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GENL'MDCICAL  AND  FAMILY  HISTORY 

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STATE  OF  MAINE 


COMPILED    UNDER    THE    EDITORIAL    SUPERVISION    OF 

GEORGE  THOMAS  LITTLE,  A.  M.,  Litt.  D. 

Librarian  of   Bowdoin  College  Vice-President  Maine  Genealogical  Society 

Member  Maine  Historical  Society  Honorary  Member  Minnesota  Historical  Society 

Member  American  Historical  Association         Member  of  Council,  American  Library  Association 

Author  "Little  Genealogy" 

AND  INCLUDING  AMONG  OTHER  LOCAL  CONTRIBUTORS 

REV.  HENRY  S.  BURRAGE,  D.D. 

State  Historian  Chaplain  of  National  Home,  Togus 

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ALBERT  ROSCOE  STUBBS 

Librarian  Maine  Genealogical  Society 


VOLUME   I 


ILLUSTRATED 


LEWIS    HISTORICAL    PUBLISHING    COMPANY 

NEW  YORK 
1909 


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INTRODUCTORY 


Tl  1  li  present  "Genealogical  and  Family  History  of  the  State  of  Maine" 
presents  in  the  aggregate  an  amount  and  variety  of  genealogical  and 
I>ersonal  information  and  portraiture  unci|ualled  by  any  kindred  pub- 
lication.    Indeed,  no  similar  work  concerning  Maine  I-aniilies  has  ever  l>efore 
been  presented.     It  contains  a  vast  amount  of  ancestral  history  never  before 
printed.     The  object,  clearly  defined  and  well  digested,  was  threefold: 

First.  To  present  in  concise  forni  the  history  of  Maine  Families  of 
the  Colonial  Days. 

Second.  To  preserve  a  record  of  the  prominent  present-day  people  of 
the  State. 

Third.  To  present  through  personal  sketches  the  relation  of  its  prom- 
inent families  of  all  times  to  the  growth,  singular  prosperity  and  widespread 
influence  of  Maine. 

There  are  numerous  voluminous  histr)ries  of  the  State,  making  it 
unnecessary  in  this  work  to  even  outline  its  annals.  What  has  been  pub- 
lished, however,  relates  principally  to  civic  life.  The  amplification  neces- 
sary to  complete  the  picture  of  the  State,  old  and  nowaday,  is  what  is  sup- 
plied by  these  Genealogical- and  Family  Memoirs.  In  other  words,  while 
others  have  written  of  "the  times,"  the  pro\ince  of  this  work  is  to  be  a 
chronicle  of  the  people  who  have  made  Maine  what  it  is. 

Unique  in  conception  and  treatment,  this  work  constitutes  one  of  the 
most  original  and  permanently  valuable  contributions  ever  made  to  the  social 
history  of  an  American  commonwealth.  In  it  are  arrayed  in  a  lucid  and 
dignified  manner  all  the  im])ortant  facts  regarding  the  ancestry,  personal 
careers  and  matrimonial  alliances  of  those  who.  in  each  succeeding  genera- 
tion,  have  been   accorded   leading   positions  in  the  social,  professional  and 

business  life  of  the  State.     Nor  has 

it  been  based  upon,   neither   does   it 

minister    to,    aristocratic    prejudices 
and  assumptions.     On  the  contrary, 

its  fundamental  ideas  are  thoroughly 

American  and  democratic.    The  work 

everywhere   conveys   the  lesson    that 

distinction   has  been  gained  only  by 

honoral)le  public  service,   or  bv  use- 
fulness  in   private  station,    and   that 

the    de\elopment    and    prosperity    of 

the  State  has  been  dependent  upon  the 

character  of  its  citizens,  and  in  the 

stimulus   -which    they   haxe    given   to 

commerce,    to    industry,    to    the   arts 

and   sciences,  to  education   and  reli- 

Sln    WjLLIAM    Pepperell. 


L\  rkUDULlCJRY 


sjion — to  all  that  is  comprised  in  the  highest  civilization  of  the  present  day 

through  a  continual  progressiNe  devcloijnient. 

The  inspiration  underlying-  the  jirescnt  \voH<  is  a  fervent  appreciation 
of  the  truth  so  well  expressed  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  that  "there  is  no  heroic 
poem  in  the  world  hut  is  at  the  bottom  the  life  of  a  man."  And  with  this 
goes  a  kindretl  truth,  that  to  know  a  man.  and  rightly  measure  his  char- 
acter, and  weigh  his  achievements,  we  must  know  whence  he  came,  from 
what  forbears  he  sprang.  Truly  as  heroic  poems  have  been  written  in 
human  lives  in  the  paths  of  peace  as  in  the  scarred  roads  of  war.  Such 
examples,  in  whatever  line  of  endeavor,  are  of  much  worth  as  an  incentive 
to  those  who  come  afterward,  and  as  such  were  never  so  needful  to  be  writ- 
ten of  as  in  the  present  day,  when  pessimism,  forgetful  of  the  splendid 
lessons  of  the  past,  withholds  its  effort  in  the  present,  and  views  the  future 
only  with  alarm. 

Every  community  with  such  ample  history  as  Maine,  should  see  that 
it  be  worthily  supplemented  by  Genealogical  and  Personal  Memoirs  of  its 
leading  families  and  prominent  citizens.  Such  a  work  is  valuable  in  its  his- 
toric utility  as  a  memorial  of  the  development  and  progress  of  the  com- 
nnmity  from  its  very  founding,  and  in  the  jiersonal  interest  which  attaches 
to  the  record  made  by  the  individual. 

Out  of  these  considerations  the  authors  and  publishers  have  received 
encouragement  and  ap[)roval  of  authorities  of  the  iiighest  standing  as  gen- 
ealogists, historians  and  litterateurs.  In  the  production  of  this  work,  no  pains 
have  been  spared  to  ensure  absolute  truth — that  quality  upon  which  its  value 
in  every  feature  depends.  The  material  comprising  the  genealogical  and  per- 
sonal records  of  the  active  living,  as  well  as  of  the  honored  dead,  have  been 
gathered  by  men  and  women  experienced  in  such  work  and  acquainted  with 
local  history  and  ancestral  families.  These  have  appealed  with  confidence 
to  the  custodians  of  faniil\-  records  concerning  the  useful  men  of  preceding 
generations,  and  of  their  descendants'  who  have  lived  useful  and  honorable 
lives.  Such  custodians,  who  availed  themselves  of  this  opportunity  of  having 
this  knowledge  placed  in  preservable  and  accessible  form,  have  performed 
a  jniblic   service  in   rendering  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due,   in   preserving 

the  distinction  which  rightfully 
belongs  to  the  Colonial  Fami- 
lies, and  which  distinguishes 
them  from  later  immigrations; 
and  in  inculcating  the  most  val- 
ualile  and  enduring  lessons  of 
liatriotism  and  good  citizenship. 
Than  Maine,  no  other  State 
or  region  offers  a  more  ])eculiar- 
ly  interesting  field  for  such  re- 
search. Its  sons — "native  here, 
and   to  the  manner  born,"   and 


POBTLJkSU    KBOM     THE     UaY. 


INTRUIJUCTORY  iii 

• 
of  splendid  ancestry — Iiave  attained  distinction  in  every  field  of  human 
eflfort.  An  additional  interest  attaches  to  tlie  present  undertaking-  in  the 
fact  that,  while  dealing-  primarily  with  the  history  of  native  Maine,  this 
work  approaches  the  dignity  of  a  national  epitome  of  genealogy  and  biog- 
raphy. Owing  to  the  wide  dispersion  throughout  the  country  of  the  old 
families  of  the  State,  the  authentic  account  here  jiresented  of  the  constituent 
elements  of  her  social  life,  past  and  present,  is  of  far  more  than  merely 
local  value.  In  its  special  field  it  is,  in  an  appreciable  degree,  a  reflection 
of  the  development  of  the  country  at  large,  since  hence  went  out  repre- 
sentatives of  historical  families,  in  various  generations,  who  in  far  remote 
places — beyond  the  Mississipjii  and  in  the  h'ar  West — were  with  the  van- 
guard of  ci\-ilization,  building-  up  communities,  creating  new  common- 
wealths, planting,  wherever  thev  went,  the  clun"ch,  the  schoolhousc  and  the 
nrinting  press,  leading  into  channels  of  thrift  and  enterprise  all  who  gath- 
ered about  them,  and  proving  a  power  for  ideal  citizenshi])  and  good 
government. 

These  records  are  presented  in  a  series  of  independent  genealogical  and 
personal  sketches  relating  to  lineal  familv  heads,  and  the  most  conspicuous 
representatives  in  the  present  generation.  There  is  an  entire  avoidance  of 
the  stereotyped  and  unattractive  manner  in  which  such  data  is  usually  pre- 
sented. The  past  is  linked  to  the  present  in  such  style  as  to  form  a  sym-_ 
metrical  narrative  exhil)iting-  the  lines  of  descent  and  the  history  of  distin- 
guished menibcrs  in  each  generation,  thus  giving  to  it  a  distinct  personal 
interest.  That  these  ends  are  conscientiously  and  faithfully  ccjnserved  is  as- 
sured by  the  cordial  personal  interest  and  recognized  capability  of  the  super- 
vising editors,  of  promii-ient  connection  with  the  leading  patriotic  societies, 
all  of  whom  have  long  pursued  genealogical  in\estigations  with  intelligence 
and  enthusiasn-i. 

A   very    happy    arrangement    was    that    which    secured    the    services    of 
George  Thomas  Little,   A.    M.,   Litt.   D.,   as  editor-in-chief.     Of  course,    it 
was  a  physical  impossibility   for  Professor  Little  to  conipile  all  the  matter 
for  this  work,  Init  his  aid  and  assistance  have  been  invaluable,   and  many 
articles  herein  are  the  pmduct  of  his  pen.     Rev.  Henry  S.  Burrage,  D.  D.. 
has  also  been  a  very  valuable  contributor.     The  efficient  aid  of  Mr.  Nathan 
Goold.    Librarian   of  the   Maine   Historical    Society,   is   gratefully  acknowl- 
edged.     His    familiarity    with    the 
history  of  Maine  and  its  families, 
~^-.      and   with  the  authorities  touching 
the  san-ie.  have  been  of  much  value. 
antl  his  knowledge  has  been  gener- 
ous!}-  afforded   at   all   times  when 
called    upon.      The   same    may   be 
"''^.'  :  ■'       said  of  .Mbert  Roscoe  Stubbs,  Li- 

''^i^      brarian  nf  the  Maine  Genealogical 
ou)  .Mill,  sa.nuvi'ui.nt.  Society.     Other  leading  citizens  of 


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iv  INTRODUCTORY 

the  state  liave  contributed  aid  in  many  ways.  One  of  the  most  active  and 
dihgent  writers  is  J.  C.  Jenning-s.  Esq..  a  native  of  Wayne,  Androscoggin 
coimty,  wliose  tliorough  scholarship  and  cntlnisiasm  and  interest  in  genealog- 
ical work  ha\e  made  his  services  invaluable. 

After  two  years  of  diligent  labor,  the  publishers  place  this  work  in  the 
hands  of  their  patrons  and  in  libraries,  with  the  confident  assurance  that  it 
will  be  found  a  valuable  assistance  to  coming  generations  of  the  Sons  of 
Maine,  in  tracing  their  ancestry.  It  is  believed  that  it  includes  the  main 
stem  of  the  familv  tree  of  every  family  of  any  importance  in  Maine,  and 
in  many  cases  it  has  been  practicable  to  carry  down  several  lines  to  the 
present  time.  It  has  reached  out  to  cities  of  the  West,  as  well  as  the  East, 
where  worthy  Sons  of  Maine  are  now  abiding,  and  has  brought  together  and 
made  acquainted  many  remotely  separated  and  divergent  lines  of  descent 
from  a  common  ancestor.  In  all  cases,  the  matter  for  the  work  has  been 
submitted  in  typewritten  manuscript  to  the  persons  most  interested,  for  cor- 
rection. If,  as  occurs  at  times,  a  sketch  is  faulty  or  incomplete,  the  short- 
coming is  mainly  ascribable  to  paucity  of  data,  or  conflicting  records,  many 
families  being  at  disagreement  with  regard  to  given  names  and  dates. 

It  is  believed  that  the  present  work,  in  spite  of  the  occasional  fault  which 
always  attaches  to  such  undertakings,  will  prove  a  real  addition  to  the  mass 
of  annals  concerning  the  old  families  of  Maine,  and  that,  without  it,  much 
•  valuable  information  would  be  left  inaccessible  to  the  general  reader,  or 
irretrievably  lost,  owing  to  the  passing  away  of  custodians  of  family  records, 
and  the  consequent  disappearance  of  material  in  their  possession. 

THE    PUBLISHERS. 


V;l,v  ui   -Maluias. 


Judges  of  Supreme  Court. 


Old  Court  House,  Portland.  Built  lSl(i. 


ADDENDA  AND  ERRATA 

nigelow.  p.  800,  gen.  VI.:  John  E.  Blgelow  married  (.second)  Polly  Bunker:  Hiram  married 
Hannali  McPhcters.  In  gen.  VII:  George  Higelow  married  (flr.«t)  .\Iartba  (Ring)  Boardman  (sec- 
ond) Caroline  Longley.  P.  801.  gen.  VIII  :  Augustus  \V.  Blgelow  was  a  postal  clerk  from  Bangor 
to  Boston,  from  Vanceboro  to  Bangor,  and  from  F'armlngton.  etc.;  his  wife  was  born  in  Etna  Maine- 
their  daughter  Anna  married,  October  1,   1895,  Joseph  E.   Lamb. 

liisbce.  George  D..  p.   1347  :   has  served  as  president  of  Maine  State  Bar  Association. 

Clarke,  p.   1890,  col.   2,   line  2:  birth  of  Theodore  Leander  Jr.  should  be  December  11,   1903 

Cleaves.  Robert  A.,  p.  97 :  he  died  March  15,  1909,  at  Lafayette  Hotel.  Portland,  and  was 
burled   at  Bridgton,   Maine. 

Cook,  p.  1902.  col.  I:  the  epitaph  on  gravestone  of  Rev.  Solomon  Aiken,  at  Hardwick.  Vermont, 
is  as  follows:  In  youth  a  Soldier  of  the  Revolution;  in  age  a  Christian  Pastor;  and  through  life 
the  Inflexible  friend   of  civil  and  religious   liberty." 

Eastman,   p.    58(; :    Reference  to   Ebcnezer    (I)    should   read   Philip    (II).    p.    1596. 

Emery,  p.  951  :  citation  at  head  should  be  to  John  Emery  (I),  instead  of  Anthony,  and  William 
(VII).   the   latter  on  p.   1725.      (VII  i    William  on   p.    951   should   read    (VllI)    William. 

Fuller,  p.   23,  gen.  VIII:  for  Catherine   Martin,   read  Catherine  Martin   Weston. 

Gardner,  p.  678.  col.  2:  Fred  L.  Gardner  is  a .  past  master  of  Crescent  Lodge  F.  and  A.  M.. 
Pembroke,  Washington  county  ;  and  George  R.  Gardner  is  a  past  master  of  St.  Croix  Lodge,  F.  and 
A.    M. 

Hayes,  p.  1462,  gen.  VI:  for  Sklllin  read  Sklllings ;  among  children,  for  Deslah  read  Desire 
Lorlng. 

Jordan,  p.  1226,  col.  I,  parag,  I :  the  name  Rishworth  is  on  some  authorities  given  as  Rich- 
worth. 

Lord.  Thomas  Bradbury,  p,  2258,  col.  2:  he  was  born  in  Limerick,  Maine:  he  married.  In 
Hiram.   Maine,  Clarissa,  born   in   Hiram,  daughter  of  John   Watson. 

Milliken,  p.  2243:  In  reference  line  at  beginning,   for  Hoyle  Millikeu,  read  Hugh  Milllken. 

Oakes.  p.  2202,  gen.  V:  Deacon  John  Oakes  married  (first)  in  1780.  Patience  Nason,  born  June 
6,  1764.  died  1799,  and  (second)  Susannah  P.  Staples,  who  died  February  9,  1838.  He  carried  on 
a  large  farm,  was  prominent  in  local  alTairs.  especially  in  the  <'hurch,  and  was  an  intimate  friend 
of  the  well-known  evangelist.  Rev.  Jotham  Sewall.  He  died  March  17.  1845.  Gen.  VIII:  children 
of  Henry  W.  Oakes:  Raymond  Silvesler,  born  June  23.  1887,  and   Wallace  Toothaker,   March   12,  1890. 

Paul.  p.  650,  gen.  VI :  Stephen  Paul  was  a  master  ship  carpenter,  and  built  a  number  of  ves- 
sels at  Durham.  New  Hampshire;  was  a  lieutenant  in  Company  A.  under  Capt.  Wiggins,  in  war  of 
1812;  he  married  Temperance  Bllerson  ;  in  addition  to  children  named,  they  had  a  daughter, 
Harriett. 

Pennell.  Walter  J.,  p.  699 :  he  was  a  student  at  Greeley  Institute,  Cumberland  Center,  and 
Nichols  Latin  School  of  Lewlston.  Maine,  where  he  graduated  In  1886.  After  two  years  in  Bates 
College  he  entered  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin  College,  where  he  remained  one  year,  then 
entered  the  University  of  Vermont,  etc.  in  1900  Bates  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  In  addition  to  societies  named,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Association.  In 
Masonry  he  is  a  Knight  Templar,  etc.  His  marriage  occurred  November  29,  1S91  ;  the  second  of  his 
children  dle<l  at  the  age  of  seven   years. 

Perkins,  p.  515.  col.  2:  Mary  Hawthorne  Higglns,  wife  of  Frederick  C.  Perkins,  died  February 
11,  1909. 

Perkins,  p.  1195.  gen.  VIII:  Aurella  Frances  Perkins,  who  became  wife  of  William  Edward 
Maddocks.  is  an  authoress  of  no  mean  ability,  writing  for  publication  many  beautiful  and  pathetic 
pieces,  both   in   poetry  and  prose,  during   the  civil   strife  of  18t>l-65. 

Perkins,  p.  1196,  col.  2:  in  connection  with  Lewis  Wentworth  Perkins  (III)  see  Cbadbourne 
family   elsewhere. 

Philbrook.  Warren  C,  p.  321  :  Mr.  Phllbrook  was  elected  attorney  general  of  Maine,  January  7, 
1909.  and  was  duly  admitted  and  qualified  as  an  attorney  and  coun.selor  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United   States  on   May   .''.d.   same  year. 

Quimby.  p.  626.  Quinby.  p.  1099:  one  family  authority  (Mr.  Henry  C.  Quinby)  says  that  the 
uanie  of  the  founder  of  the  family.  Robert  (see  p.  626),  invariably  used  the  Quinby  form,  as  indi- 
cated by  original  documents  on  tile  at  Salem.  Massachusetts ;  that  his  son.s  and  grandsons  used  the 
same  form  without  any  exception  ;  and  that  it  was  not  until  the  fourth  generation  that  the  Quimby 
form  began    to  appear   in    New   Hampshire 

CJuinhy.  p.  1100.  gen.  VII;  Moses  Quinby  graduated  from  Howdoln  College  in  1806.  Gen.  VIII, 
Henry  Brewer  Quinby.  name  of  daughter.  Candace  Ellen. 

Roberts.   Hamlin   M.,  p.   1639:   in  connection  see   Rich   family,  in   another   place 

Sautelle,  William  H.,  p.  2247,  col.  2  :  Mr.  Sautelle  Is  a  member  of  Oriental  Star  Ix)dge,  F.  and 
A.  M. ;  St.  Matthew's  Chapter,  R.  A.  M..  and  St.  Omer  Commandery.  K  T. :  also  of  Kora  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine.  Lewlston.  In  politics  he  Is  a  Republican,  and  In  religion  a  Unlvcrsallst.  Child  of 
Edwin  C.  and  Mary  (Sautelle)  Goodwin:  Edwin  Crane  Goodwin  Jr..  born  July  26,  1908,  In  Dorches- 
ter, Mass. 

Shepherd,  p.  1555.  col.  2,  last  parag:  In  connection  with  this  see  Stanwood  family  elsewhere 
In  this  work. 

Sylve.^ter.  p.  303.  col.  2.  parag.   1  :   among  children,  for   Eliza  Charlotte  read   Elizabeth   Charlotte. 
Vcrrlll     Albert    Edward,    p.    1700    gen.    VI:    from    records   in    family    Bibles   It   Is   learned    that   his 
paternal   great-grandfather  was  not   Samuel  Variel,  but   Davis  Variel,   who   was  born   August   30,    1759, 
married    (first)    Elizabeth  Jumper,   and  their  r\i\n<t   chll<h  Samuel     was   horn    February   6.    1 TS2 


VI 


INDEX 


Volume  I  comprises  pages  1-500;  Volume   II.  pages    501-1050;    Volume    IH,    pages    1051-1650;    Volum 
IV,  1651-2283. 

Note;     Where  the  asterisk  (*)  appears,  reference     is  made  to  .\ddenda  ami  Errata  page. 


.•\ 

Abbott  Ancestry,  321, 
323,  326,  327,  329, 
330 

Abiel,  323 

Alonzo,  331 

Arthur  1'.,  327 

Benjamin,  326 

Bijah,   330 

Carroll    W.,   328 

Edvillc  G.,  331 

George,  322 

Henry,    328 

Jacob,  324,  325 

Jeremiah,  327 

Job,  327 

John,   Capt.,  323 

John,  Dea.,  323 

Lyman,  325 

Nathaniel,  323 

Nathaniel,  327 

Nathaniel  T.,  330 

Natt    r.,   330 

Walter,  329 
Achorn  .Ancestry,  2143 

Edgar  O.,  2144 

George,  2144 

John   T.,  2144 

Mathias,  2143 
Adams     .Ancestry,     1308. 
1944.    1945.  1948, 2138 

Abraham,   1946 

Abraham,    Sergt.,    1948 

Alonzo   B.,   Dr.,   1945 

Charles  E.,  Dr.,  1947 

Charles  K.,   1944 

Edward   R.,    1947 

Elijah,   1309 

George  M.,   1949 

Henry,   1308 

James,   Hon.,    1946 

Jephthah   H.,   1951 

John,   1950 

John  M.,  2138 

John   M.,  Col.,  2138 

Lynne  R,   1945 

Madeleine,    1947 

Moses,  1309 

Moses,   1944 

Moses,    1950 
.  Moses,   Corp.,    1948 

Nathan,  2138 

Philip,   1944 

Philip,   1950 

Robert,  1948 

Silas  B,,  1949 


Silas   M..   1948 
Aiken,   John,  995 
Alden      Ancestry,      1213, 
2125 

Benjamin.   2125 

Eleazer,    1483 

Harley  K.,  2125 

Isaac,   1 2 14 

Isaiah,   2176 

John,  1212 

John,   1699 

John,   2125 

John,    Hon.,    1553 

Joseph,   Dea.,    1483 

Leonard,    2176 

Nelson   H.,  2125 

Samuel,   1213 
Alexander  Ancestry,  1679 

David,   1680 

De  Alva  S.,   1681 

Stanvt-ood,   1681 

William,    1680 
Allan      Ancestry,      1156, 
'         2222 

George   W.,   220 

George  W.,  2222 

Herbert   H.,    1 159 

John,  Colonel,  219 

John,   Colonel,   1 157 

John  D.,   1 159 

Theophilus   W.,    1158 

William.  Maj.,  218 

William.  Maj.,  1156 
Allen      Ancestry,      1076, 
1117,   1644 

Alfred  R.,  1078 

Alonzo    P.,   1078 

Amos,    1117 

Amos   L.,   Hon.,    1118 

Fred  J.,  1644 

John.   1644 

Joseph,    Capt.,    1076 

Jotham.    1 1 17 

Jotham,    1644 

Otis,   1077 

William,  1076 

William,   Col.,   1077 

William   A.,    1078 
Alley  .'\nccstry,  2018 

Albion  P.,  2019 

Frank  O.,  2019 

Fred  J.,  2019 

Hugh,  2018 

James,  2019 
Altheam  .Ancestry,  993 

Jethro,  993 

Simon,  993 


Ames      .\ncestry,      1841, 
1990 

Alfred,  Capt.,  1842 

Alfred    K.,   Capt.,   1842 

Allison  G.,  1990 

Anthony,  Capt.,   1842 

George   S.,   1990 

Isaac,   1990 

Jabez,   1990 

John   K.,   Hon.,   1842 

Jonathan,   1990 

Mark,  Lieut.,   1842 
Anderson    Ancestry,  2235 

George  J.,  2236 

James   H.,  2235 

William  H.,  2235 
Andrews    -Ancestry,    578, 
579.  581 

David.  578^ 

Ephraim  K.,  581 

Jeremiah,   581 

John,  579 

Melville   H.,  581 

Percy   M.,  579 

Simon    S.,   580 

Stephen,  579 

Stephen,   580 
Anthoine   .Ancestry,   1007 

Isaiah  G.,  Dr.,   1008 

John,  1008 

Nicholas,    1007 

Nicholas    Jr.,    1008 
Arey,    Melvin     F.,   760 
Arnold     Ancestry,     1039, 
1048,  2022 

Ambrose,    1049 

Benjamin,   1039 

Ellen  L.  F.,  1050 

Harry   L.,   2023 

Jeremiah,  1050 

Jesse  M.,  2023 

Spencer,  2023 

Stephen,    1039 

Thomas,    1039 

Willard  B.,  1050 

William,    1048 
.Ashby.  George   F.,  2004 

James,  2003 
Ashe    .Ancestry,    2055 

John,  2056 

John  E.,  2056 
Atkins      Ancestry,      924, 
2004 

Edwin  H.,  2004 

Joseph  C,  924 

Joseph  C,  925 

Will  C,  2004 


Atwood  Ancestry,  939 

Abial,   Lieut.,  940 

Charles  11,  941 

Fred   H.,  942 

Henry,  940 

Nathan,  941 

Samuel,   Capt.,  941 
Austin    .-Vncestry,    1034 

Anthony,   1034 

David,    1035 

Frank  J.,  1036 

Harry   B.,    1036 
Averill     .Ancestry,     152: 

1523 
Frank  L.,  1523 
Frederic   B.,   1523 
James,    1523 
John.   1523 
Joseph  B.,   1523 
Moses,    1522 
Moses  L.,   1522 
William,    1522 
Ayer       .Ancestry,       105 

1053,    1054 
Ebenezer,   Lieut.,    105 
Ebenezer,  Maj.,  1053 
Edwin   W.,   1054 
Harry   B.,   1054 
Humphrey,    1053 
Jacob,  1054 
James   C,    1054 
James  M.,   1054 
John,  1051 
John,    1052 
Peter,    Cornet,     1051 
Samuel,    Capt.,    1051 
William  E.,  1055 
William   M.,   1052 

B 

Babson    Ancestry,    1330 

George  J.,   1331 

James,  1330 

John  W.,  1332 

Samuel   B.,   1332 

Sivilian,  Capt.,  1331 
Bacon  Ancestry,  529 

Ebenezer,  530 

Josiah,   Lieut.,  530 

Michael,  529 

William,  531 
Bailey     Ancestry,      206 
2063,       2064.       206 
2068,  2196 

Abner,    2063 

Adalbert  W.,  2197 


Vll 


Vlll 


INDEX 


Bailey  Family 

Annie  N.,  2070 

Augustus,  2068 

Benjamin,  2196 

Bernard  C,  2063 

Calvin,  20O2 

Charles  E.,  2070 

Eben  i\l.,  2064 

feekiel,  2064 

Francis  H.,  2070 

George,  2070 

Guy   P.,  2064 

Hannah   J.,   2066 

Helen  M.,  2071 

Jacob,  20O4 

Jeremiah,    2070 

John,  Uea.,  2069 

John,  2068 

Joseph,  2066 

Joseph,  2067 

Joseph,  Dea.,  2066 

Lucmda,  2063 

Moses,  2065 

Moses  M.,  2065 

Nathan,  2067 

Richard,  2066 

Samuel   D.,  2062 

Samuel    H.,    2064 

Thomas,  2oi6j 

Wesley,  2197 

William,   20O3,   2196 
Bain  Ancestry,  446 

Charles   H.,  447 

Harriet  M.,  447 

James,  446 

James,  Capt.,  446 

Jennie  S.,  447 
Baker      Ancestry,      245, 
1037,  2224 

Amos,  2225 

Clarence  A.,  Dr.,   1038 

Edward,  245 

Henry  K.,  2225 

John  P.,  1038 

Joseph,  245,  246,  2225 

Prince,  1037 

William,  2224 
Bangs  Ancestry,  2141 

Edward,  2141 

Edward,   Capt.,  2142 

James,   2143 

Jonathan,   Capl.,   2142 

Robert,  2143 

William  T.,  2143 
Barker     Ancestry,     2071, 
2074,  21 19 

Asa,   2072 

Cyrus  I.,  2072 

Ebenezer,   2120 

James,  2074,  21 19 

Jonathan,  2072 

Peleg.   207s 

Simeon,  2120 

Thomas,    2074 

Thomas  A.,  2074 
Barrett     Ancestry,     24a, 
2026 

Charles  E.,  244 

Felix,  Dr..  2026 

Franklin  R.,  244 

James,  242 

John,  243 


Barrett    Family 

John,  Dea.,  242 

John,  Lieut.-Col.,  243 

Joseph,  2026 
Barslow   Ancestry,   1406 

George  S.,  1408 

Joseph,    Capt.,    1407 

Timothy,   1408 

William,  1406 
Bartlett     Ancestry,     477, 
1816,    1818,  2023 

Charles   S.,   1819 

Elhanan,   2024 

Frank,   1818 

Frank  L.,  1818 

George  D.,  2024 

Ichabod,    1819 

James,   2025 

Joseph,    2023 

Levi,  1818 

Lucius  L,  1819 

Malachi,    1817 

Nathan,  479 

Nathan,  Capt.,  478 

Ralph  S.,  479 

Richard,    477 

Richard,  2024 

Robert,  1816 

Stephen,   2023 

Sylvester,   479 

William,   2025 

William  R.,  2023 

William   Y.,  2025 

Zenas  W.,  2024 
Bass  Ancestry,   1553 

Joseph  P.,  1553 

Samuel,   1553 

Samuel,  Dea.,  1553 
Bates      Ancestry,       1700, 
1703 

Anson,   1702 

Asa  B.,  1703 

Clement.   1701 

Constantine,   1702 

Henry  A.,   1702 

Henry  E.,  1703 
Baxter   Ancestry,    1556 

Clinton   L.,   1558 

Elihu,    1556 

Elihu,  Dr.,  1557 

James   P.,   1557 

Simon.   1556 
Beal  Ancestry,  128 

Arthur,  128 

Benjamin,   129 

Fred  N..   131 

Nathaniel   B.,   130 

Sheldon  H..  129 

William,    128 

William.   Col.,    128 
Bean  Ancestry,  438,  440, 
443,  444 

Charles,  445 

Charles  A.,  446 

Cotton,  445 

Daniel  F..  440 

Elisha,  441 

Emery  O.,  Hon.,  442 

Ervin   A..  2238 

George  W.,  444 

Henry.  439 

Ivory  S..  446 


Bean   Family 

James,  440 

Joel,  440 

John,  438 

John,  443 

Jonathan,   Capt.,   445 

Joshua,  439 

Levi.  443 

Lewis,  444 

Lewis,  Capt.,  444 

Oliver,  441 

Warren,    2238 
Beanc,  Fred  E.,  Hon.,  442 
Bechard   Ancestry,  224I 

Henri   P.,  2241 

Uldric,  2241 
Beckler    Ancestry,    2279 

Philip   C,   2279 

Warren     B.,     M.     D., 
2280 
Beede     Ancestry,     2036, 
2140 

Eli.  2037 

Joshua  W.,  Dr.,  2037 

Nathan,  2141 

Phineas,    2037 

Thomas,   2140 
Beedy  Ancestry,  2140 

Harry   F.,  2141 

Samuel   H.,   2141 
Belcher  Ancestry,  957 

ClitTord,  959 

Gregory,  958 

Samuel,  959 

Samuel  C.,  959 
Bender.       Simpson       P., 

Rev.,    760  . 

Bennett    Ancestry,    1574, 
1576,  1796,  2172 

Anthony,   1574 

Bradford,    1576 

David,  Dr.,  1576 

Eben   H.,   Dr.,    1796 

Elmer  D..  1577 

Edward  K.,  2173 

Joseph,  1575 

Joseph  L.,   157s 

Josiah,  1796 

Myron  E.,  2173 

Nahum,   1577 

Nathan,    1796 

Nathaniel,  2172 

Nathaniel.  Lieut.,  1576 

Peter.    1576 

William,   1575 
Benson  Ancestry,   1937 

Charles  C,  1941 

George  B.,   1941 

Ichabod,    1938 

John,    1937 

Pelcg.  Dr.,   1939 

Seth    E.,    1942 

Stephen,   1939 
Bergeron   Ancestry,  809 

Francois.  810 

Louis,  810 

Louis,      Rev.      Father, 
810 
Berry  Ancestry,  392,  395 

Alfred  H.,  395 

Alfred  L.,  395 

Augustus  H.,  396 


Berry  Family 

Charles  H.,  397 

George,  394 

George,  395 

George,  Maj.,  394 

Harold  L.,  395 

JosepJi,  Gen.,  395 

Levi,  396 

Samuel,  394 

Thaddeus  C.  S.,  397 

Thaddeus   C.    S.,   Dr., 
396 

Thomas,  Lieut.,  394 

William,  392 

William,  Dea.,  395 
Besse  .Ancestry,  1121 

Anthony,   1121 

Frank   L.,   1122 

Jonathan  B.,  1 121 
Beyer,   Henry  G.,  2201 

Henry  G.,  Jr.,  2201 
Bickford  Ancestry,  1561 

Anson  W.,   1561 

Edwin  W.,  1561 
Bickmore  Ancestry,  2096 

Albert  H.,  2097 

Albert  S.,  2097 

George,  2096 

John,  2097 

Thomas,  2096 

William   H.,  2097 
Bigelow   Ancestry,   799 

Augu>tus   W.,   801 

♦George,    801 

James,  379 

John.   378 

John,  799 
Billings    Ancestry,  960 

Adoniram    J.,    ^L    D., 
Hon.,  961 

John,  961 

Nathaniel.  960 

Bird,  .^aron  Jr.,  484 

Royal,  4S4 
Bisbee    Ancestry,    1344 

Charles,   1345 

Elisha  Jr.,  1345 

•George  D.,  1346 

George   W.,   1346 

Spaulding,   1347 

Stanley,   1347 

Thomas,    1344 
Black      Ancestry.      lOSS, 
1058.  1060,  1 06 1 

Frank   S.,   1056 

Frederick  F.,  1060 

Jacob,    105s 

James  A..   lo6i 

John.  1058 

Joshua  W..  1059 

Josiah,   1060 

Laura  M.,  Dr.,  1061 

Thomas  H..   1061 

William,  1055 

William  T.,  1062 
Blaine  Ancestry,  1023 

Ephraini.  Col.,  1023 

Ephraim  L.,   1023 

James,   1023 

James  G.,   1024 
Blair  Ancestry,  1791 

Charles  A.,  1792 


INDEX 


IX 


Blair   Family 
James,   1792 
John,  1792 
Blaisdell   Ancestry,  2020, 
2022,  2251,  2252 
Daniel,  2022 
David,  2021 
Diimmer,  2021 
Eben   I-.,  2251 
Ebenezer,  2251 
Elijah,  2022 
Hosea,  2022 
John,  2021 
John   C,   2022 
Martin,   Hon.,  2022 
Ralph,    2021 
Sarah  L.,  2021 
Silas  C,  2252 
Walter  l\,  2251 
Blanchard  Ancestry,  281, 
2S2,  284,  285 
Alvah  P.,  283 
Cyrus,  282 
Cyrus   N.,  282  ' 
Howard  W.,  285 
James  A.,  283 
Jesse,  282 
John,  Dca.,  261 
Nathaniel.  284 
Nathaniel   W'.,  286 
Ozias,  284 
Perez  N.,  286 
Sylvanus,   Capt.,   285 
Thomas,  261,  281,  282 
Thomas   S.,   283 
Blunt  Ancestry,  2131 
David  D.,  2133 
David  F.,  2133 
John,  2132 
John,  Rev.,  2131 
Mark  S.,  2133 
William,   2131 
Boardman  Ancestry,  21 18 
Jonathan,    Capt.,   2119 
Offin,  2iig 
Offin,  Capt.,  21 18 
Thomas,  2118 
William,  21 19 
Bodvvell   Ancestry,  777 
Charles  A.,  779 
Henry,  777 
John,   778 
John,    Capt.,    777 
John  W.,  Gen.,  778 
William  H.,  779 
Began   Ancestry,   221 1 
Cornelius.  221 1 
Fred  H.  H.,  2212 
George  A.,  221 1 
Bolster  Ancestry,  569 
Isaac,  569 
Isaac,  Capt.,  569 
Mellen  E.,  570 
Otis  C,  569 
Bonneau  Ancestry,  812 
Alfred,  812 
Charles,  812 
Boody  Ancestry,  473 
David,  474 
David.    1468 
David  A.,  475 
Henry  H.,   Hon.,  475 


Boody  Family 
John    H.,   474 
John    11.,   1468 
Robert,   Rev.,  474 
Robert,   Rev.,   1467 
Zechariah,  473 
Boothby  Ancestry,    1674 
Henry,  1674 
Roswell    C,    1677 
Samuel,  Rev.,  1675 
Stephen,    Col.,    1676 
Bosworth  Ancestry,   1220 
Arthur  S.,  1222 
Frederic      S.,       Capt., 

1221 
Robert,  1221 
Bourne  Ancestry,  992 
Richard,   992 
Shcarjashub,   992 
Bowler  Ancestry,  987 
Ernest  C,  987 
Silas  H.,  987 
William   O.,  987 
Boyd  Ancestry,  974,  1643 
Alexander,   975 
Andrew,  975 
Byron,    1643 
Richard.   1643 
Robert,  Dr.,  1643 
Samuel,  974 
Boynton  Ancestry,   1499 
Amos,    1501 
Bartholomew,    1499 
George  B.,   1502 
Joshua,  1501 
Roscoe   G.,   1502 
Stephen,    1501 
Bracket!  Ancestry,  40 
Anthony,  40 
James.    1760 
Joseph,  1760 
Joshua,  Lieut.,  43 
Samuel,    1758 
Thomas,  44 
Bradbury   Ancestry,   315, 

."45 
Bion,  Hon.,  317 
James,    Dr.,    1146 
James  O.,  1147 
Jeremiah,  317 
John.   Elder,  317 
Joseph,  317 
Robert.   315 
Samuel  M..  M.  D.,  1147 
Thomas,   316 
William.    1535 
Wymond.  1145 
Bradford    Ancestry,    480, 
Charles  G.,  498 
Chester.  499 
Ephraim.  481 
Ernest  "W..  499 
Ezekiel,    481 
Gideon,    soo' 
Herbert  C.,  Dr.,  500 
John.  Maj..  500 
Martin,  498 
Martin,   500 
Phillips.  484 
Richmond,  Dr.,  500 
Royal    B.,   485 
Samuel,  498 


Bradford   Family 
Samuel,    Lieut.,   500' 
William,  480 
William,   482 
William,   483 
William   11.,  500 
Bradish   Ancestry,   1435 
David,  Maj.,  1436 
Martin,   1436 
Robert,    1435 
Walter  F.,  1436 
Bradley    Ancestry,   2128 
Henry  R.,  2129 
Joseph,  2128 
Levi,   2129 
Bradstreet   Ancestry,  99 
Daniel,    100 
Humphrey,  99 
Moses,  Capt.,  99 
Nathaniel,    100 
Nathaniel,   Lieut.,   100 
Bragdon    Ancestry,    732, 
758 
Albert    M.,   734 
Arthur,    732 
Arthur,    Sergt.,   732 
Edward   A.,   yjj 
Frederick  A.,  763 
Frederick  A.,  Rev.,  758 
Frederick  E.,  758 
George,  763 
Josiah,   Lieut.,   733 
William,  762 
Bragg  Ancestry,   1983 
Isaac,   1982 
Isaac  M.,  1982 
Thomas,    1982 
Brazier  Ancestry,   1470 
Daniel,   1471 
Harrison,   1470 
Joseph    R.,    1471 
Nellie  L.,   1471 
Zachary  H.,  1470 
Brewer,   John   S.,   15 16 

Thomas  A.,  1516 
Bridges    Ancestrv,     1601, 
1604 
Benjamin,   1603 
Bizer,   1604 
Edmund.   1601 
Jeremiah,    1604 
John.  1604 
Joseph  C,   1603 
Ralph    E.,   1605 
Robert  A.,  1604 
Brid.cham    Ancestry,  1588 
Albert,   1590 
Dexter  W.,  1592 
Charles  B..  Dr.,  1591 
Henry,    1588 
Joseph,    1590 
Percy  A.,  1590 
Thomas  S.,  1591 
William,    Dr.,    1591 
William   H,.   1592 
Briggs    Ancestry,   ^242 
Ansel,   2242 
Daniel,  2242 
Hiram  C,  2242 
Brooks  Ancestrv,  967 
Albert  W.,  968 
Joshua,  Dea.,  967 


Brooks   Family 
Joshua,  Dca'.,  968 
Percy  W.,  9O8 
Samuel  S.,  968 
Thomas,  967 
Brown      Ancestry,     258, 
259,    260,    263,    266, 
272,  1682,  1800,  1998, 
2IS3.   2156,  2190 
Asaph,  259 
Augustus  H.,  2191 
Calvin  S.,  Hon.,  259 
Carroll,   271 
Chapin,  2257 
Charles  A.,  2155 
Charles  B.,  266 
Edward,   2190 
Euthalius  I.,  262 
Frank  E.,  2157 
Frank  I.,  Dr.,  260 
Herbert    L.,   2155 
James,  260 
James,    262 
James,   1801 
James,  2154 
James  T.,  1801 
John,  258 
John,   265 
John,  272 
John,    1800 
John  B.,  Hon.,  267 
John  I.,  272 
John  I.,  273 
John   M.,  Gen.,  269 
John   O.,  2155 
John   W.,  272 
Jonas,   Ens.,  264 
Jonathan,    2191 
Joseph,  2191 
Joseph,  Dea.,  2154 
Luke,  2156 
Newell,  258 
Richard,    2154 
Robbins,   260 
Samuel,  2154,  2256 
Samuel    P.,    2257 
Simeon,     1682 
Simeon,  Dr.,  2154 
Simeon  S.,  2157 
Solomon,  1682 
Stephen,    1998 
Stephen  O.,  1999 
Stephen  P.,  1999 
Thomas,  263 
Thomas,   266 
Thomas,   272 
Thomas,   2156 
Titus   O.,  267 
William,    1682 
Bryant   Ancestry,    738 
Eldridge  H.,  Hon.,  739 
George  R.,  738 
Stephen,    738 
Susan,    740 
William  C,  738 
Bucknam  Ancestry,  1031, 
1032 
Clarence       L.,       Hon., 

1032 
Gilbert  L.,  1034 
James  M.,   1032 
Nathan,   1033 


INDEX 


Bucknam   Family 

Nathan  C,  1034 

Robert  P.,  759 

William,    1033 

William,   Capt.,    1031 
Bunker   Ancestry,    164S 

Dudley    P.,   1045 

George,    1645 

John  E.,  1645 

Luther   G.,     1  he    Hon., 
1645 
Burbank    Ancestry,    1002 

Abner,   1003 

Horace  H.,  Col.,   1003 

John,    1002 

Elizabeth  P.,  1004 
Burleigh  Ancestry,  1088 

Clarence   B.,   1092 

Edwin  C,  Hon.,   1090 

Giles,    1088 

Lewis  A.,   1093 

Moses,  Col.,  1089 

Parker   P.,  Hon.,    1090 
Burnham    .Ancestry,   333, 
336 

Frank,  337 

George,  333 

John,  332 

John  E.,  335 

Josiah,  334 

Mary   S.,  335 

Perez   B.,  333 

Ralph  F.,  337 

Thomas,    Lieut.,    336 

Zebulun,  337 
Burr  Ancestry,  605 

Charles,  607 

John,  336 

Johnathan,    Rev.,   605 

Perez,  336 

Warren,  607 
Burrage    .Ancestry,  44 

Caroline,    1488 

Champlin,  49 

Henry  S.,  48 

Henry  3.,  Rev.,  1488 

Jonathan,  47 

Josiah,  47 

Leonard  D.,  48 

Robert,  44 

Thomas.  46 

Thomas  F.,  48 

Thomas  J.,  50 

William,  46 

William,   47 
Butler      Ancestry,      131, 
1729,       1731.       1732. 
1735.   1737,  21SS 

Benjamin,   1730 

Benjamin,    Rev.,    1731 

Charles  H.,  1737 

Edmund,   1732 

Edward    B.,    1737 

Elijah,    1730 

Elijah,  J 1 56 

Frank  W.,  1730 

George  H.,  1737 

Harry,    1732 

Harry,    1740 

Henry,  Gen..  1731 

Ichabod.    1738 

James,   1735 


Butler   Family 

James   H.,  Gen.,   1731 

John,    1732 

John,  Capt.,  2155 

John,   Rev.,   1733 

Joseph,  Lieut.,   1736 

Manly,   1736 

Manly  U.,   1736 

Moses  M.,  Hon.,  1739 

Nathaniel,    131 

Nathaniel,   132 

Nathaniel,    1734 

Nathaniel,   Rev.,    1733 

Nicholas,    1729,   2155 

Orville  VV.,  1737 

Ralph,    1730 

Stephen,    1735 

Thomas,    131 

Thomas,    1737 
Bu.xton      Ancestry,     621, 

653 

Anthony,   622 

Anthony,  653 

Charles  M.,  Hon.,  633 

Edward   G.,  622 

George  H.,  654 

Jeremiah,    622 

William,   653 
Byrne  Ancestry.  2235 

John,  2235 
Byrnes   .Xncestry,    1648 

Joseph  R.,   1648 

Patrick  J.,  1648 

Roger,   1648 


Calderwood         .Ancestry, 

954 

Ezra,   954 

George   G.,  955 

Harry   C,  955 

James,   954 
Caldwell   Ancestry,    locg, 
1897 

James,   1009 

James,  loio 

John,  1898 

Joseph  C,   Dr.,   lOio 

Willi.-ini,    1898 
Campbell  Ancestry,  1683, 
2164 

Alex.inder,   2164 

Archibald,  2164 

James,   1683 

Manning  S.,  2165 

William,   1683 

William,   Capt.,    1683 
Capen   .\nccstry,  890 

Barnard,   890 

Benjamin,  891 

Charles  E.,  8gi 

Lillian   M.,  891 
Carlton   Ancestry,   2075 

Asa,  2076 

Frank  W..  2076 

Ira,  2076 

John  G.,  2075 
Carleton   Ancestrv.    1869. 
1873.   1877 

Amos  F..  1874 

Baldwin  de,   1869 


Carleton   Family 

Ebenezer,    1871 

Ebenezer  Jr.,    1871 

Edward,  1870 

Edward    E.,    1873 

George,    1877 

John,    1873 

John,    1877 

Jonathan    A.,    1873 

Joseph,    1873 

Joseph    H.,    1874 

Oliver,    1877 

Osgood,    1870 

Osgood,   1872 

Reuel  W.,   1872 

Thomas,    1877 
Carll       Ancestry,       1514, 
2161 

Herbert    H.,    1516 

Jason  S.,   1515 

John,   2162 

Samuel,       1514,       1515, 
2161 

Samuel,   Lieut.,   2163 

Seth   S.,   1515 
Carter      Ancestry,      583, 

1454 

Horace  B.,   1455 

Jacob,  582 

Jacob,  583 

John,    Col.,    1455 

John   W.   D.,   584 

Samuel.    Rev.,    1454 

Thomas,    582 

Thomas,  Rev.,  1454 

William,    1455 
Carver     Ancesto'.      1928, 
1930,   1931,    1932 

Amos   D.,   1930 

Cyrus  H.,  1930 

Edgar  N.,   1931 

Edwin  G.,   1931 

Eleazar,    1931 

Eugene  P.,   1932 

George  A.,  1929 

Harry   P.,    1931 

John,    2152 

John  A.,   1929 

Nathan,     1931 

Nathan   P.,   1932 

Robert,    1928 

Wilbur  J.,   1930 

William,  1930 

Woodburn,   1932 
Case    .Ancestry,   221 

Irving  W.,  221 

Solomon   T.,   221 

William,    221 
Caswell.  Clark   R.,  2218 

Elvira   F.,  2218 

Winficld  B..  2218 
Catcll.   Charles   R.,  1649 

Paul,    1649 
Chadbourne        Ancestry, 
1347,   2239 

Benjamin   F.,  1350 

Francis.  2230 

Humphrey,  Elder,  1349 

Israel,   1350 

William,    1347 

William,    2239 

William,  Rev.,  1349 


Chadwick  Ancestry,  277 
Cyrus  H.,  277 
Cyrus  W.,  278 
James  W.,  277 
John,  Sergt.,  277 

Chamberlain       Ancestry, 
132 
Joshua,   133 
Joshua,  Col.,   133 
Joshua  L.,  Gov.,  133 
William,  132 

Chamberlin         .Ancestry, 
1991 

David     r.    P.,    M.    D., 
1991 

Don.   1992 

Hiram  G.,  1991 

Nathaniel,    Dea.,    1991 
Champlin  .Ancestrv,   1484 

Arthur   P.,    1488' 

Augu>tus,    1488 

Geoffrey.    1484 

George   P.,    1488 

James   P.,   1487 

James   P.,   Jr.,    1488 

James   T.,    1485 

John,   1485 
Chandler   Ancestry,    1474 

Joseph,   1476 

TKomas,   Capt.,    1474 

William,    1474 

William.    1475 
Chaplin     .Ancestry,     819, 
841 

Ashbel  C,  842 

Bcnjamm,  820 

Caleb  A.,  842 

Caleb   A.,    Hon..  820 

Huldah   .M..  842 

Jeremiah,  819,  841 

John,  842 
Chapman   .Ancestry,  66$ 

Charles  D..  666 

Harry  J.,  667 

Nathaniel.  666 

William,    Capt.,  666 
Chase      .Ancestry,      1510, 
1605 

Alden  F..  Rev..  760 

Amos,   1607 

Amos,  Dea.,  1606 

Aquila.   1605 

Daniel,   1606 

George  W.,  Dr.,   1510 

Jacob   B.,    1510 

Matthew,   1605 
Cheney   .Ancestry,   1806 

John,    1806 

William,    1807 

William,  Col.,  1807 
Chickering  .Ancestry,  465 

Jabez,   Rev.,  466 

John  J.,  467 

John   W..   Prof.,  467 

John  W..  Rev.,  466 

Joseph,   Rev,,  466 

Nathaniel,   Dea.,  466 

Thomas,  465 
Choate  Ancestry,  706 

Aaron,   708 

Daniel  L..  709 


INDEX 


XI 


Clio.-itc    Family 

Francis,  Elder,  707 
John,    706 
Clapp   Ancestry,   765 
Asa,   765 
Asa  W.  H  ,  767 
Mary  J.   E.,  768 
Thomas,   765 
Clark  Ancestry,  84,  1880, 
1884,   1880 
Abraham,    1882 
Charles  B.,   1887 
David,    1885 
Dennis  \V.,  1883 
Edward,    84 

Edward,    1884 
Ephraim,   84 
Horatio,   1886 
Ira,    1886 
John,    1880 
John  McU.,   i88s 
Jonathan,    1887 

Mervin   W.,   1884 
Nathaniel,  85 

Nathaniel,   1886 

Peacallis.   1880 

Peacallis  M.,  1887 

Pennell,    1885 

Ralph   H.,  2169 

Samuel  O..  Dr.,  2169 
Clarke     Ancestry,      1238, 
1888,   1889 

Charles  B.,   1889 

Charles   D.,   Col..    i888 

Charles  L..  1242 

Daniel,   1238 

Daniel,    1241 

Elisha,   1889 

Frank  W,,  Dr.,   1890 

George,  1889 

*James,    1890 

James   W.,  Hon.,   1890 

Samuel,    1239 

Samuel,    1240 

Samuel  W.,  Capt.,  1890 

Theodore,  Capt.,   1890 

Walter  B.,  Hon.,  1891 
Clary      Ancestry,      1974, 
2126.   2277 

Albert  E.,  judge,  1975 

Charles   H.,   2278 

Daniel,       1974,       i97S. 
2126 

Daniel,  Capt.,  2127 

Isaac  B.,  2127 

John,    1975 

John,  2277 

Nahum  E.,  2127 

Robert,   2276 

William.    2126 
Cleaves  Ancestry,  94 

Benjamin,  96 

Benjamin.  Lieut.,  95 

George,  94 

Henry   B.,  98 

Joshua.   Capt..   96 

Nathan,  Judge,  97 

♦Robert  A.,  97 

Thomas,   97 

Thomas   P.,   98 


Cleveland  Ancestry,   1294 

Frederick    M.,    1297 

Heber  H.,  1297 

Joseph,  1296 

iMoyses,    1294 

Samuel,   Sergt.,   1295 
Clifford    Ancestry,    i 

George,    I 

Nathan,  Hon.,  i 

Nathan,   Hon.,  4 

Nathaniel,   Dea.,   i 

Philip   G.,    5 

Willnm    H.,  3 

William    H.,    C:ipt.,    4 
Cobb  .-Xnccstry,  12 

EbeiK'7.er.   1251 

Franci.s,    12 

Henry,    12 

Henry,   Deacon,  2095 

Henry,    Elder,    1250 

William,   2095,  2096 

William   T.,    13 
Coburn      Ancestry,      156, 
166 

Abner,  Gov.,   159 

Edward,    156 

Eleazer,   158 

Eleazer,      157 

Joseph,   Dea.,   156 

Julia  L.,  166 

Louise   H.,    167 

Philander,   165  • 

Samuel  W.,  166 

Samuel  W.,  986 

Stephen,    166 
Cochrane   .A.ncestry,   793 

Chauncey,  "93 

James,  Ens.,  793 

James,   Maj.,  793 

Jasper  D.,   Dr.,  794 

John,  Dea.,  793 
Collin       ,'\ncestry,       709, 

763 

Peter,    709 

Seth    A.,   763 

Simeon,   711 

Tristram,    709 

Voranus   L.,   Capt.,   711 

William   II.,  763 
Coggan   Ancestry,    1617 

Henry,   1617 

John,    1617 

Leonard   C.,   1618 

Marcellus,   1618 
Colbath  Ancestry,  206 

Benning,  208 

James,   207 

Jeremiah    S.,   208 

John,   206 

Samuel.   208 
Colburn   Ancestry,  684 

Edward,    684 

Samuel,  Co!.,  684 
Colcord   Ancestry,   1188 

Edward,  1 188 

Frank  A.,  1 190 

Josiah   A.,   1189 

Melvin  E.,  1190 
Cole  Ancestry,  749 

John  T.,  750 

William,   749 


Comstock,    (jeorge.    Col., 

2222 
Conant      Ancestry,      246, 
251,   255,   256 
Abraham,    255 
Alvah.  253 
Charles.  256 
Ch;;rles  M.,  256 
Daniel,  252 
Edgar   F.,  251 
Francis  A.,  251 
Frederick  O.,  254 
John,  246 
John.  251 
John,   253 
Joshua,    256 
Lot,   249 
Lot,   255 
Mary  E.,  256 
Nnthar.iel,  252 
Oliver,  251 
Richard  O..  254 
Roger,   248 
Thomas.   251 
William   G.,   256 
William   IL,  256 
Connor  .Ancestry,  997 
Selden.  998 
William,   998 
Converse   Ancestry,    1865 
Edward,   Capt.,   1866 
Edward,   Dea.,   1865 
John,  Dr.,   1867 
John   H.,   1867 
Samuel.   Sergt.,   1865 
Cook      Ancestry,       1518, 
1520.  1899,  1901 
Charles,     1901 
Charles,   1902 
Charles   S.,   1900 
Edward  B.,  1902 
Elijah.    1519 
Emery,  1521 
Ephraim,   1899 
George  D.,  Dr.,   1519 
♦George  H.,   1901,  1902 
Harold  E.,   1519 
Leone   R.,   1521 
Obadiah   G.,   1900 
Samuel,    1518 
Samuel.    1521 
Samuel.    1899 
Samuel,    1901 
Coolidge  Ancestry,  1713 
Charles   A,,  Dr.,   1713 
Henry  E.,   1714 
John,    1713 
Coombs    Ancestry.    1122, 
1 124,    1 127.    1 128 
Anthony,   1123 
Anthony,   1 127 
Arphaxad,    1 123 
Charles  R.,   1128 
Delbert  D..   1130 
Fields.    Capt.,    1124 
Henry,   1128 
Hosea.   1124 
James,    1129 
James  B.,    1124 
Peter,  Lieut.,    1123 
Philip,  II2S 


Coombs    Family 
Philip  H.,   1 125 
Robert   H.,   Capt.,   1128 
William   G.,   1130 
Cooper   Ancestry,  942 
Jesse,   Sergt..  943 
Leonard,  943 
Peter,  942 
Copeland   Ancestry,   791 
Asa,  Dea.,  792 
Benjamin,    Dea.,   792 
George   K,  792 
Lawrence,  791 
Lemuel,  792 
Lizzie  M.,  792 
Corson   Ancestry,    1684 
Aaron,   1684 
Eri  D.,  1684 
George  E..  1684 
John  T.,  1684 
Samuel,    1684 
Cothrcn   Ancestry,  969 
Frank   H.,   970 
Nathaniel,  969 
William,   969 
William,   Capt.,  969 
Cotton  Ancestry,  89 

Benjamin  R.,  91 

Edward    C,   91 
John.  90 
John   B.,   91 
William,   89 
Cousens   Ancestry,   228 

John,   228 

Lyman   M.,  228 

William.   228 
Cousins   Ancestry.    229 

Ichabod.    229 

John.    229 

Joseph.    229 

Stephen    H.,  230 

William  L.,  Dr.,  230 
Cox   Ancestry,   713 

Almira   C,  716 

Augustus  P.,  714 

Edward  W.,  717 

Elisha,    713 

Frank   W.,  717 

Henry  P.,  714 
Crafts  Ancestry,  2146 

Francis  M.,  2148 

Griffin,   Lieut..   2146 

Moses,   2148 

Samuel.   2148 

Selden  T.,  251 
Cram  Ancestry,  572 

Andrew.    11 56 

Franklin  W..  574 

George  O.  K..  673,674 

Gilman,   574 

Harry  L..   1156 

John,   572 

John.  1 155 

Nathaniel  O.,  674 

Nehemiah.    673 

Orlando  B..  1156 

Stephen.  Capt..  573 

Wingate  F..  575 
Crane      Ancestry,      1228, 
1230 

Frank  T.,  1229 


XH 


INDEX 


Crane   Family 
George  D.,   1231 
Henry,   1228 
Hczekiah,  1230 
John,    Brig-Gen.,    1229 
Rufus     T.,    i2-'9 
Sewall  L.,  1230 
Crawford   Ancestry,  1028, 
1662 
Benjamin,  1029 
George,    1662 
George  A.,   1663 
James   B.,   Rev.,   759 
Thomas,   1028 
William  II.,  Rev.,  1663 
William   M..   1029 
William    S.,    1029 
Creighton  Ancestry,  1274 
David,    1274 
James   A.,    Capt.,    1274 
John  M.,  12/5 
Cressev  Ancestry,  1549 
Cyrus,    1550 
James,   1550 
John,   1549 
Mighill.    1549 
Olive  F.,  1550 
Crockett    Ancestry,    1808 
James,    1810 
Leonard,  iSio 
Thomas.   1808 
Crooker    Ancestry,    1227 
Charles,  1228 
Isaiah,  1227 
Jonathan  11.,   1228 
Crosby  Ancestry,  1471 
Ezra,    1472 
Jacob  T.,  Rev.,  1474 
John  S..  1472 
Sherwin,   1472 
Simon,    1471 
Cross  Ancestry,  55 1 
Hubert  J.,  552 
Sewall   B.,   552 
William,    551 
William,  552 
Cummings   Ancestry, 
1040.   1043,   2187 
Abraham,  1041 
Abraham  L.  T.,  1044 
Anda  C,  1042 
Benjamin.  2188 
Daniel,    1042 
Daniel,  2187 
George  H.,  Dr.,  1042 
Isaac,   1040 
Isaac,  Dea.,  2187 
John,    1043 
John  G.,   1043 
Joseph,  2188 
Joseph,   Capt.,   1041 
Thomas,  Lieut.,  1041 
Cumstnn   Ancestry,    1293 
Charles  McL.,  1293 
Henry  Van  S.,  1293 
John,   1293 
Cunningham       Ancestry, 

945 
Samuel,  Capt.,  945 
Thomas,  945 
William,  946 


Currier    Ancestry,    797 
Everett  B.,  799 
Jonathan,  Sergt.,  798 
Jonathan  Jr.,  798 
Richard.   797 
Russell  S.,  799 
Curtis      Ancestry,      525. 
2185 
Alice  C,  529 
Cyrus   H.   K.,   2186 
Cyrus  L.,  2186 
John,    52s 
John  B.,  526 
Reuben,  2186 
William,  2186 
Gushing    Ancestry,    1198, 
1867 
Andre,   1757 
Caleb,   Rev..   12OI 
Caleb,  Rev.,  1868 
James,  Rev.,  1202 
John,  1869 
John,  Rev,,   1869 
John   W.,    1202 
Joseph   W.,    1202 
Matthew,  1200 
Matthew,  Dea.,  33^ 
Nehcmiah,  1756 
ThenphiUis.   Gen..   1750 
Wain  w  right,  1203 
William,   II99 
William,  1755 
William,  1867 
Cushman  Ancestry,  867 
Ara,    868 
Charles   L.,  868 
Robert,  867 
Cutter  Ancestry,  172 
Anmii  R.,  Rev.,  173 
Elizabeth,  172 
Levi,  174 

William.   Capt..   173 
Cutts  Ancestry,  934 
James  H.,  Maj.,  935 
Robert,   934 
Thomas,  935 
Thomas,  Col.,  1721 


D 


Daggett  Ancestry,  1543 
Charles  F.,  1546 
John,    1543 
Orrin,  1546 
Samuel,    1546 
Samuel.  Capt.,   1545 
Thomas.  Capt.,  1544 
Dana     Ancestry,     1954. 
2046 

Caroline  P.,  2047 

John  W.,  2047 

John  W.,  Capt.,  2047 

Luther,    1954 

Oscar  F.,  2047 

Philip,    1955 

Richard,  2046 

Woodbury  K.,  1954 
Danforth   Ancestry,   1322 

Albion   G.,   1324 

David  W.,  1324 


Danforth    Family 

Harland   A.,   Dr.,   1324 

Nathaniel,    1323 

Ralph  M.,  1325 

Wniiam,  1322 

William  D.,   1324 
Darling    Ancestry,    2176, 

2254 
Amos  B.,  2177 
Eliakim,  2177 
John,  2176.  2254 
John  A.,  Col.,  2177 
Veranus,  2255 
Veranus   S.,  2255 
Davis  .\ncestry,  211,  215, 
216,    1874 
Barnabas,   1874 
Cyrus,  215 

Cyrus  W.,  Hon.,  215 
Dolor,  216 
Elizabeth   C,  208 
Elizabeth   L.,  209 
Frederick  A.,  Dr.,  2172 
Heald,  217 
James,  2170 
James    A.,    2171 
James   W.,   2171 
John,   211 
John,  215 
John  A.,  Capt.,  217 
Nicholas,  Maj.,  211 
Robert,  215 
Samuel  G.,   1876 
Walter   G.,   213 
William,    1875 
William  F.,  1876 
William  G.,  Hon.,  211 
Day  Ancestry,  2120,  2124 
Holman  F.,  2121 
Horace  C,  2124 
Isaac  C,  2124 
John  R.,  Capt.,  2121 
Stephen,  212 1 
William,  2121 
Dearborn  Ancestry,  769 
Godfrey,   769 
Henry.    Maj  .-Gen.,  77° 
Henry   A.    S.,  774 
Dearth  Ancestry,  1332 
Freeman   D.,   1332 
Freeman  D..  1333 
Leonard,  1332 
De  Coster  Ancestry,  1677 
Francesco     V.,     Capt., 

1678 
Samuel,   1677 
Varanes.   1677 
D^eering   Ancestry,  830 
George,  S30 
Henry.  832 
Nathaniel,  831 
Dennen  Ancestry,  1083 
Samuel,    1084 
Simeon,   1084 
William   W.,    1084 
Dennett  Ancestry,  789 
Alexander,  791 
John,  789 
Mark,   790 


Dennison    Ancestry,    273 
David,  274 
George,   274 
George.   Capt.,  273 
John.  273 

William,  Capt.,  274 
Denniston,     Robert,     M. 

D.,  1256 
Derby  Ancestry,  5°7 

George  B.,  587 
Devereux  Ancestry,  1043 
Frank  G.,  1644 
John,   1644 
Richard,   1643 
Dillingham  Ancestry, 
1480,  2105,  2107,2108 
Albert  A.,  2106 
Broderick,  2105 
Ebcnczer  H.,  2107 
Edward,   1480,  2107 
Edwin  F.,   1482 
Edwin  L.,  1483 
Frederic  B..  2107 
Frederic  H.,  2107 
Frederic  W.,  2108 
Frederick    H.,   1483 
John,  2105 
John   G.,   2108 
Nathaniel,  1482 
Pitt,  2106.  2107 
Theodore  H..  1482 
Thomas  M.,  2106 
William,  2108 
William  A.  P.,  2106 
Dinsniore,    Arthur,    2174 
Charles  H.,  2174 
Luke  H.,  2174 
Doane  .-\ncestry,  "397 
Ebenezer,   398 
Ebenezer,  399 
Ephraim.  398 
John,  308 « 
Dodge  .Ancestry.  1355 
Caleb  A.,  1356 
Howard      W.,      Hon., 

1356 
John  P.,  1356 
William.  1355 
Dole    Ancestry,   340,   597 
Amos,  597 
Charles  E.,  598 
Cvrus  R..  598 
Elihu.   598 
John,   Hon.,  34° 
Richard,   597 
Donovan,  Dennis,  95° 
Ella  H.,  950 
John   B..  950 
Dornian,  Wilmer  J.,  96' 
Dow   Ancestry,  288,  289, 
301 
Abner,  288 
Elizabeth   C,  302 
Fred   T.,   289 
Frederick  N.,  299 
George  S.  C,  302 
Huse,  2230 
John,  289 

Joseph,   Scrgt.,   290 
Josiah,  291 
Leander  A.,  289 


INDEX 


XIII 


Dow   Family 
Levi,  joi 
Lorenzo  R.,  2230 
Neal,  293 
Richard  S.,  302 
Thomas,  301 
WilMam  H.,  301 
William   M.,  2230 
Downcs,  George,  2013 

Lemuel  G.,  2013 
Drew  Ancestry,  O17 
Jesse,  618 
John.  617 
Morrill    N..   618 
Drinkwater  Ancestry,  623 
John,    623 
Joseph,  623 
Thomas,  623 
Drummond    Ancestry, 
1728 
Alexander.   1728 
Clark.    1728 
Everett  R.,  1729 
Josiah  II..  1729 
Dudley   .\ncestry.   700 
Benjamin.  704.   705 
Frank,  704 
Frederic  C.,  705 
Herbert  J. ,705 
James,  Lieut.,  703 
John.   705 
Joseph.  703 
Samuel,   Rev..   701 
Thomas.  Gov.,  700 
Dunbar  .Ancestry,  g86 
.\lbert.    1903 
Jacob.  gS6 
Judson   li  .   1903 
Lemuel.  0)X(i 
Robert.   986 
Robert  VV.,   Rev.,   1903 
Dunn      .Ancestrv.      1093, 
',"4  ^ 

Cliarles.   1094^ 
Elbridge   G..    1753 
George   B..   1755 
Jonah,  1093 
Peter,    1755 
Dunning  .Ancestry,  846 
.Vndrew,  846 
.Andrew.  936 
James.  936 
James.  Lieut..  848 
John,  937 
Richard  T.,  849 
Solomon,  848 
William.  937 
William   E..   848 
Dunlon  .Ancestry.  2026 
Charles  i?.,  2027 
John    .S.,   2027 
Timothy,   2026 
Timothy,  2027 
Durgin   Ancestry,   1271 
Henry  L,  1271 
Job.    1271 
Joshua.    1271 
Dyer   Ancestry,  655 
Asa,  656 

Christopher  Jr.,  Lieut., 
656 


Dyer  Family 
Frederick,  657 
Frederick   R.,  657 
Herbert   S.,   1095 
Isaac,  Gen.,  656 
Thomas,  Dea.,  655 
William    11.,  057 


Eastman     Ancestry,    586, 
1415,  1590,  1598,  1600 
Benjamin,    141O 
Benjamin  !■'.,  Col.,  1598 
Briceno  M.,  1599 
Chase,   1598 
Daniel,   1600 
Ebenezer,    1596 
Edward,    1598 
F'red   E.,   1599 
Jonathan,    1600 
*Moses,  586 
Philip,    1590 
Philip,    1597 
Richard.    1600 
Roger,    1416 
Samuel,  Hon.,  1417 
Thomas.  1600 
Tobias  L.,   i6or 
Eaton  Ancestry,  221,  222, 
1310.    1312 
Bradley  L.,  222 
Charles  C,  224 
George  H.,  Hon.,   13 12 
Henry  F.,  1312 
John,  222 
Jonas,    1310 
Jonas,  131 1 
Joseph  E.,  222 
Stephen  W.,  223 
Thomas,  1312 
Thomas  H.,  1313 
Tristram,   223 
VV'illiam  C,  225 
Woodman  S.,  224 
Eddy  Ancestry,  2173 
George   W.,  2173 
Harry  B.,  2173 
John,   2173 
Samuel,  2173 
Elder  .Ancestry,   1327 
Isaac  L.,    1329 
Richard  J..   1328 
Robert,  1327 
Samuel.  1327 
Eliot  Ancestrv,   183 
.Adolphus   F'.   C,   185 
Edmund     or     Edward, 

183 
Frank  M.,   186 
Jacob  R.,  185 
Jacob  S.,   185 
Wyman,  185 
Ellis  Ancestry,  927,   1836 
Columbus  W.,  929 
Freeman.    1836 
John,  928 
John,    1836 
Mellen  F.,  929 
Stephen,   928 
Sylvanus,  928 


Ellis   Family 
Vinal  IL,  929 

Elwell    .Ancestry,    1508 
Edward   H.,   1509 
Nathamel  H.,  1509 
Robert,  1508 
Theodore,   1509 
Emerson    Ancestry,    369, 
879 
Daniel,  Rev.,  370 
Ezekicl,  881 
Josepli,  370 
Luther  D.,  882 
Peter,   370 
Thomas,  369 
Thomas,  880 
Walter  C,  882 
Emery     Ancestry,     '95 1, 
1715.  1718,  1724,  1727 
Asa   C,   1717 
Caleb,  Col.,  1724 
Caleb,  Dr.,  1725 
Caleb  J.,  Dr.,  1725 
Chandler   S.,   1725 
Daniel,    1724 
Daniel   W.,   1723 
Eben  H.,  1717 
Ernest  W.,   1724 
George  A.,   1720 
Hiram,    1727 
Isaac,   1727 
John,  1 715 
John,    1718 
John,   Lieut.,    1719 
Jonathan,    1722 
Levi,  1717 
Moses,    1719 
Samuel  B.,  1725 
Samuel   B..   1726 
Simon.   1727 
Thomas  J.,   1727 
Walter  K.,  1726 
♦William,   951 
William,   1723 
William.  Hon.,  951 
Zachariah,   1717 
Emmerton      .Ancestry, 
2216 
Jacob  P..  2218 
Joseph,  2217 
Thomas,  2218 
Emmons    .Ancestry,    2236 
Eliakim.  2236 
John,   2236 
Leonar<i,  2236 
Willis  T.,  2236 
Estabrooke     Ancestry, 
1840 
Horace  M.,  1841 
Kate  C,   1841 
Leverett  E.,  1840 
Thomas  T.,  1840 
Estes  Ancestry,  418 
Barzilla,   419 
Llewellyn  G.,  Gen.,  419 
Llewellyn   W.,  420 
Richard,  418 
Everett  Ancestry,   1150 
Edward  S.,  1150 
John,   1150 
Timothy,   1150 


Fahyan   Ancestry,   2266 
John,  2266 
Joshua,    2268 
George   F.,   2269 
Francis   W.,  2270 
Fairbanks    Ancestry,  1396 
Columbus,   1398 
Jonathan,   1396 
Joseph,  Dea.,    1396 
Joseph  W.,  Hon.,  1398 
Nathaniel,  Col.,  1397 
F'airbrother     Ancestry, 
1642 
Isaac,    1642 
Joseph,  1642 
Fairfield    Ancestry,    1 197 
John,  1 197 
John,  1 198 
John.  Capt.,  1 197 
William,  Capt.,  1198 
Farnham    Ancestry,    1 167 
.Augustus  B.,  1168 
Henry   B.,   1 167 
John,  Capt.,   1 167 
Ralph,   1 167 
Farnsuorth     Ancestry, 
1912,    1915 
Arthur   L.,   igi6 
Benjamin   B.,   1914 
Benjamin  H.,  1915 
Cephas,  1914 
Chauncey,    1916 
Jonathan,   1915 
Joseph,    1912 
Joseph  S.,   1916 
Matthias,    1913 
Farrington    Ancestry, 
1305,   1708 
Benjamin,   1708 
Clayton  J.,  1306 
Daniel,   1306 
Edtiiond,    1305 
Ira   P.,   1306 
John,    1305 
Joseph    R.,    1709 
Oliver,   1709 
Oliver  C,  1709 
Rufus.   1306 
Fassett   .Ancestry,  657 
Edward,  658 
Francis  H.,  658 
Fellows    Ancestry,    2038, 
2183 
George,  2039 
George  E..  2040 
Isaac,  2184 
Isaac,  Corp.,  2184 
Joseph,   2039 
Samuel,  2038 
William,  2183 
William    E.,   Dr.,   2184 
Fennelly  .Ancestry,  923 
Andrew,  923 
Locklan,  923 
William,  Hon.,  923 
Ferguson    Ancestry,   948, 
2278 
Alexander,  2278 
Daniel,  948 


XIV 


INDEX 


Ferguson    Family 
Kranklin    A.,   2279 

M.  Hubbard,  Dr.,  949 

Reuben,  949 

Willard  B.,  949 
Fesscnden   Ancestry,  860 

James  D.,  863 

Nicholas,  801 

Samuel,  Gen.,  861 

William,  Rev.,  861 

William  P.,  862 
Pickett  Ancestry,  629 

Amos  G.,  630 

John,  629 

Oscar   A.,  630 
Field   Ancestry,   1827 

Darby,   1827 

George  W.,   1829 

John,   Rev.,    1827 

John    L.,    1828 

Roger,   1827 

Zachariah,  Lieut.,   1828 

Zachary,  Lieut.,  1828 
Files  Ancestry,  1183,  1613 

David  F.,   1 184 

Ebcnezer  S.  T.,  1613 

Samuel,   1613 

Stephen,  1184 

William,  1 183 

William,  1613 

William  R.,  1184 
Fillebrown  Ancestry, 

1037 

James,  1037 

Rudolphus,   1037 

Thomas,  1037 
Finson   Ancestry,   1995 

Ambrose,  Capt.,  1995 

James  J.,   1995 

Jerome  C.,  1996 

Thomas,   1995 
Fish   Ancestry,  2232 

Amos,  2233 

Elias  H.,  2233 

Fitz   M.,    1644 

William   G.,   1644 
Flanders    Ancestry,    918, 
919 

David   P.,  919 

David   P.,   Dr.,  919 

James  D.,  918 

James  M.,  918 

Joseph,  919 

Louis  E.,  919 

Stephen,  918 
Fletcher     Ancestry,    660, 
1789 

Adams,  661 

Benjamin    G.,   1790 

Francis,   1789 

Furber,  1790 

George  H.,  661 

Jonathan  IL,  661 

Joseph,  Capt..  661 

Joseph  B.,   1790 

Pelatiah,   Capt.,  661 

Robert,  660 
Flint  Ancestry,  1489 

Ephraim,   1490 

Henry  B  ,  1490 

John,  Col.,  1489 

Thomas,  Hon.,  1489 


Fobes  Ancestry,  1533 

Amasa,  1534 

Charles,   1534 

Daniel,  Dea.,  1534 

Leandcr   W.,   1535 
Fogg  Ancestry,   I98<5 

Hiram  H.,  1987 

Isaac,    1987 

Joseph,  1987 

Samuel,  1986 
Folsom  Ancestry,  2181 

Franklin  N.,  2183 

John,  2181 

Joseph  G.,  2181 

Mark,   2183 

Mark,  Maj.,  2183 
Forbes   Ancestry,   1533 

Edward,  Dea.,   1533 

John,   1533 
Ford  Ancestry,   1039 

Benjamin   F.,   1040 

Joshua  T.,  1039 

William,  Dea.,  1039 
Forsyth,     George,     Rev., 

760 
Forticr  Ancestry,   1829 

Francis,  1829 

Frederique,    1829 

John  L.,  1829 
Foss      Ancestry,      2202, 
2203 

Alexander,  1471 

Benjamin,  2203 

Horatio  G.,  2203 

James  O.,  2203 

Jeremiah,   2203 

Susan   F.,   1471 

Willis  O.,  2204 
Foster     Ancestry,      1964, 
2098 

Barzillai   B.,   Dr.,   1965 

Charles  W.,  Dr.,  1966 

Dexter,  2098 

Dexter  L.,  2099 

Frank  C,  2099 

George  C,  2099 

George    H.,   2098,   2099 

Mary  W.,  1965 

Reginald,  1964 

Thomas   A.,   Dr.,    1965 

Thomas  D.,  1965 

William.  Sergt.,   1965 
Fowles   Ancestry,  821 

Alvin  W^,  822 

Benjamin,  822 

Frank  R.,  822 

George,  821 

James,  Capt.,  822 

James,  Lieut.,  821 
Fox  Ancestry,  2102,  2104 

Daniel.  2103 

Frederick,  2104 

James  C,  2104 

John,  2102,   2103,  2104 

John,  Rev..  2103 

William  O.,  2103 
Frank  Ancestry,  554 

Alpheus,  555 

Melvin  P.,  Hon.,  555 

Royal  T.,  Gen.,  555 

Thomas,  555 


Freeman    Ancestry,    904, 

^925 

Ebcnezer,  926 

Edmund,  904 

Ednmnd,  925 

Frederick  W.,  926 

George  G.,  908 

Samuel,  904 

Samuel,  Dea.,  905 

William,  907 

William  P.,  926 
Frees  Ancestry,  1552 

Benjamin,   1552 

Benjamin  M.,  1553 

J.imcs.   1 55 J 

Retire  W.,  1552 
French     Ancestry,     204, 
2157 

Edward,  204 

George   H.,  2158 

James,  2157 

Nathaniel   W..  205 

Samuel   G.,  205 

Sidney    L,   2158 
Frey,  Charles  H.,  2239 

John,   2239 
Frost      Ancestry,      1301, 
1530 

Charles  S.,  1532 

David,  1302 

Edmund,  Elder,  1530 

Ephraim,   1532 

Ephraim  A.,  1532 

George,   1301 

Robert,    1302 

William.    1302 
Frye  Ancestry,  14 

Dean,   15 

John,  14 

John   M.,  Col.,   15 

Joseph,    15 

Joseph,  Capt.,   15 

William    P.,    15 
Fuller    Ancestry,    16,    20, 
22.  25,  1776 

Andrew,  Rev.,   19 

Benjamin,  21 

Caleb,  23 

Daniel,   1912 

Ebcnezer,  25 

Edward,  20 

Frederick  A.,  23 

Freeman,   1836 

Henry  W.,  Capt.,  23 

Isaac,  1836 

James   E.,  22 

John,   16 

John,  25 

John,  Dea..  1835 

John  J.,  22 

Matthew,   22 

Matthew,  Capt.,  17 

Melville     W.,     Chief 
Jus.,  23 

Peter,  19 

Samuel,  Capt.,  1777 

Samuel,  Dr.,  1776 

Sainuel,  Dr.,  1835 

Samuel,    Lieut..    18 

Samuel,  Rev.,   1835 

Samuel   A.,   Rev.,   1778 

Sidney  T.,  25 


Fuller    Family 

W'illiam,  1912 

William  O.,  19 

William  O.,  20 
Fulton  Ancestry,  539 

Aaron  J.,  Dr.,  540 

James,  539 

Robert,  540 

Samuel,  540 
Furber  .Ancestry,  2042 

Benjamin,  2043 

Francis  P.,  2043 

Jonathan.   2043 
Furbish  Ancestry,  1050 

Jeremiah,    1050 

Richard,  1050 


Gannett  Ancestry,  470 

Barzillai.  Maj.,  471 

Guy  P.,  473 

Joseph.  471 

Joseph  F.,  471 

Matthew,  470 

William    H.,  471 
Gardiner  Ancestry,  225 

George,  225 

John,   226 

John  W.  T.,  227 

Robert   H.,  227 

Sylvester,  225 
Gardner     Ancestry,    675, 
680 

Aaron  L.   R.,  678 

Abel,  Lieut.,  676 

Ebenczer,  677,   21 12 

♦George  R.,  678 

Herbert  N.,  683 

Ira  B..   Col.,*682 

John.    6S0 

John.   681 

Jonathan,   681 

Thoma^     675,      21 1 1, 
2112 
Garner  .\ncestry,  2239 

Allen.  2240 

William.  2240 

William  A.,  2240 
Garnsey  .^Vncestry,  1577 

Amos,  1578 

Amos.  Dea.,   1578 

Frederick  A.,  1578 

John,  1577 

Julia   A..   1578 
George  Ancestry,  1273 

Asa,  1274 

Edward  P.,  1274 

Gideon.  1273 
Gerrish  .Ancestry.  1260 

Charles,  Maj.»  1262 

Charles  O.,   1266 

Everett  M.,  1263 

Frederick   H.,    1266 

George  L.,  1264 

Harold  S.,  1263 

John,  Capt..   1260 

John  J.,  1264 

Leonard  H..  1261 

Leonard   H.,   1262 

Lester   P..    1263 

Nathaniel.   Capt..    1261 


INDEX 


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Gcrrish    Family 
Oliver,   1265 
Orvillc   K.,    1261 
Timothy,   Col.,   1264 
William,  Capl.,   1260 
William  L.,   1266 

Getchcll  Ancestry,  1536 
Edwin  F.,  1536 
George,    1536 
Henry   F.,   1536 

Gibbs  Ancestry,   I57g 
Charles    E.,    1580 
Edward   A.,   1580 
Matthew,   1579 
Rudolph  R.,  1580 
Rufiis,  1579 

Gibson   Ancestry,    1245 
James  L..  1247 
James  M.,   1247 
John,   1245 
Robert,   Lient.,    1246 
Timotliy,  Capt.,   1246 
Timothy,  Dea.,  1246 

Gilbert    Ancestry,   548 
Charles  Dupiiis  dit,  548 
Frank   Y.,   Dr.,  674 
Frederick  A.,  549 
Thomas,   548 
Thomas,  674 

Gilman  .Ancestry,   1019 
Albert     H.,     1021 
David,   Col.,   1020 
Edward,    1019 
Edward  H.,  1021 
Jeremiah,    Capt.,     1020 
Simon  G.,   1021 

Gilmore     Ancestry.     850, 

994 

James,  994 

John,  850 

Pascal   P..  Hon.,  852 

Robert,   994 

Tyrrel,  851 
Gilson    Ancestry,    1558 

Arthur  S.,  1559 

Calvin,   IS59 

Charles   A.,    1559 

Joseph,   1558 
Glover  Ancestry,   1214 

John,    1214 

Phinehas  H.,  1216 

Russell,  Capt..  1216 
Godfrey  Ancestry,  2265 

Benjamin,    Capt.,    2265 

Francis,  2265 

Otis    S.,   2265 
Coding  Ancestry,  428 

Edward  N.,  430 

Henry,  428 

Luther,  429 

Richard   H.,  429 

William.   429 
Goodell  Ancestry,  1 186 

Daniel  S.,  Capt.,  1186 

Robert,    1186 

Sears,    1186 

William   H.,  Capt.,  1 187 
Goodnough     .Ancestry, 
2213 

Edmund,  2213 

Jacob   N..  2215 

Jonas,  2214 


Goodnough    h'amily 

Waller  S.,  2215 
Goodwin   Ancestry,   1400, 

1403 

Charles  E.,  1404 

Daniel,  1400 

Francis  J.,  1403 

George   B.,   1402 

Henry  H.,  1403 

John,    1402 

John   M.,   1402 

Joseph  P.,   1404 

Reuben,    1404 

Thomas,    1403  . 

Wilfiani  R.,   14I03 
Goold   Ancestry,  405 

Jarvice,  406 

Nathan,  409 

Williain,  407 
Gordon     .\nccstry,     1190, 
1711 

Alexander,    1712 

Arthur  H.,   1712 

David,   1712 

John,   1 190 

Seth  C,  Dr.,  1191 

Stephen,    1190 
Gorham  Ancestry,  1458 

Ebenezer,  1460 

James,  1458 

John,    Capt.,    1459 
Goudy  Ancestry,  566 

Alden,  567 

Amos,  566 

Lewis  A.,  567 
Gould       Ancestry,      409, 
2152 

Alexander,  2153 

Alexander,   Capt.,  2152 

Benjamin,  2152 

Charles  F.,  409 

James,  409 

John  H.,  409 

Roval  E.,  409 

Will  D.,  2153 

William  H.,  2153 
Gove  Ancestry,  787 

Almon  H.,  788 

Chesley  D.,  1550 

Edward.   1551 

John,  787 

John,  1550 

John,  1551 

Roland   S.,  788 
Grant  Ancestry,  371 

Elijah.  372 

Joel,  372 

John  C.  372 

Matthew,  371 
Grav   Ancestry,  872,  874, 

'875 
Arthur,   874 
Charles  H.,  876 
Elbridge,  873 
George,  875 
George,  876 
George  B.  M.,  87s 
Isaac,  874 
John,  872 
Joshua.  87s 
Walter  L.,'873 
William  L.,  873 


Greely  Ancestry,  1961 

Andrew,   1961 

Cyrus,  1963 

Henry,    1963 

Horace  W.,  1963 

John  W.,  1963 
Green,  Stephen  H.,  Rev., 
1 163 

William  M.,  Rev.,  1162 
Greenlaw   .'Vncestry,  2007 

Albert,  Hon..  2008 

George  A.,  2008 

James,  2008 
Greenleaf   Ancestry,   358, 
1360,   1364,  1367,  1369, 
1628 

Charles  H.,  1368 

Charles  T.,  1368 

Daniel,  Dr.,  2101 

Daniel,    Rev.,   2101 

Edmund,    1360 

Edmund,    1367 

Edmund,  2100 

Emma  C,  1369 

Granville  C,  1370 

John,  358 

John,   1364 

John,   2102 

Jonathan,  Hon.,  358 

Jonathan,  Hon.,  1364 

Joseph  W.,   1629 

Levi,   1364,   2102 

Luther  C,  1629 

Moses,   Capt.,  359 

Moses,  Capt.,  1365 

Samuel,   1369 

Simon,  Hon.,  1366 

Stephen,  1363 

Stephen,  1628 

Stephen,  Capt.,   1361 

Stephen,  Capt.,  2100 

Thomas,  Capt.,  1629 

Westbrook,   1369 

William,  1368 

William,  Capt.,  1368 
Greenwood      Ancestry, 

1325 

Chester,    1327 

Nathaniel   Jr.,    1326 

Thomas,    1325 

Zina  H.,  1326 
Gregory  Ancestry,  1994  . 

George  A.,  Dr.,  1994 

John  J.,   1994 
Griffin  Ancestry,  832 

Eliphalet,  833 

Humphrey,  832 

James,  833 

John,  833 

Maria  L.,  833 
GrifTith     Ancestry,     1392, 
2189 

Claude  M.,  2190 

Hezckiah,   2189 

John,  2189 

Nijah,   1392 

Stephen   E.,  2190 
Gross  Ancestry,  1849 

Isaac.   1849 

Israel,   1849 

John   S.,   1849 

Samuel  L,  1850 


H 

Haggclt  Ancestry,  1231 

Amos,  1231 

Amos  B.,  1231    . 

Benjamin,  1231 

Mary  O.,  2231 

William,   2231 
Hale  Ancestry,  69 

Clarence,  73 

Eliphalet.   1815 

Eugene,   Hon.,  72 

James  S.,  72 

Joseph.  Capt.,  71 

Samuel,  1815 

Thomas,  69 
Haley  .Ancestry,  1022 

Andrew,  1022 

George   F.,    1023 

Henry  U.,  1022 

J.  Frank,  Rev.,  760 

Leroy,    1023 

Samuel,  1022 
Halford    Ancestry.    1646 

John,  1646 

Robert.   1646 
Hall  Ancestry,  1580,  1582, 
1586,  1587,  2259 

Abiel,  Dr.,  1586 

Albert  B.,  1586 

Charles   B.,   Maj.-Gen., 

1584 
Charles  H.,  1584 
Ebenezer,  2259 
Edward  I.,  1586 
Elvira  C,  1588 
Frank,  1582 
Frederick   P.,   1587 
George  W.,  2259 
Goff  A.,  2260 
Hatevil,   1582 
Horace  S.,  1582 
Jennie  I.,  1588 
John,    1580 
John,   1582 
John.  2259 
Joseph.  1581 
Joseph,   1587 
Lemuel.   1587 
Mary,    1588 
Peter,  1583 
Porter,  1587 
Rachel   A.,    1588 
Richard,   1586 
William  T.,  1588 
William       T.,      Judge, 

1587 
Ham  Ancestry,  701 

Charles  C,  782 

Joseph  G.,  782 

William,  781 
Hamilton    Ancestry,   663, 
1714 

Ambrose,   1714 

Benjamin,  1714 

Benjamin   R.,  2159 

Fred  G..  1715 

George,  663 

Henry  O.,   1714 

James,  663 

Robert.  663 

.Samuel  K..  2159 


XVI 


INDEX 


Hamlin  Ancestry,  5.  1° 
Charles,  9 
Cyrus,  9 
Cyrus,  Dr.,  7 
Ebenezer,  Dea.,  10 
Eleazer,  Maj.,  6 
Frank,  9 
George  H.,  11 
Hannibal,  7 

Hannibal,   10 

Hannibal,   Maj.,    10 

Hannibal   E.,  9 

James,  S 

Wellington  B.,  11 

William,  11 
Hancock    Ancestry,    234, 

433 
Isaac.  234 
Joseph.  433 
Nathaniel,  433 
Orrin  J.,  434 
William,  234 
William,  434 
William  J.,  434 
Hanev  Ancestry,  2130 
John   P.,  2130 
Oramel  E.,  Dr.,  2130 
William  S.,  2130 
Hanscom   Ancestry,   278, 
280 
Aaron,  280 
Howard   C,  280 
Loring  L.,  Rev.,  280 
Luther  P.,  280 
Moses,  Rev.,  279 
Ruel  W.,  279 
Thomas,  278 
Walter  V.,  Dr.,  280 
Hanson     Ancestry,     760, 
810,  2263 
Benjamin  P.,  Hon.,  811 
Ebenezer  S.,  761 
George   W..   Hon.,  8l2 
Henry  H.,  761 
John,  811 
Nicholas,  761 
Thomas,  810 
Tobias,  2263,  2264 
Harper.  John,   1907 

William.  1907 
Harmon  Ancestry,  1615 
Josiah,   1615 
Nathaniel,   1615 
Trueman,  1615 
Harriman    .\ncestry,    883 
George  P..  884 
Leonard,  883 
Willard  P..  884 
Harris      Ancestry,     972. 

1351 
Austin.    1352 
Benjamin,  973 
Fred   H.,  973 
Herbert.   T353 
John,    1351 
Peter  T..  1352 
Samuel,  972 
Hart  .A.ncestry.  1813 
Benjamin.   1814 
Hanson  M.,  1814 
John,  Col.,  1814 


Harvey  Ancestry,  2149 
Albert,  2151 
Albion  K.  P.,  2151 
Bezer,  2150 
Daniel,  2150 
Humphrey,  2149 
Haskell    Ancestry,    1421, 
1423,  142s.  1450.  1573 
Asa,  1424 
Benjamin,  1425 
Charles  A.,  1422 
Charles  P.,  1381 
Elias,   1574 
Elizabeth  \\  ■,   1383 
Frank  H.,  1422 
Jacob,   1380 
Job,   1451 
John,  1574 
Lewis  W.,  1424 
Loomis  P.,  1425 
Mark,  1425 
Marshall  J.,  1424 
Moses   M.,  Capt.,   1422 
Nathaniel,    143° 
Peter,  Capt.,  1381 
Roger,  1574  - 

Thomas  H.,  Hon.,  1381 
William,   1421 
William,  1423 
William,  145° 
William,  Capt.,  1380 
Hastings  Ancestry,  1257, 
1752,  1754 
Amos,  Gen.,  1258 
Amos.  Gen.,  1752 
Charles   H.,   I7S4 
Daniel  S.,  I7S3 
David  R.,  I2S9 
Gideon  A.,  1258 
John,  1257 
John,  1258 
John,  1753 
Robert,   1752 
St.  John,  1754 
Thomas,  1257 
Timothy,  Capt.,  I7S4 
Walter.  Dea.,  1257 
Hatch  Ancestry,  2212 
Charles  P.,  2213 
Elijah,  2213 
Philip,   2212 
Hawkes  Ancestry,  783 
Adam,  783 
Ahijah,  1823 
Ebenezer,  784 
Wilson  L.,  Dr.,  784 
Hawley  Ancestry,  1000 
John,  1000 
Joseph,  1000 
Samuel  B.,  looi 
Theodore,   lOOl 
Theodore,   1002 
Hawthorne     Ancestry, 
2261 
B.  W.,  Mrs.,  648 
Frank  W.,  2262 
Warren,    2262 
William,  2261 
Hayes  Ancestry,  1460 
Jacob,   1462 
Jacob,  Dea.,  1462 
John,  1461 


Hayes  Family 
John,  Dea.,  1461 
Joseph,  1462 
Joseph  M.,  1463 
Richmond  B.,  1462 
•Samuel  S.,  1462 
Sylvanus  B.,  1462 
Velmer  F.,  1463 
William,   1461 
Heald     Ancestry,      1075 
1976 
Ephraim,  Maj.,  1075 
Fred   P.,  1076 
John,   1976 
Perham  S.,  107S 
Samuel,  1976 
Thomas  H.,  1075 
Heath  Ancestry,  1095 
Alvan  M.  C,  1097 
Asa,  1097 
Asa,  Rev.,  1096 
Bartholomew,   1096 
Herbert  M.,  1097 
John,   1095 
Hegwein,  Adam,  065 

Lewis,  665 
Henderson  Ancestry,  98° 
Horace  E.,  981 
James,  980 
James  C,  980 
Hersey     Ancestry,     1967. 
1969,  1971.  1972 
Caleb,  1970 
Emily  M.,  I974 
Heman  N.,  I970 
Ira  G.,  1972 
James,  1972 
James,  1973 
John,   1969 
John,   1971 
John  H.,  1970 
Jonathan,  1971 
Levi,  1968 
Levi,  Rev.,  1968 
Oscar  H.,  1968 
Samuel  B.,  1972 
Samuel   F.,  Hon.,  1973 
Will  O.,  1971 
William,  1967 
Hescock,  Enos  T.,  989 

Rov  M.,  989 
Heseiton    .\ncestry,  2079 
George  W.,  2081 
John,  2080 
Joseph,  2080 
Reuben,  2081 
Heywood  Ancestry,  383 
John,  384 
John.  Dea.,  384 
Josiah.  384 
Peter,  384 
Hicliborn  Ancestry,  1009 
Harry  R.,   1009 
Robert,  1O09 
Wilson,  1009 
Higgins    Ancestry.    1784. 
1786.  1788,  2089 
Algernon  S.,  1787 
Amos,   1785 
Benjamin,  1786 
Benjamin,  1788 


Higgins  Family 
Charles,  1787 
Eleazer.  1785 
Elisha,  1787 
Israel,  1789 
John  H.,  1785 
Micah,  2089 
Reuben,  2089 
Richard,  1784 
Royal  G..  Capt.,  1798 
Royal  G.,  Dr.,  1798 
Hight  Ancestrj',  669 
Horatio.  Capt.,  671 
John,  Sergt.,  669 
Leroy  L.,  671 
Hill    Ancestry.   35.    '540. 
1744,1746,  1747. 2"27. 

2264  - 

Aaron,  Dr.,  1748 
Abraham,  I747 
Abraham.  Rev.,  174° 
Benjamin,  2264 
Benjamin      J.,      Hon., 

1746 
Edward.  2127 
Francis,  Col.,  1748 
Hezekiah,  1746 
James,  2265 
John,  35 
John,    1548 

John,  2264  ,,    _^ 

John  F.,  Hon.,  M.  D., 

36 
Joseph   H.,  226s 
Nathaniel,  I74S 
Nathaniel,  Capt.,  174° 
Peter,    1744 
Samuel.  36 
Tristram.    I745 
Valentine,   1746 
William,  36 
William,   1548  ^ 

Winfield     S.,     M.     D., 


1745 

Hills  Ancestry,  1749 
Isaac,  Dr.,  1751 
Joseph,  1749 
Nathan.   175' 
Vinal,   I75> 
Hinckley   Ancestry,    IS<» 
Aaron,   1851 
Edmund,  1503 
Ephraim  O..   IS03 
Frederick  J..   1503 
Samuel.  1502 
Hincks  Ancestry.  849 
Jesse.  Capt.,  849 
Jesse  Y..  850 
John,  849 
Joseph  L.  S.,  850 
Hinds     Ancestry,     IS37. 
2247 
Albert  D.,  1539 
Asher,  15.38 
Asher,   1539 
Asher  C,  1S39 
Benjamin,   15.38 
Fiienczer,   2249 
Ebenezer.  Rev.,  2248 
James,  1538 
John,  2248 
William,  2247 


INDEX 


xvii 


Hiscock  Ancestry,  988 

Joseph  L.,  988 

Ricliard,  988 
Hitchcock   Ancestry,  1697 

Eldad,  1697 

Harry  A.,  1698 

Luke,  1697 

Matthias,   1697 

Noah,   1697 

Samuel  P.,  1698 
Hobbs     Ancestry,     1592, 

1594 
Charles  H.,  1595 
Daniel  A.,  2240 
Frederick  A.,  2240 
George,   1593 
George   11.,  2240 
Henry,  1592 
James  B.,  1595 
Maurice,  1594 
Nathaniel,    Col.,    1593 
Nathaniel,  Judge,   1593 
Obe.  1595 

Thomas,  Capt.,  1593 
Hobson  Ancestry,  230 
Jabez,  231 
James  E.,  232 
Sewell,  231 
William,  230 
William,  231 
Hodgdon    .'\ncestry,   450, 
1616.  2128 
Daniel  R.,  836 
Daniel  R.,  837 
John,   1616 
Moses,  2128 
Moses  A.,  2128 
Nicholas,  450 
Thomas,  Capt.,  1616 
Thomas  S.,  451 
Timothy,  1616 
William.  451,  2128 
Hodgkins  Ancestry,  1775 
Jefferson,  Col.,  1775 
Thomas,  1776 
Thomas  J.,  1776 
William,  1775 
Willi.nm   L.,    1776 
Holt    Ancestry,   500^ 
Abel,  50o3 

Erastus   E.,  Dr.,  soo5 
Nicholas,    500^ 
Homer  Ancestry,  920 
John,   Capt.,  920 
Leslie  C,  921 
William,  921 
Zenas,  921 
Hood  Ancestry,   1219 
Abner,  1219 
Ebenezer,  1220 
John,   i2ig 
Martin,  1220 
Richard,   1219 
Hopkins   Ancestry,    1426, 
2219 
Andrew  W.,  2219 
Isaac,  2219 
Joseph,    1427 
Nathan,  2219 
Percival  O.,  2219 
Prince,   1427 
Stephen,   1426 


Hopkins   Family 
Thomas  S.,  1427 

Hough  Ancestry,  1503 
Alonzo  B.,  1504 
Joseph,  1504 
Scrrajah,  1504 
William  O.,   1504 

Houghton  Ancestry,  goo, 

903 

Abel,  Capt.,  903 
Henry   L.,   904 

Houghton  Bros.,  901 

John,   900 

Jonathan,  Maj.,  903 

Levi,  901 

Luther,  Capt.,  903 
Howard      Ancestry,      27, 
1650 

Charles  H.,  1650 

Columbus,  28 

Daniel   M.,  369 

Jeremiah,  1650 

John,   27 

Jonathan,  Maj.,  27 

Ruel,  27 
Howe  Ancestry,  952 

Elliot  W.,  953 

John,  952 

John   W.,  953 

Phineas,   953 

Samuel  G,   1338 
Howiand   Ancestry,    1537 

Arthur,   1537 

Joseph,   1537 

William,  1537 
Hubbard  Ancestry,  887 

Cornet  R.,  887 

John,  888 

John,  Lieut.,  888 

Richard,  Cant.,  888 

Thomas   H.,  889 
Huff  Ancestry,  804 

Atherton.  804 

George  F.,  805 

Isaiah,   805 

Sumner   S.,   805 
Hughes  Ancestry,   1417 

John,  1417 

John,  Capt.,  1417 

John   F.,   1418 

Ralph  W.,   1418 
Humphrey  Ancestry,  556, 
897.  898 

Asa,  559 

Havilah,  899 

Henry   P..  559 

James,  897 

James   B..   899 

John,   898 

Jonas,  556  • 

Jonas.  Dea.,  557 

Jonathan.  897 

Orman    B.,  898 

Samuel   F..  897 
Hunt  Ancestry,   1404 

Arthur  K.,   1406 

Frederick  E..  1405 

George  S.,  1405 

Jonathan,  Dea..  1404 

Philip   B.,   1406 

Samuel.  Capt.,   1405 


Huntington,   Catherine 
M.,   1779 

Charles  A.,   1779 
Hurd  Ancestry,  1546 

Daniel   A.,   Hon.,   1547 

Isaiah,  1547 

John,    1546 

Mary  R.,  1548 
Hussey     Ancestry,     435, 
437.  718 

Charles  W.,  437 

Christopher,  435 

Daniel,  2012 

Daniel  W.,  2012 

Ebenezer,  437 

Ebenezer,  438 

Erwin  A.,  Capt.,  438 

James,   718 

Marcellus  L.,  2012 

Richard,   718 

Samuel  F.,  438 

Silas,  437 

Huston  Ancestry,  970 

James,  970 

Joel,  972 

Joel    P.,  972 

Robert,  971 

Sylvester,  824 
Hutchinson     Ancestry. 
1526,   1717 

Barnard,    1526 

Benjamin,   1717 

Eben,  1717 

James    P.,   1528 

John,    1527 

John   C.   1528 

Joseph,  Rev.,  1527 

W.   A.,   Rev.,  760 
Hyatt  Ancestry,  1388 

Dilwin  L.,  1392 

Ely    E..    1391 

Lewis  B..  1391 

Nelson  G.,  1391 

Pulaski  F.,  Dr.,  1393 

Samuel.   1390,   1391 

Thomas,   1.388,   1390 
Hyde  Ancestry,  87.   1372 

Edward  W.,  1376 

Job,  88 

Joel,  88 

John  S.,  1376 

Jonathan,  87 

Thomas  W.,  1374 

William,   1372 

William   D.,  88 

Zina,   1373 


I 


Inealls  Ancestry,  913 

Edmund,  913 

Phineas,  915 

Phineas  H.,  M.  D.,qi5 
Ingraham  .Ancestry,  667, 
1291 

Darius  H  ,  1292 

Edward.  667.  668,   1291 

Ferdinand,  66g 

Joseph  H.,  129: 

William  C.  S.,  669 

William   M..   1292 


Irish  Ancestry,  2135 
Fred  D.,  2138 
James,  2135,   2136 
Thaddeus  P.,  2137 

J 

Jacobs  Ancestry,  823 

George,  823 

George,  824 

George,  Lieut.,  824 

Harrison  L.,  824 

Theodore,  824 
Jameson  Ancestry,  994 

Martin,  994 

William,  994 
Jenks  Ancestry,  360 

Eleazer  A.,  361 

John,  Capt.,  361 

Joseph,   360 

William  R.,  361 
Jennings  Ancestry,  140 

Edward   L.,    147 

Edward    M.,    l'48 

John,   140 

Julius   C,   150 

Laura,    149 

Lovias,  149 

Octavius  L.,  150 

Perez   S.,   Dr..   149 

Ralph   W.,    148 

Samuel,   145 

Samuel  M.,  145 

Scth   W.,    149 

Williston,    146 
Jewell  Ancestry,  1846 

.Mbcrt,   1847 

Enos.    1847 

Ralph  A..  1848 

Rufus  M.,  1847 

Thomas,   1847 
Jewett  Ancestry,  1794 

Charles,  Dr.,  1795 

Henri.  1794 
Jonathan,    1795 
Maximilian.   1795 
Johnson    Ancestry,    1465, 
1468.    2188 
Anson.   1469 
Benjamin.   2188 
Charles  E.,   1470 
Charles  F..  Hon.,  2i8g 
Edward,  Capt.,  1468 
Elbridse,  1467 
Fmnklin  W.,  2033 
Horatio  H.,  1469 
Isaac,  Capt.,   1466 
Jacob.    21S8 
John.    1465 
John,  Maj.,  1466 
Samuel  W.,  1467 
William  F.,  2188 
Johnston    .\ncestry,   2065 
David.   2066 
John.  2065 
Thomas.   2065 
Jones      .\nccstry,      1298, 
1302.  2001 
Eben  M.,  2170 
Ebenezer,  2169 
Eliphalet,   1298.  1299 


XVlll 


INDEX 


Jones  Family 

Henry  M.,  2001 

Hiram  T.,  1302 

Lelaiid  W.,  2170 

Levi,   2001 

Nathaniel      M..      1302, 
•       1303 

Otis  N.,  1299 

Ralph,  1298 

William  F.,  1299 
Jordan      Ancestry,      1 16, 
118,     120,     123,     125, 
126,   1223,   1385 

Archer,   120 

Benjamin  C,  117 

David,    117 

Dominicus.   120 

Forrest   E.,   125 

Frank  H,,  Dr.,  126 

George  I.,  126 

Herbert  R.,  124 

Horace  M.,  122 

Ichabod,   1386 

Ichabod,  Capt.,  1226 

James  C,  1227 

James  C,  Capt.,   1227 

Jedediah,  116 

Jeremiah,    116 

Joseph,    126 

Joshua,  Capt.,  120 

Lyman  G.,  117 

Nathaniel,    125 

Nathaniel,   Lt.-Col.,  121 

Robert,  Rev.,  1223 

Rishworth,    124 

Rishworth,  Judge,  1385 

Rishworth.    Maj.,    1386 

Samuel,   121 

*S  a  m  u  c  1,  Capt.,   123, 
1225 

Tristram.  Col.,  123. 
1226 

Wentworth,   125 

William,  119 

William,  121 
Joscelyn    Ancestry,    2006 

Daniel  J.  P.,  2006 

David,  2006 

Robert  N.,  2006 

William  J.,  2006 
Jose   Ancestry.  2237 

Alexander,  2237 

Christopher,  2237 

Horatio  N.,  2237 

John,   2237 

Harriet       N.       (Cam- 
mett),  2237 
Josselyn   Ancestry,  379 

Alden,  381 

Everett  R.,  383 

Harrison  C,  383 

Henry.  380 

Theodore  A.,  382 

Thomas,   379 

William  H.,  381 

K 

Keating  Ancestry.  1097 
Francis  R..   156 
John    B.,    1098 
Richard,  Capt  ,  1097 


Keeler,  Jeremiah,  2216 

Timothy,  2216 
Kelley  Ancestry,  930 

Francis,  930 

John  R.,  Capt.,  930 

William,    930 
Kelly  Ancestry,  932 

Abel   H.,  933 

John,  932,  933 

Melville   il.,  933 

Phineas    1 .,  933 

Richard,   Capt.,  933 
Kendall    Ancestry,    1281, 
1284 

Clarence    F.,   Dr.,    1286 

Heman,   1285 

John,   1282 

Lucius  n.,  1286 

Nathan,   1285 

Nathan  N.,   1284 

Nathan  O.,   1285 

Robert   R.,  Capt.,   1283 

Samuel,  1284 

Thomas,    1282 

William  C,  1284 

William  P.,  1283 

William  R.,   1283 
Kenscll,       De.xter      W., 
2014 

Mehitable  G.,  2015 
Keyes  Ancestry,  570 

Francis,  572 

Jonathan,   571 

Jonathan,  Dea.,  571 

Robert,  570 

Thomas,  Dea.,  570 
Kilborn  Ancestry,  1629 

Charles  H.,  1633 

John,  Capt.,   1630 

Samuel  F.,  1633 

Thomas,   1630 

William.   Capt.,   1631 

William  T.,  1632 
Kilby  Ancestry,  n6o 

Benjamin  F.,  Ii6l 

Charles  H.,   1161 

John,   1 160 
Kimball  Ancestry,  65,  67 

Ebenezer  P.,  68 

Irving  E.,  68 

Ivory   G.,  66 

Jesse,    Rev..   68 

Mary  E.   (Shaw),  1696 

Richard,  65,  67 

Robert   M..  68 

Wilbraham,   66 
Kincaid  .Xncestry,  2009 

John.  2009 

Robert  J.,  2010 

Thomas,  2010 
King      Ancestry,       1198. 
1687,   i6go 

David.    iiqS 

Horatio,   1688 

Horatio    C,    1689 

John,    1 198 

Joseph,   1690 

Joseph  M.,  Dr.,  1690 

Philip.   1687 

Samuel,  1688.   1690 
Kinsman  Ancestry,   i6g 

John,   169 


Kinsman  Family 

John  D.,   170 

Nathan,   170 

Oliver  D.,  171 

Robert,  169 

Robert,    Quar'm'r,    169 

Stephen,   Sergt.,    170 
Knight     Ancestry,     1 177, 
1539.  1563 

Austin  D.,  1540 

Charles  S.,  M.  D.,  673 

Frank  A.,  1178 

George,  Capt.,  1563 

George  H.,   1564 

James,  11 78 

John,   1177,   1539 

Nathan,   1540 

Storer  S.,  672 

Walter,    1563 
Knox  Ancestry,  1272 

Ira  S.,   1272 

John,   1272 

L.  L.,  Rev.,  759 

Thomas,  1272 


Lane  Ancestry,  185 1 

Joshua,  Dea.,   185 1 

Samuel,   1852 

William,   1851 

William,  Dea.,   1851 
Lang,  Charles,  1006 

Charles  A.,  IQ07 

Charles  E.,  1006 
Larrabee  Ancestry,   1437, 
1439,  2207 

Benjamin,   1437 

Charles   F.,  2208 

Daniel,   1439 

George   H.   P.,  1438 

James  M.,  1439 

John,   1439 

Jordan    L.,    1438 

Robert,  2207 

Samuel  W.,  Dea.,  2207 

Seth  L.,   1438 

Stephen,    1437 

Stephen,   2207 

Thomas.    1437 
Lary   .Ancestry,  2133 

Arthur  H.,  2134 

Jonas  G.,  2134 

Joseph,  2134 
Laughlin    .Ancestry,    1217 

Alice  H.,   1218 

Thomas,  1217 

Thomas    S.,    1217 
Lawrence    .Ancestry.   1029 

David,   Capt.,   1030 

Edward  J.,  1030 

James.    1030 

Robert,    1020 
Lawrence   Library.  856 
Lawry  Ancestry,  2129 

Charles  A.,  2130 

Otis  W.,  2129 
Leavitt     Ancestry,     iioi. 
1 103,   1 104 

Aaron  R..  1104 

Abraham.    1104 

A.  Judson,  1 103 


Leavitt  Family 

Francis  W.,  1104 

Fred   L„   1103 

Ichabod,   1103 

Isaac,  1103 

Jacob,    1 102 

John,   IIOI 

John,  Sir,  iioi 

Leonard,   1103 

Lewis,  1 103 
Ledyard    Ancestry,    1 168 

Harriet  C,   1170 

James  C,  1170 

John,    1 169 

William  P.,  1 170 
Leighlon  Ancestry,  2056, 
2057.  2059 

Adam,  659 

Adam,  2057 

Adam  P.,  Hon.,  659 

Alfred,  2059 

Charles  M.,  Dr.,  2057 

Jacob,  2058 

Jonathan,   2059 

Lincoln  H.,  2060 

Llewellyn  M.,  2059 

Mark,  2060 

Marshall  O.,  2059 

Thomas,  2058 

Warren.   2060 

Wilbur  F,,  2057 
Lemont  Ancestry,  550 

Alfred,  551 

John.  551 

John,  Capt.,  551 

John,  Col.,  551 
Leonard  .Ancestry,  1074 

E.   Randall,   1075 

Thoinas,   1074 

Thomas  E.,  1074 

William,  1074 
Lewis      Ancestry,      1062, 

1541 
Abijah,  1542 
C.  J.,   1542 
Francis   D.,    1542 
George.    1063 
George,    Maj.,    1063, 

1064 
George,  Rev.,  1064 
James,  Lt ,   1063 
John,  1541 
Lothrop,  1064 
Libby  Ancestry,  307,  310, 

312,  313,  2010 
Abner.  308 
Andrew,  314 
Andrew,  Lieut.,  311 
.Arthur,    1081 
Augustus   F.,   309 
Charles  F.,  309 
Daniel,    2010 
David,   313 
Elias,   Rev.,  308 
Ellen  H.,  313 
George,  314 
George  W.,  312 
Harriet   A..  313 
Harrison  J..  312 
James  B.,  309 
John.   307 
John,  1079 


INDEX 


XIX 


l,il)l)y    Family 

John,  Capt.,  308 

Joseph,  2010 

Joshua,   Capt.,  31 1 

Joshua,   Dca.,  311 

Joshua  C.  312 

Matthew,  310 

Rufus,  314 

Simon.  314 

Stephen,   2010 

Steplien,  Capt.,  315 

Washington,   31 1 

William,   1081 
Lincoln     Ancestry,     39Q, 

403 

Anna   M.,  403 

Artluir    I'.,   Dr.,  403 

Benjamin,  Dea.,  399 

Benjamin,  Hon.,  399 

Benjamin.     Maj.-Gen., 
400 

Frederick  D.,  406 

John   K.,  406 

Justus,  405 

Theodore,  401 

Thomas,   399,   402,  404 
Linn  Ancestry,  1997 

Archibald,   1998 

Thomas  A.,  1998 
Linscott  .Ancestry,  965 

Jacob,   966 

John   J.,  967 

Joseph.  965 

Joseph  A.,  966 
Lithgow     Library     (Au- 
gusta). 856 
Lithgow,    Llewellyn    W., 

§57 
Little  Ancestry,  451,  458, 

459,    460,     461,     462, 

1966 
Adderson    C.    1967 
Albion,   463 
Albion  II.,  463 
Daniel.  Dea.,  462 
Edward,   456 
Edward  A.,  458 
Edward   T.,  458 
Frank   H.,  459 
George,  452 
George  T.,  458 
George   W.,  461 
Hall  J..  459 
Henry,    1966 
Horace  C,  457 
Jacob  R.,  457 
James,   1966 
John   L.,  Capt.,  460 
Joseph.   Capt.,  462 
Joshua.   Capt.,  463 
Josiah.   455 
Josiah.  456 
Josiah  S.,  461 
Leslie  E.,  1967 
Michael,  461 
Moses,  453 
Paul.  460 
Samuel,  463 
Stephen,  459 
Timothy,  M.  D.,  460 
William,  1966 


LittU-field    .'Vncestry,    lOI. 
104,   105,   106 

Arthur   S.,    107 

Charles  R.,  102 

Charles  W.,  103 

Christopher,  102 

Daniel  L.,   106 

Edmund,    loi 
■  Eliab,   105 

Frank  H.,   105 

Francis   Jr.,    Ens.,    105 

Gilnian  P.,  Hon.,  106 

Harry  G.,   105 

John,   Capt.,   104 

Josiah,    106 

Samuel   B.,   102 

Theodore,   107 

William   H.,   107 
Littlehalc  Ancestry,  2015 

Isaac,  2015 

Jacob  B.,  2015 

Leslie  N.,  2015 
Lobdell  Ancestry,  152 

Isaac,   153 

Isaac.  Capt.,  153 

Nicholas,   152 

Simon,   152 
Locke  Ancestry,   1672 

Ebenezer,    1673 

John,  Capt.,  1672 

John   M.,   1673 

Nathaniel,    Capt.,    1673 

Stcplicn  B.,  1674 
Lombard  Ancestry,   2076 

Calvin,  2077 

James,  2077 

Loring  S..  Dr.,  2077 

Richard,  Col,  2077 

Solomon,  Rev.,  2077 

Thomas,   2076 
Longfellow     Ancestry, 
238 

Alexander  W.,  242 

Henry  W.,  240 

Stephen,  Hon.,  240 

Stephen,  Lieut.,  239 

William,  Ens.,  238 
Longley,  Eli,  1445 
Lord  Ancestry,  501,  506, 
507,    1911,  2258 

Benjamin,  Capt.,  507 

Edward  T.  S.,  2259 

Elbridge  G.,  504 

Ephraim  H.,  502 

George  W.,   Capt.,  507 

Hartley,  505 

Ivory  F.,  507 

James,   1912 

John,    1911 

John  F.,  807 

Joseph.   1912 

Lyman.   504 

Nathan,  501,  807 

Robert,  506 

Robert  W.,  505 

Samuel  L.,  502 

Sylvester,  507 

Thomas.  2258 

♦Thomas  B.,  2258 

Tobias,  Capt.,  504 

Tobias.   Lieut.,   504 

William.  505 


lj)rd    l^'amily 

William   G.,   2258 
Loring  Ancestry,   1464 

John,    1464 

Lot,    1465 

Nicholas,  Rev.,   1464 

Thomas,    1465 

Thomas,  Dea.,  1464 
Lothrop     .'\ncestry,     374, 

377 

Daniel,   Col.,  375 

Daniel  W.,  376 

George,  377 

Harry  W.,  377 
-    Mark,  375 

Solomon  L.,  377 

Sullivan,  376 

William   H.,  377 
Loud.  Adeline  B.,  1843 
Low  Ancestry,  1505,  1507 

Frank   M.,   1507 

Jeremiah,   1506 

Jerry    A.,    1507 

John  W.,  1507 

Thomas,    1505 

Thomas,   1506 
Lowe  Ancestry,   1508 

David,   1508 

Perley,   1508 

Robert,   1508 

William  G.,  1508 
Lowell      Ancestry,      205. 
257.    1434 

Abner,    1435 

Gideon,   Capt.,  205 

Gideon,  Capt.,  1434 

James.   258 

James,    1435 

James,   Hon.,  205 

John,    1435 

Joseph,  257 

Mark,  Hon..  205 

Percival,  205,  257 

Richard,  1434 
Ludwig  .\ncestry,  2220 

George,  2220 

Godfrey,  2220 

Joseph,  2220 

Roscoe   F.,  2221 
Luques  Ancestry,   1108 

Anthony,  Dr.,  1 108 

Edward  C,  1109 

Samuel    W.,    1109 
Lyford     .Ancestry,     1476, 

1479 
Biley,    1479 
Dudley,    1477 
Earle  H.,   1480 
Francis,    1476 
Franklin     O..     M.     D., 

1479 
John    F.,    1479 
Oliver  S.,  1478 
Stephen,    1477 
Will  H.,  1478 

M 

MacDonald  or  McDonald 
Ancestry,  744 
George,   744 
Horace  E.,  Col.,  745 


MacDonald   Family 

John,   744 

Lucius  F.,  745 
McAllister    Ancestry, 
2231 

Charles  L.,  2231 

Ella   F.,  2232 

Henry  F.,  2232 

Margaret   B.,   2232 

Stephen,  2231 

William   H.,  2232 
McCully,  Charles  G.,  1 174 
McCurdy   Ancestry,  664 

Charles  L.,  664 

Harding  G.,  664 

Thomas,    1 196 
McDonald  Ancestry,  753 

George,  754 

George  A.,  Capt.,  754 

Herbert   R.,   754 
McFarland,    Elijah,   1518 

Josiah.   1517 
McKean-McKeen   Ances- 
try,   174 

Ephraim.    181 

James,    179 

James,   175 

James,    Justice,    176 

James   F.   182 

Joseph,  177 

Joseph.    182 

Julia   G.,    183 

.Samuel.  Dea..  181 

William,  175 
McKinney,     Ale.xan  d  e  r, 
1082 

John.    1081 

Luther  F.,  1081 
McLaughlin,   John,   1791 
McNelly   Ancestry,  448 

Michael.  449 

William.  449 
McQuillan  .Ancestry,  33 

George  F.,  33 

Hugh   McL.,   Rev.,  33 

John,  33 

Rufus   H.,  33 
Macomber    Ancestry, 
1114 

George   E.,   1115 

George  W.,   11 15 

John,    1114 
Maddncks   .\ncestry,  1951 

Abbie  F.,  1952 

*-'Vurelia  F..  1195,  1952 

Charles.   1952 

Henry,  1952 

John.    1952 

Palgrave.    1952 

Samuel.   1951 

William  E..   1952 
Manley  .Ancestry.   H07 

James   S..    1108 

Joseph  H.,   1108 

Samuel  C.   1108 

William.    1 107 
Mann    .\ncestry,    1980 

Roland   W.,    1983 

Peter,   1981 

William.    1981 

William.    1982 

William   E.,    1982 


XX 


INDEX 


Manning  Ance^t^.v,   1801 
Charles  C,  1806 
Charles  R,  1805 
Ellen   C,  1806 
Franklin,   1805 
James,   1803 
Samuel,   1802 
William,   1801 
William,  1804 
Marden   Anccslry,   1903 
Benjamin,   1905 
James,    1903 
Oscar  A.,  Judge,  1906 
Stephen,    Dea.,    1904 
Stephen  P.,  1906 
Marsh     Ancestry,     2027, 
2204 
George  A.,  2205 
George  E.,  2205 
Joel,  Col..  2205 
John,  2204 
Joseph,   Capt.,  2205 
Martin   \'an  B.,  2028 
Ralph   H.,  Dr.,  2028 
Stephen  D.,  2027 
Welcome,  2205 
Marshall    Ancestry,   795 
Benjamin,  795 
Edward  S.,  796 
Frank  D.,  796 
John,   795 
Jonathan,   236 
Nathaniel  G..  795 
Marson    Ancestry,   973 

Arber,  973 
Marston    Ancestry,    757, 
805 

Daniel,   757 

Daniel.   Capt.,   1152 
Daniel   C,  807 

Mariam  L.,  807 

Samuel,  Ens..  806 

Samuel,  Capt.,  806 

Simon.  Capt.,  758 

Theodore.   Col.,    1152 

William,  Capt..  757 

William  Sr.,  805 

William    S.,   807 
Martin    Ancestry.    2229 

Dudley  S.,  2230 

George  D..  2230 

Richard,  2229 

Robert,  2229 
Mason  Ancestry,  107,  588 

Amos,  107 

Ayres,  1371 

Charles.   1371 

Ebenczer.  482 

Ebenezer,  Dr..  589 

George   L..   124 

Griffith,  2228 

Helen   A..   125 

Hugh.   Capt..   588 

Jeremiah  M.,  Hon  ,  107 

Jonas,  589 

Moses,   1 37 1 

William  W.,  109 

Zelotes.    589 

Mathias.   David.  2228 

Philip.    2228 
Matthews  .^ncest^y.  1610 

Alfred,  1611 


Matthews  Family 

Elbridge,   Capt.,    1612 

Francis,   1610 

Fred  V.,   1612 

John,  Capt.,  161 1 
Maxcy  Ancestry,  1696 

Alexander,    1696 

Benjamin,   Lieut.,   1696 

Estelle  A.,  1697 

Frederick  E..  1697 

Ira.  Capt.,   1696 
Maxfield   Ancestry,  604 

Abbie   C,  605 

Dudley,  605 

Wcntworth,  605  I 

Maxwell  Ancestry,  627 

James,  Capt.,  628 

Ruth  A.,  629 

Thomas  C,  629 

William,  628 
Maybury   Ancestry,    1073 

Nathaniel,  1074 

Richard.    Capt.,    1073 

William.  1073 

William  J.,  M.  D..  1074 
Mayhew    Ancestry,   991 

Experience,   992 

Nathan,  993 

Vinal,  994 

William,    991 

William,  993 

Zachariah,    992 
Maynard    Ancestry,   306 

John.   306 

William.   306 
Mavo    .Ancestry,    1779 

Edward  P.,  1781 

John,  Rev.,   1779 

Leonard,  1780 

Samuel,    Rev.,    1780 
Medina,  Annabelle  F., 

2233 

John.   2233 
Megquier  Ancestry,  624 

Adelaide   H..  625 

Arthur  S.,  624 

John.  624 

Thomas   L..   624 
Melcher  Ancestry,  464 

Edward.  464 

Hoi  man   S.,  Maj.,  464 
Merriam    Ancestry,    186, 
192 

Henry    C,    Maj  .-Gen., 
188 

John,  Dea.,   187 

Joseph,   186 

Lewis,   188 

Lewis,  Maj.,  Jr.,  192 

William.    187 
Merrifield  Ancestry,  1799 

George  A.   L.,   1799 

Jacob.    1799 

Nathaniel,   1799 

i^imcon,   1799 
Merrill     Ancestrv,     1408, 
i8=;2.   i8s4.  iS'^5.  iSi^e, 
1858.  1859.  1861,  i86^ 

Abel.  1856 

Amos.    1859 

Asa.  1858 

Benjamin.    1861 


Merrill  Family 

Benjamin  W.,  1859 

Charles  B.,  Col.,  1863 

Charles   E„   1864 

Daniel,   1859 

Dainel,    Sergt.,    1408 

Daniel,  Sergt.,  1855 

Edward,  1857 

Edward  B.,  1857 

Edward  R..   1862 

Edwin  S.,  1855 

Elmer  D.,   Dr.,   1858 

Ezekiel,   1853 

George   P.,    i860 

Henry  F.,   1863 

Horace   P.,    1854 

Irvmg  L.,   Hon.,   1859 

Isniah,    185!; 

Ithamar  B.,  1858 

John,    1859 

John.    1863 

John,  Dea.,  1854 

John,  Dea..  l8ss 

John  F.  A..  1864 

John  H.,   1856 

Lucius,   i860 

Lucius  H.,  1861 

Major,    1864 

Moses,   1854 

Moses,  i860 

Nathaniel,   1852 

Nathaniel,   1861 

Paul,   Col.,   1409 

Roger.    1856 

Samuel.  1853 

Samuel    F..    1853 

Stephen  S.,  1864 

Thomas,    1409 

Thomas,    1858 

Thomas,    1863 
M  e  r  r  i  m  a  n     Ancestrv, 
2078.  2281 

Eli,  2078 

James.   2281 

James  D.,  2078 

John  A..  2282 

Robert,   2078 

Walter,  2078 
Meserve  Ancestry,   1236 

Albion  K.  P.,  Dr.,  1237 

Benjamin,  Capt.,  1237 

Clement.    1236 

Mary  M..  1238 
Meuli,  Addie  L.  1872 

Martin.    1872 
Mildon   Ancestry,   1354 

Thomas.    1355 

William  S..  Hon.,  1355 

Miller.  Caleb  D.,  169 

Charles.  Rev.,   168 

Charles  A.,  168 
Milliken     Ancestr>',    599, 
601.  603,  2243 

Allison,  603 

Asa.   600 

Benjamin.  601 

Benjamin,  2243 

Daniel.  604 

Edward.  6oi 

Harris  J.,  604 

Howard   A.,  603 

Hugh,  599 


Milliken  Family 

James,  604 

James  A..  602 

John,  599 

John.  2243 

Jonathan,  603 

Josiah,   2243 

Nathaniel,  Dea.,  600 

Seth   M.,   2244 

Silas  W.,  600 

William  R..  602 
Miner  Ancestry,   1:87 

Clement.    1 187 

Henry.    1187 

Nathan,    1188 

Silvanus.    1188 

Walter   N..   Dr.,   1 188 

William,   1 188 
Mitchell    Ancestry,    1069,. 
1071 

Charles,  1072 

Christopher,   1072 

Experience,    1 069 

Henry  L.,   1071 

Horace,  Hon.,   1072 

John,  995 

Reuben,    1072 

Solomon  S.,  1070 
M'offitt   Ancestry,  2016 

Caleb,    2017 

Caleb  G.,  2017 

Julia  E..  2017 
Mooers,  Mary  E.,  1792 

Reuben,  Capt.,  1792 
Moor  Ancestry,  1064 

Daniel,   1065 

Daniel,  Capt.,   1065 

James.  Dea..  1065 

William.    1066 
Moore      Ancestry,      467, 
2089.  2090.  2092,  209s, 
2116.  2168 

Charles.  2095 

Edward,  2092 

Edward  B.,  Hon.,  468 

Frank  L,  2095 

Henry.  2169 

Hiram.    2090 

Ira,  2ogi 

Ira  H.,  2092 

John.  20S9,  2091,  21 16, 
2117 

John.  Dea..  2168 

John  F.,  2092 

Luther,   2090 

Luther  R.,  2118 

Luther  S.,  21 17 

William.      467,      2091, 

2095 

William  E.,  2092 
Morey,  Frank  A.,  2034 
Morgan     Ancestrv,     725, 
748 

Appleton.    725 

Charles.  726 

Eustis'P..  727 

John.  748 

Manley  R.,  749 

Richard,  726 

Samuel,  748 


INDEX 


XXI 


Morrill   Ancestry,    1985 

Abraham,    1985 

John,  1986 

John,   Capt,,   1985 

Moses,    1986 

Moses,  Rev.,  1985 
Morris,  Myra   F.,   1351 
Morrison   Ancestry,   1279 

Daniel,  1279 

David,   1280 

James,  Capt.,  1280 

James,  Hon.,  1281 
Morse  Ancestry,  647,868, 
2085 

Anthony,  647 

Anthony,  Ens.,  871 

Anthony,   Lieut.,  871 

Benjamin     W.,     Capt., 
648 

Charles  \V.,  672 

James,  672 

James  S.,  869 

John.  Ens.,  869 

John  Jr.,  871 

Joseph,  868 

Reuben,  2085 

Samuel  A.,  2266 

Thomas  £.,  872 

Thomas,  Rev.,  2085 

Walter  G.,  870 

William  M.,  86g 

Wyman,  648 

Zenas  W.,  870 
Morton     Ancestry,      151, 
1044,   1115 

Bryant,  Capt.,  iu6 

Charles  A.,  1048 

Ebenezer,   Capt.,    151 

Edmund,  Capt.,  1047 

Ephraim,  Hon.,  1046 

George,  1045 

Isaac,  Capt.,  1047 

John,   Hon.,   151 

John,  1 1 16 

Seth,   151 

Seth  C,   1117 

William.  1048 

William  W.,  1116 
Moses   Ancestry,  631 

Abram,   633 

Charles   M.,   633 

Cyrus,  632 

John,   Sergt.,  631 
Mosher    Ancestry,   911 

Guy   L.,  913 

Hugh,  911 

Nathan   W.,  913 

Samuel  P.,  913 
Moulton     Ancestry,    4TO, 
413,  415,  417, '1292 

Abel,  Capt.,  416 

Allen  C.  417 

Augustus   F.,  412 

Charles  G..  417 

Daniel,    1292 

Daniel,   Capt.,   411 

Freedom,  412 

George,   416 

George  D..  417 

Jeremiah.    415 

Jeremiah,   Capt..  415 

Jeremiah,  Col.,  413 


Moulton  Family 

Joshua,   Capt.,  411 

Jotham,   Brigadier,  414 

Jotham,  Dr.,  415 

Moses   S.,  415 

Silas  M.,  415 

Thomas,    413 

William,  410 

William,    1293 

William   G.,  416 
Mudgctt  Ancestry,  937 

David  H.,  939 

Simeon,  Dr.,  938 

Thomas,   937 
Mulliken,  Charles  H., 

2233 

John,    2233 
Munroe    Ancestry,   2221 

Alexander,   2221 

David,   2221 

James,   2221 
Munson  Ancestry,  2276 

Daniel  G.,  2276 

Edwin  L.,  2276 

Richard,   Capt.,  2276 
Murchie   .'\ncestry,   1233 

Andrew,   1233 

James,   1233 

William  A.,  1234 
Murray    .Ancestry,  824 

Edmund   G.,  825 

Hiram.  824 

Horace.  824 

N 

Nash   Ancestry,   565,  607 

.Mbert  M.,  609 

Daniel   F.,   566 

Daniel    W.,   566 

Elijah,  565 

Francis,  607 

Stillman   W.,  609 

Uriah,  608 
Neal  Ancestry,  212 

John,  2T2 

Joseph,  212 

Joseph.  213 
Nelson  Ancestry,  664 

Gustaf,  664 

Lars.  664 

Otto,  664 
Nesmith   Ancestry,  944 

Benjamin,  944 

James.  944 

James,  Dea..  944 
Newell   Ancestry,   1131 

Charles  C,   1134 

Charles  D.,   1134 

David,   Rev.,    1 132 

Ebenezer,   1132 

William   B.,   1133 

William  H.,  Hon.,  1133 
Newhall   Ancestry.   1164 

George  H.,   1 166 

Henry   C,   1166 

Joseph.  Ens..   1165 

Louise  E.,  1 166 

Samuel.  1165 

Thomas,  1164 

Thomas,  Ens.,  1165 


Nichols   .\ncestry,   1843 

Lemuel,    1844 

Martha  A.,   1844 

Richard,   1843 

Samuel,  Capt.,  1844 
Nickerson   .Ancestry,  2001 

Josiah,  2002 

Peter  S.,  2002 

Shubael,  2001 

Shubacl,  2002 
Norwood  Ancestry,  1956, 
2177 

Francis,   1956 

Henry  D.,  1956 

John  E.,   I9S7 

Joseph  R.,  Rev.,  2178 
Noyes     Ancestry,     2048, 
2050,  2052 

Albert,  2049 

Crosby  S.,  2050 

Edward  A.,  2053 

Elizabeth  S.,  2051 

Frank  B.,  2052 

Frank  C,  2049 

Jacob,  2052 

John,   2049 

John,   2050 

John  v..  2054 

Joseph,  2052 

Joseph   C,  2052 

Nicholas,  2050 

Nicholas,  Dea.,  2048 

Peter,  2054 

Theodore  W.,  2051 

Thomas  C,  2052 

Willard  A.,  2054 

William,   Rev.,  2048 
Nudd   Ancestry,    1838 

Charles  H.,  1838 

Joseph  W..   1838 

Levi  C,  1838 
Nutt  Ancestry,  922 

Frederick  E.,  923 

James.  922 

Noel  B.,  922 
Nye  Ancestry,   1706 

Benjamin,    1706 

Elisha,  Capt.,  1706 

Elizabeth  A..   1708 

George  H.,  Gen.,  1707 

O 

Oakes     Ancestry,     1664, 
2201 

Abel,    166s 

Henry  W.,  220a 

*John,  2202 

Jonathan,    Capt.,    1664 

Nathaniel,   1664 

Silvester,  2202 

Thomas,  2201 

William,  Col..  1665 
Oliver  Ancestry,  1358 

John,  1359 

Wilbur  C,  1359 
Osgood   Ancestry,    1710 

Charles   H.,   1711 

Henry  A.,   171 1 

John,    1710 

Safford.    171 1 


Otis   Ancestry,    1043 

James,   1043 

Samuel,   1043 

William  .\L,  Capt.,  1043 
Overend  Ancestry,  1646 

Benjamin,    1647 

George  W.,  1647 

Jonas,  1646 


Packard     Ancestry,    684, 
687,  2036 

Alphcus  S.,  2036 

Charles,  688 

Charles  W.,  688 

Eliphalet  F.,  686 

Frank  H.,  687 

Henry  M.,  686 

Robert  L.,  2036 

Samuel,  685 

Solomon,    687 
Page  Ancestry,  1109,  II 13 

Edward  P.,  Hon.,  nil 

Francis,    Dea.,    mo 

George  N.,   11  n 

Hannah  R.,  iiii 

Horatio  N.,  iiii 

John,   II 13 

John,  1 1 14 

Lizzie  M.,   11 12 

Melvin,  11 14 

Prince   C.   Dr.,   1114 

Robert,  1109 

Samuel.   Lieut.,    mo 

Thomas.    Col,    1113 
Paine  Ancestry,  74,   1418 

Albert  W.,  77 

Charles  A.,  2238 

Frederick,  77 

Hezekiah,   1420 

Jedediah,   1420 

Jenny  N..  997,  2238 

Jonathan.   1420 

Lemuel,  77 

Thomas.  1418  ; 

Thomas,  Sir,  74 

William,    75 
Palmer  Ancestry,  962 

Dwight   P.,  962 

Joseph,    962 

Lemuel  R.,  962 
Parcher   .Ancestry,    1845 

Elias,   1845 

George.    1843 

Summer  C.  1845 
Parker   Ancestry,   946, 
1179 

Edward  F.,  948 

Edwin   C,    1 181 

Isaac,  Lieut.,  946 

James,  Capt.,  946 

Jonathan     D.,     Judge, 
1 180 

Joseph,  1 1 79 

Nehemiah,    047 

Olivia  J..   1 181 

Peter.  Capt..   1180 

Thomas.   Dea..  947 
Parsons    .Ancestry,    1833 

John.  1833 

Kendall,   1833 


xxu 


INDEX 


Parsons  Family 
Levi,  1833 
Willis  E.,  1834 
Patten    Ancestry,    214. 
1012 
Clara  A.  K.,  1016 
Emma  M.,  1015 
Frederic   H.,   lOiS 
Gilbert     E.    R.,     Capt., 

1015 
Hector,   1013 
James,  214 
James  F.,   1015 
John,  Capt.,   1013 
John  O.,  1016 
Johnson,   214 
Richard.  1012 
Robert,  214  , 

Patterson    Ancestry,   903 
989 
Abraham,  14SO 
Frank  N.,  99° 
George  W,  99° 
Nathaniel,  Judge,  03 
Robert,  963 
Robert,  989 
Paul  Ancestry,  648 
Daniel,  649 
Ether   S.,  651 
Howard,  650 
Josiah,  650 
Mark  W.,  650 
Samuel  M.,  652 
•Stephen,  650 
Walter  E..  652 
William,  651 
William   A.,  652 
Payne   Ancestry,  2044 
Frederick   G..  204S 
George  W.,  2045 
John,   2044 
Peaks  Ancestry,  74S.  747 
Alfred  R..  747 
Francis  C,  748 
Henry  W.,  747 
Joseph  B.,  747 
Thomas  J.,  747 
William,   746 
W'illiam   G.,   746 
William  M.,  746 
Pearson     Ancestry,     40°, 
2000 
Benjamin,   2001 
Benjamin,  Capt.,  2000 
John,  2000 
John,  Dea.,  468 
Nelson  R.,  47° 
Thomas.  469 
Woodbridge,  469 
Pease    Ancestry,    1380, 
1824 
Albion  P.,  Maj.,  1825 
Harry  H..   1388 
John.  1824 
Nathaniel.  1825 
Robert.   i.-?86 
Usher  P..  182s 
William.    1.387 
William  H..  Rev.,  1388 
Zebulon.   Maj.,   1824 
Peaslee  Ancestry,  TI18 
Clarence  A.,  it 20 


Peaslee  Family 
John  T.,   11^0 
Joseph,   1 1 19 
Peirce    Ancestry.   2184 
Alexander  C,  2185 
Benjamin,  2184 
David,  2185 
John,  2185 

William  H.,  Hon.,  2i»5 
Pendleton     Ancestry, 
1957,  2-45 
Brian.   1957 
Caleb,   2245 
Fields  C.  2245 
Fields  S.,  2246 
Frank  I.,  Capt.,  i959 
Greene,  Capt.,   I9S9 
Irving  E.,  i960 
James,  Capt.,   1958 
James  H.,  I9S9 
Joseph,  Ens.,  1958 
Mark,  2245 
Oliver,   962 
Peleg.  Capt.,  1959 
William,  962 
William,  Col.,  1959 
Penley    .\ncestry,    1790 
Albert   M.,   1797 
John,  Capt.,  1797 
Joseph.  1797 
Pennell   ,\ncc5try,  095 
Clement.  697 
Henry  B.,  697 
Jeremiah,   699 
John  P..  697 
Philip.   69s 
Richard   C.  698 
Robert.  696 
♦Walter  J.,  699 
William   D.,  698 
William   M.,  696 
Penniol     (Pennell)     An- 
cestry,. 2009 
Albert,  2009 
Philip,  2009 
Percy   .\ncestry.   55^ 
Francis,  554 
Galfred,  553 
Gilmore,    554 
Richard,   553 
Samuel  R..  554 
Perham   Ancestry,   1319 
Joel.  1321 
John,  1320 

Sidney,  1321  ^ 

Perkins     Ancestry,     SOS' 
513.     S16,     S18,     739. 
1192,    1194.    H96 
Abraham,  516 
Arthur  W.,   Si5 
Charles  H.,  518 
Charles  N..  Prof.,  518 
Clement.    1I93 
David.  Lieut..  511 
David  F.,  512 
David  P.,  5" 
Ephraim,  IJ9S 
•Frederick  C,  515 
George  C,   II93 
George  W.,   1 196 
Gideon,  Rev.,  517 
Isaac   (Isaachc),  S09 


Perkins  Family 
Isaac,   1196 
Jacob,   1194 
Jeremiah,   518 
John,  513 
John,    1192 
John  C,  517 
John  W.,  517 
Joseph,  Capt.,  51S 
•Lewis  W.,  1196 
Nathaniel,  Capt..  5"° 
Robert.  Capt.,  514 
Robert,  Dea.,  515 
Thomas,  739 
Thomas,  740 
Thomas,   Capt.,  739 
Thomas  S.,  740 
William,  Rev.,   1190 
Perlcy  Ancestry,  lOO 
.Mian.   100 
Thomas,   100,   101 
Perry  Ancestry,   i960 
Ephraim,  Capt.,  1961 
John,    i960 
John  J.,  1961 
Orin  F.,  1961 
Peterson   .\ncestry,  2195 
Benjamin,  219S 
John,    2195 
Nehemiah,  2195 
Phair  .\ncestry,  2019 
James,  2019 
James  H..  2020 
Thomas   H.,  2020 
Phelcn  .A-nccstry,  2005 
Richard  W.,  2005 
William.  2005 
Philbrick    Ancestry,    909. 
1428 
James,  909 
James.  Capt..   1+28 
Nathan,   1429 
Samuel,  910 
Samuel   W.,   9" 
Thomas,  1428 
William,  Hon.,  911 
Philbrook    .\ncestry,   318 
Job.  320 
John.  320 
Luther  G..  321 
Thomas.  318 
•Warren  C,  321 
Philbrook-Philbrick    An- 
cestry, 1603 
Daniel.   1603 
Joscs.  ifi03 
Thomas.  1603 
Phinncv   .\ncestry.  858 
Edmund.  Col.,   1614 
Horace  C.  860 
Isaac,  860 
John,  858 
John,  859 
John.    1614 
Joseph,   1615 
Thomas   F..   860 
Pierce     Ancestry,     1932 
2215 
Bcla.   1936 
Charles   H.,    1936 
Charles  S.,  1937 
Daniel,  2215 


Pierce  Family 
George  H.,  2216 
Nehemiah,  1935 
Samuel   .\..  2215 
Thomas,   i933 
Timothy,   1933 
Pike  Ancestry,  754 
Bion   M.,  Hon.,  75° 
Jabez   M.,   755 
Jacob  C,  Hon.,  755 
John,   754 
Moses,  755 
Pineo  Ancestry.  1640 
David.    1641 
Jacques.   1640 
Peter,  1641 
Pingree  Ancestry,   1247 
Harold  A-,   1249 
Hoyt,   1248 
Luther  F.,  1248 
Moses,   1247 
Malcolm  C,   1249 
Pinkham    .\ncestry,  833 
Daniel.  835 
Frank   L.,  836 
Richard,   834 
Stephen  H..  836 
Pirington  Ancestry,  2017 
Prcscott,  2018 
Prescott  M.,  2018 
Pitman  .\ncestry,   1357 
John,  1358 
Woodman  C,   135° 
Pitts   .Ancestry,   154 
Abiel,  155 
John  A.,  155 
Peter,    iS4 
Plaisted  Ancestry.  2270 
Frederick  W.,  2275 
Harris  M.,  2270 
Ralph  P..  2174 
Roper.   Capt..   2270 
Plimpton    .Ancestry,    1908 
.Asa  W.,  1910 
Elias,   1910 
John.  1908 
Warren  O.,  19" 
Plummer    .Ancestry,   693- 

Albert  S..  695 
Edward.  764 
Francis.  693 
Francis.  764 
Henrv.  764 
Walter  E..  764 
William  H.,  694 
Pooler    Ancestry,   985 
George,  985 
Manlev  T.,  986 
Samuel  W..  98S 
Poore   .Ancestry,   181 1 

Benjamin.   1812 

Benjamin,  Capt..   1812 

John.  181 1 

Samuel.   1812 
Pope  Ancestry.  976 

Frederick.  Col,  977 

James  O..  979 

John,  976 

John  A..  979 

Macy  S.,  979 

Warren  F.,  979 


INDIOX 


xxin 


Poort-   Kiimily 

William,  Hon.,  977 
Porter  Ancestry,  1175 

George  M.,   1177 

John.    117s 

Jonatliaii,   Dr.,    1 176 

Jo.>;cpli.   1176 

William,   Dca.,   1176 
Potter  .-Xiicestry,  2208 

Anthony,   2208 

David,  2079 

Edwin  A.,  2209 

John,  Lieut.,  2209 

Sannicl.   2079 

William,  2209 
Powers  Ancestry,  531 

Arba,  534 

Daniel,  532 

Frederick  A.,  535 

Llewellyn,  534 

Peter,    Capt.,   533 

Walter,  531 
Prentice  or  Prentiss  An- 
cestry.  544 

Caleb.   Dea.,   546 

Caleb.,  Rev.,  545 

Henry,    544 

Henry,   Dea.,   545 
Prentiss     Ancestry,    373, 

■893 

Caleb,  Rev.,  1894 

Henry,  373 

Henry,   1893 

Henry,   Dea.,    1893 

Henry   E.,  Hon.,  373 

Henry  E.,   Hon.,   1894 

Henry  M.,  374 

John  W..  :89s 

Marian  H.,  374 

Samuel   R.,   1895 
Prescott   .\ncestry,   1016 

Amos,    1018 

Charles    H.,    1019 

James,  1016 

James,   1017 

James,   Sergt.,    1017 

James  L.,  1018 

Jeremiah,    Col.,    I0l8 
Pressey   Ancestry,  426 

Henry  A.,  427 

Jacob,  427 

John,  426 

Thomas,   427 

Thomas,  841 

Warren  E.,  427 
Price  Ancestry,  2043 

Charles  T.,  2043 

Charles  W.,  2043 

Wallace  N.,  Dr.,  2044 
Prince  Ancestry,   1766 

David,    1768 

Howard  L.,   1769 

John,    1767 

Morris  W..  Rev.,   760 

Paul,  1768 

Paul  C,   1769 
Proctor  Ancestry,  2109 

Jeremiah   G.,  2110 

Joseph,  21 10 

Robert,  2109 

Robert  L.,  21 10 


Pullen  Ancestry,  423 
Stanley    1'.,  424 
Thomas  S.,  423 
Pulsifcr    Ancestry,    1066, 

1069 
Ann   C.    (Moor),    1068 
Augustus  M.,  1068 
Benjamin,    1069 
Fobcs  F.,  1069 
James   B.,   1069 
John,  1066 

Moses  R.,  M.  D.,   1067 
Nathan   G.   H.,  M.   D., 

1067 
Ralph  H.,  M.  D.,  1068 
William     M.,     M.     D., 

1068 
Purinton   Ancestry,  1762, 

1764 
Amos,    1765 
Amos  E.,  1765 
Charles  E.,  1766 
Frank   B..   1766 
George,    1762 
Herbert     H.,     M.     D., 

1764 
Hezekiah,  Dea.,  1764 
Humphrey,   Rev.,  1765 
John,    1-63 
Jonathan,   1766 
Robert,    1764 
Stephen,    1762 
Stephen  L.,  1763 
Putnam  Ancestry,  51,  54, 

57.   1251 
Benjamin,    Capt.,   55 
Benjamin.  Capt.,   1252 
Charles  A.  V.,  56 
Daniel.  Dea.,  58 
Daniel,   Rev.,   57 
George   H.,  60 
George  P.,  58 
George  W.  S.,  53 
Harrington.  56 
Henry,  58 
Herbert,   60 
Israel,   Capt.,  57 
Israel,  Dr.,  57 
Jacob,   1253 
Jeremiah,   Capt.,   53 
Jeremiah   S..  S3 
John,  52 
John,  1251 
John,  Capt.,  52 
Jonathan.   Capt.,   53 
Nathaniel,  54 
Nathaniel,    1251 
Nathaniel,  Dca.,  56 
Nathaniel,   Dea.,    1253 
Rodger,  51 
Samuel,   56 
Stephen,  1253 
Tarrant,  57 
Tarrant,   Capt.,   53 
Tarrant,   Dea.,  57 
William  LeB.,  57 
William  S.,  54 

Q 

•Quimby  .Ancestry,  626 
Herbert   C,  627 


Quiniby   hamily 

Robert,  626 

William,  627 
Quinby   Ancestry,   1099 

•Henry    B.,    1 100 

Henry  C,   lioi 

John,   Capt.,    1 100 

•Moses,  1 100 

Robert,    1099 

Thomas,  iioo 

R 

Rand  .Xncestry,  780 

George  H.,  781 

William,   781 
Randall     Ancestry,     740, 
742,   1 112 

ClitTord   S.,   743 

Elvira  S.,  743 

Ernest  A.,  743 

Isaac,  742 

Isaac,   1 1 12 

Isaac  n..  Dr.,   ma 

James  D.,   1 113 

Jesse  A.,  Dr.,  743 

John   1 1 12 

John   F.,  742 

John  H.,  743 

Noah  Jr.,  741 

Richard,  740 
Rankin  Ancestry,   1 161 

James,  389 

Moses,   1 162 

Robert,    1162 

Thomas   T.,    1162 
Rawson   Ancestry,  304 

Ebenezer,   305 

Ebenezer,   1897 

Edward,  304 

Edward,   1895 

James  F.,  305 

Samuel,  Capt.,  305 

Samuel,   Capt.,  1897 
Raymond   Ancestry,  829 

King   S.,   830 

Marlon   M.,  829 

Samuel,  829 
Record     Ancestry,     1988, 
2028 

Alvin,  2029 

Calvin,    1988 

George  L.,  1988 

Judson  A.,  2029 

Thomas,    1988 

Thomas,  2029 
Redlon  Ancestry,  1178 

Amos,  1 179 

Ebenezer,  1179      t 

Magnus,    1178 
Reed   Ancestry.  37 

Joseph,   37 

Thomas  B.,  37 
Remick   Ancestry,    1233 

Christian.    1232 

Daniel,   1233 

William   A.,   1233 
Reynolds  Ancestry,  1208, 
2007 

Bela  R  ,  Capt.,  680 

Charles,  2007 

George  F,  1210 


Reynolds  Family 

Ichabod,  Capt.,  1210 

Jonathan,  680 

Jonathan,  2007 

Leavitt,  2007 

Nathaniel,  2007 

Robert,    1209 

Roscoe  C,  1210 

Thomas,  2007 
Rice  Ancestry,  2034,222a 

Albert   S.,  2224 

Christopher,  2034 

Edmond,    Dca.,   2222 

Edward  C,  2034 

James,  2034 

Robert  D.,  2034 

Merwyn  Ap,  2224 

Nathan   D.,  2223 

Richard   D.,  2223 
Rich  .Ancestry,  559,  1846, 
2264 

Artemas,   559 

Joel,   2264 

John  J.,  1846 

Joseph,  2264 

Lemuel,  1846 

Marshall  N.,  559 

Maurice   C,   561 

William  J.,   1846 
Richards    Ancestry,    563, 

589.   1337 

Charles,   591 

Charles  D.,  564 

Dodipher,   563 

Edward,  590 

Enoch  C.,  564 

Ensign  William,   591 

Francis,   1337 

Fred  E.,  592 

Henry,    1338 

James,    1337 

Jeremiah,  Capt.,  591 

John,  563 

Thomas,  564 
Richardson   Ancestry, 
609,   1651,  2054,  2086 

Abel  E.,  2086 

Adam,  Dr.,  2055 

Asa  A.,  2086 

Charles,  Capt.,  611 

Charles  H.,  621 

Daniel  T.,  Hon.,  1654 

Edward,  2086 

Ezekiel,  6og 

George  H.,  611 

James,   Capt.,  610 

Jeremiah,  2086 

John  D.,  2055 

John   E.,  2055 

John   S.,   165s 

Joseph,  2054 

Joseph,   Dea.,   1653 

Samuel,  1651 

Stephen,   2054 

Thaddeus,  621 

Theodore  M.,  621 

Thomas,  610 
Ridlev   .Ancestry,   876 

Charles  A.,  879 

Daniel,   Dea.,  878 

Jason   M.,  879 

Magnus,  877 


XXIV 

Riker  Ancestry,  840 
Edgar  J.,  840 
Thomas  J.,  840 
Warren  E.,  840 
Riley  Ancestry,  2175 
Edwin,  2175 
Fred  E.,  2176 
James,   2175 
Rmg  Ancestry,  561 
Andrew,  562 
Andrew,   563 
Eleazer,   563 
Mary.  561 
Roberts    Ancestry,    1633, 
1635.   1640 
Cassius  C,  1639 
Giles,    1640 
♦Hamlin  M.,  1639 
Jacob.  Dr..  1638 
James  A.,   1635 
James   H.,   1635 
Jeremiah,  1634 
Jeremiah.    1635 
Joseph.    1634 
Joseph,    1635 
Joseph,    1636 
Thomas,    1633 
Tobias.    1640 
William  M.,  1640 
Robie  .Ancestry,  28 
Edward.   30 
Frederick.  Gov.,  31 
Henrv.  28 
Ichabod.  Col.,  29 
John,   28 

Toppan.  Capt.,  30 
William   P.   F.,  32 
Robinson    .\ncestry,    827 
Edward   W..   828 
Samuel   F..  828 
Thomas,  827 
Rodick   Ancestry,  926 
Daniel,  926 
John  A.,  926 
John   B.,  926 
Rogers  Ancestry,  26,  1781 
Allen,    1783 
Allen,   1784 
Franklin  G.,  1784 
James,  27 
Jesse.  388 
John.  26 

Joseph,  Lieut.,  1781 
Thomas,  27 
Thomas,  1781 
William  S.  B..  389 
William  W.,  1783 
Rollins   or   Rawlins   An 
cestry.  61 
Arabella  C,  63 
Daniel  G.,  Hon.,  62 
Franklin  J.,  63 
Ichabod.  Hon.,  62 
James,  6i 
Jordan  J..  63 
Rollins  Ancestry,  64 
Frank  W.,  64 
Henry,  64 
Nathaniel.  64 
Thomas,  64 


INDEX 


Rounds    Ancestry,    1665, 
i()68 
Arthur    C,   1667 
Charles  C,   1666 
David,  1668 
Edgar  E.,  1669 
John,  1668 
Mark,  1665 
Nathan.   1666 
Ralph   S.,   1668 
Roussin  Ancestry,  852 
Jean,  852 
William,  853 
William  C,  853 
Rowe  Ancestry.  983 
Charles  O.,  984 
John,  984 
Nicholas,  983 
Sylvanus   C,  984 
Sylvanus  C,  985 
William  H.,  985 
Rundlett  Ancestry.  2282 
Runnells    .Ancestry,    1342 
James.   i343 
Samuel.  Sergt,  1342 
William  F.,  1343 
William  T.  C,  1343 
Rust  .\ncestry,  1299,  1891 
Henry,   1299 
Henry.  1300 
Jacob   P..   1301 
Joseph,   Capt.,   1892 
Nathaniel.  1891 
William,    Hon.,   1892 


Safford  Ancestry,  1286 
Edward  D.,  1288 
Moses.   1287 
Moses  A.,   1288 
Thomas,  1287 
Sale  Ancestry,  652 
Edward,  652 
John,    653 
John,  Col.,  652 
John,  Dea.,  652 
Thomas  D.,  653 
Sampson    Ancestry,    1643 

Caleb,    1642 

David,    1642 

Henry,   1642 
Sanborn   Ancestry,   21 12, 
211S 

Bigelow   T.,   Dr.,   2114 

Cyrus,   1843 

John.  21 16 

John,  Capt.,  21 14 

John,   Dea.,   21 16 

John,    Ens.,   21 15 

John.  Lieut.,  1843,  21 13 

Richard.   2115 

Warren.  Capt.,  2114 

William.   1843 
Sargent  Ancestry,  1339 

John,   1340 

Walter  T.,  1341 

William.  1339 

William  K.,  1341 
Saunders,  Ernest,  1848 

Jonathan.  1848 
Samuel  W.,  1848 


Savage  Ancestry,   1670 
Asahel,    1672 
Ephraini,  Capt.,  1671 
Stillm.an   S.,   1672 
Thomas,  1670 

Sawtcll  Ancestry,  2246 
Nathan  H.,  2247 
Nathaniel,  Sergt.,  2246 
Nchemiah,  Lieut.,  2347 
Richard,  2246 
•William  H.,  2247 

Sawyer     Ancestry,     232, 
1440,   1442,  1444.  1448, 

1451 
Aaron,   1451 
Alfred  D.,  I4S3 
Alfred  S.,  Dr.,   1448 
Andrew  C,  1449 
Benjamin,   1443 
Clarence  E.,   1442 
Dana,  1705 
Elijah  F.,  1443 
Georgia      (Gcorgiana), 

1705 

Harry   B.,    i444 

Horace   B.,   1441 

Ira  C,  M.  D.,  170S 

Jabcz,  233 

James,  232 

John.  1444 

John.    1445 

Jonathan,  1448 

Joseph  R.,  1449 

Lemuel.    1447 
Mark,  Capt.,  144I 
Nathaniel,   1452 
Paul,  1453 
Reuben  A.,  1453 
Stephen,  Capt.,  1451 
Whitman,  Capt.,  1446 
William,  1440 
William.    1442 
William,  1704 
William  E..  1452 
William  M.,   1452 
William   N.,   1453  „ 
Schoppee,     Frank     H., 

1703 
William  H.,  1793 
Scott  Ancestry,  2180 
Clarence.  2181 
David,  2181 
William  H..  2181 
Searle  .\ncestry,  655 
Charles  J..  655 
Frank  W..  655 
Joseph,  655 
Sedgclcy    Ancestry,   123S 
Daniel.    1236 
George   B.,   1236 
John,   1235  . 

Seiders  Ancestry,   1084 
Conrad.   1085 
George  M..  1085 
Henry,  1085 
Senter,  Andrew.  1267 
Emma  D..  1268 
Joseph  H.,  1267 
Timothy,  1267 
William.   1267 
William,^  1268 


Sewall  Ancestry,  518 
Arthur,    522 
Arthur  E.,  525 
Harold   M..  524 
Henry,  520 
Joseph,  525 
Noah    M.,   525 
William,  519 
William   D.,  522 
William  D.,  525 
Shackford   Ancestry,  837 
i^uward  W.,  839 
John,  837 
William,  837 
William,  Capt.,  839 
Shapleigh    Ancestry,    794 
Alexander,  794 
Dennis   F.,  794 
Dennis  M..  795 
Edward  E.,  Dr.,  795 
John.  Capt.,  794 
John.  Col.,  794 
Shaw  Ancestry,  447,  1693 
Albert.   Dr.,  448 
Daniel,   1694 
Joseph,  447 
Joseph.  448 
Milton  G.,  1695 
Roger,   1693 
Sargent,  448 
Shepherd,  Edith  S..  1555 
•Russell  B..  Gen.,  1554 
Shepley  Ancestry,  1917 
Ether.  Hon.,  1917 
George   F.,   Gen.,   1920 
Helen  M..  1923 
John,  1917 
John,  Capt.,  1917 
Sherburne  .\ncestry,  2191 
Benjamin,  2192 
Fred   S..  2193 
Henry,  2192 
John,  Col..  2192 
Nathaniel   S.,  2192 
Samuel.  Capt.,  2192 
Samuel  D.,  2192 
Sherman  Ancestry,  915 
Albion  A.,  916 
William,  915 
William  H.,  916 
Simpson  .Ancestry,  1004 
Henry.   1004 
Jeremiah  P..  1006 
Joseph  W..  Hon..  1006 
William.  1006 
Skelton  Ancestry.  2002 
Thomas.  2003 
Thomas  W.,  2003 
William  B.,  2003 
Skinner  .■\ncestry,  630 
Austin    R..  630 
John.  630 
Justin.  630 
William  A.,  6.^1 
Skolfield  .Ancestry.  1992 
Ezra  R..  Dr..  1993 
George.  Master,  1992 
Robert.  1993 
Thomas.    19Q2 
Small    .\ncestry.    80,    86, 
1655.  1658 
Abner,  83 


INDEX 


XXV 


Small  Family 

Abner  R.,  Maj.,  84 

Edward,  80 

Edward,   1655 

Francis,  81 

Francis,  8C 

Frtd  E.,  1488 

John,  86 

John,    1O59 

John  C,  1658 

Marion   P.,   1488 

Mcdora  F.   (Clark), 84 

Nathaniel,  86 

Nathaniel  C,  87 

Kicliard,  Col.,  1657 

Richard  D.,  1658 

Samuel,   Dea.,   82 

Samuel,  Dea.,   1656 

Samuel  F'.,  1659 

Taylor,  86 

William.  83 

William  W.,  1659 
Smart  Ancestry,   1517 

Edwin  P.,  1518 

Levi,  151- 

Orren  P.,  1517 
Smiley  Ancestry,  2241 

Edward  li.,  2241 

Francis,  2241 

Reuel   W.,  2241 
Smith  Ancestry,  337,  340, 
341.344.  345.347.348, 
349.350,  351,353,355. 
1409 

Abraham,  347 

Annie   E.,  238 

Barnabas    C,  342 

Benjamin  F.,  339 

Charles,   Maj.,   1409 

Charles'  R.,  M.  D.,  353 

Charles  W.,  353 

Clyde   H.,   349 

Daniel,    355 

Edgar  C,  355 

Frederick  B.,  351 

George  H.,  354 

George  O.,  343 

George  R.,  351 

Grant,   349 

Harold  J.  E.,  339 

Harry  F.,  238 

Henian,  345 

Heman,   Capt..  345 

Heman  P.,  345 

Henry  H.,  345 

Isaac,  347 

Isaac,    348 

Jacob.  353 

James,  353 

John,   341.  347,  352 

John,  Capt.,  353 

Jolin   O.,  344 

John    P.,  354 

Joseph,  348 

Joseph  O.,  342 

Joseph   O.,   M.   D.,  342 

Manasseh,  338,   340 

Manasseh  H.,  340 

Nathaniel,   351,   1410 

Nicholas.  350 

Osgood.  348 

Payson,  354 


Smith  Family 

Perky  G.,  350 

Richard,  1409 

Robert,  337 

Samuel,  349 

Samuel   A.,  355 

Samuel  E.,  338 

Sewell  W.,  348 

Sheridan  1.,  349 

Stephen,  341,  344 

Stevens,    351 

Thomas    H.,   Col.,   352 

Willard,   348 

William,   352 

William  O.,  344 
Snell,   Abigail,    1484 

Martin,    1484 
Snow  Ancestry,  275,  1623, 
1625,  1626,  1628 

.■Mfred  D.,  1627 

Alpheus,   275 

Ambrose,    Capt.,    1626, 
1627 

Anthony,   1624 

David,    1628 

David    W.,   276 

Edward,   1625 

Elisha,    Rev.,    1626 

Enoch,   1628 

Epliraim,   1624 

George  W.,  1625 

Herbert   A.,    1624 

Isaac,  Dea.,  1626 

Jabez,   1625 

John,    1624 

John   A.,   1628 

John   S.,   1628 

Jude,  275 

Lucien,  276 

Mary  S.,  1626 

Nicholas,   1623 

Richard,  275 

Robert,  Qipt..   1627 
Somerby,     Benjamin     C, 

1843 
Somes   Ancestry,  924 

Abraham,  924 

Jacob,  Hon.,  924 

John,   924 

Morris.   924 
Sortwell  Ancestry,  421 

Alvin  F.,  423 

Daniel    R.,   422 

John,  422 

Richard,  421 
Soiile  Ancestry,  543 

David   F..  544,  569 

George,  543,  568 

Gilbert,  544 
Southard   Ancestry,   2193 

John,  2193 

John.   Capt.,  2194 

Louis   C.  2194 

William   L.,  2194 
Spaulding   Ancestry,    576 

Atwood  W^.  577 

Edward,  576 

Sidney,  577 

William  C.,  577 
Spear  Ancestry,  390,  537 

Daniel    H.,  539 

Ellis,  391 


Spear  Family 

George,   537.   538 

George  J.,  538 

James    M.,   391 

Jolin,  390 

John,   Capt.,  390 
Spellman   Ancestry,   1649 

Daniel,  1650 

James   F.,    1650 
Spinney  Ancestry,  1511 

Elvington   P.,   151 1 

Palmer  O.,   151 1 

/ina    II.,    1511 
SpfitTord  Ancestry,  916 

Frederick,  917 

John,   917 

Parker,  Hon.,  917 
Spooncr  Ancestry,  1333 

Daniel,  1334,  1335 

Stevens,     1335 

William,    1333 
Sprague  Ancestry,  981 

Arthur  C,  983 

Carleton,   156 

Edgar  G.,  983 

Edward,  981 

Greene,  982 

Henry  M.,  983 

Silas,  982 

William,  982 
Spring  Ancestry,  689 

Alpheus,  689 

John,  689 
Standish    Ancestry,   1211 

Andrew  C,  1212 

Myles,   Capt.,   121 1 
Stanhope   Ancestry,    1171 

Henry   B.,    1172 

Jonathan,   Ens.,   1171 

Warren.   1171 

William,   1172 
Stanley  Ancestry,  1163 

John,    Rev.,    1163 

Ornian   L.,    1 164 

Preston  J.,  1164 

William,    1 163 
Stanwood  Ancestry,  1682, 
1943 

Isaac,   Capt.,   1943 

Jacob,   1944 

James,   1683 

Philip,    1682,    1943 

William,    1683 
Staples  Ancestrv,  863 

Charles  A..  864 

Frank  L.,  864 

Frank  T.,  867 

Hezekiah,  865 

James,  865 

Peter,  863 
Starkey  Ancestry,  535 

Henry,  536 

John,  535 

William  H.,  536 
St.   Clair   Ancestry,    1770 

Ashley.   1774 

Guildford  D.,  1774 

James,   1774 

John,   1772 

Ropenwald,  1770 
Steadman  Ancestry,  1685 

Amasa,    1685 


Steadman  Family 

Ephraim  M.,  1685 

James  M.,  1686 

John,  1685 
Stetson     Ancestry,     196, 
199,  201,  203,  274 

Abner,   202 

Anthony,  203,  274 

Benjamin,   199 

Edward    S.,   201 

Edwin  F.,  Dr.,  202 

Elisha,   203,    274 

John   N.   S.,  201 

Joseph  H.,  200 

Nathaniel,  200 

Reuben,   197 

Robert,  ig6,   197,  274 

Samuel,  201 

Stephen,  274 

Turner,   197 

W'illiam   B.,  Capt.,  200 

William  W.,  197 
Stevens    Ancestry,    1204, 
1205 

Ansel,   1205 

Daniel    A.,    1205 

Elizabeth,   1204 

John,  1204 

John  C,   1206 

Joseph,   Capt.,   1204 

Leander,   1205 

Moses,  1205 
Stevenson  Ancestry.  lOio 

James,    lOio 

James  B.,  ion 
Steward-Stewart    Ances- 
try, 93 

David,  93 

Duncan,  93 

Levi  M.,  94 
Stewart     Ancestrv,     593, 
614 

Ale.xander,  614 

Allan.  593 

Charles  M.,  616 

Duncan.  595 

Edward   L.,   617 

Harry  D..  617 

John  C,  595 

Rowland  W..  617 

Thomas   J.,   Capt.,   615 
Stickney  Ancestry,  356 

Samuel,  357 

William.  356,  357 
Stimmel.    Jacob,    2228 

John  B.,  2228 
Stockbridge    Ancestry, 
885 

Benjamin.  Dr.,  885 

George   H.,   887 

John,  885 

John  C,  886 
Stocking  Ancestry,  585 

George,  585 

George,  Capt.,  585 

Reuben,  585 

Samuel,  586 

Samuel,  Dea.,  585 
Stockwell  Ancestry,  2226 

Calvin,   2227 

John  W..  2227,  2228 

Quintin,  2226 


XXVI 


INDEX 


Stcickwcll  Family 
William,    2226 
Storer  Ancestry,    174I 
Augustine,    1741 
Frederick.   1743 
George  L.,  1743 
Horace   P.,   i743 
John,  Col.,   1742 
Joseph,    1741 
Stowe  Ancestry,  636 
John,  638 
Thomas,  639 
Stowell  Ancestry,   1993 
Benjamin,    1994 
John,  1994 
Samuel,   1993 
Strout      Ancestry.     2081, 
2083 
Charles  A.,  2084 
Christopher,   2082 
Edward  C,  2083 
Enoch,  2083 
Joshua,  2082 
Joshua    F.,   2083 
Sewall  C,  Judge,  2083 
Stubbs  Ancestry.   1414 
Philip    H.,    Hon.,    141S 
Philip  M.,   1415 
Richard.   1414  ' 
William,     1415 
Sturdivant   Ancestry, 
2167 
Gardiner  L.,  2167 
Gardiner   M.,  2167 
Jonathan.    2167 
William  R.,  2167 
Sturges  Ancestry,  1660 
Alonzo  W.,   1661 
Edward.   1660 
Leigh  F.,   1662 
Ralph  A.,  1661 
Samuel.   1661 
Sturgis   Ancestry.   1456 
Benjamin  F..  Dr..   1458 
James    G..    1458 
John.  Dea..  1458 
Jonathan.   1457 
Roger.    1456 
Sturtevant   Ancestry, 

1837 

Charles  A.,  Dr.,  1837 

Joseph   E.,   1837 

Lot,  1837 

Reward,  1837 

Samuel.    1837 
Sumner  Ancestry,  n8l 

Alexander  B.,   1182 

Joseph.   1 182 

Roger,  1181 
Swan   Ancestry,   1268 

Charles   E.,  1270 

Edward,  1268 

Eugene.   1270 

Francis.   1269 

Francis  K..  1270 

Henry.  1268 

James  C.  1269 

William  H..   1270 
Sweet  Ancestry,  801,  1648 

Arnold.  802 

Charles.   1648 

Charles    F.,    1648 


Sweet  Family 

Ebenezcr.    801 

John,  801 
Swett   Ancestry,    1148 

.•\twcll  W..  Dr.,  1149 

Benjamin.   1 148 

John.    1148 

William   A..    !I49 
Swift  .'\ncestry,  384 

Job.  385 

Joshua.  385.  386 

William.  384 
Sylvester  (Silvester)  An- 
cestry.   303 

Richard.   303 

•Samuel.   303 

William.   303 
Symonds  Ancestry.  612 

John.  612 

Joseph.  613 

Joseph    W..    Hon..   613 

William   L..  613 


Tabor  Ancestry.  802 

Calvin.   803 

James  A..  Dr.,  803 

Philip,  802 
Talbot    .Ancestry,    1353 

Peter,   1353 

Peter,    1354 
Tarbox  Ancestry,  549 

Andrew.  550 

Aramede  S..  Mrs..  550 

John,   549 

Henry  C.  55° 
Taylor  Ancestry.  1504, 

2145 

Alexander.    1504 

Duncan,   1504 

Isaac.  2145 

John.  2145 

Joseph,  2145 

William  N.,  1505 
Teague  Ancestry.   1560 

Bani,    1560 

Daniel.   1560 

Grecnleaf.  1560 

Howard    A.,    1560 
Templeton  Ancestry,  1304 

Adam.   1304 

Albert   L..   1304 

Andrew  J.,   1304 

John.    1304 
Thatcher    Ancestry,    1491 

George  A.,  1493 

Henry  K..  1493 

Peter.   Rev.,    1491 

Samuel.   1492 

Samuel.  Hon..   1492 
Thaxter  Ancestry.  1977 

John.  Capt..  1978 

Joseph.  Capt..  1978 

Joshua.    1979 

Samuel.  Col..   1978 

Sidney,   1979 

Sidney  W.,   Maj.,  1979 

Thomas,   1977 
Thayer  Ancestry,  541 

America,  S42 

Augustus   S.,   Dr.,   543 


Thayer  Family 
Charles  H.,  547 
Frederick   C,   Dr.,   547 
Stephen.    Dr..  546 
Thomas,   541 
Thomas,  Capt.,  546 
Thomas  Ancestry.  386 
Charles  D.,  387 
John,  387 
Stephen  A.,  387 
William,  386 
Thompson  Ancestry,  713, 
719.     721,     723.    750, 
1678 
Alonzo,  753 
Amos,  751 
Andrew,  713 
Benjamin.   722 
Daniel,  288 

Elbridge    A.,    Dr.,    721 
Frank    N.,    724 
George   E.,  713 
George    E.,   725 
Horace,  723 
Lsaac,  1679 
Isaac  S..  Dr..  288 
James,  719 
James,   720 
John.    1678 
John   L..   723 
Joseph,   72s 
Robert.  721 
Samuel.  287 
Samuel.   723 
Samuel,   725 
William,  713 
William,   750 
Uzza.  1679 
Thornton.     Thomas     G., 

Dr..   1721 
Thurlough.      Harry     H., 

976 
Thurlow  .Xricestry,  97S   • 
George  N.,  976 
John.   975 
Tibbctts    Ancestry,    95S. 
1616   • 
Benjamin  R..  957 
Henry.  955 
Henry.   1616 
Ichabod.   Capt..  956 
James.   1616 
Jeremiah.    1616 
Nnth-'niel.   1616 
Raymond  R..  957 
Samuel.  Capt.,  956 
Woodbury,  957 
Tillson   Ancestry,   1159 
Edmund.    11 59 
George  W'..  1160 
Perez.   1160 
Perez  T.,   1 159 
Tilton  Ancestry.  1925 
Charles  A..  1925 
Gibbs.  1925 
Stephen.    1925 
Titcomb    Ancestry,    1619. 
1621 
Frank  E  .  1623 
Hiram.   1622 
James.   1620 
Joseph,   1622 


Joseph,  Hon.,  1620 
Stephen,   1621 
Stephen,  Capt.,  1620 
William,    1619 
William.   1621 
Tobey  .'\ncestry.  690 
Horatio   N.,  691 
Matthias,   Capt..  691 
Thomas,  690 
William  B.,  692 
Tobie  Ancestry  734 
.-\nnie  L..   738 
Charles  F..  737 
Charles   .M.,   737 
Edward  P.,  736 
Elbridge    T.,  737 
James.   734 
LeRoy    F..   737 
LeRoy   H.,  736 
Walter   E.,   736 
Todd  Ancestry.   1647 

Percy  R..  1647 
Tolman  Ancestry.  816 
Benjamin.  817 
J.-imes   II..  818 
Philander,  817 
Tompson   .Ancestry,   1315 
Edward.  Rev..   1318 
Frederick  A..  1319 
John,    Rev.,    1318 
John  A.,   1319 
Samuel,    Deacon,    1317 
William,   Capt..   1319 
William.  Rev.,  1315 
William.  Rev..   1318 
Towle      Ancestry.     2041, 
2210 
Caleb.  2210 
George  B..  221 1 
Joseph.  Sergt.,  2041 
Josiah.  2042 
Josiah  C.  2042 
Josiah.   Major,  2041 
J.   Norman.  2042 
Nathaniel.  221 1 
Nathaniel   'M.,  221 1 
Philip.   2041 
Traverse    .\ncestry,    1878 
Asa.  1879 
Hcnric.  1878  . 
Oliver.  1879 
Samuel,   1880 
Trefethen  Ancestry,  1923, 

1953 

Charles  N.,   1924 

George.  1923 

George.    1953 

John  W..  1923 

Melville   W..    1925 

Newell  F..  1953 

Newell  F.,  1924     ' 

Walter  S.,  1953 
Trull  Ancestry,  853 

David,  854 

Joel  F..  M.  D.,  854 

John.  853 

Samuel,  Capt.,  853 
Trumbull    (T  rumble) 
Ancestry,    1877 

John.  1877 

Judah.    1877 


IXDliX 


XXVll 


Tuck  Ancestry,  843 

Elizabeth  J.,  844 

John,  Deacon,  843 

Madison,   844 

Robert,  843 

William  J.,  844 
Tucker  Ancestry,  235 

Gideon,  236 

Gideon  M.,  237 

James   F.,  238 

John,  235 

John   L.,  238 

Martha  11.,  237 

William  M.,  237 
Tuppcr  Ancestry,   1529 

Cyrus  R.,  1530 

Peleg,  1530 

Simon,   1530 

Thomas.   1529 
Tutllc  Ancestry,  1509 

Elisha,   1510 

George,   1510 

John,   1509 

Thomas.   1510 
Twambley  Ancestry,  1691 

George  E.,  1692 

Ralph,   1691 

Rufus  K.,  1691 
Twombley  Ancestry, 
1692,   1693 

Edwin  D..  1692 

Eliza   C,   1693 

Ephraim.  1693 

Joseph  B..   1692 

Leonard  W.,  1693 

Stephen,  1692 
Twitchell   Ancestry,   1275 

Alphin,   1276 

Ezra.   Deacon,   1276 

Herbert  F.,  1276 

Joseph.   1275 

Joseph,  Capt.,  1275 

U 

Ulmer  Ancestry,  2255 
Frederick  T.,  2255 
James  A.,  Maj.,  2255 
John,    2255 
John.   Capt.,  2255 
Mary   F.,  2256 
Ralph    R.,   2256 

V 

Vance,  Lawrence  M.,  616 

Varney     Ancestry,     1429, 

1431,  1432,   1433 

Abijah,  1431 

Almon  L..  Col  ,   1431 

Ebenezer,   1433 

Enoch,   1430 

Fred  L.,  Dr..  1432 

George.  Gen..  1434 

Humphrey,   1429 

Isaac,    1433 

Jedediah.  1432 

Joel,  1 43 1 

Joseph,   1430 

Joseph,  1432 

Julia   A.,   1431 

Timothy.  1429 


Varney    I^'aniily 

Timothy.    1433 

William,  1429 
Vauglm  ,\ncestry,  1289 

George,    1289 

Joseph,  Capt.,  1289 

William,  Rev.,   1290 

Zephaniah,   Hon.,    1290 
Veazie  Ancestry,  2165 

John  W.,  2166 

Samuel,  2166 

Wilder  P.  W.,  2167 

William,  2165 
Verrill  .^ncestrv,  1698 

♦Albert  E.,  1700 

Charles,   1699 

Samuel,    1698 

Samuel,   1699 
Viles  Ancestry,  430 

Blaine  S.,  431 

Edward  P.,  43' 

Joseph,  4,30 

Rufus,  Capt.,  431 
Vinnl   Ancestry,  788,  993 

John,  993 

Levi.  788 

Paul  J.,  789 

Renough  J.,  789 

Stephen,   788 

William,  993 
Vose   Ancestry,   727,   825 

Charles  W.,  826 

Ebenezer.  1997 

Edwin   H..  Dr.,  730 

George   C,   729 

Harry  E.,  827 

Henry.   Lieut.,  728 

Jesse,   1997 

John   E..  826 

Peter  E.,  73° 

Peter  T..  729 

Robert,    727 

Robert,   825 

Robert.  Lieut.,  728 

Thomas,  Col..  729 

Thomas   E..   731 

Thomas.  Hon.,  728 

Thomas.  Sergt..  826 

W 

Wade  Ancestry,  1420 

Abner   T..   Capt.,    1421 

Nicholas.   1420 

Turner,    1420 
Wadsworth     .Ancestry, 
995.   1 104 

Charles  O.,   1107 

Christopher.  996 

Christopher,   1105 

John,  Deacon.  996 

Moses,   1 106 

Moses   S.,   1 106 

Peleg,  Deacon,  996 

Peleg,  Gen.,  Q96 

Samuel   B.,  997 
Waite   Ancestry,    1512 

Daniel,   1513 

David   S..   ni4 

Otis   F.   R..   Maj.,   1513 

Richard.    1512 


Wakefield  Ancestry,  1277 

Archibald,   1278 

James,    1278 

John,  1277 

Scth   D..    1278 
Walker     Ancestry,     1494, 
1496 

Augustus  H.,  1496 

Charles   F.,   1499 

George   S.,    1496 

Isaac,   1496 

James,   1496 

James,    1497 

James,  Capt.,  1498 

Joshua.   1498 

Lenuiel.  Capt.,  1498 

Richard,  Capt.,  149S 
Wallace  Ancestry,  998 

Alonzo   S.,   M.  D.,  999 

David,  999 

James,  999 
Ward   .Ancestry.    1800 

John.  1800 

John  E.,  1800 

S.  Curtis  C,   1800 
Warren     Ancestry,     633, 
641.   1820,  1821 

Isaac,  634 

Israel   P.,  Rev..  635 

James.    1820,    1821 

John,   641 

John  C.  1821 

John,  Capt.,  641 

John   E.,  642 

John  W..   1821 

Joseph  A.,  642,  643 

Joseph,  Capt.,  641 

Lewis  P.,  1821 

Luman.   1822 

Michael.    1822 

Richard,  634 
Samuel,  1822 

Samuel.  Capt.,  641 

Stanley  P.,  640 
Wasgatt    Ancestry.    1493 

As.a.    Rev..    1494 
Charles  W..   1494 

Davis.    1403 

Rowland  J.,  1494 
Watcrhouse    Ancestry, 

lOII 

Richard.    lOii 

William  C.  1012 

William   H.,   1012 
Waterville      Public      Li- 
brary. 2234 
Watts  .Ancestry,   1793 

Samuel,    1793 

Samuel,   Capt.,   1793 
Watson      .Ancestry,     761, 
784 

Frederick  C.  786 

Henry,  762 

John.   762 

John,  784 

Murray  B..  786 

Murray  H.,  786 

WilliMm.  762 

William  B..  786 

William  W..  786 


Webb      Ancestry,      iiS3. 
"55 

Eli,   1154 

Evelyn  T.,  1155 

Jahaziah  S.,   115S 

Lindley  M.,  Hon.,  1155 

Mason  G.,  1154 

Michael,    1155 

Nathan.  Judge,   1155 

Richard.   1154 

Samuel,  1 153 
Webber    Ancestry,    1618, 
2179 

Benjamin,  1619 

EdscU,  2179 

Edsell   B.,  2179 

John   R.,  2180 

Joshua,  1619 

Quincy   R.,  579 

Thomas,  1619 
Webster    Ancestry,    892, 
895,   1812 

Arthur  G.,  Dr.,  896 

Benjamin  F..  896 

Charles  E.,  Dr.,  1813 

Fred   P.,  Dr.,  896 

Hanson  H.,  1813 

Harriet  P.,  894 

Henry  S.,  894 

James,  1812 

John,  892 

John  M.,  893 

John   O.,  894 

Joseph,   1813 

Merit   V.,  896 

Reuben,   209 

Samuel  S.,  1813 

Stephen.   209 

Thomas.  895 

William.   Capt.,   1812 
Wedgwood     Ancestry, 
1562 

Curtis.  1562 

John,    1562 

Milton  C,  1562 
Weeks  Ancestry,  361,  365, 

367 

Benjamin,  367 

Eliphalet,  365 

George  H.,  364 

Howe,   367 

James  B  ,  363 

James  W..  Hon.,  364 

John,   366 

John.  Capt.,  362 

John,   Dr.,  362 

Joshua,   Capt.,  362 

Leonard,   361 

Samuel.  Capt.,  365 

Samuel.  Rev.,  365 

Stephen  H.,  Dr.,  366 

William,  367 

William   H..  368 
Welch    .Ancestry,   2015 

Albert   M..  2016 

Colby,  2016 

Colby  S.,  2016 
Wellington  .Ancestry.  619 

George.  619 

Joel,  619 

Roger,  619 


xxvm 


INDEX 


Wellman  Ancestry,  844 

Abraham,  845 

Jacob,  Capt.,  845 

John  P.,  845 

Lonzo  L.,  846 
Wentworth     Ancestry, 

813.   1839 
Benjamin,   1839 
Bradford  H.,  816 
Daniel  W.,  M.  D.,  816 
Isaiah  F,  Dr.,  1840 
Nicholas,   1839 
Reginald,  813 
Paul,  1840 

William,  814  , 

Wescott     Ancestry,    903. 

2199 
Archibald,  2199 
Clement  \V.,  965 
George  P.,  2200 
Horace  W.,  965 
Joseph,  Capt..  2200 
Richard,  963 
William,  964.  2199 
West   Ancestry,   662 
George  F.,  663 
George  W.,  Gen.,  662 
Henrv  N.,  Dr.,  662 
Wilkes,  662 
Weston     Ancestry,     1140 
Benjamin.  Dea.,  1 143 
Benjamin  P.  J.,  ii44 
John,   1140 
Levi  W.,  1 142 
Nathan  A.,  11+4 
Wheeler   Ancestry,    1410, 
1412 
Ernest  .\..  1413 
Galen,  1413 
George,    1412 
John,  1410 
Joseph  B.,   141  • 
Leslie  H.,   1412 
Peter,   1413 
Samuel.  Dea.,  1410 
Wheelwright      Ancestry, 
2162 
George.  2163,  2164 
John.  Rev.,  2162 
Joseph  S.,  2164 
White       .Ancestry,      779. 
1524,  152s.  2134.  2206 
Alonzo.  2207 
Ambrose,  2135 
Ambrose  H.,  2135 
Ansel  L..  Maj.,  152S 
Benjamin.   2134 
Charles.  1525 
Frank  L..  1525 
Joel.   2206 
John,  780 
Peter.  1525 
Robert,  1524 
William.   779 
William.   2206 
William,  Col.,  1524 
William,      Dea..      780. 
1524 
Whitehouse    .\ncestry^ 
625.    1249 
Benjamin,  1250 


Whitehouse  Family 
Francis  C,  1250 
Robert  T..  625 
Thomas,  625,  1249 
William  P.,  625 
Whitman  Ancestry,   1383 
Christopher,  1039 
Isaac  P..  1385 
John,   Dea.,   1383,  1384 
Obadiah,   1385 
Thomas  A.,  1039 
Whitmore  Ancestry,  1370 
Albion  S.,  1379 
Francis,   1377 
Samuel,   1379 
Whitney     .Ancestry,    808, 
1989,  2087,  2158 
Benjamin.  1989 
Charles  A..   1989 
Christopher  A.,  1989 
Ephraim,  Capt..  809 
Gustavus  F..  809 
Jacob,    1989 
Joel,   809 
John,  808,    1989 
Jonathan,  2158 
Jonathan,  Dea.,  2158 
Phineas,    Capt.,   2159 
Richard.   2158 
Stephen.   2088 
Thomas.  2087 
Whittemore    .\ncestry, 
908 
Alpheus.  909 
Daniel.    O08 
Edwin  C.  Rev.,  909 
Herbert   C,   909 
Isaac,  909 
John.    Sir.    008 
Thomas.   908 
Whittier    .Ancestry.    692. 
1663 
Artemas  N..  1664 
Charles  T..  693 
Joseph.  1663 
Thomas.  692.  1663 
Wieein  Ancestry,  432 
Charles   M..  4.33 
Chester  McL..  Dr.,  433 
Samuel  S..  433 
Thomas,  Capt..  432 
Wipht   Ancestry,  34,  1254 
Henry.  34 
John   G.,   1255 
Jonathan.   3S 
Joseph.  3S 
Percy  L.,  1256 
Thomas.   1254 
Timothy.   1255 
Wiehlman  .Ancestry.  1039 
Flisha.  1039 
George.  1039 
Wildes  .Ancestry,  213 
Asa  W..  Col.,  214 
Asa  W  .  Hon..  213 
John,  213 
John.  Cant..  213 
Williams    .Ancestry,    127, 
2029.   2031 
Barnard.  127 
Charles  E..  128 


Williams  Family 
George,  127 
Howell,  2030 
John  S..  2031 
Mavnard  S.,  2033 
Nathaniel,  2031 
Norman  S.,  2031 
Oliver,  2031 
Richard,  2030 
Simeon,  2032 
Thomas,  127 
Timothy.  2032 
Williamson     Ancestry, 
1184 
Stephen  E.,  1185 
Timothy,  1185 
Walter  D.,  M.  D.,  1186 
Willis  Ancestry,  1 172 
John,   Dea.,   1172.   "73 
John  L.  M.,  1174 
Lemuel,  Rev.,  II73 
Lemuel  M..  Dr..  1173 
Wills  .Ancestry.  1798 
Fred  I.,  1799 
Ruel,  1798 
Thomas,    1798 
Wilson      Ancestry,     043. 
994.  1564.  1568,  1570, 
1571,  1926,  2253 
Alfred.  2254 
Bion,  1573 
Charles  S.,  1567 
David,   1571 
Edmund,  1927    " 
Edmund,  Hon.,  1571 
Everard  -A.,  Dr.,  1928 
Frank,  654 
Frank  P.,  157° 
Franklin   A.,   1560 
Frederick,  654 
George  .A.,  2254 
Gowen.  643,  645 
Hayward  W..  1567 
Isaac.  1570 
James,  994 
JefTerson  F.,   1569 
Jesse   E.,    1570 
John,    1566 
John,  1567 
John.   1569 
John.    1571 
John,   Hon.,    1569 
John  S.  P.  H..  1571 
Jonathan.  995 
Joseph,  Sergt.,  643 
Nathaniel.   Maj..  645 
Nathaniel  B..  646 
Otis  D..  1028 
Robert.  Maj.,  1568 
Roger.   1565 
Samuel  H.,  157° 
Scott.  646 
Thaddeus.  2254 
Timothv.  M.  D.,  654 
William.    1568 
William,    1926 
William,  2253 
Winchester   .Ancestry 
Benjamin  P..  Rev. 
John,  92 
John  H,  92 


Winchester  Family 

Josiah,  92 
Wingate    .Ancestry,    1087 

Edwin  R.,  1088 

John,  1087 

John,   1208 

Snell,  1208 

William,  1088 

William  W.,  1088 
Winn      Ancestry,      I3I3. 

