Hampshire

Dublin Public Library

1114 Main Street

Dublin, New Hampshire 03444

https://www.dublinnhpubliclibrary.org/

The entrance through the original door takes us past the 1900 rooms then into the new addition. On this day, the weather was warm, so the door was open.

For many years, I thought about visiting this library, on scenic route 101, but it was often closed when I drove by. Then it was under the construction, which seemed to take a very long time. In August 2019, we made a special trip to visit the library and a few surrounding towns. In looking over the webpage history, I read, "1999: The town voted to build the library addition at a cost of $684,885; at least $214,885 was to be raised privately. The addition to the present library was completed by 2000." I'm not sure when the building was completed.

I loved the new ceiling, handcrafted by a local craftsman, who happened to be at the library and talked to my husband for over 30 minutes about his ceiling. The beautiful ceiling is in the old section. As you can see the new section below is very plain.

New Hampshire shelves, labeled, but still empty. This is why I was unable to see any genealogy or local history material. There was a group of volunteers working in this room on the Saturday we were there.

Reference area.

New computer station area, in the new addition, with the original stone wall behind the desks. I always wanted to see the original library, and I pretty much did, as you'll see by the photos below.

Reference desk, looking unto the new room, and the photo below is facing the front door.

No computer used for checking out books! I was quite surprised, but apparently, this system works for them.

Card catalog unit by the front door.

Lovely reading room, three photos.

In Memory of

Horace Putnam Farnham M.D.

Born in Salem Mass. 1824

Died in New York, N.Y. 1886

Erected By His Wife.

1900

Another nice reading room, in the new section. The room faces the Yankee Magazine Publishing Company, see below.

My blog post showing inside Yankee Publishing Company.

Farnham of Connecticut -- Surname Saturday

My FARNHAM Line is in Killingworth, Connecticut for four generations.

Generation No. 1

(Direct lines are in green.)

1. HENRY FARNHAM (JOHN FARNHAM) was born ABT 1625, and died 13 JAN 1699/00 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married JOANNA RUTTY ABT 1661, daughter of THOMAS RUTTY \ RUCK and ELIZABETH (__). She was born ABT 1635 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 11 AUG 1689 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
 
Child of HENRY FARNHAM and JOANNA RUTTY was:
 + 2 i. PETER FARNHAM was born 9 JAN 1664/65 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 14 FEB 1702/03 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Generation No. 2

2. PETER FARNHAM (HENRY FARNHAM, JOHN FARNHAM) was born 9 JAN 1664/65 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 14 FEB 1702/03 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married HANNAH WILCOXSON 8 DEC 1686 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOSEPH WILCOXSON and ANNE. She was born 19 JAN 1664/65 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 6 FEB 1707/08 in Wallingford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Children of PETER FARNHAM and HANNAH WILCOXSON were:
+ 3 i. PETER FARNHAM was born 29 AUG 1689 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 3 APR 1777 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+ 4 ii. Hannah FARNHAM was born 23 AUG 1691 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
5 iii. Nathaniel FARNHAM was born 27 FEB 1694/95 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah TALMADGE 23 SEP 1724 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
6 iv. Josiah FARNHAM was born 6 JUL 1698 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died BEF 9 APR 1753 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah Cooper ATCHINSON\ACHISON 10 MAY 1725 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
7 v. Phebe FARNHAM was born 29 OCT 1700 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Loftus NEWALL 24 SEP 1730 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
8 vi. John FARNHAM was born 30 NOV 1702 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 22 JUL 1768 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah Crittenden \ CRUTTENDEN 29 OCT 1725.

Generation No. 3

3. PETER FARNHAM (PETER FARNHAM, HENRY FARNHAM, JOHN FARNHAM) was born 29 AUG 1689 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 3 APR 1777 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Rebecca RUTTY 21 MAY 1712 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Edward RUTTY and Rebecca STEEVENS. She was born 8 APR 1685 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 28 APR 1715 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married MARCY WRIGHT 27 MAR 1717 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOSEPH WRIGHT and ELIZABETH. She was born 27 MAR 1691 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 25 APR 1772 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
 
Children of PETER FARNHAM and Rebecca RUTTY were:
9 i. Hannah FARNHAM was born 31 OCT 1713 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 19 JAN 1761 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Benjamin TURNER. He died 25 NOV 1776. She married Mr. BALDWIN BEF 4 APR 1738.
10 ii. Rebecca FARNHAM was born 12 FEB 1714/15 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Abraham STEEVENS 3 FEB 1736/37 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of TIMOTHY STEEVENS and MARY. He was born 1705 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 2 JUL 1789 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.


Children of PETER FARNHAM and MARCY WRIGHT were:
+ 11 i. Peter FARNHAM was born 12 JAN 1720/21 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+ 12 ii. Bazaleel FARNHAM was born 19 JUL 1723 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
13 iii. Aaron FARNHAM was born 28 MAY 1725 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 15 DEC 1756 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
14 iv. Joseph FARNHAM was born 17 JAN 1726/27 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 3 DEC 1801 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Patience ROGERS 14 FEB 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mindwell WILCOXSON 27 SEP 1755 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Nathaniel WILCOXSON and Mindwell. She was born ABT 1734, and died 26 AUG 1807 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
15 v. John FARNHAM was born 9 SEP 1733 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 5 APR 1758 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+ 16 vi. ABNER FARNHAM was born 13 DEC 1735 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 28 MAR 1791 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.


