. History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants, and of the other Chaffins in America . that on the morning of the day when thetrial was to be made Lieut. Fessenden had been out andwith a revolver had shot off the heads of enough robinsto provide a meal for his officers mess, he came andbegged to have the bet called off, saying he couldntcompete with a man who could shoot off^ the heads ofrobins with a revolver. Mr. Fessenden m. Nov. 11, 1896, Catharine DodgeDe La Vergne, b. Oct. 9, 1866; dau. of James A. andFrances M. (Preston). Children: (a) John Henry, 30, 1897. (b) Price De La Vergn
. History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants, and of the other Chaffins in America . that on the morning of the day when thetrial was to be made Lieut. Fessenden had been out andwith a revolver had shot off the heads of enough robinsto provide a meal for his officers mess, he came andbegged to have the bet called off, saying he couldntcompete with a man who could shoot off^ the heads ofrobins with a revolver. Mr. Fessenden m. Nov. 11, 1896, Catharine DodgeDe La Vergne, b. Oct. 9, 1866; dau. of James A. andFrances M. (Preston). Children: (a) John Henry, 30, 1897. (b) Price De La Vergne, b. June 28,1901. 6. Harriet Maria, sixth child of Nancy and HoseaFessenden, b. Aug. 30, 1842; d. Jan. 3, 1845. 46 viii. William Farwell, b. Jan. 14, 1804; d. Apr. 30, 1838, in Oxford, Me. 47 ix. Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1807; d. Jan. 14, 1898. 17 DANIEL (Francis 4), b. in Acton, Mass., Nov. 9, 1763; (probably Elizabeth Corliss, dau. of Mitchell Corlissof Dracut, Mass.). For the unfounded tradition of his and hisbrother Samuels capture by the British and their dying in the. JOHN H. FESSENDEN THIRD GENERATION 33 Black Hole in Calcutta, see the account under his and Samuelsnames, in the record of the family of his father, Francis. Danielmoved into Cheshire Co., N. H., settling in Lisbon in 1790. Hewas living in the town of Haverhill, N. H., in 1798. He movedwest with his brother, Reuben, or may have followed him there, buthis further whereabouts are unknown. Children: i. John, b. Sept. 25, 1798, in Haverhill, N. Lycurgus, whose birthday is not on record, who lived forsome years but disappeared from sight. 18 REUBEN (Francis 4), b. in Acton, Mass., July 14, 1766; 1808 in Madison Township, Scioto Co., O.; settled soon afterhis first marriage, in 1788, in Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H., withhis brother, Daniel. He settled on Lot No. 7, 6th Range. Lisbonwas sometimes called New Concord. There all his children wereborn except Judith. About 1806 with his family he remov
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