1315 
Edward,  1313 
George  H.,  I3'5 
Japheth,  1315 
Japheth  M.,  1315 
John,   1314.   '315 
Nathaniel,  1315 
Winslow   .Ancestry,   n35. 
1 138,  1139 
Alfred,  1138 
Chester  E.  A.,  1138 
Dennis,  ii39 
Edward,  1135 
Eli,  1 140 
John  B.,  1 140 
Kenelm,  1 136 
Perlie  E.,   ii39 
Samuel,   Ii39 
Samuel  A..  1140 
Thomas,  1 139 
Winter  Ancestry,   1990 
George  H.,  1996 
John,  1996 
Wise  Ancestry,  1983 
Daniel,  Capt.,  1984 
Jeremiah.  Rev..   1984 
John,  Capt.,  1984 
John.  Rev.,  1983 
Joseph,    1983 
Wiswell  .Ancestry.  2tI0 
Carl  G..  211 1 
Edward  S.,  2111 
Elbert  E.,  21 1 1 
Thomas.  21 11 
Witham  .Ancestry,  2008 
Alphonso  N.,  2008 
Asaph,  2008 
Ernest  C.  2009 
Joshua,  2008 
Josiah,    2008 
Withce.    Charles   W.   G., 

2199  Q 

Wood     Ancestry,     1398. 
1607 

Elijah.   1400 

Henrv,  1399 

John  N.,  1609 

Nathan.   1609 

Samuel.   1400 

William,    1608 
Woodbury   Ancestry,  9". 

Andrew.  Capt.,  90 

Ernest  R..   Prof.,   1245 

Roliston,  1245 

William.  q6.  97 

William.  Capt..  1244 
92     Woodcock   Ancestry.  1335 
02  Aaron  H.,  1336 

John  L.,   1337 

John  Sr,  I33S 


INDEX 


XXIX 


Woodcock   Family 

John    T.,    1336 

Lindsay   T.,    1336 
Woodman  Ancestry,  109, 
113.   "4 

Benjamin,    no 

Benjamin  J.,  115 

Charles  B.,  115 

Daniel  N.,  114 

Edward,  log.   113 

George  M.,   116 

John,    1 13 

John  F..  Rev.,  113 

Joseph,  Capt.,   in 


Woodman  Family 

Joshua,   114,   ns 

William,    n2 
Woodside   Ancestry,   935 

James,   Rev.,  935 

William,  935 

William,   936 
Woolson,  Abba  L.,  408 

Moses,  408 
Wyman    Ancestry,    1761, 
2013 

Francis,  1761,  2013 

Jasper,   1761 

John,  1761 


Wyman  Family 
John,  1761 
Joseph,   2014 
Robert,   2014 
Sumner  J.,  2014 


York   Ancestry,   2249 
Advardinis,  2033 
Henry,  2250 
Henry   F.,  225a 
John    E.,  2033 
Richard.   2033,   2250 
Walter  H.,  2251 


Youland  Ancestry,  85s 

John,  855 

Thomas  S.,  855 

William   E.,  8ss 
Young  Ancestry,   1669, 
2197 

Albion  G.,  M.  D.,  2199 

Charles  W.,   1669 

George  W.,  1670 

Jabez,  2199 

John,  1669 

Nathaniel,  2197 

Nathaniel,  2198 


V 


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<5~>-^'^  '^^^ 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


The  earliest  family  of  Clif- 
CLIFFORD     fords  in  New  England,  that 

of  George  Clifford,  though 
for  a  time  resident  of  Massachusetts,  may  be 
called  a  New  Hampshire  family,  as  George 
and  all  his  children  settled  and  lived  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  from  him,  as  the  only  seven- 
teenth century  innnigrant  who  is  known  to 
have  left  posterity,  all  the  New  England  Clif- 
fords of  the  earliest  times  are  said  to  be  de- 
scended. The  only  other  immigrant  of  this 
name  before  1700  was  John  of  Lynn,  who  is 
not  said  to  have  left  children. 

(I)  George  Clifford,  the  immigrant,  de- 
scended directly  from  the  ancient  and  noble 
family  of  Clifford  in  England,  came  from  the 
village  and  parish  of  Arnold,  Nottingham 
county,  England,  to  Boston,  in  1644,  prob- 
ably bringing  his  wife,  whose  name  seems  to 
have  been  Elizabeth,  and  a  son  John.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Ar- 
tillery Company.  After  residing  for  a  time 
in  lloston  he  removed  to  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire. 

(II)  John,  son  of  George  and  Elizabeth 
Clifton!,  was  born  in  England  in  1614,  and 
baptized,  says  Savage,  May  10,  1646.  He  died 
October  17,  1694,  "aged  eighty  years,"  accord- 
ing to  the  town  records.  His  first  wife  was 
Sarah;  he  married  (second),  September  28, 
1658.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Richardson,  who  died 
December  1,  1667:  and  (third),  February  6, 
1672.  Mrs.  Bridget  Huggins,  widow  of  John 
Huggins.  His  children  were:  John,  Israel, 
Hannah,  Elizabeth  (died  young),  Mehelabel, 
Elizabeth,  Esther,  Isaac  and  Mary. 

(III)  Israel,  second  son  of  John  Clift'ord, 
was  born  in  Hampton,  April  15,  1647,  ^"d 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1678.  He  mar- 
ried, March  15,  1680.  Ann  Smith,  probably 
the  same  Ann  who  was  alleged  to  be  a  victim 
of  Goody  Cole's  witchcraft.  Their  children 
were:  Ann,  Mehetabel,  Samuel,  Sarah,  John, 
Isaac  and  Richard. 

(IV)  Isaac,  si.xth  child  of  Israel  and  Ann 
(Smith)  Clift'ord,  was  born  in  Hampton,  May 
24,  1696.  and  settled  in  Kingston,  originally  a 
part  of  Hampton.  In  1745  he  bought  land  of 
Samuel  Healy,  the  same  being  one-fourth  of 


No.  no,  U.  11.  He  linally  moved  to  Runi- 
ney,  where  the  latter  part  of  his  life  was  spent, 
and  there  he  was  a  citizen  of  considerable 
prominence  and  was  for  many  years  collector 
and  treasurer  of  the  town.  He  married  Sarah 
Healey,  born  in  Cluster,  1726,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mar\-  (.Sanborn)  Healey,  of 
Chester.  The\  had  ten  children,  eight  of 
whom  were:  -Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Bridget,  Isaac, 
Nathaniel,  John,  Samuel  and  Joanna. 

(V)  Nathaniel,  fifth  child  of  Isaac  and 
Sarah  (Healey)  Clifford,  was  born  in  Rum- 
ney,  in  April,  1750,  and  died  January  23,  1824. 
Ele  was  much  like  his  father — active,  public 
spirited  and  respected,  and  was  for  years 
town  treasurer  and  collector.  He  married 
Ruth  Garland,  of  Candia,  born  in  September, 
1757.  Their  only  child  was  Nathaniel,  whose 
sketch  follows. 

(\T)  Deacon  Nathaniel  (2),  only  son  of 
Nathaniel  (i)  and  Ruth  (Garland)  Clifford, 
was  born  in  Runme_\-,  September  2t„  1778,  and 
died  1820.  Deacon  Clift'ord  was  of  a  serious 
turn  of  mind,  a  tritle  stern  and  Puritanical, 
perhaps,  but  highly  respected  for  intelligence 
and  uprightness  of  character.  He  married 
Lydia  Simpson,  born  October  7,  1773,  daugh- 
ter of  David  Simpson,  of  Greenland.  She  was 
a  woman  of  great  personal  beauty  and  unusual 
energy,  vigor  and  perspicacity.  Her  mental 
characteristics  were  transmitted  to  some  of  iier 
descendants.  She  lived  to  see  her  son  Nathan 
one  of  the  supreme  court  judges  of  the  United 
States.  She  died  June  30,  1869,  in  the  ninety- 
sixth  year  of  her  age.  The  children  of  this 
union  were:  Mary  Williams,  Betsy  Ham, 
Nathan,  Nancy  Hutchins,  Ruth  Garland, 
Katherine  Simpson,  and  Lydia  Simpson. 

(\'II)  Hon.  Nathan,  only  son  of  Deacon 
Nathaniel  (2)  and  Lydia  (Simpson)  Clifford, 
was  born  in  Rumney,  Grafton  county.  New 
Hampshire,  August  18,  1803,  and  died  in 
Cornish,  Maine,  July  25,  1881.  His  father 
was  able  to  provide  a  comfortable  home  for 
his  family,  but  their  circumstances,  like  those 
of  their  neighbors  on  the  frontier  of  New 
Hampshire,  in  those  days,  were  far  different 
from  those  which  obtain  there  now,  and  Na- 
than Clifford  had  to  put  forth  all  his  energies 


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to  ac<|uire  the  education  he  got.  He  attended 
school  in  his  native  town  until  he  was  four- 
teen years  of  age,  and  then  by  great  effort 
overcame  objections  to  his  going  away  to  ob- 
tain a  more  extended  education  and  entered 
Haverhill  Academy,  where  he  remained  three 
years.  He  was  an  industrious  and  earnest 
student,  and  made  good  progress  in  his  stud- 
ies, but  was  compelled  to  spend  a  portion  of 
each  year  in  teaching  school  to  obtain  money 
to  pay  his  expenses.  Besides  teaching  school 
he  gave  instruction  in  vocal  music,  for  which 
he  hnd  rare  taste  and  talent.  He  left  the 
Haverhill  school  in  1820,  and  then  took  a 
year's  course  in  the  New  Hampton  Literary 
Institution,  which  he  left  at  eighteen  years  of 
age.  He  then  entered  the  law  office  of  Hon. 
Josiah  Quincy,  then  the  leader  of  the  Grafton 
county  bar.  At  that  time  admission  to  the 
bar  of  New  Hampshire  required  of  those  not 
college  graduates  a  period  of  five  years"  study 
to  prepare  for  practice.  While  in  the  acad- 
emy Mr.  Clifford  had  pursued  a  broad  course 
of  general  reading,  and  this  he  kept  up,  after- 
wards giving  much  attention  to  the  study  of 
the  classics  as  taught  in  the  regular  courses  of 
the  New  England  colleges.  Having  to  make 
his  own  way  he  continued  to  teach  while  a 
student  at  law,  and  up  till  near  the  time  of  his 
admission  to  the  bar  in  May,  1827.  Leaving 
New  Hampshire  he  crossed  over  into  the  bor- 
der town  of  Newfield,  in  York  county,  Maine. 
and  there  opened  an  office.  His  thorougn 
preparation  for  his  work,  remarkably  retentive 
memory  and  good  habits  formed  a  foundation 
upon  which  the  young  man  soon  reared  the 
superstructure  of  success.  He  gained  the  con- 
fidence and  got  the  business  of  the  people.  He 
entered  the  political  arena  early,  and  became  a 
•warm  supporter  of  the  principles  of  Democ- 
racy, though  there  were  in  Newfield  scarce 
twenty  men  of  that  faith.  He  had  inspired  so 
much  confidence  in  his  fellow  citizens  that  in 
1830,  only  three  years  after  settling  in  New- 
field,  he  was  elected  by  a  large  majority  to 
represent  the  town  in  the  state  legislature.  To 
this  office  he  was  three  times  successively  re- 
elected. At  the  beginning  of  his  third  term  he 
was  elected  speaker  of  the  house,  and  at  the 
next  session  was  again  elected.  Lie  soon  be- 
came one  of  the  ablest  leaders  among  the 
Maine  Democrats,  and  at  the  same  time  that 
he  was  gaining  a  leadership  in  politics  he  car- 
ried on  a  successful  practice  of  law.  In  1834 
be  was  appointed  attorney  general  of  the 
state.  This  office  he  filled  with  ability  until 
1838,  when  he  was  nominated  for  congress 
from  the  first  district.     In  the  exciting  politi- 


cal conflict  which  followed  he  was  elected. 
Before  his  term  was  out  he  was  renominated, 
and  again  elected, — his  term  of  service  cover- 
ing the  period  between  December  2,  1839,  and 
March  3,  1843.  \\  hen  he  left  congress  his 
reputation  as  an  able  and  zealous  leader  and 
an  accomplished  parliamentarian  was  firmly 
establis^ieil.  During  the  presidential  canvass 
of  184D  he  supported  Martin  \'an  Buren,  and 
met  in  political  debate  many  distinguished 
Whig  orators,  and  gained  for  himself  the 
reputation  of  being  one  of  the  most  eloquent 
champions  of  his  party.  Though  originally 
favoring  the  reelection  of  \'an  Buren  to  the 
chief  magistracy  of  the  nation,  he  supported 
the  nomination  of  Polk  with  earnest  and  ei- 
fective  ardor,  and  in  1S46  was  offered  the 
appointment  of  attorney-general  in  President 
Polk's  cabinet,  to  accept  which  he  gave  up  a 
very  extensive  legal  practice  at  home.  He 
found  the  duties  of  the  office  congenial  to  his 
tastes,  and  his  administration  was  such  as  to 
prove  him  a  worthy  successor  of  the  best  of 
those  who  had  preceded  him.  While  he  was 
a  member  of  the  cabinet  the  war  with  Mex- 
ico was  in  progress,  and  at  its  close  i\Ir.  Clif- 
ford became  a  member  of  the  United  States 
commission  with  the  power  of  envoy  ex- 
traordinary and  minister  plenipotentiary,  to 
arrange  terms  of  peace,  and  through  his  ef- 
forts the  treaty  was  arranged  with  Mexico,  by 
which  California  became  United  States  terri- 
tory. In  September,  1849,  with  the  outgoing 
of  the  administration,  he  returned  to  Maine 
and  settled  permanently  in  Portland,  where  he 
carried  on  his  law  practice  until  1858.  Jan- 
uary 12  of  that  year  he  was  appointed  asso- 
ciate justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the 
United  States,  and  served  as  a  member  of  that 
august  body  for  more  than  twenty-three  years. 
Judge  Clifford  was  now  fifty-five  years  old, 
and  in  the  full  vigor  of  his  physical  and  in- 
tellectual faculties.  He  found  himself  a=50- 
clated  with  a  bench,  the  majority  of  v.-hich 
were  old  men  rendered  slow  by  age  and  that 
habitual  caution  which  attends  the  con- 
scientious exercise  of  judicial  functions.  The 
business  of  the  court  was  far  in  arrears,  and 
to  the  work  of  relieving  this  condition  he  ap- 
plied himself  with  characteristic  energy,  and 
by  continuous  labor  saw  the  docket  much  re- 
duced. His  opinions  as  a  federal  justice  form 
a  respectable  part  in  number  and  importance 
of  the  forty  volumes  of  reports  issued  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death.  Chief  Justice  Salmon 
P.  Chase  died  May  7,  1873,  and  Judge  Clifford 
succeeded  to  the  place  thus  made  vacant.  The 
presidential  election  of   1876  was  not   settled 


STATE  OF  MA  INK. 


by  pui>ular  ballut,  and  by  a  hpccial  act  <>i  con- 
gress the  matter  was  referred  to  an  electoral 
commission  of  fifteen  men,  over  whose  delib- 
erations Judge  Clifford,  as  senior  associate 
justice,  presided  in  the  early  part  of  the  fol- 
lowing year.  The  highest  office  within  the 
gift  of  the  American  people  was  in  the  bal- 
ance, men's  minds  were  heated,  and  the  dis- 
cussions were  frequently  acrimonious,  but  dur- 
ing all  this,  although  a  firm  believer  in  Mr. 
Tihlen's  election,  he  conducted  the  proceedings 
with  the  dignity  and  impartiality  of  an  ancient 
Roman,  retaining  perfect  calmness,  evincing 
wisdom  and  fairness  in  his  decision,  and,  even 
winning  the  commendation  of  his  opponents. 
He  agreed  with  the  minority  and  delivered  an 
opinion  on  the  question  of  tlie  Florida  returns, 
but  deeming  it  of  no  avail,  he  rendered  no 
<public  judgment  on  the  votes  of  the  other  con- 
tested states.  For  several  years  before  his 
death.  Judge  Clifford  was  at  liberty,  if  he 
chose,  to  retire  from  the  bench  and  receive 
the  pension  provided  by  law,  but  relinquish- 
ment of  duty  was  not  in  accordance  with  his 
disposition  or  the  habits  of  his  life,  and  he  con- 
tinued with  unabated  clearness  and  force  of 
mind  to  perform  his  judicial  labors  until  over- 
taken by  his  last  sickness.  In  October,  1880, 
he  was  seized  by  serious  illness  involving  a 
complication  of  disorders,  and  was  obliged  to 
submit  to  amputation  of  the  foot.  From  this 
he  never  fully  recovered,  and  he  died  in  Cor- 
nish, Maine,  July  25,  1881.  Mason's  "Bench 
and  Bar"  thus  closes  its  account  of  this  illus- 
trious citizen : 

"Judge  Clififord  was  a  man  of  noble  and 
commanding  presence,  and  exhibited  in  his 
bearing  and  manner  a  graciousness  and  dig- 
nity combined  that  both  won  afifection  and  in- 
spired respect.  Strength,  culture  and  intellect 
were  written  on  his  face.  He  was  a  man  of 
unyielding  determination  and  immense  ca- 
pacity for  study  and  investigation,  and  faced 
every  duty,  however  onerous,  with  cheerful- 
ness and  confidence  in  himself.  He  possessed 
the  genius  of  labor,  industry,  truthfulness,  in- 
tegrity and  entire  fidelity  on  the  performance 
of  duty  were  among  his  leading  characteris- 
tics. The  urbanity  and  courtesy  which  marked 
his  intercourse  with  men,  secured  the  friend- 
ship of  a  wide  circle  of  eminent  persons  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact  during  the  many 
years  of  his  public  life.  The  judge  was  of  a 
temperament  to  prize  such  associations  and 
cherished  the  friendships  which  he  had  thus 
formed  to  the  end  of  his  life.  The  simplicity, 
elevation  and  solidity  of  his  character  im- 
pressed all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,    A 


memor\-  of  wonderful  power  easily  retained 
the  fruit  of  a  long,  arduous  and  studious  life. 
Bowdoin,  Dartmouth,  Brown  and  Harvard  all 
conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws.  In  the  proceedings  of  the  supreme 
court  of  the  United  Stales  as  well  as  in  the 
circuit  courts  of  the  county,  held  to  honor  his 
memory,  bench  and  bar  united  in  conceding  to 
the  venerable  magistrate  the  character  of  a 
great,  wise  and  just  judge." 

Judge  Clifford  married,  March  20,  1828,  at 
Newficld,  Maine,  Hannah  Ayer,  born  in  \'ew- 
field,  March  3,  181 1,  died  in  Portland,  Maine, 
August  2,  1892,  aged  eighty-one,  daughter  of 
James  and  Nancy  (Robinson)  Ayer,  of  Xew- 
field.  Children:  i.  Charles  Edward,  bom 
November  3,  1828,  died  April,  1907;  married 
Antoinette  Elhs  Ayer,  of  Newfield.  2.  Nancy 
Ayer,  born  January  19,  1830,  married  E.  L. 
Cummings,  and  died  November  14,  1899.  3- 
Nathan    J.,    born    January     12,     1832,    died 

;  married  Sarah   Gilman.     4.   Hannah 

Frances,  born  May  11,  1834;  married  Philip 
Henry  Brown,  of  Portland,  Maine,  died  De- 
cember 20,  1900.  5.  William  Henry,  born  Oc- 
tober 22,  1835,  and  died  September  13,  1836.  6. 
William  Henry,  born  August  11,  1838  (see 
forward).  7.  Elisha,  born  June  26,  1839,  ^'^d 
June  27,  1839.  8-  Lydia  J.,  born  June  8,  1842, 
died  March  28,  1843.  9.  George  Franklin, 
born  November  8,  1844,  died  October  21, 
1903,  married  Martha  O'Brien,  of  Cornish, 
Maine. 

(VHI)  William  Henry,  third  son  of  Judge 
Nathan  and  Hannah  (Ayer)  Clifford,  was 
born  in  Newfield,  Maine,  August  11,  1838. 
After  leaving  the  public  schools  he  fitted  for 
college  at  Portland  Academy  and  at  Profes- 
sor Woods's  school  at  Yarmouth.  After 
spending  four  years  in  Dartmouth  College  he 
graduated  there  in  1858.  Soon  afterward  he 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Shepley 
&  Dane,  of  Portland,  and  completed  the  course 
in  the  ofiice  of  Benjamin  R.  Curtis,  in  Boston. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of 
Massachusetts  in  1863;  in  Maine  and  in  the 
United  States  circuit  court  in  1864;  and  in  the 
United  States  supreme  court  in  1867.  After 
his  admission  to  the  bar  he  opened  an  office  in 
Portland,  where  he  practiced  his  profession 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  September  18, 
1901.  F-or  about  ten  years  he  was  a  commis- 
sioner of  the  United  States  circuit  court  for 
the  District  of  Maine,  and  afterwards  ac- 
quired extensive  practice  in  the  federal  courts 
and  before  the  supreme  coun  at  Washington. 
He  was  author  of  "Clifford's  Reports,"  a  com- 
pilation in  four  volumes  of  his  father's  deci- 


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sions  ill  tlie  New  England  circuit.  From 
young  manliood  he  was  interested  in  the  poUti- 
cal  contests  in  Maine,  on  the  Democratic  side, 
and  from  the  time  of  the  civil  war  was  quite 
prominent  as  a  leader  in  campaigns.  Twice  he 
was  nominated  as  Democratic  candidate  for 
congress  in  the  First  Congressional  District — 
once  against  John  H.  Burleigh,  and  the  second 
time  as  the  opponent  of  Thomas  B.  Reed,  and 
won  credit  and  respect  by  both  his  abilities  and 
powers  as  a  [wlitical  speaker,  and  by  the  vigor 
and  energy  of  his  campaigns.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Democratic  national  committee,  and 
presided  over  a  number  of  state  conventions 
of  the  party.  In  1896  he  was  candidate  for 
governor  of  Maine  on  the  ticket  of  the  Gold 
Democrats.  He  was  fond  of  literature ;  was  a 
member  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  and 
was.  author  of  several  pamphlets  on  literary, 
political  and  other  subjects.  His  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  was  conferred  by  Bishops  Col- 
lege, l.eno.\ville.  Province  of  Quebec.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  and  for  some  time  served  as  vestry- 
man in  St.  Luke's  Cathedral.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber 61  the  Cumberland  Club  of  Portland,  and 
the  Union  Club  of  Boston.  He  was  afifiliated 
with  various  Masonic  bodies,  including  the 
Commandery ;  and  w-ith  the  orders  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias.  It  has  been 
written  of  him:  "He  was  a  man  of  scholarly 
tastes  anil  broad  culture ;  always  a  studL-nt,  his 
reading  was  both  extensive  and  exhaustive. 
He  was  an  authority  on  many  literary  and  his- 
torical subjects,  and  the  addresses  which  he 
delivered  from  time  to  time  on  such  subjects 
bore  evidence  of  his  natural  ability  and  wide 
learning.'" 

Mr.  Clifford  married,  August  8,  1866,  Ellen 
(ireeley  I'.rown.  born  in  Portland,  May  30, 
1841,  died  there  May  9,  1904,  daughter  of 
John  B.  and  .^nn  M.  (Greeley)  Brown,  of 
Portland.    Children:     i.  Nathan  ;  see  forward. 

2.  Matilda  Greeley,  born  July  20,  1869;  mar- 
ried Jame>i  W.  Jamieson,  November  15,  1904. 

3.  William  Henry,  July  28,  1875;  see  forward. 

4.  Philip  tlreeley,  born  Sei)tcmber  11,  1882; 
see  forward.  Children  of  William  H.  Clifford, 
who  (lied  young,  were  John  B.  and  Ellen 
Ayer. 

( IX)  Hon.  Nathan  (2),  eldest  child  of  Hon. 
William  H.  and  Ellen  G.  (Brown)  ClifTonl. 
was  born  in  Portland,  June  17,  1867.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Portland,  Phillips 
Andovcr  .\cademy.  and  the  Portland  iiigh 
school,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1886.  In 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  entered  Harvard 
University,    from    which    he    graduated    with 


high  iionors  in  June,  1890.  Immediately  after 
graduation  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  his  father  in  Portland  and  was 
admittc<l  to  the  bar  three  years  later,  in  -May, 
1893,  and  became  a  member  of  the  lirm  of 
Clifford,  X'errill  &  Clifford,  the  present  lirm. 
The  marks  of  heredity  are  discernible  in  Mr. 
Clifford,  and  he  displays  much  of.  the  ability 
that  distinguished  his  progenitors.  As  a  law- 
yer he  ranks  high,  and  in  the  Democratic 
party,  of  which  he  is  an  honored  member,  he 
is  regarded  as  a  wise  counselor  and  successful 
leader.  His  interest  in  politics  began  at  an 
early  age,  and  his  activity  in  party  matters  be- 
gan immediately  after  his  graduation  from 
college.  He  has  filled  various  offices  in  the 
party  and  in  the  municipality.  In  1895  he 
was  made  chairman  of  the  Democratic  cit^ 
committee.  In  1905  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
Portland,  and  was  re-elected  the  next  year. 
His  election  to  succeed  himself  in  this  office 
was  the  first  instance  in  the  liistory  of  the  city 
where  a  Democrat  was  his  own  immediate  suc- 
cessor. His  administration  of  municipal  busi- 
ness gave  great  satisfaction,  but  when  he  was 
made  candidate  for  a  third  term,  in  1907,  he 
was  defeated  by  Adam  P.  Leighton.  Mr.  Clif- 
ford is  a  member  of  tht  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety;  the  Alaine  Geological  Society;  vice- 
president  of  the  Harvard  Club  in  Maine,  and 
the  New  England  Federation  of  Harvard 
Clubs ;  director  of  the  Harvard  Alumni  .■\sso- 
ciation ;  and  member  of  the  Cumberland  Club, 
and  various  other  bodies.  Mr.  Clifford  mar- 
ried, in  Boston,  May  5,  1897,  Caroline  L. 
Devens,  born  in  Charlestown,  Alassachusetts, 
April  6,  1872,  daughter  of  Captain  Edward 
Fesser  and  Abbie  Maria  (Fairbanks)  Devens; 
her  father  was  an  officer  in  the  United  States 
navy.  Children  of  Air.  and  Mrs.  Clifford: 
Katharine  Louisa,  born  1898;  Nathan  Jr., 
1900;  William  Henry,  1904. 

(IX)  Captain  W'illiam  Henry,  son  of  Hon. 
William  H.  and  Ellen  G.  (Brown)  Clifford, 
was  born  in  Portland,  July  28,  1875.  He  was 
educated  in  public  schools  of  Portland,  Chaun- 
cey  Hall  school,  Boston,  and  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology.  He  reatl  law  in  the 
office  of  Clifford,  Verrill  &  Clifford  at  Port- 
land. At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-.Vmeri- 
can  war,  he  organized  the  naval  reserve  of 
Maine  and  was  elected  junior  lieutenant;  the 
reserves  were  ordered  to  the  monitor  "Mon- 
tauk"  and  stationed  in  Portland  harbor  during 
the  summer  of  1898.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
Mr.  Clifford  went  to  Annapolis,  Maryland, 
and  after  studying  for  a  few  months  passed 
the  examination  for  first  lieutenant  of  United 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


States  Marine  Corps,  and  served  for  three 
years  in  the  I'hiHppiiies.  He  commanded  the 
guard  at  the  St.  Louis  exposition  and  the  lega- 
tion guard  at  Pekin,  China,  in  the  winter  of 
1907.  He  has  attained  the  rank  of  captain 
and  is  now  serving  in  the  Phihppines.  1  le  is 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
holding  various  important  offices  in  that  or- 
der. He  married,  October  12,  1907,  Mabel 
Moore,  daughter  of  George  M.  Moore,  of  Lon- 
ion.    They  have  one  son. 

(IX)  Philip  Greely,  son  of  Hon.  William 
H.  and  Ellen  G.  (Brown)  Clifford,  was  born 
in  Portland,  September  11,  1882.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  prepared  for  col- 
lege by  studying  under  private  tutors ;  in  1899 
he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  graduating 
therefrom  in  1903.  He  then  took  up  the  study 
of  law  at  Harvard  College,  and  also  read  law 
in  the  office  of  his  brother,  Hon.  Nathan  Clif- 
ford. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1906, 
and  at  once  established  himself  in  practice.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Club,  Portland 
Country  Club,  Portland  Yacht  Club,  and  the 
following  college  fraternities :  Psi  Upsilon, 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  the  Crown  and  Coffin. 
Mr.  Clifford  married,  October  11,  1905, 
Katharine  Hale,  daughter  of  Judge  Clarence 
and  Margaret  (Rollins)  Hale,  the  former 
named  being  judge  of  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Court  (see  Hale  family).  Mr.  and  r^Irs. 
Clifford  have  one  child,  Margaret  Ellen  Clif- 
ford. 


It  is  supposed  that  the  name  of 
HA;\ILIN  Hamlin  is  originally  of  Ger- 
manic origin,  perhaps  derived 
from  the  town  of  Hamlin  in  Lower  Saxony 
situated  at  the  junction  of  the  river  of  Hamel 
with  the  Weiser.  The  name  Hamelin  is  still 
common  in  France,  whence  some  have  emi- 
grated to  this  country  and  to  Quebec,  where 
they  have  become  numerous.  In  England  this 
name  was  formerly  spelled  Hamblen.  Hamelyn, 
Hamelin  and  Ilamlyn.  As  the  name  is  found 
in  the  "Roll  of  Battle  .Vbbey"  it  is  undoubtedly 
of  French  origin,  and  was  brought  into  Eng- 
land by  a  follower  of  the  Norman  conqueror. 
Burke's  Encyclopedia  of  Heraldry  describes 
several  coats-of-arms  belonging  to  the  Hamb- 
lens  and  Hamlyns.  Representatives  of  the 
distinguished  American  family  of  this  name 
participated  in  the  war  for  national  independ- 
ence and  the  civil  war.  It  has  produced  a 
goodly  number  of  able  men  including  clergy- 
men, lawyers,  jihysicians  and  statesmen,  and 
its  most  distinguished  representative  of  mod- 


ern times  was  the  Hon.  Hanniijal  i  lamhn, 
vice-president  of  the  United  States  during 
Abraham  Lincoln's  administration,  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  national  senate  from 
Maine  and  afterwards  minister  to  Spain.  A 
numerous  progeny  sprung  from  Captain  Giles 
Hamlin,  who  immigrated  to  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, in  1650.  It  is  supposed  that  James 
and  Giles  were  brothers,  but  their  relation- 
ship, like  the  connection  between  Sire  de  Balon 
and  Ilamelinus,  was  never  determined.  At 
the  time  Giles  came  to  this  country,  Lewis 
Hamelin  of  France  settled  in  Canada  and  es- 
tablished the  Flamlin  family  of  that  part  of  the 
continent. 

The  English  ancestor  of  the  Hamlins  of 
New  England  appears  to  be  John  Hamelyn, 
of  Cornwall,  living  in  1570,  and  who  married 
Amor,  daughter  of  Robert  Knowle,  of  Sarum. 
This  couple  had  a  son  and  heir  who  lived  in 
Devonshire  by  the  name  of  Giles.  Giles 
Hamelin  or  Hamelyn  married  a  daughter  of 
Robert  Ashley  and  had  two  sons :  Thomas, 
Gentleman,  London,  1623,  and  James.  James 
is  the  ancestor  of  the  larger  part  of  the  Ham- 
lin race  in  this  Republic.  He  made  a  voyage 
to  Cape  Cod  unaccompanied  by  his  family,  and 
there  made  a  home  for  them  at  Barnstable. 
He  then  returned  to  England,  and  in  1639 
brought  back  his  w^ife  and  several  children. 

(I)  James,  son  of  (jiles  and  (.Vsh- 

ley)  Hamelin,  lived,  and  his  children  were 
baptized  in  the  church  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Lawrence,  Reading,  Berkshire,  England,  be- 
tween 1630  and  1636.  These  children  were: 
I.  James,  baptized  October  31,  1630,  died  be- 
fore April,  1636.  2.  Sarah,  baptized  Septem- 
ber 6,  1632.  3.  Mary,  baptized  July  27,  1634. 
4.  James,  baptized  April  10,  1636.  The  first 
record  of  his  children  born  in  America  is : 
Bartholomew,  born  in  Barnstable,  Plymouth 
Colony,  April  11,  1642.  A  child,  Hannah,  was 
probably  born  in  England  between  1636  and 
1642,  but  no  record  of  her  birth  appears  either 
in  luigland  or  New  England.  James  Ham- 
lenc  appears  among  the  list  of  freemen  in 
Barnstable  in  1643  and  James  Hamhlen  Jun- 
ior, and  James  Hamhlen  Senior,  on  list  of 
freemen  May  29,  1670.  He  made  his  will 
January  23,  1683,  and  Governor  Hinckley  and 
Jonathan  Russell  witnessed  the  signing  and 
sealing  of  the  will.  In  this  will  he  names  his 
wife  as  Anne,  but  no  other  record  of  her  name 
has  been  found.  The  children  of  James  and 
.\nne  Hamlin  not  certainly  Iwrn  in  England 
are:  6.  Hannah.  7.  Bartholomew.  8.  John, 
born  June  26,  1644.     9.  A  child,  stillborn  and 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


buried  December  2.  1646.  10.  Sarah,  born 
November  7,  1O47.  •'■  Eleazer,  March  17. 
i64i>.     12.  Israel.  June  25,  i()52. 

(II)  James  (2),  second  son  and  luv.rtii 
child  of  James  { i )  and  Anne  Hamlin,  was 
born  in  England  and  baptized  April  10,  1636, 
at  St.  Lawrence  Parish,  Reading,  Berkshire. 
He  came  to  IMymoutii  Colony,  New  England, 
with  his  mother  and  sisters  prior  to  1642,  anti 
was  married  at  iiarnstable  in  that  colony  to 
Mary,  daugiiter  of  John  and  Mary  Dunham, 
November  20,  1662.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
lived  on  the  Coggin's  Pond  lot  owned  by  his 
father  up  to  1702,  when  he  removed  to  Hamb- 
lin  Plains  in  W'est  Berkshire.  In  his  will, 
made  in  171 7,  he  claims  to  be  a  resident  of 
Tisbury,  but  he  is  recorded  as  a  representa- 
tive at  a  great  and  general  court  or  assembly 
for  her  Majesties  I'rovince  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  New  England  held  in  Boston,  Wednes- 
day, May  13,  1705,  as  IMr.  James  Hamlin, 
Barnstable.  His  wife,  Mary,  dietl  April  19, 
171 5,  in  the  seventy-third  year  of  her  age, 
and  James  Hamlin  died  in  Tisbury,  May  3. 
1718.  Their  children  were  fourteen  in  num- 
ber, as  follows,  all  born  in  Iiarnstable:  i. 
Mary,  July  24,  1664.  2.  Elizabeth,  February 
14,  1665-66.  3.  Eleazer  (q.  v.),  April  12, 
1668.  4.  Experience,  April  12,  1O68.  5. 
James,  August  26,  1669.  6.  Jonathan,  March 
6,  1670-71.  7.  A  son,  March  28,  1672,  died 
April  7,  1672.  8.  Ebenezer,  July  29,  1674.  g. 
Elisha,  March  5.  1676-77,  died  December  20, 
1677.  10.  Hope,  March  13,  1679-80.  11.  Job, 
January  15,  1681.     12.  John,  January  12,  1683. 

13.  Heniamin,    baptized    March    16,    1684-85. 

14.  Elkanah.  baptized  IMarch  16,  1685. 

(III)  Eleazer,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
James  and  Mary  (Dunham)  Hamlin,  was 
born  in  Barnstable.  Plymouth  Colony,  April 
12,  1668.  He  married  I.ydia,  daughter  of 
Paul  and  Deborah  (  W'illard )  Sares  or  Sears, 
and  they  lived  in  Horwich  or  ^'armouth.  His 
father  in  his  will  made  in  1717  mentions  "my 
four  grandchildren,  the  children  of  my  son 
Eleazer  Hamlin,  deceased."  He  died  in  Yar- 
mouth in  1698,  and  his  widow  married,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1706,  Thomas  Snow,  of  Harwich. 
The  children  of  Eleazer  and  Lydia  (Scars) 
Hamlin  were:  1.  Benjamin  (q.  v.),  born  in 
1692.  2.  .-\  son,  1694.  3.  Mary,  1696.  4. 
Elisha,  January  26,  1697-98. 

(I\')  Benjamin,  eldest  child  of  Eleazer  and 
Lydia  (Sears)  Hamlin,  was  born  in  1692.  He 
married,  October  25.  1716,  Anne,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Mayo  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Rev.  John  Mayo,  who  was  in  B.arnstable  in 
1639.  the  marriage  ceremony  being  performed 


by  John  Doane,  Esq.,  of  Eastham,  and  the 
marriage  recorded  in  Orleans.  The  eight 
cliiUlren  of  Benjamin  and  Anne  (Mayo)  Ham- 
lin were:  i.  Cornelius,  born  1719.  2.  Joshua, 
about    1721.      3.    Benjamin,   baptized   July   2, 

1727.  4.  Lydia,  about  1724.     5.  Isaac,  about 

1728.  6.  Mary.  7.  Eleazer  (q.  v.),  about 
1732.  8.  Elizabeth.  Benjamin  Hamlin  was  a 
mariner  engaged  in  the  whale  fishing;  was 
instantly  killed  while  engaged  in  assisting  in 
the  capture  of  a  whale  early  in  July,  1737,  and 
September  7,  1738,  his  widow  married  William 
Graham,  of  Boston. 

(V)  Major  Eleazer  (2),  youngest  son  and 
seventh  child  of  Benjamin  and  Anne  (Mayo) 
Hamlin,  was  born  in  Billinggate,  Plymouth 
Colony,  about  July,  1732.  He  was  married 
(first)  in  East  Parish,  Bridgewater,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  30,  1750,  by  the  Rev.  John 
Augier,  to  Lydia  Bonney,  of  Pembroke.  She 
died  August  12,  1769,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Sarah  (Lobdell)  Bryant,  a  widow 
with  two  children,  George  and  William  Bry- 
ant. Eleazer  Hamlin  was  baptized  in  Second 
Church  at  Pembroke,  February  6,  1762.  His 
five  eldest  children  had  been  baptized  prior  to 
tiiat  date  "on  account  of  his  wife."  He  was  a 
grantee  in  fifteen  deeds  of  land  in  Pembroke 
and  Bridgewater,  from  1759  to  1774,  and  about 
April,  1776,  removed  to  Harvard,  Middlesex: 
county,  and  on  the  Lexington  alarm.  April  19, 
1775,  he  w^as  second  lieutenant  in  Captain 
James  Hatch's  company  and  marched  from 
West  Parish,  Pembroke,  to  Scituate  and 
Marshfield.  In  list  of  officers  in  General 
Thomas'    regiment,    commissioned    May     19, 

1775,  he  held  the  rank  of  captain,  and 
January  i,  1776,  he  was  captain  in  the  Twenty- 
third  Continental  Infantry.  He  was  in  the 
army  at   Peekskill,  New   York,   December  27, 

1776.  Tradition  in  the  family  gave  it  that  be- 
cause of  his  large  family  at  home  he  was  re- 
tired with  the  rank  of  brevet  major  and  that 
General  Washington  on  bidding  him  farewell 
gave  him  $200  in  Continental  money.  Four 
of  his  sons:  Africa,  Europe,  America  and 
Eleazer,  and  a  son-in-law.  Major  Seth  Phil- 
lips, served  in  the  revolutionary  army.  After 
the  war  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts 
gave  him  a  grant  of  land  in  .Maine  in  consid- 
eration of  the  services  of  his  family  in  the 
revolution,  and  the  trust  is  known  as  "Ham- 
lin's Grant"  to  this  day..  The  land  proving  un- 
productive, his  sons  were  allowed  to  select 
farms  and  settlements  in  Oxford  county,  af- 
terwards called  Waterford,  Maine.  He  was 
a  great  reader  and  particularly  fond  of  his- 
tory and  biography   and   he  lielped   to   found 


'Kuiinllnil     -tluiiiliu, 


STATK  Ol-   MAINE. 


and  was  a  stockliolder  in  tlie  first  public  li- 
brary established  at  Westford,  .Middlesex 
county,  Massachusetts,  in  1796.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  of  correspondence 
and  safety  in  1779;  was  a  licensed  inn-holder 
17S0-85;  was  a  delegate  at  Concord,  Octo- 
ber, 1779;  selectman.  1782;  delegate  to  con- 
vention at  Lunenburg,  May  19,  1785.  He 
died  December  I.  1867.  aged  seventy-five 
years  and  five  months,  and  was  buried  in  the 
east  burying  ground.  Westford,  where  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Mrs.  Sarah  Hamlin,  who  died  No- 
vember 15,  1788,  in  the  forty-fifth  year  of  her 
age,  was  buried.  The  eleven  children  of  Ma- 
jor Eleazer  and  Lydia  (Bonney)  Hamlin,  all 
born  in  Pembroke.  Plymouth  Colony,  were : 
I.  Asia,  born  March  9,  1753,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 16,  1757,  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  October  27.  1754, 
baptized  October  16,  1757.  3.  Alice,  born 
February  17,  1756,  baptized  October  16,  1757. 

4.  Africa,  born  January  27,  1758,  baptized 
February  26,  1758.  5.  Europe,  born  Novem- 
ber 20,  1759,  baptized  April  20,  1760.  6. 
America,  born  October  20,  1761,  baptized  No- 
vember 22,    1 761.     7.  Lydia,  born   November 

5.  1763,  baptized  November,  1763.  8.  Eleazer, 
born  September  23,  1765,  baptized  September 
29,  1765.  9.  Mary,  born  .August  3,  1767,  bap- 
tized September  13,  1767.  10.  Cyrus  (q.  v.) 
and  II.  Ilannibal  (twins),  born  July  21.  1769, 
baptized  August  20,  1769.  The  six  children 
of  Major  Eleazer  Hamlin  by  his  second  wife, 
Sarah  (Lobdell)  (Bryant)  Hamlin,  were: 
12.  Asia,  born  in  Pembroke,  May  11.  1774. 
died  November  2,  1778.  13.  Sally,  born  in 
Pembroke.  October  29,  1775,  baptized  Jan- 
uary 26.  1776.  14.  Isaac,  born  in  Harvard, 
January  30.  1778.  15.  Asia,  born  May  15, 
1780.  16.  Green,  born  1782.  died  July  2. 
1798.  T7.  George.  (For  Hannibal  and  de- 
scendants see  forward.) 

(\T)  Dr.  Cyrus,  sixth  son  and  tenth  child  of 
Major  Eleazer  and  Lydia  (Bonney)  Hamlin. 
wns  born  in  Pembroke,  Plymouth  Colony, 
July  21,  1769.  He  removed  with  the  family 
to  Harvard,  Middlesex  county,  Massachusetts. 
in  1776.  where  he  taught  school,  pursued  an 
academic  course  of  study  preparatory  to  study- 
ing medicine,  and  practiced  medicine  in  con- 
nection with  teaching  school  up  to  the  time  of 
I'is  death.  In  1795  he  was  invited  by  the 
early  settlers  of  Livermore.  Oxford  county, 
Maine,  through  a  committee  made  up  of  Syl- 
vnnus  Boardman,  Ransom  Norton,  William 
Hood  and  Isaac  Livermore,  to  settle  in  that 
place,  at  the  time  destitute  of  a  physician,  and 
he  removed  there  the  same  vear  and  at  once 


secured  a  large  practice  and  a  most  estimable 
wife.  He  married  December  4,  1797,  Anna, 
daughter  and  sixth  child  of  Deacon  Fdijah 
Livermore,  granddaughter  of  Deacon  Elijah 
Livermore,  of  Wallham,  Massachusetts,  and 
presumably  a  descendant  from  John  Liver- 
more, the  immigrant,  who  came  from  Ipswich, 
England,  to  New  England  in  the  ship  "I-Van- 
cis,"  Captain  John  Cutting,  master,  in  April, 
1634,  with  his  wife,  Grace,  and  settled  in 
Watertown  as  early  as  1642,  and  they  had 
nine  children.  Dr.  Cyrus  Hamlin  was  town 
clerk  and  treasurer  of  Livermore  township, 
moderator  of  the  town  meeting  and  repre- 
sentative from  Livermore  in  the  general  court 
of  Massachusetts,  1803.  He  ])urchased  in  1804 
from  General  Leonard  a  farm  known  as  Paris 
Hill,  in  the  center  of  the  townshi]),  for  which 
he  paid  four  hundred  dollars.  He  built  there- 
on a  large  two-story  house  in  1807  and  beau- 
tified the  place  by  planting  rows  of  elm  trees 
along  the  street.  When  the  county  of  Oxford 
was  organized  in  1804,  he  was  appointed  the 
first  clerk  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  and 
held  the  office  for  many  years.  The  court  was 
held  in  the  Baptist  church  on  Paris  Hill  and 
the  judge,  Hon.  Simeon  Frye,  stopped  at  Dr. 
Hamlin's  house.  Dr.  Hamlin  was  subsequently 
high  sheriff  of  Oxford  county.  Dr.  Hamlin  is 
described  as  a  man  of  dark,  swarthy  complex- 
ion, with  blue  eyes  and  weighed  nearly  three 
hundred  pounds.  He  was  a  founder  and  orig- 
He  died  suddenly  at  his  home  in  Paris  Hill, 
February  2,  1829,  and  at  the  time  six  of  their 
eight  children  were  living,  the  youngest  boy 
fifteen  years  old.  His  death  left  a  great  re- 
sponsibility on  the  widow,  as  well  as  on  the 
two  older  sons,  and  she  continued  to  live  at 
Paris  Hill  with  two  maiden  daughters  up  to 
the  time  of  her  death,  which  occurred  August 
25,  1852.  The  first  five  of  the  eight  children 
of  Dr.  Cyrus  and  Anna  (Livermore)  Ham- 
lin were  born  in  Livermore  and  the  others  in 
Paris,  Alaine.  They  were,  in  the  order  of 
their  birth:  i.  Elijah  Livermore,  December 
30,  1798,  died  April  6,  1799.  2.  Elijah  Liver- 
more, March  29,  1800.  3.  Cyrus,  July  16, 
1802.  4.  Eliza,  April  4.  1804.  5.  Anna,  July 
14.  1805.  6.  Vesta,  June  6,  1808.  7.  Hanni- 
bal (q.  v.).  8.  Hannah  Livermore,  October 
10,  1814. 

(\TI)  Hannibal,  son  of  Dr.  Cyrus  and  Anna 
(Livermore)  Hamlin,  was  born  in  Paris  Hill, 
Maine,  August  27.  1809.  He  attended  Hebron 
Academy  preparatory  to  entering  college,  but 
the  death  of  his  father  in  1829  forced  him  to 
devote  himself  to  the  care  of  the  farm  and 
to  teachincr  school  in  the  winter  season  in  or- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


dcr    to    furnish    fur   the    maintenance    of    his 
mother  and  sisters.     Wiiile  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  teaching  he  found  httle  time  to  study 
law.     He  pubhshcd   the  Jc/'fcrsoiiiaii,  a   local 
Democratic  paper,  in  partnership  with  Hora- 
tio King,  but  at  the  end  of  a  year  he  sold 
his  interest  in  the  venture  to  his  partner  and 
took    up    the    study    of   law    in   the    office   of 
General    Samuel    Fessendcn   in    Portland   and 
he  settled  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Hampden, 
Penobscot  county,   in    1833.     In    1835   he  en- 
tered the  arena  of  politics  as  the  Democratic 
candidate  for  representative  in  the  Maine  legis- 
lature, and   he  was  elected  and  continueil  in 
office  1835-40,  and  for  three  terms,  1838-39-40, 
he  was  a  speaker  of  the  house,  although  but 
twenty-nine  years  of   age   when   first  elected 
.^peaker.     In  the  fall  of  1840  he  was  the  un- 
.successful    Democratic    candidate    for    repre- 
sentative in  the  twenty-seventh  United  States 
congress,  but  he  was  the  successful  candidate 
in  1842  and  1844,  serving  in  the  twenty-eighth 
and  twenty-ninth  congresses,  1843-47.    In  con- 
gress he  opposed  the  extension  of  slavery  in 
his  maiden  speech,  opposed  the  annexation  of 
Texas,  denounced  the  practice  of  duelling,  and 
was  the  candidate  of  the  anti-slavery  Demo- 
crats  for  speaker.     The   Maine  legislature  in 
1846,  after  balloting  six  weeks,  defeated  him 
for  United  Slates  senator  by  one  vote,  he  being 
the  candidate  of  the  anti-slavery  Democrats. 
In  1847  he  was  sent  as  a  representative  to  the 
Maine  legislature,  and  in  May,  1848,  when  a 
vacancy  occurred  in  the  United  States  senate 
by    the   death    of    Senator   John    Fairfield,   of 
Maine,   as   tilled   temporarily    by    W.    B.    S. 
Moore,   appointed   by    Governor    Dana,    Mr. 
Hamlin  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  one  vote 
to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  in  1850  was  re-elected 
after  a  contest   in   the  legislative  caucus    for 
three  months,   for  a  full  terms  of  six  years. 
When  Buchanan  became  the  Democratic  can- 
didate  for  president  of  the   United   States   in 
1856,  he  left  the  parly,  assisted  in  the  forma- 
tion  of   the    Republican   party    in    Maine,   ac- 
cepted the  Republican  nomination  for  govern- 
or of   .Maine  and   was  elected   by  25.000  plu- 
rality.    Thereupon  lie  resigned  his  seat  in  the 
United  Stales   senate,   February  6,   1857,  and 
was   inaugurated  as  governor  of   Maine,  but 
the  same  year  was  elected  by  the  Republican 
legislature   of    Maine    United    States    senator, 
and  in  l^'ebruary,  1857,  resigned  the  governor- 
ship in  oriler  to  take  his  seat  in   ihe  United 
Stales  senate,  March  4,  1857.    In  i860  he  was 
nominated   ami    elected    vice-president    of    the 
United    States   on    the    ticket    with    Abraham 
Lincoln  for  president,  and  January  i,  1861.  he 


resigned  his  seat  in  the  United  States  senate, 
and  March  4,  1861,  he  took  his  seat  as  presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  senate  and  ably  pre- 
sided over  that  body  during  the  first  four 
years  of  the  eventful  civil  war.  The  wisdom 
of  his  party,  in  convention  assembled  in  1864, 
decided  to  give  the  vice-presidential  nomina- 
tion to  the  south  and  President  Lincoln  on  his 
second  inauguration  offered  to  Senator  Ham- 
lin the  portfolio  of  the  United  States  treasury, 
which  cabinet  position  he  declined,  and  when 
Lincoln  was  assassinated,  President  Johnson 
made  Senator  Hamlin  collector  of  the  port  of 
Boston,  but  he  resigned  the  lucrative  office  in 
1866,  as  he  was  not  in  political  accord  with 
the  president.  The  legislature  of  the  state  of 
Maine  elected  him  to  the  United  States  senate 
in  1869  for  the  fourth  time,  and  in  1875  for 
the  fifth  time.  Having  served  in  the  United 
States  senate  for  twenty-five  years  and  as 
chairman  of  the  committees  on  commerce,  post- 
offices  and  post  roads  and  of  foreign  affairs, 
he  declined  re-election  to  the  senate  in  1881, 
and  President  Garfield  gave  it  to  him  to  select 
his  choice  of  three  important  missions,  Ger- 
many, Italy  and  Spain,  and  Senator  Hamlin 
went  to  Spain,  but  found  it  advisable  to  resign 
the  mission  in  1883.  He  was  a  founder  of 
education,  served  as  regent  of  the  Smithsonian 
Institute,  ex-officer  1861-65  and  by  appoint- 
ment 1870-82,  and  he  was  for  a  time  dean  of 
the  board  of  regents.  He  was  a  trustee  of 
Colby  University,  1857-91,  and  that  institu- 
tion conferred  on  him  the  honorary  degree  of 
LL.  D.  in  1859. 

He  married  (first)  December  10,  1833, 
Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  Hon.  Stephen  and 
Sally  (Stowell)  Emery,  of  Hallowell,  Maine. 
She  died  in  Hampden,  Maine,  .\pril  17,  1855, 
and  on  September  25,  1856,  he  married  his 
deceased  wife's  half-sister,  Ellen  X'esta,  daugh- 
ter of  Hon.  Stephen  and  Jcannette  (Loring) 
Emory.  He  died  at  a  public  entertainment  at 
the  Tarratine  Club  rooms,  Bangor,  Maine, 
July  4,  i8yi,  the  third  citizen  of  the  United 
Stales  who  had  held  the  office  of  vice-president 
of  the  L'nited  States  to  die  on  the  nation's 
birlhday.  The  children  of  Hannibal  and 
Sarah  jaiie  (Emery)  Hamlin  were:  i.  George 
Emery,  born  September  30,  1835,  died  July  14, 
1844.  2.  Charles,  September  13,  1837.  3. 
Cyrus,  April  26,  1839.  4-  Sarah  Jane,  Jan- 
uary 7,  1842.  5.  (ieorge  Emery,  February  24, 
1848,  died  September  6,  1849.  By  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Ellen  \e.sta  (Emery)  Hamlin,  he 
had:  6.  Hannibal  Emery  (q.  v.),  .\ugust  22, 
1858.  7.  Frank,  September  26.  1862,  men- 
tioned below. 


STATE  OF  MAIM-: 


(VIII)  Charles,  second  son  of  Hannibal  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Emery)  Hamlin,  was  born  in 
Hampden,  Maine,  September  13,  1837,  grad- 
nated  at  Bowdoin  College,  A.  B.,  1857,  A.  AI., 
i8()0.  Major  of  Eighteenth  Maine  V'olnnteers, 
i8()J,  brevet  brigadier-general.  United  States 
X'olunteers,  1864,  for  his  bravery  on  the  bat- 
tlefield of  Gettysburg.  He  was  acting  adju- 
tant general  of  the  second  division,  third 
corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  saw  service 
at  Gettysburg,  July  1-3,  1863,  Kelly's  Ford, 
November  7,  1863,  Locust  CJrove,  November 
29,  1863,  Mine  Run,  May  8.  1864,  and  the 
battles  of  the  Wilderness  following.  He  re- 
signed his  commission  in  the  United  States 
Volunteer  Army,  September  13,  1865,  prac- 
ticed law  in  Bangor,  Maine,  was  city  solicitor, 
register  in  bankruptcy.  United  States  commis- 
sioner and  reporter  of  the  decisions  of  the  su- 
preme court  of  Maine.  He  was  representative 
in  the  state  legislature,  1883-85,  and  speaker 
of  the  house,  1885.  He  served  as  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  ( lettysburg 
commission  from  Maine,  commander  of  the 
Maine  Commanding  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  president 
of  the  Eastern  Maine  General  Hospital  and 
author  of  "Insolvent  Laws  of  Maine"'  and  co- 
editor  of  "Maine  at  Gettysburg."  He  mar- 
ried, November  28,  i860,  Sarah  Purington, 
daughter  of  Dixey  W.  and  Sarah  (Purington) 
Thompson,  of  Topsham,  Maine. 

(VIII)  Cyrus,  third  son  of  Hannibal  antl 
Sarah  Jane  (Emery)  Hamlin,  was  born  in 
Hampden,  Maine,  April  26,  1839.  Attended 
Hampden  Academy  and  Colby  University,  but 
left  college  to  study  law ;  practiced  in  York 
county  courts,  and  in  1862  was  made  aide-de- 
camp on  the  staiif  of  General  John  C.  Fre- 
mont, and  for  bravery  at  Cross  Keyes,  Vir- 
ginia, received  the  commendation  of  his  com- 
mander. He  was  colonel  of  the  Eighteenth 
United  States  Colored  Volunteers  and  com- 
manded a  brigade  in  the  Department  of  the 
Gulf.  He  received  promotion  to  brigadier- 
general  of  volunteers,  December  3,  1864,  com- 
mandeil  the  district  of  Port  Hudson,  1864-65, 
and  was  brevetted  major-general  of  volunteer, 
March  13,  1865.  He  helped  to  reconstruct 
the  government  of  the  state  of  Louisiana,  and 
was  a  practicing  attorney  in  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana,  where  he  died  August  28,  1867. 
General  Cyrus  Hamlin  married,  ( )ctober  12, 
1862,  Sarah,  daughter  of  True  and  Sarah 
Sanborn,  of  Prospect,  ]\Iaine.  She  died  in 
Port  Hudson,  Louisiana,  July  14,  1863,  leaving 
no  issue. 

(VIII)    Hannibal  Emery,  son  of  Hannibal 


and  Ellen  V.  (Emery)  Hamlin,  was  born  in 
Hampilen,  Penobscot  county,  Maine,  August 
22,  1858.  He  was  a  pupil  in  tiie  public  schools 
of  Bangor,  Maine,  and  was  fitted  for  college 
at  VVaterville  Classical  Institute,  now  the  Co- 
burn  Classical  Institute,  and  he  was  graduated 
at  Colby  University,  A.  B.,  1879,  and  at  the 
Boston  University,  LL.  B.,  1882.  He  pursued 
a  course  in  law  in  the  Columbia  University 
Law  School,  Washington,  D.  C,  1879-80.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Waldo  county, 
Maine,  in  1883,  and  began  the  practice  of  law 
in  Ellsworth,  Maine,  in  January,  1883,  as  the 
junior  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Hale,  Emery 
and  Hamlin.  The  elevation  of  Mr.  Emery  to  a 
justiceship  of  the  Maine  supreme  judicial 
court,  in  the  fall  of  1883,  changed  the  name 
of  the  firm  to  Hale  &  Hamlin,  and  they  added 
to  their  law  office  in  Ellsworth  one  at  Bar 
Harbor.  The  firm  of  which  Hon.  Eugene 
Hale,  United  States  senator  from  Maine,  is 
senior  partner  was  augmented  in  1900  by 
Henry  M.  Hall  becoming  junior  partner. 
From  inheritance  and  choice,  Mr.  Hamlin  is 
a  stalwart  Republican.  He  served  his  native 
state  as  a  representative  in  the  state  legislature, 
1893-95,  ''"d  '"  1895  represented  the  house  as 
chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee.  He  was 
made  a  state  senator  in  1899  and  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Maine  senate  in  1901.  He  was 
judge  advocate-general  on  the  staiif  of  Govern- 
or Llewellyn  Powers,  1899-1901,  and  on  the 
staft'  of  Governor  John  Fremont  Hill,  1901- 
04.  He  was  one  of  the  three  Maine  commis- 
sioners on  uniformity  of  legislation,  appointed 
in  1895,  and  the  commission  is  still  in  force. 
In  1904  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  three 
Maine  delegates  to  the  Ufniversal  Congress  of 
Lawyers  and  Jurists  at  St.  Louis,  and  in  1906 
was  appointed  one  of  the  three  Maine  dele- 
gates to  the  Divorce  Congress  that  met  in 
Washington  and  Philadelphia.  In  January, 
1905,  he  was  elected  attorney-general  for  the 
state  of  Maine  for  the  year  1905-06,  an'' 
Jamiary,  1907,  was  re-elected  for  the  years 
1907-08.     Mr.  Hamlin  has  not  married. 

(VIII)  Frank,  son  of  Hannibal  and  Ellen 
V.  (Emery)  Flamlin,  was  born  in  Bangor, 
Maine,  September  26,  1862.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Bangor  and  was  prepared 
for  college  at  the  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire.  He  matriculated  at  Har- 
vard in  1880  and  was  graduated  A.  B.,  1884. 
Was  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago  and  North- 
western railroad  at  Chicago  for  one  year.  He 
then  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  enteretl  the 
School  of  Law  of  Boston  University,  where 
he  oraduated  LL.  B.  1888.    He  settled  in  Chi- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


cago,  Illinois,  in  the  practice  of  law,  having 
been  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  1888.  He 
first  was  a  clerk  in  the  offices  of  Flower.  Remy 
&  Holstein,  1S88-90,  and  in  iSgo  formed  a 
partnership  with  John  F.  Holland,  as  Hamlin 
&  Holland.  1892  the  firm,  by  the  addition  of  a 
■partner,  in  the  person  of  William  C.  Hoyden, 
became  Hamlin,  Holland  &  I'.oyden.  In  1898 
a  friendly  reorganization  of  his  firm  was  ef- 
fected and  a  partnership  with  Byron  Boyden, 
who  had  been  associated  with  him  in  the  office 
of  the  corporation  counsel  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, was  then  formed,  imder  the  firm  name  of 
Hamlin  &  Boyden,  which  is  still  in  existence, 
with  law  offices  at  107  Dearborn  street.  While 
practicing  in  all  the  courts  of  Cook  county,  the 
state  of  Illinois,  and  the  United  States  district, 
circuit  and  supreme  courts,  he  became  some- 
what of  a  specialist  in  the  direction  of  munici- 
pal corporation  law.  He  served  as  assistant 
corporation  counsel  for  the  city  of  Chicago, 
1895-97,  3S  attorney  for  the  Lincoln  .I'ark  com- 
mission 1901-07,  and  as  attorney  for  the  civil 
service  commission  of  Chicago  during  a  part  of 
the  year  1907.  He  is  also  attorney  for  the  board 
of  education  of  the  city  of  Chicago.  His  club 
affiliation  in  Chicago  includes  the  University, 
Chicago,  Marquette,  Harvard  and  other  clubs. 
He  served  as  president  of  the  Harvard  Club, 
1900-01.  His  religious  affiliation  is  with  the 
Unitarian  denomination.  He  was  still  a  bach- 
elor in  1908  and  as  he  grew  older  he  became 
more  like  his  father  in  physical  features,  which 
fact  was  often  spoken  of  by  elderly  men  w'lio 
had  been  intimate  with  his  father  in  Washing- 
ton during  the  civil  war,  when  in  the  senate  or 
presiding  over  that  body. 

(VI)  Major  Hannibal,  eleventh  child  of 
Major  Eleazer  and  Lydia  (Bonney)  Hamlin 
(twin  of  Cyrus),  was  born  July  21,  1769,  in 
Pembroke,  and  was  a  boy  of  seven  years  when 
his  parents  moved  to  Harvard,  where  he  be- 
came a  teacher.  He  went  to  Waterford, 
Maine,  about  1796,  settled  on  lot  8,  range  4, 
and  was  active  in  the  incorporation  of  the 
town;  was  both  moderator  and  selectman 
1804-6,  representative  1809-10,  and  also  served 
as  high  sheriff  of  Oxford  county.  His  mili- 
tary title  came  from  service  in  the  militia.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  November  12,  1804,  in 
Oriental  Lodge.  No.  13,  A.  F.  and  A.  M., 
Bridgton,  and  was  active  in  promoting  culture 
in  the  backwoods.  The  Bible  was  read  dailv 
in  his  home,  and  the  Sabbath  strictly  observed. 
Before  his  marriage  he  had  built  a  house  and 
barn,  but  he  did  not  live  many  years  to  enjoy 
his  home.     He  died  September  8,   1811,  and 


was  laid  away  in  the  ancient  burying  ground  at 
Waterford,  where  his  family  rests.  He  mar- 
ried, January  16,  1800,  Susannah,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Francis  Faulkner,  of  .Acton,  .Massa- 
chusetts, born  February  21,  1772.  She  is 
spoken  of  as  "a  beautiful  and  charming 
woman."  Children :  Susan,  Emerson  Faulk- 
ner (died  young),  Rebecca  Faulkner,  Win- 
throp,  Emerson  Faulkner.  Hannibal  and  Cy- 
rus. 

(\'in  Hannibal,  fourth  son  of  Hannibal 
and  Susannah  (I-"aulkner)  Hamlin,  was  born 
January  30,  1809,  at  Waterford  and  was  less 
than  three  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death.  He  resided  with  his  mother  on  the 
homestead  and  was  early  made  acquainted  with 
the  labors  necessary  on  a  farm.  As  soon  as 
he  was  old  enough,  he  managed  the  farm.  In 
1840  he  removed  to  Union.  Maine,  where  he 
was  a  merchant  for  two  years.  Thencefor- 
ward he  resided  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston  until 
1861,  when  he  went  to  Washington  to  take 
a  position  in  the  United  States  Treasury  De- 
partment. He  died  at  Washington,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1862.  He  was  a  man  of  exemplary 
Christian  character,  with  literary  tastes  and 
modest  nature.  Some  of  his  literary  produc- 
tions were  published  in  Boston  papers  and  at 
the  dedication  of  the  Congregational  Church 
at  Temple,  Maine,  in  1840,  two  hymns  com- 
posed by  him  were  sung.  He  was  married, 
February  3,  1835,  at  Temple,  to  .Abigail, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Phoebe  (y\bbot) 
.Mihott.  .She  was  born  JunV  20.  181 5,  at  Tem- 
ple. 

(\^II)  Abby  Frances,  daughter  of  Hanni- 
bal and  Abigail  (Abbott)  Hamlin,  was  born 
October  22,  1837,  in  Waterford,  and  was  mar- 
ried October  14,  1857,  to  Reverend  Doctor 
Lyman  Abbott  (see  Abbott  VII). 


(For   preceding  generations  see  James   Hamltn    I.) 

(HI)  Deacon  Ebenezer,  fourth 
HAMLIN     son    of  James    (2)    and    Mary 

(Dunham)  Hamlin,  was  hirn 
in  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  July  29,  1674. 
He  was  an  active  man  in  community  affairs, 
and  occupied  the  old  farm  with  his  father  at 
Coggin  Pond.  He  removed  to  Rochester, 
Massachusetts,  now  Wareham,  and  was  one  of 
the  original  members  of  the  church  there  and 
was  appointed  deacon  in  1705.  In  1742  he 
became  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Sharon. 
Connecticut,  living  where  George  Skinner  now 
resides.  He  married  Sarah  Lewis,  of  Barn- 
stable, April  4,  1698.  Children:  Ebenezer. 
Mercy,    Hopestill,    Cornelius,   Thomas,    Isaac 


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II 


and  Lewis.  He  married  (second)  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Samuel  Arnold,  of  Rochester,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

(IV)  Lewis,  sixth  son  of  Deacon  Ebenczer 
and  Sarah  (Lewis)  Hamlin,  was  born  in 
Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  January  31,  1718. 
He  removed  to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  about 
1740.  He  married  Experience,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  (Hinckley)  Jenkins,  of 
Barnstable.  Children  :  Sarah,  Nathaniel,  Lew- 
is, Sarah,  Mary,  Philemon,  Mercy  and  Perez. 
On  the  night  of  the  great  earthquake  in  1755, 
he  arose  clad  only  in  his  night  garments,  and 
as  a  result  thereof  contra9ted  a  severe  cold 
and  died  in  December,  1755.  His  widow  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Holbrook;  she  died  in  Wellfleet, 
Massachusetts,  November  24,  1794. 

(V)  Natlianiel,  eldest  son  of  Lewis  and  Ex- 
perience (Jenkins)  Hamlin,  was  born  in  Le- 
banon, Connecticut,  November  20,  1741.  In 
1759  he  assisted  in  building  boats  in  Albany, 
New  York,  and  on  Lakes  George  and  Cham- 
plain  for  General  Amherst's  expedition.  Erom 
May,  1760,  to  1761  he  served  as  a  private  in 
Captain  Bassett's  company  of  Chillmark,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  in  Colonel  Nathaniel  Wing's 
regiment,  seeing  hard  service  at  Nova  Scotia. 
He  was  one  of  the  garrison  who,  under  the 
direction  of  a  company  of  sappers  and  miners 
sent  out  from  England,  blew  up  the  fortifica- 
tions of  Louisburg.  Mr.  Hamlin  removed  to 
Wellfleet,  then  to  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts, 
in  1763,  and  to  Oxford,  same  state,  1778. 
While  there  he  officiated  as  tax  collector.  In 
1782  he  removed  to  Hallowell,  Maine,  where 
he  worked  as  a  housew  right,  and  in  1795  he 
made  that  town  his  permanent  abode.  At  Au- 
gusta, Maine,  he  labored  as  a  joiner  and  made 
wooden  clocks,  spinning  wheels  and  sleighs. 
The  lot  on  which  the  present  Kennebec  granite 
courthouse  stands  was  the  site  of  his  home. 
Through  his  long  life  he  was  a  man  much 
looked  up  to  for  counsel  and  advice  in  public 
matters,  and  his  great  skill  as  a  mechanic 
made  him  much  sought  after  in  that  line.  He 
married,  December  5,  1762,  Sarah  Bacon. 
Children :  Theophilus,  Mary,  Olive,  Louis, 
Sarah,  Perez,  Nathaniel  and  Lot.  Mr.  Ham- 
lin died  in  1834,  and  his  wife  died  at  Sidney, 
Maine,  on  Independence  day,  1830. 

(VI)  Perez,  third  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  (Bacon)  Hamlin,  was  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, r^Iassachusetts,  October  i,  1777.  Like 
his  father  he  was  a  housesmith.  He  came  to 
Augusta,  Maine,  in  1794,  subsequently  taking 
up  his  residence  in  Sidney,  Kennebec  county, 
Maine.  He  married  (first)  Anna,  daughter 
of  John  and  Betsey  (Bean)   Prescott.  of  Read- 


field,  Maine,  wiio  was  originally  from  Epping, 
New  Hampshire.  Children:  Charles,  William, 
Olive,  Reuel  and  Anna.  He  married  (second) 
Betsey  Crommett,  of  Sidney.  Child,  Eliza- 
beth. He  married  (third)  Sarah  Kendall. 
Children  :  Fanny,  Sarah  W.,  Almira  and  Mary 
Ann.  Perez  Hamlin  died  in  Augusta,  Sep- 
tember 7,  i860. 

(VII)  William,  second  son  of  Perez  and 
Anna  (Prescott)  Hamlin,  was  born  in  Au- 
gusta, Maine,  December  8,  1801.  He  lived  in 
Sidney,  where  he  followed  the  occupation  of 
his  forefathers,  housesmith,  and  was  also  a 
farmer.  He  rertioved  to  Wisconsin  subsequent 
to  his  marriage  and  the  birth  of  his  children. 
He  married  Paulina  Bacon.  Children :  Wel- 
lington Bacon,  Albion  H.  P.,  Caroline  Ann, 
William  Augustus,  Alelvin  Orlando,  Alary 
Elizabeth,  Joseph  Perez,  Mary  Paulina,  George 
Henry,  Solomon  Alfred,  Henry  Harrison, 
John  Carter  and  Prince  Edward. 

(VHl)  Wellington  Bacon,  eldest  son  of 
William  and  Paulina  (Bacon)  Hamlin,  was 
born  in  Sidney,  Maine,  September  i,  1824, 
and  his  death  occurred  there  May  2,  1885. 
Like  his  father  he  was  a  carpenter,  was  a 
Universalist  in  religion  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  married  Philena  P.  Robinson. 
Children :  Dclwin  A.,  Almeda  C,  George  H., 
Willie,  Fred  O.,  Mary  E.  and  Jennie. 

(IX)  George  H.,  second  son  of  Wellington 
Bacon  and  Philena  P.  (Robinson)  Hamlin, 
was  born  in  Sidney,  Maine,  November  18, 
1850.  He  fitted  for  college  at  the  Waterville 
Classical  Institute,  and  graduated  from  Maine 
State  College  (now  University  of  Alaine)  in 
1873,  with  which  institution  he  was  connected 
as  instructor  and  professor  of  civil  engineer- 
ing until  1898,  also  serving  as  treasurer  of  the 
university  for  several  years.  He  is  general 
manager  of  the  Marine  Railway  &  Lumber 
Company  of  Brewer,  Maine,  owns  and  oper- 
ates a  lumber  mill  at  Winn,  Maine,  and  has 
extensive  real  estate  interests.  He  is  a  Free 
and  Accepted  Mason.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  Bos- 
ton Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  .American 
Association  for  the  .Advancement  of  Science, 
the  Society  of  Arts  of  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology  and  the  Society  for  the 
Promotion  of  Engineering  Education.  He  has 
been  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession 
until  within  the  last  few  years,  when  his  vari- 
ous business  enterprises  have  taken  the  greater 
part  of  his  time.  Professor  Hamlin  married 
Annie  M.,  daughter  of  Gideon  Mayo,  of 
Orono,  Maine.  Children:  i.  Henry  Mayo, 
born    November   28,    1881.    died   January   28, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


1886.  2.  Laura,  September  7,  1883,  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1886.  3.  Charles  M.,  March  5, 
1885,  a  graduate  of  Brown  University,  and  a 
lumber  salesman.  4.  George  Harold,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1888,  now  in  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy. 


Of  the  several  distinct  families  of 
COBB     New   England  origin  bearing  this 

surname,  none  is  larger  in  point  of 
numbers  or  more  productive  of  distinguished 
men  than  that  which  claims  as  its  progenitor 
Elder  Henry  Cobb,  of  IJarnstable,  ^lassachu- 
setts.  He  is  believed  to  have  come  from  the 
county  of  Kent,  in  England ;  and  it  has  been 
claimed  by  one  genealogist,  apparently  with- 
out documentary  evidence,  that  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  landed  family  of  the  same  sur- 
name which  then  had  its  seat  at  Cobbe  Court 
in  that  county.  There  does  seem  reason,  how- 
ever, to  assert  tiiat  he  became  a  Separatist  in 
early  youth,  and  was  a  member  of  the  much 
persecuted  congregation  to  which  Rev.  John 
Lothrop  ministered  in  London  before  crossing 
the  Atlantic. 

(1)  Henry  Cobb  was  living  at  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  in  1632,  at  Scituate  in  1633, 
and  settled  finally  in  Barnstable  in  1639,  where 
he  died  in  1679.  In  1634  he  and  his  wife 
were  dismissed  from  the  Plymouth  church,  and 
became,  with  others,  original  members  of  the 
church  at  Scituate.  Here  he  was  chosen  a 
deacon  in  1635,  and  the  town  historian  re- 
cords that  "he  was  a  useful  and  valuable  man." 
At  Barnstable,  whither  he  removed  with  his 
pastor,  Rev.  John  Lothrop,  he  was  senior 
deacon  or  ruling  elder  for  forty-four  years. 
He  built  two  houses  on  his  home  lot  of  seven 
acres,  the  first  apparently  for  temporary  occu- 
pancy, the  second  of  stone,  as  a  place  of 
refuge  from  the  Indians,  should  they  prove 
hostile.  His  "great  lot"  of  sixty  acres  was 
especially  adapted  for  grazing,  and  was  sim- 
ply sufficient  for  the  "one  cowe  and  two  goates 
to  him  in  hand  payd  by  Manasseth  Kcmpton" 
in  partial  return  for  his  lands  at  Scituate.  He 
also  had  two  lots  in  the  "common  field"  oc- 
cupied for  planting  lands.  He  was  a  town 
officer,  a  member  of  its  most  important  com- 
mittees and  a  deputy  to  the  colony  court  in 
l645-47-52-59-C>o-f)i.  He  married  (first)  Pa- 
tience Hurst,  who  died  in  May,  1648;  and 
(second)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hinck- 
ley, whose  death  occurred  shortly  after  his 
own.  He  had  by  the  first  marriage :  John, 
James,  Mary,  Hannah,  Patience,  Gershom  and 
Eliezer;   by    the    second:     Samuel,   Jonathan. 


Sarah,  Henry,  Mehiiable,  E.xperience  besiiles 
two  that  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Jonathan,  son  of  Elder  Henry  and 
Sarah  (Hinckley)  Cobb,  was  born  April  10, 
1660,  at  Barnstable,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, March  1,  1682-83,  Hope,  widow  of  John 
Huckings,  and  daughter  of  Elder  John  Chip- 
man.  In  1703  he  removed  to  Middleborough, 
Massachusetts,  and  thence  to  Falmouth  Neck, 
now  Portland,  Maine.  His  children  were  Sam- 
uel, Jonathan,  Ebenezer,  Joseph,  Lydia  and 
Gershom. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Hope 
(Cliipnian)  Cobb,  was  born  .April  6,  1686,  at 
Barnstable,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Abi- 
gail Stuart,  at  Middleborough,  Massachusetts, 
and  removed  to  Maine  in  171 7,  and  built  the 
second  house  at  Purpooduck,  opposite  Fal- 
mouth Neck.  The  following  year,  however, 
he  removed  and  made  his  home  on  what  is  now 
Congress  street,  near  the  head  of  India  street. 
He  was  a  ship  carpenter,  and  was  for  many 
years  an  active  and  influential  man  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  town,  having  sustained  the  offices 
of  clerk,  treasurer  and  selectman.  He  died  in 
1766.  His  children  were  :  Chipman,  Ebenezer, 
Samuel,  Peter,  Hope  and  Hannah. 

(I\')  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Abigail  (Stuart)  Cobb,  was  born  about  1720, 
and  is  referred  to  in  Smith's  Journal  as  Cap- 
tain Cobb,  evidently  to  distinguish  him  from 
his  father,  who  was  generally  known  as 
Deacon  Cobb.  Like  him  he  was  largely  en- 
gaged in  shipbuilding  both  at  Portland  and  at 
what  is  now  Falmouth.  He  and  his  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  is  believed  to  be  IngersoU, 
had  two  children :   Samuel  and  William. 

(V)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Captain  Samuel  (2) 
Cobb,  is  the  father  of  the  Edward,  Samuel  and 
Francis  Cobb  who  in  February,  1806,  con- 
veyed to  Jonathan  Moody  "part  of  our  honored 
Grandfather,  Samuel  Cobb,  late  of  Falmouth, 
home  estate  e.xccpt  one-half  of  tiie  ship-yard 
given  to  our  uncle  William  Cobb."  They  were 
joiners  or  iiousewrights,  and  united  in  otiier 
deeds  of  real  estate  in  Portland. 

(\T)  Francis  Cobb,  believed  to  be  the  Fran- 
cis mentioned  above  (the  unfortunate  destruc- 
tion of  the  probate  records  of  Cumberland 
county  prevents  a  more  definite  assertion), 
married  Jane,  daughter  of  Captain  .Vmbrose 
and  Fanny  (Campbell)  Snow,  of  Thoniaston. 
He  was  a  ship  joiner,  and  one  of  the  first 
settlers  at  Cherryfield,  Maine.  He  himself 
died  at  Boston,  in  1817.  .\mong  his  chiltlren 
were  Mary  and  Francis. 

(  \  II)  Francis  (2),  son  of  Francis  (i)  and 


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Jane  (Snow)  Lobb,  was  born  l''chriuii)  23, 
1818,  at  Chcrrylicld,  Maine,  ilis  father  died 
a  few  weeks  previous,  leaving  the  family  in 
narrow  circumstances.  The  mother  succeeded, 
however,  in  bringing  up  the  children  with  the 
ordinary  comforts  and  advantages  of  the  time 
and  place.  After  obtaining  a  common  school 
education  the  youngest  son  was  for  two  years 
in  the  family  and  store  of  Mr.  Hawley,  a  mer- 
chant at  Cherryticld,  and  then  for  a  year  with 
Mr.  Morse,  of  Machias.  The  latter's  kindness 
he  never  forgot,  and  would  often  recall  the 
suit  of  broadcloth  and  the  fur  hat  which  he 
received  from  him,  despite  his  youth.  In  Au- 
gust, 1834,  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of 
his  uncle,  Thomas  A.  Snow,  at  Thomaston, 
Maine,  where  he  remained  nearly  four  years. 
At  this  period  Rockland  was  a  small  village 
known  as  East  Thomaston.  Here,  a  youth 
of  only  twenty,  Mr.  Cobb  began  business 
for  himself  in  March,  1838,  in  a  small  store  on 
the  corner  of  Maine  and  Limerick  streets.  He 
soon  sold  out,  and,  entering  into  copartner- 
ship with  L  K.  Kimball,  conducted  for  five 
years  a  general  merchandise  store,  carrying 
the  largest  stock  of  goods  in  the  place.  He 
continued  in  the  same  line  of  business  for 
twenty  years,  sometiines  in  partnership  with 
others,  sometimes  alone.  Meanwhile  Rockland 
had  been  growing  rapidly.  It  was  set  off  from 
Thomaston  in  1848,  and  became  a  city  in  1850. 
Mr.  Cobb  was  not  only  enterprising  in  busi- 
ness, but  displayed  wonderfully  accurate  judg- 
ments in  investments.  His  ventures  generally 
proved  profitable  and  he  accumulated  property 
rapidly.  His  firm  began  to  engage  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  lime  and  in  shipbuilding.  In  1859 
the  cutting  of  granite  was  added  to  its  enter- 
prises, and  quarries  were  opened  at  Spruce 
Head.  In  1871  the  Bodwell  Granite  Com- 
pany was  formed,  and  Mr.  Cobb  became  its 
treasurer.  This  company  obtained  valuable 
government  contracts  and  also  did  a  lucrative 
general  business.  In  1870  the  Cobb  Lime 
Company  was  formed,  composed  of  the  largest 
firms  then  engaged  in  the  lime  business.  Mr. 
Cobb  was  the  first  president  and  held  this 
office  till  his  death.  As  early  as  1845  he  built 
his  first  vessel,  the  "Mary  Langdon,"  which 
was  still  afloat  and  owned  by  him  at  the  time 
of  his  decease.  Under  the  firm  name  of  Cobb, 
Butler  &  Company  he  was  largely  interested 
in  the  building,  repairing  and  sailing  of  ves- 
sels. He  was  also  president  of  the  Rockland 
Savings  Bank,  a  director  in  the  Rockland 
National  Bank  and  the  Knox  and  Lincoln 
railroad.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  ami 
naturally  exercised  great  influence.     He  was 


not,  however,  active  in  practical  politics,  and 
rarely  would  accept  office  for  himself.  He 
represented  Rockland  in  the  state  legislature 
of  i860  and  i86i,  served  as  city  councilman 
in  1865,  as  alderman  in  1866-67-68  and  1870. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national 
conventions  in  1876,  1880  and  1884,  and  a 
presidential  elector  in  1876.  As  a  leader  in 
great  corporations  and  a  potential  factor  in 
the  political  part}'  dominant  in  the  state,  he 
was  often  the  target  for  spirited  if  not  bitter 
attacks,  but  no  man  ever  breathed  an  aspersion 
or  a  suspicion  against  his  personal  character 
for  integrity  and  honor.  All  accorded  him  the 
noble  qualities,  the  intellectual  force,  and  the 
sturdy  manhood  which  his  long  life  in  the 
community  had  revealed.  He  died  of  paraly- 
sis, at  Portland,  Maine,  December  2,   1890. 

Mr.  Cobb  married,  October  16,  1839,  ^^ 
Thomaston,  JNIaine,  Martha  J.,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Chauncey  C.  and  Lovisa  (MillerJ  Chand- 
ler, who  was  born  at  Belfast,  April  2,  1820, 
and  died  at  Rockland,  May  23,  1895.  They 
had  eleven  children :  Mary  A.  C,  widow  of 
E.  P.  Norton;  Captain  Frank  K.,  who  com- 
manded the  bark  "Jennie  Cobb,"  and  was  lost 
at  sea  on  its  first  vo_\age ;  Lovisa  H.,  wife  of 
James  S.  Hanley,  of  San  P'rancisco;  Alaria  F., 
wife  of  Louis  T.  Snow,  of  San  Francisco; 
Charles  W.  S.,  of  St.  Louis  ;  Jennie  W.,  wife  of 
A.  W.  Butler,  of  Rockland ;  Maynard  S.,  who 
died  in  infancy ;  William  T.,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Martha  F.,  who  died  February  3,  1883; 
Nathan  P.,  and  Lucius  Edward,  both  of  Rock- 
land. 

(VTII)  William  Titcomb,  son  of  Francis 
and  Martha  J.  (Chandler)  Cobb,  was  born 
July  23,  1857,  at  Rockland,  Maine.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city,  graduating  at  its  high  school 
in  1873.  He  pursued  his  college  course  at 
Bowdoin,  where,  though  one  of  the  youngest 
members  of  the  class,  he  won  reputation  for 
excellence  in  English  composition  and  was 
an  editor  of  the  undergraduate  journal.  Fol- 
lowing his  graduation  in  1877  he  studied  at 
the  Universities  of  Leipsic  and  Berlin  for  two 
years.  Returning  to  America  he  was  a  student 
at  the  Harvard  Law  School  for  a  year,  con- 
tinued his  law  studies  with  Messrs.  Rice  and 
Hall,  of  Rockland,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  December,  1880.  He  did  not,  however, 
engage  in  practice,  preferring  a  business  life, 
and  entered  at  once  the  firm  of  Cobb,  Wight  6: 
Company,  wholesale  and  retail  grocers.  Sub- 
sequently he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
father  for  the  manufacture  of  lime  at  Rock- 
land ;    and,    upon    the    latter's    death,    became 


STATE  OF  MAIXE. 


president  of  the  Cobb  Lime  Company,  a  po- 
sition he  hckl  till  the  sale  of  this  properly  to 
the  Rocklanil-Rockport  Lime  Company  in 
1900.  He  is  director  in  the  Rt)cklan(l  Xatioiial 
Bank,  the  Rockland  Trust  Company,  the  Cam- 
den and  Rockland  Water  Company,  and  the 
Rockland,  Thomaston  &  Camden  Street  Rail- 
way. He  is  a  trustee  of  his  alma  mater,  JjOW- 
doin  College,  where  in  his  undergraduate  days 
he  received  from  his  classmates  the  "wooden 
spoon,"  the  coveted  emblem  of  the  most  popu- 
lar man. 

In  1889-90,  Mr.  Cobb  served  as  a  member 
of  the  executive  council,  and  in  1904  was 
chosen  governor  of  Maine.  He  was  reelected 
in  iyo6  for  a  second  term  of  two  years.  What- 
ever may  have  been  said  in  the  bitterness  of 
political  contests  during  the  election  period, 
the  citizens  of  Maine  now  agree  that  not  for 
half  a  centur)  has  any  governor  stood  so 
strongly  and  so  consistently  for  the  enforce- 
ment of  law,  regardless  of  personal  or  party 
interests.  His  administration  witnessed  the 
passing  of  legislation  enabling  the  state  to  pre- 
vent open  nullification  of  its  prohibitory  law 
by  local  officials;  the  adoption  of  the  referen- 
dum: the  .substitution  of  salaries  in  places  of 
fees  in  the  case  of  most  officials,  and  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  state  auditor. 

Governor  Cobb  married,  June  14,  1S82, 
Lucy  Callie,  oulv  daughter  of  Dr.  William  A. 
and  Mary  .\.  (Tillsonj  Banks,  of  Rockland. 
Their  two  children  are  Martha  Banks  and 
Anna  West  Cobb.  Dr.  Banks,  a  native  of 
East  Livermore,  graduated  at  JefTerson  ]\Ied- 
ical  College  in  1846,  was  commissioned  sur- 
geon of  the  Fourth  JNlaine  Infantry  in  1861. 
and  practiced  his  profession  at  Rockland, 
where  he  died  in  1893.  He  was  a  descendant 
of  the  emigrant  ancestor  Richard  Bankes,  a 
prominent  citizen  of  York,  ?ilaine.  where  he 
was  a  provincial  councillor  in  1651-52.  select- 
man for  seven  years,  trial  justice  in  1669,  1672 
and  1679,  and  is  believed  to  have  perished  in 
the  Indian  massacre  of  January  25,   1692. 

The  sources  from  which  names  are 
FRYE     derived     and     the     circumstances 

which  dictated  the  taking  of  them 
are  so  numerous  and  varied  as  to  be  beyond 
all  knowledge,  y>.t  careful  study  and  prolonged 
search  have  discovcre<l  the  origin  of  a  multi- 
tude of  them.  Writers  have  classified  sur- 
names from  their  origins  as  baptismal,  local, 
official,  occupative  and  sobriquet.  Not  a  few 
names  of  both  ancient  and  modern  times  are 
expressive  of  the  condition  of  tbe  persons  who 


bore  them.  Among  primitive  and  uncivilized 
nations  slavery  has  generally  been  a  recog- 
nized institution.  Our  Sa.xon  ancestors  cher- 
ished it,  and  the  last  slave  was  not  liberated 
in  Britain  until  after  surnames  were  adopted. 
In  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  centuries,  when 
men  had  but  one  name,  and  a  nickname  was 
added  to  designate  more  closely  the  person  re- 
ferred to,  a  slave  might  be  mentioned  as  "Ive 
De  Bond,"  or  "Richard  le  Bond,"  while  a  man 
who  had  been  born  free,  though  of  humble 
circumstances,  would  be  anxious  to  preserve 
himself  from  a  doubtful  or  suspected  position 
by  such  a  name  as  "Walter  le  Free,"  or  "John 
le  Freeman."  In  our  "Fryes,"  a  sobriquet  that 
has  acquired  much  honor  of  late  years  and 
represented  in  the  mediaeval  rolls  by  such  en- 
tries as  "Thomas  le  Frye,"  or  "Walter  le 
Frie,"  we  have  but  an  absolute  rendering  of 
"free." 

Among  the  early  New  England  families  of 
English  origin  this  has  been  more  conspicu- 
ously identified  with  the  state  of  Maine  than 
with  its  original  home  in  Massachusetts.  It 
has  furnished  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
members  of  the  United  States  senate,  and 
many  useful  and  worthy  citizens  in  various 
localities.  Its  origin  is  directly  traced  to  Eng- 
land, and  its  establishment  in  New  England 
was  early. 

(I)  John  Frye,  born  i6oi,  was  a  resident  of 
Bassing,  Hants,  England.  In  May,  1638,  he 
sailed  from  Southampton  in  the  ship  "Bevis," 
of  Hampton,  commanded  by  Robert  Eaton, 
and  w^as  an  early  settler  in  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. In  1645  '>^  removed  thence  to  An- 
dover,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  very 
active  citizen  up  to  the  end  of  his  life,  and 
where  lie  died  November  9,  1693,  at  the  age 
of  ninety-two  years  and  seven  months.  His 
wife  Ann  died  at  Andover,  October  22,  1680. 
Their  children  were:  John,  Benjamin,  Sam- 
uel, James,  Elizabeth  and  Susan. 

(II)  Samuel,  third  son  and  child  of  John 
and  Ann  Frye,  was  born  about  1650,  in  An- 
dover, Massachusetts,  where  he  passed  his  life 
and  died  May  9,  1725.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1671,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  .Aslett 
(or  Asledee).  She  survived  her  husband 
about  twelve  years,  dying  in  1747.  John 
Aslett,  or  .Asledee,  of  Newbury  and  .Andover, 
was  born  about  1614,  and  died  June  6,  1771. 
He  married,  October  8,  1648,  Rebecca  Ayer, 
daughter  of  John  Aver.  Their  children  were : 
John,  Samuel,  Mary,  Phoebe,  Hannah,  Ebe- 
nezer,  Nathan,  Deborah,  Samuel  and  Benja- 
min.    Their  third  child  and  daughter,   Mary, 


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STATK  OI'   MALM".. 


became    tlic   wife   i>f   Samuel    Frye ;   she    was 
born    April    J4,    1654,    and    died    .-\u;;ust     12. 

1747- 

(III)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Aslelt  or  Asictlee)  Frye,  was  born 
September  16,  1672,  in  Andover,  and  died  in 
that  town,  April  7,  1737.  He  married,  No- 
vember I,  1694,  Tabitha,  daughter  of  Thom- 
as and  Elizabeth  Farnum,  who  died  May  17, 
1775,  in  her  seventy-tilth  year.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  John  (died  young),  Isaac,  Joshua, 
Abiel,  Mehitabel,  .Anne  (died  young),  Joseph, 
Samuel,  Anne,  John,  Tabitha  and  Hannah. 

(IV)  Joseph,  fourth  son  and  eighth  child 
of  John  (2)  and  Tabitha  (Farnum)  Frye, 
was  born  in  April,  171 1,  in  Andover  and  re- 
sided in  that  town,  where  he  was  a  very  prom- 
inent citizen.  He  served  as  justice  of  the 
peace,  representative  in  the  general  court  and 
was  generally  active  in  the  affairs  of  the 
town.  He  served  in  the  war  of  1755  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  siege  of  Louisburg.  In  the 
war  of  1757  he  was  colonel  of  a  regiment  at 
the  capture  of  Fort  William  Henry  by  Mont- 
■calm.  He  was  promised  protection  by  La- 
corne,  who  had  great  influence  among  the 
savages  and  whose  countrymen  had  been  hu- 
manely treated  by  Colonel  Frye  in  Nova  Sco- 
tia. He  expressed  great  gratitude  and  pre- 
tended that  he  desired  to  make  returns  in  this 
way,  promising  that  neither  he  nor  any  of  the 
Massachusetts  troops  should  receive  injury 
from  the  Indians.  This  promise  was  in  no- 
wise fulfilled,  and  Colonel  Frye  was  plundered 
and  stripped  of  his  clothes  and  led  into  the 
woods  by  an  Indian,  who  intended  to  dispatch 
him.  On  arriving  at  a  secluded  spot  the  colo- 
nel made  a  desperate  effort  to  preserve  his  life, 
and  with  no  other  arms  than  those  which  na- 
ture gave  him,  he  overpowered  and  killed  the 
Indian  and  by  rapid  flight  in  a  thick  woods 
eluded  his  captors,  and  after  several  days  of 
suffering  in  the  wilderness  he  arrived  at  Fort 
Edward.  He  was  appointed  major-general, 
June  21,  1775,  by  the  provincial  congress  and 
continued  a  short  time  with  the  troops  at 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  the  revolution- 
ary war.  In  recognition  of  his  military  ser- 
vice he  was  granted  a  township  of  land  by  the 
general  court  of  Massachusetts,  which  he  se- 
lected in  a  very  lonely  locality  in  the  present 
state  of  Maine,  and  this  tow^n  is  still  known 
as  Fryeburg.  He  was  a  land  surveyor  among 
•other  accomplishments,  and  was  enabled  to 
secure  a  verv  fine  location.  His  descendants 
are  still  very  nutnerous  in  that  locality  and 
■other  sections  of  the  state  of  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried, March  20,   1733,   Mehitable    Poore.  and 


they    were    the     parents     of:      Joseph     (died 

young),  SanuR-l,  Mehitable  (died  young),  Me- 
hitable (died  young)  MeliilaMe,  Joseph,  Ta- 
bitha, Hannah,  Richard,  Nathan  and  Samuel. 

(V)  Captain  Joseph  (2),  third  son  and 
si.xth  child  of  General  Joseph  ( 1 )  Frye,  was 
born  July  10,  1743,  in  Andover,  and  passed 
most  of  his  life  in  Fryeburg,  Maine.  His 
children  were:  Joseph,  Mary,  Mehitable,  John, 
Nancy,  Dean,  Sarah,  William  and  Sophia. 

(\T)  Dean,  third  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
(2)   Frye,  was  born  May  25,  1775. 

(\TI)  Colonel  John  M.,  son  of  Dean  Frye, 
was  born  November  28,  1802,  in  Westbrook, 
Maine,  and  settled  in  Lewiston,  same  state, 
where  he  was  many  years  identified  with  man- 
ufacturing, and  was  a  prominent  and  public- 
spirited  citizen.  He  was  colonel  of  the  local 
militia,  and  a  popular  and  efficient  officer.  For 
thirty-five  years  he  served  the  town  as  clerk, 
was  selectman  in  1831-32-33,  and  moderator 
in  1840-41-42-43-44.  He  was  town  treasurer 
in  1849-50-51-52-53-54  and  1858-59-60-61-62. 
In  1841  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  state 
senate  and  was  a  member  of  the  council  in 
1861.  Fie  married  Alice,  daughter  of  David 
Davis,  of  Lewiston,  who  was  a  Friend  and 
an  elder  in  his  church.  She  was  born  May 
ID,  1809,  died  November,  1871.  Colonel 
Frye  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  Mary  D., 
Sarah,  Addie,  a  child  wdio  died  in  infancy, 
William  Pierce,  and  Dr.  Albert  S.,  who  died 
in  early  manhood. 

(VIII)  William  Pierce,  only  surviving  son 
of  Colonel  John  M.  and  Alice  (Davis)  Frye, 
was  born  September  2,  1831,  in  Lewiston, 
Maine,  and  received  his  primary  education  in 
the  public  schools,  preparing  for  college  at 
Lewiston  Falls  Academy.  Entering  Bowdoin 
College,  he  was  graduated  from  that  institu- 
tion in  the  class  of  1850  and  immediately  went 
to  Rockland,  where  he  began  the  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Lowell  &  Foster.  Later 
he  pursued  his  legal  studies  with  Hon.  William 
Pitt  Fessenden,  at  Portland,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  October,  1852.  He  at 
once  engaged  in  practice  at  Rockland,  but  was 
destined  soon  to  take  a  prominent  place  in  the 
conduct  of  public  affairs.  In  1855  h^  ■"£" 
moved  to  Lewiston  and  rapidly  built  up  a  legal 
business  through  his  superior  ability  and  care- 
ful attention  to  the  interests  of  his  clientele. 
A  man  of  his  talents  and  broad  mental  makeup 
could  not  be  long  confined  to  private  affairs, 
and  he  soon  came  to  be  recognized  as  a  power 
in  public  concerns.  He  was  elected  to  the 
state  legislature  in  1861-62  and  again  in  1S67. 
In    the    latter    and    preceding   years    he    was 


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mayor  of  Lewiston,  and  was  attorney-general 
of  the  state  in  1867-68-69.  He  was  a  presi- 
dential elector  in  1864,  and  was  a  delegate  to 
the  National  Republican  conventions  of  1872- 
76-80 ;  was  elected  chairman  of  the  National 
Republican  executive  committee  in  the  same 
years,  and  was  made  chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican state  committee  upon  the  resignation  of 
James  G.  Blaine  in  1881.  He  was  elected 
representative  in  the  United  States  congress, 
serving  through  the  forty-second,  forty-third, 
forty-fourth,  forty-fifth,  forty-sixth  and  forty- 
seventh  congresses.  He  was  elected  to  the 
United  States  senate,  IMarch  15,  1881,  to  fill 
the  unexpired  term  of  James  G.  Blaine,  who 
resigned  to  become  national  secretary  of  state. 
Mr.  Frye  took  his  seat  three  days  after  elec- 
tion, and  has  filled  the  position  continuously 
since,  by  repeated  elections.  He  was  elected 
president  pro  tempore  of  the  senate,  February 
7,  1896,  March  7,  1901,  December  5,  1907,  and 
presided  as  vice-president  of  senate  for  six 
years ;  first  upon  the  death  of  Garret  A.  Ho- 
bart  and  second  upon  the  death  of  President 
McKinley.  He  was  a  member  of  the  commis- 
sion which  met  in  Paris  in  September,  1898, 
to  adjust  terms  of  peace  between  the  United 
States  and  Spain,  and  has  been  a  member  of 
nearly  all  important  committees,  especially 
those  relating  to  New  England  coast  matters, 
was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  rules  for 
the  senate  and  is  the  author  of  nearly  all  the 
rules  now  governing  that  body  and  also  house. 
Senator  Frye  reported  the  bill  governing  the 
Geneva  award  and,  though  he  was  opposed 
by  all  the  large  insurance  companies,  won 
out  and  secured  direct  payment  of  the  money 
to  those  entitled  to  it.  For  many  years  he 
has  been  chairman  of  various  important  com- 
mittees of  congress,  including  those  on  ways 
and  means,  commerce,  judiciary,  foreign  re- 
lations, and  served  three  times  on  the  Canadian 
fisheries  commission,  winning  the  contest  with 
Canada  and  breaking  up  the  old  treaty  and  es- 
tablishing that  now  in  force.  Senator  Frye 
was  instrumental  in  bringing  about  the  annex- 
ation of  Hawaii,  and  in  fact  in  all  important 
legislation  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury. His  continuous  service  is  longer  than 
any  other  man  in  congress,  and  he  is  yet  active 
in  the  service  of  his  country,  respected  and 
honored  by  his  colleagues  as  well  as  by  the 
entire  nation.  No  other  wields  a  greater  in- 
fluence. His  democratic  manners  and  straight- 
forward methods  endear  him  to  all  lovers  of 
justice  and  liberty.  He  was  elected  a  trustee 
of  Bowdoin  College  in  1880,  received  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Bates  College 


the  following  year  and  from  his  alma  mater 
in  1889. 

Senator  Frye  married,  February  29,  1853, 
Caroline  F.,  daughter  of  Captain  Archibald 
and  Angelica  (Branton)  Spear,  of  Rockland. 
Children:  i.  Helen,  married  Wallace  H. 
White,  of  Lewiston ;  children :  i.  William 
Frye,  a  lawyer  in  Boston ;  married  Charlotte 
Wilson,  of  Washington;  two  children,  Eliza- 
beth F.  and  Charlotte  W. ;  ii.  Wallace  H.,  an 
attorney  in  Lewiston  ;  married  Anna  Pratt,  one 
child,  Herbert ;  iii.  John,  married  Julia  Bearch  ; 
he  is  superintendent  of  a  large  cotton  mill  in 
Augusta,  Maine ;  iv.  Emme  Frye,  married  Dr. 
Horace  P.  Stevens,  of  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts; V.  Thomas  C,  merchant  of  Boston; 
married  Martha  Pratt,  of  Lewiston ;  vi.  Don 
C,  merchant  of  Lewiston ;  married  Ethel 
Ham ;  vii.  Harold,  a  student  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege ;  all  the  sons  in  the  White  family  grad- 
uated from  Bowdoin  College.  2.  Alice,  mar- 
ried Frank  H.  Briggs ;  children:  i.  Benjamin 
F.,  now  a  student  at  law  ;  ii.  Eugene  Hale,  a 
machinist ;  iii.  Leland  Stanford,  at  school ; 
iv.  Caroline  Frye,  married  Garret  A.  Hobart, 
son  of  the  late  Vice-president  Hobart,  now  of 
Patterson,  New  Jersey ;  one  child.  Garret  A. 
Hobart  3rd.  3.  Emme,  died  while  attending 
school  at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  aged  about 
fourteen. 


John    Fuller,    ancestor    of    Ed- 
FULLER     ward    Fuller,    and    his   brother, 

Dr.  Samuel  Fuller,  both  of 
whom  came  on  the  "Mayflower,"  and  of  Cap- 
tain Matthew  Fuller,  who  came  later  to  Ply- 
mouth, lived  in  the  parish  of  Redenhall  with 
Harleston,  in  nearly  the  center  of  the  hundred 
of  Earsham.  county  Norfolk,  England.  Wort- 
well,  an  adjacent  parish,  shares  in  the  parish 
church,  through  which  the  division  line  passes. 
He  was  born  probably  as  early  as  1500  and 
died  in  1558-59.  There  were  living  in  Reden- 
hall in  1482  and  1488  John  and  William  Ful- 
ler, one  of  whom  was  doubtless  father  of  John 
Fuller  (i),  whose  will  was  dated  February  4, 
1558-59,  and  proved  May  12,  1559,  bequeath- 
ing to  his  son  John  lands  in  Redenhall  and 
Wortwell :  also  to  son  Robert  and  daughter 
Alice  (Ales)  ;  and  to  Stephen  and  Frances 
Sadd.  Children:  i.  John;  mentioned  below. 
2.  Alice.     3.  Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Fuller, 
lived  at  Redenhall.  His  will  is  dated  January 
29,  1598-99,  and  proved  May  8,  1599,  be- 
queathing to  wife  Ann ;  sons  Thomas,  the 
younger :  Roger.  Ralph,  Robert,  "young  Will- 
iam, my  Sonne."  "Thomas  Fuller,  the  young- 


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cr,"'  "oulti  William,  my  soiiiic,  "  then  deceased, 
and    his    four   children.       He     married     Ann 

,   who    married   second    Ciiles    Chalker. 

Children  and  date  of  baptism:  i.  i'^lizabeth. 
February  i.  i559-  2.  Ann,  Se])teniber  8,  1560. 
3.  Garthred,  February  30,  1562.  4.  Kaljih,  No- 
vember 4,  1565.  5.  Thomas,  December  18, 
1565.  6.  Roger,  October  19,  1572,  died  1644; 
married  Jane  Gowen  who  died  in  1647 !  chil- 
dren :  i.  Giles,  who  came  to  America,  was  in 
Dedham,  Massachusetts  in  1638,  removed  that 
year  to  Hampton,  New  1  Iam])sliire,  where  he 
died  in  1673;  ii.  Elizabeth  baptized  1609,  mar- 
ried John  F\iller,  perhaps  brother  of  Matthew  ; 
iii.  Susanna  married  Thomas  Thurston,  father 
of  Thomas  Thurston,  who  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  1677.  7.  William,  the  younger,  mar- 
ried Alice  Linge,  November  25,  1581  ;  their 
children  were  baptized  at  Redcnhall ;  among 
them  was  Ralph,  baptized  November  8,  1584, 
married.  November  3,  1608,  Elizabeth  Eliot, 
and  had  among  other  children  Thomas  F'uUcr, 
baptized  January  20,  1619,  settled  at  Dedham, 
Massachusetts.  8.  William,  the  elder,  one  of 
the  older  children,  died  before  his  father.  9. 
Thomas,  the  younger.  Perhaps  others.  There 
is  no  doubt  that  there  were  two  children, 
adults  at  the  same  time,  named  \\'illiam  and 
two  also  named  Thomas.  This  perplexing  cus- 
tom of  having  two  children  of  the  same  name, 
both  living,  was  not  at  all  uncommon. 

(H)  Robert,  son  of  John  (i)  Fuller,  lived 
at  Redenhall.  He  was  a  yeoman.  His  will 
was  dated  May  19,  1614,  and  proved  May  31, 
1614,  by  the  widow  and  June  16,  1614,  by 
son  Thomas.  He  bequeathed  to  wife  Frances  a 
place  in  Assyes,  in  Harleston  or  Redenhall, 
for  the  term  of  her  natural  life;  to  son  Edward 
the  same  tenement  after  his  wife's  death;  to 
son  Samuel ;  to,  daughter  Anna ;  daughter 
Elizabeth  Fuller  and  daughter  Mary  Fuller; 
to  sen  Thomas  a  tenement  "wherein  now 
dwell,  held  of  Tryndelhedge  Bastoft  Manor  in 
Redenhall  or  Harleston ;"  and  mentions  grand- 
son John,  son  of  John  deceased.     He  married 

Frances He    was    a    butcher    by    trade. 

Children  and  date  of  baptism:  i.  Thomas, 
December  13,  1573.  2.  Edward,  September  4, 
1575,  came  in  the  "Mayfiower"  and  signed  the 
compact;  died  in  1621,  Jeft  an  only  son  Sam- 
uel. 3.  Ann.  April  22,  1577.  4.  Ann,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1378.  5.  John,  March  15,  1578-79, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Samuel,  January  20, 
1580,  the  physician  of  the  Plymouth  colony, 
who  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  7.  Robert,  Oc- 
tober 22,  1581.  8.  Edmund,  May  19,  1583.  9. 
Sarah,  September  4,  1586.  10.  Christopher. 
December  15,  1588.     Several  other  children  of 


Robert  huUer  may  have  been  of  another  of 
the  same  name.  The  will  of  Robert  Fuller, 
butcher,  mentions  those  of  the  American  fam- 
ilies, however. 

(HI)  John  (3),  son  of  Robert  F'uUer,  was 
baptized  at  Redenliall,  .March  15,  1578-79,  or 
March  25,  1582.  and  died  in  1608,  before  his 
father.  He  married  Margaret  Balls  and  lived 
at  Redenhall.  Children:  i.  John,  baptized 
April  25,  1602.  2.  Matthew,  October  16,  1603, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas,  June  16,  1605. 
4.  Thomas,  March  1,  1606.  5.  William,  bap- 
tized after  his  father  died,  June  30,  1C09. 

(IV)  Captain  Matthew,  son  of  John  (3) 
Fuller,  was  baptized  in  Redenhall,  England, 
October  16,  1C03.  He  came  to  Plymouth, 
where  his  two  uncles,  Edward  and  Dr.  Sam- 
uel, had  preceded  him,  and  until  recently  it 
was  supposed  that  he  was  a  son  of  Edward. 
The  first  record  of  him  at  Plymouth  was  Oc- 
tober 26,  1640,  when  he  sold  to  Andrew  Ring 
for  one  cow,  a  calf  and  two  goats  a  piece  of 
land  at  Plymouth  and  six  acres  in  the  new 
field,  lately  bought  of  John  Gregory.  In  later 
years  he  was  accounted  to  be  "one  of  the 
first  born  of  the  colony"  and  had  land  assigned 
him  by  virtue  of  his  primogeniture.  It  was 
the  law  that  where  no  children  were  born  to 
a  family  in  this  country,  the  right  of  drawing 
land  was  given  to  the  eldest  son,  though  he 
were  born  in  the  old  country.  Nevertheless  he 
was  classed  among  ''the  first  born  of  the  col- 
ony." In  1642  he  was  granted  ten  acres  near 
the  farm  of  Thurston  Clark  in  Plymouth,  and 
in  the  same  year  served  as  a  juryman.  He 
applied  for  admission  as  a  freeman  September 
7,  1642,  but  was  not  allowed  to  qualify  until 
June  7,  1653.  He  was  one  of  the  leading  mili- 
tary men  of  the  colony.  When  the  first  com- 
pany was  organized  under  command  of  Cap- 
tain Myles  Stantlish  in  1643  h^  was  appointed 
sergeant  and  made  lieutenant  in  September, 
1652.  He  was  a  lieutenant  June  20,  1654, 
under  Captain  Standish,  in  command  of  fifty 
men  organized  for  the  proposed  expedition 
against  the  Dutch  of  New  Amsterdam,  later 
called  New  York.  The  company  was  ordered 
to  rendezvous  at  Sandwich,  Plymouth  colony, 
June  29,  to  embark  from  Mahanet  in  the 
barque  "Adventure,"  owned  by  Captain  Sam- 
uel Mayo,  of  Barnstable,  and  to  join  the  other 
English  colonial  forces;  but  on  June  2^  news 
was  received  that  peace  was  declared  between 
England  and  Holland  and  preparations  for 
war  ceased.  Fuller  was  elected  to  the  council 
of  war  October  2,  1658,  and  was  made  chair- 
man in  1671.  In  that  year  also  he  was  lieu- 
tenant of  the  colonial  forces  in  the  expedition 


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against  the  Indians  of  Saconet.  Fuller  was  a 
physician  by  profession  and  had  a  good  stand- 
ing as  shown  by  his  appointment  December 
17,  1673,  as  surgeon-general  of  the  Plymouth 
Colony  troops  and  also  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  troops.  He  served  as  captain  of  the  com- 
pany in  King  Philip's  war  and  took  a  dis- 
tinguishing part.  He  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  as  early  as  1653.  He  lived  first  at 
Plymouth,  then  at  Scituate,  where  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church  by  letter  from  Plymouth 
church,  and  finally  at  Barnstable,  where  he  was 
the  first  regular  physician.  His  son  John  and 
some  of  his  grandsons  followed  him  in  his 
profession,  which  he  doubtless  learned  of  his 
uncle,  Dr.  Samuel,  and  in  turn  taught  to  his 
son.  He  and  his  cousin  lived  side  by  side  on 
Scorton  Neck,  which  was  bought  of  the  Se- 
cunke  (Seeconk)  Indians  by  Barnstable  and 
Sandwich.  The  west  end  of  the  Fuller  farm 
formed  the  town  line  between  Sandwich  and 
Barnstable.  A  dispute  as  to  this  boundary 
line  caused  a  lawsuit,  which  was  eventually 
compromised,  the  Fullers  relinquishing  their 
claim  to  certain  lands  granted  by  Barnstable 
October  3,  1672,  and  the  town  of  Sandwich 
conceding  to  the  Fullers  certain  rights  of  way 
with  the  privilege  of  cutting  fence  stuiT  in 
Sandwich.  Captain  Fuller  had  land  granted 
at  Suckennesset,  now  Falmouth,  and  in  the 
"Major's  Purchase,"  Middleborough,  as  "first- 
born" rights.  He  was  a  man  of  sound  judg- 
ment, good  understanding  and  courage.  He 
was  faithful  to  his  trusts,  liberal  in  politics  and 
tolerant  in  religion.  In  fact  he  was  too  toler- 
ant for  his  day  and  too  frank  in  his  speech  to 
avoid  trouble.  He  was  indignant  at  the  pro- 
secution of  the  Quakers,  and  was  indicted  for 
saying  "the  law  enacted  about  minister's  main- 
tenance was  a  wicked  and  devilish  law  and 
that  the  devil  sat  at  the  stone  when  it  was 
enacted."  He  admitted  that  he  used  the  words, 
and  was  fined  fifty  shillings.  Yet  he  held  the 
confidence  of  the  people  and  received  further 
honors  and  high  office  afterward.  He  died  at 
Barnstable  in  1678.  He  bequeathed  in  his  will, 
dated  July  25,  proved  October  30,  167S,  to 
his  wife  Frances,  to  grandchild  Shubael,  son 
of  Ralph  Jones;  to  son  John,  and  to  Thomas, 
Jabez,  Timothy,  Matthias  and  Samuel,  sons  of 
his  deceased  son  Samuel;  to  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Moses  Rowdey,  and  Anne,  wife  of  son 
Samuel ;  to  Bethiah,  wife  of  son  John ;  to 
grandchild  Sarah  Rowley,  Jedediah  Jones  and 
all  the  rest.  Also  to  Robert  Marshall,  "the 
Scotchman."  Children:  i.  Mary,  married, 
April  17,  1650,  Ralph  Jones.  2.  Elizabeth, 
married,  April   22,    1632,   Moses  Rowley.     3. 


Samuel,  mentioned  below.  4.  John,  married 
(first)  Bethia :  (second)  Hannah  Martin.  5. 
Ann,  married  Samuel  Fuller  Jr.,  her  cousin. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Samuel,  son  of  Captain 
Matthew  Fuller,  was  born  in  England.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  and  soldier.  In  1670 
he  served  on  a  committee  of  Plymouth  colony 
to  assess  damages  for  injury  to  the  cattle  of 
the  Indians.  He  held  various  town  offices. 
He  was  lieutenant  of  the  Barnstable  company 
in  King  Philip's  war  and  was  killed  in  battle 
at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  August  15,  1675. 
By  a  singular  coincidence  another  Samuel 
Fuller,  the  son  of  Robert  Fuller,  of  Salem, 
was  killed  at  Rehoboth,  March  25,  1675,  but  a 

few  months  before.    He  married  Mary . 

The  following  children  are  mentioned  in  his 
will:  I.  Thomas.  2.  Jabez,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Timothy,  resided  at  Haddam,  Connecticut; 
married  Sarah  Gates.  4.  Matthew,  died  un- 
married at  Barnstable  in  1697;  bequeathed 
half  his  land  at  jMiddleborough  to  his  mother 
and  half  to  his  brother  Timothy.  5.  Anne, 
married,  April  29,  1689,  Joseph  Smith,  of 
Barnstable,  born  December  6,  1667,  died  1746. 
6.  Abigail.  7.  Samuel  (posthumous),  born 
1676,  married  Elizabeth  Thacher. 

(VI)  Jabez,  son  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Ful- 
ler, was  born  at  Plymouth  in  1660.  He  was 
a  farmer  at  Middleborough  and  Barnstable. 
He  married  Mercy  Hallett.  Children,  born  at 
Barnstable:  i.  Samuel,  February  23,  1687. 
2.  Jonathan,  March  10,  1692,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Mercy,  April  i,  1696,  married,  March 
17,  1719-20.  4.  Lois,  born  September  23,  1704, 
married,  November  25.  1725,  Thomas  Foster. 
5.  Ebenezer,  February  20,  1708,  married  Mar- 
tha Jones,  January  I,  1729.  6.  Mary.  7. 
Hannah. 

(VII)  Jonathan,  son  of  Jabez  Fuller,  was 
born  at  Plymouth,  March  10,  1692.  He  went 
with  the  family  to  jMiddleborough,  where  he 
was  a  farmer.  He  married  (first)  February 
14,  1711-12.  Eleanor  Bennett,  who  died  Sep- 
tember 28.  1721 ;  (second)  December  17,  1729, 
Hannah  Harlow,  of  an  old  Plymouth  family. 
Children,  born  at  Middleborough,  of  first  wife  : 
I.  Margaret,  November  17,  1712.  2.  Abigail, 
March  11,  1 714-15.  3.  Jabez,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Jonathan  Jr.,  July  13,  1719.  5.  Tim- 
othy, January,  1721.  6.  Molly,  September  11, 
1725.  Child  of  second  wife:  7.  Eleanor,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1730-31. 

(VIII)  Jabez  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  Fuller, 
was  born  at  Middleborough,  July  17,  171 7.  He 
married  Hannah  Pratt.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
his  native  town.  Children,  born  in  Middle- 
borough :    Sarah.  Peter,  Lucy,  Zenas,   Betsey, 


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John,  Amos,  Rev.  Andrew,  mentioned  Ijelow. 
Hannah. 

(IX)  Rev.  Anth-ew,  son  of  Jaliez  (2)  Ful- 
ler, was  born  in  Middleborough,  May  18,  1761. 
He  enlisted  in  the  revolutionary  army  when 
he  was  but  sixteen,  as  stated  in  the  records, 
and  shown  by  the  date,  March  5,  1777,  for 
three  years.  He  was  first  assigned  to  Cap- 
tain Joseph  Tupper's  company  of  Middlebor- 
ough. He  was  in  Captain  Nehemiah  Allen's 
company,  Colonel  Sprout's  I'^ourth  Plymouth 
Regiment,  February  19,  1778;  also  in  Captain 
Wadsworth's  company,  Colonel  Gamaliel  Brad- 
ford's regiment,  enlisted  for  three  years.  He 
was  at  Valley  Forge  in  Washington's  army  in 
the  terrible  winter  of  1777-78.  He  was  pro- 
moted sergeant  when  but  seventeen  years  of 
age,  in  the  same  regiment,  under  Captain  John 
Fuller,  and  afterward  was  sergeant  of  Captain 
Zebulon  King's  company,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
John  Brook's  regiment  (the  Seventh  Ply- 
mouth). He  was  court-martialed  on  the 
charge  of  disobeying  orders  and  using  inso- 
lent language,  and  was  sentenced  to  be  re- 
duced, but  he  must  have  been  restored  to  his 
rank  as  sergeant  almost  immediately.  He  was 
certainly  sergeant  in  1781-82,  in  Captain 
King's  company.  Lieutenant  John  Brooks'  reg- 
iment. He  was  court-martialed  the  second 
time  for  overstaying  his  furlough  ten  hours, 
but  he  proved  his  tardiness  was  due  to  lame- 
ness and  unavoidable,  and  was  acquitted.  The 
records  give  his  age  in  1781-82  as  twenty 
years,  also  as  twenty-one;  his  height  as  six 
feet;  complexion  dark  (also  given  as  brown)  ; 
his  occupation,  farmer;  his  birthplace  and  resi- 
dence, JMiddleborough.  He  was  again  court- 
martialed  March  i,  1782,  on  the  charge  of 
overstaying  his  leave  for  three  days,  but  was 
again  acquitted.  He  was  discharged  June  13, 
1783,  his  term  of  enlistment  having  expired,  by 
General  Washington  himself,  as  stated  in  the 
Massachusetts  archives.  He  was  living  in 
Warren  (now  Maine)  in  1801,  and  was  de- 
clared entitled  according  to  the  resolves  of 
March  14,  1801,  and  June  19,  1801,  to  gratui- 
ties, etc.,  from  the  state.  He  had  a  record  of 
long  and  hard  service  from  the  time  he  could 
enter  the  army  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He 
removed,  after  the  revolution,  to  Maine,  and 
studied  for  the  ministry  in  the  Baptist  denomi- 
nation. He  was  ordained  an  evangelist  at 
Nobleborough,  Maine,  in  1788;  was  pastor  on 
Muscongus"  Island  until  1798;  preached  at 
Hope,  Maine,  from  1799  to  1803,  when  he  was 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at  War- 
ren and  continued  in  that  pastorate  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life,  a  period  of  twenty  years. 


He  was  a  sturdy  Christian  minister,  suffer- 
ing cheerfully  the  hardships  of  a  pioneer  life, 
of  sterling  character  and  a  vital  influence  for 
a  generation  in  that  section.    He  died  January 

21,  1820.  He  married  Hannah  Richards,  of 
Bristol,  Maine,  who  died  March  13,  1845,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  ninety-one  years.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Captain  William  Oliver;  in  command 
of  the  sloop  "Peggy"  he  was  captured  by  a 
privateer  in  the  war  of  1812  and  died  in  the 
British  prison  at  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  No- 
vember   21,    1813;    married    IMary    Mclntyre. 

2.  Andrew,  born  1787.  3.  Sarah,  1788,  mar- 
ried James  Chaples.  4.  Peter,  mentioned  be- 
low.    5.  Priscilla,  died  young. 

(X)  Peter,  son  of  Rev.  Andrew  Fuller,  was 
born  at  Warren,  Maine,  April  30,  1791,  died 
there  March  20,  1866.  He  was  a  well-to-do 
farmer  and  influential  citizen  in  his  native 
town,  where  he  filled  the  usual  town  offices, 
and  for  twenty-five  years  was  sheriff  of  Lin- 
coln county.  He  married  Phoebe  Dunbar,  in 
181 1.  Children,  born  at  Warren:  i.  Andrew, 
born  March  26,  1812,  died  aged  five  days.  2. 
Belinda  W.,  August  4.  1813,  marrie'd,  Octo- 
ber  25,    1846,   Samuel    Bralcy.    died   January 

22,  1896.  3.  William.  Oliver,  February  11, 
i8i6,  died  October  1.4.  igoS.  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Daniel  Dunbar,  April  5,  1818,  mar- 
ried Mary  White,  of  Boston,  died  at  Rock- 
land,   November   6,    1876.     5.    Andrew,    May 

3,  1820.  married,  184 1,  Sarah  Braley  and, 
October  17,  1855,  Elizabeth  Gay,  and  died 
at  Albany,  New  York.  6.  INIary  W.,  May 
16,  1822.  married  Deacon  Calvin  Bick- 
ford.  7.  Phoebe  A.,  August  21,  1826.  died 
young.  8.  Eliza  A.  Barker  (adopted),  August 
I,  1831. 

(XI)  William  Oliver,  son  of  Peter  Fuller, 
was  born  in  Warren,  February  11,  1816.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  after  completing  his  education  taught  in 
schools  in  that  vicinity.  In  1836  he  started  in 
business  as  a  storekeeper  and  manufacturer  of 
lime  and  was  in  that  business  for  a  number 
of  years  there  and  in  St.  George.  In  1844  he 
rernoved  to  East  Thomaston  (now  Rockland), 
Maine,  and  laid  the  foundations  of  the  dry 
goods  business  now  carried  on  by  the  Fuller- 
Cobb  Company,  with  which  he  was  identified 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  October  14,  1908.  at 
the  advanced  age  of  ninety-two  years  eight 
months.  To  the  end  his  faculties  remained 
and  he  took  enjoyment  in  the  progress  of 
events.  His  life  was  well-ordered,  and  while 
not  conspicuous,  furnished  an  excellent  ex- 
ample of  the  success  that  follows  in  the  train 
of  the  old-fashioned  New  England  attribute? 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


of  honesty  and  thrift.  The  sermon  preached 
at  his  finieral  had  for  its  theme,  "Character," 
illustrated  by  references  to  the  career  and 
achievements  of  the  deceased.  He  married, 
August  12,  1841,  Bethiah  C.  Snow,  of  Thom- 
aston,  Maine,  born  April  22,  1823,  daughter 
of  Robert  Snow,  of  Thomaston.  (See  sketch 
of  Snow  family  elsewhere.)  She  is  a  descend- 
ant of  Stephen  Hopkins,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower."  Mrs.  Fuller  at  eighty-six  con- 
tinues in  excellent  health.  Only  a  short  time 
before  Mr.  Fuller's  death  the  couple  celebrated 
the  sixty-seventh  anniversary  of  their  mar- 
riage. Children:  i.  Adela  Snow,  born  Au- 
gust II,  1842,  married  Cyrus  C.  Hills,  of 
Boston,  December  12,  1867,  now  resides  in 
Rockland.  2.  iMartha  Cobb,  September  19, 
1844,  married  John  Reed,  of  Damariscotta, 
Maine,  February  15,  1881.  3.  Ambrose  S., 
June  20,  1846,  drowned  at  sea,  September, 
1861.  4.  Mary,  November  21.  1852,  married 
Edward  L.  Veazie,  October  20,  1880,  resides 
in  Rockland.  5.  William  Oliver  Jr.,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1856,  mentioned  below.  6.  Frank 
Washburn,  August  24,  i860,  married  Harriet 
O.  Watts;  (second)  Grace  Cobb  Andrews. 

(XII)  William  Oliver,  son  of  William  Oli- 
ver Fuller,  was  born  in  Rockland,  February  3, 
1856.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Rockland  and  at  the  Kent's  Hill  Seminary. 
A  natural  aptitude  for  writing  led  him  into 
newspaper  work.  In  1874  he  founded  the 
Rockland  Courier  and  conducted  it  success- 
fully for  eight  years,  when,  in  1882,  it  was 
consolidated  with  the  Rockland  Ga::cttc,  under 
the  name  of  The  Coiiricr-Gacclte.  Tiiis  print- 
ing and  publishing  business  was  incorporated 
in  1892  under  the  name  of  the  Rockland  Pub- 
lishing Company,  of  which  he  is  treasurer  and 
Arnold  H.  Jones  is  president.  Mr.  Fuller  con- 
tinues editor  and  manager  of  the  newspaper. 
He  has  a  distinguishing  sense  of  humor 
and  is  an  entertaining  editorial  writer.  The 
Courier-Gazette  has  been  a  wholesome  in- 
fluence in  the  community.  Mr.  Fuller  is 
known  as  a  witty  after-dinner  speaker  and 
public  lecturer,  and  has  some  reputation  as 
a  writer  of  humorous  books  and  newspaper 
sketches.  He  is  a  prominent  Republican. 
From  1880  to  1885  he  was  city  clerk  of  Rock- 
land, and  represented  the  third  ward  in  the 
common  council,  of  which  he  was  president  in 
1892.  He  was  appointed  to  his  present  office 
of  postmaster  in  Rockland  by  President  Roose- 
velt in  1902.  He  is  connected  with  Masonry 
as  a  iiicaibtr  of  Aurora  Lodge,  No.  50;  of 
King  Solomon  Temple  Chapter,  No.  8,  Royal 
Arch   Masons ;   and  of  King  Hiram   Council, 


No.  6,  Royal  and  Select  Masters.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  of  the 
Maine  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  and  of  the  i2mo  Club.  He  has 
traveled  extensively,  recently  visiting  the  an- 
cient home  of  his  Fuller  ancestors  in  England. 
His  home,  "Pickwick  Place,"  with  its  unique 
literary  treasures,  notably  in  Dickensiana,  has 
been  visited  by  many  literary  persons.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  cliurch. 

Mr.  I'^uller  married  (first)  October  25,  1882, 
Elizabeth  N.  Jones,  born  July  4,  1861.  died 
June  8,  1890,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah 
(Woodcock)  Jones.  He  married  (second) 
March  29,  1892,  Kathleen  M.  Stephens,  born 
January  30,  i86g,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Sophia  Stephens,  of  Baldwin,  Kansas  (both 
native  of  Cornwall,  England).  ;\lrs.  Fuller  is 
descended  from  the  famous  Glanville  family 
of  England.  Children  of  first  wife:  1.  Doug- 
las Wardwell,  born  September  9,  1884,  grad- 
uated from  the  United  States  Naval  Academy 
at  Annapolis  in  1906,  promoted  to  ensign  in 
1908.  2.  Donald  Hills,  August  4,  1886.  3. 
Elizabeth  Jones,  June  23,  1887,  Child  of  sec- 
ond wife  :  4.  Richard  Stearns,  May  22,  1894. 


(For   preceding   generations  see    John    Fuller    I.) 

(HI)  Edward  Fuller,  son  of 
FULLER  Robert  Fuller  (2),  was  baptized 
.September  4,  1575,  at  Reden- 
hall,  county  Norfolk,  England ;  came  in  the 
"Mayflower"  to  Plymouth  with  the  Pilgrims 
in  1620,  with  his  famous  brother,  Dr,  Samuel 
Fuller,  and  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
compact  on  board  the  ship  before  landing.  He 
probably  joined  the  "Mayflower"  company  at 
Southampton,  England.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
died  early  in  1621,  leaving  a  son  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(I\')  Samuel,  son  of  Edward  Fuller,  came 
in  the  "Mayflower"  to  New  England  with  his 
parents,  who  died  and  left  him  an  orphan.  He 
went  to  live  with  his  uncle,  Dr.  Samuel  Ful- 
ler, who  was  the  first  physician  in  the  country 
He  had  three  shares  in  the  division  of  land  in 
1624,  out  of  respect  to  his  father  and  mother. 
He  was  the  executor  of  his  uncle's  will  in 
1633.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1634. 
He  removed  from  Plymouth  to  Scituate,  where 
he  married,  April  8,  1635,  Jane  Lothrop, 
daughter  of  Rev,  John  Lothrop.  He  joined 
the  church  at  Scituate  by  letter  from  Ply- 
mouth, November  7,  1636,  and  built  in  the 
same  year  the  fifteenth  house  in  Scituate,  on 
Greenfield  street,  the  first  lot  abutting  on  Kent 
street.  He  owned  twenty  acres  in  the  east 
part   of   Bell   House   Neck.      He   was   a   resi- 


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dent  of  Barnstable  as  early  as  1641,  accord- 
ing to  the  church  records,  lie  was  certainly 
an  inhabitant  there  January  1,  i'')44,  and  his 
cousin  Matthew  came  later.  The  town  of 
Barnstable  bought  of  the  Secunke  Indians 
land  called  Scorton  or  Sandy  Neck,  set  off  the 
arable  land,  and  reserved  the  rest  for  common 
!and,  and  afterward  divided  it.  The  Fuller 
cousins  lived  on  this  land.  Samuel  F'uller  also 
bought  a  meadow  of  his  cousin  Matthew,  which 
had  previonsly  been  owned  by  Major  John 
Freeman,  and  mcadowland  of  Samuel  House. 
He  resided  in  the  northwest  angle  of  Barn- 
stable, in  a  secluded  spot,  where  travcllcr.s  sel- 
dom passed.  He  was  seldom  in  public  life. 
He  was  constable  of  Scituate  in  1641,  and 
sometimes  juror.  He  was  sometimes  appointed 
to  settle  dit^culties  with  the  Indians.  Unlike 
his  cousin,  he  was  retired  and  very  pious.  Mat- 
thew was  a  Puritan,  but  ambitious  and  ener- 
getic. Samuel  Fuller  died  in  Barnstable,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1683,  and  was  the  only  settler  of 
that  town  who  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower." 
In  1679  he  was  one  of  twelve  survivors  of 
that  famous  voyage.  His  will  was  dated  Octo- 
ber 29,  1683.  irle  married,  April  8,  1635,  Jane 
Lothrop.  The  ceremony  took  place  at  i\Ir. 
Cudworth's  and  was  performed  by  Captain 
Miles   Standish.     Children,  born  at  Scituate: 

I.  Hannah,  married,  January  i,  1658-59,  Nich- 
olas Bonhaur.     2.  Samuel,  baptized  February 

II,  1637-38,  mentioned  below.     3.   Elizabeth, 

married Taylor.     4.  Sarah,  baptized  at 

Barnstable,  August  i,  1641,  died  young.  5. 
Mary,  baptized  June  16,  1644,  married,  No- 
vember 18,  1674,  Joseph  Williams,  son  of  John 
Williams,  of  Haverhill.  6.  Thomas,  born  i\Iay 
18,  1650,  probably  died  young.    7.  Sarah,  born 

December  14,  1654,  married Crow.    8. 

John,  "Little"  John  to  his  son  Matthew.  9. 
Child,  born  February  8,  1658,  died  aged  fif- 
teen days. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Ful- 
ler, was  baptized  February  11,  1637-38,  at 
Scituate.  He  married  Anna  Fuller,  daughter 
of  his  uncle,  Captain  Matthew  Fuller.  Her 
father  was  born  in  England,  and  came  in  the 
"Mayflower"  to  New  England,  but  on  the 
death  of  his  parents  returned  to  England; 
later  he  came  back  and  applied  for  admission 
as  a  freeman  September  7,  1642,  qualifying 
June  7,  1653.  Matthew  Fuller  was  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  the  colony  ;  was  first  sergeant, 
then  lieutenant  in  Captain  Miles  Standish's 
company.  The  company  intended  to  march 
against  the  Dutch  in  New  York,  but  peace  be- 
tween England  and  Holland  was  concluded 
before  thev  had  started.     Matthew  Fuller  was 


a  prominent  Indian  fighter  and  served  in  King 
Philip's  war ;  he  was  de|)uty  to  the  general 
court  in  1653.  The  inventory  of  Samuel  Ful- 
ler's estate  was  filed  December  29,  1691,  and 
his  widow  was  not  living  at  that  time.  The 
estate  was  settled  by  agreeinent  December  30, 
i6gi,  all  the  heirs  signing  the  agreement  by 
mark.  Children,  born  at  Barnstable:  i.  Mat- 
thew, married,  I""ebruary  25,  1692-93,  Patience 
Young.  2.  Barnabas,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Joseph,  married  Thankful  Blossom.  4.  Ben- 
jamin.    5.  Desire.    6.  Sarah. 

(\T)  Barnabas,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  I'"uller, 
resided  at  Barnstable.  He  inarried,  February 
25,  1680-81,  Elizabeth  'S'oung.  Children,  born 
at   Barnstable:     i.   Samuel,   November,    1681. 

2.  Isaac,  .\ugust,  1684,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Hannah,  September,  1688.  4.  Ebenezer,  mar- 
ried Martha  Jones.  5.  Josiah,  married  .\nn 
Rowley. 

(VH)  Isaac,  son  of  Barnabas  Fuller,  was 
born  in  August,  1684,  in  Barnstable,  and  re- 
sided there.  He  married,  July  9,  1719,  Jerusha 
Lovell.  Children,  born  in  Barnstable:  i.  Eli, 
April  II,  1720,  married,  1746,  Mercy  Rogers, 
of  Harwich.  2.  Mehitable,  March  10,  1722- 
23,  married,  October  30,  1740,  Thoinas  Ames. 

3.  Jerusha,  January  19,  1725-26,  married  John 
Green,  of  Falmouth.  4.  Zaccheus,  October  16, 
1727,  married,  February  22,  1752,  .Sarah  Jones. 
5.  Charity,  December  11,  1729,  married,  Au- 
gust 7,  1760,  Silas  Lovell.  6.  Isaac,  Septem- 
ber, 1 73 1,  married  Susan  Wadsworth.  7. 
Seth,  i\Iay  29,  1734,  mentioned  below.  8.  Han- 
nah, April  9,  1736. 

(VIII)  Seth,  son  of  Isaac  Fuller,  was  born 
in  Barnstable,  May  29, '1734.  He  was  one  of 
the  brothers  who  came  from  Barnstable  about 
the  close  of  the  revolution,  of  whom  two  set- 
tled in  Kennebec  county.  Chief  Justice  Ful- 
ler is  a  descendant  of  one  of  them.  Seth  Ful- 
ler settled  in  Fairfield,  Somerset  county, 
Maine,  and  built  one  of  the  first  frame  houses 
in  the  town,  and  in  his  house  was  held  the 
first  town  meeting.     He  was  a  leading  citizen 

of  the  town.     Fle  married .     Children. 

born  at  Barnstable  or  at  Fairfield,  Maine:  i. 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  2.  Seth  Jr.  3. 
Thankful,  married  Nathaniel  Blackwell  and 
theirs  was  the  first  marriage  in  Fairfield ;  Mr. 
Blackwell  was  a  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court  of  Massachusetts  and  for  twelve 
years  used  to  drive  to  Boston  to  attend  the 
sessions  of  the  legislature  there.  4.  .Abigail. 
5.  IMercy.    6.  Hannah. 

(IX)  Benjamin,  son  of  Seth  Fuller,  was 
born  in  Fairfield,  Maine,  about  1775-80.  He 
was  educated  in  Fairfield  and  followed  farm- 


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ing  there  all  his  active  life.  He  married  De- 
liverance Jones,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Pa- 
tience Jones,  who  came  also  from  Barnstable, 
descended  from  one  of  the  oldest  and  best 
known  families  of  that  town.  Benjamin  Ful- 
ler died  in  1815  in  Fairfield  and  his  wife  sev- 
eral years  later.  Children,  born  in  Fairfield : 
I.  Edward,  1804.  2.  John  Jones,  July  22, 
1806,  mentioned  below.  3.  Abigail  Nye,  mar- 
ried Franklin  Blackwell,  of  Winslow,  Maine. 
4.  Warren,  who  was  a  farmer  at  Fairfield. 

(X)  John  Jones,  son  of  Benjamin  Fuller, 
was  born  in  Fairfield,  July  22,  1806.  He  was 
reared  on  his  father's  farm  and  received  a 
rather  meagre  schooling,  but  through  his  own 
efforts  became  well  educated,  acquiring  a  broad 
knowledge  of  the  world  and  of  literature.  His 
father  died  when  he  was  only  nine  years  old, 
and  from  that  time  he  did  his  share  of  the 
toil  and  drudgery  on  the  farm.  When  he  was 
twenty  years  old  he  engaged  in  trading  in 
farm  produce,  finding  a  market  in  Bangor. 
Later  he  engaged  in  the  hotel  business  and 
was  for  a  time  proprietor  of  the  old  Fairfield 
House,  and  in  partnership  with  Colonel  Eben 
Lawrence,  under  the  firm  name  of  Lawrence, 
Pratt  &  Company,  general  merchants.  After 
many  years  of  prosperous  business  in  Fair- 
field he  removed,  in  1842,  to  Augusta,  where 
he  opened  a  retail  grocery  store  with  con- 
tinued success,  and  continued  a  popular  and 
prosperous  merchant  during  his  active  life.  In 
1864  he  disposed  of  the  business  to  his  son, 
James  E.,  and  retired.  He  was  associated  in 
the  lumber  business  for  a  number  of  years 
with  his  father-in-law,  James  Rogers.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat ;  in  religion  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  died 
in  1886.  He  married,  December  24,  1840, 
Deborah  Rogers,  born  in  Peru,  Clinton  county, 
New  York,  September  8,  1815,  daughter  of 
James  Jr.  and  Sarah  (Keese)  Rogers,  and 
granddaughter  of  James  Rogers,  who  went 
from  Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  to  New  York, 
descendant  of  John  Rogers,  the  Pilgrim  an- 
cestor. Children:  i.  Abbie,  born  November 
10,  1841,  married  Rev.  Perry  Chandler,  now 
a  resident  of  Oregon ;  children :  Perry  F.  and 
Webster  A.  Chandler.  2.  James  Edward,  born 
December  17,  1844,  mentioned  below.  3.  John 
Martin,  born  December  11,  1846,  died  aged 
eighteen  years.  5.  Samuel  Rogers,  born  1853, 
engaged  for  some  years  in  the  book  business  in 
Augusta,  Maine ;  now  living  in  the  south ; 
married  Frances  Chick;  children:  Plarry,  Em- 
ma (twin),  Grace  (twin),  Thaddeus  C,  James 
E. 

(XI)  James  Edward,  son  of  John  Jones  Ful- 


ler, was  born  December  17,  1844,  at  Augusta, 
Maine.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Augusta,  and  then  entered  upon 
his  business  career  as  clerk  in  his  father's  store. 
In  1864  he  succeeded  his  father  as  proprietor 
of  the  grocery  store  and  he  conducted  it  suc- 
cessfully to  1902,  when  he  devoted  his  atten- 
tion exclusively  to  the  wholesale  business  in 
partnership  with  his  son  John.  At  first  the 
firm  name  was  the  Fuller  Wholesale  Grocery 
and  Grain  Company,  later  the  Fuller,  Halloway 
Grocery  Company,  and  a  very  large  and  flour- 
ishing business  has  been  established.  Mr.  Ful- 
ler stands  high  in  the  business  world  antl  has 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who  know 
him.  Few  business  men  in  Augusta  have  been 
in  business  there  for  a  longer  time,  thirty- 
eight  years,  and  few  are  better  known  or  more 
enterprising  and  successful.  Mr.  Fuller  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics  and  has  served  his  party 
and  city  in  various  positions  of  trust  and  hon- 
or. He  was  city  treasurer  in  1903  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  common  council.  He  is 
an  active  and  consistent  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  and  has  been  chairman 
of  its  board  of  trustees  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  married,  March  21,  1867,  Emily  How- 
ard, born  in  Sidney,  Maine,  daughter  of  Col- 
umbus and  Lucy  (Hammond)  Howard,  grand- 
daughter of  Major  Ruel  Howard,  who  was  a 
native  of  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts.  (See 
sketch  of  the  Howard  family  herewith.)  Chil- 
dren of  James  Edward  and  Emily  Fuller:  i. 
Florence,  born  July  21,  1868,  married,  April 
27,  1895,  Thomas  C.  Ingraham;  children: 
James  Fuller,  Deborah,  Horace  and  Howard 
Ingraham.  2.  John  H.,  born  December  10, 
1869,  member  of  father's  firm;  married  Fran- 
ces Elliott,  of  Elmira,  New  York.  3.  Edith 
M.,  born  January  18,  1879,  niarried  Henry  T. 
Elmore,  of  Elmira,  New  York.  4.  James  Mar- 
tin, born  July  26,  1882,  died  May  15,  1905. 


Melville    Weston   Fuller,    Chief 
FULLER     Justice    of    the    L'nited    States, 

traces  his  descent  in  unbroken 
line  from  two  of  the  most  important  families 
of  the  Plymouth  Colony,  and  numbers  among 
his  forbears  lawyers  and  jurists  of  marked 
ability.  (The  ancestry  down  to  Matthew 
(VI)  is  contained  in  previous  pages.) 

(VI)  Matthew,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Ann  (Fuller)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Barnstable, 
Massachusetts,  in  1659,  and  died  in  Colches- 
ter, Connecticut,  before  1744.  He  settled  in 
Colchester  in  1713,  and  was  baptized  at  the 
First  Church  there  December  12,  1734.  He 
married,  February  25,  1692,  Patience  Young, 


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born  about  lOju,  diccl  June  2,  174O,  claiigntLT 
of  George  and  Hannah  (^I'inson)  Young,  of 
Scituate.  Cliildrou  :  i.  .\nna,  born  November, 
1693.  2.  Jonathan,  born  October,  1696.  3. 
Content,  born  I''ebruary,  i6y8.  4.  Jean,  bora 
1704,  dietl  1708.  5.  David,  born  1706,  (Hed 
young.  6.  Young,  born  1708  (^ce  post).  7. 
Corneliu.s,  born   1710.     8.  Hannah,  born   1712. 

(\'ll)  Young,  son  of  Matthew  and  I'atience 
(Young)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Barnstable,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1708.  He  was  about  five  years 
old  when  his  parents  removed  to  that  part  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  which  now  is  Elling- 
ton, and  after  1767  he  made  his  home  with 
the  family  of  his  son  Joshua,  in  Ludlow,  where 
he  died  in  1796.  The  house  in  which  his 
corpse  was  laid  took  fire,  his  body  being  re- 
moved to  a  neighbor's.  He  married,  April  23, 
1730,  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Bridget  (Brockv^-ay)  Beebe,  of  East  Haddam, 
Connecticut.  Children:  i.  John,  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1 73 1.  2.  David,  born  1733.  3.  Ca- 
leb, born  1735-  4.  Jerusha,  born  July  30, 
1737.  5.  Lydia,  baptized  December  13,  1741. 
6.  Anne,  baptized  March  15.  1747. 

(\'ni)  Caleb,  son  of  Young  and  Jerusha 
(Beebe)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Colchester,  Con- 
necticut, in  1735.  He  removed  to  Ellington  in 
1747.  He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1758,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in 
1762.  He  is  called  Deacon  in  some  records, 
and  Reverend  in  others.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 28.  1762,  Hannah  \\'eld,  (laughter  of  Rev. 
Habijah  Weld,  the  famous  minister  who 
preached  at  Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  for 
fifty-five  years.  Rev.  Habijah  Weld  was  son 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Weld,  the  first  minister  of 
Dunstable,  and  great-grandson  of  Rev.  Thom- 
as Weld,  the  first  minister  of  Ro.xbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Caleb  Fuller  removed  in  1771  to 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  and  in  1790  to  Han- 
over, New  Hampshire,  where  he  died  .August 
20,  1815. 

(IX)  Captain  Henry  Weld  P\iller,  son  of 
Caleb  and  Hannah  (Weld)  Fuller,  w^as  born 
in  Middletown,  Connecticut.  January  i,  1783, 
and  died  January  29,  1841.  Pie  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  College  in  1801.  studied  for 
the  legal  profession,  and  in  1803  settled  for 
practice  in  Augusta,  ^Nlaine.  He  was  county 
attorney  in  1826,  and  judge  of  probate  for 
Kennebec  county  from  1828  until  the  time  of 
his  death  (very  suddenly)  in  Boston,  January 
29,  1841.  He  married,  January  7,  1806,  Esther 
Gould,  daughter  of  Captain  Benjamin  Gould, 
of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts.  Captain 
Gould  led  a  company  of  thirty  minute-men 
from  Topsfield  to  Lexington,  on  the  alarm  of 


.\pril  19,  1775,  and  m  that  battle  received  a 
wound  which  left  ujxjn  his  cheek  a  scar  for 
life;  he  was  commissioned  captain  in  the  Con- 
tinental army,  and  after  the  battle  of  liunkcr 
Hill  was  the  last  man  to  cross  Charleslown 
Neck  on  the  retreat ;  and  he  was  i)resent  at 
the  battles  of  White  I'lains,  Bennington  and 
Stillwater,  and  commanded  the  main  guard  at 
West  Point,  when  .\riiold  lied  after  the  cap- 
ture of  Major  .Andre.  Among  Captain  Gould's 
children  was  Benjamin  Aplithorp,  a  distin- 
guished educator,  who  was  head  master  of  the 
Boston  Latin  School  (1814-28)  and  made  it 
the  most  famous  pre]  aratory  school  in  the 
United  States,  and  was  author  of  Latin  text- 
books and  classic  translations  from  that  lan- 
guage. A  daughter  of  Captain  Gould,  Han- 
nah Flagg  Gould,  was  a  poetess  of  note  in  her 
day.  Fier  volume,  "Hymns  and  Poems  for 
Children,"  is  yet  prized  in  many  homes. 

(X)  F"rederick  .Augustus,  son  of  Captain 
Henry  Weld  and  Esther  (Gould)  Fuller,  was 
born  October  5,  1806.  He  read  law  under 
his  father,  was  admited  to  the  bar,  and  prac- 
ticed at  .Augusta  and  Orono,  Maine.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
of  Penobscot  county.  He  died  January  29, 
1841.  He  married,  May  17,  1830,  Catherine 
Martin,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Pauline 
(Bass)  Cony.  Her  father  was  the  second 
Chief  Justice  of  Maine,  and  her  maternal 
grandfather,  Daniel  Cimy,  was  also  a  jurist  of 
note. 

(XI)  Chief  Justice  Melville  We.ston  Fuller, 
son  of  Frederick  Augustus  and  Catherine 
(Weston)  Fuller,  was  born  in  .Augusta,  Maine, 
February  11,  1833.  He  was  afforded  excellent 
educational  advantages.  He  was  prepared  for 
college  at  .Augusta  and  went  to  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege in  1849,  and  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1853,  afterward  entering  the  Dane  Law 
School  of  Harvard  University,  and  receiving 
his  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1855.  He 
entered  upon  practice  in  Augusta,  and  while 
enduring  the  wait  for  clients  which  marks  the 
beginning  of  every  lawyer,  employed  his  spare 
time  in  newspaper  work — a  circumstance  to 
which  is  doubtless  due  somewhat  of  the  literary 
facility  which  has  formed  a  marked  feature  in 
his  career.  In  this  connection  it  is  pleasing 
to  reproduce  some  excellent  verses  written  by 
Mr.  Fuller  years  afterward,  on  the  occasion 
of  the  death  of  General  Grant,  which  show  at 
once  a  loyal  feeling  of  gratitude  for  the  serv- 
ices of  the  great  soldier,  and  a  true  poetic 
thought  and  diction — a  power  of  composition 
rare  in  the  learned,  practiced  and  successful 
lawyer. 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Let  tbe  drum  to  trumpet   speak — 
The    trumpet    to   tlie    cannoneer    witliout — 
The  cannon   to   the   heavens    from   each   redoubt. 

Each  lowly   valley  and  each   lofty  peak. 
As    to    his    rest   the    Great   Commander   goes 
Into  the  pleasant   land   of   earned  repose. 

Not    In    the    battles    won, 
Though   long  the  well-fought  fields  may   keep   their  name. 

But  in  the  wide  world's  sense  ot  duty  doue. 
The   gallant  soldier   finds   the  meed   of  fame  ; 
His   life   no   struggle   for  ambitions   prize. 
Simply   the   duty   done  that  next  him  lies. 

Earth   to   its   kindred  earth ; 
The  spirit  to  the   fellowship  of  souls ! 
As.    slowly.    Time   the   mighty  scroll   unrolls 

Of   waiting    age.s    yet    to   have   their   birth. 
Fame,    faithful   to    the    faithful,   writes   on    high 
His  name   as   one   that    was  not  born  to  die. 

An  interesting  incidenl  connected  with  lii^ 
journalistic  experience  may  be  mentioned  the 
fact  that  while  Mr.  Fuller  was  acting  as  re- 
porter for  the  Augiista  Age  (of  which  his 
uncle,  B.  A.  C.  Fuller,  and  himself  were  pub- 
lishers) in  the  Maine  House  of  Representa- 
tives, James  G.  Blaine  was  engaged  in  a  simi- 
lar capacity  in  the  Senate  for  the  Kciincbcc 
Jouriial.  Though  political  opponents,  then  and 
in  after  life,  the  two  men  were  always  per- 
sonal friends,  and  at  last,  by  a  curious  coinci- 
dence, found  themselves  together  in  Washing- 
ton—the one  as  Chief  Justice  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  other  as  Secretary  of  State. 

Mr.  Fuller,  while  practicing  in  Augusta, 
was  elected  city  attorney  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
three,  and  also  president  of  the  common  coun- 
cil. In  1856  he  visited  Chicago,  where  he 
happened  to  meet  Mr.  S.  K.  Dow,  from  York 
county,  Maine,  a  practicing  lawyer.  .\  part- 
ner of  Mr.  Dow  was  just  retiring  from  the 
firm,  and  Mr.  Dow  offered  Mr.  Fuller  a  place 
in  his  office,  either  as  partner  or  as  a  clerk 
at  a  salary  of  fifty  dollars  per  month.  He 
chose  the  latter,  and  worked  on  those  terms 
for  five  months,  living  within  his  income.  Be- 
fore a  year  had  passed  he  enjoyed  a  consider- 
able and  remunerative  business,  and  in  which 
he  continued  until  he  left  the  bar  for  the  Su- 
preme Court.  His  legal  career  was  strongly 
marked  with  industry,  persistency  and  brilliant 
success.  During  his  thirty  years  practice  he 
was  engaged  in  as  many  as  three  thousand 
cases  at  the  Chicago  bar.  He  affected  no 
specialty  in  his  profession,  conducting  a  gen- 
eral practice,  practically  excluding  divorce  law 
and  criminal  law,  in  which  class  of  cases  his 
name  scarcely  appears.  Among  his  most  im- 
portant cases  may  be  mentioned:  Field  vs. 
Letter;  the  Chicago  Lake  Front  case;  Storey 
vs.  Storey;  Storey  vs.  Storey  E.state ;  Hyde 
Park  vs.  Chicago ;  Carter  vs.  Carter,  etc.,  and 
the  noted  ecclesiastical  trial  of  Bishop  Cheney 
on  the  charge  of  heresy.  He  was  engaged  in 
many  cases   in   the   Supreme    Court    of    the 


United  States,  and  his  first  is  reportetl  in   II 
Wallace,  108,  and  his  last  in  131  U.  S.,  371. 

Mr.  Fuller's  partnership  with  Mr.  Dow  con-^ 
tinued  until  i860.  From  1862  to  1864  his 
firm  was  Fuller  &  Ham,  then  Fuller,  Ham  & 
Shepard  for  two  years,  and  for  two  years 
thereafter  Fuller  &  Shepard.  In  i86g  he  re- 
ceived as  partner  his  cousin,  Joseph  E.  Smith, 
son  of  Governor  Smith,  of  Maine.  This  was 
terminated  in  1877,  after  which  he  was  alone. 
His  business  was  only  such  as  he  cared  to 
accept,  and  his  professional  income  during  hi,' 
later  practicing  years  has  been  estimated  at 
$20,000  to  $30,000  per  annum. 

Mr.  Fuller  took  an  early  interest  in  politic.-, 
a  staunch  Democrat,  he  became,  by  sympalh 
and  personal  regard  an  earnest  adherent  of 
Senator  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  and  on  the  death 
of  the  great  statesman,  June  3,  1861,  he  was 
made  a  member  of  the  committee  having 
charge  of  the  funeral  ceremonies.  In  autumn 
of  the  same  year  JMr.  Fuller  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Illinois  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion which  assembled  in  1862.  He  reported  to 
that  body  the  resolutions  in  memory  of  Senator 
Douglas,  and  made  one  of  the  opening  ad- 
dresses of  appreciation  on  that  occasion.  In 
1864  he  was  elected  to  the  lower  house  of  the 
Illinois  legislature,  and  as  a  Unionist  (not  a 
Republican  or  anti-slaveryite)  gave  to  the  sup- 
port of  the  national  government  the  same 
strenuous  effort  that  was  affonled  by  the  sup- 
porters of  Senator  Douglas  generally.  He  was 
a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  national  conven- 
tions of  1864,  1872,  1876  and  1880,  always 
taking  an  active  interest.  Immediately  after 
the  election  of  Mr.  Cleveland  as  president  for 
his  term,  Mr.  Fuller  called  upon  him  in  Al- 
bany, and  Mr.  Cleveland  at  once  conceived  for 
him  a  high  appreciation.  On  the  death  of 
Chief  Justice  Waite,  it  seemed  desirable  that 
his  successor  should  be  taken  from  the  West, 
and  Mr.  Fuller's  liberal  education,  high  legi.=- 
lative  ability,  lofty  professional  Stan:  ard, 
marked  industry  and  command  of  language — 
all  these,  combined  with  his  devotion  to  the 
principles  of  the  party  for  which  President 
Cleveland  was  the  chosen  exponent  for  the 
nation,  made  him  a  logical  choice  for  the  po- 
sition, which  was  accordingly  offered  him.  j\Ir. 
Fuller,  highly  appreciating  the  high  and  un- 
expected honor,  hesitated.  1  le  was  not  am- 
bitious of  distinction,  and  his  large  family 
necessitated  his  most  careful  consideration  as 
to  whether  he  could  afford  a  position  which 
would  reward  him  less  liberally  than  did  his 
profession.  He,  however,  consented,  and  on 
April  30,  1888,  President  Cleveland  nominated 


STA  ri'.  (  )l'"   MAIM':. 


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him  l\<i-  Lhk-i  Justice  ul  llic  L'liitcd  Slate.-.,  and 
lie  was  confirmed  by  the  Senate  on  July  20, 
and  took  the  oath  of  office  October  8,   1888. 

Mr.  IniUcr  receiveil  the  det^ree  of  LL.  D. 
from  the  .Xorthwestern  l'niver.sity  and  from 
lUnvdoiu  College  in  1S88;  from  Harvard  in 
i8yo;  and  from  Vale  and  Dartmouth  in  lyoi. 
He  is  chancellor  of  the  .Smithsonian  Institute; 
chairman  of  tlie  hoard  of  trustees  of  the  Pea- 
body  Kducatii_)n  I'lmd;  \'ice-]iresident  of  the 
John  1'.  Slater  fund  ;  iucm!)er  of  board  of  trus- 
tees of  ISowdoin  Colle,i;e  ;  was  oneof  thearbitra- 
tors  to  settle  the  boundary  line  between  Venezu- 
ela and  llritish  (iuinea,  i'aris,  1899:  was  a  mem- 
ber of  llie  arbitral  tribunal  in  the  matter  of  the 
Muscat  Downs,  The  Hague,  1905;  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  permanent  Court  of  Arbitration, 
The  Hague ;  and  received  the  thanks  of  con- 
gress, December  20,  i88y.  .As  Chief  Justice 
he  has  administered  the  official  oath  to  Presi- 
dents Harrison,  Cleveland,  McKinlev  and 
Taft. 

Mr.  Fuller  married  (first)  in  1858,  Calista 
O.,  daughter  of  Eri  Reynolds,  and  (second) 
May  30,  1866,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  William 
F.  Coolbaugh.  a  leading  citizen  of  Chicago. 
She  died  .April  17,  1904,  when  the  Chief  Jus- 
tice practically  retired  from  society. 


The  name  of  Fuller  is  derived 
FULLER  from  the  trade  so  called,  mean- 
ing to  mill  or  scour  woolen 
cloth.  In  all  probability  this  surname  origi- 
nated in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  formerly  the 
chief  seat  of  the  W'Oolen  manufacturing  in- 
dustry in  England,  and  it  became  a  prominent 
one  in  the  southeastern  counties.  John  Ful- 
ler, supposed  to  have  come  over  with  Gov- 
ernor Winthrop,  settled  at  Cambridge  Vil- 
lage (now  New-ton)  in  1644.  Thomas  Ful- 
ler, wdio  arrived  from  the  mother  country  in 
1638,  located  first  in  Woburn  and  later  in 
Middleton.  John  Fuller,  of  Ipswich,  and  an- 
other John  PAiller,  who  settled  in  Saugus  or 
Lynn,  were  both  early  immigrants  and  have 
often  been  mistaken  for  one  and  the  same 
person.  Another  Thomas  Fuller  appears  in 
the  records  of  Dedham.  Massachusetts,  as  a 
resident  there  in  1642,  and  his  grandson  John 
resided  in  Roxbury  until  1733. 

(I)  Ebenezer  Fuller,  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier, was  born  in  Roxbury,  January  16,  1760, 
and  resided  in  Boston.  It  is  more  than  prob- 
able that  he  was  a  descendant  of  the  Ded- 
ham settler  previously  referred  to,  but  his 
line  of  descent  could  not  be  found  in  any  of 
the  records  consulted.  His  death  occurred  in 
i8og.    He  was  married  May  5,  1793,  to  Lydia 


Goddard,  born  November  25,  1772,  died  Au- 
gust 11,  1828,  ])resumably  in  Uoston.  Their 
children  were:  Henrietta,  Nabby  G.,  Abigail, 
Thomas  Jefferson  and  John. 

(II)  John,  \t)ungest  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
Lydia  (Goddard)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Rox- 
bury, December  18  or  28,  i8o6.  Having 
adopted  the  occupation  which  his  name  implies, 
that  of  a  fuller  or  cloth-finisher,  he  followed . 
it  in  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  for  some  time, 
and  for  twenty  years  thereafter  he  was  in  the 
comb-finishing  business.  John  Er.Iler  died 
1881.  In  his  later  years  he  supported  the  Re- 
publican part}-.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
tarian church.  In  1827  he  married  Sophronia 
O.  W.  Adams,  born  in  .Ashburiiham,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  31,  1806,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Adams,  also  born  in  Ashburnham.  both  born  in 
the  same  house.  Her  death  occurred  May  3, 
1887.  She  became  the  mother  of  nine  chil- 
dren, but  four  of  whom — Sophronia,  Eben, 
Sidney  T.  and  Edward — are  now  living ;  the 
others  were :  John,  Henrietta,  Abbie,  Lydia 
and  Eleanor. 

(HI)  Sidne_\-  Thomas,  third  son  and  fourth 
child  of  John  and  Sophronia  O.  W.  (Adams) 
Fuller,  was  born  in  Shirley,  Massachusetts, 
February  2,  1836.  From  the  Lancaster  public 
schools  he  entered  the  Wilbraham  (Massachu- 
setts) Academy,  and  after  completing  the  reg- 
ular course  at  that  well-know-n  institution,  pur- 
sued a  scientific  course  at  Cambridge,  giving 
his  special  attention  to  civil  engineering.  Turn- 
ing his  attention  to  railway  construction,  he 
was  employed  in  the  building  of  the  Burlington 
and  Missouri  River  line,  and  subsequently  en- 
tering the  service  of  the  Philadelphia,  Wil- 
mington and  Baltimore  Railroad  Company, 
was  for  seventeen  years  in  charge  of  the  main- 
tainance  of  way.  Mr.  Fuller  was  assistant 
engineer  of  construction  of  the  first  long 
bridge  over  the  Susquehanna  river  at  Havre 
de  Grace,  Maryland;  built  the  first  railway 
running  into  Mexico  and  was  chief  engineer 
and  general  superintendent  of  the  r\Iexican 
railroad.  As  a  recognized  expert  in  the  laying 
out  and  construction  of  railways  and  bridges 
he  was  secured  by  the  railroad  commissions  of 
Massachusetts  to  examine  and  report  the  exact 
condition  of  railroads  in  that  commonwealth, 
and  in  1879-S0  he  was  similarly  employed  in 
the  Russian  Empire.  In  1886  Mr.  Fuller  set- 
tled in  Kennebunk  and  is  still  residing  there. 
As  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  local  Loan 
and  Building  Association,  he  has  labored  dili- 
gently and  effectively  in  its  behalf  for  the  past 
seventeen  years,  and  he  is  otherwise  concerned 
in  the  financial  interests  of  the  towm,  having 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


been  for  nine  years  a  director  of  the  Ocean 
National  Bank.  He  has  served  as  a  selectman, 
assessor  and  overseer  of  the  poor ;  represented 
his  district  in  the  lower  branch  of  the  state 
legislature  for  the  years  1899-1903 ;  and  in 
politics  is  a  Republican.  He  attends  the  Uni- 
tarian church.  He  is  a  Master  Mason,  be- 
longing to  Havre  de  Grace  Lodge,  and  also 
.affiliates  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Good 
Templars. 

On  October  14,  1865,  Mr.  Fuller  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Annette  E.,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Orren  and  Elizabeth  (Holden)  Ross,  of  Ken- 
nebunk.  Her  grandparents  were  Simon  and 
Mary  (Perkins)  Ross,  of  Kennebunk,  and 
their  eldest  son,  Orren,  born  September  14. 
18 1 2,  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  and  at  the  North  Brighton  Acad- 
emy. At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  Dixey  Stone,  a  grocery 
merchant  at  Bridgton  Centre,  and  prior  to 
his  majority  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business 
for  himself  in  Sweden,  Oxford  county,  Maine. 
Selling  his  business  in  1834,  he  turned  his  at- 
tention to  teaching  penmanship  and  later  to  the 
study  of  medicine.  While  a  medical  student 
at  Bowdoin  College  he  was  for  a  period  of 
three  months  an  interne  at  the  McLean  Hos- 
pital in  Boston,  and  receiving  his  degree  with 
the  class  of  1839,  he  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Lyman.  He  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Kennebunk,  residing  there  for  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  Dr.  Ross  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Walker) 
Holden,  of  Sweden.  She  bore  him  seven  chil- 
dren:  Annette  E.,  Isabel  M.,  Orren  S.,  Frank 
M.,  Florence  H.,  and  two  who  died  in  infancy. 
Annette  E.  is  the  wife  of  Sidney  T.  Fuller,  as 
previously  stated.  Isabel  M.  married  H.  B. 
Thompson.  Florence  H.  married  James  K. 
Cross.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fuller  have  had  two 
children :  Florabel  and  Sophronia  Elizabeth, 
neither  of  whom  are  now  living.  Mrs.  Fuller 
died  January  7,  1908. 


He    married    Frances 


who    married 


(I)  John  Rogers,  immigrant 
ROGERS  ancestor,  was  living  in  Scituate 
in  1647  on  a  lot  of  land  lying 
between  that  of  Thomas  Hicks  and  John 
Stockbridge.  There  is  a  tradition  that  his 
father  was  a  brother  of  Rev.  William  With- 
erell's  mother,  who  was  daughter  of  John  Rog- 
ers, the  martyr,  but  there  is  no  proof  of  this, 
and  it  seems  doubtful  if  that  could  have  been 
the  case.  John  Rogers  removed  to  Marsh- 
field,  Massachusetts,  about  1647,  where  he  re- 
sided until  early  in  1661.  He  was  fined  there 
several  times  for  not  attending  town  meeting. 


(second)  Walter  Briggs,  of  Scituate.  Walter 
Briggs'  will  was  dated  January  16,  1676-77, 
and  proved  June  4,  1684.  John  Rogers  died 
about  May,  1661,  and  his  wife  died  in  1687. 
His  will  was  dated  February  i,  1660,  and 
proved  June  5,  1661.  Children,  part  probably 
born  in  England,  the  others  in  Scituate:  i. 
John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Joseph,  married 
Abigail  Barker.  3.  Timothy,  married  Eunice 
Stetson;  died  1728.  4.  Ann,  married  (first) 
George  Russell;  (second)  John  Hudson.  5. 
i\Iary,  married,  1656,  John  Rouse.  6.  .\bigail, 
born  in  Scituate  about  1645;  married,  January 
I,  1678-79,  Timothy  White. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Rogers,  was 
born  about  1632,  probably  in  England,  and 
died  May  7,  1717,  according  to  the  church 
records.  Fie  joined  the  Quakers  in  1660,  and 
suffered  more  or  less  persecution  on  that  ac- 
count. He  was  a  resident  of  Marshfield,  and 
was  grand  juryman  in  1659.  ^^  1692  he  was 
selectman,  and  assisted  in  running  the  line 
between  Marshfield  and  Scituate.  He  was  on 
a  committee  to  lay  out  highways  in  1692.  In 
his  will,  dated  May  9,  1718,  proved  June  24, 
1718,  he  describes  himself  as  "aged."  In  1708 
the  Friends'  "women's  meetings"  were  held  at 
his  house  part  of  the  time.  He  married  (first) 
October  8,  1656,  Rhoda,  born  October  11,  1639, 
died  about  1662,  daughter  of  Elder  Thomas 
King,  of  Scituate.    He  married  (second)  about 

1663,  Elizabeth  ,  who  died  September 

13,     1692.      He    married     (third)     Elizabeth 
-,  who  died  May  9.  1705.     Children  of 


first  wife,  born  in  Marshfield:  i.  John,  bap- 
tized August  23,  1657,  married  twice.  2. 
Thomas,  mentioned  below.  3.  Rhoda,  baptized 
August  3,  1662,  died  young.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  4.  Abigail,  born  November  3,  1663, 
married,  September  9,  1681,  Nathaniel  Cham- 
berlain. 5.  Mary,  born  March  10,  1665,  mar- 
ried, January  24,  1682,  Samuel  Daggett ;  died 
April  15,  1690.  6.  Johanna,  born  October  7, 
1667,  married  Judah  Butler;  died  1747.  7- 
Elizabeth,  born  December  19,  1669,  married, 
May  II,  1699,  Hugh  Copperthwaite ;  died  Au- 
gust 27,  1707. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2)  Rogers,  was 
born  in  Marshfield,  December  2,  1659,  accord- 
ing to  the  town  records,  and  December  25, 
1639,  according  to  the  Friends'  records.  He 
married,  June  6,  1712,  Bethiah,  born  March 
3,  1682-83,  died  January  23.  1756,  daughter 
of  Gershom  and  Mary  Ewell.  He  died  March 
6,  1745-46.  His  will  was  dated  September 
10,  1745,  and  proved  March  12,  1745-46.  His 
widow's  will   was   dated   June    10,    1755,  and 


STATE  OF  MAINE 


2J 


proved  May  ^,  1756.  C!iil;lren,  bom  in  Marsli- 
field:  I.  Rhoda,  bom  May  28,  1713.  married, 
October  19,  1738,  I'li'iijaniiii  Wing;  died  April 
21,  1758.  2.  Jobn,  December  19,  17 14,  mar- 
ried, December  29,  1737,  Sarab  Wing;  died 
September  5,  1791.  3.  Tbomas,  October  28, 
1716,  mentioned  below.  4.  liethiah,  Septem- 
ber 29,  171S,  married,  Octol)er  1,  1741,  Jobn 
Wady. 

(IV)  Tbomas  (2),  son  of  Tl.omas  ( i)  Rog- 
ers, was  born  at  Marsiifield,  October  28,  1716, 
died  December  6,  18 10.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1744.  Deborah,  born  October  16,  1723, 
died  December  8,  1807,  daughter  of  Dr.  Isaac 
and  Deborah  (Jacobs)  Otis.  Children,  born  in 
Marshfield:  i.  Rethia,  February  9,  1745-46, 
married,  June  10,  1777,  Jonathan  Slocum.  2. 
Hannah,  October  4,  1747,  married,  July  6, 
1773,  Joshua  Dillingham.  3.  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1748-49,  died  September  29,  1752. 
4.  Deborah,  October  20,  1751,  died  unmarried 
l\Iarch  16,  1775.  5.  Priscilla,  February  27, 
1754,  married,  December  3,  1777,  Mordecai 
Ellis;  died  September  8,  1850.  6.  James,  April 
16,  1756,  mentioned  below.  7.  Abigail,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1758.  died  unmarried  November  29, 
1842.  8.  Huldah,  September  30,  1760,  mar- 
ried, December  4,  1783,  Tristram  Russell.  9. 
Rhoda,  February  23,  1762,  died  without  issue. 
10.  Lucy,  March  21,  1765,  died  without  issue. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Rogers,  was 
born  in  Marshfield,  April  16,  1756,  died  No- 
vember 29,  1832.  In  1812  he  removed  to 
Peru,  Clinton  county.  New  York,  where  he 
and  his  wife  died.  He  married,  March  5,  1787, 
Deborah,  born  November  14,  1762,  died  May 
4,  1813,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (An- 
thony) Smith.  Children,  born  at  Marshfield: 
I.  Deborah,  August  28,  1788,  married,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1812,  Jacob  Willetts;  died  January  11, 
1880.  2.  James,  May  15,  1790,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Mary,  July  19,  1792.  4.  Hannah, 
June  18,  1794.  5.  Samuel,  January  27,  1797. 
6.  Rhoda,  June  21,  1799.  7.  Thomas,  Jan- 
uary 9,  1802. 

(VI)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Rogers, 
was  bom  in  Marshfield,  May  15,  1790,  and 
when  a  young  man  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Peru,  New  York.  He  married  Sarah 
Keese,  and  had  a  child,  Deborah,  born  in  Peru. 
September  8.  181 5.  She  married,  December 
24,  1840,  John  Jones  Fuller.  (See  sketch  of 
Fuller  family.) 


The    surnames    Howard    and 

HOWARD     Hayward  were  once  identical. 

.^mong  the  early  settlers  and 

their   descendants  the   name   was   used    inter- 


changeably, spelled  Howard,  Havvard,  Ha- 
word,  Havvoorth,  etc.  lleywood  was  also 
sometimes  misspelled  and  the  same  spellings 
cited  here  used  for  that  family. 

(I)  John  Howard,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  Bridgewater  family,  was  born  in  England. 
He  spelled  his  name  Haward,  but  it  was  pro- 
nounced like  Howard.  Another  family  in 
Bridgewater  at  the  same  time,  doubtless  of 
the  same  ancestry,  sijelled  the  name  Hayward, 
though  many  of  the  later  generations  have  also 
spelled  their  name  Howard.  John  Howard 
was  born  in  England.  When  a  young  man, 
he  came  to  Plymouth  and  settled  later  in  Dux- 
bury.  Fie  was  able  to  bear  arms,  according  to 
the  list  dated  1643.  He  was  a  volunteer  for 
the  Pequot  war,  June  7,  1637.  His  brother, 
James  Howard,  who  came  with  him  to  Ply- 
mouth, went  to  the  Bermudas.  John  removed 
to  West  Bridgewater,  where  he  was  a  pro- 
prietor and  original  settler  in  1651.  He  was  a 
young  man  when  he  emigrated  and  lived  for  a 
time  in  the  family  of  Captain  Myles  Standish. 
He  became  a  citizen  of  much  influence  and 
prominence  and  one  of  the  first  military  offi- 
cers of  the  town  of  Bridgewater.  He  took 
the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1659.  His  descendants 
lived  on  his  original  homestead  until  a  gen- 
eration ago.  He  began  to  keep  a  tavern  as 
early  as  1670  and  a  tavern  has  been  kept  in 
Bridgewater  down  to  recent  times  by  his  de- 
scendants. He  died  in  1700.  He  was  an 
ensign  in  1664.  Children:  i.  John.  2.  James. 
3.  Jonathan,  mentioned  below.  4.  Elizabeth, 
born  at  Plymouth,  August  20,  1647,  married 
Edward  Fobes.  5.  Sarah,  married  Zachariah 
Packard.  6.  Bethia,  married  Henry  Kingman. 
7.  Ephraim. 

(II)  Major  Jonathan,  son  of  John  How- 
ard, married  Sarah  Dean,  and  among  their 
children  was  a  son  Jonathan,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(III)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Alajor  Jona- 
than (i)  Howard,  was  born  in  1692.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Field,  in 
1719,  and  among  their  children  was  a  son 
Nathan,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Nathan,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  How- 
ard, was  born  in  1720.  He  married  Jane, 
daughter  of  Alajor  Edward  Howard,  in  1746. 

(\')  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i)  How- 
ard, was  born  in  1746.  He  married  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Henry  Howard,  of  eastern  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  among  their  children  was  a 
son  Ruel,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Ruel,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Howard, 
was  born  in  1776.  He  came  to  Alaine  in  1814, 
and  was  a  farmer,  carpenter  and  contractor. 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


He  was  a  major  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  mar- 
ried ]\lary  Boyd,  who  probably  came  from 
Bristol,  JMaine.  Children :  Columbus,  men- 
tioned below ;  Boyd,  Susan,  Brizillai,  Fanny, 
Ruel,  Cyril,  Joseph  and  Everett. 

(VH)  Columbus,  son  of  Ruel  Howard,  was 
born  in  Bridgeivater,  Massachusetts,  1801.  He 
followed  farming  in  Sidney,  Maine,  He  mar- 
ried Lucy,  born  in  Sidney,  Maine,  1810, 
daughter  of  Captain  Salvanus  Ambrose  and 
Lucy  Ann  (Cowen)  Hanmiond.  Captain 
Hammond  was  lost  at  sea  when  Mrs.  Howard 
was  an  infant.  Children :  Jane  Frances, 
Mary,  and  Emily  H.,  born  1843,  ^^''^  of  James 
E.  Fuller. 


homage.    He  married  Elizabeth 


He 


The  derivation  of  this  name  is  a 
ROBIE  matter  of  conjecture,  but  Hon. 
Henry  John  Roby,  M.  P.,  from 
.Manchester,  England,  gives  reasons  for  think- 
ing that  the  name  is  taken  from  the  hamlet  of 
Roby,  in  the  parish  of  Huyton,  five  or  six 
xniles  east  of  Liverpool.  Since  1403  the  resi- 
dence of  the  Robies  can  be  distinctly  traced  at 
Castle  Donington,  a  small  town  in  the  north- 
ern edge  of  Leicestershire,  England,  which 
lies  between  the  counties  of  Derby  and  Not- 
tingham. The  name  is  variously  spelled 
Robie,  Roby,  Robey,  Robay,  Robye,  and 
Rooby,  but  was  spelled  Robie  by  Thomas,  the 
father  of  Henry,  the  immigrant.  Disconnected 
statements  in  the  records  of  Castle  Donington 
between  1402  and  15 12  show  the  existence  of 
the  family  at  that  place  between  those  dates. 
In  September,  1402-1403,  John  Roby  was  pos- 
sessed of  a  copy  hold  in  the  manor  of  Castle 
Donington. 

(I)  John  Roby,  with  whom  the  connected 
history  of  the  family  begins,  took  part  in  the 
court  proceedings  of  Castle  Donington,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1512.  In  March,  1513,  he  was  admitted 
tenant  of  two  burgages.  In  June,  1513.  he 
was  named  at  a  court  at  which  William  Roby 
and  three  others  were  admitted  to  three  cur- 
tilages. He  died  shortly  before  Christmas, 
1 515.  His  children  were:  Thomas  and  Em- 
mot. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Roby,  was  born 
at  Castle  Donington,  1501,  and  May  6,  1516, 
he  was  admitted  as  son  and  heir  of  John  Roby, 
to  a  taft,  a  croft,  and  one  yard  of  land,  and 
moiety  of  meadow,  at  a  rent  of  twenty  shillings 
.a  year.  In  1526  Emmot  Roby  was  admitted 
to  a  cottage,  to  the  use  of  his  brother  Thomas, 
who  in  each  of  the  years  1527-32-36  was  on 
the  homage.  In  1538-40  he  was  mentioned  in 
the  court  proceedings.  In  1542  he  defended 
.a  suit  in  chancery,  and  in   1547  was  on  the 


was  buried  at  Castle  Donington,  December  5, 
1552,  and  his  wife  was  also  buried  there,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1565.  Their  children  were:  Robert, 
John,  Thomas,  Edmond,  William,  Bartholo- 
mew, Michael  and  Marie. 

(HI)  Thoinas  (2),  third  child  of  Thomas 
( I )  and  Elizabeth  Roby,  yeoman,  was  en- 
gaged in  litigation  concerning  land  in  Don- 
ington Manor,  in  1560-83-87,  and  mentioned 
in  the  proceedings  of  the  Manor  Court  in 
1559-60-66,  and  1586.  He  married  (first) 
November  25,  1569,  at  Castle  Donington, 
Joane  Cowley,  who  was  buried  at  Castle  Don- 
ington, October  10,  1579.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) April  22,  1583,  at  Castle  Donington, 
Mary  Gatley.  By  the  first  wife  he  had  a  son 
Thomas ;  by  the  second  wife  a  daughter  Eliza- 
beth. He  was  buried  at  Castle  Donington, 
April  12,  1588.  In  his  will  dated  April  10, 
1588,  proved  at  Leicester,  September  12,  of 
the  same  year,  he  speaks  of  his  wife  Mary  and 
his  children  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (both  un- 
der age)  his  brother  John  and  his  nephew 
John  (under  age),  son  of  William,  and  makes 
bequests  to  John  Gatley  and  Dorothy  Gatley. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3)  Robye  (or  Robie  or 
Roby),  only  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Joane 
(Cowley)  Roby,  was  under  age  April,  1588. 
He  was  on  the  homage  of  the  Manor  Court 
in  1637-46,  and  probably  other  years.  He  died 
March  27,  1653.  His  will,  dated  March  24, 
1652,  was  proved  at  Westminster,  September 
20,  1653.  He  married,  C)ctober  6,  1606,  Mary 
Coxon.  born  April  20,  1586,  and  buried  at 
Castle  Donington,  April  26,  1641.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  John  Coxon.  The  children  of 
this  union  were :  Robert,  Mary,  Thomas, 
John,  William,  Henry,  Edward,  Samuel. 

(V)  Henry,  sixth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Thomas  (3)  and  Mary  (Coxon)  Robie,  born 
at  Castle  Donington,  February  12,  1619,  died 
April  22,  1688,  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
aged  sixty-nine.  Early  in  1639  he  came  to 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  Soon 
after  he  went  to  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
which  was  founded  by  Rev.  John  Wheelwright 
the  year  before.  This  seems  to  have  been  his 
objective  point.  At  that  time  there  was  no 
constituted  authorities  over  the  patent  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  the  Exeters,  as  the  Plymouth 
colonists  before  them  had  done,  formed  a  vol- 
vmtary  combination  for  governmental  pur- 
poses, and  this  agreement,  dated  July  4,  1639, 
bears  the  signature  of  Henry  Robie.  In  May, 
1643,  he  joined  in  the  petition  of  the  in- 
habitants of  Exeter  to  the  general  court  of 
Massachusetts,    praying    that    their    territory 


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might  be  received  witliiii  liie  jurisdiction  of 
Massachusetts  ISay  Colony.  January  i6,  1644, 
he  received  from  the  town  a  grant  of  ten  acres 
of  land,  and  February  10,  UqiS,  a  further  life 
grant  of  twenty  acres;  and  .\pril  22,  1649,  he 
and  others  were  granted  a  mill  site  at  Little 
river.  Jn  1649-50  he  was  selectman,  and 
March  21,  1650,  received  a  further  grant  of 
ten  acres  of  land.  On  May  13,  1650,  as  one 
of  the  committee  of  the  town,  he  signed  the 
contract  engaging  Rev.  Samuel  Dudley  as 
minister.  November  24,  1650,  he  was  given 
permission  to  enlarge  his  garden  out  of  the 
higlnvay,  and  on  January  2,  1651,  he  received 
a  further  grant  of  sixty  acres  of  land  from 
the  town,  and  on  the  same  day  with  John  Gil- 
man,  dissented  from  the  vote  of  the  town,  re- 
leasing the  Rev.  Samuel  Dudley  from  pay- 
ment of  certain  rentals  due  the  town,  and  on 
February  19,  165 1,  the  town  authorized  Henry 
Robie  and  two  other  tow^nsmen  "to  vindicate 
the  credit  and  the  reputation  of  (Rev.)  Mr. 
Dmiley,  against  the  reproachful  speeches  and 
calumniation  of  John  Garland,  by  proceeding 
against  him  in  law,  according  to  the  demerit 
of  his  offense."  Soon  after  1651  he  removed 
into  the  present  adjoining  town  of  Hampton. 
He  was  selectman  of  Hampton  for  the  years 
1656-60-65-81,  and  in  1660  was  a  member  of 
the  committee  to  regulate  the  seating  of  the 
people  in  the  meeting  house.  On  January  i, 
1661,  he  was  named  as  one  of  a  commission  to 
lay  out  the  road,  from  the  Academy  green  to 
the  Landing,  and  in  1667  to  settle  the  bounds 
of  the  highway  between  Hampton  and  Salis- 
bury. On  October  12,  1669,  at  the  session  of 
the  court,  Henry  Robie  was  allowed  to  keep 
an  ordinary  in  the  tow'n,  and  the  court  licensed 
him  "to  sell  beere  and  wine  and  strong  waters 
by  retaile,  and  ye  sd  Robie  doth  binde  him- 
self, in  ye  sum  of  £40,  on  condition  not  to 
suffer  any  townsmen,  men's  children  and  serv- 
ants to  be  lipling  in  his  house."  He  kept  the 
ordinary  for  about  ten  years,  his  license  being 
renewed  from  year  to  year.  On  October  18, 
1669,  he  was  attorney  for  the  town,  in  a  mat- 
ter before  the  court  in  Boston.  In  1677  he 
was  sent  out  to  flank  the  Indians,  who  were 
besieging  the  Hampton  settlement.  His  name 
and  that  of  his  wife  are  recorded  as  members 
of  the  town  church  on  September  18,  167 1.  A 
royal  decree,  made  September  18,  1679,  liaving 
ordered  that  thereafter  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  should  have  no  further  jurisdiction 
over  the  towns  of  Dover,  Portsmouth,  Exeter 
and  Hampton,  it  became  necessary  to  establish 
a  new  government  for  the  Province  of  New 
Hampshire,   to   accomplish   which    Mr.    Robie 


was  named  as  one  of  the  electors  from  liis 
town.  July  13,  1680,  he  was  foreman  of  the 
grand  jury,  and  the  same  year  one  of  the 
committee  ajjiiointed  to  prosecute  persons 
stealing  lumber  from  the  town.  In  1683,  with 
other  residents  of  Hampton,  he  petitioned  the 
colonial  governor  to  be  freed  from  head- 
money,  and  the  same  year  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  coiuicil  from  his  town.  He  was  a 
justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years,  and  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1683,  with  three  other  justices,  signed 
the  committment  of  Rev.  Joshua  Moody,  pas- 
tor of  the  church  in  Portsmouth,  for  six 
months  for  refusing  to  administer  the  sacra- 
ment in  accordance  of  the  laws  of  Great 
Britain.  He  was  a  standing  juryman  in  the 
trials  of  Mason  against  Richard  Walderne 
and  other  persons  in  New^  Hampshire  for 
holding  lands  which  Mason  claimed  as  pro- 
prietor of  the  province.  His  first  wife,  Ruth, 
died  May  5,  1673,  and  he  married  (second) 
January  19,  1674,  Widow  Elizabeth  Garland, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Philbrick,  who  had  pre- 
viously been  the  wife  of  Thomas  Chase,  and 
of  John  Garland.  She  died  February  11,  1677. 
His  third  wife,  Sarah,  died  January  23,  1703. 
His  children  were :  Thomas,  John,  Judith, 
Ruth,  Deliverance,  Samuel  and  Ichabod  by 
the  first  wife ;  and  Sarah  by  the  third  wife. 
Two  other  children,  Joanna  and  Mary,  may 
have  been  born  to  him. 

(VI)  John,  second  child  of  Henry  and  Ruth 
Robie,  born  at  Exeter,  February  2,  1649,  was 
killed  June  16,  1691.  He  removed  to  Haver- 
hill in  January,  1675,  and  lived  in  that  part  of 
the  town  which  fell  into  New  Hampsliire  at 
the  establishment  of  the  ''Mitchell  line."  In 
a  list  made  February  i,  1677,  of  houses  erected 
in  Haverhill  since  January  25,  1675,  is  men- 
tioned that  of  John  Robie.  He  lived  in  what 
is  now-  Atkinson.  His  wife  died  a  few  days 
before  June  16.  1691,  and  on  that  day  he  was 
removing  his  family,  consisting  of  seven  chil- 
dren, the  eldest  not  yet  eleven  years  old,  to  a 
place  of  refuge  in  the  North  Parish.  When 
they  reached  a  spot  opposite  a  burying  ground 
described  as  "near  Jesse  Clements,"'  Mr.  Robie 
was  shot  by  Indians  and  killed. 

(VII)  Colonel  Ichabod  (probably  the 
eldest),  son  of  John  and  (Corlis)  Robie,  born 
in  1680,  died  between  October  10,  1752.  and 
September  26,  1753.  He  was  taken  captive  by 
the  Indians  at  the  time  his  father  was  killed, 
June  16,  1691,  and  carried  away.  There  are 
two  traditions  with  respect  to  his  return  home. 
One  is  that  he  was  ransomed ;  and  the  other 
that  by  the  aid  of  a  friendly  Indian  he  es- 
caped and  returned  home.     He  learned  the  art 


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of  tanning,  and  settled  in  Hampton  Falls,  and 
established  his  home  on  what  has  ever  since 
been  known  as  "the  Robie  farm."  He  was  a 
member  of  the  ''Society  for  Settling  the  Chest- 
nut Country,"  attended  the  first  meeting,  and 
was  one  of  the  committee  to  lay  out  the  lots, 
and  also  of  the  old  hundred-acre  lots,  and  also 
for  running  the  lines.  He  is  often  mentioned 
in  the  records  of  Chester,  and  probably  built 
a  house  on  his  home  lot  No.  Ii6,  and  spent 
considerable  time  in  the  town,  but  never  per- 
manently lived  there.  His  will  is  dated  Octo- 
ber lo,  1752,  and  proved  September  26,  1753. 
He  married,  January  10,  1707,  iMary  Cass, 
born  in  Hamp"ton,  February  26,  1687,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Alary  (Hobbs)  Cass.  Their 
children  were:  Anne,  Ruth,  John,  Henry, 
Samuel,  Mary  and  Sarah. 

(VHI)  Samuel,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of 
Ichabod  and  IMary  (Cass)  Robie,  was  bom  in 
Hampton,  October  17,  1717.  He  lived  first  in 
Chester  (Raymond),  on  his  father's  home  lot 
No.  116.  He  sold  his  farm,  including  his  tan- 
yard,  to  John  S.  Dearborn,  in  1778,  and  took 
his  pay  in  continental  money  which  became 
worthless  on  his  hands,  and  he  lost  all.  He 
then  removed  to  GoiTstown.  He  married 
(first)  a  Miss  Perkins,  by  whom  he  had  Sarah, 
Lvdia  and  Edward.  He  married  (second) 
Widow  Fhebe  Butterfield,  and  had  Samuel 
and  Pollv,  who  lived  at  Goffstown. 

(IX)  Edward,  third  child  of   Samuel   and 

(Perkins)     Robie,  .born    in    Chester, 

1746,  died  December  26,  1837,  aged  ninety- 
two.  He  settled  first  in  Candia,  and  later  re- 
moved to  Chester.  He  married,  1771,  Sarah 
Smith,  daughter  of  Colonel  Webster's  second 
wife.  She  died  in  1843,  ^ged  eighty-nine. 
Thev  had  seven  children:  Mary.  Asa,  John 
Smith,  Edward  J.,  Toppan,  Sarah  and  Thomas 
Sargent. 