4. Hannah FARNHAM (PETER FARNHAM, HENRY FARNHAM, JOHN FARNHAM) was born 23 AUG 1691 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married John GRAVES 30 MAY 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Benjamin GRAVES and Mary HOAR. He was born 1683 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 29 DEC 1766 in Walpole, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire.

Child of Hannah FARNHAM and John GRAVES was:
+ 17 i. Sylvanus GRAVES was born 1729, and died 1801 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Generation No. 4

11. Peter FARNHAM (PETER FARNHAM, PETER FARNHAM, HENRY FARNHAM, JOHN FARNHAM) was born 12 JAN 1720/21 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Lydia GRAVES 28 FEB 1743/44 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Peter FARNHAM and Lydia GRAVES were:
18 i. Eber FARNHAM was born 29 APR 1748 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
19 ii. Eben FARNHAM was born 26 MAR 1752 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

12. Bazaleel FARNHAM (PETER FARNHAM4, PETER FARNHAM3, HENRY FARNHAM2, JOHN FARNHAM1) was born 19 JUL 1723 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Phebe KIRKLAND 16 NOV 1759 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of Bazaleel FARNHAM and Phebe KIRKLAND are:
20 i. Bazaleel FARNHAM was born 1 FEB 1759 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
21 ii. Elizabeth FARNHAM was born 26 MAY 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

16. ABNER FARNHAM (PETER FARNHAM, PETER FARNHAM, HENRY FARNHAM, JOHN FARNHAM) was born 13 DEC 1735 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 28 MAR 1791 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married ELIZABETH WILCOXSON 18 JAN 1759 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of ABEL WILCOXSON and MARTHA SMITH. She was born 26 SEP 1738 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 20 DEC 1814 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Children of ABNER FARNHAM and ELIZABETH WILCOXSON were:
22 i. Rachel FARNHAM was born 25 SEP 1759 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 4 MAR 1760 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
23 ii. Amanda FARNHAM was born 19 JAN 1761 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 9 MAR 1836. She married John HURD 18 NOV 1779 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
24 iii. Esther FARNHAM was born 20 SEP 1763 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died MAR 1820. She married Constant PARMELEE 28 AUG 1783 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+ 25 iv. Abner FARNHAM was born 28 NOV 1766 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 10 MAR 1844 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
+ 26 v. ELIZABETH FARNHAM was born 3 APR 1771 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 11 MAR 1828 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
27 vi. Aaron FARNHAM was born 25 JUL 1774 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 3 MAR 1860. He married Florilla STRONG 18 MAR 1798.
28 vii. Peter FARNHAM was born 9 DEC 1779.

17. Sylvanus GRAVES (Hannah FARNHAM, PETER FARNHAM, HENRY FARNHAM, JOHN FARNHAM) was born 1729, and died 1801 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Lydia HULL.

Child of Sylvanus GRAVES and Lydia HULL was:
29 i. Rachel GRAVES was born 1769, and died 1850. She married Orrin REDFIELD.

Farnham and the Connecticut Barbour Collection

Any researcher doing Connecticut genealogy research, especially prior to around 1850 has probably heard of the Barbour Collection. They are the Vital Records for Connecticut.  Over the years, I have found my ancestor, JOANNAH RUTTY, wife of HENRY FARNHAM listed in two different sources, and both correctly named the Barbour Collection.

In an attempt to explain, I will show copies of the two sources for the above individual. When I first began researching this line, I used the Barbour Collection at the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Library (NEHGS). This collection consists of about 110 maroon bound books, one for a town or city in Connecticut, but not all towns are in this series (photos taken at NEHGS).

Within these books, the surnames are in alphabetical order, then the names, indicating whether it is a birth, marriage or death, and followed by the volume and page number.  Unfortunately, when I first began sourcing this name and using the book for Killingworth, Connecticut, I just used the page number (Pg. 31) from the book as the source. The page I used is shown below, and Joannah's name has an arrow by it.

So imagine my dismay when a new series of the Barbour Collection was published, about eight years ago, not all at once, but one or two books at a time.  These blue books are set up the same way as the original maroon ones, but may contain more than one town.  I think there are 52 books in all. 

They are much smaller and easier to read. Surnames are in bold and all-capped, everything is cleaner, no crossed out typo errors. However happy I was to see these new books, imagine my surprise when I realized my past sourced entries weren't agreeing with the new books. Not only did I now have a huge number of Killingworth sources incorrect, but I probably had thousands for the entire state! My new JOANNAH FARNHAM'S death is now on page 34 not 31. And, there was a correction to her death date, no longer was it August 22, 1689, it was now August 11. The death date was easy to change, but not for all the incorrect page numbers. 

What did I do about all the thousands of incorrect page numbers?  I did what I should have done in the very beginning.  Instead of the page number, I manually went back and put in the volume and page number for that record. This is another hard lesson I learned, don't assume that the page number is always going to be the same for records.  Another publication may come along with pretty much identical bits of information.  So please don't be like me, but think ahead, and try to find out where the original information was obtained from and  try to use that.

In closing, I was going to discuss the background of the Barbour Collection, but already this is too long. However, here is a photo of the original record; I obtained from the town hall in Killingworth. You can clearly see that Joanna Farnham died on 11th Day of August 1689 (the tape is under her name).