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West Henniker Bridge
December 12, 2023

The Bridgewright Frederick Whitney

Note: This post was updated in June 2024 with new information uncovered by Bill Caswell (June 2024). Frederick Whitney was born in Henniker on October 5, 1806. He was the third of six children born to Eleazer Whitney (1777–1838) and Alice Peabody (1779–1867) and was the only one of his siblings to live to...

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October 25, 2023

The Bridgewright John C. Briggs

John Clark Briggs was born in Putney, Vermont, on May 28, 1824. Briggs was the last of five children born to Silas S. Briggs (1788-1864) and his wife, Lucy Davidson (1789-1866). Their first child, Silas (1814-1815), died at only fifteen months old. Their only daughter, Lucy Philena (1816-1840), was born in Plymouth, Vermont, and...

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