(X)  Captain  Toppan,  fourth  son  and  fifth 
child  of  Edward  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Robie, 
born  in  Candia,  New  Hampshire,  January  27, 
1782,  died  in  Gorham,  Maine,  January  14, 
1871,  aged  eighty-nine.  He  remained  with  his 
parents  until  seventeen  years  of  age  and  then, 
having  received  a  practical  education,  he  went 
to  Gorham,  Alaine,  where  he  became  a  clerk 
in  the  store  of  John  Horton,  and  a  few  months 
later  went  into"  the  employ  of  Daniel  Cressey, 
then  a  leading  trader  of  Gorham.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1802,  while  still  a  minor,  he  took  the  quite 
respectable  sum  of  money  which  by  prudence 
and  economy  he  had  saved  from  his  earnings, 
and  forming  a  partnership  went  into  business 
with  Sewafl  Lancaster.  In  181 5  he  and  his 
younger  brother,  Thomas  S.,  became  partners 


under  the  style  of  T.  &  T.   S.   Robie,   retail 
merchants,  and  in  the  more  than  twenty  year 
partnership,  its  members  became  widely  known 
and  popular  throughout  the  states  of  Maine, 
New    Hampshire    and    Vermont,   where   they 
were   credited   with   great  activity   and   abso- 
lutely square  dealing.     That  was  long  before 
the  days  of  railroads,  and  long  lines  of  loaded 
sleds  and  sleighs  came  from  the  state  of  Ver- 
mont   and    Coos    county.     New    Hampshire, 
through  the  Notch,  on  their  way  to  Portland, 
and  a  good  share  of  their  trade  fell  to  Gor- 
ham.    Mr.   Robie  continued  in  business  until 
1850,  when  he  retired,  having  by  his  energy 
and  strict  attention  to  business  accumulated  a 
large  fortune.    For  more  than  fifty  years  Top- 
pan  Robie  was  a  leading  citizen  not  only  of 
Gorham,  but  of  a  region  including  the  various 
surrounding    towns.      He    filled    many    local 
offices,     and    by     his     faithful     and     efficient 
service    in    the    duties     thereof    proved     his 
qualifications  for  higher  positions  and  greater 
honors.        In     politics      he      was      a      Whig  - 
and     an     earnest,     unswerving     adherent     of 
his  party.     He  served   six  terms  as  a  repre- 
sentative  in  the  general   court  of   Massachu- 
setts, 1813  to  181 5,  and  after  the  province  of 
Maine  was  removed  from  the  jurisdiction  of 
Massachusetts,  in  1820,  and  made  a  state,  he 
served  in  the  first  two  legislatures  of  the  new 
state,  1820-21.     In  1837  he  was  a  member  of 
Governor  Kent's  council.     For  half  a  century 
he  was  a  trustee  of  Gorham  Academy,  and  for 
many   years   its   treasurer.      His   contributions 
to    that    efficient    school    were    generous    and 
timely.    He  was  also  long  the  treasurer  of  the 
Congregational  Parish  and  of  its  ministerial 
fund,   to   which  latter  he   contributed  $9,000. 
In  the  war  of  1 81 2  he  was  captain  of  a  mili- 
tia  company   and   with   his   men    marched   to 
Portland  in  1814,  for  the  defence  of  the  city. 
He   was   always   ready  to  do  his  part   in  all 
public  movements  and  no  worthy  cause  ever 
sought  his  aid  in  vain.     Toward  the  erection 
of  the  beautiful  soldiers'  monument,  the  first 
erected  in  Maine,  which  adorns  the  village  of 
Gorham,  Yhe  generous  tribute  to  the  memory 
of  the  men  who  died  in  order  that  their  coun- 
try might  live,  he  donated  $2.000 ;  and  toward 
the  purchase  of  the  town  clock  $500.     In  the 
evening  of  Tife  he   passed   his   years   in   that 
peace  and  tranquility  which  are  the  reward  of 
right  living.    For  seventy  years  he  had  resided 
among  the  people  in  whose  midst  he  died.    He 
married  (first)  October  8,  1804,  Lydia  Brown, 
of  Chester,  New  Hampshire,  born  February  6, 
1782.   died   February   2^.    181 1,   aged   twenty- 
nine.     She  was  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 


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Prudence  (Kelle\)  Urowii,  aiul  sisler  of  the 
late  Francis  Brown.  1).  1).,  president  of  Dart- 
mouth College  from  i<Si3  to  i.Sjo.  lie  mar- 
ried (second)  September  17,  iSii,  Sarah  T. 
Lincoln,  who  was  baptizetl  in  Ilin^ham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, May  12,  1/93,  died  April  23,  1828, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hethia  (Thaxter)  Lin- 
coln, of  Gorham,  Maine,  and  was  a  descendant 
from  Samuel  Lincoln,  wlio  came  from  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Hingham.  Massachusetts, 
in  1637.  General  Benjamin  Lincoln,  of  revo- 
lutionary fame.  Lieutenant  Governor  Levi 
Lincoln,  of  Massachusetts,  his  sons,  Levi  Lin- 
coln, governor  of  Massachusetts,  and  Gov- 
ernor Enoch  Lincoln,  of  Maine,  were  de- 
scendants of  this  pioneer ;  and  Abraham  Lin- 
coln, president  of  the  Lhiited  States,  was  of 
the  same  family.  He  married  (third)  in  No- 
vember, 1828,  Mrs.  Eliza  (Stevens)  Cross, 
daughter  of  William  .Stevens,  of  Portland, 
and  widow  of  Captain  William  Cross.  She 
died  November  2,  iSO.S,  aged  eighty-three.  The 
children  born  of  first  wife,  Lydia  Brown, 
were:  Harriet,  August  g,  1805,  married,  Au- 
gust 29,  1829,  Oliver  Lincoln,  of  Boston,  and 
died  in  1832.  Francis  B.,  August  19,  1809, 
married,  March  27,  1838,  Martha  L.  Prince,  of 
North  Yarmouth.  The  children  of  second 
wife,  Sarah  T.  Lincoln,  were :  Charles,  July 
30,  1812,  married,  September  2,  1835,  Emily 
March.  George,  October  i,  1816,  married, 
April  27,  1841,  Frances  M.  Barrett.  Freder- 
ick, whose  sketch  follows. 

(XI)  Governor  Frederick,  youngest  child 
of  Captain  Toppan  and  Sarah  T.  (Lincoln) 
Robie,  was  born  in  Gorham,  August  12,  1822. 
After  completing  the  usual  studies  at  Gorham 
Academy,  and  with  private  tutors,  he  entered 
Bowdoin  College  in  1837,  and  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1841.  After  graduating  he 
went  south  and  for  a  time  taught  in  Georgia 
academies  and  in  Florida.  While  there  he  de- 
cided to  become  a  physician,  and  matriculated 
at  Jefiferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  and 
was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1844. 
In  April  of  the  same  year  he  opened  an  ofSce 
in  Biddeford,  where  he  practiced  eleven  years. 
In  1855  he  removed  to  Waldoboro,  where  he 
remained  three  years.  In  each  of  these  towns 
his  practice  was  extensive  and  profitable.  Re- 
turning to  Gorham  he  resided  there  until  the 
outbreak  of  the  slaveholders'  rebellion.  |une 
I,  1 86 1,  he  was  commissioned  by  President 
Lincoln,  paymaster  of  United  States  Volun- 
teers. He  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
until  1863,  and  was  then  transferred  to  Bos- 
ton as  chief  paymaster  of  the  Department  of 
New  England.     In   1864  he  was  sent   to  the 


Department  of  the  Gulf  of  New  Orleans, 
where  he  paid  the  troops  for  a  year,  or  until 

1865.  At  the  end  of  the  war  he  returned  to 
Maine,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  paying  off 
of  the  Maine  soldiers.  Mis  efficient  services 
were  recognized  and  rewarded  by  the  brevet 
commission  of  lieutenant-colonel,  dated  No- 
vember 24,  1865,  Ii^  being  the  first  Maine  pay- 
master to  receive  brevet  of  that  rank.  He  was 
honorably  mustered  out  July  20,  1866,  and  at 
once  returned  with  energy  to  the  pursuit  of 
peace,  his  course  having  been  approved  by 
both  liie  government  and  the  people  of  the 
state.  In  1866  Colonel  Robie  was  elected  to 
the  state  senate,  and  re-elected  the  following 
year.  He  was  also  appointed  in  1866  by  Wil- 
liam Pitt  Fessenden  as  special  agent  of  the 
treasury  department,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  two  years.  From  1868  to  1873  ^^  was 
a  member  of  the  Republican  state  committee. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  house  of  representa- 
tives eight  years,  and  in  all  served  ten  terms 
in  the  Maine  legislature.  In  1872  and  1876 
he  was  speaker  of  the  house.  He  is  an  able 
parliamentarian,  and  discharged  the  duties  of 
his  position  with  a  skill  born  of  much  ex- 
perience and  a  courtesy  and  grace  which  were 
pleasing  to  all,  and  contributed  in  no  slight 
degree  to  the  dispatch  of  business  that  dis- 
tinguished these  periods.  He  was  a  member 
of  Governor  Washburn's  executive  council  in 

1866,  of  that  of  Governor  Davis  in  1880,  and 
of  that  of  Governor  Plaisted  in  1881-82.  In 
1872  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  Na- 
tional convention  which  nominated  General 
Grant  for  a  second  term.  In  1878  he  was  ap- 
pointed commissioner  of  the  Paris  Exposition, 
and  traveled  extensively-  in  Euro]je  drring  the 
year  he  remained  abroad.  In  1882.  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Republican  state  convention  in 
Portland,  Colonel  Robie  was  nominated  for 
governor.  At  the  ensuing  electicn  Colonel 
Robie  received  a  plurality  of  about  nine  thou- 
sand votes  over  the  Democratic  candidate. 
Governor  Harris  M.  Plaisted.  In  1884  Gov- 
ernor Robie  was  again  nominated  and  re- 
elected by  a  majority  of  nearly  twenty  thou- 
sand votes,  which  plainly  showed  that  the 
firm,  intelligent  and  business-like  administra- 
tion of  Governor  Robie  had  the  full  approval 
of  his  entire  party  and  of  many  good  citizens 
of  other  parties,  who  cast  their  ballots  for  him. 
A  retrospect  shows  him  to  have  been  one  of 
the  most  efficient  and  popular  governors  the 
state  of  Maine  has  ever  had.  In  various  busi- 
ness enterprises  Governor  Robie  has  been  and 
now  is  an  active  and  powerful  business  factor. 
For  many  years  he  was  a  ilirector  of  the  Port- 


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STATE  OF  iMAINE. 


land  &  Rochester  Railroad  Company ;  also  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of  which 
he  is  now  and  for  seventeen  years  has  been 
president.  In  1885  he  was  president  of  the 
Eastern  Telegraph  Company,  and  one  time  he 
was  business  manager  of  the  Portland  Press 
Publishing  Company.  He  is  also  a  director  of 
the  financial  committee  of  the  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company.  Governor  Robie  was 
raised  in  a  community  where  agricultural  in- 
fluences were  predominant,  and  his  interest  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  soil  and  those  who  carry 
it  on  has  always  been  hearty  and  sincere.  Not 
long  after  the  grange  movement  was  started 
he  allied  himself  with  it  and  still  gives  it  his 
strong  support.  He  was  chosen  worthy  mas- 
ter of  the  Maine  State  Grange  in  1881,  and 
continued  in  that  office  the  ensuing  eight  years. 
Naturally  he  feels  a  deep  and  abiding  interest 
in  the  Grand  Army.  He  became  a  member  of 
John  R.  Adams  Post  at  Gorham,  and  has  been 
one  of  the  foremost  to  aid  in  the  promotion  of 
many  of  the  wise  measures  undertaken  by  that 
organization.  During  the  year  1899  he  was 
commander  of  the  Department  of  Maine  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  For  over  nine- 
teen years  he  has  been  president  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Insane  Hospital  of  the  state 
at  Augusta.  This  institution  has  received 
much  of  his  attention,  and  every  annual  report 
of  the  trustees  has  been  written  by  him.  While 
a  member  of  the  legislature  the  question  of  the 
location  of  the  State  Normal  school  came  up 
and  he  was  instrumental  in  securing  its  loca- 
tion in  Gorham.  He  has  generously  con- 
tributed to  its  success  and  the  trustees  hon- 
ored him  by  calling  the  handsome  new  dormi- 
tory "Frederick  Robie  Hall,"  and  that  in- 
scription is  cut  in  its  granite  walls.  Similarly, 
the  active  and  permanent  interest  of  Governor 
Robie  in  the  public  schools  of  Gorham,  mani- 
fested in  a  multitude  of  ways,  prompted  his 
fellow  townsmen  to  change  the  corporation 
name  of  one  of  the  Gorham  schools  to  the 
"Frederick  Robie  High  School."  The  same 
high  qualities  that  made  his  father  a  leading 
man  in  the  region  about  Gorham,  have  made 
Governor  Robie  one  of  the  ablest,  most  pro- 
gressive, most  influential  and  most  highly  es- 
teemed citizens  of  the  commonwealth  over 
whose  destinies  he  has  had  the  honor  twice  to 
preside.  The  strong  character  he  inherits 
from  various  lines  of  worthy  ancestors  has 
placed  him  in  the  front  rank  of  the  patriotic, 
worthy  and  leading  men  of  the  state,  and  his 
unvarying  courtesy,  kindliness  of  heart,  in- 
tegrity, liberality,  and  irreproachable  charac- 
ter have  made  him  a  mvriad  of  friends  whose 


regard  is  lifelong.  Governor  Robie  has  re- 
cently become  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Mayflower  Descendants  in  the  State  of  Maine, 
tracing  his  descent  from  Richard  Warren,  one 
of  the  passengers  of  the  "Mayflower,"  a  signer 
of  the  compact,  and  a  six  year  resident  of 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts. 

Frederick  Robie  married  (first)  November 
12,  1847,  Mary  Olivia  Priest,  born  in  Bidde- 
ford,  September  23,  1828,  died  November  5, 
1898.  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Em- 
ery) Priest,  of  Biddeford.  She  was  a  lady  of 
many  accomplishments,  unusually  proficient  as 
a  pianist,  and  also  endowed  with  those  per- 
sonal graces  and  social  qualities  which  endear 
their  possessor  to  all  whom  they  meet.  Four 
children  were  born  of  this  union :  Harriet,. 
Mary  Frederica,  Eliza  and  William  P.  F. 
Harriet,  born  September  3,  1848,  married 
Clark  H.  Barker,  one  time  postmaster  of  Port- 
land, now  deceased.  Two  children  were  born 
of  this  marriage;  Mary  Olivia  and  Benjamin 
Barker.  JMary  Frederica,  born  March  3,  1852,, 
married  George  F.  McQuillan,  a  prominent 
lawyer  of  Portland ;  one  child  was  born  of  this 
marriage,  Harriet  R.  Eliza,  born  February, 
1856,  died  September  3,  1863.  William  P.  F. 
is  mentioned  below.  Governor  Robie  married 
(second)  January  10,  1900,  Martha  E.  Cres- 
sey,  born  in  Gorham,  Alay  3,  1849,  daughter 
of  Alvin  and  Sarah  (Flagg)  Cressey.  She 
had  always  resided  on  the  farm  where  she  was 
born,  and  has  always  been  interested  in  agri- 
culture and  the  farm  is  now  carried  on  under 
her  direction.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church ;  the  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star :  the  Relief  Corps,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic ;  and  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

(Nil)  William  Pitt  Fessenden,  youngest 
child  and  only  son  of  Governor  Frederick  and 
Mary  Olivia  (Priest)  Robie,  was  born  in  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  November  5,  1863. 
From  the  public  schools  he  went  to  the  pre- 
paratory school  at  Fryeburg,  Maine,  and  grad- 
uated from  that  institution  in  1884.  The  same 
year  he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  i88g. 
After  leaving  college  he  assisted  his  father  if 
the  management  of  his  farm  in  Gorham  unti. 
1896,  when  he  entered  the  medical  department 
of  the  Union  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company 
of  Portland,  where  he  has  continued  to  the 
present  time.  He  resides  m  Gorham,  Maine. 
He  married,  April  6,  1891,  Flora  Barton,  of 
Cherryfield,  who  was  born  June  4,  1862, 
daughter  of  Alonzo  and  Mary  (Pineo)  Bar- 
ton. Five  children  have  been  born  of  this  mar- 
riage:    Marv  Frederica,  Frederick,  Catherine 


STATIC  Ol'"  MAIN']-:. 


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Carlton,  John  Walcinian  and  lilizabclli  Read. 
The  information  relating  to  the  early  history 
of  the  Robie  family  is  due  to  tlic  researches  of 
Hon.  Henry  J.  Roby,  Sancrigg,  Grasmere, 
England,  and  Ridien  Edward  Robie,  Bath, 
New  York. 


The  -MacQuillans  were 
McQuillan  powerful  chiefs  of  county 
Antrim,  Ireland,  who  en- 
tered Ireland  with  the  earliest  English  adven- 
turers. The  McQuillans  became  lords  of  the 
northern  coast  of  Ireland,  and  the  contiguous 
territory  from  Dunsevcrick  Castle  in  the 
county  Antrim,  near  the  Giant's  Causeway,  to 
Dunluce  Castle.  Dunseverick,  built  according 
to  tradition  by  the  McQuillans,  is  now  a  heap 
of  ruins ;  and  Dunluce  a  once  strong  and  beau- 
tiful fortress,  is  dismantled  and  crumbled  with 
age.  MacDonnell,  a  Scottish  chieftain,  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  McQuillan,  and  came  into 
possession  of  the  Antrim  territory.  King 
lames  First  confirmed  the  title  of  the  McDon- 
nell to  the  country,  and  since  that  time  a  Mc- 
Donnel  has  5een  Earl  of  Antrim.  The  Mc- 
Quillans became  scattered  through  northern 
Ireland,  and  from  there  to  all  parts  of  the 
world. 

(i)  John  McQuillan  was  born  in  the  north 
of  Ireland,  where  he  enlisted  in  the  English 
navy.  In  course  of  time,  being  a  man  of  fine 
physique  and  soldierly  bearing,  brave  and  of 
good  habits,  he  was  promotecl  to  the  position 
of  a  subordinate  officer.  He  came  to  America 
in  a  vessel  of  the  English  navy  which,  after 
some  period  of  naval  service,  he  left  at  Port- 
land, Maine,  and  settled  in  Gorham,  Maine. 
He  resided  there  many  years,  and  died  in 
1811.  He  married  (first)  Abigail  Cook,  who 
died  in  1794-95.  He  married  (second)  Octo- 
ber 13,  1796,  Elizabeth  Brown,  who  died  in 
1797,  leaving  no  children.  He  married  (third) 
September  20,  1798,  Olive,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Mary  Edwards.  She  died  September 
17,  1 82 1.  The  children  of  John  McQuillan  by 
his  first  wife  Abigail  were :  John,  Rebecca 
and  William;  and  by  his  third  wife,  Olive  Ed- 
wards :    Eliza,  Hugh  McL.  and  Sargent. 

(II)  Rev.  Hugh  AIcL.,  second  child  of  John 
and  Olive  (Edwards)  McQuillan,  was  born  in 
Gorham,  Maine,  July  18,  1803,  and  died  in 
Casco,  Maine,  April  14,  1861.  After  the  death 
of  his  father  he  went  to  live  with  a  gentleman 
in  Windham.  Maine,  who  gave  him  a  good 
education,  and  with  whom  he  stayed  until  he 
attained  his  majority.  Afterward  he  studied 
for  the  christian  ministry,  and  was  ordained  a 
minister  of  the  Christian  Baptist  church.   From 


that  time  forward  he  was  engaged  in  evangeli- 
cal work  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
devout  man,  and  an  earnest  worker  in  the 
cause  of  religion.  He  married,  at  Naples, 
Maine,  in  1842,  Elvira  (see  Wight  VI), 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mercy  (Harmon) 
Wight,  of  .\'a])les,  Maine.  She  was  born  April 
16,  1807,  died  in  Yarmouth,  Maine,  November 
27,  1881.  Mrs.  McQuillan  was  a  woman  of 
noble  character,  a  companion  and  helpmeet  to 
her  husband,  and  after  his  death  did  all  in  her 
power  to  keep  her  children  together,  and  give 
them  the  best  education  her  circumstances  per- 
mitted. Children:  Rufus  H.,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  George  F.,  mentioned  below,  and  Liza 
A.,  born  in  Naples,  Maine,  unmarrietl,  and 
lives  in  Portland,  Maine. 

(HI)  Rufus  H.,  eldest  child  of  Rev.  Hugh 
McL.  and  .Elvira  (Wight)  McQuillan,  was 
born  in  Naples,  Maine,  November  18,  1844, 
died  April  23,  1896.  May  24,  1862,  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  years,  he  enlisted  in  Company  G, 
First  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  and 
took  part  in  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run, 
Antietam,  South  Mountain,  and  the  first  bat- 
tle of  Fredericksburg,  and  was  present  at  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg  from  May  19  till  its  surren- 
der, July  4,' 1863.  During  the  year  preceding 
his  discharge  on  May  24,  1865,  he  was  orderly 
to  the  general  commanding  at  New  Orleans. 
On  leaving  the  army  he  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business,  and  at  different  times  had  charge  of 
various  lumber  mills  in  the  west.  In  1873 
he  returned  to  Maine,  and  in  1880  located  in 
Yarmouth,  where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  and  also  carried  on  a  large  hardware 
store  for  a  number  of  years.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  and  as  such  took  an  active 
interest  in  public  affairs.  He  was  deputy  sher- 
iff of  Cumberland  county,  at  Yarmouth,  under 
Sheriff  Benjamin  True  for  two  years.  He  had 
an  abiding  interest  in  Grand  Army  affairs,  and 
was  the  first  commander  of  W.  L.  Haskell 
Post,  No.  108,  at  Yarmouth.  In  business  he 
was  a  man  of  the  strictest  integrity,  and  in 
civil  and  social  affairs  was  one  of  the  best 
known  and  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  Yar- 
mouth. He  married,  March  17,  1874,  Alma 
B.  Sawyer,  in  Raymond,  Maine,  who  survives 
him.  Children :  Hugh  Dean,  George  H.  and 
Leroy  Rufus.    George  H.  died  May  14,  1903. 

(Ill)  George  F.,  second  child  of  Rev.  Hugh 
McL.  and  Elvira  (Wight)  McQuillan,  was 
born  in  Naples,  April  18,  1849.  He  passed  his 
boyhootl  days  in  Raymond,  where  he  attended 
the  common  schools,  and  fitted  for  college  at 
North  Bridgton  Academy  and  Gorham  Semi- 
nary.    In   1870  he  entered  Bowdoin  College, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


from  which  he  graduated  in  1875.  In  1868  he 
began  to  teach  school,  and  partly  with  the 
money  thus  earned  and  partly  with  funds  sup- 
plied by  his  mother,  he  paid  his  way  while  at 
Bovvdoin.  He  took  an  interest  in  certain  kinds 
of  athletics,  and  was  a  member  of  Bowdoin's 
boating  crew  one  year.  .--Xfter  completing  his 
college  course  he  continued  to  teach,  and  for 
two  years  he  was  employed  in  high  schools  in 
the  northern  part  of  Cumberlancl  county.  In 
1877  he  began  the  study  of  law  with  Hon.  Bion 
Bradbury  in  Portland,  Maine,  which  he  con- 
tinued until  his  admission  to  the  bar.  October 
14,  1879.  He  opened  an  office  in  Casco.  Maine, 
where  he  practiced  one  year,  during  which 
time  he  served  as  town  clerk  and  supervisor 
of  schools.  In  October,  1880,  he  removed  to 
Portland,  and  entered  upon  his  career  as  a 
practitioner  of  law,  in  which  he  has  achieved 
much  success,  his  practice  being  in  the  local 
courts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  supreme  judi- 
cial court  of  Maine  and  of  the  district,  cir- 
cuit, and  supreme  courts  of  the  United  States. 
His  practice  has  included  the  ordinary  class  of 
commercial  litigation,  and  in  addition  to  that 
he  has  been  attorney  and  counsellor  for  vari- 
ous towns  in  Cumberland  county.  He  is  well 
known  as  an  able,  reliable  and  successful  law- 
yer. From  December  i,  1892,  until  May  28, 
1894,  he  was  a  partner  in  the  law  with 
Colonel  Albert  W.  Bradbur}-,  the  firm  being 
Bradbury  &  McQuillan.  On  the  last  mentioned 
date  this  partnership  was  dissolved.  Colonel 
Bradbury  becoming  United  States  district  at- 
torney. Since  then  Mr.  McQuillan  has  prac- 
ticed alone.  In  political  sentiment  Mr.  Mc- 
Quillan is  a  Democrat,  and  is  one  of  the 
trusted  leaders  of  his  party.  June  6,  1881,  he 
was  appointed  judge  advocate  general  with 
the  rank  of  Colonel,  on  the  staff  of  Governor 
Plaisted,  and  served  as  such  until  January  3. 
1883.  In  1882,  1886  and  in  1890,  he  was  a 
candidate  for  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Cumber- 
land county  ;  and  in  1892  and  i8g6  he  was  can- 
didate for  judge  of  probate;  and  in  each  case 
received  the  full  support  of  his  party  in  the 
canvass  and  at  the  polls;  but  the  Democratic 
party  being  in  a  minority,  he  was  defeated. 
Colonel  McQuillan  is  fond  of  the  company  of 
his  books,  which  make  a  goodly  library,  and 
takes  that  interest  in  education  and  literature 
that  every  liberally  educated  man  should  take. 
He  married,  February  5,  1891,  Mary  Fred- 
erica,  daughter  of  Governor  Frederic  and 
Mary  O.  (Priest)  Robie.  (See  Robie.)  They 
have  one  child,  Harriet  R.,  bom  March  14, 
1894. 


(For  flr.st  generation  y:ee  Thuma.s  Wiglit   I.) 

(II)  Henry,  eldest  child  of  Dea- 
\^'IGHT  con  Thomas  and  Alice  or  Elsie 
Wight,  settled  with  his  parents 
in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  in  1637.  In  the 
Dedham  records  he  was  called  Sergeant  Henry 
Wight.  He  became  a  member  of  the  church 
August  14,  1646.  He  continued  to  reside  in 
Dedham  after  his  father  and  family  had  re- 
moved to  Medfield.  In  1653  he  was  appointed 
to  a  town  office  in  Dedham,  and  in  1658  he 
was  appointed  constable  by  the  general  court. 
In  1 661  he  was  elected  selectman  and  held 
that  office  ten  years,  between  that  time  and 
the  time  of  his  death,  P'ebruary  27,  1680.  In 
1665  the  town  granted  him  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  land,  which  was  an  unusually 
large  gift ;  but  the  record  gives  no  explanation 
as  to  wdiy  it  was  done.  February  24,  1673, 
Henry  \\'ight  was  one  of  the  three  citizens 
of  Dedham  appointed  to  lay  out  a  house  lot 
for  Rev.  Samuel  Mann  at  Wrentham,  and  to 
take  care  about  the  church  lot  there.  He  was 
appointed  one  of  the  executors  of  his  father's 
will,  by  the  provisions  of  which  he  received 
all  his  father's  "houses  and  lands  lying  and 
being  in  Dedham."  This  devise  included  the 
original  grant  of  twelve  acres  from  the  town 
to  Thomas  Wight.  He  died  intestate,  and  his 
estate  was  administered  by  his  widow  and  his 
son  Joseph.  His  inventory  amounted  to 
£524,  IS.  He  married  Jane  Goodenow,  of  Sud- 
bury, about  1652.  She  joined  the  church  June 
12,  1653,  and  died  in  Dedham,  May  16,  1684. 
The  inventory  of  her  estate  footed  £462,  8s.  3d. 
The  children  of  Henry  and  Jane  were :  John, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  P.enjamin  and  Jonathan,  whose 
sketch  follows. 

(III)  Jonathan,  youngest  of  the  five  sons  of 
Henry  and  Jane  (Goodenow)  Wight,  was 
born  in  Dedham,  July  2,  1662,  and  baptized 
July  13,  1662.  He  removed  to  Wrentham, 
where  he  died  intestate,  March  20,  1719.  He 
was  married  August  19,  1687,  ^o  Elizabeth 
Hawes,  of  Wrentham.  She  married  {  second  ) 
February  20,  1722,  Samuel  Bullard,  of  Ded- 
ham. She  was  living  at  extreme  old  age  April 
2,  1764,  seventy-seven  years  after  her  first 
marriage,  as  is  shown  by  her  signature  to  a 
deed  of  release  of  all  her  dower  interest  in  the 
landed  property  belonging  to  her  first  husband. 
The  children  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  were ; 
Jeane,  Elizabeth,  Mehetabel,  Marah,  Jona- 
than and  Sarah. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  fifth  child  and  only  son 
of  Jonathan  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Hawes) 
\\'ight,    was   born   in    Wrentham,   January   6, 


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1700,  and  (lied  there  Alarcli  2b,  1773.  He  is 
called  yeoman  in  a  conveyance  of  land  in  1764. 
His  will  was  made  March  11,  1773,  and  pro- 
bated April  9  of  the  same  year.  He  married, 
in  W'rentliain,  February  13,  1721,  Jemima 
Whiting,  who  died  June  24,  1754.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  December  5,  1754,  widow  Jeru- 
sha  George.  Her  will  was  made  May  22, 
1792,  anil  was  [jrobated  I'ebruary  5,  1793. 
The  children  of  Jonathan  and  Jemima  were: 
Jonathan.  Jemima,  Henjaniin,  Joseph,  Eli- 
phalet,  Elizabeth,  Susanna.  Timothy,  Zubiah 
and  Oliver.  ThoSe  of  Jonathan  and  Jerusha 
were:     Jerusha  and  I\latilda. 

(  \'  I  Joseph,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Jonathan  (2)  anil  Jemima  (Whiting)  Wight. 
was  born  in  Wrentham.  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 29,  1729,  and  died  in  Otisfield,  Maine, 
October  20,  1804.  In  1871  he  prospected  at 
New  Marblehead  (Windham),  Alaine,  where 
long  before  his  remote  cousin,  Rev.  John 
\\'ight,  had  settled.  His  movements  from  1781 
to  the  fall  of  1783  are  variously  reported.  In 
November,  1783,  he  removed  with  all  of  his 
family,  except  his  son  James,  from  Wrentham, 
Massachusetts,  to  Otisfield,  Maine,  where  he 
settled  on  "a  beautiful  ridge  of  land  near  the 
center  of  the  town,"  a  portion  of  which  is  still 
owned  by  his  posterity.  He  was  a  fanner  and 
part  proprietor  of  a  saw  mill  upon  Saturday 
pond  in  Otisfield ;  and  besides  attending  to 
farming  and  milling,  he  was  handy  in  various 
mechanical  pursuits,  as  the  entries  in  his  ac- 
count book  between  1785  and  1794  show.  His 
family  were  an  uncommonly  hardy  and  ath- 
letic race :  all  were  well  educated  for  the  times, 
and  became  well  off  financially.  Joseph  Wight 
married  (first)  in  Wrentham,  September  22, 
1755,  Abigail  Farrington,  of  the  same  place, 
who  died  August  25,  1758,  aged  twenty-one. 
He  married  (second)  July  9,  1763,  in 
Wrentham,  Abigail  Ware,  born  December  15, 
1740,  died  IMarch  29,  1799,  in  Otisfield.  He 
had  by  the  first  wife  two  children  :  An  in- 
fant and  Joseph ;  and  by  the  second  wife  seven 
children  :  Benjamin,  Abigail,  James,  Thomas, 
Nathan,  Warren  and  Jonathan. 

(\T)  Jonathan  (3),  youngest  child  of  Jo- 
seph and  Abigail  (Ware)  Wight,  was  born  in 
Wrentham,  I\lassachusetts.  September  7,  1783, 
died  in  Naples,  Maine,  March  i,  1869.  He 
removed  in  17S3  with  his  father,  as  above 
stated,  to  Otisfield,  but  after  his  marriage  he 
bought  a  large  estate  in  Naples,  Maine,  and 
resided  there  a  long  time.  He  married,  in 
Otisfield,  July  6,  1805,  Mercy,  born  December 
10,  1788,  died  February  13,  1861,  daughter  of 
Edward    and    Mary    (Plaisted)    Harmon,    of 


Alfred,  Maine.  Children:  Elvira,  Hermon, 
Priscilla  Loud,  Abigail  Ware,  Edward,  Tabor, 
Olive,  David  Kay,  Joseph,  Xatlian,  Mary  and 
Addison. 

(VII)  Elvira,  eldest  child  of  Jonathan  and 
Mercy  (Harmon)  Wight,  was  born  in  Otis- 
field, April  16,  1807,  and  married,  at  Naples, 
in  1842,  Rev.  Hugh  McL.  McQuillan,  of 
Windham,  Maine.     (See  McQuillan.) 


It  is  often  pleasant  for  a  quiet  New 

HILL  England  village  to  claim  by  birth- 
right tile  name  of  one  who  has 
gained  the  notice  and  esteem  of  the  public  by 
his  wisdom  and  judgment  in  public  life  and 
affairs.  The  attractive  town  of  Eliot,  on  the 
rim  of  the  beautiful  and  historic  Piscataqua, 
has  had  several  public  characters  who  have 
given  honor  to  this  locality,  which  was  their 
birthplace  and  boyhood  home.  Among  them 
is  the  recent  governor  of  Maine,  the  Hon. 
John  Fremont  Hill,  M.  D.  And  not  only  his 
public  official  life,  and  his  energetic  business 
career  has  established  his  name,  but  a  very 
pleasant  family  genealogy  precedes  him. 

The  name  Hill  begins  even  at  the  Plymouth 
Colony,  shortly  after  the  feet  pressed  Plym- 
outh Rock.  From  the  famed  Plymouth  Col- 
ony ( 1630)  the  name  was  familiar  in  Boston, 
and  in  1639  was  known  in  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire, now  the  city  not  far  from  the  Eliot  of 
Maine. 

It  was  the  second  John  Hill,  perhaps,  who 
was  in  Dover  in  1639,  and  in  1653,  whose  de- 
scendants were  known  both  in  Dover  and  in 
Kittery,  now  Eliot. 

Joseph  Hill,  of  the  third  generation,  was  in 
Dover ;  a  man  of  strength  of  character ;  he 
was  constable  and  collector  of  public  funds. 

Samuel  Hill,  of  the  fourth  generation,  be- 
came a  citizen  of  Eliot.  He  was  the  eldest 
son  of  Joseph  Hill.  Samuel's  name  is  his- 
toric ;  he  became  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  the  Friends  of  that  section  of 
Eliot  became  renowned  and  left  a  most  inter- 
esting chapter  of  village  story  and  history. 
Samuel  (4)  possessed  land  on  the  upper  side 
of  Cammocks  creek,  in  Eliot.  He  married, 
December  23,  1721,  Hannah  Allen,  daughter 
of  Francis  and  Hannah  (Jenkins)  Allen,  of 
Kittery ;  the  names  of  seven  children  are  on 
record :  Joseph,  Isaac,  Simeon,  Miriam, 
Ruth,  Huldah,  Jerusha. 

Isaac,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Allen) 
Hill,  also  resided  in  Eliot.  He  married  (first) 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Joseph  Roberts,  of  Dover; 
she  died  September  17,  1769.  Married  (sec- 
ond)   March    24.    1773,    Elisabeth    Estes,    of 


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Dover,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  (Hodg- 
don)  Estes.  She  died  October  lo,  1784.  Mar- 
ried (third)  March  24,  1786,  Widow  Lucy 
Hill.  His  children  were :  Samuel,  Simeon, 
Abner,  Stephen,  Lydia,  Hannah.  (The  third 
wife  was  the  mother  of  Lydia  and  Hannah.) 

Samuel,  eldest  child  of  Isaac  and  Elisa- 
beth (Estes)  Hill,  was  born  April  13,  1777, 
died  in  Eliot  in  1865.  He  inherited  his  fath- 
er's estate  in  Eliot  and  passed  his  life  there ; 
an  honest  farmer,  and  a  much  respected  citi- 
zen. His  kindly  face,  pleasant  voice  and  man- 
ner are  still  remembered.  He  married,  at 
Salem,  the  historic  city  in  ^Massachusetts,  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Spaulding,  April  28,  1799,  Elisa- 
beth Rawson.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Elisabeth  (Bruce)  Rawson;  she  was 
born  February  7,  1776.  Their  children  were: 
Joseph,  Eliza,  John,  Stephen,  Mary,  Samuel, 
Elisabeth,  Asa  A.,  Ira.  ]\Iartha  Estes  and 
William,  whose  sketch  follows. 

William  Hill,  youngest  child  of  Samuel  and 
Elisabeth  (Rawson)  Hill,  was  born  on  the 
ancestral  acres  in  Eliot,  February  4,  1821,  and 
died  there.  November  ij,  1902,  aged  eighty- 
one  years.  He  was  a  man  of  wealth,  a  person 
of  sterling  integrity,  good  judgment,  execu- 
tive ability  and  generously  endowed  with  com- 
mon sense.  Though  qualified  to  fill  a  high 
station  in  business  or  public  life,  he  chose  to 
follow  in  the  beaten  path  his  ancestors  trod  ; 
and  was  a  successful  and  highly  regarded  far- 
mer. He  married,  November  27,  1849, 
Miriam  Leighton,  born  [May  7,  1819,  died  No- 
vember 9,  1876.  She  was  the  daughter  of  An- 
drew P.  and  Sarah  C.  (Odiome)  Leighton, 
of  Kitterv.  Married  (second)  Jennie  Brooks. 
The  children  of  William  and  Miriam  Hill 
were :  Ella  Bruce,  John  Fremont,  Lizzie 
Rawson  and  Howard.  Ella  Bruce,  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1850,  married,  November  29,  1877, 
Homer  Hobbs,  of  Berwick.  Lizzie  Rawson, 
born  March  23,  1857,  married,  December  18, 
1883,  William  L.  Hobbs,  of  Dover. 

The  Hon.  John  Fremont,  M.  D.,  second 
child  of  William  and  Miriam  (Leighton)  Hill, 
was  born  on  the  homestead  of  his  ancestors 
in  Eliot,  October  29,  1855.  He  acquired  his 
literary  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Eliot,  and  in  the  Eliot  and  South  Berwick 
academies.  In  1874  he  matriculated  in  the 
medical  department  of  Bowdoin  College, 
Brunswick,  from  which  he  graduated  Doctor 
of  Medicine  in  1877.  Subsequently  he  took  a 
post-graduate  course  at  Long  Island  Hospital, 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  In  1877  he  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Boothbay  Har- 
bor.    He  remained  a  year,  then  went  to  Au- 


gusta, where  after  six  months'  practice  he 
decided  in  1879  to  enter  a  more  active  busi- 
ness life,  and  joined  Peleg  O.  Vickery,  of 
Augusta,  in  the  publication  of  periodicals.  In 
a  short  time  he  became  junior  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Vickery  &  Hill,  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful enterprises  of  its  kind.  In  1900  a  sub- 
stantial fireproof  building  with  all  modern  im- 
provements was  erected  in  Augusta,  to  accom- 
modate the  large  and  constantly  increasing 
business  of  the  firm,  now  incorporated  as  the 
Vickery  &  Hill  Publishing  Company.  Gov- 
ernor Hill's  fine  executive  ability  and  success 
in  business  led  to  his  becoming  an  extensive 
owner  and  a  leading  organizer  of  electric 
railroad  lines  in  Maine.  From  boyhood  he 
entertained  an  abiding  interest  in  politics,  and 
early  in  life  became  an  active  participant  in 
the  councils  and  campaigns  of  the  Republican 
party.  In  1889  he  was  elected  to  represent 
Augusta  in  the  legislature,  and  served  on  the 
committees  on  banks  and  banking,  railroads, 
telegraphs  and  expresses.  In  1891  he  was  re- 
elected, and  served  as  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  railroads.  In  August,  1892,  he  was 
nominated  by  acclamation  for  senator  from 
Kennebec  county,  was  elected  and  re-elected, 
and  served  in  the  legislature  during  the  ses- 
sions of  1893-95,  in  that  capacity,  being  chair- 
man of  the  railroad  committee  each  term.  In 
1896  he  was  a  presidential  elector  and  in  1899 
and  1900  a  member  of  Governor  Powers' 
council.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  nominated 
for  governor  of  Maine,  and  at  the  September 
election  following  he  was  elected  by  one  of  the 
largest  majorities  ever  given  in  the  state.  The 
able  and  business-like  address  which  he  deliv- 
ered at  his  inauguration  the  following  January 
foreshadowed  an  administration  in  which  the 
duties  of  the  office  would  be  discharged  in  a 
proper  manner,  and  the  close  of  his  term 
showed  that  the  people  of  the  state  had  made 
no  mistake  in  placing  him  in  the  gubernatorial 
office.  The  large  floating  debt  incurred  during 
the  Spanish-American  war  was  extinguished, 
and  all  the  financial  affairs  of  the  state  re- 
ceived due  attention  and  were  in  excellent  con- 
dition at  the  close  of  his  term  of  office.  In 
1902  Dr.  Hill  was  a  candidate  for  re-election 
to  the  governorship,  and  his  election  by  one  of 
the  largest  votes  ever  cast  in  an  oiif  year  was 
a  satisfactory  and  significant  indorsement  of 
his  course  as  an  officer.  His  second  term  was 
a  period  of  prosperity  in  the  state,  and  when 
he  finally  vacated  the  governor's  chair  he  re- 
tired with  the  approval  of  his  administration 
by  a  prosperous  and  contented  people.  Dur- 
ing his  terms  of  service  as  the  state's  chief 


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executive,  Governor  11  ill  and  family  resided  in 
tlie  Mansion  on  State  street,  in  Augusta,  which 
was  for  many  years  the  home  of  lion.  James 
(i.  Blaine.  In  1902  he  built,  a  short  distance 
away,  on  the  same  street,  in  the  center  of  the 
residential  portion  of  the  city,  a  palatial  home 
of  St.  Louis  brick,  with  trimmings  of  Maine 
granite,  which  with  its  artistic  furnishings  and 
clecorations  is  one  of  the  finest  resiliences  in 
New  England.  Governor  Hill  is  a  Uni- 
versalist  in  religious  faith  and  contributes 
generously  to  the  support  of  the  organization 
of  which  he  is  a  member  and  also  to  other 
similar  organizations.  He  has  always  felt  a 
deep  regard  for  his  native  town,  and  to  his 
encouragement  and  financial  assistance  the 
preparation  and  publication  of  its  history  in 
1893  is  largely  due.  He  is  a  member  of  vari- 
ous patriotic  and  fraternal  organizations  and 
of  several  clubs,  among  which  are :  The 
Maine  Historical  Society;  the  Society  of  May- 
flower Descentlants ;  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars;  the  Pepperell  Society  (composed  of  de- 
scendants of  Sir  William  Pepperell)  ;  the 
Abnaki  Club  of  Augusta,  i\Iaine ;  the  St. 
Louis  Club  and  the  St.  Louis  Country  Club  of 
St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Augusta  Lodge,  No.  141, 
Free  and  .Vccepted  Masons;  Cushnoc  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons;  Trinity  Command- 
ery ;  Knights  Templar ;  and  Kora  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 

Dr.  John  Fremont  Hill  married  (first)  May 
19,  1880,  Lizzie  G.  Vickery,  who  died  April 
10,  1893.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Hon. 
Peleg  O.  Vickery,  of  Augusta.  He  married 
(second)  in  St.  Louis,  April  25,  1897,  Mrs. 
Laura  Liggett,  widow  of  Hiram  S.  Liggett, 
and  daughter  of  Hon.  Norman  J.  Colman,  of 
St.  Louis,  who  was  secretary  of  agriculture  in 
the  first  cabinet  of  President  Cleveland.  A 
son.  Percy,  was  born  of  the  first  marriage, 
March  16,  1881.  and  a  daughter  by  the  second 
marriage,  Katharine,  born  December  23,  1904. 


The  ancestry  of  one  of   the   most 
REED     distinguished  men  Maine  ever  pro- 
duced has  not  been  traced  far  back. 
The  earliest  ancestor  of  Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed 
on  tlic  paternal  side  was 

( 1 )  Joseph  Reed,  who  resided  on  Peak's 
Island  in  Portland  Harbor,  where  he  died 
April  I,  1832.  He  married,  November  10, 
1796,  Mary  Brackett  (see  Brackett  \T),  bap- 
tized June  9,  1776,  died  November  13,  i860, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Hall)  Brack- 
ett. Their  children,  born  on  Peak's  Island, 
were :  Mary  Elizabeth,  and  Thomas  B.,  next 
mentioned. 


(II)  Thomas  Brackett,  youngest  child  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Brackett)  Reed,  was  born 
on  Peak's  Island,  .August  24,  1803,  and  died  in 
Portland,  1883.  He  married,  in  1838,  Matilda 
R.  Mitchell.  Children:  Thomas  B.,  men- 
tioned below.  Harriet  L.  S.,  born  June,  1846, 
married  Elisha  W.  Conley,  manager  of  the 
Standard  Oil  Works,  Portland. 

(HI)  Thomas  Brackett  (2),  only  son  of 
Thomas  Brackett  (i)  and  Matilda  R. 
(Mitchell)  Reed,  was  born  October  13,  1839, 
in  a  house  on  Hancock  street,  Portland,  near 
the  house  where  the  poet  Longfellow  first  saw 
the  light.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
where  he  prepared  for  college,  and  in  1856  en- 
tered Bowdoin  College.  In  his  class  were 
many  students  who  afterward  attained  dis- 
tinction. From  Portland  were  Joseph  W. 
Symonds,  now  one  of  the  foremost  lawyers  in 
the  state,  William  W.  Thomas,  now  minister 
to  Sweden,  Colonel  Albert  W.  Bradbury,  John 
Marshall  Brown,  Nicholas  E.  Boyd  and  Sam- 
uel S.  Boyd.  Other  well  known  members  of 
the  class  were  Hon.  Amos  L.  Allen,  since  rep- 
resentative in  the  national  legislature.  Horace 
H.  Burbank,  of  Saco,  Abner  H.  Davis,  and 
John  F.  .\ppleton,  of  Bangor.  While  he,  in  a 
measure,  pursued  his  studies  to  suit  himself 
and  did  not  follow  closely  the  college  curricu- 
lum, he  was  still  at  graduation  among  the  very 
first  in  his  class  for  the  scholarship  required. 
At  commencement  he  delivered  an  oration,  and 
the  subject  he  chose  was  the  "Fear  of  Death," 
and  his  method  of  treating  it  made  a  profound 
impression  on  his  hearers.  A  classmate  said 
of  him :  "It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  young  man 
ever  departcl  from  Bowdoin  College  leaving 
behind  him  a  stronger  impression  of  intel- 
lectual capacity,  of  power  reserved  and  hith- 
erto unused,  of  ability  to  act  a  high  and  noble 
part  in  public  life  or  a  more  universal  expecta- 
tion among  teachers  and  classmates  of  great 
antl  brilliant  service  in  the  future.  His  old 
teachers  at  Bowdoin  if  they  were  still  living 
would  look  with  no  surprise  upon  the  achieve- 
ments of  his  life,  great  and  splendid  as  they 
have  been."  After  leaving  college  he  taught 
for  something  more  than  a  year,  being  a  part 
of  that  time  an  assistant  in  the  Portland  high 
school.  During  this  time  he  was  studying  law 
in  the  office  of  Howard  &  Strout  in  Portland. 
Later  he  went  to  California,  where  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar.  but  he  soon  returned  to 
Portland.  In  April,  1864,  he  was  appointed 
assistant  paymaster  in  the  L^nited  States  navy, 
and  attached  to  the  "tinclad"  "Sibyl,"  whose 
commander  subsequently  performed  the  re- 
markable task  of  bringing  the  obelisk  "Cleo- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


patra's  Needle"  from  Egypt  to  New  York  City. 
Leaving  the  navy,  he  returned  to  Portland 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  rose  rapidly 
in  his  profession  and  soon  became  conspicuous 
in  his  profession. 

His  political  career  began  in  1867,  when  he 
was  elected  to  the  Maine  house  of  representa- 
tives  from   Portland.     He   served  on  the  ju- 
diciary committee  and  it  was  largely  due  to  his 
efforts  that  the  superior  court  was  established 
in    Cumberland    county.      After    serving    two 
terms  in  the  house  he  was  elected  to  the  sen- 
ate from  Cumberland  county.     Before  his  term 
expired  he   was  chosen  attorney  general,   his 
competitors  being  Harris  M.  Plaisted  and  Ed- 
win  B.   Smith,  both  men  of  distinction.     He 
was  then  but  thirty   years  old,  the  youngest 
man  who  had  held  this  office  in  Maine.     Mr. 
Reed  filled  this  office  three  years  and  during 
that  time  he  tried  many  important  cases.     On 
his    recommendation   as   attorney   general   the 
law  was  so  changed  that  a  wife  could  testify 
against  her  husband.     At  the  end  of  his  term 
of  service  as  attorney  general  Mr.  Reed  be- 
came  city    solicitor    of    Portland   and    served 
four  years ;  many  important  cases  effecting  the 
city's  interests  arose  during  this  period.     At 
one    time    Mr.     Reed     was     associated    with 
Manasseh   Smith  in   the  practice  of   law  and 
subsequently   for  a  time   with   Hon.   Clarence 
Hale,  afterwards  judge  of  the  United  States 
district  court.     In   1876  Mr.   Reed  became  a 
candidate    for   the   Republican   nomination   to 
congress  against  Congressman  John  H.  Bur- 
leigh, and  this  marked  his  entry  into  national 
politics.     The  contest  was  a  memorable  one, 
but   Mr.   Reed   received  the  nomination  by   a 
small   margin  and  was  elected  by  a  plurality 
of  about  a  thousand  over  his  opponent,  John 
M.  Goodwin,  the  Democratic  candidate.     Un- 
til he  resigned  in  1899,  Mr.  Reed  was  nomi- 
nated   by    acclamation    for    every    successive 
congress  and  elected.     Mr.  Blaine  alone  ever 
had  so  long  a  career  in  the  house  of  repre- 
sentatives from  Maine.     The  house  in  which 
Mr.  Reed  first  took  his  seat  was  Democratic 
and  he  received  the  treatment  usually  accorded 
new  members,  by  being  appointed  on  the  com- 
mittee   on    territories.      He    made    his    first 
speech    in   congress    April    12,    1878,    and    its 
clearness  and  cogency  gave  him  a  high  stand- 
ing   in    the    house.      Another   opportunity    to 
demonstrate  his  acumen  and  efifectiveness  came 
when  as  a  member  of  the  Potter  committee  he 
took  a  part  in  the  investigation  of  the  election 
of    1876,    during    which    proceeding    he    e.x- 
amined   many   distinguished    witnesses.     This 
made    him    known    throughout    the    country. 


Four  years  later  Mr.  Reed  was  chairman  of 
the  judiciary  committee,  a  position  of  honor 
and  influence.  The  following  three  con- 
gresses were  Democratic  and  Mr.  Reed  had  no 
conspicuous  part  except  as  a  debater.  Grad- 
ually he  worked  himself  up  to  be  the  recog- 
nized leader  of  the  Republicans  on  the  floor. 
The  distinction  came  to  him  simply  through 
merit.  He  became  the  leader  of  the  minority, 
because  his  party  generally  recognized  that  he 
was  the  man  best  fitted  for  the  place.  He  had 
plenty  of  courage,  was  ready  and  effective  in 
debate  and  thoroughly  versed  in  the  rules  of 
the  house  and  parliamentary  practice  in  gen- 
eral to  which  he  had  given  special  attention. 
Mr.  Reed's  leadership  excited  no  jealousies 
simply  for  the  reason  that  all  felt  he  had  it  by 
right.  He  had  not  thrust  himself  forward,  he 
resorted  to  no  arts  to  gain  it,  he  simply  dem- 
onstrated his  capacity  to  lead  and  his  party 
did  the  rest.  In  the  forty-ninth  congress  his 
leadership  was  formally  acknowledged  by  his 
party  by  conferring  upon  him  the  nomination 
for  speaker.  In  the  fiftieth  congress  he  also 
received  that  honor.  In  1888  Harrison  was 
elected  president  and  the  fifty-first  congress 
was  Republican.  Reed,  McKinley  and  Can- 
non were  candidates  for  speaker  and  Reed  was 
made  the  candidate  of  his  party  on  the  first 
ballot,  and  subsequently  chosen  speaker  of  the 
house.  It  was  as  speaker  of  the  house  that 
Mr.  Reed  did  the  act  that  will  always  be  re- 
membered as  the  most  conspicuous  one  in  his 
career.  While  the  constitution  was  silent  on 
the  point  it  had  been  the  practice  from  the 
foundation  of  the  government  not  to  count 
members  present  unless  they  answered  to  their 
names.  The  result  was  that  frequently  while 
there  was  a  quorum  of  members  actually  pres- 
ent in  the  house  business  was  paralyzed  be- 
cause they  would  not  answer  to  their  names. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Reed  formed  a 
purpose  to  count  a  quorum  long  before  the 
liouse  met,  and  this  purpose  he  carried  out 
with  calmness  and  deliberation.  He  first 
counted  a  quorum  before  the  house  had 
adopted  any  rules,  acting  under  the  sanction 
of  general  parliamentary  law.  When  the 
house  adopted  its  rules,  one  empowering  the 
speaker  to  count  a  quorum  was  included  and 
the  practice  was  forever  established  that  a 
member  present  is  to  be  recognized  as  present 
for  quorum  purposes  just  as  much  as  if  he  had 
answered  to  his  name  when  it  was  called. 
There  was  a  great  clamor,  and  the  speaker  was 
charged  with  subverting,  for  partisan  advan- 
tage, the  very  foundation  of  the  government. 
The  matter  was  taken  to  the  supreme   court 


S'l'ATI':  ol'    MAIXM':. 


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which  sustaiiKd  the  Icgahty  of  Mr.  Reed's  pro- 
cedure, and  what  was  pruiiouiiced  revtjhitioii- 
ary  and  subversive  of  the  rights  of  the  people 
is  now  acknowledged  by  all  parties  as  a  cor- 
rect and  sensible  rule  of  i)rocedure.  The 
justice  of  Mr.  Reed's  rules  became  apparent 
at  the  very  next  congress,  which  was  Demo- 
cratic and  adopted  them  in  substance  and  ever 
since  they  have  been  the  rules  of  the  house  of 
representatives.  Mr.  Reed's  act,  which  now 
seems  but  a  simple  thing,  was  one  that  none 
but  a  man  of  iron  will  and  courage  that  (jiiailed 
at  nothing  could  have  done.  The  enactment 
of  the  McKinley  tariff  bill  was  the  most  im- 
portant piece  of  legislation  of  the  fifty-first 
congress  and  one  of  its  effects  was  to  tem- 
porarily raise  the  prices  of  certain  articles. 
This  proved  exceedingly  disastrous  to  the  Re- 
publicans and  the  next  congress  was  over- 
whelmingly Democratic.  In  that  congress  Mr. 
Reed  became  the  leader  of  the  Republicans  on 
the  floor.  He  contrived  to  hold  this  position 
during  the  next  congress  which  was  also  Dem- 
ocratic, and  he  led  the  onslaught  against  the 
Wilson  tarilif  bill  which  precipitated  one  of 
the  most  interesting  and  important  tariff  de- 
bates in  the  history  of  congress.  One  of  Mr. 
Reed's  longest  and  most  convincing  speeches 
was  made  during  this  debate.  In  it  he  de- 
fended the  principle  of  the  protective  tariff 
and  pointed  out  in  a  most  effective  way  the 
danger  and  folly  of  abandoning  the  home  mar- 
ket and  going  in  search  of  questionable  foreign 
markets.  The  bill  was  passed  and  it  brought 
to  the  Democrats  the  same  kind  of  disaster  the 
McKinley  bill  had  brought  to  the  Republicans. 
The  congress  which  was  elected  following  the 
passage  of  this  bill  in  the  midst  of  Mr.  Cleve- 
land's term  was  overwhelmingly  Republican 
and  Mr.  Reed  was  again  elected  speaker  by  ac- 
clamation. 

In  i8g6  Mr.  Reed  was  a  candidate  for  the 
Republican  nomination  for  president  and  had 
much  strength  in  the  east,  but  the  west  was 
overwhelmingly  for  McKinley,  who  was  nom- 
ir.ated.  Mr.  Reed's  name  was  presented  be- 
fore the  convention  by  Senator  Henry  Cabot 
Lodge,  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  Hon. 
Charles  E.  Littlefield,  of  Maine,  made  their 
seconding  .speech.  It  was  said  at  the  time  that 
if  Mr.  Reed  had  made  certain  promises  con- 
cerning his  cabinet  appointments  he  might 
have  had  a  much  stronger  following,  but  he 
absolutely  refused  to  commit  himself,  prefer- 
ring to  lose  the  prize  rather  than  to  tie  him- 
self up  with  pledges  in  advance.  Mr.  Reed 
was  elected  to  congress  as  usual  in  the  fall  and 
became    speaker   again   by   acclamation.      The 


election  of  Mr.  McKinley  to  the  presidency 
made  a  vacancy  in  the  chairmanship  of  the 
ways  and  means  committee  and  to  that  va- 
cancy Mr.  Reed  ajipointed  Mr.  Dingley  of  this 
state,  an  apiiointment  which  aroused  no  jeal- 
ousies because  of  the  conspicuous  fitness  of 
Mr.  Dingley,  though  its  effect  was  to  give  to 
Maine  greater  prominence  in  the  house  than 
any  other  state  in  the  Union  enjoyed.  The 
important  legislation  of  this  congress  was  the 
Dingley  tariff'  bill  which  continues  to  be  the 
law  of  the  land.  When  the  war  with  Spain 
was  threatening,  Mr.  Reed  was  in  the  speak- 
er's chair  and  used  all  his  influence  to  avert  it. 
But  the  blowing  up  of  the  Maine  had  so  ex- 
cited the  public  mind  that  a  collision  between 
Spain  and  the  United  States  was  inevitable, 
and  all  his  efforts  and  those  of  the  president 
and  other  conservative  men  of  the  government 
were  unavailing.  The  war  was  fought  to  a 
successful  conclusion.  Mr.  Reed  had  always 
opposed  the  acquisition  of  foreign  territory. 
As  speaker  he  had  his  name  called  in  order  to 
vote  against  the  annexation  of  the  Sandwich 
Islands.  The  annexation  of  the  Philippines 
and  Porto  Rico  was  exceedingly  distasteful  to 
him  and  he  regarded  it  as  a  proceeding 
fraught  with  danger  to  the  future  welfare  of 
the  country.  His  influence  and  his  vote  were 
always  against  it.  Mr.  Reed's  career  in  con- 
gress ended  with  the  expiration  of  the  fifty- 
fifth  congress.  In  the  fifty-first  congress  the 
Democrats  had  refused  to  vote  him  the  usual 
resolution  of  thanks,  but  when  the  fifty-fifth 
congress  expired  Mr.  Bailey,  the  Democratic 
leader,  presented  the  following  resolution, 
which  was  passed  amid  the  greatest  enthusi- 
asm: "Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the 
House  are  presented  to  Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed, 
Speaker  of  the  House,  for  the  able,  impartial 
and  dignified  manner  in  which  he  has  presided 
over  its  deliberations  and  performed  the  ardu- 
ous duties  of  the  chairmanship  during  the 
present  term  of  Congress." 

The  feeling  engendered  by  the  acrimonious 
debates  of  the  fifty-first  congress  had  passed 
away  and  all  united  in  paying  a  deserved  tri- 
bute to  the  speaker.  Mr.  Reed  was  elected  to 
the  fifty-sixth  congress,  but  resigned  without 
taking  his  seat.  For  many  years  he  had  cher- 
ished the  purpose  to  retire  from  congress  and 
practice  law  in  New  York,  moved  thereto 
largely  by  family  considerations,  but  there  had 
never  come  a  time  when  he  could  do  so  with- 
out seriously  embarrassing  his  party.  But  the 
time  had  now  arrived,  where  his  work  being 
done,  and  being  no  longer  in  sympathy  with 
the  policv  of  his  party  in  relation  to  the  for- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


eign  possessions,  he  saw  a  chance  to  carry  out 
his  long  cherished  plan  of. retiring  to  private 
life,  and  accordingly  after  consultation  with 
his  friends,  on  the  twenty-second  of  August, 
he  addressed  to  the  governor  a  letter  of  resig- 
nation. The  campaign  for  the  nomination  of 
his  successor  was  underway  when  Mr.  Reed 
left  Portland  for  his  new  home  in  New  York. 
Saturday,  September  i6,  before  leaving  the 
city,  he  addressed  the  following  to  the  Re- 
publicans of  his  district: 

"To  the  Republicans  of  the  First  Maine  Dis- 
trict :  ^       , 
"While  I  am  naturallv  reluctant  to  obtrude 
myself  again  upon  public  attention  even  here 
at  home-^  I  am  sure  no  one  would  expect  me 
to  leave  the  First  Maine  District  after  so  long 
a  service  without  some  words   expressing  to 
you  my  appreciation  of  your  friendship  and 
my    gratitude    for    your    generous    treatment. 
Words  alone  are  quite  inadequate  and  I  must 
appeal  to  your  memories.     During  three  and 
twenty    years    of    political    life,    not    always 
peaceful.'  you  have  never  questioned  a  single 
public  act  of  mine.     Other  men  have  had  to 
look  after  their  districts,  my  district  has  looked 
after  me.    This  in  the  place  where  I  was  born, 
where  you  know  my  shortcomings  as  well  as 
I  do  myself,  gives  me  a  right  to  be  proud  of 
my  relations  with  you.     No  honors  are  ever 
quite  like  those  which  come   from  home.     It 
would    not   be    just   for   me   to    withhold   my 
thanks    from   those   Democrats   who   have    so 
often  given  me  their  votes.     This   friendship 
I  can  acknowledge  with  all  propriety  even  in 
a  letter  to  the  Republicans,  for  both  they  and 
you  know  that  I  have  never  trimmed  a  sail  U> 
catch    the    passing    breeze    or    even    flown    a 
doubtful  flag.     Office  as  a  'ribbon  to  stick  in 
your   coat,"    is   worth   nobody's   consideration. 
That  opportunity  you  have  given  me  untram- 
melled in  the  fullest  and  amplest  measure  and 
I  return  you  sincere  thanks.     If   I   have  de- 
served any  praise  it  belongs  of  right  to  you. 
Whatever  mav  happen  I  am  sure  that  the  First 
Maine  District  will  always  be  true  to  the  prin- 
ciples   of    libertv,    self-government    and    tlie 
rights  of  man.    '                 Thom.\s  B.  Reed. 
"Portland,  September  i6,  1899." 
In  New  York  Mr.  Reed  became  the  head  of 
the  law  firm  of  Reed,   Simpson,  Thatcher  & 
Barnum,  and  he  resided  in  that  city  engaged  m 
the  practice  of  law  until  his  death,  December 
7,  igo2.     Mr.  Reed  always  had  a  great  fond- 
ness   for   literature,   and   in   the   midst   of   his 
political  duties  he  found  time  to  gratify   his 
tastes   in  this  direction.     He  was  a   frequent 


contributor  to  several  magazines.    He  was  also 
the   author  of   a  work  on  parliamentary   law 
known   as  Reed's  Rules.     He   was  a  popular 
after-dinner  speaker  and  was  much  sought  for, 
though  he  rather  avoided  taking  part  in  those 
occasions.     As  a  platform  orator  his   speech 
was  noted  for  its  clearness  and  adaptability  to 
the   common  understanding.     He  rarely   shot 
over  the  heads  of  his  audience  and  his  humor 
was  very  taking.     His  convictions  were  strong 
and  held  with  great  tenacity  and  no  one  ever 
questioned  his  honesty  of  purpose  or  his  thor- 
ough sincerity.     He  had  little  familiarity  and 
skitl  in  the  arts  of  the  politician,  but  his  suc- 
cesses all  came   from  the  strength  of  his  in- 
tellect and  character.    No  one  ever  thought  of 
contesting  the  nomination  in  the  first  district 
with  him,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  he  could 
have  remained  in  congress  up  to  the  day  of 
his  death  had  he  so  desired.     Though  he  had 
been  out  of  public  life  for  three  years  he  con- 
tinued to  be  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  figures 
in  the  country  and  his  words  whether  spoken  or 
written  always  commanded  the  attention  of  his 
countrymen.     Mr.  Reed  went  to  Washington 
D.  C'to  attend  to  some  matters  in  the  United 
States  supreme  court  and  while  there  suffered 
from  uraemic  poisoning  which  ended  his  life 
at  the  Arlington  Hotel  a  week  later.     He  was 
buried  in  the  cemetery  in  Portland,  Maine. 

Thomas  B.  Reed  married,  February  5,  1870, 
Susan  Prentice,  born  in  New  Hampshire, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  H.  and  Hannah  P. 
(Prentice)  Merrill,  of  Portland  (see  Mer- 
rill). Of  their  three  children  the  only  one 
now  surviving  is  Katharine,  born  in  Portland, 
January  23,  1875,  married,  June  24,  1905,  Cap- 
tain Arthur  T.  Balantine,  of  the  United  States 
army. 


The  Bracketts  of  Portland 
BRACKETT  descended  from  very  an- 
cient ancestry  in  New 
Hampshire  and  from  forbears  who  settled  in 
Portland,  Maine,  while  it  was  still  known  as 
Casco.  Nearly  all  persons  named  Braciceit 
who  reside  in  either  Maine  or  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  persons  residing  elsewhere  whose 
forefathers  of  that  name  lived  in  either  of 
these  states,  descended  from  the  immigrant, 
Anthony  Brackett,  of  Portsmouth. 

(I)  Anthony  Brackett,  who  tradition  states 
was  a  Scotchman,  is  supposed  to  have  come  to 
Little  Harbor,  near  the  mouth  of  the  Pis- 
cataqua  river,  with  the  Scotchman,  David 
Thompson,  as  early  as  1623.  His  residence 
before  1649  is  supposed  to  have  been  in  the 
vicinity  of  Little  Harbor  and  the  "Piscatawa" 
house,  on  what  is  now  called  Odiorne's  Point. 


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I'rom  1649  ""til  lii*^  dcatli  he  is  known  to  have 
lived  a  mile  or  so  south  of  the  harbor,  west 
of  Sandy  beach,  on  or  near  the  stream,  Salt- 
water brook,  and  on  Brackett  lane,  now  lirack- 
ett  road.  In  the  year  1649  at  a  meeting  of  the 
selectmen,  held  August  13,  it  was  voted  "by 
common  consent"  to  grant  a  lot  of  land  to 
"Anthiiny  ]?rakit,"  lying  between  the  lands  of 
Robert  I'udinglon  and  \\'illiatu  Berry  "at  the 
head  of  the  Sandy  Beach  I'Vosh  Reiver  at  the 
Western  branch  thereof."  .\t  a  meeting  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  town  held  January  13,  1652, 
a  grant  of  thirty  acres  was  voted  to  "Anthony 
Brackite."  March  4th  following,  at  a  town 
meeting,  the  selectmen  were  dirccteil  "at  the 
next  lit  time"  to  lay  out  the  land  unto  the  peo- 
ple at  Sandy  Beach,  vid.  unto  William  Berry, 
Anthony  Brackil,  Thomas  Sevy,  Francis  Rand 
and  James  Johnson;  March  17,  1653,  a  grant 
was  made  of  land  near  Sanely  beach  by  the 
people  to  various  citizens,  among  whom  was 
Anthony  Brackett,  "upland  thirty  ackers  ad- 
jounge  unto  his  hous  and  of  Meadow  20  ackers 
more."  March  20,  1656,  he  was  granted  "50 
acres  more  land  than  his  former  grant  to  join 
with  his  hous  and  to  lye  in  such  form  as  it  may 
close  to  his  hous  so  that  it  be  not  in  any  Man's 
former  grant."  February  3,  1660,  100  acres 
was  granted  to  him  as  the  head  of  a  family 
"who  had  come  to  dwell  in  the  town."  In  all 
he  was  granted  over  two  hundred  acres  of 
land.  March  31,  1650,  he  deeded  land  and 
buildings  at  .Strawberry  Bank  (Portsmouth) 
to  William  Cotton.  Perhaps  he  had  lived  there 
before  1650.  September  ig,  1678,  he  bought 
land  at  "Sandie  Beach  from  Henry  Sher- 
burne." Anthony  Brackett  was  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  church,  and  was  one  of  the  sign- 
ers of  a  deed  of  a  glebe  of  fifty  acres  to  the 
church  in  1640.  He  has  usually  been  desig- 
nated as  "Anthony  the  Selectman."  March  8. 
165s,  he  was  one  of  the  selectmen  for  the  en- 
suing year.  In  July  following  ne  signed  a 
warrant  for  collection  of  a  tax  to  pay  the  sal- 
ary of  the  local  minister  and  made  his  mark 
"A."  Some  years  later  he  was  again  chosen 
selectman.  His  name  'is  on  the  extant  lists  of 
those  taxed  to  pay  the  minister's  salary  1677- 
88;  the  tax,  eighteen  shillings,  which  he  w'as 
assessed  for  the  year  1688,  is  considerable  in 
excess  of  the  average  amount  of  tax  paid  by 
his  townsmen  for  the  same  purpose.  In  1666 
he  subscribed  one  pound  ten  shillings  toward 
the  support  of  the  minister.  He  w-as  one  of 
sixty-one  settlers  who  signed  a  petition  in 
1665  when  the  king's  commissioners  came  to 
settle  certain  causes  of  complaint  in  the  col- 
onies.    On   this   petition   he   writes  his  name, 


and  does  not  make  his  mark,  as  in  the  former 
case  mentioned.  The  settlers  of  New  Hamp- 
shire were  not  involved  in  any  way  with  the 
Indians  before  1675.  During  King  Philip's 
war,  which  began  that  year,  the  resident  tribes 
of  New  Hampshire  remained  on  peaceful 
terms  with  their  white  neighbors,  but  the  set- 
tlements in  Maine  were  all  destroyed,  and 
their  inhabitants  killed,  driven  away  or  carried 
captive  to  Canada.  Thomas  Brackett,  son  of 
Anthony,  who  lived  at  h'almouth  (Portland) 
Maine,  was  killed  in  .\ugust,  1676.  His  chil- 
dren were  redeemed  from  captivity  by  their 
grandfather,  with  whom  three  of  them  resided 
for  several  years.  In  1691  the  depredations 
of  the  Indians,  which  had  begun  two  or  three 
years  before  in  Maine,  reached  the  settlement 
at  Sandy  Beach.  On  Tuesday,  September  28, 
1691,  a  band  of  Indians  descende<l  on  that 
place  and  killed  twenty-one  persons,  among 
whom  were  Anthony  Brackett  and  his  wife, 
and  captured  two  children  of  his  son  John 
Brackett.  The  headstones  at  the  graves  of 
Anthony  and  his  wife  are  still  to  be  seen  on  a 
little  knoll  in  Rye  near  Saltwater  brook.  Sep- 
tember II,  1691,  only  seventeen  days  before 
his  death,  Anthony  Brackett  made  his  will. 
He  disposed  of  but  little  real  estate  by  this  in- 
strument, as  on  July  20,  1686,  he  had  deeded 
his  farm  and  buildings  at  Sandy  beach  to  his 
son  John.  Anthony  Brackett  married,  about 
1635,  and  the  records  show  that  he  was  the 
head  of  a  family  in  1640.  His  children  were : 
Anthony,  Elinor,  Tiiomas,  Jane  and  John. 
'  (II)  Thomas,  second  son  of  Anthony 
Brackett,  was  probably  born  at  Sandy  beach, 
then  a  part  of  Strawberry  Bank  (Ports- 
mouth, New  Plampshire),  now  a  part  of 
the  town  of  Rye,  about  1635  or  earlier. 
Soon  after  1662  he  removL-ci  to  Casco  (Port- 
land), Maine.  Little  is  known  of  him  before 
his  marriage,  after  which  event  he  became 
prominent  in  the  town,  and  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  in  1672.  His  mother-in-law  lived 
with  him  in  1671,  during  which  year  he  agreed 
to  maintain  her  and  in  consideration  received 
from  her  a  deed  of  land.  This  land  was  situ- 
ated on  the  southerly  side  of  the  upper  part 
of  the  Neck,  and  had  been  occupied  by 
Michael  Milton  for  several  years.  The  house 
stood  near  where  the  Portland  gas  house  now 
is.  Thomas  was  a  prosperous  and  leading 
citizen  at  the  time  of  his  death.  While  he  was 
in  office  in  1672,  his  brother  Anthony  received 
a  grant  of  four  hundred  acres  of  land. 

August  II,  1676,  Indians  appeared  at  Casco 
and  captured  Captain  Anthony  Brackett  and 
his  family,  and  then   divided,  a  part  passing 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


around  Back  Cove,  and  a  part  upon  the  Neck. 
The  first  house  in  the  course  of  the  latter  was 
that  of  Thomas  Brackett,  on  the  southerly  side 
of  the  Neck.  Between  the  houses  of  the  two 
Bracketts  was  a  virgin  forest.  The  facts,  se- 
lected from  the  conflicting  accounts  of  the 
events  of  that  day,  seem  to  be  that  the  In- 
dians went  along  the  northerly  side  of  the 
Neck  until  they  had  passed  the  farm  of 
Thomas  Brackett.  In  their  course  they  met 
John,  the  son  of  George  Munjoy,  and  another, 
Isaac  Wakely,  and  shot  them.  Others  who 
were  with  or  near  them  fled  down  the  Neck 
to  give  the  alarm,  and  thereupon  the  Indians 
retreated  in  the  direction  of  Thomas  Brackett's 
house.  That  morning  three  men  were  on  their 
way  to  Anthony  Brackett's  to  harvest  grain. 
They  probably  rowed  over  the  river  from  Pur- 
poosuck  Point  and  had  left  their  canoe  near 
Thomas  Brackett's  house.  From  that  place 
they  crossed  the  Neck  toward  Anthony's 
house,  near  enough  to  which  they  went  to  learn 
of  the  attack  by  the  Indians  on  his  family ;  the 
three  hastened  on  to  the  Neck,  perhaps  over 
the  course  covered  by  the  Indians,  to  give  the 
alarm.  On  their  way  they  heard  guns  fired 
"Whereby  it  seems  two  men  (perhaps  Munjoy 
and  Wakely)  were  killed."  Thereupon  the 
three  fled  in  the  direction  of  Thomas  Brack- 
ett's house  to  reach  their  canoe.  The  Indians 
reached  the  farm  nearly  at  the  same  time  as 
did  the  men,  who  saw  Thomas  Brackett  shot 
down  while  at  work  in  his  field.  Two  of  the 
men  succeeded  in  reaching  their  canoe ;  the 
third,  not  so  fleet  of  foot,  hid  in  the  marsh  and 
witnessed  the  capture  of  Thomas  Brackett's 
wife  and  children.  The  three  men  escaped. 
Among  the  Indians  who  were  concerned  in 
killing  of  Thomas  Brackett  was  Megunnaway, 
one  of  the  braves  of  King  Philip,  who  was 
taken  and  shot  by  the  whites  the  following 
February.  All  of  the  residents  on  the  Neck 
except  Thomas  Brackett's  family,  John  Mun- 
joy and  Isaac  Wakely,  succeeded  in  reaching 
Munjoy's  garrison  house,  which  stood  on 
Munjoy's  hill  at  the  end  of  the  Neck.  From 
there  they  passed  over  to  Bang's  Island,  then 
called  Andrew's  Island.  In  this  attack  the  In- 
dians killed,  about  Casco,  eleven  men  and 
killed  or  captured  twenty-three  women  and 
children.  Thomas  Brackett  was  about  forty 
years  old  at  the  time  of  his  death.  His  wife 
is  said  to  have  died  during  the  first  year  of 
her  captivity.  Their  children,  as  previously 
stated,  were  ransomed  by  their  grandfather 
Brackett. 

Thomas   Brackett  married   Mary,   daughter 
of   Michael    Milton.      Pier   mother.    Elizabeth 


Milton,  was  a  daughter  of  George  Cheeve,  one 
of  the  most  prominent  and  best  known  set- 
tlers of  Casco.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Milton)  Brackett  were:  Joshua,  Sarah,  Sam- 
uel (probably)  and  Mary. 

(Ill)  Lieutenant  Joshua,  eldest  child  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Milton)  Brackett.  was 
born  in  Falmouth,  formerly  Casco,  now  Port- 
land. His  father  was  killed  by  Indians  and 
his  mother  died  in  captivity  while  he  was  still 
a  child.  After  his  capture  with  his  mother, 
brother  and  sisters,  August  ii,  1676,  he  re- 
mained a  prisoner  until  redeemed  by  his  grand- 
father, with  whom  he  lived  some  time  after 
returning  from  Canada.  "Probably  not  until 
the  close  of  the  war  did  he  reach  his  grand- 
father's house  at  Sandy  beach.  His  mother 
had  passed  away :  all  the  personal  efTects  of 
his  father  had  been  destroyed ;  the  farm  and. 
large  tracts  on  the  Neck  alone  remained  to 
him,  and  when  he  arrived  at  an  age  to  be  able 
to  cultivate  and  improve  them,  war  com- 
menced with  the  Indians,  which,  but  for  a 
short  interval  of  peace,  lasted  for  twenty-five 
years.  From  this  condition  of  privation  and 
destitution  he  rose  to  become. one  of  the  rich- 
est men  in  the  province  in  his  day."  When 
the  war  of  1688  began  he  went  to  Falmouth 
and  joined  his  uncle,  Anthony  Brackett.  He 
was  with  .Anthony  when  he  fell,  and  took  part 
in  the  battle  which  followed  the  attack.  Soon 
afterward  he  returned  to  Sandy  beach.  A 
certificate  of  service  dated  April  i,  1697,  shows 
that  Joshua  Brackett  served  as  a  soldier  in 
the  garrison  at  Oyster  river  (now  Durham). 
New  Hampshire,  four  weeks  in  i6g6.  At 
times  during  the  war  commencing  1 701  and 
ending  in  171 5,  he  was  in  the  military  serv- 
ice as  occasion  demanded,  and  was  chosen 
lieutenant  of  a  military  company.  During 
twenty-eight  of  the  first  forty-five  years  of 
his  life  there  was  continuous  war  with  the  In- 
dians. Of  those  slain  whom  he  had  to  mourn 
were  his  father,  grandfather,  grandmother, 
uncle,  Captain  Anthony  Brackett,  uncle,  Na- 
thaniel Milton;  uncle.  Lieutenant  Thadcleus 
Clark;  and  cousin,  Seth  Brackett;  of  his  rela- 
tives who  were  made  captives  were  his  mother, 
who  died  while  a  prisoner,  his  brother,  two 
sisters,  the  children  of  his  uncle,  John  Brack- 
ett, and  the  children  of  his  uncle,  Anthony 
Brackett.  There  is  evidence  that  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  coast  trade,  whether  as  merchant 
or  as  transporter  is  not  known ;  certain  it  is 
that  he  was  the  owner  of  vessels ;  was  also 
a  manufacturer  of  lumber,  owned  a  sawmill 
or  two,  owned  one  at  Wadleigh's  Falls  in 
Strafiford  comity,  New  Hampshire.     Pie  pros- 


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pered  and  accumulated  property  in  whatever 
branch  of  business  he  eutija-^ed.  Early  in  his 
business  life  he  ])urchase(l  land  and  farms 
from  their  respective  owners  adjoining  one 
another  and  bordering  for  miles  along  the 
southern  shore  of  the  Great  bay.  "These 
lands  around  the  bay  were  far  the  best  in 
town.  And  here  the  prudent  Bracketts  came 
and  settled  down."  beginning  with  a'  tract 
over  the  line  in  Stratham,  the  farm  extended 
into  the  present  town  of  Greenland,  the  south- 
ern shore  of  the  bay  being  its  northern  limit ; 
it  is  probably  one  of  the  most  beautifully  sit- 
uated tracts  of  land  in  the  state.  In  1726, 
fifty  years  after  his  father's  death,  he  applied 
for  administration  on  his  father's  property. 
Two  years  later  his  sons,  Joshua  and  Anthony, 
took  possession  of  the  old  farm.  About  this 
time  he  became  interested  in  Peak's  Island 
and  other  landed  property  of  the  Milton  es- 
tate. With  his  second  cousin,  Anthony  Brack- 
ett,  a  son  of  Captain  Anthony,  "the  good  pilot 
and  captain  for  his  country,"  of  Boston,  he 
contested  the  claim  of  Rev.  Thomas  Smith  and 
others  to  the  Milton  estate,  and  succeeded  in 
fullv  establishing  his  own  claim  and  Anthony's 
and  got  all  but  two-ninths  of  Peak's  Island, 
and  Joshua  purchased  Anthony's  interest.  In 
his  will  Joshua  made  to  all  his  sons  legacies 
and  bequests  sufficient  to  place  each  in  a  good 
financial  condition.  Although  Joshua's  an- 
cestors on  both  sides  were  or  are  believed  to 
have  been  Episcopalians,  he  was  Congrega- 
tionalist,  joining  those  of  that  faith  when  past 
middle  age.  His  children  were  all  baptized 
the  day  he  united  with  the  church.  The  grave 
of  Joshua  is  on  the  home  farm,  and  the  tomb- 
stone bears  the  following  inscription :  "Plere 
Lies  Mr.  Joshua  Brackett  Who  Died  June  19; 
D.  y  1749,  Aged  •]•/  yes."  Joshua  Brackett 
married  j\lary  Weeks,  born  July  ig,  1676,  died 
in  1740,  daughter  of  Leonard  Weeks,  who 
married  Mary  Haines,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Haines,  who  was  born  about  161 1,  in  England, 
and  died  in  i686;  his  wife  was  Elinor  Neate. 
Their  children  were:  John,  Joshua,  Thomas, 
Samuel,  Anthony,  Mary  (died  young),  Abi- 
gail, Eleanor,  James,  Mary,  Keziah,  Margaret 
and  Nathaniel. 

(IV)  Anthony,  fifth  son  of  Joshua  and 
Mary  (Weeks)  Brackett,  was  born  in  Green- 
land, New  Hampshire,  January  25,  1708.  At 
eleven  years  of  age  he  went  to  Falmouth  to 
live.  His  father.  Joshua  Brackett,  secured 
title  to  the  large  tract  of  land  on  the  Neck, 
which  he  claimed  as  heir  to  his  parents,  and 
in  the  peaceful  time  following  1725  Anthony 
and  his  brother  Joshua  went  to  Falmouth  and 


took  possession  of  it.  ( )n  the  Neck  Anthony 
had,  in  addition  to  other  tracts,  a  farm  on 
which  he  resided,  which  during  his  life  much 
increased  in  value.  He  also  owned  the  greater 
and  more  valuable  portion  of  Peak's  Island, 
and  this  he  conveyed  shortly  before  his  death 
to  his  .son  Thomas ;  he  also  conveyed  to  him 
and  to  third  [)arties  tracts  of  land  including 
the  homesteatl.  As  his  wife  did  not  join  in 
the  conveyance  of  this  property,  in  later  years 
and  up  to  a  very  recent  date,  the  descendants 
of  Anthony  labored  under  the  delusion  that 
they  might  recover  the  land  thus  conveyed, 
now  in  the  city  of  Portland  and  of  great 
value. 

Anthony  and  his  brother  Joshua  were  prom- 
inent in  Falmouth  in  social  and  business  af- 
fairs. Their  estates  extended  from  one  side 
of  the  Neck  to  the  other  near  its  base.  The 
house  of  Anthony  stood  at  the  corner  of  Dan- 
forth  and  Brackett  streets  in  Portland,  which 
latter  street  ran  through  his  farm.  The  dwell- 
ing house  of  two  stories,  mentioned  as  the 
mansion  house,  faced  the  south ;  in  front  of  it 
was  an  orchard  on  the  slope  of  a  hill.  Joshua's 
house  stood  on  Congress  street  near  High 
street.  This  house,  which  w-as  burned  after 
his  death,  he  built  after  he  had  resided  for 
some  years  in  a  log  house  which  stood  where 
Gray  street  is.  At  the  time  of  Anthony's  mar- 
riage in  1733,  the  brothers  lived  in  this  log 
house.  Their  residence  in  Falmouth  began  in 
1728.  Between  their  houses  was  a  swamp 
through  which  was  a  footpath.  The  division 
line  between  their  estates  was  along  Grove 
and  Congress  streets.  Anthony's  land  in- 
cluded nearly  all  that  on  the  southeast  side 
of  Congress  street  from  about  opposite  Casco 
to  Vaughn  street,  and  a  lot  of  nearly  fifty 
acres  on  the  westerly  side  of  Grove  street,  run- 
ning from  Congress  street  to  the  poor  farm. 
Joshua's  land  lay  on  the  northwest  side  of 
Congress  street,  extending  from  Grove  street 
easterly.  The  houses  of  the  brothers,  on  the 
outskirts  of  the  settlement,  were  in  an  exposed 
position,  and  hostile  Indians  were  seen  in  the 
swamp  and  near  their  houses  on  more  than 
one  occasion  during  the  years  1744  to  1748, 
and  a  few  years  following  1755;  but  none  of 
their  buildings  were  burned,  and  no  member 
of  their  families  is  known  to  have  been 
harmed.  Perhaps  their  escape  from  any  dam- 
age was  due  to  their  preparedness  and  ability 
to  protect  themselves  from  foes.  On  the  roll 
of  Captain  James  Milk's  company,  under  date 
of  May  10,  1757,  appears  the  name  of  An- 
thony ;  in  the  alarm  list  of  that  company  ap- 
pears the   name   of  Joshua.      The   latter   was 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


the  older  of  the  two ;  though  at  the  time  An- 
thony was  fifty  years  of  age,  he  was  not  too 
old  for  active  duty  in  those  days,  while  Joshua 
was  available  when  the  alarm  was  given  of  an 
expected  attack  by  Indians.  Anthony  died 
September  lo,  1784,  aged  seventy-seven,  and 
was  buried  on  his  farm  in  what  later  became 
Summer  street.  His  remains  were  later  re- 
moved to  the  Brackett  cemetery  on  Peak's 
Island. 

Anthony  Brackett  married  (first)  in  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Scarborough, 
Maine,  by  Rev.  William  Sergeant,  Sarah 
Knight,  February  14,  1734.  Six  children 
were  born  of  this  union.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Kerenhappuck  Hicks,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Proctor,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Brackett)  Proctor.  Their  intentions 
of  marriage  were  published  November  5,  1756. 
After  the  death  of  her  husband,  rooms  in  the 
mansion  house  were  set  apart  for  her  use 
which  she  occupied  for  a  few  years,  and  then 
went  to  reside  in  Gorham,  where  she  died  at 
the  home  of  a  son  of  her  daughter,  Meribah, 
in  1822.  The  children  of  Anthony  Brackett 
were:  John,  Sarah,  Thomas,  James,  Eliza- 
beth, Anthony,  Meribah,  Joshua,  Keziah,  Sam- 
uel and  Nathaniel. 

(V)  Tliomas  (2),  second  son  of  Anthony 
(2)  and  Sarah  (Knight)  Brackett,  was  born  in 
Falmouth  in  May,  174-I,  died  December  13. 
181 3.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  large  estate,  a 
farmer  and  also  engaged  in  otlier  pursuits. 
His  father  deeded  him  nearly  all  the  estate 
which  he  had  on  the  Neck  and  also  the  greater 
portion  of  Peak's  Island.  He  resided  on  the 
island  from  an  early  date,  and  probably  dwelt 
there  during  the  revolutionary  war.  At  that 
time  there  were  only  three  dwellings  on  the 
island.  When  Captain  Henry  IMowatt  with  a 
British  fleet  on  October  16,  1775,  arrived  at 
Portland  harbor,  he  anchored  near  Peak's 
Island,  in  Hog  roads,  between  Hog  and  House 
islands  and  in  sight  of  Thomas  Brackett's 
house.     Thomas   Brackett  married,  December 

9,  1762,  Jane  Hall,  born  in    1740,  died   May 

10,  1810,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Elizabeth 
(White)  Hall,  of  Cherryfield.  Children: 
John,  Elizabeth,  Sally,  Patience,  and  Mary, 
next  mentioned. 

(VI)  Mary,  youngest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Jane  (Hall)  Brackett,  was  baptized  June  9, 
1776,  and  died  November  13,  i860.  Her 
father  .sold  her  two  acres  of  land  in  front  of 
the  present  Mineral  Spring  House,  Peak's 
Island.  This  house,  which  may  have  been 
built  by  her  father,  was  her  residence.  She 
married,    November    10,    1796,    Joseph    Reed, 


who  died  April  i,  1852.  They  were  the  grand- 
parents of  the  famous  statesman  Thomas 
Brackett  Reed.     (See  Reed.) 


In  the  re<:;istries  of  the  coun- 
BURRAGE     ties    of    Suffolk,    Essex    and 

Norfolk,  England,  the  name 
of  Burrage  occurs  so  frequently  in  the  six- 
teenth century  as  to  indicate  that  the  family 
was  a  numerous  one  among  the  landholders 
of  the  middle  or  yeoman  class.  The  name  is 
spelled  Burgh,  Burough,  Borough,  Borage, 
Bearadge,  Burrish,  Beridge,  Burrage,  etc. 

(I)  The  line  of  the  New  England  family 
of  this  name  is  easily  traced  back  to  Robert 
Burrage  (Burrishe),  of  Seething,  a  small  par- 
ish near  Norton  Subcourse,  and  nine  miles 
south  of  Norwich.  In  1901  it  had  a  population 
of  two  hundred  and  eighty-four.  Robert  Bur- 
rage married  Rose ,  by  whom  he  had 

two  sons,  Robert  (married  Amy  Cooke,  died 
December    3,    1598),    and    Richard,    and   one 

■  daughter  ^largery. 

(II)  Richard,  youngest  son  of  Robert  and 
Rose  Burrage,  took  up  his  residence  in  Nor- 
ton Subcourse,  a  widely  scattered  village  ten 
or  twelve  miles  southeast  of  Norwich,  with  a 
population  at  the  present  time  of  a  little  more 
than  three  hundred.  The  village  church  was 
erected  in  1387.  Richard  Burrage  married, 
but  the  name  of  his  wife  is  not  known.  Nine 
children  were  born  to  them,  seven  sons  and 
two  daughters :  Henry,  Richard,  Thomas, 
Anne,  Elizabeth,  John,  John,  Owen,  Anthony. 

(III)  Thomas,  the  third  son  of  Richard 
Burrage,  was  born  at  Norton  Subcourse,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  15S1.  August  ig,  1606,  he  was 
married  to  Frances  Dey,  by  whom  he  had 
seven  children,  two  sons  anvi  five  daughters-: 
Mary,  Margaret,  Grace,  Letitia,  John,  Hei 
and  Anna.  Thomas  Burrage  died  March  2, 
1632,  leaving  all  his  property  to  his  wife  while 
she  lived,  with  a  provision  that  in  case  of  her 
death  the  estate  should  go  to  his  oldest  son 
John,  after  paying  certain  legacies  to  his 
brother  Henry  and  his  sisters  "Marie,"  "Mar- 
garet" and  "Anne." 

(IV)  John,  oldest  son  of  Thomas  and 
Frances  (Dey)  Burrage,  was  sixteen  years 
old  when  his  father  died.  It  is  thought  that  he 
remained  at  home  until  he  attained  his  ma- 
jority in  the  spring  of  1637.  All  England  at 
that  time  was  bordering  on  revolution,  and 
many,  even  more  in  preceding  years,  were 
seeking  homes  in  the  new  world.  One  occa- 
sion for  the  unrest  at  this  time  was  the  ship- 
money  tax  demanded  by  the  government  from 
the  inland  as  well  as  the   maritime  counties. 


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45 


and  which  Jnhn  llain|ulcii.  in  the  interests  of 
the  people,  hroiiglil  Ijofoie  tlie  judges  of  the 
exchequer  clianibcr  toward  the  close  of  1636. 
Their  ilecision  greatl\-  exasperated  the  people, 
and  addetl  to  the  general  unrest.  Bromfield, 
in  his  "History  of  Norfolk  County,"  says : 
"At  this  time  ( 1634)  John  Burridge,  Gent, 
of  Norwich,  for  refusing  to  pay  five  pounds 
assessed  upon  him  towards  the  ship,  was  com- 
mitted to  prison,  but  on  payment  was  dis- 
charged. The  ship-money  was  the  beginning 
of  trouble."  It  was  evidently  because  of  this 
unrest  that  John  Burrage  decided  to  leave 
Norton  Subcourse,  and  make  for  himself  a 
home  in  the  new  England  across  the  sea. 
What  share  of  his  father's  estate  he  brought 
with  him,  or  in  what  vessel  he  sailed,  is  not 
known.  The  first  new-world  record  concern- 
ing him  is  found  in  the  town  records  of 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  under  date  of 
1637,  as  follows :  "John  Burrage,  hath  liberty 
to  take  John  Charles'  house  lott  by  goodman 
Blotts.  Good  Thos  Line  had  yielded  him  the 
house  lott  before  good  Charles  in  case  Elias 
Maverick  flid  refuse  it  or  leave  it."  ■  In  the 
following  year,  in  a  record  of  the  possessions 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Charlestown,  occurs  a 
record  concerning  the  possessions  of  John  Bur- 
rage, showing  that  he  had  not  only  a  house 
and  garden  lot  in  Charlestown,  but  several 
parcels  of  land  outside  of  that  place.  In 
Charlestown,  or   vicinity,   he   found   his   wife, 

Mary ,  probably  about  1639.     May  18, 

1642,  he  took  the  freeman's  oath,  having  quali- 
fied for  this  by  uniting  with  the  First  Church 
in  Charlestown,  May  10,  1642.  With  this 
church  his  wife  united  a  year  before.  There 
is  no  record  of  her  death,  but  it  was  subse- 
quent to  1646  and  prior  to  1654.  In  the  year 
1654,  or  early  in  1655,  he  married  Joanna 
Stowers,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Amy  Stow- 
ers,  who  were  of  the  thirty-five  persons  dis- 
missed from  the  church  in  Boston  in  1632, 
forming  the  First  Church  in  Charlestown. 
Nicholas  Stowers  died  May  17,  1646,  and  his 
wife  Amy  died  in  1667-68.  John  Burrage 
died  October  19,  1685,  leaving  an  estate  valued 
at  £246  8s.  3d.  above  indebtedness.  His  widow 
Joanna  died  December  25,  1689.  He  had 
three  children,  as  follows:  By  Mary,  his  first 
wife:  Mary,  born  March  8,  1640,  married 
John  Marshall,  of  Billerica ;  died  November 
30,  1680.  Hannah,  born  November  14,  1643, 
married  John  French,  of  Billerica;  died  July 
17,  1667.  Elizabeth,  married  (first)  Thomas 
Doane ;  (second)  John  Poor,  both  of  Charles- 
town. John,  born  1646,  married,  June  15, 
1675,  Susannah  Cutler:  died  June,  1677.     By 


his  second  wife  Joanna:  Nathaniel,  born  De- 
cember, 1655,  died  December  21,  1056.  Will- 
iam,   born    June    10,     1657,     married     Sarah 

■ — ;  died  1720.    Sarah,  born  November  24, 

1658,  married  William  Johnson.  Bethiah, 
born  May  23,  1661.  Thomas,  born  May  26, 
1663.  Ruth,  born  I'ebruary  28,  1664,  mar- 
ried Ignatius  White.  Joanna,  died  June  16, 
1668.  Of  John  Burrage's  two  surviving  sons, 
William  for  a  while  followed  the  seas,  but  in 
1714  he  was  described  as  "William  Burridge, 
of  Newton,  Husbandman."  He  died  in  1720. 
Flis  children  were :  Elizabeth,  born  June  10, 
1 69 1  (in  Boston),  married,  October  22,  1717, 
John  Cheney.  John,  born  February  11,  1693 
(in  PiOston),  married  (first)  October  9,  1718, 
Lydia  Ward;  (second)  January  17,  1725, 
Sarah  Smith;  died  January  24,  1765.  Sarah, 
born  September  21,  1695  (in  Boston),  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Adams,  of  Newton.  Lydia, 
married,  April  24,  1729,  John  Cheney.  Abi- 
gail, married,  June  2,  1729,  Edward  Prentice. 
Ruth,  married,  October,  1731,  Ebenezer  Se- 
gur. 

(V)   Thomas  (2),  second  surviving  son  of 
John    and   Joanna    (Stowers)    Burrage,   born 
May   26,    1663,   administered   his   father's  es- 
tate.    He   learned    the    carpenter's    trade    at 
Lynn,  and  there  also  he  married,   November 
20,   1687,  Elizabeth   Breed,  by  whom  he  had 
two  sons  and  five  daughters,  namely :   Joanna, 
born  August  20,  1688,  married  Daniel  Mans- 
field;  died  June  8,  1733.     Elizabeth,  born  No- 
vember   20,    1691.      John,    born    January    26, 
1694,    married,    January    i,    1718,    Mehitable 
Largin;  died    May    15,    1761.     Thomas,  bom 
September   19,    1697.     Mary,   born   March   3, 
1699.      Bethiah,   born    May    12,    1704.     Ruth, 
born    February    i,    1707.     Thomas    IBurrage's 
first  wife  died  June  16.  1709,  and  in   1710  or 
171 1    he   married    Elizabeth   Davis,   widow  of 
Robert  Davis.     In  1712  he  was  made  a  deacon 
of  the  church  in  Lynn  and  later  a  selectman. 
To  the  latter  ofifice  he  was  re-elected  several 
times.     In  other  important  positions  he  served 
the  town.     He  died  March  11,  1717.     The  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  amounted  to  £552    14s. 
His  sons,  John  and  Thomas,  were  the  execu- 
tors of  his  will.    John  became  a  deacon  of  the 
church  in  Lynn.    Fie  married,  January  i.  1718, 
Mehitable  Largin,  by   whom  he  had  children 
as  follows:    Elizabeth,  born  October  30,  1721, 
died  September  7,  1793.     Lydia,  born  Novem- 
ber 25,   1723,  married   (first)   April   19,   1750, 
Zaccheus  Norwood;   (second)   May  20,   1763, 
Josiah    Martin.      Mehitable.   born    March    12, 
1725,  died  October   12,   1759.     Bethiah,  born 
1728,   died    May    14,    1728.     John,   born   May 


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23  1730,  did  not  marrv;  died  January  20, 
1780.  Marv,  bora  1733,  died  September  22, 
1751.  Joanna,  born  1735,  died  December  16, 
1751.  Abigail,  born  1737,  died  October  17, 
1740.  , 

(VI)  Thomas  (3),  the  younger  son  of 
Deacon  Thomas  (2)  and  EHzabeth  (Breed) 
Burrage,  bora  in  Lvnn,  September  19,  1697; 
married,  January  30,  1722,  Sarah  Newhall,  of 
Lynn.  Their  children  were  as  follows: 
Desiah,  bora  January  18,  1723,  married,  May 
14  1743,  Edmund  Whittimore.  Thomas,  born 
January  i,  1725,  died  March  8,  1751-  Abijah, 
born  October  27,  1729,  died  in  infancy.  Will- 
iam, born  December  9,  1731,  married,  May 
20,  1760,  Phebe  Barrett,  of  Maiden;  died 
September  23,  1820.  Sarah,  born  December 
8,  1733,  died  September  16,  1752.  Josiah, 
born  April  30,  1736,  married  Susannah  Rams- 
dell;  died  1776.  Susannah,  born  August  20, 
1740,  married.  February,  1775,  Stephen  Wait, 
of  Maiden.  Ruth,  born  May  13,  1744.  died 
September  4.  1745.  Abijah,  bora  July  8,  1745. 
died  1780.  Ruth,  born  October  16,  1746,  died 
January  9,  1748.  Another  child,  born  January 
7,  1748,  died  Tanuarv  9,  1748-  Sarah  (New- 
hall)  Burrage  died  May  14,  1749.  and  Noyem- 
ber  15,  1750,  Thomas  Burrage  married  Anne 
Wayte,  of  Maiden.  A  carpenter  by  trade,  he 
lived  a  useful,  industrious  life,  and  at  his 
death  in  1759  he  left  an  estate  amounting  to 
£724  3s.   lod.  .   . 

(VII)  William,  the  oldest  of  the  surviving 
sons  of  Thomas  (3)  and  Sarah  (Newhall) 
Burrage,  born  in  Lynn,  December  9,  1731, 
married  Phebe  Barrett,  of  Maiden,  May  20, 
1760.  In  1767  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
Leominster,  where  in  the  easterly  part  of  the 
town  he  purchased  a  farm  of  about  sixty  acres 
overlooking  the  valley  of  the  Nashua  river. 
His  children  were:  Sarah,  born  December  31, 
1760,  died  December  3,  1776.  Thomas,  born 
December  4,  1763,  married,  August  21,  1791, 
Abigail  Fairbanks,  of  Templeton ;  died  Octo- 
ber 10,  1828.  Phebe,  born  February  i,  1766, 
died  June  17,  i8og.  William,  born  September 
2,  1768,  married  (first)  February  2,  1792, 
Mary  Joslin,  of  Leominster  ;  (second)  June  21, 
1821,  Roxanna  Sanderson,  of  Lancaster.  Jo- 
siah, born  .\ugust  16.  1770,  married,  March 
7,  1800,  Ruth"  Kilburn,  of  Lunenburg;  died 
November  5,  1856.  Abijah,  born  April  24. 
1773,  died  September  10,  1787.  John,  born 
March  10,  1775,  died  August  15,  1779.  Anna, 
bora  February  4,  1778,  married,  May  5,  18 10, 
Benjamin  Carter,  of  Leominster;  no  children; 
died  March  12.  1851.  Of  these  eight  children 
only  four  survived'  their  father,  viz. :    Thom- 


as, William,  Josiah  and  Anna.  A  good  father 
and  neighbor  and  a  respected  citizen,  he  lived 
to  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-nine  years,  dying 
September  23,  1820.  His  wife  died  May  22, 
1822,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Although  forty- 
four  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  Lexington 
alarm,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  revolution,  he 
served  as  a  private  in  Captain  Nathaniel  Car- 
ter's company,  Colonel  Abijah  Steam's  regi- 
ment, and  later,  in  August,  1777,  he  marched 
with  his  company  from  Leominster  at  the  Ben- 
nington alarm. 

(VIII)  Thomas  (4),  eldest  son  of  William 
(i)  and  Phebe  (Barrett)  Burrage,  was  born  in 
Lynn,  December  4,  1763.    With  the  settlement 
of  the   country    farther   inland,   he    bought   a 
tract   of  wild  land   in   Templeton,   Massachu- 
setts.    He  married.  August  21,   1791,  Abigail 
Fairbanks,   daughter  of  Joseph  and   Asenath 
(Osgood)   Fairbanks,  of  Templeton,  formerly 
of  Harvard.    Abigail  Fairbanks  was  born  Oc- 
tober 28,    1772,  and  through  her   father   and 
mother  was  related  to  the  Prescotts,  Hough- 
tons,  Wilders  and  other  prominent  Lancaster 
families.     Her  father  was  one  of  the  minute- 
men   who   answered   the   Lexington   alarm  in 
1775,  and  the  Bennington  alarm  in  1777.    Her 
grandfather.    Captain    Joseph    Fairbanks,    of 
Harvard,  commanded  the  company  from  that 
town  at  the  time  of  the  Lexington  alarm.    He 
was  a  member  of  the  committee  of  correspond- 
ence   and    safety,    and    also    served    as    town 
treasurer  and   selectman.     He  married   Mary 
Willard,  a  descendant  of  Major  Simon  Wil- 
lard,  the  founder  of  Concord,  and  for  many 
years  the  chief  military  officer  of  the  colony. 
Thomas  and  Abigail  (Fairbanks)  Burrage  had 
twelve    children,    all    bora    in    Templeton,    as 
follows:    Sena,  born   May   19,   1792,   married 
John  Burrage;  died  March   11,   1824.     John, 
born    IMarch    15,    1794,    died    September    25, 
1800.     Abigail,  born  March  12,  1796,  married, 
October  i,  1818,  Horace  Newton,  of  Temple- 
ton; died  September  28,   1850.     Harriet,  born 
March  12,  1798,  married,  November  26,  1829, 
Leonard  Battis ;  died  March  5,  1884.     Thom- 
as,  born   June   6,    1800,   died   July   29,    1826. 
Mary,  born  February  14,  1802;  married.  May 
26,    1825,    Emory    Burrage ;    died    IMarch   26, 
1883.     Sarah,  born  March  26,  1804,  died  Au- 
gust  26.    1804.     Jonathan,    born    IMarch     18, 
1805,   married    (first)    June    19,    1826,   Sarah 
Downe,  of  Fitchburg;  (second)  April  30,  1833, 
Mary   T.   Upton,  o^f  Fitchburg;    (third)    De- 
cember 14,  1841,  Sarah  T.  Farnum ;  died  July 
5,   1854.     Adeline,  born  June   10,   1808,  mar- 
ried, December  30,  1830,  David  Child,  of  Tem- 
pleton ;  died  December  2,    1841.     Joan,  born 


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January  14,  uSio,  nianii.il,  June  29,  184-', 
David  Child;  died  July  15,  1843.  Soplironia, 
born  April  20,  1813.  married,  November  2, 
1835,  James  Cutter  ;\lie(l  March  7,  1841.  An 
infant  son,  born  October -ig,  1817,  died  Octo- 
ber ig,  1817.  In  1820  Thomas  Burras^c  re- 
moved from  Templeton  to  Leominster,  and  on 
his  father's  farm  took  upon  himself  the  care 
of  his  father  and  mother.  'J'here  he  resided 
until  his  death,  October  10,  1828.  Only  one 
of  his  sons,  Jonathan,  survived  him.  His 
widow  died  February  19,  1862,  in  the  Leo- 
minster Burrage  homestead,  having  spent  the 
years  of  her  widowliood  with  her  daughter 
Mary  and  son-in-law  Emory  Burrage. 

(VIII)  Wiliiam  (2),  second  son  of  William 
'(i)  and  Phebe  (Barrett)  Burrage,  born  in 
Leominster,  September  2,  1768,  engaged  in  the 
tanning  and  currying  business  in  Leominster, 
and  by  industry,  energy  and  frugality  pros- 
pered in  his  business  enterprises.  In  1814  he 
was  made  a  deacon  in  the  Blrst  Congregational 
■Church  in  Leominster,  and  filled  other  posi- 
tions of  responsibility  and  trust  in  the  com- 
munity. There  were  six  children  by  his  first 
wife  and  eight  by  his  second  wife,  viz. :  By  his 
first  wife :  Mary  William,  born  November  30, 
1792,  died  February  27,  1795.  Polly,  born 
December  29,  1794,  died  December  10,  1817. 
Leonard,  born  March  14,  1797,  married,  April 

15,  1819,  Mira  Allen  of  Leominster.  Thir.sa, 
born  June  16,  1799,  married,  June  12,  1817, 
Thomas  Stearns:  died  May  24,  1819.  Will- 
iam, born  May  4,  1802,  married,  June  i,  1824, 
Mary  Ann  Richardson,  of  Leominster ;  died 
January  19,  1825.  Caroline,  born  September 
10,  1805,  died  October  22,  .1826.  The  chil- 
dren by  his  second  wife,  Roxanna,  were: 
George  Sanderson,  born  May  15,  1823,  mar- 
ried (first)  April  2,  1844,  IMartha  C.  Phelps; 
(second)  January  i,  185 1,  Aurelia  Chamber- 
hn;  died  May  16,  1S76.  William  F.,  born 
April  5,  1826,  married,  July  25,  1849,  Eve- 
line Lawrence;  died  November  11,  1873. 
Mary  Jane,  born  January  12,  1829,  died  Au- 
gust 22,  1851.  Charles  ^V.,  born  August  25, 
1830,  married,  November  30,  1854,  Sarah  J. 
Hills,  of  Leominster.  Henry  Augustus,  born 
March  29,  1833,  died  April  10,  1838.  Martha 
Ann,  born  March  17,  1835,  married,  February 

16,  1859.  Porter  M.  Kimball :  died  Novem- 
ber 4,  1863.  Henry  Waldo,  born  March  31, 
1840,  died  March  19,  1841.  Dana  Barrett, 
born  September  16,  1842.  died  April  28,  1843. 
William  Burrage  died  in  1844. 

(\TII)  Josiah,  the  third  son  of  William 
(i)  and  Phebe  (Barrett)  Burrage,  was  born 
in    Leominster,    August    16,    1770.      Married, 


March  7,  1800,  Ruth  Kilburn,  daughter  of 
William  Kilburn,  of  Lunenburg,  and  in  the 
year  following  his  marriage  purchased  a  farm 
in  Leominster  adjoining  the  farm  of  his  father. 
Other  acres  from  time  to  time  were  added 
to  the  original  purchase.  Here  they  lived  for 
forty-five  \ears,  and  here  their  thirteen  chil- 
dren were  born  and  reared,  viz.:  John,  born 
October  30,  1800,  married  (first)  1820,  Sena 
Burrage;  (second)  September  17,  1835,  Mary 
Watson ;  died  August  26,  1843.  Emory,  born 
September  18,  1802,  married,  May  26,  1825, 
Mary  Jjurrage;  died  September  3,  1878.  Jo- 
siah, born  July  24,  1804,  married.  May  15, 
1833,  Abigail  Studley,  of  Leicester;  died  July 

28,  1880.  George  Sumner,  born  August  10, 
1806,  married  (first)  May  15,  1831,  Cather- 
ine R.  Smith,  of  Dover;   (second)   September 

15,  1840,  Martha  Ann  Minot,  of  Westminster; 
died  February  25,  1877.  William,  born  May 
14,  1808,  married  (first)  May  14,  1835,  Mary 
Ann  Jackson,  of  Roxbury ;  (second)  March 
31,  1841,  Mary  G.  French,  of  Boston;  died 
November  30,    1859.     Almira,  born  February 

16,  1810.  married,  November  25,  1847,  James 
H.  Marshall,  of  Leominster ;  died  Novembei 
10,  1872.  Sarah  Ann,  born  November  9, 
1811,  married,  May  15,  1834,  David  McClure, 
of  Cambridgeport ;  died  December  14,  1850. 
Joseph,  born  November  16,  1813,  married 
(first)  January  20,  1841,  Frances  S.  Perrin, 
of  Montpelier,  Vermont;  (second)  June  6. 
1861,  Mary  E.  Closson.  of  Thetford,  Ver- 
mont; died  August  30,  1873,  Johnson  Carter, 
born   January    20,    1816,   married,    November 

29,  1838,  Emeline  Brigham,  of  Croton.  2^lar- 
tha,  born  February  4,  1818,  married,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1836,  John  Dallinger  Jr.,  of  Cambridge- 
port;  died  May  5,  1845.  Elizabeth  Smith, 
born  May  2,  1820,  married,  November  26, 
1830,  Peter  Farvvell,  of  Fitchburg.  Alvah  Au- 
gusta, born  May  30,  1823,  married,  May  17, 
1849,  Elizabeth  Amelia  Smith,  of  Groton  ;  died 
November  6,  1893.  Charles  Henry,  born  June 
22,  1825,  married  (first)  October  11,  1853, 
Mary  Greene  Hunt,  of  Boston;  (second)  Oc- 
tober 5,  1864,  Lydia  Love,  of  Philadelphia. 
Josiah  Burrage  spent  the  closing  years  of  his 
long  and  useful  life  at  North  Leominster, 
where  he  erected  a  house  near  that  of  his  son 
George,  and  where  he  died,  honored  by  all 
his  fellow  townsmen,  November  5,  1856. 

(IX)  Jonathan,  only  surviving  son  of 
Thomas  (4)  and  Abigail  (Fairbanks)  Bur- 
rage, was  born  in  Templeton,  Massachusetts, 
March  18.  1805.  He  learned  the  trade  of  a 
house  painter  in  earlv  life ;  later,  in  Fitch- 
burg, he  directed  his  atteiUion  to  the  painting 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


and  decoration  of  bellows ;  and  later  still  he 
became  a  manufacturer  of  varnish.  As  his 
business  increased  he  removed  to  Cambridge- 
port,  where  he  manufactured  varnish  for 
wholesale  dealers  in  Boston.  After  a  few 
years  of  business  success,  he  purchased  in 
Leominster  the  homestead  of  his  uncle,  Will- 
iam Burrage,  and  removed  his  family  there, 
while  continuing  his  business  as  a  manufac- 
turer of  varnish  in  Brighton.  His  business  in- 
terests compelled  him  at  length  to  give  up  the 
homestead  property,  and  he  made  his  residence 
in  Roxbury  thenceforward,  continuing  the 
manufacture  of  varnish  there  until  his  death, 
July  5,  1854,  at  the  age  of  forty-nine  years. 
Industrious,  energetic,  kindhearted,  he  pos- 
sessed the  genial,  sanguine  temperament  of  his 
father ;  and  though  diligent  in  business  he 
took  an  active  interest  in  the  religious  and  po- 
litical movements  of  the  day.  In  the  list  of 
members  of  the  Fitchburg  Philosophical  So- 
ciety in  1830,  his  name  is  found  among  the 
names  of  the  prominent  men  in  the  town  at 
that  time.  His  children  were  as  follows :  By 
his  first  wife,  Sarah  (Downe)  Burrage: 
Leonard  Downe,  born  June  26,  1832.  By  his 
second  wife,  Mary  Thurston  (Upton)  Bur- 
rage, daughter  of  Joseph  Upton,  of  Fitch- 
burg, the  children  were :  Thomas  Fairbanks, 
born  July  4,  1834.  Henry  Sweetser,  born 
January  7,  1837.  William  Upton,  born  De- 
cember 22,  1838,  died  August  12,  1839.  Ed- 
win Augustus,  born  November  21,  1840,  died 
September  15,  1841.  By  his  third  wife,  Sarah 
T.  ( Farnum )  Burrage,  the  children  were : 
Mary  Abigail,  born  November  10,  1842. 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Tilton,  born  November  2, 
1844.  Martha  Sophronia,  born  December  22, 
1846.     Harriet  Adeline,  born  March  2,  1851. 

(X)  Leonard  Downe,  only  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Sarah  (Downe)  Burrage,  born  in  Fitch- 
burg, June  26,  1832,  attended  the  schools  in 
Fitchburg  and  Cambridge,  and  then  engaged 
in  business,  being  associated  with  his  father 
in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  varnish.  When 
about  twenty-one  years  of  age,  while  on  a 
business  trip  to  New  York,  he  stopped  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  made  sales,  and 
was  not  again  heard  from.  No  further  trace 
of  him  could  be  found,  though  diligent  search 
was  made.  He  was  a  young  man  of  the  most 
exemplary  habits,  of  great  promise,  and  noth- 
ing in  connection  with  his  mysterious  disap- 
pearance has  ever  been  revealed. 

(X)  Thomas  Fairbanks,  oldest  son  of  Jona- 
than and  Mary  T.  (Upton)  Burrage,  born  in 
Fitchburg,  ^Massachusetts,  July  4,  1834,  suc- 
ceeded in    1854  to  his  father's  business  as  a 


manufacturer  of  varnish,  and  was  happily  set- 
tled in  Roxbury,  Jvlassachusetts,  when  the 
civil  war  opened.  His  family  and  business  re- 
lations alone  restrained  him  from  entering  the 
military  service  at-  the  beginning  of  the  con- 
flict. But  as  the  call  for  more  men  became 
urgent,  he  at  length  found  himself  unable  to 
turn  a  deaf  ear  to  what  he  believed  to  be  the 
call  of  duty,  and  July  29,  1862,  he  wrote: 
"The  time  has  come  when  I  can  no  longer  en- 
joy the  peace  and  comfort  of  my  pleasant 
home  without  a  sense  of  shame  and  dishonor. 
My  country  calls  for  my  aid  and  I  cannot  with- 
hold it."  He  accordingly  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Company  C,  Forty-first  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  and  soon  was  appointed  ser- 
geant. The  regiment  when  organized  and 
equipped  was  ordered  to  the  Department  of 
the  Gulf,  and  landed  at  Baton  Rouge,  Louisi- 
ana, December  17,  1862.  While  in  camp  there 
he  was  taken  ill  and  removed  to  the  hospital. 
Not  long  ^fter  a  forward  movement  was 
thought  to  be  impending,  and  without  having 
fully  recovered  he  returned  to  his  regiment. 
Again  he  was  ordered  to  the  hospital,  and 
again  impatient  to  be  with  the  regiment,  he 
asked  the  privilege  of  returning.  This  was 
unwisely  granted.  The  disease  had  fastened 
itself  so  strongly  upon  him  that  further  medi- 
cal aid  was  unavailing,  and  he  died  in  the  hos- 
pital at  Baton  Rouge,  April  29,  1863.  The 
officers  of  his  regiment  bore  beautiful  testi- 
mony to  his  worth  as  a  man  and  a  soldier,  as 
also  did  his  fellow  citizens  at  home.  In  the 
following  winter  the  remains  were  brought  to 
Roxbury,  and  after  fitting  funeral  services, 
were  laid  to  rest  in  Forest  Hills  cemetery.  His 
children  were  as  follows :  Henry  Thompson, 
born  October  27,  1857.  William  Edwin,  born 
July  15,  1859.  Charles  Albert,  born  Septem- 
ber 20,  i860,  died  September  25,  i860.  Henry 
Thompson  Burrage  is  an  engineer  connected 
with  the  office  of  the  city  engineer  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  William  Edwin  Bur- 
rage is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Cam- 
bridge Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company,  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts. 

(X)  Henry  Sweetser,  second  son  of  Jona- 
than and  Mary  T.  (LIpton)  Burrage,  born  in 
Fitchburg,  Januarv'  7,  1837,  after  his  father's 
removal  to  Roxbury  attended  the  Chauncey 
Hall  School  in  Boston.  Later  he  fitted  for 
college  at  Pierce  Academy  at  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts,  and  entered  Brown  University 
in  the  autumn  of  1857.  He  w'as  graduated  in 
1861  with  Phi  Beta  Kappa  rank,  and  was  the 
first  of  his  class.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he  en- 
tered Newton  Theological  Institution  at  New- 


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ton  Center,  Massachusetts,  with  the  Christian 
ministry  in  view ;  but  he  iiad  completed  only 
one  year  of  his  course  when  the  urgent  call  of 
President  Lincoln  for  more  men,  which  had 
stirred  so  ileeply  the  heart  of  his  brother 
Thomas,  stirred  his  heart,  and  he  asked  and 
obtained  from  the  Theological  Institution  a 
leave  of  absence  in  order  to  enter  the  military 
service.  August  i,  1862,  while  visiting  rela- 
tives in  Fitchburg,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  A,  Thirty-sixth  Massachusetts  \'ol- 
unleer  Infantry.  In  a  few  days  he  was  made 
a  sergeant,  and  before  the  regiment  left  the 
stale  he  received  an  appointment  as  sergeant- 
major.  The  regiment  left  for  the  seat  of  war 
September  2,  and  on  its  arrival  in  Washing- 
ton was  assigned  to  the  Ninth  Corps,  then  with 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  After  service  in 
that  army  the  corps  was  transferred  to  the 
west  and  was  with  Crant  at  \  icksburg,  after- 
ward with  Sherman  in  the  Jackson  campaign, 
later  in  East  Tennessee  and  at  the  siege  of 
Knoxvillc.  Returning  with  the  corps  again 
to  Virginia  in  the  spring  of  1864,  Sergeant- 
Alajor  Burrage,  who  meanwhile  had  been 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  and  first  lieu- 
tenant, was  wounded  in  the  right  shoulder  at 
Cold  Harbor,  June  3,  and  while  he  was  at 
home  on  account  of  his  wound  he  v.'as  com- 
missioned captain.  Returning  to  his  regiment 
in  September,  he  was  captured  at  Petersburg, 
November  i,  and  was  a  prisoner  at  Richmond 
and  Danville  until  February  22,  1865.  His 
last  service  was  as  acting  adjutant  general  on 
the  stafif  of  General  John  I.  Curtin,  command- 
ing the  First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Ninth 
-Army  Corps.  After  the  great  review  in  Wash- 
ington, he  returned  to  Massachusetts  with  his 
regiment,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  service 
June  8,  1865.  March  13,  1865,  he  was 
brevetted  major  of  the  United  States  Volun- 
teers "for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  in 
the  campaign  from  the  Rapidan  to  the  James." 
In  the  autumn  of  1865  he  resumed  his  studies 
at  Newton,  and  was  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1867.  While  at  Newton  he  prepared  and 
published  "Brown  University  in  the  Civil 
War."  He  then  went  to  Germany  for  the  pur- 
pose of  continuing  his  theological  studies  at 
the  University  at  Halle.  Returning  to  this 
country  in  1869,  lie  accepted  a  call  to  the  pas- 
torate of  the  Baptist  church  in  Waterville, 
Maine,  where  he  remained  until  October,  1873, 
when  he  returned  to  Portland,  and  became 
editor  and  proprietor  of  Zion's  Advocate. 
While  engaged  in  editorial  work,  he  pub- 
lished in  1879  "The  Act  of  Baptism  in  the 
History  of  the  Christian  Church."  in  1882,  ".\ 


Histor}  of  the  Anabaptists  of  Switzerland," 
in  1887,  "Rosicr's  Relation  of  Waymoutii's 
Voyage  to  the  Coast  of  Maine  in  1605,"  with 
introductions  and  notes;  in  1888,  "Baptist 
Hymn  W' riters  and  Tlieir  Hymns" ;  in  1894, 
"A  History  of  the  Baptists  in  New  England"; 
in  190^,  "History  of  the  Baptists  in  Maine." 
He  was  also  the  author  of  many  historical 
papers  contributed  to  magazines  and  reviews, 
etc.  For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  he 
was  the  recording  secretary  of  the  American 
Baptist  Missionary  Union,  and  for  about  the 
same  length  of  time  he  was  recording  secre- 
tary of  the  Maine  Baptist  Missionary  Conven- 
tion. He  was  for  many  years  the  secretary  of 
the  Maine  Society  of  the  .Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution.  He  was  also  the  first  secretary 
of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in  the  state 
of  Maine.  Since  i88y  he  has  been  the  re- 
corder of  the  Maine  Commandery  of  the  iMili- 
tary  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United 
States;  and  since  1901  he  has  been  the  chap- 
lain-in-chief of  the  order.  January  i,  1905, 
he  became  chaplain  of  the  Eastern  Branch  of 
the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer 
Soldiers.  In  1906  he  publisl:ed  through 
George  P.  Putnam's  Sons  his  "Gettysburg  and 
Lincoln,"  and  through  Charles  Scribner's  Sons 
his  "Early  English  and  French  Voyages."  In 
1907  he  received  from  Governor  Cobb,  of 
Alaine,  an  appointment  as  State  Historian. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety, the  American  Historical  Association, 
National  Geographical  Society,  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United 
States,  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution  and  the  Lincoln 
Fellowship.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  New- 
ton Theological  Institution  and  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Fellows  of  Brown  University. 
In  1883  Brown  University  conferred  on  him 
the  honorory  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity. 
His  children  are  as  follows :  By  his  first  wife, 
Caroline  [Champlin)  Burrage,  whom  he  mar- 
ried ]\Iay  19,  1873,  Champlin,  Thomas  Jayne. 
By  his  second  wife,  Ernestine  Male  (Gid- 
dings)  Burrage,  whom  he  married  November 
8,  1881  :  Margaret  Ernestine,  born  May  22, 
1883,  died  October  20,  1888;  .Mildred  Gid- 
dings,  born  May  18,  1890;  and  Madeline,  born 
December  19.   1891. 

(XI)  Champlin,  elder  son  of  Henry  .S.  and 
Caroline  (Champlin)  Burrage,  was  born  in 
Portland,  Maine,  April  14.  1874.  His  mother 
was  the  only  daughter  of  the  Rev.  James  Tift 
and  Mary  Ann  (Pierce)  Champlin,  of  Water- 
ville, Maine.  Dr.  Champlin  was  for  many 
years   president    of    Colby     University     (now 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Colby  College),  and  a  well-known  author  of 
college  textbooks.     Through  his  grandfather 
and  grandmother,   Champlin  Burrage  is  con- 
nected with  many  Rhode  Island  families.     He 
prepared   for  college    at    the    Portland    high 
school,  and  at  graduation  received  one  of  the 
Brown  medals.     He  next  entered  Brown  Uni- 
versity, and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1896.     During  his   university  course  he   was 
for  two  years  an  editor  of  the  Brunonian.  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  So- 
ciety   (first   division),   and   at   his   graduation 
received  the  medal  of  the   Rhode  Island  So- 
ciety of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
for  the   best  essay  of  the  "Principles  of  the 
American    Revolution."      He   then   studied   at 
the  Newton  Theological  Institution  at  Newton 
Center,    Massachusetts,   until    the    summer   of 
1899,  when  he  went  abroad  to  continue  work 
along   historical   lines.      After   an   absence   of 
two  years,  chiefly  spent  in  the  universities  of 
Marburg  and  Berlin,  and  the  last  part  of  which 
was  spent   in    Italy,  Greece  and   England,  he 
returned    to    this    country    and    prepared    for 
publication  a  work  entitled  "The  Origin  and 
Development  of  the  Church   Covenant  Idea." 
This  was  published   in   1904.      Meanwhile  he 
returned  to  England  for  other  research  work 
in    various    libraries    of    Cambridge,    Oxford, 
London,  etc.,  and   for  three  successive   years 
he   held  the   foreign    research    fellowship    of 
Newton  Theological  Institution.    In  the  course 
of  his  investigations  he  discovered  three  origi- 
nal manuscripts  of  Robert  Brown,  the  father 
of  Congregationalism.     In   1904  he  published 
in  London,  through  the  Congregational  His- 
torical   Society   of   England,   "A    New    Years 
Guift,   and   hitherto  Lost   Treatise  by   Robert 
Browne."     In  1906,  at  the  Oxford  University 
Press,  he  published  "The  True  Story  of  Rob- 
ert Browne,"   and  in    i(P7,  also  at  the   same 
Press,  he  published  "The  'Retractation'  of  Rob- 
ert Browne."     The  new  material  contained  in 
these   publications    has   compelled   the   almost 
entire  rewriting  of  Browne's  life.     Mr.  Bur- 
rage  married  at  Oxford,  England,  September 
3,    1907,   Florence  Dwight  Dale,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  Dana  Dale,  of  ]\Iont- 
clair.  New  Jersey,  formerly  of  Marietta,  Ohio, 
and  at  present  is  continuing  advanced  research 
work  under  the  supervision  of  Professor  C.  H. 
Firth,  M.  A.,  of  Oxford  University. 

(XI)  Thomas  Jayne,  second  son  of  Henry 
S.  and  Caroline  (Champlin)  Burrage.  was 
born  in  Portland.  Maine,  November  15,  1875. 
He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Portland 
high  school,  and  at  his  graduation  was  a  reci- 


pient of  one  of  the  Brown  medals.  He  en- 
tered Brown  L'niversity  in  1894,  and  was 
graduated  A.  B.,  with  Phi  Beta  Kappa  rank,  in 
1898.  After  graduation  he  pursued  graduate 
studies  at  Brown  one  year,  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  A.  M.,  and  then  entered  the  Harvard 
Medical  School.  In  1903  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  from  Harvard  LTniversity.  A 
year  and  a  half  he  spent  as  an  interne  at  the 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital.  In  1904  he 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Portland.  Lie  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Medicine,  the  American  Medical 
Association,  the  Maine  Medical  Association, 
an  instructor  in  histology  in  the  Medical 
School  of  Maine,  physician  to  the  Female  Or- 
phan Asylum,  Portland,  pathologist  to  the 
Maine  General  Hospital,  physician  to  the 
Portland  Tuberculosis  Class,  physician  to  the 
Portland  Charitable  Dispensary,  etc.  He  has 
prepared  several  papers  for  medical  journals. 
June  12,  1906,  he  married  Harriet  Greene 
Dyer,  daughter  of  Mr,  William  and  Lilian 
(Greene)  Dyer,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

(X)  Mary  Abigail,  eldest  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Sarah  T.  (Farnum)  Burrage, 
was  born  in  Fitchburg,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 10,  1842.  She  married,  November  8, 
1 871,  Oscar  H.  Evans,  of  South  Royalston, 
Massachusetts.  A  lover  of  good  literature  and 
fond  of  children,  she  was  a  frequent  contribu- 
tor to  the  Youth's  Companion.  She  died  at 
South  Royalston,  January  13,  1873. 

(X)  Sarah  Elizabeth  Tilton,  second  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  T.  (Farnum)  Bur- 
rage, was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
November  2,  1844.  March  15,  1856,  she  was 
adopted  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Palmer, 
of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and  her  name  was 
changed  to  Sarah  Burrage  Palmer.  Her  home 
for  many  years  was  in  Roxbury.  She  is  now 
a  resident  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts. 

(X)  Martha  Sophronia,  third  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Sarah  T.  (Farnum)  Burrage, 
was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 22,  1846.  She  died  in  Roxbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  13,   1861. 

(X)  Harriet  Adeline,  youngest  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Sarah  T.  (Farnum)  Burrage, 
was  born  in  West  Boylston,  Massachusetts, 
March  2,  1 851.  May  12,  1881,  she  was  mar- 
ried in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  to  Robert 
F.  Johnson,  of  Saginaw,  Michigan.  In  that 
city  the  remainder  of  her  life  was  spent.  She 
was  the  mother  of  three  children,  all  of  whom 
died  young.  Mrs.  Johnson  died  in  .Saginaw, 
February  25,  1900. 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


51 


Tlic  lineage  of  a  very  large 
PUTNAM     part  of  I'utnams  of  New  Kng- 

laiul  is  traced  to  John  rutnani, 
tile  immigrant,  the  ancestor  of  several  promi- 
nent citizens  of  the  early  days  of  Massachu- 
setts. The  name  comes  from  I'uttenham,  a 
place  in  England,  and  this  perhaps  from  the 
Flemish  word  piitte,  "a  well,"  plural  puttcn 
and  IhiiH.  signifying  a  "home,"  and  the  whole 
indicating  a  settlement  h)-  a  well.  Some  four 
or  five  years  after  the  settlement  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  it  became  necessary  to  extend 
the  area  of  the  town  in  order  to  accommodate 
a  large  number  of  immigrants  who  were  de- 
sirous of  locating  within  its  jurisdiction,  and 
as  a  consequence  farming  communities  were 
established  at  various  points,  some  of  them 
being  considerable  distance  from  the  center  of 
population.  Several  families  newly  arrived 
from  England  founded  a  settlement  which 
they  called  Salem  X'illage,  and  the  place  was 
known  as  such  for  more  than  a  hundred 
years.  It  is  now  called  Danvers.  Among  the 
original  settlers  of  Salem  Village  was  John 
Putnam.  He  was  the  American  progenitor  of 
the  Putnams  in  New  England,  and  among  his 
descendants  were  the  distinguished  revolution- 
ary generals,  Israel  and  Rufus  Putnam.  Much 
valuable  information  relative  to  the  early  his- 
torv  of  the  family  is  to  be  found  in  the  "Essex 
Institute  Collection."  In  common  with  most 
of  the  inhabitants,  they  suffered  from  the 
witchcraft  delusion  but  were  not  seriously  af- 
fected. 

(I)  The  first  ancestor  of  whom  definite 
knowledge  is  obtainable  is  Rodger  a  tenant  of 
Pultenham  in  1086. 

(II)  The  second  generation  is  represented 
by  Galo  of  the  same  locality. 

(III)  Richard,  born  1154,  died  1189,  pre- 
sented the  living  of  the  church  of  Puttenham 
to  the  prior  and  canons  of  Ashby. 

(R')  Simon  de  Puttenham  was  a  knight  of 
Herts  in  1199. 

(V)  Ralph  de  Puttenham  a  juryman  in 
1 199  held  a  knight's  fee  in  Puttenham  of  the 
honor  of  Leicester  in  1210-12. 

(\I)  William  de  Puttenham  is  the  next  in 
line. 

(YH)  John  de  Puttenham  was  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Puttenham  in  1291  and  was  a  son 
of  William.  His  wife  "Lady  of  Puttenham, 
held  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Puttenham  of  the 
honor  of  Wallingford  in  1303." 

(VIII)  Sir  Rodger  de  Puttenham,  son  of 
the  Lady  of  Puttenham,  was  born  prior  to 
1272,  and  with  his  wife  Alina  had  a  grant  of 
lands  in   Penne  in   131 5.     He  was  sheriff  of 


Herts  in  1322,  in  which  year  he  supported  Ed- 
w^ard  II  against  the  Mortimers.  His  wife, 
perhaps  identical  with  Helen,  is  called  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Spigornel,  and  was  married  (sec- 
ond) to  Thomas  de  la  Hay,  King's  commis- 
sioner, knight  of  tlie  sheer,  in  1337,  who 
held  Puttenham  with  reversion  to  the  heirs 
of  Rodger  Puttenham,  and  land  in  Penne  in 
right  of  his  wife. 

(IX)  Sir  Rodger  de  Puttenham  was  par- 
doned by  the  king  in  1338,  probably  on  ac- 
count of  some  political  offense.  The  next 
year  he  was  a  follower  of  Sir  John  de  Molyns, 
and  was  knight  of  the  sheer  from  1355  to 
1374.  He  had  a  grant  of  remainder  after  the 
death  of  Christian  Bordolfe  of  the  manor  of 
Long  Marston,  in  1370-71.  He  had  a  second 
wife,  Marjorie,  in  1370. 

(X)  Robert,  son  of  Sir  Rodger  de  Putten- 
ham, in  1346,  held  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in 
Marston,  which  the  Lady  of  Puttenham  held. 
He  was  living  in  1356. 

(XI)  William,  son  of  Robert  de  Puttenham 
of  Puttenham  and  Penne,  was  commissioner 
of  the  peace  for  Herts  in  1377,  and  was  called 
"of  Berk  Hampstead."  He  was  sergeant-at- 
arms  in  1376.  He  married  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  John  de  Warbleton,  who  died  in  1375, 
when  his  estates  of  Warbleton,  Sherfield,  etc., 
passed  to  the  Putnams.  They  had  children: 
Henry,  Robert  and  William. 

(X'll)  Henry,  son  of  William  and  Margaret 
(Warbleton)  de  Puttenham,  was  near  sixty 
years  of  age  in  1468,  and  died  July  6,  1473. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Jeffrey  Good- 
luck,  who  died  in  i486,  and  was  probably  his 
second  wife. 

(XIII)  William,  eldest  son  of  Henry  Put- 
tenham, was  in  possession  of  Puttenham, 
Penne,  Sherfield  and  other  estates.  He  was 
buried  in  London,  and  his  will  was  proved 
Julv  23,  1492.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of 
John  Hampden,  of  Hampden,  who  was  living 
in  i486.  They  had  sons:  Sir  George,  Thom- 
as and  Nicholas. 

(XIV)  Nicholas,  third  son  of  William  and 
Ann  Puttenham,  and  Penne,  in  1534,  bore  the 
same  arms  as  his  elder  brother,  Sir  George. 
He  had  sons :    John  and  Henry. 

(XV)  Henry,  younger  son  of  Nicholas  Put- 
nam, was  named  in  the  will  of  his  brother 
John,  in  1526. 

(XVI)  Richard,  son  of  Henry  Putnam,  was 
of  Eddelsboro  in  1524,  and  owned  land  in 
Slapton.  His  will  was  proved  February  26, 
1557,  and  he  left  a  widow  Joan.  He  had  sons : 
Harry  and  John. 

(X'\'II)    John,  second  son  of  Richard  and 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Joan  Putnam,  of  Wingrave  and  Slapton,  was 
buried  October  2,  1573,  and  his  will  was 
proved  November  14  following.  His  wife 
Margaret  was  buried  January  27,  1668.  They 
had  sons;  Nicholas,  Richard,  Thomas  and 
John. 

(XVTII)  Nicholas,  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Margaret  Putnam,  of  Windgrave  and  Stuke- 
ley,  died  before  September  27,  1598,  on  which 
date  his  will  was  proved.  His  wife  Margaret 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Goodspeed.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  in  1614,  William  Huxley,  and 
died  January  8,  1619.  They  had  children: 
John,  Anne,  Elizabeth,  Thomas  and  Richard. 

(I)  John,  eldest  son  of  Nicholas  and  Mar- 
garet (Goodspeed)  Putnam,  was  of  the  nine- 
teenth generation  in  the  English  line,  and  first 
of  the  American  line.  He  was  born  about 
1580,  and  died  suddenly  in  Salem  Village,  now 
Danvers,  Massachusetts,  December  30,  1662, 
aged  about  eighty  years.  It  is  known  that  he 
was  resident  of  Aston  Abbotts,  England,  as 
late  as  1627,  as  the  date  of  the  baptism  of  the 
youngest  son  shows,  but  just  when  he  came 
to  New  England  is  not  known.  Family  tra- 
dition is  responsible  for  the  date  1634,  and 
the  tradition  is  known  to  have  been  in  the 
family  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  years.  In 
1 64 1,  new  style,  John  Putnam  was  granted 
land  in  Salem.  He  was  a  farmer  and  exceed- 
ingly well  oiT  for  those  times.  He  wrote  a 
fair  hand,  as  deeds  on  file  show.  In  these 
deeds  he  styled  himself  "yeoman" ;  once,  in 
1655,  "husbandman."  His  land  amounted  to 
two  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  and  was  situated 
between  Davenport's  hill  and  Potter's  hill. 
John  Putnam  was  admitted  to  the  church  in 
1647,  six  years  later  than  his  wife,  and  was 
also  a  freeman  the  same  year.  The  town  of 
Salem  in  1 6.^14  voted  that  a  patrol  of  two  men 
be  appointed  each  Lord's  day  to  walk  forth 
during  worship  and  take  notice  of  such  who 
did  not  attend  service  and  who  were  idle,  etc., 
and  to  present  such  cases  to  the  magistrate ;  all 
of  those  appointed  were  men  of  standing  in 
the  community.  For  the  ninth  dav  John  Put- 
nam and  John  Hathorne  were  appointed.  The 
following  account  of  the  death  of  John  Put- 
nam was  written  in  1733  by  his  grandson  Ed- 
ward :  "He  ate  his  supper,  went  to  prayer  with 
his  family  and  died  before  he  went  to  sleep." 
He  married, -in  England,  Priscilla  (perhaps 
Gould),  who  was  admitted  to  the  church  in 
Salem  in  1641.  Their  children,  baptized  at 
Aston  Abbotts,  were:  Elizabeth;  Thomas, 
grandfather  of  General  Israel  Putnam,  of  the 
revolutionary  war;  John.  Nathaniel,  .Sara, 
Phoebe  and  John. 


(II)  Captain  John  (2),  second  son  and 
third  child  of  John  (i)  and  Priscilla  (Gould) 
Putnam,  was  born  at  Aston  Abbotts,  in  Alay, 
1627;  buried  in  Salem  Village,  April  7,  1710. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1665 ;  served 
as  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1679;  and 
was  captain  of  a  local  militia  company.   March 

7,  1650,  he  married  Rebecca  Prince,  stepdaugh- 
ter of  John  Gedney,  and  sister  of  Robert 
Prince,  of  Salem  Village.  Children  :  Rebecca, 
Sarah,  Priscilla,  Jonathan,  James,  Hannah, 
Eleazer,  John,  Susanna  and  Ruth. 

(HI)  Captain  Jonathan,  fourth  child  and 
eldest  son  of  Captain  John  (2)  and  Rebecca 
(Prince)  Putnam,  was  born  in  Salem  Village, 
March  17,  1659;  died  there  March  2,  1739. 
He  erected  a  dwelling  house  on  the  Topsfield 
road,  not  far  from  his  father's  homestead,  and 
it  is  recorded  that  he  was  a  farmer  in  ex- 
cellent circumstances.  He  married  (first) 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
Whipple.  She  died  in  early  womanhood,  and 
the  oldest  inscription  in  the  Wadsworth  bury- 
ing-grornd  reads  as  follows :  "Here  lyes  the 
body  of  Elizabeth,  ye  wife  of  Jonathan  Put- 
nam, aged  about  22  years ;  Deceased  ye  7th  of 
August,  1682."  Jonathan  married  (second) 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Elizabeth 
(Whipple)  Potter,  of  Ipswich,  2^Iassachusetts. 
Her  will  was  made  September  14,  1742,  and 
proved  April  8,  1745.  His  first  wife  bore  him 
one  son,  Samuel,  who  died  in  infancy.  The 
children  of  his  second  union  were :  Lydia, 
Elizabeth.  Ruth,  Susanna,  Jonathan,  Esther, 
Jeremiah  (died  in  infancy),  Joshua  (died  in 
infancy)  and  David. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  fifth  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Captain  Jonathan  (1)  and  L}-dia  (Pot- 
ter) Putnam,  was  born  in  Salem  Milage,  May 

8,  1691.  He  was  a  lifelong  resident  of  Salem 
Village  and  a  prosperous  farmer.  He  died 
January  17,  1732.  He  married,  about  1714, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
Putnam.  In  1736  she  became  the  second  wife 
of  Captain  Benjamin  Holton,  son  of  Benjrunin 
and  Sarah  Holton,  of  Salem.  He  died  in  1744, 
and  the  following  year  his  widow  married 
(third)  Edward  Carlton,  of  Haverhill.  Jona- 
than Putnam  was  the  father  of  seven  children : 
Jonathan,  died  in  infancy ;  a  second  Jonathan  ; 
Nathaniel :  David ;  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy ; 
Marv,  and  another  Elizabeth. 

(\')  Jonathan  (3),  second  child  of  Jona- 
than (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Putnam)  Putnam, 
was  born  in  Salem  \'illagc,  July  13,  1715;  was 
baptized  July  31  that  year,  and  died  December 
I,  1762.  He  was  one  of  the  prominent  men 
of  the  village  at  the  time  of  its  incorporation 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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as  the  town  of  Daiivers  (1757),  ainl  licid  some 
of  the  town  offices,  such  as  tythiiigman,  con- 
stable, etc.  November  2,  1736,  he  married 
Sarah  Perley,  born  Alay  12,  1716,  daughter 
of  Lieutenant  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Good- 
hue) Perley,  of  Bo.Kfonl,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
tlren:  Jeremiah,  .Sarah,  Jonathan,  Hannah, 
Elizabeth,  Lydia.  Nathan,  Levi,  i'erley  and 
Aaron. 

(\T)  Captain  Jeremiah,  eldest  child  of  Jona- 
than (3)  and  Samh  (Perley)  Putnam,  was 
born  in  Salem  X'illage,  October  31,  1737.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  entered  the  col- 
onial militia  for  service  in  the  h'rench  and  In- 
dian war,  serving  in  Captain  Andrew  Fuller's 
company  from  February  to  December,  1756,  in 
the  expedition  to  Crown  Point.  He  also 
served  under  Captain  Fuller  from  March  to 
November,  1758,  and  April  6  of  the  following 
year  he  reenlisted  in  Colonel  Plaisted's  regi- 
ment. As  a  member  of  Captain  Jeremiah 
Paige's  company  he  responded  to  the  Lexing- 
ton alarm,  April  19,  1775,  and  May  11  of  that 
year  he  enlisted  in  the  continental  army  as  a 
sergeant.  He  was  subsequently  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  ensign,  and  while  serving  as  such 
in  the  disastrous  operations  on  Long  Island 
under  Colonel  Hutchinson,  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner by  the  British.  He  was  finally  mustered 
out  with  the  rank  of  captain,  having  attained 
the  record  of  being  a  brave  and  efficient  officer. 
His  gravestone  in  the  Plains  cemetery  at  Dan- 
vers  bears  the  following  inscription  :  "Captain 
Jeremiah  Putnam,  who  died  September  16, 
1799,  aged  62.  An  officer  under  the  immortal 
VVashington."  On  February  3,  1763,  he  mar- 
ried Rachel  Fuller;  children:  Thomas,  Eunice, 
Jeremiah,  Apphia,  Elijah,  Levi  and  Rachel. 

(\'II)  Captain  Thomas,  eldest  child  of  Cap- 
tain Jeremiah  and  Rachel  (F"uller)  Putnam. 
was  born  in  Danvers,  October  8,  1763.  As  a 
youth  he  went  to  sea,  and  becoming  a  master 
mariner,  was  for  many  years  in  command  of 
vessels  hailing  from  Salem.  He  died  in  Dan- 
vers January  22,  1822.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Salem  Marine  Society.  He  married  Mary 
Fitts,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts  (baptized 
May  15,  1763),  daughter  of  James  and  Alary 
(Dutch)  Fitts.  She  was  a  descendant  in  the 
sixth  generation  of  Robert  Fitts  through  (II) 
Abraham,  (III)  Richard,  (IV)  Isaac,  (V) 
James.  Robert  Fitts,  an  immigrant  from  Eng- 
land, was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  going  there  in  1640  and  re- 
ceiving land  grants.  In  1662  he  removed  to 
Ipswich,  where  he  died  May  9,  1665,  leaving 
a  widow  Grace,  and  a  son  Abraham.  The 
latter  married   (first)    Sarah   Thompson,   and 


(.second)  Rebecca  Uirdly.  The  children  of  his 
first  union  were :  Sarah,  died  young ;  Abra- 
ham;  Robert,  died  in  infancy;  and  another 
Sarah.  Those  of  his  second  marriage  were: 
Robert,  Richard  and  Isaac.  Richard  Fitts, 
thiril  son  of  Abraham  and  Rebecca  (Birdly) 
F'itts,  married  Sarah  Thorne,  and  settled  in 
Salisbury.  His  children  were :  Isaac,  Sarah, 
Nathaniel,  Martha,  Richard,  Ward,  Daniel  and 
Jerusha.  Isaac  F'itts,  eldest  child  of  Richard 
and  Sarah  (Thorne)  Fitts,  resided  in  Salem 
and  Ipswich.  The  Christian  name  of  his  first 
wife  was  Bethia ;  he  married  (second)  Mrs. 
Mary  Noyes,  a  widow,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Judith  (March)  Thorley,  of  Newbury, 
Massachusetts.  His  first  wife  bore  him  twelve 
children  :  Isaac,  Rebecca,  Bethia,  John,  Sarah, 
Jeremiah,  Ruth,  Abigail  (died  young),  George 
(died  in  infancy),  James,  Abraham,  and  an- 
other George.  Of  his  second  union  there  was 
one  daughter,  Abigail.  James  Fitts,  fifth  son 
and  tenth  child  of  Isaac  and  Bethia  F'itts,  was 
born  in  1718.  He  married  i\Irs.  ^^lary  Dutch, 
of  Ipswich,  a  widow,  and  reared  five  children: 
Abigail,  Hannah,  Sarah,  James  and  Mary. 
The  latter  became  the  wife  of  Captain  Thomas 
Putnam,  as  previously  stated.  They  were  the 
parents  of  seven  sons  and  two  daughters.  Six 
of  the  sons  followed  the  sea. 

(VIII)  Jeremiah  S.,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Fitts)  Putnam,  was  born  in  Danvers, 
Massachusetts,  November  29,  1797,  and  died 
April  5,  1877.  He  was  graduated  from  Bow- 
doin  College,  and  while  studying  medicine  be- 
gan to  teach  school  in  the  town  of  York.  At 
the  conclusion  of  his  studies  he  settled  perma- 
nently in  that  town.  He  bought  out  the  heirs 
of  the  Samuel  Sewall  estate,  which  was  after- 
ward occupied  by  his  son  and  grandchildren. 
Dr.  Putnam  resided  in  York  about  fifty-six 
years,  of  which  fifty-four  were  spent  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  eminent  and  popular  medical  men  of  his 
day.  The  magnitude  of  his  practice  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  he  assisted  at  the  birth  of 
more  than  three  thousand  children.  He  mar- 
ried Ruth  Sewall,  who  was  born  in  York,  Au- 
gust 20,  1799,  and  died  March  17,  i860,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Sewall.  and  their  children 
were:  Mary  Hannah,  born  1829,  died  1843; 
George  W.  S. 

(IX)  George  William  Sewall,  only  son  of 
Jeremiah  S.  and  Ruth  (Sewall)  Putnam,  was 
born  in  York,  January  27,  183 1,  and  died  April 
9,  1899.  He  attended  both  district  and  private 
schools  in  York,  for  some  time  superintended 
the  farm  for  his  father,  and  for  a  number  of 
years  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Kittery  in  association  with  Daniel  Norton.    He 
received  an  appointment  as  writer  in  tlie  navy 
yard  at  Kittery  in   1862,  and  held  this  office 
for  a   period  of  twenty  years,   driving   home 
every  day  except  in  bad  weather,  thus  being 
enabled  to  superinten<l  the  home  farm  at  the 
same  time.     He   was  afterward  at  home   for 
some  time,  attending  to  a   variety   of  duties, 
being  trial  justice   for  a  period  of  thirty-five 
years,  and  had  a  great  deal  of  probate  work. 
He  took  the  contract  for  mail  and  express  to 
all  the  offices  in  the  town  in   1885,  and  man- 
aged this  business  until  the  railroad  was  built. 
He  then  assumed  charge  of  the  passenger,  mail 
and  express  delivery  from  the  depot,  and  the 
passenger  delivery  to  York,  York  Village  and 
York  Corner,  in  which  he  was  interested  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death.     He  was  an  active 
worker    in    the    interests    of    the    Republican 
party,  and  was   town  auditor   for  ten   years ; 
chairman   of   the   board   of   health    for   many 
years ;  representative  to  the  state  legislature  in 
1873;  and  was  a  member  of  the  town  school 
board  in  1894-95.    He  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.     He 
was  a  charter  member  of  St.  Aspinquid  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  prev- 
ious to  joining  that  was  a  member  of  St.  An- 
drews Lodge  of  the  same  order.     He  also  be- 
longed  to    Riverside   Lodge   and   Dirigo   En- 
campment,   Independent    Order   of  Odd    Fel- 
lows.    He  married,  December  22,   1856,  Tri- 
phena  J.  Remick,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Sally 
(Kingsbury)     Remick,     who     had     children: 
Mary  K.,  Ann,  Sarah  A.,  Joseph  K.,  Triphena 
J.,   Betsey   A.   and   Jane  R.     Enoch   Remick, 
who    was    a    native    of    Eliot,    Maine,    was    a 
farmer,    ship-carpenter    and    merchant.      He 
died  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years,  and  his 
wife  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years.     Mr. 
and  Mrs.   Putnam  had  children:    i.  Jeremiah 
P.,  born  December  4,  1857,  died  in  boyhood. 
2.  John  B.,  born   December   i,   1859,  died  in 
early  manhood.     3.  William  S.,  see  forward. 
4.  Mary  H.,  born  Jnly  16,  1864;  married  Rev. 
J.    j\L"  Frost,    of    Bengal,    Maine;    children: 
Emma,  Harold  P.,  Joshua  C.  and  Ruth.     5. 
Sarah  E.,  born  August  10,  1866,  died  in  child- 
hood.    6.  Joseph   Perley,  born   December  28, 
1867;  married  Sophia  N.  Marshall;  children: 
Nathaniel  ]\L,  Marguerita  T.,   Roger  A.  and 
Freeman  P.    7.  Ruth  E.,  born  April  14,  1871  ; 
assistant  cashier  York  National  Bank.    8.  Jere- 
miah C.  R.,  born  December  23,  1873. 

(X)  William  Sewall.  third  son  and  child  of 
George  W.  S.  and  Triphena  J.  (Remick)  Put- 
nam, was  born  November  4,  1861.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  near  his  home 


and  the  New  Hampton  Literary  Institute.  New 
Hampshire,  and  was  at  first  a  clerk  for  Leigh- 
ton  &  Son,  of  Portsmouth,  in  whose  employ 
he  remained  two  years.  For  a  further  two 
years  he  was  with  W.  G.  r^Ioulton,  and  then 
became  associated  with  his  father  in  the  pas- 
senger and  express  business,  an  enterprise 
which  has  since  been  incorporated  under  the 
name  of  the  Putnam  Express  Company,  of 
which  Mr.  Putnam  is  treasurer.  He  opened 
a  cafe  in  York  in  1888,  furnishing  chiefly 
ice  cream  and  confectionery.  Mr.  Putnam 
is  interested  in  various  business  enterprises 
and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  encouraging 
the  growth  of  the  town  as  a  summer  resort. 
In  company  with  Mr.  F.  \'arrell  he  has  erected 
a  large  number  of  handsome  cottages  for  the 
accommodation  of  summer  guests.  He  bought 
out  the  general  store  of  Varrell  Brothers,  and 
this  has  been  incorporated  under  the  name 
of  the  Putnam  Grocery  Company.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  his  political  affiliations,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  town  committee.  He  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  at  York  Harbor  in  1897, 
and  has  held  that  position  since  that  time.  He 
is  also  tax  collector  of  the  York  Village  Cor- 
poration. He  is  a  member  of  St.  Aspinquid 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
York;  Lenity  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of 
South  Berwick ;  Bradford  Commandery,  U. 
T.,  Biddeford;  Maine  Council,  R.  S.  M.,  Saco; 
Kora  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Lewiston ; 
and  of  Riverside  Lodge  and  Dirigo  Encamp- 
ment of  Kittery,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  married,  1887,  Fannie  L.,  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  P.  and  Lucy  Jane  (Grant) 
Fernald,  both  members  of  old  York  county 
families.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Putnam  have  had 
children:  i.  William  F.,  born  September  29, 
1888;  graduated  from  York  high  school,  and 
is  now  a  partner  of  his  fathc-r  in  the  Putnam 
Grocery  Company,  and  clerk  in  the  postoffice, 
having  entire  charge  during  the  summer 
months.     2.  Betty  R.,  born  1898. 


(For  early   generations   see   preceding   sketch.* 

(ID  Nathaniel,  third  son  of 
PUTNAM  John  and  Priscilla  Putnam, 
was  baptized  at  Aston  Abbotts, 
October  11,  1619,  and  died  at  Salem  Milage, 
July  23,  1700.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable 
landed  property  ;  his  wife  brought  him  seventy- 
five  acres  additional,  and  on  this  tract  he  built 
his  house  and  established  himself.  Part  of 
his  property  has  remained  uninterruptedly  in 
the  family.  It  is  now  better  known  as  the 
"old  Judge  Putnam  place."  He  was  constable 
in  1656,  and  afterwards  deputy  to  the  general 


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ccnirl,    i()yo-(ji,  .srlci.-tm;iii,  ami   al\\a\s   al   lliu 
front  on  all   local  (|uesliuns,   whether  pertain- 
int^  to  politics,  religious  affairs,  or  otlicr  town 
mailers.     "lie  iiad  great  business  activity  and 
ability,    and    was    a    pcr.son    of   extraordinary 
powers  of  mind,  of  great  energy  and  skill  in 
the   management   of   affairs,   and   of   singular 
sagacity,  acumen  and  quickness  of  perception. 
He  left  a  large  estate."    Nathaniel  Putnam  was 
one  of  the  princii)als  in  the  great  lawsuit  con- 
cerning   the   ownership   of   the    Bishop    farm. 
His  action  in  this  matter  was  merely  to  pre- 
vent   the    attempt    of    Zerubabel    Endicott    to 
push  the  bounds  of  the  Bishop  grant  over  his 
land.     The  case  was  a  long  and  complicated 
affair,  and  was  at  last  settled  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  -Allen  and  Putnam  in  1683.     December 
10.    1688,   Lieutenant   Nathaniel   Putnam   was 
one  of  the  four  messengers  sent  to  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Parris  to  obtain  his  reply  to  the  call  of  the 
parish,.      Parris    was    afterwards    installed    as 
the    minister   of    the    parish,    and    four   years 
later  completely  deceived  Mr.  Putnam  in  re- 
gard to  the  witchcraft  delusion.    That  he  hon- 
estly believed  in  witchcraft  and  in  the  state- 
m.ents  of  the  afflicted  girls  there  seems  to  be 
no    doubt ;    that    he    was    not    inclined    to    be 
severe  is  evident,  and  his  goodness  of  charac- 
ter shows  forth  in  marked  contrast  with  the 
almost  bitter  feeling  shown  by  many  of  those 
concerned.    He  lived  to  see  the  mistake  he  had 
made.     That  he  should  have  believed   in  the 
ilelusion  is  not  strange,  for  belief  in  witchcraft 
was   then   all   but    universal.      The   physicians 
and  ministers  called  upon  to  examine  the  girls, 
who   pretended   to  be  bewitched,   agreed   that 
such  was  the  fact.     Upham  states  tliat  ninety- 
nine  out  of  every  one  hundred  in  Salem  be- 
lieved that  such  was  the  case.     There  can  be 
no  doubt  that  the  expressed  opinion  of  a  man 
like   Nathaniel   Putnam   must  have   influenced 
scores  of  his   neighbors.     His  eldest  brother 
had  been  dead  seven  years,  and  he  had  suc- 
ceeded  to  the  position   as  head  of  the  great 
Putnam  family  with  its  connections.     He  was 
known  as  "Landlord  Putnam,"  a  term  given 
for  many  years  to  the  oldest  living  member  of 
the  family.    He  saw  the  family  of  his  brother 
Thomas  Putnam  afflicted,  and  being  an  upright 
and  honest  man  himself,  believed  in  the  dis- 
ordered  imaginings   of   his   grandniece,    Ann. 
These   are   powerful    reasons   to    account    for 
his  belief  and  actions.     The  following  extract 
from  Upham  brings  out  the  better  side  of  his 
character :    "Entire  confidence  was  felt  by  all 
in  his  judgment,  and  deservedly.     But  he  was 
a  strong  religionist,  a  lifelong  member  of  the 
church,  and  extremely  strenuous  and  zealous 


in  his  ecclesiastical  relations.  He  was  getting 
to  be  an  old  man,  and  Mr.  Parris  had  wholly 
succeeded  in  obtaining,  for  the  time,  posses- 
sion of  his  feelings,  sympathy  and  zeal  in  the 
management  of  the  church,  and  secured  his 
full  co-operation  in  the  witchcraft  prosecu- 
tions. I-fe  had  been  led  by  Parris  to  take  the 
very  front  in  the  proceedings.  But  even  Na- 
thaniel Putnam  could  not  stand  by  in  silence 
and  see  Rebecca  Nurse  sacrificed.  .\  curious 
paper  written  by  him  is  among  those  which 
have  been  preserved :  "Nathaniel  Putnam, 
senior,  being  desired  by  Francis  Nurse,  Sr.,  to 
give  information  of  what  1  could  say  con- 
cerning his  wife's  liie  and  conversation.  1, 
the  above  said,  have  known  this  said  afort*- 
said  woman  forty  years,  and  what  1  have  ob- 
served of  her,  human  frailties  excepted,  her 
life  and  conversation  have  been  to  her  pro- 
fession, and  she  hath  brought  up  a  great  family 
of  children  and  educated  them  well,  so  that 
there  is  in  some  of  them  apparent  savor  of 
godliness.  1  have  known  her  differ  with  her 
neigh.bors,  but  I  never  knew  or  heard  of  any 
that  did  accuse  her  of  what  she  is  now  charged 
vvith." 

In  1694  Nathaniel  and  John  Putnam  testified 
to  having  livetl  in  the  village  since  1641.  He 
married,  in  Salem,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Alice  (Boswortli)  Hutchinson,  of 
Salem  Village.  She  was  born  August  20,  and 
baptized  at  Arnold,  England,  August  30,  1629, 
and  died  June  24,  1688.  In  1648  both  Nathan- 
iel and  his  wife  Elizabeth  were  admitted  to  the 
church  in  Salem.  Their  children,  all  born  in 
Salem,  were :  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  Jo- 
seph, Elizabeth,  Benjamin  and  Mary. 

(Ill)  Captain  Benjamin,  youngest  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Hutchinson)  Put- 
nam, was  born  December  24,  1664,  at  Salem 
Village,  and  died  at  the  same  place  about 
1715.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in  Salem  and 
held  many  town  offices,  being  tythingman  at 
the  village  in  1695-96,  and  constable  and  col- 
lector in  1700,  and  was  selectman  in  1707- 
1713,  and  was  often  on  the  grand  and  petit 
juries.  He  was  chosen  to  perambulate  the 
bounds  between  the  towns  of  Salem  and  Tops- 
field,  which  was  his  last  appearance  on  the 
records,  in  1712.  He  held  the  position  .of 
lieutenant  and  captain,  was  in  the  Indian  war, 
and  received  the  titles  in  1706-1711.  It  ap- 
pears that  he  was  imprisoned  at  one  time,  but 
for  what  cause  does  not  appear.  Among  the 
signatures  to  the  certificate  of  character  of 
Rebecca  Nurse,  the  names  of  Benjamin  and 
his  wife  Sarah  appears.  Rev.  Joseph  Green, 
in  his   diary,  mentions  calling  on  "Landlord 


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Putnam"  and  that  he  was  very  sick  and  out 
of  his  head.  December  30,  1709,  he  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  church  of  the  village. 
His  will,  dated  October  28,  1706,  was  proved 
April  25,  1715.  He  gives  to  his  son  (minis- 
ter at  Readhig)  "one  hundred  and  tifty  pounds 
for  his  learning,"  "Overseers,  Uncle  John 
Putnam  and  Captain  Jonathan  Putnam."  All 
his  children  but  Josiah  are  mentioned.  He 
was  married  August  25,  1686,  to  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Putnam  (according  to 
Colonel  Perley  Putnam),  but  on  the  Salem 
rcconls  the  births  are  recorded  as  by  wife 
Plannah.  tlis  first  wife  died  December  21, 
L70S,  and  he  married  (second)  July  i,  1706, 
Sarah  Holton.  His  children  were:  Josiah, 
Nathaniel,  Tarrant,  Elizabeth,  Benjamin, 
Stephen,  Daniel,  Israel  and  Cornelius.  (Men- 
tion of  Tarrant  and  Daniel  and  descendants 
appears  in  this  article.) 

(IV)  Deacon  Nathaniel,  second  son  of  Cap- 
tain Benjamin  Putnam,  was  born  August  25, 
1686,  in  Salem  Village,  and  died  October  21, 
1754.  He  was  a  yeoman,  and  lived  in  Dan- 
vers,  and  probably  part  of  the  time  in  North 
Reading,  Massachusetts.  He  was  elected  dea- 
con of  the  First  Church  at  Danvers,  Novem- 
bt^r  15,  1 73 1.  He  was  married  June  4,  1709, 
to  Hannah  Roberts,  who  died  about  1763. 
Their  children  were:  Nathaniel,  died  youn,,, 
Jacob,  Nathaniel,  died  young,  Sarah,  Archcl- 
aus,  Ephraim,  Hannah,  Nathaniel,  .dehitaule 
and   Kezia. 

(V)  Jacob,  second  son  of  Deacon  Nathan- 
iel and  Hannah  (Roberts)  Putnam,  was  born 
April  20,  1 7 12,  and  died  in  Wilton,  New 
Plampshire,  February  10,  1801.  He  was  a 
pioneer  of  Wilton,  New  Hampshire,  and  prob- 
ably located  there  in  1738,  for  in  June,  1739, 
Ephraim  and  Jacob  Putnam  and  John  Dole, 
all  of  Danvers,"made  the  first  permanent  settle- 
ment in  Wilton.  For  three  years  his  wife  was 
the  only  white  woman  living  in  the  town,  and 
during  one  winter  the  snow  was  so  deep  and 
neighbors  so  far  away  that  she  saw  no  one  out- 
side her  family  for  six  months.  The  brothers 
Jacob,  Ephraim  and  Nathaniel  were  all  early 
settlers  at  Wilton,  but  finding  the  Indians 
troublesome  they  returned  to  Danvers,  and  a 
second  time  settled  at  Wilton  and  Lyndebor- 
ough.  He  was  a  man  of  great  energy,  and  at 
one  time  operated  a  sawmill  beside  working 
on  his  farm,  and  in  his  later  years  made  cans. 
He  married  (first)  in  July,  1735,  Susanna 
Harriman,  of  Danvers,  (second)  Susanna 
Styles,  who  died  January  27,  1776,  and  (third) 
Patience,  mentioned  in  his  will,  which  was 
proved  February  28,  1791.    His  children  were: 


Sarah,  Nathaniel,  Philip,  died  young,  Stephen, 
Philip,  Joseph,  Mehitable,  Jacob,  Archelaus, 
Caleb,  Elizabeth  and  Peter. 

(VI)  Stephen,  third  son  of  Jacob  and  Su- 
sanna (Harriman)  Putnam,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1744.  in  Wilton,  and  died  in  Rum- 
ford,  IMaine,  June  29,  1812.  He  bought  a 
farm  in  Temple,  New  Hampshire,  and  built  a 
grist  mill.  He  signed  the  association  test  in 
1776.  Soon  after  he  removed  to  Rumford, 
Maine,  where  his  son  Stephen  had  settled,  and 
built  a  grist  mill.  He  was  a  very  influential 
and  useful  citizen,  very  ingenious  and  "Jack 
at  all  trades."  He  married  Olive  Varnum, 
wlio  was  born  in  Dracut,  ^lassachutetts, 
March  7,  I7-J2.  Their  children  were:  Stepiien, 
Olive,  .Samuel,  Esther,  Mary,  Elizabeth.,  Israel, 
Abigail,  Rachel,  Jacob  Harriman  and  Ruth. 

(\'II)  Samuel,  second  son  of  Stephen  and 
Olive  (Varnum)  Putnam,  was  born  May  29, 
1768,  probably  in  Temple,  New  Hampshire. 
He  married  first,  Lucy  Styles,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1804,  and  married  second,  September 
16,  1806,  Betsey  or  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Cobb,  of  Norway,  Maine.  His  chil- 
dren by  his  first  wife  were:  Lucy,  Samuel, 
Jesse,  Fanny,  died  young,  and  Jeremiah.  By 
second  wife :  Hiram,  Lois,  Ira,  Cyrus,  Fanny, 
Betsey,  Lydia,  Ivy  Atwood,  Martha  and  Mary. 

(VIII)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  and  Lucy  (Styles)  Putnam,  was  born 
January  7,  1795,  in  Rumford.  He  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  and  lived  in  Rumford,  Mexico 
and  Greenwood,  and  died  in  the  latter  place 
in  1854.  He  married  first  Susan  Poor,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  Adams,  and  second  Sylvia, 
widow  of  Daniel  Bisbee,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Stevens,  of  Sumner,  Maine.  His  chil- 
dren were :  Eliza  Ann  B.,  Charlotte  Adams, 
Charles  A.  V.,  Mahalon  Chaplin,  Laura  Aman- 
da, Flarrison  \\'hitman,  died  young,  Samuel 
Flarrison  and  Augustus. 

(IX)  Charles  Adams  Varnum,  eldest  son 
of  Samuel  (2)  and  Susan  Poor  (Adams)  Pui- 
nam,  was  born  May  28,  1824,  in  Rumford, 
Maine.  He  learned  the  printers'  trade,  and 
in  connection  with  Ossian  Dodge  published  a 
literary  paper  in  Boston,  called  the  Boston 
Museum,  of  which  Mr.  Putnam  was  editor. 
He  married  Ellen  T.  Harrington,  of  Shrews- 
bury, Massachusetts,  a  daughter  of  Adam  Har- 
rington, of  that  town.  She  was  the  author  of 
several  books,  and  also  contributed  to  period- 
icals under  the  pseudonym  of  "Thrace  Tal- 
mon." 

(IX)  Harrington,  only  child  of  Charles  A. 
V.  and  Ellen  T.  (Harrington)  Putnam,  was 
born  June  29,    1851,  at   Shrewsbury,   Massa- 


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cl-.usc'tts.  After  studies  at  the  Lirafioii  (Mass.) 
high  school  aiul  the  Worcester  Academy,  lie 
entered  Colby  College  aiul  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1870.  He  read  law  with  E.  B.  Stod- 
dard, of  Worcester,  and  completed  his  prepar- 
ation for  the  legal  profession  (after  studies  at 
Meidelberg)  at  the  Columbia  Law  School, 
where  he  received  the  LL.B.  tlegree  in 
1876.  He  has  since  practiced  in  New  York, 
firm  of  \\'ing,  Putnam  &  IJurlingham,  being 
chiefly  engaged  in  the  branch  of  admiralty  and 
shipping.  Colby  College  conferred  the  de- 
gree of  LL.  D.  in  1906.  In  1904  he  married 
Mildred  Smythe,  daughter  of  William  G. 
Smythe,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  A  son, 
Harrington,  Junior,  was  born  October  31, 
1906. 


(For  ancestry   see  preceding  sketch.) 

(IV)  Tarrant,  third  son  of 
PUTNAM  IJenjamin  and  Hannah  (or 
Elizabeth)  Putnam,  was  born 
April  12,  1688,  in  Danvers,  Massachusetts, 
and  died  in  1733,  at  Salem  \"illage.  He  in- 
herited the  homestead  from  his  father  under 
his  will  dated  October  28,  1706.  Administra- 
tion of  his  estate  was  granted  on  his  estate  to 
his  widow  Elizabeth,  who  was  then  with 
child,  March  10,  1732.  Elizabeth  Putnam 
gave  bonds  with  Nathaniel  and  Jonathan  Put- 
nam. The  will  was  probated  April  9,  1733. 
He  married,  June  8,  1715,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  (Giles)  Bacon, 
born  November  26,  1695,  died  August  23, 
1761.  Their  children,  all  born  in  Salem  Vil- 
lage, were:  Tarrant,  Elizabeth,  Solomon, 
Mary,  Gideon,  Israel  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Deacon  Tarrant  (2),  eldest  son  of 
Tarrant  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Bacon)  Putnam, 
was  born  April  3,  1716,  in  Salem  Village,  and 
died  August  27,  1794,  in  Sutton,  Massachu- 
setts. He  removed  from  Danvers  to  Sutton, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  church  there  by  letter 
from  the  Danvers  church  in  1747.  He  owned 
a  large  tract  of  land  in  Sutton.  He  left  all  his 
real  estate  to  his  son  Israel.  In  1775  General 
Israel  Putnam  rode  through  Sutton  on  his  way 
to  Bunker  Hill,  and  stopped  at  the  deacon's 
and  had  dinner.  The  flagstone  from  which  he 
mounted  his  horse  is  still  shown.  He  mar- 
ried, December  9,  1742,  Priscilla  Baker,  of 
Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  who  died  March  16, 
1812,  aged  eighty-nine.  Their  children  were: 
Tarrant,  Molly  (died  young),  Elizabeth,  Pris- 
cilla, Sarah,  Martha.  Rebecca,  Lydia,  Mollv 
and  Israel. 

(VI)  Captain  Israel,  youngest  son  of  Tar- 
rant (2)   and  Priscilla  (Baker)   Putnam,  was 


born  .May  22,  1767,  in  Sutton,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 23,  18^,  in  Sutton,  lie  was  a  cousin 
and  close  friend  of  General  Israel  Putnam. 
He  kept  a  general  store  in  Sutton  for  many 
years.  He  married  (first)  January  29,  1795, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
(Dudley)  Woodbury,  who  died  September  20, 
1795,  and  (second)  .April  21,  1796,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Lazarus  and  Hannah  (Chase) 
Le  Barron,  who  was  born  January  22,  1776. 

(VII)  Dr.  Israel  (2),  son  of  Captain  Israel 
(i)  and  Hannah  (Le  Barron)  Putnam,  was 
born  December  25,  1805,  in  Sutton.  He  grad- 
uated from  Brown  University,  also  Bowdoin 
Medical  School.  He  began  practice  at  Wales, 
Maine,  and  in  1835  he  removed  to  Bath, 
Maine,  where  he  acquired  a  large  practice, 
and  also  took  a  prominent  place  in  municipal 
afifairs,  being  mayor  of  Bath  from  1859  to 
1865,  and  again  in  1867.  His  administration 
was  very  able,  especially  during  the  trying 
times  of  war.  He  was  bluff  and  frank  in 
manner,  liberal  to  the  poor,  not  accepting  fees 
when  his  patient  could  ill  af?ord  to  pay.  He 
was  much  respected  as  physician,  magistrate 
and  citizen.  He  married,  January  10,  1834, 
Sarah  Emery,  daughter  of  William'  and  Annie 
(Emery)  Frost,  of  Topsham,  Maine,  who  was 
born  June  25,  1817. 

(VIII)  William  Le  Barron  Putnam,  LL.  D., 
•son  of  Dr.  Israel  (2)  and  Sarah  Emery 
(Frost)  Putnam,  was  born  May  26,  1835,  in 
Bath,  Maine.  He  graduated  from  Bowdoin 
College  in  1855.  He  practiced  law  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  until  he  was  appointed  judge  of 
the  United  States  circuit  court,  having  twice 
refused  appointment  to  the  supreme  court  of 
Maine.  He  was  mayor  of  Portland  in  1869 
and  1870.  He  was  Democratic  candidate  for 
governor  in  1888.  He  was  plenipotentiary  to 
negotiate  with  Great  Britain  a  settlement  of 
rights  of  American  fishermen  in  Canadian 
waters,  in  1887.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Behring  Sea  Commission  in  1896-98.  He  mar- 
ried, May  29,  1862,  Octavia  B.,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Sally  (Roberts)  Robinson,  of 
Augusta,  Maine,  who  was  born  November  18, 
1836,  in  Augusta. 


(For  ancestry  see  preceding  sketches.) 

(IV)  Rev.  Daniel,  sixth  son 
PUTNAM  of  Benjamin  and  Hannah  Put- 
nam, was  bom  November  12, 
1696,  in  Salem  Village,  and  died  June  20, 
1759,  at  Reading,  Massachusetts.  His  father 
left  him  in  his  will  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds,  for  his  learning.  In  1718  the  North 
Precinct  of  Reading  voted  to  give  him  twenty 


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acres  of  land  if  he  would  be  their  minister, 
also  "to  build  Mr.  Putnam  an  house  28  feet 
long,  19  feet  wide  and  15  feet  stud,  a  lenter  on 
the  back  side  10  feet  stud,  three  chimneys 
from  the  ground,  and  chamber  chimney,  and 
convenient  parlor,  and  convenient  well,  in  lieu 
of  the  100  pounds,  if  Mr.  Putnam  finds  nails 
and  glass  for  the  house."  He  was  not  or- 
dained until  1820,  at  which  time  the  church 
had  thirty-nine  members.  He  was  their  min- 
ister thirty-nine  years,  and  added  one  hundred 
and  ninety-four  persons  to  the  church,  bap- 
tized four  hundred  and  ninety-one,  and  mar- 
ried one  hundred  and  eleven  couples.  He  mar- 
ried, February  25,  1718,  Rebecca  Putnam,  born 
August  16,  i6gi.  Their  children  were:  Re- 
becca, Daniel,  Aaron  (died  young),  Sarah, 
Hannah,  Elizabeth,  j\lary,  Joshua,  Aaron, 
Bethia  and  Susanna. 

(V)  Deacon  Daniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Rev. 
Daniel  ( i )  and  Rebecca  Putnam,  was  born 
November  8,  1721,  in  Reading,  and  died  No- 
vember 5,  1774,  in  same  town.  He  was 
elected  deacon  of  the  church  in  North  Read- 
ing in  1754,  was  selectman  of  Reading  in  1763- 
68-71,  and  in  1773  represented  his  town  in  the 
general  court.  June  4,  1774,  Hannah  Putnam, 
spinster,  was  appointed  administratrix  on  his 
estate.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Hannah  (Martin)  Ingalls,  of 
North  Andover,  Massachusetts,  who  was  born 
September  12,  1723,  and  died  May  11,  1761,  in 
Reading.  Their  children  were  :  Henry,  Dan- 
iel, Joshua,  Rebecca,  Aaron  and  Sarah. 

(VI)  Henry,  eldest  son  of  Deacon  Daniel 
(2)  and  Hannah  (Ingalls)  Putnam,  was  born 
May  7,  1755,  at  North  Reading,  and  died  No- 
vember 27,  1806,  at  the  same  place.  He  was 
a  man  of  influence  in  the  community,  and  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  church  in  1778.  He  re- 
sponded to  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  and 
served  nine  days  in  Captain  John  Flint's  com- 
pany. He  married,  November  9,  1775,  Mary 
Hawkes,  of  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts,  who 
died  January  21,  1794,  and  (second)  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Ann  (Adams)  Tufts, 
of  Charlestown,  who  married  (second)  in 
June,  181 1,  Jacob  Osgood.  She  cared  for 
James  Otis,  the  patriot,  for  many  years,  and 
he  was  killed  by  lightning  in  her  house. 

(VII)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  and 
Mary  (Hawkes)  Putnam,  was  born  June  28, 
1778,  and  died  in  January,  1827,  in  Bruns- 
wick, Maine.  He  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  in  1802,  served  in  many  town  offices  in 
Brunswick,  and  in  1808  was  named  as  chair- 
man of  a  committee  to  petition  the  president 
to  withdraw  the  Embargo  Act.    He  was  repre- 


sentative from  Brunswick  in  1813.  He  mar- 
ried, September  13,  1807,  Catherine  Hunt, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Pease  Palmer,  of  Ro.xbury, 
Massachusetts,  who  was  born  in  1793,  and  died 
December  12,  1889.  She  taught  school  in 
Brunswick  from  1807  to  1825,  when  she  re- 
moved to  New  York.  Children :  Henry,  born 
1808,  died  1815;  Catherine,  iSio,  died  1827; 
George  Palmer,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth, 
1816,  died  1875;  Anne,  1819,  died  1869. 

(VIII)  George  Palmer,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
and  Catherine  Hunt  (Palmer)  Putnam,  was 
born  February  7,  1814,  in  Brunswick,  and 
died  December  20,  1872,  in  New  York.  He 
received  his  early  training,  with  his  sisters,  in 
his  mother's  school,  a  well-known  and  popu- 
lar institution  of  Brunswick.  He  enjoyed  the 
sports  of  the  times  and  region,  skating  on  the 
Androscoggin  river  winter  and  boating  up  and 
down  the  same  in  summer.  When  he  was 
eleven  years  of  age  he  was  offered  an  appren- 
ticeship in  Boston  to  the  mercantile  business 
by  the  husband  of  his  mother's  sister,  John 
Gulliver.  The  latter's  son,  John  Putnam  Gul- 
liver, was  of  the  same  age  as  young  Putnam, 
and  they  became  companions  in  the  business 
training  and  work  of  the  store.  This  establish- 
ment was  devoted  chiefly  to  carpets,  and  its 
owner  was  a  man  of  strict  puritanical  views. 
The  boys  slept  together  in  the  rear  of  the 
store,  and  were  chiefly  occupied  in  keeping  the 
place  in  order.  There  were  few  holidays,  and 
the  business  day  was  a  long  one.  The  Sabbath 
was  observed  with  full  New  England  strict- 
ness, including  morning  and  evening  prayers 
at  home,  Sunday  school,  and  two  long  church 
services.  No  reading  was  permitted  on  the 
Sabbath  except  in  works  of  devotional  char- 
acter, and  there  were  very  few  books  then 
available  to  the  young  men.  Young  Putnam 
had  a  strong  taste  for  reading,  and  in  later 
years  he  often  referred  to  the  "literary  starva- 
tion" which  he  suffered  in  Boston,  and  also 
referred  to  the  compunctions  of  conscience  he 
experienced  when  surreptitiously  reading  a 
volume  of  Miss  Edgeworth's  tales.  This  be- 
longed to  the  forbidden  class  of  fiction,  and 
its  reading  was  looked  upon  as  a  frivolity.  He 
remained  with  his  uncle  in  Boston  about  four 
years,  and  decided  in  1829  to  try  his  chances 
of  securing  a  livelihood  in  New  York  City. 
From  Brunswick  he  journeyed  to  Boston  by 
sea,  and  again  took  ship  thence  to  New  York. 
Here  he  very  soon  became  engaged  in  literary 
work,  and  during  the  first  year  after  his  ar- 
rival, when  he  was  fifteen  years  old,  he  be- 
gan a  historical  manual  which  was  completed 
in  three  years'  time.     In   1833  he  completed 


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and  published  tlirougli  West  and  Trow  a 
weekly  chronicle  eniilled  the  Publishers'  Ad- 
vertiser, lie  undertook  to  review  the  current 
publications,  which  in  that  year  included  the 
first  vokmie  of  J]ancroft's  "L'nited  States," 
Abbotts'  "Voung  Christian,"  Mrs.  Sigourney's 
"Sketches,"  and  Cooper's  "Letters  to  My 
Countrymen."  His  first  introduction  to  the 
book  trade  was  made  very  shortly  after  his 
arrival.  He  speaks  of  his  first  studies  as  con- 
ning paragraphs  in  the  papers  beginning  "Boy 
Wanted."  His  second  apjilication  was  made 
at  a  little  book  and  stationery  store  on  Broad- 
way, near  Maiden  Lane,  where  he  engaged 
himself  to  do  errands,  sweep,  etc.,  for  which 
he  was  to  receive  a  wage  of  $25  per  year,  and 
board  in  the  family  of  his  employer,  Mr. 
George  W.  Bleecker,  who  lived  over  his  store. 
For  a  short  time  he  was  engaged  as  a  can- 
vasser in  the  interest  of  a  quarto  monthly 
published  by  Mr.  Bleecker,  which  took  him  on 
a  cruise  up  the  Hudson  river.  He  was  sub- 
sequently employed  as  first  clerk  in  the  Park 
Place  House,  an  emporium  of  literature  and 
art,  and  still  later  was  general  clerk  and  mes- 
senger for  Mr.  Jonathan  Leavitt,  in  a  two- 
story  building  at  the  corner  of  John  street  and 
Broadway,  Mr.  Leavitt  being  the  leading  pub- 
lisher of  theological  and  religious  books. 
About  this  time  Mr.  Daniel  Appleton,  founder 
of  the  great  house  of  D.  Appleton  &  Company, 
became  connected  with  Mr.  Leavitt.  In  that 
era  an  edition  of  one  thousand  copies  of  a 
new  book  was  the  average,  and  those  of  five 
hundred  copies  were  as  usual  as  any  exceeding 
two  thousand.  After  Mr.  Appleton  had  es- 
tablished his  own  business,  he  and  Mr.  Leavitt 
published  jointly  an  edition  of  one  thousand 
copies,  including  some  four  hundred  pages, 
prepared  by  young  Putnam,  entitled  "Chronol- 
ogy, an  Introduction  and  Index  to  Universal 
History."  It  had  been  prepared  originally 
for  his  own  benefit  as  a  reference.  It  was 
his  custom  in  these  times  to  repair  to  the  I\Ier- 
cantile  Library,  then  recently  opened,  after 
the  closing  of  the  store  where  he  was  em- 
ployed, which  was  usually  after  nine  o'clock. 
He  read  almost  exclusively  works  of  history. 
In  the  shop  of  Mr.  Leavitt  he  was  advanced 
to  two  dollars  per  week,  and  after  a  few 
months  to  four  dollars.  With  this  large  in- 
come he  felt  able  to  buy  a  seat  in  church.  In 
1833  he  entered  the  employ  of  Wiley  &  Long, 
publishers  and  booksellers.  In  1840  he  be- 
came a  partner,  and  the  firm  was  styled  Wiley 
&  Putnam,  Mr.  Wiley  being  about  one  year 
the  senior  of  Mr.  Putnam.     At  that  time  the 


Api)lelons  and  I.  &  J.  Harper  were  the  lead- 
ing publishers  in  New  York,  and  the  princi- 
pal retail  booksellers  were  Stanford  &  Swords. 
A  very  large  jiroportion  of  the  books  then  sold 
in  New  VOrk  were  imported  from  Lngland. 
In  the  firm  of  Wiley  &  Putnam  the  publish- 
ing division  was  in  charge  of  the  junior  part- 
ner, while  the  senior  gave  his  attention  chiefly 
to  the  selling.  Mr.  Putnam  held  to  the  view 
that  contemporary  authors  should  have  their 
proper  share  in  the  publication  of  their  works, 
and  he  became  intimately  associated  with  Bry- 
ant, Matthews,  Halleck,  Cooper  &  Fay.  In 
1840  he  made  his  first  business  journey  to 
England,  in  the  effort  to  establish  a  closer  re- 
lation between  the  book  trades  of  the  two 
countries,  and  in  1841  he  made  a  second  jour- 
ney to  London  and  established  a  branch  house 
in  that  city  in  Paternoster  Row,  the  old-time 
center  of  the  London  book  trade.  The  busi- 
ness of  this  agency  was  the  sale  of  American 
books  and  the  purchase  of  English  publications 
for  sale  in  the  United  States.  Thus  began 
the  great  publishing  house,  now  having  a 
world-wide  reputation,  and  known  as  G.  P. 
Putnam's  Sons,  and  which  still  maintains  a 
London  publication  office.  The  firm  of  George 
P.  Putnam  was  established  in  1848,  and  in 
1853  began  the  publication  of  Putitam's 
Monthly,  which  is  now  in  the  fifty-sixth  year 
of  its  existence. 

In  1862  Mr.  Putnam  was  appointed  by 
President  Lincoln  collector  of  internal  revenue 
of  New  York,  and  this  position  he  acceptably 
filled  for  three  years.  His  activities  in  con- 
nection with  the  spread  of  literature  and  art 
were  numerous,  and  he  was  a  founder,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  honorary  superintendent, 
of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art.  In  1872 
he  w-as  chairman  of  the  American  committee 
on  art  at  the  Vienna  Exposition.  His  literary 
work  was  early  recognized  by  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, which  conferred  upon  him  in  1853  the 
honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  The  career  of  Mr. 
Putnam  furnishes  an  excellent  example  of  the 
fact  that  a  liberal  education  is  not  indispen- 
sable in  the  development  of  one's  best  powers 
if  he  be  an  earnest  and  painstaking  student. 
He  was  accustomed  to  refer  humorously  to 
the  granting  of  this  degree  as  a  reward  for  his 
services  in  spreading  the  alarm  on  one  occa- 
sion, when  a  fire  broke  out  in  the  college  build- 
ings at  Brunswick,  while  he  was  a  small  boy. 
He  married,  in  May,  1841,  in  New  York.  Vic- 
torine  Haven,  born  in  1824,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Haven  and  of  his  second  wife,  Mary 
Parsons  Tuttle.     Joseph  Haven  was  a  son  of 


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.Samuel  Haven,  a  merchant  of  Boston,  and 
was  engaged  in  the  china  trade  in  that  city. 
He  became  broken  in  health  and  died  while 
Mrs.  Putnam  was  an  infant.  The  children  of 
George  Palmer  Putnam  and  Victorine  Haven 
were:  Mary  Corinna,  born  1842,  married, 
1873,  Abram'  Jacobi,  M.  D. ;  George  Haven, 
born  1844;  Edith  G.,  born  1846;  John  B., 
born  1848;  Amy  V.,  born  1850;  Irving,  1852; 
Bayard,  1854;  Kingman,  1856,  Ruth,  i860, 
Herbert,  1862,  Sidney,   1869. 

Several  of  the  children  were  possessed  of 
literary  taste  and  have  contributed  more  or 
less  to'  American  literature.  Among  the  prin- 
cipal works  issued  by  the  father  were  :  "Amer- 
ican Facts,"  London  and  New  York,  1846; 
"The  World's  Progress,"  a  manual  of  histor- 
ical reference,  New  York  and  London,  1832- 
1871 ;  "Tabular  Views  of  Universal  History." 
This  constitutes  the  second  division  of  "The 
World's  Progress,"  and  has  been  issued  in  suc- 
cessive editions  from  1832  to  1908.  The  last 
edition  is  rewritten  and  brought  down  to  date. 
The  elder  son  is  the  author  of:  "The  Ques- 
tion of  Copyright,"  New  York  and  London, 
1892 ;  "Authors  and  Their  Public  in  Ancient 
Times,"  New  York  and  London,  1898;  "The 
Artificial  Mother,"  1884,  New  York  and  Lon- 
don; "Books  and  Their  Makers  in  the  Middle 
Ages,"  1900,  New  York  and  London ;  "The 
Censorship  of  the  Church,  a  Study  of  the  Pro- 
hibitory and  Expurgator}-  Indexes,"  with  ref- 
erences to  their  influence  on  the  production 
and  distribution  of  books,  two  volumes.  New 
York  and  London,  1906-07;  "Authors  and 
Publishers,"  a  manual  of  suggestions  for  be- 
ginners in  literature  (written  in  co-operation 
with  J.  B.  P.),  1899,  New  York  and  Lon- 
don. 

J.  Bishop  Putnam,  another  son,  co-author 
of  the  last  named  above,  is  also  the  author  of 
"A  Norwegian  Ramble."  He  is  the  founder 
and  president  of  the  Knickerbocker  Press. 

Ruth  Putnam  is  the  author  of  "William  the 
Silent,"  two  volumes,  1900,  New  York,  Ams- 
terdam and  London;  "Medieval  Princess," 
1905,  New  York  and  London;  "Charles  the 
Bold  of  Burgundy,"  1908,  New  York  and 
London. 

Mary  Putnam  Jacobi,  M.  D.,  who  died  in 
1905,  had  had  a  distinguished  career  as  a  phy- 
sician. She  was  the  first  woman  to  secure  ad- 
mission to,  and  a  degree  from,  the  School  of 
Medicine  in  Paris.  She  was  the  author  of  a 
number  of  medical  treatises,  and  was  a  con- 
stant contributor  to  the  scientific  journals. 
(IX)  George  Haven  Putnam,  Litt.  D.,  eld- 


est son  of  George  P.  and  Victorine  (Haven) 
Putnam,  was  born  April  2,  1S44,  in  London, 
and  was  educated    at    Columbia    University, 
New  York,  at  Gottingen  and  Paris.     He  en- 
listed in  1862  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Sev- 
enty-sixth New  York  Volunteers  and  was  pro- 
moted   successively    to    sergeant,    lieutenant, 
quartermaster,  adjutant,  and  was  on  retiring 
commissioned  major.    He  served  in  the  Army 
of  the  Gulf,  and  later  under  Sheridan,  in  Vir- 
ginia, and  participated  in  the  engagements  of 
the   Red   River   campaign,   and  of   Sheridan's 
campaign  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley.    In  1865 
he  was  appointed  deputy  collector  of  internal 
revenue,  and  served  until   1866.     In   1866  he 
was  admitted  a  partner  in  his  father's  publish- 
ing house,  which  is  now  incorporated  under  the 
style  of  G.   P.  Putnam's  Sons,  and  of  which 
he  is   the   head.     The   establishment  occupies 
spacious    quarters,    extending    from    Twenty- 
third  to  Twenty-fourth  street,  near  Fifth  Ave- 
nue.    Mr.   Putnam   has   taken  active  part   in 
copyright   legislation,  and   is  himself  the  au- 
thor of  numerous  volumes  bearing  upon  li.e 
relations    of   authors   and   pubhshers,   as   well 
as  of  a  memoir  of  his  father,  which  was  printed 
in  two   volumes   for  private  circulation.     He 
has  received  honorary  degrees  from  Bowdom 
College  and  the  University  of   Pennsylvania, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Century  Association, 
and  Legion  of  Honor  (France).     He  married 
(first)    in  July,    1869,  Rebecca   Kettell   Shep- 
ard,   who  died   in  July,    1895.      He    married 
(second)  April  27,  1899,  Emily  James,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  James  C.  and  Emily   (^Adams) 
Smith,  a  graduate  of  Bryn  Mawr,  and  from 
1894  to  1900  dean  of  Barnard  College.     His 
children  by  his  first  wife  were :   Bertha  Haven, 
Elhel  Frothingham,  Corinna  Haven  and  Dor- 
othy   Leslie.      By    his    second   wife :     Palmer 
Cosslett,  born  July,  1900. 

(IX)  Herbert  Putnam,  Litt.  D.,  son  of 
George  Palmer  Putnam,  was  born  September 
20,  1861,  in  New  York  City,  and  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1883.  He  was  li- 
brarian of  Minneapolis  Athenaeum  and  Pub- 
lic Library  from  1884  to  1891  ;  was  librarian 
of  the  Boston  Public  Library  from  1895  to 
1899,  and  in  1899  was  appointed  Librarian  of 
Congress,  and  was  delegate  to  the  Interna- 
tional Library  Conference  in  1897,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Library  Association  in 
1898.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1886. 
He  married,  in  October,  1886,  Charlotte  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Charles  W.  Munroe,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  Their  children  are : 
Shirley  and  Brenda. 


STATE  OF  MAINi: 


6r 


This  name, 
KAWLlXSnr  Rul.LJXS  which  is  per- 
haps a  modifi- 
cation of  kollu.  Uk'  iiaiiK'  of  the  Scandinavian 
conqueror  of  the  north  of  l"'rance,  about  A.  D. 
911,  who  became  Duke  of  Normand)',  has  been 
borne  by  numerous  clergymen,  authors,  musi- 
cians, lawyers,  physicians  and  merchants;  and 
by  thousands  of  the  sturdy  middle-class  people 
from  whom  the  ranks  of  the  rich  and  dis- 
tinguished are  constantly  replenished.  As 
early  as  1394  Roger  Rawlin  was  Lord  of  the 
Manor  of  Testerton,  in  Norfolk,  England,  and 
from  that  date  until  the  present  time  the  Raw- 
lins have  been  found  in  the  midst  of  the  busy 
progressive  clement  of  humanity.  From  the 
early  settler  in  New  England  are  sprung  sev- 
eral men  who  have  been  prominent  in  the 
councils  of  the  nation. 

