History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . he road. Richard Peters, jr., from Cumberland, was f. L. 21, R. 5. His farm embraced both sides ofthe road, including the Martin Cass and HendrickMartin places ; removed to the farm now owned byAlmon Twitchell, 1781, and there built the house,together with the store, now standing on the premises,about 1795. He and his son Lemuel kept a publichouse and store until about 1805, when the estatewas sold to Benjamin Crooker. His wife was Mary,dr. of Daniel Cass. Had Lemuel, b. July 21, i772»^La
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . he road. Richard Peters, jr., from Cumberland, was f. L. 21, R. 5. His farm embraced both sides ofthe road, including the Martin Cass and HendrickMartin places ; removed to the farm now owned byAlmon Twitchell, 1781, and there built the house,together with the store, now standing on the premises,about 1795. He and his son Lemuel kept a publichouse and store until about 1805, when the estatewas sold to Benjamin Crooker. His wife was Mary,dr. of Daniel Cass. Had Lemuel, b. July 21, i772»^Lary, b. Oct. 5, 1778, m. Joseph Weeks; and sixothers. Lemuel Peters — Richard — lived with his father,as above stated, and mo\ed to Alabama about by his wife Sarah, three children. Ehenezer Peters m., Nov. 21, 1771, Martha Al-drich, probably a sister to Nathan ; was f. s. on L. 462 HISTORY OF THK 17, R. 3, known since as the Reuben Bovven five children. Israel Peters m., Dec. 11, 1783, Eunice Miller,and had Elizabeth, b. June i, 1784. He lived south-west of Danvers 4 Daniel Peters had a house on land formerly ownedby Zimri Bowen, south of the Benson place ; was inthe habit of wearing a peaked red-cloth cap, with atassel on the top. The story is that one evening, onreturning home, an owl lit upon this cap, under theimpression, no doubt, that it was a hen, and thatPeters seized the owl, carried it home, and cooked itfor dinner. This incident gave rise to the followinglines : — Daniel Peters caught an owl, for a fowl, For to make a stew ;He killed a rat for its fat,And said hed make it do. PHILLIPS. Israel Philltfs m. Amit^s probably a sister ofAnthony Harris; was f. s. on L. 6, R. 3, the place TOWN OF RICHMOND. 463 now owned by Mrs. Amos A. Flint. He removed toSaratoga Co., N. Y., nearly one hundred years Abraham and William. Reuben Phillips^ ist m. (name unknown) ; livedon L. 15, R. I, the place north of the William Hillsfarm. Had Laban
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