(1)  James  Rawlins,  some  of  whose  descend- 
ants have  since  spelled  their  name  Rollins, 
came  to  America  in  1632,  and  was  among  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  Ipswich.  Fie  remained 
there  only  a  short  time,  and  in  1637  was  at 
Newbury,  where  he  was  probably  one  of  an 
advance  party  who  were  looking  for  a  suitable 
place  for  a  settlement.  In  1644  he  was  lo- 
cated at  Dover.  July  10  that  year  he  received 
a  grant  of  land,  and  November  26,  1656,  he 
had  another  grant  of  one  hundred  acres  of 
land  laid  out  to  him.  At  subsequent  times 
he  received  still  other  grants  of  land.  He  re- 
sided at  Bloody  Point,  in  that  part  of  ancient 
Dover  which  is  now  Newington.  The  public 
records  gave  some  other  facts  of  the  life  of 
James  Rawlins  in  the  New  Hampshire  wilder- 
ness. In  the  records  of  the  court,  under  date 
of  August  5,  1634,  "It  was  witnessed  upon 
oath  that  James  Rawdins  took  8  pence  per 
day,  and  meat  and  drink  for  ten  days'  work, 
for  one  of  his  servants,  for  weeding  corn,  con- 
trary to  an  order  of  the  Court"  (an  act  regu- 
lating the  price  of  commodities  and  labor)  "and 
therefore  he  is  to  pay  5  shillings  for  every  day 
he  hath  so  transgressed."  January  27,  1656, 
"James  Rawlins  was  presented  for  neglect  of 
coming  unto  the  public  meeting,  and  admon- 
ished therefor,  and  sentenced  to  pay  the  fees 
of  the  court,  two  shillings  and  six  pence."  Oc- 
tober 18,  1659,  "The  Court  having  considered 
the  several  offenses  of  those  persons  that  en- 
tertained the  Quakers,  with  the  answers  given 
in  by  them  respectively,  do  order  that  James 
Rawlins,  being  more  innocent  and  ingenious 
(ingenuous)  than  the  rest,  be  only  admonished 
by  the  honored  Governor,  which  was  done." 
Thus  it  seems  that  James  Rawlins  was  three 
times  before  the   court   for  acts   that   are  no 


longer  considered  offences  against  the  law. 
The  arbitrary  regulation  of  the  price  of  labor 
was  repealed  the  month  following  Mr.  Raw- 
lin's  appearance  in  ccjurt.  He  was  compelled 
to  travel  to  Cocheco  (Dover)  or  Piscataqua 
(Portsmouth),  a  distance  of  several  miles,  by 
Indian  trails  and  exposed  to  attacks  by  sav- 
ages, if  he  attended  church,  but  this  was  con- 
sidered not  a  sufficient  excuse  for  non-attend- 
ance in  those  days.  As  to  his  extending  to 
•  the  homeless  and  persecuted  Quakers  the 
humble  hospitality  his  home  afforded,  it  was 
an  act  of  charity  that  marks  him  as  a  man  who- 
had  a  warmer  heart  and  broader  views  than 
those  who  then  made  the  laws  of  Massachu- 
setts. John  R.  Rollins,  the  compiler  of  the 
"Records  of  Families  of  the  Name  of  Rawlins 
or  Rollins,  in  the  United  States,"  thus  char- 
acterizes James  Rollins.  He  "was  one  of  the 
hardy  pioneers  in  the  settlement  of  the  West- 
ern Wilderness ;  a  plain,  sturdy  farmer,  pos- 
sessed of  good  common  sense  and  practical 
ideas;  capable  of  thinking  and  acting  for  him- 
self, sometimes  independently  of  the  arbitrary 
enactments  of  the  law  of  his  time,  and  hos- 
pitable to  the  stranger  tho'  proscribed.  Thus, 
probably,  he  spent  his  life,  as  contentedly  as 
the  savage  foes  around  him  would  permit — 
cultivating  his  broad  acres  and  rearing  a  fam- 
ily, who  were  subsequently  to  do  their  part  in 
carrying  out  the  undertaking  of  founding  and 
establishing  the  new  state ;  and,  at  a  good  old 
age,  his  spirit  was  gathered  to  his  fathers, 
while  his  ashes,  the  first  of  his  tribe  in  the 
new  world,  .were  mingled  with  the  original 
soil,  which  he  aided  in  clearing  from  the  "for- 
est primeval."  His  will,  dated  December  16, 
1685,  was  probated  July  25,  1691.  His  wife's 
name  was  Hannah.  Their  chiMren  were: 
Ichabod,  Thomas.  Samuel.  James,  Benjamin, 
Joseph  and  Deborah. 

(II)  Ichabod.  eldest  child  of  James  and 
Hannah  Rawlins,  resided  at  Bloody  Point, 
where  he  was  taxed  in  1665.  It  is  probable 
that  being  the  eldest  son  he  remained  on  the 
homestead,  which  is  yet  in  possession  of  a  de- 
scendant. ■  He  lived  at  Bloody  Point  until 
1707.  May  22  that  year,  while  driving  a  team 
in  company  with  John  Bunker,  from  Lieuten- 
ant Field's  garrison  to  James  Bunker's  (be- 
tween Oyster  River,  now  Durham,  and  Dover) 
for  a  loom,  he  was  attacked  by  a  party  of 
twenty  or  thirty  Indians  and  killed.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Tib- 
betts,  of  Dover  Neck,  who  died  before  she  at- 
tained her  thirtieth  year,  leaving  one  son, 
Jeremiah.  He  married  (second)  Elizabeth,  by 
whom   he   had   one   daughter,   born    July    16, 


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1706,  who  was  less  than  a  year  old  at  the  time 
of  her  father's  death. 

(III)  Jeremiah,  only  son  of  Ichabod  and 
Mary  (Tibbetts)  Rawlins,  lived  in  that  part 
of  Dover  which  is  now  Somersworth,  and 
was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the  incorpora- 
tion of  Somersworth  into  a  separate  parish. 
He  died  before  1768.  His  will,  dated  Decem- 
ber 7,  1752,  was  proved  June  29,  1768.  He 
gave  to  his  wife  Elizabeth  one-half  of  the 
homestead  while  unmarried,  a  negro,  and  lands 
in  Rochester;  to  Ichabod,  "the  only  son,"  the 
homestead,  land  in  Canterbury,  and  part  of  a 
sawmill ;  to  Mary,  land  in  Rochester ;  and  par- 
cels of  land  to  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Deborah  and 
Lydia ;  Ichabod  being  the  principal  heir  and 
executor  of  the  will.  Jeremiah  Rawlins  was 
an  industrious,  prudent  and  successful  man, 
and  no  doubt  a  man  of  considerable  influence 
among  his  townsmen.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Heard)  Ham, 
granddaughter  of  William  Ham,  of  Exeter 
and  Portsmouth,  who  was  a  native  of  ting- 
land.  She  was  born  January  29,  1681.  Their 
children  were:  Mary,  Lydia,  Deborah,  Icha- 
bod, Sarah  and  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  Hon.  Ichabod  (2),  fourth  child  and 
only  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Ham) 
Rawlins,  was  born  July  18,  1722,  and  died 
January  31,  1800.  He  resided  in  that  part  of 
Somersworth  which  was  subsequently  incor- 
porated and  named  in  honor  of  him,  Rollins- 
ford.  He  was  a  staunch  patriot  and  a  leader 
among  the  men  of  New  Hampshire  in  the 
great  struggle  for  independence.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  revolutionary  conventions  at 
Exeter,  in  April,  May  and  December,  1775; 
one  of  the  committee  to  prepare  and  bring  into 
the  convention  a  plan  of  ways  and  means  for 
furnishing  troops ;  and  was  also  one  of  the 
committee  of  supplies.  June  20,  1775,  he  was 
sent  in  company  with  Timothy  Walker,  of 
Concord,  a  member  of  the  committee  on  sup- 
plies, to  ascertain  the  losses  sustained  at  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  by  each  of  the  officers 
and  soldiers  of  the  New  Hampshire  forces, 
and  in  behalf  of  the  colony  to  make  them  com- 
pensations ;  also  to  secure  to  them  supplies, 
and  advance  a  month's  pay  to  such  as  had  en- 
listed, or  might  enlist,  in  the  Continental  ser- 
vice;  January  5,  1776,  he  was  a  member  of 
the  convention  when  it  resolved  itself  into  an 
independent  state  government;  a  delegate  to 
the  legislature,  October,  1776;  and  the  first 
judge  of  probate  under  the  new  government, 
which  office  he  held  from  1776  to  1784.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  executive  council  of 
New    Hampshire    in    1789.      He    was    a   land 


owner  and  slave  owner,  and  is  said  to  have 
treated  his  slaves  "in  the  kindest  manner." 
He  married  (first),  Abigail,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Wentworth,  of 
Dover.  She  died  in  her  sixty-eighth  year, 
October  17,  1790,  and  he  married  (second), 
in  1792,  Margaret  (Colton)  Frost,  widow  of 
Joseph  Frost,  of  Newcastle,  a  descendant  of 
Mayor  Charles  Frost,  of  Kittery.  She  died  at 
Rollinsford,  July  5,  1813,  aged  eighty-nine. 
His  children,  all  by  his  first  wife,  were:  John, 
Ichabod,  James,  Daniel,  Elizabeth,  Abigail, 
Mary. 

(V)  John,  eldest  child  of  Judge  Ichabod 
(2)  and  Abigail  (Wentworth)  Rollins,  was 
born  March  22,  1745,  and  resided  in  Somers- 
worth, where  he  died  January  23,  1820,  aged 
seventy-five.  He  was  a  cultivator  of  the  soil, 
had  qualities  of  leadership,  and  represented 
his  town  in  the  legislature  in  1789.  He  mar- 
ried JMary,  daughter  of  Dr.  ]\Ioses  Carr,  of 
Newbury,  Massachusetts.  She  died  April  16, 
1823,  aged  seventy-eight.  Their  children 
were:  Hiram,  Mary,  John,  Elizabeth  (died 
young),  George,  James,  EHzabeth,  Abigail, 
Sarah,  Paul  (died  young),  and  Paul. 

(VI)  John  (2),  third  child  and  second  son 
of  John  (i)  and  Mary  (Carr)  Rollins,  was 
born  in  Somersworth,  New  Hampshire,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1771,  and  lived  in  that  town  until 
1792,  when  he  removed  to  Lebanon,  Maine. 
He  married,  in  August,  1791,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Elisha  and  Elizabeth  (Waldron) 
Shapleigh,  by  wdiom  he  had  eleven  children : 
Moses,  Elisha,  Daniel  G.,  John,  Richard, 
Paul,  David  Legro,  Caroline,  Elizabeth  Wal- 
dron, Samuel  Shapleigh  and  Andrew  Went- 
worth. 

(VII)  Hon.  Daniel  Gustavus,  third  son  and 
child  of  John  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Shapleigh) 
Rollins,  was  born  in  Lebanon,  October  -3, 
1796,  and  died  in  Somersworth,  February, 
1873.  From  1823  to  May  31,  1826,  he  resided 
at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was 
agent  of  the  Portsmouth  Sugar  Refining  Com- 
pany. From  the  latter  date  until  1835  he  was 
engaged  in  trade  in  Wakefield.  His  fine  busi- 
ness ability  and  experience  made  him  a  favor- 
ite town  official,  and  he  filled  various  town 
offices.  He  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  se- 
lectmen of  Wakefield  from  1829  to  1834,  with 
the  exception  of  the  year  1832.  He  was  also 
town  treasurer.  In  1838-39  and  1840-41-44- 
45,  he  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen 
of  Somersworth.  The  same  years,  and  also 
1843  and  1858,  he  was  town  treasurer,  and  in 
other  town  offices;  in  1843,  1853  and  1854  he 
was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  legis- 


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latiire  from  Somersworth,  l)cin,Q;  a  member  of 
the  jiuliciary  committee  in  1853.  He  was  one 
of  the  corporators,  a  trustee  ami  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Somersworth  Savint;s  liank,  from 
its  ort^anization,  1845,  until  his  death;  one  of 
the  corporators  and  a  director  of  the  Great 
Falls  Bank,  from  1846  to  i86j,  and  agent  for 
the  bank  building",  supplying  its  notes,  etc. ; 
one  of  the  corporators  of  the  Great  Falls  & 
Conway  Railroad,  from  1848  to  1854,'  in- 
clusive: one  of  its  directors,  and  in  1849-50-51, 
agent,  treasurer  and  superintendent  of  the 
same;  and  in  1853-54  president  and  superin- 
tendent. From  1853  to  1856  he  was  president 
of  the  Great  Falls  and  South  Berwick  branch 
railroad;  he  was  also  one  of  the  corporators 
of  the  Great  Falls  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
and  one  of  its  directors  from  1849  to  i860. 
In  June,  1857,  'i*^  ^^''"^^  ajipointed  judge  of  pro- 
bate for  Strafford  county,  which  office  he  held 
till  October  2,  1866,  at  Dover,  and  the  ne.xt 
day,  being  liis  seventieth  birthday  anniversary, 
he  was  constitutionally  disqualified,  and  the 
office  became  vacant.  Judge  Rollins  was  a 
man  of  the  strictest  integrity,  great  activity, 
and  exceptional  business  qualifications.  He 
endeavored  to  be  on  the  right  side  of  all  pub- 
lic questions,  and  gave  his  support  to  those 
movements  that  are  inaugurated  to  promote  the 
public  welfare.  He  was  always  a  warm  friend 
of  the  temperance  cause,  and  was  for  three 
years  president  of  the  Great  Falls  Temper- 
ance Society.  He  married,  February  3,  1825, 
Susan  Binney  Jackson,  who  was  born  in  New- 
ton, September  13,  1805,  and  died  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1888,  aged  eighty-three  years.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Simon  and  Sally 
Spring  Jackson,  and  granddaughter  of  Gen- 
eral Michael  Jackson,  of  Newton,  Massachu- 
setts. Eleven  children  were  born  of  this 
union  :  Francis  E.,  Franklin  Jackson,  Edward 
Ashton,  Caroline  E.,  Susan  Augusta,  Mary 
Packard,  Sarah  Jane,  John  Adams,  Daniel  G., 
Margaret  E.  and  George  Frederic. 

(VH)  Franklin  Jackson,  second  child  and 
eldest  son  of  Daniel  G.  and  Susan  (Binney) 
Jackson  Rollins,  was  born  in  Wakefield,  New 
Hampshire,  April  3,  1827,  and  died  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  March  4,  1894.  He  resided  at 
Great  Falls,  New  Hampshire,  from  1835  to 
1862.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Portland 
and  entered  the  internal  revenue  office,  when 
it  had  been  inaugurated  but  three  weeks.  In 
1869  he  was  appointed  collector  of  internal 
revenue  for  the  District  of  Maine,  and  filled 
that  office  for  si.xteen  years.  From  the  time 
of  his  retirement  from  this  position  until  his 
death  he  was  engaged  in  the  insurance  busi- 


ness. He  married,  November  22,  1854,  Ara- 
bella C.  Jordan,  who  was  born  in  Somers- 
worth, ."^eptemljer  29,  1835,  daughter  of  Hon- 
orable Ichabod  G.  aiul  Sarah  L.  (Goodwin) 
Jordan,  of  lierwick,  I\laine.  Their  children 
were:  .Margaret  Jordan,  Sarah  Rice,  Kate 
McLellan,  (tjusan  Jackson,  Jordan  Jackson, 
and  Weld  Allen.  Alargaret  }.,  born  June  12, 
1856,  was  married  at  her  father's  residence  in 
Portland,  March  11,  1880,  to  Clarence  Hale, 
Esq.,  of  Portland.  (Sec  Hale  IX.)  Susan 
Jackson,  born  in  Somersworth,  February  11, 
1864,  married,  June  2,  1886,  Dr.  Irving  E. 
Kimball,  of  Portland  (see  Kimball  IX). 

(VIII)  Jordan  Jackson,  fifth  child  and 
elder  son  of  Franklin  J.  and  Arabella  C.  (Jor- 
dan) Rollins,  was  born  December  20,  1869,  in 
I'ortland,  where  his  early  life  was  passed.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city 
and  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  1888. 
Entering  Dartmouth  College  at  once,  he  was 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  1892,  fol- 
lowing which  he  spent  a  year  at  Harvard  Law 
School  in  Cambridge.  In  November,  1893,  he 
went  to  New  York  Cfty  and  entered  the  law- 
office  of  his  uncle,  Daniel  G.  Rollins,  for  fur- 
ther study.  Having  made  the  most  of  his 
opportunities,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
November,  1894,  and  immediately  engaged  in 
practice  in  association  with  his  uncle.  This 
arrangement  continued  until  the  death  of  the 
latter,  August  30,  1897.  The  law  firm  of  Rol- 
lins &  Rollins  was  then  formed  by  Jordan  J. 
Rollins  and  his  cousin,  Philip  A.  Rollins,  and 
this  has  been  one  of  the  most  successful  in  the 
city.  It  now  occupies  a  large  suite  of  offices 
in  the  Mutual  Life  Building,  where  many  as- 
sistants are  employed  and  a  large  amount  of 
business  transacted.  Mr.  Rollins  takes  part  in 
many  of  the  social  activities  of  New  York,  for 
which  he  is  amply  fitted  by  a  genial  nature. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  State  Bar 
Association,  the  Association  of  the  Bar  of  the 
City  of  New  York  and  of  the  New  York  Law 
Institute,  of  which  he  has  been  many  vears 
secretary.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Congre- 
gationalist,  and  is  an  active  supporter  of  Re- 
publican principles  in  politics,  though  he  has 
given  no  time  to  active  political  operations. 
Among  the  clubs  of  which  he  is  a  popular 
member  may  be  named:  L'nion  League.  Man- 
hattan, University,  Psi  L'psilon,  Dartmouth, 
Harvard,  New  York  Athletic,  Racquet  and 
Tennis,  Metropolitan,  Down  Town  Associa- 
tion, Railroad  Club,  City  Lunch  Club,  Maine 
Society,  New  Hampshire  Society,  American 
Yacht  Club,  Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club  and  Rockawav  Hunting  Club. 


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(For    first    generation    see    preceding    sketch.) 

(II)  Thomas,  second  son  and 
ROLLINS  child  of  James  and  Hannah 
Rawlins  (Rollins),  was  born 
perhaps  in  1643,  ^"<^1  resided  at  Bloody  Point 
until  after  1668,  when  he  removed  to  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  and  there  passed  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  His  farm  was  located  on  the 
old  road  leading  fi'om  Exeter  to  Hampton. 
He  was  one  of  the  company  of  Edward  Gove 
who  were  found  in  arms  and  endeavoring  to 
overthrow  the  government  of  Governor  Ed- 
ward Cranfield,  known  as  Gove's  Rebellion. 
It  is  a  matter  of  history  that  all  except  the 
leader  in  this  rebellion  were  pardoned.  On 
one  of  these  petitions  for  the  removal  of 
Cranfield  appears  the  name  of  Thomas  Rol- 
lins, and  his  rebellious  blood  seems  to  have 
been  bequeathed  to  his  descendants,  for  in  the 
revolution  twenty  or  more  of  them  formed 
against  the  arbitrary  government  of  George 
III.  Rollins  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  in 
1682.  He  was  married,  about  1670,  to  Rachel, 
daughter  of  J\Ioses  and  Alice  Cox,  of  Hamp- 
ton. It  is  probable  that  his  death  occurred 
about  1706,  as  the  inventory  of  his  property 
was  returned  to  the  probate  office  November 
3  of  that  year.  His  children  were :  Thomas, 
Moses,  Joseph,  ]\Iary,  Benjamin,  Aaron,  Sam- 
uel, John,  Alice  and  Rachel. 

(III)  John,  seventh  son  of  Thomas  and 
Rachel  (Cox)  Rollins,  was  born  in  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  and  removed  to  East  Brad- 
ford, now  Groveland,  Massachusetts.  He 
lived  on  the  river  road  near  the  old  chain 
ferry,  and  the  house  in  which  he  resided  is  still 
in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  He  removed 
with  his  family  to  Damariscotta,  Maine,  where 
he  died  in  1776,  the  year  of  our  independence. 
He  married  (first)  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Sevary,  July  31,  1732;  (second)  Mary  Glid- 
den;  (third)  Patience;  (fourth)  Annie  His- 
cock.  Children,  by  first  two  wives :  Eli- 
phalet,  Deborah,  Benjamin,  Susan,  Jane,  Na- 
thaniel, Samuel,  Sarah,  John,  Mary,  Betsey, 
Martha  and  Lydia. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  third  son  of  John  Rollins, 
was  born  in  1738,  in  Damariscotta  and  died  in 
1783.  He  married  (first)  Lydia  Clark;  (sec- 
ond) Marie  Chadbourne.  Children  by  both 
marriages  were:  Susanna,  John,  Nathaniel, 
Eliphalet,  Ebenezer,  Stephen,  Josiah,  Ichabod, 
Sarah,  Lydia  and  Patience. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Lydia 
(Clark)  Rollins,  was  born  in  Newcastle, 
Maine,  and  resided  in  Jeflferson  and  Sidney, 
dying  at  the  latter  place  April  14,  1843.  He 
was    a    revolutionary    soldier.      He    married 


(first)  Susan  Ridley;  (second)  Abigail 
Whitehouse,  of  Sandy  River;  (third)  Mary 
Jones,  of  Jefferson.  Children  :  Eunice,  Rob- 
ert, Eliphalet,  :\Iary,  Sarah,  Nathaniel,  John, 
Rebecca,  Betsey.  Susan,  Robert,  George,  Jo- 
seph, Thomas  and  Lydia. 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (2),  third  son  of  John 
(2)  Rollins,  was  born  September  8,  1796,  and 
was  a  tanner  and  currier.  He  married  at  Ray- 
mond, Maine.  Harriet  Wheeler,  of  Waterford. 
Children  :     Henry  and  Lucy. 

(VII)  Henry,  only  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
and  Harriet  (Wheeler)  Rollins,  v.as  born  at 
East  Holden,  Penobscot  county,  IMaine,  in 
1828,  died  in  April,  1868.  He  was  a  harness 
maker  in  Bangor  and  Ellsworth.  He  was  a 
Democrat,  and  was  candidate  for  representa- 
tive on  that  ticket.  He  married  Frances  H., 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Joanna  JMorrill,  of 
Newburgh,  Maine ;  she  was  born  February  20, 
1832,  died  ^larch  17,  1901.  Children:  Frank 
W.,  Charles  Henry,  Helen  2\Iaria  and  Harriet. 
Mrs.  Rollins  after  her  husband's  death  mar- 
ried Moses  Plale  and  had  one  son  Arthur  Les- 
lie, died  September  28,  1901. 

(VIII)  Frank  Waldron,  eldest  son  of 
Henry  and  Frances  H.  (I^lorrill)  Rollins,  was 
born  at  East  Holden,  iMaine,  January  23, 
1853,  and  raised  in  Ellsworth  in  the  same 
state.  The  Ellsworth  schools  and  the  Boston 
Latin  School  fitted  him  for  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, from  which  institution  be  graduated 
in  1877  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  In  the  iate 
sixties  he  learned  "the  art  preservative  of  all 
arts"  on  the  Ellsworth  American.  After  grad- 
uation he  published  a  newspaper  in  Abington, 
Massachusetts,  till  1878,  when  he  taught  in  the 
high  scl'ool  at  North  Abington.  In  1879-80 
he  taught  in  the  high  school  at  Great  Falls, 
New  Hampshire,  and  in  July,  1880,  went  on 
the  editorial  staff  of  the  Boston  Commercial 
Bulletin.  In  1884  he  established  a  newspaper 
in  Abington,  relinquishing  this  in  1885  to  re- 
turn to  the  Bulletin.  In  1887  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Daily  Commercial  Bulletin  of 
New  York,  the  Journal  of  Commerce  and  the 
Evening  Post.  At  about  this  time  he  founded 
the  Mamaroneck  Paragraph.  In  1893  he 
bought  out  the  Ellsworth,  Maine,  American, 
on  which  he  learned  his  trade,  of  which  he  is 
still  proprietor  and  editor.  He  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Ellsworth  in  1890  by  President 
McKinley,  and  still  retains  the  appointment. 
Mr.  Rollins  travelled  extensively  in  Europe  in 
1896.  He  is  one  of  the  active  working  Re- 
publicans in  ]Maine.  He  was  raised  to  the 
master's  degree  in  the  John  Cutler  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  Abington ;  he  is 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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a  Chapter  Mason  and  a  Knif^ht  Teni|)lar  in 
iilanqucfuil  Conmiaiulery  of  Ellsworth,  and 
has  bten  received  into  the  Independent  (Jrder 
of  Odd  l-'ellows.  He  is  a  musician  of  accoin- 
plisiied  tastes  and  talents,  and  a  director  of  the 
Eastern  Maine  Musical  Association  and  con- 
ductor of  the  Ellsworth  festival  chorus.  He  is 
a  nienibcr  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Bangor, 
director  in  the  Ellsworth  Loan  and  l-'iuildnig 
Association,  and  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  Mr.  Kollins  is  one  of  the 
brightest  editorial  writers  in  Maine  journal- 
ism, and  wields  a  trenchant  pen  in  the  inter- 
ests of  good  government,  purity  in  politics 
and  the  industrial  development  of  his  native 
state.  The  Ellsworth  American  is  one  of  the 
leading  agencies  in  the  educational  and  intel- 
lectual advancement  of  its  city  and  the  sections 
of  Maine  in  wliich  it  circulates. 

Mr.  Rollins  married,  December  25,  1879, 
Ellen  Ware,  daughter  of  Josiah  T.  Kiny,  of 
Abington,  lUassachusetts,  a  leading  shoe  man- 
ufacturer in  his  day.  Children:  Helen,  born 
December  22,  i88o,  and  Harriet,  March  22, 
18S3  ;  both  are  graduates  of  Wellesley  College. 


From    the    Herald's    College, 
KIMBALL     London,  comes  the  statement 

that  the  family  of  Kimball  is 
from  the  county  of  Cumberland,  England,  and 
takes  its  origin  from  a  parish  of  that  name 
upon  the  Scottish  border.  The  ancestor  from 
whom  the  principal  American  branch  of  the 
family  sprang,  came  from  Rattlesden,  in  the 
county  of  Suttolk  (not  far  from  London)  in 
which  county  the  Kemballs  have  lived  at  least 
four  hundred  years.  The  name  has  been  vari- 
ously spelled,  "according  to  the  taste  and  fancy 
of  the  speller."  The  original  name  is  claimed 
to  have  been  "Kymbolde;"  the  American  an- 
cestor wrote  it  Kemball,  and  his  descendants 
changed  it  to  Kimball.  The  Kimballs,  as  a 
stock,  have  been  noted  for  .their  retentive 
memories ;  and  in  business  circles  they  have 
been  exceptionally  strong;  and  have  taken 
leading  places  in  local  affairs. 

(I)  Richard  Kimball,  the  ancestor  in  Amer- 
ica, resided  in  the  parish  of  Rattlesden,  in  the 
county  of  Suffolk,  England,  as  is  shown  by 
the  parish  register  of  the  date  of  the  baptism 
of  his  son  Henry,  August  12,  161 5.  He  em- 
barked with  his  family  at  Ipswich,  county  of 
Suft'olk,  England,  April  10,  1634,  in  the  ship 
"Elizabeth,"  William  Andrews,  master,  and 
sailed  for  Boston  in  New  England,  where  he 
arrived  in  due  course  of  time.  From  Boston 
it  seems  that  he  soon  went  to  Watertown. 
He  is  said  to  have  been  thirty-nine  years  old 


at  this  time.  His  home  lot  in  the  first  division 
was  a  parcel  of  si.xty  acres,  bounded  on  the 
north  by  Cambridge,  and  now  forms  a  part 
of  that  town  which  afterward  annexed  the 
eastern  part  of  Watertown.  He  was  made 
freeman  May  6,  1635,  and  became  a  projjrietor 
in  1637.  Soon  afterward  he  accei)tcd  an  invi- 
tation to  move  to  Ijiswich,  where  he  followed 
the  calling  of  wheelwright  the  remainder  of 
his  days.  February  23,  1637,  the  town  granted 
him  a  house  lot  at  the  west  end  of  town  and 
"40  acres  beyond  North  river."  In  1639  he 
had  liberty  to  pa.sturc  "two  cows  free."  On 
"the  last  day  of  the  last  month  1641"  he  is 
mentioned  as  "Among  the  Commoners  of  Ips- 
wich." He  was  appointed  one  of  the  seven 
men  March  i,  1645.  On  the  22d  day  of  the 
loth  month,  1647,  he  was  allowed  two  pounds 
for  killing  two  foxes.  In  January,  1649,  ''"•" 
was  given  permission  "to  sell  such  white  oaks 
as  he  hath  occasion  to  use  about  his  trade  for 
the  town  use."  December  19.  1648,  he  con- 
tributed with  others  three  shillings  as  his  an- 
nual proportion  toward  the  sum  of  £27  7s.  as 
a  rate  for  the  services  of  their  military  leader, 
Major  David  Dennison,  then  commander  of 
the  military  forces  of  Essex  and  Norfolk  coun- 
ties. In  September,  1652,  he  was  one  of  the 
appraisers  of  the  estate  of  John  Cross.  Jan- 
uary 25,  1652,  Richard  and  his  son  Richard 
Kimball,  wheelwrights,  "for  £14  sell  30  acres 
of  upland  bounding  on  land  of  Mr.  John  Win- 
throp;"  also  another  lot  of  land  of  ten  acres 
of  meadow.  In  1653  he  was  one  of  a  com- 
mittee of  three  to  survey  fences  in  the  com- 
mon fields  north  of  the  river.  In  1664  he 
owned  forty-three  shares  in  Plumb  Island.  He 
made  his  will  March  5,  1675,  and  died  June 
22,  1675,  aged  more  than  eighty  years.  This 
will  was  probated  September  28,  1675.  The 
inventory  of  the  estate,  although  he  had  given 
property  to  his  children  on  their  marriages, 
amounted  to  £y7,y  3s.  6d.,  a  good  estate  for 
that  time  and  place.  Richard"  Kimball  mar- 
ried (first)  Ursula,  daughter  of  Henry  Scott, 
of  Rattlesden,  and  (second),  October  23,  1661, 
Margaret,  widow  of  Henry  Dow,  of  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire.  She  died  March  i,  1676. 
The  children  of  Richard  Kimball,  all  by  the 
first  wife,  were :  Abigail.  Henrv,  Elizabeth, 
Richard.  Mary,  Martha'^  John,  Thomas,  Sarah, 
Benjamin,  and  Caleb. 

(II)  Henry,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
Richard  Kimball,  was  born  in  Rattlesden,  Suf- 
folk county,  England,  baptized  August  12. 
161 5,  and  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Eliza- 
beth" with  his  father  in  1634.  He  first  settled 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  but  some  time 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


after  1646  followed  his  father  to  Ipswich,  and 
about  1655  removed  to  Wenham,  and  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  that  town.  November 
8,  1657,  he  subscribed  three  pounds  as  minis- 
ter's rate,  one-half  in  wheat,  the  other  half  in 
Indian  corn,  "at  merchant's  price."  In  1659 
he  subscribed  three  pounds  fifty  shillings,  one- 
half  in  com,  and  in  1660-61  he  contributed  ten 
shillings  toward  the  new  meeting  house.  He 
was  chosen  constable  October  2.2,  1669.  He 
died  in  Wenham,  in  1676,  leaving  an  estate  in- 
ventoried at  one  hundred  seventy-seven  pounds 
twelve  shillings.  He  married  (first)  about 
1640,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Wy- 
att,  who  came  to  America  in  the  same  ship 
with  him.  Mary  died  in  Wenham,  August  12, 
1672,  and  he  married  (second)  Elizabeth  (Gil- 
bert) Rayner,  widow  of  William,  son  of 
Thurston  Rayner,  and  daughter  of  Humphrey 
and  Elizabeth  Gilbert.  Henry  and  Mary  (Wy- 
att)  Kimball  had  children:  Mary,  Richard, 
John,  Caleb,  Dorcas,  Abigail,  Sarah,  Henry, 
Mehitable,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Martha  and  De- 
borah. 

(III)  Caleb,  third  son  of  Henry  and  Mary 
(Wyatt)  Kimball,  was  born  about  1646,  prob- 
ably in  Watertown,  and  then  disappears  from 
the  records.  It  is  presumable  that  he  settled 
in  Wells,  Maine,  and  v.as  the  father  of  tlie 
next  mentioned. 

(IV)  The  first  mention  found  of  Caleb 
Kimball,  of  Wells,  Maine,  is  when  he  married 
Susanna  Cloyes,  June  15,  1704.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  Nathaniel,  Richard,  Caleb,  Su- 
sanna, Mary,  Sarah,  Joshua,  Samuel  and  Ben- 
jamin. 

(V)  Richard,  second  son  of  Caleb  and  Su- 
sanna (Ooyes)  Kimball,  was  baptized  March 
25,  1707,  and  died  in  1781.  He  was  an  early 
settler  of  Wells,  Maine,  and  in  1750  had  seven 
cows  and  eight  oxen.  In  1724  he  was  hunted 
by  Indians;  in  1730  he  kept  a  store  in  Kenne- 
bunk,  Maine;  in  1755  he  was  part  owner  of 
the  first  vessel  of  Wells;  in  1767  built  a  sloop; 
and  in  1778  is  recorded  as  giving  one  shirt  and 
one  pair  of  stockings  for  the  army.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  September  i,  1733,  Catherine 
Couzens,  (second)  August  6,  1740,  Hannah 
Lord,  of  Berwick,  Maine.  His  children  were : 
Richard  (died  young),  Richard,  Mary,  Eliza- 
beth, Samuel,  Isaac,  Israel  and  Hannah. 

(VI)  Israel,  son  of  Richard  and  Hainiah 
(Lord)  Kimball,  was  baptized  April  29,  1750, 
at  Wells,  Maine,  and  died  in  1822.  He  lived 
at  Kennebunk,  Maine,  and  married,  October 
12,  1771,  Eleanor  Dennett,  born  at  Arundel, 
died  in  1823.  Their  children  were:  i.  Jacob, 
born  1 77 1,  married  Annie  Getchell.     2.  Israel, 


1773-  3-  Wilbraham.  4.  Eleanor,  married 
Benjamin  Treadwell.  5.  Stephen,  born  June 
30,  1783.  6.  Betsey,  married  Daniel  Merrill. 
7.  Sally,  married  Philip  Emery.  8.  Polly,  mar- 
ried Abraham  Kimball.  9.  A  daughter,  mar- 
rieil  Charles  Trafton.  10.  Richard,  born  May 
24,  1893. 

(VII)  Wilbraham,  third  son  of  Israel  and 
Eleanor  (Dennett)  Kimball,  was  born  in  1778, 
at  Wells,  Maine,  and  died  October  28,  1850,  at 
the  same  place.  He  lived  at  Kennebunk, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  shipbuilding.  He 
married,  October  20,  1804,  Deborah  Bourne, 
born  March  29,  1821,  died  October  15,  1859; 
children:  I.  Ivory,  born  September  21,  1805, 
died  July  24,  1853;  was  a  minister,  and  grad- 
uated from  Bowdoin  College ;  married  Susan 
K.  Poor.  2.  Stephen,  born  June  21,  1807,  died 
July  15,  1888.  3.  Isaac,  born  June  17,  1809, 
died  March  7,  1894.  4.  Israel,  born  January 
26,  1812,  died  December  10,  1890.  5.  Wilbra- 
ham. 6.  William,  born  August  4,  1816,  died 
May  20,  1904.  7.  Benjamin  H.,  born  August 
26,  1818,  died  October  14,  1889.  8.  John  Pat- 
ton,  born  March  29,  1821,  died  July  20,  1879; 
married  Emily  Skelton.  9.  Samuel  W.,  born 
November  24,  1823,  died  October  14,  1888. 
10.  George  W.,  born  October  4,  1825,  died 
September  13,  1892. 

(VIII)  \Vilbraham  (2),  fifth  son  of  Wil- 
braham (i)  and  Deborah  (Bourne)  Kimball, 
was  born  March  24,  1814,  and  died  June  3, 
1870.  June  8,  1842,  he  married  Ann  Hatch, 
born  ]\Iarch  15.  1819;  children:  i.  Ivory 
George.  2.  Israel  Edward,  born  February  23, 
1853,  married  (first)  Catherine  Beaver,  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clifford.  Israel  Edward 
had  one  daughter  by  first  marriage,  Clara 
Belle,  born  May  15.  1874.  3.  Jennie  Oakley. 
born  September  25,  1855.  Mrs.  Kimball  died 
November  7,  1891. 

(IX)  Ivory  George,  eldest  son  of  Wilbra- 
ham (2)  and  Ann  (Hatch)  Kimball,  was  born 
May  5,  1843,  at  Jay,  Maine.  In  1846  he  moved 
with  his  mother  to  Indiana,  where  he  attended 
the  public  schools,  and  after  he  reached  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  taught  school.  He  served 
tliree  months  as  private  in  the  civil  war,  in 
Company  E.  Fifty-fifth  Indiana  Infantry  Regi- 
ment, in  1863  he  went  to  Washington  with 
Hugh  McCulloch,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
who  secured  him  a  position  in  one  of  the  gov- 
ernment offices.  He  took  a  course  at  the  Co- 
lumbia Law  School,  graduating  in   1867  with 

the  degree  of  LL.B.,  and  the  same  year  was      J 
admitted    to    the    District    of    Columbia    bar;      1 
afterward  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
court    of   claims   and    United    States   supreme 


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court,  and  commenced  the  general  practice  of 
law.  In  i8yi  he  was  appointed  by  President 
Harrison  police  court  judge  of  Washington, 
received  re-appointnient  by  President  McKin- 
ley  in  1898,  and  again  in  1904  by  President 
Roosevelt,  his  term  exjiiring  in  1910.  Judge 
Kimball  has  for  several  years  been  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, which  has  delighted  to  honor  him  for 
many  jears.  He  belongs  to  I'.urnside  Post, 
No.  8,  of  Washington.  In  1901  he  was  elected 
junior  vice  department  commander ;  the  year 
following,  senior  vice  department  commander ; 
in  1903  department  commander  for  one  year; 
and  he  has  for  several  years  past  held  the  posi- 
tion of  chairman  of  the  committee  on  national 
legislation  for  the  organization,  and  he  repre- 
sented the  Grand  Army  on  the  connnission  to 
erect  the  Memorial  Amphitheater  in  the  Na- 
tional Cemetery  at  Arlington.  Judge  Kimball 
is  a  Republican  as  to  political  views,  and  is  an 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  order  of  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  belonging  to  Hiram  Lodge, 
No.  10,  of  Washington,  and  has  attained  to 
the  32d  degree.  Scottish  Rite.  Judge  Kim- 
ball married,  September  26,  1865,  Anna  L. 
Ferris,  born  January  8,  1839,  in  Saratoga 
county,  New  York,  and  this  union  has  been 
blessed  with  eight  children,  as  follows:  i. 
Ella  Clara,  Ixjrn  June  24,  1866;  married 
Reverend  W.  A.  Tyler,  of  Nebraska ;  they  had 
eight  children,  four  of  whom  are  living — 
Tracy,  Harry,  Ralph  and  Ivory.  2.  Wilbra, 
born  April  6,  1868,  died  March  9,  1888.  3. 
Harry  Gilbert,  born  IVlarch  26,  1870,  married 
Jennie  Fermage ;  children:  Paul,  Ruth  and 
Anna.  4.  Alice  May,  born  July  7,  1872,  mar- 
ried Dr.  John  W.  McMichel,  of  Portland, 
Oregon.  5.  Arthur  Herbert,  born  March  13, 
1S75;  married  Helen  M.  Kimball;  children: 
Ruth  and  Arthur.  6.  Bertha  Louise,  born 
January  28,  1878,  died  April  22,  1907.  7. 
Eilna  Gertrude,  born  September  9,  1879,  mar- 
ried Otto  L.  Ferris,  an  attorney,  and  resides 
at  Portland,  Oregon ;  children :  Margaret, 
died  in  childhood ;  and  Earle  Leonard,  living. 
8.  Walter,  born  November  20,  1883 ;  is  an  op- 
tician, and  resides  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 


(For  first   generation  -see    preceding   sketcli.) 

(H)  Richard  (2),  son  of 
KIMBALL    Richard      (i)      and     Ursula 

(Scott)  Kimball,  was  born  in 
Rattlesden,  England,  in  1623,  and  died  in 
Wenham,  Massachusetts,  May  26,  1676.  He 
came  to  America  with  his  father.  He  was 
called  a  wheelwright  and  yeoman.   In  a  deposi- 


tion dated  September,  1658,  he  mentions  hav- 
ing "lived  on  Goodman  Shatswell's  farm  for 
seven  years."  ]  le  removed  to  Wenham  be- 
tween 1652  and  1656,  settled  in  the  westerly 
part  of  the  town,  and  was  the  first  settler 
named  Kimball  in  that  town.  It  seems  that 
he  was  the  largest  taxpayer  among  the  early 
settlers.  That  he  owned  large  amounts  of 
lands  at  different  times  is  shown  by  the  rec- 
ords of  numerous  conveyances  in  the  records 
at  Salem,  November  8,  1657,  he  subscribed 
£3  to  the  minister's  rate,  to  be  paid  one-half 
in  wheat  and  one-half  in  Indian  corn.  The 
next  year  he  was  chosen  selectman,  and  was 
continued  in  that  office  with  the  exception  of 
three  years,  till  1674.  December  4,  1660,  he 
was  one  of  a  committee  to  see  about  building 
a  new  meeting  house.  February  28,  1663,  the 
town  leased  two  hundred  acres  of  the  best  of 
its  common  land  for  one  thousand  years  to 
Abner  Ordway,  Thomas  Searles,  John  Ed- 
wards and  Richard  Kimball  Jr.  Richard  Kim- 
ball was  one  of  a  committee  to  perfect  the  line 
between  Bass  River  and  Wenham,  and  July  18, 
1673,  was  one  of  a  committee  to  establish 
rates  for  the  cost  of  building  a  meeting  house. 
The  amount  of  the  inventory  of  his  estate 
taken  after  his  death  was  £986  i6s.  6d.  His 
dwelling  house  and  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
two  acres  of  land  and  one  hundred  and  sev- 
enty acres  of  meadow  belonging  to  it  were 
appraised  at  £370.  He  also  had  two  hundred 
acres  at  Rowley  Village.  The  genealogist  de- 
duces from  the  fact  that  Thomas  Kimball  had 
wages  due  him  from  the  county  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  as  stated  in  his  inventory,  that 
it  is  possible  that  he  had  been  engaged' in  the 
war  with  the  Indians,  and  was  probably  with 
his  nephew,  Caleb  Kimball,  at  the  time  the  lat- 
ter was  killed  at  Bloody  Brook.  Richard  Kim-  ■ 
ball  married  (first)  Mary,  whose  surname 
does  not  transpire.  She  died  September  2, 
1672.  His  second  wife  was  also  named  Mary, 
probably  Mary  Gott.  His  children,  all  but 
the  last  two  probably  by  his  first  wife,  were: 
John,  Samuel,  Thomas,  Ephraim,  Caleb,  Chris- 
topher, Richard,  a  child,  and  Nathaniel. 

(Ill)  Caleb  Kimball,  fifth  son  of  Richard 
(2)  and  Mary  Kimball,  was  born  in  Wenham, 
April  9,  1665,  and  died  there  Januarv  25,  1726! 
He  was  a  yeoman  and  mason.  He  bought  land 
as  early  as  1720,  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
and  after  residing  there  a  while  returned  to 
Wenham.  He  conveyed  this  farm  to  his  son 
Abraham  on  condition  that  he  should  pay  the 
other  children  their  shares  in  their  father's 
estate.  His  wife  Sarah  died  February  20, 
1732.      Their   children    were:     Caleb,    Sarah! 


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John,  Abraham,  Hannah,  Mehitable,  Eleazer, 
Benjamin  and  Joseph. 

(IV)  John  Kimball,  third  child  and  second 
son  of  Caleb  and  Sarah  Kimball,  was  born  in 
Wenham,  Massachusetts,  December  20,  i6gg, 
and  died  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  in  1785. 
He  was  a  carpenter.  His  father  gave  him 
land  in  Exeter,  on  which  he  settled.  He  also 
owned  land  in  Kensington  and  Chester.  He 
married  (first)  February  14,  1723,  Abigail  Ly- 
ford,  who  died  February  12,  1738;  and  (sec- 
ond) September  18,  1740,  Sarah  Wilson,  born 
November  23,  1709,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Thomas  and  Mary  L.  Wilson.  He  had  fifteen 
children  by  the  first  wife  and  eight  by  the  sec- 
ond: Judith,  Abigail,  John,  Joseph,  Lydia, 
Thomas  (died  young),  Sarah,  Noah,  Olive, 
Nathaniel,  Moses,  Caleb,  Thomas  and  Jesse. 

(V)  Joseph,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of 
John  and  Abigail  (Lyford)  Kimball,  was  born 
in  E.xeter,  New  Hampshire,  January  29,  1731, 
and  died  November  6,  1814,  in  the  eighty- 
fourth  year  of  his  age.  He  resided  in  Exeter 
until  1788,  and  then  removed  to  Canterbury. 
He  became  blind  before  leaving  Exeter,  and 
never  saw  the  town  of  Canterbury,  in  which 
he  lived  twenty-six  years.  Tradition  says  his 
first  wife  was  Olive  Wilson.  He  married 
(second),  in  1762,  Sarah  Smith,  born  1740, 
died  March  i,  1808.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Peter  Sanborn  and  Olive ;  of  second  wife : 
Mary,  Sarah,  John,  Betsey,  Joseph,  Jesse, 
Smith,  Samuel,  and  Robert. 

(VI)  Rev.  Jesse,  sixth  child  and  third  son 
of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Kimball,  was 
born  in  Exeter,  September  7,  1774,  and  died 
May  5,  1818.  He  was  a  Methodist  clergyman, 
and  lived  in  Hallowell,  Maine,  "much  re- 
spected and  greatly  beloved."  He  married 
(first)  Hannah  Cox,  who  died  March  28,  1814, 
daughter  of  James  Cox  of  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married  (second)  June  11,  1814, 
Betsey  Page,  who  died  July  4,  1878,  daughter 
of  Timothy  Page,  of  Hallowell.  She  was  a 
niece  of  his  first  wife.  His  children  were : 
Betsey,  Joseph,  Mary,  Olive,  Robert  Moody 
and  George  Moody,  all  but  the  last  by  the  first 
wife. 

(VII)  Robert  Moody,  fifth  child  and  second 
son  of  Jesse  and  Hannah  (Cox)  Kimball,  was 
born  in  Hallowell,  Maine,  February  3,  1805, 
and  died  May  i,  1885,  aged  eighty  years.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  resided  in  Clinton.  He 
married,  September,  1824,  Mary  Reynolds 
Packard,  died  at  Parkman,  Maine,  daughter 
of  Deacon  Barnabas  Packard,  of  Clinton. 
After  the  death  of  her  husband  she  lived  in 
West  Ripley.     Children :     Ebenezer  Packard. 


Lucius  Ord,  Mary  Olive,  Hester  Ann  Cox, 
Robert  Moody,  George  Moody,  Luman  Brown, 
Cynthia  Packard,  Jesse,  Robert  Melvin,  and 
Albert  Irving. 

(VIII)  Ebenezer  Packard,  eldest  child  of 
Robert  Moody  and  Mary  Reynolds  (Packard) 
Kimball,  was  born  in  Benton,  May  11,  1825, 
and  died  in  Corinna,  October  16,  1901.  He 
followed  the  vocation  of  his  father,  and  re- 
sided in  Corinna  and  Searsport,  Maine;  Sep- 
tember II,  1849,  1^^  married  Tryphosa  Fessen- 
den  Nye,  born  in  Fairfield,  Maine,  February 
3,  183 1,  daughter  of  Ellis  and  Martha  Nye,  of 
Fairfield,  Maine.  She  died  October  29,  1905. 
Their  children:  i.  Irving  Ellis,  has  extended 
mention  below.  2.  Willard  Carroll,  born  in 
Searsport,  December  9,  1855,  resides  in  Bos- 
ton. 3.  Ellen  Myra,  born  in  Searsport,  May 
25,  1859;  married  June  2,  1883,  Isaac  Mower 
Bates,  of  Corinna,  Maine. 

(IX)  Irving  Ellis,  eldest  child  of  Ebenezer 
A.  and  Tryphosa  F.  (Ny6)  Kimball,  was  born 
in  Clinton,  September  2,  1851.  He  received 
his  literary  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
the  East  Maine  Conference  Seminary  at 
Bucksport.  Subsequently  he  attended  lectures 
at  the  Medical  School  of  Maine  and  the  medi- 
cal department  of  Dartmouth  College,  receiv- 
ing his  degree  at  the  former  institution  in 
1876.  He  practiced  medicine  at  Wiscasset 
three  years,  thence  moving  to  Portland,  where 
he  has  since  resided.  In  1894  he  went  abroad 
and  did  post-graduate  work  in  several  of  the 
most  famous  schools  of  Europe,  including  the 
University  of  Vienna,  where  he  remained 
longest.  In  1881  he  was  appointed  demon- 
strator of  anatomy  in  the  Portland  Medical 
School,  and  in  1882  he  was  appointed  to  the 
same  position  in  the  Medical  School  of  Maine. 
Returning  to  Portland  in  1881,  he  engaged  in 
the  general  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery ; 
this  he  continued  for  short  time,  but  for  sev- 
eral years  past  his  practice  has  been  confined 
to  diseases  of  the  nose  anfi  throat.  In  prac- 
tice he  has  met  with  gratifying  success,  and 
his  patronage  is  drawn  from  a  large  area  of 
the  New  England  states.  He  is  consulting 
surgeon  to  the  Maine  General  Hospital  and 
the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Hospital.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Cumberland  County  Medical 
Society,  the  Maine  Medical  Society,  the  New 
England  Medical  Society,  the  American  i\led- 
ical  Society,  and  the  American  Otological, 
Rhinological  and  Laryngological  Society.  He 
is  vice-president  of  the  Cumberland  Club.  In 
religious  views  he  is  a  Congregationalist.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  takes  no  part 
in  local  politics. 


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Ur.  Kimlxill  niarricil  (first),  October  23, 
1879,  Afary  I'"rances  Tucker,  who  died  Marcli 
10,  1883,  (laiij;liter  of  Captain  Joseph  and 
Frances  Tucker,  of  Wiscasset.  One  cliild  was 
born  of  this  marriage,  Irving  Francis,  March 
10,  1883,  who  died  April  22,  same  year.  Dr. 
Kiniljall  married  (sccontl)  June  2,  1886,  Susan 
J.  KolHns,  wlio  was  born  February  11,  1864, 
daughter  of  I-'rankUii  |.  and  Arabella  C.  (Jor- 
dan)  Rollins.     (See  Rollins  \TI.) 


The  name  Hale  under  the  different 
HALE  forms  of  de  la  Hale,  at-IIalc, 
Hales  and  Hale,  has  been  abun- 
dant in  Hertfordshire,  England,  since  the  early 
part  of  the  thirteenth  century.  No  evidence 
appears  that  any  of  the  name  were  above  the 
rank  of  yeoman  before  1560.  The  name  also 
early  prevailed  and  is  probably  still  found  in 
a  dozen  other  counties  in  England.  Of  the 
Hales  of  Gloucestershire,  to  which  family  be- 
longed the  illustrious  Sir  Matthew  Hale,  Lord 
Chief  Justice,  Atkyns,  in  his  history  of  that 
county,  says :  "The  family  of  Hale  has  been 
of  ancient  standing  in  this  county,  and  always 
csteemcil  for  their  probity  and  charity." 
Within  the  first  fifty  years  after  the  settle- 
ment of  Massachusetts  Bay,  at  least  eight  emi- 
grants of  the  name  of  Hale,  and  perhaps  two 
or  three  more,  settled  in  that  colony  and  in 
Connecticut,  descendants  of  five  of  whom  are 
traced  to  the  present  time.  There  is  no  evi- 
dence that  any  of  these  were  of  kin  to  Thomas 
of  Newbury,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
line  of  which  this  article  treats.  The  name 
was  also  found  among  the  early  settlers  of 
\'irginia  and  Maryland,  and  their  descendants 
bearing  the  cognomen  are  still  found  in  the 
southern  states.  In  New  England  the  name 
has  been  brought  into  prominence  by  Nathan 
Hale,  the  patriot;  by  John  P.  Hale,  the  dis- 
tinguished statesman  of  New  Hampshire ; 
Senator  Eugene  Hale,  of  Maine,  and  others. 

(•I)  Thomas  Hale,  the  earliest  known 
progenitor  of  the  family  herein  considered, 
was  of  the  parish  of  Walton-at-Stone,  in  Hert- 
fordshire, England.  No  record  of  his  birth  is 
found,  but  the  parish  register,  which  styles 
him  "Thomas  Hale,  Senior,"  shows  that  he 
was  buried  October  19,  1630.  He  left  a  will 
bearing  date  October  11,  1630,  proved  De- 
cember 9,  1630,  in  the  court  of  the  Archdea- 
conry of  Hitchin,  in  the  county  of  Herts,  the 
original  of  which  is  still  on  file  among  the  rec- 
ords of  the  court.  After  the  usual  pious  pro- 
fession of  faith,  thanks  to  God,  committal  of 
his  soul  to  its  creator  and  his  body  to  burial, 
he  disposes  of  his  personal  property  and  his 


real  estate  consisting  of  eleven,  and  perhaps 
twelve,  distinct  parcels.  Among  those  desig- 
nated are  the  house  close,  the  backside  close, 
the  hill  close,  and  the  meadow  and  rye  close. 
From  the  brief  record  it  is  apparent  that  he 
was  of  the  rank  of  yeoman  of  the  smaller 
class  as  to  property  but  marked  by  thrift,  re- 
spectability, honesty,  piety,  and  prudent  fore- 
sight. It  is  impossible  to  determine  tlie  value 
of  the  estate  which  he  left,  but  it  was  evidently 
not  large,  perhaps  worth  an  annual  rental  of 
$400  or  $500.  He  married  Joan  Kirby,  who 
was  of  the  parish  of  Little  Munden,  Herts, 
which  was  probably  the  place  of  her  birth  and 
their  marriage.  They  were  the  parents  of  five 
children:  Dionis,  Thomas,^  Mary,  Dorothy 
and  Elizabeth.  At  some  time  between  her 
husband's  death  and  June,  1637,  Joan,  widow 
of  Thomas  Hale,  married  a  L^ydes,  or  Bides, 
probably  John,  and  was  still  living  in  October, 
1640,  the  date  of  her  mother's  will,  but  was 
probably  dead  before  1660. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  second  child  and  only 
son  of  Thomas  (i)  and  Joan  (Kirby)  Hale, 
was  probably  born  in  the  parish  of  Walton-at- 
Stone,  in  Alay  or  June,  1606,  and  was  bap- 
tized in  the  parish,  June  15,  1606.  He  was 
heir  to  the  larger  part  of  his  father's  estate, 
receiving  all  his  goods  and  chattels  with  a  few 
exceptions.  The  rents  he  paid  to  his  mother 
and  sisters  was  nine  pounds  a  year  in  all, 
which  in  that  day  were  equivalent  in  value  to 
£27  or  perhaps  £36,  that  is  $135  or  $180  at 
the  present  day.  Probably  through  the  influ- 
ence of  his  mother's  brother,  Francis  Kirby, 
Thomas  Hale  became  interested  in  New  Eng- 
land, whither  he  removed  and  settled  in  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  in  1635.  He  took  from 
his  uncle,  Francis  Kirby,  to  Governor  John 
Winthrop,  a  letter  from  wdiich  the  following 
extract  with  some  changes  as  to  orthography 
is  taken :  "These  are  now  to  entreat  you  that 
you  would  be  assistant  to  the  bearer  hereof 
(Thomas  Hale,  my  near  kinsman)  in  your 
counsel  and  advise  to  put  him  in  the  way  how 
and  where  to  settle  himself  in  a  hopeful  way 
of  subsisting  with  his  family.  He  has  brought 
with  him  all  his  estate,  wdiich  he  hath  here 
or  can  have  during  the  life  of  his  mother,  my 
sister.  He  had  almost  tw-o  hundred  pounds 
when  he  began  to  make  his  provision  for  this 
voyage.  I  suppose  the  greatest  half  is  ex- 
pended in  his  transportation,  and  in  such  nec- 
essaries as  will  be  spent  by  him  and  his  fam- 
ily in  the  first  use;  the  lesser  half,  I  suppose 
he  has  in  money,  and  vendable  goods  to  pro- 
vide with  a  cottage  to  dwell  in,  and  a  milch 
cow  for  his  children's  sustenance.     I  suppose 


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his  way  will  be  to  hire  a  house  or  part  of  a 
house  for  the  first  year,  until  he  can  look  out 
and  buy  or  build  him  a  dwelling  wherein,  as 
in  other  things,  I  shall  entreat  you  to  direct 
him." 

Thomas  Hale  and  his  wife  Thomasine  (or 
Tamosin)  and  son  Thomas,  were  probably  of 
the  party  who  first  settled  in  Newbury  in  1635, 
on  the  banks  of  the  "'Quascacunquen,"  or  Par- 
ker river,  though  his  name  is  not  included 
among  those  mentioned  by  Coffin  as  forming 
the  first  colony,  "with  a  few  others  whose 
names  are  not  known  with  certainty."  Under 
date  of  August  10,  1638,  appears  the  eniry  in 
the  Newbury  records:  "Thomas  Hale  and 
John  Baker  are  appointed  haywards  till  the 
town  shall  appoint  anew."  February  23,  1642, 
Thomas  Hale  was  appointed  one  of  the  five 
men  to  whom  the  stinting  of  the  commons 
was  referred.  He  moved  to  Haverhill,  prob- 
ably in  1645.  ■'■"  that  year  he  is  named  as  a 
landholder  in  Haverhill,  and  from  Newbury. 
His  name  heads  the  list  of  the  first  board  of 
selectmen  chosen  in  Haverhill  in  1646.  In 
that  same  year  his  name  first  appears  on  the 
record  of  assessments  in  that  town.  In  1647 
he  was  chosen  by  the  town  and  approved  by 
the  general  court,  with  Henry  Palmer  and 
Thomas  Davis,  "to  try  small  cases."  The 
same  year  he  was  appointed  by  the  general 
court  a  commissioner  to  lay  out  a  road  from 
Andover  to  Haverhill.  In  1648  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  town  "to  keep  a  ferry."  In 
1649  he  was  elected  constable,  the  first  chosen 
in  Haverhill.  In  1650  he  was  appointed  by 
the  town  "to  meet  men  from  Salisbury  to  lav 
out  lands  between  that  town  and  Haverhill." 
In  1651  "Little  River,"  in  Haverhill,  was 
named  as  "Thomas  Hale's  River."  In  or 
about  the  year  1652  he  returned  to  Newbury, 
and  contiiuied  to  reside  there  till  1657,  when 
he  removed  to  Salem.  There  he  remained  till 
about  the  year  1661,  when  he  again  returned 
to  Newbury,  where  he  continued  to  reside  till 
his  death.  His  name  appears  in  the  list  of 
proprietors  of  Newbury,  declared  by  the  ordi- 
nance of  December  7,  1642,  as  the  only  per- 
sons "acknowledged  to  be  freeholders  by  the 
town  and  to  have  proportionable  right  in 
all  waste  lands,  commons  and  rivers  undis- 
posed," etc.  His  name  appears  in  the  town 
records  of  Salem  in  1657  as  "Sarjent  Thomas 
Hale,"  and  he  is  several  times  referred  to  in 
those  records  as  "clerk  of  the  market."  .A.fter 
his  final  return  to  Newbury  he  is  found  among 
the  active  supporters  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Parker 
in  his  controversies  with  a  portion  of  his 
church,   while   the   name   of  his   son   Thomas 


appears  uniformly  among  the  antagonists  of 
Mr.  Parker,  known  as  "]Mr.  Woodman's 
party."  Conveyances  of  real  estate  from  him 
appear  in  the  Essex  records  in  1640-52-55-56- 
66-69,  '"  which  he  is  described  as  "of  New- 
bury." In  conveyances  appearing  in  1647  and 
1648,  he  is  described  as  "of  Haverhill,"  and  in 
sundry  of  1658,  1659,  1660  and  1661,  as  "of 
Salem."  In  these  conveyances  he  is  usually 
described  a  "glover,"  sometimes  as  "yeoman," 
and  once  as  "leather-dresser."  He  seems  to 
have  been  an  active  and  public  spirited  man, 
held  in  respect  by  his  fellow  citizens  in  the 
several  towns  in  which  he  lived,  and  his  long 
life  was  evidently  one  of  active  usefulness. 
By  trade  a  glover,  he  united  with  that  employ- 
ment some  practice  as  a  surveyor,  and  his 
various  public  employments  show  him  to  have 
been  a  man  of  fair  education  and  business 
qualifications.  He  died  in  Newbury,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1682.  His  widow  Thomasine  survived 
him  just  forty  days  ("a  widow's  quaran- 
tine"), and  died  in  Newbury,  January  30, 
1683.  No  will  appears  of  record,  nor  any  ad- 
ministration of  his  estate.  Their  children,  the 
eldest  said  to  have  been  born  in  England,  the 
others  all  in  Newbury,  were :  Thomas,  John, 
Samuel  and  Apphia. 

(Ill)  Thomas  (3),  eldest  child  of  Thomas 
(2)  and  Thomasine  Hale,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, November  18,  1633.  and  came  to  .\mer- 
ica  with  his  parents  probably  in  1637.  He 
seems  to  have  resided  in  Newbury,  anrl  died 
there  October  22,  1688.  One  of  the  church 
dissensions,  by  no  means  uncommon  in  New 
England  in  those  days,  arose  about  1670,  and 
Thomas  Hale  took  sides  against  the  preacher, 
Parker,  and  was  fined  one  noble  by  the  court 
at  Ipswich,  May  29,  1671.  .'Ml  but  two  of  the 
entire  Woodman  party  were  fined.  Thomas 
Hale's  will  was  e.xecuted  March  20,  1687,  and 
probated  December  12,  1688.  His  wife  Mary 
was  executrix  of  the  will,  and  swore  to  the 
inventory,  the  total  of  which,  real  and  per- 
sonal, was  i505  1 6s.  8d.,  the  homestead  having 
been  deeded  to  .son  Thomas  before  his  death. 
The  amount  of  property  left  constituted  what 
at  that  time  and  in  that  part  of  the  world  was 
considered  a  handsome  estate.  Mr.  Hale  was 
a  man  of  local  prominence,  and  filled  numer- 
ous places  in  the  public  service.  He  was 
fence-viewer  in  Newbury  in  1661-66-75-77- 
78-80 ;  was  chosen  to  carry  votes  to  Salem, 
1665,  1674;  was  selectman.  1665-75-78;  trial 
juror  1675-77-78-79;  tythingman  1679-80-81; 
highway  surveyor  1676-77;  way-warden 
1674-79;  and  on  town  committees  1673-74- 
76-77-78-79-80.     He  married,  at  Salem,  Alay 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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26,  1657,  Mary,  daiis^litor  of  Richard  and 
Alice  (I'loswortli)  ilutcliinson,  of  Salem,  Mas- 
sacluiM.-ti>.  Sill'  was  l)ai)tizc(l  at  North  Musk- 
ham,  county  of  Xotis,  {•jii^land.  Decenihcr  28, 
i()_^o.  She  married  (second),  l-'el)ruary  5. 
i6y5,  WiUiam  Watson,  of  Hoxft)rd,  and  died 
December  8,  1715,  in  lioxford,  surviving  her 
second  husband  five  years.  The  chikh-en  of 
Tliomas  and  .Mary  (Hutchinson)  Hale  were : 
A  son  (died  _\(nmy),  Thomas,  Mary,  .-Vbigail, 
Hannah,  L\d'ia,  l-'lizaheth.  loseph  and  .Sam- 
uel. 

(l\'j  CaiHain  Joseph,  eiLjhlli  child  and 
third  son  of  Thoma.s  (3)  and  Mary  (Hutchin- 
son) Hale,  was  born  in  Newbury,  I'^ebruary 
20,  1671,  and  died  in  Boxford,  February  13, 
1761,  aged  ninety.  He  was  settled  in  Boxford 
with  his  mother  as  early  as  1692.  June  28, 
1692,  Joseph,  with  his  mother  Mary,  both 
described  as  of  Newbury,  received  from  Dan- 
iel Northend  a  deed  of  two  hundred  acres  in 
Boxford,  "in  or  near  a  place  formerly  called 
the  Village  Plains,"  and  on  "Pie  Brook." 
November  13.  1693.  he  received  from  his 
mother  iMary  a  deed  of  two  hundred  and 
eighty  acres  with  buildings  in  Boxford,  and 
six  acres  of  marsh  in  Newbury,  wdiich  she 
had  lately  purchased  of  Joseph  Poor,  of  New- 
bury, he  to  come  into  immediate  possession  of 
one-half,  and  of  the  other  one-half  at  her 
decease,  provided  he  should  marry  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Watson,  etc.  February 
17,  1703,  he  received  of  William  Watson  a 
deed  of  sixty  acres  of  land  in  Boxford,  re- 
citing that  he  received  one-half  of  the  same 
when  he  married  said  Watson's  daughter 
Mary,  and  he  now  bought  the  other  one-half, 
together  with  other  land.  In  the  following 
forty-five  or  more  years  he  was  grantor  or 
grantee  in  many  deeds,  and  is  variously  de- 
scribed as  "yeoman,"  "house  carpenter,"  "hus- 
bandman," and  "gentleman,"  at  different 
times.  He  was  undoubtedly  a  man  of  means, 
active,  ambitious,  and  well  thought  of,  as  is 
shown  by  the  public  positions  he  held.  He 
was  selectman  of  Boxford  in  1702.  Under 
the  title  of  "Ensign  Joseph  Hale"  he  repre- 
sented Boxford  in  the  general  court  in  1714- 
15-16-17;  under  that  of  "Lieutenant  Joseph 
Hale,"  also  in  1720-21-22-23-24-25;  nnder 
that  of  "Captain  Joseph  Hale,"  in  1728-29- 
,^0-31-32:  and  as  "Joseph  Hale"  simply,  in 
1735.  Upon  the  record  of  town  meetings  in 
Boxford  appears  the  following  entry:  "May 
9,  1722.  Voted  that  upon  consideration  of 
Lieutenant  Hale's  meeting  with  so  much  loss 
and  damage  the  last  year  by  reason  of  his 
having  the  small-pox,  to  give  him  ten  pounds. 


and  let  him  have  it  as  soon  as  may  be."  He 
may  have  received  this  allowance  on  account 
of  having  contracted  the  disease  while  serving 
as  rejiresentative  of  the  town  in  the  legis- 
lature. He  married,  November  15,  1693, 
Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Per- 
ley)  W'atson,  of  Boxford.  She  died  February 
I,  1708;  and  he  was  published  to  Joanna 
Dodge,  widow,  at  Ipswich,  September  19, 
1708.  His  children  by  the  first  wife  were: 
Joseph,  Jacob,  Mary,  Ambrose,  Abner,  Moses, 
and  Sarah;  and  by  the  second  wife:  Hepzi- 
bah,  Lydia,  Margaret,  Thomas,  John,  Han- 
nah and  Benjamin. 

(V)  .'Vmbrose,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Captain  Joseph  and  Mary  (^Watson)  Hale, 
was  born  in  Boxford,  July  16,  1699,  and  died 
in  Harvard,  April  13,  1767.  He  seems  to 
have  been  a  farmer,  and  is  named  as  a  party 
to  various  conveyances.  May  23,  1722,  he  re- 
ceived from  his  father  Joseph  and  wife  Jo- 
anna, a  deed  of  settlement  of  eighty-two  acres 
of  land  in  Boxford  by  the  gate  on  the  village 
road  which  leads  from  Piebrook  to  Andover 
Road.  February,  1742,  he  deeded  to  Joseph 
Simmons,  of  Ipswich,  his  homestead  in  Box- 
ford, eighty-five  acres ;  and  after  the  making 
of  this  deed  he  disappears  from  the  records  of 
Essex  county.  Neither  does  he  appear  on 
the  probate  records.  An  Ambrose  Hale,  of 
Harvard,  was  a  soldier  in  Captain  John 
Church's  company  in  1759.  Ambrose  was 
then  about  sixty  years  old.  He  had  sons  Am- 
brose and  Benjamin,  and  removed  with  them 
from  Boxford  to  Harvard  about  1742.  A  will 
of  Ambrose  Hale,  of  Harvard,  signed  Febru- 
ary 5,  1761,  and  again  February  7,  1761, 
proved  in  V\'orcester  probate  office  May  12, 
1767,  names  children:  Martha,  Benjamin, 
Abigail,  Adna,  Moses,  Hannah,  Sarah  and 
Ambrose.  The  inventory  of  his  realty  was 
£200,  and  of  his  personalty,  £82  17s.  6d.  Am- 
brose Hale  married  in  Boxford,  December  11, 
1722,  Joanna  Dodge.  She  died  February  10, 
1732.  He  then  married  (published  December 
10,  1732)  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Han- 
nah (Hazen)  Symonds,  of  Boxford.  She  was 
born  in  Boxford,  April  13,  1709.  His  chil- 
dren by  first  wife  Joanna  were:  Martha, 
David,  Benjamin,  Abigail  and  Ambrose;  and 
by  wife  Hannah:  Jacob,  .'\dna,  Moses,  Han- 
nah, Sarah.  Ambrose,  and  one  or  two  who 
died  young. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  Ambrose  and 
Joanna  Hale,  was  born  in  Boxford,  March  14, 
1728,  and  died  September  20,  1771,  in  Har- 
vard, to  which  town  he  had  removed  with  his 
father.      He    served    in    the    French    war    in 


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1757-58,  and  was  a  corporal  in  Captain 
Haskell's  company  which  marched  from  Har- 
vard for  Fort  Wilham  Henry  in  1757.  A 
Benjamin  Hale  was  also  in  the  expedition  to 
Crown  Point,  enlisted  September  7,  1755,  in 
Captain  Daniel  Fletcher's  company.  Colonel 
Josiah  Brown's  regiment.  This  was  probably 
the  Benjamin  of  this  sketch.  He  died  intestate, 
and  Israel  Taylor  was  administrator  of  his 
estate.  His  inventory  dated  October  5,  1771, 
enumerated  realty  of  the  value  of  £300;  per- 
sonalty £105  4S.  lod.  He  married,  in  Harvard, 
October  6,  1757,  Mary  Taylor,  of  Harvard. 
She  survived  him,  and  March  3,  1784,  was 
adininistratrix  dc  bonis  non  of  her  late  hus- 
band's estate.  They  had  children:  Israel, 
Ohver,  Mary,  Benjamin,  Rachael,  Joanna, 
Sarah  and  David. 

(VII)  David,  eighth  and  youngest  child  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  (Taylor)  Hale,  was  born 
in  Harvard,  I\Iarch  22,  1772.  He  settled  in 
Rutland,  Massachusetts,  and  after  living  there 
some  years  removed  to  Turner,  Maine,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  dying  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1846.  The  homestead  farm  is  still  in 
possession  of  the  family.  He  married  Sarah 
Kingsbury,  of  Ellington,  Connecticut,  who 
was  born  in  1766,  a  daughter  of  Simon  Kings- 
bury. Their  children  were:  David,  James 
Sullivan,  Sophia,  Marinda  and  Sarah  Kings- 
bury. 

(\TII)  James  Sullivan,  second  son  and  child 
of  David  and  Sarah  (Kingsbury)  Hale,  was 
born  in  Turner,  December  13,  1806,  and  died 
December  17,  1880,  aged  seventy-four.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  well  to  do  in  life, 
a  man  of  marked  individuality  of  character, 
possessing  a  keen  wit  and  a  lively  sense  of 
humor,  but  was  not  ambitious  and  spent  his 
life  in  his  native  town.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary II,  1835,  Betsey  Staples,  who  was  bom 
October  16,  1808,  and  died  December  5,  1881. 
She  was  the  eldest  child  of  John  Staples  and 
Betsey  Young  Staples,  of  Turner.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Eugene,  see  forward.  2.  Hor- 
tense,  November  27,  1837,  married,  October 
21,  1858,  Dr.  John  T.  Gushing,  of  Turner.  3. 
Frederick,  October  21,  1839,  graduated  from 
Waterville  College  in  1862,  studied  and  prac- 
ticed law  in  Ellsworth,  and  died  May  6,  1868. 

4.  Augusta,  February  ig,  1842,  married  Au- 
gust 8,  1869,  Hon.  George  Gifford,  of  Port- 
land, afterward  consul  at  Basle,  Switzerland. 

5.  Clarence,  see  forward. 

(IX)  Hon.  Eugene  Hale,  son  of  James  Sul- 
livan and  Betsy  (Staples)  Hale  was  born 
June     9,     1836.       "Representative     Men     of 


Maine,"  published  in  1893,  gives  the  following 
account  of  Senator  Hale : 

He  was  born  in  Turner,  June  9,  1836;  at- 
tended the  village  district  school  and  the  gram- 
mar school  endowed  by  the  town,  and  went 
from  Hebron  Academy  to  the  office  of  How- 
ard &  Strout,  in  Portland,  where  he  studied 
law.  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  January, 
1857.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  commenced 
the  practice  of  law  in  Orland,  but  soon  re- 
moved to  Ellsworth  and  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Robinson  &  Hale.  Mr.  Robinson 
soon  died  and  Mr.  Hale  for  ten  years  devoted 
himself  closely  to  his  profession  and  built  up 
a  large  practice.  He  was  a  sound  counselor 
and  one  of  the  most  successful  lawyers  with 
both  court  and  jury.  He  was  for  nine  suc- 
cessive years  county  attorney  for  Hancock 
county.  For  many  years  he  was  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Hale  &  Emery,  and  since 
the  latter's  elevation  to  the  bench  of  the  su- 
preme court,  the  firm  has  consisted  of  Mr. 
Hale  and  Hannibal  E.  Hamlin,  a  son  of  the 
late  and  venerated  Hannibal  Hamlin.  In  De- 
cember, 1871,  Mr.  Hale  was  married  in  Wash- 
ington to  Mary  Douglas  Chandler,  only 
daughter  of  Hon.  Zachariah  Chandler,  long 
time  a  senator  from  Michigan,  and  afterwards 
Secretary  of  the  Interior.  Their  children  are : 
Chandler,  Frederick  and  Eugene. 

Mr.  Hale  was  a  member  of  the  state  legis- 
lature in  1867,  1868  and  1880.  In  that  body 
he  soon  proved  a  ready  debater,  and  remark- 
ably well  versed  in  the  political  questions  of  the 
time.  In  1880  he  was  appointed  chairman  of 
the  committee  of  the  legislature  to  investigate 
what  has  since  become  familiarly  known  as 
the  "State  Steal,"  and  it  is  recognized  as 
largely  through  his  efforts  that  this  scheme 
was  thwarted  and  exposed.  He  was  elected 
to  the  forty-first  congress  in  1868,  and  after- 
wards to  the  forty-second  and  forty-third  con- 
gresses ;  was  appointed  postmaster-general  by 
President  Grant  in  1874,  but  declined;  was 
re-elected  to  the  forty-fourth  and  forty-fifth 
congresses ;  was  tendered  a  cabinet  position  as 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  by  President  Hayes, 
and  declined ;  was  chairman  of  the  Republican 
congressional  committee  for  the  forty-fifth 
congress ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  national  con- 
vention in  1868  and  the  Cincinnati  and  Chi- 
cago conventions  in  1876  and  1880,  leading  the 
Blaine  forces  in  both  conventions ;  was  elected 
to  the  United  States  senate  to  succeed  Hanni- 
bal Hamlin,  and  took  his  seat  March  4,  1881, 
and  was  re-elected  in  1887,  1893,  1899  and 
1905,  and  at  the  end  of  this  term  will  have 


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rounded  out  thirty  years  in  the  senate.  For 
tlie  five  elections  he  received  the  unanimous 
vote  of  his  party  in  the  lei^islature.  Me  was 
a  member  of  im])i)rtant  committees  in  the 
House  of  Representatives,  and  upon  his  com- 
ing to  the  Senate,  in  1881,  he  was  given  place 
on  the  committees  of  appropriation  and  naval 
affairs.  He  was  also  made  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  the  census,  which  position  he 
continued  to  occupy  till  the  Democrats  gained 
control  of  that  body  in  1893.  He  is  at  present 
acting  chairman  of  the  committee  on  appro- 
priations, chairman  of  committee  on  naval 
afifairs,  and  member  of  the  finance,  Philip- 
pines census,  Canadian  relations,  and  private 
land  claims  committees,  and  is  now  chairman 
of  the  Republican  conference  of  the  senate, 
and  of  the  Republican  steering  committee. 
Senator  Hale  has  always  taken  a  prominent 
part  in  the  legislation  of  the  senate.  Many  of 
the  most  important  appropriation  bills  have 
been  passed  under  his  management.  Repre- 
senting both  the  appropriation  and  naval  com- 
mittees, he  has  reported  and  managed  every 
bill  which  has  passed  the  senate  for  the  build- 
ing of  the  new  navy.  He  introduced  the  first 
amendment  favoring  reciprocity  with  the  coun- 
tries of  Central  and  South  .America,  which  he 
supported  with  speeches  that  received  wide 
circulation.  His  speeches  in  the  senate  are 
sharp,  but  never  ill-natured.  His  speech  upon 
the  free  trade  attitude  of  the  Democratic  con- 
vention in  1882.  was  as  widely  circulated  as 
any  speech  during  the  campaign.  He  has 
taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  debates  relating 
to  the  affairs  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 
has  favored  suitable  appropriations  for  the 
necessary  buildings  for  the  public  business 
there.  Senator  Hale  is  always  recognized  as 
a  wise  counselor  in  party  politics.  He  is  an 
easy  and  forcible  speaker;  his  words  are  care- 
fully selected,  and  his  extemporaneous 
speeches  require  no  revision.  He  is  a  popular 
after-dinner  speaker ;  and  on  these  occasions, 
both  where  great  subjects  are  presented  and 
where  wit  and  merriment  abound,  he  is  in  his 
element.  He  is  a  wide  reader,  keeping  alive 
his  love  of  books,  and  delights  especially  in 
poetry.  His  style  has  been  formed  on  the  best 
models  in  English  literature.  He  has  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  Bowdoin  and 
Bates  Colleges  and  from  Colby  University. 
Senator  Hale  is  a  believer  in  Elaine  and  her 
future.  His  investments  testify  to  this,  com- 
mencing with  his  beautiful  home  on  the 
heights  at  Ellsworth,  surrounded  by  several 
hundred  acres  of  field  and  woodland,  and  con- 
tinuing in  extensive  purchases  of  timber  lands 


and  sea-shore  property,  interests  in  cotton, 
woolen  and  pulj)  mills,  and  other  manufactor- 
ies. He  is  known  throughout  the  state  an<l 
nation  as  a  man  of  broad  and  genial  social  na- 
ture; and  this,  i)erhaps  accounts  for  the  close 
and  cordial  personal  feeling  which  binds  him 
to  his  friends.  He  is  a  liberal  entertainer  both 
in  Washington  and  Ellsworth.  At  his  house, 
"The  Pines,"  during  the  summer  vacation, 
many  friends,  both  from  within  and  without 
the  state,  gladly  accept  his  hospitalities.  Mrs. 
Hale  is  an  accomplished  hostess,  and  delights 
in  nothing  more  than  looking  after  a  house  full 
of  friends. 

(IX)  Clarence,  fifth  and  youngest  child  of 
James  S.  and  Betsey  (Staples)  Hale,  was  born 
in  Turner,  April  15,  1848.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Turner,  finished  his  prepara- 
tion for  college  at  Norway  Academy,  and  in 
1865  entered  Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  with  honors  in  i86g.  He  was  a 
member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  one  of  the 
first  four  of  his  class.  After  reading  law  at 
Ellsworth  with  his  brother,  Hon.  Eugene 
Hale,  and  with  Lucilius  A.  Emery,  now  chief 
justice  of  Maine,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  began  practice  at  Portland  in  1871.  For 
thirty  years  he  devoted  his  energies  to  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  while  yet  a 
young  man  took  rank  as  one  of  the  leading 
lawyers  of  the  state.  His  practice  w"as  exten- 
sive and  profitable,  and  in  the  years  of  his  pro- 
fessional career  he  was  connected  with  many 
of  the  leading  cases  in  the  state.  In  1879  he 
was  elected  city  solicitor  of  Portland,  and 
filled  that  office  three  years  with  credit  to  him- 
self and  satisfaction  to  the  citizens  of  the  mu- 
nicipality. In  the  preparation  of  his  papers 
Mr.  Hale  displayed  a  ckar  understanuhig  of 
his  cases  and  a  terse  and  precise  style  of  ex- 
pression in  keeping  with  the  busy  age  in  which 
he  lives ;  in  his  argument  of  matters  of  law  to 
the  court  he  made  himself  persona  grata  by  a 
logically  arranged  and  closely  connected  argu- 
ment tliat  put  the  facts  in  the  most  telling 
form  in  the  shortest  time;  before  a  jury  he 
was  a  strong  man,  using  good  English  clearly 
expressed,  taking  care  to  make  all  details  in- 
telligible, yet  speaking  forcefully  and  often  elo- 
quently. In  igo2  his  ability  as  a  jurist  was 
recognized  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  him  con- 
spicuous in  New  England,  where  he  was  ap- 
pointed judge  of  the  United  States  district 
court,  a  position  in  which  he  has  since  found 
ample  opportunity  to  display  the  qualifications 
which  have  made  him  prominent.  In  the  cam- 
paign w'hen  General  Grant  became  a  candidate 
for   re-election   to   the   presidency,    Mr.    Hale 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


made  his  debut  in  politics,  and  from  that  time 
until  he  came  to  the  bench  he  was  an  able 
advocate  of  the  Republican  party,  speaking  in 
every  election  year.  From  1883  to  1885  he  rep- 
resented the  Portland  district  in  the  state 
legislature,  where  he  displayed  ability  and 
knowledge  w'hich  placed  him  among  the  lead- 
ers of  the  house.  He  is  prominent  in  local 
financial  circles,  and  is  a  director  and  trustee 
in  various  monetary  institutions.  He  has  an 
innate  love  for  literature,  which  has  grown 
and  strengthened  as  it  has  been  indulged.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society, 
and  takes  a  lively  interest  in  that  institution, 
to  the  success  of  which  he  has  been  a  willing 
contributor.  In  religious  faith  he  and  his  wife 
are  Congregationalists  and  members  of  State 
Street  Church. 

Judge  Clarence  Hale  married,  March  11, 
1880,  Margaret  Rollins,  who  was  born  in  Port- 
land, June  12,  1856,  daughter  of  Franklin  J. 
and  Arabella  C.  Rollins,  of  Portland.  (See 
Rollins.)  They  have  two  children:  Kath- 
arine, born  in  Portland,  March  30,  1884;  mar- 
ried Philip  G.  Clifford,  and  has  one  daughter, 
Margaret  Ellen  Clliiford,  born  March  16,  1908 
(see  Clifford):  and  Robert,  born  November 
29,  1889,  who  is  a  student  at  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege. 


The  name  of  Paine,  in  an  early 
PAINE     form,  came  to  England  with  the 

Normans  and  William  the  Con- 
queror. In  Normandy,  a  millenium  ago,  the 
Latin  word  "Paganus"  had  the  meaning  of 
"villager."  and  since  the  villagers  resisted  con- 
version to  Christianity  longer  than  the  deni- 
zens of  the  cities,  it  acquired  the  added  sig- 
nificance of  "unbeliever."  Plaving  become  a 
surname,  it  passed  through  the  changes  from 
Paganus  to  Pagan,  Pagen,  Payen,  Payne, 
Paine,  and  as  Pagen  it  is  mentioned  many 
times  in  William's  Inventory  of  Domesday. 
The  first  two  generations  of  the  .\merican 
family  (Paines  of  the  Ipswich  branch),  used 
the  coat-of-arms  known  in  English  works  of 
heraldry  as  "The  Arms  of  Payne  of  Market 
Bosworth,  county  of  Leicester,  and  of  the 
county  of  SufTolk."  They  were  in  the  fifteenth 
century  those  of  Sir  Thomas  Payne,  Knight 
of  Market  Bosworth,  and  of  his  family  only. 
In  the  "Visitation"  of  Suffolk  county,  a  work 
originally  compiled  in  1561,  and  subsequently 
extended,  is  found  considerable  matter  treat- 
ing upon  this  and  other  old  families.  Accord- 
ing to  various  writers  they  were  residents  in 
Leicestershire,  upon  the  famous  field  of  Bos- 
worth, where  the  last  great  battle  of  the  Roses 


was   fought,   being  one   of   the   places   where 
Pagen  of  Domesday  fame  had  land. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  family,  according  to  the 
list  in  the  "Visitation,"  was  Sir  Thomas 
Payne,  knight  of  Market  Bosworth,  who  mar- 
ried Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Pult- 
ney,  knight.  He  must  have  been  born  in  the 
early  part  of  the  fifteenth  century,  and  had 
three  sons,  Robert,  William  and  Edmund. 

(II)  Edmund,  youngest  son  of  Sir  Thomas 
Payne,  was  alive  in  1540,  the  thirty-second 
year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII,  at  which 
time  he  had  a  grandson,  then  a  rich  and  active 
man.  His  place  of  residence  was  undoubtedly 
at  his  place  of  birth,  Bosworth.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Walton,  of 
Leicester  county,  and  had  several  sons. 

(HI)  William,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Ed- 
mund Paine,  removed  to  Suffolk  county,  and 
took  up  his  residence  at  Hengrave,  in  that 
shire.  He  carried  with  him  the  use  of  his 
grandfather's  coat-of-arms,  antl  which  came  to 
be  known  in  heraldric  history  as  a  coat  or  crest 
of  Lester,  and  Suffolk  county,  and  is  espe- 
cially known  as  belonging  to  "Payne  of  Hen- 
grave."  He  was  bailiff  of  the  manor  in  the 
service  of  Edward  Strafford,  Duke  of  Buck- 
ingham. After  the  death  of  the  latter,  he  re- 
tired to  private  life.  He  married  Marjorie, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Ash :  children  :  Henry, 
John,  Thomas,  George,  Nicholas,  Edward,  An- 
thony, Agatha,  Elizabeth,  Agnes,  Anna  and 
Frances. 

(IV)  Anthony,  seventh  son  of  Williain  and 
Marjorie  (Ash)  Paine,  lived  at  Bury  Saint 
Edmunds,  at  the  manor  of  Nowton,  settled 
upon  him  by  his  eldest  brother,  who  never 
married.  Pie  was  buried  at  Nowton,  March  3, 
1606.  In  his  will  made  in  the  previous  month 
he  disposed  of  various  properties.  He  mar- 
ried Martha  Castell,  who  died  June  28,  1603; 
children  :    John,  Thomas,  William  and  Ann. 

(V)  William  (2),  third  son  of  Anthony  and 
Martha  (Castell)  Paine,  was  baptized  Decem- 
ber 2,  1555,  at  Saint  Alary's  Church,  Now- 
ton. He  lived  at  Nowton,  parish  of  Bury 
Saint  Edmunds,  one  of  the  principal  tow'ns  of 
Suffolk  county.  He  purchased  the  manor  of 
Nowton  for  three  thousand  pounds,  and  thus 
became  lord  of  the  manor,  and  as  such  held 
his  first  court  there  October  6,  1609,  in  the 
sixth  year  of  James  VI.  His  last  court  was 
in  1621,  after  which  he  sold  out  to  Sir  Daniel 
DeLigne.  The  public  records  show  that  he 
was  buried  November  21,  1648.  and  that  his 
wife  was  buried  April  29,  previous.  He  must 
have  been  at  the  time  of  his  death  eighty-three 
vears  of  age.    The  records  do  not  establish  the 


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fact  that  the  Aimrican  ancestor  was  the  son  of 
this  WilHani  I'ainc,  hut  every  circumstance 
points  to  that  fact.  .Among  the  most  conspicu- 
ous of  these  is  the  use  of  the  coat-of-arms 
which  belonged  exclusively  to  the  line. 

(I)  William  (3),  with  whom  the  American 
history  of  the  family  begins,  was  born  in  Suf- 
folk, England,  in  1598-99,  probably  in  the 
parish  of  Xowton.  He  was  presumably  the 
son  of  William  Payne,  lord  of  the  manor  of 
that  place,  already  slated.  I  le  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  the  ship  "Increase,"  Robert  Lee,  master, 
which  sailed  from  London  in  April,  1635.  He 
was  then  thirty-seven  years  of  age,  and  his  wife 
Ann  forty  years  of  age.  They  were  accom- 
panied by  five  children,  the  eldest  eleven  years 
of  age  and  the  youngest  eight  weeks  old.  They 
landed  at  lioston.  and  at  once  took  up  their 
residence  in  Waterlown,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  earliest  inhabitants  and  was  allowed  land 
July  25,  1636.  This  allotment  consisted  of 
seventy  acres,  which  was  the  common  share 
of  each  of  the  one  hundred  inhabitants.  His 
location  was  on  the  present  Washington  street, 
about  one-half  mile  west  of  Fresh  pond.  He 
soon  acquired  other  tracts  of  land  and  became 
a  large  landholder.  On  July  4,  1639,  with  his 
brother  Robert  and  some  others,  he  procured 
a  grant  of  land  at  Ipswich,  with  leave  to  settle 
a  village,  and  they  immediately  removed 
thither,  and  he  continued  to  reside  there  about 
sixteen  years,  aiding  largely  in  building  up  the 
village  and  town.  He  was  admitted  freeman 
of  the  colony  May  13,  1640,  and  had  the  title 
of  "Mr.,"  which  was  rare  among  the  colonists 
in  those  days.  His  name  is  found  upon  the 
legislative  record  of  the  colony  from  this  time. 
In  that  year  he  was  elected  one  of  the  tax 
commissioners;  in  1642  was  appointed  to  es- 
tablish the  limits  of  Northend,  and  about  the 
same  time  to  settle  the  bounds  of  Hampton 
and  Colchester;  in  1643  '^^'^^  on  a  committee  to 
determine  the  bounds  of  Exeter  and  Hamp- 
ton, and  in  1646  and  1651  to  settle  matters  in 
the  latter  town.  In  1652,  he  was  on  a  com- 
mittee to  settle  the  line  of  Dover  and  Exeter, 
and  in  1655  between  Hampton  and  Salisbury. 
In  1645  he  was  a  member  of  the  company  in- 
corporated by  the  general  court,  known  as  the 
"free  adventurers,"  for  the  purpose  of  ad- 
vancing the  settlement  of  various  sections. 
Tliis  enterprise  he  prosecuted  throughout  his 
life,  and  it  was  afterward  fostered  by  his  son 
John.  At  its  beginning  a  grant  was  made  to 
the  company  of  a  township  of  land  about  fifty 
miles  west  of  Springfield,  near  Fort  Orange, 
on  the  Hudson  river.  The  Dutch  then  held 
possession  of  the  fort  and  river,  and  one  of  the 


last  acts  of  l'ayne"s  life  was  a  petition  to  the 
legislature  to  open  negotiations  with  the  Dutch 
government  for  free  navigation  of  the  river  to 
New  York.  William  I'ayne  was  very  intimate 
with  the  governors,  Winthrop  and  Dudley, 
fathers  and  sons  of  Massachusetts  and  Con- 
necticut, and  a  numerous  correspondence  be- 
tween him  and  the  Winthrops  is  preserved. 
After  the  ileath  of  (Governor  Dudley,  Mr. 
Payne  became  the  principal  owner  of  the  mills 
at  \\'atertown,  which  had  been  the  first  milling 
enterprise  in  New  lingland.  It  was  at  first  a 
corn  mill  only,  but  was  afterwards  enlarged  so 
as  to  embrace  also  a  fulling  mill.  In  course  of 
time  Mr.  Payne  became  the  owner  of  three- 
fourths  of  the  Lynn  Iron  Works,  through  his 
connection  with  Governor  Winthrop.  This 
was  the  first  undertaking  of  the  kind  on  this 
continent.  He  was  also  interested  in  a  similar 
enterprise  in  Iiraintree,  and  the  inventory  of 
his  estate  showed  he  died  in  possession  of 
three-fourths  of  it.  He  was  also  interested  in 
the  iron  works  at  New  Haven,  of  which  Gov- 
ernor John  Winthrop,  junior,  was  an  owner. 
While  Mr.  Payne  did  not  become  an  owner, 
he  was  for  many  years  interested  in  the  opera- 
tion of  its  business.  He  was  also  a  part 
owner  in  five  vessels  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
and  in  the  lead  mines  at  Sturbridge.  He  was 
an  extensive  owner  of  lands  in  various  parts 
of  the  country,  including  the  famous  Thomp- 
son Island,  in  Boston  Harbor,  now  the  loca- 
tion of  the  farm  school.  He  was  interested  in 
trade  at  Portsmouth  and  other  points,  and  his 
farm  lands  were  extensive  inTopsfield,  Rowley, 
Salem,  and  a  mill  privilege  in  Exeter.  He  was 
not  only  interested  in  manufacturing  and  farm- 
ing, but  during  the  last  few  years  of  his  life 
was  an  active  merchant  in  Boston,  having  a 
large  credit  and  conducting  business  on  a  very 
extensive  scale.  The  inventory  of  his  estate 
shows  that  he  carried  an  immense  stock  of 
every  variety  of  goods  that  could  be  desired  in 
the  new  country.  He  appears  to  have  been 
very  liberal  in  giving  credit  to  his  neighbors 
and  customers,  and  his  estate  at  death  in- 
cluded many  doubtful  and  worthless  accounts. 
It  is  not  alone  as  a  business  man  that  Mr. 
Pa_\ne  was  distinguished.  He  was  a  sincere 
professor  of  religion  as  indicated  both  by  his 
character  and  his  writings.  His  property  was 
ever  treated  as  a  means  of  advancing  public 
weal  and  it  would  seem  that  his  investments 
were  made  with  an  eye  to  that  object.  He 
was  public-spirited  and  a  liberal  contributor  to 
the  cause  of  education.  In  the  promotion  of 
this  he  was  one  of  the  most  active  of  the  small 
number  of  men   who  at  that  early  day  took 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


measures  to  establish  and  endow  a  free  school 
at  Ipswich.  This  has  continued  to  exist,  and 
is  to-day  working  upon  the  fund  thus  estab- 
lished two  and  one-half  centuries  ago.  In  his 
will  he  made  a  bequest  of  a  lot  of  land  at  the 
mouth  of  Ipswich  to  be  held  inalienable  for- 
ever, and  this  land  is  still  occupied  by  an  old 
school  house  on  Payne  street,  which  has  for 
more  than  two  centuries  been  devoted  to  edu- 
cation. Mr.  Payne  died  October  lo,  1660, 
leaving  a  will  executed  about  one  week  pre- 
viously. He  was  evidently  very  weak  at  this 
time,  as  the  signature  is  very  illegible.  In  it  a 
donation  of  twenty  pounds  is  made  to  Harvard 
College,  and  various  bequests  to  clergymen  in 
the  vicinity  of  Boston.  His  wife  Ann  sur- 
vived him,  but  he  outlived  all  his  children  ex- 
cept one.  They  were:  Susan,  William,  Han- 
nah, John  and  Daniel. 

(H)  John,  second  son  of  Wilham  (2)  and 
Ann  Payne,  and  the  only  one  who  left  pos- 
terity, was  born  1632,  in  England,  and  was 
three  years  old  when  he  accompanied  his  pa- 
rents to  America.  He  resided  many  years  m 
Boston,  and  carried  forward  the  enterprise  be- 
gun by  his  father.  He  was  active  in  promot- 
ing commerce,  and  received  large  grants  of 
land  for  his  service  in  seeking  open  navigation 
of  the  Hudson  river  and  for  other  public  ser- 
vices. These  lands  were  on  the  Hudson  river. 
His  ser\  ice  to  the  English  government  in  re- 
building Fort  James,  at  the  foot  of  Manhattan 
Island,  secured  him  great  favor  with  the  local 
governor  antl  the  powers  at  home,  in  expres- 
sion of  which  he  was  made  sole  owner  and 
governor  for  life  of  Prudence  Island,  in  Nar- 
ragansett  Bay,  with  courts  and  other  machin- 
ery of  a  free  state,  in  which  religion  was  made 
free.  This  grant  was  allegeil  to  conflict  with 
previous  Indian  grants,  and  he  was  arrested  by 
the  Rhode  Island  authorities  and  convicted  of 
setting  up  a  foreign  government,  but  was  al- 
lowed his  liberty  on  giving  up  his  claim.  He 
died  at  sea  in  1675.  It  is  probable  that  he  lost 
his  property  in  litigation,  as  no  record  of  an 
estate  is  found.  He  was  married,  in  1659,  to 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Parker,  and  re- 
ceived a  tract  of  land  from  the  last  named  as 
portion  of  his  bride.  She  probably  died  before 
her  husband.  Their  children  were  :  William, 
Sarah,  Hainiah,  Anna  and  Elizabeth. 

(HI)  William  (4),  only  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Parker).  Payne,  was  born  March  15, 
1664,  probably  in  Boston,  and  passed  most  of 
his  life  in  Maiden,  where  he  died  April  14, 
1741.  He  married,  March  9,  1691,  Ruth 
Grover,  born  1667,  died  April  11,  1722.  They 
had  sons  :    William  and  John. 


(IV)  William  (5),  elder  son  of  William 
(4)  and  Ruth  (Grover)  Payne,  was  born  No- 
vember 16,  1692,  presumably  in  ^lalden,  and 
died  January  29,  1784,  in  Norton,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  man  of  strong  constitution 
antl  great  vigor  of  mind,  determined  and  ob- 
stinate. Some  authorities  give  him  credit  for 
living  one  hundred  and  five  years,  and  the  date 
of  his  birth  is  not  absolutely  certain,  but  the 
above  is  approximately  correct.  When  Wash- 
ington's army  was  stationed  in  front  of  Bos- 
ton he  was  eighty-three  years  old,  and  when 
asked  why  he  visited  camp,  he  replied :  "I 
come  to  encourage  my  son  and  grandsons,  and 
see  that  they  do  their  duty  to  their  country." 
He  resided  in  that  part  of  Norton  which  is 
now  Mansfield,  at  a  time  when  it  was  infested 
with  wild  animals,  and  slaughtered  many 
wolves.  He  married  (first)  April  18,  1717, 
Tabitha  Waite,  born  1692,  died  April  7,  1721, 
leaving  a  son  William.  He  married  (second) 
November  6,  1722.  Elizabeth  Sweetsir,  a 
widow.  Three  of  their  children  are  recorded 
in  iMalden ;  Elizabeth,  Edward  and  Thomas, 
the  latter  born  1726.  No  record  appears  of  the 
others  except  that  family  tradition  gives  two, 
Ruth  and  Susannah.  It  is  probable  that  there 
were  two  others. 

(V)  William  (6),  son  of  William  (5)  and 
Tabitha  (Waite)  Paine,  was  born  in  JMalden, 
June  25,  1720,  died  July  17,  181 1,  at  over 
ninety  years  of  age.  He  married  Mary  Bull, 
of  Foxboro,  in  1743.  She  died  February,  1810. 
They  had  a  married  life  of  sixty-seven  years, 
and  had  twelve  children.  William  was  a  man 
of  great  industry  and  perseverance,  of  great 
firmness  and  independence,  zealous  in  religious 
matters,  and  a  loyal  patriot.  He  marched  with 
his  aged  father  and  two  or  three  of  his  own 
sons  to  Boston  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war.  It 
is  said  several  of  his  sons  at  one  time  and 
another  were  engaged  in  it.  It  is  said  of  him : 
"He  did  more  with  his  own  hands  to  make 
this  wilderness  blossom  as  a  rose  than  any 
other  man  in  town,  and  notwithstanding  his 
extreme  old  age  he  continued  to  work  till 
within  a  few  days  of  his  death."  His  wife  is 
described  as  a  "woman  of  remarkable  strength 
of  mind  and  body,  strong  mentally  and  physi- 
cally, strong  in  her  friendships  and  strong  in 
her  prejudices,  a  woman  of  superior  judgment, 
but  somewhat  of  a  tyrant,  of  great  personal  in- 
dustry, and  yet  a  great  reader.  Her  personal 
appearance  was  prepossessing,  with  impressive 
eyes,  bright  and  sparkling  to  the  last."  The 
children  were:  William,  November  13,  1743; 
Mary,  died  in  infancy;  John,  August  20,  1746; 
Lemuel,   April    4,    1748;   Jacob,    February    7, 


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1750;  James,  September  8,  1753;  Abiel,  Xo- 
vember  20,  1754;  Isaac,  died  in  infancy;  Asa, 
1758;  Jeruslia,  Marcb  10,  1760,  never  mar- 
ried; Hannah,  August  y,  1763,  never  married. 

(VI)  Lemuel,  son  of  William  (6)  and  Mary 
(Bull)  Paine,  was  born  in  .\pril  4,  1748.  He 
married  Rachel  Carpenter,  born  January  31, 
1757,  died  September,  1828.  Lemuel  died  at 
Foxboro,  December  22,  1794.  Children: 
Lemuel,  born  December  2,  1777,  a  famous  at- 
torney of  Maine,  and  fatlier  of  Henry  W. 
Paine,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts;  Otis, 
August  16,  1779,  an  inventor  and  mechanical 
genius;  .\sa.  jidy  28,  1781.  died  in  Ijoyhood  ; 
Frederick,  October  25,  1785,  father  of  Albert 
W. ;  Lucas,  February  28,  1785,  died  same  day; 
Rachel,  August  2,  1789,  Mrs.  Harvey  Part- 
ridge. After  the  death  of  Lemuel,  his  widow 
married  (second)  Deacon  Lsaac  Piatt,  by 
whom  she  had  three  children. 

(VH)  Frederick,  son  of  Lemuel  and  Rachel 
(Carpenter)  Paine,  was  born  in  Foxboro, 
Alassachusctts,  November  21,  1785,  died 
March  12,  1857.  He  married,  September  21, 
1809,  Abiel  Ware,  born  in  Wrentham,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1787,  died  January  12,  1852.  Frederick 
removed  to  Winslow,  Maine,  with  his  brother 
Lemuel,  and  there  resided  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  but  he  de- 
voted a  large  portion  of  his  time  to  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  In  181 5  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Winslow,  a  place  he  held  for 
thirty  years.  He  was  for  many  years  treas- 
urer of  the  town.  In  1808  his  wife  and  an- 
other couple  alone  joined  to  form  a  church  of 
the  Congregational  order,  and  were  both  ever 
afterward  active  members.  Their  house  was 
always  open  for  the  entertainment  of  all  min- 
isters. They  were  constant  churchgoers,  their 
pew  being  long  never  vacant  and  seldom  less 
than  full.  Their  religion  was  free  from 
bigotry,  liberal  in  practice,  and  charitable 
toward  all.  They  had  eight  children  :  Charles 
Frederick,  Albert  Ware,  Benjamin  Crowning- 
shield,  Caroline  Matilda,  Harriet  Newall,  Tim- 
othy Otis,  the  learned  restorer  of  Solomon's 
Temple  ;  Charlotte  Elizabeth  ;  Sarah  Jane. 

(VHI)  Albert  Ware,  son  of  Frederick  and 
Abiel  (Ware)  Paine,  was  born  at  Winslow, 
Maine.  August  16,  1812.  He  was  graduated 
from  Waterville  College,  class  of  1832.  He 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Thomas  Rice  and  Gov- 
ernor Samuel  Wells,  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  as  an  attorney  at  law  in  1835,  open- 
ing an  office  in  Bangor,  Maine.  Here  he  ever 
afterward  resided.  Was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  supreme  court  of  the  L'nited  States  at 


Washington,  h'ebruary  16,  1853,  and  continued 
without  any  intermission  busily  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death,  De- 
cember 3,  1907,  aged  ninety-tive  years  three 
months  seventeen  days.  July  9,  1840,  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Jones  Hale,  a  descendant  of  Rev. 
John  Hale,  the  early  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Beverly  and  Salem,  Massachusetts,  who  had 
so  much  to  do  with  dispelling  the  Salem 
Witchcraft  delusion.  She  was  born  May  8, 
1816,  and  died  April  10,  1901,  after  a  most 
lovely  married  life  of  sixty-one  years.  She 
was  a  woman  of  great  intelligence,  charming 
manner,  beautiful  in  face  and  expression,  re- 
taining the  charm  and  freshness  of  youth  un- 
til the  last  in  an  unusual  degree.  Four  daugh- 
ters were  born  to  Albert  W.  and  Mary  J. 
(Hale)  Paine;  Mary  Abby,  April  i,  1841  ; 
Selma  Ware,  December  24,  1847;  Lydia  Au- 
gusta, January  10,  1850,  and  Eugenie  Hale, 
i\Iay  I,  1853.  Three  of  the  daughters  re- 
mained at  home  with  their  parents,  where  they 
still  reside.  Lydia  Augusta  married,  October 
29,  1872,  Henry  H.  Carter,  of'  Boston ;  they 
have  two  children :  Albert  Paine,  December 
13,  1873,  and  Martha,  January  i,  1876. 

The  passing  hours  of  December  3,  1907, 
marked  the  closing  scenes  of  the  life  of  Albert 
Ware  Paine,  the  most  remarkable  man  of  that 
bright  galaxy  of  legal  stars  who  gave  to  the 
bar  of  Maine  such  a  commanding  position  in 
judicial  history.  For  seventy-two  years  since 
1835,  h^  1^^<J  been  in  the  practice  of  his  loved 
profession,  and  for  at  least  seventy  of  those 
years  in  constant,  active,  untiring  practice  be- 
fore local,  circuit,  state,  supreme  and  United 
States  supreme  courts.  Even  the  last  two 
years  were  not  spent  in  idleness.  He  retained 
a  seat  in  his  old  office  and  looked  after  the 
interests  of  a  few  old  clients  (principally  es- 
tates), attended  to  his  own  personal  affairs, 
wrote  and  published  a  work  on  "Mt.  Hope 
Cemetery,"  and  wrote  often  for  the  newspa- 
pers and  periodicals  to  which  he  was  a  wel- 
come contributor.  Only  a  very  few  days  be- 
fore he  laid  down  his  pen  forever,  a  letter 
written  by  him  appeared  in  a  Boston  paper,  in 
which  he  called  on  President  Roosevelt  to  ac- 
cept another  term.  His  capacity  for  work  was 
enormous.  Said  one  of  his  contemporaries,  'T 
do  not  see  how  he  can  accomplish  so  much ; 
how  does  he  do  it?"  Not  only  in  the  applica- 
tion and  the  administration  of  law  was  he 
great  and  skilful,  but  deeply  interested  and 
useful  was  he  in  the  enactment  of  new  laws 
which  would  tend  to  a  better  application  of 
the  principles  of  justice,  for  to  him  law  meant 


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Justice,  and  the  statutes  of  not  onh-  Maine,  but 
the  whole  world  are  enriched  by  one  enact- 
ment, the  product  of  his  brain  and  pen. 

Mr.  Paine  was  the  author  of  many  laws  and 
amendments.  Among  others  he  drafted,  had 
presented  and  effected  the  enactment  of  the 
following  statutes :  An  act  to  abolish  the  dis- 
tinction between  counsellors  and  attorneys  at 
law ;  an  act  to  exempt  stockholders  of  cor- 
porations from  personal  liability ;  an  act  pro- 
viding for  compulsory  fire  inquests ;  acts  re- 
lating to  saving  banks  law ;  an  act  relating  to 
taxation  of  insurance  companies ;  an  act  to 
■establish  an  insurance  department ;  an  act  to 
exempt  insurance  policies  from  United  States 
bankruptcy  proceedings ;  an  act  to  protect 
family  burying  grounds. 

Mr.  Paine  was  also  most  largely  instru- 
mental in  originating  and  passing  a  beneficent 
law- — that  allowing  criminals  to  testify  in  their 
own  behalf.  Before  1864,  no  criminal  could 
■utter  a  word  in  his  own  defense  in  any  court 
■of  law  in  the  world.  But  it  must  be,  where 
the  injustice  and  the  need  of  reform  are  so 
great,  that  more  than  one  would  independently 
recognize  that  need,  and  strive  or  wish  to  re- 
form it ;  and,  as  the  authorship  of  this  law  is 
claimed  for  another,  Mr.  Paine's  connection 
with  it  should  be  simply  and  exactly  stated. 
Its  history  extends  over  many  years. 

During  his  early  life  in  Winslow  he  became 
cognizant  of  the  case  of  a  boy  who  had  been 
unjustly  accused,  convicted  and  sentenced  for 
a  theft  which  he  had  not  committed,  but  the 
proof  of  it  was  not  found  until  he  had  lived  a 
convict  for  three  years,  and  hatl  died  with 
the  shadow  of  disgrace  upon  him.  It  could 
not  have  happened  had  the  criminal  been  al- 
lowed to  testify  in  his  own  behalf.  This,  then, 
was  Mr.  Paine's  inspiration ;  a  most  painful 
and  impressive  experience  before  his  college 
life  was  ended;  a  deep  conviction  that  justice 
was  not  justice  under  such  conditions — a  con- 
viction, however,  which  he  allowed  twenty 
years  of  legal  practice  and  constant  advo- 
cacy to  assure  before  he  thought  the  time  ripe 
for   the   accomplishment   of   reform. 

In  1859  j\Ir.  Paine  drafted  his  bill,  carried 
it  to  Augusta,  and  caused  it  to  be  presented 
by  Mr.  A.  G.  Lebroke,  a  former  law  student 
of  his,  and  a  member  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives. There  he  labored  hard  for  its 
passage  only  to  see  it  go  down  in  defeat. 
Nothing  daunted,  he  returned  in  i860,  1861, 
1862  and  1863,  causing  the  subject  to  be 
introduced  again  and  referred  to  a  committee 
before  which  he  argued  the  case  each  year 
anew.     Again  he  went  in  1864.     During  that 


session  the  proposed  law  became  a  matter  of 
much  interest,  and  met  the  support  of  the  pub- 
lic quite  generally.  Other  friends  also  had 
been  raised  to  favor  the  bill  (among  them 
Mr.  \'inlon,  of  Grey,  whose  name  has  since 
been  used  in  connection  with  it),  and,  although 
not  without  strong  opposition,  it  was  passed 
at  that  session.  After  six  years  of  labor, 
dating  from  the  time  the  first  bill  was  intro- 
duced, a  law  was  passed  providing  that  no 
person  in  the  state  of  Maine  could  be  sent  to 
the  gallows  or  to  prison  without  having  the 
right  to  tell  his  story  to  the  jury. 

After  the  success  in  Maine,  Mr.  Paine 
brought  the  subject  before  the  people  by  cor- 
respondence with  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser, 
and  John  Quincy  Adams  requested  him  "to 
write  out  an  ideal  statute  containing  the  pro- 
vision of  the  Maine  Criminal  law."  He  com- 
plied. Mr.  Adams  immediately  presented  to 
the  Massachusetts  House  what  had  been  writ- 
ten, urging  upon  it  the  need  of  such  a  statute. 
It  met  with  instant  favor,  and,  with  an  addi- 
tion, was  carried  the  very  forenoon  of  its 
presentation.  Here  ended  Mr.  Paine's  direct 
service  in  the  cause,  but  the  law  itself  spread 
to  other  states,  to  the  Canadian  Provinces,  and 
on  to  England  and  France. 

The  authorship  of  this  law  is  claimed  for 
Chief  Justice  Appleton.  Judge  Appleton  was 
Mr.  Paine's  deeply  honored  friend,  and  it  must 
be  that  the  advocacy,  in  written  and  spoken 
words,  of  one  of  Judge  Appleton's  eminence 
and  character,  wide  influence  and  judicial  ex- 
perience, one  so  universally  esteemed  and 
trusted,  was  a  very  potent  factor  in  forming 
that  public  opinion  on  which  is  based  the  pas- 
sage of  a  law. 

j\Ir.  Paine  was  also  working  to  procure  an 
act  to  legalize  voting  by  proxy  in  public  elec- 
tions. He  had  also  agitated  and  had  inter- 
ested such  men  as  Senator  Hoar,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, in  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States,  providing  for  the  suc- 
cession to  the  Presidency  in  the  event  of  the 
death  of  the  President  elect  before  Inaugura- 
tion Day.  The  joint  resolution  for  this  con- 
stitutional amendment,  in  which  Senator  Hoar 
embodied  the  resolution  originated  and  sent 
him  by  Mr.  Paine,  and  which  he,  in  commit- 
tee, amended  only  to  make  it  apply  also  to 
another  closely  allied  defect  to  be  remedied, 
passed  the  senate  May  4,  1898.  In  the  House 
of  Representatives  it  was  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  Judiciary,  May  5th,  but  was 
never  voted  on  in  the  House  itself,  and  Mr. 
Paine,  with  his  customary  persistency  in  such 
matters,  did  not  cease  to  urge  its  passage  on 


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senators  and  representatives,  to  liis  very  la.-^t 
year. 

The  public  offices  held  by  Mr.  I'aine  were: 
Dank  and  Insurance  IC.xauiiner,  1869-70; 
State  Insurance  Commissioner,  1871-73;  Tax 
Commissioner,  1874:  and  he  was  alderman  in 
Bangor  in  1861.  While  holding  these  offices, 
Mr.  Paine  prosecuted  his  law  business,  labor- 
ing harder  and  longer.  He  neglected  neither 
his  public  nor  his  private  business.  While  his 
life  was  chiefly  devoted  to  his  professional 
duties,  he  varied  them  by  contribulit)ns  from 
his  pen  to  magazines  and  [leriodicals.  lie 
wrote  a  great  deal  on  current  and  legal  topics, 
varying  this  by  an  occasional  book.  1  le  was  a 
Swedenborgian  in  religion,  and  a  volume  writ- 
ten and  published  by  him,  entitled  "The  New 
Philosopliy,"  is  a  book  of  religious  views, 
especially  showing  the  author's  belief  in  the 
intimate  and  close  relations  existing  between 
the  inhabitants  of  the  material  and  the  spirit- 
ual worlds.  Other  works  were:  "The  Paine 
Genealogy,"  "History  of  Mount  Hope  Ceme- 
tery" (This  being  written  in  his  ninety-fifth 
year)  ;  various  Bank  and  Insurance  Commis- 
sion Reports,  Insurance  Commission  Reports, 
and  Tax  Commission  Reports,  and  he  was  the 
only  correspondent  of'^the  Aroostook  War. 
Aside  from  his  official  reports,  his  writings 
were  his  recreation.  In  his  profession,  he 
argued  cases  before  the  Supreme  Court  in 
Washington,  also  before  the  Circuit  and  Dis- 
trict Courts  of  the  United  States,  and  before 
the  State  Courts  of  Massachusetts,  New 
Hampshire,  New  York  and  Minnesota.  The 
whole  number  of  cases  he  argued  was  in  ex- 
cess of  five  hundred,  more  than  three  hundred 
of  which  are  reported  in  the  "Maine  Reports." 
He  tried  or  argued  cases  before  every  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  the  District 
Court  and  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine,  who 
has  been  seated  on  the  bench  since  Maine  be- 
came a  state,  excepting  only  one  who  left  the 
bench  before  Mr;  Paine's  admission.  His 
cases  were  notable,  and  the  decisions  given 
were  of  the  greatest  importance.  He  tried 
causes  involving  question  of  title  respecting 
almost  every  dam  or  mill  privilege  on  the 
Penobscot  river.  In  fact,  all  questions  of 
more  than  ordinary  importance  fountl  him  en- 
gaged by  one  side  or  the  other.  Early  in  life 
Mr.  Paine  resolved  to  seek  or  accept  no  office 
that  would  interfere  with  his  work  as  a  law- 
yer, and  this  explains  why  he  never  held  pub- 
lic elective  office.  For  over  forty  years  he 
was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Maine  Tele- 
graph Company,  and  in  1876  was  elected  presi- 
dent.    In  iSs-  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 


Mt.  Hope  Cemetery  Corporation,  holding  that 
position  for  fifty  years.  He  was  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  I'enobscot  bar,  and  president,  and 
since  1859  its  treasurer  and  librarian  for  many 
years.  i\lany  parcels  of  land  in  Bangor  were 
in  his  professional  care,  and  he  laid  out  and 
named  many  of  the  city  streets.  The  Soldiers' 
Cemetery  and  Monument  were  the  result  of 
his  suggestion.  While  attorney  for  the  Land 
Office,  Air.  Paine  performed  a  service  to  the 
citizens  of  Maine  that  cannot  be  overestimated, 
when  he  secured  from  a  refuse  heap  in  the 
State  House  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  the 
early  records,  documents  and  plans  of  lands 
in  all  parts  of  Maine.  These  records  involved 
the  titles  to  lots  in  I>angor  and  other  towns, 
and  descriptions  of  early  surveys.  Two  large 
drygoods  boxes  of  these  valuable  maps  and 
papers  were  recovered,  but  only  after  legisla- 
tive and  legal  steps  had  been  taken  to  compel 
Massachusetts  to  surrender  them.  They  have 
since  been  bound  into  volumes  and  preserved 
in  the  Maine  Land  Office — a  rich  inheritance 
for  the  citizens,  the  titles  to  whose  homes  is 
there  largely  to  be  found.  But  for  Mr.  Paine's 
zeal  these  valuable  papers  would  have  been 
irrevocably  lost. 

Much  could  be  said  concerning  Mr.  Paine's 
professional  life,  but  the  greater  part  must  be 
left  unsaid.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  he  always 
believed  in  the  justice  of  his  cause,  and  the  in- 
tegrity of  his  client,  and  his  services  were 
sought  and  obtained  by  the  very  best  class  of 
men  and  corporations.  His  business  was  not 
to  tear  down  and  defeat  the  purpose  of  exist- 
ing laws,  but  to  upbuild  and  perfect  where  he 
saw  weakness.  His  life  was  open  and  above 
reproach.  One  said  of  him  :  "I  preach  Albert 
W.  Paine  to  the  boys."  No  grander  eulogy 
could  be  uttered.  His  home  was  his  haven 
of  rest,  and  "a  constant  source  of  happiness 
and  refreshment."  He  left  professional  cares 
at  the  office,  and  in  his  home  and  garden  (of 
which  he  was  very  fond)  obtained  social 
recreation  and  healthy  rest  for  the  duties  of  the 
morrow.  None  ever  saw  him  angry,  yet  none 
could  intimidate  him.  "By  common  consent  he 
was  an  honest,  honorable  man,  an  upright 
member  of  society,  a  model  head  of  a  family, 
a  loyal  citizen  of  the  Republic,  of  simple  tastes 
and  high  ideals."  "Without  that  bright  spark 
we  call  genius,  he  accomplished  results  by 
indefatigable  labor  and  industry,  what  others 
of  a  higher  order  of  talent  to  do."  An  oil 
portrait  of  Mr.  Paine  hangs  in  the  library 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine.  He  was  a 
man  of  most  temperate  habits  in  everything. 
A    strong    supporter    of    Maine's    prohibitory 


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law,  and  a  total  abstainer  himself,  he  was  not 
fanatical  in  his  views  nor  intolerant  of  the 
rights  of  others.  A  most  independent  thinker 
on  religious  and  political  questions,  he  ac- 
corded cheerfully  to  others  the  same  inde- 
pendent freedom  of  thought  and  action.  In 
early  days  he  was  anti-slavery  in  his  views. 
As  a  Whig,  he  joined  the  Republican  party 
at  its  formation,  and  always  remained  true 
to  that  party.  He  was  of  a  most  sunny,  gen- 
ial disposition,  of  a  witty  and  humorous  turn 
of  mind,  and  one  who  inspired  warm  friend- 
ships. In  the  latter  respect,  he  gave  freely 
from  the  depths  of  a  loving  heart,  and  in 
return  received  the  love  and  affection  of  men, 
as  well  as  the  unvarying  respect  of  his  col- 
leagues and  acquaintances.  The  character  of 
his  age  was  remarkable  (even  five  years  be- 
fore his  death  it  had  become  customary  to 
call  him  the  oldest  practicing  lawyer  in  the 
United  States,  although  the  truth  of  such 
statements  cannot  be  proved  absolutely — and 
the  practice  was  not  active),  yet  that  character 
was  but  the  culmination  of  a  long,  fruitful 
life,  true  to  its  own  principle  of  thought  and 
action.  While  the  years  greatly  impaired  his 
hearing  and  slightly  lessened  his  memory  of 
unimportant  names,  they  left  his  step  quick, 
his  voice  and  hand  firm,  and  his  eye  strong 
to  serve  him  in  reading  and  writing  all  day 
long  if  need  be.  He  and  his  pen  were  very 
intimate,  and  they  worked  with  wonderful 
ease  and  harmony  together.  He  talked  a 
great  deal  with  thought  and  wit  and  sense, 
and  had  the  unfailing  courtesy  of  his  kindli- 
ness and  his  smiling  countenance.  Yet  he 
usually  had,  within,  some  serious  project  he 
was  brooding.  His  judgment  and  mind  seemed 
to  strengthen  with  his  rich  experience  and 
practice  of  a  lifetime,  and  he  had  always  a 
conscious,  grateful  joy  in  life  itself,  and  the 
promise  of  the  life  to  come.  On  being  wished 
a  centenary,  he  said:  "Providence  willing,  I 
hope  for  that  favor."  In  all  his  fourscore  and 
fifteen  years,  the  day  never  came,  unless  in 
temporary  illness,  or  to  the  last  week,  when 
he  did  not  rise  to  meet  the  morn,  full  of  en- 
ergy and  enthusiastic  interest  for  what  he  had 
planned  to  bring  to  pass  that  day.  He  did 
not  load  himself  with  resentments  of  any  kind. 
He  condemned  no  one,  and  he  always  found 
some  well-reasoned  allowance  for  the  delin- 
quent. He  reserved  all  his  resentment  for  un- 
just laws.  His  ideal  of  happiness  to  all  eter- 
nity was  useful  service ;  and,  very  useful,  faith- 
ful and  full  of  faith,  and  joyous — he  helped  to 
make  the   world   better   for  ninety-five  years. 


To  no  one  more  truly  than  to  him  can  be  ap- 
plied the  words :  He  "kept  at  eve  the  faith  ot 
morn." 


The  Smalls  were  intimately  con- 
SAIiVLL  nected  with  the  earliest  history  of 
Maine  and  New  Hampshire. 
They  were  of  English  blood,  and  brought  with 
them  the  traditions  of  a  valiant  ancestry.  In 
the  year  1330,  John  and  William  Small,  of 
Dartmouth,  were  flatteringly  mentioned  in  an 
act  under  Edward  III,  and  some  of  their 
descendants  seemed  to  have  resided  there  con- 
tinuously to  this  day.  There  were  also  rec- 
ords in  1682  of  Smalls  in  Gloucestershire, 
England,  who  claimed  to  be  of  the  same  or- 
igin as  the  Smalleys  of  Leicestershire.  In  the 
early  York  deeds  we  find  that  the  name  has 
been  spelled  Smale,  Small,  and  Smalley — 
these  dififerent  spellings  having  been  used  by 
the  same  men.  It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at 
that  some  branches  of  this  family  have  adopted 
the   form   Smalley. 

(I)  Edward  Small,  who  came  to  America 
about  1632,  was  probably  from  Dartmouth,  or 
some  other  point  in  Devonshire,  England, 
where  the  family  has  long  been  one  of  high 
character  and  position.  He  is  said  to  have 
come  under  the  auspices  of  his  kinsman.  Sir 
Ferdinando  Gorges.  He,  with  Champernown 
and  others,  founded  Piscataqua,  which  was 
afterwards  divided  into  the  Maine  towns  of 
Kittery,  Eliot,  South  Berwick,  and  Berwick. 
Edward  Small  was  at  the  first  general  court 
at  Saco  in  1640,  also  member  of  the  grand 
jury  the  same  year.  His  name  was  entered 
on  the  list  as  "Edward  Small,  gent."  We  find 
him  at  old  Falmouth,  Maine,  in  1640;  a  magis- 
trate there  in  1645;  and  that  afterwards  he 
was  at  the  Isle  of  Shoals.  He  was  one  of 
the  magistrates  of  the  general  court  held  at 
Saco,  October  21,  1645.  He  seems  to  have 
built  a  house  in  Piscataqua  before  1643,  as 
the  grant  of  one  hundred  acres  made  to  him 
July  25,  1643,  by  Thomas  Gorges,  deputy 
governor  of  the  Province  of  Maine  (in  be- 
half of  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges  Kt.  Ld.,  pro- 
prietor of  said  province)  was  specified  as  "ly- 
ing between  two  crickes  of  each  side  of  the 
house  of  the  said  Edward  Small,  and  so  back- 
ward to  Sturgeon  Crick,"  five  shillings  vearly 
being  payment  for  the  same.  Five  years  later, 
June  23,  1647,  Edward  Small  sold'  this  tract 
of  land  and  "my  dwelling  house  field"  to  An- 
tipus  Maverick,  for  forty-five  pounds.  No 
mention  of  wife  or  children  is  found  in  any 
deed  or  record.     The  last  mention  we  find  of 


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him   is   in   the    Isle  of   Shoal>,   in    1653.      He 
probably  returiieil  to  England. 

(II)  Francis  Small,  who  may  be  regarded  as 
the  ancestor  of  the  Small  family  of  Maine, 
may  have  been  son  of  Edward  Small,  but  of 
this  we  have  no  proof.  He  came  to  America 
about  1632.  He  was  baptized  in  England, 
October  6,  1C25.  He  may  have  been  named 
for  Captain  Francis  Champernown,  whose 
father,  Arthur  Champernown,  was  owner  of 
large  grants  of  land  in  Maine  and  New  Hamp- 
shire. Francis  Champernown  died  in  16S7, 
aged  seventy-three.  He  had  no  children  of 
his  own,  so  willed  his  large  estates  to  his 
wife  (who  was  the  widow  of  Robert  Cutt) 
and  to  her  children.  He  also  gave  to  Eliza- 
beth Small,  "my  servant  maid,  in  behalf  of 
what  I  formerly  promised  her,"  thirty  acres 
of  land  at  Spruce  Creek ;  also  ten  pounds  in 
cattle  and  ten  pounds  in  goods.  Elizabeth 
Small  may  have  been  a  sister  of  Francis.  She 
was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Hooper,  of  York, 
when  she  sold  this  piece  of  land  to  Henry  Bar- 
ter, of  Kittery,  March  5,  1697-98.  Francis 
Small  was  living  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
in  1648,  with  his  wife  Elizabeth.  In  1657 
he  was  a  resident  of  Falmouth,  Maine.  The 
earliest  Indian  deed  of  land  in  Falmouth  was 
made  July  27,  1657,  by  Scitterygussett,  to 
Francis  Small.  It  reads  thus  :  "Bee  it  knowne 
unto  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I  Scittery- 
gussett of  Casco  Bay  Sagamore,  do  hereby 
grant,  sell  &c  all  that  upland  and  Marshes  at 
Capissicke,  Lying  up  along  the  Northerne 
side  of  the  river  unto  the  head  thereof  &  so 
to  reach  &  extend  unto  ye  river  side  of  Amme- 
cungan."  Francis  Small  bound  himself 
"yearly  to  pay  unto  ye  said  Scitterygussett 
Sagamore,  during  his  life,  one  Trading  coate 
for  Capussicke  &  one  Gallone  of  Lyquors  for 
Animomingan."  May  10,  1658,  Francis  Small 
assigned  one-half  of  this  land  to  John  Phil- 
lips, of  Boston.  July  13,  1658,  the  "Inhabi- 
tants of  Black  Poynt,  Bleu  Point,  Spurwink 
and  Cascoe  Bay  owned  themselves  subject  to 
the  Government  of  J\lass.  Bay  in  N.  E." 
Francis  Small  headed  this  list,  and  was  one 
of  the  few  whose  names  were  written  without 
a  mark.  November  2,  1658,  he  sold  to  Isaac 
Walker,  of  Boston,  "the  plantation  lately 
bought  of  Richard  IMartyn,  called  Alartyn's 
Point,  over  against  Clapboard  Island."  He 
had  a  grant  of  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
that  part  of  Kittery  called  Newichawannock, 
also  two  hundred  and  two  acres  on  eastern 
side  of  the  Piscataqua  river.  (See  deed  to  his 
son  Daniel  Small,  of  Truro,  Mass.,  dated  Oc- 
tober 31,    1712.) 


In  tile  year  1659,  Francis  Small  "was 
employed  by  Major  Nicholas  Shapleigh  to 
purchase  a  certain  great  Ysland  called  Se- 
bascoe  Diggin,  lying  against  a  Necke  of 
land  called  Merriconeag."  He  built  a 
house  there  "by  order  of  Major  Shapleigh 
and  possessed  the  Ysland  in  his  l)ehalf.  ' 
"This  was  called  Small's  Island."  May  10, 
1683,  Francis  Small,  senior,  aged  about  fifty- 
six,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  aged  about  forty- 
nine,  testified  to  the  above  facts.  They  had 
one  child  born  there,  which  was  the  "first  white 
child  of  English  parents"  born  in  that  part  of 
Maine.  Francis  Small  was  again  attorney 
for  Falmouth  in  1663.  He  was  living  in  Kit- 
tery in  1668,  but  he  had  a  house  and  trading 
camp  where  the  village  of  Cornish  now  is. 
This  was  doubtless  the  first  house  built  in 
that  town  or  in  any  part  of  the  Ossipee  lands. 
"In  the  summer  of  1668,  Francis  Small  sold 
goods  to  the  Newichawannoch  tribe  of  Indians 
on  credit,  to  be  paid  for  in  furs  in  the  autumn ; 
but  when  the  time  of  payment  drew  near  the 
red  men  deemed  it  easier  to  kill  Small  than 
to  pay  him,  and  they  decided  to  fire  his  house 
and  shoot  him  when  he  came  out  to  escape 
the  flames.  Cai)tain  Sunday,  the  chief  of  the 
tribe,  was  friendly  to  Small,  and  told  him  what 
the  Indians  were  to  do,  and  advised  him  to 
flee  for  his  life.  Small  thought  the  tale  a 
cunningly  devised  fable  to  frighten  him  away 
in  order  to  avoid  payment ;  but  when  night 
came,  thinking  it  wise  to  be  on  the  side  of 
safety,  he  secreted  himself  in  some  pines  on 
the  hill  near  by,  and  watched  through  the 
long  November  night.  With  the  coming  of 
the  (lawn,  a  flame  of  fire  shot  up  from  the 
burning  house,  whereupon  Small  took  flight 
and  paused  not  until  he  reached  his  home  in 
Kittery.  Chief  Sunday  followed  Small  to  Kit- 
tery, and  there  made  good  the  loss,  by  selling 
to  him  the  entire  Ossipee  tract  of  land.  The 
deed  was  dated  November  28,  1668.  The 
signature  of  Captain  Sunday  was  a  turtle.  It 
conveyed  to  Francis  Small  "my  great  tract  of 
land  at  Osobe  containing  twenty  miles  square 
and  lying  between  the  two  rivers  of  great 
Osobe,  and  Little  Ossipee,  so  called,  and  being 
the  same  land  where  the  said  Francis  Small's 
trading  house  now  stands,  and  from  the  river 
Meehewonock  near  Humphrey  Chadbourne's 
logging  camp,  and  to  extend  Northerly  and 
Easterly  to  Saco  river."  The  consideration 
was  "two  large  Indian  blankets,  Two  gallons 
Rum,  Two  pounds  powder,  four  pounds  of 
]\Iuscet  Balls,  and  twenty  string  of  Indian 
beads,  with  several  other  articles."  This  deed 
is  still  in  existence,  and  was  recorded  in  1773, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


when  one  hundred  and  five  years  old.  Francis 
Small  conveyed  one  undivided  half  of  the  Os- 
sipee  lands  to  Major  Nicholas  Shapleigh;  and 
the  other  half  to  his  son  Samuel,  April  30, 
171 1.  These  lands  were  divided  between  the 
heirs  of  F"rancis  Small  and  Nicholas  Shap- 
leigh, about  1 78 1.  It  is  now  incorporated  in 
the  towns  of  Limington,  Limerick,  Cornish, 
Parsonsfield  and  Newfield.  Cornish  was  first 
named  Francisborough. 

Francis  Small  had  wife  Elizabeth  in  1648, 
when  they  were  living  in  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire. No  record  of  marriage  has  been  found, 
but  it  is  probable  that  she  was  a  Leighton. 
Their  children  were  :  Edward,  married'  Mary 
Woodman,  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire;  Fran-  , 

cis,    married    Elizabeth    ,    and   died    in 

Truro,  Massachusetts,  1709;  Samuel,  born 
about  1664,  in  Kittery,  Maine;  (see  forward)  ; 

Benjamin,  married  Rebecca  and  went 

to  Harwich,  Massachusetts ;  Daniel,  a  car- 
penter of  Truro;  Massachusetts,  in  1712;  was 
of  Provincetown,  Massachusetts,  February, 
1729-30;  Elizabeth,  married  j\iarch  7,  1704-05, 
John  Pugsley,  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire; 
Alice,  married  Thomas  Wormwood ;  and 
Mary,  born  about  1654,  married  Nicholas 
Frost,  before  1677.  Francis  Small  went  to 
Cape  Cod  to  spend  his  last  years,  with  his 
son  Daniel,  and  died  there  about  1713,  "be- 
ing about  93  years  of  age." 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  Francis  Small  and 
Elizabeth  (Leighton  ?)  Small,  was  born  about 
1664,  in  Kittery,  Maine.  He  was  living  there 
in  1737,  and  may  have  reached  an  age  as 
great  as  his  father.  A  deposition  of  Samuel 
Small,  dated  November  11,  1737,  "aged  about 
seventy-three  years,"  testifies  that  in  his  youth 
he  was  a  servant  to  Henry  Jocelyn  several 
years  at  Pemaquid.  He  may  have  remained 
there  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Jocelyn,  in  1683. 
He  had  grants  of  land  in  Kittery  in  1694-99, 
of  one  hundred  acres.  He  lived  at  Sturgeon 
Creek.  He  bought  of  Peter  Wittum,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1696,  sixteen  acres  on  the  southwest 
side  of  Sturgeon  Creek,  with  house  and  or- 
chard. He  was  still  living  there  in  1728 
(when  he  deeded  it  to  his  beloved  son  Joseph 
to  be  his  "after  my  decease").  He  had  a 
grant  of  thirty-eight  acres  at  Sturgeon  creek 
on  the  4th  day  of  March,  1699-1700,  which  he 
sold  to  James  Davis,  October  31,  1727.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  respected  men  of  the 
town.  He  was  a  witness  to  many  deeds  and 
wills,  and  helped  settle  many  estates.  No  doubt 
he  was  an  early  member  of  the  Berwick  Con- 
gregational church,  as  his  name  is  in  the  list 
of  members  June  4,    1702,   the   day  that   the 


new-  meeting  house  was  dedicated.  In  171 1 
he  received  the  deed  of  the  Ossipee  lands 
from  his  father,  Francis  Small.  It  may  be 
well  to  mention  here  that  when  Francis  Small 
was  over  ninety  years  old  and  too  feeble  to 
sign  his  name,  he  gave  a  deed  of  these  same 
lands  to  his  son  Daniel  (dated  October  31, 
1712).  This  deed  was  proved  invalid.  Sam- 
uel Small  married,  before  1694,  Elizabeth 
Chadbourne.  widow  of  James  Chadbourne, 
and  daughter  of  Ensign  James  Heard.  Their 
children  were  born  in  Kittery,  and  were: 
Elizabeth,  born  November  9,  1695,  married 
Benjamin  ?^Iarch,  February  10,  1713-14;  Sam- 
uel Jr.,  born  April  17,  1700  (see  forward). 
Joseph,  born  December  3,  1702,  married  Mary 
Libby,  April  12,  1722;  and  Mary,  baptized 
May  27,  1707,  married  Solomon  Davis,  of 
Marblehead,  October  15,  1720. 

(IV)  Deacon  Samuel  (2),  second  child 
of  Samuel  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Heard)  Small, 
was  born  at  Kittery,  Maine,  April  17,  1700. 
When  but  a  lad  he  displayed  all  the  sturdy 
characteristics  of  his  long  line  of  noble  an- 
cestry. He  threaded  the  pathways  of  the  for- 
ests to  the  north  and  w-est,  and  sailed  far 
along  the  eastern  coast.  He  was  the  third 
and  last  single  owner  of  the  famous  Ossipee 
lands.  He  was  very  active  in  the  organization 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Scar- 
boro  (where  he  made  his  home  after  1726), 
and  was  its  first  deacon  in  1728.  He  was 
chosen  clerk  of  Scarboro  in  1727,  and  with 
the  single  exception  of  1775,  when  he  was 
probably  absent  from  home  attending  to  mat- 
ters in  connection  with  the  coming  war,  he 
was  clerk  every  year  until  1779 — a  period  of 
fifty-two  years.  And  strange  as  it  may  seem 
to  us,  he  was  usually  moderator  of  the  meet- 
ings also.  He  was  usually  one  of  the  select- 
men, and  a  member  of  all  important  commit- 
tees. In  1786,  when  carrying  the  weight  of 
eighty-six  years,  he  was  moderator  of  the 
meeting  for  the  last  time ;  and  when  at  the 
ripe  old  age  of  ninety  years,  he  for  the  last 
time  served  on  a  committee.  For  sixty-three 
years  his  was  the  most  conspicuous  name 
on  the  Scarljoro  records.  Deacon  Samuel 
was  very  active  in  matters  which  led  up  to 
the  revolutionary  war,  and  was  so  extremely 
enthusiastic  in  the  cause  of  liberty  that  he 
recorded  the  entire  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence in  the  town  clerk's  book.  At  the  age  of 
seventv-eight  vears  he  was  at  the  head  of  the 
committee  of  correspondence,  inspection  and 
safety,  and  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  convention  at  Cam- 
bridge   to    form    a    state    government.      The 


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date  of  his  deatli  is  unknown,  but  his  years 
probably  equalled  those  of  his  grandfather 
Francis,  who  dieil  at  the  age  of  ninety-three. 
He  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Scar- 
boro,  and  a  stone  marks  the  spot. 

He  married,  January  17,  1716-17,  Anna 
Hatch,  of  Tortsmouth,  New  Hampshire, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  Hatch.  A  reason 
for  this  early  marriage  is  to  be  found  in  the 
fact  that  her  father  died  about  the  time  of 
her  birth ;  and  her  only  brother  died  in  Au- 
gust, 1716,  leaving  her  without  a  home.  No 
doubt  she  was  welcomed  to  her  new  home  by 
the  parents  of  her  husband.  Samuel  Small  Sr. 
deeded  to  his  son  Samuel  a  ])ortion  of  the 
homestead  land  at  Sturgeon  Creek,  July  9, 
1719.  Their  children,  as  recorded  on  Kittery 
records,  were  :  Samuel,  see  forward ;  Anna ; 
John ;  Joshua ;  and  Elizabeth.  The  others, 
born  in  Scarboro,  were  Sarah,  Benjamin, 
James  and  Alary. 

(V)  Samuel  (3),  oldest  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  (2)  and  Anna  (Hatch)  Small,  of 
Scarboro,  Maine,  was  born  May  26,  1718,  in 
Kittery,  Maine,  but  went  to  Scarboro  with  his 
parents  when  about  ten  years  old.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  deacon  in  the  Congregational 
church,  and  was  town  clerk.  He  was  chief 
justice  of  Cumberland  county  court  of  com- 
mon pleas.  In  1773  his  father  divided  the 
Ossipee  lands,  giving  to  him  and  his  brother 
Joshua  three-eighths  each,  and  to  Benjamin 
(son  of  this  Samuel)  one-twelfth.  These  three 
men  went  up  to  Limington  and  took  posses- 
sion of  their  ancestral  acres.  After  a  contest 
in  the  courts,  the  Indian  deed  was  pronounced 
valid,  and  their  title  perfect.  Samuel  Small 
married,  February  16,  1741-42,  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Captain  Richard  Hubbard,  of 
Kingston,  New  Hampshire,  born  June  25, 
1723.  Their  children  were  all  born  in  Scar- 
boro :  Abigail,  Benjamin,  Sarah,  Samuel, 
Francis,  Martha,  Dorothy,  James,  Willam  (see 
forward),  Anna  and  Dorothy. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  (3) 
and  Dorothy  (Hubbard)  Small,  was  born 
June  8,  1759,  in  Scarboro,  Maine,  and  died 
about  1833,  in  Limington,  Maine.  He  always 
resided  in  Limington,  was  a  manufacturer  of 
shoes,  and  a  most  highly  respected  citizen.  His 
home  was  one  of  truest  joy  and  peace ;  nothing 
delighted  him  more  than  to  help  his  neigh- 
bors, and  give  a  cordial  greeting  to  all 
strangers  who  came  to  the  town.  William 
Small  married  (first)  January  7,  1782,  Mary 
March,  born  August  29,  1761,  in  Scarboro, 
Maine,  and  died  October  16,  1794,  in  Liming- 
ton, daughter  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Samuel 


March,  of  Scarboro.  a  brave  soldier  of  the 
revolutionary  war  (and  granddaughter  of 
Benjamin  March,  who  married  Elizabeth 
Small,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Samuel 
Small  (I\'')  and  Mrs.  Ivlizabeth  Chadbourne.) 
William  Small  married  (second)  Novetnber  i, 
1795,  Sarah  March,  born  January  22,  1771,  in 
Scarboro,  and  died  May  3,  1849,  '"  Calais, 
Maine  (sister  of  Mary  March).  The  children 
of  the  first  marriage  of  William  Small  were : 
Sarah,  Eunice,  Mary,  Martha,  Anna,  Samuel, 
and  twins — Lucy  and  Jane.  The  children  of 
William  Small's  second  marriage  were :  Will- 
iam, James,  Issacher,  Abner,  Eliza,  Lavinia, 
John  IM.  and  Harriet  N. 

William  Small  was  a  revolutionary  soldier, 
serving  as  a  private  in  Captain  Benjamin  Lar- 
rabee's  company,  under  command  of  Colonel 
John  Mitchell,  in   1773:  a  private  in  Captain 
Roger  Libby's  company  in  1779;  also  sergeant 
in  Captain  John    Andrew's    company,    unrler 
Brigadier  General  Wadsworth,  in   1780.     He 
made  an  application  for  pension  July  30,  1832, 
at  which  time  he  was  seventy-three  years  of 
age,  and  was  allowed  for  nine  months'  service. 
(VII)    Abner,   son   of   William    Small   and 
of  his   second  wife,   Sarah   March,   w-as  born 
in   Limington,  Maine,  October  27,   1802,  and 
died  November  17,  1867,  in  Gardiner,  Maine. 
He  was  an  alert  and  active  business  man — a 
man  of  truly  patriotic  spirit,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  Gardiner. 
He   joined   Adoniram   Lodge,    Free   and    Ac- 
cepted Masons,  at  Limington,  Maine,  in  1824, 
and   in    1826  became   a    member   of   Hermon 
Lodge,  in  Gardiner,  Maine.     He  was  one  of 
thirty-two  members  who  stood  firmly  by  the 
lodge    during    the    Morgan    excitement.      He 
lived    for    several    years    in    Mount    Vernon, 
Maine;  was  made  master  of  Vernon  Valley 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  served 
as  postmaster  under  two  administrations.     He 
was  also  commissioned  a  captain  in  the  state 
militia.     Abner  Small  married,  in  1832,  Mary 
Ann  Benard  Randall,  born  in  Gardiner,  Maine, 
October  21,  1805,  died  February  28,   r88i,  in 
West  Waterville,   Maine,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min  Randall   and   Mary    Hill   Webber.     She 
was  a  woman  of  gentle  and  refined  character, 
and  a  devoted  member  of  Christ  Church,  Gar- 
diner.     Their    children    were:      i.  Hampton 
Dunreath  Plumer,  born  May  31,  1833:  grad- 
uate of  Waterville  College ;  died  August  23, 
1862.     2.  Abner  Randall,  born  May   i,   1836; 
see  forward.     3.  Emilus  Norris  Dumont.  born 
June  8,   1842;  a  brave  lieutenant  in  the  Sec- 
ond Maine  Cavalry  in  the  civil  war.     He  was 
first  mustered  into  the  L^nited  States  service  as 


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first  sergeant  of  Company  A,  Sixteenth  Maine 
Infantry,  August  14,  1862,  and  discharged  for 
disability,  March  2,  1863.  Recovering  his 
heahh,  he  was  again  mustered  into  the  serv- 
ice, December  11,  1863,  as  sergeant  major, 
Second  Maine  Cavalry,  and  soon  after  pro- 
moted to  second  lieutenant  of  Company  ^1, 
same  regiment.  He  married  Annie  M.  Ben- 
son, June  28,  1871,  in  Oakland,  Maine.  They 
have  one  son,  Deane  Benson  Small,  born 
April  8,  1879.  He  is  now  district  superintend- 
ent of  the  New  England  Telephone  &  Tele- 
graph Company,,  and  located  in  Portland, 
Maine.  He  married,  June  27,  1907,  Alice  Cor- 
nish Bassett,  daughter  of  Hon.  Josiah  W. 
Bassett,  of  Winslow,  Maine.  4.  Emma  Sedg- 
wick, who  has  been  for  several  years  super- 
visor of  drawing  in  the  public  schools  of 
Seattle,  Washington. 

Samuel  March,  grandfather  of  Abner  Small, 
was  a  member  of  the  provisional  congress.  He 
was  lieutenant-colonel  of  Colonel  Edward 
Phinney's  thirty-first  Regiment  of  Foot,  and 
served  at  Cambridge  until  December  31,  1775. 
He  held  the  same  commission  under  the  same 
colonel  in  the  Eighteenth  Continental  regi- 
ment in  1776,  and  served  tliroiigh  the  siege  of 
Boston,  marching  in  August  to  reinforce  the 
Northern  Army  at  Fort  Ticonderoga,  serving 
until  December  31,  1776. 

(\TII)  Major  Abner  Randall  Small,  son 
of  Abner  and  Mary  A.  B.  (Randall)  Small, 
was  born  May  i,  1836,  in  Gardiner,  Maine. 
When  a  boy  he  changed  his  middle  name  to 
Ralph.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Oakland, 
Maine,  since  i860 — one  of  the  noblest  sons  of 
the  old  Pine  Tree  State,  beloved  by  all  who 
know  him,  for  his  energetic  character,  sturdy 
patriotism,  strict  honesty,  warm  hospitality, 
and  other  fine  qualities. 

"?\Iajor  Abner  Randall  Small  was  first  mus- 
tered into  the  United  States  volunteer  service 
as  a  private  in  Company  G,  Third  Maine  In- 
fantry, in  June,  1861.  He  was  speedily  pro- 
moted corporal,  then  sergeant.  In  June,  1862, 
he  received  further  promotion  by  being  com- 
missioned and  mustered  into  the  United  States 
service  as  first  lieutenant  and  adjutant,  to  be 
assigned,  and  later  was  mustered  in  as  adju- 
tant of  the  Sixteenth  Maine  Infantry.  In 
December,  1862,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  as 
aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  Colonel  Adrian 
R.  Root,  commanding  First  Brigade,  Second 
Division,  First  Army  Corps.  While  thus  serv- 
ing he  was  complimented  with  a  well-deserved 
special  mention  for  his  distinguished  gallantry 
displayed  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg.  On 
July  1st,  1863,  he  was  also  appointed  assistant 


adjutant  general,  same  brigade.  Later  on  he 
received  special  mention  in  general  orders  for 
his  brave  conduct  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg, 
which  has  been  well  described  in  many  papers 
and  histories.  He  also  participated  in  all  the 
battles  in  which  his  regiment  was  engaged 
until  taken  and  held  prisoner  from  August 
i8th,  1864,  to  February  22nd,  1865.  In  the 
meantime  he  was  commissioned  major,  Octo- 
ber, 1864,  of  the  same  command.  Thus  he 
was  with  his  regiment,  the  Sixteenth  Maine, 
from  the  time  of  its  organization  until  it  W'as 
mustered  out,  June  5th,  1865. 

"It  is  needless  to  say  of  Alajor  Small  that 
his  record  is  one  of  sterling  honor.  His  mili- 
tary skill  and  ardor,  his  devotion  to  the  best 
welfare  of  his  regiment,  his  lofty  and  unflag- 
ging patriotism,  and  his  conspicuous  gallantry, 
have  placed  his  name  on  the  roll  of  the  most 
distinguished  ofiicers  who  aided  to  put  down 
the  rebellion."  His  fine  military  record  is 
contained  in  Report  of  Adjutant  General  of 
Maine,  vol.  i,  p.  456,  and  U.  S.  Official  War 
Records — Gettysburg,  series  i,  vol.  xxvii,  p. 
293,  and  Fredericksburg,  series  i,  vol.  xxi,  pp. 
487,  489. 

After  the  civil  war,  ]\lajor  Small  settled  in 
Oakland,  Maine.  He  was  for  thirty-three 
years  treasurer  of  the  Somerset  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  for  many  years  one  of  its  directors ; 
first  clerk  and  treasurer  of  the  Madison  Wool- 
en Company  since  1892,  and  accountant  of 
the  Dunn  Edge  Tool  Company,  since  1868. 
Major  Small  is  a  charter  member  of  De  Molay 
Commandery  of  Knights  Templar,  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Military  (/)rder  of  the  Loyal  Le- 
gion of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  ?».Iaine 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. 

Major  Small  married  (first)  Julia  Maria 
Fairbanks,  in  1865.  He  married  (second) 
October  24,  1888,  Medora  Frances  Clark, 
who  was  born  February  15,  1850,  in  Gardiner, 
Maine,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Clark  Jr.  and 
Maria  A.  G.  T.  Holbrook.  Mrs.  Small  is  an 
enthusiastic  club  woman,  having  been  a  loyal 
member  of  the  Maine  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs  since  its  organization  in  1892.  She  is 
a  member  of  Koussinoc  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  of 
Augusta,  Maine.  Their  children  are :  Ralph 
Hugo  Small,  born  in  Oakland,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 27.  i88g;  and  Harold  Adams  Small,  born 
in  Oakland,  Maine,  April  19,  1893. 

Mrs.  Medora  Frances  (Clark)  Small  is  de- 
scended from  the  immigrant  Edward  Clark 
(q.  v.),  through  Joseph"  (II),  David  (III), 
Nathaniel  (IV),  and 

(V)    Ephraim  Clark,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 


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Abigail  (Dennett)  Clark,  was  born  May  14, 
1756,  in  Kittery,  Maine,  and  died  August  12, 
1847,  in  Liniing-ton,  Maine.  He  married,  Au- 
gust, 1784.  Lucy  Small,  burn  February  11, 
1763,  in  Scarborougli,  Maine;  died  June, 
1827,  in  Limington,  ilaine.  .She  was  daughter 
of  Joshua  Small  and  Susanna  (Kennard) 
Small,  of  Scarborough  and  Limington,  Maine. 
Their  children  were:  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  John, 
Mary,  Edward,  Ephraim,  Lucy,  Eliot  (died 
young),  Asenath  and  Eliot. 

Ephraim  Clark  inherited  a  spirit  of  adven- 
ture and  daring  from  his  Small  ancestors, 
which  found  full  scope  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  His  record  was  a  remarkable  one.  He 
enlisted  November  17,  1776,  as  seaman  on  the 
privateer  "Dalton,"  was  captured  on  her  and 
taken  to  Plymouth,  England,  and  put  in  Mill 
Prison,  where  he  remained  till  March  15, 
1779;  when  with  other  prisoners  he  was  taken 
to  Nantes,  France,  to  be  exchanged.  He  en- 
listed April  5,  1779,  for  one  year's  service, 
on  Continental  frigate  ".\lliance,"  Captain 
Pierre  Landais,  in  tlie  Beet  under  Commodore 
Paul  Jones,  and  was  in  the  fight  September 
23,  1779.  when  the  "Serapis"  and  "Countess 
of  Scarboro,"  British  frigates,  were  captured. 
He  was  taken  prisoner  October  9,  1779,  and 
taken  to  Fortune  prison,  Portsmouth,  England. 
He  escaped  and  went  to  Cherbourg,  France, 
May  3,  1780.  He  was  on  the  cutter  "Marquis 
Marbeck,"  a  privateer  under  American  colors 
sailing  from  Dunkirk,  France,  when  she  was 
captured  September  9,  1781,  by  a  British  ves- 
sel, and  he  was  taken  again  to  Mill  Prison  in 
England.  He  was  exchanged,  and  arrived  at 
Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  August,  1782.  In 
1784  he  was  living  in  Kittery,  Maine.  He 
settled  in  Limington,  Maine,  and  owned  a 
farm. 

He  was  pensioned  July  4,  1820.  and 
again  in  1832.  His  grandsons  spent  many 
happy  hours  at  the  old  homestead  listening  to 
the  stories  of  his  hairbreadth  escapes  and  ad- 
ventures by  sea  and  land.  It  is  related  of 
him  that  when  almost  ninety  years  old  he 
offered  to  teach  one  of  his  grandchildren  to 
dance,  saying:  "When  I  was  young  I  gave 
dancing  lessons  in  France."  Two  rare  old 
books,  written  by  comrades  of  Ephraim  Clark, 
contain  much  of  interest  about  the  infamous 
Old  Mill  Prison  and  the  prisoners  confined  in 
its  walls,  viz. :  "Memoirs  of  Rev.  Andrew 
Sherburne"  and  "Diary  of  Charles  Her- 
bert." 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Ephraim 
and  Lucy  (Small)  Clark,  was  born  in  Liming- 


ton, Maine,  December  24,  178-;,  and  died  there 
March  6,  1850.  lie  married,  October  13,  1808, 
Martha  Small,  daughter  of  William  Small  and 
his  first  wife  Mary  March.  She  was  born 
June  15,  1788,  in  Limington,  and  died  there 
January  20,  1826.  Their  children  were :  Ira, 
Julia  A.,  Charles,  Harriet  S.  and  Nathaniel. 
Nathaniel  Clark  Sr.  married  (second)  Octo- 
ber 22,  1826,  Mary  Gilpatrick  (Adams)  Small, 
widow  of  David  Small.  Their  children  were 
Lewis,  Martha,  George  A.,  Julia  A.,  Cordelia 
and  Sarah.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers of  Adoniram  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Limington.  The  lodge 
erected  a  monument  to  his  memory  in  1850. 
He  was  a  very  genial  man,  kind  and  upright, 
and  highly  respected  in  the  community.  He 
was  a  manufacturer  of  boots  and  shoes.  He 
was  chorister  of  the  Baptist  church  for  many 
years. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel 
(2)  Clark  and  his  wife,  Martha  (Small) 
Clark,  was  born  in  Limington,  Maine,  June 
10,  1821,  and  died  October  30,  1902,  in  Oak- 
land, Maine,  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  A.  R.  Small.  He  was  married  in  Hal- 
lowell,  Maine,  August  21,  1848,  to  Maria  Ann 
G.  T.  Holbrook,  born  in  Topsham,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary II,  1825,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and 
Ruth  (Thompson)  Holbrook,  of  Brunswick, 
Maine.  She  died  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 9,  1901.  Mr.  Clark  was  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  business  in  Gardiner,  Maine,  for  over 
twenty  years,  being  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Cox  &  Clark  for  several  years.  He  was  then 
in  business  alone,  and  was  honored  for  his 
strict  integrity  and  his  blameless  life.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  faithful  members  of  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He  went  to  Wakefield,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1871,  where  he  was  in  the  same 
business  several  years.  After  he  retired  from 
business  he  lived  in  Boston,  Maiden,  Clifton- 
dale,  and  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  After  the 
death  of  his  wife  he  spent  the  one  remaining 
year  of  his  life  with  his  oldest  daughter,  Mrs. 
A.  R.  Small.  Mr.  Clark's  children  were  all 
born  in  Gardiner,  Maine :  Medora  Frances, 
married  Major  A.-  R.  Small,  of  Oakland, 
Maine  (see  Small  VIII)  ;  Howard  Ripley,  who 
has  been  connected  with  some  of  the  leading 
publishing  houses  of  Boston,  Philadelphia  and 
New  York;  and  Harriet  Ethel,  an  accountant 
in  New  York  City.  Howard  R.  Clark  married 
Lulu  C.  Magee,  in  Germantown,  Pennsylva- 
nia, September  24,  1889,  and  has  one 
child,  RIarie  Hildegarde.  born  August  is. 
1891. 


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(For    early    generations    see    preceding    sketch.) 

(Ill)  Francis  (2),  son  of  Fran- 
SMALL     cis    (i)    Small,   was   born  about 
1654,  died  at  Truro,   Massachu- 
setts,   about    1710.      He    married     Elizabeth 
;  children :  Francis,  Samuel,  &c. 

(IV)  Samuel  Small,  born  about  1690,  died 
1729;  resided  at  Truro,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  a  man  of  sturdy  and  noble  qualities.  He 
married,  in  1713,  Isabel  Dyer,  who  was  born 
at  Truro,  Massachusetts,  in  1695.  She  was 
one  of  the  sturdiest  of  Old  Cape  Cod  (Massa- 
chusetts) families,  and  was  a  noble  helpmeet 
for  Samuel  Small.  Their  children,  all  born 
at  Truro,  were:  Samuel,  1714;  Taylor,  1716; 
Francis,  1719;  Mary,  1721;  Isabel,  1724;  Ly- 
dia,  1727,  and  Hix,  1729. 

(V)  Taylor  Small,  born  September  15,  1 716, 
at  Truro,  Massachusetts,  died  at  Great  Island 
(Great  Sebascedegan),  Harpswell.  Maine.  He 
was  a  man  who  inherited  all  the  sturdy  and 
noble  characteristics  of  his  Small  and  Dyer 
ancestors,  and  his  life  was  a  constant  round 
of  helpfulness  for  his  family,  neighbors  and 
friends.  He  removed  from  Truro,  Massachu- 
setts, to  Harpswell,  Maine,  about  1750.  He 
there  purchased  a  fine  old  farm  on  a  part  of 
which  some  of  his  descendants  still  reside.  He 
cleared  away  the  sturdy  forest  trees  with  great 
energy,  raised  fine  crops  on  every  foot  of  land 
that  he  wrested  from  the  wilderness,  and  be- 
came the  owner  of  the  finest  lot  of  cattle  on 
that  part  of  the  Maine  coast.  Not\  satisfied 
with  all  the  hard  work  which  was  involved,  he 
explored  the  eastern  part  of  Casco  Bay,  and 
discovered  some  of  the  best  "fishing  grounds" 
off  Harpswell  and  Cape  Small  Point.  He  was 
of  great  service  in  all  things  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  Harpswell,  and  was  one  of  the  most 
earnest  patriots  of  this  town  famed  far  and 
wide  for  its  patriotism.  Two  of  his  sons 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war.  Taylor  Small 
dwelt  in  the  midst  of  one  of  the  finest  colonies 
of  people  that  ^Massachusetts  ever  sent  to  the 
Maine  coast.  It  comprised  such  family  names 
as  Otis,  Raymond,  Ridley,  Snow,  Purrington 
and  Coombs.  Among  these  Taylor  Small 
stood  as  a  man  of  the  truest  type  of  manhood 
and  Christian  zeal.  While  he  had  a  great  af- 
fection for  his  children,  he  ever  helped  them 
when  the  adventurous  spirit  of  Francis  Small 
was  manifest  in  their  words  and  deeds.  All 
but  one  of  these  children  moved  from  Harps- 
well, Maine,  hewing  out  for  themselves  fine 
farms  from  the  forest  lands  at  Bowdoinham, 
Bowdoin,  and  other  Maine  towns.  Taylor 
Small  married,  in  1742,  at  Truro,  Massachu- 
setts, Thankful  Ridley,  who  was  born  at  Truro, 


Massachusetts,  November  25,  1726,  and  who 
died  at  Harpswell,  Maine,  June  12,  1796.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Ridley,  and  a 
direct  descendant  of  the  famous  Bishop  Rid- 
ley, of  England.  She  was  a  woman  of  un- 
tiring energy,  and  a  most  faithful  Christian. 
The  children  of  Taylor  Small  and  Thankful 
Ridley,  his  wife,  were:  Deborah,  Thankful, 
Tavlor,  Joseph,  David,  Thomas,  Samuel, 
Epiiraim,  Lydia,  Mark  and  Hix. 

(\'I)  Joseph,  son  of  Taylor  and  Thank- 
ful (Ridley)  Small,  was  born,  as  the  old 
records  quaintly  state,  "in  the  latter  end  of 
August,  1748,"  at  Truro,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  at  Bowdoin,  Maine,  February  13,  1831, 
aged  eighty-three  years.  He  moved  to  Bow- 
doin at  an  early  date,  and  entered  most  heart- 
ily into  the  pioneer  work  which  was  thus  in- 
volved in  his  going  to  a  place  where  wild 
beasts  were  many  and  the  settlers  were  few. 
Before  his  death  he  had  become  the  posses- 
sor of  a  farm  that  was  the  pride  of  people 
for  miles  aroimd.  He  was  a  man  of  very 
honest,  upright  character,  and  his  descendants 
are  famed  for  their  skillful  energy  and  trust- 
worthiness. Joseph  Small  married,  March  29, 
1773,  at  Great  Island,  Harpswell,  Maine,  Jem- 
ima, daughter  of  Joshua  Purington.  Their 
children  were:  Joshua,  born  1774;  Anna, 
1776;  Taylor,  1778;  Joshua,  1780,  a  noble 
pioneer  settler  in  Ohio;  Mary,  1783;  Lois, 
1785;  John,  June  12,  1788,  and  Hannah,  1789. 

(VII)  John,  better  known  as  "Honest 
John,"  son  of  Joseph  and  Jemima  (Puring- 
ton) Small,  was  born  in  Bowdoin.  Maine, 
June  12,  1788.  and  married  Nancy  Gillespie, 
December  18,  1814.  Their  children:  Joseph 
Small,  born  November  29,  1815,  died  i8is; 
James  Small,  born  August  Q.   1817.  died  June 

6.  1818;  Nathaniel  Small,  born  July  2,  1819. 
died  May  3,   1892;  Ruth  Small,  born  March 

7,  1822.  died  July  21.  1847:  Martha  J. 
Small,  born  April'  5.  1824:  :Vlary  Small, 
born  February  6.  1827;  Nancy  Ann  Small, 
born  Julv  6,  1829.  died  j\larch  12,  1901  ;  John 
Small",  born  March  9.  1832.  died  in  Novem- 
ber, -1833;  John  Small  (2d),  born  August  12, 
1835,  died"  March,  1843;  James  W.  Small, 
born  October  12.  1837;  Joseph  G.  Small,  born 
August  II,  1840,  died  in  1906. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel,  second  son  and  third 
child  of  John  and  Nancy  (Gillespie)  Small, 
was  born  in  Bowdoin,  Maine,  July  2,  1819, 
and  died  May  3.  1892,  esteemed  and  respected. 
He  received  a  common  school  education  in  his 
native  town,  and  learned  the  trade  of  ship 
carpenter.  He  was  a  public-spirited  citizen, 
especially  interested  in  education,  and  served 


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for  several  years  as  supervisor  of  schools.  He 
was  active  in  pronioliiig  progress,  and  was  one 
of  the  most  powerful  men  in  the  vicinity  of 
Bowcloin,  performing  several  wonderful  feats 
and  exliibiting  a  wonderful  degree  of  strength. 
lie  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Caroline  (Good won)  Sn)all.  She  was  born 
t  )ctober  9,  1827.  and  died  h'ebruary  14,  1890. 
Children  :  1.  Emily,  born  October  4,  1849,  died 
JMarch  18,  1850.  2.  JNlargery  A.,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1850,  married  George  Preston,  died 
April  15,  1899.  3.  Albert  P.,  born  February 
26,  1S54;  married  Mary  E.  Snell;  children: 
i.  Ella  M.  Small,  born  July  13,  1877;  ii.  Hat- 
tie  T.  Small,  born  August  4,  1879;  iii.  Flora 
B.  Small,  born  October  27,  1880.  A.  P. 
Small  became  a  mill  man  and  dealer  in  lum- 
ber at  a  young  age,  and  has  always  been  a 
successful  business  man.  4.  Clarence  O.,  a 
shoemaker  by  trade,  was  born  .August  20, 
1855:  married  (first)  Contentment  Card,  by 
whom  he  had  six  chililren :  Willie  F.  Small, 
born  January  11,  1879,  died  November  5, 
1900,  Clara  E.  Small,  born  January  22,  1881, 
died  September  19,  1882,  Fannie  E.  Small, 
born  July  3,  1884,  Eugene  C.  Small,  born  No- 
vember 15,  1886,  Charles  H.  Small,  born  Octo- 
ber 4,  1888,  Nellie  Small,  born  May  10,  died 
May  19,  1890.  5.  Clara  E.,  born  September 
25,  1859:  married  Clarence  A.  Carver;  chil- 
dren :  Henry  E.  Carver,  born  October  9,  1882, 
John  S.  Carver,  born  February  17,  1887.  6. 
John,  born  December  8,  1862 ;  married  Laura 
Snell;  children:  Harry  C,  born  February  14, 
1893,  Ethel  W.,  born  September  21,  1894, 
John  Raymond,  born  June  20,  1896,  Milton 
H.,  born  October  30,  1899.  John  Small  is 
the  owner  of  the  old  homestead  where  he 
lives,  and  is  the  proud  possessor  of  one  of 
the  largest  farms  in  the  town  of  Bowdoin. 
Maine.  7.  Nathaniel  C,  born  January  i,  1866; 
see  forw-ard.  8.  Robert  M.,  born  August  26, 
1868;  married  Caroline  Mildram;  children: 
Ruth  M.,  born  April  25,  1899,  Robert  Clement, 
born  April  29,  1904.  R.  M.  Small  is  one  of 
the  leading  physicians  in  Auburn,  Maine.  9. 
Alfred  E.,  born  August  6,  1872,  died  Februarv 
16,  1890. 

(IX)  Nathaniel  C,  fourth  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Small) 
Small,  w-as  born  January  i,  1866,  in  Bowdoin, 
Maine,  where  he  grew  up  and  received  such 
education  as  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  afforded,  supiilemented  by  a  course  in 
the  Bowdoin  high  school,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated. He  also  graduated  from  the  Portland 
Business  College.  He  was  an  apt  scholar,  was 
well  qualified  for  a   bookkeeper,  and  entered 


into  business  life  in  that  cajjacity  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Gay  Woodman  &  Company.  He  was 
subsequently  employed  by  Dingley  Foss  Com- 
pany, manufacturers  of  shoes  in  .\uburn, 
Maine.  This  engagement  continued  until  1894, 
when  he  entered  into  partnership  with  .\she  & 
Noyes  in  the  manufacturing  of  shoes.  The 
concern  was  incorjxirated  in  1899  as  Ashe 
Noyes  &  Small  Company,  Mr.  Small  having 
been  treasurer  since  1900.  He  is  recognized 
as  an  able  and  industrious  business  man,  and 
is  contributing  his  share  to  the  prosperity  of 
his  home  town.  He  is  also  interested  in  sev- 
eral other  prosperous  corporations.  He  was 
elected  to  the  board  of  water  commissioners 
of  the  city  of  Auburn,  xMaine,  March,  1903, 
and  is  a  member  of  Eureka  Lodge,  No.  45, 
Knights  of  Pythias. 

Mr.  Small  married,  July  11,  1900,  Kathar- 
ine, daughter  of  Samuel  P.  and  Ellen  Haskell 
Merrill.  They  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter 
and  a  ^on  :  Ellen  E.,  born  April  4,  1903,  and 
Theodore  M.,  born  September  16,  1905. 


Several  families  of  this  name  set- 
HYDE     tied  in   Massachusetts  in  the  first 

half  of  the  seventeenth  century. 
The  one  which  claims  as  emigrant  ancestors. 
Deacon  Samuel  Hyde  and  his  brother,  Jona- 
than Flyde,  of  Cambridge,  has  combined  in 
an  unusual  manner  family  afifection  and  pub- 
lic spirit.  In  a  single  group  of  eight  children, 
four  daughters  married  their  cousins  of  the 
same  surname.  Until  comparatively  recent 
times,  the  inhabitants  of  Newton  were  using 
for  school  grounds  and  playgrounds  land 
given  for  that  purpose  by  members  of  this 
family. 

(1)  Jonathan  Hyde  was  born  in  London, 
England,  in  1626,  and  joined  his  elder  brother 
Samuel  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1647. 
They  bought  of  Judge  Thomas  Danforth,  later 
president-of  the  district  of  Maine,  forty  acres 
of  land  in  what  is  now  Newton  and  subse- 
quently secured  two  hundred  additional  acres. 
This  land  was  held  in  common  until  i66i. 
Five  years  before,  Jonathan  obtained  eighty 
acres  of  the  tract  recovered  by  Cambridge 
from  Dedham  and  increased  his  holdings  in 
this  locality  to  some  three  hundred  and  fifty 
acres.  He  bought  and  sold  many  lots  in  what 
was  then  known  as  Cambridge  Village,  and  in 
some  deeds  he  is  entitled  Sergeant  Hyde.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  Cambridge  Church  in 
1661,  became  a  freeman  of  the  colony  in  1663. 
served  as  selectman  of  Newton  in  1691  and 
possiblv  in  other  years.  Previous  to  his  death, 
which 'occurred   October    5,    1711,   he   settled 


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his  own  estate  by  deeds  of  gift  to  eleven  of 
his  children,  thus  conveying  four  hundred 
acres  and  several  dwelling  houses.  His  deed 
to  his  son  Samuel  makes  the  condition  that 
the  property  should  never  be  sold,  or,  if  neces- 
sity forced  a  sale,  it  should  be  transferred  to 
some  one  of  his  descendants.  An  interesting 
document,  still  extant,  is  the  prenuptial  agree- 
ment made  with  his  second  wife,  and  witnessed 
by  the  sister  of  John  Eliot,  the  Apostle  to 
the  Indians,  which  provides  for  the  disposal 
of  property  in  case  of  the  death  of  either.  By 
his  two  marriages  he  had  twenty-one  children, 
of  whom  five  died  in  infancy.  His  first  wife 
was  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Frencr.,  of 
Billerica,  who  died  May  27,  1672,  aged  thirty- 
nine  years.  Her  children  were :  Samuel, 
Joshua,  Jonathan,  John,  Abraham,  Elizabeth, 
William,  Eleazer,  Daniel,  Ichabod  and  Joseph. 
His  second  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonn 
Rediat,  of  Marlboro,  who  died  September  5, 
1708.  Children:  Sarah,  Isaac,  Jacob,  Lydia 
and  Ann. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(French)  Hyde,  was  baptized  in  1665,  lived 
in  Newton,  where  he  married  in  1696  his 
cousin,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Job  and  Elizabeth 
(Fuller)  Hyde.  She  was  born  Augu-t  2, 
1675,  and  survived  him,  dying  in  1754.  He 
died  in  1736.  Children:  Sarah,  who  died  in 
infancy;  Daniel,  Sarah,  Amos,  Job,  Enos,  Na- 
than,  Abraham,   Ezra. 

(III)  Job,  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Hyde) 
Hvde,  was  born  May  6,  1707,  at  Newton, 
where  he  lived  and  married,  in  1736,  Prudence, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  William  and  Deliver- 
ance Hyde.  His  wife's  father  was  a  promi- 
nent man  in  the  community  and  served  in  the 
expedition  against  Port  Royal.  She  survived 
her  husband,  dying  in  1795,  aged  eighty  years. 
He  died  in  1768.  They  had  twelve  children, 
two  of  whom  died  in  infancy;  those  that  sur- 
vived were  :  Prudence,  Hulda,  Esther,-Martha, 
Daniel,  Ezra,  Job,  Ichabotl,  Ebenezer  and  L\- 
dia. 

(IV)  Job  (2),  son  of  Job  (i)  and  Pru- 
dence (Hyde)  Hyde,  was  born  February  20, 
1752,  at  Newton,  Massachusetts.  He  served 
for  a  short  time  in  1778  as  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain Edward  Fuller's  company.  Colonel 
Thatcher's  regiment.  In  1798  he  removed  to 
Winchendon,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
April  5,  1824.  He  married,  in  December,  1779, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  and  Abigail 
(M^Tick)  Ward,  who  was  born  August  24, 
1759,  and  died  August  23,  1804.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  Abigail,  Elizabeth,  Job,  George 
Ward,  Reuben,  Lucretia  and  Joel. 


(\')  Job  (3),  son  of  Job  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Ward)  Hyde,  was  born  November  21, 
1786,  at  Newton,  Massachusetts.  The  most 
of  his  long  life,  however,  was  spent  at 
Winchendon,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
November  29,  1869.  His  wife,  Elizabeth 
(Tolman)  Hyde,  whom  he  married  Novem- 
ber 12,  1817,  was  the  granddaughter  of  Aquilla 
and  Waitstill  (Leadbetter)  Tolman,  of  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  and  the  daughter  of 
Deacon  Desire  and  Sarah  (Howe)  Tolman, 
of  Winchendon,  Massachusetts.  She  died  Jan- 
uarv  3,  1866.  Their  children  were:  Sarah 
Tolman,  Joel  and  Eliza  Ann. 

(\T)  Joel,  son  of  Job  (3)  and  Elizabeth 
(Tolman)  Hyde,  was  born  October  10,  1819, 
at  Winchendon,  Massachusetts.  Here  he  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  wooden  imple- 
ments as  a  sub-contractor.  He  married  (first) 
October  9,  1849,  Eliza,  daughter  of  John  and 
Lucretia  (Towne)  DeWitt,  of  South  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  who  was  born  December  2, 
1828,  died  November  15,  1858.  Married  (sec- 
ond) December  28,  1861,  Catherine  W.  Dole, 
who  survived  him.  He  died  March  3,  1866. 
His  only  children  were  Edward  Francis,  who 
died  in  infancy,  and  William  DeWitt  Hyde. 

(VII)  William  DeWitt,  son  of  Joel  and 
Eliza  (DeWitt)  Hyde,  was  born  September 
23,  1858,  at  Winchendon,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1879, 
studied  at  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York  City,  and  completed  the  course  at  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary  in  1882.  After 
a  year  of  postgraduate  study  of  philosophy  at 
Andover  and  Harvard,  he  was  for  two  years 
pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Pater- 
son,  New  Jersey.  In  June,  1885,  he  was 
chosen  president  of  Bowdoin  College,  a  posi- 
tion he  has  since  occupied  despite  repeated 
invitations  to  larger  institutions.  Under  his 
administration  the  students,  the  faculty  and 
the  endowment  of  the  college  have  increased 
twofold,  while  his  papers  and  addresses  on 
educational  subjects  have  won  him  a  foremost 
place  among  the  college  presidents  of  the  coun- 
try. A  series  of  successful  books  in  the  de- 
partment of  ethics  and  religion  has  not  only 
established  his  reputation  as  a  clear  thinker 
and  forceful  writer,  but  extended  his  influence 
across  the  water.  His  "Practical  Ethics"  ap- 
peared in  1892,  "Outlines  of  Social  Theology" 
in  1895  ;  "Practical  Idealism"  in  1897 ;  "God's 
Education  of  Man"  in  1899;  "Jesus'  Way"  in 
1902;  "From  Epicurus  to  Christ"  in  1904; 
"The  College  Man  and  the  College  Woman" 
in  1906;  and  "Abba,  Father"  and  "Self-Meas- 


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urciuciu"'  ill  lyOS.  CI  llicse,  "Jesus'  Way' 
has  been  translated  into  French,  and  several 
others  have  passed  through  repeated  editions. 
As  a  preacher  and  public  speaker  he  is  widely 
sought  and  has  given  generously  of  his  time 
and  strength  to  the  furtherance  of  many  good 
causes.  He  was  the  organizer  and  for  many 
years  the  president  of  the  Maine  inter-denomi- 
national commission,  and  a  leader  of  religious 
thought  in  his  ilenomination.  He  received  the 
degree  of  D.  U.  from  JJowdoin  and  from  Har- 
vard in  1S8O,  and  of  LL.  U.  from  Syracuse 
University  in  1897.  President  Hyde  married, 
in  1883,  at  W'ashingtonville,  New  York,  Pru- 
dence }.[.,  daughter  of  Alpha  and  Prudence 
Morris  (Hibbard)  Phillips.  Beside  two  chil- 
dren that  died  in  infancy,  they  have  one  son. 
George  Palmer  Hyde,  born  April  9,  1S87, 
who  graduated  at  Bowdoin  in  1908,  and  is 
a  student  at  Harvard  Law  School. 


Associated  with  Gorges  and 
COTTON  Mason  in  the  Laconia  Com- 
pany, under  whose  auspices  the 
first  permanent  settlements  at  Strawberry 
Bank  and  vicinity  were  made,  were  two  Lon- 
don merchants,  William  aiul  John  Cotton,  sons 
of  Sir  Allen  Cotton,  lord  mayor  of  London 
in  1625  and  1626.  These  men  did  not  join 
the  company  who  emigrated  to  New  England, 
and  William  died  before  1634  when  the  part- 
nership interests  of  the  two  brothers  were  sold 
to  Mason.  The  similarity  of  name  would  sug- 
gest that  William  Cotton,  the  immigrant,  who 
appeared  on  Strawberry  Bank,  and  on  the 
last  day  of  March,  1650,  bought  of  Anthony 
Brockett  his  dwelling  house  and  farm,  was  of 
this  family.  Another  reasonable  supposition 
is  that  \Mlliam.  the  immigrant,  was  connected 
with  the  family  of  Sampson  Cotton,  of  Lon- 
don, whose  daughter  Elizabeth  was  the  wife  of 
Edmund  Sheafe,  whose  descendants  are  nu- 
merous in  Portsmouth.  Leaving  the  English 
ancestors  to  be  hereafter  determined,  we  take 
up  William,  the  immigrant,  as  we  find  him  a 
property  holder  in  Strawberry  Bank,  which 
was  the  early  name  of  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire. 

(I)  William  Cotton,  the  immigrant,  after 
purchasing  a  dwelling  house  and  farm  situ- 
ated at  Strawberry  Bank  next  to  the  house  of 
Walter  Abbott,  by  the  water  side,  March  31, 
1650,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William 
and  Honor  Ham.  The  Hams  came  probably 
from  Devonshire,  England,  to  the  coast  of 
Maine  and  thence  in  1636  to  the  Isle  of  Shoals 
and  soon  after  to  Strawberry  Bank.  William 
Cotton  died  in    1678.  leaving  six  children   to 


sliare  his  pniperly,  his  third  son,  Solomon, 
having  died  before  his  property  was  divided 
by  probate  order  December  29,  1678.  His 
widow  survived  him,  but  the  date  of  her  death 
is  unknown.  Children,  bomi  in  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  as  follows:  i.  John  (q.  v.). 
2.  William,  a  tanner  in  Portsmouth,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  ])rovincial  assembly  and  a  man  of 
wealth  and  iiitJuence.  By  his  wife,  Abigail,  he 
had  eight  children :  William,  John,  Eliza- 
beth, Joseph,  .\bigail,  Thomas,  ,Mary  and 
Sarah.  3.  Solomon,  a  grantee  with  his  brother 
William  in  a  deed  by  William  Ham,  May  16, 
1671.  He  probably  died  before  his  father. 
4.  Sarah,  married  Edward  Beale,  mariner  of 
New  Castle,  and  had  four  children :  John, 
Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Martha  Beale.  5.  Thom- 
as. 6.  Joseph,  a  minor  in  1678.  7.  Benja- 
min, a  minor  in  1678,  a  house  carpenter  in 
Portsmouth,  who  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  had 
four  children :  Sarah,  Mary,  Elizabeth  and 
Deborah.  He  died  in  1724  and  his  estate  was 
administered  by  his  four  sons-in-law. 

(H)  John,  eldest  child  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Ham)  Cotton,  was  born  probably 
in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  about  1650. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  his  wife  was  Sarah,  only 
child  of  William  Hearle,  or  Earle,  of  Ports- 
mouth. William  Hearle,  or  Earle,  in  his  will, 
dated  May  17,  1689,  left  his  property  to  his 
son-in-law,  John  Cotton,  and  "his  wifif  my 
daughter  Sarah,"  to  go  after  their  death  to 
their  oldest  son,  William  Cotton.  John  Cot- 
ton, as  the  eldest  son,  received  a  double  share 
in  the  distribution  by  probate  order  of  his 
father's  estate.  He  died  in  1712,  and  his 
will,  dated  September  14,  was  proved  Decem- 
ber 9  of  that  year.  His  widow's  death  is  not 
recorded.  The  children  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Hearle  or  Earle)  Cotton  were  twelve  in 
number  and  all  born  in  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  as  follows:  i.  William,  a  gun- 
smith, married,  in  Boston,  November  6,  1699, 
Anne,  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Susanna  Car- 
ter and  had  one  child,  Sarah.  2.  Solomon, 
a  shipwright,  lived  in  Kittery,  Maine,  and 
then  in  Portsmouth;  married  (first)  Margaret 
Fernald,  of  Kittery,  and  (second)  Judith  Cutt, 
of  Portsmouth :  had  seven  children :  Jane, 
Elizabeth,  John,  Sarah,  Joseph,  Benjamin  and 
Solomon.  3.  John,  a  butcher  in  Portsmouth, 
married,  May  6,  1714,  Elizabeth  Davis  and 
had  five  children:  John,  about  1715;  William, 
Elizabeth,  Timothy  and  Mary;  he  died  in  1723, 
and  his  widow,  Elizabeth,  probably  married, 
August  16,  1725,  John  Gilder,  of  Kitterv.  4. 
Thomas  (q.  v.).  5.  Elizabeth,  married  George 
Thompson  before  August  8,   1707.     6.   Mary, 


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married  Moses  Paul.  7.  Joanna,  married  John 
Jones  and  removed  to  "Scarborough,  Maine. 
8.  Sarah,  may  have  married  Henry  Nicholson, 
of  Williamsburg,  Virginia,  in  1716;  if  not,  he 
married  her  widowed  mother.  9.  Hannah, 
married,  December  21,  1708,  John  Mead,  of 
Stratham.  10.  Abigail,  died  unmarried  in 
Stratham  in  1722.  11.  Margaret,  married, 
January  30,  1714-15,  Moses  Caverly,  of  Ports- 
mouth and  had  five  children.  12.  Susanna, 
married.  May  27,  1722,  William  Young. 

(HI)  Thomas,  fourth  son  and  child  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Hearle  or  Earle)  Cotton,  was 
born  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  was  a  joiner  and  carpenter  and  carried  on 
the  same  business  after  he  removed  to 
Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  upon  his  marriage, 
July  28,  1718,  to  Comfort,  daughter  of  John 
and  Ruth  (Wheeler)  Riggs^  of  Gloucester. 
His  wife  was  born  May  3,  1698.  After  1722 
he  made  his  home  in  Greenland,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  he  made  his  will  there  January  2. 
1768,  and  it  was  proved  September  17,  1770, 
but  the  date  of  his  death  has  not  been  pre- 
served. Of  their  thirteen  children  the  first 
three  were  born  in  Gloucester,  Massachusetts, 
the  next  eight  at  Greenland,  New  Hampshire, 
and  the  last  two  at  Rye,  New  Hampshire. 
These  children  named  in  the  order  of  their 
births  were:  i.  Comfort,  1719,  married,  Au- 
gust 25,  1738,  William,  son  of  Samuel  Wal- 
lis,  of  Rye,  and  had  three  children :  Samuel, 
William  and  Spencer  Wallis ;  she  died  before 
1768.  2.  Sarah,  1721,  married,  June  25,  1741, 
Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Seavy,  of 
Portsmouth.  3.  Ruth,  1722,  married  a  Mr. 
Ayres.  4.  Elizabeth,  1724,  married  John 
Sherburne.  5.  Thomas  (q.  v.).  6.  Mary, 
1728,  married  Richard  Terleton.  7.  Abigail, 
1730,  died  before  1768.  8.  John,  1732,  died 
in  infancy.  9.  John,  1733,  died  before  1768. 
10.  Martha,  1735,  died  before  1768.  11.  Will- 
iam, 1736,  was  a  farmer  in  Brunswick,  Maine; 
married  (first)  November  5,  1761,  Lucy  Pen- 
nell,  (second)  June  6,  1786,  Joanna  Ferrin, 
(third)  Mary  Sweetser;  by  first  wife  he  had 
ten  children,  by  second  six  and  by  third  three. 
12.  Adam,  1738,  was  a  mariner  in  early  life; 
married  Judith  Plaskill,  of  Gloucester.  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  settled  in  New  Gloucester,  Maine, 
about  1763;  he  died  in  Hebron,  Maine,  about 
1830;  he  had  nine  children  born  in  New 
Gloucester,  Maine,  the  first,  Jacob,  being  the 
only  son.  13.  Nathaniel,  1740,  was  a  farmer 
in  Portsmouth;  married  (first)  September  i, 
1762,  Elizabeth  Berry,  and  (second)  October 
27,  1770,  Hannah  (Elkins)  Beck,  who  sur- 
vived him  and  married  as  her  third  husband 


Daniel  jMoulton,  of  Scarborough,  Maine ;  he 
had  seven  children,  all  by  first  wife. 

(I\^)  Thomas  (2),  first  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Thomas  (i)  and  Comfort  (Riggs)  Cotton, 
was  born  in  Greenland,  New  Hampshire,  and 
died  in  North  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
September  24,  1803.  He  was  known  as 
"Thomas  3rd,"  was  a  farmer  in  Rye,  then  in 
Portsmouth,  and  after  1767  at  North  Hamp- 
ton, where  he  purchased  the  farm  subsequently 
owned  by  George  D.  Cotton.  He  married, 
October  27,  1747,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Noah 
and  Abigail  (Partridge)  Broughtcn,  of  Ports- 
mouth, who  was  baptized  November  18,  1722, 
died  at  North  Hampton  and  was  buried  Sep- 
tember 2,  1810.  The  eight  children  of  Thom- 
as and  Sarah  (Broughton)  Cotton  were  all 
born  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  except 
Abigail,  born  in  Rye.  Their  names  and  the 
order  of  their  births  v.-ere  as  follows:  i.  Abi- 
gail, August  26,  1748,  married,  December  6, 
1770,  Josiah  Batchelder,  of  North  Hampton, 
and  had  nine  children.  2.  John  (q.  v.).  3. 
Comfort,  October  15,  1752.  4.  Thomas,  May 
6,  1754,  was  a  farmer  in  North  Hampton, 
was  a  revolutionary  soldier  in  Captain  Par- 
son's company.  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment ; 
married  Abigail  Lamprey  and  had  four  chil- 
dren ;  he  died  in  North  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, December  31,  1801.  5.  Noah  (or 
Mark),  December  15,  1755,  died  young.  6. 
Nathaniel.  January  10,  1757.  7.  Sarah,  May 
I,  1759,  married  Stephen  Batchelder,  of  Deer- 
field,  had  five  children,  and  died  in  Welling- 
ton, Maine.  8.  Mary,  known  as  "Molly," 
April  16,  1762,  married  John  Batchelder,  No- 
vember 30,  1780,  and  had  twelve  children. 
She  died  April  3,  1807. 

(V)  John,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Sarah  (Broughton)  Cotton, 
was  born  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1750,  died  at  Gilford,  New  Hamp- 
shire, August  14,  1820.  He  was  brought  up 
on  his  father's  farm  in  Portsmouth  and  re- 
moved with  him  to  the  new  farm  in  North 
Hampton  in  1767.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
American  revolution  in  1778.  He  married,  in 
1773,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Drake)  Taylor,  of  Hampton.  She  was  born 
April  15,  1775,  became  the  mother  of  eight 
children,  and  died  May  i,  1790.  He  married 
(second)  August  9,  1790,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Simon  and  Sarah  (Robie)  Lane,  of  Hamp- 
ton, born  March  i,  1768;  had  by  this  marriage 
ten  children.  Children  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Taylor)  Cotton  were:  i.  Edward  Chapman 
(q.  v.).  2.  Thomas,  born  and  died  1776.  3, 
John,  June   10,  1778,  married,  July  23,   1805, 


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Sarah  I'liilhrick,  of  Saiihoniton,  New  Ilanip- 
shirc;  was  a  fanner  in  Meredith,  New  Hamp- 
shire; had  eleven  children:  John,  David  Thil- 
lirick,  Abigail,  Sally,  Mary,  Nathan,  Hannah, 
Isaac,  Knth,  Mary'  Fernald  and  Nancy.  4. 
Ahisail,  .'\ugust  7.  1780,  died  May  8,  1802.  5. 
Sally,  April'  12.  1783,  died  October  30,  1803. 
6.  Polly,  .Vngust  10,  1785,  married,  February 
y,  1812,  Jonathan  James,  of  Gilmanton,  and 
had  three  children.  7.  Elizabeth  (known  as 
Iletsey),  I'^ebruary  21,  1788,  married,  Novem- 
ber 17,  181 1,  Henry  Hoit,  of  Gilford;  lived 
in  Plymouth,  New  Hampshire,  where  eight 
children  were  born  to  them.  8.  Hannah,  April 
i).  1790,  died  February  8,  1814.  Children  of 
John  and  Hannah  (Lane)  Cotton  were  born  in 
Gilford,  New  Hampshire,  as  follows :  9.  Ruth, 
May  1,  1791,  died  the  same  day.  10.  Simon, 
lune  1.  1792,  was  brought  up  on  his  father's 
farm  in  Gilford,  wdiich  he  inherited;  married, 
December  13,  1813,  his  cousin,  Susanna  Lane, 
of  Hampton,  and  liad  ten  children.  11.  Com- 
fort, February  8,  1794,  married  Daniel  Avery 
and  died  childless.  12.  Samuel,  November  28. 
1795,  was  an  apothecary's  clerk  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire ;  was  twice  married  and  had  three 
children  by  first  and  two  by  second  marriage. 
13.  Nathaniel,  November  28,  1795,  was  a  car- 
penter and  lived  in  Gilford,  Ellsworth,  Rumney 
and  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  and  New  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts;  married  twice  and  had 
seven  children.  14.  Jeremiah,  November  21, 
1797,  lived  in  Meredith  and  Rumney,  New 
Flampshire ;  married  Lavinia  Peace  and  had 
six  children.  15.  Nancy,  December  2,  1800, 
married  and  died  October  10,  1852.  16.  Cyn- 
thia, August  17,  1802.  17.  Morris,  August 
22,  1805,  a  farmer  in  Gilford,  New  Hamp- 
shire, married  Hannah  Libby  Bartlett,  of  Cen- 
tre Harbor,  and  had  two  children.  18.  Oliver, 
October  11.  181 1,  master  mechanic  in  Berlin 
and  Portsmouth  navy  yards;  postmaster  of 
Northend,  .\'cw  Hampshire;  married,  -April  7, 
1836.  Sarah  Furber,  of  Northend,  and  had 
six  children. 

(VI)  Edward  Chapman,  eldest  child  of 
John  and  Abigail  (Taylor)  Cotton,  was  born 
in  Northampton,  New  Hampshire,  December 
19-  1773-  He  was  brought  up  on  his  father's 
farm  and  was  by  occupation  a  miller.  He  was 
married  in  1805  to  Jane  (Jellison)  Robinson, 
a  widow,  and  he  lived  in  Saco,  Maine,  where 
he  carried  on  an  extensive  flouring  mill  and 
where  he  remained  during  his  lifetime.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Saco,  Maine,  were :  John,  Mary 
Batchelder,  .Abigail  Taylor,  Edward,  Benja- 
min Robinson  (q.  v.),  Thomas  Cutts,  Sarah 
Hannah. 


(\'II)  ilcnjamin  Robmson,  third  son  and 
fifth  child  of  Edward  Chapman  and  Jane 
(Jellison)  ( Robinson j  Cottfin,  was  born  in 
Saco,  Maine,  about  18 12-13.  He  was  a  master- 
mechanic  and  iron  worker  in  mill  machinery, 
and  was  living  in  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  at 
the  time  of  his  marriage  to  Abby  Jane  Pike, 
of  Saco,  Maine.  He  subsequently  removed 
to  Clinton,  Massachusetts,  and  thence  to  Lew- 
istown,  Maine,  where  he  died  March,  1867,  and 
his  wife  died  March,  1873.  Their  son,  John 
Bradbury  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Woodstock, 
Connecticut. 

(Vni)  John  Bradbury,  son  of  Benjamin 
Robinson  and  Abby  J.  (Pike)  Cotton,  was 
born  in  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  August  3, 
1841,  died  January  5,  1909.  He  received  his 
name  as  a  compliment  to  his  father's  friend, 
John  C(5tton  Bradbury,  who  was  cashier  of 
the  York  Bank  in  Saco  for  many  years.  He 
attended  school  in  Clinton,  Massachusetts,  and 
Lewiston,  Alainc,  preparing  for  college  at  the 
Lewiston  Falls  Academy,  Auburn,  Maine,  and 
was  enabled  to  take  his  college  course  through 
the  kindness  and  liberality  of  his  father's 
friend,  John  Cotton  Bradbury,  who  always 
manifested  a  special  interest  in  his  namesake, 
prophesying  for  him  a  brilliant  career  and 
whose  own  life  was  a  succession  of  good 
deeds.  While  at  college  he  studied  law  in  the 
office  of  Fessenden  &  Frye,  of  Lewiston,  both 
Thomas  A.  D.  Fessenden  and  William  P. 
Frye  being  his  instructors.  He  was  gradu- 
ated at  Bowdoin,  A.  B.,  1865,  A.  M.,  1868, 
and  on  leaving  college  went  into  the  law  office 
of  Fessenden  &  Frye  as  clerk,  and  the  next 
June  was  admitted  to  the  Maine  bar  in  1867 
and  to  the  bar  of  the  United  States  supreme 
court  in  1899.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Fessen- 
den in  1868,  he  was  made  junior  partner  in 
the  newdy  formed  firm  of  Frye  &  Cotton,  and 
later,  when  Mr.  White  was  admitted  as  jun- 
ior partner,  the  firm  became  Frye,  Cotton  & 
White.  In  June,  1889,  the  firm  was  dissolved, 
and  Mr.  Cotton  accepted  the  position  of  assist- 
ant attorney-general  of  the  L'nited  States  by 
appointment  of  President  Harrison,  made  in 
May,  1889,  and  his  position  gave  him  charge 
of  the  interests  of  the  United  States  govern- 
ment in  the  court  of  claims  at  Washington. 
While  practicing  law^  in  Lewiston,  he  was  at- 
torney for  most  of  the  manufacturing  cor- 
porations of  that  city  and  vicinity  and  of  the 
Maine  Central  Railroad  Company.  He  retired 
from  the  attorney-general's  office  in  June, 
1893.  to  engage  in  the  general  practice  of 
law  in  Washington,  District  of  Columbia.  His 
long  residence  in  the  National  capital  made 


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him  a  familiar  personage  in  government  circles 
and  at  the  Cosmos  Club,  of  which  he  was 
early  made  a  member,  and  at  the  University 
Club,  where  he  met  many  of  his  fellows  of  the 
Kappa  Chapter  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  Fraternity 
of  Bowdoin  College,  and  he  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Society  of  Washington.  In 
the  Masonic  fraternity  he  became  a  Knight 
Templar  and  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason.  While  a 
citizen  of  Lewiston,  he  served  one  term  on  the 
board  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  and 
as  a  member  of  the  Lewiston  school  board. 
He  was  a  member  and  attendant,  with  his 
family,  of  the  Congregational  church.  Mr. 
Cotton  married,  December  5,  1866,  Amanda 
Gorham,  born  March  10,  1842,  daughter  of 
Mark  Lowell,  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  their 
only  child,  Ethel  Bradbury,  was  born  at  Lew- 
iston, Maine,  March  24,  1877,  and  married, 
October,  1899,  F.  Willard  Carlisle,  a  banker  of 
New  York  City.  Their  daughter,  Marjorie 
Cotton  Carlisle,  was  born  in  Washington, 
March  5,  1904,  being  of  the  tenth  generation 
from  William  Cotton,  the  immigrant,  Ports 
mouth.  New  Hampshire,  1650.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Bradbury  Cotton  have  their  home  at 
1355  Euclid  street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  head  of  all  the  Win- 
WINCHESTER  chesters  in  America  is 
claimed  by  good  genealo- 
-gists  to  have  been  John,  who  came  to  Hing- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  in  1635,  then  nineteen 
years  old,  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  from  Lon- 
don, William  Stagg,  master.  John  had  one 
and  one-half  acres  granted  to  him  in  1665, 
and  twelve  acres  in  the  same  year.  In  1637 
the  freeman's  oath  was  administered  to  him, 
and  he  removed  to  Muddy  River  (now  Brook- 
line,  Massachusetts)  in  1650.  His  children 
were :  John,  Josiah  and  Mary.  He  died  in 
1694,  his  will  being  dated  in  1691. 

(I)  Josiah,  son  of  John  Winchester,  was 
born  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  and  had 
David  and  nine  other  children. 

(V)  Daniel  Winchester,  born  in  Fayette, 
Kennebec  county,  Maine,  March,  1768,  was 
probablv  a  great-grandscn  of  Josiah.  He 
married  Martha,  daughter  of  John  and  Lucy 
(Wood)  Pritchard,  and  had  Benjamin  P.  He 
was  drowned  in  the  Androscoggin,  in  1795. 

(VI)  Rev.  Benjamin  P.,  third  son  of  Daniel 
and  Martha  (Pritchard)  Winchester,  was  born 
in  Fayette,  Maine,  January  17,  1793.  He  was 
three  years  old  when  his  father  was  drowned, 
and  was  adopted  by  Captain  Benjamin  Palmer. 
He  received  a  rudimentary  education  in  the 
country  schools,  and  came  to  Corinna  in  1816. 


Mr.  Winchester  joined  the  Free  Baptist 
Church,  and  was  settled  over  the  Baptist  church 
in  Corinna,  remaining  in  that  connection  for 
thirty-seven  years,  a  remarkably  long  pastor- 
ate. In  addition  to  his  ministerial  duties,  he 
taught  school,  and  followed  that  fundamental 
industry,  farming.  Elder  Winchester  was  an 
ardent  patriot,  and  sent  two  of  his  sons  to  the 
South  in  the  troublesome  times  of  the  sixties. 
He  was  an  active  temperance  worker,  and 
engaged  in  all  good  causes  tending  to  the  re- 
formation and  betterment  of  mankind.  He 
was  a  Whig,  and  because  of  the  cloth  was  not 
averse  to  participating  in  public  affairs,  and 
considered  it  the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  bear 
his  part  of  the  burdens  of  local  government. 
He  served  as  selectman  for  eight  years,  town 
clerk  fourteen  years,  also  as  town  treasurer, 
and  was  a  faithful  public  servant.  He  mar- 
ried Eliza  Knowles,  born  in  Fayette,  Maine, 
in  1794.  Children:  Harriet,  Mary  Ann,  Mar- 
tha, John,  Benjamin,  Sarah,  Oren  and  Betsy. 
This  good  man,  kind  neighbor,  true  patriot, 
and  capable  official,  servant  of  the  Lord,  who 
wrought  in  various  ways  and  succeeded  in 
them  all,  was  called  to  his  reward  above,  No- 
vember 26,  1865,  just  as  the  war  in  which  he 
had  taken  so  much  interest  had  terminated. 
Mrs.  Winchester  lived  to  mourn  his  loss  four 
years,  succumbing  to  mortal  illness  in  1869. 

(VII)  John,  eldest  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin 
P.  and  Eliza  (Knowles)  Winchester,  was  born 
in  Corinna,  JMaine,  January  25,  1822,  and  died 
September  27,  1891.  The  country  school  af- 
forded him  his  early  training,  and  he  took  up 
farming  as  a  livelihood.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics,  a  member  of  the  Grange,  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Good  Templars.  He  married  Elizabeth  M. 
Stewart,  of  Corinna,  May  14,  1844,  and  their 
children  were :  Mary,  married  Gilman  W. 
Hilliker,  of  New  York;  Charles;  Olive  M., 
married  George  F.  Thurston,  of  Corinna  ;  John 
Howard.  Mr.  W^inchester  enlisted  in  the 
Fourth  jNIaine  Battery  in  the  civil  war,  and 
then  contracted  disease  for  which  he  drew  a 
liberal  pension. 

(Vni)  John  Howard,  third  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Stewart)  Winchester,  was 
born  in  Corinna,  April  14,  1845.  The  schools 
of  his  native  town,  Corinna  Union  Academy 
and  the  Maine  Central  Institute  of  Pittsfield, 
was  the  academical  route  he  followed.  He 
taught  school  for  a  time,  afterward  engaged 
in  the  meat  business,  and  subsequently  became 
station  agent  and  telegraph  operator  at  Cor- 
inna. Since  1898  he  has  been  librarian  of 
Corinna  Library,  president  of  the  Maine  State 


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Library  Association,  and  is  at  present  president 
of  the  Eastern  Maine  Library  Club.  He  is 
well  posted  on  library  matters,  and  interested 
in  books  and  good  literature.  Mr.  Winchester 
votes  with  the  Republicans,  and  is  one  of  the 
local  leaders  in  his  town,  and  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board.  He  is  noble  grand 
of  Stone  Eagle  Lodge,  No.  139,  Independent 
Order  of  Otid  Fellows,  and  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  Twilight  Grange  for  thirty  years.  Mr. 
Winchester  is  one  of  the  bright,  stirring  men 
of  Corinna  and  has  the  elements  that  go  to 
the  making  of  a  substantial  citizen. 

Mr.  W'inchester  married  Sadie  B.,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  B.  and  Phehe  A.  (Brown)  Dole, 
of  Exeter.  .Maine,  in  1886.  Their  children; 
Sidney  Hodge,  born  July  17,  1887,  a  grad- 
uate of  Corinna  Lmion  Academy,  now  a  stu- 
dent at  the  Cniversity  of  Maine;  Jeanette, 
born  April  15,  1888,  a  graduate  of  Corinna 
L'nion  Academy,  and  now  a  student  at  Colby 
College. 

Elizabeth  M.  (Stewart)  Winchester,  wife 
of  the  late  John  Winchester,  and  mother  of 
John  Howard  Winchester,  of  Corinna,  Maine, 
is  supposed  to  be  a  descendant  of  that  family 
of  Stewards  that  consisted  of  the  brothers  who 
came  over  from  Scotland  at  an  early  date. 
The  proof  of  this  is  lacking,  but  this  branch 
of  the  Stewards,  or  Stewarts,  trace  to  Dun- 
can Steward,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  who 
settled  there  in  1658.  He  joined  the  church 
in  Rowley,  September  26,  1723;  his  wife  Anne 
joined  September  17,  1721.  Both  Duncan  and 
Anne  Steward  lived  to  be  nearly  one  hundred 
years  old ;  they  made  their  home  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  Duncan  was  a  ship- 
builder; in  1680  they  were  living  in  Rowley. 
They  had  nine  children;  i.  Katherine,  born 
in  Ipswich,  June  8,  1658.  2.  Martha,  April 
4,  1639.  3.  Charles,  November  5,  1661.  4. 
Elizabeth,  November  2,  1662.  5.  James,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1664.  6.  John,  March,  1666.  7. 
Henry,  May  i,  1669.  8.  Samuel,  settled  in 
Wells,  Maine.  9.  Ebenezer,  1676.  All  but 
the  eldest  child  was  born  in  Newbury.  Some 
of  tlie  branches  of  the  family  spell  their  name 
Stewart,  others  Stuart,  but  it  is  positively 
known  that  Duncan  spelled  his  Steward. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Duncan  and  Anne  Stew- 
ard, was  born  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
October  8,  1664.  died  September  i,  1750.  He 
was  a  carpenter,  and  acquired  quite  a  property. 
He  resided  at  different  times  in  Newbury, 
Bradford,  Boxford  and  Rowley.  Massachu- 
setts. He  joined  the  church  in  Rowley,  De- 
cember 12,  i6g8.  His  second  wife  joined  Oc- 
tober 13,  1695.     He  was  twice  married,  both 


wives  being  named  Elizabeth.  He  was  the 
father  of  eleven  children;  1.  James,  born  July 
19,  1688.  2.  Charles,  January  16,  1690.  3. 
Edward,  September  20,  1693.  4.  Abigail,  No- 
vember 26,  1695.  5.  Solomon,  July  24,  1696. 
All  of  the  above  were  born  in  Rowley,  of  the 
first  marriage.  The  following  were  of  the 
second  marriage,  and  all  were  born  in  Rowley, 
with  the  exception  of  the  youngest,  who  was 
born  in  I'.oxford;  6.  Benjamin,  March  3, 
1700.  7.  David,  January  9,  1702.  8.  Hannah, 
1703.  9.  Elizabeth,  1706.  10.  Mehilable.  11. 
Moses,  July  9,  1712. 

(III)  Solomon,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(first  wife)  Steward,  was  born  in  Rowley, 
Massachusetts,  July  24,  1696,  died  in  Lunen- 
burg, Massachusetts,  about  1758.  He  resided 
for  a  time  in  Bradford,  where  he  kept  a  store 
and  where  he  and  his  wife  joined  the  church, 
December  31,  1727.  Later  they  moved  to  Sa- 
lem precinct  (now  Peabody,  Massachusetts), 
and  in  1738  to  Lunenburg,  where  Solomon 
died.  Solomon  Steward  married  (intentions 
published  in  Andover,  June  10,  1727)  Martha, 
born  1702,  in  .-Indover,  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Martha  (Brown)  Har- 
rington. Children:  i.  Benjamin,  born  in  Box- 
ford,  January  26,  1 729.  2.  Solomon,  Boxford, 
January  14,  1730.  3.  Phineas,  Boxford, 
March  24,  1732.  4.  Daniel,  Salem,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1734.  5.  William,  Salem,  March, 
1737.  6.  Mary,  Lunenburg,  Septeinber  7, 
1740.     7.  Jacob,  Lunenburg,  April  22,  1743. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Solomon  and  i\Iar- 
tha  (Harrington)  Steward,  was  born  in  Sa- 
lem, Massachusetts,  March,  1737.  He  re- 
moved to  Bloomfield,  Maine,  with  his  two 
brothers,  Solomon  and  Phineas,  about  1776. 
Later  he  lived  in  Canaan,  where  he  was  known 
as  Deacon  William.  He  married  Abigail  Ire- 
land, July  25,  1758.  Children;  1.  Abigail, 
born  in  Lunenburg,  May  19,  1762.  2.  Will- 
iam, Fitchburg,  January  27,  1765.  3.  Susan- 
na, Fitchburg,  October  19,  1766.  4.  Jonathan, 
Fitchburg,  July  13,  1769.  5.  James,  Fitch- 
burg, December  25,  1773. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  William  and  Abign' 
(Ireland)  Steward,  was  born  in  Fitchburg, 
Alassacliusetts,  July  13,  1769,  died  in  Bloom- 
field,  Maine,  July  31,  1848.  He  was  a  farmer 
of  Bloomfield.  and  a  Baptist  minister.  He 
married  (first)  Hannah  Jewett ;  children: 
Esther  and  Hannah.  He  married  (second) 
Mrs.  Lucy  Bates ;  children :  David,  James, 
Lucy,  Naomi.  Stephen,  Ruth.  All  the  "above- 
named  children  were  born  in  Bloomfield, 
Maine. 

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(Bates)  Stewart,  was  born  in  Bloomfield, 
Maine.  He  was  fairly  well  educated,  and  in 
addition  to  farming  was  a  Baptist  minister, 
possessing  more  than  ordinary  ability  as  a 
preacher.  He  was  a  man  of  broad  mind,  and 
was  chosen  to  serve  his  town  for  several  years 
as  school  committeeman  and  also  as  selectman. 
He  was  an  earnest  temperance  worker  and  al- 
ways first  in  every  movement  along  that  line. 
He  organized  debating  clubs  for  men  and  boys, 
and  in  fact  was  always  interested  and  fore- 
most in  any  movement  tending  to  improve  the 
morals  and  enlarge  the  minds  of  young 
people.  He  and  his  wife  were  school  teachers 
in  their  younger  days,  and  were  always  deepi\- 
interested  in  the  education  of  the  youth  of 
their  vicinity.  Although  a  man  of  moderate 
means,  he  gave  his  children  a  liberal  educa- 
tion. He  married,  December  19,  1822,  Eliza 
Merrick  of  Pittsfield,  Maine.  They  settled  in 
Corinna,  Maine,  where  their  children  were 
born.  Eliza  (Merrick)  Stewart  died  in  Cor- 
inna, March  29,  1873.  David  Stewart  mar- 
ried a  second  time.    He  died  in  Corinna,  April 

6,  1884.  Children  of  David  and  Eliza  (IMer- 
rick)  Stewart:  i.  David  Dinsmore,  born  Oc- 
tober 22,  1823 ;  studied  law,  and  is  considered 
one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  in  the  state;  he 
married  .\riminta  2\Ierrick,  and  resides  in  St. 
Albans.     2.  Elizabeth  Merrick,  born  January 

7,  1825,  married,  i\iay  14,  1844,  John  Win- 
chester (see  Winchester  VH).  3.  Levi  Mer- 
rick, born  December  10,  1827,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Charles  Miller,  born  April  24,  1829, 
was  educated  in  the  academy  at  Corinna  and  at 
Corinth,  and  was  prepared  to  enter  college, 
but  having  an  opportunity  to  go  to  Australia 
with  some  friends  at  a  good  salary,  he  ac- 
cepted ;  the  climate,  however,  was  too  un- 
healthy for  his  constitution  and  he  died  after 
a  four  months'  residence.  He  possessed  more 
than  ordinary  natural  ability  and  every  pros- 
pect was  bright  for  his  future.  He  and  his 
descendants  have  used  the  Stewart  form  of  the 
family  name. 

( Vn)  Levi  Merrick,  son  of  David  and  Eliza 
(Merrick)  Stewart,  was  born  in  Corinna, 
Maine,  December  10,  1827.  He  was  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  College,  New  Hampshire,  and 
later  from  Harvard  Law  School.  In  1856, 
through  the  influence  of  a  former  resident  of 
Corinna,  Dr.  Jacob  Elliot,  of  Minneapolis, 
Minnesota,  he  was  persuaded  to  go  to  that 
city.  There  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law 
very  successfully.  In  connection  with  his  law 
business  he  engaged  in  land  speculation,  i)ur- 
chasing  large  tracts,  which  with  the  rapi  I 
growth   of  that  wonderful  city   soon   became 


very  valuable.  In  1895  he  began  the  erection 
of  a  town  hall  and  public  library  building 
in  Corinna,  which  was  completed  at  a  cost  of 
seventy-two  thousand  dollars,  and  was  pre- 
sented to  the  town  in  memory  of  the  first  set- 
tlers there,  among  whom  were  his  own  par- 
ents. The  building  was  dedicated  and  pre- 
sented to  the  town  September  i,  i8g8,  and  is 
known  as  the  Stewart  Library  Building.  The 
site  is  an  ideal  one,  on  an  eminence  in  the 
center  of  the  town.  The  building,  which  is 
one  any  city  might  be  proud  of,  is  two  stories 
high,  of  brick  and  stone,  with  tower  equipped 
with  clock  and  bell  to  strike  the  hours.  The 
first  floor,  finished  in  fine  oak,  comprises  li- 
brary, reading  rooms  and  offices,  and  the  sec- 
ond floor  is  a  hall  with  seating  capacity  for 
seven  hundred  people.  The  library,  also  the 
gift  of  Mr.  Stewart,  contains  4.800  choice  vol- 
umes. He  also  presented  the  city  of  Minne- 
apolis with  the  lot  which  their  Public  Library 
stands  on,  and  gave  largely  to  deserving  in- 
stitutions in  a  very  quiet  way.  Among  his  in- 
timate friends  Mr.  Stewart  is  known  as  "El- 
der Steward."  He  has  no  religious  preferences 
and  is  not  a  member  of  anv  societies  and  clubs. 


The  surname  Cleaves,  Cleves, 
CLEAVES     Cleve,  Cleeves  and  Clive,  vari- 

ouslv  spelled,  is  derived  from 
local  names.  Parishes  of  this  name  are  found 
in  the  counties  of  Gloucester,  Somerset  and 
Worcester.  The  Cleve  coat-of-arms  is :  A 
wolf's  head  erased  per  pale  dancette  art  sable. 
The  family  bearing  this  armorial  has  its  seat  in 
Walford,  county  Salop.  Another  ancient  ar- 
morial of  the  family  is :  Argent  an  escarbuncle 
sable.  The  following  is  used  by  the  family 
at  Huxley,  Chester,  who  descend  from  the 
Clives  of  Syche :  Argent  on  a  fesse  between 
three  wolves'  heads  erased  sable  as  many  mul- 
lets or.  Crest :  A  griffin  passant  with  wings 
endorsed  ducally  gorged  or.  The  London 
family  has  the  same  device.  A  coat-of-arms 
in  general  use,  perhaps  the  original  of  the 
above :  Argent  on  a  fesse  between  three  foxes 
heads  erased  sable,  as  many  mullets  or.  Crest : 
A  fox's  head  erased  sable. 

(I)  George  Cleeves,  the  first  of  the  name 
in  this  country,  was  born  in  England  about 
1576,  and  came  from  Plymouth  in  Devonshire 
in  1630  and  settled  first  at  Spur  wink,  or  Scar- 
borough, Maine.  .A.fter  two  years  he  moved 
farther  eastward  and  is  said  to  have  been  the 
first  settler  at  Falmouth,  now  the  city  of  Port- 
land, drawn  thither,  it  is  said,  by  the  mag- 
nificent harbor.  He  served  on  the  grand  jury 
in  1640.     He  united  with  Richard  Tucker,  of 


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Saco,  both  in  trade  and  land  speculation, 
"thereby  promoting  great  discord  among 
patentees."  Cleeves  and  Tucker  took  a  lease 
of  fifteen  hundred  acres  of  land,  including  Hog 
Island  in  Casco  Bay,  from  Sir  Fcrdiuando 
Gorges,  the  patentee  of  Maine,  January  i-, 
1636.  They  conveyed  Hog  Island  by  lease 
to  Alexander  Rigby,  May  23,  1643.  George 
Cleeves  granted  to  Edward  Rigby  a  thousand 
acres  near  Casco  Bay.  Cleeves  sold  a  lot  at 
Black  Point,  September  30,  1648,  to  Henry 
Watts:  one  hundred  acres  to  Nicholas  Bart- 
lett,  on  Falmouth  Neck,  adjoining  land  of 
Cleeves  and  his  son-in-law,  Michael  Brilton : 
to  Michael  Milton  a  tract  fronting  Casco  river 
from  Mitton's  dwelling  house  to  land  of  Rich- 
ard Tucker,  Falmouth  Neck,  on  Back  Cove, 
May  I,  1658;  to  Nathaniel  Mitton  fifty  acres 
on  Back  Cove,  May  20,  1658;  to  John  Bush 
four  hundred  acres  at  Cape  Porpoise,  May  14, 
1661  ;  to  Hope  .\llen  four  hundred  acres  at 
Falmouth;  to  Michael  Britton  a  tract  at  Casco 
Bay,  February  24,  1650;  to  Thomas  Kimball, 
Hog  Island,  in  Casco  Bay,  May  15,  1658; 
grants  to  various  neighbors  to  establish  bounds 
April  12,  1664.  Cleeves  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1658;  was  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1663.  He  died  in  1667,  probably  very  old, 
as  his  wife  Joan,  who  died  in  1663,  was  eighty- 
seven.  (See  histories  of  Willis  and  Folsom, 
Winthrop  i..  p.  237,  ii.,  p.  256;  Sullivan,  312- 
16.)     Cleeves  had  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  who 

married  Michael  Mitton,  and  (second)  

Harvey,  and  died  in  1681,  and  probably  other 
children.  The  family  probably  left  Maine  at 
the  time  of  King  Philip's  war. 

(II)  William  Cleaves,  ancestor  of  all  of  the 
old  families  of  the  name  in  New  England,  was 
born  about  1650.  It  is  not  likely  that  he  was 
the  son  of  George,  unless  we  have  estimated 
his  age  too  great  or  the  birth  of  William  at 
too  late  a  date.  But  he  owned  property  in 
York  county,  Maine,  and  it  seems  impossible 
that  he  could  have  been  unrelated  to  George 
Cleeves,  the  first  settler.  On  June  12,  1688, 
William  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  a  tract 
six  miles  by  four,  called  Cokshall,  adjoining 
Wells  and  Cape  Porpoise,  Maine,  from  Har- 
laakanden  Symonds,  of  Ipswich.  This  terri- 
tory is  now  the  town  of  Lyman,  Maine.  We 
find  his  son  Robert  in  Arundel  (Kennebunk- 
port),  where  he  bought  land  of  James  Smith, 
November  11,  1732.  But  William  Cleaves 
made  his  home  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts, 
where  his  descendants  have  lived  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  He  married  (first)  Martha  Corey, 
and  (second)  her  sister  Margaret.  They  were 
daughters  of  Giles  Corey,  who  met  the  most 


cruel  death  of  any  of  the  innocent  victims  of 
the  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  and  his  fellow  per- 
secutors during  the  witchcraft  delusion.  Corey 
was  a  man  of  excellent  character,  a  watchman 
by  occupation,  born  in  England  about  1617, 
according  to  his  own  deposition  June  17,  1672. 

Corey  married   (first)   Margaret  ,  who 

was  the  mother  of  his  children;  (second) 
Mary ,  'Svho  was  bought  out  of  a  Lon- 
don ship  in  Virginia  by  the  father  of  Caleb 
More,  who  testified  to  this  and  to  her  good 
character  when  she  was  accused  in  1678"  (of 
witchcraft).  She  died  August  27,  1684.  (See 
gravestone  at  Salem.)  Corey  was  tortured  to 
death  after  being  found  guilty  by  the  court  at 
Salem.  Stones  were  piled  upon  him  until  he 
was  slowly  crushed  to  death  by  the  weight. 
Even  Nero  devised  no  more  cruel  death  for 
his  innocent  victims.  .All  the  Cleaves  family 
are  descendants  of  this  martyr.  Children  of 
Giles  and  Margaret  Corey :  Martha,  Mar- 
garet;  Deliverance,  born  August  5,  1658. 
Margaret  (Corey)  Cleaves  married  (second) 
May  3,  1716,  Jonathan  Byles.  Children  of 
William  Cleaves,  born  at  Beverly,  by  first 
wife:  I.  John,  October  11,  1676;  died  Sep- 
tember 14,  1753;  married  (first)  June  26, 
1699,  Mercy  Eaton,  daughter  of  Joseph  (sec- 
ond) August  22,  1723,  Rebecca  Corning; 
(third)  August  21,  1725.  2.  Elinor,  1678.  3. 
Martha,  1680,  baptized  with  the  two  older 
children,  July  24,  1681.  Children  of  second 
wife:  4.  William,  born  July  23,  1686;  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Whitridge,  daughter  of  Thomas ; 
sons  Joseph  and  William.  5.  Hannah,  born 
March  31,  1688.  6.  Robert,  born  July  21, 
1689.  7.  Ebenezer,  born  October  13,  1691  ; 
marrieil  January  15,  1713,  Sarah  Stone, 
daughter  of  John.  8.  [lenjamin,  mentioned 
below. 

(Ill)  Lieutenant  Benjamin,  son  of  William 
Cleaves,  was  born  in  Beverly,  October  23, 
1693,  and  died  there  September  14,  1775.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen,  and  lieutenant  of  the 
military  company.  He  married,  June  2,  1719, 
at  Beverly,  Rebecca  Conant,  born  March  29, 
1696,  died  September  13,  1770,  daughter  of 
John  and  Bethia  (Mansfield)  Conant.  Her 
father  was  born  December  15,  1652,  at  Bev- 
erly, inherited  a  lot  given  his  father  in  1666 
by  his  grandfather.  Governor  Roger  Conant, 
and  followed  farming;  was  a  soldier  in  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Appleton's  company  in  King 
Philip's  war ;  deacon  of  First  Church  of  Bev- 
erly, August  23.  1691 ;  died  September  30, 
1724.  Lot  Conant,  father  of  John  Conant, 
was  born  in  1624,  at  Nantasket  or  Cape  Ann ; 
resided  earlv  at  Marblehead  and  was  a  grantee 


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in  1657;  selectman  in  1662;  was  given  the 
homestead  and  other  land  of  his  father  at  Bev- 
erly, leased  back  to  his  parents  for  the  nominal 
rental  of  a  kernel  of  corn  yearly  during  their 
lives ;  his  wife  Elizabeth  was  daughter  of  Rev. 
William  Walton,  graduate  of  Emanuel  Col- 
lege in  1621,  receiving  his  A.  M.  in  1625  and 
having  Seaton  parish  in  Devonshire  before 
coming  to  America,  settled  at  Hingham,  Wey- 
mouth and  Alarblehead,  where  he  was  minis- 
ter. Roger  Conant,  son  of  Richard  and  Ag- 
nes, father  of  Lot  Conant,  mentioned  above, 
was  baptized  at  Budleigh,  England,  April  9, 
1592,  came  to  Plymouth  about  1622,  and  re- 
moved soon  to  Nantasket ;  was  recommended 
by  friends  in  England  to  the  Western  Ad- 
venturers as  a  successor  to  Mr.  Thomas  Gard- 
ner at  the  Cape  Ann  Colony,  and  took  charge 
there  in  1625.  On  the  failure  of  the  colony 
at  the  end  of  a  year,  he  with  others  removed 
to  Naumkeag,  later  called  Salem.  Conant  is 
conceded  by  many  to  be  the  first  governor  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  followed  by  Winthrop, 
who  brought  more  settlers  to  Naumkeag, 
which  Conant  virtually  founded.  He  was  ad- 
mitted freeman  May  18,  1631  ;  was  town  offi- 
cer, deputy  to  the  general  court ;  his  son  I^oger 
was  the  first  child  born  in  Salem. 

Children  of  Lieutenant  Benjamin  and  Re- 
becca (Conant)  Cleaves,  born  at  Beverly:  i. 
Bethia,  July  25,  1720,  baptized  November  25, 
1721.  2.  Benjamin,  January  4,  1721-22,  died 
at  Beverly,  August  16,  1808.  3.  Joshua,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1723-34,  mentioned  below.  4.  De- 
borah, born  January  10,  1725-26.  5.  Rebecca, 
February  29,  1728.  6.  Lydia,  August  29,  1731. 
7.  Joseph,  baptized  March  24,  1733-34.  8. 
Andrew,  born  October  i,  1735. 

(IV)  Captain  Joshua,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Benjamin  Cleaves,  was  a  farmer  in  Beverly,  a 
prominent  citizen.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  the  second  parish,  in  Captain 
Caleb  Dodge's  company,  on  the  Lexington 
alarm.  He  was  drafted  by  Captain  Woodbury, 
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he  was  fifty- 
three  years  old,  for  three  months  in  Colonel 
Henry  Herrick's  regiment,  and  asked  to  be 
excused  on  the  ground  that  he  already  had  a 
son  and  apprentice  in  the  army  and  had  con- 
tributed money  to  the  support  of  the  Conti- 
nental army.  He  was  released  from  service 
by  the  council  August  22,  1777,  but  later  was 
captain  in  Woodbury's  regiment.  He  married 
(first)  February  26,  1746-47,  Elizabeth  Put- 
nam, who  died  in  1760.  He  married  (second) 
April  22,  1761,  at  Beverly,  Huldah  Perley,  of 
Boxford,  born  February  13,  1731,  at  Boxfonl, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Eunice  Perley.    Her 


brother  Enoch,  born  }»lay  19,  1749,  went  to 
Maine  with  his  nephew,  Benjamin  Cleaves, 
mentioned  below.  (See  Perley  family.)  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife,  born  at  Beverley:  i.  Na- 
than, July  II,  1748.  2.  Nathaniel,  September 
20,  1750,  soldier  in  the  revolution.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, October  30,  1752.  4.  Mary,  May  21, 
i/SS-  5-  Joshua,  January  15,  1758.  Children 
of  second  wife :  6.  Huldah,  born  January  28, 
1762.  7.  Joshua,  August  13,  1763.  8.  Benja- 
min, April  13,  1765,  died  August  20,  1765.  9. 
Eunice,  born  February  27,  1767.  10.  Ginger, 
December  28,  1769.  11.  I3enjamin,  1773,  men- 
tioned below.  12.  Joshua,  baptized  June  11, 
1775.  13.  William,  baptized  September  27, 
1778. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Joshua  Cleaves, 
was  baptized  in  Beverly,  September  5,  1773, 
died  February  17,  1837.  I-Ie  removed  from 
Beverly  to  Bridgton,  Alaine,  with  his  uncle, 
Enoch  Perley,  where  grants  of  land  had  been 
made  to  revolutionary  soldiers.  He  married 
Susanna  Woodbury,  and  raised  a  family,  some 
of  all  of  whom  settled  near  him.  Children : 
I.  Thomas,  born  June  13,  1799,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  William  W.,  1801.  3.  Benjamin,  1805. 
4.  Mary  B.,  November,  1808;  married,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1830,  Enoch  Deering;  children:  Enoch 
and  William  A.  Deering.  5.  Nathan,  married 
Nancy  A.  McLellan ;  children  :  Angela  M., 
Emily  D.  and  Martha  W.  6.  George  L.,  mar- 
ried Mary  Strout ;  child:  Annie  M. 

Susanna  Woodbury,  wife  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Cleaves,  was  descended  from  the  immigrant, 
William  Woodbury  through  the  following 
line: 

(2)  Nicholas,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Patch)  Woodbury,  was  baptized  at 
South  Petherington,  in  1618,  came  to  America 
with  his  parents,  and  died  at  South  Beverly, 
Massachusetts,  May  16,  1686.  He  married, 
about  1652,  Anna  Paulsgrave,  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  who  died  June  10,  1701.  Their 
children  were :  Joanna,  Abigail,  Nicholas, 
Isaac,  Joseph  and  Andrew  (twins),  and  Ben- 
jamin. 

(3)  Andrew,  sixth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Nicholas  and  Anna  (  Paulsgrave)  Woodbury, 
was  born  November  9,  1665,  and  died  before 
1703.  He  married  Emma  Elliot,  who  married, 
July  3,  1703,  for  her  second  husband.  Rev. 
Thomas  Blowers,  second  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Beverly.  The  children  of  Andrew  and 
Emma  Woodbury  were  :  Joanna,  Andrew  and 
William. 

(4)  Captain  Andrew  (2),  second  child  and 
elder  of  the  two  sons  of  .Andrew  ( i )  and 
Emma  (Elliot)  Woodbury,  was  born  Novem- 


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bcr  14,  ibyi,  and  died  March  7,  1757.  Tlic 
house  he  built  is  still  standing  on  Dane  street, 
Beverly.  He  married,  August  19,  1730,  Jo- 
anna Dodge,  who  was  styled  "iMadame."  She 
died  March  23,  1805,  aged  ninety-two.  He 
and  four  of  their  children  died  of  vellow  fever 
within  the  space  of  six  months.  The  children 
of  Captain  Andrew  and  Joanna  (Uodge) 
Woodburv  were:  Mary,  Rebecca,  Rachel,  .An- 
drew, Joanna,  Hannah,  William,  Anna  and 
Joshua. 

(5)  William  (2),  seventh  child  and  second 
son  of  Captain  Andrew  (2)  and  Joanna 
(Dodge)  Woodbury,  was  born  February  19, 
1750.  He  served  in  the  revolution.  He  mar- 
ried, I'ebruary  2,  1772,  Susanna  Boyles,  by 
whom  he  had  .Andrew,  Susanna,  William, 
Larkin  and  Caleb. 

(6)  Susanna,  second  child  and  only  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Susanna  ( lioyles)  Wood- 
bury, was  born  January  11,  1781,  and  died 
I'^ebruary  14,  1855,  aged  seventy-four  years. 
She  married  Benjamin  Cleaves,  of  r.ridgton, 
Maine.     (See  Cleaves.) 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Cleaves,  was  born  in  Bridgton,  Maine,  June 
13,  1799,  died  there  March  21,  1881,  aged 
eighty-one  years.  He  was  a  citizen  wdiose 
character  and  attainments  won  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens,  and  he  occu- 
pied many  positions  of  public  trust.  He  was 
a  man  of  great  influence,  rare  sagacity,  excel- 
lent judgment  and  of  the  strictest  integrity. 
He  was  one  of  the  men  who,  as  a  member  of 
the  historic  legislature  of  1851,  placed  upon 
the  statute  books  the  world  famous  "Maine 
Liquor  Law."  He  married,  December  27, 
1827,  Sophia  Bradstreet  (see  Bradstreet), 
born  in  Bridgton,  November  21,  1804,  died 
September  16,  1882,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 
This  lovely  woman's  death  was  sudden  but 
calm,  a  fitting  ending  of  a  long  and  noble  life. 
They  were  both  members  of  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Bridgton,  and  intimately 
identified  with  the  progress  and  history  of 
Bridgton.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel 
Bradstreet,  of  Bridgton.  Children:  i.  Rob- 
ert .A.,  born  July  16,  1832.  2.  Nathan,  Janu- 
ary 9,  1835.  3.  Thomas  P..  January  7,  1838. 
4.  Henry  Bradstreet.  5.  Mary  Cleaves  Mason. 
All  are  further  mentioned  hereinafter. 

(VH)  Robert  Andrews,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  and  Sophia  (Bradstreet)  Cleaves, 
was  born  in  Bridgton,  Maine,  July  16,  1832. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  attended  North  Bridgton 
Academy.  He  has  always  resided  in  Bridg- 
ton, and  was  for  many  years  employed  in  mer- 


cantile pursuits,  being  one  of  the  prominent 
merchants  of  the  town,  and  identified  with 
Bridgton's  growth  and  prosperity.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Louisa  C,  daughter  of  Royal  and 
Harriet  Senter;  (second)  Hattie  J.,  daughter 
of  A.  M.  Nelson,  of  Bridgton:  (third)  Abbie 
E.,  daughter  of  John  Dennett,  of  Bridgton, 
who  died  January  9,  1888.  Children  of  Rob- 
ert A.  and  Abbie  E.  Cleaves :  Carrie  Walker 
Cleaves  and  Royal  Senter  Cleaves. 

( VH)  Judge  Nathan,  second  son  of  Thomas 
and  Sophia  (Bradstreet)  Cleaves,  was  born  in 
Bridgton,  January  q.  1835.  He  died  at  his 
residence  in  Portlan  I,  Maine,  on  Monday 
morning,  September  5,  1892.  He  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Portland  Academy,  and  entered 
Bowdoin  College  in  1854.  graduating  in  1858. 
Sekctiiig  the  law  as  his  profession,  he  stud- 
ied wilh  Hon.  Joseph  Floward  and  Hon.  Sew- 
ell  C.  Strout,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Cumberland  county  in  1861.  He  opened  an 
office  in  Bowdoinham,  Maine,  and  subse- 
quently removed  'to  Portland  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  the  late  Hon.  Joseph  How- 
ard, and  later  formed  a  law  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Hon.  Henry  B.  Cleaves.  In  1865- 
he  married  Caroline,  the  daughter  of  Judge 
Howard.  Mrs.  Cleaves  died  in  1875.  They 
had  no  children. 

He  was  many  times  honored  with  public 
office,  being  city  solicitor  of  Portland  in  i86g; 
representative  to  the  legislature  in  1871  and  in 
1875:  judge  of  the  probate  court  from  1876  to 
1880;  and  surveyor  of  the  port  of  Portland 
for  four  years.  He  was  connected  with  many- 
business  enterprises  and  corporations,  and  a 
director  in  many  of  the  banking  and  financial 
institutions  of  the  state.  He  actively  practiced 
law  for  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years,  and 
obtained  prominence  in  the  profession  he 
loved.  Memorial  exercises  were  held  by  the 
Cumberland  Bar  Association  before  the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court,  and  the  following  ap- 
propriate resolution  was  adopted  and  placed  on 
the  records  of  the  Court : 

"Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the  Cum- 
berland Bar  have  heard  with  a  deep  sense  of 
personal  grief  and  loss  the  news  of  the  sud- 
den illness  and  death  of  their  distinguished 
associate  member,  Hon.  Nathan  Cleaves,  at 
the  very  summit  of  his  professional  career ; 
that  his  contemporaries  at  the  Bar  during  their 
lives  will  cherish  the  memory  of  his  unvarying 
courtesy,  his  dignity  of  professional  bearing 
and  demeanor,  his  pure  life  and  character,  his 
eminent  legal  attainments,  his  fine  training  and 
capacity  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  pro- 
fession, his  exceptionally  good  forensic  judg- 


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ment,  tact  and  skill  and  the  rare  and  excellent 
traits  and  qualities  of  his  mind  and  heart ; 
and,  cherishuig  this  memory  of  him  ourselves, 
we  write  also  this  brief  memorial  of  him,  that 
they  who  come  after  us  in  the  profession,  to  a 
late  posterity,  may  remember  him  as  one  of 
the  models  and  ornaments  of  his  own  times." 

(VII)  Thomas  Perley,  third  son  of  Thomas 
and  Sophia  (Bradstreet)  Cleaves,  was  born  in 
Bridgton,  January  7,  1838.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  and  high  schools  of  liridgton 
and  vicinity,  and  at  (jxford  Normal  Institute, 
South  Paris,  Maine.  Adopting  the  law  as  his 
profession,  he  entered  the  office  of  Hon.  Ed- 
ward Fox  and  Frederick  Fox,  of  Portland, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1859.  He 
opened  an  office  in  Brownfield,  Maine,  and 
early  took  high  rank  in  his  profession.  He  has 
held  many  positions  of  public  trust.  In  1862 
Mr.  Cleaves  was  elected  assistant  secretary  of 
the  senate  of  Maine,  and  re-elected  in  1863-64. 
In  1865  he  was  elected  secretary  of  that  body 
and  continued  in  office  by  successive  elections 
for  five  years.  He  was  elected  senator  from 
Oxford  county,  serving  two  terms.  Recogniz- 
ing his  ability  and  high  standing,  Hon.  Lot  M. 
Morrill,  senator  from  Maine,  selected  him  as 
chief  clerk  of  the  appropriation  committee  of 
the  United  States  senate;  and  Mr.  Cleaves  and 
his  family  removed  to  Washington.  Through 
all  the  successive  changes  in  the  senate  of  the 
United  States,  he  has  continued  to  serve  in 
this  responsible  position  for  nearly  thirty-six 
years,  and  has  been  closely  associated  with 
the  late  Senator  Allison,  of  Iowa,  Senator 
Hale,  of  Maine,  and  other  distinguished  sen- 
ators who  have  served  on  this  important  com- 
mittee. He  married  Elizabeth  A.,  daughter  of 
Russell  Lamson,  of  Bridgton.  They  have  two 
sons :  Charles  Russell  Cleaves  and  Frederick 
Henry  Cleaves. 

(VII)  Henry  Bradstreet,  fourth  and  young- 
est son  of  Thomas  and  Sophia  (Bradstreet) 
Cleaves,  was  born  in  Bridgton,  February  6, 
1840.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  the 
North  Bridgton  and  Lewiston  Falls  academies. 
He  enlisted  from  the  town  of  Bridgton  as  a 
private  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  served  in  the 
Department  of  the  Gulf  under  General  Banks, 
was  with  General  Sheridan  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valley,  and  remained  in  active  service  under 
General  Grant  until  the  surrender  of  General 
Lee.  During  his  service  he  was  promoted  to 
first  lieutenant,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war 
was  offered  a  commission  in  the  regular  army 
by  Secretary  of  War  Stanton.  He  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  1868,  practiced  in  Bath  one 
year,  then  removed  to  Portland,  forming  a  law 


partnership  with  his  brother,  the  late  Judge 
Nathan  Cleaves.  He  served  two  terms  as  a 
member  of  the  legislature  of  Maine;  was 
elected  city  solicitor  of  Portland;  served  as 
attorney-general  of  Maine  for  five  successive 
years;  and  was  elected  governor  of  Maine  in 
1892,  and  re-elected  by  nearly  forty  thousand 
majority  in  1894.  At  the  close  of  his  adminis- 
tration as  governor,  both  branches  of  the  legis- 
lature, irrespective  of  party,  accorded  to  him 
the  imusual  distinction  of  passing  public  reso- 
lutions in  recognition  of  his  distinguished  ser- 
vices to  the  state,  and  commenduig  his  "'up- 
right, honest  and  dignified  administration," 
further  declaring  "He  retires  from  i.ie  higii 
office  he  has  so  ably  and  faithfully  filled,  witii 
the  confidence,  respect  and  aitection  of  the 
whole  people."  L'pon  retiring  from  the  office 
of  governor  he  resumed  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  P^ortland.  He  was  at  once  re- 
tained as  counsel  by  many  of  the  leading  busi- 
ness interests  of  the  state,  and  tried  before  the 
courts  many  important  cases,  being  general 
counsel  for  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany, the  Washington  County  and  the  Somer- 
set Railways,  associate  counsel  of  the  Boston 
&  Maine  Railroad  and  attorney  for  various 
other  business  and  financial  interests.  The 
most  notable  case  ever  tried  in  the  state,  and 
one  that  excited  much  interest  throughout  the 
country,  was  the  Chandler  will  case,  in  which 
Governor  Cleaves  appeared  as  senior  counsel 
for  the  heirs.  The  American  Board  of  Com- 
missioners for  Foreign  Missions,  under  a  will 
executed  by  the  testator,  claimed  the  entire 
estate,  nearly  a  million  dollars,  while  it  was 
claimed  in  behalf  of  the  heirs  that  they  were 
entitled  to  one-half  of  the  estate  by  a  subse- 
quent codicil  of  the  testator,  though  it  was 
executed  while  he  was  under  guardianship. 
The  contention  of  Governor  Cleaves  was  sus- 
tained by  the  supreme  court  of  Maine,  and  the 
validit)'  of  the  codicil  upheld. 

Governor  Cleaves  is  intimately  con  lected 
with  many  of  the  great  business  interests  of 
the  state,  being  a  director  of  the  IMaine  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company,  Somerset  Railway 
Company,  L'nion  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, Portland  National  Bank,  Union  Safe  De- 
posit &  Trust  Company,  Consolidated  Elec- 
tric Light  Company,  president  and  director  of 
the  Portland  Publishing  Company,  Eastern 
Dredging  Company  and  Leadville  Water  Com- 
pany, and  associated  with  other  financial  and 
business  institutions. 

(VII)  Mary  Cleaves,  youngest  child  of 
Thomas  and  Sophia  (Bradstreet)  Cleaves,  was 
born   in    Bridgton,   and   enjoyed   the   superior 


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educational  advaiuagcs  of  that  town,  vshich 
has  been  noted  for  its  advanced  position  in  the 
cause  of  education.  She  was  a  successful 
teacher  in  the  schools  of  Bridgton  for  several 
years ;  was  a  member  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  and  always  took  a  deep  interest 
and  prominent  part  in  the  social  and  religious 
welfare  of  the  community.  She  resided  at 
llriilgton  with  her  parents,  until  their  decease, 
when  she  removed  to  Portland.  She  married 
William  \V.  iMason,  President  of  the  Port- 
land National  Bank,  son  of  the  late  Jeremiah 
M.  Mason,  of  Limerick.  Mrs.  Mason  is  a 
person  of  rare  intellectual  gifts,  nobleness  of 
character,  of  engaging  manner  and  endears 
herself  to  all. 


The  line  of  Bradstreet 
BRADSTREET  sketched  below  is  de- 
scended from  one  of  the 
earliest  recorded  settlers  of  this  name  in  New 
England,  his  landfall  being  in  1634.  An 
earlier  immigrant  of  this  name  was  Simon, 
who  came  over  in  the  fleet  with  Winthrop, 
1630,  and  afterward  won  distinction  as  Gov- 
ernor of  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  From 
those  two  are  descended  most  of  the  New 
England  Bradstreets. 

(I)  Humphrey  Bradstreet  came  from  Ips- 
wich, England,  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  Wil- 
liam Andrews,  master,  the  last  of  April,  1634, 
bringing  with  him  his  wife  Bridget  and  chil- 
dren as  follows  :  Hannah,  aged  nine ;  John, 
aged  three ;  Alartha,  aged  two  ;  and  Mary,  aged 
one  year.  At  that  time  his  age  is  given  as 
forty  years,  and  that  of  his  wife  as  thirty 
years.  He  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  received  a  considerable  grant  of  land 
on  the  north  side  of  Egypt  river,  his  being  the 
most  northerly  grant  made  by  the  town  of 
Ipswich ;  the  northerly  boundary  of  this  farm 
was  the  southerly  boundary  of  the  town  of 
Rowley,  settled  in  1639,  and  in  1784  the  farm 
for  the  convenience  of  its  occupants  was  set 
off  from  Ipswich  to  Rowley.  From  the  loca- 
tion of  this  farm,  after  the  Rowdey  settlement, 
the  Bradstreets  were  associated  almost  wholly 
with  Rowley,  having  their  membership  in  the 
Rowley  church,  burying  their  dead  in  the 
Rowley  cemetery,  and  training  with  the  Row- 
ley military  company.  In  the  following  lists 
of  children,  where  not  otherwise  stated,  the 
births  are  from  Ipswich  records  and  the  bap- 
tism from  the  Rowley  church  record.  Hum- 
phrey Bradstreet  was  made  a  freeman  May  6, 
1635,  and  was  a  representative  for  Ipswich  to 
the  general  court  in  the  same  year ;  he  died  in 


the  summer  of  1655.  lii^  will,  dated  July  21, 
1655,  proved  September  25,  1655,  directs, 
among  other  things,  that  son  Moses  is  to  have 
the  home  farm  after  the  decease  of  his  mother; 
son  John  is  to  have  the  farm  at  Muddy  river. 
His  wife  Bridget  Bradstreet  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1665.  iler  will  is  dated  October  16,  1665. 
The  children  of  Humphrey  and  Bridget  Brad- 
street were :  Hannah,  John,  Martha,  Mary, 
Sarah,  Rebecca  and  Moses,  the  subject  of  the 
next  paragraph. 

(II)  Captain  Moses,  youngest  child  of 
Humphrey  and  Bridget  Bradstreet,  was  born 
in  1643.  lie  was  a  man  of  substance  and  in- 
fluence, and  was  a  captain  of  the  military  com- 
pany. His  will,  dated  August  16,  1690,  proved 
September  30,  1690,  mentions  a  ship,  his  home 
farm,  lands  in  liaverhill  and  other  property  of 
his.  He  married,  March  11,  1662,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Bridget  Harris  of  Row- 
ley. After  her  death  he  married  (second) 
Sarah,  widow  of  Samuel  Prime,  of  Rowley, 
and  daughter  of  Samuel  Platts.  The  dates 
cannot  be  found.  Samuel  Prime  died  March 
18,  1684.  She  died  before  1697,  Moses  Brad- 
street's  gravestone,  the  oldest  in  Rowley  bury- 
ing groimd,  bears  the  following  inscription  : 

HERE  LYS  WHAT  WAS  MORTAL 
OF    ye     WORTHY     CAP.     MOSES     BRAD- 
STREET 
DESEASED   AUGUST  ye    17,    1690,   &  IN   ye 
47th  YEAR  OF  HIS  AGE. 
FRIENDS  &  RELATIVES 
YOU  MIGHT  BEHOLD 

A  LAMB  OF  GOD 
FITT  FOR  THE  FOLD 

The  children  of  Moses  Bradstreet  were : 
John,  Moses,  Elizabeth,  Humphrey,  Na- 
thaniel, Hannah,  Samuel  (died  young), 
Bridget,  Aaron,  Samuel  (died  young)  and 
Jonathan. 

(III)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Captain  Moses 
(i)  and  Elizabeth  (Harris)  Bradstreet,  was 
born  October  17,  1665;  and  died  December 
20,  1757-  He  succeeded  to  one-half  the  an- 
cestral homestead  and  all  the  buildings  there- 
on, and  was  a  farmer.  His  will,  dated  De- 
cember 19,  1737,  proved  January  9,  1738,  pro- 
vides, among  other  things  that  his  son  Na- 
thaniel shall  have  the  homestead.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  July  19,  1686,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Jane  (Crosby)  Pickard,  of 
Rowdey.  She  was  born  in  Rowley,  and  died 
January  3,  1737,  aged  sixty-seven  years.  He 
married  (second),  October  20,  1737,  Dorothy 
(Sewall)  Northend,  widow  of  Ezekiel  North- 
end,  of  Rowley.    She  died  June  17.  1752.    The 


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children  of  Moses  and  Hannah  (Pickard) 
Bradstreet  were:  EHzabeth,  Hannah,  Bridget, 
Moses,  John,  Nathaniel  (died  young),  Na- 
thaniel and  Jane. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Nathaniel,  seventh  child 
and  youngest  son  of  Moses  (2)  and  Hannah 
(Pickard)  Bradstreet,  was  baptized  Novem- 
ber 18,  1705.  and  died  December  2,  1752.  He 
had  the  farm  his  father  left,  and  also  acquired 
other  lands.  His  will  was  dated  November 
30,  1752,  and  proved  December  25,  1752.  It 
provides  that  wife  Hannah  shall  have  "that 
land  which  was  in  my  uncle  John's  division ;" 
son  Moses  to  have  most  of  the  estate,  and  so 
on.  He  married  (first)  April  19,  1727,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Dorothy  (Sew- 
all)  Northend,  of  Rowley.  She  was  born 
January  31,  1703,  and  died  April  i.i,  1739. 
He  married  (second)  August  15,  1739,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Thomas  Hammond,  of  Ips- 
wich. She  was  baptized  in  Rowley,  July,  1716, 
and  died  between  October  26,  1787,  the  date 
of  her  will,  and  May  7,  1792,  the  date  when 
it  was  proved.  Lieutenant  Bradstreet  was  the 
father  of  thirteen  children.  Those  by  the  first 
wife  were:  Moses,  John  (died  young),  Han- 
nah (died  young),  Hannah,  Nathaniel, 
Ezekiel,  Nathaniel  (died  young),  and  Jane. 
Those  by  the  second  wife  were :  Nathaniel, 
Elizabeth,  John,  Mary  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  child  of  Lieuten- 
ant Nathaniel  (i)  and  Hannah  (Hammond) 
Bradstreet,  was  baptized  June  20,  1740,  and 
died  March  28,  1806,  aged  sixty-six  years.  His 
home  was  in  Ipswich,  just  over  the  Rowley 
line,  and  was  formerly  a  Hammond  place.  His 
will  was  dated  January  2,  1804.  and  probated 
May  7,  1806.  He  married,  December  7,  1762, 
Phebe,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  and  Ruth  (Pick- 
ard) Jewett,  of  Rowley.  She  was  born  in 
Rowley,  April  13,  1741,  and  died  December 
18,  1815,  aged  seventy-four  years.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Elizabeth,  David,  Daniel,  Nathan. 
Phebe,  Mary,  Nathaniel,  Sarah  and  Hannah. 

(VI)  Daniel,  third  child  and  second  son  of 
Nathaniel  (2)  and  Phebe  (Jewett)  Brad- 
street, was  born  in  Ipswich,  and  baptized 
March  13,  1768.  He  removed  from  Rowley, 
Massachusetts,  to  Bridgton,  Maine,  where  he 
settled  and  died  October  20,  1816,  aged  forty- 
nine  vears.  His  wife,  Betsey  A.  Bradstreet, 
died  July  2,  1831. 

(VII)  Sophia,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Bet- 
sey A.  Bradstreet,  was  born  in  Bridgton, 
Maine,  November  21,  1804,  died  September  16, 
1882,  aged  seventy-seven  years.  She  married 
Thomas  Cleaves,  of  Bridgton.  (See  Cleaves 
Family.) 


Allan  Perley,  the  immigrant  an- 
PERLEY     cestor,    was    born    in    1606,    in 

Wales  or  England,  came  from 
St.  Albans,  county  Herts,  England,  in  the  ship 
"Planter,"  in  1635,  and  died  in  Ipswich,  Mas- 
sachusetts, December  28,  1675.  The  name  is 
also  spelled  Apperley  (Ap,  son  of).  He  set- 
tled first  in  Charlestown  Village,  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  in  what  is  now  called  Button  End, 
VVoburn.  He  removed  to  Ipswich  and  later  to 
Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  selling  his  house  and 
land  on  High  street,  at  Ipswich,  to  Walter 
Roper,  September  3,  1652.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  May  18,  1642.  He  died  December  28, 
1675.  His  will  was  made  June  23,  1670,  and 
November  16,  1671,  and  proved  February  3, 
1675-76,  bequeathing  to  wife  Susanna,  sons 
John,  Samuel,  Thomas,  Timothy;  daughters 
Sarah  and  Martha ;  son  Nathaniel  deceased. 
He  owned  land  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  Es- 
sex, Rowley  and  Boxford.  He  married,  in 
1635,  Susanna  Bokesen,  who  died  at  Ipswich, 
February  11,  1692. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Allan  Perley,  was  born 
at  Ipswich  in  1641  and  died  at  Boxford  Sep- 
tember 24,  1709;  married  July  8,  1667,  Lydia 
Peabody,  born  1644,  died  .\pril  30,  1675, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Francis  and  Mary 
(Foster)  Peabody,  of  Topsfield.  Her  mother 
was  daughter  of  Reginald  Foster.  (See  Fos- 
ter.) The  line  has  been  traced  in  England. 
Foster  and  Perley  came  over  in  the  same  ves- 
sel from  the  same  parish.  Lydia  joined  the 
church  at  Rowley,  was  admitted  by  letter  at 
Boxford,  February  21,  1702-3.  Perley  set- 
tled in  Rowley  and  bought  much  land;  in  1687 
the  largest  taxpayer  except  his  brother-in-law, 
John  Peabody.  His  home  was  on  the  Isaac 
Hale  place.  He  was  admitted  freeman  May 
23,  1677;  deputy  to  the  general  court  1689- 
92-93,  1700-02;  selectman  1690-94-99,  1701- 
4-9;  constable  in  1688;  juror;  moderator  in 
1693.  1701-4-6-7-9;  quartermaster  of  Boxford 
military  company  in  1688;  lieutenant  1681. 
His  home  was  in. the  town  of  Boxford,  and 
May  9,  1704,  he  was  elected  on  a  committee 
to  determine  the  town  line.  Children  :  Thomas, 
Jacob,  Lydia,  Mary,  Hepzibah  and  Sarah. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Perley,  was  born  at  East  Boxford,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1668  (or  1670)  ;  died  November  13, 
1745;  married  Sarah  Osgood,  of  Andover, 
born  November  4,  1675,  died  at  Boxford,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1724,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
and  Mary  (Clement)  Osgood.  Her  mother 
was  accused  of  witchcraft  and  pleaded  guilty 
to  save  her  life.  He  married  (second)  May 
15,  1727,  Elizabeth  (Porter)  Putnam,  of  Dan- 


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vers,  wliu  dii-d  Uctuljir,  iJ4(>.  wi<l<iw  of  Jo- 
soph  Putnam,  and  mother  of  General  Israel 
Putnam.  Perley  was  town  clerk  from  1712  to 
1723;  surve3'or  1723;  juror;  moderator  1726- 
27;  selectman  1697-99,  1701-4-7-9-14-20-27 ; 
deputy  to  the  general  court  1703-9-18-19; 
schoolmaster  in  171 2.  lie  was  ensign  of  the 
militia  company;  lieutenant  January  17,  1717; 
captain  in  Colonel  John  Appleton's  regiment. 
His  will  was  dated  September  21,  1745,  proved 
November  25,  following.  Children:  Lydia, 
Mary,  Plepzibah,  Moses,  Sarah,  Thomas. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Per- 
ley, was  born  at  East  Boxford,  February  22, 
1704-5;  died  September  28,  1795;  married 
September  20,  1731,  Eunice  Putnam,  his  step- 
sister, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Por- 
ter) Putnam,  and  sister  of  (General  Putnam, 
of  revolutionary  fame.  She  was  born  April 
13,  1710,  died  February  2,  1787,  at  East  Box- 
ford.  He  inherited  the  Cleaveland  farm  in 
1745,  and  built  a  house  on  the  homestead.  He 
was  a  leading  patriot  during  and  before  the 
revolution ;  was  on  the  committee  of  January 
21,  1773,  to  consider  the  crisis;  in  1776  on  the 
committee  to  pay  soldiers,  and  on  the  commit- 
tee of  safety  and  correspondence ;  later  a  dele- 
gate to  the  state  convention  to  frame  a  con- 
stitution;  moderator  of  town  meetings  1755- 
Sg-61-63-65-68-70-72-73 ;  fence  viewer;  hog- 
reeve;  constable;  tithingman ;  warden;  sur- 
veyor; selectman  and  assessor  1747-54-57-60- 
61-66;  town  clerk  1752-57;  treasurer  1742-51. 
His  daughter  Pluldah,  born  February  13, 
1731-32,  under  her  father's  will,  had  a  quarter 
of  the  furniture  and  other  personal  estate. 
She  married,  April  22,  1761,  Joshua  Cleaves, 
and  died  at  Beverly,  September,  1774.  (See 
Cleaves.) 


From    the    original    set- 
LITTLEFIELD     tlement  of  York  county, 

Maine,  up  to  the  present 
time  (A.  D.  1908),  the  Littlefield  family  have 
resided  there,  and  many  of  the  name  have 
figured  prominently  both  in  public  affairs  and 
in  developing  its  agricultural  and  industrial 
interests.  A  sturdy,  energetic  people,  the  pa- 
rent stock  was  inclined  to  favor  free  thought  in 
matters  pertaining  to  religion,  and  were 
staunch  supporters  of  the  theological  doctrine 
advocated  and  practiced  by  Rev.  John  Wheel- 
right. 

(I)   Edmund  Littlefield,  born  in  Southamp- 
ton,   England,    about    1600,    married    Annis 

.     (The  records  give  no  family  name.) 

He  came  to  this  country  from  Tichfield,  Eng- 
lantl,  probably  at  the   same  time  as  the  Rev. 


Jnlni  W'heclriglit,  for  he  was  one  of  his  parish- 
ioners at  Exeter  in  1630,  and  was  one  of  the 
combination  to  whom  twenty-one  acres  of  land 
was  assigned.  In  1638  he  sent  to  England  for 
his  family,  and  on  May  16  of  that  year  his 
wife  Annis  and  si.x  children  took  passage  for 
Boston  in  the  "Bevis"  of  Hampton,  Captain 
Townes.  The  Rev.  John  Wheelright,  owing 
to  a  religious  controversy  precipitated  by  the 
teachings  of  Anne  Hutchinson,  left  Exeter 
and  later  went  to  Wells,  Maine,  many  of  his 
parishioners  going  with  him,  and  among  them 
Edmund  Littlefield,  who  in  1641,  leaving  Ex- 
eter, went  to  Wells,  Maine,  where  he  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers.  He  was  supposed  to  have 
built  the  first  house,  a  saw  mill  and  grist  mill. 
He  was  deeded  a  lot  of  land  by  -Sir  Ferdinand 
Gorges  in  1643,  ^"<i  was  a  leading  spirit  in 
organizing  the  town  and  promoting  its  de- 
velopment. He  was  on  the  grand  jury  in  1645, 
and  it  is  said  was  the  richest  man  in  Wells. 
Lie  and  his  sons  were  millmen  and  farmers. 
He  was  of  fearless  enterprise  and  sound  moral 
principle.  On  account  of  this  firm,  moral 
character,  he  was  appointed  by  the  governor 
of  iVlassachusetts  agent  for  the  sale  of  liquors 
in  Wells,  it  being  then  of  the  utmost  im- 
portance that  great  discretion  should  be  used 
in  the  distribution  to  the  Indians.  He  was 
one  of  the  committee  to  settle  the  boundary  be- 
tween Wells  and  Cape  Porpoise,  and  was 
elected  by  the  people  for  the  years  1654,  1655, 
1658,  1660  and  1661  to  try  small  cases.  He 
died  in  December,  1661.  Children:  Francis, 
born  1619;  Anthony,  Elizabeth,  John,  Thomas, 
Mary,  Hannah,  Francis  Jr.,  born  163 1. 

(II)  Francis,  eldest  son  of  Edmund  Little- 
field, born  in  i6ig,  for  some  cause  for  which 
no  explanation  is  given,  disappeared  from  his 
father's  home  about  the  age  of  six.  and  was 
supposed  to  have  died.  Francis  Jr.  was  born 
about  six  years  later,  and  the  parents  named 
this  child  Francis.  In  the  meantime  Francis 
the  elder  had  come  to  Exeter  previous  to  1639, 
and  from  Exeter  went  to  Woburn,  where  he 
married.  His  wife  died  December  20,  1646, 
leaving  a  daughter  who  died  later,  this  being 
about  five  years  after  his  father  went  to  Wells. 
Soon  after  his  daughter's  death,  Francis  left 
Woburn  and  went  to  Wells  also,  only  to  find 
his  father  and  family  already  located  there. 
Francis  Littlefield  Jr.  married  Meribah  Ward- 
well.  Children:  Joseph,  born  about  1652; 
Nathan,  Jonathan,  Job,  David,  Mary  J.,  Jo- 
anna, Tabitha,  Hannah. 

(III)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Francis  Little- 
field, married  Jane  Cole,  daughter  of  Nicholas 
Cole,   but   died    before   July,    1698,   when   the 


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widow  married  John  Heard.  Cliildren :  Jo- 
seph, Meribah.  Priscilla,  perhaps  other  chil- 
dren. Joseph  wa;^  half  owner  of  the  falls 
at  Kennebunki  which  had  been  granted  by  the 
town  of  Wells  and  Kennebunk. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  eldest  child  of  Joseph  ( i ) 
Littlefield,  married  Abigail  Storer,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Hannah  Storer,  August  4,  1709. 
Children:    Benjamin;  probably  other  children. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Little- 
field,  married  Dorcas  Black,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Dorcas  Black,  of  York,  December  11, 
1753.  Child:  Samuel  Black.  Benjamin  Lit- 
tlefield was  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  the 
town.  His  parents  were  familiar  with  the  ex- 
periences of  the  settlers  in  the  times  of  the 
Indian  wars,  and  he  was  taught  the  necessity 
of  courage  to  meet  the  events  of  life  and  in- 
dustry in  its  ordinary  pursuits.  Like  others 
born  in  that  day  of  hardship,  he  had  put  few- 
opportunities  for  education,  but  he  so  im- 
proved those  he  had  and  acquired  so  much  of 
the  rudiments  of  knowledge  that  in  1760  he 
was  chosen  the  clerk  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
township,  and  held  that  office  forty-three 
years.  He  spent  his  life  in  milling  and  farm- 
ing. He  was  the  owner  of  the  grist-mill  near 
his  house  and  had  an  interest  in  the  saw-mill 
in  which  he  found  employment.  He  was  a 
man  of  very  correct  habits.  In  1776  and  1777 
he  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town.  He 
died  October  5,  1821,  at  the  age  of  ninety-one, 
leaving  children  and  grandchildren  (one  of 
whom  was  Christopher),  who  have  main- 
tained an  honorable  standing  in  society. 

(VI)  Samuel  Black,  son  of  Benjamin  Lit- 
tlefield, married  Susannah  Hatch,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Susannah  Hatch,  December  9, 
1802.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
residents  of  Wells,  and  a  deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  He  was  twice  married. 
Children,  by  first  wife :  one  son.  Christopher, 
born  in  Wells,  September  15,  1803.  By  sec- 
ond wife:  Trustam,  Jonathan  G.,  Samuel  B., 
Susan,  Sarah,  Mary,  Jane. 

(VII)  Christopher,  son  of  Samuel  Black 
Littlefield,  born  in  Wells,  Maine,  September 
15,  1803;  married  Sarah  Gooch.  daughter  of 
John  and  Olive  Gooch,  October  17.  1826. 
Children :  Charles  Rollins,  born  September 
12,  1828;  Abigail,  Susan  H.,  Sarah  G.,  Annie 
W.,  John  G.  Christopher  Littlefield  was  the 
only  child  of  Samuel  Black  Littlefield  by  his 
first  marriage.  His  education  was  begun  in  the 
public  schools,  continued  under  the  preceptor- 
ship  of  a  private  tutor,  and  he  concluded  his 
studies  at  the  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
Academy,  where  he  was  prepared  for  educa- 


tional pursuits.  For  many  years  he  was  en- 
gaged in  teaching,  and  acquired  a  high  repu- 
tation. As  town  clerk  of  Wells,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  served  for  many  years,  he  displayed 
marked  ability,  as  well  as  a  profound  interest 
in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community,  and  as 
representative  to  the  state  legislature  from 
Wells  he  evinced  a  like  solicitude  for  the  gen- 
eral welfare  of  the  town.  He  was  cashier  of 
the  C)cean  National  Bank  at  Kennebunk  from 
its  organization,  August  i,  18.S4,  to  December 

1,  1888,  when  he  resigned  after  thirty-four 
years  of  continuous  service.  The  original 
deed  of  land  to  Edmund  Littlefield,  signed  by 
Sir  Ferdinand  Gorges,  was  in  the  possession 
of  Christopher  Littlefield  up  to  the  time  the 
bank  building  in  Kennebunk  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  when  it  was  burned.  Only  that  day  it 
had  been  returnei!  from  the  Maine  Historical 
Society,  where  it  had  been  loaned  to  copy.  He 
was  strong  in  his  religious  belief,  was  an 
earnest  church  member,  and  was  deacon  of 
both  the  Wells  and  Kennebunk  Congregational 
church.  No  man  stood  higher  in  uprightness 
in  any  community,  nor  was  mourned  more 
greatly  when  he  died.  He  died  in  January, 
1890. 

(\TII)  Charles  Rollins,  eldest  child  of 
Christopher  Littlefield,  married,  in  Amesbury, 
Massachusetts,  Sarah  D.  Foss,  daughter  of 
Silas  M.  and  Sally  Webster  Foss,  January  17, 
1850.  Children:  I.  Charles  Webster,  born 
IMarch  13,  1855,  at  Amesbury,  Massachusetts. 

2.  Arthur  Gooch,  born  February  g,  1859,  at 
North  Adams,  Massachusetts,  died  March  5, 
1901.  Sarah  D.  Foss-Littlefield  died  Novem- 
ber II,  1893.  Charles  Rollins  Littlefield  mar- 
ried for  his  second  wife  Laura  M.  Went- 
worth,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  r\Iary  A.  Went- 
worth,  of  Kennebunk,  October  24,  1895. 
Charles  Rollins  Littlefield  was  born  in  Wells, 
September  12,  1828.  His  education  was 
planned  by  his  father,  the  preliminary  studies 
in  the  public  schools  being  supplemented  by  a 
period  of  instruction  under  private  tuition,  and 
further  reinforced  by  a  regular  course  at  the 
South  Berwick  Academy  in  Maine,  from 
which  he  was  graduated.  After  his  graduation 
he  went  to  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  associated  with  the  Powwow  River 
Bank  for  nine  years,  when  he  resigned  in  or- 
der to  accept  a  position  in  New  York  City. 
He  served  during  the  civil  war  as  paymaster 
in  the  army,  receiving  his  first  commission 
from  Abraham  Lincoln,  with  the  rank  of 
major,  and  later  brevetted  lieutenant-colonel 
by  Andrew  Johnson,  who  had  then  succeeded 
Lincoln  as  president  of  the  United  States.    He 


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resigned  in  1866,  ami  fur  scviiuccn  years  was 
in  the  Navigation  DcparlMicm  of  the  United 
States  navy  yard  at  rortsiiioiuli,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire. In  1888  he  was  apiiointcd  casliier  of 
the  Ocean  National  Bank  at  Kenncbunk,  suc- 
ceeding his  father  in  that  position,  resigning 
January  i,  1908,  having  held  the  position  for 
twenty  years.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that 
since  the  establishment  of  this  bank,  some 
fifty-four  years  ago,  it  has  had  but  two  cash- 
iers, this  position  having  dcscendeil  from 
father  to  son.  He  is  a  member  of  York 
Loilge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Murray  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  the 
Knights  Templar ;  JMousam  Lodge,  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  encamp- 
ment ;  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  State  of  Maine ; 
and  of  Webster  Post,  (Jrand  Arni\  of  the  Re- 
public, of  Kennebunk. 

(IX)  Charles  Webster,  eldest  child  of 
Charles  Rollins  Littleficld,  was  born  at  Ames- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  March  13,  1855.  Sep- 
tember 8,  1S76,  he  was  commissioned  by 
Ulysses  S.  Grant,  president  of  the  United 
States,  assistant  paymaster  in  the  navy.  After 
three  months'  instruction  on  boaril  the  U.  S.  S. 
"Wabash"  at  Boston,  he  was  ordered  to  the 
Asiatic  Station,  serving  three  years  on  board 
the  U.  S.  S.  "Palos."  This  station  embraced 
China,  Japan,  and  the  islands  of  the  Western 
Pacific  ocean.  November  13,  1879,  he  re- 
turned to  the  United  States.  October  8,  1880, 
reported  at  the  Boston  navy  yard  for  duty  as 
assistant  to  the  inspector,  and  on  June  16, 
1881,  was  commissioned  by  Chester  A.  Arthur, 
president  of  the  United  States,  as  passed  as- 
sistant paymaster  of  the  navy.  August  29, 
1884,  he  was  directed  to  proceed  to  the  navy 
yard,  Marc  Island,  California,  for  duty  on 
board  the  U.  S.  S.  "Adams."  These  orders 
were,  however,  revoked,  and  instead,  on  Octo- 
ber 13,  1884,  reported  at  the  training  station, 
Newport,  on  board  the  U.  S.  S.  "Saratoga." 
Tins  duty  consisted  in  yearly  cruising  to  Eu- 
rope for  the  summers  and  to  the  West  Indies 
for  the  winters.  On  October  27,  1886,  he  was 
detached  from  the  "Saratoga";  March  23, 
1887,  ordered  to  proceed  to  New  London, 
Connecticut,  for  duty  at  the  naval  station 
there  and  on  April  i,  1889,  proceeded  to 
League  Island,  Pennsylvania,  for  dutv  on 
;  card  the  U.  S.  S.  "Yorktown."  This'  ship 
became  one  of  the  "White  Squadron,"  going 
to  Lisbon,  Portugal,  for  the  coronation  of 
King  Carlos,  cruising  in  the  Mediterranean, 
West  Indies  and  in  home  stations.  September 
II.  1891.  two  months'  leave  of  absence  was 
granted,  and  on  June  ig,  1892,  he  was  directed 


to  proceed  to  the  navy  yard,  Washington, 
D.  C,  for  duty  on  board  the  U.  S.  S.  "Dale." 
In  connection  with  this  duty  he  had  the  ac- 
counts of  the  torjjedo  boat  "Cushing,"  and  was 
also.  September  28,  1892,  direcled  tcj  rejjort  to 
the  r.  .S.  h'ish  Commissioner  for  orders,  the 
"Cushing"  and  Fish  Commission  duty  requir- 
ing a  great  deal  of  traveling.  On  December 
25,  1892,  he  was  commissioned  by  Grover 
Cleveland,  presitlent  of  the  United  States,  pay- 
master of  the  navy.  December  15,  1894,  he 
was  directed  to  proceed  to  Yokohama,  Japan, 
for  duty  on  board  the  U.  S.  S.  "Charleston." 
On  his  arrival  at  Yokohama,  January  28,  1895, 
he  was  wired  to  proceed  to  Chee  Foo,  China, 
where  the  ship  was  watching  the  progress  of 
the  China-Japan  war.  November,  1895,  he 
was  on  temporary  duty  on  the  flagship 
"Olympia,"  Nagasaki,  Japan.  April  5,  1896, 
he  was  directed  to  jjroceed  to  Seoul,  Korea, 
to  assist  in  acquiring  information  of  the  con- 
dition of  affairs.  The  queen  had  previously 
been  assassinated,  and  the  king  was  under  the 
protection  of  the  Russian  embassy.  While 
there  an  interesting  audience  was  had  with  the 
king.  July  9,  1896,  he  was  directed  to  ])ro- 
ceed  from  ]\Iare  Island,  Cahfornia,  to  Kenne- 
bunk. Maine.  Reported  for  duty  September 
8,  1896.  at  Hampton  Roads,  Virginia,  on 
board  the  U.  S.  S.  "Maine."  His  cruise  of 
three  years  having  expired,  on  February  2, 
1898,  he  received  in  Havana,  Cuba,  orders  to 
proceed  to  Kennebunk,  Maine.  The  explo- 
sion of  the  "Maine"  occurred  one  week  after 
he  left  the  ship,  in  wdiich  252  were  killed  at 
once,  and  eight  died  in  the  hospital  later.  April 
12,  1898,  he  was  ordered  to  Norfolk,  \''irginia, 
for  duty  on  board  the  U.  S.  S.  "Franklin," 
where  he  was  wired  that  his  commanding  ofifi- 
cer  of  the  "Maine"  wished  him  with  him  on 
the  "St.  Paul,"  and  on  April  20,  1898,  he  was 
ordered  for  duty  on  board  the  U.  S.  S.  "St. 
Paul,"  serving  on  board  during  the  Spanish- 
American  war,  and  receiving  a  medal  from 
congress  for  services.  September  6,  1898,  he 
was  ordered  from  the  "St.  Paul,"  the  .ship  be- 
ing turned  back  to  the  American  line  for  pur- 
pose of  resuming  her  Atlantic  passenger  ser- 
vice. October  15,  1898,  he  was  ordered  to  the 
navy  yard.  Boston,  for  duty  on  the  U.  S.  S. 
"Wabash:"  November  23,  1898,  the  duty  of 
the  naval  station.  New  London,  in  connection 
w-ith  Boston;  May  2,  1901,  to  the  U.  S.  S. 
flagship  "Kearsarge"  as  fleet  paymaster  of  the 
North  .\tlantic  Station ;  and  on  March  29, 
IQ02,  was  commissioned  by  Theodore  Roose- 
velt, president  of  the  United  States,  as  pay 
inspector  L'.  S.  navy,  with  the  rank  of  com- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


mander.     April   3,    1902,  he  was   at   Fort  de 
France,    Martinique,   on   board   the   U.    S.   S. 
flagship  "Olympia"  as  paymaster  of  the  fleet. 
June  20,  1902,  at  New  York.     He  was  there 
shifted  by  the  admiral  with  the  admiral  and 
his   staft''back   to   the   "Kearsarge."      During 
this  period  the  ship  visited  Kiel,  Germany,  by 
invitation  of  Emperor  William,  receiving  great 
honors,    the    Emperor    being    entertained    on 
board ;  thence  to  Portsmouth,  England,  where 
as  guest  of  King  Edward  was  one  of  a  num- 
ber of  officers  who  attended  the  state  ball  at 
Buckingham   and  other  social   festivities:  the 
Prince    of    Wales    going    to    Portsmouth    for 
luncheon  on  the  ship.     September  i,  1903.  he 
was  directed  to  report  in  Washington  to  the 
paymaster  general  of  the  navy  for  the  duty  of 
the  general  inspector  of  the  pay  corps.     This 
incliided  visiting  the  stations  of  the  Atlantic 
coast  once  in  three  months,  and  those  of  the 
Pacific    coast   once   in    six    months,   involving 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  miles  of  travel 
by   rail   in  the  three   years   and   four  months. 
On  December  27.  1903,  he  was  commissioned 
by     Theodore  ■  Roosevelt,    president     of    the 
United   States,   as  pay   director   in   the   navy, 
with  the  rank  of  captain.     Leave  of  absence 
was    granted    December    17,    1906,    for    three 
months,  with  permission  to  leave  the  United 
States,  where  he  visited  Egypt,  Italy,  France, 
Switzerland  and   England.     At  this  time  his 
name  was  presented  by  his  friends  and  he  was 
prominently  mentioned  as  a  candidate  for  pay- 
master-general of  the  navy.    Among  other  en- 
dorsements to  the  president  was  one  bearing 
the  signature  of  every  member  of  the  commit- 
tee on  naval  aff^airs  of  the  senate.     On  April 
30,   1907,  he  reported  for  duty  as  purchasing 
pay  officer.  Navy   Pay  Office.  Boston,  where 
at  this  time  (1908)  he  is  still  in  charge. 


(For   first  generation   see  preceding   sketch.) 

(II)  Captain  Tohn,  son 
LITTLEFIELD  of  Edmund  Littlefield, 
was  born  about  1625-30. 
He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1680  and 
lived  in  Wells.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  with 
his  brother-in-law  John  Wakefield  in  1641 
from  John  Cleaves  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Mousam  River,  where  he  made  his  home.  He 
deeded  to  Francis  Littlefield  Sr.,  his  brother, 
half  the  timber  and  mill  at  Ogunquit  L^pper 
Falls,  December  23,  1669;  also  land  to  Josiah 
Littlefield,  August  8,  1690.  He  died  at  Wells, 
February  9.  1696-97,  and  his  widow-  Patience 
administered  the  estate.  He  was  called  '"Sen." 
in  1669  and  afterward.  Children,  born  at 
Wells:      I.  John,  eldest  son,  married   Mehit- 


able  :   died    1690.     2.  Josiah,   married 

Lydia and  Elizabeth .    3.  Eliab, 

mentioned  below.  4.  Son,  died  before  1701, 
leaving  widow  Joanna,  and  daughter  Joanna. 

5.  Lydia,  married  Storer.    6.  Deborah, 

married  Samuel  Webber.  7.  Mary,  married 
Matthew  Austin.  8.  Charity,  married  W' iUiam 
Webb.  9.  Elizabeth,  married  Edward  Beal. 
10.  Mercy,  married  Luiifkin.  11.  Pa- 
tience, married  James  Webber. 

(Ill)  Eliab,  son  of  John  Littlefield,  was 
born  about  1660-70.  He  settled  in  ^Manches- 
ter,  Massachusetts,  probably  on  account  of  the 
Indian  wars.  He  inherited  much  property  at 
Wells.  He  deeded.  November  6,  1712,  land 
grant  of  two  hundred  acres  for  building  a  mill 
at  the  falls  and  the  remains  of  the  mill  which 
had  been  burned  to  John  Cousins.  Jonathan 
Hammon,  Samuel  Wheelwright  and  John  Bul- 
lard  were  his  partners  in  the  mill  grant  and 
ownership.  He  sold  land  at  Wells  to  Zacha- 
riah  Goodale.  of  Wells,  June  15,  1715;  also 
land  formerly  owned  by  John  Wells  (his 
father)  to  George.  Jacobs,  of  York,  January 
18,  1 71 5- 16:  also  the  land  on  the  northeast 
side  of  Cape  Porpoise  known  as  Barrot's  farm 
on  Millers  creek,  December  26,  1715,  to 
Thomas  Perkins,  of  Topsfield,  Massachusetts ; 
also  land  formerly  owned  by  Henry  Scratts,  to 
wdiom  it  w-as  granted  March  28,  1699,  to  Wil- 
liam Saver,  of  Wells,  January  19,  171 5.  Ad- 
ministration granted  son-in-law  Joseph  Leach, 
of  Manchester,  April  16.  171 7,  and  the  estate 
was  divided  December,  17 18.  Children,  the 
first  five  of  wdiom  were  born  at  Wells:  i. 
Eliab,  born  October  23,  1697,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Patience,  August  17,  1699,  married 
Joseph  Leach.  3.  Rachel,  January  31.  1700-01, 
"died  at  Wells,  January  3,  1701-02.  4.  Deborah, 
April  25,  1702.  5.  Rachel.  January  19.  1704- 
05.  6.  Eliza.  7.  Abigail.  8.  Sibyl.  9.  Lovey. 
The  last  four  shared  in  the  partition  of  the 
father's  estate. 

(IV)  Eliab  (2),  son  of  Eliab  (i)  Little- 
field, was  born  at  Wells,  October  23,  1697. 
He  shared  in  the  division  of  his  father's  es- 
tate and  probably  returned  to  Wells  to  live. 
We  have  reason  to  believe  that  he  had  other 
children  besides  the  following:  i.  Eliab,  liv- 
ing in  Wells  in  1790,  according  to  the  census. 
2.  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Eliab  (2)  Littlefield, 
was  born  about  1730.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  Wells,  in  Captain  Samuel 
Sayer's  company.  Colonel  James  Scammon's 
regiment  in  1775:  also  in  Captain  James  Sted- 
man's  company  in  1776.  He  was  the  only 
soldier    of    the    name    Ebenezer    Littlefield    in 


STATE  OI-"  AiAlNE. 


lo: 


Maine.  In  1790,  according  to  the  federal 
census,  he  and  his  son  Hbenex.er  were  hvinf^ 
in  Wells.  Ebenezer  Sr.  had  two  males  over 
sixteen  and  one  nniler  that  age  in  his  family, 
besides  three  females.  Ebenezer  Jr.  had  a  wile 
and  one  son  under  sixteen.  Hence  Ebenezer 
had  at  least  four  children,  probably  more  than 
four,  besides  Ebene/.cr  Jr.,  mentionetl  below. 

(\1)    Ebenezer   (2),  son   of   Ebenezer    (i) 
Litilelield,  was  born  about  1760  in  Wells.     He 

married  Sweat  and  settled  in  Alfred, 

Maine.  Children:  i.  Horace,  born  Septem- 
ber 17,  1808,  died  aged  seventy-two  years, 
married  Mary  E.  Chase,  of  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  had  son  Charles  H.  2.  Eiiab, 
born  in  1812,  mentioned  below.  3.  Lyman.  4. 
Nathaniel  S.  5.  Roxana  (probably  not  in  or- 
der of  birth). 

(\'H)  Eliab  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  Lit- 
tlefield,  was  born  at  Alfred,  Maine,  1812,  died 
March  21,  1845.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Alfred,  Maine.  In  his  youth  he 
worked  on  the  farm.  After  completing  his 
education  he  went  to  Boston  as  clerk  in  a  pub- 
lishing house.  He  engaged  in  the  book  pub- 
lishing business  on  his  own  account  a  few 
years  later.  He  was  obliged  by  ill  health  to  re- 
tire from  active  business  in  1841,  and  he  died 
four  years  later  at  the  early  age  of  thirty- 
three  years,  at  his  old  home  in  Alfred,  a  vic- 
tim of  consumption.  He  was  succeeded  in 
business  by  the  firm  of  Philip  Simpson  &  Com- 
pany. In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in  re- 
ligion a  Methodist.  He  married,  1834,  Susan 
B.  Harmon,  born  in  Alfred,  1812,  died  August 
9,  1855.  Children:  1.  Frank  Harmon,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Mary  Sabrina,  January  8, 
1839,  married  John  Davis,  a  jeweler  of  Til- 
ton,  New  Hampshire.  3.  Walter  Morton, 
March  27,  1841,  married  Lucinda  S.  Tracey, 
of  West  Buxton,  May  9,  1882.  4.  Clara 
Susan,  April  28,  1843.  rnarried  November  22, 
1871,  S.  M.  Came,  a  lawyer  of  Alfred,  IMaine, 
prominent  in  his  profession. 

(VIII)  Frank  Harmon,  son  of  Eliab  (3) 
Littlefield,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  now  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  September  14,  1836.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Alfred, 
Kennebunk.  and  the  Limerick  Academy.  In 
1857  he  embarked  in  business  for  himself,  es- 
tablishing a  general  store  in  Alfred.  Isaac 
Brackett  was  his  partner.  He  retired  from 
the  firm -in  1839  and  entered  the  firm  of  Chase, 
Littlefield  &  Company  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness, Portland,  Maine.  He  remained  in  this 
business  until  1866  when  he  sold  out  and  re- 
turned to  Alfred,  and  in  partnership  witli  his 
brother,     Walter    Morton     Littlefield,     began 


business  in  a  general  store  under  the  firm 
name  of  Littlefield  Brothers  and  has  contin- 
ued with  much  success  to  the  present  time. 
The  firm  owns  the  large  and  spacious  building 
in  which  the  store  is  located,  and  they  are  well 
and  favorably  known  throughout  the  county, 
being  prominent  in  business  circles  and  enjoy- 
ing the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  their 
townsmen.  Frank  H.  Littlefield  is  a  member 
of  Fraternal  Lodge  of  Free  Ma.sons,  Alfred. 
He  married.  November  9,  1865,  Laura  A. 
Grant,  born  Augu.st  31,  1838,  daughter  of 
John  L.  Grant,  of  Alfred.  They  have  one  son, 
tlarry  Grant,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Harry  Grant,  son  of  Frank  Harmon 
Littlefield,  was  born  in  Portland,  Maine,  June 
14,  1865.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  Alfred,  graduating  from  the 
latter.  He  worked  for  some  time  in  his  fath- 
er's store  in  Alfred,  then  for  the  Whittenton 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts, for  two  years  as  clerk  in  the  counting 
room.  He  was  then  with  the  Lord  Brothers 
Optical  Company  at  Tilton,  New  Hampshire, 
for  four  years.  He  moved  from  Tilton  to 
Alfred  and  became  associated  with  his  father. 
In  politics  Mr.  Littlefield  is  a  Republican  and 
has  been  treasurer  of  the  town  of  Alfred ;  is  a 
Congregationalist  in  religion.  He  married, 
September,  1904,  Myra  Merrill,  born  in  Al- 
fred, October,  1864,  daughter  of  Dr.  Frank  B. 
and  Sarah  (Wakefield)  Merrill,  of  Alfred. 
Her  father  was  a  prominent  physician  of  Al- 
fred.   They  have  no  children. 


(For   first   generation   see  Edmund   Littlefield   I.) 

(II)  Ensign  Francis  Jr., 
LITTLEFIELD  son  of  Edmund  Little- 
field. was  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1 63 1.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade, 
and  settled  in  Wells,  where  he  owned  a  saw 
mill  and  grist  mill.  His  will  was  made  in 
1674.  His  widow  i\ierii)ah  was  living  in  1677. 
Children,  born  in  Wells:  Josep!\  Nathan, 
Jonathan,  Job,  David,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
Joanna,  Tabitha,  Hannah.  All  were  minors 
when  their  father  died. 

(III)  David,  son  of  Ensign  Francis  Little- 
field, was  born  in  Wells  about  1653,  and  was 
baptized  when  an  adult  in  July,  1707.  He  re- 
sided in  Wells,  and  in  17 13-16  owned  a  quar- 
ter interest  in  the  falls.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1694, .  Children:  David,  men- 
tioned below :  Eleanor,  Nathan,  Mary,  Jere- 
miah, Meribah,  Tabitha,  Ithamar. 

(IV)  David  (2),  eldest  child  of  David  (l) 
Littlefield,  was  bom  about  1696,  in  Wells, 
where  he  passed  his  life. 


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.    STATE  OF  MAINE. 


(V)  Ithamar,  son  of  David  (2),  was  born 
in  Wells,  July  20,  1729.  He  married  (inten- 
tions dated  April  10,  1745)  Margaret  Wil- 
liams. He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Ken- 
nebunk,  Maine.  Among  their  children  was 
Ithamar,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Ithamar  (2),  son  of  Ithamar  (i)  Lit- 
tlefield,  was  born  June  14,  1747.  He  was  liv- 
ing in  Wells  in  1759,  when  he  built  his  house 
opposite  that  of  John  Gilpatrick  near  the  sec- 
ond Mousam  lot.  He  contributed  shoes,  stock- 
ings and  shirts  to  the  Continental  army  in 
1778.  He  served  on  the  committee  appointed 
in  March,  1767,  to  carry  out  the  vote  to  move 
the  second  parish  meeting  house.  In  1784  he 
had  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land,  of 
which  forty  acres  were  planted  to  potatoes. 
He  married  Edna  David,  of  Kennebunk, 
March  29,  1768. 

(VII)  Obadiah,  son  of  Ithamar  (2)  Little- 
field,  was  born  in  Wells  or  Kennebunk,  August 
29,  1777.  He  married,  October  28,  1802,  Anna 
Chick,  born  March  4,  1782.  Children,  born  at 
Kennebunk:  i.  Daniel  L.,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Alary.  3.  Samuel.  4.  Joshua  C,  April  6, 
1810,  died  April  6,  1887.  5.  Anna.  6.  James 
D.  7.  Jonas  C,  August  28,  1817.  8.  Jerusha, 
May,  1820.  9.  Nathaniel.  10.  Esther,  July 
13,  1826. 

(VIII)  Daniel  L.,  son  of  Obadiah  Little- 
field,  was  born  in  Kennebunk,  May  16,  1803, 
died  October  5,  1890.  He  married  Mary 
Hardy  Leavitt,  born  December  27,  1802,  died 
January  5,  1871.  Daniel  L.  Littlefield  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  in  Kenne- 
bunk. He  worked  first  on  a  farm,  then  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter  and  followed  this  trade 
for  some  time  at  Sanford,  Maine.  In  1849 
he  removed  from  Sanford  to  Biddeford  and 
was  in  business  many  years  as  a  carpenter  and 
builder  in  that  city.  In  politics  he  was  a  Dem- 
ocrat. He  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  while 
in  Sanford  and  was  elected  to  the  common 
council  of  Biddeford.  He  was  an  active  and 
prominent  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born  May  4, 
1830,  died  May,  1832.  2.  Vi'oletta  W.,  Octo- 
ber 4,  1832,  died  January  19,  1859.  3-  Gilman 
P.,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Hon.  Gilman  Porter,  son  of  Daniel 
L.  Littlefield,  was  born  in  Sanford,  Maine,  No- 
vember 25,  1838.  He  was  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools,  and  in  the  grammar  school 
at  Biddeford.  He  began  to  work  as  a  bov  in 
the  office  of  the  Saco  Water  Power  Company, 
now  the  Saco  &  Pettee  Machine  Shops.  Not 
liking  office  work  he  went  into  the  machine 
shop  to  learn  the  trade,  rose  step  by  step  to  the 


position  of  overseer.  He  was  made  assistant 
superintendent  and  finally,  in  1896,  superin- 
tendent of  the  shops  and  has  filled  that  respon- 
sible position  since,  with  conspicuous  ability 
and  success.  He  has  been  with  this  concern 
continuously  since  1855.  Mr.  Littlefield  is 
prominent  in  public  life,  being  especially  inter- 
ested in  municipal  affairs.  He  was  elected  to 
the  board  of  aldermen  in  1882  and  from  time 
to  time  served  in  that  board  down  to  1902; 
was  president  of  the  board  in  1882-83.  He 
was  president  of  the  common  council  in  1896, 
and  was  elected  mayor  for  the  year  igo6 
unanimously;  was  re-elected  March,  1907,  and 
has  had  an  extremely  successful  and  com- 
mendable administration.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican  of  large  influence.  Mr.  Littlefield 
is  a  member  of  Dunlap  Lodge  of  Free  Ma- 
sons, of  which  he  is  a  past  master;  a  member 
of  York  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of 
i\Iaine  Council,  Royal  and  Select  IMasters ; 
Bradford  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
which  he  is  past  commander,  and  of  Kora 
Temple,  M}stic  Shrine,  Lewiston,  Maine.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  Mavoshan  Lodge,  Knights 
of  Pythias,  of  Biddeford.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Second  Congregational  Church  of  Bidde- 
ford. He  married,  August  7,  1861,  Sarah 
Emma  Berry,  born  IVIay  5,  1841,  daughter  of 
Gilbert  Berry,  of  Saco.  Children:  i.  Sarah 
C,  born  September  19,  1863,  graduate  of  the 
Biddeford  high  school,  assistant  postmaster  of 
Biddeford.  2.  Gilbert  B.,  August  24,  1868, 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Biddeford  and 
graduated  at  Bowdoin  College ;  now  assistant 
night  manager  of  the  Associated  Press  office, 
Boston  ;  married  Alice  Parsons,  daughter  of 
Tames  Parsons,  of  Biddeford. 


(For  ancestry  see  preceding  sketches.) 

(Ill)  Josiah,  eldest  son 
LITTLEFIELD  of  Lieutenant  John  and 
Patience  Littlefield,  was 
born  in  Wells,  Maine.  He  seems  to  have  been 
a  man  of  prominence  and  activity  in  town  af- 
fairs, and  his  was  the  first  name  mentioned  in 
the  foundation  of  the  church  at  Wells  in  1701. 
At  the  death  of  his  father  in  1696,  it  was  de- 
cided that  he  should  take  charge  of  his  estate 
during  the  lifetime  of  his  widow  Patience, 
which  he  did  and  remained  a  short  time  after. 
In  1708,  however,  he  was  captured  by  the  In- 
dians and  while  in  captivity  the  court  ordered 
that  his  estate  and  children  be  jjlaced  in  charge 
of  Josiah  Winn,  who  had  married  Lydia.  his 
brother's  daughter.  The  second  wife  of  Jo- 
siah Littlefield,  not  wishing  to  be  ignored  as  a 
suitable  guardian  for  his  children,  made  con- 


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tinuous  trouble  regarding  the  pro])ert_v  and 
controversies  continued  in  consequence  until 
the  death  of  Josiah,  her  husijand,  who  was 
killed  bv  the  Indians,  April  26,  17:3.  His 
widow,  Elizabeth,  was  made  administratrix  of 
his  estate.  There  were  eight  children  surviv- 
ing, three  sons  and  five  daughters;  the  latter 
married  as  follows :  Anna  married  Jacob  Per- 
kins. Esther  married  Joseph  Credetord.  Sarah 
married    James     Clark.       Elizabeth     married 

Zachariah"  Goodale.      Lydia    married   — . 

The  sons'  names  were  not  given  in  this  ac- 
count. 

(IV)  Peter,  son  of  Josiah  Littlefield,  was 
born  in  Wells,  where  he  resided.  He  was  one 
of  a  military  company  of  Frankfort,  Maine, 
who  petitioned  to  organize  a  company  of  light 
infantry.  Like  his  father,  he  was  a  very  active 
man.    lie  married . 

(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Peter  Littlefield,  was 
born  in  Wells,  and  was  shipwrecked  in  the 
West  Indies  in  1769.    He  married  in  1750. 

(VI)  Richard,  son  of  Nathaniel  Littlefield, 
was  born  in  Wells.  He  married,  1788,  Ann 
Stevens. 

(VII)  Theodore,  .son  of  Richard  and  .\nn 
(Stevens)  Littlefield,  was  born  in  Wells,  May 
6,  1782,  died  in  1863.  He  married  Martha 
Hobbs.  Children:  Richard,  Theodore,  Olive 
E.,  Christopher,  Woodbury,  Ann,  William  H., 
Sylvester  and  Erros  Hoag. 

(VIII)  William  Hobbs,  fifth  son  of  Theo- 
dore and  Martha  (Hobbs)  Littlefield,  was 
born  in  Wells,  June  14,  1818,  died  1899,  hav- 
ing survived  his  wife.  He  was  a  Freewill  Bap- 
tist minister,  and  was  in  politics  a  Republican. 
For  mariy  years  he  was  superintendent  of 
schools  at  Vinalhaven,  Maine,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  building  committee  of  Bates  Col- 
lege. He  married,  at  Kennebunk,  March  20. 
1845.  Mary,  daughter  of  Paul  and  Dorothy 
(Hobbs)  Stevens,  who  was  born  at  Kenne- 
bunk, August  7,  1823.  Children:  i.  Leroy, 
born  May  24,  1846.  deceased.  2.  Martha  Ann, 
December  14,  1848.  3.  Charles  Edgar,  June 
21,  185 1.  4.  William  Trafton,  January  12, 
1855.  5.  Frank  Leslie,  July  23,  1857.  6.  Hat- 
tie  Prescott.  November  28,  1859,  deceased.  7. 
Arthur  Stevens,  April  10,  1864.  8.  George 
Paul,  February  3.  1862.  deceased.  9.  Mary 
Florence,  February  18.  1868,  deceased. 

(IX)  Arthur  Stevens,  fifth  son  of  William 
Hobbs  and  Mary  (Stevens)  Littlefield,  was 
born  at  Vinalhaven,  Knox  county,  Maine, 
.April  10,  1864.  He  was  educated  at  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  Nichols  Latin 
School  and  Bates  College,  from  which  institu- 
tion he  was  graduated  in  1887,  and  from  Co- 


lumbia law  School,  New  York  City,  1889.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  December,  1889, 
and  at  once  commenced  ])ractice  at  Rockland, 
Maine,  where  he  has  built  uj)  a  large  and 
lucrative  law  business,  ranking  probably  the 
first  in  the  county.  His  offices  in  a  finely  ap- 
pointed suite  of  rooms  are  attractive  and  com- 
modious. In  politics  Mr.  Littlefield  is  a  Re- 
publican, re]iresenting  his  district  in  the  state 
legislature  1903-1905,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
city  council  and  the  school  board.  He  is  also 
a  director  in  the  Security  Trust  Company  of 
Rockland.  Mr.  Littlefield  is  a  Mason  and 
master  of  Aurora  Lodge,  No.  50,  F.  and  A. 
M.:  member  of  King  Solomon  Temple,  No. 
8,  Royal  Arch  Chapter;  King  Hiram  Coun- 
cil, No.  6,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  and  the 
Clarcmont  Commandery  of  Rockland.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Consistory  of  S.  P.  and 
R.  S.  of  Portland,  and  Kora  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Lewiston.  On  March  23,  1907.  he 
was  elected  without  a  dissenting  vote,  e.xalted 
ruler  of  Rockland  Lodge,  No.  1008,  B.  P.  O. 
E.,  which  fact  testified  to  his  popularity  and 
fitness  for  oftice.  Mr.  Littlefield  married,  at 
Lewiston,  January  29,  1890,  Rosa  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  F.  P.  and  Rosalba  A.  Weymouth,  who 
was  born  in  Lewiston,  January  29,  1864.  They 
have  no  children. 


Mason  has  been  a  distinguished 
MASON     name  in  New  England  from  the 

early  settlement  of  the  country, 
and  no  generation  since  then  has  been  without 
leading  citizens  of  this  cognomen.  The  fam- 
ilv  herein  treated  is  one  of  the  ancient  fam- 
ilies of  York  county,  Maine,  whose  early  his- 
tory is  enveloped  in  the  dim  and  shadowy  town 
and  family  records  of  Hollis.  where  the  name 
has  existed  from  the  early  days  of  pioneer  set- 
tlement. 

(I)  Amos  Mason  was  a  farmer  of  Hollis. 
He  married  there  Betsey  Plaisted;  children: 
Eliza  Jane,  died  at  age  of  twenty-three;  Han- 
nah Morse;  Sarah  G.,  married  Mr.  Palmer; 
Jeremiah  M.,  of  whom  further;  Josiah,  Lo- 
renzo; Benjamin;  Dorcas  Jane,  died  young; 
Catherine,  died  younc. 

(II)  Hon.  Jeremiah  Miller  Mason,  son  of 
Amos  and  Betsey  (Plaisted)  Mason,  was  horn 
in  Hollis,  Maine,  March  20,  1820.  and  died  in 
Limerick,  March  26,  1897.  By  force  of  cir- 
cumstances he  was  denied  the  privileges  of 
education  in  his  youth,  and  in  order  to  shift 
for  himself  soon  became  an  apprentice  and 
learned  the  tailor's  trade.  With  characteris- 
tic energy  he  thoroughly  mastered  his  trade 
and  in  earlv  manhood  moved  to  Limerick  and 


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STATE  OF  :\IAiNL. 


engaged  in  business,  and  by  close  application 
and  indomitable  courage  not  only  acquired  a 
good  elementary  and  business  education,  but 
became  possessed  of  a  wonderfully  clear  judi- 
cial knowledge  which  later  served  him  well  in 
his  active  career.  He  soon  won  recognition 
throughout  the  northern  tier  of  towns  in  York 
county,  as  a  carefully  energetic,  honorable  and 
successful  man  of  business.  For  many  years 
he  conducted  a  general  store  in  the  town  of 
his  adoption,  which,  by  means  of  his  rare  busi- 
ness sagacity  and  spirit  of  fair  dealing,  he 
made  a  center  of  trade  throughout  the  Ossi- 
pee  Valley.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  manu- 
facture of  ready-made  clothing  when  that  im- 
portant branch  of  industry  was  introduced ; 
and  during  the  civil  war  he  gave  employment 
to  a  large  number  of  skilled  operatives,  in  this 
way  advancing  the  growth  and  prosperity  of 
the"  flourishing  borough  with  which  he  had 
identified  his  fortunes.  In  1879,  when  the  vil- 
lage of  Limerick  was  swept  by  a  great  fire, 
Mr.  Mason's  store  was  destroyed ;  but,  not 
one  whit  dismayed,  he  at  once  rebuilt  it,  on 
the  old  site,  and  continued  to  do  business  as 
before.  This  store  was  conducted  by  him  un- 
til about  the  year  1888,  when  he  disposed  of  it 
in  order  to  devote  his  entire  time  and  atten- 
tion to  other  interests  in  which  he  was  ac- 
tively engaged. 

Flaving  made  for  himself  an  enviable  repu- 
tation for  business  ability,  strict  integrity,  in- 
domitable perseverance,  and  conservatism  in 
the  conduct  of  affairs,  Mr.  Mason  was  chosen 
to  fill  the  responsible  position  of  president  of 
the  Limerick  National  I'ank,  the  duties  of 
which  office  he  discharged  up  to  the  day  of  his 
death,  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  stock- 
holders and  the  business  public,  and  with 
credit  to  himself.  He  also  served  in  the  ca- 
pacity of  director  of  the  Westbrook  Trust 
Company,  and  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Portland  National  Bank.  In 
addition  to  these  engagements  he  was  inter- 
ested in  the  real  estate  business,  and  purchased 
as  investments  many  tracts  of  state  lands  in  the 
wooded  section  of  northern  Maine,  and  on 
the  islands  along  the  coast.  In  all  enterprises 
which  he  undertook,  Mr.  Mason  acted  up  to 
the  strict  letter  of  his  engagements,  expecting 
the  same  treatment  in  return  from  all  those 
with  whom  he  had  dealings. 

In  politics  Mr.  Mason  was  originally  a 
Whig,  but  on  the  break-up  of  that  party  in 
1856  he  became  a  Democrat.  When  the  civil 
war  began  he  was  classed  as  a  "War  Demo- 
crat." but  he  soon  came  to  entertain  the  belief 


that  the  only  substantial  hope  for  a  restoration 
of  the  Union  lay  in  the  triumph  of  the  Repub- 
lican, or,  as  it  was  at  that  time  termed,  the 
"L'nion"  party.  Believing  thus,  he  acted 
promptl}-,  as  was  his  wont,  and  threw  in  his 
lot  with  the  organization  which  recognized 
Abraham  Lincoln  as  its  leader,  and  he  felt  it 
to  be  his  imperative  duty  to  take  an  active  and 
aggressive  part  in  politics.  So  thoroughly 
were  his  unselfish  motives  appreciated  by  his 
fellow  citizens,  and  so  unhesitatingly  was  his 
fitness  for  public  service  recog^iized  by  them, 
that  political  preferment  came  his  way  without 
solicitation  on  his  part,  and  indeed  sometimes 
against  his  personal  inclinations.  It  was  felt 
by  his  political  associates  that  his  name  would 
be  a  tower  of  strength  on  the  party  ticket,  and 
conduce  greatly  to  its  success. 

Mr.  Mason  first  served  the  town  of  Limer- 
ick as  its  representative  in  the  state  legislature, 
and  in  the  years  1866  and  1867  represented  the 
county  of  York  in  the  same  body.  So  well 
and  so  faithfully  did  he  serve  his  town  and 
shire  that  he  was  selected  for  a  seat  in  the 
executive  council,  and  held  this  position  for 
four  consecutive  years — the  first  term  in  1874, 
being  during  Governor  Dingley's  administra- 
tion,' and  the  others  in  1875,  1876  and  1877, 
during  the  three  years'  incumbency  of  Govt 
ernor  Connor.  While  he  was  a  member  of  the 
governor's  council  Mr.  ]\[ason's  habit  of  close 
attention  to  financial  detail  rendered  him  a 
most  valuable  man  at  the  council  board,  and  in 
the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  auditor  of  ac- 
counts he  saved  the  great  sum  of  $200,000  to 
the  state  by  his  careful  scrutiny  of  every  bill 
which  was  presented  for  payment.  Nor  did 
Mr.  Mason  neglect  the  town's  interests  while 
engaged  in  state  affairs ;  he  was  chairman  of 
the  board  of  selectmen  of  Limerick  in  1868, 
and  again  in  the  years  1876  and  1877.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  trusted  political  leader 
in  the  county  of  York,  and  was  looked  up  to 
for  counsel  and  advice.  The  compass  of  his 
acquaintance  was  wide,  and  he  numbered 
among  his  friends  and  associates  many  men 
who  stood  high  in  political  life  and  financial 
circles.  By  them  his  views  were  eagerly 
sought,  and  his  opinions  about  all  important 
matters  pertaining  to  his  section  of  the  country 
had  great  weight.  His  advice,  so  often  sought, 
was  given  with  circumspection  and  with  con- 
scientious regard  for  the  welfare  of  the  seek- 
ers, and  with  a  careful  consideration  of  the 
attendant  circumstances  and  the  weighty  prob- 
.  lems  involved.  By  his  uprightness,  his  frank- 
ness, his  probity  and  his  loyalty  to  his  friends. 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


109 


he  clasped  his  associates  lu  by  hooks  of  steel ; 
and  they  held  not  only  in  high  esteem,  but  in 
genuine  affection  as  well. 

Mr.  Mason  married,  August  10,  1849,  Mar- 
tha Weeks,  born  in  Buxton,  February  10,  1824, 
died  March  23,  1891,  in  Limerick,  daughter 
of  William  and  Eliza  (Burnhani)  Woodman, 
of  Buxton  (see  Woodman).  .A.  friend  once 
wrote  of  her:  "She  was  a  woman  of  whom 
it  may  be  truly  said,  "Her  price  is  far  above 
rubies.'  XatuVally  of  a  clear  and  discrimi- 
nating mind,  kindly  disposition  and  refined 
taste,  all  the  surroundings  of  her  early  years 
tended  to  cherish  and  develop  those  traits,  and 
made  her  what  she  was,  a  true  wife  and 
mother.  Living  in  circumstances  where  every 
desire  of  her  heart  of  a  worldly  nature  could 
be  gratified,  her  sensitive  and  retiring  nature 
shrank  from  everything  that  had  the  appear- 
ance of  display,  or  could  attract  observation. 
Her  home  was  the  center  of  her  cares  and  af- 
fections, and  by  her  loving  ministrations  and 
ready  tact  she  made  it  a  true  haven  of  peace 
and  rest.  Here  her  husband,  laying  aside  the 
cares  and  perplexities  of  a  busy  life  could  al- 
ways come,  sure  of  hearty  greetings,  sympathy 
and  cheer ;  and  her  children  feel  that  here  was 
one  heart  that  beat  only  for  their  comfort  and 
highest  welfare." 

Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mason:  i.  Wil- 
liam W.,  of  whom  further.  2.  Mattie  B.,  who 
resides  at  the  Mason  homestead  in  Limerick, 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Limer- 
ick Academy  of  her  native  town.  .She  is  a 
lady  of  quiet  tastes  and  womanly  attainments, 
combining  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  house- 
hold science  with  clear  business  insight,  en- 
abling her  to  serve  efficiently  as  an  active  di- 
rector of  the  Limerick  National  Bank  while 
managing  her  own  estate  and '  maintaining  a 
home  of  refinement  and  culture.  3.  Frances 
E.,  married  Charles  G.  Moulton  (see  Moul- 
ton)  ;  one  child,  Olga  Frances. 

(HI)  William  Woodman,  only  son  of  Jere- 
miah Miller  and  Martha  Weeks  (Woodman) 
RTason,  was  born  in  Limerick,  August  25, 
1830.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools, 
at  Limerick  .-Xcademy,  and  Eastman's  Business 
College,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  devoted  himself  to  the 
extensive  lines  of  business  which  his  father 
was  then  managing,  becoming  his  assistant, 
and  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
both  business  and  finance.  Subsequently 
he  accepted  the  cashiership  of  the  Lim- 
erick National  Bank,  of  which  his  father  was 
president,  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  many 
years.  In  1889  he  became  vice-president  of  the 


Portland  National  Bank,  and  in  1907  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  i)residency  of  that  institution.  Be- 
ginning at  the  very  boitom  round  of  llie  ladder, 
he  has  advanced  steadily  upwaru,  step  by  step, 
until  he  is  now  occupying  a  position  of  promi- 
nence ;  and  through  his  entire  career  he  has 
ever  been  looked  upon  as  a  man  of  integrity 
and  honor,  never  making  an  engagement  that 
he  has  not  fulfilled,  and  standing  as  an  exam- 
ple of  what  determination  and  force,  com- 
bined with  the  highest  degree  of  business 
acumen,  can  accomplish  for  a  man  of  natural 
ability  and  strength  of  character.  Inheriting 
in  a  marked  degree  the  fine  characteristics  of 
his  father,  strict  integrity,  straightforward 
dealing,  generosity  and  independence,  he  has 
proven  himself  most  successful  in  carrying  out 
the  policies  so  sagaciously  projected  by  the 
father  whose  example  he  emulates  and  whose 
memory  he  both  cherishes  and  honors. 

William  Woodman  Mason  is  in  full  sympa- 
thy witli  all  the  great  movements  of  the  world 
about  him,  and  watches  the  progress  of  events 
with  the  keenest  interest.  He  is  a  generous 
friend,  and  a  warm  advocate,  of  all  those  who 
are  battling  for  the  right,  and  for  principles 
and  policies  for  the  public  good,  and  he  has 
a  pleasing  personality  which  has  won  for  him 
a  legion  of  friends.  Like  his  father,  he  is  an 
earnest  Republican,  and  exercises  an  influ- 
ence in  the  councils  of  his  party.  He  has  held 
but  one  official  position,  that  of  representative 
in  the  legislature,  to  which  place  he  was 
elected  in  1885  from  the  classed  towns  of 
Limerick  and  W'aterloo,  serving  one  term  most 
efficiently  and  creditably.  He  is  a  charter 
member  of  Highland  Lodge,  No.  48,  and  a 
member  of  Fraternity  Encampment,  No.  32, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Mason  married,  in  Portland,  May,  1891, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sophia  (Brad- 
street)   Cleaves  (see  Cleaves  family). 


This   pioneer   family,   mem- 
WOODMAN     bers  of  which  are  traced  in 
the    following  account,   has 
the   distinction  of  being   descended   from   the 
first  Woodman  who  landed  on  New  England 
soil  and  became  the  progenitor  of  a  line  which 
now  exists.     The  family  name  probably  came 
from  the  occupation  of  him  who  first  took  it. 
(I)  Edward  Woodman,  probabl)'  from  Cor- 
shan,  a  village  in  Wiltshire,  England,  eleven 
miles  from  Christian  Malford,  came  with  his 
wife    Joanna,    and    together    with    Archelaus 
Woodman,   probably   his   young  brother,   set- 
tled   in    Newbury,    Massachusetts,    in     1635. 
Archelaus    came    from    England    in    the    ship 


1  10 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


"James" ;  the  name  of  the  ship  which  brought 
Edward  is  unknown.  Edward  Woodman  was 
one  of  the  ninety-one  grantees  who  settled 
Newbury,  and  one  of  fifteen  of  tliat  tumiber 
who  was  entitled  to  be  called  ""Mr."  He  is 
supposed  to  have  lived  in  1681,  and  for  years 
before,  in  what  was  afterward  and  for  a  long 
time  known  as  "Woodman's  Lane,"  now 
known  as  Kent  street,  and  situate  in  the  pres- 
ent town  of  Newburyport.  Jilarch  25,  1681, 
Edward  conveyed  to  his  son  Jonathan  "My 
now  dwelling-house,  houses  and  barns  and  or- 
chard and  pasture,  and  all  my  plow  land  lying 
by  and  adjoining  to  the  said  houses,  as  also  all 
the  plow  lands  upon  the  northwest  side  of  the 
street  lying  upon  the  westward  side  of  my 
house,  the  said  street  being  vulgarly  called  the 
Newstreet."  The  consideration  for  this  con- 
veyance was  "natural  and  fatherly  love  and 
alTection"  and  "twenty  pounds  which  is  yearly 
to  be  paid  during  the  time  of  my  own  and  my 
wife's  natural  life.  "  Edward  Woodman  is 
not  known  to  have  had  any  trade.  In  a  deed 
<:lated  1687  he  is  styled  husbaniman.  He  was 
a  man  of  influence,  decision,  and  energy,  and 
opposed  with  great  zeal  the  attempt  made  by 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Parker  to  change  the  mode 
of  church  government  from  Congregationalism 
to  something  like  Presbyterianism.  He  was 
made  a  freeman  May  25,  1636;  was  a  deputy 
in  the  general  court  in  1636-37-39-43 ;  in  1638- 
41-45-46  was  one  of  the  three  commissioners 
to  end  small  causes  in  Newbury,  and  at  vari- 
rous  times  held  other  offices  of  trust  in  town 
and  state.  He  was  one  of  the  first  selectmen 
of  Newbury,  elected  in  1636,  and  his  name 
heads  the  list  as  given  by  Coffin.  Among  his 
.other  commissions  he  had  one  from  the  state 
"to  see  people  marry,"  of  which  in  1681  he 
speaks  as  follows :  "An  unprofitable  commis- 
sion ;  I  quickly  laid  aside  the  worke,  wdiich 
has  cost  me  many  a  bottle  of  sacke  and  liquor, 
where  friends  and  acquaintances  have  been 
concerned."  He  and  his  wdfe  Joanna  were  liv- 
ing in  February,  1688.  She  was  then  seventy- 
four.  He  died  prior  to  1694,  at  an  unknown 
age.  Their  children  were :  Edward,  John, 
Joshua,  Mary,  Sarah,  Jonathan  and  Ruth.  Ed- 
ward and  John  were  born  in  England. 

(II)  Joshua,  third  son  and  child  of  Ed- 
ward and  Joanna  Woodman,  was  born  in  Old 
Newbury,  in  1636;  "first  man  child  borne  in 
Newbury"  is  the  legend  his  gravestone  bears. 
He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1678,  and  is 
then  called  forty-one.  It  appears  that  he  lived 
in  both  Andover  and  Newbury.  He  owned 
land  in  Haverhill,  where  he  built  a  house  be- 
tween   1660  and    1668,  and  probably   resided. 


After  he  was  sixty  years  old  (169S),  he 
bought  twelve  acres  of  land  of  Benjamin  Lowe 
in  the  tract  called  the  freehold  lots,  in  the  up- 
per woods,  which  was  bounded  "northerly  by 
the  highway  upon  the  Merrimack  river."  By 
his  will  he  devised  his  land  in  Haverhill  to 
three  of  his  sons ;  this  included  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  the  two  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  which  his  father  Edward  bought 
of  Stephen  Kent,  November  21,  1662,  and  is 
said  to  constitute  a  part  of  the  site  of  the 
present  city  of  Lawrence.  His  will  was  made 
March  27,  1703,  O.  S.,  and  probated  July  12, 
of  the  same  year.  He  died  May  30,  1703, 
aged  seventy-seven  years,  doubtless  in  Byfield 
parish,  and  was  buried  in  the  graveyard  ad- 
joining the  parish  meeting  house  lot,  on  the 
line  between  Newbury  and  Rowley.  His  grave 
and  that  of  his  son  Joshua  are  still  marked 
by  the  (original)  small  slate  stones  set  there 
years  ago.  He  married,  January  23,  1666, 
Elizabeth  Stevens,  who  died  in  1714,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  and  Elizabeth  Stevens,  of 
Andover.  Children :  Elizabeth,  Dorothy, 
Joshua,  Jonathan,  a  son  (died  young)  Me- 
hetable,  David,  Benjamin,  Sarah  and  Mary. 

(Ill)  Benjamin,  eighth  child  and  fifth  son 
of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Stevens)  Woodman, 
was  born  probably  in  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, July  27,  1683.  By  deed  dated  December 
6,  1706,  he  bought,  being  then  of  Newbury, 
for  twenty-two  pounds,  of  John  Dummer,  of 
Newbury,  seven  and  one-half  acres  of  land 
lying  in  Newbury,  and  there  it  is  believed  that 
he  settled  and  raised  his  family  and  resided 
until  his  death.  There  is  tradition  to  confirm 
the  other  evidence  that  this  was  his  home,  and 
it  is  known  that  he  lived  in  Byfield  parish  in 
Newbury.  He  was  a  tanner,  and  the  place  has 
been  the  site  of  a  tanyard  time  out  of  mind. 
He  bought,  March  26,  1735,  a  one  hundred 
and  twenty-third  part  of  the  town  of  Narra- 
gansett,  No.  i  (Buxton).  May  31,  1736,  he 
bought  one-half  of  an  original  right ;  and  Sep- 
tember 29,  1745,  he  bought  the  other  half  of 
that  original  right ;  and  the  same  year  he  was 
one  of  the  two  who  agreed  to  build  each  a 
house  and  clear  four  acres  of  land  in  that 
township  within  four  years.  These  interests 
in  the  town  he  conveyed  to  his  son  Joshua, 
December  24,  1741,  and  April  15,  1747.  He 
died  in  1748.  His  will  was  made  April  14, 
1748,  and  probated  July  4  follow-ing.  He  mar- 
ried, March  i,  171 1.  Elizabeth  Longfellow, 
born  July  3,  1688,  at  Newbury  Falls,  daughter 
of  William  and  Anne  (Sewall)  Longfellow. 
"William  Longfellow,  the  only  One  of  the  name 
who  came  to  America,  was  born  in  165 1,  in 


STATI'.  Ol'-  MA  1X1':. 


1 1 1 


Ilanipshiro,  ]iiiL;laiiil.  lie  was  a  man  of  tal- 
ents and  education,  wrote  an  eleyant  hand,  hut 
was  not  quite  so  much  of  a  i'uritan  as  some 
others,  lie  married  Anne,  sister  of  Jud^c 
Samuel  Sewall,  and  daushtef  of  OKI  Henry 
Scwall.  William  Longfellow  was  very  im- 
provident, and  loved  a  frolic  rather  too  well. 
He  was  what  would  be  called,  at  the  present 
day,  a  high  buck.  He  enlisted  as  ensign  in  the 
ill-fated  expedition  to  Canada,  and  was 
drowned  at  Anticosti  in  October,  1690,  when 
his  daughter  Elizabeth  was  a  little  over  two 
years  old."  Children  of  Benjamin  and  Rliza- 
l)eth  :  Ann,  Sarah,  Jose])h,  IJenjaniin,  Joshua, 
David  and  Jonathan  (twins),  Nathan  and 
Stephen. 

(IV)  Captain  Joseph,  third  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Longfellow) 
Woodman,  was  born  in  Newbury,  May  31, 
1715.  baptized  Jinic  5,  1715,  and  died  in  Hol- 
lis,  Maine,  July  4,  1796,  and  was  buried  on  his 
own  farm  in  Buxton.  He  seems  to  have  been 
a  settler  in  Narragansett  No.  i  (Buxton, 
Maine),  as  early  as  May  26,  1742,  when  his 
name  is  found  on  a  petition  by  the  then  eleven 
settlers  of  the  town.  On  account  of  the  war 
between  England  and  France  in  1744,  this  set- 
tlement then  broke  up,  and  all  the  settlers  left. 
There  is  no  record  of  any  settlers  in  the  town 
between  this  date  and  1750.  June  10,  1746, 
Joseph  Woodman  was  the  grantee  in  a  deed 
wherein  he  is  described  as  "of  Biddiford,  la- 
borer." This  deed  conveyed  title  to  him  of  one- 
eighth  of  a  double  sawmill  standing  on  Jor- 
dan's creek,  and  on  the  west  side  of  Saco  river, 
and  known  as  the  upper  mill.  February  9, 
1747,  Joseph  W'oodman  and  two  others,  yeo- 
men, were  grantees  "of  one-quarter  part  of  a 
sawmill  standing  on  Saco  river  in  the  town  of 
Biddeford,  and  on  that  part  of  said  river 
known  as  Cole's  spout."  "Also  one  quarter 
part  of  a  sawmill  near  adjoining  to  the  former 
higher  up  upon  the  said  river,  on  a  place 
known  by  the  name  of  Jordan's  crick ;  also  one 
quarter  part  of  eleven  acres  of  land  situated  in 
Biddeford  aforesaid  and  adjoining  unto  the 
said  two  sawmills."  These  eleven  acres  of 
land  are  now  covered  by  the  factories  and  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  city  of  Biddeford. 
Joseph  W'oodman  returned  to  Narragansett 
No.  I  in  1750,  and  resided  at  Pleasant  Point; 
his  farm  comprising  lots  10  and  11  in  range  B, 
of  the  first  division,  and  his  house  occupying 
the  highest  part  of  lot  11.  In  1754  the  pro- 
prietors" fort  or  garrison  was  built  on  lot  11, 
close  by  his  house.  He  sold  this  place  in  1757, 
and  from  that  time  forward  the  proprietors' 
records   show   that   he   was   one   of   the   most 


active  and  prominent  men  in  the  town,  and 
the  registry  of  deeds  show.s  that  he  was  at  dif- 
ferent times  the  owner  (jf  nuich  real  estate. 
As  early  as  1750  he  built  a  sawmill,  the  first 
of  the  kind  in  the  town.  He  was  captain  of 
the  first  military  com)>any  ever  mustered  in 
Buxton.  His  daughter  .^ally  stated,  in  1755, 
of  her  father:  "He  was  a  great  lumberman  in 
those  days ;  he  used  to  haul  lumber  to  Pleas- 
ant Point  and  raft  it  to  Saco.  He  sold  his 
place  to  Cadwallader  Gray,  moved  to  the  Hol- 
lis  side  of  Salmon  Falls,  and  built  the  first 
dwelling  house  there,  and  lived  only  three 
years  afterwards."  HoUis  was  then  the  "Plan- 
tation of  Little  Falls."  Joseph  Woodman  mar- 
ried, in  1737,  Betsey  Durell,  or  more  probably, 
Betsey  Sewall.  She  died  before  she  was 
twenty-one  years  old.  Joseph  W^oodmaij  mar- 
ried, according  to  the  town  records  of  Read- 
ing, Massachusetts,  November  7,  1739,  Cath- 
arine Smith,  of  Reading,  born  June  20,  1721, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  ^lary  Smith.  He  mar- 
ried for  his  second  or  third  wife,  widow  Cole, 
probably  born  Tarbox.  He  married  last  Reli- 
ance Edgcomb,  widow  of  James  Edgcomb, 
born  Thompson,  a  native  of  Brunswick.  His 
children  were :  Betsey,  probably  child  of  Bet- 
sey Sewall :  i\Iary,  Olive,  Joseph,  Rebecca, 
James,  Susanna,  Nathaniel  and  Sally.  Seven 
children  were  born  by  the  second  (third)  wife  : 
and  one  of  the  last  wife. 

(V)  Captain  Joseph  (2),  fourth  child  and 
eldest  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Woodman,  was  born 
in  Biddeford,  date  of  birth  unknown,  probably 
1749;  and  died  October  15,  1824,  in  the  sev- 
enty-sixth year  of  his  life.  Buxton  was  a 
forest  when  he  was  born  and  during  his  boy- 
hood. He  was  for  three  months  the  pupil  of 
Silas  Moody,  and  this  was  all  the  schooling 
he  ever  had.  He  settled  on  lot  3,  range  A, 
second  division,  probably  immediately  after  his 
marriage,  and  there  he  made  his  home  as  long 
as  he  lived.  He  built  his  first  house  in  Au- 
gust, 1775,  while  the  British  were  cannonading 
Portland,  and  when  he  heard  the  thunder  of 
their  batteries  at  Buxton,  wished  he  could 
have  the  glass  they  were  breaking  there  to 
glaze  the  windows  of  his  new  house,  which 
for  want  of  g'lazing  he  was  obliged  to  board 
up.  The  country  was  then  so  near  its  natural 
condition  that  wolves  were  plenty,  and  howded 
about  his  house  at  night.  In  1802  he  built  a 
much  more  pretentious  house,  with  a  hip  roof, 
which  is  still  standing.  He  built  the  first  saw- 
mill on  the  Buxton  side  of  the  Saco  river, 
and  his  cousin,  Hon.  John  Woodman,  and 
others  built  the  first  one  on  the  Hollis  side. 
He  owned  the  land  where  the  dam  and  mill 


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stood,  and  is  said  to  have  felled  the  first  tree  in 
clearing  the  ground  for  his  improvementh.  He 
built  not  only  the  first  sawmill,  which  was 
double,  but  three  single  sawmills  on  the  Bux- 
ton side  at  Bar  Mills.  Before  1798  he  also 
built  a  grist  mill  and  a  fulling  mill  there.  A 
carding  mill  was  put  into  the  fulling  mill  at 
a  later  day,  and  is  said  to  have  been  the  first 
one  in  Maine.  A  large  portion  of  the  lumber 
in  his  day  went  to  the  West  Indies,  and  re- 
turn cargoes  were  composed  mainly  of  rum 
and  molasses.  Then  every  one  drank  rum 
not  excepting  the  women  and  the  clergy ;  and 
Captain  Woodman,  being  largely  engaged  in 
lumbering,  not  only  drank  it,  but  bought  it  by 
the  hogshead  for  the  use  of  his  workmen  and 
of  his  friends.  He  was  the  founder  of  the 
Bar  Mills  on  the  Buxton  side  of  the  river. 
He  owned  most  if  not  all  of  the  land  where  the 
mills  and  most  compact  part  of  the  village 
now  stand,  and  his  farm  lay  adjacent.  He 
never  ceased  to  have  a  lively  interest  in  all  that 
related  to  Bar  Mills,  and  though  an  old  man 
when  the  building  of  the  first  bridge  there 
was  undertaken,  he  was  so  much  interested  in 
the  project  that  he  waded  into  the  water  to 
help  move  and  place  the  crib  which  was  to 
serve  as  a  foundation  for  one  of  the  piers  of 
the  bridge.  While  thus  engaged  he  bruised 
one  of  his  legs ;  inflammation  ensued,  and  death 
was  the  consequence.  He  was  an  energetic, 
wide-awake  man,  of  great  natural  abilities, 
who  knew  as  much  law  as  any  lawyer  of  his 
day,  it  was  said,  and  to  him  all  the  people 
of  the  neighborhood  went  for  counsel  and  ad- 
vice. In  politics  he  was  a  Jeffersonian  Demo- 
crat, and  capable  of  maintaining  his  side  in  a 
very  spirited  debate  with  his  opponents  in  the 
Federalist  party.  He  joined  no  church,  but 
was  the  first  in  town  to  adopt  the  faith  of 
the  Universalists.  He  had  a  remarkably  fine 
voice,  and  attended  Parson  Coffin's  church, 
where  for  many  years  he  sang  in  the  choir. 
He  had  great  muscular  strength,  was  fond  of 
wrestling  or  any  rough  game  which  would 
test  his  strength  and  prove  him  master.  He  is 
said  to  have  been  a  great  joker  and  fond  of 
convivial  entertainment.  He  was  a  handsome 
man,  handsomely  dressed  in  the  fashion  of  the 
time,  wearing  queue,  ruffles,  and  so  forth ;  in 
form,  noble,  erect  and  commanding,  and  hav- 
ing manners  of  the  old  school,  dignified  and 
polished.  He  was  captain  of  the  military  com- 
pany, and  was  thereafter  always  called  Cap- 
tain Woodman,  a  title  which  his  father  bore 
before  him.  A  military  captaincy  in  those 
days  was  an  honored  position,  which  he  was 
proud  to  hold.    When  in  command  of  his  com- 


pany he  dressed  elegantly,  wearing  short 
clothes  with  silk  stockings,  silver  knee  and 
shoe  buckles,  ruffled  shirt  and  ruffled  wrist- 
bands. He  was  a  Free  Mason,  and  his  funeral, 
which  was  the  "largest  ever  seen  in  the  town 
up  to  that  time,  was  under  the  auspices  of 
that  body.  There  were  about  eighty  carriages 
in  the  procession.  He  was  noted  for  courage 
and  perseverance,  and  carried  through  what- 
ever he  undertook.  He  was  generally  liked, 
and  was  benevolent  and  good  to  the  poor.  He 
married,  March,  1773,  Abigail  Woodsum, 
doubtless  born  in  Biddeford,  where  she  was 
baptized  May  28,  1755,  and  died  at  the  house 
of  William  Scribner,  who  married  her  grand- 
daughter, Abigail  Wingate,  December  26, 
1838,  aged  eighty-three  years  and  eight 
months.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Michael 
and  Elizabeth  (Dyer)  Woodsum,  of  Bidde- 
ford, who  were  married  August  24,  1749. 
Her  father's  father  was  probably  Joseph 
Woodsum,  of  Berwick,  tailor.  Her  father 
moved  to  Narragansett  No.  i  when  she  was  a 
small  child,  and  she  was  taken  there  on  a 
load  of  hay.  She  was  a  tall,  stately  woman, 
with  black  eyes  and  dark  complexion,  and  per- 
fectly erect,  even  in  her  old  age.  She  was  of 
grave  demeanor,  quiet,  and  not  given  to  gos- 
sip. She  performed  faithfully  and  well  the 
duties  which  were  incumbent  upon  her,  and 
commanded  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who 
knew  her.  It  has  been  written:  "Her  chil- 
dren were  justly  proud  of  her  as  of  their 
father,  and  I  never  saw  more  admiration  ex- 
pressed and  more  reverence  manifested  by 
children  towards  their  parents  than  I  witnessed 
in  grandmother's  children  towards  her.  She 
would  have  commanded  respect  in  any  com- 
pany." Children  of  Joseph  and  Abigail 
(Woodsum)  Woodman,  all  born  in  Buxton: 
Edmund,  Joseph  (died  young),  Mary,  Eliza- 
beth, Joseph,  Abigail,  William,  Submit,  Tam- 
son,  John,  James  and  Hannah. 

(\'I)  William,  seventh  child  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  Abigail  (Woodsum)  Woodman,  was  born 
December  17,  1787,  and  died  at  Bar  Mills, 
January  i,  1833.  He  was  a  lumberman,  and 
resided  at  Bar  Mills.  He  was  considered  a 
reliable  and  honorable  man,  and  was  beloved 
for  his  manly  and  social  qualities.  He  was 
genial,  social,  fond  of  society  and  amusements, 
of  quick  and  sympathetic  feelings,  and  had 
a  merry  laugh  which  made  all  those  who  heard 
it  laugh  also.  All  regretted  his  early  death. 
He  married,  July,  1815,  Eliza,  daughter  of 
Aaron  Burnham.  of  Scarborough.  She  died 
July  30,  1877.  They  had  six  children,  all  born 
in   Buxton :    Sarah    Moody,    Abigail    Harris, 


STATI-:  OF  MAIXF.. 


"3 


Mary  Jacksnn.   Fliza   Umnliani,   Isabella  Tap- 
pan,  and   Martha  Weeks,  next  nKMiliiincd. 

(VII)  Marlha  Weeks,  youngest  child  of 
William  and  Fliza  (Biirnham)  VVoodman,  was 
born  in  Buxlon,  February  lo,  1824,  and  died 
in  Limerick,  March  23,  1891.  She  married, 
August  10,  1849.  Jeremiah  M.  Mason,  of  Lim- 
erick.    (See  Mason.) 


(For  llisl  generation  see  Edward  Woodman  I.) 

(Ill  Edward  (2),  eldest 
WOODMAN  child  of  Edward  (i)  and 
J  o  a  n  n  a  Woodman,  was 
born  about  1628,  probably  in  England,  and 
was  married  December  20,  1653,  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  to  Mary  Goodrich.  Both  were 
members  of  the  Newbury  church  in  1674.  He 
subscribed  to  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1678.  His 
will  was  made  December  16,  1693,  and  proved 
September  following,  which  approximately  in- 
dicates the  time  of  his  death.  His  children 
were:  Mary,  Elizabeth  (died  young),  Ed- 
ward (died  young),  a  child  unnamed,  Eliza- 
beth, Rebecca.  Sarah,  Judith,  Edward,  Arch- 
elaus,  a  daughter  died  sixteen  days  old,  and 
Margaret. 

(III)  Archelaus,  third  son  and  tenth  child 
of  Edward  (2)  and  Mary  (Goodrich)  Wood- 
man, was  born  June  9,  1672,  in  Newbury,  and 
died  there  March  17,  1766.  He  was  married 
about  1695,  to  Hannah  (surname  unknown). 
and  their  children  were :  Mary,  Edward, 
Archelaus.  Hannah,  Judith.  Joshua,  John, 
Elizabeth.  Joseph  and  Benjamin. 

(IV)  Joshua,  third  son  of  Archelaus  and 
Hannah  Woodman,  was  born  June  6.  170S,  in 
Newbury,  and  settled  about  1736  in  Kingston, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  died  April  4,  1791. 
He  was  a  man  of  most  pious  and  sterling 
character  and  bore  up  the  principles  and  char- 
ried,  in  March,  1736.  to  Eunice  Sawyer,  born 
January  21,  1714.  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Wells)  Sawyer,  the  granddaughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Mary  (Emory)  Sawyer,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  William  and 
Ruth  Sawyer,  pioneer  settlers  of  Newbury. 
Of  their  fifteen  children,  three  died  in  in- 
fancy. The  survivors  were :  Joshua,  Eunice, 
John,  Moses,  Samuel,  Jonathan.  David,  Jo- 
seph. Hannah.  Sarah,  Mary  and  Benjamin. 

(V)  Moses,  third  son  of  Joshua  and  Eu- 
nice (Sawyer)  Woodman,  was  born  March 
25,  1743,  in  Kingston,  New  Hampshire,  and 
resided  for  a  short  time  in  Salisbury  that  state. 
The  latter  returned  to  the  neighborhood  of  his 
native  place  and  settled  in  Hawke  (now  Dan- 
ville). New  Hampshire,  where  he  died  in 
1824.     He  married,  in  1777.  Hannah  (Pierce) 


Eaton,  born  1751,  died  in  August,  1850,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-nine  years.  They  were  the 
parents  of:  Polly,  I'^lizabeth,  Benjamin,  Moses 
and  John. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  Moses  and 
Hannah  (Pierce)  (Eaton)  Woodman,  was 
born  in  1783,  probably  in  Danville,  New 
Hampshire,  and  went  to  Lovell,  Maine,  whence 
he  removed  to  Sweden,  Maine.  His  active 
years  were  devoted  to  agriculture,  and  he 
maintained  an  intelligent  interest  in  all  that 
pertained  to  the  public  welfare,  being  an  active 
Methodist  in  religion  and  a  Whig  in  politics. 
He  married  Rachel  Eaton ;  children  :  Timothy, 
John,  Abigail,  Hannah,  Nathan  and  Mary. 

(\'II)  John,  second  .son  of  Benjamin  aui] 
Rachel  (Eaton)  Woodman,  was  born  1808,  in 
Dover,  New  Hampshire,  and  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Fryeburg,  Maine.  When  seventeen 
years  of  age  he  went  to  Fryeburg,  Maine,  but 
soon  after  settled  in  Sweden,  same  state,  where 
most  of  his  life  was  passed,  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  lumbering.  Lie  was  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in 
which  he  held  various  official  stations,  and 
was  a  Whig  and  among  the  early  supporters 
of  the  Republican  party.  He  was  a  captain 
of  militia  and  prominent  in  all  public  affairs. 
He  died  about  i8go,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two 
years,  at  Kent's  Hill,  Maine.  He  was  mar- 
ried, in  Sweden,  to  Sarah  Ann  Evans,  born 
1810,  died  1905.  at  the  age  of  ninety-four 
years,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Mary  (Gam- 
mage)  Evans,  and  granddaughter  of  Joshua 
and  Rebecca  Gammage.  Joshua  Gammage 
came  from  Scotland  and  fought  at  Bunker 
Hill,  his  weapon  being  a  pitchfork.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  he  enlisted  under  General 
W^ashington  and  served  through  the  war.  At 
the  age  of  ninety  years  he  went  from  Frye- 
burg. Maine,  to  attend  a  soldiers'  reunion  in 
Boston,  and  died  soon  after.  John  and  Sarah 
A.  (Evans)  Woodman  were  the  parents  of 
five  children  :  The  eldest,  Sarah  Worth,  be- 
came the  wife  of  Marcus  Nash,  and  both  are 
now  deceased.  Rebecca  married  Simeon 
Charles,  of  Fryeburg.  John  Francis  is  men- 
tioned at  length  below.  Caroline  Evans  mar- 
ried Edwin  Lord,  of  Kezar  Falls,  Maine. 
James  Oscar  served  in  civil  war:  died  at 
South  Windham,  Maine,  leaving  a  son  George. 

(VIII)  Rev.  John  Francis,  eldest  son  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Evans)  Woodman,  was 
born  September  12,  1836,  in  Sweden,  and 
grew  up  there,  receiving  the  educational  train- 
ing afforded  by  the  common  schools,  but  is 
largely  a  self-educated  man.  having  prepared 
himself  by  private  study,  after  which  he  took 


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a  course  in  preparation  for  the  Methodist  min- 
istry. Meantime  he  worked  at  blacksmithing. 
He  was  made  a  deacon  and  subsequently  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Maine  Conference,  May 
9,  1875.  He  has  served  as  pastor  at  Shap- 
leigh,  Acton,  New  Vineyard,  New  Portland, 
Phillips  and  Strong.  Because  of  failure  of 
his  health  he  was  compelled  to  abandon  the 
ministry,  and  located  on  a  farm  in  Oxford, 
Maine,  where  he  has  since  resided  and  is  a 
man  of  affairs  in  the  community.  A  Republi- 
can in  politics,  he  has  filled  various  junior 
offices,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married,  March 
28,  1859,  at  Raymond,  Maine,  Sarah  Small 
Nash,  daughter  of  Daniel  S.  and  Aclisah  A. 
(Small)  Nash.  Daniel  S.  Nash  was  a  farmer 
resitling  in  Raymond,  and  had  four  children  ; 
Marcus,  Sarah  S.,  Samuel  and  Mary.  Sarah 
S.  (Nash)  Woodman  died  before  1875,  and 
Mr.  Woodman  married  (second)  January  9, 
1875,  Dorothy  Melissa  Abbott,  youngest  child 
of  Tobias  anci  Dorothy  (Wilson)  Abbott.  To- 
bias Abbott  was  a  farmer  residing  in  Newfield. 
There  were  three  children  of  Mr.  Woodman's 
tirsl  marriage :  Daniel  Nash,  again  mentioned 
below  ;  John,  died  aged  tw^o  years ;  and  Sarah 
Ann,  wife  of  William  H.  Merchant,  residing 
in  Yarmouth,  Maine.  The  children  of  the 
second  marriage  were :  Alice  Alay,  Frank 
Evans  and  Ethel  Hoyt. 

(IX)  Daniel  Nash, -eldest  son  of  Rev.  John 
F.  and  Sarah  S.  (Nash)  Woodman,  was  born 
March  31,  1861,  in  Sweden,  Maine,  and  there 
passed  his  boyhood,  but  attended  Kent's  Hill 
Seminary  for  three  years  and  graduated  at  the 
Eastern  Maine  Seminary  with  class  of  1899. 
He  was  subsequently  a  student  for  two  years 
in  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, and  studied  medicine  two  years  at  the 
medical  school  connected  with  the  Maine  Gen- 
eral Hospital  at  Portland.  After  one  year  at 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in 
Baltimore,  he  was  graduated  in  April,  1893. 
He  immediately  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  North  Yarmouth,  where  he  re- 
mained four  years,  and  has  ever  since  been 
established  at  Yarmouthville,  where  he  has  a 
large  and  growing  practice  and  is  highly  es- 
teemed as  a  man  and  citizen.  Dr.  Woodman 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, of  the  Maine  Medical  Society,  and  of 
the  Academy  of  Medicine  and  Science,  at  Port- 
land. He  is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, having  obtained  the  Royal  Arch  de- 
gree, and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Improved 
Order  of  Redmen,  and  the  Knights  of  the 
Golden  Eagle ;  and  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 


pal church.  He  was  once  active  in  political 
matters,  associating  with  the  Republican  party, 
but  in  recent  years  has  given  little  attention  to 
matters  of  that  nature.  He  married,  October 
II,  1890,  Hattie  Worthley  Kendell,  born  in 
1871,  in  Bangor,  Maine,  daughter  of  Alva 
and  Harriett  (Worthley)  Kendall.  Their  chil- 
dren are :  Lewis  A.,  Edward  Francis,  Alfred 
King,  Ruth  Nash,  Sarah  Melissa,  Arthur  T., 
Ethel  Maud  and  Alice  Cynthia. 


(For    early    generations   see   Edward   Woodman    I.) 

(IV)  Joshua  (2),  third  son 
W0C)D:\IAN     of   Benjamin  and   Elizabeth 

(Longfellow)  Woodman, 
was  born  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1720.  Together  with  his  brothers 
Joseph  and  Nathan  he  settled  near  Pleasant 
Point,  in  Buxton,  Maine,  in  1750.  On  De- 
cember 24,  1741,  his  father  conveyed  to  him 
one  full  right  of  land,  being  one  one-hundred 
and  twenty-third  part  of  Narragansett  No.  i 
(now  Buxton),  and  by  subsequent  purchase 
he  acquired  title  to  si.x  and  one-half  full 
rights,  or  about  one-seventeenth  part  of  the 
entire  township.  It  is  said  that  he  also  owned 
still  other  lands  than  those  mentioned.  Ac- 
cording to  Dennett's  map  ( 1870)  he  settled 
and  had  his  home  on  lot  No.  22,  range  C,  first 
division.  Under  date  of  Biddeford,  August  21, 
1749,  the  clerk  of  the  proprietors  of  Narragan- 
sett No.  I  was  requested  to  call  a  meeting  on 
the  application  of  Robert  Brooks,  John  Brooks, 
Jacob  Davis,  John  Redlon,  Thomas  Bradbury, 
Joseph  Woodman,  Joshua  Woodman  and 
Amos  Chase.  At  that  time  all  of  these  men 
were  doubtless  living  in  Biddeford  and  Saco, 
all  of  which  territory  then  was  under  the  name 
of  Biddeford.  The  year  1749  seems  to  have 
been  one  of  preparation  on  the  part  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  town,  and  from  the  follow- 
ing year  (1750)  dates  the  permanent  settle- 
ment and  continuous  history  of  the  town.  In 
1742  a  temporary  settlement  was  made  and 
was  continued  for  two  years,  when  the  pion- 
eers were  compelled  to  abandon  their  lands  on 
account  of  the  outbreak  of  war  between  Eng- 
land and  France,  which  of  course  involved 
their  American  colonies.  Joseph  Woodman 
was  one  of  that  small  band  of  intrepid  pion- 
eers who  in  1742  made  the  first  attempt  to 
found  the  town  which  was  compelled  to  be 
abandoned  two  years  later,  but  his  brother 
Joshua  is  not  known  to  have  been  one  of  them. 
Joshua  evidently  moved  from  Newbury  to 
Biddeford  some  time  during  the  year  1749, 
at  the  time  when  the  proprietors  were  making 
preparations  for  the  second  attempt  at  perma- 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Ii: 


iKiit  .scttlcm(.nt  1.1  olil  .\arra,t!;ansctt  \o.  i. 
Tlic  iiroprietors'  records  show  that  Joshua 
Woodman  was  one  of  the  loading  men  in  the 
new  region,  frequently  moderator  of  the  town 
meetings  and  his  name  appears  often  among 
the  petitioners  to  the  ])roprietors  for  various 
purposes  and  also  among  those  who  had  occa- 
sion to  present  petitions  to  the  general  court 
of  the  province ;  and  the  records  hear  testi- 
mony to  the  fact  that  he  was  chosen  to  serve 
on  committees  to  which  were  delegated  im- 
portant and  responsihle  duties.  In  fact  his- 
tory establishes  that  Joseph  and  Joshua  Wood- 
man were  recognized  as  leaders  among  the 
founders  of  the  town,  (hi  June  27,  1765, 
probably  on  account  of  financial  embarrass- 
ments Joshua  Woodman  conveyed  to  his 
brother  Stephen  (then  of  Falmouth,  now 
Portland)  "my  homestead  farm  whereon  I 
now  dwell,  containing  one  hundred  acres, 
more  or  less,  the  same  Ijeing  six  home  lots  in 
said  townsliip,  viz. :  In  Letter  C  the  home  lots 
numbered  21,  23  and  26,  and  in  Letter  D 
lots  numbered  six  and  seven,  together  with 
the  buildings  thereon  standing."  This  appears 
to  have  been  the  beginning  of  a  series  of  finan- 
cial reverses  which  eventually  resulted  in  the 
loss  of  a  considerable  part  of  his  once  large 
land  holdings  in  the  town.  Several  judgments 
were  obtained  against  Joshua  Woodman  at 
the  June  term  of  the  court  in  York  county  in 
1767  and  several  others  at  the  June  term  of 
the  court  in  the  following  year.  The  causes 
of  his  misfortunes  are  not  known.  He  died 
in  Buxton  about  the  year  1800,  and  his  wife 
is  said  to  have  died  six  years  afterward.  Both 
were  buried  in  the  graveyard  at  the  Lower 
Corner,  and  Cyrus  Woodman,  in  his  work 
entitled  "The  Woodmans  of  Buxton,  Maine" 
(1872),  says  that  the  stones  marking  their 
graves  are  still  standing. 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Joshua  Woodman,  mar- 
ried June  14,  1787,  Sarah  Wheeler,  of  Bux- 
ton, and  died  January  16  (or  21),  1844.  He 
served  in  the  American  navy  during  the  revo- 
lutionary \var,  was  captured  by  the  British, 
and  confined  in  what  was  called  the  Mill 
prison  in  England ;  but  after  a  time  he  man- 
aged to  escape  by  digging  under  the  prison 
wall.  He  also  was  in  the  land  service  during 
a  part  of  the  war,  and  was  with  the  army 
under  General  W'ashington  throughout  the 
eventful  winter  at  Valley  Forge,  at  which  place 
it  also  is  said  that  he  was  one  of  W'ashing- 
ton's  life  guards.  Captain  Robert  Wentwortli, 
of  Buxton,  is  our  authority  for  the  statement 
"that  with  others  he  dug  under  the  walls  of 
the   Mill   prison  in    England   and    escaped   to 


France."  He  remainid  in  the  latter  country 
for  some  time,  without  money  or  means  of 
any  kind  by  the  use  of  which  he  was  able  to 
return  to  America.  However,  one  of  his  fel- 
low townsmen,  a  Captain  Harding,  who  hap- 
pened to  be  in  England  about  that  time  and 
heard  of  his  misfortune,  went  to  France  and 
provided  him  with  the  means  to  get  back  home. 
His  gravestone  says  that  Joshua  W'oodman 
died  Jamiary  16,  1844,  aged  ninety-five  years, 
which  doubtless  is  an  error,  if  his  brother  Ben- 
jamin was  older  than  himself,  for  their  father 
was  not  married  until  May  25,  1749. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  Joshua  and  Sarah 
(Wheeler)  W'oodman,  was  born  in  Buxton, 
Maine.  August  28,  1790,  and  died  in  Portland, 
Maine,  about  1827.  He  married  (fir.st)  June 
5,  1815,  Paulina  Libby,  of  Corham,  Maine, 
and  (second)  in  1821,  Lydia  Raymond. 

(VII)  Benjamin  J.,  only  son  of  Samuel  and 
Paulina  (Libb\-)  Woodman,  was  born  in 
W^estbrook,  Maine,  November  20,  1818,  and 
died  there  in  1903.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by 
trade,  and  in  the  earlier  part  of  his  business 
life  was  associated  with  \\'illiam  H.  Neal,  of 
Westbrook,  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes.  This 
was  before  the  days  of  modern  shoe  factories. 
The  firm  of  Neal  &  W'oodman,  as  the  partner- 
ship was  known,  manufactured  shoes  largely 
by  hand  and  distributed  the  product  of  the 
shop  through  the  surrounding  towns  with 
wagons.  It  was  the  custom  of  the  "shoe  team" 
to  call  at  the  merchant's  door  and  supply  their 
wants  from  stock  carried  in  the  wagon  driven 
bv  the  salesman.  The  firm  carried  on  a  profit- 
able business  for  many  years  and  became  large 
holders  of  real  estate  in  the  town,  but  finally 
was  compelled  to  suspend  operations  during 
the  panic  and  business  depression  of  1857.  At 
that  time  Mr.  Woodman  disposed  of  his  in- 
terest in  the  concern  to  his  partner  and  re- 
moved to  a  farm  in  Westbrook.  where  he  died, 
in  his  eighty-fifth  year.  He  married,  in  De- 
cember, 1840,  Charlotte  Babb,  of  W^estbrook, 
and  both  she  and  her  husband  were  members 
of  the  W'estbrook  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
for  more  than  half  a  century ;  children : 
Charles  B.,  Paulina  H.,  Benjamin  F.,  Clara, 
Mary  and  Charlotte. 

(Vni)  Charles  Babb.  eldest  son  of  Benja- 
min J.  and  Charlotte  (Babb)  Woodman,  was 
born  in  W'estbrook,  Maine,  in  1841,  and  died 
in  that  city  in  August,  igoi.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  in  Gorham  Academy,  and  for  the 
next  ten  years  after  leaving  school  was  em- 
ployed in  the  steward's  department  of  different 
coast   steamboats,   three  years  of  that  period 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


being  spent  on  government  transports  during 
the  civil  war.  He  enlisted  early  in  the  war, 
but  was  not  able  to  pass  the  required  physical 
examination.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  re- 
turned home,  and  in  company  with  E.  H. 
Sturgis  entered  general  merchandizing,  the 
finn  name  being  Sturgis  &  Woodman.  In  1872 
he  purchased  his  partner's  interest  in  the  busi- 
ness, and  soon  afterward  gradually  sold  out 
his  grocery  stock  and  confined  himself  to  the 
sale  of  drugs  and  medicines.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  was  proprietor  of  the  only  drug 
store  in  Westbrook.  and  he  continued  in  that 
business  until  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr. 
Woodman  always  took  an  active  and  com- 
mendable part  in  public  affairs.  Before  West- 
brook  became  a  city  he  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  Republican  town  committee  and 
its  chairman  for  thirteen  years.  For  several 
years  also  he  was  a  member  of  the  Republican 
district  committee  of  the  state,  having  been 
selected  for  that  position  by  the  late  Thomas 
B.  Reed.  For  five  consecutive  years  he  was 
town  clerk  and  treasurer  of  Westbrook,  and  in 
1885  and  again  in  1887  represented  Westbrook 
in  the  lower  house  of  the  state  legislature. 
After  the  town  became  a  city  he  was  twice 
elected  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen, 
serving  as  president  of  the  board  during  his 
second  term  of  office.  He  was  postmaster  of 
Westbrook  four  years  during  the  administra- 
tion of  President  Harrison,  and  in  April.  1899, 
was  reappointed  by  Mr.  McKinley  for  another 
term.  He  died  during  the  second  term  of  his 
incumbency  of  office,  and  as  an  appreciation  of 
his  faithful  performance  of  duty  his  youngest 
son,  Benjamin  J.  Woodman,  was  appointed  his 
successor;  and  the  son  is  now  postmaster  of 
the  city.  In  1863  Charles  Babb  ^^'oodman 
married  Clydemena  Spears,  of  Waterville, 
Maine,  and  by  her  had  six  children :  Charles 
Harold,  now  dead ;  Alice  Louise,  now  dead ; 
Guy  Perley.  a  business  man  of  Brunswick, 
Maine;  George  M.,  a  physician  of  Westbrook; 
Benjamin  J.,  postmaster  of  Westbrook;  Philip 
Everett,  now  dead. 

(IX)  George  M.,  third  son  of  Charles  Babb 
and  Clydemena  (Spears)  Woodman,  was  born 
in  Westbrook,  Maine,  June  20,  1872,  and 
acquired  his  earlier  literary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  city,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  in  1890.  He  then  took  the 
scientific  course  at  the  J^Iaine  ^^■esleyan  Semi- 
nary, Kent's  Hill,  and  was  graduated  from 
that  institution  in  1892.  .After  spending  one 
year  as  ckrk  in  his  father's  drug  store  and  a 
like  time  as  reporter  on  the  stafT  of  the  Port- 
land Evening  Express,  he  determined  to  enter 


the  profession  of  medicine ;  and  to  that  end 
he  matriculated  at  the  medical  department  of 
Bowdoin  College,  completed  the  course  of  that 
institution,  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  in  1897,  ciiin  laude,  and  with  the  honors 
of  the  valedictory.  After  graduating  he  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  house  surgeon  to 
the  Maine  General  Hospital  and  remained 
there  one  year.  He  began  his  professional 
career  at  South  Windham,  j\Iaine,  remained 
there  for  five  years,  and  has  since  practiced  in 
his  native  city  of  Westbrook.  He  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  American  Medical  Association, 
the  Maine  State  Medical  Society,  the  Port- 
land and  the  Westbrook  Medical  Clubs.  He  at 
present  holds  a  commission  from  the  governor 
as  contract  surgeon  of  the  National  Guard  of 
the  State  of  Maine. 

He  married,  February  25,  1904,  Wilna  Frost 
Newcomb,  of  Westbrook,  daughter  of  Erwin 
B.  and  Ellen  (  Pennell)  Newcomb.  Two  chil- 
dren have  been  born  of  this  marriage:  Charles 
B.,  born  November  30,  1904,  and  George  AI. 
Jr.,  born  May  6,  1907. 


(For   first  generation   see  Robert  Jordan    I.) 

(II)  Jedediah,  son  of  Robert 
JORDAN     Jordan,  was  born  in  Falmouth, 

Maine,  and  died  in  1735.  He 
left  the  plantation  of  Spurwink  with  his  father 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Indians,  and  settled 
at  Great  Island,  now  New  Castle,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  afterwards  removed  to  Kittery, 
Maine.  He  made  his  will  March  6,  1729. 
Children,  probably  born  at  Kittery;  i,  Jede- 
diah, born  1684,  mentioned  below.  2.  Abi- 
gail, 1687,  married  Daniel  Robinson.  3.  Kez- 
lah,  1690,  died  unmarried  1737.  4.  Mary, 
1693,  married  John  Boulter.  5.  Sarah,  1696, 
married  James  Jackson ;  resided  at  Dover, 
New  Hampshire.  6.  John,  1698,  married, 
1737,  Deliverance  Reading.  7.  Thomas,  1701, 
married,  1736,  Anne  Simonton.  8.  Robert, 
1704,  married,  1727,  Rachel  Huckins. 

(III)  Jedediah  (2),  son  of  Jedediali  (i) 
Jordan,  born  in  1684,  died  before  1729.  He 
settled  on  a  part  of  his  father's  farm  at  Spur- 
wink. Children:  i.  Israel,  born  1712.  2. 
John,  1715,  mentioned  below.  3.  Samuel,  1718, 
married,  1745,  Hannah  Jordan.  4.  Jeremiah, 
1721,  married  Keziah  Hanscomb.  5.  Abigail, 
1724,  married  Richard  Clark. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Jedediah  (2)  Jordan, 
was  born  in  1715.  He  married,  in  1738.  Isa- 
belle  Armstrong.  Children:  i.  James,  born 
1740,  married  Lydia  Barnes.  2.  Lemuel,  1742, 
married,  October  25,  1774,  Mary  Jordan.  3. 
Samuel,  1744,  mentioned  below.    4.  John.  in:ir- 


STATE  UF  MAINE. 


ricd,  March  26,  1782,  Lucv  Jordan.  5.  Thom- 
as, died  unmarried.  0.  Dorothy,  died  unmar- 
ried. 7.  Mary,  married,  Fel)ruary  18,  1787, 
Joshua  Robinson.  8.  Sarah,  married,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1776,  Robert  Clark. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Jordan,  born  at 
Falmouth  in  1744,  died  May  10,  1809.  He 
was  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Abram  Ty- 
ler's company,  Colonel  Edmund  Plummer's 
regiment,  in  1775-76.  He  married,  February 
II,  1766,  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Sarah  Jackson, 
when  they  were  both  very  young.  She  died 
at  Raymond,  Maine,  July  2y,  1804.  Children; 
I.  Polly,  born  October  23,  1766,  died  De- 
cember 23,  1812;  married,  1790,  Francis  Sy- 
monds,  of  Raymond.  2.  John,  born  October 
23,  1768,  died  December  16,  1861 ;  married, 
May  I,  1792,  Dorcas  Davis.  3.  Hannah,  born 
1770,  died  young.  4.  David,  born  June  20, 
1773,  died  July  3,  1850;  married,  1801.  Olive 
Brown.  5.  Samuel,  born  September  21,  1775, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Henry,  born  May  8,  1778, 
died  March  16,  1861  ;  married,  first,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1803,  Polly  Simonton ;  second,  January 
19,  1819,  Mrs.  Judith  Clark.  7.  Thomas,  born 
1780,  died  1789.  8.  James,  born  October  21, 
1783.  9.  Zachariah,  born  July  2,  1787,  died 
July  3,  1874;  married,  first,  June  3,  1832, 
Esther  Merrill;  second,  April  21,  1840,  Sa- 
bina  Page. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Jor- 
dan, was  born  at  Raymond,  Maine,  Septem- 
ber 21,  1775,  the  first  law'ful  white  male  child 
born  in  Raymond.  He  married.  May  21,  1797, 
Rachel  Humphrey,  born  August  30,  1776,  at 
Gray,  died  1871.  He  was  a  farmer  and  re- 
sided at  Raymond.  He  died  October  11,  1859. 
Children:  i.  David,  born  April  7,  1798,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Isabelle,  born  July  4,  1799, 
married,  October  7,  1819,  Joseph  Symonds, 
and  resided  at  Portland.  3.  Sarah,  born  Feb- 
rnary  18,  1801,  married,  February,  1832, 
Thomas  Wales.  4.  Dr.  Cyrus,  born  January 
I,  1803,  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College;  mar- 
ried, first,  June  18,  1828,  Elsie  Wales;  sec- 
ond, 1854,  Abbie  Crane.  5.  Jonas,  born  No- 
vember II,  1804,  died  June  28,  1875;  mar- 
ried, April  18,  1835,  Alma  J.  Brackett.  6. 
Lydia  M.,  born  August  5,  1810,  died  June 
8,  1813.  7.  Cynthia,  born  February  18,  1814, 
died  unmarried.  8.  Anson,  born  August  29, 
1816,  died  March  14,  1863;  married,  first. 
July  31,  1842,  Matilda  Hale  Porter;  second, 
Henrietta  W.  Thurlow.  9.  Nelson,  born  Oc- 
tober 20,  1818,  married,  December  9,  1850, 
Dorcas  Staples  Morrison.  10.  Susan,  born 
October   18,   1820,  unmarried. 

(VH)   David,  son  of   Samuel    (2)    Jordan. 


was  born  in  Raymond,  .Vpril  7,  1798.     He  al- 
lendeil   the  town  school   for  about   six  weeks 
each  year  from  twelve  years  of  age  until  his 
majority.     He  then  went  to  the  academy  at 
15ridgeton  for  two  months  and  to  the  Hebron 
Academy  for  three  months.     He  began  teach- 
ing school  when  he  was  twenty-two  years  old, 
and  taught  for  twenty  years  in  different  parts 
of  the  state.    For  several  years  he  was  a  mem- 
ber  of   the    superintending   committee    in    the 
towns  where  he  resided.     He  began  to  train 
with  the  militia  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  and  was 
elected   lieutenant,   then   captain,   and   became 
colonel  at  the  age  of  thirty-one.    He  was  bap- 
tized by  Rev.  James  Libby  in  1839  and  united 
with  the  Free  Baptist  Church  at  Otisfield.    He 
afterwards  joined  the  Free  Baptist  Church  at 
New    Gloucester.     He   resided   until    1836   in 
Raymond,    with    the   e.xccption    of   a   year    in 
New  Gloucester;  from  that  time  until  1846  in 
Otisfield;  until    1854  in   Poland,  and   then   in 
New  Gloucester.     He  married,  November  29, 
1827,  at  New    Gloucester,    Thankful    Clark, 
daughter    of     Benjamin    and    Sarah     Judith 
(Stinchfield)    Clark.      Children:     i.    Isabelle, 
born  December  8,  1828,  married,  October  25, 
1857,  Henry  Cummings.     2.  Julia  Clark,  born 
May   ig,   1831,  died  May  24,    1831.     3.   Ben- 
jamin Clark,  born  June  26,   1833,  mentioned 
below.     4.  Juliette,,  born  December  26,   1835, 
married,  March  26,  1861,  Orin  P.  Nash,  and 
resided  at  Biddeford.     5.  Anson,  born  May  3, 
1839,  died  August  19,  1841.    6.  Emeline  Leach, 
born   June   28,    1841.     7.   Susan   Maria,   born 
November  12,  1843.    8.  Lyman  G.,  born  March 
12,  1845,  mentioned  below.    9.  Mark  F.  Clark, 
born    March    31,    1848,    married,    September, 
1874,  Eliza  Ellis  Dunnell,  and  resided  at  Al- 
fred, Maine.     10.  Dr.  Leicester  Howard,  born 
August  18,  1850,  graduate  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege._  1873;  married,  July.   1878,  Josephine  L. 
Davis. 

(Vni)  Benjamin  Clark,  son  of  David  Jor- 
dan, was  born  in  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  June 
26,  1833.  He  married,  .\ugust  16,  1864,  at 
Buxton,  Ann  L.  Meserve,  daughter  of  Arcades 
E.  Meserve.  Children:  i.  Nellie  Belle,  born 
August  20,  1865.  2.  Infant,  Mav  11,  died 
May  12,  1867.  3.  Dora.  May  27,  1868.  4. 
Josephine,  February  10,  1873,  died  August  19, 
1873- 

(Vni)  Lyman  G.,  son  of  David  Jordan, 
was  born  at  New  Gloucester,  March  12,  1845. 
Fle  graduated  at  Bates  College  in  1870,  and 
is  now  one  of  the  faculty  of  the  college.  He 
married,  December  24,  1871.  Hattie  True 
Knowlton,  daughter  of  Rev.  E.  Knowlton,  of 
South   Montville.     He    resides    at    Lewist;on, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


IMaine.  Children:  I.  Ralph  I.,  born  May 
9,  1875,  died  January  29,  1877.  2.  Beula 
Claire,  born  June  2,  1877.  3.  Mabel  True,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1878.    4.  Elwin  K.    5.  Wayne  C. 

(For  preceding  generation  see  Rev.  Robert  Jordan  I.) 

(II)  Jeremiah,  youngest  son  of 
JORDAN  Rev.  Robert  and  Sarah  (Win- 
ter) Jordan,  was  born  at  Fal- 
mouth, Maine,  about  1663,  and  died  in  1729. 
The  place  where  he  was  born  was  the  old 
family  plantation  at  Spurwink,  afterwards  Fal- 
mouth and  now  Cape  Elizabeth.  This  estate 
had  been  inherited  from  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Robert  Jordan,  Mr.  John  Winter,  a  great 
landed  proprietor.  Rev.  Robert  Jordan  and 
his  family  lived  on  this  place  from  1648  till 
1675,  when  the  house  was  burned  by  the  In- 
dians, and  they  moved  to  Newcastle,  New 
Hampshire,  where  the  clergyman  died  four 
years  later.  The  "Old  Plantation"  at  Spur- 
wink, containing  about  one  thousand  acres, 
was  bequeathed  to  Mrs.  Jordan  with  the  pro- 
vision that  it  should  go  to  Jeremiah  at  her 
death.  The  son  was  sixteen  years  of  age  at 
the  time  of  his  father's  decease,  and  he  con- 
tinued to  live  with  his  mother  at  Newcastle 
till  his  marriage  in  1688.  Soon  after  this 
Jeremiah  Jordan  removed  to  Scarborough, 
Maine,  where  he  occupied  the  Nonesuch  Farm, 
containing  two  thousand  acres,  which  had  be- 
longed to  his  mother.  It  was  here  that  his 
two  children  were  born,  and  it  was  here  that  he 
raised  the  provisions  that  he  sold  to  the  gov- 
ernment. The  following  document  has  been 
preserved:  "Blackpoint,"  Oct.  4.  1703.  This 
signifies  that  we  have  taken  on  board  the  Sloop 
Crowndhen,  Mr.  Bena.  Gold,  master,  a  thou- 
sand and  twenty  nine  pounds  of  pork  which 
Mr.  Jeremiah  Jordan  owner  weighed  by  ye 
Governor's  order  to  be  delivered  at  ye  stores 
at  Great  Island."  Three  years  later  a  com- 
plaint was  filed  at  Kittery,  Maine,  by  Pela 
\\'hittemore  that  the  pork,  through  somebody's 
negligence,  "or  for  want  of  salt  was  much 
damnified  so  that  I  could  never  dispose  of 
more  than  half  of  it."  It  is  not  strange  that 
the  pork  was  not  properly  salted,  for  on  .A.u- 
gust  10,  1703,  Jeremiah  Jordan  and  his  wife 
were  captured  by  a  hostile  band  of  Indians, 
and  on  the  same  day,  Domincus  Jordan,  a 
brother,  who  lived  on  the  east  side  of  the  Spur- 
wink river,  was  killed  in  his  own  house,  and 
his  family  carried  into  captivity.  The  children 
of  Jeremiah  Jordan,  after  the  capture  of  their 
parents,  were  sent  to  Newcastle,  where  thev 
probably  remained  in  the  care  of  friends  till 
the  release  of  their  mother,     .^fter  remaining 


three  years  in  captivity,  she  was  permitted  to 
come  back  from  Canada.  Upon  her  return 
she  made  her  home  in  Newcastle,  which  was 
probably  her  native  place.  Jeremiah  Jordan 
was  kept  in  Canada  a  number  of  years,  part 
of  the  time  with  the  Indians  and  later  with 
the  French.  He  was  then  carried  to  France, 
where  he  remained  some  years,  being  finally 
released,  and  returning,  first  to  Spurwink,  then 
to  Newcastle.  Owing  to  the  exposure  and 
hardships  through  which  he  had  passed,  he  was 
not  recognized  by  any  of  his  friends,  who  all 
supposed  he  had  been  dead  for  years.  He 
proved  his  identity  by  showing  the  scars  on  his 
breast,  caused  by  fire  or  water  when  he  was 
quite  young,  which  were  remembered  by  some 
of  the  family.  From  that  time  he  was  called 
"French  Jeremy"  to  distinguish  him  from 
others  of  the  same  name.  He  probably  re- 
mained at  Newcastle  till  after  the  death  of 
his  wife,  and  then  accompanied  his  son,  Jere- 
miah (2),  to  Falmouth  in  1725.  About  1688 
Jeremiah  Jordan  married  Katherine,  whose 
maiden  name  is  unknown,  and  they  had  two 
children:  Jeremiah  (2),  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows; and  Deborah,  born  about  i6g6,  married 
Tames  Randell,  of  Newcastle,  New  Hampshire. 

(III)  Jeremiah  (2),  only  son  of  Jeremiah 
(i)  and  Katharine  Jordan,  was  born  about 
1693,  probably  on  the  Nonesuch  Farm,  at 
Scarborough,  Maine,  and  he  died  about  1764. 
His  parents  were  carried  into  captivity  when 
he  was  ten  years  of  age,  and  the  boy  and  his 
sister  Deborah  were  brought  up  at  Newcastle, 
New  Hampshire.  Jeremiah  (2)  Jordan  was 
living  at  Newcastle  as  late  as  1724.  and  in 
1728  he  was  living  at  Falmouth,  now  Cape 
Elizabeth,  Maine.  His  first  wife,  who  was 
probably  the  mother  of  his  five  children,  may 
have  died  between  those  dates.  About  171 5 
he  married  Catharine  Randell,  daughter  of 
James  Randell.  of  Newcastle,  New  Hampshire. 
There  were  five  children  :  i.  James,  born  1716, 
married  Phebe  Mitchell.  2.  Elizabeth,  1719. 
married  Moses  Hanscomb,  of  Falmouth.  3. 
Jeremiah  (3),  whose  sketch  follows.  4.  De- 
borah, 1723,  married  Solomon  Bragdon,  of 
.Scarborough.  3.  Hepzibah,  1749,  married 
Styleman  Jordan,  of  Newcastle,  New  Hamp- 
shire. The  second  wife  of  Jeremiah  (2)  Jor- 
dan was  Sarah,  but  her  maiden  name  is  un- 
known. 

(IV)  Jeremiah  (3),  second  son  of  Jere- 
miah (2)  and  Catharine  (Randell)  Jordan, 
was  born  in  1721,  probably  at  Newcastle,  New 
Hampshire.  At  the  age  of  seven,  or  earlier, 
he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Falmouth,  Maine. 
He  must  have  spent  his  life  in  that  neighbor- 


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hood,  as  he  received  from  his  father  a  deed  of 
one  hundred  and  ninety  acres  of  land  near 
the  mouth  of  the  Spurwink  river.  The  date 
of  his  death  is  unl<nown.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Cox,  of  P.everly.  Massachusctls,  to  whom 
he  was  published  June  2,  1730.  They  had 
seven  children:  i.  Sarah,  born  May  22,  1752, 
married  William  Uinj,dey,  of  I'almouth.  _>. 
Mary,  January  12,  1754,  married  Benjamin 
Staniford.  3.  Lucy,  February  25,  1759,  mar- 
ried John  Jordan,  a  son  of  Jedediah  (2),  a 
first  cousin  of  Jeremiah  (2).  4.  Nathaniel, 
whose  sketch  follows.  5.  Deborah,  September 
23,  1763,  married  Noah  Jordan  (2).  6.  Thom- 
as, F^ebruary  18,  1769,  was  an  invalid  many 
years,  and  died  unmarried  at  the  age  of  fifty. 
7.  Winter,  February  12,  1775.  married  1  .ucy 
Richards. 

(V)   Nathaniel,  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah  (3) 
and  Elizabeth   (Cox)   Jordan,  was  born  May 
25,    1761,  at   Falmouth,   Maine;   but  the  date 
of  his  death  is  unknown.     He  was  a  farmer 
and  lived  on  the  old  homestead  at  Spurwink. 
On    January    2Q.    1784,    he    married    Dorothy 
Jordan,  daughter  of  Captain  Joshua  and  Cath- 
erine   (Jordan)    Jordan.       (See    Jordan    V.) 
There  were  ten  children:    i.  Lucy,  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1784.     2.  Betsey,  December  15,  1785. 
3.  and  4.  William  and  Nathaniel  (twins),  No- 
vember 27,  1791.     5.  Sally,  October  13,  1794. 
6.  Rufus,  September   13,  1795.     7.  Catharine, 
1797.    8.  Joshua,  October  14,  1799.    9.  Polly, 
November   13,   1801.     10.   Ivory,  January   11, 
1805.  Of  these  children.  Lucy  married  Stephen 
Hibbard,  of  Freedom,  and  died  at  Norridge- 
wock  in  1824.   Betsey  married  David  Small,  of 
Scarborough,  and  was  living  in   1878  at  the 
age  of  ninety-three.    William  is  mentioned  in 
the  succeeding  paragraph.     Nathaniel  married 
(first)     Abigail     Garcelon.     (second)      .Alice 
Rowe.    Sally  married  Jonathan  McKenney  and 
lived  at  Danville.     Catharine  married  Samuel 
W^aterhouse,  a  farmer  of  Lisbon,  and  died  in 
that  town  in  1840.     Joshua  was  a  trader  and 
lumberman,  and  lived  at  Foxcroft.     He  mar- 
ried (first)  Olive  Ann  Duggin,  of  Wells,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine,  leaving  two 
children;    (second)    Martha   Merrill,  of   Har- 
mony, who  had   seven   children.      No   further 
record   is  given  of   Polly  Jordan  beyond   the 
fact  of  her  birth ;   she  probably   died   young. 
Ivory  lived  at  New  Gloucester,  and  married 
(first)  Eliza,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Sarah 
(Staples)  Jordan,  (second)  Caroline  C.  Dyer. 
Rufus  lived  on  home  farm  at  Cape  Elizabeth ; 
father   of    Mrs.    Stephen   Dyer,   of    Portland, 
mother  of  Herbert  Dyer,  of   Portland,    Mrs. 
D.  Wallace  Oakes,  of  Auburn. 


(\  1)  William,  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Dorothy  (Jordan)  Jordan,  was  born  at  Cape 
Elizabeth,  "Maine,  November  27,  1791,  and 
died  at  Danville,  now  Auburn,  January  24, 
1853.  He  bought  a  tract  of  lanl  in  Danville, 
covered  with  heavy  green  timber,  and  built  a 
lutle  house  there  where  he  moved  his  family 
in  January,  1822.  lie  was  an  honest,  indus- 
trious mail,  and  worked  hard  to  support  his 
familv.  On  January  24,  1821,  he  married 
]Margaret  Duggin,  daughter  of  Michael  Dug- 
gin, of  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  they  had  nine  chil- 
dren:  I.  Olive,  born  January  24,  1822,  mar- 
ried Samuel  R.  Damrem,  of  Belgrade.  2. 
Francis  Michael.  January  10,  1824,  married 
Parthenia  Kicker.'  3.  William  (2),  whose 
sketch  follows.  4.  Margaret  A.,  September 
17,  1828,  married  C.eorge  W.  Ricker,  of  New 
Gloucester.  5.  Mary  Jane,  June  11,  1832,  now 
living,  unmarried.  6.  Nathaniel  I.,  February 
25,  183s,  married  Adelia  S.  Libby,  of  Dur- 
ham, i.  Almond  Libby,  January  21,  1837,  died 
in  that  year.  8.  Su.san  Maria,  September  10, 
1838,  married  Edward  A.  Little.  9.  Sarah 
Ellen,  Augitst  11,  1841. 

(VH)  William  (2),  second  son  of  Wdham 
(i)  and  Margaret  (Duggin)  Jordan,  was 
born  November  17,  1825,  at  Danville,  now  Au- 
burn, Maine,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  that  town.  He  remained  on  the 
home  farm  till  twenty-two  years  of  age  when 
he  went  to  Massachusetts,  and  later  to  New- 
port, Rhode  Island,  where  he  remained  some 
time.  He  then  returned  to  .Auburn  and  went 
into  business  with  his  brother.  Francis  M. 
Thev  afterwards  took  in  Albert  E.  Frost,  and 
chatiged  the  name  to  Jordan,  Frost  and  Com- 
pany. In  1884  Mr.  Jordan  began  his  pres- 
ent market  garden,  making  a  specialty  of 
strawberries  and  celery.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  attends  the  Baptist  church. 
On  December  20,  1854,  he  married  Caroline 
Cranston,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Phebe 
Cranston,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  They 
had  seven  children;  i.  Mary  Jane,  born  No- 
vember 22,  i8s5,  married  George  Strout,  of 
Biddeford;  child,  Paul  Strout.  2.  Thomas 
Cranston,  July  6,  1857,  was  educated  in  .Au- 
burn, associated  w^ith  his  father  in  the  market 
garden ;  married  Elizabeth  P.  Moody,  who 
died  .April  9,  1907,  3.  Annie,  January  23, 
1859.  4.  Carrie  Cranston,  January  6,  1862, 
married  George  Ingersoll,  of  Auburn ;  child, 
Elizabeth  F.,  "a  student  at  Bates  College.  5. 
^^'illiam  F.,  November  i,  1863,  educated  in 
public  schools  of  Auburn,  graduated  from 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  in 
1885;   then    went    to  Omaha,    Nebraska,    and 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


became  civil  engineer  for  the  Burlington  li 
Quincy  railroad  for  three  years;  went  from 
there  to  Rochester,  New  York,  as  assistant 
engineer  of  the  Buffalo,  Rochester  &  Pitts- 
burg railroad,  where  he  remained  twelve  years, 
or  until  he  was  appointed  terminal  engineer  for 
the  New  York  Central  railroad.  Member  of 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and 
secretary  of  American  Encyclopedia  of  Biog- 
raphy now  being  published.  Married  iMabel, 
daughter  of  Rawson  and  Mary  Smith,  or 
Rochester,  New  York;  child,  Lawrence,  born 
October  lo,  1898.  6.  Ernest,  May  i,  i6jl, 
educated  in  the  schools  of  Auburn  and  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  of  New  Vork  City;  was 
for  some  time  employed  with  the  Auburn  Drug 
and  Chemical  Company,  and  afterwards  went 
to  Bangor,  where  he  remained  until  1894;  re- 
turned to  Auburn  and  in  1895,  in  compau 
with  John  Burrill,  formed  the  firm  of  Bur- 
rill  &  Jordan,  which  continued  until  1900,  wh... 
the  firm  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Jordan  en- 
tered the  employ  of  Seth  D.  Wakefield,  where 
he  still  remains.  Married  Ada  M.  Ham,  of 
Boston ;  children :  Caroline  F.  and  Edward 
M.     7.  Archer,  whose  sketch  follows. 

(VIII)  Archer,  youngest  child  of  William 
(2)  and  Caroline  (Cranston)  Jordan,  was 
born  at  Auburn,  Maine,  January  7,  1873.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
graduated  from  the  Edward  Little  high  school 
in  1891,  thereupon  entering  Colby  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1895. 
He  then  accepted  the  position  of  principal  of 
the  high  school  in  Vanceboro,  Maine,  resign- 
ing there  one  year  later  to  accept  a  position 
in  the  Mitchell's  Boys  School  at  Billerica, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  taught  mathematics 
and  science.  In  1899  he  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  and  was  graduated  from 
there  in  1902  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S. 
He  began  the  practice  of  dentistry  at  Water- 
ville,  Maine,  and  in  1904  returned  to  Auburn 
and  opened  the  office  which  he  now  occupies. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  Congre- 
gationalist  in  religion.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Calumet  and  Country  clubs,  also  of  the 
college  fraternity,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon.  On 
October  16,  1902,  he  married  Ethel  Elizabeth 
Williams,  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  E.  and 
Emma  J.  (Harlow)  Williams,  of  Auburn. 
(See  WiUiams  V.)  Children:  Cranston  Har- 
low, born  July  12,  1903;  Archer  (2),  July  20, 
1905;  Charles  W.,  September  24,  1907. 

(IV)  Captain  Joshua,  third  son  of  Nathan- 
iel and  Dorothy  Jordan,  was  born  in  1736, 
at  Spurwink,  now  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine.  He 
seems  to  have  resembled  his  grandfather  Do- 


minicus  in  physique,  being  six  feet  in  height 
and  of  great  endurance.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  revolution  he  had  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren, but  he  left  all  to  fight  for  his  country. 
On  November  20,  1777,  he  commanded  a  com- 
pany of  men  in  Colonel  Peter  Noyes'  regiment. 
In  1779  he  had  command  of  a  company  in 
Colonel  Jonathan  Mitchell's  regiment.  On  the 
expedition  against  the  enemy  at  Penobscot, 
from  July  7  to  September  25,  1779,  his  name 
beads  the  payroll  as  captain.  Later  in  life 
he  became  the  owner  of  part  of  Richmond's 
Island,  and  there  he  lived  for  a  number  of 
years,  dying  at  length  in  his  chair.  He  had 
been  afflicted  with  asthma  for  some  time,  so 
that  he  could  not  sleep  in  a  bed.  The  exact 
date  of  his  death  is  unknown.  On  2\Iarch  24, 
1763,  he  married  Catharine  Jordan,  of  Fal- 
mouth, daughter  of  his  second  cousin,  Rich- 
ard Jordan,  and  his  wife,  Katharine  Hans- 
comb.  To  Joshua  and  Catharine  (Jordan) 
Jordan  were  born  eight  children,  and  it  is 
somewhat  remarkable  that  six  out  of  the 
eight  married  Jordans.  i.  Dorothy,  mentioned 
below.  2.  and  3.  William  and  Joshua  (twins), 
born  June  8,  1770,  married  respectively  Eu- 
nice and  Abigail  Jordan.  4.  Daniel,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1773,  married  Ann  McKenney.  5. 
Ebenezer,  February  9,  1778,  married  Polly 
Jordan.  6.  James,  August  20,  1780,  married 
Martha  Robinson.  7.  Nathaniel,  October  15, 
1782,  married  Esther  Jordan.  8.  Catharine. 
November  21,  1784,  married  Nathaniel  Jor- 
dan, son  of  Benjamin  and  Abigail  (Peables) 
Jordan.  Ebenezer  Jordan,  who  married,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1810,  was  drowned  shortly  after- 
ward, while  fording  the  channel  betv/een 
Richmond's  Island  and  the  mainland.  This 
channel,  which  is  an  easy  ford  in  low  tide,  is 
a  mile  wide  at  flood. 

(V)  Dorothy,  eldest  child  of  Captain  Joshua 
and  Catharine  (Jordan)  Jordan,  was  born 
August  29,  1764,  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  mar- 
ried,  June  29,  1784,  Nathaniel  Jordan,  young- 
est son  of  Jeremiah  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (Cox) 
Jordan.     (See  Jordan  V.) 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Rev.  Robert  Jordan  I.) 

(Ill)  Dominicus  (2)  Jordan, 
JORDAN  eldest  son  of  Dominicus  (i) 
and  Hannah  ( Tristram)  Jor- 
dan, was  born  at  Spurwink,  Cape  Elizabeth, 
Maine,  in  1683,  died  May  20,  1749.  At 
the  time  of  the  Indian  outbreak,  soon  after 
1700,  he  was  captured  by  the  Indians  and 
taken  to  Trois  Rivieres  (Three  Rivers),  Can- 
ada, and  held  prisoner  there  for  something 
/ike  twelve  or  thirteen  years  before  he  was  sue- 


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121 


cesslul  ill  making  his  escape.  W  hile  living 
among  the  Canadian  Indians  he  became  quite 
familiar  with  the  dialects  of  several  of  the 
tribes,  and  that  knowledge  served  him  a  use- 
ful purpose  in  later  years,  lie  returned  to 
Spurwink  in  1715  and  lived  in  tiiat  town  dur- 
ing the  remaining  years  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
very  active  man  in  public  affairs,  holding  sev- 
eral important  town  offices  and  was  one  of 
the  selectmen  the  first  year  after  the  incor- 
poration of  I'almouih,  representative  to  the 
general  court  and  major  of  the  provincial  mil- 
itia. He  also  was  energetic  in  business  life 
and  acquired  a  large  property  in  lands  and 
goods.  He  married,  in  Kittery,  Joanna  Bray, 
who  survived  him  many  years,  and  by  whom 
he  had  seven  children,  all  born  in  Spurwink  : 
I.  Dominicus,  June  15,  1715,  died  1786;  mar- 
ried I'hebe  Grav.  2.  Nathaniel,  December  24, 
1718.  3.  Clement,  April  24,  1720,  died  1789. 
4.  Alary,  married  (first) Parker,  (sec- 
ond) Colonel  Ezekiel  Gushing.  5.  Tristram, 
April  II,  1726,  died  JMarch  18.  1727.  6.  Mir- 
iam, married  Robert  Mitchell,  of  Kittery.  7. 
Hannah,  March  12,  1728,  married  Joseph 
Prout. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Colonel  Nathaniel,  son  of 
Major  Dominicus  and  Joanna  (Bray)  Jordan, 
was  born  in  Spurwink,  Maine,  December  24, 
1718,  and  was  one  of  the  inlluential  men  of 
the  province  in  his  time.  He  received  from 
his  father  more  than  four  hundred  acres  of 
good  land,  but  he  himself  added  materially  to 
his  inherited  possessions.  He  was  lieutenant 
colonel  of  the  militia  raised  in  Cumberland 
county  and  served  in  the  defense  of  the  sea- 
coast  ;  and  his  name  appears  on  the  roll  of 
field  and  staff  officers  for  the  year  1779.  He 
married,  August  2,  1740,  Hannah  Woodbury, 
of  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  and  by  her  had 
nine  children,  all  born  in  Falmouth:  i.  Tri.s- 
tram,  1743,  revolutionary  soldier  and  private 
in  Captain  Joshua  Jordan's  company ;  mar- 
ried Hannah  Lassell.  2.  Israel,  June  12,  1745, 
married  Susanna  Jordan.  3.  Dominicus,  1746. 
4.  Ezekiel,  1740.  married,  1774,  Mary  Simon- 
ton.  5.  Hannah,  1752,  married.  1770,  Samuel 
Hill,  of  Biddeford.  6.  Mary,  1754,  married. 
1774,  Lemuel  Jordan.  7.  Abigail,  1756,  mar- 
ried. 1778,  Jeremiah  Cobb.  8.  Nathaniel,  No- 
vember, 1757,  revolutionary  soldier  in  the  sea- 
coast  defense;  married,  1784,  Joanna  Sawyer. 
9.  Simon,  1763,  lost  at  sea. 

(V)  Dominicus  (3),  son  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Nathaniel  and  Hannah  (Woodbury) 
Jordan,  was  born  at  Falmouth,  now  Cape 
Elizabeth,  Maine,  in  1746.  died  at  Raymond, 
now  Casco,  March  23.  1823.     He  moved  from 


Cape  Liizahelh  U>  Raymond  about  1774.  The 
name  Raymond  was  changed  to  Casc(j  in  1843. 
Mr.  Jordan  married,  December  ig,  1765.  at 
Cape  Elizabetli.  Catharine  Maxwell,  who  died 
at   Raymond,    September  26,    1826;   children: 

I.  Wiiliam,  born  at  Cape  Elizabeth.  2.  Eze- 
kiel, Cape  Elizabeth,  April  15,  1770.  died 
Casco,  1852.  3.  Mary,  married  Richard  Mav- 
bury,  of  Raymond.  4.  Nathaniel,  died  June 
26,  1848.  5.  Hannah,  died  unmarried.  6. 
Elizabeth,  died  July  11,  1863:  married  Sam- 
uel Knight  and  lived  in  Otisfield.  7.  Cathar- 
ine, born   Raymond,  married  Haskell. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Dominicus  (3)  and 
Catharine  (Maxwell)  Jordan,  was  born  at 
Cape  Elizabeth.  Maine,  and  lived  and  died  in 
the  north  part  of  the  town  of  Raymond. 
He  married  Ann.  daughter  of  Rev.  Zachariah 
Leach,  of  Raymond ;  children,  born  in  Ray- 
mond:  I.  Mark,  September  12,  1790,  died 
January  5,  186^.  2.  Catharine,  April  21,  1792, 
died  Casco,  June  13.  187 1.  3.  Peggy,  June  2, 
1794.  4.  Dominicus.  January  17,  1796,  died 
Depere,  Wisconsin,  January  5,  1869.  5.  Will- 
iam, March  6,  1798,  died  unmarried.  6.  Peter, 
October  10,  1799,  died  Windham,  December 
18,  1873.  7.  Martha,  June  25,  1802.  married 
Joseph  Dingley.  8.  Asa,  July  10,  1804.  died 
February  4,  1812.  9.  Samuel,  June  6,  1805. 
10.   Elizabeth  K.,   April    19,    1807,  died    1863. 

II.  Asa,  August  25,  1810. 

(VII)  Samuel,  son  of  William  and  Ann 
(Leach)  Jordan,  was  born  at  Raymond, 
Maine,  July  6,  1805,  and  died  on  his  home 
farm  in  Deering,  Maine,  December  14,  1880. 
After  the  death  of  his  father,  when  Samuel 
was  about  fifteen  years  old,  he  went  to  West- 
brook,  now  the  Deering  district  of  Portland, 
and  for  the  next  two  years  was  in  the  employ 
of  Elisha  North,  a  merchant  of  that  town. 
After  that  he  was  a  student  at  Hebron  Acad- 
emy, where  he  pursued  a  thorough  course  of 
study  with  the  view  of  entering  the  United 
States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  New 
York,  with  the  ultimate  intention  of  entering 
the  army ;  but  in  deference  to  the  wishes  of 
his  mother  he  abandoned  that  idea  and  turned 
his  attention  to  mercantile  pursuits.  After 
leaving  the  academy  he  went  to  Woodford's 
Corners  and  became  agent  for  the  sale  of 
combs  manufactured  by  E.  D.  Woodford.  His 
agency  extended  throughout  the  New  England 
states,  the  Canadian  provinces  and  as  far  soutli 
as  Baltimore.  Maryland.  In  1832  he  acquired 
a  partnership  interest  in  the  business  con- 
ducted by  his  employer,  Mr.  Woodford,  and 
the  style  of  the  firm  became  Woodford  &  Jor- 
dan.    This   relation    was   maintained    for   the 


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next  six  years  and  during  that  period  the 
firm's  business  was  increased  by  the  addition 
of  a  tin  manufacturing-  department ;  and  when 
the  partnership  was  dissolved  Mr.  Jordan  con 
tinued  the  manufacture  of  tinware  in  company 
with  Gerry  Cook,  the  firm  name  being  Cook 
&  Jordan.  This  business  was  continued  with 
gratifying  success  for  about  three  years,  when 
the  junior  partner  withdrew  and  purchased  the 
farm  formerly  owned  by  Captain  Thomas  Seal, 
his  father-in-law,  situated  in  the  town  of  Deer- 
ing,  and  afterward  devoted  his  attention  chiefly 
to  farming  pursuits,  although  he  was  variously 
interested  in  other  business  enterprises  and 
somewhat  prominently  identified  with  the  po- 
litical history  of  the  county.  For  six  years 
he  was  president  of  the  Westbrook  Bank,  also 
a  director  of  the  Atlantic  and  St.  Lawrence 
Railroad  Company,  now  a  part  of  the  Grand 
Trunk  system.  From  1857  to  1861  he  was 
postmaster  of  Portland,  during  the  Buchanan 
administration,  for  Mr.  Jordan  was  a  staunch 
Democrat  and  a  warm  admirer  of  James  Bu- 
chanan. In  1848  and  1849  he  was  a  member 
of  the  lower  house  of  the  state  legislature. 
"Mr.  Jordan  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary 
character  and  force  and  had  he  been  educated 
with  a  view  to  a  public  career  would  have 
been  a  leader  among  men  anywhere.  In  mind 
and  body  he  was  sturdy  and  strong,  but  al- 
ways frank  and  self-possessed.  Tenacious  of 
his  own  views  and  convictions,  he  always  was 
manly  and  large-hearted  in  his  intercourse  with 
others — belonging  to  that  type  of  men  whose 
natures  are  so  virile  that  their  very  faults  are 
never  despicable.  His  opinions  were  always 
sincerely  sought  in  all  matters  of  public  con- 
cern and  were  never  for  a  moment  misunder- 
stood or  lightly  treated.  He  believed  in  the 
hearty  and  prompt  contribution  of  individual 
thought  to  the  current  of  public  discussion,  and 
so  filled  the  full  measure  of  a  citizen's  duty, 
and  died  in  the  fulness  of  years,  beloved  of 
family  and  friends ;  and  on  every  hand  will 
be  remembered  as  a  brave,  able  and  honest 
man,  and  a  splendid  type  of  the  old  New- 
England  stock  which  breathed  into  all  our 
institutions  the  breath  of  its  own  courage  and 
hopefulness."  (Portland  Daily  Ncivs,  Dec.  15, 
1880.)  On  November  7,  1832,  Samuel  Jor- 
dan married  Eunice  Quinby  Seal,  born  West- 
brook,  Februarv  4,  1808,  died  Alay  23,  1863, 
daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Seal,  and  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Sir  William  Pepperell  through 
the  Frost  family.  Of  this  marriage  seven  chil- 
dren were  born:  i.  Emily  F.,  July  i,  1837.  2. 
Horace  M.,  December  10,  1839.  3.  Jane  Eliza- 
beth,  July    17,    1841,   married,    1869,   Captain 


James  W.  Thompson,  an  ofiicer  of  a  Massa- 
chusetts regiment  during  the  war  of  1861-65, 
and  afterward  a  planter  in  the  Hawaiian 
islands.  Mrs.  Thompson  died  at  Redlands, 
California,  October  27,  igo8.  4.  Arthur  W., 
born  January  25,  1843,  -^  grain  broker  of  Bos- 
ton;  married,  in  1875,  Helen  A.  Warren,  of 
Deering,  Maine,  and  had  Henry  Irving  Jor- 
dan, civil  engineer  of  Portland.  5.  Henry  I., 
born  June  31,  1845,  died  1870,  at  Stillwater, 
Minnesota;  graduated  from  Bowdoin  College, 
1863 ;  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
New  York,  1867;  went  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
and  thence  to  Stillwater,  where  he  died ;  never 
married.  6.  Edward  C,  born  March  17,  1847, 
graduate  of  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York ;  was  engineer  in  charge  of  Yellowstone 
expedition,  and  Northern  Pacific  railway  ;  mar- 
ried, in  1873,  Elizabeth  Goddard  Thomas,  who 
died  in  1874:  married  (second)  Marcia  Brad- 
bury, an  authoress  of  note,  daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  Bion  Bradbury.  7.  Isabella  Frost,  born 
August  14,  1849,  married,  June  20,  1877,  Fred 
W.  Sewall,  born  August  10,  1850;  lives  at 
Wiscasset,  3.1aine,  and  is  a  bank  cashier ;  has 
one  son,  Samuel  Jordan  Sewall,  superintend- 
ent of  the  Wiscasset  &  Waterville  railroad. 

(VIII)  Horace  Malcolm,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Eunice  Quinby  (Seal)  Jordan,  was  born  in 
Deering,  now  Portland,  Maine,  December  10, 
1839,  and  acquired  his  earlier  literary  educa- 
tion in  private  schools,  Yarmouth  Academy 
and  Westbrook  Seminary,  in  which  he  was 
fitted  for  college.  In  1854  he  entered  Bow- 
doin College,  for  the  classical  course,  and 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  .\fter 
leaving  college  he  traveled  somewhat  exten- 
sively for  his  health,  and  later  took  up  the 
study  of  law  with  jMr.  Justice  Clifford,  at 
Portland.  In  1861  he  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  the  courts  of  this  state  and  became  a 
member  of  the  Cumberland  bar.  In  1863  he 
went  to  New  Orleans  and  was  appointed  aide- 
de-camp  on  the  stafT  of  General  George  F. 
Shepley,  then  military  governor  of  Louisiana. 
He  remained  in  the  south  at  the  close  of  the 
civil  war,  chiefly  at  New  Orleans,  where  he 
w'as  admitted  to  the  bar  and  for  a  short  time 
practiced  law  in  association  with  the  law  firm 
of  Rouse  &  Grant.  While  there  he  drifted 
into  newspaper  work,  and  for  some  time  pre- 
vious to  1870  and  was  associate  editor  of  the 
Nezv  Orleans  Republican.  Returning  to  Maine 
in  1870,  Mr.  Jordan  for  the  next  two  years 
was  editor  of  the  Maine  Standard,  at  Augusta, 
and  in  1872  became  editor  of  the  Portland 
Sunday  Star.  In  1873  he  went  into  a  new 
field  and  for  the  next  five  years  filled  responsi- 


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ble  positions  011  the  editorial  staffs  of  the  Nciv 
]'oi-k  Times  and  the  Brooklyn  lla;^lc.  Return- 
ing to  Boston  in  1878,  he  took  editorial  charge 
of  the  afternoon  editions  of  the  Boston  Globe. 
Later  on  he  became  connected  with  the  Bos- 
ton Traveller  antl  was  its  associate  editor  from 
1880  to  1887.  While  living  in  Boston  Mr. 
Jordan  was  for  two  years  secretary  of  the 
Massachusetts  rapid  transit  commission,  but 
otherwise  devoted  his  attention  chiefly  to 
newspaper  work  until  he  returned  to  New 
York  City  and  again  became  assistant  editor 
of  the  New  York  Times.  In  1897  '^^  received 
the  appointment  of  assistant  librarian  in  the 
Library  of  Congress,  Washington,  D.  C,  which 
position  he  still  retains.  He  holds  member- 
ship in  the  L"niversity  and  National  Press 
clubs  of  Washington,  is  quite  inclined  to  be 
independent  in  politics  and  Unitarian  in  relig- 
ious preference.  In  1891  he  married  \'irginia, 
daughter  of  George  C.  Frisbic,  Esq.,  of  Or- 
well, Pennsylvania.  She  died  December  31. 
1906,  leaving  no  children. 


(Kor   preceding   generations    see   Robert    Jordan    I.) 

(Ill)  Captain  Samuel,  second 
JORDAN     son  of  Dominicus  and  Hannah 

(  Tri.stram)  Jordan,  was  born  at 
Spurwink  in  1G84.  At  the  age  of  eighteen 
years  he  was  carried  a  captive  to  Canada,  and 
after  living  six  years  with  the  Indians  spent 
one  year  with  the  French  at  "Three  Rivers." 
With  two  other  prisoners  he  managed  to  es- 
cape, assisted  by  an  Indian  woman  named 
Mary,  and  she  guided  them  through  the  woods 
to  Casco  Bay.  Settling  at  Winter  Harbor,  he 
engaged  in  trade,  carrying  on  for  many  years 
the  only  store  in  that  place,  and  as  he  had 
obtained  a  good  knowledge  of  the  Indian 
language  while  in  captivity,  he  was  able  to 
render  valuable  services  to  the  government  as 
an  interpreter.  Subsequently  to  1717  he  acted 
as  the  authorized  agent  for  the  government 
in  its  transactions  with  the  Indians,  and  he 
was  also  captain  of  the  local  militia  company. 
He  was  a  man  of  unusual  energy  and  perse- 
verance, was  very  prominent  in  civic  and  re- 
ligious affairs,  and  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  In  1727  he  erected  a  sub- 
stantial residence  near  Biddeford  pool,  which 
was  still  in  a  good  state  of  preservation  in 
1872.  Captain  Jordan  died  December  20, 
1742.  He  was  married  at  York  in  17 18  to 
Olive  Plaisted,  daughter  of  James  and  Marv 
{ Rishworth)  Plaisted,  of  Brunswick,  Maine. 
In  1744  she  married  for  her  second  husband 
Rev.  James  Smith.  Her  death  occurred  in 
1763.     The  children  of  her  first  union  were: 


Olive  (who  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  Ivory 
Hovey)  ;  Sarah  (who  became  the  wife  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Hill)  ;  Hannah  (who  became  the  wife 
of  Rev.  Moses  Morrill);  Samuel  (who  mar- 
ried Mercy  liourn)  ;  Tristram,  who  will  be 
again  referred  tn;  and  Mary  (who  became  the 
wife  of  Philip  tioldihwaite,  of  Boston). 

(IV)  Colonel  Tristram,  youngest  son  of 
Captain  Samuel  and  Olive  (Plaisted)  Jordan, 
was  born  at  Winter  Harbor,  May  13,  1731. 
He  became  one  of  the  first  merchants  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Saco  river,  at  the  falls,  and 
resided  in  what  was  known  as  the  Pepperell 
House.  At  the  age  of  twenty-three,  in  1754, 
he  was  chosen  a  selectman  and  at  about  the 
same  time  was  commissioned  a  captain  in  the 
militia.  In  1787  he  was  chosen  a  senator  from 
A'ork  county  to  the  Massachusetts  general 
court.  At  the  close  of  the  revolutionary  war 
he  removed  from  the  falls  to  his  estate  at 
Deep  Brook,  where  he  died  November  i,  1821, 
aged  ninety  years.  In  addition  to  the  offices 
mentioned,  he  served  as  a  magistrate  for 
many  years,  and  in  1776  was  commissioned  a 
colonel  by  the  council  of  Massachusetts.  In 
1749  he  married  (first)  in  Berwick,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Ichabod  Goodwin,  born  July  24, 
1730,  died  July  10,  1775.  The  Christian  name 
of  his  second  wife  was  Dorcas;  their  marriage 
occurred  at  Falmouth  in  1778  and  she  died 
December  19,  1781.  On  May  21,  1784,  he 
married  (third)  Hannah  Frost,  of  Berwick, 
who  died  September  26,  1789.  His  twelve 
children  were:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  March  2, 
1 75 1,  married  William  Vaughn,  of  Ports- 
mouth; died  April  5,  181 1.  2.  Hannah,  born 
December  3,  1753,  died  January  7,  1757.  3. 
Sarah,  born  January  19,  1756,  married  Colo- 
nel Nathaniel  Scammon,  son  of  Captain  Hum- 
phrey Scammon,  of  Saco,  and  had  eleven 
children.  4.  Hannah,  born  April  5,  1758,  mar- 
ried, first.  Captain  Solomon  Coit,  of  Saco; 
married,  second.  Captain  James  Perkins,  of 
Kennebunkport ;  died  1839.  5-  Olive,  born 
June  24,  1760,  married  Captain  Seth  Storer ; 
died  August  4,  1842.  6.  Tristram,  born  Au- 
gust I,  1768,  married  Sarah  Scammon.  7. 
Ichabod,  born  September  24,  1770,  married 
Mary  Coffin  ;  died  May  20,  1865,  aged  ninety- 
five.  8.  Mary,  born  August  24,  1772.  married 
Daniel  Granger,  who  served  in  the  revolution- 
ary war :  died  at  Eastport  in  1847.  9-  ^I^" 
hitable,  born  July  2,  1775,  died  October  23, 
1779.  10.  Dorcas,  born  in  March,  1785,  mar- 
ried Edward  Tucker,  of  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts; died  March  18,  1874.  11.  Samuel,  born 
July  5,  1786,  died  in  Alexandria,  Virginia. 
12.  Rishworth,  see  next  paragraph. 


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(V)  Rishworth,  youngest  son  of  Colonel 
Tristram  and  Hannah  (Frost)  Jordan,  born 
October  17,  1788,  died  at  Saco  in  1868.  In 
1813  he  married  Mary  Sawyer,  born  at  Saco, 
November  14,  1790,  daughter  of  William  Saw- 
yer. She  died  July  3,  1870.  Their  children 
were:  i.  Dorcas  Olive,  born  September  29. 
1813,  became  the  wife  of  Gilbert  Sawyer,  of 
Saco,  who  was  lost  at  sea  November  14,  1837. 
2.  Sally,  born  December  13,  1814,  died  Febru- 
ary 6,  1823.  3.  Mary,  born  July  28,  1817, 
became  the  wife  of  James  Fo,a;g,  of  Saco.  4. 
Rishworth,  who  is  referred  to  in  the  succeed- 
ing paragraph.  5.  Henry,  born  December  21, 
1820,  married  Mary  A.  Warren,  daughter  of 
William  Warren,  of  Gorham.  6.  William, 
born  January  2,  1823,  married  Phebe  C.  Lord, 
daughter  of- James  Lord,  of  Saco,  and  went  to 
Iowa.  7.  Sarah  Jane,  born  January  2-],  1827, 
married  Captain  Robert  Cleaves,  of  Saco ;  died 
March  20,  1857.  8.  Charles,  born  October  17, 
1828,  married  Mary  C.  Cole,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin F.  Cole,  of  Saco,  and  became  a  medical 
practitioner  in  Wakefield,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Rishworth  (2).  eldest  son  of  Rish- 
worth (i)  and  ]\Iary  (Sawyer)  Jordan,  was 
born  in  Saco,  January  18,  1819.  As  a  young- 
man  he  was  desirous  of  following  the  sea, 
but  changing  his  mind  he  entered,  as  a  clerk, 
the  grocery  store  of  Tristram  Jordan,  of 
Saco.  He  subsequently  purchased  the  busi- 
ness, which  he  carried  on  successfully  for 
over  thirty  years.  After  his  retirement  from 
mercantile  business  he  turned  his  attention  to 
real  estate,  in  which  he  was  associated  with 
Luther  Bryant,  of  Biddeford,  and  was  also 
a  prominent  figure  in  the  financial  affairs  of 
Saco,  being  president  of  the  Saco  National 
Bank.  At  one  time  he  was  president  of  the 
Biddeford  National  Bank,  which  through  his 
timely  aid  was  prevented  from  suspending 
business.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and 
resigned  the  office  of  mayor  after  being  elected. 
Rishworth  Jordan  died  March  20,  1903.  He 
was  married,  April  3,  185 1,  to  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Hill,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hill,  of  Saco. 
She  became  the  mother  of  five  children :  i . 
Herbert,  born  November  6,  1851,  died  Au- 
gust 29,  1853.  2.  Helen  A.,  born  December 
21,  1853,  married,  March  30,  1880,  George 
Leonard  Mason,  who  will  be  again  referred 
to.  3.  Herbert  R.,  who  will  be  again  referred 
to.  4.  Mary  E.,  born  April  30,  1864,  died 
August  29,  1865.  5.  Alfred,  born  January 
23,  1867,  died  January  24,  1868. 

(VII)  Herbert  Rishworth,  second  son  and 
third  child  of  Rishworth  (2)  and  Mary 
Elizabeth    (Hill)    Jordan,   was  born  in   Saco. 


June  28,  1857.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  began  his  business  career  in 
the  grocery  trade  at  Saco.  He  was  after- 
wards, for  a  number  of  years,  engaged  in 
the  clothing  business  in  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island.  Returning  to  Saco,  he  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  the  real 
estate  business,  and  since  the  latter's  death 
has  acted  in  the  capacity  of  manager  of  the 
Jordan  estate.  He  succeeded  his  father  as 
president  of  the  Saco  National  Bank  and  is 
still  the  official  head  of  that  institution.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

On  October  20,  1879,  Mr.  Jordan  married 
(first)  Caroline  Hooper,  daughter  of  Gibson 
Hooper,  of  Saco.  They  have  two  children : 
Rishworth  Pierpont,  born  April  13,  1887,  and 
Elizabeth  Hill,  born  January  2,  1890.  He 
married  (second)  Annie  E.  Leavitt,  February 
II,  1900,  daughter  of  Francis  W.  and  Sarah  O. 
Leavitt. 

George  Leonard  Mason,  born  November  26, 
1852,  in  Saco,  Maine,  died  March  12,  1895, 
in  New  York  City,  was  a  great-grandson  of 
Joseph  and  Hannah  (Miller)  Mason,  who 
were  married  July  16,  1778.  Joseph  Mason, 
grandfather  of  George  L.  Mason,  born  Jan- 
uary II,  1782,  died  1858,  married  Sally  Scott, 
born  February  13,  1779,  died  March  13,  1848, 
daughter  of  Sylvanius  and  Sarah  (Andrews) 
Scott,  married  October  i,  1757;  Sylvanius 
Scott  was  born  1732,  died  August  5,  1784; 
his  wife,  Sarah  (Andrews)  Scott,  born  1739, 
died  October  10,  1781.  Dr.  Jeremiah  Mason, 
father  of  George  L.  Mason,  born  May  11, 
1814,  died  September  16,  1892.  He  was  a 
prominent  dentist  and  practiced  his  profession 
many  years  at  Saco,  Maine.  He  was  vice- 
president  of  Saco  Savings  Bank  for  several 
years.  He  married,  November  17,  1841,  Eliza 
Barron  Sawyer,  born  January  26,  1819,  died 
March  2,  1901,  a  woman  of  high  attainments, 
who  was  active  in  church  and  benevolent 
work.  She  was  a  daughter  of  William,  born 
June  27,  1779,  died  September  28,  1853,  ^"^ 
Betsey  (Knight)  Sawyer,  born  1775,  died  De- 
cember 18,  1863  ;  they  were  married  August 
10,  1806.  William  Sawyer  was  a  son  of  Ja- 
bez,  born  1744,  died  April  17,  1816,  and  Mary 
(Pennell)  Sawyer,  born  1744,  died  j\Iarch  14, 
1814;  they  were  married  March  8,  1765.  Bet- 
sey (Knight)  Sawyer  was  a  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel, born  January  22,  1756,  and  Hannah 
(Whitten)  Knight.  George  Leonard  Mason 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Saco  and  Bid- 
deford, graduated  from  Biddeford  high  school, 
class  of  1870,  and  from  Harvard  Dental 
School,  class  of  1874.     He  resided  and  prac- 


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ticcd  (Icntistiy  in  Brooklyn,  Xcw  York,  1874- 
18S0,  and  resided  and  practiced  dentistry  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  1880-1895.  His  wile, 
Helen  A.  (Jordan)  Mason,  was  educated  ai 
the  Saco  high  school,  Berwick  Academy  ;.nd 
Abbott  Academy,  of  Audover.  She  is  a  bril- 
liant woman,  of  high  attainments,  and  acii ve- 
in church  and  charitable  work. 


(For  preceding  generations   see   Kobert   Jordan    I.) 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  youngest  son 
JORDAN     of     Dominicus     and      Hannah 

(Tristram)  Jordan,  was  born 
1696,  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  died  1783. 
But  little  can  be  definitely  learned  of  his  ca- 
reer by  his  descendants.  In  1703,  with  his 
mother  and  the  remainder  of  the  children  of 
the  liousehL.ld,  he  was  made  pri.soncr  by  the 
Indians,  but  later  redeemed  from  captivity,  ow- 
ing to  the  treaty  of  1713.  They  returned  and 
improved    their    share   of   the   old    homestead 

estate.      Married    (first)    Dorothy   — ,   in 

1717.  Married  (second)  in  1741,  Mary  Cut- 
levier,  who  survived  him,  and  attained  the 
age  of  ninety-one  years,  as  indicated  by  the 
slate  tombstone  in  the  cemetery  at  Cape  llliza- 
beth.  The  children  of  Nathaniel  Jordan  were 
as  follows :  Ebenezer,  Sarah,  Nathaniel, 
Joshua,  Benjamin,  Ebenezer  and  Solomon. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Nathan- 
iel (i)  Jordan,  by  his  wife  Dorothy,  was 
born  1733  or  thereabouts.  He  married,  in 
1756,  Susannah  Hill,  by  whom  the  following 
children  were  born  at  Scarborough,  Maine : 
Abner,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  Eliza 
Sarah,  John  H.,  Mary,  Martha,  Abigail,  Han- 
nah, Sally.  The  youngest  child  was  born  No- 
vember 10,  1774. 

(V)  Abner,  eldest  child  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
and  Susannah  (Hill)  Jordan,  was  born  1760, 
at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  died  at  Lisbon, 
Maine,  September  26,  1819.  He  served  in 
the  revolutionary  army,  though  young  at  the 
time  of  that  struL;gle  for  independence.  In 
the  spring  of  1790,  with  his  wife  and  children, 
he  moved  from  Cape  Elizabeth  to  what  is  now 
known  as  Webster,  Maine.  There  he  lodged 
in  a  log  cabin,  built  two  years  prior  by  his 
brother.  He  married.  May  21,  1786,  Hannah 
Wentworth,  born  1768.  died  August  31,  1849, 
at  Lisbon,  Maine.  Their  children  were: 
Nathan  B.,  John  Wentworth,  Hannah,  Abner, 
Nathaniel,  Timothy,  Sarah  Bartlett,  Benniiig 
Wentworth  and  Lydia.  The  youngest  child 
was  born  in  1813. 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (3),  fifth  child  of  Abner 
and  Hannah  (Wentworth)  Jordan,  was  born 
January  31,  1799,  on  the  old  plantation  home- 


stead. He  died  September  11,  1856.  In  18.;',, 
at  Danville,  he  married  Anna,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Jordan  (a  relative  far  removed),  by 
whom  was  born  the  following  children  :  Sarah, 
Hannah,  Silas  Curtis,  Mary  P.,  Ebenezer,  Ly- 
dia H.,  Wcntwonh,  Abner,  Horatio  Garcelcn 
and  Abbie  C. 

(VTI)  Wentworth,  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
and  Anna  (Jordan)  Jordan,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 17,  1837,  at  Lisbon,  Maine,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  the  common  schools  of  Webster.  At 
the  age  of  twenty  years  he  commenced  to 
learn  the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  con- 
tinued to  follow  until  he  mastered  it  at  Port- 
land. In  1861  he  went  to  California,  where 
he  worked  at  mining  and  the  forge  and  anvil 
for  four  years.  He  then  returned  to  Lisbon 
and  continued  to  work  at  his  trade  until  1874, 
when  he  opened  the  "Lisbon  House,"  a  hotel 
which  for  thirty-three  years  was  well  and  most 
favorably  known  for  its  right  good  cheer  and 
the  homelike  hosi)itality  extended.  Pie  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Knights,  by  whom  was  born 
two  children,  Jo.seph,  who  died  aged  six- 
teen years,  born  at  Iowa  Hill,  California,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1864:  Forrest  Elmer,  born  October 
17,   1866,  at  Lisbon,  Maine. 

(VIII)  Forrest  Elmer,  youngest  child  of 
Wentworth  and  Elizabeth  (Knights)  Jordan, 
born  at  Lisbon,  Maine,  October  17,  1866,  ob- 
tained his  education  at  the  schools  of  New 
Sharon  and  later  attended  the  high  school  of 
Lisbon.  After  leaving  school  he  worked  at 
painting  and  paperhanging  for  a  time,  but  later 
took  up  carpentering  and  followed  that  for 
three  years,  after  which  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  E.  H.  Lunt  as  a  clerk  in  a  general 
merchandise  store,  where  he  remained  about 
one  year.  He  then  went  to  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  secured  a  position  with  the 
American  Express  Company,  with  whom  he 
remained  two  years.  He  then  became  '"buyer 
under  chief  warden.  General  Bridges,  of  ili 
Massachusetts  .State  Prison,  at  Charlestown, 
where  he  remained  about  three  years.  .At  the 
time  of  the  riot  among  the  prisoners  of  that 
institution,  had  it  not  been  for  the  tact  used  by 
the  warden,  many  of  the  prisoners  would  have 
escaped,  and  the  death  of  many  of  the  keepers 
would  doubtless  have  ensued.  Mr.  Jordan  was 
in  the  room  at  the  hour  of  the  outbreak,  but 
escaped  uninjured.  After  severing  his  connec- 
tion with  the  prison,  he  was  employed  in  the 
Wyman  Brothers'  produce  market,  in  Boston, 
then  entered  the  wholesale  produce  business. 
Later  he  sold  the  last-named  business  and  re- 
turned to  Lisbon,  Maine,  and  in  July,  1905, 
purchased   the   grocery   business    of    W.    W. 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Smitli,  which  lie  has  successfully  conducted 
since.  Mr.  Jordan  is  identified  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle,  Modern 
VVoodmen  of  America.  In  his  political  affilia- 
tions he  is  a  Republican,  while  in  church  con- 
nection he  is  an  attendant  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  denomination.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1891,  Annie  L.,  daughter  of  Roscoe 
G.  and  Christine  (Whitney)  Green,  of  Lis- 
bon, Maine.  They  have  three  children  :  Louise 
Beatrice,  Marion  Thelma  and  Kenneth  N. 


The   Jordans   of  the    following 
JORDAN     sketch    are    thought    to    be    de- 
scended     from      that     pioneer 
clergyman,  Rev.  Robert  Jordan,  who,  in  1641, 
was    established    at    Richmond's    Island,    now 
Portland. 

(I)  Joseph  Jordan  resided  in  Oldtown, 
Maine.  In  1849  he  joined  the  great  army  of 
gold  seekers  and  went  to  California.  After 
reaching  that  very  remote  territory  he  wrote 
that  he  had  struck  a  paying  claim,  and  as  an 
evidence  of  his  success  he  remitted  to  his 
family  $1,800  in  gold.  This  was  the  last  ever 
heard  of  him,  and  what  his  fate  was  has  never 
been  discovered.  He  married  and  had  chil- 
dren :  I-'rank.  a  sailor,  who  was  drowned  at 
sea;  Annie  E.,  married  E.  E.  Hues,  of  Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts;  George  I. 

(II)  George  Ivory,  youngest  child  of  Jo- 
seph Jordan,  was  born  in  Oldtown,  May  16, 
1836.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools, 
and  at  an  early  age  learned  the  shoemaker's 
trade.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  response  to  the 
call  of  the  president  for  volunteers  to  serve 
nine  months,  and  was  a  private  in  Captain 
Libby's  company,  Twelfth  New  Hampsi:ire 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  in  the  Arm\' 
of  the  Potomac.  He  was  for  some  time  a 
mariner  sailing  with  Captain  Ivory  Grant. 
Afterward  he  was  employed  in  a  woolen  mill, 
and  finally  went  into  the  manufacture  of  pick- 
ers for  use  in  woolen  mills,  and  was  engaged 
in  that  business  until  the  end  of  his  active 
life.  In  political  faith  he  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  selectman,  street  commissioner,  and 
filled  other  minor  offices.  He  married,  in 
Rochester,  New  Hampshire,  January  26,  1862, 
Elizabeth  A.  Downes,  born  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  December  27,  1840,  died  October 
13,  1904.  The  children  of  this  marriage  were  : 
Clara  E.,  Hattie  J.,  Lillie  M.,  Fred  (died 
young),   Frank  H.,   Fred   G.  and   George   E. 

(III)  Dr.  Frank  Herbert,  second  son  of 
George  Ivory  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Downes)  Jor- 
dan,  was  born   in    Milton,   Strafford    county, 


New  Hampshire,  September  13,  1868.  From 
the  common  schools  he  went  to  the  New 
Hampton  Literary  and  Biblical  Institute,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1896.  He  then  began 
the  study  of  medicine,  and  graduated  from 
the  Maine  Medical  College  with  the  class  of 
1899.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Fryeburg,  Maine,  soon  after  graduation, 
and  remained  there  until  November  15,  1904, 
when  he  removed  to  South  Portland,  Maine, 
where  he  has  since  resided,  and  where  he  now 
has  a  successful  practice.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Maine  Medical  Association,  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association,  and  the  Portland 
Medical  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist church  at  Milton,  New  Hampshire.  Dr. 
Jordan  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  held 
several  political  offices.  He  was  superintend- 
ent of  schools  and  treasurer  of  the  fire  dis- 
trict in  Fryeburg,  and  entered  upon  a  term  as 
city  physician  of  South  Portland  the  past  year 
(1908).  His  interest  in  secret  fraternal  so- 
cieties is  pronounced,  and  he  is  a  brother  in 
various  organizations.  He  is  a  member  of 
Pythagorean  Lodge,  No.  11,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Fryeburg;  Oriental  Royal 
Arch  Chapter,  No.  30 ;  Oriental  Command- 
ery,  No.  30,  Knights  Templar ;  and  Kora  Tem- 
ple, Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Lewiston.  Also  Strafford  Lodge, 
No.  2,  Ancient  Order  United  Workmen,  Mil- 
ton, New  Hampshire,  and  John  H.  Varney 
Camp  No.  3,  Sons  of  Veterans.  He  became 
a  member  of  Madockawando  Tribe,  No.  21, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  of  Milton,  New 
Hampshire.  After  moving  to  Fryeburg  he 
organized  Sabattis  Tribe,  No.  47,  and  after 
passing  through  the  chairs  was  elected  to  an 
office  in  the  Great  Council  of  Maine  ;  afterward 
was  elected  great  sachem  of  the  Reservation  of 
Maine,  serving  in  1905-06,  and  for  four  years 
])ast  has  been  representative  to  the  Great 
Council  of  the  United  States. 

Dr.  Jordan  married  (first)  in  Farmington, 
New  Hampshire,  June  2,  1886,  Sadie  S. 
Pinkham.  who  died  October  5,  1903,  daughter 
of  William  H.  H.  and  Sarah  (Pinkham) 
Pinkham,  of  Milton,  New  Hampshire.  He 
married  (second)  June  27,  1907,  Grace  E. 
Wilson,  of  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  who 
was  born  January  20,  1877,  daughter  of 
Thurston  and  Amelia  Josephine  (Packard) 
Wilson,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  Jan- 
uary 25,  1837,  and  died  January  i,  1885;  the 
latter  was  born  September  14,  1847.  Their 
children  were:  Mary  Sherman;  Henry  P., 
married  Carrie  S.  Hardy;  and  Grace  E.  Dr. 
Jordan  has  no  children. 


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The  name  <>{  Williams  is  of 
Wll  T.IAMS     ancient    Welsh    origin,    and 

has  became  one  of  the  most 
prolific  names  in  Great  Britain  and  America. 
In  Wales  it  was  formerly  Ap  Williams,  and 
it  is  worthy  of  note  that  Morgan  ap  Williams, 
of  Glamorganshire,  gentleman,  married  a  sis- 
ter of  Lord  Thomas  Cromwell,  afterward  Earl 
of  Essex,  who  was  an  ancestor  of  the  famous 
Puritan  reformer,  Oliver  Cromwell. 

(I)  Thomas  Williams,  the  fir^t  American 
ancestor  of  this  line,  came  from  England,  h'cb- 
niary  18,  1717,  "when  gooseberries  were  in 
blow,"  and  reached  Boston,  April  17,  1717, 
"when  the  snow  was  very  deep."  He  prob- 
ably (lied  at  Bath,  Maine,  but  the  e.xact  date  is 
not  known.  He  was  employed  in  teaching 
Latin  in  Boston,  and  subsequently  removed  to 
Maine.  Thomas  Williams  lived  at  Winne- 
gance  in  1729.  and  remaining  there  became  the 
first  permanent  settler  of  ]^)ath.  It  is  said  that 
he  was  a  physician,  and  that  he  often  ex- 
pressed regrets  at  having  left  England.  The 
name  of  the  wife  of  Thomas  \Villiams  cannot 
be  ascertained,  but  there  were  at  least  three 
sons,  and  one  daughter,  who  married  James 
Hunter,  of  Topsham.  Thomas,  one  of  the 
sons,  married  Margaret  Drununond  in  1746, 
and  was  lieutenant  of  the  Georgetown  militia 
in  1746.  George,  another  son,  signed  a  peti- 
tion for  a  new  parish  in  Georgetown  in  1753, 
which  parish  afterwards  became  the  town  of 
Bath.  The  sketch  of  Samuel  is  found  in  the 
succeeding  paragraph. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Williams,  was 
born  about  1730,  probably  in  what  is  now 
Bath,  Maine,  and  died  in  that  neighborhood 
about  1800.  In  1761  he  bought  parts  of  lots 
on  Sebascodigan  or  Great  Island,  Harpswell ; 
and  he  was  living  at  "Duck  Cove"  in  1799.  On 
September  14,  1744,  he  married  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  Anthony  and  Mercy  (Hodgkius) 
Coombs,  of  Brunswick.  Anthony  Coombs  was 
originally  from  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  and 
migrated  to  Falmouth,  and  thence  to  New 
Meadows,  Brunswick,  in  1739.  Mrs.  Mercy 
(Coombs)  Williams  died  in  Thomaston, 
Maine,  in  September,  1824,  aged  ninety-four 
years.  Samuel  and  Mercy  (Coombs)  Wil- 
liams had  five  sons:  Samuel  (2),  who  lived 
on  the  Island;  Benjamin,  Daniel  and  Peter, 
who  all  moved  to  Thomaston,  and  George, 
whose  sketch  follows.  The  name  of  Samuel 
Williams  occurs  twice  on  the  revolutionary 
rolls,  and  it  is  thought  that  both  father  and  son 
were  in  the  service.  Samuel  Williains  en- 
listed June  10,  1775,  and  served  two  months 
and  four  days  as  a  private  in  Captain  James 


Curtis's  company.  He  re-enlisted  August  9, 
1775,  and  served  five  months  and  five  days.  A 
Sanniel  Williams  of  Ilarpswelf  was  sergeant  in 
Captain  Nathaniel  Larrabee's  company,  enlist- 
ing' Ji''y  9'  '775»  '""1  serving  si.x  montlis  and 
seven'  days.  It  is  thought  that  these  were 
father  and  .son. 

(III)  George,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mercy 
(Coombs)  Williams,  was  born  at  Harpswell, 
Maine,  August  3,  1777,  and  died  at  Durham, 
November  I,  1853.  He  was  a  carpenter  and 
farmer,  and  lived  most  of  his  life  in  Durham, 
though  there  was  a  period  of  about  twenty 
years,  ending  in  1825,  when  he  made  his  home 
in  Lewiston.  About  1800  he  married  Mabel, 
daughter  of  Noah  and  ^ label  (Wade)  Litch- 
field, of  South  Lewiston.  She  was  born  in 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  February  29,  1780, 
and  died  at  Durham,  November  i,  1S53.  Her 
father,  Noah  Litchfield,  was  born  in  Scituate, 
January  24,  1753,  and  on  July  9,  1778,  married 
Mabel  Wade,  of  Scituate,  who  was  born  June 
9,  1758.  Noah  Litchfield  was  the  first  town 
clerk  of  Lewiston,  and  died  November  17, 
1827;  his  wife  died  July  12,  1838.  Children  of 
George  and  Mabel  (Litchfield)  Williams:  i. 
Charles,  .August  17,  1801,  married  Eleanor 
Randall.  2.  Samuel,  December  18,  1802,  mar- 
ried Eliza  F.  Thomas.  3.  Mary  Louisa,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1804.  4.  Barnard,  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows. 5.  Lucinda,  November  26,  1808,  died 
March  13,  1810.  6.  Aurelia  C,  August  15, 
1810,  married  James  Jack.  7.  Lucinda,  Alarch 
30,  1812,  married  Joseph  Webster.  8.  Sum- 
ner George,  December  20,  1813,  married  Ann 
Wood.  9.  Elvira,  November  13,  181 5,  married 
Jesse  Snow.  10.  Mabel  Jane,  November  24, 
1817,  married  Nelson  .Strout.  11.  Otis,  Octo- 
ber I,  1819.  12.  Minerva.  July  14,  1822,  mar- 
ried Jeremiah  Dingley  (2).  13.  \'esta  Ann, 
November  5,  1824,  married  Harrison  Strout. 

(IV)  Barnard,  third  son  of  George  and 
Mabel  (Litchfield)  ^^'illiams,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1807,  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  died 
at  Durham.  When  a  youth  he  returned  with 
his  parents  to  the  old  home  at  Durham,  and 
there  he  spent  his  long  and  useful  life.  He 
was  a  man  of  irreproachable  character,  and  a 
good  citizen.  About  1840  he  married  Eliza- 
beth Augusta,  daughter  of  Jacob  (2)  and  Abi- 
gail (Scott)  Herrick,  and  granddaughter  of 
Rev.  Jacob  Herrick.  of  Durham.  She  was 
born  February  9,  181 5,  and  died  June  21, 
1864.  Children:  i.  George  Jacob,  born  No- 
vember II,  1842,  was  nine  years  a  sailor,  but 
died  on  land,  being  killed  December  17,  1870, 
by  being  thrown  from  a  carriage  by  a  fright- 
ened   horse.      2.    Oscar    Scott,   July   2,    1844, 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1870,  was 
superintendent  of  schools  in  Dedham,  Massa- 
chusetts, at  the  time  of  his  death,  October  11, 
1893;  married,  in  1871,  Sylvia  T.  M.  Brooks, 
daughter  of  Ham  Brooks,  of  Lewiston ;  left 
several  children.  3.  Charles  Edward,  whose 
sketch  follows.  4.  Josiah  Herrick,  August  4, 
1849,  graduated  from  the  Farmington  Normal 
School,  and  while  managing  the  homestead 
has  successfully  taught  schools,  and  is  now  su- 
perintendent of  the  schools  at  Durham ;  mar- 
ried, December  7,  1872,  Edith  T.  Norton,  of 
Matinicus,  Maine:  child,  Ralph.  5.  Elizabeth 
Augusta,  December  i,  1855,  died  April  18, 
1856.  6.  Fred  McClellan,  January  16,  1857, 
married  Ida  F.  Scamman,  of  Saco,  and  died  at 
Lynn,  Massachusetts,  November  19,  1897, 
leaving  no  children. 

(V)  Charles  Edward,  third  son  of  Barnard 
and  Elizabeth  A.  (Herrick)  Williams,  was 
graduated  from  the  Farmington  Normal 
school  and  taught  several  years.  He  studied 
medicine  at  Bowdoin  College,  and  two  years  in 
a  New  York  hospital,  and  has  practiced  at  Au- 
burn, Maine,  for  some  years.  On  Alarch  3, 
1872,  he  married  Emma  J.  Harlow,  of  Liver- 
more  Falls.  They  have  two  children,  Ethel 
Elizabeth,  married  to  Dr.  Archer  Jordan,  of 
Auburn,  October  16,  1902  (see  Jordan,  VIII)  ; 
Edward. 


Colonel  William.  Beale,  progenitor, 
BEAL     first    appears   at    York,    Maine,   as 

early  as  1653.  He  was  from  Lon- 
don, a  partner  in  the  firm  of  John  Beex  & 
Company.  To  this  company  Richard  Leader 
sold  his  saw  mills  at  Piscataqua,  CJctober  5, 
1653,  a  quarter  to  John  Beex,  of  London,  Eng- 
land, merchant ;  a  quarter  to  Richardson,  Lon- 
don, ironmonger;  and  a  quarter  (an  eighth 
each)  to  Colonel  William  Beale  and  Captain 
Thomas  Alderne.  The  other  quarter  he  sold 
to  Beex,  Hutchinson  and  Alderne,  February 
14,  1655.  (See  York  Deeds,  folio  73-40.) 
Beale  seems  to  have  lived  at  York  for  a  time, 
though  we  know  little  or  nothing  more  about 
him.  He  was  succeeded  evidently  by  his  son 
Arthur,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Arthur  Eieal,  son  of  Colonel  William 
Beale,  was  born  in  London  about  1620  and 
came  to  York,  Maine,  1655.  .^t  an  early  date 
an  entrance  to  York  river  was  known  as  Beal's 
Neck.  Arthur  Beal  bought  a  tract  of  land  on 
York  river  near  the  harbor,  by  deed,  dated 
November  9,  1674,  near  his  other  property. 
He  was  a  fisherman  by  trade  and  owned  a  fish- 
ing shallop  of  six  or  seven  tons  burden,  June 
4,  1667,  when  he,  Richard  White  and  Manner- 


ing  (or  ]\Iainwaring)  Hilton,  all  of  York, 
mortgaged  their  real  estate  and  personal  prop- 
erty to  Francis  Johnson,  of  Boston,  for  the 
sum  of  ninety-nine  pounds,  which  was  to  be 
paid  in  fish,  oil,  mackerel  or  staves  (barrel 
staves).  He  signed  with  a  mark  that  was  very 
like  a  capital  "D."  His  son  Arthur  used  for 
his  mark  the  capital  letters  "A"  and  "B''  joined 
in  a  monograph,  and  through  this  difference  in 
the  signatures  we  are  able  to  distinguish  the 
records  of  the  two  men.  A  bond  dated  No- 
vember 10,  1674,  from  Arthur  Beale  "Sr." 
indicates  that  the  son  was  then  of  age.  This 
bond  was  for  fifty  pounds  for  the  purchase  of 
a  tract  of  land,  to  be  paid  for  ten  pounds  in 
each  year  from  1675  to  1679.  The  Johnson 
mortgage  was  discharged  December  26,  1682. 
Children:  i.  Arthur,  mentioned  below.  2. 
William,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Arthur  (2),  son  of  Arthur  Beal.  was 
born  about  1650  probably  at  York,  Maine.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  prominent  man  at  York 
and  owned  much  property  about  the  mouth  of 

the   York   river.     He   married   Anne , 

who  was  probably  a  Hilton.  William  Hilton 
calls  Beal  a  "brother"  when  deeding  March  5, 
1 681,  land  granted  him  by  the  town  on  the 
south  side  of  the  York  river.  Of  course.  Hil- 
ton's wife  may  have  been  Beal's  sister.  Beal 
deeded  land  .\pril  6,  1683,  twenty-one  acres 
at  Brave-boat  harbor  near  the  bridge,  a  town 
grant  from  York.  Beal  and  Hilton  deeded 
three  acres  of  land  on  the  York  river,  January 

16,  1698,  to  Daniel  Black.  According  to  a 
mortgage  dated  December  i,  1699,  to  William 
Pepperell,  Beal  lived  on  the  south  side  of  the 
York  river  by  the  harbor  mouth.  Beal  deeded 
land  to  his  only  son  Edward  February  27, 
1 701  (York  Deeds  vii.  folio  64)  and  finally  all 
his  lands  at  York  including  homestead  April 

17,  171 1,  shortly  before  his  death  (York  Deeds 
vii,  folio  194).  He  deeded  ten  acres  of  land 
to  William  Pearse,  and  wife  Mary,  his  daugh- 
ter, January  18,  171 1,  and  to  Elishua  Ailing 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  another  daughter  (vii, 
folio  219).  His  will  was  dated  December  i, 
1699,  proved  C)ctober  2,  171 1,  and  the  inven- 
tory filed  September  3,  171 1.  He  mentions  Ed- 
ward by  name  and  other  children.  Children : 
I.  Edward,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elizabeth, 
married  Elishua  (or  Elisha)  Allen  (or  Ailing). 
3.  Mary,  married  William  Pearse. 

(Ill)  \\'ilUam  (2).  son  of  Arthur  ( 1)  Deal, 
as  shown  by  the  land  in  his  possession  along- 
side Arthur's  on  the  south  side  of  York  river, 
was  born  about  1660-65.  He  married  Jane 
Trafton.  daughter  of  Thomas Trafton,  ofYork, 
and   sister  of  Zaccheus,  Joseph   and   Thomas 


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Trafldii.  I  Ic  must  have  li-fl  York  at  the  time 
of  King  PhiHp's  war  and  probably  took  refuge 
at  [i)s\vich,  wliere  his  son  ( Jbadiah  remained. 
This  family  may  be  related  to  William  Beal, 
of  Marblchead,  who  had  a  .somewhat  numerous 
posterity.  He  returned  to  York  and  when  his 
son  William  was  of  age,  November  8,  17 17, 
deeded  to  him  ten  acres  on  the  northwest  side 
of  the  lot  on  Fulling  Mill  brook  extending  to 
the  Kittery  line.  Like  all  the  others  of  the 
family  mentioned  above,  who.sc  signatures 
were  found,  he  used  a  characteristic  mark.  In 
1 718  his  son  Obadiah  was  of  Ipswich,  but  he 
deeded  him  ten  acres  at  Fulling  !\lill  brook 
extending  to  the  Kittery  bounds  in  York,  Oc- 
tober II,  1718.  William  and  his  wife  Jane 
deeded  a  seventh  jiart  of  a  tract  on  York  river, 
originally  granted  to  his  wife's  family.  Trafton, 
adjoining  Edwanl  I'.eal's  land  (formerly  his 
father's.)  A  deed  dated  April  13,  1722,  William 
Beal  to  Zaccheus  Trafton,  states  the  relation- 
ship to  the  Traftons.  Another  seventh  of  this 
Trafton  estate  William  Beal  bought  March  31. 
1724.  It  adjoined  the  old  Arthur  Beal  estate 
and  extended  to  the  Kittery  line,  and  was 
some  of  the  land  deeded  to  his  sons.  Children : 
I.  William,  was  of  age  in  1717.  deeded  land  to 
Francis  Carman,  who  married  Abishag,  sister 
of  Beal.  2.  Abishag,  married  Francis  Car- 
man 3.  Zaccheus,  lived  in  Kittery  in  1719. 
4.  Obadiah.  removed  from  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, to  York,  about  1720;  he  was  in  Ipswich 
in  1718,  when  his  father  gave  him  a  lot  of  land 
in  York  and  was  of  York  when  he  and  his 
wife  Mary  deeded  this  lot.  November  4,  1726, 
to  his  sister  Mary.  5.  Mary,  spinster,  in  1726. 
(IV)  Edward,  only  son  of  Arthur  (2)  Beal, 
was  born  in  York  or  some  town  in  which  the 
family  took  refuge  during  the  war,  about  1675. 
The  property  he  received  from  his  father  is 
mentioned  above.  He  had  a  grant  from  the 
town  of  York,  May  i,  1695.  laid  out  January 
19,  1699-1700,  sold  thirty  acres  on  York  river 
from  this  grant  April  29,  1703,  to  Samuel  Don- 
nell.      Beal    married,    before    1703,    Elizabeth 

• .    He  mortgaged  land  to  William  Pep- 

perell  in  1713  and  the  mortgage  was  dis- 
charged April  2,  1718.  Beal  bought  twenty 
acres  on  the  border  of  Godfrey  pond,  January 
26.  171 7.  He  sold  one  hundred  and  forty-four 
acres  of  land  at  Beal's  Neck,  at  the  entrance  of 
York  river,  January  31,  1 71 7- 18.  This  was 
near  Beal's  home,  as  stated  in  the  deed.  Ed- 
ward mortgaged  his  lands  again  in  1721-22. 
He  and  his  wife  deed  a  house  lot  of  six  acres 
on  York  river  to  their  son  Manerin  (Mainwar- 
ing,  named  for  Mainwaring  Hilton,  mentioned 
above).     Children  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth: 


I .  Nicholas,  given  a  Iiouse  lot  by  parents  I-'eb- 
ruary  7,  1728,  southwest  side  of  York  river 
adjoining  the  homestead.  2.  Mainwaring,  a 
mariner,  born  about  1700,  bought  land  of  Kent 
&  Swett  in  York,  June  i,  1724,  and  received  as 
a  gift  from  parents  I-'ebruary  27,  1727-28.  ad- 
joining land  given  by  his  father  to  Stephen 
Greenleaf.     3.  Wife  of  Stephen  Greenleaf. 

The  family  became  well  entrenched  in 
York  antl  York  county.  Jn  the  revolutionary 
war  there  enlisted  from  York  alone  Zachariah 
Beal,  Josiah  Beal,  Joseph  Beal,  Joshua  I5eal 
and  iMatthias  Beal,  while  to  the  adjoining  town 
of  Kittery  was  credited  Henry  and  Joseph 
Beal,  who  probably  resided  near  the  line  on 
the  old  I'eal  place. 

(\')  Zebulon  Beal,  grandson  of  one  of  these 
mentioned  above,  was  born  in  York,  July  29, 
1754.  He  removed  to  Sanford,  Maine,  where 
he  purchased  land  and  carried  on  a  farm.  He 
married,  October  20,  1781,  Lucy  Boston,  born 
July  4,  1760,  died  November  27,  1841.  He 
died  in  .Sanford,  January  26,  1843.  Children: 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  Wood- 
man, Olive. 

(VT)  Benjamin,  son  of  Zebulon  Beal,  was 
born  in  Sanford,  August  16,  1783,  died  there 
February  6,  1866.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a 
brickmason  by  trade.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the 
Baptist  church.  He  .served  in  the  war  of  1812. 
He  married,  1807,  Olive  Hobbs,  born  April  28, 
1788,  died  July  21,  1858.  daughter  of  Siieldon 
and  Ruth  (Stilling)  Hobbs,  of  Sanford,  for- 
merly of  Berwick.  Her  father  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution,  and  marched  from  Kittery 
when  a  boy  with  Captain  Ford's  company  No- 
vember 5,  1775,  and  later  was  on  the  commit- 
tee of  safety  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  was  son 
of  Thomas  Jr.  and  Mary  (Abbott)  Hobbs. 
Thomas  Hobbs  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution, a  town  officer  of  Berwick  for  many 
years  and  an  extensive  land  owner.  He  was 
son  of  Thomas  Hobbs,  of  Dover,  who  later 
moved  to  Berwick,  and  Elizabeth  Morrell 
Hobbs.  Children  of  Benjamin  and  Olive  Beal : 
I.  Sheldon  Hobbs,  born  January  13,  1808, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Susan  P.  3.  Harrison. 
4.  Theodate.  5.  Horace,  born  May  15,  1819,  a 
mason  by  trade ;  married  Phebe  Plummer.  6. 
Benjamin. 

(\'II)  Sheldon  Hobbs,  son  of  Benjamin 
Beal,  was  born  in  Sanford,  January  13,  1808, 
died  in  Avon,  Maine,  January  10,  1875.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town.  About  1832,  with  his  wife  and 
two  children,  he  removed  to  Avon  and  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in 
that  part  of  Avon  known  as  Mile  Square.     He 


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settled  here  and  engaged  in  farming  the  re- 
mainder of   his   Hfe.     He   married    (first)    in 

1827,  Tabitha  Butler,  born  December  19,  1810, 
died  April  24,  1855,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Tabitha  (Joy)  Butler.  (See  Butler  family 
herewith.)  He  married  (second)  November 
16,  1856,  -Vnna  Winship,  of  Phillips,  i\Iaine. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Nathaniel  Butler, 
bom  March  7,  1828,  mentioned  below.  2.  Wil- 
son Concord,  May  8,  1830.  3.  Horace,  born 
in  Avon,  March  13,  1832.  4.  Lewis,  June  13, 
1834.  5.  Bradford,  August  4,  1836.  6.  Shel- 
don Hobbs  Jr.,  July  12,  1839,  died  June  17, 
1842.  7.  Lura,  January  5,  1842.  8.  \'elora, 
November  8,  1849.  9-  E'dora,  July  9,  1851. 
Children  of  second  wife:  10.  Daughter,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1858,  died  the  same  month.  1 1.  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  June  21,  1859.  12.  Albana 
Monteze,  .Vugust  23,  1861.  13.  Eulalia,  Au- 
gust 6,  1863,  died  May  17,  1889. 

(\''in)    Nathaniel    Butler,   son   of   Sheldon 
Hobbs  Beal,  was  born  in  Sanford,  March  7, 

1828,  died  March  28,  1899.  He  was  brought 
up  on  his  father's  farm  in  Avon,  whither  they 
had  moved  when  he  was  but  three  years  old. 
When  Nathaniel  B.  was  ten  years  old  he  vis- 
ited a  neighboring  farmer,  who  gave  him  a 
sack  of  apple  pomace  left  from  making  cider. 
This  pomace  the  boy  carried  home,  a  distance 
of  four  miles,  and  sowed  the  apple  seed  start- 
ing an  apple  orchard  which  proved  a  valuable 
and  productive  orchard  in  later  years.  At  the 
age  of  twelve  he  went  to  work  for  a  neighbor, 
John  Wilbur,  taking  entire  charge  of  his  farm, 
and  for  a  year  doing  the  work  of  a  man.  He 
went  to  the  public  schools  winters,  being 
obliged  to  rise  at  four  o'clock  in  the  morning  to 
do  the  work,  and  then  walk  a  mile  to  the  school 
house.  He  early  formed  the  habit  of  total 
abstinence,  rather  unusual  at  that  time,  nml 
never  partook  of  liquor  or  tobacco  during  his 
life.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  was  employed 
by  Deacon  Oren  Robbins,  of  Phillips  Village, 
in  his  grist  mill.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he 
started  in  business  for  himself  as  a  trader  in 
general  merchandise  in  Phillips  Village.  His 
health,  however,  coinpelled  him  to  seek  out- 
door employment,  and  he  went  into  the  cattle 
business,  becoming  a  drover.  During  the  civil 
war  and  for  many  years  afterward  he  helped  to 
supply  the  Boston  market  with  beef.  He  was 
active  in  the  building  up  of  the  town  of  Phil- 
lips, was  one  of  its  selectmen,  holding  the 
office  for  many  years,  and  was  deputy  sheriff 
of  the  county.  He  was  twice  drafted  for  ser- 
vice in  the  civil  war,  but  was  unable  to  pass 
the  physical  examination,  and  was  thus  pre- 
vented   from   serving  in  the   army.     He  was 


instrumental  in  the  forming  of  the  Phillips 
Savings  Bank  and  the  Union  National  Bank, 
of  which  in  1875  he  became  president,  and  so 
remained  until  its  charter  e.xpired  in  1895.  A 
year  before  the  expiration  of  the  charter  a 
new  bank  was  formed,  the  Phillips  National 
Bank,  and  Mr.  Beal  was  made  its  first  presi- 
dent, retaining  that  office  for  twenty  years.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  trustee  of  the  Savings 
Bank.  In  1879  h^  was  one  of  the  builders  of 
the  Sandy  River  railroad,  and  one  of  its  first 
presidents,  holding  the  office  until  1892.  Dur- 
ing the  latter  part  of  the  time  he  was  its  su- 
perintendent also,  and  to  him  the  successful 
construction  is  chiefly  due.  In  politics  he  vvas 
always  a  Democrat,  a  leader  of  his  party  in  die 
northern  part  of  Franklin  county,  though  he 
was  a  believer  in  protection  and  sound  money. 
He  was  twice  nominated  as  representative  to 
the  general  court,  and  once  as  senator  and 
judge:  but  though  he  ran  far  ahead  of  his 
ticket,  the  district  being  strongly  Republican, 
he  was  defeated.  At  one  time,  during  tlie  days 
of  the  Greenback  party,  three  brothers  were 
nominated  from  the  same  district  on  as  many 
tickets,  Nathaniel  B.  being  the  Democratic 
nominee,  Wilson  C.  the  Republican,  and  Brad- 
ford the  Greenback.  Wilson  received  the  elec- 
tion. He  was  very  fond  of  music,  and  sang  in 
the  choir  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church  for 
forty  years,  being  also  chorister  many  years. 
In  religious  belief  he  was  a  Universalist. 

He  married,  in  1849,  iMary  Robbins,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Orren  and  Mary  (Huntoon) 
Robbins,  of  Phillips.  She  was  born  Novem- 
ber 25,  1828,  died  May  9,  1902.  Through  her 
father's  family,  she  was  granddaughter  of  Me- 
hitable  ( Ladd )  Robbins,  who  was  descended 
from  Daniel  Ladd,  the  immigrant,  who  came 
from  London  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John," 
sailing  January  30,  1633,  and  settled  first  in 
Ipswich,  Massaclnisetts,  and  later  was  one  of 
the  twelve  original  founders  of  Haverhill,  Mas- 
sachusetts. The  Ladds  can  be  traced  to  the 
Earls  of  Ladd  in  Norway,  .\.  D.  861.  (See 
Chase's  History  of  Haverhill.)  They  married 
into  the  royal  families  of  Norway,  Sweden  and 
Denmark.  One  of  them  married  Estrith, 
daughter  of  King  Sweyn,  of  Denmark,  and 
came  with  his  brother-in-law,  the  Danish 
King  Canute,  to  England,  and  there  settled  in 
county  Kent.  (See  Pelton  Genealogy,  Went- 
worth  Genealogy,  Ladd  Family,  Thomas  But- 
ler and  his  Descendants,  Huntoon  Genealogy, 
Keary's  History  of  Norway  and  the  Norwe- 
gians, etc.)  yiary  (Robbins)  Beal's  mother 
was  granddaughter  of  Jonathan  Huntoon,  who 
was  horn  in  1756,  and  married  Hannah  Chase, 


7C    Jra/4ance/^u//,,    .^.v./ 


STATK  OF  MAIXI':. 


13' 


July  S,  17S1.  He  served  all  llirougli  the  revo- 
liitiniiary  war  and  dieil  at  Wiscasset,. October 
1*^'.  '^3.?-  11^  ^^'^^  •'"0"  °^  Samuel  and  Man- 
iiah  (Ladd)  Huntoon.  Samuel  lluntoon  was 
horn  at  Kingston,  New  Hampshire,  June  18, 
1718,  and  died  at  Nottingham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  May,  1796.  He  married,  May  26, 
I74_',  Hannaii  Ladd,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Mehitable  (Philbrick)  Ladd.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  Captain  BuUard's  company.  Colonel 
James  Frey's  regiment  in  1773:  he  was  son  of 
John  and  Mary  (Rundlet)  Huntoon;  married 
about  1716.  John  Huntoon  died  December  8, 
1778,  and  was  son  of  Philip  Huntoon,  the  im- 
migrant, who  married  Betsey  Hall,  of  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1687.  Philip  Huntoon 
was  born  about  1660  and  died  in  Kingston. 
iMay  10,  1752.  Mary  (Robbins)  Beal  was 
also'  a  granddaughter  of  Polly  ( I'elton )  Hun- 
toon. whose  father,  Joel  Pelton,  was  born  No- 
vember 5,  1753,  in  Somers.  Connecticut.  He 
served  all  through  the  revolution  ;  was  in  Cap- 
tain Clark's  company.  Colonel  Obadiah  John- 
son's regiment  of  militia  ;  also  in  Captain  Brig- 
ham's  company,  in  the  tifth  regiment  Connecti- 
cut Line  under  Colonel  Isaac  Sherman.  He 
was  one  of  the  body  guard  of  General  Wash- 
ington and  spent  the  winter  at  X'alley  Forge 
and  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  York- 
town.  He  married,  1791,  Anna  Cotter,  daugh- 
ter of  Timothy  Cotter,  of  Whitefield,  Maine, 
and  died  in  Madrid,  Maine,  March  7,  1856, 
aged  one  hundrel  and  three  years.  He  was  de- 
scended from  John  Pelton,  the  immigrant,  who 
came  to  Boston  in  1630.  Children  of  Na- 
thaniel B.  and  Mary  Beal:  i.  Fred  Marshall, 
born  April  24,  1855.  '''^"^  January  12,  1857.  2. 
Minnie  Geneva,  May  20,  1858,  married  June 
28,  1880,  J.  Watson  Smith :  resides  at  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota;  had  children,  Harold  Beal  and 
Mary  Nathalie  Smith.  3.  Fred  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Fred  Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  B. 
Beal,  was  born  in  Phillips,  Maine,  April  14, 
i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he 
began  his  career  as  a  railroad  man,  as  express 
messenger  on  the  Sandy  River  railroad,  Maine, 
became  conductor,  then  assistant  superintend- 
ent, later  superintendent,  and  is  now  general 
passenger  and  freight  agent  of  the  consoli- 
dated lines,  which  comprised  six  companies 
now  known  as  the  Sandy  River  and  Raiigeley 
Lakes  railroad.  He  resides  in  Phillips  and  is 
treasurer  of  the  Phillips  Building  Company 
and  president  of  the  Phillips  Hotel  Company. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  in  religion 


a  L'niversalist.  lie  is  a  member  ot  Blue  Moun- 
tain Lodge.  No.  67,  .Ancient  I'ree  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Phillips.  He  married,  March 
I,  1855,  F.lla  Fslher  Harvey,  born  May  31, 
1863,  died  June  15,  1893,  daughter  of  B.  B. 
Harvey,  of  .Strong,  Maine.  Children,  born  at 
Phillips:  I.  Hermia,  July  29,  1889.  2.  Ella 
Esther,  May  2,  1893. 


The  Butler  familv  is  descended 
BCTLER  from  the  ninth  'Duke  of  Or- 
mond.  The  Dukes  of  Ormond 
were  created  under  Edward  HI  of  England, 
and  placed  over  the  county  Palatine  of  Or- 
mond, Tipperary,  Irelaiifl.  They  were  sent 
from  England  to  Ireland  by  Henry  II  of  Eng- 
land in  1 172.  They  were  also  stationed  there 
under  King  John.  They  originally  came  to 
England  with  William  the  Conqueror,  from 
(ilanville.  near  Caen.  France.  (See  .American 
Family  Genealogy,  p.  31  ;  also  Thomas  Butler 
and  his  Descendants,  p.  20  and  21  ;  also  vol- 
ume for  1848,  N.  E.  G.  &  A.  R.  P.  355.) 

(I)  Thomas  Butler  settled  in  Berwick, 
Maine,  about  1690.  He  was  the  fourth  son 
of  the  ninth  Duke  of  Ormond.  He  had  a  son 
Moses,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Moses,  son  of  Thomas  Butler,  resided 
in  Berwick.  In  1740  he  was  in  command  of 
a  company  as  captain,  and  in  1744  recruited 
the  Seventh  Company  of  the  First  Massachu- 
setts Regiment,  which  he  commanded  during 
the  siege  and  capture  of  Louisburg,  July  4, 
1745.  He  was  also  at  the  siege  of  Quebec  in 
1734.  He  had  a  son  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  Moses  Butler,  was  an 
ofBcer  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Ebenezer 
Sullivan's  company.  Colonel  Scammon's  regi- 
ment, stationed  at  Cambridge  and  vicinity  in 
1775.  He  had  a  son  Nathaniel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Butler, 
served  in  the  revolution  when  a  boy.  He  mar- 
ried Mercy  Wentworth,  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Elder  William  Wentworth,  who  came  from 
Alford,  Lincolnshire,  England,  to  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1639.  Elder  William  Went- 
worth was  the  twenty-first  descendant  of  Regi- 
nald Wentworth,  who  was  the  proprietor  of 
the  Lordship  of  Wentworth,  of  Strafford,  in 
the  west  of  Yorkshire,  in  the  parish  of  Wath- 
upon-Dearn,  nine  miles  from  Sheffield,  and 
thirteen  miles  from  Doncastcr.  and  who  was 
living  there  when  William  the  Conqueror  came 
to  England  in  1066.  Nathaniel  Butler  had  a 
son  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below. 


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(Vj  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (ij 
Butler,  married  Tabitha  Joy.  He  had  a  daugh- 
ter Tabitha,  who  married  Sheldon  Hobbs  Beal. 
(See  Beal  family  herewith.) 

William,  Count  Tank- 

CHAMBERLAIN  erville,  of  Tankerville 
Castle  in  Normandy, 
who  came  to  England  with  William  the  Con- 
queror, was  the  progenitor  of  the  Chamberlain 
family  in  England.  He  himself  returned  to 
Norrnandy,  but  his  descendants  remained  in 
England  on  the  land  granted  to  them. 

(H)  John  De  Tankerville,  son  of  the  for- 
mer earl,  was  lord  chamberlain  to  King  Henry 
I,  and  assumed  his  title  as  a  surname.  (Hi) 
Richard,  son  of  John,  was  also  chamberlain 
to  King  Stephen,  and  the  surname  Chamber- 
lain has  since  his  day  been  that  of  his  family. 
(IV)  William  Chamberlain  was  son  of  Rich- 
ard (3).  (V)  Robert  Chamberlain  was  son 
of  William  (4).  (VI)  Sir  Richard  Chamber- 
lain was  son  of  Robert  (5).  (Vll)  Sir  Rob- 
ert Chamberlain  was  son  of  Richard  (6).  The 
line  continues:  Sir  Richard  (VIII),  John 
(IX),  Thomas  (X),  John  (XI),  William 
Chamberlain  (XII).  The  American  family 
of  which  William  Chamberlain  was  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  doubtless  belongs  to  this  fam- 
ily, though  the  line  of  ancestry  is  not  traced. 
The  Chamberlain  coat-of-arms :  Gules,  an 
escutcheon  argent  between  eight  muUers  in 
orle,  or.  Quartering :  Gules  a  chevron  be- 
tween three  escallops  or.  Motto :  Virtuti 
nihil  invium.  Seat :  Dunstew  in  Oxfordshire, 
England. 

(I)  William  Chamberlain,  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  General  Robert  Horace  Chamber- 
lain, of  Worcester,  was  born  in  England  about 
1620.  His  brother  Thomas  was  one  of  the 
three  original  purchasers  of  the  Dudley  farm 
at  Billerica,  but  he  settled  at  Chelmsford, 
Massachusetts.  Another  brother,  Edmund, 
settled  first  in  Woburn,  then  removed  to 
Chelmsford  before  1656,  when  he  sold  land 
at  Billerica.  Savage  said  that  Edmund  finally 
settled  in  Woodstock. 

William  Chamberlain  was  admitted  an  in- 
habitant of  Woburn,  January  6,  1648,  and  per- 
mitted to  buy  land  there.  He  removed  to 
Billerica  in  1654,  about  the  time  his  brothers 
left  that  town,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life  there.  He  died  May  31,  1706,  aged 
eighty-six  years.  His  house  in  Sliawshin 
(Billerica)  was  on  the  farm,  probably  near 
the  Woburn  road,  in  tlie  southwest  part  of  the 
village.  His  name  first  appears  on  the  records 
October,    1654,    on    a   petition   to   enlarge   the 


bounds  of  the  town  and  to  change  the  name 
to  Billerica  (Billerikey  in  original  paper).  A 
little  later,  when  the  committee  on  militia  or- 
dered Sergeant  Hills's  house  to  be  a  garrison, 
William  Chamberlain's  family  was  one  of 
those    assigned    to    it.     He    married    Rebecca 

,  who  died  September  26,  1692,  in  the 

prison  at  Cambridge,  where  she  was  held  on 
the  preposterous  charge  of  witchcraft.  Chil- 
dren :  Timothy,  born  at  Concord,  Alassachu- 
setts,  August  13,  1649-50;  Isaac,  born  at  Con- 
cord, October  i,  1650,  died  July  20,  1681 ; 
John,  died  March  3,  1652;  Sarah,  born  at  Bil- 
lerica, May  20,  1655-56,  married  John  Shedd; 
Jacob,  born  January  18,  1657-58,  see  forward; 
and  these  also  at  Billerica :  Thomas,  born 
February  20,  1659;  Edmund,  July  15,  1660, 
married  Mary  Abbott;  Rebecca,  February  25, 
1662,  married  Thomas  Stearns;  Abraham, 
January  6,  1664;  Ann,  March  3,  1665-66; 
Clement,  May  30,  1669;  Daniel,  September 
27,  1671 ;  Isaac,  January  20,  1681. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  William  Chamberlain, 
was  born  in  Billerica,  JMassachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1657-58.  He  married  Experience 
.  Children:  I.  Jacob,  born  at  New- 
ton, Massachusetts,  1691  ;  died  1771.  2.  John, 
born  1695,  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts; 
died  1783.  3.  William,  born  1697,  at  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts  ;  mentioned  Ijelow.  4. 
Jason,  born  at  Holliston,  Massachusetts,  1701 ; 
died  1770.  5.  Ebenezer,  born  at  West- 
borough,  Massachusetts,  1704;  ancestor  of 
Westborough  and  Worcester  families,  as  was 
also  Jacob,  his  brother. 

(III)  William  (2),  son  of  Jacob  Chamber- 
Iain,  was  born  in  1697,  at  Cambridge;  died 
at  Rochester,  New  Hampshire,  in  1753.  He 
married,  in  1719,  Mary  Tibbctts.  They  lived 
at  Rochester  and  Alton,  New  Hampshire. 
Children,  all  but  the  two  youngest  born  at 
Rochester,  and  they  at  Alton:  i.  Mary,  1720. 
2.  Rebecca,  1722;  died  1815.  3.  William, 
1725;  died  at  Lebanon,  I\Iaine,  1815.  4.  Ex- 
perience, 1727.  5.  Ebenezer,  1729;  mentioned 
below.  6.  Dorothy,  died  1825.  7.  Anna,  born 
1733.  8.  Samuel,  1735  ;  died  1809.  9.  Jacob, 
1738;  died  1815.  10.  Ephraim,  1741  ;  died 
1814. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Chamberlain,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Chamberlain,  was  born  in  1729;  bap- 
tized at  Dover,  New  Hampshire ;  lived  at  Cen- 
ter Harbor,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  colonial  wars  and  also  in  the  revo- 
lution. His  sons  Jonathan  and  Daniel  were 
also  revolutionary  soldiers.    He  married,  1752, 

Lucretia  .     Children:     i.   Susan,  born 

at  Center  Harbor  or  Rochester,  in   1753.     2. 


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Ebenczer,  1755.  3.  Ephiaim,  1757.  4.  Jona- 
than, 1759.  5.  Daniel,  1762.  6.  John,  1768. 
7.  Josliua,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Colonel  Joshua  Chamberlain,  born  in 
1770,  went  from  Danvers  or  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, to  Orrington,  Maine,  about  1799, 
where  he  engaged  in  shipbuilding,  and  pros- 
pered in  this  business  until  in  the  war  of  1812 
the  English  forces  ascending  the  Penobscot 
river  destroyed  two  of  his  ships — one  lying  at 
the  dock  and  another  on  the  stocks.  Not  able 
to  recover  his  shattered  fortunes  here,  he  re- 
moved in  1 81 7  to  what  is  now  Brewer,  six 
miles  further  up  the  river,  where  he  took  up  a 
large  farm,  and  with  his  sons  interested  him- 
self again  to  some  degree  in  shipbuilding.  His 
home  was  about  half  a  mile  above  the  toll 
bridge,  where  he  died  January  23,  1857,  aged 
eighty-six  years.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  the 
old  school,  a  man  of  note,  and  colonel  of  a 
regiment  of  militia  in  the  war  with  England, 
and  for  some  time  in  command  of  the  post  at 
Plastport,  Maine.  He  married  Ann  Gould,  of 
Danvers,  Massachusetts.  She  died  February 
19,  1831,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  Children: 
Amelia,  Anna  P.  (died  young),  Thomas 
Gould  (also  died  young),  Anna,  Joshua,  Jef- 
ferson, Ebenezer  i\I.,  John  Q.  A.,  and  El- 
bridge  Gerry. 

(VI)  Joshua  (2),  second  .son  of  Colonel 
Joshua  (i)  and  Ann  (Gould)  Chamberlain, 
was  born  in  Orrington,  September  24.  1800, 
and  died  August  10,  1880.  He  was  a 
man  of  much  strength  of  character.  He 
resided  in  P.rewer,  where  he  was  a  lead- 
ing citizen  in  both  civil  and  military  mat- 
ters. He  was  county  commissioner,  lieu- 
tenant-colonel in  the  militia,  and  held  other 
offices.  He  married,  October,  1827,  Sarah 
Dupee,  daughter  of  Billings  and  Lydia  (Du- 
pee)  Brastow,  of  Holden.  She  was  born  Au- 
gust 23,  1803,  and  died  November  5,  1888, 
aged  eighty-five.  She  was  descended  from 
Jean  Dupuis  (i),  born  about  1660,  who  came 
from  La  Rochelle,  France,  to  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1685;  Charles  (2),  second  son  of 
Jean,  born  1695,  and  served  in  the  colonial 
wars:  Charles  (3)  Dupee,  third  son  of  Charles 
Dupuis,  born  1735,  served  in  the  revolution, 
and  in  the  army  lists  of  that  war  the  spelling 
of  the  name  was  changed  to  the  present  form : 
Lydia  (4),  fourth  daughter  of  Charles,  bom 
1770,  married  Billings  Brastow.  Children  of 
Joshua  (2)  Chamberlain:  i.  Joshua  L.,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Horace  B.,  born  November 
14,  1834,  died  December  7,  1861  ;  graduated 
with  honor  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1857, 
and  made  a  brilliant  opening  in  Bangor  as  a 


lawyer;  married,  May  11,  1859,  Mary  A. 
Wheeler,  of  Bangor.  3.  Sarah  B.,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1836,  married  July  14,  1867, 
Charles  O.  Farrington,  a  merchant  of  Brewer ; 
their  children  are  Alice  M.  and  Dana  C. 
Farrington.  4.  John  Calhoun,  born  Au- 
gust I,  1838,  died  at  Castine,  August  11,  1867, 
of  disease  contracted  while  in  the  arrny; 
graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1859,  and 
from  Bangor  Theological  Seminary  in  1864; 
was  in  service  of  the  Christian  Commission, 
and  chaplain  of  Eleventh  \'olunteers  in  the 
civil  war.  He  married,  September  13,  1866, 
Delia  F.,  daughter  of  John  H.  Jarvis,  of  Cas- 
tine, later  of  Bangor.  5.  Thomas  Davee,  April 
29,  1 84 1,  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  serv- 
ing with  great  distinction,  in  the  line  and  on 
the  stafif,  rising  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant- 
colonel  and  colonel  U.  S.  V.  He  married,  De- 
cember 13,  1871,  Delia  F.  Chamberlain,  widow 
of  his  brother  John ;  resided  in  New  York  and 
afterward  in  I5angor,  where  he  died  .August 
12,  1896. 

(VII)  Governor  Joshua  L.,  eldest  child  of 
Joshua  (2)  and  Sarah  Dupee  (Brastow) 
Chamberlain,  was  born  in  Brewer,  September 
8,  1828.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  town  and  later  in 
Major  Whiting's  military  academy  at  Ells- 
worth, Maine,  where  he  prepared  for  West 
Point.  In  1848.  however,  he  entered  Bowdoin 
and  graduated  from  that  college  in  1852  with 
highest  honors.  He  then  entered  Bangor  The- 
ological Seminary,  where  in  addition  to  the 
studies  of  the  regular  course,  he  gave  earnest 
attention  to  the  Arabic  and  other  oriental 
languages.  During  his  last  year  here  he  re- 
ceived calls  to  several  important  churches :  but 
on  graduating  he  was  immediately  called  to 
Bowdoin  College  as  special  instructor  in  some 
of  the  studies  of  the  department  of  natural 
and  revealed  religion.  The  next  year  he  was 
elected  professor  of  rhetoric  and  oratory,  and 
the  year  after,  having  been  relieved  of  some 
of  the  duties  of  this  chair,  he  was  appointed 
also  instructor  in  the  French  and  German 
languages,  which  service  he  continued  for  two 
years,  when  he  was  elected  professor  of  the 
Alodem  Languages  of  Europe.  In  July,  1862, 
he  received  leave  of  absence  from  the  college 
for  two  years  in  order  to  prosecute  his  studies 
in  Europe,  but  the  war  of  secession  being  now 
serious  and  a  call  coming  from  the  President 
for  more  troops,  he  immediately  tendered  his 
services  to  Governor  Washburn  for  anv  mili- 
tary duty  for  which  he  might  be  thought  cap- 
able. This  was  strenuously  combatted  bv  his 
colleagues  in  the  college  faculty,  who  carried 


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their  opposition  to  the  length  of  a  formal  pro- 
test. He  was  offered  the  colonelcy  of  a  regi- 
ment about  to  be  formed ;  bnt  deeming  it  wiser 
first  to  serve  under  some  officer  of  the  regular 
army,  he  accepted  the  appointment  of  lieuten- 
ant-colonel of  the  Twentieth  Maine  infantry, 
then  being  organized,  of  which  Adalbert  Ames, 
of  the  regular  artillery,  was  to  be  colonel.  He 
.entered  at  once  upon  the  organization  of  this 
regiment,  receiving  his  commission  on  the  8th 
of  August,  1862,  and  devoting  himself  to  the 
study  and  practice  of  his  duties,  he  completed 
the  organization  of  the- regiment  of  a  thousand 
men,  and  on  the  29th  of  that  month,  it  was 
mustered  into  the  United  States  service  for 
three  years  or  during  the  war.  The  command 
now  turned  over  to  Colonel  Ames,  he  as- 
sumed his  place  as  lieutenant-colonel,  and  in 
that  capacity  left  witli  the  regiment  on  the 
next  day  for  the  seat  of  war. 

The  regiment  was  assigned  to  Butterfield's 
famous  Light  Brigade,  Morell's  Division, 
Porter's  Fifth  Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
and  immediately  entered  upon  the  severe  ex- 
periences of  the  Maryland  campaign.  On  the 
forced  march  to  South  Mountain  and  to  the 
Antietam  battle-field,  all  the  qunlities  of  manly 
endurance  and  pride  were  called  into  exercise. 
During  that  battle  the  regiment  occupied  sup- 
porting positions  and  made  movements  of  im- 
portance under  fire,  but  was  not  actively  en- 
gaged. On  September  20  a  heavy  reconnais- 
sance was  made  across  Shepardstown  ford  of 
the  Potomac  in  pursuit  of  Lee's  retreating 
army.  Here  first  the  regiment  sharply  en- 
gaged the  enemy.  This  was  a  serious  afifair, 
and  Colonel  Chamberlain  bore  a  conspicuous 
part,  being  especially  complimented  for  his 
courage  and  coolness  in  steadying  the  troops 
of  the  brigade  through  the  treacherous  ford 
and  under  heavy  fire  in  the  repulse  which 
followed  the  overwhelming  attack  of  Lee's 
rear  guard  of  Hill's  Corps.  The  regiment 
was  held  on  the  Antietam  battle-field  for  more 
than  six  weeks,  guarding  the  fords  of  the 
upper  Potomac.  This  led  to  new  experiences 
— especially  in  the  line  of  reconnaissance  and 
outpost  duty,  in  all  of  which  Colonel  Cham- 
berlain took  an  active  part.  This  encampment 
on  the  Antietam,  owing  to  the  exhalations  and 
drainage  from  the  battle-field,  brought  dire 
disease  upon  the  men,  more  than  three  hun- 
dred being  in  the  hospital  with  typhoid  ma- 
larial fever,  and  severe  losses  befalling  the 
regiment  both  among  officers  and  men.  This 
opened  a  new  field  for  duties  of  superior  and 
commanding  officers — study  and  practice  in 
the  care  of  men. 


Early  in  November  the  regiment  rejoined 
the  main  army  near  Warrenton  Junction,  Vir- 
ginia, and  from  that  time  actively  participated 
in  all  the  movements,  skirmishes  and  camp- 
making,  until  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,. 
December  13.  Here  Colonel  Chamberlain  had 
experiences  of  the  most  severe  and  testing 
kind,  the  closing  of  which  was  the  withdraw- 
ing of  his  regiment  from  the  advance  front 
line,  by  night,  across  the  whole  depth  of  the 
battle-field,  and  over  the  last  pontoon  bridge 
left  for  the  recrossing  of  our  discomfited  army. 
He  had  an  active  part  in  all  the  movements  of 
that  winter,  including  the  notorious  "Mud 
March"  and  its  sequel.  During  this  winter 
he  devoted  himself  assiduously  to  the  study 
of  his  duties,  having  the  advantage  of  the  cir- 
cumstance that  all  his  superiors  in  command 
and  many  of  his  own  rank  were  graduates  of 
West  Point.  He  induced  the  younger  of  them 
to  hold  an  evening  "school  of  review"  in  which 
all  the  points  pertaining  to  active  duties  in  the 
field  were  carefully  gone  over.  There  was 
no  better  scholar  than   Colonel   Chamberlain. 

At  the  opening  of  the  Chancellorsville  cam- 
paign, the  regiment  having  been  inoculated 
with  smallpox  by  some  misconduct  in  the 
medical  department,  and  being  sequestered 
and  put  into  a  quarantine  camp  by  itself.  Col- 
onel Ames,  having  been  detached  as  aide  on 
the  staff  of  the  corps  commander.  General 
Meade,  left  the  regiment  so  situated  in  com- 
mand of  Colonel  Chamberlain.  He  immedi- 
ately rode  to  general  headquarters  and  begged 
to  have  his  regiment  given  some  place  at  the 
front,  his  final  plea  being  "if  we  can't  do  any- 
thing else,  we  can  give  the  rebels  the  small- 
pox !"  This  struck  the  fancy  of  General 
Hooker,  and  at  midnight  he  received  a  dis- 
patch from  General  Rutterfield.  chief  of  staff, 
directing  him  to  be  at  Banks's  and  United 
States  fords  at  daylight  to  take  charge  of  the 
signal  and  telegraph  lines  from  headquarters 
to  the  several  stations  on  the  field  of  battle, 
with  instructions  to  put  to  death  any  who 
attempted  to  disturb  communications.  While 
in  discharge  of  duty  on  the  following  day  he 
took  occasion  to  join  in  a  charge  then  being 
made  by  his  Division,  in  which  his  horse  was 
wounded  under  him.  On  the  night  of  the 
withdrawal  he  worked  on  the  pontoon  bridges 
which  were  broken  up  by  the  freshet,  and 
after  all  our  troops  had  left  that  vicinity  he 
withdrew  his  command — the  last  on  the 
ground.  From  this  time  on  his  history  is  part 
of  that  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  The 
mere  outline  of  it  would  exceed  the  limits  al- 
lotted here.     His   inherited  military  aptitude, 


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strengthened  hy  early  studies,  now  finding 
ample  scope  in  canipaii^rnint;  of  tlie  severe  t  or- 
der, brouglit  him  distinction  and  rapid  pro- 
motion in  command.  On  May  20  he  was  pro- 
moted colonel,  and  soon  afterward  a  hundred 
and  twenty  men  of  the  Second  Maine  Volun- 
teers were  transferred  to  his  regiment.  They 
were  in  a  state  of  mutiny,  owing  to  their  not 
being  discharged  with  the  original  two-years 
men,  and  as  they  had  openly  refused  to  obey 
orders  they  were  sent  to  Colonel  Chamber- 
lain under  guard  of  a  Pennsylvania  regiment 
with  loaded  arms  and  fixed  bayonets,  with 
orders  from  the  corps  commander  to  fire  on 
them  if  they  refused  to  do  duty.  Colonel 
Chamberlain  immediately  rode  to  General 
Meade  and  got  permission  to  manage  the  men 
in  his  own  way.  He  then  took  off  all  the 
guard,  supplied  them  with  proper  clothing  and 
food  (which  had  not  been  issued  to  them  for 
three  days),  and  assigned  them  to  companies, 
without  giving  them  any  specific  orders  what- 
ever, expecting  them  to  be  treated  and  behave 
like  other  soldiers.  He  found  no  trouble  ex- 
cept in  the  case  of  one  or  two  who  were  tried 
by  court  martial,  and  whose  sentences  he 
afterwards  succeeded  in  having  remitted. 
These  men  of  the  Second  Regiment  were  af- 
terwards among  his  very  best.  At  Gettysburg 
he  was  sent  at  the  double-quick  to  a  position 
of  great  importance  and  peril.  Little  Round 
Top,  the  extreme  left  of  the  Union  lines, 
where  for  more  than  tw^o  hours  he  withstood 
the  repeated  assaults  of  Law's  brigade  of 
Hood's  division.  His  ammunition  at  length 
exhausted,  and  for  the  last  half-hour  using 
that  of  the  rebel  dead  and  w-ounded  on  the 
slope  he  had  swept  repelling  the  third  assault, 
nearly  half  his  men  having  fallen,  the  situa- 
tion w-as  critical.  A  heavy  force  now  coming 
on  with  confidence  of  crushing  his  little  com- 
mand, he  met  with  a  bayonet  charge,  himself 
with  the  colors  leading,  which  completely 
cleared  the  southern  slope  of  Little  Round 
Top,  capturing  four  hundred  prisoners — twice 
the  number  of  his  men.  Returning  to  his  ap- 
pointed position,  in  front  of  which  lay  one 
hundred  and  fifty  of  the  enemy's  dead  and 
wounded,  he  made  dispositions  with  some  re- 
inforcements for  meeting  any  night  assault. 
At  dark  he  received  an  intimntion  from  his 
'  rigade  commander  that  it  was  desirable  to 
secure  the  heights  of  Great  Round  Top,  up 
whose  rugged  slope  the  troops  he  had  repulsed 
had  taken  refuge.  At  once  he  called  his 
vyearied  but  heroic  men,  and  with  no  ammuni- 
tion, with  the  bayonet  alone,  in  the  dense  dark- 
ness pressed  on  to  the  very  crest  of  the  moun- 


tain, ca[)turing  many  more  prisoners.  Thus 
that  decisive  ])art  of  the  field  was  secured  and 
held,  and  Lee's  plan  of  battle  changed.  For 
this  heroic  conduct  the  Twentieth  Maine  re- 
ceived the  personal  and  official  recognition  of 
brigade,  division  and  corps  commanders,  and 
Colonel  Chnmberlain  was  warmly  recom- 
mended bv  all  his  superiors  for  promotion  to 
the  rank  of  brigadier-general.  His  action  here 
was  recognized  by  the  award  of  the  Congres- 
sional Medal  of  Honor,  the  grounds  of  this 
as  officially  stated :  "For  daring  heroism  and 
great  tenacity  in  holding  his  position  on  Little 
Round  Top,  and  carrying  the  advanced  posi- 
tion on  the  Great  Round  Top,  in  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania,  July  2,  1863."  The 
promotion  was  not  made;  but  Colonel  Cham- 
berlain was  immediately  placed  in  command 
of  his  brigade,  his  division  commander,  Gen- 
eral Grififin,  declining  to  receive  general  ofificers 
who  were  sent  for  assignment  to  this  brigade. 
This  he  devoted  himself  to  bring  to  the  best 
proficiency.  He  took  an  important  part  in 
the  Culpeper  and  Centerville  campaigns,  in- 
cluding the  battle  of  Rappahannock  Station,  in 
which  his  horse  was  shot  under  him.  In  No- 
vember. 1863,  being  worn  by  long  and  arduous 
duty,  the  exposure  of  lying  out  in  a  heavy 
snow  storm  one  night  without  shelter  or  suffi- 
cient covering,  brought  -upon  him  a  severe 
attack  of  congestion  and  fever  chills,  and  he 
was  sent  in  an  almost  unconscious  state  from 
Rappahannock  to  Washington,  by  the  only 
means  of  conveyance,  a  returning  cattle  car. 
After  this  crisis,  as  soon  as  he  was  able  to 
be  out,  he  made  strenuous  efforts  to  return 
to  his  command ;  but  was  detailed  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  to  serve  on  an  important  court 
martial  sitting  in  Washington  and  afterwards 
in  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  where  he  was  for 
some  time  detained.  He  obtained  a  release 
with  much  difficulty,  and  when  the  army 
crossed  tlie  Rapidan  in  May  he  o\ertook  it 
near  Spottsylvania,  and  finding  his  brigade  in 
command  of  another,  General  Bartlett,  he  re- 
joined his  regiment.  In  less  than  an  hour  he 
was  placed  in  command  of  a  "forlorn  hope." 
Seven  select  regiments  were  led  by  him  to  a 
desperate  charge  by  night  on  a  portion  of  a 
position  that  had  proved  impregnable  during 
the  day.  In  this  he  showed  great  skill  and 
achieved  a  remarkable  success.  From  this 
time  forth  he  held  a  command  above  his  lineal 
rank  and  was  put  in  positions  of  responsibility 
and  severe  tests.  He  had  a  conspicuous  part 
in  the  battles  of  Cold  Harbor  and  the  North 
Anna.  On  June  ist,  186.4,  General  Warren, 
commanding  the  corps,   made   up  a   splendid 


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brigade   of   two    consolidated    brigades    from 
the  old  First  Corps,  and  a  fine  new  regiment 
of    veterans    of    Pennsylvania,    and    assigned 
Colonel    Chamberlain    to   command   it.     This 
took    him   quite    away    from    his    gallant    old 
Twentieth    Maine,    whose    fortunes    he    had 
shared  in  every  battle  except  the  Wilderness. 
With  this   veteran   brigade   he   continued  the 
campaign,  crossing  the  James  river,   and  on 
June   17th  moved  on  Petersburg  in  advance. 
On  the  morning  of  June   i8th  he  carried  a 
strong  advanced  position  of  the  enemy  a  mile 
beyond  our  main  army.    In  order  to  hold  this, 
he' established  two  batteries  of  artillery  on  the 
crest,  and  entrenched  his  lines.     He  was  ex- 
pecting an   attack   here,  when  he   received   a 
verbal  order  through  an  unknown  staff  officer 
to   assault   the  main   line   of   rebel    works   at 
Rives's    salient,    then    strongly    manned    with 
artillery  and  infantry,  all  within  musket  range 
of  the  crest  he  was  holding.    Forming  his  six 
regiments  in  double  lines,  he  ordered  a  strong 
artillery  fire  from  his  gams  on  the  crest,  and 
under  this  he  led  the  charge  with  his  whole 
staff,  when  the  terrible  fire  of  the  enemy,  case- 
shot,    canister   and    furious    musketry,    swept 
every  one  from  his  side,  his  flag-bearer  was 
killed,  his  own  horse  shot  under  him,  and  his 
front   line    shattered.      Lifting   up   his    fallen 
flag,  he  led  his  troops  almost  to  the  enemy's 
entrenchments.       At     a     desperate     moment, 
wheeling  to  give  a  command,  Colonel  Cham- 
berlain was  shot  through  the  body  from  hip  to 
hip,  severing  small  arteries  and  fracturing  the 
pelvic  bones.    Balancing  himself  with  the  point 
of  his  sabre,  he  managed  not  to  fall  until  his 
men   had  passed  him   in  their   charge,   when 
the   great  loss  of  blood  brought  him  to  the 
ground.    Believing  the  wound  to  be  mortal,  he 
refused  to  be  taken  from  the  field,  until  all  was 
fairly  lost.    There  was  no  hope  of  his  life,  and 
an  obituary  notice  was  sent  to  the  northern  pa- 
pers.   He  was,  however,  carried  sixteen  miles 
on  a  stretcher  and   sent  to  Annapolis  Naval 
School  Hospital.  General  Grant,  without  wait- 
ing longer  for  the  authorities  to  act  upon  previ- 
ous recommendations,  promoted  Colonel  Cham- 
berlain on  the  field,  to  the  rank  of  brigadier- 
general,  the  solitary  instance  in  the  history  of 
our  army.     He  was  assured  of  his  promotion 
before  he  was  borne  from  the  field,  but  the 
official  order  published  to  the  army   reached 
him  after  his  arrival  at  Annapolis.     The  fol- 
lowing is  a  copy  of  the  order : 

Headquarters   Army    of   the   U.    S.. 
Special  Order  No.    39.   June   20.   18G4. 

Col  J  L.  Chamberlain,  20th  Me.  Infty  Vols.,  for 
meritorious  and  efficient  services  on  the  field  of  battle, 
and  especially  for  gallant  conduct  in  leading  his  brigade 
against  the  enemy  at  Petersburg  on  the  ISth  Inst..  In 
which    he    was    dangerously    wounded,    hereby,    la    pursu- 


ance of  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  is  appointed 
Brigadier  General  U.  S.  Volunteers,  to  rank  as  such 
from  the  18th  day  of  June,  1864,  subject  to  the  approval 
of   the   President. 

U.  S.  Grant,  Lieutenant  General. 

For  two  months   General   Chamberlain  lay 
at  .A.nnapolis  at  the  point  of  death,  and  at  the 
end  of  five  months,  and  before  he  could  mount 
a  horse  or  walk  a  hundred  yards,  he  resumed 
command  of  his  brigade.     Its  position  at  that 
time  was  on  the  extreme  left  of  our  front  line 
before  Petersburg,  and  the  duties  were  unre- 
mitting  and    responsible.     In   the   subsequent 
operations  against  the  Weldon  railroad.  Gen- 
eral  Chamberlain   had   an   active   part,   being 
sent  with  his  command  to  make  proper  dispo- 
sitions  by   night   and   to   keep   the   enemy    at 
bay  along  an  extensive  front,  while  the  rest  of 
our     troops     destroyed     the      railroad.       A 
severe     snow     storm     and     sleet     added     to 
the     severities     of     the     operation,     and     on 
the     last     of     January,     1865,     his     wounds 
had    become    so    aggravated    that    his    corps 
commander     insisted     on     his     being     sent 
to  Philadelphia  for  surgical  treatment.     While 
suffering  under  this,  and  without  much  pros- 
pect of  permanent  recovery,  he  received  many 
tempting  offers  to  leave  the  military  service 
and   accept   positions   in   civil  life.     Wishing, 
however,  with  such  strength  as  might  be  given 
him,  to  stand  by  his  men  and  his  country  to 
the  last,  he  declined  these  offers,  stole  a  march 
upon  his  surgeons,  and  leaving  his  room  for 
the  first  time  after  he  had  taken  it,  started  on 
a  painful  journey  to  the  front  again,  where  he 
arrived   after   an   absence   of  a   month.      His 
brigade  now   consisted   of  new   regiments  of 
veteran  troops  from  New  York  and  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  his  post  was  the  extreme  advance 
on  Hatcher's  Run,  and  in  immediate  contact 
with    the    enemy.      On    March   29   our   great 
offensive  movement  commenced,  and,  as  had 
before  been  confidentially  announced  to  Gen- 
eral Chamberlain,  he  was  to  have  the  costly 
honor  of  leading  the  advance  and  opening  the 
campaign.      With    his    single    brigade   and    a 
battery    of   regular   artillery,   he   encountered 
the  eiiemv  onQuaker  Road,  their  force  con- 
sisting of  cavalry  and  infantry  of  Johnson's 
and   Anderson's    commands,   and    in   number, 
as  was  afterwards  ascertained,  five  times  his 
own.    After  a  long  and  severe  battle  in  which 
at    different    times    he    had    both    his    flanks 
turned,  his  center  broken,  and  lost  four  hun- 
dred men  and  eighteen  officers — every  one  of 
his    mounted   officers,    including   his   personal 
staff,  being  either  killed  or  wounded,  his  own 
horse  shot  under  him  and  himself  twice  pain- 
fully wounded  in  the  breast  and  arm — the  en- 
emy was  driven  from  his  position,  which  en- 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


13; 


ahled  the  army  to  occupy  tlic  long  coveted 
Roydton  plaiiU  mad.  For  conspicuous  gal- 
lantry in  the  action  of  this  day  General  Cham- 
berlain received  from  President  Lincoln  the 
brevet  of  major-peneral.  Suffering  from  ac- 
cumulation of  wounds,  he  was  suddenly  sum- 
moned on  the  second  day  after,  to  take  com- 
mand of  our  extreme  left  on  the  Boydton  road, 
with  two  hrigades  and  two  batteries  of  artil- 
lery to  repel  an  attack  which  was  then  begin- 
ning. Two  divisions  of  his  corps  on  his  right 
were  soon  thrown  back  in  great  confusion 
from  an  advanced  position  they  were  endeav- 
oring to  maintain  against  a  vigorous  assault 
of  the  enemy,  and  while  General  Chamberlain 
was  rallying  these  troops  and  reforming  them 
in  the  rear  of  his  own,  he  was  asked  by  the 
commanding  general  to  throw  forward  his 
command  and  attempt  to  stem  the  torrent  then 
sweeping  the  front,  and  if  possible  regain  the 
field  lost  by  the  other  two  divisions.  General 
Chamberlain  assented,  and  while  the  engineers 
were  trying  to  bridge  the  stream  in  our  front. 
he  and  his  men  dashed  through  it  in  the  very 
face  of  the  enemy,  and  gaining  a  foothold  on 
the  opposite  steeps,  drove  the  rebels  back  to 
the  field  of  the  former  struggle.  While  press- 
ing them  back  upon  their  works.  General 
Chamberlain  was  ordered  to  halt  and  take  the 
defensive  as  a  matter  of  precaution.  Seeing, 
however,  that  his  men  were  much  exposed, 
and  that  the  enemy's  strong  position  could  be 
carried  by  a  tactful  maneuver,  he  solicited  per- 
mission to  make  an  assault,  which  he  did  with 
rapid  and  complete  success,  carrying  the 
works,  capturing  a  battle  flag  and  many  pris- 
oners, and  effecting  a  lodgement  on  the  White 
Oak  road.  At  the  battle  of  Five  Forks  on  the 
following  day,  General  Chamberlain  had  com- 
mand of  two  brigades  on  the  extreme  right— 
the  wheeling  flank.  In  the  midst  of  the  battle, 
when  the  rebels  made  a  furious  attempt  to 
regain  their  works  by  a  flank  attack,  putting 
in  everv  man  of  his  own  command  and  a  mass 
of  skulkers  and  fugitives  from  other  com- 
mands on  a  new  direction  to  break  the  force 
of  this  onset,  he  led  the  charge,  leaping  his 
horse  over  the  parapet,  already  wounded  by 
a  rifle  ball.  His  command  captured  1050  men, 
nineteen  officers  and  five  battle  flags — one  half 
the  captures  of  the  division.  On  the  next  day 
he  was  ordered  to  take  the  advance  and  strike 
the  South  Side  railroad.  Here  he  encountered 
Fitz  Hugh  Lee's  division  of  cavalry,  which 
he  drove  across  the  railroad,  intercepting  a 
train  of  cars  from  Petersburg  with  several 
military  and  civil  officers,  and  routing  the 
enemy  from  the  position.     In  the  subsequent 


pursuit,  General  Chamberlain  had  the  advance 
nearly  all  the  time,  capturing  many  prisoners 
and  vast  quantities  of  material.  At  Jeters- 
ville,  on  the  Danville  railroad,  he  went  to  the 
assistance  of  our  cavalry  which  was  severely 
attacked  on  a  cross  road.  In  the  final  action 
at  Appomattox  Court  House,  when,  having 
marched  all  night,  he  came  up  with  our  cav- 
alry, which  was  heroically  holding  its  ground 
against  Stonewall  Jackson's  old  corps  of  in- 
fantry, he  double-quicked  his  men  in  to  re- 
lieve the  cavalry,  and  forming  under  General 
Sheridan's  eye,  pushed  forward  against  the 
enemy.  The  other  troops  forming  on  his  left, 
the  foe  was  driven  before  them  to  the  town, 
when  the  flag  of  truce  came  in  and  hostilities 
ceased.  General  Chamberlain  was  present  at 
the  conference  preliminary  to  the  surrender, 
and  being  assigned  to  his  old  command — the 
Third  Brigade,  First  Division — was  appointed 
by  the  commanding  general  to  receive  with 
his  troops  the  formal  surrender  of  the  arms 
and  colors  of  Lee's  army,  April  12,  1865.  Im- 
mediately afterwards,  assigned  to  the  com- 
mand of  division,  General  Chamberlain  occu- 
pied a  line  twenty-five  miles  out  from  Peters- 
burg on  the  South  Side  railroad  for  some 
time.  This  division  had  the  advance  in  the 
triumphal  entry  of  the  army  into  Richmond, 
as  also  the  advance  of  the  Army  of  the  Po- 
tomac in  the  final  review  in  Washington. 
When  the  army  was  broken  up  he  received  an 
assignment  to  another  command  intended  to 
go  to  Mexico,  but  the  active  operations  of  the 
field  now  being  over,  he  applied  to  be  relieved 
from  duty  that  he  might  have  the  surgical 
treatment  which  his  wounds  required,  and 
was  mustered  out  of  service  January  16,  1866. 
In  the  arduous  and  trying  campaigns 
through  which  he  passed,  General  Chamber- 
Iain  made  a  record  honorable  to  himself  and 
to  the  state.  During  his  period  of  service  he 
commanded  troops  in  tw-enty-four  battles, 
eight  reconnaissances,  skirmishes  without  num- 
ber, and  with  advance  and  rear  guards  in  con- 
tact with  the  enemy  upwards  of  a  dozen  times. 
With  his  own  command  alone  he  fought  sev- 
eral independent  engagements,  every  one  of 
which  was  successful  against  superior  num- 
bers. His  captures  in  battle  number  2,700 
prisoners  and  eight  battle  flags,  no  portion  of 
which  can  be  claimed  by  any  other  command. 
He  was  six  times  struck  in  action  by  shot  and 
shell,  three  times  narrowly  escaping  with  his 
life.  Immediately  after  the  surrender  of  the 
rebel  army,  General  Chamberlain  was  made 
the  subject  of  special  communication  to  head- 
quarters of  the  army  by  Major  General  Grif- 


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fin.  his  corps  commander,  in  wliich  this  officer 
urged  General  Chamberlain's  promotion  to  the 
full  rank  of  major-general,  for  distinguished 
and  gallant  conduct  in  the  battles  on  the  left, 
including  the  White  Oak  Road,  Five  Forks 
and  Appomattox  Court  House,  where,  says 
General  Griffin,  "his  bravery  and  efficiency 
were  such  as  to  entitle  him  to  the  highest 
commendation.  In  the  last  action,  April  9,  his 
command  had  the  advance,  and  was  driving 
the  enemy  rapidly  before  it,  when  the  an- 
nouncement of  General  Lee's  surrender  was 
made."  The  recommendation  was  cordially 
approved  by  General  Meade  and  General 
Grant,  and  forwarded  to  Washington  for  the 
action  of  the  government,  where  assurances 
were  given  that  the  promotion  should  be  made. 
General  Chamberlain  was  rarely  absent  from 
field  of  duty.  He  had  but  four  days'  leave  of 
absence.  At  all  other  times  when  not  in  the 
field,  he  had  been  either  ordered  away  for 
treatment  of  wounds,  or  president  of  a  court- 
martial  by  order  of  the  War  Department.  But 
no  part  of  his  record  reflects  greater  satisfac- 
tion than  his  relations  with  the  men  under  his 
command.  He  made  it  a  point  of  duty  and 
of  affection  to  take  care  of  his  men.  He  never 
ordered  troops  into  positions  that  he  had  not 
first  personally  reconnoitered,  and  though  his 
losses  in  killed  and  wounded  have  been  severe, 
they  were  never  made  in  retreating.  The 
noble  and  faithful  men  entrusted  to  his  care 
never  in  a  single  instance  failed  to  execute 
his  orders  or  to  carry  out  what  they  deemed 
to  be  his  wishes,  although  unexpressed.  In 
all  the  various  fortunes  of  the  field  he  never 
left  one  of  his  wounded  in  the  lines  of  the 
enemy  nor  one  of  his  dead  without  fitting 
burial. 

On  returning  to  his  native  state  and  the 
paths  of  peace.  General  Chamberlain  quietly 
resumed  his  professorship  in  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege. He  was  not  long  allowed  to  remain 
there,  however.  In  recognition  of  his  dis- 
tinguished service  and  ability,  he  was  elected 
governor  of  the  state,  by  the  largest  majority 
ever  given  for  that  office.  He  was  re-elected 
the  three  following  years  and  left  the  guber- 
natorial office  with  an  enviable  record.  His 
administration  marked  an  epoch  in  the  ma- 
terial advance  of  the  state.  Soon  after  leav- 
ing the  office  of  governor  in  1871,  he  was 
elected  president  of  Bowdoin  College  and  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  that  office  for  twelve 
years.  He  resigned  in  1883,  but  continued 
his  lectures  on  political  economy  until  1885. 
He  was  professor  of  mental  and  moral  phi- 
losophy from  1874  to  1879.     In  1876  he  was 


commissioned  major-general  of  state  militia, 
and  was  in  command  at  the  cipitol  during 
the  political  troubles  in  January,  1880,  when 
his  determined  stand  against  minatory  move- 
ments ended  the  opposition  of  a  turbulent  fac- 
tion which  threatened  civil  war.  In  1878  he 
was  appointed  commissioner  to  the  Universal 
Exposition  at  Paris,  France.  For  his  service 
here  he  received  a  medal  of  honor  from  the 
French  government.  In  the  following  year 
the  United  States  government  published  his 
report  on  the  Exposition,  embracing  the  sub- 
ject of  education  in  Europe.  This  received 
remarkable  commendation  from  all  quarters. 
In  1867  Governor  Chamberlain  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  from  Bowdoin 
College,  having  already  received  the  same 
from  Pennsylvania  College  in  1866.  During 
the  years  1884  and  1889  he  was  engaged  in 
railroad  construction  and  industrial  enter- 
prises in  Florida.  In  1900  he  was  appointed 
by  President  McKinley  surveyor  of  the  port 
of  Portland,  and  has  since  filled  that  position. 
As  a  writer,  lecturer  and  orator.  Governor 
Chamberlain  has  no  superior  in  the  state.  He 
has  given  numerous  lectures  and  public  ad- 
dresses, with  a  wide  range  of  topics.  In  1876 
he  delivered  at  the  Centennial  Exposition  at 
Philadelphia  an  elaborate  public  address  en- 
titled "Maine ;  her  place  in  History."  On  in- 
vitation this  was  repeated  before  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Maine  in  1877,  and  afterward  pub- 
lished by  the  state  and  given  wide  circulation. 
He  wrote  a  remarkable  series  of  papers  on  the 
Spanish  war,  and  has  since  given  valuable  ad- 
dresses on  historic  places  and  events  in  Maine, 
and  many  tributes  to  historic  personages,  the 
last  being  one  on  Lincoln  Memorial  Day  in 
Philadelphia,  which  is  considered  remarkable 
for  its  truthfulness  and  eloquence.  He  has 
held  many  offices  of  honor,  among  them  that 
of  president  of  the  Webster  Historical  Society, 
vice-president  of  the  American  Huguenot  So- 
ciety, president  of  the  Society  of  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac,  commander  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United 
States,  and  commander  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  in  the  state  of  Maine.  He  is 
now  president  of  the  Chamberlain  Association 
of  America,  and  of  the  Maine  Branch  of  the 
National  Red  Cross.  He  is  also  an  active 
member  of  many  literary  and  scientific  so- 
cieties. 

The  home  of  General  Chamberlain  is  in 
Brunswick  and  amidst  the  classic  shadows  of 
Bowdoin  College.  It  is  a  historic  spot,  and 
was  formerly  known  as  the  old  Fales  house 
built  by  Captain  Pierce  in  1820.     By  others  it 


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has  been  called  the  lon.ufcllcw  house,  as  it 
was  here  that  the  jioet  brought  his  youu^  bride 
in  1830,  and  for  some  time  he  made  his  home. 
Fales  was  the  second  owner  of  the  place,  and 
it  was  during  his  occupancy  that  the  Long- 
fellow occupation  occurred.  At  that  time  he 
was  professor  of  modern  languages  in  Bow- 
doin,  and  in  after  years  he  was  often  heard  to 
say  that  those  were  the  happiest  years  of  his 
life.  The  property  finally  passed  into  the  pos- 
session of  Rev.  Dr.  Roswell  D.  Hitchcock,  and 
was  purchased  from  him  by  General  Cham- 
berlain in  1861.  At  that  time  the  present 
owner  was  the  professor  of  modern  languages 
in  Bowdoin  and  his  financial  ability  was  by 
no  means  equal  to  his  good  name  and  high 
standing  in  the  community  as  a  man  of  honor. 
For  this  reason  the  president  of  the  principal 
local  bank  came  to  him  and  assured  him  that 
he  could  have  all  the  money  he  wanted,  to 
conclude  the  purchase.  In  this  manner  the 
old  house  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  young 
college  professor  and  has  since  been  one  of  the 
most  charming  homes  in  Maine. 

On  returning  to  Brunswick  after  the  civil 
war,  with  the  stars  of  a  major-general  on  his 
shoulders,  and  being  soon  governor,  he  found 
the  old  house  would  hardly  hold  his  visitors. 
It  was  enlarged  by  simply  raising  it  and 
putting  another  story  beneath  it.  Thus  the 
original  house  remained  intact,  only  it  was  one 
story  higher,  while  the  lower  portion  was 
built  more  up  to  date.  It  is  now  a  very  spa- 
cious mansion,  containing  no  less  than  twenty 
full-sized  rooms. 

It  is  doubtful  if  there  is  another  house  in 
all  IVIaine  beneatli  w-hose  roof  so  many  dis- 
tinguished guests  have  been  entertained.  Gen- 
erals Grant,  Sherman,  Sheridan,  McClellan, 
Porter,  Warren,  Ayers,  Griffin  and  Howard 
have  all  partaken  of  its  hospitality.  Its  walls 
have  echoed  the  brilliant  conversation  of 
Sumner,  Wilson.  Schurtz,  Evans,  Fessenden, 
Bradbury.  Morrill  I'Yye,  Hale  and  Blaine, 
and  others  famous  in  our  national  history. 
Hosts  of  literary  rnen  have  been  its  guests. 
It  was  here  that  Longfellow  came  in  1875 
when  he  delivered  his  famous  "Morituri 
Salutamus,"  and  while  here  he  occupied  the 
same  rooms  that  had  been  his  in  earlier  days. 
The  old  poet  was  afifected  to  tears  as  the  flood 
of  tender  recollections  came  sweeping  over 
him.  This  home  is  filled  with  antique  furni- 
ture, much  of  which  is  connected  with  prom- 
inent persons  of  the  past,  rare  and  valuable 
paintings  and  statuary,  and  relics  of  the  civil 
war,  far  too  numerous  to  be  paticularized 
here.     On  the  wall  of  his  favorite  office  is  a 


tapestry  picture  of  the  General's  old  war 
horse,  Charlemagne,  that  carried  him  through 
nearly  all  of  his  battles  in  the  civil  war.  Three 
times  lie  was  shot  down,  but,  like  his  master, 
rallied  and  went  on.  Once  on  a  headlong 
charge  a  bullet  aimed  afclose  range  square  at 
the  general's  heart  was  caught  by  his  horse's 
neck  and  then  struck  the  General  a  glancing 
blow  in  the  left  breast,  inflicting  a  severe 
wound,  but  leaving  him  his  life.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  the  horse  was  brought  home  to 
Brunswick,  where  for  many  years  he  was  the 
playmate  of  the  children  and  pet  of  the  fam- 
ily.' On  his  death  the  faithful  animal  was 
given  an  honorable  burial  at  the  General's  sea- 
side cottage,  "Domhegan,"  in  Brunswick,  and 
an  inscriiition  cut  in  the  rock  above  his  grave, 
which  is  kept  with  loyal  care. 

The  library  and  study  are  two  interesting 
rooms  in  the  old  mansion.  Here  are  more 
than  two  thousand  volumes  of  well  chosen 
books,  and  by  the  cozy  open  fire  the  old  war- 
rior reads  and  meditates.  There  are  many 
valuable  trophies  of  war  in  this  room  as  well 
as  objects  of  literary  and  historic  interest. 
Connected  is  a  small  "den"  containing  more 
books,  and  on  the  wall  hangs  a  rebel  battle 
flag  captured  by  General  Chamberlain  in  a 
racing  charge  just  before  Appomattox.  Just 
above  this  flag  is  a  huge  cavalry  pistol  with 
a  history.  In  the  famous  charge  on  Little 
Round  'Fop,  General  Chamberlain  was  met  by 
a  rebel  officer  with  sword  and  pistol  in  hand. 
One  barrel  was  discharged  full  at  the  Gen- 
eral's head.  Although  but  ten  feet  away,  the 
bullet  missed  its  -mark.  The  officer,  who  be- 
longed to  the  Fifteenth  Alabama  Regiment, 
then  rushed  at  the  Union  leader  with  his 
sword.  General  Chamberlain  met  him,  and, 
being  the  more  expert  swordsman,  soon  had 
him  at  his  mercy.  Seeing  that  the  case  was 
hopeless,  the  confederate  officer  surrendered 
both  sword  and  pistol  to  Chamberlain  and 
gave  himself  up  as  prisoner.  Many  other  war 
relics  are  here.  The  cap  and  sword  of  Gen- 
eral Griffin,  who  commanded  the  Fifth  Corps, 
are  in  this  room.  At  the  battle  of  Five  Forks, 
General  Griffin  lost  his  sword,  and  General 
Chamberlain  instantly  rode  to  his  side  and 
offered  him  his,  which  was  accepted  and  used 
during  the  remainder  of  the  w-ar.  General 
Chamberlain  quickly  replaced  his  weapon  by 
taking  the  sword  of  a  fallen  South  Caro- 
lina officer,  which  he  wore  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  Several  years  later  General 
Chamberlain  received  his  own  sword  and 
the  division  flag  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment  at   Washington.     General   Griffin's  cap 


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and  the  division  bugle  which  had  sounded  all 
the  battle  calls  of  the  war  were  sent  at  the 
same  time  to  the  Brunswick  hero  who  had 
last  commanded  that  splendid  division. 

In  the  main  library  the  great  flag  of  the 
division  hangs  from  riie  ceiling,  while  on  one 
wall  is  the  last  flag  surrendered  by  Lee  on  the 
field  of  Appomattox.  The  personal  flag  of 
General  Chamberlain,  bearing  the  red  maltese 
cross,  is  also  here,  dimmed  by  battle  smoke 
and  torn  by  shell  and  bullet.  A  precious  me- 
mento is  this,  and  even  dearer  to  its  owner 
than  the  bust  of  Grant,  by  Simmons,  that 
stands  close  by.  Over  the  fireplace  in  this 
library  are  the  stars  of  the  first  flag  of  the  old 
Twentieth  Maine  regiment,  first  commanded 
by  General  Ames  and  then  by  Chamberlain. 
Here,  also,  serving  as  a  match  box,  is  the 
base  of  a  shell  that  burst  at  the  General's  feet 
in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  It  was  a  conical 
shell  and  it  shows  that  when  it  exploded  five 
pieces  flew  ofif  into  the  faces  of  Chamber- 
lain's men.  In  an  adjoining  closet  is  the  coat 
that  General  Chamberlain  wore  when  he  was 
shot  through  the  body  in  front  of  Petersburg 
and  promoted  by  Grant.  Another  coat  bear- 
ing the  stars  of  a  general  has  the  left  breast 
and  left  sleeve  torn  and  shredded  by  shot  or 
shell  at  the  battle  on  Quaker  road  in  the  final 
campaign  of  the  war. 

General  Chamberlain  married,  in  Bruns- 
wick, December  7,  1855,  Frances  Caroline 
Adams,  who  was  bom  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, August  12,  1826.  and  died  in  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  October  18,  iQO.v  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Ashur  Adams  and  Amelia  Wyllys 
Adams,  of  Boston,  and  was  a  lineal  descen- 
dant of  Mabel  Harlakenden,  the  "Princess  of 
New  England."  The  children  of  this  mar- 
riage are  Grace  Dupee  and  Harold  Wyllys. 
Grace  Dupee  was  born  in  Brunswick,  October 
16,  1856,  and  married  April  28,  1881,  Horace 
Gwynne  Allen,  who  is  a  distinguished  lawyer 
in   Boston.     The  children  are : 

I.  Eleanor  Wyllys,  born  in  Boston,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1893;  Beatrice  Lawrence,  January  24. 
i8g6:  and  Rosamund,  December  25,  1898.  2. 
Harold  Wyllys  Chamberlain,  born  in  Bruns- 
wick, October  10,  1858,  and  graduated  at  Bovv- 
doin  College  in  1881  ;  studied  law  in  Boston 
University,  and  successfully  practiced  in  Flor- 
ida for  four  years. 

He  has  since  interested  himself  in  elec- 
trical engineering  and  has  invented  val- 
uable improvements  in  that  line,  which  he  is 
now  applying  in  practical  work  in  the  city  of 
Portland. 


When  our  heathen  ancestors 
JENNINGS     adopted    the    christian    faith 

they  assumed  christian  names 
as  evidences  of  their  conversion.  On  account 
of  the  prominence  in  the  early  church  of  St. 
John  the  Baptist  and  St.  John  the  Evangelist, 
the  name  lohanan  or  lohannes,  afterward 
shortened  to  Ian,  lohn,  or  John,  became  a 
favorite.  When  the  Saxon  sufiix  ing,  signify- 
ing son,  was  added,  it  gave  the  patronymic 
laning,  or  Janing,  that  is,  John's  son,  which 
finally  became  Jennings,  which  form  has  pre- 
vailed for  many  centuries,  thoug'.i  its  orthog- 
raphy shows  more  than  thirty  variations  in  the 
early  records  of  Massachusetts.  The  men  of 
this  race  have  usually  been  tall,  strong,  hardy 
and  energetic,  have  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
wars  of  New  England  and  the  Republic,  and 
have  been  successfully  engaged  in  many  of 
the  pursuits  of  peace.  Fifty-five  were  patriot 
soldiers  in  the  revolutionary  war  from  Massa- 
chusetts. One  of  the  first  two  Englishmen 
who  ever  descended  Lake  Champlain  was  a 
Jennings.  A  colonial  governor  of  New  Jer- 
sey, the  first  governor  of  Indiana,  a  governor 
of  Florida,  and  other  men  of  prominence  have 
borne  this  patronymic.  Several  of  the  name 
settled  in  Massachusetts  in  very  early  times ; 
but  who  was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this 
family,  or  when  or  where  he  settled  in  New 
England,  is  not  within  the  knowledge  of  the 
present  generation.  Freeman,  the  historian  of 
Cape  Cod,  says :  "It  is  impossible  after  much 
investigation,  to  give  so  satisfactory  account 
as  we  would  wish,  of  the  Jennings  family.'' 
Their  earliest  history  probably  perished  with 
the  early  town  records  which  contained  it. 
Freeman  adds :  "The  Jennings  family,  long 
time  prominent  and  highly  respectable  in  this 
town  ( Sandwich )  have  become  extinct  here ; 
but  lands  are  still  called  after  their  name.'' 

(I)  John  Jennings,  the  first  of  the  family 
of  whom  there  is  authentic  information,  was 
living  at  Sandwich  in  1667,  and  died  there 
June  18,  1722,  "at  an  advanced  age."  On 
"23,  2  month,  1675,"  John  Jennings  was 
among  the  sixty-nine  residents  of  Sandvyich" 
who  were  able  to  make  it  appear  that  they  had 
just  rights  and  title  to  the  privileges  of  the 
town."  July  4,  1678,  the  name  of  John  Jen- 
nings was  not  on  "the  list  of  those  who  have 
taken  the  oath  of  fidelity."  August  18,  1681, 
the  town  voted  John  Jennings  and  two  others 
"All  the  bog  meadow,  leaving  out  the  springs 
for  the  neighborhood,"  near  Dexter's  Island. 
June  25,  1702,  the  name  of  John  Jennings  ap- 
pears on  the  "record  of  inhabitants  of  the  town 


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of  Sandwich  (.inilkd  l<i  ilieir  share  in  the  divi- 
sion of  lands  as  \kv  vote  of  March  24,  1702." 
July  i6,  1708,  John  Jennings,  cordwainer,  was 
appointed  administrator  "on  all  and  singular 
the  goods  and  chattels,  rights  and  credits  of 
John  Jennings  your  son  some  time  of  Sand- 
wich aforesaid,  mariner,  who  it  is  said  died 
intestate."  This  John,  born  "3,  12,  1673,"  is 
said  to  have  been  a  captain  in  the  English 
merchant  service,  and  to  have  died  in  foreign 
parts.  May  15,  i6yo,  John  Jennings  and  Sam- 
uel Prince  were  elected  constables.  The  con- 
stable at  that  time  was  a  person  of  some  im- 
portance, as  he  was  the  town's  financial  rep- 
resentative, being  tax  collector  and  treasurer. 
John  Jennings  held  various  minor  town  offices 
and  seems  to  have  been  occasionally  paid 
money  by  the  town  for  various  services.  The 
fact  that  John  Jennings  was  a  witness  to  the 
wills  of  two  Quakers,  Lydia  Gaunt,  1691,  ami 
Isaac  Gaunt,  i6g8,  and  the  further  fact  that 
the  inventory  of  his  estate  shows  that  he  had 
at  the  time  of  his  death  "Quakers'  books  as 
we  suppose  may  be  valued  by  that  people  two 
pounds,"  make  it  seem  that  he  was  undoubt- 
edly one  of  those  just  men  whose  influence 
prevented  any  harm  ever  coming  to  the 
Quakers  of  "the  Cape,"  though  they  were 
cruelly  persecuted  in  some  other  parts  of  New 
England.  John  Jennings  died  intestate  and  his 
son  Isaac  administered  his  estate,  the  inven- 
tory of  which  amounted  to  forty-five  pounds 
fifteen  shillings  six  pence.  He  seeins  to  have 
been  an  honest  and  honorable  inan  who  minded 
his  own  business  and  was  sometimes  called  in 
to  help  other  people  with  theirs.  John  Jen- 
nings married  (first)  June  29,  1667,  Susanna; 
(second)  Ruhamah  ;  the  surname  of  neither  be- 
ing now  known.  His  children  by  Susanna 
were:  Remember  (or  Remembrance)  and 
Ann;  and  by  Ruhamah:  John,  Isaac,  Eliza- 
beth (died  young),  Elizabeth  and  Samuel. 
These  children,  as  shown  by  the  Sandwich 
records,  were  born  between  September  17, 
1668,  and  February  28,  1685. 

(II)  Samuel,  youngest  child  of  John  and 
Ruhamah  Jennings,  was  born  in  Sandwich, 
February  19,  1684-85  (O.  S.),  and  died  there 
May  13,  1764,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  impressed  into  the  British  navy,  and 
in  escaping  from  it  had  the  adventure  which 
he  narrates  in  a  letter  to  his  pastor.  Rev.  Dr. 
Stillman,  which  was  printed  and  published 
with  the  following  ".Advertisement" :  "The 
writer  of  the  following  Letter  was  a  person 
of  good  understanding,  of  great  sobriety  and 
uprightness,  and  sustained  a  very  fair  charac- 
ter to  his  death,  which  was  in  the  year  seven- 


teen hundred  and  sixty-four,  in  advanced  age. 
He  ixire  on  his  body  the  marks  of  the  terrible 
assault  herein  related ;  the  particulars  of  which 
he  often  repeated,  and  the  following  letter  was 
found  among  his  papers  anil  is  published  by 
his  son  to  perpetuate  a  remembrance  of  this 
signal  Providence."  The  letter  is  as  follows : 
"Honored  Sir :  .According  to  your  request, 
when  I  was  at  your  house  above  a  year  ago,  I 
have  now  taken  in  hand  to  give  you  an  ac- 
count of  that  disaster  which  befel  me  in  the 
West  Indies,  which  was  after  the  following 
manner.  It  was  in  the  year  1703,  I  think  in 
the  month  of  (Jctobcr,  that  I  was  impressed 
on  board  a  frigate,  in  Carlisle  Bay,  called  the 
Alilford,  which  was  a  station  ship  for  the  Is- 
land of  Barbados;  and  after  about  four  or 
five  months  continuance  on  board  said  ship,  I 
became  exceedingly  restless  about  my  way  of 
living ;  and  I  shajl  give  you  some  of  the  rea- 
sons that  made  me  so.  And  first,  I  observed 
that  many  times  when  men  were  sick  of  fevers 
and  other  distempers,  they  were  beaten  to 
work,  when  men  that  were  drunk  were  easily 
excused,  though  they  were  commonly  a  third 
of  our  number  when  there  was  work  to  do. 
And  one  time,  being  sick  myself  of  a  fever  so 
that  my  legs  would  scarce  carry  me  without 
help  of  my  hands,  I  was  commanded  up  to 
work ;  I  told  the  officer  I  was  sick  and  could 
not  work ;  he  said  I  lied,  and  thereupon  drove 
me,  with  several  others  in  the  same  condition, 
upon  deck  (some  of  whom  died  the  next  day), 
then  I  went  to  the  captain  and  told  him  that  I, 
with  some  others,  were  beaten  to  work,  though 
we  were  sick  and  not  able  to  work :  He  said 
we  were  rascals,  and  the  doctor  said  we  were 
not  sick ;  whereupon  we  were  forced  to  stay 
on  deck  some  time,  and  had  now  and  then  a 
blow,  but  did  not  and  could  not  work.  Sec- 
ondly, I  observed  that  industry  and  idleness 
were  equally  rewarded  with  blows ;  for  they 
would  begin  at  one  end  of  a  parcel  of  men 
pulling  at  a  rope,  and  whip  till  they  came  to 
the  other  end,  without  minding  who  pulls  and 
who  does  not.  And  thirdly,  I  found  that  my 
continuance  in  such  a  wicked  family  had 
brought  me  to  smack  of  their  familiar  sin,  viz., 
swearing,  though  I  was  but  very  awkward  at 
it,  and  my  conscience  would  always  menace 
me  for  it.  And  I  found  also  that  the  desire 
of  strong  drink  had  gained  somewhat  upon 
me,  though  I  was  not  drunk  with  it  at  all.  and 
had  totally  left  the  use  of  strong  drink  before 
I  left  the  ship.  Now  the  consideration  of 
these  and  some  other  difficulties  which  I  found 
in  this  place  I  lay  obnoxious  to,  made  me  un- 
dertake   that    dangerous    way    of    escape    by 


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swimming ;  for  I  considered  the  danger  before 
I  set  out ;  but  on  the  26th  day  of  .March,  1704, 
I  had  drawn  up  a  resolution  that  I  would  rid 
myself  of  this  company,  or  lose  my  life  when 
night  came.  I  found  it  something  difficult  to 
get  away  undiscovered,  there  being  centinels 
afore  and  abaft,  with  muskets  loaded  to  shoot 
any  one  that  should  attempt  to  run  away,  and 
likewise  a  guard  boat  to  row  round  the  ship  all 
night.  I  watched  them  till  about  ten  o'clock 
at  night,  at  which  time,  finding  the  centinels 
pretty  careless,  and  the  guard  boat  ahead  of 
the  ship,  I  went  dov\n  between  decks,  and  hav- 
ing begged  of  God  to  carry  me  through  that 
dangerous  enterprize  and  deliver  me  out  of 
those  distresses,  I  w^ent  out  of  a  port  and 
swam  with  my  .shirt  and  breeches  on  right  out 
to  sea,  before  the  wind,  till  I  was  clear  of  the 
ship  and  guard  boat,  and  then  turned  along- 
shore awhile,  and  then  wheeled  more  towards 
the  shore,  but  the  seas  beat  over  my  head  so 
fast  I  could  hardly  swim,  and  I  thought  beat 
me  more  out  to  sea,  whereupon  I  turned  and 
swam  right  against  the  wind  towards  the 
shore,  and  after  a  considerable  time  got  to  one 
of  Captain  Gillam's  buoys,  and  rested  myself 
awhile,  and  if  I  had  known  the  ship  I  would 
have  gone  on  board,  but  I  aimed  to  swim  to  a 
brigantine  that  lay  in  the  road  belonging  to 
Boston.  Then  I  put  of?  from  Captain  Gillam's 
buov,  and  had  not  swam  far  before  I  saw  a 
Shark  just  as  he  took  hold  of  my  left  hand,  he 
pulled  me  under  water  in  a  moment,  at  which 
I  was  very  much  surprised,  and  thought  of  a 
knife  which  I  used  to  carry  in  my  pocket,  but 
•  remembered  I  had  left  it  on  board ;  then  I 
kicked  him  several  times  with  my  right  foot, 
but  that  proving  ineffectual,  I  set  my  foot 
against  his  mouth,  intending  to  haul  my  hai,(, 
away  or  haul  it  off,  and  then  he  opened  his 
mouth  a  little  and  catch'd  part  of  my  foot  into 
his  mouth  with  my  hand,  and  held  them  both 
together.  Then  I  cried  unto  God  (mentally) 
that  he  woidd  have  mercy  on  my  soul,  whicii 
I  thought  would  soon  be  separated  from  my 
tody ;  but  still  I  did  not  leave  off  striving,  but 
punched  him  with  my  right  hand,  though  to 
very  little  purpose ;  at  last  being  almost 
drowned  (for  I  was  all  the  while  under  wa- 
ter) I  had  almost  left  off  striving,  and  ex- 
pecting nothing  but  present  death ;  all  at  once 
my  hand  came  loose  and  also  my  foot,  and  so 
finding  myself  clear  of  the  fish  I  got  to  the  top 
of  the  water,  and  having  a  little  cleared  my 
stomach  of  water,  I  called  out  for  help,  and 
swam  towards  the  nearest  ship,  and  I  quickly 
heard  them  mustering  to  fit  out  their  boat, 
which  encouraged  me  to  continue  my  calling 


for  help,  thinking  tliereby  they  might  find  me 
the  sooner,  it  being  very  dark ;  they  came  to 
me  with  all  speed  and  took  me  into  their  boat, 
and  carried  me  to  the  ship's  side,  where  I  saw 
they  had  a  lanthorn,  but  the  blood  turning  just 
at  that  time,  caused  me  to  be  extreme  sick  at 
my  stomach,  and  my  sight  also  left  me,  but  I 
answered  Captain  Gillam  to  many  questions 
while  I  was  blind ;  then  they  fastened  a  rope 
about  me  and  hauled  me  into  the  ship  and 
carried  me  into  the  steerage,  and  after  a  while 
recovering  my  sight,  I  asked  if  there  was  any 
doctor  on  board,  they  said  yes,  and  pointed  to 
Mr.  Peter  Cutler  of  Boston,  he  then  being 
Captain  Gillam's  doctor.  I  asked  him  to  cut 
off  my  mangled  limbs  if  he  saw  it  needful,  and 
he  spoke  to  the  captain  about  it,  but  he  would 
not  allow  of  it,  but  sent  advice  to  the  Milford 
of  what  had  happened,  and  the  lieutenant  sent 
a  boat  and  carried  me  on  board  again,  and  the 
doctor  being  ashore,  he  sent  for  doctor  Cutler 
and  another  doctor,  who  came  on  board,  and 
after  a  glass  of  wine  they  ordered  I  should  be 
tied,  but  upon  my  earnest  solicitation  they  for- 
bore to  tie  me,  and  then  doctor  Cutler  per- 
formed the  first  amputation,  wdiich  was  my 
arm,  and  the  other  doctor  cut  off  part  of  my 
foot.  I  endured  extreme  pain  all  the  while, 
and  after  they  had  dressed  those  two  wounds, 
they  dressed  three  other  flesh  wounds,  which 
I  received  at  the  same  time,  and  the  next  day 
I  was  carried  on  shore,  where  I  remained 
without  appetite,  and  so  full  of  pain,  that  I 
thought  I  did  not  sleep  three  hours  in  three 
weeks :  but  at  last  thro'  God's  great  goodness, 
the  pain  left  me  and  my  appetite  was  restored, 
and  my  wounds  healed  wonderful  fast,  so  that 
in  about  four  months  my  foot  was  healed  up, 
and  I  could  go  on  it ;  but  it  broke  out  again, 
and  I  could  not  thoroughly  heal  it  till  I  got 
home  to  New  England.  I  was  about  nineteen 
years  of  age  at  the  time  of  this  disaster.  I 
received  much  kindness  from  many  gentlemen 
belonging  to  New  England,  as  well  as  from 
those  of  Barbados,  under  those  difficulties,  all 
which  I  desire  gratefully  to  acknowledge.  But 
above  all.  I  would  acknowledge  the  great  good- 
ness of  that  God  that  supported  me  under  and 
carried  me  through  those  distresses,  and  has 
provided  for  me  ever  since,  so  that  neither  I, 
nor  mine,  have  wanted  the  necessary  comforts 
of  this  life,  notwithstanding  my  inability  of 
body  for  many  employments.  Thus  having 
run  through  the  most  observable  passages  of 
that  disaster,  I  shall  conclude,  desiring  your 
prayers  to  God  for  me,  that  so  signal  a  de- 
liverance may  not  be  lost  upon  me ;  and  that  I 
may,  by  believing  and  yielding  obedience  to  the 


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Gospel   01   jt'sus  Chiisl,   hcc<iiin;  a   siiI)Jcl\   ..i 
eternal  as  well  as  temporal  >alvatioii. 

"N'our  humble  servant, 

■'Sa.MUKL  JlCNNINGS. 

■"SaniUvich,  Aui^usl  8,  171O." 

/vfter  his  relnrii  from  Barbadoes,  Samuel 
Jeuniiigs  probably  ilevotecl  himself  to  the  ac- 
quisition of  a  superior  education  in  conse- 
quence of  his  being  maimeil.  lie  was  the 
giammar-school  master,  and  the  records  of 
1710  show  that  he  was  voted  twenty  pound;-, 
and  it  was  provided  that  "those  who  send  shall 
pay  additional  and  board."  He  was  "still  em- 
ployed" in  1712.  He  was  selectman  in  1712, 
representative  1714-17-21,  town  clerk  1721-51 
(thirty  years),  town  treasurer  1719-51  (thirty- 
two  years),  surveyor  of  lands,  trader  and  pos- 
sessed a  large  estate.  In  1712  the  north  part 
of  the  township  of  Falmouth  included  in  what 
was  called  "the  New  Purchase,"  was  ordered 
to  be  laid  out;  and  "Thomas  Bowerman  and 
Philip  Dexter  were  appointed  to  lay  out  said 
lands,  and  were  to  associate  with  them,  in  the 
performance  of  their  tluty  some  suitable  per- 
son. They  called  to  their  aid  'Sir.  Samuel  Jen- 
nings of  Sandwich,  an  accomplished  surveyor 
and  good  scholar,  whose  able  and  neatly  pre- 
pared report  of  the  proceedings  amply  justifies 
the  enconium  we  bestow,"  says  the  historian. 
"In  1 71 7,  February  6,  John  Bacon,  agent  for 
the  town  of  Barnstable,  presented  a  petition  to 
the  General  Court  'for  the  division  of  the  town 
into  precincts ;'  and,  February  10,  on  the  peti- 
tion of  Mr.  Joseph  Crocker  and  others,  Mr. 
Samuel  Sturgis,  Melatiah  Bourne,  Esq.,  and 
Mr.  Samuel  Jennings,  were  appointed  'a  com- 
mittee to  determine  the  controversy  and  settle 
the  bounds  between  the  said  town  and  the  In- 
dians," which  was  accordingly  done."  April 
4,  1718,  Samuel  Jennings  in  a  deed  of  land  to 
"Joseph  Ney"  describes  himself  as  "shop- 
keeper." Freeman  states,  "In  1764,  two  of  the 
most  influential  and  respectable  citizens  of  the 
town  deceased,  Samuel  Jennings,  Esq.,  May 
13,  aged  eighty,  and  Hon.  Ezra  Bourne  in 
September,  aged  88."  On  a  well  preserved 
slate  stone  in  the  Old  Cemetery  in  Sandwich 
is  the  following  inscription :  "In  memory  of 
Samuel  Jennings  Esq.,  who  having  served  God 
and  his  Generation  with  uprightness  in  several 
important  trusts,  deceased  May  13th  1764  in 
his  Both  year.  The  memory  of  the  just  is 
blessed."  The  marriage  between  Samuel  Jen- 
nnigs  and  Remembrance  Smith,  both  of  Sand- 
wich, was  solemnized  "before  William  Bassett, 
justice  of  the  Peace,  att  Sandwich  the  20th 
day  of  January  Anno  Domini  1712-13."  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Shubael  and  granddaugh- 


ter of  Rev.  John  Smith,  who  was  pastor  of 
Sandwich  from  1675  to  1688.  Near  her  hus- 
band's stone  is  a  slate  slab  on  which  is  the 
legend,  "Here  Lyes  ye  body  of  Remember 
Jennings,  aged  About  28  Years  Deed  Jan'ry 
ye  23d  1717-18."  lie  married  (second)  De- 
borah Newcomb,  who  died  l'"cbruary  10,  1753. 
Tiie  children  of  the  first  wife  were  Lydia  and 
Ruhamah,  the  latter  a  woman  of  fine  educa- 
tion. The  children  of  the  second  wife  were: 
Samuel,  Esther  ami  John,  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows : 

(111)  John  (2),  youngest  child  of  Samuel 
and  Deborah  (Newcomb)  Jennings,  was  born 
in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  September  3, 
1734,  and  died  in  VVinthrop,  Maine,  as  stated 
in  the  Winthrop  records,  March  10,  1800, 
ageil  sixty-five  years.  He  was  interested  with 
his  father  in  shipping,  and  one  of  their  ves- 
sels was  the  sloop  "Deborah."  John  used  to 
take  "negro  and  Indian  boys  and  bring  them 
up  to  send  on  whaling  voyages,"  and  was  evi- 
dently a  prosperous  man.  But  after  the  revo- 
lution began  he  lost  considerable  property.  He 
was  a  zealous  Tory,  and,  history  states,  "was 
arrested  and  imprisoned  in  1778  for  disaffec- 
tion to  the  popular  cause."  Being  a  high- 
spirited  man,  he  determined  to  go  to  a  new 
country.  Accordingly  he  took  his  eldest  son 
and  went  to  Maine,  then  being  rapidly  settled. 
They  went  up  the  Kennebec  to  the  Hook  (now 
Hallowell)  and  thence  through  the  woods  of 
Winthrop  (then  Pondtown),  inquiring  of  the 
few  settlers  he  saw  for  land  partly  fenced  by 
water.  This  he  found  in  Wayne,  where  he 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers.  There  he  se- 
lected a  tract  of  about  a  thousand  acres 
bounded  on  three  sides  by  Pocasset  ( now 
Wing)  and  Lovejoy  ponds  and  what  has  since 
been  called  from  him  the  Jennings  stream, 
which  unites  the  other  two  bodies  of  water. 
Here  he  finally  obtained  possession  of  about 
two  hundred  acres  bordering  the  stream  and 
the  Wing  pond,  other  settlers  getting  the  rest. 
Here  they  felled  a  "possession,"  and  John  re- 
turned to  Sandwich,  leaving  Samuel  to  fell 
more  trees  during  the  summer.  The  next  sum- 
mer Samuel  was  also  sent  to  make  further  im- 
provements. The  next  year  John  and  his  son 
John  went  from  Sandwich  and  built  a  log  house 
and  extended  the  clearing.  The  greater  part 
of  the  land  John  Jennings  then  settled  on  has 
ever  since  been  the  property  of  his  descend- 
ants in  the  male  line  and  is  now  the  property 
of  Tudor  G.  Jennings,  the  occupant,  and  his 
nephew,  Loton  D.  Jennings,  a  lawver  of  Bos- 
ton. This  is  now  one  of  the  finest  farms  in 
Kennebec  county.     Vestiges  of  the  first  house 


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and  one  built  later  and  apple  trees  John  planted 
are  still  to  be  seen.     John  probably  removed 
to   W'ayne   with  his   family  in   the   spring  of 
1780.    They  went  on  a  vessel  to  Portland,  and 
from  there  John  with  his  son  Samuel  ascended 
the  Kennebec  in  one  of  his  old  whale-boats. 
From  Hallowell  they  made  their  way  on  foot, 
driving  before  them  the  sheep  and  hogs  they 
had  brought  from  Sandwich.    The  swine  were 
subsequently  taken  to  an  island  in  the  Andros- 
coggin pond  in  Leeds,  where  in  the  following 
July  the  outcries  of  the  animals  gave  notice  of 
trouble.     The  settlers  living  near  hastened  to 
the  island  and  discovered  that  bears  had  killed 
the   hogs,   and    escaped.      From   this   circum- 
stance the  island  has  since  been  known  as  Hog 
Island.    Having  no  salt,  the  neighbors  smoked 
the   meat   of   the    slaughtered   animals,    which 
was  a  substantial  part  of  the  provisions  of  Air. 
Jennings's  family  the  following  winter.     In  the 
autumn  John  Jennings  returned  to  Sandwich 
to  settle  his  affairs  and  came  the  next  spring 
to  Wayne,  where  he  lived  until  the  latter  part 
of  1799,  when  he  was  taken  sick  and  carried 
to  the  hoine  of  his  daughter  Deborah,  wife  of 
Joel  Chandler,  son  of  John  Chandler,  the  first 
settler  in  Winthrop  Milage  and  builder  of  the 
first  mills  on  the  stream  there.    The  Winthrop 
records  state  that  "]\Ir.  John  Jennings  died  at 
Winthrop,  March  10,  1800."     He  was  buried 
in  the  cemetery  there.     According  to  the  rec- 
ord John  Jennings  and  Hannah  Sturgis,  both 
of  Sandwich,  were  married  by  iVIr.  Abraham 
\Mlliams,  minister  of  Sandwich,  May  13,  1759. 
Hannah,  born  June  4.  1732,  was  the  widow  of 
Jonathan  Sturgis  and  daughter  of  William  and 
Bathshua    (Bourne)    Newcomb.      They    had: 
Deborah,  Samuel  (see  below),  John,  Hannah, 
Bathsheba,   Sarah,   Nathaniel    (mentioned  be- 
low), and  Mary — all  born  in  Sandwich. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Hannah  (Newcomb)  Jennings,  was  born 
in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  November  15, 
1762,  and  died  in  Leeds,  Maine,  March  23, 
1842,  in  his  eightieth  year,  hie  accompanied 
his  father  on  his  first  visit  to  New  Sandwich 
and  was  left  there  to  continue  the  work  of 
clearing  the  farm  which  they  there  began,  and 
returned  to  Sandwich  later  on  foot  with  oth- 
ers. The  next  spring  he  was  sent  back  alone, 
to  further  improve  the  place.  He  boarded  with 
Job  Fuller,  the  earliest  white  settler  in  Wayne 
(  1773),  and  exchanged  work  with  Eben  Wing. 
They  secured  only  a  poor  "burn"  of  tlie  tim- 
ber on  the  ground,  and  the  "turf"  still  left  was 
deep;  and  they  had  to  use  the  bag  in  which 
they  brought  their  dinner  to  carry  sand  from 
the  shore  of  the  pond,  to  cover  the  corn  they 


planted.     Samuel  soon  wearied  of  this  style  of 
farming,  and  arranged  with  a  neighbor  to  care 
for  the  crop,  and  again  trudged  back  to  Sand- 
wich, and  made  the  best  excuse  he  could  to  his 
father  for  thus  leaving  the  place  in  the  wilder- 
ness of   Maine.     The  ne.xt   spring,   when  the 
time  for  going  to  New  Sandwich  drew  nigh, 
Samuel  seized  an  opportunity  when  his  father 
was  away  and  went  to  Plymouth,  and  thence  to 
Boston,  where  he  met  some  acquaintances  and 
enlisted  on  board  a  privateer  which   made   a 
successful  cruise,  capturing  three  prizes.  Sam- 
uel returning  to  Boston  as  one  of  the  crew  of 
the  third  one.     Samuel  Jennings  also  served 
as  a  private   in  Captain   Simeon  Fish's  com- 
pany.   Colonel    Freeman's    regiment,    on    an 
alarm  at  Falmouth  in  September,  1779.     The 
next  year  he  went  with  his  father  and  his  fam- 
ily to  Wayne.    Samuel  Jennings  in  his  account 
of  the  family  at  this  time  says,  "They  thought 
it  rather  hard  times  to  live  on  smoked  meat 
and  keep  their  cattle  on  meadow  hay."    In  the 
early   spring  when   Samuel  found  the  neigh- 
boring settlers  could  not  pay  in  corn  for  cer- 
tain utensils  they  had  bought  of  his  father  the 
year   before,   he   went   to   Littleborough,   now 
Leeds,   some  ten  miles   away,   and   worked  a 
week   for  Thomas    Stinchfield,   chopping   and 
piling  logs  for  a  peck  of  corn  a  day.    On  Sun- 
day he  was  set  across  the  Androscoggin  pond 
by  the  Stinchfield  boys  in  a  canoe,  and  carried 
his  bushel  and  a  half  of  corn  on  his  back  to 
his    home,    where    he    and    his    burden    were 
warmly  welcomed  by  the  other  members  of  the 
family.     On  the  day  when  Samuel  completed 
his  twenty-first  year  he   refused   to   "tote"   a 
bag  of  corn  on  his  back  through  the  woods  to 
mill.     His   father  was   angry,   disowned  him, 
and  told  him  to  leave  the  place.    But  while  the 
father  was  absent  hunting  that   day   in   Port 
Royal,     now     Livermore,     Samuel     and     his 
brother  John  seeing  a  bear  swimming  in  the 
pond,  dispatched  it  with  an  axe.  dressed  the 
carcass  and  hung  it  on  a  pole.    The  father  re- 
turning from  his  hunt  without  game  and  see- 
ing the   supply   of  meat,   inquired  who  killed 
the  bear.     Being  told  that  Samuel  had  been 
chiefly  instrumental  in  killing  bruin,  he  with- 
drew his  objections  and  the  young  man  con- 
tinued to  live  at  the  homestead. 

In  1784  Samuel,  accompanied  by  his  brother 
John,  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land,  mostly 
rich  intervale,  on  the  bank  of  the  Androscog- 
gin river  in  Leeds,  where  the  hamlet  of  West 
Leeds  now  is.  This  is  still  owned  by  his  de- 
scendants in  the  male  line.  Somewhat  later 
he  returned  to  Sandwich  and  married.  Leav- 
ing   his    wife    there,    he    went    to    Hallowell, 


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Maine,  where  lie  worked  for  liis  brolher-in- 
law,  John  lieenian,  for  four  dollars  a  month. 
In  the  spring  of  1787,  Mrs.  Jennings  with  her 
infant  .'^on,  Samuel,  went  to  Hallowell,  and 
thence  to  Wayne,  where  she  met  her  husband. 
On  their  journey  to  Leeds  they  crossed  the 
Androscoggin  pond  in  a  birch  canoe ;  the  wind 
blew  a  gale,  the  waves  beat  over  the  canoe, 
compelling  the  mother  to  sit  very  quiet  in  t>:c 
bottom  of  the  bark  boat  with  her  babe  in  her 
arms,  while  the  father,  alternately  paddling 
and  bailing,  urged  the  canoe  forward.  The 
shore  was  reached  at  last,  and  at  the  house  of 
Thomas  Stinchfieid  they  were  warmed  and  re- 
freshed, their  clothing  dried,  and  again  on  foot 
they  made  their  way  through  the  woods  to 
their  home.  Samuel  Jennings  was  a  wealthy 
and  influential  farmer  in  Leeds.  He  married 
in  Sandwich,  in  1785,  Olive  Tupper,  daughter 
of  Enoch  and  Mchitable  (Davis)  Tupper.  She 
was  born  February  16,  1763,  and  died  April 
20,  1848,  aged  eighty-five  years.  They  were 
the  parents  of  Samuel,  who  was  born  in  Sand- 
wich, Massachusetts,  and  Perez  Smith,  one  of 
the  earliest  born  white  children  in  Leeds. 

(V)  Samuel  (3),  elder  of  the  two  sons  of 
Samuel  (2)  and  Olive  (Tupper)  Jennings, 
was  born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1787,  and  died  at  the  village  of  North 
Wayne,  Maine,  March  29,  1876,  in  the  nine- 
tieth year  of  his  age.  Leeds  in  the  days  of  his 
boyhood  was  little  better  than  an  unbroken 
forest ;  there  was  no  school  until  after  he  was 
twelve  years  old,  and  many  children  received 
but  little  book  knowledge :  but  he  had  all  the 
school  privileges  the  locality  afforded  and  ac- 
quired a  good  common  school  education  and  a 
desire  for  reading,  which  a  small  library  in  the 
town  afiforded  him  some  means  of  gratifying. 
He  was  a  constant  reader  throughout  his  life, 
especially  in  his  age,  and  became  familiar  with 
the  Bible,  works  of  history  and  other  books. 
In  the  fall  of  1809  he  settled  on  a  farm  on  the 
west  side  of  North  Wayne,  where  the  active 
portion  of  his  life  was  spent,  except  six  years 
between  1826  and  1832,  when  he  lived  on  the 
homestead  in  Leeds.  From  1852  to  1868  he 
live  1  with  his  son  Seth,  and  after  that  time  on 
a  place  he  bought  on  the  north  side  of  North 
Wayne.  He  was  a  liberal,  social  and  law- 
abiding  citizen  and  a  man  of  practical  sa- 
gacity and  determined  will.  He  left  a  written 
account  of  the  settlement  of  the  familv  in 
Wayne  and  Leeds,  from  which  much  of  the 
foregoing  has  been  taken.  For  a  large  part  of 
his  life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  singing  and  playing  the  bass 
viol  in  the  choir.     He  was  a  Whig  until  that 


party  dissolved,  and  thereafter  a  Democrat. 
In  the  war  of  1812  he  served  at  Wiscassct  in 
the  coast  defense.  Mis  health  seemed  to  be 
always  good,  and  he  was  never  seriously  ill  till 
his  last  sickness.  Samuel  Jennings  married 
(fir>t)  in  Micldleborough,  Massachusetts, 
January  14,  1809,  I'lieije  Morton,  born  in  Mid- 
dleborough.  May  15,  1791,  died  at  North 
Wayne,  ( )ctober  26,  1858,  aged  si.xty-seven 
years.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Seth  (2)  and 
Priscilla  (Morton)  Morton  (see  Morton  VI), 
and  a  cousin  german  of  Rev.  Daniel  Oliver 
Morton,  the  father  of  Levi  P.  Morton,  late 
Vice-President  of  the  United  States.  She  was 
related,  but  more  remotely,  to  Governor  Mar- 
cus and  Chief  Justice  Marcus  Morton,  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. She  was  also  a  descendant  of 
Stephen  Hopkins  of  "Mayflower"  fame,  thus: 
Deborah,  daughter  of  Stephen  Hopkins,  mar- 
ried Andrew  Ring;  Mary  Ring,  their  daugh- 
ter, married  John  Morton  (2)  (see  Morton 
III),  ancestor  of  Phebe  Morton.  Samuel  Jen- 
nings was  married  (second)  December  20, 
1868,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Mastcrman,  of  Wayne,  to 
Laura  M.  (Rackley)  Gilmorc,  widow  of  Ansel 
Gilmore,  of  Turner,  who  survived  him  and 
died  in  her  seventy-fifth  year,  while  on  a  visit 
to  Livermore,  September  20,  1882.  The  chil- 
dren of  Samuel  and  Phebe  were:  i.  Olive 
(first),  born  April  8,  1810,  died  January,  181 1. 
2.  Olive  (second),  born  August  2,  1811,  mar- 
ried, January  i,  1833,  Captain  James  Lamb; 
died  in  Chesterville,  December  23,  1893,  aged 
eighty-two.  3.  Louisa,  born  September  14, 
1813,  married,  March  6,  1836,  Captain  Morton 
Freeman,  of  Middleborough,  Aiassachusetts; 
died  Alay  24,  1844.  4.  Lavinia,  born  June  12, 
1815,  died  June  17,  1815.  5.  Cleora,  born  Au- 
gust ID,  1816,  married  Willard  Torrey,  of  Dix- 
field,  March  4,  1845,  "I'l'l  '''^'1  •'''  Auburn,  No- 
vember 3,  1900,  aged  eighty-four.  6.  Samuel 
M.,  mentioned  below.  7.  Lovias,  see  further. 
8.  Granville  Temple,  born  September  28,  1822, 
died  October  4,  1843.  9.  Perez  S.,  see  below. 
10.  Seth  W.,  receives  mention-  below.  11. 
Martha,  born  March  9,  1828,  married,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1846,  John  H.  Lord;  died  at  North 
Wayne,  February  ig,  1854.  12.  Velzora,  born 
July  II,  1833,  died  October  25,  1843.  I3- 
Mary  Helen,  born  March  30,  1837,  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  1843. 

(\T)  Samuel  Morton,  eldest  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Phebe  (Morton)  Jennings,  was  born 
in  Wayne,  March  23,  1818,  and  died  in 
Wayne,  September  25,  1877.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  and  grew  to  manhood 
a  farmer.  An  old  account  book  of  his  father 
shows  that  he  worked  for  his  grandfather  Jen-, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


nings  in  Leeds  from  March,  1832,  to  Novem- 
ber 25,  1835 — almost  four  years.    He  built  the 
house  at  North  Wayne  afterward  occupied  by 
Captain  Lamb  and  lived  in  it  for  a  time.   Later 
he   bought   the   homestead  of  his    father   and 
lived  on  it  from  1846  to  1874,  disposing  of  it 
at  the  latter  date  and  living  in  the  village.   He 
was  thrown  from  a  horse  in  1869  and  so  seri- 
ously injured  that  he  was  never  afterward  able 
to  perform  heavy  labor.     As  a  farmer  he  was 
diligent  and  successful,  and  ranked  among  the 
best  of  that  class  in  Wayne,  which  is  one  of 
the  best  agricultural  towns  in  Maine.    He  was 
a  Democrat  in  youn^  manhood,  but  became  a 
•  member  of  the  Know  Nothing  party,  and  later 
of  the  Republican  party,  which  he  loyally  sup- 
ported till  his   death.     He  cast  his   vote   for 
John  C.  Fremont  for  president,  in  1856.     He 
cared  nothing  for  public  office  and  would  never 
allow  his  friends  to  make  him  a  candidate  for 
official  position.     He  was  a  constant  attendant 
ani  liberal  supporter  of  the  Alethodist  Epis- 
copal church,   but  not  a   member ;  a  man  of 
strict  integrity,  and  his  word  was  as  good  as 
his  bond,  and  either  was  as  good  as  gold.    He 
was  a  strong  supporter  of  schools,  both  public 
and  private,  and  gave  his  children  opportuni- 
"  ties  for  good  educations.     He  was  married  in 
Portland,  March  15,  1842,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Pierce, 
to  Mary  Lobdell,  who  was  born  in  Westbrook, 
December  12,  18 19,  and  died  in  Oakland,  Sep- 
tember   15,   1893.     She   was  the  daughter   of 
Isaac  and  Charlotte  (Pratt)  Lobdell,  of  West- 
brook  (see  Lobdell  VH).    She  was  a  woman 
who  possessed  common  sense  in  large  meas- 
ure, was  well   informed  on  current  topics,   a 
pleasant   companion,   and   greatly   beloved   by 
her  husband   and  children.     The  children  of 
this  marriage  were:    i.  Samuel  W.,  mentioned 
below.   2.  Aroline  Edson,  born  August  8,  1844, 
was  married   to   Charles   A.   Hall,   at   North 
Wayne,  August  22,   1866,  by  Dr.  Charles  H. 
Barker.     She  died  in   Springfield,   Massachu- 
setts, April  19,  1903,  and  was  buried  at  North 
Wayne.     3.   Zelina    Elizabeth,   born   July   29, 
1846,  was  married  at  Leominster,  Massachu- 
setts, April  5,   1883,  to  Angus  Dankason,  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Savage.     She  died  May  5,  1883,  at 
Leominster,  and  was  buried  there.    4.  Edward 
Lobdell.  see  below.     5.  Annie  May,  born  May 
31,    1 861,   was   married  at   Winthrop,   IMaine, 
November  9,  1880,  by  Rev.  David  Church,  to 
William  Hurlbutt.     She  died  at  South  Fram- 
ingham,  Massachusetts,  May  15,  1892,  and  was 
buried  there. 

(VH)  Williston,  first  named  Samuel  Willis- 
ton,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  M.  and  Mary 
(Lobdell)     Jennings,     was     born     at     North 


Wayne,  March  24,  1843,  ^"d  was  educated  in 
the  common  and  high  schools  of  Wayne  and 
at  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary.     At  seven- 
teen years  of  age  he  left  the  farm,  and  worked 
at  the  jeweler's  trade  in  Buckfield  until  April 
28,   1S61,  when  he  responded  to  the  first  call 
for  troops  in  the  civil  war  and  enrolled  him- 
self as  a  soldier.     The  organization  which  he 
joined    had    for    its    commissioned    officers : 
Isaac    H.    McDonald,    of    Buckfield,    captain : 
John  P.  Swasey,  of  Canton,  now  member  of 
congress   from  the  second   district,  first  lieu- 
tenant ;  and  Joseph  Shaw,  of  Buckfield,  second 
lieutenant.     This  company  of  more  than  one 
hundred  men  was  mustered  in  May,  1861,  and 
well  drilled  in  camp  until  nearly  the  first  of 
July,  when  on  account  of  the  state's  quota  be- 
ing full,  it  was  paid  ofT  and  discharged.  Young 
Jennings,  still  anxious  to  render  service  to  the 
country,  went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where 
he   enlisted    as   a   marine,   July   g,    1861,   and 
served  till  August  13,  1862.    On  August  22,  he 
was  detached  to  serve  on  the  "Cambridge,"  a 
steam  propeller  of  one  thousand  tons,  which 
had  been  taken  from  the  merchant  service  and 
remodeled   for  the   naval   service.     Her   crew 
now  consisted  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
officers  and  men,  and  her  armament  of  four 
eight-inch  guns,  one  twenty-four  pound   rifle 
gun  and  a  thirty-two  pound  Parrott  rifle  gun, 
said  to  be  the  first  Parrott  gun  mounted  on 
shipboard.     The  two  rifle  guns  were  of  long 
range,    as    subsequent    service    proved.      The 
"Cambridge"    went    into   commission    August 
29,  and  sailed  for  Hampton  Roads,  Virginia, 
September  4,  1861.     She  was  assigned  to  the 
blockading     squadron,     and     captured     many 
blockade  runners.    In  February  she  joined  the 
"Congress"    and    "Cumberland"    at    Newport 
News  to  guard  the  mouth  of  the  James  river 
and  was  at  Hampton  Roads  March  8,   1862, 
when   the  famous  rebel   ram  "Merrimac"   at- 
tacked the  federal  fleet  there,  and  took  part  in 
that    celebrated    battle    which    revolutionized 
modern  naval   warfare.     He   was  one  of  the 
crew  of  the  after  pivot  grm  and   was  in  the 
fight  from  start  to  finish.     Three  of  the  gun 
crew.    Midshipman    Cushing    (who    later,    as 
Lieutenant     Cushing,    blew     up     the     "Albe- 
marle"), J.  H.  Woods  and  Frank  A.  Kelley, 
were   wounded.     Between   ]\Iarch    10  and    17 
while  at  sea,  Mr.  Jennings  wrote  an  account  of 
the  battle  to  his  mother,  in  which  he  says  of 
the  "Cambridge" :     "She  is  cut  up  badly,  both 
in  her  hull  and  top  hamper,  with  her  timbers 
stove  in  on  her  portside,   her  bowsprit  gone 
close  to  her  figure-head   and  her  after  pivot 
gun  split  at  the  muzzle  by  a  shell."     Contin- 


STATF  OI'   iMAIXI-: 


147 


uing  lie  says:  "I  should  like  to  go  ashore 
once  more,  as  1  liavc  not  been  for  about  seven 
months."  This  letter  was.  written  while  en 
route  to  relieve  the  "Stale  of  Georgia,"  then 
at  Beaufort,  North  Carolina,  which  went  north 
to  coal.  The  "Nashville."  a  well-known  Con- 
federate blockade  runner,  was  in  IJeaiifort 
harbor  when  the  "Cambridge"  arrived,  but  es- 
caped from  one  of  the  ungiiariled  entrances  to 
the  harbor  the  following  night.  In  May  the 
"Cambridge"  was  ordered  to  jjaltimore  for  re- 
pairs. A  month  after  arriving  there  Mr.  Jen- 
nings was  transferred  to  the  "Alleghany," 
where,  after  serving  a  month,  he  was  dis- 
cliarged  on  surgeon's  certificate,  for  disability 
incin-red  while  in  the  line  of  duty.  lie  re- 
turned to  Wayne,  where  he  remained  until  Au- 
gust, 1864,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  quarter- 
master's department,  Cnited  States  army,  and 
went  from  Boston,  Massachusetts,  to  Nash- 
ville, Tennessee,  and  served  as  a  member  of 
the  guard  on  various  government  steamers  on 
the  Cumberland  and  Ohio  rivers.  Just  before 
the  battle  of  Nashville,  December  15-16,  1864, 
he  was  one  of  the  many  armed  and  sent  for- 
ward from  the  levy  to  take  part  in  that  en- 
gagement. He  was  under  command  of  Gen- 
eral Donaldson  and  stationed  on  the  right 
wing  of  the  army  in  the  rille-pils  on  the  turn- 
pike where  he  remained  four  days,  during  two 
of  which  he  was  engaged  in  the  fighting.  Dur- 
ing the  most  of  this  time  rain  fell  heavily  and 
filled  the  entrenchments  knee-deep  with  mud 
and  water,  and  as  those  who  had  been  brought 
off  the  ships  had  neither  overcoats  nor  blank- 
ets their  condition  was  of  the  most  serious 
character.  To  alleviate  his  discomfort  in  soine 
degree,  Mr.  Jennings  went  over  the  breast- 
works in  the  night  and  secured  a  pair  of  blank- 
ets one  of  the  enemy  had  no  further  use  for. 
The  utter  rout  of  the  rebel  General  Hood  and 
his  forces,  relieved  the  Union  army  of  further 
need  of  the  aid  of  those  of  Mr.  Jennings's 
class,  and  in  February,  1865,  he  was  dis- 
charged by  reason  of  expiration  of  service,  and 
returned  to  Wayne. 

In  the  summer  of  1863  he  apprenticed  him- 
self to  the  shoemaker's  trade.  After  the  war 
he  spent  two  years  at  Middleborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  then  a  year  at  Kent's  Hill,  Maine, 
and  then  removed  to  North  Wayne.  He  was 
a  shoemaker  and  dealer  in  boots  and  shoes 
from  the  time  he  went  to  Kent's  Hill  till  he 
lost  his  store  at  North  Wayne,  by  fire,  in  1889. 
He  then  gave  up  the  shoe  business,  and  fur 
about  a  year  was  an  insurance  solicitor.  In 
TS85  he  was  appointed  agent  of  the  North 
\\  ayne  Water  Power  Company,  and  filled  that 


place  three  years.  From  1891  to  the  present 
time  lie  has  been  superintendent  of  the  North 
Wayne  Tool  Company  and  agent  of  the  North 
Wayne  Water  Power  Company.  In  political 
faith  he  is  a  consistent  Republican.  He  was 
postmaster  at  North  Wayne  for  terms  of  two 
and  four  years,  was  ap])ointed  justice  of  the 
peace  by  Governor  Garcelon  in  1879,  and  has 
ever  since  filled  that  office :  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature  1894-96,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Republican  town  committee  ten  or  fifteen 
years.  I'or  four  or  five  years  past  he  has  been 
a  notary  public,  and  since  his  appointment  as 
justice  of  the  peace  he  has  prepared  deeds 
conveying  nearly  all  the  real  estate  in  the 
vicinity  of  North  Wayne.  He  has  been  ad- 
ministrator of  many  estates  and  has  assisted 
many  executors  of  wills  and  administrators  in 
the  discharge  of  their  duties,  and  performed 
many  marriage  ceremonies.  In  the  compila- 
tion of  the  History  of  Wayne  he  was  promi- 
nent, and  had  charge  of  the  preparation  of  the 
town's  military  history.  In  all  matters  of  pub- 
lic benefit,  both  secular  and  religious,  he  has 
borne  an  ample  share  of  the  expense.  In  1880 
he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Asylum  Lodge,  No. 
133,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  served  as 
secretary  of  that  body  continuously  from  the 
following  election  till  1889.  He  is  a  iriember 
of  Starling  Grange,  No.  156,  Patrons  of  PIus- 
bandry ;  and  also  of  Lewis  II.  Wing  Post,  No. 
167,  Grand  xArmy  of  the  Republic,  of  which  lie 
was  commander  one  year.  Williston  Jen- 
nings was  married  June  i,  1870,  at  Kent's 
Hill,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Weber,  to  Melora  Elzada 
Faunce,  of  Wayne,  who  was  born  at  North 
Wayne,  January  15,  1847,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Mary  E.  (Currier)  Faunce.  Of  this 
marriage  was  born  one  child,  Charlotte  Mor- 
ton, November  9,  1872.  She  married  (first) 
August  8,  1 891,  Otis  Howard  Nelke,  of 
Wayne,  son  of  Solomon  A.  and  Pamelia  (Ray- 
mond) Nelke.  He  was  born  in  Wayne,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1864,  and  died  December  30,  1895, 
leaving  one  child,  Gladys  Leone,  born  July  29, 
1895,  who  resides  with  Mr.  Jennings.  Char- 
lotte M.  married  (second)  November  14,  1898, 
at  Lewiston,  George  R.  Hall,  and  lives  in  Lew- 
iston. 

(\TI)  Edward  Lobdell,  second  son  of 
Samuel  M.  and  Mary  (Lobdell)  Jennings, 
was  born  at  North  Wayne,  April  14.  1850,  and 
died  in  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  November  6, 
1908,  and  was  buried  at  Hyde  Park.  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary. 
In  June,  1870,  he  went  to  Boston  and  spent  the 
greater   part   of  the   two    following   years   in 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


finding  a  satisfactor)-  position.     In  February, 
1872,  he  entered  the  employ  of  W.  A.  Wood 
&  Company  of  Boston,  dealers  in  oils  and  gen- 
eral lubricants.     In  1874  he  began  to  sell  oil 
on  the  road ;  in  1886  he  became  assistant  man- 
ager,  and   in    igoo  manager   of  the   concern, 
which  position  he  held  until  igoi.     In  the  lat- 
ter year   he    resigned    to   become   purchasing 
agent   of  the   American    Brass    Company,    of 
Waterbury,  Connecticut,  and  continued  to  hold 
that  place  till  his  lieath.     In  1903  the  charge 
of  the  traffic  department  was  added  to  his  du- 
ties.    He   was   a  man   of   superior   executive 
ability  and  commanded  a  large  salary.   He  was 
a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Waterbury.     In  politics  he  was  a  Republi- 
can.   He  was  also  a  jMason,  a  member  of  Hyde 
Park  Lodge,  Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts,  and 
also  of  the  Chapter,  Council,  and  Commandery 
there.    The  only  club  in  which  he  had  a  mem- 
bership was  the  Waterbury.     He  was  a  kind 
and    affectionate    husband,    fond   of    his   chil- 
dren, for  whose  welfare  he  was  always  alert, 
providing  them  with  good  educations ;  fond  of 
music,  a  good  singer,  and  a  gentleman  wliose 
pleasing    personality     won     and    kept     many 
friends.     Edward  L.  Jennings  married   (first) 
December  14,  1874,  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
Mary    Evelyn    Brockway,    who    was    born    in 
Bradford,   New  Hampshire,   March   15,   1850, 
and  died  in  Hyde  Park,  August  i,  1892.     She 
was    the    daughter    of    Lyman    and    Eurania 
Brockway.   He  was  married  (second)  in  Hvde 
Park,  JMassachusetts,  to  Mabel  Blanche  Caffin, 
by  Rev.  Francis  Williams,  October  15,   1902. 
She  was  born   in   Dorchester,   Massachusetts, 
April   22,    1862,   daughter   of   Francis    Henry 
and  Harriet    (Butters)    Caffin.     The  children 
by  wife  Mary  E.  were:     I.  Ralph  Wood,  men- 
tioned  below.      2.    Edward    Morton,    has    ex- 
tended mention  below.     3.  Ina  Frances,  born 
in  Hyde  Park,  January  24,  1884,  was  educated 
in  the  Hyde   Park  and  Winthrop  schools,  at 
St.    Margaret's    Diocesan    school,    Waterbury, 
Connecticut,  and  the  New  England  Conserva- 
tory of  Music.     She  was  married  in  Water- 
bury, Connecticut,  to  Horace  Richardson,  by 
Rev.  John  N.  Lewis,  July  18,  igo6.    4.  Nevill 
Brockway,  born   in   Hyde   Park,   October   10, 
1888,   was   educated    in    the    Hyde    Park   and 
Winthrop  schools.     October   i,   1904,  he  was 
washed  from  the  deck  of  the  ship  "Atlas"  and 
drowned  in  the  Indian  Ocean,  while  on  a  voy- 
age from  New  York  to  Shanghai.     5.  Walter 
Lobdell,  hnrn   in   Hyde   Park,  July  21,    1892, 
died  May  3,  1907.    6.  Evelyn  Lauriat,  child  of 
second  wife,  born  in  New  York,  February  13, 
1904. 


(VIII)  Ralph  Wood,  eldest  child  of  Ed- 
ward L.  and  Mary  E.  (Brockway)  Jennings, 
was  born  in  East  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,, 
October  26,  1875,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Hyde  Park  and  the  Massa- 
chusetts Nautical  Trairiing  School.  He  has 
filled  the  position  of  superintendent  for  the 
Rice  &  Hutchinson  Shoe  Company  of  Rock- 
land, Massachusetts,  for  some  years.  He  mar- 
ried, in  New  York,  August  15,  1896,  Belle 
Hutchings,  and  has  two  children :  Ralph  Ed- 
ward, born  in  New  York.  June  14,  1897;  and 
Howard  Lobdell,  born  in  Rockland,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  26,  igoo. 

(VIII)  Edward  Morton,  second  son  of  Ed- 
ward L.  and  Mary  E.  (Brockway)   Jennings, 
was  born  in  East  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,, 
November  29,  1877.    After  passing  the  gram- 
mar, and  a  year  in  the  high  school  in  Hyde 
Park,  he  entered  the  Massachusetts  Nautical 
Training  School  in  1893  and  graduated  after  a 
two  years'  course  in  marine  and  electrical  en- 
gineering.    His  first  position  after  graduation 
was  as  cadet  in  engineering  on  the  steamship 
"St.    Paul"   of  the   American   line   plying  be- 
tween New  York  and  Southampton,  England. 
He  filled  that  place  a  short  time  and  then  was 
engineer  for  the  Benedict  Burnham  Manufac- 
turing Company,  of  Waterbury,  Connecticut. 
He  was  with  that  company  at  the  outbreak  of 
the   Spanish-.\merican   war,  when  he  offered 
his  services  to  the  government  and  was  com- 
missioned assistant  engineer  with  the  relative 
rank  of  ensign  in  the  L'nited  States  navy,  June 
3,  i8g8,  thus  becoming  the  youngest  commis- 
sioned officer  in  the  United  States  navy.     He 
saw   service   as   acting   chief  engineer   of   the 
United  States  steamship  "Piscataqua"  on  the 
Havana  blockade  and  was  later  transferred  to 
the  L'uited  States  steamer  'A'ixen,"  and  hon- 
orably discharged  in  January,   i8gg,  the  war 
having  ended.    Returning  to  Massachuetts,  he 
became  assistant  engineer  in  the  employ  of  the 
Edison   Electrical   Illuminating    Company    of 
Boston,  from  which  he  went  to  the  employ  of 
John  P.  Squire  &  Company,  of  Cambridge,  as 
mechanical  engineer.    After  two  years'  service 
there,  in   1902,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Parson  Manufacturing  Company,  and  for  six 
years  past  has  acted  as  sales  agent  for  it  in 
New  England,  selling  forced  draft  equipments 
for  steam  boilers.     In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican.    He  is  a  member  of  Winthrop  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Win- 
throp, Massachusetts,  the  Winthrop  and  Cot- 
tage Park  Yacht  clubs,  also  American  Society 
of  Mechanical   Engineers,   New   England   So- 
ciety of   Naval    Engineers,  and   Military  and 


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Naval  Order  of  the  Spani>h-Amcrican  War. 
He  was  married  in  Wiiilluup,  Massachusetts, 
October  16,  1901.  by  Rev.  William  S.  Key,  to 
Grace  Willis  Waite,  who  was  born  in  Calais, 
Maine,  April  27,  1880,  daughter  of  Horace 
and  Julia  Carolyn  (Washburn)  Waite.  Mr. 
Waite  is  a  commission  merchant  in  Boston. 
The  children  of  Edward  M.  and  Grace  W. 
(Waite)  Jennings  are:  Laurence  Williston, 
September  2,  1902 ;  and  Edwanl  Morton,  No- 
vember 24,  1906;  both  born  in  Winthrop. 

(VI)  Lovias,  second  son  of  Samuel  (3)  and 
Phebe  (Morton)  Jennings,  was  born  in  Wayne, 
March  10,  1820.  and  died  in  Turner,  July  31, 
1903,  aged  eighty-three.  He  was  married  by 
Stephen  Bray,  Esq.,  October  5,  1843,  at  East 
Turner,  to  Jane  Millett.  who  was  born  in 
Turner,  August  13,  1825,  daughter  of  Israel 
and  Betsey  (Harris)  Millett,  of  Turner,  and 
died  February  26,  1901,  aged  seventy-five.  He 
lived  on  the  farm  his  father-in-law  had  owned 
near  Keens  Mills.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. He  was  a  sociable  man  and  a  good  judge 
of  stock.  The  children  of  Lovias  and  Jane 
(Alillett)  Jennings  were:  i.  Lovias  Miletus, 
born  June  26,  1844,  died  March  i,  1846.  2. 
Isidore,  born  October  21,  1845,  married,  April 
14,  1875,  Simeon  Goodwin,  and  lives  in  Ta- 
coma,  Washington.  3.  Louisa  Maria,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1848,  died  June  i,  1858.  4.  Mary 
Helen,  born  May  3,  1851,  married,  November 
26,  1873,  Austin  Hutchinson,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary  21,    1886.      5.    Julia    E.,    February    19, 

1854,  married  in  Auburn,  February  23.  1881, 
Zebulon  Tyler  Newell  and  resides  in  Auburn. 
6.  George  W.  H.,  born  April  27,  1858,  died 
July  21.  1862.  7.  Lilla  Jane,  March  19,  1862, 
married  (first)  October  13,  1878,  Fred  B. 
Wing,  from  whom  she  obtained  a  divorce. 
She  married  (second)  May  17,  1904,  F.  Wal- 
ter Marden,  of  Turner.  8.  William  Harris, 
born  Alarch  28,  1865,  married  in  Turner,  Jan- 
uarv  17,  1888,  Rose  Hill.  9.  Infant,  born 
May  8,  1868,  died  May  20,  1868.  10.  Minnie, 
October  24,  1869,  died  in  Lewiston,  June, 
1889. 

(VI)  Dr.  Perez  Smith,  fourth  son  of  Samuel 
(3)  and  Phebe  (Morton)  Jennings,  was  born 
in  Wavne,  July  22,  1824,  and  died  in  Clinton, 
Missouri,  February  28,  1893.  He  was  educa- 
ted in  the  common  schools  and  at  the  Maine 
Wesleyan  Seminary;  and  in  1851  went  to  Alis- 
souri,  where  after  teaching  about  three  years 
he  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
,versity  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  commonly 
known  as  McDowell's  Medical  College,  in  St. 
Louis,  from  which  he  gradated  February  27, 

1855.  He  then  entered  the  practice  of  medicine 


at  Clinton,  where  for  thirty-eight  years  he 
was  one  of  the  most  successful  and  most  pop- 
ular physicians.  lie  was  a  Democrat  and  held 
the  office  of  alderman  and  member  of  the 
school  board  at  various  times  and  was  mayor 
of  Clinton  three  terms,  1874-75-76.  In  relig- 
ious faith  he  was  a  Missionary  Baptist,  and 
one  of  the  three  most  liberal  and  influential 
supporters  of  the  flourishing  First  Church  at 
Clinton.  He  was  always  kind  and  charitable 
to  the  poor  and  needy,  and  after  his  death  he 
was  universally  mourned  by  rich  and  poor 
alike.  The  amount  he  disbursed  in  charities 
was  large.  For  twenty-eight  years  he  was  as- 
sociated professionally  with  Dr.  John  FI.  Britts, 
a  leading  physician  and  surgeon  of  southwest 
Missouri.  Dr.  Jennings  married.  June  14, 
1857,  in  Flenry  county,  Missouri,  Laura  \'ick- 
ers,  who  was  born  in  Muhlenburg  county,  Ken- 
tucky, December  20,  1838,  daughter  of  .Absa- 
lom and  Elizabeth  (Welch)  \ickcrs,  of  Henry 
county.  Two  children  were  born  of  this  mar- 
riage:  I.  Williston  Temple,  August  4,  1865,  is 
a  practicing  physician  in  Clinton.  He  married, 
October  25,  1893,  Anna  C.  Fewell,  daughter  of 
R.  Z.  Fewell,  of  Henry  county.  2.  Olive  Vick- 
ers,  April  20,  1870,  married,  October  25.  1893, 
Rev.  Mark  W.  Barcafer.  now  pastor  of  Will- 
iam Jewell  (Baptist)  Church,  in  Kansas  City, 
Missouri. 

(\T)  Seth  Williston,  youngest  son  of  Sam- 
uel (3)  and  Phebe  (Morton)  Jennings,  was 
born  in  Leeds,  April  18,  1826,  and  died  at 
North  Wayne,  March  10,  1882,  aged  fifty-six 
years.  He  attended  school  until  eighteen  years 
of  age  and  then  was  a  seafarer  for  about  five 
years,  making  a  whaling  voyage  in  the  middle 
.'\tlantic  and  later  voyages  to  ports  of  Cuba 
and  the  southern  and  eastern  coasts  of  the 
L'nited  States.  After  1849  he  was  engaged  in 
farming  just  east  of  North  Wayne,  and  also 
carried  on  the  manufacture  of  soap.  His  little 
farm  was  one  of  the  best  kept  and  most  care- 
fully cultivated  in  the  town,  and  the  orchards 
he  planted  and  the  stone  walls  he  built  upon  it 
were  memorials  of  his  industry.  He  was  an 
untiring  toiler,  and  a  true-hearted  and  gener- 
ous friend.  In  political  belief  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. He  enlisted  for  service  in  the  civil  war, 
April  5,  1865,  and  was  a  private  in  the  Thir- 
tieth Company  L'^nassigned  Infantry.  He  was 
married  (first)  in  Turner,  by  Daniel  Chase, 
Esq.,  June  14,  1849,  to  Delia  Malenville  Gil- 
more,  who  was  born  in  Turner,  June  14,  1829, 
and  died  in  Wayne,  September  14,  1865,  aged 
thirty-si.x  years.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Ansel  and  Laura  M.  (Rackley)  Gilmore,  of 
Turner,  and  granddaughter  of  Elisha  Gilmore, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


of  Raynham  and  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  who 
was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution.  She  was  an 
intellectual  woman  of  artistic  temperament  and 
scholarly  taste,  and  a  well-informed  lover  of 
nature.  '  He  married  (second)  September  29, 
1866,  Elvira  Elizabeth  Haskell,  who  was  born 
July  II,  1839,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Johnson)  Grindle,  of  Bluehill,  widow  of 
John  H.  Haskell,  of  Jay,  who  died  in  the 
United  States  military  service  in  1862.  She 
survived  him  and  married  (third)  May  30, 
1897,  Calvin  J.  C.  Dodge,  whom  she  also  sur- 
vives. Seth  W.  and  Delia  M.  Jennings  were 
the  parents  of  five  children :  JuHus  Caesar  and 
Octavius  Lord,  mentioned  below ;  Laura  Em- 
ily, born  April  28,  i860,  died  September  14, 
1864:  Delia  Josephine,  January  12,  1862,  died 
February  6,  1863  ;  and  an  infant. 

(\'n)  Julius  Caesar,  eldest  child  of  Seth 
\V.  and  Delia  M.  (Gilmore)  Jennings,  was 
born  at  Xorth  Wayne,  February  II,  1853.  Af- 
ter completing  the  common  school  course  he 
attended  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary,  at 
Kent's  Hill,  where  he  made  languages  his 
principal  study.  October  18,  1870,  he  started 
west,  and  from  1871  to  1875  resided  with  his 
uncle,  Dr.  Perez  S.  Jennings,  at  Clinton,  Mis- 
souri, teaching  school  a  large  part  of  the  time 
and  reading  law  for  two  years,  1874-75,  in  the 
office  of  Charles  B.  Wilson,  Esq.,  an  ex-Con- 
federate soldier.  He  afterw-ards  taught  school 
and  was  superintendent  of  city  schools  at  Cov- 
ington, Indiana,  and  was  principal  of  schools  at 
Ingalls,  Cimarron,  and  Spearville,  Kansas.  In 
June,  1879,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Clinton,  Missouri,  and  practiced  law  seven 
years  in  Henry  county.  In  1886  he  went  to 
Gilliam  county,  Oregon,  where  he  lived  for 
over  a  year  near  ^layville,  in  the  foothills  of 
the  Blue  Mountains,  and  made  various  jour- 
neys on  horseback  and  by  vehicle  into  the  sur- 
rounding regions.  In  1887  he  removed  to 
Ingalls,  Kansas,  where  he  practiced  law  until 
1891,  taking  a  prominent  part  in  the  county 
scat  contest  between  Ingalls  and  Cimarron.  He 
declined  to  be  a  candidate  for  county  attorney 
at  the  first  election,  when  the  Ingalls  ticket  was 
elected,  but  later  served  in  that  office  a  short 
time  by  appointment.  In  1891  he  engaged  in 
completing  the  "History  of  the  City  of  Omaha, 
Nebraska,"  and  the  canvass  for  its  sale,  a  work 
which  required  nearly  two  years.  For  several 
years  subsequent  to  that  time  he  was  employed 
in  various  capacities  in  the  production  of  city 
and  county  histories  and  biographical  works, 
principally  in  Milwaukee,  Chicago  and  other 
cities  and  various  counties  of  Illinois  and  other 
states,  and  in  New  York  City.     From  1905  to 


1907  he  assisted  in  compiling  the  "Genealogical 
and  Family  History  of  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire."  For  about  a  year,  beginning  Oc- 
tober, 1907,  he  was  engaged  in  compiling 
sketches  of  Portland  families  for  the  present 
work;  and  since  September  i,  1908,  has  been 
engaged  in  a  similar  capacity  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  on  "Genealogical  and  Personal 
Memoirs  Relating  to  the  Families  of  the  State 
of  Massachusetts."  He  is  a  member  of  the 
New  Llampshire  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution ;  the  Maine  Genealogical  So- 
ciety ;  Ingalls  Lodge,  No.  426,  and  Ingalls  Re- 
bekah  Lodge,  No.  287,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Ingalls,  Kansas ;  Alpha  Camp, 
No.  I,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  of  Omaha,  Ne- 
braska, and  Spearville  Lodge,  No.  13,  of  the 
Accidental  Mutual  Benefit  Association,  Spear- 
ville, Kansas. 

(VII)  Octavius  Lord,  brother  of  the  pre- 
ceding, was  born  at  North  Wayne,  May  9, 
1855.  While  yet  a  boy  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  North  Wayne  Tool  Company,  and  for 
some  years  spent  his  time,  when  not  at  school, 
in  learning  the  business  of  scythemaking.  Sub- 
sequently he  worked  at  his  trade  at  Oakland, 
and  was  employed  in  a  grocery  store  in  Port- 
land, and  at  the  Oceanic  Hotel  on  Peak's 
Island.  Later  he  was  employed  at  his  trade  at 
various  places  in  Maine  and  New  Hampshire. 
In  1889  he  settled  in  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  has  since  been  employed  in  the  car 
construction  department  of  the  Boston  & 
Maine  railroad.  The  winter  of  1891-92  he 
spent  at  IMagnolia  Springs,  Florida.  He  is  a 
member  of  Harmony  Colony,  No.  160,  United 
Order  of  Pilgrim  Fathers ;  and  is  a  past  coun- 
cilor of  Nathaniel  White  Lodge,  No.  7,  of  the 
United  Order  of  American  Mechanics,  and 
member  of  the  State  Council  of  that  order. 
He  married,  in  Oakland,  Maine,  July  11, 
1877,  Alice  Emma  Goodwin,  who  was  born  in 
Belgrade,  May  15,  1857,  daughter  of  Charles 
N.  and  Emma  C.  (Ellis)  Goodwin,  a  descend- 
ant of  Daniel  Goodwin,  the  immigrant.  Two 
children  have  been  born  of  this  marriage :  Carl 
Edgar,  May  7,  1881,  who  died  young;  and 
Octavius  Earl,  born  at  East  Lebanon,  New 
Hampshire,  April  4,  1885. 

( lY)  Nathaniel,  third  son  of  John  and  Han- 
nah (Newcomb)  Jennings,  w^as  born  in  Sand- 
wich, Massachusetts,  May  26,  1772,  or  1773, 
and  died  in  Wayne.  Alaine,  Septeinber  28, 
1828.  Samuel  and  John,  the  older  brothers, 
moved  to  Littleborough  (now  Leeds),  and 
Natlianiel,  the  only  remaining  son,  stayed  with 
his  father,  and  on  the  death  of  the  latter  in 
1800   succeeded   to   the    farm   in    Wavne,   the 


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clearing  ami  iiiiprovcuiuiU  uf  which  he  con- 
tinued." He  was  a  man  of  energy  and  native 
abihly  and  a  successful  farmer.  In  1816,  after 
a  road  had  been  constructed  on  the  north  side 
of  his  farm,  Nathaniel  built  the  present  man- 
sion occupieil  by  his  grandson,  Tudor  G.  Jen- 
nings, for  years  the  largest  taxpayer  in  Wayne. 
Nathaniel  Jennings  married  Tabitha  I'ord, 
who  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  in 
1776,  and  died  in  Wayne,  December  25,  1863, 
aged  eighty-seven.  Their  children  were : 
Lewis,  Henry,  Josiah,  Isaac,  Hannah,  Mary, 
Newcomb,  Joseph  F.,  Robert  (died  young), 
Levi,  Ro!)ert,  Nathaniel  and  Lolon.  Captain 
Joseph  F.,  born  October  30,  1804,  died  July 
24,  1870,  became  the  owner  of  the  homestead 
and  was  a  man  of  property  and  influence. 

(V)  Mary,  born  October  20,  1801,  married 
John  A.  Pitts,  of  Winthrop,  and  died  Septem- 
ber 15,  1876,  at  Butifalo,  New  York.  (See 
Pitts  \T.) 


(For  first   generation  see  George   Morton   I.) 

(II)  lion.  John,  second  son  of 
MORTON  George  and  Juliana  (Carpen- 
ter) Morton,  was  born  at  Ley- 
den,  Holland,  1616-17,,  also  came  with  his  par- 
ents in  the  "Ann."  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man of  the  colony  7  June,  1648,  chosen  con- 
stable for  Plymouth  in  1654,  one  of  the  grand 
inquest  of  the  county  in  1660,  elected  by  the 
freemen  of  Plymouth  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1662,  tax  assessor  in  1664,  selectman 
in  1666,  collector  of  excise  in  1668,  and  served 
the  town  of  Plymouth  in  other  important  capa- 
cities. He  removed  to  Middleboro,  in  the  same 
county,  where  he  was  one  of  the  "famous 
twenty-six  original  proprietors  and  founders," 
and  in  1670  was  the  first  representative  of  the 
town  to  the  general  court,  which  oflice  he  held 
until  his  death  (1673).  Among  his  colleagues 
in  the  general  court  in  1662  were  his  cousin, 
the  Honorable  Constant  Southworth,  Captain 
Peregrine  White,  Cornet  Robert  Stetson  and 
Mr.  William  Peabody.  Mr.  Morton  died  at 
Middleboro,  October  3.  1673.  He  married, 
about  1648-49,  Lettice,  whose  surname  is  un- 
known. She  afterwards  became  the  second 
wife  of  Andrew  Ring,  and  died  22  February, 
1691.  Children  of  John  and  Lettice  Morton, 
all  born  at  Plymouth:  John  (died  young), 
John,  Deborah,  Mary,  Martha,  Hannah,  Es- 
ther. Manasseh  and  Ephraim. 

(HI)  John  (2),  the  eldest  surviving  child 
of  Hon.  John  (i)  and  Lettice  Morton,  was 
born  at  Plymouth,  December  21,  1650.  Like 
others  of  his  family,  he  was  well  educated,  and 
to  his  effort  is  due  the  establishment  of  what 


is  believed  to  be  the  lirst  absolutely  free  pub- 
lic school  in  America,  which  he  "erected  and 
kept"  at  Plymouth  in  1671,  "for  the  education 
of  children  and  youth."  He  was  succeeded 
as  teacher  by  Ammi  Ruhamah  Corlct,  a  grad- 
uate of  Harvard,  and  son  of  the  renowned 
Elijah  Corlet,  who,  bred  at  Oxford,  was  for 
half  a  century  master  of  the  Latin  School  at 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Morton  died 
at  Middleboro  in  1717.  He  married  (first) 
about  1680,  Phebe ;  (second)  at  Mid- 
dleboro, about  1687,  Mary,  daughter  of  An- 
drew and  Deborah  (Hopkins)  Ring.  Children 
of  John  (2)  Morton  by  his  first  wife:  Joanna 
and  Phebe;  by  his  second  wife:  Mary,  John, 
Hannah,  Ebeuezer,  Deborah  and  Perez. 

(1\  )  Captain  Ebenezer,  fourth  child  of 
John  (2)  and  Mary  (Ring)  Morton,  was  born 
at  Middleboro,  ig  October,  i6g6.  He  was  a 
prominent  citizen  and  served  in  the  office  of 
assessor,  surveyor  of  highways,  selectman, 
moderator  of  the  town  meeting,  and  captain  of 
the  militia.  He  died  at  Middleboro,  1750; 
married,  1720,  Mercy  Foster,  born  1698, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  (Stetson)  Fos- 
ter, of  Plymouth.  She  died  at  Middleboro, 
April  4,  1782,  aged  eighty-four.  Children  of 
Captain  Ebenezer  and  Mercy  (Foster)  Mor- 
ton, all  born  at  Middleboro:  Mercy,  Mary, 
John,  Ebenezer,  Hannah,  Deborah,  Seth, 
Sarah,  Nathaniel  and  Lucia. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  fourth  child  of  Captain 
Ebenezer  (i)  and  Mercy  (Foster)  Morton, 
was  born  at  Middleboro,  August  27,  1726; 
married  there  July  23,  1753,  Mrs.  Sarah  Cobb. 
Children,  all  born  in  Middleboro:  Mercy, 
Ebenezer,  Phebe,  Livy,  Priscilla  and  Sarah. 

(\T)  Priscilla,  fifth  child  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Cobb)  Morton,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 4,  1763;  married,  1780,  Seth  Morton  Jr., 
and  died  19  February,  1847. 

(V)  Seth,  seventh  child  of  Captain  Ebe- 
nezer (i)  and  Mercy  (Foster)  Morton,  was 
born  at  Middleboro,  March  11,  1732,  died  Jan- 
uary 30,  1810;  married  (first)  October  10, 
1751,  Lydia  Hall,  of  Sandwich;  (.second) 
1757,  Hepsibah  Packard.  Flepsibah  died  in 
1820.  aged  eighty-eight.  Children  of  Seth 
Morton  by  his  first  wife  :  Phebe,  Joshua,  Seth  ; 
by  his  second  wife :  Caleb,  Samuel,  Lydia, 
George,  Hepsibah,  Lsaac,  Mercy,  David  and 
Sarah. 

(\T)  Seth  (2),  third  child  of  Seth  (i)  and 
Lydia  (Hall)  Morton,  was  born  at  Middle- 
boro, February  27,  1756.  and  died  December 
3,  1805.  He  was  a  revolutionary  soldier,  a 
private  in  Captain  Nehemiah  Allen's  company. 
Colonel    Theophilus    Cotton's    regiment,    and 


statp:  of  maixe. 


served  thirty -one  days  on  a  secret  expedition 
to  Rhode  Island  in  September  and  October, 
1777.  He  was  also  a  private  in  Captain  Al- 
len's company,  of  Colonel  Jeremiah  Hall's 
regiment.  This  company  marched  December 
8,  1776,  to  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  and  was  in 
service  ninety-two  days.  He  was  also  in  Cap- 
tain John  Barrow's  company,  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Sproutt's  regiment,  serving  from  September  6 
to  September  12,  1778;  the  company  marched 
from  Middleboro  to  Dartmouth  on  two  alarms  ; 
one  in  i\iay  and  one  in  September,  1778.  Seth 
Morton  was  commissioned,  October  28,  1778, 
second  lieutenant  in  Captain  Robert  Finney's 
(Eleventh)  company.  Colonel  Theophihis  Cot- 
ton's (First  Plymouth  County)  regiment  of 
Massachusetts  militia.  His  residence  was  al- 
ways in  Middleboro.  He  married  (first)  No- 
vember 20,  1783,  Rosamond  Finney;  (second) 
May  21,  1789,  his  cousin,  Priscilla  Morton, 
fifth  child  of  Ebenezer  (2)  and  Sarah  (Cobb) 
Morton,  who  was  born  October  4,  1763,  and 
died  February  19,  1847.  The  only  child  by 
the  first  wife  was  Virtue.  The  children  by 
the  second  wife  were:  Samuel,  Phebe,  Seth, 
Hepsibah,  Ebenezer,  Livy,  Lydia  and  Elias. 

(VII)  Phebe,  second  child  and  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Seth  (2)  and  Priscilla  (Morton)  Mor- 
ton, was  born  in  Middleboro,  May  15,  1791. 
She  married,  in  Middleboro,  January  14,  1809, 
Samuel  Jennings,  of  Wayne,  Maine.  (See 
Jennings  V.) 

From  two  immigrant  ances- 
LOBDELL  -tors,  Simon  Lobdell,  of  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  and  Nicho- 
las Lobdell,  of  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  are 
descended  so  far  as  known,  all  those  of  that 
name  in  this  country.  No  relationship  is  traced 
between  these  men,  although  relationship  is 
thought  to  have  existed.  The  descendants  of 
Nicholas,  with  only  a  few  exceptions,  have 
their  homes  in  the  eastern  states.  The  name 
in  various  public  records  is  spelled :  Lobdale, 
Lobden.  Lobdle,  Lobdel,  Lobdill  and  Lop- 
dell. 

(I)  Nicholas  Lobden,  the  compiler  of  the 
"Lobdell  Genealogy,"  assumes  that  Nicholas 
Lobden  (as  the  name  was  then  spelled)  came 
from  Hastings.  Kent  county,  England.  "Nich- 
olas Lobden,  a  retainer  of  Captain  James 
Lasher,  Baron  to  Parliament,  arrested  on  a 
plea  for  debt,  prayed  to  be  discharged,  22 
Sept.,  1621."  Letters  from  Sir  Thomas  Rich- 
ardson secured  his  pardon  3  Oct.,  1621.  James 
Lasher  was  mayor  of  the  ville  and  port  of 
Hastings,  Kent,  England.  Nicholas  Lobden 
had  grants  of  land  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts. 


in  1635-36,  but  whether  he  was  a  resident  of 
the  town  for  any  time  appears  doubtful.  Ho- 
bart's  diary  states  "Goodman  Lobdell's  wife 
died  1641."  Nicholas  is  supposed  to  have 
married  (second)  Bridget  Pierce,  sister  of 
Michael  Pierce,  of  Hingham,  but  this  is  only 
conjecture,  and  to  have  died  about  1645-46. 
Mrs.  Bridget  Lobdell  married  (second)  1647- 
48,  Nathaniel  Bosworth,  who  left  bequests  in 
his  will  to  Mary,  Sarah,  John  and  Nathan  Lob- 
dell. These,  together  with  Isaac,  are  supposed 
to  be  the  children  of  Nicholas  Lobden. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Nicholas  Lobden,  with 
his  brother  John,  was  admitted  freeman  in 
1673.  In  1681,  Isaac  Lobdell,  in  behalf  of  the 
selectmen  of  Hull,  petitioned  tliat  Sergeant  Na- 
thaniel Bosworth,  of  Hull,  be  empowered  to 
arlminister  oaths  and  to  marry  persons,  and  in 
1683  served  on  the  grand  jury  at  Plymouth. 
Isaac  Lobdell,  of  Hull,  Massachusetts,  mar- 
ried Martha  Ward,  daughter  of  Samuel  Ward, 
a  wealthy  citizen  of  Charlestown,  then  of 
Hingham,  proprietor  of  large  tracts  of  land  in 
these  towns  and  in  Hull.  Copy  of  a  deed  of 
land  in  Hull  given  by  Isaac  Lobdell  and  Mar- 
tha, his  wife,  to  John  Lobdell,  May  17,  1670, 
is  found  in  Sufifolk  deeds,  page  314.  In  the 
same  records  is  found :  "Isaac  Lobdell  of  Hull 
(Yoeman)  and  wife,  Martha,  for  love  and  af- 
fection to  son  Joseph  of  Boston  (mariner) 
messuage  in  Hull  and  balance  of  lease  for 
eighteen  years  in  Bumpus  Island ;  also  his 
negro  slave.  Sambo,  etc. ;  in  consideration  of 
support  for  life  and  sundry  payments  (yearly 
rent),  March  15,  1702."  Isaac  Lobdell  "well 
stricken  in  years,"  made  his  will  March  22, 
1710,  and  it  was  probated  May  4,  1718.  He 
appointed  son  Joseph  and  Perry,  ex- 
ecutors. The  children  of  Isaac  and  Martha 
(Ward)  Lobdell,  were:  Isaac,  Samuel, 
Nicholas,  Joseph,  Mary,  Abigail,  Rebecca, 
Elizabeth  and  a  daughter  who  married  Mr. 
Lendall. 

(HI)  Isaac  (2),  eldest  child  of  Isaac  (1) 
and  Martha  (Ward)  Lobdell,  was  born  June 
28,  1657.  He  was  a  soldier  in  Samuel  Wads- 
worth's  company  in  King  Philip's  war,  1675- 
76.  In  1686  he  took  the  oath  at  Plymouth  and 
became  a  freeman.  He  died  before  1718,  at 
which  time  his  father's  will  was  proved  and 
mentions  children  of  "My  son  Isaac,  deceased." 
He  married  (first)  Sarah  King,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  King,  of  Plymouth.  She  was  born 
January  31,  1666,  and  died  March  27,  1697. 
On  August  12,  1697,  Isaac  Lobdell  was  mar- 
ried to  Hannah  ]3ishop  by  Cotton  Mather. 
The  children,  all  by  wife  Sarah,  and  all  but  the 
youngest  born  at  Plymouth,  were  :  .A.  daughter 


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(died  yuuiiy),  Sarah,  .Marllia,  Saiiuicl,  and 
Ebenezer,  wliosc  sketch  follows. 

(1\')  Ebenezer.  youns;est  child  of  Isaac  (2) 
<nnd  Sarah  (King)  Lobdell,  was  baptized  at 
Hull,  November  i.  169.4,  died  March  18,  1748. 
He  was  married  (first)  July  12,  1715,  by  Mr. 
Cishman  to  Lydia  .Shaw,  who  was  born  No- 
vember 2,  1697,  at  I'lympton  and  died  August 
15,  1745.  She  was  the  daughter  of  IJenoni 
and  Lydia  (Waterman)  Shaw,  of  I'lympton. 
He  married  (second)  December  18,  1745, 
Mercy,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Hannah 
(Sturtevant)  Standish.  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Myles  .Standish.  .\s  Widow  Lob- 
dell she  married  Ijcnjamin  Weston,  and  died 
February  22,  1794,  aged  seventy-seven.  The 
children  of  Ebenezer  and  Lydia  (Shaw)  Lob- 
dell were:    Isaac,  Sarah,  Lydia  and  Ezekiel. 

(V)  Isaac  (3),  eldest  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
Lydia  (Shaw)  Lobdell,  was  born  December 
26,  17 16,  and  resided  at  Plympton,  where  his 
children  were  born.  He  married,  February  24, 
1 74 1,  Ruth  Clark,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Alice  (Rogers)  Clark.  She  died  November 
26,  1797,  in  the  eighty-third  year  of  her  age, 
and  the  following  spring  Mr.  Lobdell  removed 
to  Falmouth,  Maine,  to  make  his  home  with 
his  son  Isaac.  Fie  died  January  26,  1802,  as 
shown  by  the  .stone  that  marks  his  grave  at 
Stroudwater.  Children :  Samuel,  Sarah,  De- 
borah, Hannah,  Ebenezer,  and  Isaac,  whose 
sketch  follows. 

(\T)  Captain  Isaac  (4),  youngest  child  of 
Isaac  (3)  and  Ruth  (Clark)  Lobdell,  was 
born  October  5,  1755,  and  died  June  18,  1806. 
He  settled  in  Maine  and  lived  for  years  in 
Stroudwater,  where  he  was  buried.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  independence,  and  the 
following  is  his  record  as  found  in  "The  Sol- 
diers and  Sailors  of  Massachusetts  in  the 
Revolutionary  War":  "Isaac  Lobdill,  Pri- 
vate, Captain  John  Bradford's  company.  Colo- 
nel Theophilus  Cotton's  regiment,  which 
marched  April  19,  1775,  to  Marshfield ;  service 
twelve  days ;  reported  enlisted  into  the  army ; 
company  probably  belonged  to  Halifax  and 
Plympton.  Isaac  Lobdell,  Plympton.  Pri- 
vate, Captain  John  Bradford's  company.  Colo- 
nel Theophilus  Cotton's  regiment ;  muster  roll 
dated  Aug.  i,  1775;  enlisted  May  2,  1775; 
service  three  months  seven  days.  Isaac  Lob- 
den,  private.  Captain  Thomas  Samson's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Thomas  Lothrop's  brigade,  serv- 
ice, ten  days  ;  reported,  left  service  before  being 
discharged ;  company  marched  to  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  on  an  alarm  in  December,  1776. 
Roll  dated  Plvmpton.  Isaac  Lobdell,  sergeant. 
Lieutenant    Ephraim     Bowman's    detaciiment 


from  Captain  .Andrew  Lusk's  company,  Colo- 
nel Asa  Burn's  regiment ;  entered  service  Oc- 
tober 14,  1781  ;  discharged  October  22,  1781 ; 
service  eight  days ;  detachment  marched  to 
join  the  army  at  Saratoga  by  order  of  Gen- 
eral l^'ellows  on  the  alarm  at  the  northward  of 
October  14,  1781."  By  deed  dated  May  9, 
1795.  on  record  in  Cumberland  registry,  Mary 
Billings,  widow,  of  Falmouth,  Alexander 
Nichols,  Esq.,  of  Bristol,  and  Margaret,  his 
wife,  in  consideration  of  two  hundred  pounds 
conveyed  to  Isaac  Lobdell,  late  of  Kingston, 
Plymouth  county,  trader,  a  lot  of  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, being  the  same  conveyed  to  James 
I-'order  by  .Samuel  Waldo  and  'Thomas  West- 
brook.  The  house  is  now  occupied  by  Augus- 
tus Tate,  Stroudwater.  He  was  called  captain, 
and  may  have  held  office  in  the  militia,  but  he 
is  more  likely  to  have  got  his  title  from  his 
connection  with  the  shipping  industry.  The 
tradition  is  that  he  brought  his  family  to  Fal- 
mouth in  his  own  vessel.  He  must  have  been  a 
stirring  business  man,  and  undoubtedly  at- 
tracted to  Falmouth  by  the  great  growth  Port- 
land was  having  at  that  time.  He  had  a  farm 
in  Scarboro,  and  is  credited  with  many  trans- 
actions in  real  estate,  while  his  store  in  Stroud- 
water was  the  center  of  a  large  business.  He 
contributed  liberally  toward  the  settlement  and 
support  of  Rev.  Caleb  Bradley,  frequently  en- 
tertaining the  pastor  at  his  house,  and  served 
the  parish  in  the  office  of  treasurer.  Isaac 
Lobdell  married,  December  21,  1776,  Polly 
(Mary)  Stetson,  who  was  born  September  7, 
1759,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Abigail  (Brad- 
ford) Stetson,  of  Scituate.  Alary  Stetson  was 
descended  from  William  Bradford,  the  second 
governor  of  Plymouth  Colony,  as  follows : 
Mary  Stetson  was  the  daughter  of  Abigail 
Bradford,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
Bradford,  who  was  the  son  of  William  (4), 
wdio  was  the  son  of  William  (3),  the  gov- 
ernor (see  Bradford  III,  IV).  Samuel  Brad- 
ford married  Sarah  Gray,  a  native  of  Rhode 
Island,  born  June  10,  1737.  Mrs.  Lobdell  oc- 
cupied the  homestead  at  Stroudwater  several 
years  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  but  be- 
fore 1820  she  removed  to  Minot,  where  her 
home  was  the  mecca  of  children  and  grand- 
children until  her  death,  September  3,  1843,  be- 
loved by  her  children,  worshipped  by  her 
grandchildren,  and  respected  by  all  who  knew 
her.  The  children  of  Captain  Isaac  and  Polly, 
his  wife,  were:  Abigail,  Nancy,  Stetson.  Mary 
Gray,  Deborah,  Isaac,  Marcia,  Charles  and 
Edward  Gray  (twins). 

(YH)    Isaac    (5),   second   son  of  Captain 
Isaac   (4)   and   Polly  (Stetson)    Lobdell.  was 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


born  May  17,  1789,  and  died  July  31,  1832. 
He  resided  in  Cape  Elizabeth  in  the  brick  house 
on  the  State  Reform  School  farm,  which  was 
taken  down  about  igoo.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
are  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Stroudwater. 
He  married  Charlotte  Pratt,  who  was  born  in 
1791  or  1793,  in  Cape  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Zenas  and  Nancy  (Thomas)  Pratt,  of  Cape 
Elizabeth.  She  died  February  27,  1840,  aged 
forty-seven  or  forty-nine.  Their  children 
were:  Theodore,  Ann,  Isaac,  Charles,  Mary, 
Edward  and  Elizabeth  Gordon. 

(VHI)  Mary,  fifth  child  of  Isaac  (5)  and 
Charlotte  (Pratt)  Lobdell,  was  bom  in  West- 
brook,  December  12,  1819,  and  married,  March, 
1842,  Samuel  Morton  Jennings,  of  Wayne. 
(See  Jennings  \T.)  She  died  at  Oakland, 
September  15,  1893,  and  was  buried  at  North 
Wayne. 


From  earlv  times  the  male  mem- 
PITTS  bers  of  the  family  of  Pitts  in 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  were  en- 
gaged in  manufacturing,  and  among  them  have 
been  men  whose  inventive  genius  and  me- 
chanical skill  have  produced  machines  that 
have  been  of  inestimable  value  to  the  world. 

(I)  Peter  Pitts,  of  Taunton,  who  came  from 
England  and  settled  there  before  1643,  was  the 
pioneer  ancestor  of  the  well-known  family  of 
this  surname  of  whom  different  members  have 
been  distinguished  as  manufacturers  in  Fitch- 
burg,  Leominster  and  Lancaster,  Massachu- 
setts, Springfield,  Ohio,  Alton  and  Chicago, 
Illinois,  Albany,  Rochester  and  Buffalo,  New 
York.  Peter  Pitts  married  Mary  Hodges, 
widow  of  William  Hodges,  and  daughter  of 
Henry  Andrews,  about  1651.  His  will  was 
made  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  died 
in  1692,  and  it  was  proved  January  12,  1692- 
93.  His  children  named  in  his  will  were : 
Samuel,  Peter,  Alice,  Mary  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Peter  and  Mary 
(Andrews)  (Flodges)  Pitts,  was  born  about 
1660,  and  married,  March  25,  1680,  Sarah 
Bobbett,  daughter  of  Edward  Bobbett.  Chil- 
dren:  Sarah,  born  IMarch  10,  1681 ;  Mary, 
March  10,  1685;  Henry,  July  13,  1687;  Abi- 
gail, February  3,  1689  •  Peter,  August  8,  1692  ; 
and  Ebenezer,  next  mentioned. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  youngest  child  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  (Bobbett)  Pitts,  was  boni  Novem- 
ber 27,  1694.  He  resided  in  Taunton  and 
was  a  well-known  manufacturer  of  clocks. 
The  destruction  of  the  town  records  of  Taun- 
ton render  it  impossible  to  give  the  names  of 
all  his  children. 

(IV)  Seth,  probably  a  son  of  Ebenezer  Pitts, 


was  born  about  1734  in  Taunton,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  in  Maine.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war  and  held  the  rank 
sergeant.  In  the  "Massachusetts  Soldiers 
and  Sailors  of  the  Revolutionary  War"  there 
are  six  entries  of  service  by  Seth  Pitts,  the 
first  being  August  12,  1775,  and  the  others 
being  in  the  years  1776-78-80-81.  Whether 
all  these  terms  of  service  can  be  credited  to 
one  man  is  doubtful,  but  as  Seth  Pitts  is  noted 
as  "of  Taunton"  in  three  cases,  and  as  the  roll 
was  sworn  to  at  Taunton  in  another  case,  there 
is  little  room  to  doubt  that  .Seth  Pitts  of  this 
sketch  assisted  in  establishing  the  independ- 
ence of  his  country.  The  records  are  as  fol- 
lows: I.  Seth  Pitts,  private.  Captain  James 
Perry's  company,  Colonel  Paul  Dudley  Sar- 
gent's regiment ;  muster  roll  dated  August  12, 
1775;  enlisted  August  20,  1775  (service  not 
given)  ;  also,  company  return  dated  October 
6,  1775;  also,  order  for  bounty  coat  or  its 
equivalent  in  money  dated  Camp  before  Bos- 
ton, November  14,  1775.  2.  Seth  Pitts,  Taun- 
ton, private.  Captain  Matthew  Randell's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Thomas  Marshall's  regiment ; 
abstract  for  advance  pay,  mileage,  etc.,  dated  . 
Camp  at  Hull,  June  18,  1776;  also,  same  com- 
pany and  regiment;  enlisted  June  i.  1776; 
service  to  November  i,  1776,  five  months; 
also,  same  company  and  regiment;  pay  roll  for 
November,  1776;  service  one  month  two  days 
including  travel  home.  3.  Seth  Pitts,  private, 
Captain  Matthew  Randal's  company.  Colonel 
John  Daggett's  regiment,  enlisted  January  7, 
1778;  discharged  April  i,  1778;  service,  two 
months  twenty-six  days,  at  Rhode  Island ; 
regiment  raised  to  serve  for  three  months 
from  January  I,  1778.  4.  Seth  Pitts,  private, 
Captain  Josiah  King's  company,  Colonel  John 
Daggett's  regiment ;  entered  service  August  25, 
1778;  discharged  September  i,  1778;  service, 
eight  days,  at  Rhode  Island ;  company  de- 
tached from  militia.  Roll  sworn  to  at  Taun- 
ton. 5.  Seth  Pitts,  private.  Captain  Israel 
Trow's  company,  Colonel  Isaac  Dean's  (Bris- 
tol County)  regiment;  entered  service  August 
I,  1780;  discharged  August  7,  1780;  service 
nine  days,  at  Rhode  Island  on  the  alarm  of 
August  I,  1780,  including  travel  (2  days) 
home.  Roll  dated  Norton  (eight  miles  from 
Taunton).  I<"amily  tradition  says  he  was  a 
captain  and  took  his  third  son  Sliubael,  aged 
nine  years,  as  his  servant.  After  the  revo- 
lution, Maine  ofifered  a  promising  field  for 
ambitious  men  who  wanted  to  avail  themselves 
of  the  advantages  of  its  virgin  soil  and  oppor- 
tunities to  build  homes  and  factories.  Seth 
Pitts  was  a  man  of  energy  and  foresight  and 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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saw  opinirlimilii.  s  in  the  new  UTritory  th.it 
caused  him  to  settle  there.  Selh  I'itts,  senior, 
was  taxed  in  llallowcll  or  Augusta  in  1785. 
His  son  lehal)od  was  taxed  there  in  1786 
and  son  Siiuhael  in  1796.  In  1788  the 
record  in  the  Kennebec  Registry  of  Deeds 
shows  that  Selh  Pitts  boiis^ht  hind  in  Win- 
throp,  and  the  lax  list  of  1790  shows 
that  he  was  assessed  in  Winthrop  that  year. 
In  1797  he  bought  about  three  hundred  acres 
in  Siflne\.  Setli  Pitts  made  a  will  which  was 
proved  in  the  Probate  Court  of  Kennebec 
Count}',  and  in  the  will  is  found  the  names 
of  iiis  children  as  follows:  Seth,  Ichabud, 
Shubael,  .\biel,  Elizabeth,  Rosanna,  Celia, 
Polly,  Abigail  ami  Sally. 

(V)  Abiel,  fourth  .son  of  Seth  Pitts,  was 
a  blacksmith  and  resided  in  Clinton,  Maine, 
wiiere  he  died  March  i,  1837.  He  marriecl 
Abiah  Wade,  and  they  were  the  parents  of : 
Olive,  born  1792,  died  October  10,  1818.  John 
Avery  and  Pliram  Abial  (twins)  (see  below). 
Calvin  Wade,  born  April  25,  1802,  married 
(second)  Margaret  Alelcher.  Betsev,  mar- 
ried, 1826,  Peter  Trask,  of  Dixficld'.  Par- 
thenia,  married,  1826,  Thomas  Eustis,  of  Jay. 
Selah,  born  Eebruary  10,  1807.  Lydia,  June 
10,  1810.  Mary,  December  12,  1812.  Sarali, 
September  15,  181 5. 

(VI)  John  Avery,  eldest  son  of  Abiel  and 
Abiah  (Wade)  Pitts,  and  twin  brother  of 
Fliram  Abial  Pitts,  was  born  in  Clinton,  Maine, 
December  8,  1799,  died  in  Puffalo,  New  York, 
July  I,  1859.  Both  sons  received  common 
school  educations  and  learned  the  blacksmith 
trade  in  their  father's  shop.  They  lived  in 
Winthrop  for  some  years,  where  they  carried 
on  their  trade  in  a  stone  building  on  the  main 
street,  near  the  cemetery.  This  building  is 
still  standing.  Abiel  Pitts  went  to  Winthrop 
in  1806,  and  in  181 1  bought  land  at  the  head 
of  Bowdoin  street,  where  in  1813  he  built  the 
two-story  house  now  standing,  and  still  known 
as  the  "Pitts  house."  This  continued  to  be  his 
home  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  the  cem- 
etery rest  the  remains  of  Olive  Pitts,  and 
several  of  her  brothers  and  sisters.  The 
brothers  early  developed  mechanical  and  in- 
ventive abilities.  In  1830  they  patented  a 
threshing  machine  with  an  improved  railway 
or  tread  power,  which  consisted  in  the  sub- 
stitution inider  the  movable  platform,  con- 
nected by  an  endless  chain  of  rollers,  for  the 
leather  belt.  They  began  the  manufacture  of 
this  device,  introducing  it  in  the  New  Eng- 
land states,  in  connection  with  the  common 
thresher,  or  "ground  hog,"  as  it  was  some- 
times called.     Later  they  conceived  the  idea  of 


combining    this    im])ro\ement,    applied    to    the 
old-fashioned  thresher,  with  the  common  fan- 
ning mill,  in  a  portable  form,  and  after  years 
of  labor,  produced  in  1834,  the  first  practicable 
sejjarating  thresher  put  to  actual  use.     Other 
improvements    were   gradually   added    by   the 
two  brothers,   and   on   December  29,   1847,  ^ 
joint  patent  was  granted  to  them  for  the  new 
machine;  which  was  the  original  of  the  great 
i'amil\-  of  "endless  apron"  separators.     These 
machines  were  capable  of  threshing  from  three 
hundred  to  five  hundred  bushels  of  wheat  in  a 
day.     John  A.  Pitts  left  Maine,  and  engaged 
in   manufacturing  threshing  machines  first  in 
Albany,  New  York,  then  in  Rochester,  later  in 
Springfield,  Ohio,  and  finally  in  Buffalo,  New 
York,  where  he  organized  the  Pitts  Agricul- 
tural   Works   in    1837.     This    was   the   olde.^t 
company    making   threshing   machines   in   the 
country  and  it  is  still  in  existence,  having  been 
incorporated  in  1877  as  the  Buffalo  Pitts  Com- 
pany.     He   subsequently   invented   an   attach- 
ment for  measuring  and  registering  the  num- 
ber of  bushels  threshed  ancl  bagged,  and  re- 
ceived a  gold  medal  at  the   Paris   Exposition 
of  1855.     Hiram  A.  Pitts,  went  to  Alton,  Illi- 
nois, in   1847,  and  began  to  manufacture  his 
machine  in  the  shops  of  a  brother-in-law,  but 
becoming  dissatisfied  with  the  conditions,  soon 
constructed  a  new  thresher,  a  number  of  which 
he  sold  on  plantations  along  the  Missouri  river. 
He   settled    in   Chicago,    Illinois,    in   October, 
1 85 1,  and  there  continued  the  manufacture  of 
his  machine,  making  many  valuable  improve- 
ments to  it.     He  secured  in  all  fourteen  dif- 
ferent patents,  among  them  one  "for  a  chain 
pump,"  one  for  a  machine  for  breaking  iiemp 
and  separating  the  stalks  from  the  fiber,  and 
several   for  corn  and  cob  mills.     He  died  in 
Chicago,  Illinois.  September,  i860,  leaving  his 
business  to  his  four  sons.    John  A.  Pitts  mar- 
ried at  North  Wayne,  ]\larch  22,  1826,  Mary 
Jennings,  of  Wayne,  who  was  born  in  Wayne, 
October  20,  1801,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 'and 
Tabitha  (Ford)  Jennings  (see  Jennings  I\"). 
She  died  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  September  15, 
1876.     Their  children  were:    i.  Horatio,  born 
March   31,    1827,   died   in   Plavana,   Cuba.     2. 
John    Benian,   born    February   22,    1833,   mar- 
ried Belle  Perrin,  and  they  had  two  children, 
John  and  Belle.    3.  Mary  Ann,  mentioned  be- 
low.   4.  Emma,  born  November  13,  1829.     5. 
George  W.,  died  young.     6.  George  W..  died 
young. 

(\TI)  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  John  A.  and 
Mary  (Jennings)  Pitts,  was  born  in  Win- 
throp, January  8,  1831,  and  died  December  11, 
1890,  in  Butifalo,  New  York.     She  married,  at 


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Springfield,  Ohio,  April  7,  185 1,  James  Bray- 
ley,  who  was  born  in  Exeter,  England,  in  the 
parish  of  Swinbridge,  county  Devon,  April  6, 
1817,  and  died  in  New  York,  April  17,  1883. 
Wary  Pitts  inherited  from  her  father  a  large 
interest  in  the  Buffalo  Pitts  Company.  This 
she  transmitted  to  her  three  daughters,  who 
became  the  owners  of  the  establishment,  which 
employs  nine  hundred  persons.  The  children 
of  this  union  were:  Mary  Pitts,  Carrie,  Os- 
mond, Alice,  John  and  Grace  B.  i.  Mary 
Pitts,  born  February  3,  1854,  married,  August 
24,  1876,  John  R.  Gomez,  of  Malaga,  Spain, 
born  November  15,  1849,  died  July  19,  1902. 
They  had  six  children :  i.  John,  born  Septem- 
ber, 1877,  died  young;  ii.  Mary,  born  1879, 
died  young;  iii.  Guiilermo  Jorge,  born  April 
28,  1881,  resides  in  Buffalo,  New  York;  he 
married  Louise  Griffin,  November  28,  1907 ; 
iv.  Carlos  Eduardo,  born  December  20,  1882, 
married  Evelyn  Bell,  April  22,  1908,  and  lives 
in  Buffalo;  v.  Rafael  Meliton,  born  July  31, 
1884,  is  in  Malaga;  vi.  Juan,  born  February 
22,  1888,  is  in  Buft'alo.  2.  Carrie,  born  Alarch 
26,  1858,  died  April  i,  1859.  3-  Osmond, 
born  June  21,  1859,  '^^^^  February  16,  1859. 
4.  Alice,  February  27,  1861,  married,  April 
17,  1883,  Carleton  Sprague,  of  Buff'alo,  born 
December  24,  1858.  6.  John,  born  November 
16,  1862,  died  December  3,  1863.  6.  Grace, 
born  August  17,  1864,  married,  December  14, 
J893,  Francis  Root  Keating,  who  was  born  in 
Buffalo,  .-Vpril  25,  1862,  and  died  in  Buffalo, 
January  7,  1901.  They  had  three  children: 
i.  Alice,  born  November  12,  1894;  ii.  Alary 
Caroline,  born  June  10,  1898;  iii.  Francis 
Ruth,  born  June  10,  1900. 

Edward  Colborne,  immigrant 
COBURN  ancestor,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  1635,  in  the  ship  "De- 
fense," at  the  age  of  seventeen.  He  settled 
in  Ipswich  and  remained  there  for  more  than 
thirty  years.  In  this  town  he  married  Han- 
nah   ,   and   there  all   his  children   were 

born.  In  1668  he  purchased  from  John 
Evered,  alias  Webb,  sixteen  hundred  acres  of 
land  in  "Draycott  upon  the  Mirrimack,"  and 
removed  with  his  family  to  Dracut.  In  1671 
he  purchased  more  land  in  the  same  town.  He 
and  Samuel  Yarnum,  who  had  been  neigh- 
bors in  Ipswich,  were  the  earliest  settlers  of 
Dracut,  and  as  Varnum  lived  until  1676  on 
the  Chelmsford  side  of  the  river,  Edward  Co- 
■burn  is  believed  to  have  been  the  first  perma- 
nent settler  in  the  town  of  Dracut.  There 
has  never  been  a  time  since  when  representa- 
tives of  these  two  families,  Coburn  and  \'ar- 


num,  have  not  occupied  lands  handed  down 
from  father  to  son  from  the  earliest  settlers. 
Edward  Coburn's  six  sons  built  themselves 
houses  on  the  portions  of  land  allotted  to  them, 
and  there  removed  their  young  families.  As 
they  occupied  an  outpost  of  the  frontier  the 
father  built  a  garrison  house  for  the  com- 
mon defense  against  the  savages.  Edward  Co- 
burn  died  in  Dracut,  February  17,  1700,  hav- 
ing deeded  his  lands  to  his  sons  while  living. 
Children:  I.  Edward,  born  1642,  killed  at 
Brookfield,  August  2,  1675.  2.  John,  born 
1644,  died  January  31,  1695;  married,  March 
16,  167 1,  Susannah  Read,  of  Salem;  married 
(second),  Elizabeth  Richardson,  who  died 
January  3,  1740.  3.  Robert,  born  1647,  died  in 
Concord,  June  7,  1701 ;  married,  JSlarch  16, 
1671,  Mary  Bishop.  4.  Thomas,  born  1648; 
married,  August  6,  1672,  Hannah  Rouf,  of 
Chelmsford;  married  (second)  November  17, 
1681,  Mary  Richardson,  daughter  of  Captain 
Josiah  Richardson,  of  Chelmsford.  5.  Dan- 
iel, born  1654,  died  in  Dracut,  August  i,  1712, 
lived  at  Dracut  and  Concord ;  married,  in  Con- 
cord, June  18,  1685,  Sarah  Blood,  daughter 
of  Robert,  who  was  born  August  i,  1658,  and 
died  in  Dracut,  June  i,  1741.  6.  Ezra,  born 
March  16,  1658,  died  June,  1739;  married, 
November  22,  1681,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel \arnum,  born  May  22,  1661.  7.  Joseph, 
born  June  12,  1661,  mentioned  below.  8.  Han- 
nah, born  1664;  married,  September  28,  1682, 
Thomas  Richardson;  married  (second)  John 
Wright.     9.  Lydia,  born  August  20,  1666. 

(II)  Deacon  Joseph,  son  of  Edward  Co- 
burn,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  June  12,  1661,  and 
died  at  Dracut,  November  13,  1733.  He  re- 
moved with  his  father  to  the  Dracut  purchase, 
and  July  8th,  after  his  twenty-first  birthday, 
received  from  his  father  the  title  to  one- 
eighth  of  the  Evered- Webb  land.  November 
7,  1699,  his  father  gave  him  a  deed  to  the 
homestead  and  the  garrison  house.  He  filled 
several  public  ofifices,  being  selectman  of  Dra- 
cut 171 2-16,  1 72 1.  He  married  (first)  Han- 
nah   ,   who   died   September   22,    1722; 

(second)  intention  recorded  December  8,  1722, 
Deborah  W'right,  widow  of  Joseph  Wright, 
daughter  of  John  Stevens,  of  Chelmsford. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife,  born  in  Dracut:  i. 
Hannah,  September  9,  1684.  2.  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1688 ;  married,  in  Concord,  May  6, 
1714,  Ezekiel  Richardson,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  (Coburn)  Richardson.  3.  Sarah,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1690.  4.  Lydia,  January  18,  1692. 
5.  Joseph,  born  April  4,  1695 ;  married  in  Con- 
cord, January  26,  1709,  Hannah  Harwood, 
died  September  21,  1758;  she  died  November 


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14,  1760.  6.  l^dwanl,  born  July  9,  1697.  7. 
Aaron,  May  27,  1700,  niciitioiicd  below.  8. 
Moses,  January  1,  1703,  married.  July  7,  1730, 
Deborah  Wright,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  De- 
borah (Stevens)  Wright,  the  latter  being  his 
stepmother.  He  died  June  5,  1742,  and  she 
married  second  Deacon  Edward  Coburn. 

(III)  Aaron,  son  of  Jose])h  Coburn,  was 
born  at  Dracut,  May  27,  1700,  and  died  in  the 
same  town,. February  24,  1745.  He  married 
(published  December  9,  1722)  Mercy  Varnum, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Joanna  (Jewett) 
Varnum.  of  Dracut,  born  April  17,  1702,  died 
1785.  Thomas  Varnum,  father  of  Mercy,  was 
born  in  Ipswich,  November  19,  1662,  died  in 
Dracut,  September  7,  1739:  married,  Novem- 
ber 10,  1697.  Joanna,  daughter  of  Nehemiaii 
and  Exercise  (  Pierce)  Jewett,  of  Ipswich,  who 
was  born  May  8,  1677,  and  died  April  6,  1753. 
Thomas  was  son  of  Samuel  Varnum,  wdio 
came  to  New  England  about  1635  with  his 
parents,  George  and  Hannah  Varnum,  settled 
in  Ipswich,  and  married  .Sarah  Langton.  In 
1664  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  on  the  Mer- 
rimac  river  and  removed  to  Chelmsford  and 
later  came  to  Dracut,  becoming  one  of  the 
first  two  settlers  of  the  latter  town,  the  other 
being  Edward  Coburn.  Two  of  his  sons  were 
killed  by  the  Indians  while  crossing  the  Merri- 
mac  river  in  a  boat,  November  18,  1676.  The 
two  families,  Coburn  and  Varnum,  were  al- 
ways intimately  associated,  and  were  much  in- 
termarried during  the  earlier  generations. 
Children  of  Aaron  and  Mercy  (Varnum)  Co- 
burn:  I.  Hannah,  born  March  22,  1724.  mar- 
ried (published  September  12,  1744)  William 
Foster,  of  Chelmsford.  2.  Deborah,  born  Sep- 
tember 24.  1727,  died  July  21,  1824;  married 
(published  November  29,  1753)  Daniel  Co- 
burn,  born  January  23,  1724,  died  May  12, 
1755.  She  married  second  (published  August 
24,    1767)    Timothy   Coburn,   who   died   June 

15,  1781.  3.  Aaron,  born  March  6,  1731 : 
married,  November  6,  1755,  Phebe  Harris,  of 
Hollis,  New  Hampshire.  4.  Eleazer,  born 
March  4,  1735,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Eleazer,  son  of  Aaron  Coburn,  was 
born  at  Dracut.  March  4,  1735.  He  married 
(intention  dated  at  Dracut,  November  i,  1760) 
Bridget  Flildreth.  daughter  of  Robert  Hil- 
dreth,  of  Dracut,  and  granddaughter  of  Ma- 
jor Ephraim  Hildreth,  a  prominent  citizen  of 
that  town.  She  was  born  at  Dracut,  May  16, 
1737.  They  lived  in  that  part  of  Dunstable 
which  was  afterwards  set  oflf  as  Tyngsboro, 
where  their  children  were  born.  He  served  in 
the  revolution,  being  a  private  in  Captain  But- 
terfield's  company,  Colonel  David  Green's  regi- 


ment, that  marched  on  the  Lexington  alarm, 
April  19,  1775;  also  in  Captain  John  Ford's 
company  in  1776,  marching  from  Chelmsford, 
July  25,  177^),  discharged  at  Albany,  New 
York,  January  i,  1777.  In  1790,  after  the 
death  of  his  oldest  son  and  the  marriage  of 
three  of  his  daughters,  he  moved  with  his  re- 
maining family  to  Lewiston,  Maine,  wdiere  his 
wife's  brother',  Paul  Hildreth,  had  settled.  In 
1792  they  came  to  Canaan,  Maine,  where  the 
second  daughter,  Deborah,  wife  of  John  Em- 
ery, lived.  She  and  her  husband  received 
them  in  their  home,  and  John  Emery,  who 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Canaan,  gave 
his  father-in-law  fifty  acres  of  the  grant  he 
himself  had  received  from  the  Kennebec  Com- 
pany. Eleazer  Coburn  soon  built  a  log  house 
near  the  Emerys,  where  the  family  lived  till 
Eleazer  (2d),  at  the  time  of  his  marriage, 
built  the  first  frame  house  on  the  same  spot. 
The  children  of  Eleazer  and  Bridget  married 
and  settled  round  them,  and  they  passed  their 
old  age  in  the  home  of  their  son  Eleazer. 
Eleazer  Coburn  died  May  7,  1810.  His  wife 
survived  him  twenty-six  years,  and  died  in 
her  one  hundredth  }ear,  September  18,  1836. 
She  is  remembered  as  an  old  lady,  lovely  in 
face  and  character,  deeply  pious,  and  very 
affectionate  towards  her  numerous  grandchil- 
dren, by  whom  she  was  adored.  In  her  last 
years  she  was  blind,  but  was  always  alert  in 
mind  and  quick  in  .sympathy.  Her  room  was 
the  first  place  sought  by  the  grandsons  return- 
ing from  the  woods  or  from  college,  and  they 
received  from  her  unstinted  sympathy  with  all 
their  interests.  When  she  died  she  was 
mourned  as  if  she  had  been  a  young  mother. 
Children  of  Eleazer  and  Bridget  (Hildreth) 
Coburn,  born  in  Tyngsboro,  Massachusetts : 
I.  Bridget,  March  12,  1762;  married  Dr.  Shat- 
tuck,  and  settled  in  Vermont;  died  April  18, 
1824.  2.  Deborah,  December  23,  1763;  died 
June  23,  1853;  married,  January  9,  1786, 
John  Emery,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Alon- 
roe)  Emery;  he  was  born  in  Acton,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  20,  1753,  and  died  Febru- 
ary 26,  1848.  3.  Esther,  November  i,  1765, 
died  January  9,  1846;  married,  1796,  Ephraim 
Bigelow,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Sawyer) 
Bigelow,  born  March  23,  1772,  died  January 
10,  1838.  4.  Sally,  born  October  7,  1767,  mar- 
ried  John    Pierce,   and   moved   to    Starkboro, 

Vermont;   married    (second)    Potter. 

She  was  living  in  1845.  5.  Aaron,  September 
10,  1769;  killed  by  a  fall  from  a  tree,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1790.  6.  Prudence,  January  16, 
1772;  married,  May  10,  1794,  Robinson  Lan- 
der, son  of  Freeman  and  Thankful  (Hinckley) 


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Lander;  lived  in  Lewiston  and  Skowhegan, 
died  in  Skowhegan,  September  20,  1851.  7. 
Rachel,  November  8,  1774;  died  April  12, 
1822 ;  married  Samson  Parker,  who  was  born 
April  2,  1768,  and  died  August  25,  1851.  8. 
Eleazer,  February  24,  1777,  mentioned  below. 
9.  Robert,  July  29,  1780;  married  Mary  Par- 
ker, sister  of  Samson,  in  1805,  died  March  8, 
1862.  She  was  born  December,  1785,  and 
died  September  17,  1856.  He  was  a  Baptist 
minister,  and  lived  in  Newport,  Maine.  10. 
Betsey,  May  15,  1785;  married  John  Whittier, 
lived  in  Cornville,  died  November  5,  1855.  He 
was  born  February  13,  1784,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 2,  1861. 

(V)  Eleazer  (2),  son  of  Eleazer  (i)  Co- 
burn,  was  born  in  Tyngsboro,  Alassachusetts, 
February  24,  1777.  and  when  fifteen  years  old 
came  with  his  father's  family  to  that  part  of 
Canaan,  Maine,  which  was  afterwards  Bloom- 
field,  and  is  now  included  in  Skowhegan.  He 
went  to  work  for  Samuel  Weston,  afterwards 
his  father-in-law,  at  that  time  the  principal 
surveyor  of  the  region,  and  a  leading  man  in 
the  community.  He  learned  of  him  the  sur- 
veying business,  and  became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  land  surveyors  of  his  day.  The  vir- 
gin forests  of  the  state  were  just  beginning  to 
find  a  market,  and  as  a  preliminary  to  sale, 
needed  to  be  "run  out."'  For  this  service  he 
had  exceptional  qualifications,  and  was  in  the 
front  rank  of  his  profession.  He  was  an 
expert  as  to  the  relative  value  of  the  various 
sections  he  was  employed  to  explore  and  sur- 
vey, and  was  enabled  to  make  choice  purchases 
at  the  low  figures  then  charged  by  the  State. 
In  1830,  in  partnership  with  his  sons  Abner 
and  Philander,  he  began  lumbering  on  the 
Kennebec  river,  and  the  firm  under  ihe  name 
of  E.  Coburn  &  Sons  conducted  a  prosperous 
business.  The  business  was  continued  after 
the  father's  death  under  the  name  of  .\.  &  P. 
Coburn. 

Eleazer  Coburn,  or  Squire  Coburn,  as  he 
was  generally  called,  was  for  forty  years  one 
of  the  most  prominent  men  of  his  section,  a 
position  which  he  owed  to  his  strong  com- 
mon sense,  his  business  sagacity,  and  his  un- 
usual force  of  character.  With  scanty  early 
education,  he  made  the  best  use  of  his  oppor- 
tunities, and  was  counted  among  the  best  in- 
formed men  of  his  day.  He  studied  the  legal 
books  in  the  library  of  his  father-in-law,  which 
fell  to  him  at  the  death  of  the  latter,  and  be- 
came well  versed  in  the  principles  of  the  law. 
He  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  when  a 
young  man,  and  at  a  period  when  it  was  not 
customary  to  call  on  ministers  for  that  service. 


he  performed  many  marriages.  He  was  se- 
lectman of  Canaan  1800.  1802-g,  and  first 
selectman  181 1  and  1813.  He  was  first  select- 
man of  Bloomfield  the  year  it  was  incorpor- 
ated, 1814,  and  also  in  1815  and  1816.  For 
many  years  he  served  the  town  on  its  most 
important  committees.  He  represented  his  dis- 
trict in  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts  in 
1812,  1813  and  1814.  When  Maine  became 
a  state  in  1820  he  was  a  member  of  the  con- 
stitutional convention  at  Portland,  and  was 
sent  to  the  i\laine  house  of  representatives 
1820-21-26-29-31.  He  was  connected  with  the 
Federalist  and  Whig  parties  in  politics.  He 
was  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  Bloomfield 
Academy,  and  was  trustee  of  Waterville  Col- 
lege from  1836  till  his  ('eath. 

Eleazer  Coburn  was  a  man  of  great  natural 
ability,  and  of  remarkable  personality.  He 
was  an  active  and  exemplary  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  one  of  its  chief  pillars. 
He  was  one  of  the  foremost  in  organizing  a 
temperance  society  in  Bloomfield,  and  was  its 
president  for  several  years.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  County  Temperance  Society,  and 
said  he  considered  it  the  most  honorable  office 
he  ever  held.  He  was  the  first  president  of 
the  first  agricultural  society  in  the  county.  In 
his  later  years  he  was  an  ardent  .Abolitionist, 
and  at  one  time  went  with  a  friend  to  make 
abolotionist  speeches  in  neighboring  towns.  It 
is  said  that  he  was  a  more  ready  and  effective 
speaker  than  any  of  his  sons.  He  possessed 
a  shrewd  wit,  and  was  a  hearty  laugher,  as 
were  all  the  family.  As  a  father  he  did  not 
practice  the  stern  discipline  usual  in  his  gen- 
eration, but  was  gentle  with  his  younger  chil- 
dren, and  like  an  older  brother  with  his  grown- 
up sons,  advising  with  them  on  terms  of 
equality  as  they  came  into  manhood.  He  was 
kind  hearted  and  liberal,  and  many  stories  are 
told  of  his  sometimes  qui.xotic  generosity.  He 
had  the  faculty  of  attaching  his  friends  to  him, 
so  that  many  years  after  his  death  he  was 
spoken  of  by  aged  men  in  terms  of  tender  af- 
fection. He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight, 
January  9,  1845. 

He  married,  January  18,  1801,  Mary  Wes- 
ton, daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (White) 
Weston,  and  granddaughter  of  Joseph  Weston, 
one  of  the  first  two  settlers  of  Canaan.  (An 
account  of  the  Weston  family  is  given  else- 
where.) She  was  a  strenuous  worker,  as  she 
had  need  to  be  to  conduct  her  household.  Be- 
sides her  fourteen  children,  thirteen  of  whom 
lived  to  maturity,  several  boys  were  brought  up 
in  the  family.  A  sister  of  her  husband,  with 
two  sons,  found  a  home  there,  as  well  as  the 


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aged  graiidiiiotlicr.  Tlic  tailorcss  was  in  the 
home  nearly  tlie  year  round,  and  the  shoe- 
maker spent  several  week's  there  each  falk 
The  family  was  seldom  less  than  twenty,  and 
there  was  always  room  for  another.  The 
mother,  lil<e  her  ni-ighbors,  spun  and  wove  her 
own  blankets,  sheets  and  towels,  made  her  own 
butter,  cheese,  candles,  soap,  &c.,  and  knit  her 
family's  hosiery.  No  wonder  she  learned  to 
use  every  moment,  and  in  her  old  age  was 
never  seen  without  work  in  her  hands.  With 
all  her  labors  she  found  time  to  go  to  church 
regularly  and  to  minister  to  the  needy  of  the 
comnuuiity.  She  died  in  the  home  of  her  sons 
A.  &  P..  December  21,  i860. 

Children  of  Eleazer  and  Mary  (Weston) 
Coburn,  all  born  in  Bloomfield  (now  Skovvhe- 
gan)  :  1.  Nahum,  born  October  8,  1801,  died 
October  28,  1822.  2.  Abner,  born  March  22, 
1803,  mentioned  below.  3.  Fidelia,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1805:  married  at  Waterloo,  Cjinada 
West,  October  6,  1847,  Rev.  John  .S.  Brooks, 
died  at  York,  Sierra  Leone,  Africa,  January 
II,  1830.  She  was  educated  at  \Vinthrop 
Academy,  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  suc- 
cessful teacher  in  her  home  town.  She  was 
for  seven  years,  1842-49,  a  missionary  among 
the  fugitive  slaves  in  Queen's  Bush,  Canada. 
In  1849  she  went  with  her  hu.sband  as  a  mis- 
sionary to  the  Mcndi  in  West  Africa,  but  died 
of  fever  before  reaching  her  station.  She  was 
a  woman  of  strong  character,  vigorous  in  mind 
and  body,  devotedly  religious  and  self-sacrific- 
ing to  the  limit  of  endurance.  4.  Philander, 
born  February  19,  1807,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Eliza,  born  February  6,  1809;  married.  May  7, 
1829,  Isaiah  Marston,  son  of  Kenelom  and 
Lucy  (Bates)  Marston,  lived  in  West  Water- 
ville  and  Skowhegan,  died  in  Skowhegan, 
March  12,  1874.  She  had  children,  born  in 
West  Waterville :  i.  Erastus  Wheeler,  March 
14.  1830,  married  May  7,  1861,  Mary  S.  Fi.ske, 
(second)  Addie  Page  Snothen.  ii.  Alonzo  Co- 
burn,  January  6,  1832,  married,  November  14, 
1877,  Delia  G.  Kcelor.  iii.  Fidelia  Coburn, 
May  14,  1834,  married,  May,  1862,  Calvin  R. 
Hubbard,  died  March  4,  1867.  iv.  Elvira 
Coburn,  May  26,  1837,  died  February  18, 
1876.  v.  Mary  Coburn,  May  4,  1839,  married 
Albert  H.  Weston,  December  25,  1878.  vi. 
Julia  Ann.  January  9,  1841,  married,  January 
14,  1867,  William  FL  Long,  died  July  7,  1887. 
vii.  Helen  Eliza,  May  2,  1844,  fl'^d  May  31, 
1865.  viii.  Charles  Albert.  May  26.  1851,  mar- 
ried, October  4,  1876.  Sarah  P.  Steward,  died 
December  3,  1905.  6.  Elvira,  born  February 
5,  1811,  died  July  17,  1867.  7.  Alonzo,  born 
December  6,  181 2,  married,  January  30,  1877, 


Vine  W.  Osgood,  daughter  of  John  Coffin  Os- 
good, of  Eaton,  New  Hampshire,  died  Novem- 
ber 19,  1882.  She  died  in  Skowhegan,  June 
28,  1900.  Fie  prepared  for  college  in  Water- 
ville and  China  academies,  graduated  from 
Waterville  College  1841,  and  from  Harvard 
Law  School  in  1845,  formed  a  law  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  Stephen  under  the  name 
of  A.  &  S.  Coburn,  with  an  office  in  their  na- 
tive town,  but  soon  left  the  practice  of  law  and 
settled  upon  a  farm.  Fie  was  exemplary  in  his 
life,  honorable  and  charitable,  always  ready  to 
extend  a  helping  hand  to  the  needy.  8.  Sam- 
uel Weston,  born  July  14,  1815,  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Stephen,  born  November  11,  1817, 
mentioned  below.  10.  Eleazer,  born  February 
9,  1820,  married,  A])ril  15,  1845,  Eleanor 
Leighton  Emery,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Lydia 
(Leighton)  (Flagg)  Emery.  He  was  a  lum- 
berman and  farmer,  and  settled  on  the  home 
farm,  where  he  died  March  10,  1850.  His 
wife,  born  .September  16,  1820,  married  (sec- 
ond) Charles  K.  Turner,  April  16,  1854,  died 
September  25,  1892.  11.  Charles,  born  March 
5,  1822;  fitted  for  college  at  Waterville  Acad- 
emy, graduated  from  Waterville  College  in 
1844  with  a  brilliant  record;  was  principal  of 
Bloomfield  Academy  the  fall  term  of  1844, 
died  October  30,  1844.  12.  Mary  Weston, 
born  September  30,  1824,  died  April  21,  1874. 
She  was  preceptress  of  Bloomfiehl  Academy 
for  several  years,  while  her  brothers,  Stephen 
and  Charles,  were  principals.  After  the  death 
of  her  father  she  lived  with  her  brothers  Ab- 
ner and  Philander,  keeping  the  home  for  them. 
13.  Sylvanus  Pitts,  born  March  5,  1827;  went 
to  California  in  1849,  ^^'^^  engaged  in  mining 
and  other  occupations  till  1854.  when  he 
bought  a  ranch  at  Santa  Clara,  and  went  into 
the  thoroughbred  Durham  cattle  business.  In 
1864  he  removed  to  a  ranch  on  Pomponia 
Creek,  and  in  1868  came  to  Pescadero,  and 
went  into  company  with  his  nephew,  E.  W. 
Marston,  in  the  stage  coach  and  livery  business. 
He  died  unmarried  at  Pescadero.  California, 
January  18.  1874.  He  was  a  man  of  integrity 
and  a  loyal  friend.  14.  Sarah  Pitts  (twin), 
born  March  5,  1827,  died  August  28,  1827. 

(VI)  Governor  Abner  Coburn.  second  son 
of  Eleazer  (2)  Coburn,  was  born  in  that  part 
of  Canaan  now  embraced  in  Skowhegan, 
March  22,  1803,  and  resided  during  the  whole 
of  his  busy  and  eventful  life  within  a  few 
miles  of  his  birthplace.  From  his  Puritan  an- 
cestors he  inherited  a  robust  constitution, 
sound  practical  sense,  and  mental  powers  of 
a  high  order,  and  he  was  taught  from  child- 
hood  the  distinctively   Puritan  virtues  of  in- 


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tegrity  and  intlustry.  In  his  young  days  every 
man  was  expected  to  live  by  the  labor  of  his 
hands.  Agriculture  was  the  almost  universal 
occupation,  and  in  the  interior  of  Maine  the 
clearing  of  land,  the  making  of  new  farms, 
and  the  building  of  new' homes  called  for  a  life 
of  unceasing  toil  by  all.  As  soon  as  Abner 
Coburn  was  old  enough  he  began  to  make 
himself  useful  in  the  miscellaneous  labor  of 
the  farm,  and  he  continued  throughout  his  life 
to  be  an  exceedingly  industrious  man.  For 
education,  he  had  what  the  district  school 
could  give  him.  supplemented  by  a  few  of  the 
first  terms  of  Bloomfield  Academy.  Before  he 
was  twenty  he  was  doing  a  man's  work  on  the 
farm,  and  teaching  school  in  the  winter  at  $io 
per  month,  and  "boarding  round."  He  learned 
surveying  of  his  father,  and  when  he  was 
twenty-two  years  old  began  to  work  on  his 
own  account  as  a  surveyor. 

In  1830  Eleazer  Coburn  and  his  sons  Abner 
and  Philander  began  lumbering  operations  on 
the  Kennebec  river,  their  first  purchase  of 
timber  lands  being  made  at  that  date.  The 
business  was  continued  under  the  name  of  E. 
Coburn  &  Sons  until  1845,  when  the  father 
died,  and  the  firm  was  reorganized  as  A.  &  P. 
Coburn.  Few  business  firms  in  Maine  were 
so  widely  known  as  this  one,  or  did  so  larg-e  a 
business.  It  may  be  safely  said  that  no  firm 
was  more  successful,  or  won  a  more  enviable 
reputation  for  sagacity  and  business  integrity. 
For  a  generation  the  Coburn  Brothers  were 
known  as  leading  business  men  from  the 
source  to  the  mouth  of  the  Kennebec,  ^lany 
men  in  Northern  Somerset,  who  began  to 
work  for  them  as  boys,  grew  grey  in  their  em- 
ployment. These  hardy,  intelligent  lumbermen 
gave  to  their  chiefs  a  loyal  service  such  as  few 
employers  have  received,  and  no  employers 
have  been  more  worthy  of  such  service.  Some 
who  began  as  boys  in  their  employ  became 
men  of  property,  and  independent  operators. 
They  gave  a  start  in  business  to  a  large  num- 
ber of  men  who  became  successful,  and  kept 
others  from  failure  and  ruin  by  helping  them 
over  hard  places  and  setting  them  on  their 
feet  again,  thus  saving  them  to  the  business 
interests  of  the  community.  The  firm  of  A. 
&  P.  Coburn  did  not  obtain  prosperity  by 
sharp  practices,  or  unworthy  competition  with 
others  or  wild  speculation,  but  by  sane  and 
legitimate  business  methods,  through  industry 
and  forethought.  The  secret  of  their  success 
in  the  land  and  lumber  business  lay  in  their 
rare  judgment  in  buying,  and  their  tenacity  in 
liolding  when  times  of  disaster  came.  They 
pursued  the  policy  of  buying  lands  whenever 


they  could  to  advantage,  and  holding  them, 
regardless  of  the  ups  and  downs  of  the  market. 
They  foresaw  the  growth  of  New  ^  England 
unler  the  stimulating  influence  of  railway  de- 
velopment, and  they'"  knew  that  Maine  timber 
lands  would  have  an  increasing  value  as  years 
went  by.  Thus  they  came  to  be  the  largest 
landowners  in  the  state,  possessing  at  one  time 
seven  hundred  square  miles.  They  also  ac- 
quired manv  thousands  of  acres  of  valuable 
land  in  the  West,  in  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Da- 
kota and  Washington. 

Speaking  of  the  remarkable  credit  enjoyed 
by  this  firm,  a  Boston  business  man  said :  "I 
never  saw  anything  like  it.  I  knew  the  Co- 
burns  when  I  was  selling  goods  in  the  Kenne- 
bec Valley  in  the  Forties.  There  was  hardly 
any  money  in  the  region,  but  it  seemed  to  me 
that  nearly  every  local  storekeeper  and  well- 
to-do  farmer  had  a  piece  of  paper,  signed  A. 
&  P. .Coburn.  which  they  held  to  be  as  good  as 
money,  and  which  had  been  given  for  produce 
for  the  lumber  camps.  Indeed,  I  think  they 
were  used  as  currency.  Everybody  had  confi- 
dence in  them."  These  notes  were  all  paid.  It 
is  said  that  when  Abner  Coburn  was  governor 
he  on  more  than  one  occasion  affixed  A.  &  P. 
Coburn  to  a  bill  which  the  legislature  had 
enacted,  so  accustomed  was  he  to  signing  the 
firm  name. 

The  Coburns  became  interested  in  railroad 
enterprises  in  1854,  when  they  led  a  subscrip- 
tion for  the  Somerset  and  Kennebec  Railroad 
Company  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  line  to 
Skowhcgan.  From  the  first,  one  or  the  other 
of  the  iDrothers  was  a  director  of  this  road, 
and  for  several  years  prior  to  its  perpetual 
lease  to  the  Portland  &  Kennebec,  Abner  Co- 
burn  was  its  president,  becoming  afterwards 
a  director  of  the  consolidated  line.  After  sev- 
eral years  of  confiict  with  the  Maine  Central 
Company,  the  Portland  &  Kennebec  was  con- 
solidated with  it  under  the  name  of  Alaine  Cen- 
tral, and  Abner  Coburn  became  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  new  company.  In  1873  he  was 
made  president  of  the  Maine  Central  Railroad 
Company  and  managed  the  road  in  the  inter- 
ests of  the  stockholders,  regardless  of  those 
who  wished  to  make  it  subservient  to  other 
purposes,  notably  that  of  bolstering  up  the  al- 
most bankrupt  Eastern  Railroad.  His  manage- 
ment of  the  Maine  Central  was  a  model  of 
economy  and  efficiency.  In  1878,  after  serving 
three  years,  he  .resigned  the  presidency. 

The  great  service  which  Governor  Coburn, 
as  he  was  generally  called,  rendered  Maine  in 
the  development  of  its  railroad  system  cannot 
be  overestimated.    For  more  than  a  quarter  of 


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a  ccmur\  1k'  lU'vutt'd  tinu'  aiul  money  to  it, 
wIk'ii  the  general  opinion  was  that  it  was  a 
misforlune  to  l)e  a  stockliokler  in  any  of  the 
four  corporations  east  of  Portland  wliich  now 
make  up  the  great  system  known  as  the  .Maine 
Central.  In  the  darkest  hours  of  the  enter- 
prise he  more  than  once  attested  his  faith  by 
pledging'  his  private  fortune  to  meet  its  obliga- 
tions. One  incident  of  this  kind  is  narrated 
as  follows :  Soon  after  one  of  the  consolida- 
tions by  which  the  present  Maine  Central  was 
built  up,  there  came  a  period  of  hard  times. 
Business  fell  off,  and  the  company  had  a  large 
floating  debt,  the  holders  of  which  were  im- 
portunate for  payment.  In  their  perplexity 
and  distress  it  occurred  to  one  of  the  members 
of  the  l^oard  to  apply  to  Governor  Coburn. 
Se\-cral  of  them  went  to  see  him  at  his  home, 
and  laid  the  case  before  him,  saying-  that  they 
saw  no  way  bui  for  him  to  endorse  the  paper 
of  the  Maine  Central  for  $200,000  al  once,  and 
for  $500,000  later  if  necessary.  The  governor 
said  not  a  word  nor  asked  a  question  until  the 
spokesman  had  finished,  and  then  he  simply 
asked  them  for  the  note,  which  he  signed.  The 
confidence  which  he  inspired  quieted  the  anx- 
iety of  the  creditors,  and  the  crisis  was  over. 
The  manager  of  one  Savings  Bank  holding  a 
large  amount  of  the  corporation  paper,  who 
had  been  urging  payment  with  great  persist- 
ency, said :  "Give  me  Governor  Coburn's  en- 
dorsement and  you  can  have  the  money  as 
long  as  you  wish."  It  was  given,  and  the  man- 
ager was  satisfied.  In  connection  with  their 
land  enterprises  and  otherwise,  the  Coburns 
were  interested  in  several  western  railroads, 
among  them  the  Northern  Pacific. 

At  the  incorporation  of  the  Skowhegan 
Bank,  the  first  bank  in  the  town,  in  1833,  Mr. 
Coburn  was  one  of  the  directors,  and  he  sub- 
sequently became  its  president.  When  it  was 
reorganized  in  1863  under  the  National  Bank- 
ing .\ct  as  the  First  National  Bank,  he  was 
made  president,  wdiich  position  he  held 
throughout  his  life.  He  was  also  president  of 
the  Skowhegan  Savings  Bank  from  its  organi- 
zation in  1869.  A  large  amount  of  his  time 
<-ind  thought  were  given  to  these  institutions, 
and  they  profited  greatly  by  his  financial  wis- 
dom and  experience. 

Mr.  Coburn  took  a  deep  interest  in  political 
affairs.  His  family  connection  was  with  the 
Federalist  party,  and  he  cast  his  first  vote  for 
I 'resident  for  John  Quincy  Adams  in  1824. 
Later  he  became  a  Whig.  He  served  three 
terms  in  the  Maine  house,  1838,  1840  and  1844, 
being  a  inember  of  the  following  committees : 
Finance,   North-eastern  boundary,  banks  and 


banking,  state  lands  and  state  valuation.  In 
1852,  when  General  Scott  was  the  Whig  can- 
didate for  the  presidency,  Mr.  Coburn  was  on 
the  electoral  ticket.  \Vhen  the  Whig  party 
was  broken  up,  he  became  a  Ke[niblican,  being 
among  the  founders  of  that  party  in  the  state. 
In  1855  he  was  a  member  of  Governor  A.  P. 
Morrill's  council,  and  in  1857  ^^  ''''^  council 
of  Governors  Hamlin  and  Williams.  He 
headed  the  electoral  ticket  when  .Abraham  Lin- 
coln was  elected  President  in  i860.  In  1862 
he  was  the  Republican  candidate  for  ( iovernor, 
and  was  elected,  receiving  42,744  votes  to 
32,108  for  Bion  Bradbury,  Democrat,  and 
6,764  for  General  Jameson,  War  Democrat. 
Governor  Coburrt  filled  the  office  during  the 
trying  year  of  1863.'  He  was  one  of  the  loyal 
war  Governors,  who  held  up  the  hands  of  Lin- 
coln in  those  troublous  times.  He  was  gov- 
ernor in  fact  as  well  as  in  name,  and  there 
was  no  power  behind  the  throne.  The  busi- 
ness of  the  State  was  conducted  on  strict  busi- 
ness principles,  with  the  same  integrity  which 
characterized  the  man  in  all  the  relations  of 
life.  Although  this  course  gave  dissatisfaction 
to  some  and  made  some  enemies  among  poli- 
ticians, he  adhered  rigidly  to  it,  and  in  after 
years  even  those  who  had  differed  from  him 
at  the  time,  admittcfl  that  the  State  never  had 
a  more  efficient  administration  than  Governor 
Coburn's. 

He  did  not  always  act  according  to  custom, 
but  followed  his  own  judgment,  based  on  his 
ideas  of  right  and  justice.  The  following  in- 
cident illustrates  his  independent  methods.  The 
First  I\laine  Cavalry  had  lost  several  of  its 
field  officers,  and  was  in  such  a  condition  that 
promotion  in  the  regular  order  did  not  appear 
to  him  to  be  expedient.  He  listened  to  the 
arguments  of  the  different  parties  concerned, 
and  after  a  few  days  announced  the  nomina- 
tion of  tw'o  young  officers  not  the  oldest  in 
rank  to  the  first  places  in  the  regiment.  "I 
have  carefully  looked  the  matter  over."  was 
liis  reply  to  all  protests.  "I  know  these  men ; 
their  appointment  is  the  best  thing  for  the 
regiment."  The  sequel  proved  that  he  had 
acted  wisely,  and  the  regiment  under  its  new 
leadership  brought  honor  to  the  State. 

Governor  Coburn's  message  to  the  legisla- 
ture was  practical,  and  showed  careful  thought 
concerning  the  needs  of  the  State,  and  appre- 
ciation of  the  awful  issues  of  war  that  were 
hanging  in  the  balance.  He  said :  "The  total 
quota  of  troops  demanded  of  Maine  up  to  this 
time  by  the  War  Department,  amounts  to 
something  less  than  the  number  we  have  actu- 
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has  even  surpassed  the  demands  which  the  na- 
tional exigency  has  made  upon  it.  We  have 
not  only  sent  all  the  men  asked  of  us,  but  we 
have  sent  good  men  and  brave  men.  In  a 
contest  where  all  the  loyal  States  have  re- 
sponded so  nobly,  it  would  be  invidious  and 
indeed  positively  offensive  for  any  one  to  arro- 
gate peculiar  and  superior  merit.  We  only 
claim  with  others  to  have  done  our  part,  and 
we  recur  with  undisguised  pride  to  the  fact 
that  on  every  battlefield  where  Maine  troops 
have  been  called  to  participate,  they  have  ac- 
quitted themselves  with  valor  and  with  honor, 
making  a  record  of  patriotic  heroism  which  it 
will  be  alike  the  pride  and  duty  of  the  State 
to  cherish  and  perpetuate.  -In  addition  to  the 
men  that  Maine  had  furnished  to  the  army  of 
volunteers,  we  have  contributed  to  the  naval 
and  marine  service  more  largely  in  proportion 
to  our  population  than  any  other  state.  The 
habits  and  occupation  of  a  considerable  num- 
ber of  our  people  fit  them  pre-eminently  for 
this  service,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  know  that 
our  shipping  ports  and  coast  towns  have  sent 
forth  swarms  of  hardy  and  well  trained  sea- 
men to  maintain  the  honor  of  our  flag  upon 
the  ocean." 

His  attitude  for  the  public  finances  is  set 
forth  in  the  following:  "1  have  already  al- 
luded to  the  fact  that  within  the  past  year  the 
sum  of  $30,000  of  the  state  debt  was  paid. 
During  the  present  year  $50,000  more  will 
mature,  and  I  earnestly  recommend  that  it  be 
paid,  instead  of  being  renewed,  as  has  too  fre- 
quently been  our  custom  in  the  past.  The  pol- 
icy of  liquidation,  in  my  judgment,  is  the  true, 
safe  and  wisely  economical  one  for  the  State 
to  adopt.  Whatever  may  be  the  theory  or  the 
truth  in  regard  to  the  advantages  of  a  national 
debt,  I  do  not  think  that  a  state  debt  should 
remain  unpaid  a  day  longer  than  the  time 
when  the  people  can  discharge  it  without 
specially  or  unduly  burdening  themselves  with 
taxation."  On  the  subject  of  education  he 
said  :  "The  educational  interests  of  the  state 
are  fully  and  ably  set  forth  in  the  report  of 
the  superintendent  of  schools.  It  is  one  of  our 
chief  glories  that  we  provide,  at  the  public 
expense,  for  the  education  of  all  the  children 
of  the  State.  Our  fathers  wisely  imposed  it  as 
a  constitutional  duty,  and  we  are  reaping  the 
rich  advantages  of  their  foresight  and  their 
wisdom.  While  we  may  not  be  in  a  condition 
to  make  any  extraordinary  expenditures  for 
educational  purposes,  it  will  be  one  of  our 
highest  duties  to  see  that  our  schools  are  main- 
tained in  full  vigor  and  usefulness,  and  that 
while  other  interests  may  suffer  from  the  in- 


evitable effects  of  war,  the  culture  of  the 
young  shall  in  no  wise  be  neglected  or 
abated." 

In  further  discussion  of  the  war,  he  said : 
"We  are  well  advanced  in  the  second  year  of 
a  war  involving  issues  of  the  gravest  moment 
to  all  of  us.  The  contest  was  precipitated  by 
those,  who,  no  longer  able  to  rule,  were  de- 
termined to  ruin  the  government  of  the  United 
States.  The  ostensible  reason  for  secession 
was  one  which,  if  admitted  to  have  any  force, 
would  forthwith  destroy  every  element  of 
Democratic  Republicanism  which  exists  in  our 
institutions — for  if  a  constitutional  majority  of 
the  people  cannot  have  the  right  to  elect  the 
President  of  their  choice,  our  form  of  govern- 
ment is  at  an  end,  and  its  attempted  perpetua- 
tion is  a .  farce.  From  the  day  the  Southern 
conspirators  made  open  war  on  the  United 
States  by  assaulting  Fort  Sumter,  the  question 
passed  to  the  arbitrament  of  the  sword,  and 
not  to  have  accepted  the  issue  would  have  been 
to  basely  surrender  the  life  of  the  nation.  Thus 
far  we  have,  witli"  patriotic  unanimity  sus- 
tained the  President  in  all  his  efforts  to  subdue 
the  rebellion.  The  people  of  the  loyal  states 
have  poured  out  their  treasure  and  their  blood 
in  unstinted  measure,  and  in  their  devotion  to 
country  men  have  forgotten  the  prejudices  of 
party." 

In  reference  to  the  newly  adopted  policy  of 
emancipation,  he  said :  "The  rebels  are  en- 
titled at  our  hands  during  the  war  to  nothing 
more  and  nothing  less  than  the  treatment  pre- 
scribed by  the  laws  of  war,  and  we  can  and 
ought  and  will  seize  every  legitimate  weapon  to 
conquer  their  military  power  and  reduce  them 
to  obedience  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States.  It  is  on  this  ground  that  loyal  men 
can  rally  with  enthusiasm  to  the  support  of 
the  President.  And  it  will  not  abate  the  force 
of  the  new  policy  that  its  result  is  to  give 
freedom  to  a  race  long  oppressed,  and  to  abol- 
ish an  institution  which  has  been  the  source  of 
evil  dissension  at  home,  and  the  cause  of 
shame  and  reproach  to  us  abroad.  It  will  be 
clearly  within  the  dispensation  of  God's  justice 
that  a  system  of  oppression  which  violates  the 
natural  rights  of  man,  which  has  always  stirred 
up  strife  and  contention,  and  which  was  the 
direct  cause  of  our  present  troubles,  should 
wither  and  perish  in  the  wrathful  storm  which 
in  its  rage  it  dared  to  provoke."  The  message 
closed  as  follows :  "We  enter  upon  public 
duty,  gentlemen,  at  a  time  of  unusual  responsi- 
bilitv,  when  human  wisdom  alone  may  well  be 
distrusted.  But  relying  upon  the  guidance  of 
that  Gracious  Being  who  hath  so  bountifully 


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Ijlcsscd  us  as  a  nation,  aiul  who  chastiseth  Init 
in  mercy,  let  us,  in  liuinility  and  yet  in  conli- 
(lence,  address  ourselves  to  the  conscientious 
<lischarge  of  the  trusts  committed  to  us  by  the 
people  of  our  beloved  State."  Later  in  the 
year,  in  response  to  fresh  calls  for  troops  by 
the  national  government.  Governor  Coburn  ad- 
dressed the  people  of  the  State  with  earnest  ap- 
peals for  patriotic  action.  From  two  of  these 
state  papers  the  following  extracts  are  taken : 

"Our  people,  with  almost  entire  unanimity, 
have  determined  that  the  present  rebellion  shall 
be  suppressed,  and  that  the  Union  which  it 
was  designed  to  destroy,  shall  be  maintained. 
I'or  this  purpose  they  entered  upon  the  con- 
test, and  to  this  end  they  will  persevere  until 
the  object  be  accomplished,  and  until  the  world 
shall  be  satisfied  that  free  men  can  endure 
more,  and  persevere  longer,  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  free  government,  than  can  the  most 
desperate  and  determined  traitors  for  its  de- 
struction. The  length  of  the  conflict  is  not  to 
he  measured  by  years,  but  by  events.  Treason 
is  to  be  put  down,  and  to  that  end  should  all 
the  measures  of  the  government  be  sub- 
servient." Thus  far  in  our  great  civil  contest 
Maine  has  borne  a  proud  part.  Her  sons  have 
upheld  the  national  banner  on  the  fiercest  bat- 
tlefields, and  have  earned  a  fame  which  we 
cannot  too  proudly  cherish,  and  which  we 
should  strive  to  emulate.  Let  us,  in  the  brief 
season  allowed  us,  prove  that  our  patriotism  is 
as  sincere,  our  enthusiasm,  as  warm,  and  our 
faith  in  the  national  cause  as  firm  as  at  any 
hour  since  the  contest  began.  Whoever  else 
shall  falter  or  fail,  let  the  men  of  Maine  prove 
themselves  fully  equal  to  the  demands  now- 
made  on  their  heroism  and  their  love  of  coun- 
try." 

In  spite  of  the  extent  and  multiplicity  of 
Governor  Coburn's  business  interests,  he  found 
time  for  many  duties  such  as  a  public  spirited 
man  owes  to  the  community  and  the  state,  and 
for  a  w-ide  philanthropy.  He  was  very  prac- 
tically interested  in  the  cause  of 'education,  and 
few  men  in  Maine  have  done  more  for  the  sup- 
port of  our  higher  educational  institutions.  He 
was  for  forty  years  a  trustee  of  Colby  College, 
tak-ing  his  father's  place  in  1845,  and  serving 
until  his  death,  and  was  President  of  the 
I'oard  the  last  eleven  years.  He  was  President 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  State  College 
of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts,  now 
the  University  of  Maine,  for  twelve  years, 
1867-1879.  To  both  of  these  institutions  he 
gave  a  large  amount  of  attention,  and  large 
contributions,  and  in  each  of  them  one  of  the 
college  buildings  fittingly  bears  his  name.   \Va- 


tervifie  Classical  Institute  at  VVaterville,  which 
was  renamed  for  him  Coburn  Classical  Insti- 
tute, received  from  him  a  fine  school  building, 
erected  as  a  memorial  to  his  deceased  brother, 
Stephen  Coburn,  and  his  nephew,  Charles  Mil- 
ler Coburn,  and  he  also  provided  it  with  an  en- 
dowment of  $50,000.  Somerset  County  was 
indebted  to  him  for  a  commodious  court  house, 
and  the  town  of  Skowhegan  was  largely  in- 
delited  to  him  for  the  fine  public  hall  which 
was  called  by  his  name,  and  which  served  the 
people  of  the  community  until  it  was  destroyed 
by  fire  in  1904.  Although  not  a  member.  Gov- 
ernor Coburn  was  a  constant  attendant  of  the 
Baptist  Church,  to  which  he  was  much  at- 
tached. He  doubtless  contributed  more  money 
for  the  building  of  churches  and  the  mission- 
ary and  educational  work  of  that  denomina- 
tion than  any  other  man  in  the  state.  His  pri- 
vate charities  were  almost  muuberless,  and 
were  dispensed  so  unostentatiously  that  prob- 
ably but  a  small  part  of  them  were  ever  known. 
His  habits  and  manner  of  living  were  simple, 
even  to  frugality.  Neither  Abner  Coburn  nor 
his  brother  Philander  were  ever  married,  and 
they  made  their  home  together. 

A  brief  extract  from  a  memorial  address  de- 
livered by  a  personal  friend  of  Governor  Co- 
burn,  Colonel  Z.  A.  Smith,  at  the  Colby  Com- 
mencement following  his  death,  will  give  an 
idea  of  his  personal  habits  and  character.  "In 
his  private  life  and  in  his  personal  relations, 
Governor  Coburn  was  the  same  upright  and 
conscientious  man  that  he  was  in  business  and 
public  aiifairs.  He  was  so  conspicuously  free 
from  the  appearance  of  vice  of  every  nature, 
that  even  the  idlest  village  gossip  never  had 
the  semblance  of  pretext  to  trifle  with  his 
name.  All  his  life,  he  was  not  only  a  total 
abstainer  from  intoxicating  liquors,  but  in  all 
things,  he  lived  an  abstemious  and  frugal  life. 
Although  his  earlier  life  was  spent  much  in 
contact  with  men  of  rough  habits,  he  was  in 
his  intercourse  with  all,  refined  in  speech  and 
deferential  in  act.  Impure  or  profane  words 
never  passed  his  lips.  Just  to  all  men,  he  was, 
at  the  same  time  and  in  the  best  ways,  kind, 
helpful  and  sympathetic.  Few  men  had  more 
occasion  to  know  the  wickedness  and  ingrati- 
tude of  other  men,  yet  he  was  in  speech  and 
act  the  most  charitable  of  men  towards  the 
failings  and  sins  of  others.  Integrity  so  per- 
meated every  fibre  of  his  moral  and  intellectual 
being,  that  he  often  seemed  unable  to  realize 
that  a  man  could  be  a  rascal." 

Governor  Coburn  was  an  interesting  and  in- 
structive talker.  He  kept  himself  acquainted 
with  all  current  subjects  of  importance,  and 


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his  opinions  on  the  tariff,  the  currency  and 
business  questions  generally  were  valuable  and 
interesting.  On  one  occasion,  he  gave  his 
views  on  the  causes  of  industrial  depression  as 
follows:  "Business  will  revive  just  as  soon  as 
there  is  anything  like  free  employment  for  the 
people  who  depend  on  wages  for  a  living. 
There  is  over-production  only  because  the  peo- 
ple who  depend  on  wages  cannot  earn  them 
and  because,  when  close  times  come,  those 
who  can  employ  labor  and  buy  the  products  of 
labor  make  haste  to  reduce  their  expenditures. 
Give  the  labor  of  the  country  employment  and 
good  wages,  and  you  will  hear  no  more  of 
over-production.  That  people  will  enjoy  the 
greatest  degree  of  prosperity  which  spend 
freely  within  their  means.  A  community  which 
hoards,  and  spends  the  least  possible,  will 
never  be  one  of  business  enterprise.  What  we 
want  now  is  a  market  for  labor  at  a  fair  com- 
pensation to  restore  prosperity." 

His  recollections  of  his  early  life  were  vivid. 
He  could  speak  in  the  most  entertaining  way 
of  the  struggles  of  the  early  part  of  the  nine- 
teenth century,  of  the  manner  of  living,  and  of 
the  peculiarities  of  the  people  of  that  time. 
He  knew  the  foremost  men  of  Maine  for  half 
a  century,  and  from  him  one  could  get  a  bet- 
ter idea  of  iheir  characteristics  than  from  any 
other  source.  He  was  charitable  in  his  judg- 
ment, and  rarely  spoke  in  condemnation  of 
any  one.  He  once  said  of  an  adroit  man,  "If 
you  want  to  track  him  sure,  go  in  the  opposite 
direction  from  that  in  which  his  toes  point." 
Of  a  Maine  officer  during  the  war  he  said, 
"He  wrote  so  many  letters  urging  his  own 
promotion  that  he  couldn't  have  done  any 
fighting."  When  the  green-back  craze  -swept 
over  Maine,  some  one  told  him  that  a  certain 
man  had  become  an  advocate  of  fiat  money. 
"That  is  proper,"  he  replied,  "that  man  always 
maintained  that  he  had  paid  a  debt  when  he 
gave  his  note  for  it."  He  liked  direct  men. 
"John  B.  Brown,  of  Portland,"  he  said,  "is  a 
man  wdio  says  what  he  means,  so  that  you  can 
understand  him."  "Payson  Tucker,"  he  said, 
"is  a  man  of  wonderful  tact  in  getting  along 
with  people.  He  is  the  best  railroad  man  I 
ever  met."  "Josiali  Drummond  is  a  man  you 
can  always  believe."  Such  were  his  judgments 
of  men  with  whom  he  was  associated. 

Governor  Coburn  was  a  sufferer  from  dys- 
pepsia during  the  last  years  of  his  life,  and 
for  several  months  before  his  death  showed 
signs  of  a  breaking  up  of  his  vigorous  consti- 
tution. In  the  early  part  of  December,  1884, 
he  went  to  Augusta  as  a  member  of  the  Elec- 
toral  College,  to  cast  his  vote  for  James  G. 


Blaine  for  President,  and  while  there  was 
taken  severely  ill.  He  returned  to  his  home, 
and  after  a  few  weeks  of  illness,  during  which 
he  was  able  a  part  of  the  time  to  attend  to 
business,  he  passed  away  January  4,  1885.  By 
his  will  he  left  nearly  a  million  dollars  for 
religious,  educational  and  philanthropic  work. 
His  public  bequests  were  as  follows :  To  the 
Maine  Insane  Hospital  at  Augusta,  $50,000;  to 
the  Maine  General  Hospital  at  Portland,  $100,- 
000;  to  the  Maine  State  College  of  Agricul- 
ture and  the  Mechanic  Arts,  $100,000;  to 
Colby  University,  $200,000;  to  the  American 
Baptist  Home  Missionary  Society,  $200,000; 
the  income  of  one-half  to  be  applied  in  aid  of 
Freedmen's  schools ;  to  Wayland  Seminary  at 
Washington,  $50,000 ;  to  the  American  Baptist 
Missionary  Union,  $100,000;  to  the  Maine 
Baptist  j\Iissionary  Convention,  $100,000;  to 
Houlton  Academy,  $5,000;  to  the  Maine  In- 
dustrial School  for  Girls,  $5,000;  to  the  Bap- 
tist Church  in  Skowhegan,  $18,000;  to  Bloom- 
field  Academy,  $7,000 :  for  a  free  public  li- 
brary in  Skowhegan,  $30,000 ;  to  the  town  of 
Skowhegan,  for  its  worthy  and  unfortunate 
poor,  $20,000;  to  the  town  of  Skowhegan, 
land  for  a  public  park. 

In  his  message  to  Maine  the  legislature  Gov- 
ernor Robie  said  of  Mr.  Coburn:  "Another 
man  upon  whom  the  people  have  wisely  con- 
ferred their  highest  honors  has  passed  away. 
Hon.  Abner  Coburn,  the  representative  man  of 
the  best  characteristics  of  New  England  sim- 
plicity, integrity  and  economy,  is  no  more.  His 
life  is  a  monument  of  great  usefulness,  of  high 
public  spirit  and  patriotism.  .  .  .  Called 
to  the  office  of  governor  during  the  most  try- 
ing period  of  the  late  war,  he  displayed  firm- 
ness, sagacity  and  patriotism,  of  the  highest 
order.  His  life,  character  and  achievements 
are  an  honor  to  Maine,  and  proud  is  the  State 
that  can  claim  the  birth  and  citizenship  of 
such  a  man." 

The  followjng  extract  from  a  letter  from 
Hon.  lames  G.  Blaine,  written  a  few  days 
after  Governor  Coburn's  death,  may  here  be 
given  as  a  worthy  tribute  to  his  memory,  and 
may  serve  as  a  fitting  summing  up  of  his 
character : 

"Governor  Coburn  was  altogether  a  remark- 
able man.  With  only  rudimentary  training  in 
early  life,  he  has  proved  our  most  liberal  and 
discriminating  patron  of  classical  education. 
With  no  gift  for  public  speaking,  lie  has  con- 
stantly exerted  a  wise  and  beneficient 
influence  on  public  opinion.  He  was, 
if  humanity  can  ever  attain  perfection,  an  ab- 
solutely   just    man    in   all    his    dealings.     And 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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lieyuiul  the  severe  demar.d,^  of  justice,  he 
was  always  kind  and  even  generous  to 
his  fellow'  men.  Singularly  quiet  and  un- 
ohtnisive,  (lie  world  around  him  had  little 
1<nowlcdge  of  the  constant  How  of  his  charity, 
of  the  mimherless  good  deeds  which  adorned 
his  daily  life,  lie  was  altogether  modest  and 
disliked'  everything  which  savored  of  preten- 
sion or  show.  His  life  was,  indeed,  a  model 
of  simplicity.  The  large  fortune  which  his  in- 
dustry and  sagacity  had  enabled  him  to  ac- 
cumvdate  was  in  his  ow-n  view  a  "trust  fund," 
which  he  held  for  the  benefit  of  mankind,  and 
the  disposition  of  wdiich  was  with  him  a  mat- 
ter of  conscience.  He  never  had  a  dollar  to 
waste,  but  he  always  had  thousands  for  a 
worthy  cause. 

"In  thirty  years  of  personal  intimacy  with 
Governor  Coburn,  I  never  saw  anything  in  his 
life  and  conversation  that  was  not  praise- 
worthy, lie  was  never  impatient  nor  fault- 
finding nor  revengeful.  His  only  form  of 
censure  was  silence  and  his  friends  came  to 
know  how  much  that  meant  on  certain  occa- 
sions, respecting  certain  persons.  To  those 
whom  he  called  friends,  he  was  devotedly 
true.  But  he  never  made  professions  of  at- 
tachment and  was  never  efTusive.  In  his  crisp 
and  pointed  correspondence,  no  matter  what 
the  degree  of  intimacy  with  the  person  to 
whom  he  wrote,  he  always  began  his  letters 
with  the  stiff  "Dr.  Sir"  of  olden  times  and 
signed  himself  "Resp'y"  or  "truly  yours."  But 
with  this  undemonstrative  and  formal  manner, 
there  was  as  kindly  a  heart  as  ever  beat  in 
human  breast,  and  with  it  a  hand  as  helpful  as 
ever  came  to  a  friend's  relief." 

(VI)  Philander  Coburn,  third  son  of 
Eleazer  (2)  Coburn,  was  born  in  Canaan, 
Maine  (now  Skowhegan),  February  ig,  1807. 
Brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  he  developed 
by  active  farm  work  his  unusually  fine 
physique.  His  education  was  obtained  at  the 
district  schcol  and  at  Bloomfield  Academy,  and 
he  taught  several  terms  in  the  district  schools 
of  his  town.  He  was  early  taught  the  survey- 
ing business  by  his  father,  and  became  a  skill- 
ful surveyor.  The  story  of  his  business  life, 
as  a  member  of  the  lumbering  firm  of  E.  Co- 
burn  and  Sons,  w-hich  was  established  when  he 
was  twenty-three  years  old,  and  which  after 
the  father's  death  became  A.  &  P.  Coburn,  has 
already  been  told  in  the  sketch  of  his  brother 
Abner.  While  in  their  younger  days  both 
brothers  went  into  the  woods,  in  later  life 
Philander  took  the  practical  end  of  the  busi- 
ness, and  supervised  the  lumbering  operations 
of  the  firm.     For  this  work  he  was  specially 


(jualified  by  his  great  powers  of  endurance,  his 
energy  and  daring,  and  his  spirit  of  enthusiasm 
in  whatever  he  undertook.  When  Abner  went 
"down  river,"  Philander  went  "up  river."  He 
was  an  expert  woodsman,  and  used  to  say  he 
could  tell  a  fir  tree  from  a  spruce  three  miles 
away.  He  was  tall  and  powerfully  built,  and 
capable  of  travelling  nights  and  working  days, 
which  he  often  did.  He  used  frequently  to 
start  from  his  home  near  nightfall,  with  his 
big  horse  Railroad,  famous  up  and  down  the 
river,  in  the  sleigh,  travel  forty  or  fifty  miles 
before  morning,  and  be  ready  to  cruise  the 
woods  all  day.  His  return  trips  were  some- 
times made  at  night  in  the  same  way.  He 
would  drop  the  reins  in  the  front  of  the  sleigh, 
and  fold  his  arms,  and  if  he  happened  to  fall 
asleep.  Railroad  would  bring  him  safely  home. 
In  the  woods  there  were  few  men  who  could 
keep  up  with  him,  for  he  seemed  to  require 
neither  food  or  sleep.  His  disregard  of  him- 
self led  him  into  more  perils  and  hardships 
than  fell  to  the  lot  of  his  associates. 

Philander  Coburn  was  a  man  of  keen  intel- 
lect, and  contributed  fully  his  share  to  the  suc- 
cess of  the  firm  in  all  its  departments  of  activ- 
ity. He  w-as  often  the  aggressive  partner, 
while  Abner  was  the  conservative  one.  Bold- 
ness and  caution  were  alike  characteristics  of 
his  mind.  His  knowledge  of  human  nature 
and  skill  in  handling  men  were  large  factors  in 
his  business  success.  He  treated  his  workmen 
with  perfect  fairness,  shared  with  them  the 
hardships  and  privations  incident  to  their  la- 
bor, and  gave  them  sympathy  and  aid  in  times 
of  misfortune.  Thus  he  never  had  disagree- 
ments or  misunderstandings  with  them,  but 
always  held  their  respect,  and  in  many  cases 
won  their  unwavering  and  lifelong  attach- 
ment. His  associates  in  business  were  not 
treated  by  him  as  rivals  to  be  overthrown,  but 
instead  w-ere  often  helped  over  times  of  diffi- 
culty by  wise  counsel  and  substantial  aid.  He 
was  genial  and  companionable,  a  most  enter- 
taining talker,  and  a  good  story  teller,  pos- 
sessing an  inexhaustible  fund  of  varied  experi- 
ences to  draw  upon.  Yet  in  his  real  nature  he 
was  reserved,  and  he  was  shy  of  publicity.  The 
only  public  office  he  ever  held  was  when  he 
represented  his  district  in  the  Maine  Senate 
in  1853.  He  was,  however,  deeply  interested 
in  political  matters,  belonging  to  the  Whig 
party  in  early  life,  and  becoming  an  enthusias- 
tic member  of  the  Republican  party  at  the  or- 
ganization of  the  latter.  He  was  never  mar- 
ried, but  resided  with  his  brother  Abner  in 
the  "Coburn  House."  His  private  life  was 
without  reproach,  and  his  personal  habits  were 


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like  those  of  his  brother,  characterized  by  the 
greatest  simpHcity.  The  two  brothers  had  a 
common  bank  account,  and  a  common  purse, 
and  most  of  their  gifts  during  the  Hfe  of  the 
younger  brother  came  from  "A.  &  P."  Phi- 
lander himself  practiced  much  unostentatious 
charity,  and  assisted  generously  many  philan- 
thropic and  religious  enterprises.  Though  not 
a  member,  he  was  a  constant  attendant  and 
supporter  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  an  active 
participant  in  its  business  meetings.  He  was 
strongly  interested  in  the  temperance  cause, 
being  himself,  as  was  his  brother,  a  total  ab- 
stainer from  both  liquor  and  tobacco. 

His  years  of  hardship  and  carelessness  of 
himself  finally  broke  down  his  superb  constitu- 
tion. His  keen  vision  became  impaired  and 
though- his  sight  was  restored  by  a  successful 
operation  for  cataract,  he  was  never  after- 
wards able  to  do  severe  work.  He  died  from 
a  slow  disease  of  the  brain.  March  8,  1876. 


(For    ancestrj^    see  preceding   sketch.) 

(\T)  Samuel  Weston  Coburn, 
COBURN      fifth  son  of  Eleazer  and  Mary 

(Weston)  Coburn,  was  born 
in  Skowhegan,  Maine,  July  14,  181 5,  and  died 
July  30,  1873.  His  early  life  was  passed  on 
the  paternal  farm,  and  he  was  educated  pri- 
marily in  the  common  schools.  He  attended 
Bloomfield  Academy,  and  prepared  for  col- 
lege at  the  China  (Maine)  Academy.  He  en- 
tered Waterville  (now  Colby)  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1841.  While  a 
student  in  academy  and  college  he  taught 
school  during  his  vacations,  and  after  gradu- 
ation from  the  latter  accepted  a  position  as 
teacher  in  the  academy  at  Saco,  Maine.  After 
being  thus  occupied  for  one  term,  he  went  to 
Canada,  in  company  with  his  brother  Alonzo, 
their  purpose  being  to  acquire  a  more  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  French  language,  to  which 
they  had  already  given  much  attention.  Aftar 
some  time  thus  spent,  and  after  making  a  tour 
of  the  states  bordering  upon  Canada,  Samuel 
W.  Coburn  returned  to  Skowhegan  and  en- 
gaged in  a  mercantile  business,  which  he  con- 
ducted successfully  for  about  ten  years,  also 
conducting  the  farm,  and  he  devoted  himself 
altogether  to  the  latter  after  relinquishing  his 
store.  In  his  agricultural  pursuits  he  made  a 
specialty  of  breeding  Durham  cattle,  and  at 
that  early  date  accomplished  much  toward 
raising  the  standard  of  live  stock  not  only  in 
his  neighborhood,  but  in  the  country  at  large. 
In  1859  lie  took  a  cargo  of  blooded  cattle  to 
his  brother's  ranch  in  California,  sailing  by 
way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.    After  remain- 


ing in  California  for  two  and  a  half  years  he 
returned  home  in  1852,  and  thereafter  lived  a 
quiet  life  upon  his  farm,  in  Bloomfield.  He 
was  a  man  of  enterprise  and  public  spirit,  and 
from  time  to  time  was  called  to  various  posi- 
tions of  honor  and  trust.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church,  and  for  many  years 
taught  a  large  Bible  class  in  the  Sunday  school, 
composed  of  adults,  both  male  and  female,  and 
the  largeness  of  the  class  and  the  interest 
taken  by  its  members  bore  witness  to  his  deep 
knowledge  and  capability  in  imparting  instruc- 
tion. He  was  a  strong  anti-slavery  man,  and 
became  an  original  member  of  the  Republican 
party  on  its  organization  in  1856.  During  the 
civil  war  he  was  loyally  devoted  to  the  Union,, 
and  labored  efficiently  in  the  promotion  of  en- 
listments in  the  army  and  in  providing  for  the 
families  of  the  brave  men  who  went  to  the 
front.  He  was  a  tireless  worker  in  the  cause 
of  temperance.  Mr.  Coburn  married,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1842,  Sarah  Bigelow,  daughter  of  Lewis 
Bigelow.  She  was  born  January  3,  1818,  and 
at  the  present  writing,  at  the  venerable  age 
of  ninety  years,  retains  her  mental  and  physi- 
cal vigor  in  remarkable  degree.  Children  of 
Samuel  W.  and  Sarah  (Bigelow)  Coburn:  i. 
Sarah  Frances,  born  September  15,  1843,  niar- 
ried,  April  5,  1866,  John  Flavel  Turner;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Harry  C.  Turner,  born  September  17, 
1873,  married  Marie  Burnett  and  have  Bur- 
nett Coburn  and  Lucia  Frances ;  ii.  Charles  F. 
Turner,  born  December  22,  1881,  married, 
June  30.  1903,  Ethel  Totman,  and  have  one 
child,  Louise  Bigelow.  2.  Charles  Samuel, 
born  November  28,  1845,  <^'sd  March  23,  1862. 
3.  Julia  Lowell,  born  April  23,  1849.  4-  Ella 
Mary,  born  October  7,  185 1,  married,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1870,  Manly  T.  Pooler;  children:  i. 
Fred  Coburn,  born  March  28,  1872;  ii.  Flor- 
ence, Mav  17,  1880;  iii.  Mabel  T-.  T"ly  3°, 
1882. 

(VI)  Stephen  Coburn,  sixth  son  of  Eleazer 
(2)  Coburn,  was  born  in  Bloomfield,  now 
Skowhegan,  November  11,  1817.  Like  his 
brothers  he  worked  as  a  boy  on  his  father's 
farm,  and  attended  the  district  school.  He 
prepared  for  college  at  Waterville  and  China 
Academies,  and  entered  Waterville  (now 
Colby)  College  in  the  sophomore  year,  grad- 
uating in  1839,  second  in  his  class.  After 
graduation  he  went  South,  and  taught  for  a 
year  in  a  private  family  in  Tarboro,  North 
Carolina,  conducting  what  was  called  a  planta- 
tion school,  to  which  several  planters  sent 
their  children.  Returning  to  Maine,  he  became 
principal  of  Bloomfield  Academy,  and  held 
this  position   for   four  years,   1840-1844.     He 


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was  ail  accomplished  Icacher  ami  i)ro|)arc(l  a 
number  of  students  for  college.  After  leaving 
the  profession  of  teaching  he  retained  his  in- 
terest in  educational  matters,  and  a  number  of 
times  privately  fitted  young  men  for  college 
or  for  admission  to  the  bar.  lie  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Board  of  Education,  1848- 
1850,  in  which  position  his  experience  and  pro- 
fessional knowledge  enabled  him  to  do  valu- 
al)le  service.  In  later  years,  as  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Blooinfiekl  Academy,  he  was 
largelv  instrumental  in  bringing  about  the  con- 
solidation of  the  Academy  with  the  Skowhe- 
gan  High  School,  a  step  which  proved  of  last- 
ing benefit  to  the  community.  He  kept  up  his 
interest  also  in  higher  education,  and  in  forty- 
three  vears  after  graduation  never  missed  at- 
tending his  college  commencement,  excepting 
the  one  year  he  was  in  the  South. 

Desiring  to  enter  into  active  business  life, 
he  began  the  study  of  the  law  in  the  office  of 
ISronson  and  Woart  at  Augusta.  He  also  at- 
tendetl  lectures  at  Harvard  Law  School,  but 
did  not  complete  the  course.  Admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Somerset  county  in  1845,  h^  opened  a 
law  office  in  Skowhegan,  in  company  with  his 
brother  Alonzo,  under  the  name  of  A.  &  S. 
Coburn.  This  partnership  did  not  last  long. 
Mr.  Coburn  then  associated  with  himself 
Henry  A.  W'yman,  and  in  company  with  him 
conducted  a  large  practice  under  the  firm 
name  of  Coburn  &  Wyman  until  the  death  of 
the  junior  partner  in  1867.  After  this  time 
Mr.  Coburn  gradually  withdrew  from  active 
practice,  the  large  business  interests  of  his 
brothers  A.  &  P.  requiring  much  of  his  pro- 
fessional assistance,  and  his  own  private  stud- 
ies engrossing  more  of  his  time.  He  acted  as 
attorney  for  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  Com- 
I)any  during  the  years  in  which  his  brother 
Abner  was  president  of  the  road. 

Stephen  Coburn  was  intensely  interested  in 
political  affairs,  having  been  a  Whig  in  early 
life,  and  joining  the  Republican  party  at  its 
organization.  He  did  not,  however,  care  for 
pul)lic  position,  and,  the  only  one  that  he  held 
came  to  him  unsought.  In  i860  he  was  elected 
a  Representative  to  the  Thifty-sixth  Congress 
to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  Israel  Wash- 
burn, who  was  made  governor  of  Maine.  He 
was  in  Washington  during  the  critical  winter 
of  1860-61,  and  stood  near  Abraham  Lincoln 
when  he  took  his  first  oath  of  office.  He  was 
j)0stmaster  of  Skowhegan  1868-1877.  Amid 
the  pressure  of  business  Mr.  Coburn  found 
time  for  extensive  reading  and  study,  espe- 
cially in  the  fields  of  philosophy,  logic  and 
philology.    He  was  an  unwearied  student,  and 


found  his  happiness  among  his  books,  and  in 
his  family.  1  le  was  naturally  diffident  in  tem- 
perament, and  preferred  retirement  to  pub- 
licity, and  yet  was  always  ready  to  do  his  duty 
as  he  conceived  it,  however  unpleasant.  He 
was  a  member  and  faithful  supporter  of  the 
I'.aptisl  church,  and  always  its  trusted  adviser. 
He  was  a  strong  temperance  man  and  a  pub- 
lic spirited  citizen.  He  was  warm  hearted, 
generous  of  time  and  money  to  all  who  needed 
help,  and  a  lover  of  peace.  In  all  the  rela- 
tions of  life  he  bore  the  part  of  peacemaker, 
and  exercised  his  fine  tact,  his  trained  judg- 
ment, and  his  large  influence  to  restore  har- 
mony or  to  prevent  discord.  As  a  lawyer  he 
was  noted  for  bringing  about  friendly  settle- 
ments of  cases  whenever  it  was  possible,  and 
his  advice  was  much  sought  by  women,  who 
felt  that  they  could  safely  trust  him.  He  died 
at  Skowhegan,  July  4,  1882. 

His  college  classmate  and  lifelong  friend. 
Rev.  Joseph  Ricker,  wrote  of  him :  "Stephen 
Coburn  was  one  of  those  choice  spirits  that 
are  met  with  only  here  and  there  in  life's 
journey.  He  was  honest  in  purpose,  clear-eyed 
in  judgment,  firm  in  conviction,  and  frank  in 
expression.  What  wonder  then  is  it  that  he 
was  loved  and  trusted  as  few  men  ever  are? 
Without  disparagement  to  others,  I  may  say 
that  his  was  the  most  unselfish  life  that  has 
ever  fallen  under  my  notice.  Charmingly  un- 
conscious of  his  own  worth,  it  was  a  pleasure 
to  him  rather  than  a  task,  to  serve  others." 

Stephen  Coburn  married,  in  Skowhegan, 
June  29.  1853,  Helen  Sophia  Miller,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Charles  and  Susan  Drew  (Thompson) 
Miller,  who  was  born  in  Turner,  Maine, 
March  25,  1832.  Children,  born  in  Skowhe- 
gan: I.  Louise  Helen  Coburn,  born  Septem- 
ber I,  1856,  graduated  from  Coburn  Classical 
Institute  1873,  and  from  Colby  College  1877. 
2.  Charles  Miller  Coburn,  born  June  17,  i860, 
graduated  from  Skowhegan  High  School  1877, 
Colby  College  1881  ;  studied  law  in  his  father's 
office.  He  was  a  young  man  of  sterling  char- 
acter and  of  great  promise,  the  last  male  rep- 
resentative in  his  generation  of  a  family  which 
had  numbered  nine  brothers.  He  died  at 
Skowhegan,  July  4,  1882.  3.  Susan  Mary  Co- 
burn,  born  October  19,  1863,  died  August  17, 
1865.  4.  Frances  Elizabeth  Coburn,  born 
June  16,  1867,  graduated  Coburn  Classical  In- 
stitute 1887;  married,  July  16,  1889,  Charles 
Hovey  Pepper,  son  of  Dr.  George  Dana  Board- 
man  and  Annie  (Grassie)  Pepper.  Mr.  Pep- 
per was  born  in  Waterville,  Maine.  August  27, 
1864,  graduated  Coburn  Classical  Institute 
1884,  Colby  College,  1889,  and  studietl  art  in 


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New  York  and  Paris.  He  is  an  artist  in  water 
colors  and  oils,  and  has  exhibited  extensively 
both  in  Europe  and  in  the  United  States.  They 
lived  in  Paris,  France,  from  1893  to  1898,  and 
now  reside  in  Concord,  Massachusetts.  They 
have  children :  Stephen  Coburn  Pepper,  born 
in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  April  29,  1891  ;  and 
Eunice  Gordon  Pepper,  born  in  Concord,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1906.  5.  Grace  Maud  Coburn,  born 
September  10,  187 1  ;  graduated  Skowhegan 
High  School  1889,  Colby  College  1893,  A.  M. 
George  Washington  University  1900;  married, 
November  18,  1896,  George  Otis  Smith,  a 
sketch  of  whom  is  given  elsewhere.  A  sketch 
of  the  family  of  Mrs.  Stephen  Coburn  follows. 

Rev.  Charles  Miller  was  born  in  Auchen- 
bowie.  near  Stirling,  Scotland,  October  i, 
1794,  and  was  the  son  of  David  and  Ellen 
(Muir)  Miller.  He  was  educated  at  Stirling, 
and  in  1819  sailed  from  Leith  and  came  to 
Miramichi,  New  Brunswick.  He  was  or- 
dained to  the  Baptist  ministry  in  Sackville  in 
1820,  and  did  pioneer  missionary  work  in  the 
Miramichi  region  for  four  years,  which  were 
follov/ed  by  a  three  years'  pastorate  in  St. 
John.  Coming  to  Maine  in  1826,  he  became 
the  first  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in  South 
Berwick.  H^e  had  subsequent  pastorates  in 
Turner,  Maine;  Wenham,  Massachusetts; 
Boston,  Cambridge;  Livermore,  Maine; 
Bloomfield,  Farmington  and  Livermore  Falls. 
In  1851  Skowhegan  became  his  home  for  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  and  after  this  time  he 
was  for  many  years  a  missionary  preacher  in 
the  rural  settlements  of  Somerset  county.  He 
died  at  Skowhegan,  November  21,  1887.  He 
was  a  devout  and  faithful  minister,  and  filled 
with  the  missionary  spirit.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1828,  Susan  Drew  Thompson,  daugh- 
ter of  Ira  and  Sophia  (Drew)  Thompson,  of 
Livermore,  and  granddaughter  of  Lieutenant 
William  Thompson,  of  Middleboro,  Massachu- 
setts, who  served  under  Washington  during 
the  siege  of  Boston.  Her  grandfather  on  her 
mother's  side  was  Job  Drew,  of  Kingston, 
Massachusetts,  who  was  a  minuteman  in  1775. 
She  was  of  Pilgrim  stock,  having- Mayflower 
ancestry  in  four  lines.  She  was  born  in  Liv- 
ermore, September  25,  1805,  and  died  in  Skow- 
hegan, June  30,  1893.     Children: 

I.  Abby  Seaver  Miller,  born  in  South  Ber- 
wick. February  21,  1829;  married  .in  Farming- 
ton,  January  21,  1851,  Benjamin  White  Nor- 
ris,  son  of  Tames  and  Mary  (White)  Norris. 
He  was  born  at  ]\fonmouth,  January  22,  1819, 
prepared  for  college  at  Monmouth  Academy, 
graduated  from  Waterville  (now  Colby)  Col- 
lege   1843,    taught   one    term    in    Kent's    Hill 


Seminary,  then  went  into  business  in  Skowhe- 
gan. In  1849  he  went  to  California,  and  re- 
mained a  year,  after  which  he  studied  law  with 
David  Kidder,  of  Skowhegan,  and  practised  in 
company  with  him  for  a  time.  From  1852  to 
1864  he  was  in  the  oilcloth  manufacturing 
business  in  Skowhegan;  1860-1863  was  land 
agent  for  the  State  of  Maine;  1865  went 
South  to  Montgomery,  Alabama,  and  served  in 
the  Freedman's  Bureau  under  General  O.  O. 
Howard,  with  commission  as  major.  He 
served  as  representative  from  Alabama  to  the 
fortieth  congress  1867-69.  He  died  at  Mont^ 
gomery,  January  26,  1873.  He  was  a  genial 
man  who  had  many  friends,  and  was  highly 
esteemed  for  honorable  and  Christian  charac- 
ter. His  widow  resided  in  Skowhegan,  where 
she  died  November  13,  1901.  They  had  two 
daughters  born  in  Skowhegan :  Helen 
Amelia,  born  November  i,  1851,  married,  June 
I,  1882,  Edwin  Forest  Fairbrother,  merchant, 
of  Skowhegan,  died  Skowhegan.  December  i, 
1888;  and  Mary  Abby,  born  March  26,  1854. 

2.  Helen  Sophia  Miller,  born  March  25, 
1832,  married  Stephen  Coburn,  above  noticed. 

3.  Charles  Andrew  Miller,  born  in  Wenham, 
IMassachuselts,  August  13,  1834;  prepared  for 
college  at  Farmington  Academy,  and  at 
Bloomfield  Academy,  graduated  Watendlle 
(now  Colby)  College,  1856,  studied  law  with 
his  brother-in-law,  Stephen  Coburn  ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  1838,  and  began  the  practice 
of  the  law  in  Rockland  in  1859  in  partnership 
with  William  S.  Heath,  in  which  he  continued 
till  1863.  He  was  assistant  clerk  in  the  Maine 
House  of  Representatives  during  the  sessions 
of  1838  and  1859,  and  clerk  in  1860-61-62-63. 
In  1863  he  joined  the  army  as  major  in  the 
Second  Maine  Cavalry,  serving  till  the  end  of 
the  war  in  the  Department  of  the  Gulf.  After 
the  war  he  settled  in  Montgomery,  Alabama, 
having  charge  of  a  plantation  belonging  to  A. 
&  P.  Coburn,  and  taking  active  part  in  the  poli- 
tics of  the  state.  He  was  Secretary  of  State 
for  Alabama  in  1869  ^"d  1870.  Afterwards 
he  became  connected  with,  the  Alabama  and 
Chattanooga  Railroad  as  treasurer  and  direc- 
tor, and  resided  part  of  the  time  in  Chatta- 
nooga. He  was  chosen  a  delegate  in  1876  to 
the  National  Republican  Convention  in  Cincin- 
nati, but  on  account  of  ill  health  was  repre- 
sented by  a  substitute.  He  died,  unmarried,  in 
his  father's  home  in  Skowhegan,  May  7,  1877. 
He  was  a  man  of  generous  spirit  and  attrac- 
tive personality,  who  made  many  friends,  by 
whom  he  was  loved  and  respected. 

4.  Elizabeth  Dodge  Miller,  born  in  West 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  December  19,  1836. 


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She  was  educated  at  Blooinfield  Academy,  was 
preceptress  of  Bloomfield  Academy  four  years, 
1860-1864;  was  a  member  of  the  Skowhegan 
school  commitlee  1882-1888;  and  was  active 
in  clnircli  and  benevolent  work.  She  died  at 
Skowhegan,  March  18.  1890. 

5.  Ann  Eliza  Miller,  born  Livermorc,  March 
7,  1840,  died  there  March  21,  1842. 

6.  Caleb  David  Miller,  horn  in  Livermore, 
May  28,  1843;  married,  March  14,  1871,  Ara- 
zina  R.  (Pratt)  Steward,  born  May  19,  1842, 
at  Newport,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(  Burrill)  Pratt.  He  was  postmaster  of  Skow- 
hegan, 1877-1888.  since  when  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  business  and  agricultural  pursuits. 
lie  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Grange,  and 
was  president  of  the  Somerset  Agricultural 
Society  1906-1910.  He  resides  in  the  home- 
stead in  Skowhegan. 


The  Kinsmans  are  a  very  an- 
KINSMAN     cient  family  in  England,  and 
the  particular  branch  here  un- 
der consideration  traces  its  ancestry  to  one 

(I)  John  Kynesman,  1337,  of  Xorthampton- 
shire,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Wetherall, 
of  Lincolnshire,  and  had  a  son : 

(II)  Richard  Kynesman,  1378,  who  mar- 
ried Joane.  daughter  of  Sir  John  Dalderby, 
and  had  a  son : 

(III)  Thomas  Kinnesman,  w^lio  by  wife 
Cedon  had : 

(IV)  Simon  Kynesman  (armiger  entitled  to 
coat  armor.  The  arms  of  the  family  are  a 
shield — per  pale  azure  and  gules,  three  saltires 
argent.  Crest,  a  buck  proper,  lodged  in  fern 
vert;  see  description  in  Kinsman  book),  of 
Loddington.  Northamptonshire,  his  son  and 
heir:  member  of  parliament.  1420.  in  which 
year  he  obtained  a  license  from  the  bishop  to 
celebrate  mass  in  his  own  mansion ;  was  sherift 
of  Northamptonshire,  1422  ;  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Lord  Zouch,  of  Harringworth, 
Northamptonshire,  and  had  a  son : 

_(V)  John  Kingesman,  of  South  Newton, 
Wiltshire,  died  1522;  married  Johanna,  and 
had  a  son : 

(VI)  Robert  Kingesman,  of  Overton,  Wilt- 
shire, who  died  1592;  married  Agnes,  and  had 
sons. 

(VII)  Robert  Kingsman.  second  son,  of 
Overton.  Wiltshire,  who  died  before  July  26, 
1647;  rnarried  and  had  sons  Richard,  Robert, 
Philip  and  Thomas,  and  four  daughters. 

(I)  Robert  Kingsman  (or  Kinsman),  im- 
migrant, son  of  Robert  Kingsman,  of  Over- 
ton, Wiltshire.  England,  was  one  of  the  pas- 
sengers    in    the    "Mary    and     John,"     from 


Southampton,  England,  for  Boston,  New  Eng- 
land, in  March,  1634,  and  arrived  at  port  in 
May  of  the  same  year.  He  was  of  Ipswich  in 
1635,  had  a  grant  of  land  in  1637,  and  lived 
in  that  plantation  until  his  death,  January  28, 
1664.  The  name  of  his  wife  does  not  appear, 
but  he  had  six  children,  whose  names  are 
known:  i.  Robert,  born  1629.  2.  Mary,  mar- 
ried (first)  Daniel  Rindge;  (second)  Ursuel 
Wardwell.  3.  Sarah,  married  Samuel  Young- 
love.  4.  Hannah,  married  William  Danford, 
and  died  in  1678.  5.  Martha,  married  Jacob 
Foster.    6.  Tabitha,  unmarried  in  1674. 

(II)  Quartermaster  Robert  (2),  son  of 
Robert  (1),  the  immigrant,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, in  1629,  and  died  in  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, I'^ebruary  19,  1712.  He  was  admitted  to 
full  church  communion  in  Ipswich,  F'ebruary 
22,  1673;  was  made  freeman  Alarch  11,  1673- 
4;  selectman,  1675;  tithingman,  1677;  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance,  1678;  was  made  quarter- 
master January  i,  1684.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
King  Philip's  war,  and  took  part  in  the  Nar- 
ragansett  expedition,  receiving  three  pounds 
for  his  services  in  that  campaign.  With  sev- 
eral other  of  the  leading  men  of  Ipswich  he 
opposed  the  oppressive  measures  sought  to  be 
enforced  by  Governor  Andros,  and  with  them 
was  made  to  smart  under  the  punishment  in- 
flicted by  the  magistrates  under  Andros'  in- 
fluence. The  penalty  visited  on  him  was  that 
he  should  not  bear  office,  and  "fined  twenty 
pounds  money,  pay  cost,  five  hundred  pound 
bond  for  the  good  behavior  one  year."  .Al- 
though condemned  "not  to  bear  office,"  he  was 
confirmed  as  quartermaster  in  Captain  Thomas 
Wade's  company  in  i6gi,  was  elected  deputy 
to  the  general  court  in  1692,  and  had  a  seat 
appointed  to  him  "at  the  ;able"  in  the  meeting 
house  in  1700.  He  married  Mary  Boreman, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Boreman, 
of  Ipswich.  Thomas  Dorcman  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1636.  Children  of  Robert 
and  Mary  (Boreman)  Kinsman:  i.  Mary, 
born  December  21,  1657.  2.  Sarah,  March  19, 
1659.  3.  Thomas,  April  15.  1662.  4.  Joanna, 
April  25.  1665.  5.  Margaret,  July  24.  1668.  6. 
Eunice,  January  24,  1670.  7.  Joseph,  Decem- 
ber 20.  1673.  8.  Robert,  May  21,  1677.  9. 
Pclatiah,  November  10,  1680. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  Quartermaster  Rob- 
ert and  Mary  (Boreman)  Kinsman,  was  born 
in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  April  15.  1662,  and 
died  there  July  15,  1696.  He  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  in  1678.  and  at  his  death  left  an 
estate  inventoried  at  one  hundred  and  forty- 
two  pounds  fourteen  shillings.  He  married,  in 
Ipswich,  July  12,  1677,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Deacon  John  Burnham,  of  Ipswich.  She  sur- 
vived him  and  married  (second)  July  27, 
1700,  Isaac  Rindge,  of  Ipswich.  Children  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Burnham)  Kinsman, 
all  born  in  Ipswich:  I.  Stephen,  about  1688. 
2.  Elizabeth,  about  1690.  3.  Thomas,  April  3, 
1693.    4.  Mary,  October  14,  1694. 

(IV)  Sergeant  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Burnham)  Kinsman,  was  born  in 
Ipswich,  Alassachusetts,  about  1688,  and  was 
a  weaver.  In  1714  he  bought  a  house  and 
land  of  his  brother  Thomas  Mariner,  which 
had  been  given  to  him  by  his  grandfather 
Robert,  and  a  part  of  which  his  father, 
Thomas,  bought  of  the  town  of  Ipswich,  and 
of  which  he  was  in  possession  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  In  the  records  Stephen  is  called 
sergeant,  although  the  character  of  his  mili- 
tary service  does  not  appear.  He  died  in  Ips- 
wich, December  8,  1756.  He  married  (first) 
November  24,  171 1,  Lucy  Kimball,  born  in 
Ipswich,  September  9,  1693,  died  February  22, 
1715-16,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Lucy  (Ed- 
wards) Kimball;  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 19,  1716,  Lydia  Kimball,  born  September 
14,  1694.  probably  in  Ipswich,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Lydia  (Wells)  Kimball.  Stephen 
Kinsman  had  two  children  by  his  first  and 
four  by  his  second  wife:  i.  Stephen,  born 
March  15,  1713,  died  young.  2.  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary 13.  1715.  3.  Stephen,  March  30,  1718. 
4.  Samuel,  baptized  October  23,  1720.  5. 
Jeremiah,  baptized  May  3,  1725.  6.  Lydia, 
baptized  August  10,  1729. 

(\')  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i)  and 
Lydia  (Kimball)  Kinsman,  was  born  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  March  30,  1718,  and  was 
still  living  there  as  late  as  October,  1767.  He 
married,  April  10,  1739,  Elizabeth  Russell; 
children:  i.  Stephen,  born  March  17,  1739- 
40.  2.  Nathan,  baptized  October  4,  1741.  3. 
Aaron,  baptized  August  21,  1743.  4.  Isaac, 
baptized  December  15,  1745.  5.  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized April  10,  1748.  6.  Lydia,  baptized  June 
24,  1750.  7.  Ebenezer,  baptized  May  24,  1752, 
died  young.  8.  Eunice,  December  24,  1754. 
9.  Ebenezer,  baptized  February  17,  1758.  10. 
Ephraim,  baptized  January  11,  1761.  11. 
Sarah,  baptized  January  16,  1763.  12.  Abi- 
gail, baptized  January  16,  1763. 

(VI)  Nathan,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Russell)  Kinsman,  was  born  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  and  was  baptized  there 
October  4,  1741.  He  removed  to  Concord, 
New  Hampshire,  and  was  a  hatter  by  trade, 
a  farmer  by  principal  occupation,  and  also 
practiced  medicine  among  the  families  of  the 
town.     His  home  was  at  the  base  of  Mount 


Kinsman,  which  was  so  named  in  allusion  to 
him.  He  is  known  to  have  been  a  soldier  of 
the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1756,  was  made 
prisoner,  and  is  believed  to  have  been  the  Na- 
than Kinsman  who  served  in  the  colonial  army 
at  Annapolis,  Nova  Scotia,  from  November  2, 
1759,  to  January  7,  1760.  He  was  a  private 
in  Captain  Daniel  Fletcher's  company.  Colonel 
Frye's  regiment.  He  died  February  28,  1822. 
He  married  (first)  i\lercy  Wheeler;  (second) 
September  6,  1772,  in  Littleton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Elizabeth  Shattuck,  died  June  15,  1798, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth  (Robbins) 
Shattuck ;  married  (third)  widow  Chapin.  He 
had  eight  children:  i.  Nathan,  born  April  22, 
1762,  died  young.  2.  Mercy,  April  10,  1769, 
died  young.  3.  Stephen,  August  14,  1773.  4. 
Peter,  August  3,  1775,  died  young.  5.  Na- 
than, November  14,  1777.  6.  Peter,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1779.  7.  ]\iartha,  October  9,  1781.  8. 
Timothy,  August  17,  1783. 

(VII)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  (Shattuck)  Kinsman,  was  born  in 
Concord,  New  Hampshire,  November  14,  1777, 
and  died  in  Portland,  Maine,  February  26, 
1829.  He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College 
in  1799,  studied  law  under  the  instruction  of 
Chief  Justice  Parker,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Cumberland  county  bar  in  1803.  He  at  once 
began  his  professional  career  in  Portland,  and 
from  that  time  until  his  death  he  was  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  foremost  lawyers  of  the 
state.  His  practice  was  very  extensive,  and 
especially  so  in  1807  and  afterward,  for  he 
was  the  leading  counsel  in  the  so-called  em- 
bargo cases,  and  was  more  employed  in  them 
than  all  the  other  lawyers  in  the  state.  In 
1 81 9  he  represented  the  city  of  Portland  in  the 
lower  house  of  the  state  legislature.  Mr. 
Kinsman  married,  in  Portland,  September  26, 
1S02,  Eliza  Dafiforne,  born  Boston,  February 
14,  1781,  died  Portland,  June  28,  1841,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Betsey  (Ingersoll)  Dafforne. 
Of  nine  children  born  of  this  marriage  only 
four  grew  to  maturity:  i.  John  Dafforne, 
born  August  13,  1805.  2.  Elizabeth  Dafforne, 
January  28,  1807;  died  unmarried  June  8, 
1831.  3.  Martha,  May  18,  1809;  died  un- 
married. June  28,  1 841.  4.  Elinor,  June  12, 
1812;  died  March  15,  1879. 

(VIII)  John  Dafforne,  son  of  Nathan  and 
Eliza  (Dafforne)  Kinsman,  was  born  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  October  13,  1805,  and  died  in 
Belfast,  Maine,  May  27,  1850.  He  graduated 
from  Bowdoin  College  in  1825,  and  was  a  dis- 
tinguished and  brilliant  scholar  and  orator,  a 
lawyer  of  remarkable  ability,  and  a  thorough 
gentleman.      He   was   United    States   marshal 


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for  till.'  district  of  M.-iinc  under  tiic  administra- 
tion uf  tlie  elder  President  Harrison,  and  after- 
ward removed  to  Wisconsin  and  practiced  his 
profession  in  that  state.  He  was  commonly 
called  colonel,  which  pcrha])s  arose  from  the 
fact  that  he  served  in  command  of  a  company 
of  militia  from  Portland,  ixissibly  the  Port- 
land Light  Infantry,  in  what  was  known  as 
the  ".Aroostook  war."  The  state  militia  was 
called  out  by  the  governor  is  consequence  of 
the  boundary  disputes  between  Maine  and 
Canada  and  marched  for  some  distance  beyond 
Augusta,  but  no  enemy  was  ever  encountered 
and  report  has  it  that  all  concerned  had  a  very 
merry  time.  However,  the  general  govern- 
ment had  plenty  of  land  in  those  days,  and  a 
warrant  for  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  was 
given  to  his  widow  for  said  service.  He  mar- 
ried, March  9,  1830,  Angela  Cutter,  born 
Portland,  Maine,  February  16,  1803,  daughter 
of  Levi  and  Lucretia  (Mitchell)  Cutter  (see 
Cutter).  Children:  i.  John  Dafforne,  born 
December  4,  1830,  died  March  16,  1842.  2. 
Oliver  Dorrance,  horn  I'cbruary  18,  1835.  The 
third  and  fourth  children,  both  sons,  died  in 
extreme  infancy. 

(IX)  Oliver  Dorrance,  son  of  John  Daf- 
forne and  .Angela  (Cutter)  Kinsman,  was 
born  in  I'ortlaiid,'  Maine,  February  18,  1835. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  native  city, 
in  the  academy  at  Southport,  now  Kenosha, 
Wisconsin,  in  the  public  schools  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  North  Yarmouth  (Maine) 
Academy,  a  boarding  school.  He  was  about 
fifteen  years  old  when  his  father  died,  and 
after  that  he  was  compelled  to  make  his  own 
way  in  life.  He  first  found  employment  in 
dry  goods  stores  in  Portland,  but  soon  after- 
ward took  up  practical  surveying  and  civil  en- 
gineering, at  first  in  a  minor  capacity,  but  with 
a  determination  to  master  the  profession,  and 
it  was  not  long  before  he  was  in  charge  of  ex- 
tensive engineering  operations  in  Maine,  the 
Canadas,  Massachusetts,  Iowa  and  Florida. 
About  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  he  was 
in  charge  of  the  construction  work  of  the 
western  division  of  the  Florida  railroad  be- 
tween Fernandina  and  Cedar  Keys,  having 
been  in  that  region  since  1858.  Being  a  north- 
ern man  and  having  nothing  in  common  with 
the  sympathies  of  the  southern  people,  it  w-as  a 
very  easy  matter  for  a  hot-headed  Florida 
planter  to  create  public  indignation  against  Mr. 
Kinsman,  basing  accusations  on  entirely  false 
charges,  but  sufficient  for  the  purpose  of  ac- 
complishing his  arrest  by  an  alleged  vigilance 
committee  and  an  ultimate  sentence  of  death 


on  the  scaffold.  .Ml  of  this  was  in  fact  done, 
but  through  Masonic  intervention  the  victim 
of  southern  resentment  was  rescued  from  his 
captors  and  put  safely  aboard  the  first  north- 
bound steamer.  He  reached  Portland  in  Jan- 
uary, 1861,  remained  there  only  a  short  time 
and  then  went  to  Iowa,  where  formerly  he  had 
business  relations.  There  in  September  of  the 
same  year  he  enlisted  as  private  in  Company 
K.  Eleventh  Iowa  Infantry,  and  was  mus- 
tered into  the  service.  From  the  outset  he 
made  rapid  advances  in  rank,  from  private  to 
sergeant,  to  sergeant-major,  second  lieutenant, 
first  lieutenant  and  adjutant  of  the  regiment, 
captain  and  assistant  adjutant  general  of  vol- 
unteers, and  was  assigned  to  the  Third  Bri- 
gade ("Crocker's  Iowa  Pjrigade"),  Fourth  Di- 
vision, Seventeenth  Army  Corps,  of  which  bri- 
gade he  had  for  some  time  been  acting  assist- 
ant adjutant  general.  Later  he  was  brevetted 
major  and  lieutenant-colonel  of  volunteers. 

During  his  military  career  Colonel  Kinsman 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  Shiloh,  Medon  Sta- 
tion, luka,  Corinth  (October,  1862),  Big 
Black  River,  \'icksburg,  Mechanicsville,  Hills- 
boro.  Big  Shanty,  Resaca,  Kenesaw  Moun- 
tain, Chattahoochee  River,  Nickajack  Creek, 
Atlanta,  Flint  River.  Snake  Creek  Gap,  Love- 
joy's  Station,  Jonesboro,  Savannah.  Poco- 
taiigo.  River's  Bridge,  Orangeburg,  Benton- 
ville  and  Raleigh,  including  Sherman's  March 
to  the  Sea  and  through  the  Carolinas.  At  the 
general  muster  out  he  was  the  assistant  ad- 
jutant general  of  the  Seventeenth  Corps.  He 
also  took  part  in  the  Grand  Review  in  Wash- 
ington. At  the  battle  of  Shiloh  he  was 
wounded  and  on  the  hospital  and  invalid  list 
for  two  months,  but  otherwise  he  never  was 
for  a  day  absent  from  his  post  of  duty  during 
the  almost  four  years  of  his  army  service. 
After  the  war  and  after  a  period  of  about 
thirty  days  spent  at  his  old  home  he  was  as- 
signed to  duty  in  the  bureau  of  refugees, 
freedmen  and  abandoned  lands  in  South  Caro- 
lina, where  he  served  as  assistant  adjutant 
general,  first  to  Brevet  Major  General  Rufus 
Saxton,  second  to  Brevet  Major  General  Rob- 
ert K.  Scott,  and  in  the  early  part  of  1866  was 
transferred  to  that  bureau  in  Alabama  as  as- 
sistant adjutant  general  to  Brevet  Major  Gen- 
eral Wager  Swayne.  He  was  finally  mus- 
tered out  of  service  October  i,  1866,  although 
he  afterward  remained  as  a  civilian  with  the 
same  duties  as  before  until  January,  1868,  then 
resigned  and  went  back  to  Iowa.  In  1867  and 
for  some  time  afterward  he  was  closely  asso- 
ciated with  the  work  of  reconstruction  in  Ala- 
bama.   On  the  final  muster  out  he  was  tempted 


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with  the  offer  of  a  commission  in  the  regular 
army,  but  declined  it.  In  1869  he  became  con- 
nected with  the  departmental  service  in  Wash- 
ington, in  the  war  department  until  1874,  and 
afterward  from  1876  until  1886,  and  since  that 
time  in  the  pension  office  of  the  interior  de- 
partment, his  present  position  being  that  of  ex- 
aminer. From  1874  until  1876  he  lived  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York. 

Colonel  Kinsman  is  a  Republican  in  all  that 
the  name  implies,  for  he  shot  and  fought  that 
way.  His  first  vote  was  cast  for  Fremont  in 
1856.  He  is  a  Blue  Lodge  and  Royal  Arch 
Mason,  anrl  feels  that  he  owes  much  to  the 
craft ;  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Ten- 
nessee, of  the  Association  of  "Crocker's  Iowa 
Brigade,"  and  of  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  L'nited  States.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Washington,  October  19,  1871,  Emma 
Matilda  Louisa  Richardson,  and  has  four  chil- 
dren:  I.  Elinor  Matilda,  born  1872.  2.  An- 
gela Elizabeth,  born  1874.  3.  Lucretia  Beatrice, 
born  1876,  married  B.  Holly  S.  Woodford 
(now  dead)  and  has  one  child,  Beatrice  Kins- 
man Woodford,  born  1902.  4.  Olive  Daf- 
forne,  born  1893.  Since  1886  Colonel  Kins- 
man has  lived  on  his  farm,  situate  on  the  bank 
of  the  Northwest  Bra:ich  of  the  Polomac  in 
Montgomery  county,  Maryland,  some  nine 
miles  from  Washington. 


The  Cutter  families  of  New 
CUTTER      England    are    descended    from 

English  ancestors,  and  the  first 
persons  of  that  surname  of  whom  there  is  an 
authentic  record  were  the  Widow  Elizabeth 
Cutter,  her  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  These 
children  are  said  by  antiquarians  to  have  been 
grandchildren  of  one  Cutter,  of  Newcastle-up- 
on-Tyne, England,  but  concerning  whom  no 
further  information  appears  to  be  obtainable. 
(I)  Elizabeth  Cutter,  widow,  with  whom 
our  present  narrative  begins,  came  to  New 
England  about  1640,  and  died  in  Cambridge. 
Massachusetts,  January  10,  1663-64.  In  her 
will  she  gave  her  age  as  eighty-seven  years, 
but  as  she  lived  about  two  years  after  that 
instrument  was  executed  she  must  have  been 
eighty-nine  at  the  time  of  her  death.  Three 
children  came  with  her  to  this  country — Wil- 
liam, Richard  and  Barbara.  W'illiam  lived  in 
New  England  about  seventeen  years,  and  then 
returned  to  his  old  home  at  Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne,  England.  Richard  is  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  those  who  bear  the  Cutter  surname  in 
America.  Barbara,  the  daughter,  married  Eli- 
jah Corlet,  the  Cambridge   schoolmaster.     In 


the  church  records  of  Cambridge  the  widow 
Elizabeth  is  mentioned  as  "Old  Goodwife  Cut- 
ter," and  in  a  statement  made  by  her  she  says 
that  she  was  born  in  a  small  place,  without  a 
church,  near  Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;  that  she 
"knew  not"  the  name  of  her  father,  who  is 
supposed  to  have  died  during  her  infancy,  but 
her  mother  sent  her,  when  she  was  old  enough, 
to  Newcastle,  where  she  was  placed  in  a 
"godly  family,"  and  remained  about  seven 
years  and  then  became  member  of  another 
household  where  religious  privileges  were  less. 
After  the  death  of  her  husband  she  was  sent 
to  Cambridge.  New  England,  and  "came 
thither  in  a  time  of  sickness  and  through  many 
sad  troubles  by  sea."  She  had  with  her  in 
Cambridge  a  sister  or  sister-in-law,  widow 
Isabella  Wilkinson,  who  doubtless  came  from 
Newcastle. 

(II)  Richard  Cutter,  son  of  Elizabeth,  died 
in  Cambridge,  June  16,  1693,  aged  about  sev- 
enty-two years.  His  was  one  of  the  first 
houses  built  in  tliat  part  of  Cambridge  which 
was  called  Menotomy,  away  from  the  more 
thickly  settled  parts  of  the  town,  and  as  a  pro- 
tection against  Indian  attacks  it  was  provided 
with  ^'flankers."  Two  of  his  sons  and  two  of 
his  stepsons  were  soldiers  of  King  Philip's 
war  in  1675,  and  they  all  took  part  in  the  ex- 
pedition into  the  country  of  the  Narragan- 
setts  and  in  the  fierce  battle  which  was  fought 
there.  Richard  Cutter  married  (first)  about 
1644,  Elizabeth  Williams,  who  died  March  5, 
1661-62,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(Stalham)  Williams.  He  married  (second) 
February  14,  1662-63,  Frances  (Perriman) 
Amsden,  widow  of  Isaac  Amsden.  Richard 
Cutter  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and  there  is 
still  in  possession  of  his  descendants  the  small 
oaken  chest  in  which  he  kept  his  clothing  while 
serving  his  apprenticeship.  He  was  made 
freeman  in  1641,  and  joined  the  Artillery  Com- 
pany of  Boston  in  1643.  His  children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  born  July  15.  1645.  2.  Samuel, 
January  3,  1646-47.  3.  Thomas,  July  19,  1648. 
4.  William,  February  22,  1649-50.  5.  Ger- 
shom.  1653.  6.  Mary,  1657.  7.  Nathaniel. 
December  i,  1663.  8.  Rebecca,  September  5, 
1665.  9.  Hepzibah,  November  11,  1667.  10. 
Elizabeth,  May  i,  1668-69.  H-  Hepzibah, 
August  15,  1671.  12.  Sarah,  August  31,  1673. 
13.  Ruhamah,  1678. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth (Williams)  Cutter,  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge February  22,  1649-50,  and  lived  in  that 
part  of  the  town  called  Menotom)',  on  the 
banks  of  the  stream  flowing  from  Lexington 
through  Arlington  into  the  Mvstic  river.    He 


STATI'.  Ol'"  MAINE. 


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receiveil  frmn  tlio  estate  of  his  \vilc".s  father 
an  acre  of  land,  aiul  there  he  built  iiis  house 
and  dwelt  there  until  1717,  when  he  deeded 
the  property  to  his  son  John.  He  then  moved 
to  the  old  Kolfe  mansion  house,  which  re- 
mained .standing  until  about  1844.  William 
Cutter  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  a  husband- 
man and  also  a  miller,  owner  of  considerable 
land  in  the  town,  and  evidently  a  man  of 
prominence.  lie  married  Rebecca,  daughter 
of  John  Rolfe,  and  both  be  and  liis  w'ife  were 
admitted  to  the  church  in  Cambridge  in  1700. 
Their  family  Bible  is  yet  in  possession  of  their 
descendants.  Rebecca  survived  her  husband 
and  afterward  married,  June  23,  1724,  John 
Whitmorc,  Sr.  William  and  Rebecca  (Rolte) 
Cutter  had  children:   i.  Elizabeth,  born  i\Iarch 

5.  16S0-81.  2.  Richard.  November  13.  1682. 
3.  Mary,  January  26.  1684-85.  4.  Hannah, 
May  20,    1688.     5.  John.   October    15,   1690. 

6.  Rebecca,  January  18,  1692-93.  7.  William, 
1697.  8.  Samuel,  June  14,  1700.  9.  Sarah, 
baptized  October  18,  1702.  10.  Ammi  Ru- 
hamab,  baptized  May  6,  1705. 

(I\')  Rev.  Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter,  son 
of  William  and  Rebecca  (Rolfe)  Cutter,  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  May  6, 
1705,  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in 
1725,  and  for  a  time  afterward  was  a  sur- 
veyor of  land.  In  1727  he  was  admitted  to 
communion  with  the  church  in  Cambridge, 
and  on  Sunday,  November  10,  1729,  as  a  can- 
didate, he  preached  his  first  sermon  at  North 
Yarmouth,  Maine;  and  soon  afterward  be- 
came the  first  settled  minister  of  that  town. 
He  continued  as  spiritual  head  of  the  church 
there  until  1735,  and  then  received  his  letter 
of  dismissal.  This  was  the  end  of  his  work 
in  the  ministry,  but  it  was  not  the  end  of  his 
good  works,  for  his  whole  life  was  filled  with 
Christian  deeds  and  acts  of  moral  and  physical 
courage.  While  living  at  North  Yarmcjuth  he 
took  an  active  and  earnest  interest  in  all  pub- 
lic alTairs,  and  performed  much  clerical  work 
for  the  inhabitants  of  the  town,  writing  wills, 
deeds  and  other  important  papers.  In  1741  he 
was  appointed  town  agent  at  the  general  court 
of  Massachusetts,  and  in  1742  was  appointed 
to  superintend  the  Indian  trading  house  on 
the  Saco  river,  about  nine  miles  above  its 
mouth.  There  w-erc  three  such  establishments 
in  Maine  at  that  time,  and  they  who  were 
appointed  to  superintend  them  were  selected 
with  particular  regard  to  probity,  discretion 
and  character;  and  as  none  of  the  Indians  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  agency  at  which  Mr.  Cut- 
ter was  "truck-master"  spoke  the  language  of 
those  farther  west  in  New  England,  he  "com- 


jjosed  a  vocabulary,  which  yet  remains."  He 
was  captain  of  a  company  in  Sir  William  I'cp- 
perell's  expedition  f(jr  the  reduction  of  Louis- 
burg,  his  command  being  attached  to  Colonel 
Jeremiah  Moulton"s  York  county  regiment. 
After  the  fall  of  that  stronghold  a  detachment 
of  troops  was  detailed  to  remain  at  the  for- 
tress, during  the  following  winter,  and  Cap- 
tain Cutter  was  assigned  to  the  position  of 
chief  commandant  and  surgeon.  Me  died  at 
Louisburg  in  March,  1746,  a  victim  of  the 
general  contagion  which  prevailed  throughout 
the  garrison.  On  October  13,  1745,  he  wrote: 
"  'Tis  generally  a  very  sickly,  dying  time 
through  the  country,  with  the  usual  nervous 
or  slow  fever.  We  have  daily  tidings  of  our 
people  dying  at  Cape  I'reton,  and  of  many 
coming  home  and  <lying  after  arrival.''  I're- 
vious  to  his  dismissal  from  the  church  at 
North  Yarmouth,  Mr.  Cutter  married  Doro- 
thy Bradbury,  sister  of  Moses  Bradbury,  one 
of  the  first  settlers  at  North  Yarmouth  and 
formerly  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts. 
"She  possessed  much  of  her  husband's  activity 
and  enterprise,  and  a  character  so  exalted  that 
her  memory  is  held  in  the  highest  veneration 
by  her  descendants  to  the  present  time."  She 
bore  her  husband  four  children:  i.  .\mmi 
Ruhamah,  born  North  Yarmouth  March  15, 
1735*;  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in 
1752;  studied  medicine  and  afterward  became 
a  prominent  character  in  the  civil  and  mili- 
tary history  of  the  provinces  of  Maine  and 
New  Hampshire.  2.  William,  born  1737.  3. 
Samuel,  born  North  Yarmouth.  August  7, 
1739,  died  April  27,  1824.  4.  Elizabeth,  born 
1742,  died  unmarried.  1792. 

(V)  Captain  William  Cutter,  son  of  Rev. 
Ammi  Ruhamah  and  Dorothy  (Bradbury) 
Cutter,  was  born  in  North  Yarmouth  in  1737, 
and  was  killed  by  a  falling  tree  June  28, 
1776.  Elis  correspondence  with  his  brother 
indicates  that  he  had  charge  of  his  father's 
estate,  and  it  is  evident  that  he  had  much  to 
do  with  transacting  the  town's  business.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  his  father's  old 
mansion  house ;  was  captain  of  militia,  select- 
man of  the  town,  the  fourth  incumbent  of 
the  office  of  tow'n  treasurer,  and  an  excellent 
citizen.  On  the  day  of  his  death,  says  one 
account,  accompanied  by  his  sons  John  and 
Ammi.  both  then  lads,  he  proceeded  to  fell 
certain  trees  on  his  estate,  at  some  di.stance 
from  his  dwelling,  on  land  now  (1871) 
owned  by  Mr.  Russell.  While  cutting  down 
one  tree  it  unexpectedly  fell  and  crushed  him 
to  the  ground.  .After  ineffectually  attempting 
his  liberation,  he  directed  the  bovs  to  run  for 


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assistance,  but  he  died  before  he  could  be  re- 
lieved from  his  unfortunate  position.  Captain 
Cutter  married  Mehitable,  daughter  of  An- 
drew and  Zeruiah  (Standish)  Gray,  of  North 
Yarmouth,  and  a  descendant  of  Captain  Myles 
Standish.  Zeruiah  Standish  was  the  great- 
granddaughter  of  both  JMyles  Standish  and 
John  Alden,  her  father  Ebenezcr  being  the 
son  of  Alexander  Standish,  son  of  Myles,  the 
said  Alexander  having  married  a  daughter  of 
John  Alden.  Captain  William  and  Mehitable 
(Gray)  Cutter  had  eight  children:  i.  Sarah, 
born  June  30,  1760,  died  June  14,  1843;  mar- 
ried John  Davis,  died  October  29,  1798.  2. 
Jane,  probably  twin  with  Sarah ;  married 
(first)  Gage,  (second)  Elisha  Gard- 
ner, of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire.  3.  Phebe, 
born  June  5.  1764:  married,  August  25,  1785, 
Dr.  Ammi  Ruhamah  Mitchell,  of  North  Yar- 
mouth. 4.  John,  born  1767;  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Bucknam  Loring,  died  July  20, 
1821 ;  married  (second)  Mrs.  Mary  Joiies 
Bearce.  5.  Ammi,  born  February  2,  1770, 
.died  September  18,  1825;  married  November 
13,  1794,  Hannah  Gushing  Greeley.  6.  Sam- 
uel, died  North  Yarmouth,  March  23,  1776, 
.aged  four  years.  7.  Levi,  born  May  22,  1774. 
8.  Captain  William,  born  October,  1776;  was 
a  mariner  and  was  lost  at  sea  near  Cape  Sable 
about  1815;  married  (first)  Rachel  Mitchell, 
(second)  Isabella  Babson. 

(\'I)  Levi  Cutter,  son  of  Captain  William 
and  Mehitable  (Gray)  Cutter,  was  born  in 
North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  May  22,  1774,  and 
died  in  Portland,  Maine,  March  2,  1856.  His 
father  having  been  killed  in  1776  by  a  falling 
tree,  the  family  was  left  largely  in  care  of 
the  mother,  a  woman  of  great  energy  and 
.ability.  Her  children  were  all  young  and 
were  taught  at  an  early  age  that  they  must 
rely  upon  their  own  efforts  and  make  their 
•own  way  in  life.  Levi  had  only  the  advan- 
tages of  a  common  school  education,  and  at 
•the  age  of  fourteen  became  himself  a  teacher. 
As  was  customary  in  those  days,  he  had  in  his 
-classes  pupils  of  adult  age,  but  he  early  mani- 
fested the  executive  power  which  so  distin- 
guished his  after  life,  and  he  was  a  highly 
successful  teacher.  He  also  was  early  taught 
in  the  Westminster  catechism  and  became  so 
familiar  with  it  that  he  could  repeat  the  whole 
of  it,  question  and  answer.  In  1791  he  made 
a  public  profession  of  religion  and  in  the 
same  year  united  with  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  North  Yarmouth.  In  1801 
■he  took  a  letter  of  dismissal  to  the  Second 
Congregational  Church  of  Portland,  and  con- 
tinued his  membership  there  until  the  time  of 


his  death,  being  for  many  years  a  deacon  of 
the  church.  He  began  business  as  a  merchant 
in  North  Yarmouth,  but  suffered  heavy  losses 
by  the  "French  spoliations  prior  to  1800."' 
About  1803  he  removed  to  Portland,  and  for 
many  years  engaged  in  banking  and  insur- 
ance business,  and  still  later  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  N.  &  L.  Dana  &  Co.  Several 
years  before  his  death  Mr.  Cutter  retired  from 
active  pursuits.  From  1838  until  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  a  corporate  member  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  For- 
eign Missions,  for  many  years  a  member  of 
the  board  of  governors  of  Bowdoin  College, 
and  vice-president  of  the  board.  He  also  was 
an  active  member  of  the  old  fire  department, 
and  in  1834  was  elected  mayor  of  Portland, 
which  office  he  filled  six  years.  In  September, 
1796,  Mr.  Cutter  married  (first)  Lucretia 
Mitchell,  who  died  April  13,  1827,  daughter 
of  David  and  Lucretia  (Loring)  Mitchell,  and 
sister  of  Dr.  A.  R.  Mitchell,  of  North  Yar- 
mouth. He  married  (second)  November  18, 
1833,  i\Irs.  Ruth  (Kendall)  Jenkins,  of  New- 
buryport,  Massachusetts.  She  died  in  April, 
1862.  Levi  Cutter  had  ten  children,  all  born 
of  his  first  marriage:  I.  Lucretia  Loring,  born 
North  Yarmouth,  August  3,  1797,  died  Clin- 
ton, Iowa,  October  12,  1861 ;  married  August 
ID,  1819,  Rev.  Petrus  Stuyvesant  Ten  Broeck. 
2.  David  Mitchell,  born  September  9,  1798, 
died  December  16,  1836.  3.  Harriet,  born 
February  19,  1800,  died  March  28,  1863;  mar- 
ried July  8,  1835,  Joseph  Adams,  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts.  4.  William,  born  May  15, 
1801  ;  married  May  29,  1828,  Margaret  W. 
Dicks.  5.  Angela,  born  February  16,  1803 ; 
married  March  9,  1830,  John  Dafforne  Kins- 
man. (See  Kinsman.)  6.  Elizabeth  Jane, 
born  November  5,  1804,  died  September  8, 
1806.  7.  Julia  Ann,  born  August  26,  1806, 
died  December  28,  1830;  married,  August  31, 
1829,  Rev.  Samuel  Cutler.  8.  Jane  Maria, 
born  May  21,  1808,  died  September  19,  1848; 
married  September  i,  1832,  Oliver  B.  Dor- 
rance.  of  Portland,  merchant.  9.  Edward 
Francis,  born  January  20,  1810;  married  De- 
cember 5,  1833,  J^Iary  Eliza  McLellan.  10. 
Delia  Swift,  born  July  15,  1812,  died  Septem- 
ber 16,  1865;  married  July  8,  1835,  Joseph 
Buckminster  Gardner. 


The  now  numerous  family  of 
McKEEN     this  name  in  America,  which  is 

descended  from  Scotch-Irish 
ancestors  who  were  pioneers  in  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Pennsylvania,  has  had  many  rep- 
resentatives  who  distinguished  themselves   in 


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war  ami  in  jjcacc.     I'atriotism  and  executive 
ability  have  been  and  still  are  marked  traits 
of  the  McKeens.     Few  save  the  local  historian 
realize    how    narrowly    the   district   of    Maine 
missed  beconiing^  tiie  home  of  the  largest  por- 
tion of  that   remarkable  company  of   Presby- 
terians who  emigrated  from  Londonderry  to 
Boston    in    August,    1718.      Sixteen   or   more 
families  who  desired  to  form  a  separate  settle- 
ment   and    enjoy    the    ministrations    of    their 
former  pastor,    Rev.   James   McGregor,   were 
told  by  (jovernor  Shute  that  there   was  good 
land  in  the  neighborhood  of  Casco  l!ay.    They 
came  by   ship  to   I'ortland   in  the  autumn  of 
that   year.      An    unusually    early    and    severe 
winter    overtook    them.       Their     vessel     was 
frozen    in.      The   hamlet   of   Falmouth    Neck, 
as  it  was  then  called,  had  not  dwellings  enough 
to  house  them.    Their  supplies  were  exhausted 
and  their  money  was  limited.     So  great  was 
the    need    that    the    general    court    at    Boston 
voted  that  one  hundred  bushels  of  Indian  meal 
be  allowed  and  paid  out  of  the  treasury  for 
the  poor  among  these  strangers  from  Ireland. 
Though  they  came  from  Ireland  they  were  not 
Irish.     .After  James  I,  on  the  flight  of  certain 
Irish  chieftains,  had  confiscated  a  large  por- 
tion of  the  territory  of  Ulster,  he  induced  by 
liberal   grants   of   land   many  of   his   Scottish 
subjects  to  settle  in  tliat  region.     Later  in  the 
century   the  persecutions   of  the  Covenanters 
by  Claverhouse  sent  many  more  of  the  Scot- 
tish peasantry  across    to    their    Presbyterian 
brethren   in   the   north   of   Ireland.     The   de- 
scendants of  these  men  made  up  this  band  of 
home   seekers.     Some   of   them   had  personal 
knowledge,  it  is  said,  of  the  hardships  of  the 
famous    siege    of    Londonderry,    all    of    them 
were  more  or  less  animated  by  a  desire   for 
the    larger    civil    and    religious    liberty    which 
they  could  never  expect  in  a  land  where  the 
great  mass  of  the  population  belonged  to  an- 
other  faith   and   they   themselves   were  taxed 
to    support    ecclesiastical    government    which 
they  did  not  approve  and  would  not  sanction. 
The  family  and  clan  name  of  the  Mclveans 
is    MacDonald.      (See   McDonald.)      Donald, 
the   progenitor,  was  a  son   of  Reginald,   and 
grandson  of  the  Somerlad  King  of  the  Isles. 
All  descendants  of  this  Donald  are  called  Mac- 
Donalds  ("sons  of  Donald").    The  progenitor 
of  the   MacDonalds    of    Glencoe    was    John 
Fraoch,  son  of  Angus  Og,  Mac  Donald,  Lord 
of   the    Isles   of    Scotland,    who    fought    with 
Bruce  at  Bannockburn.     The  MacDonalds  of 
Glencoe  were  locally  or  patronymically  known 
as  Maclans  or  Maclains,  or  in  its  Anglicized 
forms   McKean.     In   the  Gaelic   Ian  is  John ; 


Mac  means  son  of.  Hence  McKean  is  equiva- 
lent to  John's  son,  or  Johnson.  John  Sjjran- 
gach,  the  youngest  son  of  Angus  Mor  Mac- 
Donald,  Lord  of  the  Isles,  and  brother  of 
Angus  Og,  Lord  of  the  Isles,  was  the  ancestor 
of  the  AiacDonalds  of  Ardna-murchan,  who 
are  also  patronymically  Mclans  or  McKeans. 
Sprangach  signifies,  the  Bold.  The  claymores 
of  the  McKeans  gleamed  in  all  the  important 
battles  of  Scotland  in  their  day,  except  Cullo- 
den.  They  were  first  in  the  battle  of  Inver- 
lochy,  in  1431,  known  as  the  first  battle  of 
Inverlochy.  The  coat-of-arms :  argent  an 
eagle  displayed  gules  surmounted  of  a  lymphad 
(long-fada  or  galley)  sable.  In  the  dexter 
chief  a  hand  proper,  holding  a  crosslet  fitchee 
azure.  Crest  and  motto,  same  as  MacDonalds 
of  the  Isles.  The  Suaicheantas  or  badge  is 
also  the  same,  i.  e.,  fraoch  gorm,  or  common 
heath.  Alotto  :  J'ai  bonne  Esperance.  Crest : 
A  raven  sable  on  a  rock  azure. 

(I)  William  McKean,  to  whom  this  family 
is  traced,  lived  in  Argyleshire,  Scotland.  The 
name  of  his  wife  is  unknown. 

(II)  James,  son  of  William  McKean,  was 
born  in  Argyleshire,  and  settled  in  Ballymoney 
in  the  county  of  Antrim.  Ireland,  about  the 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century.  He  was 
devotedly  attached  to  his  people,  a  zealous 
P'rotestant  and  one  of  that  band  who  made 
the  defense  of  Londonderry  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  events  in  the  history  of  the  British 
Isles.  He  had  three  sons— James,  John  and 
William.  James  is  the  subject  of  the  next 
paragraph.  John  and  descendants  receive  men- 
tion in  this  article.  William  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  the  progenitor  of  a  large 
family.  Among  his  grandsons  was  Thomas 
McKean,  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, and  who  for  nine  years  was  gov- 
ernor of  Pennsylvania. 

( III)  Prominent  in  this  group  of  strong  and 
resolute  men  was  James  (2)  McKeen,  the 
first  of  the  name  to  step  upon  the  Maine  shore. 
He  had  signed  the  memorial  presented  to 
Governor  Shute  by  Rev.  William  Boyd  early 
in  the  year,  and  was  acting  as  the  agent  to 
select  the  land  for  the  new  settlement.  When 
spring  came  he  and  his  associates  examined 
the  unoccupied  land  to  the  eastward  and  found 
nothing  that  was  satisfactory.  Then  they 
turned  westward,  and  ascending  the  Merri- 
niac  to  Haverhill,  heard  of  a  tract  some  fifteen 
miles  distant  known  as  Nutfield,  from  the 
abundance  of  chestnut,  butternut  and  walnut 
trees.  Here  they  settled,  and  in  June,  1722, 
received  from  Governor  Benning  Wentworth 
a  charter  for  the  town  of  Londonderry.    Fore- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


most  in  the  list  of  tlie  sixteen  first  settlers  in 
this  frontier  town   was  James   McKeen,  who 
will  be  hereafter   referred  to  as  Justice  Mc- 
Keen, to  distinguish  him  from  his  father  and 
his  son,  each  of  the   same  name.     Tradition 
says  that  he  spelled  it  McKean,  like  the  Penn- 
sylvania family  of  kindred  race,  until  the  issue 
to  him  in   1720  of  the  commission  of  justice 
of  the  peace,  which,  by  a  clerical  error,   re- 
placed the  a  with  a  second  c,  a  form  which 
has   since  been   followed  by  most  of  his  de- 
scendants.    He  was  born  in  Ireland  in   1665, 
and  married  (first)   Janet  Cochran,  by  whom 
he  had,  besides  several  children  that  died  in 
infancy,  two  daughters — Elizabeth  and  Janet. 
Elizabeth   married,   in    1714,   James   Nesmith, 
who  accompanied  liis  father-in-law  to  Amer- 
ica and  became  a  prominent  citizen  of  Lon- 
donderry and  an  elder  in  the  church.     Janet 
McKeen  married  John  Cochran,  of  Windham,  ' 
New   Hampshire,   and   was  the   ancestress  of 
Governor  Samuel  Dinsmoor  and  Robert  Dins- 
moor,    the    "Rustic   Bard."     Justice    McKeen 
married    (second)    Annis     Cargil,     sister     of 
Marion    Cargil,    wife    of    Rev.    James    Mac- 
Gregor.      She   survived    her   husband    several 
years,   and   died   highly   esteemed,   August   8, 
1782,   in  the   ninety-fourth   year   of   her   age. 
By  this   marriage   there   were   nine   children : 
John,    Mary,    James,    Janet,    Martha,    David, 
Margaret,  Annis  and  Samuel.     The  last  four 
are  believed  to  have   died   without   ofifspring. 
Of  the  daughters,  Mary  married  Robert  Boyd, 
and   lived   in   Londonderry ;   Janet,   born   De- 
cember 28,    1 72 1,  married  William  Orr,  and 
had  three  children ;  James,  born  in  April,  1719, 
married    Elizabeth    Dinsmoor,    and    lived    in 
Londonderry  till  the  close  of  the  revolution- 
ary war,  when  he  removed  to  Corinth,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  died  in  1794,  leaving  one  son, 
David  McKeen. 

Justice  McKeen,  whose  numerous  descend- 
ants have  been  thus  briefly  summarized,  was 
a  remarkable  man.  He  had  already  won  for 
himself  in  the  old  country  the  respect  and  con- 
fidence of  his  neighbors,  as  is  evidenced  by 
the  duty  entrusted  to  him  of  selecting  a  site  for 
settlement.  He  had  acquired  in  trade  a  prop- 
perty  which,  though  not  great,  enabled  him 
to  bring  his  own  family  and  many  of  his 
friends  through  the  trying  period  of  emigra- 
tion and  settlement.  His  natural  ability  and 
intellectual  attainments  were  equal  to  the  task 
of  maintaining  the  rights  of  his  townsmen 
against  the  encroachments  almost  inevitable  in 
those  days  of  disputed  titles.  His  innate  sense 
of  justice  led  him  to  join  with  others  in  se- 
curing for  the  lands  of  the  town  a  title  from 


the  Indians  as  well  as  from  King  George. 
The  first  commissioned  officer  of  the  commun- 
ity, he  was  also  its  first  representative  in  the 
provincial  assembly,  serving  from  1727  till  his 
resignation  in  1729.  He  was  repeatedly  mod- 
erator at  town  meetings,  and  at  his  death, 
November  9,  1756,  was  honored  and  lamented 
as  the  patriarch  of  the  colony.  Perhaps  the 
following  oath  which  as  assemblyman  he  took 
on  the  accession  of  George  II  to  the  throne, 
will  indicate  as  clearly  as  anything  else  the 
difference  between  his  time  and  ours : 

"I,  James  McKeen,  do  swear  that  I  do  from 
my  heart  abhor,  detest,  abjure  as  impious  and 
heretical,  that  damnable  iloctrine  and  position, 
that  Princes  excommunicated  or  deprived  by 
the  Pope  or  any  authority  of  the  See  of  Rome, 
may  be  deposed  or  munhered  by  their  sub- 
jects, or  any  other  whatsoever:  and  I  do  de- 
clare that  no  foreign  Prince,  Person  or  Pre- 
late, Stale  or  Potentate,  hath  or  ought  to  have 
jurisdiction,  power,  superiority,  pre-eminence 
or  authority,  ecclesiastical  or  spiritual,  within 
the  realm  of  Great  Britain.  So  help  me  God." 
"I,  James  McKeen,  do  truly  and  sincerely 
acknowledge,  profess,  testify  and  declare  in 
my  conscience  before  God  and  the  world,  that 
our  Sovereign  Lord,  King  George  the  Second, 
is  lawful  and  rightful  King  of  the  realm  of 
Great  Britain,  and  all  other  his  Majesty's  Do- 
minions and  countries  thereunto  belonging ; 
and  I  do  solemnly  and  sincerely  declare  that 
I  do  believe  in  my  conscience,  that  the  person 
pretended  to  Prince  of  Wales  during  the  life 
of  the  late  King  James,  and  since  his  decease, 
pretending  to  be,  and  taking  upon  himself  the 
style  and  title  of  King  of  England,  by  the 
name  of  James  the  Third,  King  of  Great  Brit- 
ain, hath  not  any  right  or  title  whatsoever  to 
the  Crown  of  the  realm  of  Great  Britain,  or 
any  other  of  the  dominions  thereto  belonging. 
And  I  do  renounce,  refuse  and  abjure  any  al- 
legiance or  obedience  to  him  ...  So  help 
me  God." 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Justice  James  (2) 
McKeen  and  his  second  wife,  Annis  Cargil, 
was  born  April  13,  1714,  at  Ballymone\-,  county 
Antrim,  Ireland.  He  received  his  education 
in  one  of  the  "two  schools  for  reading  and 
writing"  which  the  settlers  in  Londonderry  at 
once  established  before  they  were  able  to  sup- 
port that  "grammar  school  kept  by  some  dis- 
creet person  well  instructed  in  the  tongues" 
which  every  town  of  over  a  hundred  house- 
holders was  required  to  maintain.  Many  of 
his  kin  found  occupation  in  keeping  these 
schools,  and  the  reputation  of  the  Scotch-Irish 
schoolmasters  was  high.    One  of  them,  by  the 


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name  of  Donovan,  once  accompanied  tlic  se- 
lectman on  liis  visit  to  the  school  iiikIlt  the 
latter's  supervision.  Not  quite  satisfied  with 
the  methods  prevailin<j,  the  town  official  asked 
the  teacher  Iiis  credentials  as  an  instructor. 
On  their  departure  the  scholars  asked  the 
master  what  credentials  meant.  "I  don't  knuw 
nor  care,"  said  he,  "but  I  suppose  it  is  some 
Latin  word  Donovan  has  put  into  his  head.'" 
John  McKeen  became  an  elder  in  the  Presby- 
terian church,  served  as  selectman  several 
years,  was  representative  to  the  general  court 
in  177S,  and  appears  to  have  held  a  place  in 
the  conuiiunity  similar  to  that  tilled  by  his 
father. 

He  marricil  his  cousin  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  and  Janet  RlcKeen  ;  chiklren  :  i.  James, 
married Cunningham ;  lived  in  Peters- 
borough,  New  PJampshire,  and  was  father  of 
Judge  Levi  McKeen,  of  Poughkeei)sie,  New 
York  ;  died  1789.  2.  John,  married  Janet  Tay- 
lor :  was  a  captain  in  the  revolutionary  war. 
The  late  James  McKeen,  counsellor  at  law  in 
New  York  City  in  1850,  was  his  son.  3.  Rob- 
ert, married  Mary  McPherson ;  lived  in  An- 
trim, New  Hampshire,  and  Corinth,  Vermont ; 
died  1809.  His  son,  Joseph  McKeen,  v\-as  for 
several  years  superintendent  of  schools  in  New 
York  City.  4.  William,  married  Nancy  Tay- 
lor, served  in  the  revolutionary  war ;  died 
1824.  5.  Annis,  died  unmarried.  6.  Joseph, 
born  October  15,  1757,  died  July  15,  1807,  at 
Brunswick,  Maine.  7.  Janet,  married  John 
Taylor,  Jr. ;  five  children.  8.  Daniel,  married 
(first)  Janet  Wilson,  (second)  Lucy  Martin, 
widow  of  John  Nesmith,  of  Windham,  and 
lived  upon  the  homestead  in  Londonderry.  9. 
Samuel,  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Taylor, 
(second)   Mary  Clark. 

(V)  Joseph,  si.\th  child  of  John  and  Mary 
McKeen,  displayed  early  a  fondness  for  study, 
and  under  the  tuition  of  Rev.  Simon  Williams, 
of  Windham,  New  Hampshire,  was  prepared 
for  college  and  entered  Dartmouth  when  he 
was  thirteen.  He  showed  a  marked  predi- 
lection for  mathematical  studies  and  graduated 
in  1774  with  the  reputation  of  being  also  a 
good  classical  scholar.  He  at  once  became 
the  school  teacher  of  his  native  town  of  Lon- 
donderry and  continued  in  that  occupation 
with  brief  interruptions  for  eight  years.  In 
1778  he  served  as  sergeant  in  Captain  James 
Gilmore's  company.  Colonel  Gale's  regiment, 
in  the  patriot  army,  taking  part  in  General 
.Sullivan's  Rhode  Lsland  campaign.  In  the 
summer  of  1780  he  pursued  a  course  of  study 
in  natural  philosophy,  mathematics  and  astron- 
omv    under    Professor    Samuel    Williams,    of 


Harvard  L'niversity,  and  was  sub.sequently  an 
assistant  teacher  at  Phillips  Academy,  Ando- 
ver,  Massachusetts,  with  Rev.  Dr.  ICliphalet 
Pearson,  afterwards  professor  of  Hebrew  at 
Harvard.  Having  determined  to  enter  the 
ministry  he  pursued  his  theological  studies  at 
Windham,  New  Hampshire,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  his  old  instructor,  Rev.  Mr.  Williams. 
L'ndcr  license  from  Londonderry  Presbytery 
he  preached  for  a  time  to  a  body  of  Presby- 
terians in  Boston.  In  1785  he  severed  his 
connection  with  the  presbytery,  and  on  May 
1 1  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  a  position 
made  vacant  by  the  election  of  his  predecessor 
to  the  presidency  of  1  larvard  College.  Here 
he  labored  for  seventeen  years  with  great  ac- 
ceptance. Though  not  a  brilliant  preacher, 
he  was  a  most  instructive  and  helpful  one,  and 
by  exemplary  life  and  fidelity  to  his  pastoral 
duties  won  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the 
entire  community.  Illustrative  of  his  sense  of 
duty  was  his  failure  to  be  present  at  a  forma! 
dinner  to  which  he  had  been  invited  and  at 
which  General  Washington  was  the  guest  of 
honor,  because  on  the  way  thither  he  received 
an  urgent  call  to  the  bedside  of  a  humble  par- 
ishioner in  a  distant  part  of  the  town.  In 
1801  he  accepted  an  election  to  the  presidency 
of  the  new!}'  organized  Ijowdoin  College,  and 
on  September  2,  1802,  was  formally  inaugu- 
rated. In  this  capacity  he  fully  met  the  ex- 
pectations formed  concerning  him.  His  thor- 
ough scholarship,  his  good  judgment  and  his 
knowledge  of  human  nature  accomplished 
much  for  the  institution  under  his  charge. 
Great  was  the  grief  of  its  friends  when  after 
a  lingering  and  obscure  illness,  which  at  last 
took  the  form  of  dropsy,  he  died  July  15, 
1807,  in  his  fiftieth  year. 

President  McKeen  was  above  the  ordinary 
stature,  and  of  commanding  personal  appear- 
ance. Gentlemanly  and  affable  in  his  manner, 
he  easily  accommodated  himself  to  any  com- 
pany. His  theological  creed  was  for  "sub- 
stance of  doctrine,"  in  accord  with  the  .Assem- 
bly's Shorter  Catechism,  and  he  did  not  oppose 
the  more  liberal  views  beginning  to  be  held  by 
some  of  his  Massachusetts  neighbors.  By  no 
means  destitute  of  the  ancestral  Scotch  wit, 
his  words  to  one  who  was  personally  an  inti- 
mate friend  well  illustrates  his  type  of  humor. 
Being  exceedingly  busy  he  remarked  to  his 
wife  as  he  went  upstairs  to  his  study :  "I  can't 
see  even  the  Apostle  Paul  to-day  should  he 
call."  A  little  later  this  friend  appeared,  and 
on  inquiring  of  Mrs.  McKeen  whether  her  hus- 
band  was   engaged,  was  told  of  his  remark. 


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STATE  OF  MAINR. 


The  dialogue  had  hardly  finished  when  Presi- 
dent McKeen  recognized  his  friend's  voice  and 
bade  him  come  up.  No  sooner  was  he  seated 
than  the  friend  rallied  the  president  on  his  in- 
consistent action.  "That  is  easily  explained," 
returned  he,  "I  expect  to  discuss  theology  with 
the  Apostle  Paul  in  another  world,  but  so  er- 
roneous are  your  views  on  the  subject  that 
I  feel  I  must  improve,  in  your  case,  every 
opportunity  the  present  life  affords."  Presi- 
dent McKeen  was  chosen  to  preach  the  "elec- 
tion" sermon  in  1800,  received  the  degree  of 
doctor  of  divinity  from.  Dartmouth  in  1804, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  American  Academy 
of  Arts  and  Sciences,  to  whose  transactions  he 
contributed  several  papers.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1786,  Alice,  daughter  of  James  and 
Nancy  (Woodburn)  Anderson,  who  was  born 
July  19.  1758,  at  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  died  March  21,  1834,  at  Brunswick. 
Their  eight  children  were  all  born  in  Beverly, 
Massachusetts.  Three  daughters  ( Mary,  Alice 
and  Margaret)  died  in  infancy;  the  others 
were:  i.  Joseph,  born  March  12,  1787,  died 
December  12,  1865.  2.  Nancy,  born  July  2, 
1788,  (lied  May  15,  1849.  3-  John,  born  De- 
cember 21,  1789,  died  December  2,  1861.  4. 
James,  born  November  27,  1797,  died  Novem- 
ber 28,  1873.  5.  Alice,  born  1800;  married 
May  31,  1826.  William  Jewett  Farley  Esq.,  a 
graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  class  of  1820, 
and  a  lawyer  of  Thomaston,  Maine.  She  died 
wthout  issue,  in  May,  1827. 

(VI)  Joseph  (2),  eldest  son  of  President 
McKeen,  was  born  March  12.  1787,  and  died 
December  2,  1865.  He  was  a  prominent  busi- 
ness man  of  Brunswick.  Though  not  a  grad- 
uate of  the  college  he  was  connected  with  its 
administration  from  early  manhood,  serving  as 
overseer  from  1813  to  1829,  and  as  treasurer 
from  1829  till  his  death  in  1865.  To  his  abil- 
ity, shrewdness  and  integrity  the  institution 
owes  much.  He  was  cashier  of  'the  Union 
Bank  from  1859  till  its  reorganization  as  a 
national  bank,  and  then  served  as  its  presi- 
dent. He  was  a  director  and  trustee  of  the 
Kennebec  &  Portland  Railroad  Company,  and 
for  some  time  its  treasurer.  Well  read  in 
several  departments  of  literature  and  especially 
versed  in  biblical  history  and  geography,  he 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  from 
Bowdoin  in  1843.  A  member  of  the  First 
Parish  Church,  he  was  especially  prominent 
in  the  work  of  its  Sunday  school,  and  occa- 
sionally conducted  religious  services  in  adjoin- 
ing communities.  He  was  "a  marked  man, 
of  clear  intellect,  of  decided  opinions,  of  an 
energy  appalled  by  no  difficulties,  of  imques- 


tioned  sincerity,  of  great  liberality  and  kind- 
ness of  heart." 

Mr.  McKeen  married,  June  17.  1828,  Eliza- 
beth Farley,  born  April  6,  1810,  in  Waldo- 
boro,  Maine,  and  died  March  3,  1881,  at 
Brunswick.  Their  children,  all  born  in  Bruns- 
wick, were:  i.  Elizabeth  Farley,  born  April 
26,  1830;  for  many  years  a  most  highly  es- 
teemed teacher  of  English  literature  in  the 
Brunswick  high  school,  and  subsequently  at 
Miss  Porter's  school  at  Farmington,  Connec- 
ticut; died  unmarried,  October  3,  1907,  at 
Farmington.  2.  Joseph,  born  October  15, 
1832,  died  January  15,  1881.  3.  Nancy  Dun- 
lap,  born  C)ctober  23,  1837,  died  August  19, 
1883.  4.  James,  born  December  5,  1844.  5. 
Alice  Farley,  born  April  18,  1855. 

Nancy,  daughter  of  President  iSlcKeen, 
married.  May  21,  1821,  David,  son  of  John 
and  Jeanette  (Dunning)  Dunlap,  who  was 
born  January  21,  1778,  at  Brunswick,  and  died 
there  February  5,  1843.  He  was  a  prominent 
and  successful  merchant,  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts  and  in 
the  Maine  legislature  for  several  years.  He 
was  an  overseer  of  Bowdoin  College  for 
nearly  thirty  years,  and  a  member  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  For- 
eign Missions.  "Highly  respected  as  a  citi- 
zen, he  was  noted  for  his  charities  to  benevo- 
lent objects."  His  wife  survived  him  six  years, 
dying  !\Iay  15,  1849.  Beside  a  son  who  died 
in  childhood,  they  had  Alice  McKeen  Dunlap, 
born  August  i,  1827,  died  September  15,  1905. 

(VI)  John  (2),  second  son  of  President 
McKeen,  was  prepared  for  college  under  the 
tuition  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Ellis,  of  Topsham, 
and  graduated  at  Bowdoin  in  181 1.  Ill  health 
interfered  with  his  plans  for  professional 
study,  and  he  settled  in  Brunswick,  being  en- 
gaged part  of  the  time  in  trade,  but  chiefly  as 
an  agent  and  administrator  of  estates.  He 
served  as  postmaster  for  one  term,  as  town 
clerk  for  twenty-three  years,  and  was  county 
commissioner  in  1838.  As  secretary  of  the 
board  of  overseers  from  1839  till  his  death, 
he  maintained  a  close  connection  with  the  in- 
stitution whose  graduates  he  knew  so  well. 
By  nature  and  training  an  antiquarian,  he  be- 
came one  of  the  founders  and  most  valued 
members  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society.  Its 
collections  and  the  pages  of  several  town  his- 
tories bear  evidence  to  his  industrious  re- 
searches. "A  Scotch  Presbyterian  in  matters 
of  faith,  he  adhered  with  wonderful  tenacity 
to  the  doctrines  of  his  church,  but  as  exempli- 
fied in  his  life  they  were  divested  of  all  their 
rigor  and  sharpness."    He  married,  Novetnber 


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'7'J 


30.  1831.  Frances,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  (Giddings)  Toppan,  who  was  born 
at  Xewbiiryport,  Massachusetts.  November  13, 
1792.  and  died  at  Pirunswick,  October  27.  1881. 
Their  cudy  child,  h^rances  Ann  McKeeu,  was 
born  August  3,  1833,  and  resides  on  McKcen 
street,  Brunswick,  i\laine.  To  her  the  writer 
is  indebted  for  much  assistance. 

(\T)  James  (3).  youngest  son  of  President 
McKeen,  was  graduated  at  Bowdoin  in  1817, 
and  entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine,  com- 
pleting his  course  at  Harvard  in  1820.  He 
settled  at  once  at  To]ishaiii,  where  he  was  a 
successful  practitioner  for  half  a  century. 
From  1825  to  1839  he  was  professor  of  ob- 
stetrics in  the  Medical  School  of  Maine,  and 
during  the  last  two  years  was  also  lecturer 
upon  medical  theory  and  practice.  During  his 
professorship  he  made  the  tour  of  Europe, 
studying  in  diiterent  hospitals.  Of  his  ex- 
periences in  Dublin  anecdotes  arc  toUl  which 
illustrate  the  courage,  the  persistence  and  the 
enthusiasm  which  were  prominent  traits  in  his 
character.  He  was  to  the  close  of  his  life 
an  earnest  student,  being  interested  not  alone 
in  medicine  but  in  natural  science  and  liter- 
ature. "Among  the  citizens  of  Topsham  no 
one  will  be  longer  or  more  dearly  remem- 
bered than  he  of  whom  it  has  been  said  that 
'upon  his  good  name  no  stain  ever  rested.' 
Dr.  McKeen  married  (first)  Sarah  Jewett 
Farley,  born  December  16.  1799,  died  March 
26,  1831 ;  (second)  June  3,  1834,  Octavia 
Frost,  born  May  2,  1809,  died  September  4, 
1890.  His  only  child,  Alice,  died  December 
24,  1825,  aged  six  months. 

(VH)  Joseph  (3),  eldest  son  of  Treasurer 
McKeen,  graduated  at  Bowdoin  in  1853,  at- 
tended lectures  in  New  York  City  and  at  the 
Medical  School  of  Maine,  where  he  received 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1856.  He  at  once  set- 
tled in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Tops- 
ham,  being  associated  for  many  years  with 
his  uncle.  Dr.  James  McKeen.  He  was  in- 
terested in  the  public  schools  of  the  place  and 
served  on  the  school  committee  and  as  super- 
visor with  acceptance.  Possessed  of  a  good 
vSice  and  a  fine  musical  taste,  his  services  of 
song  in  church  choirs  will  be  long  remem- 
bered by  those  who  enjoyed  it.  Dr.  McKeen 
married,  March  12,  1862,  Frances  Caroline, 
daughter  of  Smith  and  Tamson  Chase,  who 
survived  him,  dying  October  12,  1906,  at 
Brunswick.  Their  children,  born  in  Topsham, 
were:  I.  Sarah  Jewett,  born  April  16,  1863; 
married  Llewellyn  R.  Call,  of  Richmond, 
Maine,   and   died   February   19,   1903.     2.   Jo- 


seph, born  March  21,  1878;  is  in  the  hard- 
ware business  at  Brunswick,  Maine. 

Nancy  Dunlap  McKccn,  daughter  of  Treas- 
urer .McKeen,  married  July  25,  18O1,  Charlton 
Thomas,  son  of  Joseph  J.  and  Mary  Sinton 
(Miner)  Lewis,  who  was  born  February  25, 
1834,  at  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  and  died 
May  26,  1904,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey. 
Dr.  Lewis  graduated  at  Yale  University  in 
1853,  was  for  a  few  years  a  clergyman  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  then  professor  of 
languages  at  the  University  of  Illinois,  and 
acting  president  of  Troy  University  (New 
York).  In  1864  he  settled  in  New  York  City 
and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  attaining 
a  high  reputation  as  an  authority  on  insurance 
law.  He  was  a  most  brilliant  and  versatile 
scholar,  edited  Harper's  "Latin  Dictionary," 
translated  Bengel's  "Gnomon  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament," and  wrote  a  "History  of  Germany," 
besides  numerous  essays,  poems  and  addresses. 
In  1870-71  he  was  managing  editor  of  the 
Nczv  York  Post.  He  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  PhiK)sophy  from  New  York  Uni- 
versity, 1877,  anil  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Harvard  in  1903.  Mrs.  Lewis  died  at  Nor- 
folk, Connecticut,  August  19,  1883,  leaving 
four  children:  i.  Joseph  McKeen  Lewis,  born 
June  26,  1863,  '^t  Brunswick,  graduated  at 
Yale  in  1883,  studied  at  Berlin  and  Athens, 
was  tutor  at  Yale,  and  died  April  29,  1887,  at 
Morristown,  New  Jersey,  leaving  an  enviable 
reputation  for  scholarship  and  ability.  2. 
Charlton  Miner  Lewis,  born  March  4,  1866, 
at  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  graduated  at  Yale, 
1886;  at  Columbia  Law  School,  1889;  prac- 
ticed law  in  New  York  City,  1889  to  1895: 
instructor  in  English  at  Yale  University,  1895- 
98,  securing  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  in  the  latter 
year ;  Emily  Sanford  professor  of  English 
Literature  at  Yale  since  1899,  and  author  of 
numerous  books.  Professor  Lewis  married, 
June  16,  1903,  Grace  H.  Robbins,  of  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota.  3.  Elizabeth  Dike  Lewis,  born 
August  13.  1873,  at  Bethel.  Maine;  graduated 
at  Smith  College  in  1895,  received  the  degree 
of  .\.  M.  in  1898:  married  June  30.  1904, 
Professor  Clive  Day,  Ph.D.,  of  Yale  Univer- 
sity ;  they  have  one  daughter,  Margaret,  born 
October  5,  1905.  4.  Mary  Sinton  Lewis,  born 
September,  1876.  at  New  York  City :  was 
educated  at  Smith  College,  class  of  1897; 
married,  October  17,  1907,  Captain  John 
Leitch,  of  Dundee,  Scotland. 

(VH)  James  (4),  \-oungest  son  of  Trea.s- 
urer  ^IcKeen.  was  born  Deceiuber  5.  1844; 
graduated    with    honors    at    Bowdoin.    1864; 


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studied  law  in  the  office  of  his  brother-in- 
law,  Charlton  M.  Lewis,  in  New  York  City, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1866,  and,  with 
the  exception  of  a  year  spent  in  Europe,  dur- 
ing which  he  attended  lectures  on  jurispru- 
dence and  political  economy  at  Paris  and  at 
Berlin,  has  been  engaged  in  the  successful 
practice  of  his  profession  in  New  York  City, 
residing  in  Brooklyn,  where  he  also  maintains 
a  law  office.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Roosevelt  a  member  of  the  commission  to 
revise  the  charter  of  "Greater  New  York," 
served  as  assistant  corporation  counsel,  was 
the  candidate  of  the  Republicans  for  justice 
of  the  supreme  court  in  1903,  and  was  asso- 
ciate counsel  with  Governor  Hughes  in  the 
insurance  investigation  of  1905.  He  is  now 
the  legal  adviser  of  the  ^lutual  Insurance 
Company  of  New  York.  Mr.  iMcKeen  has 
been  actively  interested  in  education,  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  Brooklyn  education  board, 
as  trustee  of  the  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  and  of  the  Packer  Collegiate  Institution, 
and  as  an  overseer  of  Bowdoin  College  since 
1886.  Pie  received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from 
h\f,  alma  mater  in  1900.  On  retiring  from  the 
presidency  of  the  Hamilton  Club,  the  leading 
social  organization  of  Brooklyn,  which  he  had 
held  for  ten  years,  a  fellow  member  charac- 
terized him  in  these  phrases  :  "A  logician  with 
a  capacity  for  eloqtience,  a  man  with  humor 
without  malice  or  a  tinge  of  vulgarity,  pos- 
sessing decision  of  character  without  stub- 
borness  of  opinion,  too  learned  for  over  confi- 
dence, too  just  for  arrogance,  too  fair  for  dic- 
tation and  too  wise  for  vanity." 

Mr.  McKeen  married,  in  1871,  iMary  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Joseph  J.  and  Mary  S.  (Miner) 
Lewis.  Their  summer  home  is  at  Jewell's 
Island,  on  the  Maine  coast.  Their  children, 
besides  a  son  that  died  in  infancy,  are  three 
daughters,  all  born  in  Brooklyn:  i.  Helen  Jo- 
sephine, graduated  at  Bryn  Mawr,  1900; 
studied  law  at  Berlin  and  New  York  City, 
received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  New  York 
L'niversity,  1905,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1906.  2.  Elizabeth  Farley,  graduated 
at  Bryn  Alawr,  1901  ;  studied  at  Oxford  and 
engaged  in  literary  work.  3.  Anna  Lewis, 
graduated  at  Br}'n  Mawr,  1904. 

Alice  Farley  McKeen,  daughter  of  Treas- 
urer McKeen,  married  Frederic  Livingston 
Scott,  a  merchant  of  Farmington,  Connecticut. 
Their  only  child  is  Elizabeth  McKeen  Scott. 

Alice  McKeen  Dunlap,  daughter  of  Nancy 
(rvIcKcen)  Dunlap,  married,  October  15,  1850, 
Charles  Jervis,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Eliza- 
beth   (Gardiner)    Gilman,    who   was    born   at 


Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  February  26,  1824, 
and  died  at  Brunswick,  February  5,  1901.  Mr. 
Gilman  was  educated  at  Phillips  .Academy, 
Exeter,  and  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  from 
Dartmouth  College.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
New  Plampshire  bar,  but  did  not  practice  his 
profession  after  he  removed  to  Brunswick  in 
1850.  He  was  prominent  in  political  afifairs, 
served  in  the  Maine  legislature  in  1854,  was 
a  member  of  congress  in  1857-59,  ^"d  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Republican  national  convention  at 
Chicago  in  i860.  Mrs.  Gilman  died  in  Sep- 
tember 15,  1905,  in  the  mansion  built  by  her 
grandfather  in  which  she  had  dispensed  a 
gracious  hospitality  for  half  a  century.  Their 
four  children,  all  born  in  Brunswick,  are:  i. 
David  Dunlap  Gilman,  born  July  26,  1854; 
graduated  at  Bowdoin,  1877;  for  many  years 
paymaster  of  the  Cabot  I\Ianufacturing  Com- 
pany. 2.  Elizabeth  Jervis  Gilman.  3.  Charles 
A.  Gilman.  4.  Mary  Gardiner  Gilman,  libra- 
rian of  Curtis  Memorial  Library,  Brunswick, 
Maine. 

(HI)  John,  second  son  of  James  Mc- 
Kean,  v.'as  born  about  1675,  in  Ireland,  and 
prepared  to  go  to  America  with  his  elder 
brother  James,  but  died  a  short  time  previous 
to  the  embarkation.  His  widow  Jeanette, 
with  her  three  sons — James,  Robert  and  Sam- 
uel— and  her  infant  daughter  Mary  accom- 
panied her  brother-in-law  James  Mc  Kean  and 
his  family  to  .America  in  1718  and  settled  in 
Londonderr}-,  New  Plampshire,  where  she  had 
a  lot  assigned  to  her.  She  afterwards  mar- 
ried Captain  John  Barnett,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  the  town.  Her  sons  were  the 
progenitors  of  the  McKeans  of  Deering,  An- 
trmi,  Amherst  and  Nashua,  New  Hampshire 
and  Cherry  \'alley,  New  York.  John,  the 
first,  was  the  ancestor  of  McKcans  of  Nova 
Scotia.  Robert,  the  second,  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania, was  engaged  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian wars,  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major,  and 
was  captured  and  put  to  death  by  torture.  He 
spelled  the  name  I\lcKean,  and  descendants  of 
that  name  are  located  in  Cecil,  Maryland,  and 
also  in  Huntington  and  Bradford  countie*, 
same  state.  Samuel,  the  third,  is  subject  of 
the  next  paragraph.  Mary,  the  youngest,  mar- 
ried her  cousin  John  McKean,  previously  men- 
tioned in  this  article. 

(IV)  Samuel,  third  son  of  John  McKean, 
was  born  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  or  vicinity, 
and  came  to  this  country  with  his  mother  and 
her  other  children  in  1718.  He  married  Ag- 
nes   ,   and   settled    in    Amherst,    New 

Hampshire.     Children:     i.    Hugh,  was  killed 


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by  Indians  in  llic  cilil  ImcmcIi  war.  2.  Joiiii, 
massacred  at  I'orl  William  lUnry  in  llic 
French  and  Indian  war;  llio  Indians  thrust 
pitch  pine  skewers  into  Ills  llesh,  then  lighted 
them  and  burned  him  to  death.  3.  Robert  set- 
tled in  Cherry  Valley,  New  York,  and  be- 
came a  "ca[)lain  of  renown" ;  also  killed  by 
Indians  duriiiL;;  the  battle  at  Wyoming,  I'enn- 
.sylvania.  4.  James,  married  Jane  Scott  Mc- 
Kean ;  settled  at  .Amherst.  5.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  William,  marrieil  Ann  Gra- 
ham ;  settled  in  Deering,  New  Hampshire ; 
among  their  eleven  children  was  William  Mc- 
Kean  Jr.,  member  of  the  slate  senate,  1844-45. 
7.  Mary.    8.  Martha.    9.  .\gnes.    10.  Jane. 

(V)  Deacon  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel 
( I )  McKeen,  was  born  in  Amherst.  He  lived 
in  early  life  at  Amherst,  then  at  Windham, 
New  Hampshire,  and  finally  settled  at  i'.el- 
fast,  Maine,  where  he  became  a  leading  citi- 
zen, town  officer  and  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  married  Janet,  daughter  of  Hugh  Gra- 
ham, a  direct  lineal  de?cendant  of  Graham, 
Earl  of  Montrose,  snpposeil  to  be  James  Gra- 
ham, the  fillh  carl,  and  twentieth  in  line  of 
descent  from  William  de  Graeme,  who  lived 
in  the  reign  of  David  I  of  Scotland,  or  James, 
Duke  of  Montrose.,  who  is  the  twenty-sixth 
chief  in  authentic  record,  according  to  Mclan. 
(See  Graham  family.)  Two  of  their  sons  set- 
tled in  Acworth,  and  the  father,  while  living 
with  them  in  his  old  age.  died  there  in  1784. 
Children:  i.  Hugh,  soldier  in  the  revolution 
and  a  pensioner;  married  (first)  Dan- 
ford  (or  Danfortli);  married  (second)  Mary 
Gregg;  children:  Samuel,  Hugh,  D.  Danford. 
William,  J.  Calvin,  Solomon;  Mary,  married 
P.  Clark;  Joanna,  William.  2.  John,  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  and  a  pensioner  late  in  life; 
married  (first)  Mary  Gregg,  (second)  Mar- 
tha Dunn ;  children :  Samuel.  John,  Hugh, 
Retsey,  Samuel.  3.  Samuel,  married  Jane 
Ayrcs.  4.  Ephraim,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Isaac,  married  (first)  JMartha  Drew ;  (second) 
Betsey  Cogswell,  of  Castine,  Maine,  and  she 
died  in  1856,  aged  eighty-six.  6.  Abner.  7. 
Janet  or  Jane,  married  Jacob  Eames ;  seven 
children.  8.  Nancy.  9.  ]\Iartha,  married 
Samuel  True,  of  Searsport,  Maine.  10.  Kez- 
iah,  married  Joseph  Ayres,  brother  of  Sam- 
uel's wife. 

(VI)  Ephraim,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  (2) 
McKeen,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  in 
1766,  and  died  in  Belfast,  Maine,  in  1848. 
He  married  Lucy  Ayres,  of  Merrimac,  New 
Hampshire.  They  had  ten  children,  of  whom 
but  five  lived  to  maturity:  i.  Nancy,  born 
t8oi  :    married    William     Ryan,     of     Belfast. 


Maine;  died  I'ebruary  9,  1883;  children:  i. 
Ann  Maria,  born  July  25,  1820,  died  1822; 
ii.  Charles  F.,  born  November  13,  1822,  died 
young;  iii.  William  Henry,  born  June  21, 
1824,  married  Sarah  Cunningham;  iv.  Lucy 
E.,  born  December  24,  1825;  died  1828;  v. 
Benjamin  I'ranklin,  born  January  5,  1828, 
married  Sylvia  Ames ;  was  lost  in  the  wreck 
of  the  "Central  America,"  ofif  Virginia,  on 
his  return  from  California;  vi.  Lewis  H.,  born 
November  26,  1829,  married  Martha  Esther 
Hopkins,  and  had  five  children :  Edwin,  born 
1845,  lives  in  East  Boston ;  Adelaide,  born 
1857;  Maria,  born  i860,  lives  in  I'oston;  Alice, 
born  1862;  Hilary,  born  1873,  lives  in  East 
Boston;  vii.  George  !•".,  born  February  11, 
1831  ;  married  March  10.  1862,  Ellen  P.  Mad- 
dock  (their  three  children  reside  in  Belfast, 
Maine:  Lillian  V.,  born  October  19,  1864; 
Lucy  E.,  born  October  ig,  1864;  Franklin  G., 
born  August  6,  1866)  ;  viii.  Thomas  E.,  born 
January  13,  1833,  married  Lydia  S.  Wyman, 
and  died  January,  1863,  son  Thomas  E.,  born 
March,  1863,  resides  in  Lowell.  2.  Joseph, 
born  July  17,  1805;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Lucy  Maria,  married  Samuel  Hanson;  had 
four  sons  and  two  daughters:  Ephraim,  a 
mariner;  Clarence  Hanson;  Robert  Hanson, 
died  in  Belfast;  Mary  Hanson,  married  John 
Pierce,  and  lives  in  Portland,  parents  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Pierce,  of  California ;  Lucy  Hanson, 

married  Parsons,  of   New   York.     3. 

Betsey,  married  Josiah  Curtis,  of  Swanville, 
Maine,  October  26,  1834;  children:  i.  Frank 
Curtis,  born  October  31,  1835,  married  Kate 
Hinckley,  of  Monroe,  Maine,  November  i, 
1864,  and  has  two  daughters:  Rose  and 
Blanche;  ii.  Prescott,  born  June  i,  1837;  "lur- 
ried January  i,  1867,  Amanda  Young,  of 
Searsport.  and  had  one  son  Leroy,  married 
Lillian  .Snyder,  of  Colorado ;  iii.  Americus  J., 
born  April  15,  1839.  resides  at  Montville, 
Maine;  iv.  Mahlon,  born  March  4,  1841,  mar- 
ried, November,  1866,  Ellen  Brown,  of  Burn- 
ham,  Maine,  and  has  three  sons  and  two 
daughters;  v.  Almeda,  born  February  19,  1844, 
married  George  Flanders,  of  Boston ;  vi. 
Maria,  born  August  17,  1846,  married  Sep- 
tember 12,  1866,  Samuel  Logan,  and  has  a 
son.  Dr.  Charles  Logan,  who  married  Jennie 
F'arnsworth.  of  \'ermont ;  Maria  married  sec- 
ond, Sumner  L.  Warner,  of  Dexter,  Maine ; 
vii.  John,  born  1852,  died  July  5,  1865  ;  viii. 
Edward,  born  May  16,  1854,  married  Eva 
Cox,  of  Montville,  and  had  two  sons :  Cas- 
sius  S.  and  Stanley.  4.  John,  married  Elsie 
Gilbreth,  of  Belfast ;  children  :  i.  .-Mice,  mar- 
ried William  Card,  died  at  age  thirty  years: 


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studied  law  in  tlie  office  of  his  brother-in- 
law,  Charlton  Ivl.  Lewis,  in  New  York  City, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1866,  and,  with 
the  exception  of  a  year  spent  in  Europe,  dur- 
ing which  he  attended  lectures  on  jurispru- 
dence and  political  economy  at  Paris  and  at 
Berlin,  has  been  engaged  in  the  successful 
practice  of  his  profession  in  New  York  City, 
residing  in  Brooklyn,  where  he  also  maintains 
a  law  office.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Roosevelt  a  member  of  the  commission  to 
revise  the  charter  of  "Greater  New  York," 
served  as  assistant  corporation  counsel,  was 
the  candidate  of  the  Republicans  for  justice 
of  the  supreme  court  in  1903,  and  was  asso- 
ciate counsel  with  Governor  Hughes  in  the 
insurance  investigation  of  1905.  He  is  now 
the  legal  adviser  of  the  Mutual  Insurance 
Company  of  New  York.  Mr.  AIcKeen  has 
been  actively  interested  in  education,  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  Brooklyn  education  board, 
as  trustee  of  the  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  and  of  the  Packer  Collegiate  Institution, 
and  as  an  overseer  of  Bowdoin  College  since 
1 886.  He  received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from 
lii?.  alma  mater  in  1900.  On  retiring  from  the 
presidency  of  the  Hamilton  Club,  the  leading 
social  organization  of  Brooklyn,  which  he  hul 
held  for  ten  years,  a  fellow  member  charac- 
terized him  in  these  phrases :  "A  logician  with 
a  capacity  for  eloquence,  a  man  with  humor 
without  malice  or  a  tinge  of  vulgarity,  pos- 
sessing decision  of  character  without  stub- 
borness  of  opinion,  too  learned  for  over  confi- 
dence, too  just  for  arrogance,  too  fair  for  dic- 
tation and  too  wise  for  vanity.'" 

Mr.  McKeen  married,  in  1871,  Mary  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Joseph  J.  and  Mary  S.  (}iliner) 
Lewis.  Their  summer  home  is  at  Jewell's 
Island,  on  the  JMaine  coast.  Their  children, 
besides  a  son  that  died  in  infancy,  are  three 
daughters,  all  born  in  Brooklyn:  i.  Helen  Jo- 
sephine, graduated  at  Bryn  Alawr,  1900; 
studied  law  at  Berlin  and  New  York  City, 
received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  New  York 
University,  1905,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1906.  2.  Elizabeth  Farley,  graduated 
at  Bryn  ]\Iawr,  1901  ;  studied  at  Oxford  and 
engaged  in  literary  work.  3.  Anna  Lewis, 
graduated  at  Bryn  i\Iawr,  1904. 

Alice  Farley  McKeen,  daughter  of  Treas- 
urer McKeen,  married  Frederic  Livingston 
Scott,  a  merchant  of  Farmington,  Connecticut. 
Their  only  child  is  Elizabeth  McKeen  Scott. 

Alice  McKeen  Dunlap,  daughter  of  Nancy 
(McKccn)  Dunlap,  married,  October  15,  1830, 
Charles  Jervis,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Eliza- 
beth   (Gardiner)    Gilman,    who   was   born    at 


Exeter.  New  Hampshire,  February  26,  1824, 
and  died  at  Brunswick,  February  5,  1901.  Mr. 
Gilman  was  educated  at  Phillips  .\cademy, 
Exeter,  and  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  from 
Dartmouth  College.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
New  Hampshire  bar,  but  did  not  practice  his 
profession  after  he  removed  to  Brunswick  in 
1850.  He  was  prominent  in  political  affairs, 
served  in  the  Maine  legislature  in  1854,  was 
a  member  of  congress  in  1857-59,  ^"d  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Republican  national  convention  at 
Chicago  in  i860.  Mrs.  Gilman  died  in  Sep- 
tember 15,  1905,  in  the  mansion  built  by  her 
grandfather  in  which  she  had  dispensed  a 
gracious  hospitality  for  half  a  centiuT.  Their 
four  children,  all  born  in  Brunswick,  are:  i. 
David  Dunlap  Gilman,  born  July  26,  1854; 
graduated  at  Bowdoin,  1877;  for  many  years 
paymaster  of  the  Cabot  Alanufacturing  Com- 
pany. 2.  Elizabeth  Jervis  Gilman.  3.  Charles 
A.  Gilman.  4.  Mary  Gardiner  Gilman,  libra- 
rian of  Curtis  Memorial  Library,  Brunswick, 
Maine. 

(III)  John,  second  son  of  James  Mc- 
Kean,  v,-as  born  about  1675,  in  Ireland,  and 
prepared  to  go  to  America  with  his  elder 
brother  James,  but  died  a  short  time  previous 
to  the  embarkation.  His  widow  Jeanette, 
with  her  three  sons — James,  Robert  and  Sam- 
uel— and  her  infant  daughter  Alary  accom- 
panied her  brother-in-law  James  Mc  Kean  and 
his  family  to  America  in  1718  and  settled  in 
Londonderry.  New  Flampshire.  where  sb.e  had 
a  lot  assigned  to  her.  She  afterwards  mar- 
ried Captain  John  Barnett,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  the  tov,n.  Her  sons  were  the 
progenitors  of  the  McKeans  of  Deering,  An- 
trim, Amherst  and  Nashua,  New  Hampshire 
and  Cherry  \'alley,  New  York.  John,  the 
first,  was  the  ancestor  of  McKcans  of  Nova 
Scotia.  Robert,  the  second,  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania, was  engaged  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian wars,  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major,  and 
was  captured  and  put  to  death  by  torture.  He 
spelled  the  name  AIcKean,  and  descendants  of 
that  name  are  located  in  Cecil,  Maryland,  and 
also  in  Huntington  and  Bradford  countie*, 
same  state.  Samuel,  the  third,  is  subject  of 
the  next  paragrapli.  Mary,  the  youngest,  mar- 
ried her  cousin  John  AIcKean,  previously  men- 
tioned in  this  article. 

(IV)  Samuel,  third  son  of  John  AIcKean, 
was  born  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  or  vicinity, 
and  came  to  this  country  with  his  mother  and 
her  other  children  in  1718.  He  married  Ag- 
nes   ,   and   settled    in    Amherst,    New 

Hampshire.     Children :     i.    Hugh,  was  killed 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


i8i 


by  Indians  in  the  old  I'rcncli  war.  j.  jnhn, 
massacred  at  I'orl  William  lltiiry  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war;  the  Indians  thrust 
pitch  pine  skewers  into  liis  llesli,  tiien  lighted 
them  and  burned  him  to  death.  3.  Robert  set- 
tled in  Cherry  \'alley.  New  \'ork,  and  be- 
came a  "captain  of  renown";  also  killed  by 
Indians  during-  the  battle  at  Wyoming,  Penn- 
.sylvania.  4.  James,  married  Jane  Scott  Alc- 
Kean ;  settled  at  Amherst.  5.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  William,  married  Ann  Gra- 
ham; settled  in  Deering.  New  Hampshire; 
among  their  eleven  children  was  William  Mc- 
Kean  Jr.,  member  of  the  state  senate,  1844-45. 
7.  Mary.    8.  Martha.    9.  .\gnes.     10.  Jane. 

(\')  Deacon  Samuel  (j),  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  McKeen,  was  born  in  Amherst.  He  lived 
in  early  life  at  Amherst,  then  at  Windham, 
New  Hampshire,  and  finally  settled  at  Bel- 
fast, Maine,  where  he  became  a  leading  citi- 
zen, town  officer  and  deacon  of  the  church. 
He  married  Janet,  daughter  of  Hugh  Gra- 
ham, a  direct  lineal  descendant  of  Graham, 
Earl  of  Montrose,  supposed  to  be  James  Gra- 
ham, the  fifth  earl,  and  twentieth  in  line  of 
descent  from  William  de  Graeme,  who  lived 
in  the  reign  of  David  I  of  Scotland,  or  James, 
Duke  of  Montrose,  who  is  the  tw-enty-sixth 
chief  in  authentic  record,  according  to  Mclan. 
(See  Graham  family.)  Two  of  their  sons  set- 
tled in  Acworth,  and  the  father,  while  living 
with  them  in  liis  old  age,  died  there  in  1784. 
Children:    I.  Hugh,  soldier  in  the  revolution 

and  a  pensioner;  married  (first)  Dan- 

foril  (or  Danforth);  married  (second)  Mary 
Gregg;  children:  Samuel,  Hugh,  D.  Danford, 
William,  J.  Calvin,  Solomon  ;  Mary,  married 
P.  Clark ;  Joanna,  William.  2.  John,  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  and  a  pensioner  late  in  life; 
married  (first)  Mary  Gregg,  (second)  Alar- 
tha  Dunn ;  children :  Sanniel.  John,  Hugh, 
Betsey,  Samuel.  3.  Samuel,  married  Jane 
Ayres.  4.  Ephraim,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Isaac,  married  (first)  IMartha  Drew ;  (second) 
Betsey  Cogswell,  of  Castine,  Maine,  and  she 
died  in  1856.  aged  eighty-six.  6.  Abner.  7. 
Janet  or  Jane,  married  Jacob  Fames ;  seven 
children.  8.  Nancy.  g.  Martha,  married 
Samuel  True,  of  Searsport,  Maine.  10.  Kez- 
iah,  married  Joseph  Ayres,  brother  of  Sam- 
uel's wife. 

(VI)  Ephraim,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  (2) 
McKeen,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  in 
1766,  and  died  in  Belfast,  Maine,  in  1848. 
He  married  Lucy  Ayres,  of  Merrimac,  New 
Hampshire.  They  had  ten  children,  of  whom 
but  five  lived  to  maturity:  i.  Nancy,  born 
1 80 1  ;    married    William     Ryan,     of     Belfast. 


Maine;  died  b'ebruary  9,  1883;  children:  i. 
y\nn  Maria,  born  July  25,  1820,  died  1822; 
ii.  Charles  F.,  born  November  13,  1822,  died 
young;  iii.  William  Henry,  born  June  21, 
1824,  married  Sarah  Cunningham;  iv.  Lucy 
E.,  born  December  24,  1825;  died  1828;  v. 
Benjamin  I'ranklin,  born  January  5,  1828, 
married  Sylvia  Ames ;  was  lost  in  tiie  wreck 
of  the  "Central  America,"  off  Virginia,  on 
his  return  from  California ;  vi.  Lewis  H.,  born 
November  26,  1829,  married  AJartha  Esther 
Hopkins,  and  had  five  children :  EcKvin,  born 
1S45,  lives  in  East  Boston;  Adelaide,  bom 
1857;  Maria,  born  i860,  lives  in  I'.oston;  Alice, 
born  1862;  Mary,  born  1873.  lives  in  East 
Boston;  vii.  George  !•".,  born  February  li, 
1831  ;  married  March  10,  1862,  Ellen  P.  Mad- 
dock  (their  three  children  reside  in  Belfast, 
Maine:  Lillian  V.,  born  October  19,  1864; 
Lucy  E.,  born  October  19,  1864;  Franklin  G., 
born  August  6,  1866)  ;  viii.  Thomas  E.,  born 
January  13,  1833,  married  Lydia  S.  Wyman, 
and  died  January,  1863,  son  Thomas  E.,  born 
Alarch,  1863,  resides  in  Lowell.  2.  Joseph, 
born  July  17,  1805;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Lucy  Maria,  married  Samuel  Hanson ;  had 
four  sons  and  two  daughters:  Ephraim,  a 
mariner ;  Clarence  Hanson ;  Robert  Hanson, 
died  in  Belfast;  Mary  Hanson,  married  John 
I'ierce,  and  lives  in  I^ortland,  parents  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Pierce,  of  California;  Lucy  Hanson, 

married  Parsons,  of   New   York.     3. 

Betsey,  married  Josiah  Curtis,  of  Swanville, 
Alaine,  October  26,  1834;  children:  i.  Frank 
Curtis,  born  October  31,  1835,  married  Kate 
Hinckley,  of  Monroe,  Maine,  November  i, 
1864,  and  has  two  daughters :  Rose  and 
Blanche;  ii.  Prescott,  born  June  i,  1837;  mar- 
ried January  I,  1867,  Amanda  Young,  of 
Searsport,  and  had  one  son  Leroy,  married 
Lillian  Snyder,  of  Colorado ;  iii.  Americus  J., 
born  April  15,  1839,  resides  at  Montville, 
Maine;  iv.  Mahlon,  born  March  4,  1841,  mar- 
ried. November,  1866,  Ellen  Brown,  of  Burn- 
ham,  Maine,  and  has  three  sons  and  two 
daughters;  v.  Almcda,  born  February  19,  1844. 
married  George  Flanders,  of  Boston ;  vi. 
Maria,  born  August  17,  1846,  married  Sep- 
tember 12,  1866,  Samuel  Logan,  and  has  a 
son.  Dr.  Charles  Logan,  who  married  Jennie 
Farnsworth,  of  \'ermont ;  Alaria  married  sec- 
ond, Sumner  L.  Warner,  of  Dexter,  Maine; 
vii.  John,  born  1852,  died  July  5,  1865 ;  viii. 
Edward,  born  May  16,  1854,  married  Eva 
Cox,  of  Montville,  and  had  two  sons :  Cas- 
sius  S.  and  Stanley.  4.  John,  married  Elsie 
Gilbreth,  of  Belfast;  children:  i.  .Mice,  mar- 
ried William  Card,  died  at  asie  thirtv  vears : 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


love,  and  her  father  mack  his  will  in  1687 
and  names  her  in  the  instrument,  the  nearest 
date  we  have  by  which  to  judge  of  the  time 
of  her  death. 

(II)  John,  son  and  only  child  of  Edmund 
and  Sarah  (Haddon)  Eliot,  was  born  in  Salis- 
bury, New-town,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
September  25,  1660.  He  followed  the  occu- 
pation of  his  father,  and  is  so  described  as  a 
"yeoman"  at  the  lime  he  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  and  allegiance  to  the  government  in 
1677,  on  arriving  at  military  age,  and  before 
reaching  his  majority  he  was  made  a  member 
of  the  tVainband  in  1680.  His  will  was  dated 
on  February  22,  1733,  and  probated  the  fol- 
lowing March,  which  would  indicate  ,that  it 
was  made  on  his  sickbed  and  probably  death- 
bed. One  record  of  his  death  names  Febru- 
ary 27,  1633,  which  no  doubt  is  not  exactly 
correct.  He  married,  1685,  Naomi,  daughter 
of  Henry  Tuxbury,  born  in  Newbury,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1667,  and  survived  her  husband,  as 
she  is  mentioned  in  his  will.  The  children  of 
John  and  Naomi  (Tuxbury)  Eliot  were  born 
at  the  Eliot  homestead  in  Amesbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  follows:  i.  Edmund,  July  30, 
1686  (q.  v.).  2.  Sarah,  October  10,  1688. 
married  Sylvanus  Carr,  December  7,  1738. 
3.  Elizabeth,  November  11,  1691,  married  Ja- 
cob Colby,  December  20,  1724.  4.  John,  De- 
cember 25,  1693,  married  Sarali  Colby,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1 72 1,  and  had  children:  Mary,  born 
September  23,  1722;  and 'John,  born  Septem- 
ber ig,  1724.  5.  Thomas,  November  26,  1696, 
married  Judith  Worthen,  December  21,  1721, 
and  had  children ;  Thomas,  born  February  14, 
1724;  and  Ephraim,  born  February  24,  1725 
(?).  6.  Mary,  August  4,  1699,  married  Eze- 
kiel  Colbv,  December  24,  1724.  7.  Hannah, 
October  7,  1702,  married  Robert  Corn,  March 
16,  1732.  8.  David,  June  12,  1705,  married 
Mary  Carter,  January  2,  1728,  and  late  in  life 
removed  to  Newton,  New  Hampshire.  9. 
Naomi,  May  13,  1709,  married  John  Calfe, 
October  31,   1739. 

(Ill)  Edmund,  eldest  child  of  John  and 
Naomi  (Tuxbury)  Eliot,  was  born  in  Ames- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  on  the  Eliot  farm,  July 
30,  1686.  He  probably  remained  on  the  home- 
stead by  right  of  being  the  eldest  son,  and 
worked  the  place  with  his  father,  bringing  his 
wife  there  after  his  marriage,  January  8,  1713, 
to  Deborah,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Blaisdell)  Huntington,  of  Amesbury,  and 
granddaughter  of  William  Huntington,  the 
pioneer  immigrant  who  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Salisbury.  She  was  born  Septem- 
ber 22,  1687,  in  Amesbury,  and  bore  her  hus- 


band six  children.  He  died  apparently  about 
the  time  of  his  father's  death,  as  Thomas  Hoyt 
was  appointed  administrator  of  his  estate, 
April  16,  1733.  The  children  of  Edmund  and 
Deborah  (Huntington)  Eliot  were  born  in 
Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  as  follows:  i.  Bet- 
ty or  Elizabeth,  December  25,  1714.  2.  Ed- 
mund (q.  v.),  November  28,  1716,  married 
Mehitable  Worthen.  3.  Sarah,  September  29, 
1719.  4.  John,  July  23,  1722.  5.  Jonathan, 
July  31,  1726. 

(IV)  Edmund  (2),  eldest  son  and  third 
child  of  Edmund  ( i )  and  Deborah  ( Hunting- 
ton) Eliot,  was  born  in  Amesbury,  Massachu- 
setts, November  28,  1716.  Fie  removed  to 
Chester,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  a 
pioneer  settler  of  the  town,  purchasing  a  town 
lot  in  1747.  The  lot  he  first  purchased  was 
No.  31,  and  he  subsequently  added  to  his  es- 
tate by  purchasing  lot  No.  134.  He  married 
Mehitable  Worthen,  who  died  his  widow, 
April  II,  1806.  He  died  in  Chester,  New 
Hampshire,  October  8,  1789.  The  children 
of  Edmund  and  Mehitable  (Worthen)  Eliot 
were  born  in  Epping,  New  Hampshire,  as  fol- 
lows:  I.  Jonathan,  never  married,  was  living 
in  Epping,  New  Hampshire,  in  1828.  2. 
Elizabeth.  3.  Mehitable.  4.  Jacob,  or  Daniel, 
never  married,  and  lived  with  Jonathan  in 
Epping,  New  Hampshire.  5.  Sarah.  6.  John 
(q.  v.).  7.  Ephraim.  8.  Edmund.  9.  Eze- 
kiel.  10.  Nathaniel,  who  was  a  pioneer  resi- 
dent of  Thornton,  New  Hampshire. 

(\')  John  (2),  third  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Edmund  (2)  and  Mehitable  (Worthen)  Eliot, 
was  born  in  Epping,  New  Hampshire,  Novem- 
ber II,  1764.  He  was  brought  up  in  Epping, 
New  Hampshire,  and  was  married  in  Septem- 
ber, 1789,  to  Dolly,  born  February  22,  1770, 
daughter  of  Gould  French,  of  Epsom,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  born  August  26,  1741, 
and  died  in  St.  Albans,  Maine,  May  12,  1823. 
After  their  marriage  they  removed  to  Nort'i- 
wood,  New  Hampshire,  where  their  children 
were  all  born,  and  they  subsequently  removed 
to  "Dent  Bennett,"  Cornville,  New  liampshire, 
and  thence  to  Corinna,  Penobscot  county, 
Maine.  John  Eliot  died  at  Lincoln,  Maine, 
August,  1843,  ''"d  his  widow  in  June,  1846. 
The  children  of  John  and  Dolly  (French) 
Eliot  were  born  in  Northwood,  New  Hamp- 
shire, as  follows:  i.  Polly  (Mary),  February 
25,  1789;  married  John  Bennett,  in  1810,  and 
died  February  2,  1837,  probably  at  Epsom, 
New  Hampshire.  2.  Daniel,  1794,  married 
Edith  Haydcn,  and  died  in  1846.  3.  John, 
married  Lucy  Stewart,  and  died  at  sea.  4.  Al- 
phonso,  married  Mary  Davis.    5.  Rufus,  mar- 


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ricfl  Liddy  or  Lviiia  lla>(k'n.  (>.  Gould 
I'rcnch.  September  14.  iSo_',  married  May 
(lardncr  Himtley,  born  June  19,  1804.  7. 
'I'liomas,  died  wlien  two  years  of  age.  8.  Ja- 
coi)  Smitb  (q.  v.). 

(\'I)  Jacob  Smith,  seventh  son  and  eiyiitli 
child  of  John  (2)  and  Dolly  (French)  Eliot, 
was  born  in  Northwood,  New  Hampshire, 
August  10,  1S08.  He  removed  with  the  fam- 
ily to  Cornville,  New  Hamjishire,  in  1810, 
an  1  thence  to  Corinna,  Penobscot,  Maine,  in 
1812,  which  was  then  known  as  Warreutown, 
from  Dr.  John  Warren,  of  Boston,  the  orig- 
inal proprietor.  The  place  was  incorporated 
as  the  town  of  Corinna,  December  11,  1816. 
He  was  brought  up  in  Corinna,  and  married 
there,  August  12,  1832,  Sarah  Walker,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Sally  (Moore)  JMoore,  who 
was  born  July  31,  1813.  She  had  four 
brothers:  Samuel,  Henjamin,  Robert  M.  and 
William  Moore ;  and  three  sister^ :  Maria, 
married  John  Slenchfield,  of  Hartlaiid,  Maine; 

Rnxana,   married ,    lived    at     Exeter, 

Maine;  Clarinda,  married  Nathan  J.  Robin- 
son, lived  at  Foxcroft,  then  at  Corinna,  and 
removed  to  New  Haven.  Minnesota,  in  1863. 
Clarinda  Moore  Robinson  died  at  Santa  Mon- 
ica, California.  July,  1900. 

After  the  birth  of  their  seven  children  they 
removed,  in  1855,  to  the  Falls  of  St.  An- 
thony, in  Minnesota  territory,  in  the  new  set- 
tlement of  Minneapolis,  which  was  incorpo- 
rated as  a  city  in  1867,  the  territory  having 
been  incorporated  as  a  state  May  11,  1858. 
Here  the  family  grew  up  with  their  new  state 
and  city.  Tlie  children  were  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  The  children  of  Jacob  Smith 
and  Sarah  (Moore)  Eliot  were  born  in  Cor- 
inna, Maine,  as  follows: 

1.  Wyman.  born  }ilay  19,  1834;  married, 
November  25,  1868,  Mary  E.  Chase;  children: 
i.  Sarah  Chase,  born  October  26,  1870,  mar- 
ried Frank  C.  Metcalf,  April  10,  1889  (chil- 
dren: Frank  Elliot,  born  July  i,  1890,  Allen 
Leonard.  March  26,  1897,  Mary  Elizabeth, 
July  28,  1900,  died  July  16,  1901,  and  \'ir- 
ginia.  born  July  13,  1904).  ii.  Jennella,  born 
July  30,  1872;  married  Edward  Percival  Love, 
June  26,  1895,  (children  :  Percival  Elliot,  born 
April  18,  1899,  and  Jennella,  January  26,  1903  ; 
Wyman  Smith,  born  October  30,  1882,  married 
Helen  L.  Dodson,  November  4,  1907).  iii. 
Stuart  Dudley,  born  September  3,  1886. 

2.  Adolphus  Fitz  Clarence,  born  February 
9,  1836,  married  Sarah  J.  Sheldon,  December 
25,  1871,  and  he  died  April  20,  1901.  By  this 
marriage  they  had  one  child :  Leon  Adolph, 
born   November  24.    1874,   died   February  22, 


1879.    .\dolpluis  ]•.  C.  married  Mary  Hoar,  his 
second  wife;  she  died  January  29,  1905. 

3.  Ellen  .Artemesia,  born  November  18, 
1838;  married  Johii  M.  Shaw,  September  27, 
18(14.  She  died  .April  7,  1901,  and  their  three 
children  were:  Maljel,  born  April  17,  1868, 
married  Cavour  S.  Langdon ;  I'ertha,  born 
November  3.  187 1.  married  l-rank  D.  Blake- 
ley;  John  Elliot,  born  .April  30,  1875,  married 
Ethel  I'.ogan.  and  died  December  3,  1908. 

4.  Jacob  Rinald,  born  F'ebruary  13,  1841 ; 
married  .\nnie  Montgomery,  October  15.  1868, 
and  had  children :  Anne  Montgomery,  born 
June  19.  1870,  died  June  14,  1882;  Byron, 
^lay  9,  1874;  Millie,  born  April  27,  1877,  died 
October  13.  1879;  Jay  Rinaldo,  born  August 
25,   1886;  Florence,  born  May  23,  1889. 

5.  Clarenda  Collista,  born  July  19.  1844, 
died  September  14,  1846. 

6.  Sarah  Carolyn,  born  June  23,  1849;  mar- 
ried George  \V.  Shuman.  July  22,  1868,  and 
they  had  three  children :  Harry  Wert  Shu- 
man, born  January  18,  1872,  married  Beatrice 
Wallow,  January  12,  1904,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren: Frances  Evelyn,  born  January  3,  1905, 
and  Harry  Robert,  February  18,  1906.  Jesse 
Wyman,  second  son  of  George  W.  and  Sarah 
C.  (Elliot)  Shuman,  was  born  March  25, 
1874,  married  IMartha  Rogers.  June  23,  1903, 
and  their  third,  an  adopted  child,  Nellie  Caro- 
lyn Shuman,  was  born  January  16,  1882,  mar- 
ried Arthur  H.  H.  Anderson,  June  12,  1902. 
Sarah  C.  (Elliot)  Shuman  died  December  2, 
1902. 

7.  F'rank  Micajah  (q  v.). 

The  spelling  of  the  name  was  changed 
about  1865  to  Elliot.  Sarah  Walker  Elliot, 
the  mother  of  these  children,  died  in  Minne- 
apolis, Miimesota,  November  5,  1875.  Dr. 
Elliot  married  (second)  Esther  A.  Foote, 
March  5,  1877,  from  whom  he  was  divorced 
in  August,  1879.  He  married  (third)  Lizzie 
N.  Van  Druver.  November  10,  1885,  and  by 
these  marriages  he  had  no  children.  He  died 
April   I,  1892,  at  Santa  Monica,  California. 

For  many  years,  both  in  j\laine  and  Minne- 
sota, Dr.  Elliot  was  a  successful  practicing 
physician  of  the  Old  Thomsonian  school  of 
practice.  In  1876  he  moved  to  California  and 
made  his  home  at  Santa  IMonica.  An  intimate 
friend  gives  this  estimate  of  his  character. 

"Dr.  Elliot  was  in  many  ways  a  remarkable 
man,  possessed  in  an  eminent  degree  of  those 
sterling  qualities  of  mind  and  character  which 
fitted  him  for  a  pioneer,  and  even  among  a 
class  of  men  who  were  generally  distinguished 
for  that  steadiness  and  tenacity  of  purpose 
which    insure?    success,    he    was    peculiarlv    a 


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marked  and  prominent  character  in  respect  to 
those  cjuaHties.  While  he  made  it  a  governing 
principle  of  his  actions  to  stand  with  unflinch- 
ing firmness  for  what  he  conceived  to  be  his 
individual  rights,  he  was  ever  just  and  lenient 
in  his  dealings  with  his  fellows,  and  it  was 
always  known  that  his  word  was  as  'good  as 
his  bond.'  In  all  business  matters  up  to  the 
day  of  his  death,  his  mind  was  singularly 
clear  and  lucid,  and  his  instinct  remarkably 
direct  and  unerring.  He  was  a  strong  man 
who  never  failed  to  impress  himself  and  his 
personality  upon  those  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact.  These  qualities  brought  great  suc- 
cess in  business,  and  he  died  possessed  of  a 
considerable  estate,  both  in  Minnesota  and 
California.  Several  years  ago  Dr.  Elliot  do- 
nated to  the  city  of  Minneapolis  a  valuable 
tract  of  land  for  a  park,  known  as  Elliot  Park, 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  delightful  re- 
sorts in  the  now  famous  park  system  of  that 
city." 

(VII)  Frank  Micajah,  youngest  child  and 
fourth  son  of  Jacob  Smith  and  Sarah  (Moore) 
Elliot,  was  born  in  Corinna,  Penobscot  county, 
Maine,  March  27,  1853.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools 'of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota, 
the  home  of  his  parents  after  1855,  and  was 
prepared  for  college  in  the  preparatory  school 
of  the  Northwestern  University,  at  Evanston, 
Illinois.  He  matriculated  in  1874  in  the  Uni- 
versity in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  and 
was  graduated  A.  B.,  1877.  He  then  pur- 
sued a  course  in  law,  but  did  not  take  up  the 
profession,  selecting  instead  the  real  estate 
and  loan  business.  He  fitted  himself  for  that 
business  in  the  abstract  department  of  the 
recorder's  office  of  Cook  county,  Illinois, 
where  he  served  as  clerk  up  to  1879,  when 
he  resigned  and  formed  a  partnership  with 
George  Watson  Smith,  as  Smith  &  Elliot. 
The  firm  conducted  a  real  estate  and  loan 
business  in  Chicago  up  to  1881,  when  Mr. 
Smith  retired  and  Mr.  Elliot  continued  the 
business  alone,  and  in  1909  he  had  been 
carrving  on  the  business  for  twenty-seven 
years  at  123  La  Salle  street,  Chicago.  He 
was  a  trustee  of  the  village  of  Evanston  in 
1885,  and  when  the  State  Bank,  Evanston, 
was  organized  in  1890,  he  became  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors.  He  was  elected 
president  of  the  Evanston  Hospital  Associa- 
tion in  i8g6,  and  was  still  in  office  in  1909, 
having  served  thirteen  years  as  its  president. 
He  was  also  a  member  thirty  years  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Evanston, 
which  suburban  town  he  made  his  residence 
from  the  time  of  his  marriage  in   1878.     His 


college  fraternity  affiliation  was  the  Sigma 
Chi,  and  in  1887  he  was  made  grand  consul 
of  the  fraternity.  He  is  the  author  of:  "His- 
tory of  Omega,"  a  reminiscence  of  North- 
western University ;  "Life  of  Governor  Will- 
iam H.  Bissell,  of  Illinois,''  and  of  numerous 
contributions  to  periodical  literature.  His  club 
affiliations  include :  The  University  Club,  of 
Evanston,  the  Evanston  Country  Club,  the 
Evanston  Club,  the  Glen  View  Golf  Club,  and 
the  University  Club,  of  Chicago.  ]\Ir.  Elliot 
was  married,  November  13,  1878.  to  Anna, 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Lucy  ( Dunlap  )  Shu- 
man,  of  Evanston,  Illinois.  Thev  have  no 
children. 


The  Merriams  are  an  ancient 
MERRIAM  English  house  and  an  honor- 
able house,  and  this  applies 
to  the  American  branches  of  the  family  as 
well  as  to  the  pre-American.  It  is  recorded 
that  as  early  as  A.  D.  1295-96  one  Laurence 
de  Maryham  paid  taxes  to  Edward  I,  at  Isen- 
hurst,  in  Sussex.  Originally  the  surname 
Merriam  was  variously  written  IMeryham, 
Merryham,  Meriham  and  IMirriam.  Ham,  in 
old  English,  stood  for  house,  or  home,  hence 
the  name  in  its  literal  signification  is 
merry  house,  happy  house.  It  is  somewhat 
remarkable,  however,  that  W'hile  the  Mer- 
riams are  a  fairly  numerous  family  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic,  the  name  has  become 
virtually  extinct  in  the  mother  country. 
(Pope's   "Merriam  Genealogy.") 

William  INIerriam,  immediate  ancestor  of  the 
immigrant,  was  living  in  Kent,  England,  dur- 
ing the  early  years  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
and  was  a  clothier,  a  maker  and  vendor  of 
cloths,  a  business  which  required  more  than 
an  ordinary  degree  of  intelligence  on  the 
part  of  its  proprietor,  and  one  which  prop- 
erly carried  on  yielded  profitable  returns.  He 
did  not  come  to  America.  The  baptismal 
name  of  his  wife  was  Sara,  but  her  family 
name  does  not  appear.  Their  children  were 
Susan,  Margaret,  Joseph,  George,  Joane, 
Sara,  Robert,  and  one  other,  a  daughter  who 
became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Howe.  The  will 
of  William  Merriam  of  Hadlow,  Kent,  was 
admitted  to  probate  November  27,  1635. 

(I)  Joseph  jNIerriam,  immigrant  ancestor, 
son  of  William  and  Sara  Merriam,  and  the 
eldest  of  their  sons,  as  mentioned  in  his 
father's  will,  was  born  probably  in  Kent, 
England,  about  the  year  1600.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  a  clothier  merchant,  and  there 
is  reason  for  the  belief  that  he  was  possessed 
of  considerable  means  when  he  sailed  for  this 


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country,  in  his  own  ship.  "Casllc  of  I.uiuUin." 
bringing  with  him  a  large  number  of  emi- 
grants. He  was  settled  in  Concord,  Massa- 
chusetts, about  1638,  and  soon  afterward  was 
admitted  to  church  communion  there  and  was 
made  freeman.  lie  married,  in  England, 
about  1623,  Sara,  daughter  of  John  and 
Frances  (Jeft'rie)  Goldstone,  of  Kent;  all 
their  children  except  the  youngest  were  born 
in  England ;  they  were :  William,  Sarah,  Jo- 
seph. Thomas,  Elizabeth,  Hannah  and  John, 
the  latter  of  whom  is  supposed  to  have  been 
born  soon  after  the  death  of  his  father. 

(II)  Josei)h  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Sara  (Goldstone)  Merriam,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, about  1620,  and  came  to  New  England 
in  1638  with  his  father.  He  lived  first  in 
Concord,  and  afterward  in  that  part  of  Cam- 
bridge which  was  called  The  Farms,  and 
still  later  was  set  ofT  for  the  parish  and  sub- 
sequent town  of  Lexington.  He  was  made 
freeman  and  admitted  to  church  communion 
May  22,  1650.  He  became  possessed  of  a 
good  estate  and,  like  his  father,  died  in  early 
middle  life.  He  married,  in  Concord,  July 
12,  1653.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Deacon  Gregory 
Stone.  He  died  April  20,  1677,  '^'''d  his  grave- 
stone is  the  oldest  one  now  standing  in  the 
ancient  Hill  burying  ground  in  Concord.  His 
widow  died  April  5,  1704.  Their  children: 
I.  Sarah,  born  August  2,  1654.  2.  Lydia,  Au- 
gust 3,  1656.  3.  Joseph,  May  25,  1658.  4. 
Elizabeth,  May  20,  1660.  5.  John,  August  30, 
1662.  6.  Mary,  June  14,  1664.  7.  Robert, 
February  17,  1667.  8.  Ruth,  1670.  9.  Thom- 
as,  1672. 

(HI)  Deacon  John,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Stone)  Merriam.  was  born  in  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  August  30,  1662,  and 
died  May  21.  1727.  He  removed  to  Lexing- 
ton, and  was  one  of  the  original  members  of 
the  church  there  in  1676,  its  deacon,  and  fre- 
quently its  representative  in  ecclesiastical 
councils.  Lie  fulfilled  various  other  town 
offices,  such  as  assessor  and  selectman,  and 
became  possessed  of  a  good  estate  in  lands. 
He  married,  November  14,  1688,  Marv 
Wheeler,  who  survived  him  and  died  Decem- 
ber 2-],  1745.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born  Jan- 
uary 6,  1689.  2.  A  daughter,  supposed  to 
have  been  named  Sarah.  3.  Lydia.  4.  John, 
born  July  26,  1696.  5.  Ruth,  baptized  No- 
vember 6,  1698.  6.  Benjamin,  born  January 
6.  1700.  7.  Jonas,  February  21.  1702-03.  8. 
Ebenezer,  March  2,  1705-06.  9.  Joshua,  Feb- 
ruary 21.  1707-08.  10.  William,  September 
24,   1712.     II.  Amos,  July  25,   1715. 


(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Deacon  John  and 
Mary  (Wheeler)  Merriam,  was  born  in  Lex- 
ington. Massachusetts,  March  2,  1705-06,  and 
died  in  Oxford,  Massachusetts,  .August  20, 
1761.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Lexing- 
ton until  about  1729,  when  he  removed  to 
Oxford.  He  married,  first,  Esther  Gleason, 
born  in  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  April  6, 
1711,  died  Oxford,  December  8.  1740,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Mellcn)  Gleason. 
He  married,  second,  September  17,  1747, 
Elizabeth  Locke,  who  died  May  i,  1797, 
f laughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Merriam) 
Locke.  Ebenezer  Merriam  had  ten  children, 
four  by  his  first  and  six  by  his  second  wife: 
I.  Ebenezer,  born  March  28.  1734.  2.  Mary, 
September   13,    1735,  died   October  30,    1749. 

3.  William,  June  16,  1737,  died  1738.  4. 
Esther,  April  11,  1739;  married  Dr.  Isaac 
Burnet.     5.  Elizabeth,  June  I,  1748,  died  June 

21,  1790.  6.  Jotham,  August  15,  1749.  7. 
Phebe,  January  11,  1851.    8.  Jonathan,  March 

22,  1753,  died  young.  9.  Ephraim,  July  8, 
1755.     10.  Sarah.  February  3,  1760. 

(\')  Ebenezer  (2),  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Ebenezer  (i)  and  Esther  (Gleason)  Mer- 
riam, w'as  born  in  Oxford,  Massachusetts, 
February  28,  1734,  and  died  July  16,  1795. 
He  was  a  brickmaker  and  lived  on  his  father's 
homestead.  He  married  (intentions)  April, 
1752,  Phebe  Locke,  sister  to  his  father's  sec- 
ond wife.  She  died  October  27,  1802.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  October  5,  1753.  2.  Jesse, 
June  4,  1755.     3.  Phebe.  September  11,  1759. 

4.  Rachel.  March  7,  1762.  5.  Ebenezer,  De- 
cember 4.  1764.  6.  Esther,  May  10,  1767. 
7.  \Mlliain.  April  7,  1769.  8.  Rhoda.  May 
19,  1 77 1.  9.  Joel,  April  9,  1775.  10.  Abigail, 
April  I,  1777. 

(\T)  William,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  and 
Phebe  (Locke)  Merriam.  was  born  in  Ox- 
ford, ^Massachusetts,  April  7,  1769,  and  died 
in  New  Salem,  Massachusetts,  about  1816.  He 
married  (first)  August  27,  1795,  Ruth  Eddy, 
of  W'ard;  married  (second)  about  1801,  Lucy 
Hatstadt,  born  in  New  Salem.  January  7, 
1783,  died  January  9,  1880,  daughter  of 
George  Z.  and  Beulah  (Martin)  Hat.stadt. 
She  survived  her  husband  and  married  (sec- 
ond) Joshua  Lincoln  Merriain.  Her  father 
came  to  America  during  the  revolution,  and 
was  a  soldier  in  the  British  army.  William 
Merriam  had  ten  children,  one  by  his  first  and 
nine  by  his  second  wife:  i.  William  Eddy, 
born  December  15,  1796.  2.  Norman.  Octo- 
ber 2,  1 80 1.  3.  Cyrus,  July  17,  1803.  4. 
Lewis,  June  4.  1805.     5.  Lucy,  June  21.  1807. 


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6.  Ermina,  October  4,  1809.  7.  Lucinda  E., 
June  30,  1813.  8.  Leonard  Brooks,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1816.    9.  Asa  L.     10.  Harriet. 

(VII)  Lewis,  son  of  William  and  Lucy 
(Hatstadt)  Merriam,  was  born  in  New  Sa- 
Jem,  Massachusetts,  June  4,  1805,  and  died  in 
Spokane,  Washington,  May  27,  1889.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  New  Salem 
Academy,  and  while  hardly  more  than  a  boy 
was  employed  as  driver  of  the  mail  and  pas- 
senger stage  between  Boston  and  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  Later  on  he  learned  the  trade 
of  watchmaking  and  some  time  previous  to 
1828  established  himself  in  business  at  Athol, 
Massachusetts.  About  1833  'i*^  ^^^^  Massachu- 
setts and  went  to  Maine,  first  to  Bangor,  and 
from  thence  soon  afterward  to  Houlton,  a  gar- 
risoned military  post,  and  there  established 
his  home  on  a  farm  adjoining  the  village, 
and  from  which  his  children  were  able  to 
attend  the  village  public  schools  and  academy 
during  the  winter  months.  Mr.  Merriam  is 
said  to  have  been  a  zealous  advocate  of  man- 
ual training  for  children,  and  to  him  no  home 
was  complete  without  its  workshop  and  tools 
of  many  trades.  To  this  is  mainly  due  the 
fact  that  all  of  his  sons  had  become  practical 
mechanics  and  machinists  before  attaining  their 
majority  in  years.  In  politics  Mr.  Merriam 
originally  was  a  staunch  Whig  and  afterward 
a  strong  Republican,  "and  such  statesmen  as 
Clay,  Greeley  and  Lincoln  were  his  ideals  of 
American  citizenship."  Mr.  Merriam  contin- 
ued to  live  in  Houlton  until  after  the  death 
of  his  wife  and  then  went  to  Spokane,  Wash- 
ington, and  afterward  made  his  home  with 
liis  children  who  had  preceded  him  there.  He 
married,  in  Houlton,  February  22,  1834,  Mary 
Ann  Foss,  born  in  Oromocto,  New  Bruns- 
wick, March  29,  1813,  died  in  Houlton,  May 
3,  1880.  Children,  all  born  in  Houlton:  i. 
Leonard  Brooks,  August  3.  1835;  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  First  Maine  Cavalry  in  the  civil 
war,  removed  to  Spokane,  Washington;  mar- 
ried, December  15,  1858,  Susan  S.,  daughter 
of  John  H.  and  Dorcas  B.  (Williams)  Jones. 
2.  Henry  Clay.  November  13,  1837.  3-  Au- 
gusta Josephine,  December  2,  1838;  married, 
October  ii,  1867,  Major  William  L.  Boyd, 
born  May  3,  1834;  major  of  First  Maine  Vol- 
unteer Cavalry.  4.  Lucy  Hatstadt,  October 
23,  1840,  died  Haynesville,  Maine,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1872;  married,  September  28,  1864, 
Andrew  H.  Foss,  of  Oromocto,  New  Bruns- 
wick. 5.  Captain  Lewis  M.,  April  4,  1843  '• 
(see  sketch).  6.  Norman  James,  February 
25,  1844,  died  in  Spokane,  Washington,  May 
23,    1897;    wheelwright    and    machinist;    had 


charge  of  L^nited  States  sawmills  at  Fort  Spo- 
kane, 1882-94,  and  of  similar  establishments 
at  Sherman,  Idaho,  until  a  short  time  before 
his  death ;  married  at  Haynesville,  Maine, 
September  17,  1870,  Christina  Ellis,  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1847,  daughter  of  William  Ellis.  7. 
William  Harrison,  August  10,  1846;  lived 
many  years  in  Houlton  and  removed  thence  to 
Minneapolis,  Minnesota;  married,  January  16, 
1877,  Lucy  Corrine  Ellis,  born  in  New  Salem, 
1854,  died  December  15,  1877,  daughter  of 
Edward  H.  and  Harriet  E.  (Merriam)  Ellis. 
8.  Cyrus  Knapp,  January  29,  1848;  graduated 
from  Waterville  College  (Colbv),  A.  B.,  1875; 
A.  M.,  1882;  M.  D.,  New  York  University 
Medical  School,  1879 ;  assistant  surgeon, 
U.  S.  A.,  1880-87,  and  assigned  to  Depart- 
ment of  the  Columbia ;  stationed  at  Camp 
Chelan.  White  Blufifs,  Fort  Colville,  Fort 
Couer  d'Alene,  Idaho  (now  Fort  Sherman), 
and  at  Fort  Spokane,  Washington ;  was  com- 
plimented by  his  superior  officers  for  his 
skill  and  efficiency  both  in  ordinary  cases  and 
many  others  of  more  critical  nature.  He  has 
shared  in  the  development  of  the  city  of  Spo- 
kane, where  he  has  lived  since  1877,  aiitl  is 
engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine 
and  surgery,  a  member  of  the  hospital  staff, 
and  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. He  married,  June  6,  1905,  Miriam 
Hooper,  born  September  13,  1869,  daughter 
of  General  Thomas  R.  and  Elizabeth  (Tap- 
pan)  Tannatt.  9.  Rufus,  October  7,  1851; 
financial  agent,  and  lives  in  Spokane;  mar- 
ried (first)  1877,  S.  Jennie  Keyes,  and  (sec- 
ond) June  2,  1899,  at  Spokane,  Bertha  Mary 
Haskell,  born  December  3,  1876.  daughter  of 
William  T.  and  Lena  (Kirby)  Haskell.  10. 
Charles,  September  2,  1853,  died  October  14, 
1856. 

(\'III)  Major  General  Henry  Clay  Mer- 
riam, son  of  Lewis  and  Mary  Ann  (Foss) 
Merriam,  was  born  in  Houlton,  Maine,  No- 
vember 13,  1837.  He  graduated  from  Water- 
ville College  (Colby)  with  the  degree  of  A. 
B.,  in  1864,  was  elected  member  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  and  received  his  master's  degree  in 
course,  and  later  the  degree  of  LL.D.  He 
enlisted  for  service  during  the  second  year  of 
the  war,  and  in  August,  1862,  was  commis- 
sioned captain  of  the  Twentieth  Maine  Volun- 
teer Infantry.  His  first  colonel  was  Adelbert 
Ames,  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  and  who 
was  succeeded  by  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain. 
His  brigade  commander  was  General  Daniel 
Butterfield,  and  all  of  these  famous  com- 
manders have  e.xpressed  their  high  estimate  of 
General  Merriam.     He  was  brevetted  for  gal- 


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lantiy  at  the  battle  of  Antietam,  where  he 
iiiatle  an  exceptionally  good  record,  and 
volunteered  without  promotion  to  organize  and 
command  a  company  of  LJnited  States  Colored 
X'olunteer  Infantry,  at  whose  heail  he  tlis- 
tnignished  himself  for  gallantry,  and  won  his 
promotion  to  the  rank  of  lientenant-coloncl  of 
the  Seventy-third  L'nited  States  Colored  \  ul- 
unteer  Infantry,  which  command  he  led  in  a 
desperate  assault  in  the  capture  of  Fort 
Blakcly,  Alabama,  April  9,  1865.  Says  a  con- 
temporary accoimt : 

Trausferred  to  New  Orleans  In  tlie  spring  of  1863.  he 
partii  ipatcd  in  tlic  siege  and  caiitiiro  of  Port  Iludson 
and  otlier  engagements,  ending  with  the  siege  and  capture 
of  Mobile.  Alabama.  During  his  volunteer  service  ho 
won  three  brevets  and  the  congressional  meda!  of  honor 
for  "ions|ii(uinis  ):allantry  in  battle."  the  medal  of  honor 
for  "leading  his  rei;iment  over  the  enemy's  works  in  ad- 
vance (if  orders  and  at  his  own  request."  General  Pyle. 
his  brigade  commander,  and  General  Hawkins,  his  di- 
vision commander,  expressed  their  appreciation  of  his 
services  in  letters  from  which  the  following  extracts  are 
made  :  General  Pile  said :  "Colonel  Merriam  commanded 
the  Seventy-third  United  States  Colored  Infantry  under 
me  in  the  .Mobile  campaign,  and  siege  and  capture  of 
Fort  Blakcly.  Alabama.  April  !•.  ISCn.  The  regiment  was 
one  of  the  be^t  in  service,  took  a  conspicuous  part  in  the 
siege  and  capture  of  the  fort — first  breaking  the  enemy's 
lines  and  crossing  their  works — the  colonel  requesting 
the  permission  to  advance  before  the  order  was  given. 
For  personal  merit  and  strict  attention  to  duty  he  had 
not  a  superior  in  my  command."  General  Hawkins'  letter 
was  of  the  same  i^cneral  import,  with  this  brief  addition; 
"In  the  assault  of  Kort  Blalteiy  his  regiment  tiore  a  con- 
spicuous part,  and  was  the  first  of  all  the  regiments, 
white  or  black,  to  enter  the  enemy's  works.  Colonel 
Merriam  is  a  gentleman  of  good  moral  character,  of  ex- 
cellent education,  well  read  in  the  military  profession, 
and  judicious  and  zealous  in  all  things  pertaining  to  his 
duties.  His  regiment  was  always  in  good  condition,  and 
he  has   natural    talents   for  a   good   soldier." 

As  an  officer  of  the  regular  army,  General 
Merriam's  record  was  no  less  praiseworthy. 
In  1866  he  was  commissioned  major  of  the 
Tiiirty-eighth  Infantry,  and  marched  with  a 
battalion  from  Kansas  to  southwestern  New 
Mexico  in  the  spring-  of  1867  and  took  com- 
mand at  Fort  Baj'ard,  in  the  midst  of  Apache 
hostilities,  and  remained  there  for  more  than 
two  years.  In  the  early  part  of  1869  it  was 
proposed  to  transfer  General  Merriam  to  an- 
other post,  but  the  suggestion  was  met  with 
a  strong  request  on  the  part  of  the  citizens  of 
Grant  county,  New  Mexico,  that  he  be  per- 
mitted to  remain  there.  In  answer  to  this  re- 
quest. General  Getty  wrote  that  "it  is  not  my 
intention  to  relieve  Bvt.  Col.  Merriam  from 
the  command  of  Fort  Bayard,  nor  to  make  a 
recommendation  to  that  effect.  I  regard  Colo- 
nel Merriam  as  one  of  the  most  efficient  post 
commanders  in  the  district."  But  notwith- 
standing the  petition  referred  to.  Colonel  ]\Ier- 
riam  was  transferred  to  Texas  in  September, 
1869,  3nd  served  alon;^  the  trrbulent  Mexican 
border  against  both  Indian  and  Mexican  ma- 
rauders. While  in  command  at  Fort  Molntosh 
in  1876.  he  rendered  most  efficient  service  in 
the  protection  of  rights  of  American  citizens 


in  Mexico  who  were  constantly  being  suIj- 
jccted  to  the  lawless  demands  of  Mexican 
plunderers ;  and  as  an  appreciation  of  his 
services  in  the  department  of  Texas  the  civil 
officers  and  citizens  of  that  state  presented 
Colonel  Merriam  with  a  ijeautiful  sword,  and 
also  ])resented  an  earnest  memorial  to  the 
president  of  the  United  Slates,  asking  that  he 
be  advanced  to  the  rank  and  commission  of 
brigadier  general  of  the  American  army. 
This  memorial  recites: 

The  record  of  Colonel  .Merriam  while  In  command  of 
Fort  Mclntf)sh.  here  at  Laredo,  during  the  year  1876, 
fully  sustains  the  highest  commendation  that  could  be 
given  to  any  one  of  his  profession.  During  this  time  one 
of  the  periodical  revolutions  formerly  so  common  In 
Mexico,  was  in  progress,  and  the  town  of  Nuevo  I^oredo. 
opposite  this  place,  was  taken  and  retaken  alleruately  by 
the  contending  forces,  each  party  upon  taking  the  town 
levying  a  prestlmo.  or  fine,  upon  its  inhabitants  who  had 
property  wherewith  to  pay.  On  the  9th  of  April,  1876. 
Mr,  Michael  Dimond.  an  American  merchant  in  Nuevo 
Laredo,  was  imprisoned  by  the  Mexican  Federal  forces, 
and  condemned  to  be  shot  at  dawn  of  the  following  day, 
unless  he  paid  a  fine  of  one  hundred  dollars.  Mr.  Dimond 
was  not  charged  with  any  offense,  and  the  demand  was 
simply  for  so  nmch  money.  He  refused  to  pay,  and  ap- 
pealing to  the  authorities  on  this  side  of  the  river  for 
protection.  Colonel  Merriam  crossed  the  Rio  Grande  and 
demanded  immediate  and  unconditional  release  of  Mr. 
Dimond,  and  warned  the  Mexican  commander  that  the 
lives  and  property  of  American  citizens  there  were  not 
.subject  to  his  free  disposal,  and  that  the  entire  force  at 
Ft.  Mcintosh  would  be  held  in  readiness  to  protect  them. 
Mr.   Dimond  was  at  once   released. 

The  following  day  the  Mexicans  fired  across  the  river 
upon  citizens  here  in  Laredo,  and  Colonel  Merriam  si- 
lenced them  with  shot  and  shell.  On  the  19th  of  April. 
Colonel  Merriam  prevented  the  collection  of  another  fine 
levied  upon  the  American  residents  of  Nuevo  Laredo  by 
the  revolutionists,  who  had  taken  the  place  in  the  mean- 
time, and  in  July  of  the  same  year  Colonel  Merriam  ex- 
tended the  same  protection  against  similar  demands  by 
the  Mexican  Federals  who  were  again  in  possession  of 
Nuevo  Laredo,  to  prevent  the  robbery  and  murder  of  the 
Americans  there,  and  two  weeks  later  he  prevented  the 
forced  repayment  of  duties  on  the  goods  of  American 
mcr.  hants  as  was  demanded  by  the  revolutionists. 

These  acts  were  done  for  the  immediate  protection  of 
the  lives.  liberty  and  property  of  American  citizens  in  a 
foreign  country.  In  giving  this  protection.  Colonel  Mer- 
riam acted  solely  upon  his  own  judgment  and  responsi- 
bility. He  had  no  orders  from  higher  authority,  and 
had  he  waited  for  instructions  the  mischief  -would  have 
been  done.  Colonel  Merriam's  conduct  on  the  above 
occasions  received  the  unconditional  and  complimentary 
approval  of  his  superior  ofhcers  and  his  government. 
(See  also  letter  of  General  Ord,  quoted  in  Congressional 
report    further  on.) 

In  1877,  on  the  outbreak  of  the  Nez  Perces 
war,  Colonel  Merriam,  having  been  promoted 
to  lieutenant-colonel  Second  Infantry,  was 
sent  to  the  Upper  Columbia,  taking  part  in 
the  Nez  Perce  war  of  1877,  the  Bannock  and 
Piute  wars  of  1878,  and  as  well  other  import- 
ant Indian  and  administrative  services  in  that 
department  until  1885.  This  particular  service 
was  made  the  subject  of  commendation  in  let- 
ters written  by  Major  General  O.  O.  Howard, 
U.  S.  A.,  with  recommendation  for  promotion, 
and  by  Senator  Wilson  and  Senator  Dawes, 
President  Henry  Mllard,  of  the  Northern 
Pacific  Railroad,  and  by  petitions  of  civil  offi- 
cers and  prominent  citizens  of  the  new  state 
of  Washington.  General  Howard  wrote  as 
follows : 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


New  York,  December  17,  1891. 
To   Adjutaxt-General.   U.    S.    A.  : 

Sra  :  During  the  year  of  the  Nez  Perce  War.  1877,  the 
Second  Infantry  was  transferred  to  my  department — that 
of  the  Columbia — and  participated  in  that  campaign,  and 
also  in  the  Piute  and  Bannock  War  the  next  year.  Col. 
H.  C.  Merriam  was  the  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  regi- 
ment. 

After  matters  settled  down  he  was  for  some  time  In 
command  of  the  large  post  of  Cceur  d'Alene,  now  called 
Fort  Sherman  ;  in  fact,  doing  the  building  of  the  greater 
part  of  that  post.  The  appropriation  was  small,  and 
therefore  great  economy  was  demanded,  and  skill,  in  pro- 
viding for  at  least  six  companies.  For  administrative 
ability,  diligence  and  success  in  that  work,  and  in  fact 
for  all  his  work  under  my  command.  I  have  heretofore 
highly    commended    Colonel    Merriam. 

He  was  next  put  in  charge  of  building  the  new  post 
of  Fort  Spokane.  Here  again  he  manifested  a  similar 
energy  and  ability,  and  gave  great  satisfaction  in  his 
administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  post;  and  at  that 
time  it  became  necessary  to  look  beyond  the  post  itself. 
He.  in  fact,  had  charge  of  keeping  the  peace  with  sev- 
eral bands  of  Indians,  including  that  of  Chief  Moses. 
The  interest  he  took  in  this  work,  and  his  success  have 
passed  into  the  history  of  the  Department  of  the  Co- 
lumbia. 

Certainly    I    can    join    with    other    officers    under    whom 
Colonel    Merriam    has    served    in    saying    that    he    has    a 
good   record   and   high    character,    and   indeed    I   would   not 
recommend   any  junior   to  be   promoted   before   him. 
Very   respectfully,    your  obedient   servant, 

(Signed)  O.  0.  Howard, 

Major-General.  U.  S.  A. 

I  heartily  join  General  Howard  in  the  above  recom- 
mendation. 

(Signed)  H.    L.    Dawes, 

U.    S.   Senate. 

As  a  military  insti'uctor  and  administrator 
he  had  certainly  no  superior  in  the  army.  The 
following  letters  are  quoted  in  support  of  this 
claim : 

Headquarters  of  the   Army. 

Ogden,  Utah,  June  13,  1895. 
Colonel  H.  C.  Merriam, 

Seventh     Infantry.     Fort    Logan,     Colorado. 
Colonel:      The     Lieutenant-General     commanding     the 
Army  directs  me  to  express  to  you  his  appreciation  of  the 
excellent    condition    of   your    command   at    the    time    of   his 
recent  visit  to  Fort    Logan   and   of  the  great  accuracy  and 
promptness    with    which    all    the    military    exercises    were 
performed.      It   was   a   great    satisfaction    to   him    to    find    a 
military  command  in   so  complete  a  state  of  efficiency. 
Very   respectfully,    your   obedient    servant, 
(Signed)  J.    P.    Sangeb, 

Lieut.-Col.    Mil.    Sec'ty. 

St.   ArcrsTi.NE,  Fla.,  January    13,   1S97.'' 
Colonel  H.   C.   Merriam, 

Seventh  U.  S.  Infantry,  Fort  Logan,  Colorado. 
Dear  Colonel:  In  reply  to  your  letter  of  January  7th. 
I  regret  that  I  never  had  the  opportunity  of  serving  with 
you  in  the  field  or  otherwise,  which  would  have  enabled 
me  to  speak  more  positively  in  respect  to  your  qualifica- 
tions for  higher  command.  But  I  am  glad  to  say  that  all 
the  reports  which  came  to  me  while  I  was  in  command 
of  the  .Army  were  in  corroboration  of  the  opinion  formed 
from  my  own  observation  and  expressed  to  you  in  the 
letter  I  sent  you  from  Ogden,  Utah.  June  13,  1895.  I 
shall  be  glad  if  that  letter  or  this  can  be  of  service  to 
you. 

Fortunately  you  are  still  comparatively  young  and  the 
record  you  have  made  both  for  gallantry  in  war  and  for 
efficient  service  in  time  of  peace,  ought  to  insure  your 
promotion    in   time. 

I   am,    Dear    Colonel,    yours    very   truly, 

(Signed)  J.    M.   Schofield, 

Lieutenant-General,     retired. 

Washington,    D.    C.    March    19,    1897. 
To   THE   Honorable    the    Secretary   of   War. 

Sir  :  I  also  recommend  Colonel  Henry  C.  Merriam  to 
be  made  Brigadier-General  in  place  of  General  Brooke, 
promoted.  Colonel  Merriam  had  a  distinguished  record 
during  the  war  as  a  captain.  20th  Maine,  August  29. 
1862.  Was  made  Lieutenant-Colonel  U.  S.  C.  Infantry, 
May  21.  1864.  and  Brevet  Colonel.  March  26,  1865.  He 
has  been  Colonel  in  the  Regular  Army  since  July  10. 
1885,  and  is  a  very  accomplished  officer  and  gentleman 
of  high  character,  a  good  disciplinarian,  and  in  every 
way     qualified     for    the     duties     of    a     Department    Com- 


mander.     Colonel    Merriam    is    the    second    senior    Colonel 
in   the   Army. 

Very   respectfully,    your   obedient    servant. 

Nelson  A.    Miles, 
Major-General.  Commanding. 

Promoted  in  1885  to  command  of  the  Sev- 
enth Infantry,  Colonel  Merriam  was  trans- 
ferred in  that  year  to  the  Department  of  the 
Platte,  and  in  respect  to  his  service  in  that  de- 
partment General  Brooke,  U.  S.  A.,  in  a  letter 
to  the  Secretary  of  War,  said :  "I  desire  to  ex- 
press to  you  my  opinion  of  the  fitness  for  pro- 
motion to  that  grade  ( brigadier  general )  of 
Colonel  H.  C.  Merriam.  Seventh  Infantry.  I 
have  known  Colonel  i\Ierriam  for  many  years, 
and  consider  him  one  of  the  best  equipped 
officers  in  the  army  and  thoroughly  well  fitted 
for  promotion  to  a  higher  grade.  I  would  say 
further  that  I  believe  no  abler  officer  could 
be  selected." 

In  i88g  Colonel  Merriam  was  transferred 
from  the  Department  of  the  Platte  to  the  De- 
partment of  Missouri,  and  remained  on  that 
station  until  July,  1897,  when  he  was  pro- 
moted to  brigadier-general,  and  assigned  to 
command  of  the  Department  of  the  Columbia. 
He  organized  and  forwarded  in  midwinter 
most  important  relief  expeditions  to  Central 
Alaska,  where  large  numbers  of  mineral  pros- 
pectors were  reported  to  be  starving.  These 
expeditions  included  the  features  of  exploring 
parties  and  they  have  been  continued  annually, 
gathering  important  and  valuable  information 
and  locating  a  practicable  route  of  communi- 
cation on  American  territory  from  Prince 
Williams  Sound  to  the  Upper  Yukon. 

While  prosecuting  this  important  work,  war 
was  declared  against  Spain,  and  (ieneral  Mer- 
riam made  application  for  active  field  service 
on  April  12,  1898,  before  mobilization  began. 
Failing  to  secure  field  service,  he  was  made 
major-general  of  volunteers,  and  his  command 
was  extended  to  include  the  entire  Pacific 
coast  and  tb.e  Hawaiian  Islands,  then  annexed, 
with  headquarters  at  San  Francisco.  His 
duties  and  responsibilities  included  carrying 
on  the  difficult  work  inaugurated  in  Alaska, 
and  also  the  organization,  equipment  and  for- 
warding of  troops  for  General  Merritt's  com- 
mand in  the  Philippines,  a  work  without  prece- 
dent in  our  history  and  involving  the  develop- 
ment of  an  ocean  transport  system  of  un- 
equalled efficiency. 

Relieved  from  duty  on  the  Pacific  and  of 
his  volunteer  rank  of  major-general,  in  1899 
General  Merriam  continued  to  exercise  a  ma- 
jor-general's command — two  geographical  de- 
partments.    His  most  conspicuous  service  was 


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in  hi^  selection  to  cnmniand  ilk'  lr<Ki])s  dnriiii;" 
the  labor  riols  in  the  Coenr  (rAiene  district 
of  Idaho,  within  the  territorial  jurisdicti<^n  of 
another  officer.  I  lis  positive  metliods  in  deal- 
ings with  this  insurrection  caused  much  ai;ita- 
tion.  hut  his  course  was  sustained  by  the  War 
Department  and  by  a  committee  of  Congress. 
It  enabled  the  state  authorities  to  give  peace 
and  prosperity  to  a  region  historically  turbu- 
lent. l''<^r  this  service  and  for  his  services  on 
the  Pacific  coast  he  received  the  i)ersonal  com- 
mendation of  President  McKinley,  who  fully 
intended  to  promote  him  to  the  grade  of  ma- 
jor-general before  his  retirement.  He  gave 
official  assurance  to  General  Merriam  to  tliat 
etTect.  but  this  temporarily  failed  as  a  result 
of  the  assassinatiiMi  of  the  President.  Plaving 
reached  the  age  limit.  General  Merriam  was 
retired  in  Xoveniher,  1901,  and  his  promotion 
tt)  major-general  was  provided  for  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  by  an  act  of  (Congress,  as  follows: 

Mr.  Dick,  from  the  Committee  on  Military  Affairs,  sub- 
mitted   tlic    following    report    to    accompany    H.    R.    14.375  : 

Thf  Committee  on  ftUlitary  Affairs,  to  whom  was  re- 
ferred the  bill  (H.  R.  14.375)  to  authorize  the  President 
to  appoint  Brigadier-General  H.  C.  Merriam  to  the  grade 
of  Major-General  in  the  United  States  Army,  on  the  re- 
tired list,  report  the  same  back  to  the  House  with  the 
recommendation  that  it  pass  with  amendments  as  follows  : 

On  investigation,  the  committee  find  that  General  Mer- 
riam entered  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  as 
captain  of  the  Twentieth  Maine  Volunteers  in  August, 
1SG2.  and  having  distinguished  himself  as  "an  able,  con- 
scientious, energetic  and  gallant  oflicer,"  as  certified  by 
his  regimental  and  brigade  commanders,  was  transferred 
from  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  to  the  Department  of  the 
Gulf,  where  as  regimental  commander  he  again  won 
marked  distinction  for  ability  and  great  personal  gal- 
lantry in  the  sieges  and  capture  of  Port  Hudson  and 
.Mobile,  as  certified  by  his  brigade  and  division  com- 
manders. 

General  W.  A.  Pile,  comjnander  brigade  in  the  assault 
upon  Fort  Elakely,  defences  of  Mobile,  says  of  Colonel 
Merriam's  regiment  :  'It  was  one  of  the  best  in  the  serv- 
ice, took  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  siege  and  capture  of 
the  fort,  first  breaking  the  enemy's  lines  and  crossing 
their  works ;  the  colonel  requesting  permission  to  ad- 
vance before   the  order  was  given." 

General  John  P.  Hawkins,  division  commander,  of  the 
same  assault,  says:  "In  the  assault  of  Fort  Blakely  his 
regiment  bore  a  conspicuous  part,  and  was  the  first  of  all 
the  regiments,  white  or  black,  to  enter  the  enemy's 
works.' 

For  his  volunteer  service  he  was  made  a  brevet  lieu- 
tenant-colonel for  gallantry  at  Antietam.  brevet  colonel 
for  conspicuous  gallantry  in  the  assault  of  Fort  Blakely. 
Alabama,  and  also  awarded  the  Congressional  medal  of 
honor  "for  conspicuous  gallantry  in  the  assault  and  cap- 
ture of  Fort  Blakely.  Alabama,  voluntarily  leading  his 
regiment  over  the  enemy's  works  in  advance  of  orders, 
and   at   bis  own    request." 

Appointed  major  in  the  regular  army,  he  won  further 
distinction  as  commander  in  the  Apache  country,  southern 
New  Mexico,  for  which  he  was  highly  commended  by 
Brevet  Majnr-General  G.  W.  Getty.  Then  followed  a  tour 
of  eight  years  on  the  lower  Rio  Grande,  in  Texas.  Of 
this  service  we  quote  as  follows  from  an  official  letter 
to  Genera!  Sherman  by  Major-General  Ord,  the  depart- 
ment   commander  : 

"Monterey.    Mexico.   September   30.    1S82. 

"General  :  During  the  revolutionary  struggles  of  1876 
on  the  Rio  Grande  frontier,  and  when,  on  account  of  the 
delicate  and  important  questions  likely  to  arise  with  the 
people  and  authorities  of  the  vicinity  across  the  river,  it 
became  netessary  to  select  an  officer  of  discretion  and 
energy  to  ccmmand  the  small  garrison  at  the  town  of  La- 
redo. I  selected  Major,  now  Lieutenant-Colonel.  H.  C. 
Merriam,    Second    Infantry,  relieving   the   then    commander. 

"By  reference  to  my  subsequent  annual  report,  you  will 
see  that  serious  and  threatening  difficulties  did  arise  at 
the  town   of  Nuevo   Laredo,    on    the    Mexican    side    of    the 


river,  and  that  Major  Merrlnra  acted  with  energy  and 
Judgment,  proving  that  I  had  not  mistaken  his  fltuesa, 
(or    he    proved    equal    to   every    emergency. 

"Sbouhl  Congrus.i  authorize  brevets  for  the  display  of 
ability  and  for  energy  under  trying  circumstances,  I  hop© 
the  clainiH  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Merriam  will  receive 
due  consideration,  for.  after  all,  It  is  only  a  slight  reward, 
and  more  Ihan  deserved  In  his  case,  for  such  services, 
"I  am.  General,  with  great  respect,  your  obedient  servaat, 

**E.    O.    C.    Obd, 
"Major-General,    retired. 
"General    W.   T.   Sherman, 

"Commanding   U.    S.    Army.    Washington,    D.    C, 

"(Through  General  R.  C.  Drum,  Adjutant-General.  U.  S. 
Army.) " 

Then  followed  eight  years  of  arduous  and  moat  ef- 
ficient service  on  the  northern  frontiers  of  W^asblngton  and 
Idaho.  I lu- hiding  Indian  campaigns  and  important  admin- 
istrative control  of  the  various  Indian  tribes  of  that  re- 
gion, resulting  in  their  collectittn  upon  reservations.  For 
this  service  General  Howard  accorded  high  official  com- 
mendation. 

Following  the  foregoing  he  served  for  twelve  years  as 
colonel  of  the  Seventh  United  States  Infantry  In  the  De- 
partments of  the  Platte,  the  Missouri,  and  the  Colorado, 
winning  the  highest  official  commendations  of  all  his 
commanders,  viz.:  Generals  Brooke,  Merritt.  Wheaton, 
McCook,  Miles  and  Schofield.  all  of  whose  reports  have 
been    examined   by    the   committee. 

In  1897  he  was  made  a  Brigadier-General,  and  suc- 
cessfully performed  difricult  and  important  service,  In- 
augurating relief  and  exploring  expeditions  in  Alaska, 
while  commanding  Department  of  the  Columbia,  until 
the  ruiibreak  of  the  Spanish  war,  in  lSf*S.  when  he  ap- 
pealed in  vain  for  active  field  service.  He  was  made  a 
major-general  of  volunteers,  and  assigned  to  command  the 
entire  Pacific  coast,  with  headquarters  in  San  Francisco. 
In  this  capacity  the  duty  of  organizing  and  forwarding 
the  Philippine  expedition  came  under  his  supervision  and 
responsibility.  For  this  work  he  won  the  official  com- 
mendation of  General  Merritt.  commander  in  the  Philip- 
pines, and  the  personal  commendation  of  President  Mc- 
Kinley. 

During  the  last  three  years  of  his  active  service  he 
commanded  the  Department  of  the  Colorado,  and  nearly 
all  of  that  time  the  Department  of  the  Missouri — fairly 
a   Major-General's   command. 

Finally,  the  committee  is  assured  that  it  was  the  in- 
tention of  President  McKinley  to  promote  General  Mer- 
riam to  the  grade  of  Major-General  before  his  retire- 
ment through  the  expected  voluntary  retirement  of  an- 
other ofTicer.  Of  this  intention  President  McKinley  of- 
ficially assured  General  Merriam.  as  well  as  others, 
among  whom  are  Senator  Frye.  General  J.  C.  Bates,  Sec- 
retary Root,  General  Corbin  and  General  MacArthur — 
the   latter   only   a   few   days  before  the   assassination. 

The  failure  of  the  promised  promotion  resulted  from 
the  fact  that  the  expected  voluntary  retirement  of  an- 
other officer  did  not  take  place  ;  hence  there  was  no  va- 
cancy. For  this,  and  for  the  high  appreciation  of  Gen- 
eral .^Terriam  by  the  War  Department  and  the  President, 
attention  is  respectfully  invited  to  the  following  indorse- 
ment of  the  honorable  Secretary  of  War: 
"War  Department, 
"W'ASHINGTON,  D.   C,   December  16,   1902. 

"Respectfully  returned  to  the  chairman  Committee  on 
Military  Affairs,  House  of  Representatives,  inviting  at- 
tention to  the  preceding  indorsement  hereon  and  accom- 
panying   inclosure    therein    referred    to. 

"General  Merriam  was  a  fine  officer,  and  the  President 
would  have  been  glad  to  promote  him  before  h-s  retire- 
ment if  there  had  been  a  vacancy.  I  do  not  doubt  that 
he  would  be  glad  to  do  so  now  if  the  Congress  would 
grant   the   necessary   authority. 

"Elihtj   Root,   Secretary   of  War." 

In  view  of  all  the  facts  set  forth,  it  is  the  unanimous 
recommendation  of  this  committee  that  this  bill  should 
pass  as  an  act  of  justice  to  a  most  able,  gallant  and 
meritorious  officer  of  long  and   distinguished   service. 

The  following  act  passed  by  unanimous  vote 
of  both  houses  of  Coni^ress,  February  2.  1903: 

An  Act  to  authorize  the  President  to  appoint  Brigadier- 
General  H.  C.  Merriam  to  the  grade  of  major-general  in 
the  United  States  Army  and  place  him  on  the  retired 
list. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Congress  as- 
sembled. That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  au- 
thorized to  appoint,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
Senate.  Brigadier-General  H.  C.  Merriam  to  the  grade 
of  major-general  in  the  United  States  Army  and  place  him 
on    the    retired    list. 

Approved.  February  5,    1903. 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


After  retirement  he  lived  for  a  time  at 
Wayne,  Pennsylvania,  and  tlien  establislied  a 
comfortable  home  near  the  city  of  Portland, 
Maine,  with  a  winter  residence  in  Washing- 
ton. 

General  Merriam  is  the  inventor  and  pa- 
tentee of  the  Merriam  Infantry  Pack,  to  the 
perfection  of  which  he  devoted  much  study, 
time  and  experiment.  The  device  has  won 
most  flattering-  success  in  this  country  and 
also  in  Europe,  and  won  for  him  a  gold  medal 
award  from  the  French  Academy  of  Inventors. 
He  also  is  the  fortunate  possessor  of  three 
elegant  swords — one  presented  him  by  mem- 
bers of  his  first  command,  Company  H,  Twen- 
tieth Maine  \'olunteer  Infantry ;  one  by  the 
American  merchants  of  Nuevo  Laredo,  Mex- 
ico, as  an  appreciation  of  his  services  in  the 
protection  of  their  lives  and  property,  in  1876; 
and  the  third  by  the  officers  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment,  on  his  promotion  to  the  rank  of 
brigadier-general  in  1897,  in  recognition  of 
his  twelve  years  of  service  as  commander  of 
that  famous  body  of  fighters.  General  Mer- 
riam is  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  the 
Society  of  Foreign  Wars,  the  Society  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Civics. 

General  Merriam  married  (first)  January 
16,  1866,  Lucy  Jane,  daughter  of  Eleazer  and 
Jane  (Clark)  Getchell,  of  Waterville,  Maine. 
She  was  drowned  in  a  cloudburst  April  24, 
1870,  on  the  Staked  Plains  of  Texas,  and  with 
her  also  perished  her  only  child.  He  married 
(second)  in  1874,  L'ua,  daughter  of  John  and 
Caroline  Lucille  (Lynch)  MacPherson-Mac- 
neil,  of  Kingston,  Jamaica.  She  was  born 
September  29,  1848.  General  Merriam's  chil- 
dren: I.  Mamie  Eugenie,  born  at  Fort  Bay- 
ard, New  Mexico,  March,  186S.  died  with  her 
mother,  April  24,  1870.  2.  Carrie  Augusta, 
born  at  Fort  Brown,  Texas,  August  2,  1875 ; 
married  at  Denver,  Colorado,  April  5,  1899, 
George  Bart  Berger,  and  had  Merriam  Ber- 
ger,  born  December  22,  1900;  Margaret  Ber- 
ger, April  I,  1902:  George  Berger,  November 
20,  1905.  3.  Captain  Henry  MacPherson, 
born  at  Houlton,  Maine,  October  12,  1877; 
educated  at  Stanford  University,  California,  at 
the  United  States  School  of  Artillery,  and  the 
Submarine  Mines ;  promoted  captain  United 
States  Artillery,  August  27,  1903 ;  served  in 
the  Spanish,  Philippine  and  China  campaigns ; 
married,  at  Denver,  Colorado,  December  7, 
1901,  Alice  Lishman.  4.  Cyrus  Lincoln,  born 
at  Vancouver,  Washington,  December  16, 
1879;  graduated  from  Stanford  University. 
1903;   now   superintendent   of   a   large    sugar 


and  India  rubber  plantation  in  southern  Mex- 
ico. 5.  Charles  Bailey,  born  at  Fort  Spokane, 
Washington,  August  27,  1885;  educated  at 
University  of  IMaine ;  now  in  the  real  estate 
business  at  Spokane,  Washington.  6.  Kather- 
ine  ]\Iaude,  born  at  Fort  Laramie,  Wyoming, 
April  29,  li 


(For    ancestry    see  preceding  sketch.) 

Major    Lewis    Merriam    Jr., 
MERRIAM     son  of  Lewis  and  Mary  Ann 

(Foss)  Merriam,  and  brother 
of  General  Henry  C.  Merriam,  was  born  at 
the  old  Merriam  homestead  at  Houlton,  Aroos- 
took county,  Maine,  April  4,  1843.  He  lived 
on  the  farm  until  1853,  and  at  the  ?\Ierriam 
sawmill  until  1862.  He  enlisted  for  civil  war 
service  as  private  August  5,  1862,  and  was 
mustered  into  the  United  States  service  as 
sergeant  in  Company  H,  Twentieth  Regiment 
Maine  Volunteers,  at  Portland,  and  during  the 
war  period  made  a  most  brilliant  record,  serv- 
ing in  all  the  campaigns,  battles  and  skir- 
mishes of  that  regiment  from  the  battle  of  An- 
tietam,  September  17,  1862,  to  the  battle  of 
the  Wilderness,  May  5,  1864,  except  the  battle 
of  Fredericksburg,  when  he  was  sick  in  Har- 
wood  Hospital,  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

In  the  first  charge  of  the  Fifth  Corps  at 
the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  on  May  5,  1864, 
he  was  captured  by  the  enemy  and  taken  to 
Andersonville  prison,  Georgia.  This  incident 
closed  his  career  with  that  famous  regiment 
whose  name  was  immortalized  when,  under 
the  command  of  the  gallant  Chamberlain,  it 
brilliantly  seized  and  successfully  held,  against 
a  large  superior  force  of  the  enemy,  historic 
Little  Round  Top,  the  key  to  the  whole  posi- 
tion of  the  Federal  army,  at  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg.  As  the  fame  of  this  regiment  be- 
longs to  each  and  every  member  of  its  organ- 
ization at  that  time,  a  part  is  due  this  soldier, 
who  was  a  sergeant  in  Company  H,  the  left 
centre  company,  in  that  sanguinary  conflict. 
His  clothes  were  cut  or  pierced  by  the  enemy's 
bullets  three  times  within  about  as  many  min- 
utes, and  the  beloved  Steele,  gallant  Lathrop, 
his  bunkmate,  and  brave,  loyal  Buck — all  ser- 
geants of  this  company — received  their  death 
wounds  and  lay  on  the  battlefield,  a  few  feet 
from  him,  giving  up  their  life  blood  on  the 
altar  of  their  country.  His  last  shot  was  fired 
when  the  muzzle  of  his  rifle  was  almost 
against  the  breasts  of  the  enemy,  and  when 
the  command  "Bayonets!"  rang  out  along  the 
line,  he  had  no  time  to  fix  bayonet,  but 
charged  with  clubbed  rifle,  as  did  many  others 
of  the  command.     This  charge  resulted  in  a 


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comi)Icte  victory  and  the  capture  of  iiirmy 
prisoners,  Init  at  a  fearful  sacrifice,  as  nearly 
one-half  of  the  command  lay  dead  or  disabled 
on  the  field. 

llis  experiences  as  a  prisoner  were  most 
iiarrowinf;-.  ( )n  arriving  at  Andersonville  he 
was  ])laced  in  charf;e  of  one  hundred  fellow 
prisoners,  for  whom  he  drew  rations  in  hulk 
and  issued  to  them  individually.  He  or.Ljanizcd 
a  company  of  the  ten  thousand  prisoners  for  an 
effort  to  undermine  the  stockade  and  capture 
the  prison  guard  and  make  their  escape,  but 
they  were  betrayed  by  some  of  their  own  men 
for  an  extra  ration  of  cornmeal.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  police  organized  inside  the 
stockade  to  break  up  a  band  of  robbers  and 
murderers  among  the  prisoners,  which  re- 
sulted in  the  arrest  of  about  twenty  of  the 
hardest  cases  in  the  prison.  They  were  turned 
over  to  the  prison  authorities,  tried  for  mur- 
der, and  six  were  convicted  and  sentenced  to 
be  hanged.  They  were  turned  over  to  the 
police  in  the  stockade,  who  erected  a  gallows 
and  duly  executed  the  sentence. 

In  October,  1864,  he  was  one  of  the  pris- 
oners transferred  to  Florence  prison.  South 
Carolina,  and  while  en  route  attempted  an 
escape  with  several  others  by  jumping  off  the 
cars  at  night,  but  the  ever-watchful  guards 
fired  upon  them  and  also  jumped  from  the 
cars  and  recaptured  them  before  they  could 
get  away.  At  Florence  prison  he  was  again 
placed  in  charge  of  one  hundred  prisoners,  for 
whom  he  received  and  issued  rations.  In  No- 
vember he  escaped  from  Florence  by  passing 
out,  as  one  of  the  paroled  sergeants  who  were 
handling  the  rations  outside  the  stockade,  his 
meal  sack,  which  he  threw  carelessly  over  his 
shoulder,  being  a  successful  means  of  passing 
the  guard  at  the  main  gate  during  the  hour  of 
issuing  rations.  The  first  night  he  travelled 
in  creeks  and  swamps  in  mud  and  water, 
sometimes  to  his  waist,  to  break  his  trail  and 
prevent  being  followed  by  the  hounds,  but 
after  nearly  three  weeks  of  terrible  suffering 
from  hunger  and  cold,  hiding  in  swamps  by 
day  and  travelling  at  night,  he  was  recaptured 
on  Willow  Creek  bridge,  near  the  Pedee  river. 
South  Carolina,  while  trying  to  make  his  way 
to  the  coast.  .He  was  taken  back  to  Florence 
and  was  very  sick  with  scurvy  and  swamp 
fever  during  nearly  the  entire  months  of  De- 
cember and  January,  when  many  hundreds  of 
the  prisoners  died  from  the  same  disease,  his 
own  bunkmate.  Corporal  Calvin  E.  Bates,  of 
Company  E,  Twentieth  Maine,  losing  both 
feet,  which  decayed  so  that  the\-  were  cut  ofT 
at  the  ankles  with  a  pair  of  scissors.    A  state- 


ment and  illu.-tration  of  this  horrible  incident 
appeared  in  Harper's  ll'cclcly,  of  about  April, 
18O5. 

In  February,  while  being  transferred  to 
Salisbury  prison,  North  Carolina,  he  escaped 
again,  and  with  his  companion,  Sergeant  H. 
A.  Willis,  of  the  First  Maine  Cavalry,  suc- 
ceeded in  reaching  tiie  Union  lines  at  Wil- 
mington, North  Carolina,  i-ebruary  22,  1865, 
in  a  starving  condition.  They  had  been  hiding 
in  the  swamps  near  the  Confederate  army,  in 
midwinter,  with  very  little  clothing  and  abso- 
lutely without  food  for  five  days.  They  could 
hear  the  great  gun.>  down  the  river  at  Fort 
I'isher,  and  believed  their  friends  were  coming 
nearer  each  day.  The  night  before  Wilming- 
ton was  captured  they  crept  tiirough  the  Con- 
federate lines  to  the  city,  but  encountered  a 
squad  of  the  enemy  in  the  suburbs,  who  fired 
upon  them  when  they  ran  away,  but  they 
escaped  in  the  darkness,  and  after  a  long 
detour,  entered  the  city  again  on  the  north 
side.  Here  they  questioned  an  old  colored 
woman  and  told  her  they  were  Yankee  pris- 
oners and  wanted  a  place  to  hide.  She  would 
not  believe  them,  and  said  they  were  only 
rcbs,  trying  to  get  her  into  trouble,  but  they 
might  hide  under  the  old  buildings  if  they 
wanted  to.  In  about  two  hours  she  came  out 
again  very  gently  and  whispered:  "You  dar 
yit?  Well,  I  guess  you's  Yanks  sho  nufif.  De 
Yanks  am  comin'  ober  de  riber,  and  de  rebs 
all  goin'  awa\-,  takin'  all  de  men,  white  and 
black,  with  them,  but  my  ole  man  is  hid  in  the 
swamp,  and  dey  cain't  git  him.  You's  be 
mighty  still  and  I  take  youse  to  a  better 
place."  She  led  them  into  an  old  storehouse 
with  gable  right  up  to  the  street,  that  was  full 
of  the  retreating  Confederate  army.  She  put  a 
ladder  up  to  a  trap  door  to  the  attic,  and  they 
climbed  up  and  she  took  away  the  ladder. 
They  found  themselves  in  the  attic  of  an  old 
building  with  the  roof  half  gone,  and  plenty 
of  stars  shining  through,  and  cracks  at  the 
gable  so  they  could  plainly  see  and  hear  the 
Confederate  troops  as  they  were  leaving  the 
city.  They  were  both  suffering  from  cold, 
and  had  very  often  to  stuft  their  mouths  with 
a  piece  of  an  old  quilt  to  keep  from  coughing 
loud  enough  to  be  heard.  Early  the  next 
morning  there  was  a  commotion  in  the  street 
below  them,  a  few  shots  were  fired,  and  in 
ten  minutes  they  saw  a  squadron  of  cavalry 
coming  up  the  street  with  the  Stars  and 
Stripes.  Just  how  they  got  down  from  that 
old  attic  and  out  into  the  street,  where  they 
were  furnished  with  hard  tack  and  bacon  by 
the  cavalry  boys,  they   have  never  been  able 


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STATE  OF  MAIXli. 


to  tell,  but  they  had  a  confused  recollection  of 
the  old  colored  woman  singing :  "Glory ! 
Glory !  Bress  de  Lord !  Dey's  come !"  etc., 
etc.,  and  a  broken  ladder  and  a  light  fall. 
They  were  soon  comfortably  located  in  a 
tobacco  storehouse  with  a  number  of  other 
escaped  prisoners  who  had  been  hidden  away 
in  Wilmington  for  months  by  friends.  There 
were  a  great  many  loyal  people  in  Wilming- 
ton, and  the  escaped  prisoners  were  soon  fur- 
nished with  good  warm  clothing  and  blankets, 
and  the  best  to  eat  the  city  afforded. 

After  about  ten  days  recuperating  they  were 
placed  on  board  a  transport  and  sent  to  Anna- 
polis, Maryland,  where  they  received  furlough 
for  thirty  days  to  visit  their  homes  in  Maine. 
At  home  both  found  commissions  awaiting 
them — Willis  as  first  lieutenant.  First  Maine 
Cavalry,  and  Merriam  as  second  lieutenant. 
Sixty-seventh  United  States  Colored  Troops. 
Merriam  reported  from  furlough  at  the  War 
Department  in  Washington,  the  day  after  the 
assassination  of  President  Lincoln,  and  viewed 
his  remains  in  the  east  room  at  the  White 
House.  He  received  orders  to  join  his  regi- 
ment, then  serving  in  the  Department  of  the 
Gulf,  via  New  York  City  and  transport  to 
New  Orleans.  While  waiting  in  New  York 
for  steamer  he  was  selected  as  one  of  the 
veterans  to  carry  the  banners  and  flags  of  the 
Union  League  Club  at  the  funeral  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  in  that  city.  He  joined  the 
Sixty-seventh  U.  S.  Colored  Troops  at  Port 
Hudson,  Louisiana,  May  29,  1865,  but  the 
regiment  having  been  depleted  in  numbers 
since  the  date  of  his  appointment,  no  company 
was  of  sufficient  strength  to  allow  the  third 
officer  to  muster.  He  then  applied  to  the  War 
Department  for  authority  to  muster  back  to 
date  of  appointment,  but  instead  of  granting 
this  request  he  was  commissioned  as  of  the 
same  grade  in  the  Sixty-first  U.  S.  C.  T.,  and 
was  thereby  deprived  of  the  benefits  of  his 
first  commission  because  he  was  a  prisoner 
and  unable  to  report  for  muster  as  required  by 
regulations.  He  joined  the  Sixty-first  U.  S. 
C.  T.  at  Mindcn,  Louisiana,  and  was  mustered 
to  date  May  29,  1865,  and  subsequently  by 
authority  of  the  War  Department  to  date 
]\Iarch  21,  1865.  He  was  honorably  mustered 
out  at  Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana,  December  30, 
1865,  and  appointed  second  lieutenant  Sixty- 
fifth  U.  S.  C.  T.,  February  20,  1866,  and  pro- 
moted to  first  lieutenant  June  i,  1866.  Al- 
though the  youngest  officer  of  his  regiment, 
he  was  selected  by  General  Edgerton,  who 
commanded  at  Baton  Rouge,  to  command  an 


expedition  composed  of  a  detachment  of  his 
regiment,  to  proceed  by  land  to  Bayou  Sara, 
Louisiana,  and  break  up  a  band  of  outlaws  and 
murderers  who  had  murdered  Agent  Leak, 
of  the  Freedmen's  Bureau,  at  that  place,  and 
were  terrorizing  all  that  part  of  the  state.  The 
expedition  of  about  ten  days  was  very  suc- 
cessful, and  on  returning  to  Baton  Rouge, 
Lieutenant  Merriam  was  highly  complimented 
by  General  Edgerton  and  congratulated  by  his 
brother  officers.  He  was  honorably  mustered 
out  of  the  volunteer  service  with  his  regiment 
at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  January  8,  1867. 

He  then  returned  to  his  home  in  Maine, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  sawmill 
business  with  his  brother  Leonard  until  1871. 
He  was  employed  as  quartermaster's  clerk  at 
Forts  McKavitt  and  Duncan,  Texas,  from  1871 
to  August,  1872.  He  was  appointed  second 
lieutenant  Fourth  U.  S.  Infantry,  July  27, 
1872,  and  joined  that  regiment  at  Frankfort, 
Kentucky,  and  assigned  to  Company  K ;  was 
with  his  company  at  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  and 
at  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  till  March,  1873 ;  on 
leave  of  absence  in  Maine  till  July,  1873 ;  with 
company  at  Fort  Omaha,  Nebraska,  and  Fort 
Bridger,  Wyoming,  till  January,  1875 ;  on 
grasshopper  duty  in  Nebraska,  distributing 
clothing  and  food  to  the  people  of  Seward, 
York  and  Plamilton  counties  until  May,  1875; 
with  company  at  Fort  Bridger  until  March 
20,  1876.  He  was  granted  eight  months  leave 
of  absence,  and  during  this  period  occurred 
his  marriage. 

It  was  at  this  time  and  while  on  this  leave 
of  absence  that  he  appealed  to  Congress  for 
an  act  to  enable  him  to  muster  on  his  com- 
mission as  second  lieutenant  in  the  Sixty- 
seventh  United  States  Colored  Troops,  which 
was  issued  to  him  while  a  prisoner,  and  was 
presented  to  the  Congress  by  the  following 
letter : 

War    Department. 
Adjutant-General's    Office. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  17,  1876. 
Hon.   H.    B.    Benning, 

Chairman    Committee    on    Military    Affairs. 

Hou.'=e   of    Representatives. 
Dear    General  :     Permit    me    to    introduce     Lieutenant 
Merriam.  Fourth  Infantry.     He  is  trying  to  get  his  record 
corrected.      It    is  just,    but   there   are   legal    obstacles,    and 
the   case   requires   legislation. 

He  is  an  excellent  officer,  and  will,  I  hope,  succeed. 
Very   respectfully,   your  obedient  servant, 
(Signed)  Wm.  D.  Whipple, 

A.  A.  G.  and  A.  D.  C. 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  28.  1876. 
Hon.   H.   B.    Banning, 

Chairman   Committee  on   Military   Affairs, 
House    of    Representatives. 

Sib  :  Lieutenant  Merriam  was  a  sergeant  In  the  Twen- 
tieth Maine  Volunteers,  which  I  commanded  in  the  catn- 
palgns  of  1864.  He  was  a  most  gallant  and  worthy 
soldier.  I  know  personally  the  circumstances  of  his  cap- 
ture. It  was  in  the  charge  of  the  Fifth  .\rmy  Corps  on 
the    fifth    day    of    May.      He    was    in    advance   of   his    regi- 


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ment,    doing    most    valuuble    service     In    a     very    critical 
emergency,   anil  was  cut   off  with  some  others  of  the  com- 
mand  by   a  flanking   party  of  the  enemy. 
I    have   the   honor   to   be. 

Very    respectfully,  your  obedient  servant. 

(Signed)  Ellis    Speab, 

Late   Bvt    Brig.-Gen.   Vols. 

The  report  of  the  Adjutant  Cicneral  of  the 
army  caused  an  adverse  rejiort  from  the  Mili- 
tary Committee,  and  Lieutenant  Merriam  then 
wrote  tile  following  personal  letter  to  the  Ad- 
jutant General  in  his  defence  : 

Washington,  D.   C.   May   10,   187G. 
(Personal.) 
General  E.   D.   Townsend, 

Adjutant-General.  U.  S.  A. 
Sir;  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  reply 
to  your  letter  reporting  my  military  record  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  .Military  AITalrs.  H.  R.  In  your  remarks  on 
said  report  you  do  not  recognize  any  merit  in  my  claim 
whatever,  and  I  feel  that  If  you  properly  understood 
the  case  you  could  not  fail  to  see  some  merit  in  it.  I 
inrlose  herewith  two  letters  touching  mv  service  and 
final  capture  while  in  the  Twentieth  Maine  Volunteers. 
While  a  prisoner  I  did  not  omit  any  elTort  to  escape, 
and  recklessly  exposed  my  lite  three  times  before  I  .suc- 
ceeded, as  my  record  shows.  You  say  there  Is  nothing 
peculiar  about  my  case.  I  cannot  think  that  all  who 
were  captured  were  taken  under  like  circumstances  or 
made  the  same  effort  to  escape  and  return  to  duty  in  the 
field.  It  is  the  poliry  of  the  government  to  encourage 
personal  risk  in  the  military  service,  not  discourage  it. 
It  I  had  been  less  adventurous  on  that  day,  and  less 
eager  to  do  my  whole  duty  to  the  country.  I  should  have 
saved  my.sclf  nearly  a  year  of  suffering  to  the  very 
border  of  death,  in  prison,  and  five  years  of  broken  health 
after  the  war.  and  would  have  been  mustered  and  paid  on 
my  commission,  as  I  now  pray  to  be.  I  admit  I  cannot 
be  mustered  and  paid  under  the  law,  otherwise  my  pe- 
tition would  not  be  before  Congress.  I  apply  because  I 
think  my  case  exceptional  and  meritorious.  It  Is  excep- 
tional because  from  its  nature  there  can  be  but  few  In- 
stances where  soldiers  were  commissioned  while  in  the 
hands  of  the  enemy.  It  is  meritorious  because  I  was 
thought  to  have  earned  the  promotion,  and  was  commis- 
sioned by  reason  of  doing  my  duty  to  the  utmost  and  re- 
gardless of  all  hazard  I  lost.  If  this  Is  not  a  case  where 
equity  phould  give  what  the  law  denies,  then  I  do  not 
know  what  equity  means.  The  fact  that  there  may  be 
others  who  suffered  like  injustice  hardly  satisfies  me  In 
a  refusal  of  my  petition. 

I  respectfully  ask  that  the  private  letter  be  returned 
to  me  at  617  E  Street.  N.  W.  My  excuse  for  writing 
this  letter  is  that  your  remark  prejudiced  my  case  very 
strongly   before   the   committee. 

I  am.  General,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

Lewis   Merriam, 
2d  Lieut.  4th   Inft.,   U.  S.   A. 
(A  true  copy.) 

The  following  remarkable  letter  has  been 
severely  criticized  by  officers  of  high  rank  : 

War    Department, 
Adjutant-General's    Office. 

Washington,  May  13.   1876. 
Lieut.    Lewis    Merriam, 
Fourth   Infantry. 

617  E  Street.  N.  W..  Washington,  D.  C. 
Sir  :  Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the 
10th  inst..  I  have  respectfully  to  state  that  it  is  consid- 
ered quite  right  that  the  official  report  from  this  office 
should  prejudice  your  claim  before  the  Military  Committee 
of  the  House  of  Representatives,  as.  although  your  con- 
duct was  gallant  and  most  worthy  of  commendation,  you 
are  ccrlairly  not  entitled  to  the  money  claimed.  The 
U,  S.  Government  was  most  liberal  in  granting  continu- 
ance of  pay  to  our  prisoners  of  war,  when,  under  old 
rules,  pay  was  stopped  under  such  circumstances  as  oc- 
curred in  your  case.  But  the  Regulations  forbidding 
promotions  while  in  the  enemy's  hands,  were  made  early 
In  the  war.  to  .secure  the  efficiency  "ot  regiments  in  the 
field,  which  required  their  ofDcers  with  them,  and  yours 
Is  not  by  many  hundreds  the  only  (^ase  where  officers 
and  soldiers  were  debarred  from  promotion  by  reason  of 
capture. 

The   inclosures  to   your  letter  are  herewith  returned. 
Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant. 
E.    D.    Townsend, 

Adjutant-General. 

Returning  to  his  command,  he  was  on  gen- 


eral court  martial  duty  at  l"ort  Laramie,  Wy- 
oming, and  with  his  curnpanv  at  Camp  Red 
Canyon,  Wyoming,  till  May.  '1877;  with  com- 
pany at  Fort  Bridger,  Wyoming,  till  May  20, 
1879;  with  company  as  A.  A.  Q.  M.  and  A. 
C.  S,,  at  Fort  Laramie,  Wyoming,  till  June, 
1880,  when  he  was  jiromoted  lirst  lieutenant 
and  a.ssigned  to  Company  A,  Fourth  Infantrv. 
lie  \vas  with  company,  A.  A.  Q.  M.  and  A. 
C.  S.,  at  Fort  Fetterman,  WyomTng,  till  April, 
1881  ;  on  leave  of  absence  till  October,  1881 ; 
commanding  company,  instructor  of  musketry 
and  range  officer,  at  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry 
School  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  till  Au- 
gust, 1883.  On  being  relieved  from  duty  at 
Fort  Leavenworth,  the  commaiulant  of  the 
school  forwarded  the  following  letter  to  the 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army: 

Post    of    Fort    Leavenwortu.    Kansas, 

July    16,    1883. 
Ad.tftant-Oeneral.   U.    S.   Army: 

First  Lieutenant  Lewis  Merriam,  Fourth  Infantry  dur- 
ing almost  his  entire  tour  of  duty  at  the  post,  extending 
from  November.  1881.  to  .July  lu.  1S83.  has  been  acting 
as  Instructor  of  Musketry.  This  duty,  owing  to  the  num- 
ber of  Company  organizations  present,  has  occupied  nearly 
all  his  time,  although  during  a  good  share  of  that  period 
he  has  been  obliged  to  exercise  command  of  "A"  Com- 
pany. Fourth  Infantry,  the  interests  of  which  he  faith- 
fully attended  to.  As  Target  Officer  he  showed  in  the 
performance  of  his  duty  pracUcal  intelligence,  matured 
experience,  the  power  to  Impart  instruction  and,  in  fine 
the  essential  qualities  which  a  competent  Instructor  of 
.Musketry  should  possess,  and  he  labored  faithfully  as- 
siduously and  efficiently  with  officers  and  men  of  the 
Command,   to   improve   them   in   rifle  practice. 

The  zeal  with  which  he  prosecuted  his  labors,  attend- 
ing to  all  the  details  connected  with  the  target  range 
deserves  especial  mention  and  praise. 

(Signed)  E.    S.   Otis, 

Colonel   Twentieth   Infantry,   Commanding. 

Lieutenant  Merriam  was  with  Companv  F, 
Fourth  Infantry  A.  A.  Q.  :\I.,  A.  C.  S.,  range 
officer,  anrl  instructor  of  ritle  practice  at  Fort 
Xiobrara,  Nebraska,  till  1886.     He  was  cham- 
pion rifle  shot  of  the  United  States  army  for 
the  years    1883,    1884   and    1885,   and   is   the 
owner  of  more  first-class  government  medals, 
won  in  competition,  than  any  other  officer  or 
enlisted  man  in  the  army.     He  was  with  com- 
pany,   instructor   of   rifle   practice   and    range 
officer    at    Fort    Spokane,    Washington,    1886 
to    1887.      He   was   granted   si.x   months   sick 
leave,  and  cirdered  before  a  retiring  board  in 
1888,  and  sick  leave  until  retired  from  active 
service    for    disability    contracted    in    line    of 
duty,  with  rank  of  captain.  June  23.  1893,  and 
promoted   to   rank  of  major  by  act  of  April 
23.    1904.      During   his    army   service    he    re- 
ceived many  commendatory  letters  from  offi- 
cers of  high   rank— Adjutant  General   H.   C. 
Corbin;  General  iM.   I.  Luddington,  Quarter- 
master   General;    Paymaster    General    T.    H. 
Stanton ;  Brigadier  General  J.  C.  Gilmore.  A. 
A.  G. :  Brigadier  General  T.  E.  True ;  Briga- 
dier   General    E.    \'.    Sumner:    General    EUis 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Spear,  and  many  others.  Major  Merriain  is  a 
companion  of  the  District  of  Cokmibia  Com- 
mandery.  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
of  the  United  States,  and  of  Kit  Carson  Post, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Washington 
City,  and  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  and  resides  in  Washington, 
D.  C. 

He  married,  at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  August 
7,  1876,  Annie  Burnham,  born  in  Mauch 
Chimk,  Pennsylvania.  June  17,  1854,  daugh- 
ter of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Horace  Blois  and 
Mrs.  Ruth  Ann  (Jackson)  Burnham,  her 
father  being  deputy  judge  advocate  general 
United  States  Army.  Children  of  Major 
and  Mrs.  Lewis  Merriani:  i.  Ruth  Mary, 
born  at  Fort  Bridger,  Wyoming,  August  i, 
1877;  married,  at  Washington,  D.  C.  June  8, 
1899,  Dr.  Frank  Hood  Schuhz,  D.  D.  S. ;  re- 
side in  Washington,  D.  C.  2.  Henry  Clay, 
born  at  Fort  Omaha,  Nebraska,  December 
17,  1879;  graduate  of  Shattuck  Military 
School,  of  Faribault,  Minnesota,  and  is  cap- 
tain of  coast  artillery,  U.  S.  A.,  stationed  at 
Fortress  Monroe.  \'irginia ;  married,  at  Man- 
ila, Philippine  Islands.  August  30,  1900,  Bes- 
sie Charlotte  Ray,  of  Faribault,  Minnesota ; 
has  a  daughter,  Charlotte  Burnham,  born  at 
Fort  Sheridan.  Illinois,  April  6,  1903.  3.  Hat- 
tie  Newell,  born  at  Fort  Fetterman,  Wyom- 
ing, June  15,  1 88 1,  died  at  Clarksville,  Ten- 
nessee, October.  1881.  4.  Lewis  Burnham, 
born  at  Fort  Niobrara,  Nebraska,  March  4, 
1884;  died  December  2,  1884.  5.  Blois  Burn- 
ham. born  at  Fort  Spokane,  Washington,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1886:  drowned  in  Coeur  d'Alene 
Lake,  Idaho,  August  20,  1892.  6.  Lewis,  born 
in  Spokane,  ^^'ashington,  May  30,  1893,  now- 
attending  St.  John's  College,  Annapolis,  iMary- 
land. 


The  name  appears  in  the  rec- 
STETSON  ords  variously  spelled :  Stet- 
son, Stilson,  Studson,  Stedson 
or  Stutson,  from  the  time  of  its  first  record  in 
the  Plymouth  Colony  in  1633.  It  is  tradition- 
ally credited  with  having  been  a  Scotch  family. 
Robert,  the  first  of  the  name  in  America,  is 
credited  with  having  been  a  native  of  Kent 
countv,  England,  and  landing  in  New  England 
in  1633.  As  the  first  settlers  of  Scituate  were 
known  as  "Men  of  Kent;"  it  may  be  that  he 
is  credited  to  county  Kent,  England,  with  the 
others,  as  in  1634  he  received  a  considerable 
grant  of  land  from  the  general  court  of  New 
Plymouth  Colony,  at  which  date  he  must  have 
been  twenty-one  years  of  age.  The  land 
granted  him  was  on  the  North  river,  in  the 


town  of  Scituate,  where  he  built  a  home,  and 
the  land  did  not  pass  out  of  the  family  or  out 
of  the  Stetson  name  until  the  widow  of  Charles 
Stetson  married  Clarke  Sampson,  of  Duxbur\-. 
(I)  Robert  Stetson,  immigrant,  was  an  im- 
portant man  in  Plymouth  Colony  and  a  useful 
citizen  both  in  time  of  peace  and  of  war.  He 
took  the  oath  of  freeman  in  1652;  was  made 
foreman  of  jury  for  laying  out  roads  in  1653 ; 
a  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  Plymouth 
Colony  1653-56;  erected  a  saw  mill  in  1656; 
was  again  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1658-59-60-61-62,  and  again  in  1666-67,  and 
an  additional  deputy  in  1674,  on  account  of 
the  immediate  prospect  of  war  with  the  In- 
dians. He  was  a  commissioner  in  June,  1659, 
with  Major  Josiah  Winslow  and  Lieutenant 
Southworth,  appointed  by  the  general  court  of 
Plymouth  Colony  to  view  and  adjust  the  trou- 
blesome question  of  the  boundary  line  at  the 
time  unfixed  between  the  colonies  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  and  Plymouth,  finally  fixed  in 
1664.  In  1675  he  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee to  procure  clothing  for  the  soldiers  in 
the  Indian  wars,  and  in  1681,  with  Nathaniel 
Thomas,  of  Marshfield,  he  hired  the  Cape  fish- 
eries for  the  privilege  of  catching  bass  and 
mackerel.  He  served  in  the  colonial  militia  as 
cornet,  or  flag  bearer,  of  the  first  company  of 
horse  organized  in  Plymouth  Colony,  in  1658 
or  1659,  ^^'^  '^'^s  a  member  of  the  council  of 
war  in  1661  and  again  in  1681.  He  took  the 
field  repeatedlv  in  repelling  Indian  attacks  or 
the  defending  of  settlers  on  the  frontier.  In 
the  time  of  the  King  Philip  war  he  was  de- 
spatched to  visit  Sachem  Philip,  and  was  paid 
for  this  service,  according  to  the  records,  as 
follows:  "1677  Paid  Cornett  Studson  for  his 
horse,  time  and  pains  forty  shillings."  In 
1668  he  was  commissioned  by  the  general  court 
to  purchase  from  the  Indian  owners  the  tract 
of  land  which  subsequently  formed  the  towns 
of  Hanover  and  Abington,  for  the  use  of  the 
colony,  but  the  title  to  be  made  in  his  name 
and  some  of  his  sons  settled  on  these  lands. 
The  maiden  name  of  the  mother  of  Cornet 
Stetson's  children  is  not  known.  In  his  will, 
made  and  witnessed  September  4.  1702,  he 
gives  his  wife's  name  as  Mary,  and  it  is  gen- 
erally conceded  by  the  most  careful  and  trust- 
worthy genealogists  that  she  was  his  second 
wife  and  the  widow  of  John  Bryant,  and  that 
he  married  her  after  1682.  His  will  was 
proven  on  March  i,  1703,  he  having  died 
February  i,  1703,  at  the  age  of  ninety  years, 
and  in  his  will  his  daughter  Eunice  is  men- 
tioned as  Eunice  Rogers,  and  the  widow  of 
his  son  John  as  Abigail.    He  evidently  became 


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a  member  of  the  Second  Parish  Church  of 
Scituate  before  the  time  he  took  the  oath  of 
freeman  in  1652,  as  his  first  three  children 
were  brought  to  the  church  and  baptized,  Oc- 
tober 6.  1645.  The  time  of  his  marriat;e  is 
not  definitely  known,  but  the  eldest  of  these 
children,  Joseph,  was  born  in  Scituate;  other 
children  were:  Benjamin,  Thomas  (died 
vountr),  Samuel,  John,  Eunice,  Lois,  Robert 
and  Thomas. 

(II)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Cornet  Robert 
Stetson,  was  born,  June,  1639,  at  Scituate, 
Plymoulh  Colony,  and  was  baptized  in  the  Sec- 
ond Parish  Church.  October  6,  i646(?).     He 

married   Prudence  ,  and  lived   a  quiet 

life  on  his  farm,  taking  part  in  neither  the 
affairs  of  the  church,  town  or  colony.  He 
died  between  1722  and  1724.  His  will  was 
dated  .\pril  4,  1722,  and  was  probated  May 
8.  1724.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Prudence 
Stetson  :  Jose])h,  Robert.  Lois,  William,  De- 
sire, Prudence,  .Samuel  and  Haimah. 

(III )  Robert  (2),  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Prudence  Stetson,  was  born  in  Scituate,  Ply- 
mouth Colony,  December  9,  1670.  He  served 
his  town  as  constable  in  1722,  the  only  office 
credited  to  him  on  the  town  records.  He 
was  evidently  a  man  of  business  aflfairs,  in 
addition  to  his  cultivation  of  a  farm.  He 
married  Mary  Collamore.  of  Scituate ;  chil- 
dren :  Anthony,  Jemima,  Isaac,  William.  Mar- 
tha. Gideon  and  Robert. 

(IV)  Robert  (3),  youngest  son  of  Robert 
(2)  and  Mary  (Collamore)  Stetson,  was  born 
September  3,  1710.  The  date  of  his  death  is 
not  known.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  evidently 
lived  on  a  part  of  the  Indian  plantation  pur- 
chased by  his  great-grandfather,  Cornet  Stet- 
son, he  having  a  farm  of  forty-three  acres, 
and  on  it  he  erected  a  house  that  was  still 
standing  on  the  highway  leading  from  the 
meeting  house  to  Hanover  and  was  still  stand- 
ing in  igoo.  being  next  to  the  oldest  house  in 
the  town  of  Hanover.  He  sold  the  place  to 
his  brother  William  in  1746.  He  married, 
November  23,  1738,  Hannah  Tower,  of  Pem- 
broke. i\Iassachusetts  ;  children:  Robert,  Reu- 
ben. Hannah,  Mary.  Batcheler,  Caleb,  Martha 
and  Jemima. 

(\')  Batcheler.  third  son  of  .Robert  (3)  and 
Hannah  (Tower)  Stetson,  was  born  in  Han- 
over. Massachusetts,  December  11.  1753.  and 
died  in  Greene,  Maine,  in  1825.  He  removed 
to  New  Gloucester.  Maine,  and  in  1791  settled 
in  Greene,  locating  on  the  place  lately  occupied 
by  Reuben  Stetson.  He  served  through  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  in  the  battle  of  Ben- 
nington received  a  charge  of  powder  in  the 


face.  His  record  in  the  Massachusetts  Rolls 
is  as  follows :  Batcheler  Stetson,  Hanover, 
list  of  men  raised  to  serve  in  the  Continental 
army  from  Colonel  John  Cushing's  (second 
Plymouth  county)  regiment,  residence,  Han- 
over, engaged  for  town  of  Hanover,  term, 
three  years,  also  bombadier,  Captain  William 
Treadwell's  company.  Colonel  John  Crane's 
(Artillery)  regiment;  Continental  army  pay 
accounts  for  service  from  February  14,  1777, 
to  December  31,  1779,  reported  as  services 
twenty-four  months  as  malross,  ten  months 
seventeen  days  as  bombadier.  He  married 
Margaret  Nash,  of  New  Gloucester;  children: 
Hannah,  Deborah,  Turner  and  Caleb. 

(VI)  Turner,  son  of  Batcheler  and  Mar- 
garet (Nash)  Stetson,  was  born  in  Greene,  in 
1788,  and  died  in  the  same  town  in  1847.  He 
was  a  farmer,  a  man  much  respected  and  pop- 
ular. He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia.  He 
married  Thankful  Lombard,  born  in  1795,  died 
in  1848.  Children:  Reuben.  Angelina.  Han- 
nah, Benjamin.  Caleb,  Melissa,  Andrew  Jack- 
son, Maria,  Martin  Van  Buren,  Alfred,  Alonzo 
Johnson. 

(VII)  Reuben,  son  of  Turner  and  Thankful 
(Lombard)  Stetson,  was  born  in  Greene, 
March  25,  1813.  He  followed  the  sea,  and 
was  mate  for  six  years,  and  was  the  last  sur- 
vivor of  the  crew  that  took  the  Stevens  ex- 
ploring party  to  Mexico  and  Central  America. 
He  afterward  settled  on  the  farm  upon  which 
Batcheler  Stetson  first  located  in  Greene.  He 
married  Christiana,  daughter  of  David  Tomp- 
son.  She  was  a  woman  of  most  attractive 
personality  and  great  force  of  character. 
Their  children  are:  Herbert  Lee.  William 
Wallace,  Clement  Skofield  and  James  Henry. 

(\TII)  William  Wallace,  second  son  of 
Reuben  and  Christiana  (Tompson)  .Stetson, 
was  born  in  Greene,  Maine,  June  17.  1849. 
His  early  life  was  passed  at  the  family  home- 
stead and  in  attending  the  district  school.  He 
went  to  Monmouth  Academy,  and  later  to  Ed- 
ward Little  Institute  in  Maine,  and  finally  to 
Monmouth  College,  Illinois.  He  began  teach- 
ing at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  and  taught  some 
part  of  every  year  until  1895.  He  com- 
menced in  the  district  schools  of  Maine,  and 
in  1868  went  to  Illinois,  where  he  taught  in 
district,  normal  and  high  schools,  and  finally 
became  superintendent  of  schools.  While 
principal  in  the  high  schools  of  Illinois  he 
fitted  pupils  who  took  honors  at  Cornell,  Har- 
vard, Evanston  and  Ann  Arbor,  in  mathe- 
matics, the  language,  literature  and  history, 
and  wrote  for  educational  journals.  In  1884 
he  returned  to  Maine,  and  in  March,  1885.  be- 


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came  principal  of  Webster  school  in  Auburn, 
and    took    charge    of   the   Auburn    schools,    a 
position   he  filled   for  a  period  of  ten   vears, 
at  the  same  time  lecturing  on  educational  sub- 
jects and  writing  for  magazines.     "As  a  sup- 
erintendent of  schools,"  says  the  "History  of 
Androscoggin  County,"  "he  enjovs  an  enviable 
reputation  for  executive  ability,  a  broad  grasp 
of  what  should  be  taught,  and  great  fertility 
in    devising   methods   of   instruction.      He    is 
noted  not  only  for  being  abreast  of  the  times 
on    educational    subjects   but    as    an    explorer 
in  new  fields.     His  annual  reports,  in  which 
he  has  elaborated  his  theory  of  education,  have 
received   the  hearty   endorsements   of   leading 
educationalists."      From    1895    to    1907    Mr. 
Stetson  was  state  superintendent  of  the  schools 
of  Maine  and  brought  to  his  work  vigorous 
health,  marked  enthusiasm  and  tireless  energy, 
great  capacity  for  sustained  efTort,  wide  know- 
ledge of  school  organization  and  management, 
quick  insight  into  educational  conditions  and 
needs,  and  foresight  into  methods  of  meeting 
them  :  a  large  and  ready  fund  of  pedagogical 
laws   and    facts,   the   power   to   think   clearly, 
connectedly,  to  right  conclusions,  and,  withal, 
a  terse,  vigorous,  graphic,  ready  style  of  ex- 
pression in  speech  and  writing,  giving  power 
to  make  others  think  with  him  and  make  his 
thoughts  their  own.    The  state  reports  of  Air. 
Stetson  have  been  more  extensively  circulated 
than  any  other  similar  documents  in  the  last 
decade.     Besides  being  largely  copied  by  edu- 
cational journals  of  this  country,  many  por- 
tions of  these  volumes  have  been  reprinted  in 
French,    German    and    Spanish.      When    Air. 
Stetson   resigned    from   the   responsible   office 
of   state  superintendent  of  schools,   Governor 
Cobb,  upon  accepting  the  resignation,   desig- 
nated June  30  as  the  date  upon  which  it  was 
to  go   into  efifect,   thus   keeping   Mr.    Stetson 
identified  with  the  office  until  the  close  of  the 
school   year.     The   feeling   of   the   legislature 
was  shown  by  its  voting  seven  to  one  in  the 
house  and  unanimously  in  the  senate,  to  nearly 
double  the  salary  of  the  state  superintendent. 
The  governor,  in  a  public  letter,  expressed  his 
approval   of   and   confidence   in    'Mr.    Stetson, 
concluding  with  the  words :    "You  have  done 
much  for  the  cause  of  education  in  Alaine,  and 
I  thank  you."    Though  his  school  work  made 
up  a  busy  and  useful  life,  the  more  than  or- 
dinary energy  of  Mr.  Stetson  led  him,  upon 
taking   up   his   residence   in    Auburn,   to   ally 
himself  with  every  effort  tP  increase  the  pros- 
perity of  that  city,  and  his  efforts  have  ma- 
terially  aided    in    the   advancement    of    many 
important  organizations.     He   was   especially 


prominent  in  the  founding  of  the  Building  and 
Loan  Association,  having  charge  of  the  meet- 
ings which  led  up  to  its  formation.  It  was  a 
suggestion  made  by  him  to  a  newspaper  re- 
porter that  kindled  the  flame  of  enthusiasm 
for  a  public  library.  Later  he  brought  the 
subject  before  the  Board  of  Trade  and  was 
made  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the  board 
on  library,  and  it  was  largely  through  his  per- 
sistent efforts  that  the  idea  has  been  substan- 
tially realized.  He  was  one  of  its  corporators 
and  was  elected  one  of  its  trustees. 

Since  1907  Mr.  Stetson  has  devoted  all  of 
his  time  to  writing  and  the  lecture  field.     He 
is  a  polished  and  impressive  speaker,  his  well- 
chosen    words    flowing    gently    and    smoothly 
from  a  fountainhcad  of  sound  reasoning,  pro- 
found logic  and  wholesome  thought.     His  elo- 
quence  is   calm  but   inspiring,   his  argument, 
simple   but   convincing,   his   humor,   plain   but 
genuine  and  refreshing.     He  has  contributed 
much  to  educational  publications.     His  writing 
is  characterized  by  his  ability  to  grasp  a  sub- 
ject with  ease,  to  express  his  ideas  with  clear- 
ness, yet  in  a  terse  and  striking  manner,  while 
a   fine   presence  and   a   harmonious  and   well 
modulated   voice   add    much    to    his   delivery. 
In  speaking  without  notes  he  is  more  apt  to 
be  brief  and  pungent  than  in  his  more  care- 
fully  prepared    speeches.      He    is    a    constant 
student  of  history,  philosophy  and  literature, 
and    to    these    subjects    he    has    devoted    the 
greater  part  of  a  fine  private  library.     From 
his  interest  in  these  branches  he  has  always 
made   it  a  point  to  belong  to  a  history  and 
literature  club,  and  he  has  formed  several  of 
these    organizations.      The    following    extract 
from  the  Ez'eniug  Post,  of  Wellington,  New 
Zealand,   is   certainly  of  great   interest :     "In 
this   revival    (educational)    Maine   appears   to 
lead  the  way.     That  state  is  blessed  with  an 
enthusiast  in  the  person  of  William  Wallace 
Stetson,  superintendent  of  the  educational  de- 
partment.    He  raises  his  voice  on  paper,  and 
lie  sings  in  a  way  that  makes  the  people  listen 
gracefully.      Even    his    correspondence    paper 
bears  signs  of  his  belief  that  the  care  of  the 
young   is   the   most   important   national    duty. 
On    the    left-hand    corner    of    his    note-paper 
sheet    there   are  -five    statements — democratic, 
incontrovertible :    'The    homes    of    Maine   are 
domestic    universities.'      The    home    and    the 
school    hold    the   hope   of   the   future.'      'The 
common   school   is   to  be   the   social,   literary, 
and    art    center    of    the    community.'      'The 
safety    of    the    nation    is    not    in    the    hands 
of    its    rulers,    but    in    the    lives    of   its   com- 
mon    people.'       'The     world's     best     servant 


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knows  the  p;ist,  lives  in  the  present,  foresees 
tlie  fnture.  and  is  ready  for  the  next  thin'jf."  " 
Such  aiijireciation  from  far-ofY  New  Zealand 
is  certainly  pleasant.  Professor  J.  1)  Wilson 
furnishes  the  followiny  comments:  "In  the 
way  of  intellectual  outlook  and  professional 
uplift  the  KirUsville  Normal  School  of  Mis- 
souri came  to  high  tide  under  the  masterful 
sway  of  Hon.  W.  \V.  Stetson,  the  hrilliant. 
scholarly  and  eIo(|uent  State  Superintendent  of 
the  schools  of  Maine.  In  ripeness  of  scholar- 
ship, in  catholicity  of  spirit  and  in  finish  of 
culture  Mr.  Stetson  has  few  equals  in  this 
country.  *  ='  *  Mr.  Stetson's  larj^e  and  last- 
infj  service  to  this  institution  and  to  the  cause 
of  education  and  the  hiohcr  life  in  Missouri 
came  less  from  his  preaching  and  more  from 
his  personality." 

.Mr.  F.  1;.  .Arundell,  a  well-known  author  of 
North  Carolina,  wrote  an  appreciation  of  Mr. 
Stetson  as  a  speaker,  from  which  the  follow- 
ing is  taken  :  "He  has  sojourned  among  many 
peoples  am[  has  .studied  men  and  conditions 
everywhere  his  travels  have  led  him.  These 
experiences  give  him  a  power  and  make  him  a 
force  for  progress.  He  is  one  of  this  country's 
foremost  educators.  His  educational  creed  is 
as  comprehensive  as  the  children  of  his  coun- 
try are  numerous  and  his  im]nilses  are  as  sin- 
cere and  patriotic  as  the  cause  for  which  he 
pleads  is  essential  and  just.  Dr.  Stetson  is  a 
really  great  .American,  and  he  who  hears  him 
on  the  rostrum,  or  lingers  with  him  in  social 
intercourse,  will  not  only  admire  him  but  hold 
him  in  sincere  and  lofty  esteem." 

He  is  a  man  of  strong  personality,  warm 
heart  and  generous  impulses,  and  out  of  he 
strength  of  his  own  manhood  impresses  him- 
self on  those  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 
His  record  as  a  lecturer  extends  over  the 
I'nited  States  and  Canada,  and  he  has  been 
heard  in  many  of  our  most  famous  educational 
institutions.  .Some  of  his  principal  lectures  are  : 
Some  Essentials,  The  Natural  Order  of  De- 
velopment. The  Literary  Training  of  the 
Teacher,  Reading  an  Unprinted  Page,  The 
Emotions  as  a  Factor  in  Education,  A  Master's 
IMessage,  Some  Les.sons  the  South  May  Teach 
Us.  -A  Review  of  the  Record,  Historical  Study 
for  the  Teacher,  The  Duty  of  the  Community 
to  the  School,  Lessons  Taught  by  Leaders, 
The  Big  Four,  Education  Through  the  .Study 
of  Things,  Basis  of  the  Efficient  School,  One 
Point  of  View,  Helping  Without  Hurting,  In- 
terpretation of  Works  of  Art,  The  New  Edu- 
cation. .Aesthetic  Culture.  He  is  the  auihor 
of:  History  and  Civil  Government  of  Maine; 
Rural  Schools  of  Maine ;  Needs  of  Schools  of 


Maine:  What  is  and  Should  be  Taught  in  the 
Common  Schools;  Waste  and  Kindred  Evils 
in  the  .Administration  of  Public  Schools;  The 
Public  .School  System  with  Regard  to  Pur- 
pose, Scope  of  Instruction,  Organization  and 
Present  Condition ;  The  Schools  of  North- 
eastern Maine ;  Sketches,  Designs  and  Plans 
for  School-buildings.  School  Yards  and  Out- 
houses; What  the  .School  .Should  do  for  the 
Child;  Suggestions  on  Study  of  U.  S.  History 
.-ind  .Arithmetic;  Librar\'  and  .Art  Exchange; 
Local  History  and  C;eogra|)hy  and  Kindred 
Subjects;  Some  of  Our  School  Problems  and 
.State  of  Local  Interest ;  Experiment  in  Child 
Study;  The  School  as  it  Was,  Is  and  Should 
Be  ;  Words,  Readinsj  and  Literature  ;  Improve- 
ment of  .School  Buildings  and  (Irfumds;  Meth- 
ods for  Elementary  Schools ;  Manual  for 
Teachers ;  Gains  and  Losses ;  Educational 
Ideals ;  Rural  Communities  and  Centers  of 
Populations;  The  Work  of  a  Decade;  Stand- 
ard Schools;  To  the  Boys  and  Girls  of  Maine; 
Crying  of  the  Children;  Industrial  Educa- 
tion ;  .A  Theory  and  a  Condition  ;  and  Thoughts 
by  the  Way.  Mr.  Stetson  received  the  degree 
of  .\.  M.  and  LL.  D.  from  Colby  College,  and 
the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Alonmouth  (Il- 
linois) College.  The  home  of  Mr.  Stetson  on 
Minot  avenue  is  one  of  the  notable  residences 
of  the  city,  and  is  surrounded  by  handsome 
and  well-kept  grounds. 

He  was  married,  July  4,  1871,  to  Rebecca 
Jane  Killough.  of  ^,Iorning  Sun,  Iowa.  She 
is  a  woman  of  education  and  refinement,  and 
is  active  in  literary  and  philanthropic  work. 


(For  fir^t  generation   see   Robert  Stetson   I.) 

(II)  Benjamin,  second  son  of 
STETSON  Cornet  Robert  Stetson,  the 
immigrant  settler,  of  Scituate, 
Plymouth  colony,  was  born  at  Scituate,  Au- 
gust, 1 64 1,  and  baptized  October  6.  1645.  He 
was  a  deputy  in  the  general  court  of  Plymouth 
colony  to  1691,  and  a  representative  in  the 
general  court  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  col- 
ony at  Boston  in  1693-94-1700,  the  two  col- 
onies having  joined  in  a  common  government 
with  the  general  court  to  assemble  at  Boston 
in  1692.  He  was  conspicuous  in  the  affairs  of 
the  .Second  Parish  of  Scituate.  and  represented 
the  interests  of  the  church  repeatedly  before 

the  general  court.   He  married  Bethiah , 

and  their  children  were:  i.  Benjamin  (q.  v.). 
2.  Matthew,  born  June  12,  1669,  died  Novem- 
ber, 1690,  in  the  expedition  which  successfully 
besieged  Quebec  under  Sir  William  Phipps  at 
the  time  that  knight  wns  high  sheriff  of  New 
England  colonics  and  beffire  he  was  made  the 


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first  royal  governor  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Col- 
ony, 1692-94.  3.  James,  born  May  i,  1670. 
4.  Samuel,  born  in  October,  1673.  5.  Bethiah, 
May  14,  1675.  6.  Mary,  April  21,  1678.  7. 
Hannah,  June  i,  1679.  8.  Deborah,  December 
3,  1681.  9.  Eunice,  March,  1683.  10.  Mary, 
born  September,  1684,  died  young.  Benjamin 
Stetson,  Sr.,  died  at  Scituate,  Massachusetts, 
May  4,  171 1. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  eldest  son  of  Benja- 
min (i)  and  Bethiah  Stetson,  was  born  in 
Scituate,  in  February,  1663,  baptized  May  19, 
1668.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  also  engaged  in 
manufacturing  iron  as  early  as  1720,  when  the 
towns  at  annual  town  meeting  "granted  two 
acres  of  land  on  Indian  Head  River  to  Joseph 
Barston  and  Benjamin  Stetson  for  the  accom- 
modation of  a  forge."  He  was  a  representa- 
tive in  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony  in  1700,  and  a  man  of  importance 
in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary 22.  1690.  Grace  Turner;  children:  i. 
^latthew,  born  November  5,  1690.  2.  Grace, 
April  29,  1692;  married  (first)  John  Hatch, 
Jr.,  February  26,  1718-19,  and  on  the  settle- 
ment of  her  father's  estate  she  is  recorrled  as 
Grace  Heals.  3.  Margaret,  born  i\Iarch  30, 
1694;  married,  November  22,  1739.  James 
Briggs.  4.  Benjamin,  born  July  i,  1696.  5. 
Bethiah.  born  May  4,  1699;  married,  Septem- 
ber 5,  1728,  Nicholas  Powers.  6.  Leah,  born 
May  6,  1702;  married,  November  16,  1732, 
Enoch  Whitten,  or  Whitney.  7.  Abijah,  born 
July  4,  1704  (q.  v.).  Benjamin  Stetson  Jr. 
died  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  about  1740. 

(IV)  Abijah,  youngest  child  of  Benjamin 
(2)  and  Grace  (Turner)  Stetson,  was  born  in 
Scituate.  Massachusetts.  July  4,  1704,  and  he 
was  taken  to  the  church  and  baptized  with 
his  sister  Leah,  two  years  his  senior,  Septem- 
ber 24.  1704.  He  married,  June  5.  1728-29, 
Deborah  Turner,  of  Scituate,  and  they  made 
their  home  in  the  town  of  Hanover  after  their 
first  three  children  were  born  in  Scituate. 
Children:  I.  Adam,  born  March  12,  17 — .  2. 
John,  April  17,  1731.  3.  Abigail,  November 
4'  1733'  died  February  3,  1752,  unmarried.  4. 
Deborah,  born  1737,  died  1762.  5.  Prince, 
bom  in  August,  1741  (q.  v.).  6.  Margaret, 
born  April  7,  1745;  married,  July  18.  1765, 
Job  Sylvester.  7.  Elijah,  born  in  March,  1747. 
6.  Zilpha,  born  in  March,  1750;  married,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1771,  James  Carter,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 21,  1776.  The  five  children  last  named 
were  born  in  Hanover  township.  INIassachu- 
setts. 

(V)  Prince,  third  son  of  Abijah  and  De- 
borah   (Turner)    Stetson,  was  born   in   Han- 


over, Massachusetts,  in  August,  1741.  He 
married,  in  1768,  Eunice  Sylvester,  and  after 
his  marriage  lived  for  a  time  in  Hanover,  and 
then  removed  to  Freeport,  Maine,  at  which 
place  he  died.  He  was  familiarly  known  as 
Captain  Prince  Stetson  by  reason  of  his  posi- 
tion in  the  militia  service.  Children :  Sophia ; 
Joan ;  Eunice  T.,  married.  May  3,  1795, 
Thomas  Willet,  of  Abington,  Massachusetts ; 
Temperance,  married  Jacob  Stetson ;  Nathan- 
iel, born  in   1772   (q.  v.)  ;  P ,  married, 

and  lived  in  Boston ;  Prince,  born  February 
28,  1780;  Charles,  born  1786;  Sage;  Joseph 
and  Henry  (twins). 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  eldest  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Captain  Prince  and  Eunice  (Sylvester) 
Stetson,  was  born  (probably)  in  Hanover, 
Massachusetts,  about  1772.  He  removed  from 
Hanover  to  Freeport,  Maine.  He  married,  in 
1793,  Ruth  Curtis;  they  had  children,  all  prob- 
ably born  in  Freeport,  Maine:  Daniel,  Sep- 
tember, 1797;  John;  Vienna,  married  George 
Corlis :  Eunice,  married  John  Stevens ;  Will- 
iam B.  (q.  V.)  ;  Emeline,  married  Frank 
Woods ;  Clarissa,  married  Samuel  Matthews ; 
Nathaniel,  born  1807,  died  at  sea,  1835. 

(VII)  Captain  William  B.,  third'  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Ruth  (Curtis)  Stetson,  was 
born  in  Freeport,  Maine,  October  28,  1803. 
He  was  a  sea  captain  and  lived  in  Freeport. 
He  married,  December  25,  1826,  Melinda 
Dunham ;  children,  born  in  Freeport :  William 
E.,  September  26,  1827;  Melinda  H.,  April  3, 
1829;  Joseph  H.  (q.  v.)  ;  George  W.,  October 
18,  18^2;  Eliza  F.,  May  18,  183;;  Lucille  E., 
May  8,  1841. 

(VIII)  Joseph  H.,  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Captain  William  B.  and  Melinda 
(Dunham)  Stetson,  was  born  in  Freeport, 
Maine,  January  22,  1831.  He  attended  schools 
of  that  town  until  twelve  years  of  age,  and 
made  his  first  trip  to  sea  as  cabin  boy  in  May, 
1843,  on  the  schooner  "Edward  and  Frank." 
He  followed  the  sea  for  seven  years,  first  as 
cabin  boy,  later  as  mate,  during  which  time  he 
visited  many  foreign  countries.  In  1849  he 
returned  to  his  home  and  started  to  learn  the 
tinsmith  trade  with  J.  P.  Weeman,  remaining 
with  him  three  years.  He  then  went  to  Bath, 
where  he  was  employed  at  his  trade  three 
years,  and  the  following  winter  he  spent  in 
New  Orleans.  In  September,  1857,  he  came 
to  Lewiston  and  engaged  in  the  hardware 
business  with  George  Soule,  their  store  being 
located  on  Main  street  near  the  bridge.  In 
1863  the  partnership  of  Bean  &  Stetson  was 
formed,  and  continued  until  the  death  of  Mr. 
Bean  in  1886.   Mr.  Stetson  continued  the  busi- 


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ness  alone  under  the  name  of  J.  H.  Stetson 
&  Company  until  1900.  when  the  corporation 
of  J.  H.  Stetson  Companj'  was  formed.  In 
the  Masonic  order  Mr.  Stetson  rank-s  high ;  he 
is  a  member  of  Ashlar  Lodge,  having  united 
with  this  order  in  1868;  of  King  Hiram  Royal 
Arch  Chapter  ;  of  Lewislon  Commandery  ;  and 
is  one  of  the  oldest  Scottish  Rite  Masons  now 
living,  having  taken  his  degrees  in  1872.  For 
thirty-four  years  he  has  been  treasurer  of 
Dunlap  Council,  and  for  thirty-one  years  has 
been  treasurer  of  Lewiston  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion. He  married,  November  18,  1857,  Har- 
riet J.,  born  April  9,  1836,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  N.  and  Jane  C.  (Trufant)  Smith, 
of  Rath,  Maine.  Children:  i.  Ella  F.,  born 
September  6.  1859,  died  January  31,  1864.  2. 
George  B..  born  September  26,  1866:  resides 
in  Lewiston.  Maine;  married,  C^ctober  8,  1890, 
Hattie  J.  Xoble ;  children:  Ruth  E..  born  Au- 
gust 9,  1892;  Joseph  \\'..  born  February  14, 
1894.  3.  Edward  S.,  born  June  30,  1868;  see 
forward.  4.  John  N.  S.,  born  August  9,  1871, 
see  forward. 

(IX)  Edward  S.,  son  of  Joseph  H.  and 
Harriet  J.  (Smith)  Stetson,  was  born  in  Lew- 
iston, Maine,  June  30,  1868.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  began  his  business 
career  with  J.  H.  Stetson  &  Company  at  the 
completion  of  his  studies,  devoting  energy 
and  application  to  his  work.  In  1900  Mr. 
Stetson  was  elected  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  company,  which  position  he 
now  holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masons, 
in  which  fraternity  he  has  been  singularly  hon- 
ored. He  is  past  master  of  Ashlar  Lodge ; 
was  twice  illustrious  master  of  Dunlap  Coun- 
cil ;  past  illustrious  potentate  of  Kora  Temple ; 
president  generalissimo  of  Lewiston  Com- 
mandery. Knights  Templar;  member  of  the 
Elks,  Odd  Fellows  and  Calumet  Club.  He 
married,  November  29,  1893,  Mae  L.  French, 
and  resides  in  Auburn,  JMaine.  Children :  Ed- 
ward S.,  born  February  7,  1897;  Harvey  L., 
born  February  8,  1899.    (See  French.) 

(IX)  John  N.  S.,  son  of  Joseph  H.  and 
Harriet  J.  (Smith)  Stetson,  was  bom  in 
Lewiston,  IMaine,  August  9,  1871.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  graduated 
from  Lewiston  high  school  in  1891.  After 
leaving  school  he  entered  correspondence  de- 
partment of  the  Youth's  Companion  in  Bos- 
ton, where  he  remained  several  years.  For 
the  past  four  years  Mr.  Stetson  has  been  as- 
sociated with  the  Boston  Loan  Company  of 
Boston,  and  at  the  present  time  (igo8)  is 
president  of  the  Institute,  a  position  and  stand- 
ing that  tests  his  ability  and  enterprise.    He  is 


also  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the  J.  H. 
Stetson  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  Ashlar 
Lodge,  the  Scottish  Rite,  being  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  is  a  member  of  Kora  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine,  the  Boston  Art  Club,  and  the 
American  Canoe  Association.  He  resides  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  April  18, 
1900,  Ethel  Wyman. 


(For  preceding  generations   see   Robert  Stetson    I.) 

(Ill)  Samuel,  fourth  son  of 
STETSON  Joseph  and  Prudence  Stetson, 
was  born  in  December,  1679, 
probably  at  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  which 
was  the  family  dwelling-place  for  several  gen- 
erations. According  to  the  probate  records  of 
Plymouth  county,  he  died  in  the  year  1761, 
leaving  a  will  which  was  executed  November 
8,  1757.  His  first  wife,  and  the  mother  of  the 
seven  children,  was  Elizabeth,  whose  maiden 
name  is  unknown.  On  January  7,  1731,  Sam- 
uel Stetson  married  (second)  Rachel,  daugh- 
ter of  Sergeant  Samuel  Stetson,  who  was  liv- 
ing at  the  time  that  her  husband  made  his  will. 
Children  of  first  wife  :  i.  Abner,  whose  sketch 
follows.  2.  George,  born  November  6,  17 14. 
3.  Elizabeth.  March  24,  1717,  married  X'a- 
thaniel  Stetson,  of  Pembroke.  4.  Joshua, 
June  26,  1719.  5.  Alice,  March  20,  1720, 
married  Joshua  Ripley.  6.  Joseph,  March  25, 
1724.  7.  Ruth,  who  was  called  Ruth  Merritt 
in  her  father's  will. 

( I\' )  Abner,  eldest  child  of  Satnuel  and 
Elizabeth  Stetson,  was  born,  probably  at  Scit- 
uate, Massachusetts,  November  3,  1712,  bap- 
tized September  6,  1713,  and  died  in  Scituate, 
where  he  had  spent  his  life,  X^'ovember  20, 
1805.  He  married  Deborah,  daughter  of  Mat- 
thew Stetson,  October  7,  1762.  Children:  i. 
Deborah,  born  in  1763,  married  Abner  Crock- 
er, of  Marshfield.  2.  Joshua,  October,  1766. 
3.  Lois  or  Louisa,  1768,  married  Henry  Jos- 
selyn,  of  Pembroke.  4.  Abner  (2),  whose 
sketch  follows.  5.  Melzar,  November  27, 
1772.  6.  Rogers,  1775.  The  youngest  son 
was  deaf  and  dumb ;  he  died  in  October,  1843, 
unmarried. 

(V)  Abner  (2),  second  son  of  Abner  (i) 
and  Deborah  (Stetson)  Stetson,  was  born  at 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  in  July,  1771.  He  was 
a  farmer  all  his  life,  and  in  the  spring  of  1793 
moved  to  Newcastle,  Maine,  and  afterwards 
to  Nobleboro,  where  he  died  September  13, 
1846.  On  December  25,  1795,  Abner  (2) 
Stetson  married  Susanna  Day.  of  Bristol, 
Maine,  who  died  September  22,  1819.  On 
July  15,  1820,  Abner  (2~l  Stetson  married 
(second)    Susanna    Wiley,    who    became    the 


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mother  of  one  child,  James,  bom  May  30, 
1822.  Children  of  first  marriage  were:  i. 
Martha,  born  September  14.  1796,  married 
James  Robinson.  2.  Deborah,  November  22, 
1798,  married  Jeremiah  Knowlton.  3.  Abner 
(3),  the  subject  of  the  succeeding  paragraph. 
4.  WiUiam  D.,  November  18,  1802.  5.  Mary 
D..  February  29.  1804,  married  Joseph  His- 
cock.  6.  Susannah,  January  19,  1806,  died 
Alarch  i.  1809.  7.  Waterman.  January  i, 
1807.  8.  Melzar,  November  4,  1809.  9. 
Henry,  June  2,  181 1,  died  September  8,  1835. 
10.  Benjamin  D.,  May  9,  1813.  11.  Abigail, 
November  24,  1814,  married  Lorenzo  Wright. 
12.  Susannah,  August  11,  1817,  died  October 
19,  1819.  It  will  be  noted  that  both  of  the 
children  named  Susannah  died  in  babyhood ; 
one  at  the  age  of  three  and  the  other  at  the 
age   of  two   years. 

(AT)  Abner  (3).  eldest  son  of  Abner  (2) 
and  Susanna  (Day)  Stetson,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1800,  at  Newcastle,  Maine,  died 
November  4,  1878,  at  Damariscotta.  His 
early  education  was  limited  to  the  town 
schools  which  he  attended  till  the  age 
of  twelve,  and  his  subsequent  knowledge 
was  gathered  by  reading  and  observa- 
tion. He  early  learned  the  trade  of  ship  car- 
penter, and  afterwards  became  a  master  in 
that  line  and  the  founder  of  the  firm  which 
for  many  years  did  business  under  the  name 
of  Stetson  &  Hitchcock.  Among  the  interest- 
ing incidents  connected  with  this  industry  may 
be  mentioned  the  fact  that  Mr.  Stetson  built 
the  ship  "Wiscasset,"  which  brought  Andrew 
Carnegie  to  this  country  when,  an  unknown 
boy,  he  set  out  to  seek  his  fortune  in  America. 
If  the  Stetson  workmanship  had  not  been 
sound  and  trustworthy,  we  might  have  been 
deprived  of  our  most  generous  multi-million- 
aire and  the  multitudes  of  libraries  bearing  his 
name.  Air.  Stetson  gave  up  his  ship-building 
at  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  but  he 
still  retained  an  ownership  in  vessels,  and  he 
lost  one  valuable  ship  during  that  war.  Dur- 
ing his  later  years  he  was  retired  from  active 
business.  Mr.  Stetson  was  a  man  of  upright 
character,  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  in  earlv 
life,  but  he  became  one  of  the  earliest  and 
staunchest  members  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  was  one  of  the  presidential  electors  when 
Lincoln  was  nominated  in  i860.  Mr.  Stetson 
belonged  to  Damariscotta  Lodge  of  Masons, 
-Mna.  No.  43,  of  Damariscotta.  He  was  a 
drummer  boy  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  his  wid- 
ow was  one  of  the  five  remaining  pensioners 
of  that  war  at  the  time  of  her  death. 


Abner  (3)  Stetson  married  (first),  Decem- 
ber 13,  1821,  Mary  Hiscock.  Children:  i. 
Abner,  born  May  30,  1822,  died  June  2j.  1833. 

2.  Everett  W.,  born  August  23,  1825,  mar- 
ried Sarah  A.  Knowlton,  September  25,  1846; 
one  son,  Henry  C. :  died  April  18,  1893.  3. 
Joseph  H.,  born  November  25,  1828,  died  in 
Seattle,  Washington.  1892;  married  Sarah  A. 
Hitchcock  ;  four  children  :  .Alfred,  Josephine, 
Mary,  and  a  baby  died  at  sea.  4.  Alartha  S., 
born  July  20,  1830.  5.  Mary  E.,  born  Au- 
gust 16,  1831,  married  Charles  G.  ;\Ierry ;  one 
son,  Joseph  L.  S.  6.  Abner  Cray  ton,  born 
Jaouary  i,  1834.  married  Rachel  Gammans; 
ciiildren :  Abner  C.  Daniel  R.,  Elizabeth ;  he 
died  1866.  7.  Sarah  D.,  married  Daniel 
Thombs  ;  children  :  A\'illiam  and  Mary  ;  she 
died  1893.  Three  children  died  in  infancy. 
I\Irs.  Mary  (Hiscock)  Stetson  died  January  8, 
1 84 1.  Mr.  Stetson  married  (second),  July 
18,  1841,  Betsey,  born  in  1818,  died  September 

3.  1865,  daughter  of  Jackson  and  Lydia  (]\Ier- 
ry)  Riggs.  Their  children:  i.  Charles  W., 
born  December  26.  1842.  married  Sarah  Bar- 
stow  :  children :  Isabella  C,  Ralph  and  two 
who  died  in  infancy.  2.  Henry  \V..  born  Oc- 
tober 15,  1844,  married  Isabel  Curtis:  one 
child  living,  Anna  Louise,  and  son  who  died 
aged  three  years.  3.  Frederick  J.,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1845.  died  1901 :  married  .Augusta 
E.  Simmons.  4.  John  F.,  born  January  23, 
18-17,  "^'^d  1877;  married  Mary  McMichael; 
one  child,  Bessie  AI.  5.  Wilder  F.,  born  Jan- 
uary    23,      1849,     married      Bessie     . 

6.  Helen  G.,  born  January  17,  1851,  mar- 
ried Thatcher  W.  Parker ;  children  :  Stet- 
married  William  M.  Pennell  (see  Pennell), 
son,  Anna  C,  Infant,  deceased,  and  Curtis; 
died  1892.  7.  Edwin  F..  whose  sketch 
follows.  8.  \\'illiam  .A.,  born  April  30, 
1856,  married  Mary  .A.  Hill:  one  child, 
Marion.  9.  Leida  M..  born  May  25.  1858, 
the  present  sheriff  of  Cumberland  county.  Mr, 
Stetson  married  (third),  August,  1867.  Susan 
Cushman,  of  Warren,  Maine,  who  died  with- 
out issue,  March  16.  1902. 

(VII)  Dr.  Edwin  F..  sixth  son  of  Abner 
(3)  and  Betsey  (Riggs)  Stetson,  was  born  at 
Damariscotta,  Elaine.  December  21,  1853.  He 
obtained  his  preliminary  education  at  Lincoln 
Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1874.  He  entered  Bowdoin  College,  leaving 
at  close  of  sophomore  year  to  enter  Harvard 
Medical  College,  graduating  in  1879.  In  that 
year  he  went  to  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  to  be- 
gin the  practice  of  medicine,  and  remained 
there  for  six  years,  during  which  time  he 
was   secretary  of  Vigo   County    Medical    So- 


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ciety  for  several  years,  also  member  of  Indi- 
ana State  Medical  Society,  Tri  State  and  Aes- 
ciilapian  Medical  societies,  also  member  and 
secretary  of  the  city  board  of  health  for  one 
term.  In  1885  he  returned  to  his  home  town 
of  Daniariscotta,  where  for  nearly  a  quarter 
of  a  century  he  has  been  one  of  the  leading 
physicians.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United 
States  board  of  examining-  surgeons  for  Lin- 
coln county,  being  retired  with  President 
Cleveland's  election.  For  the  past  fifteen 
years  has  been  a  member  of  town  Iroard  of 
health.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lincoln  Coun- 
tv  Medical  .Association.  Maine  Medical  .Asso- 
ciation and  the  .Vmerican  Medical  .Association. 
He  is  also  interested  in  fraternal  organizations, 
and  belongs  to  Alna  Lodge,  No.  43,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Ezra  B.  French 
Royal  .Arch  Chapter,  No.  42,  of  Damariscotta, 
of  which  he  is  a  past  high  priest ;  Dunlap 
Commandcry.  Knights  Templar,  No.  5,  of 
Bath ;  IJncoln  Lodge,  No.  90,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Damariscotta.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  has  served  on  town  commit- 
tees. He  has  been  a  trustee  of  Lincoln  Acad- 
emy from  1888,  and  now  (1909)  and  for  the 
past  three  years  has  been  chairman  of  the 
superintending  committee. 

On  October  t,.  1883.  Dr.  Stetson  married 
Mary  P.,  daughter  of  Rufus  C.  and  Alary 
Matilda  (Lunt)  Chapman,  of  Newcastle, 
Maine.  Children:  i.  Helen  C,  born  Septem- 
ber 6.  1884.  in  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  was 
educated  at  Lincoln  Academy  and  at  Mount 
Holyoke  College,  graduating  from  the  latter 
institution  in  1905.  Since  that  time  she  has 
been  an  assistant  teacher  at  Lincoln  Academy. 
2.  Rufus  E..  August  10,  1886,  at  Damaris- 
cotta. was  educated  at  Lincoln  Academy, 
graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1908,  and 
is  now  studying  medicine.  3.  Grace  L.,  July 
4,  1 891,  was  graduated  from  Lincoln  Academy 
in   1909.     4.   Mary  E.,  July  15.  1894. 


(For  preceding   generations   see    Robert   Stetson    I.) 

dV)  Anthonv,  eldest  child  of 
STETSON  Robert  (3)  and  Mary  (Col- 
lamore)  Stetson,  was  born  at 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  September  12,  1692, 
and  died  in  1747.  He  lived  in  Scituate  all  his 
life,  and  was  a  cordwainer,  the  term  applied 
to  shoemakers  in  his  day.  On  March  28,  1717, 
Anthony  Stetson  married  .Anna  Smith,  and 
they  had  a  family  of  eleven  children  :  Mary, 
born  December  g,  1717.  married  (first)  John 
\'inal,  (second)  James  Woodward;  Isaac, 
whose  sketch  follows :  Joseph,  Februarv  24, 
1722;  Anna,  June  2,   1724,  married   William 


Ilayden;  Charles,  October  17,  1726;  Ezra, 
September  22,  1729;  Eli.sha.  January  28,  1731  ; 
Thomas,  April  22,  1734:  Benjamin,  July  7, 
1736;  Abiel,  October  23,  1738;  Martha,  Au- 
gust 18,  1 74 1,  married  Seth  Taylor,  of  [-"em- 
brokc,  and  moved  to  Chesterfield,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(V)  Isaac,  eldest  son  of  Anthony  and  .Anna 
(Smith)  .Stet.son,  was  born  at  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  19,  1719.  and  died  there 
Jmie  8,  181 1,  much  respected  and  beloved.  On 
November  16,  1749,  he  married  Ruth  Prouty, 
of  .Scituate,  and  they'  had  eleven  children, 
three  sons  and  eight  daughters.  The  children 
were:  Isaac,  born  November  30,  1750,  died 
on  board  the  prison  ship  "Jersey" ;  Ruth, 
March  27,  1752,  married  John  Lincoln  and 
moved  to  Maine ;  Elizabeth,  September  7, 
1754,  married  Gershom  Bowker,  of  Scituate; 
Anne,  September  22,  1755,  married  John  Mor- 
ton, of  Scituate:  Eunice,  Mav  31.  1757,  died 
November  28,  1758:  Elisha,  whose  .sketch  fol- 
lows: Eunice,  January  2,  1761,  married  Rich- 
ard Boylston,  of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts; 
Abigail,  December  26,  1762,  married  Henry 
Nye,  of  Hingham:  Mary,  January  i,  1765; 
Chloe,  August  21,  1767,  married  Benjamin 
Bowker,  and  moved  to  Charlestown,  ^Iassa- 
chusetts:  David,  July  7,  1769. 

(\T)  Elisha,  second  son  of  Isaac  and  Ruth 
(Prouty)  Stetson,  was  born  at  Scituate,  Mas- 
sachusetts, .April  8,  1759,  and  died  at  Durham, 
Maine,  February,  1848.  He  moved  to  Dur- 
ham with  his  wife  and  three  children  in  1789, 
and  settled  on  the  County  Road.  In  1784 
Elisha  Stetson  married  Rebecca  Curtis,  and 
they  had  eleven  children  :  Ruth,  born  Novem- 
ber 18,  1784,  married  Nathaniel  Parker:  Sally, 
July  20.  1786:  Elisha  (2),  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows: Stephen,  May  28,  1791,  married  Betsey 
Dennison,  of  Freeport.  and  lived  in  Lewiston ; 
Isaac,  March  3,  1793,  married  Betsey  Curtis, 
of  Boston,  and  lived  in  Pownal ;  Clarissa,  Mav 
18,  1795,  married  Elisha  Lincoln:  Abigail 
(twin  to  Clarissa),  married  Nathaniel  Parker; 
David,  March  30,  1798.  married  Elizabeth 
Sylvester,  of  Freeport,  and  lived  in  Auburn  ; 
Marv,  .April  6,  1800.  married  Captain  Na- 
thaniel Lincoln:  Charles,  April  11,  1802,  mar- 
ried Elmira  Watson,  of  Calais,  and  lived  in 
Durham :  Nathaniel,  July  20,  1804.  mirried 
Ann  Osgood,  and  lived  at  Durham. 

(VII)  Elisha  (2),  elde.'^t  son  of  Elisha  (i) 
and  Rebecca  (Curtis)  Stetson,  was  born  at 
Scituate,  Massachusetts.  November  17,  1788, 
and  died  at  Auburn,  Maine,  January  26,  1876. 
When  an  infant  of  one  year  he  was  brought 
by  his  parents  to  Durham.  Maine,  and  there 


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his  youth  was  passed.  For  several  years  he 
followed  the  sea,  and  after  his  marriage  he 
settled  in  Auburn.  The  growth  of  that  city 
enabled  him  to  sell  his  land  at  a  great  advance, 
and  the  remainder  of  his  life  he  spent  in  Au- 
burn in  retirement.  Mr.  Stetson  helped  build 
the  first  toll  bridge  between  Lewiston  and  Au- 
burn, and  was  clerk  of  the  company  thirty 
years.  He  was  interested  in  the  manufacture 
of  woolen  goods  and  in  railroads.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
selectmen  at  Auburn,  and  he  was  active  in 
promoting  the  public  welfare  in  every  way. 
On  October  29,  1815,  Elisha  (2)  Stetson  mar- 
ried (first)  Pamela  Haskell,  of  New  Glou- 
cester, Maine.  She  died  May  22,  1822,  leav- 
ing three  children  :  Elizabeth  A.,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1816,  married  Nathan  Briggs,  of 
Auburn;  Alfred,  born  November  5.  1818,  mar- 
ried Eleanor  Barden ;  Emeline,  October  zy, 
1820,  died  July,  1906.  On  April  5,  1823,  Mr. 
Stetson  married  (second)  Laura  Bradford, 
daughter  of  Chandler  and  Sarah  (French) 
Bradford,  of  Turner,  Maine.  She  died  June 
20,  1862,  leaving  seven  children:  Bradford, 
born  January  15,  1824;  Pamela  H.,  mentioned 
below;  Laura  B.,  December  8.  1827,  died  Au- 
gust 10,  1839;  Sylvanus  C,  September  28, 
1829;  Maria  L.  C,  November  27,  1832;  Abi- 
gail L.,  December  8.  1837;  Elisha  E.,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1841,  died  September,  1869. 

(Vni)  Pamela  H.,  eldest  daughter  of 
Elisha  (2)  Stetson  and  his  second  wife.  Laura 
(Bradford)  Stetson,  was  born  at  Auburn, 
Maine,  February  19,  1826.  In  1850  she  was 
married  to  Howe  Weeks,  of  Auburn.  (See 
Weeks,  HL) 


This    ancient    and    respectable 
FRENCH     family     established     itself     in 

America  about  the  end  of  the 
first  decade  of  colonization  in  Massachusetts, 
and  has  furnished  many  valued  citizens.  The 
name  comes  either  from  a  French  ancestor 
who  settled  in  Britain  and  was  called  "the 
French"  in  reference  to  his  nationality,  or 
from  his  having  lived  in  France. 

(I)  Edward  French  was  born  about  1590, 
in  England,  and  died  December  28,  1674.  in 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  With  his  wife  Ann 
and  two  or  more  sons  he  came  to  America 
about  1637,  and  received  land  in  the  first  di- 
vision at  Salisbury,  where  he  also  bought  land 
in  1642.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  prob- 
ably possessed  means  when  he  left  England. 
He  was  a  selectman  in  1646-47-48,  and  his 
name  appears  on  most  of  the  early  town  lists 
as  "commoner,"  taxpayer,  etc.     tlis  will  was 


made  April  10,  1673,  and  proved  two  years 
and  three  days  later.  His  widow,  who  was 
probably  a  sister  of  Richard  Goodale  ( i ) ,  died 
March  9,  1683,  in  Salisbury.  Edward  French 
is  listed  among  the  settlers  of  Ipswich  in 
1637-38.  His  children  were:  Joseph,  John, 
Samuel  and  Hannah,  the  second  born  before 
1633. 

(II)  Samuel,  third  son  and  child  of  Ed- 
ward and  Ann  French,  resided  in  Salisbury, 
where  he  signed  petitions  in  1658,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  church  in  1677  and  16S7.  He 
died  July  26,  1692,  in  Salisbury.  Administra- 
tion of  his  estate  was  established  November 
16,  following.  He  married  (first),  June  i, 
1664,  in  Salisbury,  .Vbigail,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Abigail  Brown,  of  Salisbury.  She 
was  born  February  23,  1644,  in  Salisbury,  and 
died  January  11,  1680,  in  that  town.  Samuel 
French's  second  wife  was  named  Esther,  and 
she  survived  him.  Six  of  his  children  were 
born  of  the  first  wife  and  three  of  the  second, 
namely:  Abigail,  Hannah,  Samuel,  Henry, 
Joseph,  Natlianiel,  Joanna,  John  and  Esther. 

(III)  Joseph,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Samuel  and  Abigail  (Brown)  French,  was 
born  about  1676,  in  Salisbury,  and  resided  in 
that  town  where  he  was  a  cardwainer.  His 
will  was  made  March  20,  1745,  and  proven 
September  18,  1749.  This  goes  to  show  that 
he  was  prudent,  as  his  will  was  probably  made 
some  years  before  his  death.  His  wife's  name 
was  Hannah,  as  indicated  by  his  will.  Their 
children  were :  Abigail,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Elizabeth   and  Joseph. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  French,  was  born 
December  11,  1699,  in  Salisbury,  and  lived  in 
that  town  until  the  establishment  of  the  prov- 
ince line  in  1741  threw  his  home  into  South 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  throughout  his  life.  He  had 
sons,  Samuel,  Henry,  Benjamin,  Nathaniel 
and  probably  Simon,  and  a  daughter  who  mar- 
ried Moses  Page.  Benjamin  settled  in  Gil- 
manton. 

(V)  Nathaniel,  third  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
French,  was  born  in  1724,  in  South  Hampton, 
and  probably  settled  in  Kingston,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

(\'T)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
French,  was  born  in  1757  and  died  in  1799. 
He  was  a  farmer,  residing  in  Epping,  New 
Hampshire,  and  served  as  a  revolutionary 
soldier,  enlisting  June  15,  1775,  in  Captain 
John  Norris'  company. 

(\TI)  Sargent,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
French,  was  born  September  11,  1781,  in  Ep- 


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ping,  and  died   September   11,   1866. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel  Waldo,  son  of  Sargent 
French,  was  born  at  Tamvvorth,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire, November  23,  1807,  and  died  May  30, 
1876,  in  Lewiston,  Maine.  A  large  part  of 
his  life  was  spent  in  Limenburg,  \'crmont, 
where  he  was  a  merchant  and  farmer.  His 
wife  was  Catherine  (iatcs,  born  at  Lunenburg, 
\'ermont,  April  13,  1809,  died  in  Portland, 
Maine,  December  10,  1902.  They  had  a 
daughter  Annette  and  two  sons,  George  Fos- 
ter, and  Samuel  Gates. 

(IX)  Samuel  Gates,  son  of  Nathaniel  Wal- 
do French,  was  born  June  13,  1840.  After 
completing  his  education  he  assisted  his  father 
in  business  at  Lunenburg,  Vermont,  later 
going  to  Lewiston,  Maine,  where  he  was  in 
the  book  and  stationery  business  for  several 
years  with  his  brother.  He  married  Hannah 
Lowell,  October  19,  1865.  They  had  .Annette 
Eliza,  Mae  Louise.  Infant,  and  Waldo  Lowell. 

(X)  Mae  Louise  French,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Gates  and  Hannah  (Lowell)  French,  was 
born  June  22,  i86g,  in  Lunenburg,  Vermont, 
and  was  married  November  29,  1893,  to  Ed- 
w-ard  Smith  Stetson,  of  Lewiston,  Maine.  (See 
Stetson.  IX.) 

Hannah  (Lowell)  French  is  a  descendant 
of  Percival  Lowell,  the  immigrant  (q  v.), 
through  Richard  (II),  Percival  (III),  Captain 
Gideon  ( I\'),  and 

(Y)  Stephen,  fourth  son  of  Captain  Gideon 
and  Miriam  (Swett)  Lowell,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 19,  1703,  in  Newbury,  and  died  October 
2y,  1776.  He  was  a  mariner.  Intention  of 
marriage  was  published  November  18.  and 
married  December  22,  1727,  to  Miriam,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Alan,-  Collins,  of  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  who  w^as  born  May  23,  1706, 
and  died  April  29,  1767.  Their  children  were 
Stephen  and  Lewis. 

(VI)  Stephen  (2),  eldest  son  of  Stephen 
(i)  and  Miriam  (Collins)  Lowell,  was  born 
October  6,  1728.  in  Amesbury,  and  died  June 
15.  i8oi.-in  Buckfield,  Maine.  He  sold  prop- 
erty in  Amesbury  to  his  cousin,  Lewis  Lowell, 
as  "mariner,"  October  10,  1765,  and  probably 
removed  about  this  time  to  Windham,  Maine, 
and  later  to  Buckfield,  Maine,  where  he  reared 
his  family  and  became  the  ancestor  of  the 
]Minot,  Maine.  Lowells.  In  May,  1765,  while 
at  Windham,  they  sold  land  on  the  corner  of 
Love  lane  and  Middle  street,  Falmouth, 
Maine.  He  married,  December  20,  1753,  Ag- 
nes Bolton,  of  Falmouth,  who  died  June  13, 
1801,  in  Buckfield,  Maine.  Their  children 
were :  ]\Iiriam  W.,  Molly,  Thomas,  Anne, 
Stephen  and  William. 


(VH)  William,  youngest  son  of  Stephen 
(2)  and  Agnes  (Bolton)  Lowell,  was  born 
May  28,  1768,  in  Windham,  Maine,  died  in 
Minot,  Maine,  July  10.  1840,  and  was  buried 
in  Buckfield,  Maine.  He  lived  in  jjuckfield 
until  1804  or  181 7,  when  he  removed  to  West 
Minot,  Maine.  He  was  married  (first)  at 
Turner,  Maine,  by  Rev.  J.  Stuckland,  August 
9,  1790,  to  Alarger^'  Irish,  who  was  born  .'\pril 
12,  1771,  in  Gorham,  Maine,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 12,  1812.  He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Bet- 
sey Blake  Turner,  who  was  born  and  died  in 
Turner,  Maine.  His  children  were :  Hon. 
James,  Mark,  Polly,  Dorcas,  Hon.  Stephen, 
Hon.  William,  Elizabeth,  Margery  and  Miri- 
am. 

(VIII)  Hon.  James,  eldest  son  of  William 
and  Margery  (Irish)  Lowell,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 5,  1792,  at  Buckfield,  Maine,  and  died  in 
Lewiston,  Maine,  July  27,  1858.  When 
twenty-one  years  of  age  he  removed  to  the 
new  county  of  Lewiston,  and  there  bought 
lands  which  afterwards  became  very  valuable, 
so  that  by  keen  business  foresight  he  became 
very  independent,  and  helped  very  materially 
in  the  building  of  the  city,  and  had  a  large 
mercantile  trade.  He  was  the  first  president 
of  the  Lewiston  Falls  Bank,  now  the  First 
National  Bank.  He  was  town  treasurer  from 
1829  to  1849,  3"d  was  representative  of  the 
legislature  in  1838-39-41-51-32,  and  was  state 
senator  in  1853,  with  his  brothers  Stephen  and 
William.  In  1854  he  was  again  in  the  senate 
w'ith  his  brother  William.  He  was  very  prom- 
inent in  his  adopted  city,  accumulated  quite  a 
fortune,  and  was  very  much  respected  by  all. 
He  was  married.  May  i,  1814,  in  Lewiston, 
to  Hannah  Paul,  of  New  Gloucester,  Maine. 
Their  children  were :  Hon.  Mark,  James, 
Daniel  and  Vesta. 

(IX)  Hon.  Mark,  eldest  son  of  Hon.  James 
and  Hannah  (Paul)  Lowell,  was  born  March 
17,  1815,  at  Lewiston.  He  was  educated  at 
the  academies  at  Hebron.  Gorham  and  Mon- 
mouth, Maine,  and  then  entered  into  business 
with  his  father  in  1837  at  Lowells  Corners, 
Maine.  He  was  selectman  in  Lewiston  many 
years,  and  was  postmaster,  and  member  of 
the  Maine  legislature  in  1862-63.  He  and  his 
brother  were  prominent  and  public-spirited 
men,  aiding  in  all  town  and  city  enterprises, 
and  he  was  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  his 
town.  He  married  (first).  December  25,  1836, 
Ann  S.  T.  Davis,  and  (second).  January  13, 
1847,  Alma  Esther  Burbank.  Children  by  first 
wife  were :  Eliza  Davis,  Amanda  G..  Hannah, 
Ann  C,  Alma  B.  and  Edward  AI.  He  died  in 
1888. 


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(X)  Hannah,  third  daughter  of  Hon.  Mark 
and  Ann  S.  T.  (Davis)  Lowell,  was  born 
April  22,  1844,  in  Lewiston.  She  was  married 
October  19,  1865,  to  Samuel  G.  French  (see 
French,  IX),  and  resided  in  Lunenburg,  \'er- 
mont,  then  later  in  Lewiston.  She  died  in 
Auburn,  Maine,  December  26,  1905. 


The  early  history  of  the  Col- 

COLBATH  bath  famfly  is,  like  that  of 
many  another  (in  truth  we 
might  say,  most  others),  shrouded  in  more  or 
less  of  doubt  and  mystery.  This  is  due  partly 
to' the  fact  of  few  records  being  kept  in  early 
■days ;  partly  to  changes  and  wars  that  brought 
about  the  removal  or  destruction  of  those 
heads  of  families  who  were  capable  of  hand- 
ing down  orally  such  valuable  information ; 
and  to  the  serious  loss  by  fire  of  those  books 
and  manuscripts  in  which  matter  bearing  upon 
and  relating  to  family,  church  and  town  his- 
tory were  recorded.  Indeed,  this  latter  cause, 
fire,  is  the  fell  destroyer  that  has  blotted  for- 
ever from  the  pages  of  history  important  and 
valuable  data. 

Southgate,  in  his  "History  of  Scarborough, 
Maine,"  published  in  1853,  writes:  "Several 
brothers  bearing  the  surname  Colbath  came 
from  England  early  in  the  eighteenth  century 
and  settled  in  various  parts  of  New  England." 

Ridlon,  in  his  "Saco  Valley  Families," 
claims  that  Scotland  was  the  country  from 
which  the  early  Colbaths  emigrated.  He 
writes  as  follows  :  "The  name  Colbath,  as  now 
spelled  in  America,  has  undergone  the  mutila- 
tion common  to  nearly  all  surnames  dating 
from  an  early  period.  We  first  find  it  as  Cal- 
breath,  and  later  running  through  such 
changes  as  Galbreth,  Galbraith,  Colbraith,  Kil- 
breth  and  Colbroth.  The  various  forms  of 
spelling  may  be  attributed  to  the  fancy  of 
some  cadets  of  the  family  who,  as  younger 
sons,  established  junior  branches  in  new  local- 
ities ;  and  to  such  early  scribes  as  received  the 
pronunciation  of  names  from  men  of  foreign 
accent.  The  name  originated  in  two  Gaelic 
words,  'Gair  and  'Bhretan,'  meaning  "The 
Stranger  Briton,'  or  as  it  were,  'Children  of 
the  Briton.'" 

They  were  then  evidently  descendants  of 
that  great,  splendid  tribe  of  Brythorn  Gauls, 
or,  as  the  Romans  called  them,  Britons,  who 
invaded  and  conquered  the  English  Isles  some 
three  hundred  years  before  the  Christian  era, 
and  gave  the  name  of  Great  Britain  to  them 
for  all  time.  Later,  when  the  invading  Saxon 
and  Englishman  came,  they  found  in  these 
Britons   their   fiercest    foes.      More    than    two 


centuries  of  the  bitterest  war  was  waged  ere 
they  were  overcome,  and  then,  only  by  the 
ever  increasing  hosts  of  the  Saxon.  Quoting 
again  from  Ridlon : 

"As  intimated,  the  families  bearing  these 
names  are  of  Scottish  derivation.  The  earliest 
of  whom  we  have  found  mention  were  Gillis- 
pick  Galbrait  (1230  A.  D.)  and  Arthur  Gal- 
brait  ( 1296  A.  D.),  who  swore  fealty  to  King 
Edward  I.  William  Galbraith  is  mentioned 
as  a  person  'of  good  account'  in  the  middle 
of  the  fourteenth  century.  Cadets  of  the  fam- 
ily early  intermarried  with  the  lordly  houses 
of  Douglass  and  Hamilton,  and  through  such 
alliances  became  possessed  of  extensive  es- 
tates in  Scotland,  where  they  have  continued. 
During  the  time  of  the  plantation  of  Ulster  in 
the  north  of  Ireland  by  Scottish  families 
(1608-1620),  several  brothers  named  Cal- 
breath  or  Galbraith,  who  had  purchased  exten- 
sive lands  from  Sir  John  Calyuhon,  Laird  of 
Luss,  removed  to  that  country.  These  lands, 
which  were  called  the  Manor  of  Corkagh, 
were  sold  in  1664,  and  two  of  the  brothers, 
Humphrey  and  William  Galbraith,  were  re- 
tained as  agents  of  Bishop  Spottiswood.  An- 
other (.)f  the  brothers  was  Robert  Galbraith. 
The  present  representative  of  the  family  in 
Great  Britain  is  John  Samuel  Galbraith,  Esq., 
magistrate,  high  sheriif,  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  doctor  of  laws.  Heir  presumptive  his 
brother,  Robert  Galbraith.  The  family  seat  is 
Clanabogan,    County   Tyrone,    Ireland." 

Nason,  the  biographer  of  Hon.  Henry  Wil- 
son, late  vice-president  of  the  United  States, 
says ;  "Wilson's  ancestors,  the  Colbaths,  were 
of  excellent  stock,  largely  from  Argyleshire, 
in  Scotland." 

Burke's  "Encyclopaedia  of  Heraldry,"  the 
great  authority  in  such  matters,  gives  the  fam- 
ily coat-of-arms.  Bendy  of  six,  argent  and 
azure;  on  a  chief  sable,  three  crosses  patee  or. 
The  simplicity  of  these  armorial  bearings 
would  indicate  a  very  early  date ;  the  use  of 
a  "chief"  presupposes  leadership  by  its  bearer; 
and  the  pattee  crosses  point  to  the  bearer  being 
a  participant  in  the  crusades  to  the  Holy  Land 
and  a  member  of  the  order  of  ''Knights  Tem- 
plar." 

"And  on   his   brest  a  bloodie  crosse  he  bore. 
The  deare    remembrance  of  his  dying   Lord. 
For  whose  sweete  sake  that  glorious  badge  he  wore. 
And   dead,   as  living  ever,   him    adored : 
Upon   his  shield  the  like  was  also   scored." 

— Spencer. 

(I)  So  far  as  known,  the  earliest  appear- 
ance of  the  name  Colbath  in  America  is  that 
of  John  Colbreath.  who  was  one  of  the  Scotch 
Presbyterians  of  the  "North  of  Ireland,"  who 
petitioned   "his    Excellency    Colonel     Samuel 


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Suitt,  Gov.  of  New  Eiis^Iand,"  (Gov.  Samuel 
i^hutc)  "to  assure  his  Excellency  of  their  in- 
clinations to  transport  themselves  to  his  plan- 
tation upon  obtaining  suitable  encouragement 
from  him."  While  many  of  those  names  writ- 
ten nearly  two  hunthed  years  ago  (March  26, 
1718)  are  nearly,  some  quite,  obliterated,  the 
name  John  Ci)ll)rcath  remains  clear  and  dis- 
tinct. 'J  he  handwriting  is  almost  identical 
with  that  of  the  early  Colbath  of  Newington, 
now  to  be  found  upon  legal  papers,  and  gives 
satisfactory  proof  that  he  and  George  Colbath 
(Colbroth,  or  Colbreath),  who  was  the  an- 
cestor— we  believe  the  emigrant  ancestor — of 
the  New  Hampshire  line  of  Colbaths,  were  of 
the  same  family. 

The  next  apjiearance  of  the  name  is  found 
in  Bradford,  Massachusetts.  "William  Nutt, 
Jane  Colbreath,  married  May  30,  1723."  Next 
we  find  in  a  journal  kept  by  Rev.  Joseph  Ad- 
ams, who  was  pastor  of  the  Newington  church 
from  November  16,  171 5,  to  the  date  of  his 
death.  May  20,  1783,  this  entry: 

"1725  Sepr  19.  Mary  Coolbroth  owned  ye 
Covenant  and  was  baptized." 

"Item.  James,  Pitman,  William  &  Joseph  & 
Benjamin  Sons  &  Susanna  &  Mehitabel 
Daughters  wr  baptized"  "1728  Feb  4.  "George 
Coolbroth  owned  ye  Covenant  &  was  bap- 
tized." 

We  have  but  one  earlier  mention  of  George 
Colbath — the  taxlist  of  Portsmouth,  for  the 
year  1727,  shows  John  and  George  Colbath  as 
taxpavers.  As  shown  by  an  old  deed,  dated 
July  30,  1730,  George  Colbath  bought  land  in 
Newington,  of  William  and  Abigail  Cotton,  of 
Portsmouth.  .Vugust  13,  1738,  he  was  granted 
administration  of  the  estate  of  his  son  George 
Colbath.  Jr.,  in  which  appointment  he  is  styled 
"yeoman."  April  14,  1752,  he  sold  land  in 
Kewinston  "with  the  dwelling  house  and  barn 
standing  thereon,"  to  his  son  Joseph  Colbath, 
and  his  wife  Mary  Colbath  joined  in  the  con- 
veyance. Thus  we  have  positive  evidence  of 
the  existence  of  eight  persons  who  were  sons 
and  daughters  of  George  and  Mary  Colbath : 
George,  James,  Pitman.  William,  Joseph,  Ben- 
jamin, Susannah  and  Mehitable. 

It  is  believed  that  John  Coolbroth,  ancestor 
of  the  ]\Iaine  line  of  Coolbroths  (or  Colbaths) 
who  settled  in  Scarborough,  Maine,  in  1730, 
married  Sarah  Harmm,  August  17,  1732,  and 
died  September  15.  1774,  was  also  son  of 
George  Colbath.  sen.,  of  Newington,  New 
Hampshire. 

It  is  of  interest  to  note  that  three  of  these 
sturdv  sons — Pitman,  Joseph,  and  Benjamin — 
served    their    King,    under    Colonel    Samuel 


Moore,  at  the  siege  of  Louisburg,  in  1745. 
Later  we  find  one  of  these  sons,  Benjamin,  a 
revolutionary  soldier,  under  Colonel  Nathan 
Hale;  he  died  in  the  service  of  his  country 
March  2q,  1778.  Three  sons  of  Benjamin — 
John,  aged  twenty-two  years :  Downing,  aged 
seventeen  \  cars ;  and  Dependence,  aged  si.x- 
tcen  years — with  their  father,  served  their 
country  in  her  hour  of  need. 

(II)  James,  second  son  of  George  and 
Mary  Colbath,  is  thought  to  have  been  born 
about  1715.  His  wife,  Olive  Leighton,  was 
the  fifth  child  of  Thomas  and  Deborah  Leigh- 
ton,  of  Newington.  Her  grandfather  was 
Thomas,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Elder  Hatevil  Nutter,  of  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  her  great-grandparents  were  Joanna 
and  Thomas  Leighton  (died  January  22, 
1671),  the  English  emigrants,  who  were  mar- 
ried probably  in  England.  The  children  of 
the  marriage  of  James  and  Olive  Colbath 
were:  Leighton,  baptized  December  i,  1739; 
Independence;  Hunking,  February    17,    1743; 

Deborah,    October   9,    1745;    Keziah   ; 

Winthrop  (the  grandfather  of  the  late  Hon. 
Henry  Wilson),  June  16,  1751 ;  Amy,  July  9, 
1758;  and  Benning,  born  May  28,  1762. 

James  Colbath  was  a  prosperous  citizen  of 
Newington.  and  with  his  brothers  held  various 
offices  of  the  town  for  many  years.  The  deeds 
of  conveyance  to  and  from  James  Colbath 
show  that,  in  addition  to  his  Newington  real 
estate,  he  was  for  many  years  an  extensive 
landholder  in  the  town  of  Barnstead.  New 
Hampshire.  In  the  year  1748,  with  the  con- 
sent of  and  "humbly"  recommended  by  all  the 
selectmen  of  his  town,  James  Colbath  sent  the 
following : 

"To  the  Honorable :  The  Court  of  Quarter 
Sessions  now  setting  at  Portsmouth,  in  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire,  the  Humble  Pe- 
tition of  James  Colbath  :  Shewith  that  your 
Petitioner  having  a  Gristmill  near  my  Dwell- 
ing house  which  occasions  my  home  to  be 
much  thronged  with  people,  which  come  to 
the  said  mill,  and  there  being  no  Publick  house 
near  putts  me  humbly  requesting  that  the 
Honorable  Court  will  allow  your  Petitioner 
the  Liberty  of  Keeping  a  Public  Tavern,  and 
your  Petitioner  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  ever 
pray. 

"Newington.  March  7th,   1748-9." 

This  petition  was  granted  unto  James  Col- 
bath, and  for  many  years  after  the  "Publick 
Tavern"  was  a  meeting  place  not  alone  for  the 
grist  mill  folk,  but  for  political  and  public 
gatherings,  proving  an  ornament  of  public  util- 
itv  to  the  staid  citizens  of  Newington.     The 


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Colbath  home.  located  near  the  church,  has 
been  preserved,  and  is  pointed  out  as  one  of 
the  famous  landmarks  of  the  town.  It  is  two- 
storied  and  painted,  and  is  yet  in  use  as  a 
dwelhng  house.  In  the  year  1784-85,  James 
and  Olive,  with  their  son  Benning,  removed 
to  that  part  of  Rochester,  which  is  now  Farm- 
ington,  and  later  to  Middleton,  where  James 
and  Olive  died  before  1800.  They  rest  in  the 
beautiful  site  of  the  family  burial  ground, 
upon  a  hillside  of  the  Colbath  farm. 

(III)  Benning  Colbath,  born  May  28,  1762, 
died  September  27,  1824,  married  Mary  Rol- 
lins, born  May  26,  1761.  died  August  9.  1825, 
daughter  of  Mary  Huntress  and  Samuel  Rol- 
lins, of  Newington.  She  was  directly  de- 
scended from  James  "Rawlins"  who  emigrated 
to  America  in  1632,  with  the  early  settlers  of 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts  (Samuel  (4),  Samuel 
(3).  Joseph  (2).  James  (i).  So  favorably 
is  the  name  Rollins  known  in  New  Hamp- 
shire history  that  we  need  not  dwell  upon  the 
sterling  qualities  of  her  character.  She  was 
a  person  of  high  aspirations  and  ideals.  Her 
memory  is  sweetly  sacred  to  her  descendants, 
"even  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation." 
The  children  of  Benning  and  Mary  Colbath 
were:  Betsey,  born  May  10,  1785;  Samuel, 
February  10,  1788;  Mary  H.,  May  6.  1791 ; 
Benning,  November  17,  1795,  died  young; 
Benjamin  R.,  June  6,  1799;  Ephraim  R.,  De- 
cember 24,  1802.  Benning  Colbath  was  a  man 
of  weight  and  worth.  In  1793  we  find  him 
one  of  the  officials  of  his  adopted  town ;  and 
he  remained  in  her  service  for  more  than 
twenty  consecutive  years  as  selectman  and  in 
the  various  offices  in  her  gift. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Benning  Colbath,  born 
February  10,  1788,  in  Rochester;  died  Decem- 
ber 8,  1855.  in  Middleton,  married.  June  8, 
1809,  Elizabeth  Clark,  born  May  24,  1788,  died 
December  24,  1867,  buried  in  Middleton. 
Elizabeth  Clark  was  one  of  those  of  whom  it 
may  be  justly  said : 

"None  knew  her  but  to   love  her, 
None   named   her  but  to  praise." 

A  gentle  Christian  woman,  whose  daily  life 
was  one  of  prayer.  She  was  born  in  Berwick, 
Maine,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  Abigail 
(Hanson)  Clark,  and  died  at  the  home  of  her 
only  son.  in  New  Durham,  New  Hampshire. 
Her  father,  Samuel  Clark,  was  born  in  Ber- 
wick, Maine.  May  18.  1764;  married.  May  23, 
1786,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Marth  (Wentworth)  Hanson.  (Martha  5, 
Thomas  4,  John  3.  Ezekiel  2.  William  i  ).  He 
died  February  12,  1855,  in  St.  Johnsbury  Cen- 


ter, Vermont.  Samuel  Clark  was  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution,  enlisted  before  sixteen  years 
of  age.  May  3.  1780,  and  served  as  private  in 
the  regiment  of  Colonel  Joseph  Prime,  under 
Captain  Jedediah  Goodwin.  He  received  hon- 
orable discharge  November  2.  1780.  It  is 
shown  by  the  early  records  of  the  town  of 
Middleton,  New  Hampshire,  that  he  was  resi- 
dent there  as  early  as  1792,  and  was  an  ex- 
tensive land  holder.  In  1810  he  sold  to  Hat- 
evil  Knight,  of  Rochester,  one  hundred  and 
thirty  acres  of  land  in  New  Durham,  in  which 
conveyance  he  is  styled  "gentleman."  Later 
he  sold  his  homestead  farm  and  removed  to  St. 
Johnsbury,  \^ermont,  with  his  son,  Nathaniel 
Clark.  It  is  proudly  recalled  by  his  descend- 
ants that  on  a  visit  to  his  son  he  made  the 
journey  from  St.  Johnsbury  to  Middleton, 
New  Hampshire,  in  a  sleigh,  when  above 
ninety  years  of  age.  The  children  of  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  Colbath  were :  Sabrina  H.  and 
Jeremiah  Smith. 

In  1816.  directly  succeeding  his  father  Ben- 
ning, we  find  Samuel  Colbath  one  of  the  se- 
lectmen of  Middleton.  which  office  he  held  for 
many  years.  Not  alone  for  his  public  service 
was  he  honored,  but  for  the  great  moral  worth 
of  his  character,  his  blameless  life  and  his 
upright  dealings  with  his  fellow  men. 


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(V)  Jeremiah  Smith  Colbath  was  born  Jan- 
uary 2,  1812,  in  Middleton,  at  what  is  now 
known  as  the  "old  Colbath  Homestead."  The 
house  is  quaint  and  picturesque,  and  is  de- 
lightfully situated,  overlooking,  as  it  does,  the 
valley  of  the  Cocheco  river  and  the  city  of 
Rochester,  with  a  fine  view  of  the  distant  hills. 
In  the  occupancy  of  the  house,  four  genera- 
tions of  Colbaths  have  preceded  the  present 
owner,  Elizabeth  Colbath  Davis,  who  is  of  the 
sixth  generation  of  Colbaths  in  America. 

The  subject  of  this  biography  early  gave 
e\'idence  of  intellectual  ability  and  great  love 
of  study,  which  were  prominent  traits  through 
life  even  to  its  close.  After  a  course  in  com- 
mon school  he  studied  under  the  instruction  of 
Thomas  Tash,  the  scholar  and  linguist,  until 
he  became  a  teacher.  Being  an  only  son,  he 
did  not  long  continue  in  this  occupation ;  his 
duty  call  was  to  the  farm,  to  comfort  the  de- 
clining years  of  his  parents.  July  18.  1841,  he 
united  in  marriage  with  Lydia  Millet  Webster, 
of  New  Durham.  She  was  a  beautiful  and 
brilliant  woman,  who  possessed  great  firmness 


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and  purity  of  mind.  Like  lur  husband,  slie 
had  been  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools.  To 
life's  close  she  was  to  him — 

"Tlie   heart   which   llko  n   statt   wns  0110 
For   him   to   leiiii    nnd    rest   upon. 
The   strongest   on    the    longest    ilny, 
With  steadfast   love." 

Lydia  Millet  Webster  (1806-89)  was  the 
dauirhtcr  of  Reuben  (1771-1854)  and  Lydia 
Smith  Webster  (1771-1864),  of  New  Hur- 
ham.  Lydia  (Smith)  Webster  was  the  dau^h- 
tcT  of  Lieutenant  John  Smith  (1732-1819),  of 
Luhberland  Durham ;  whose  wife  was  Lydia 
Millet  (1735-1821),  daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas 
Millet,  of  Dover.  Ebenezer  Smith,  who  was 
for  twenty  years  president  of  the  Strafford 
county  bar.  was  of  the  family.  Lydia  (Smith) 
\\\hster  was  born  Auijust  26,  1771,  in  Dur- 
ham. Xew^  Hampshire,  on  the  .shore  of  the 
lovely  sheet  of  water  known  as  Great  Ray.  A 
bride  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  she  left 
her  early  home  with  all  its  beautiful  environ- 
ments, to  journey  on  horseback,  with  the  hus- 
band of  her  choice,  through  the  wilderness, 
and  seek  a  home  within  its  depths.  A  wise 
and  loving  mother,  around  her  name  cling 
tender  memories.  To  her  quick  sympathy  and 
the  efficient  aid  of  her  ever  helpful  hand,  her 
neighbors  turned  in  the  hour  of  their  afflic- 
tions. The  children  of  Reuben  and  Lydia 
(Smith)  Webster  were:  John,  born  May  12, 
1794:  Stephen,  July  26,  1796:  Abigail,  Febru- 
arv  4,  1798:  Elizabeth,  December  30,  1801  ; 
\'alentine  S.,  .April  9,  1803:  Lydia  M..  No- 
vember 21,  1806;  and  Drusilla  B.,  January  5, 
1811. 

Lydia  Millet  Webster  was  distinctly  of 
English  blood,  being  directly  descended  from 
John  Webster,  born  in  England  (died  1646), 
of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  on  the  paternal 
side;  on  the  maternal,  from  George  Smith, 
who  came  from  old  Haugh,  in  Chester  county, 
England. 

The  military  services  of  the  family  Webster 
are  noteworthy.  Two  nephews — Joseph  F. 
\\'ebster  and  Henry  S.  (Webster)  W^illey,  of 
Fnrmington — enlisted  early  and  served  honor- 
ablv  in  the  late  rebellion.  Her  brother  Ste- 
jihen  (3)  Webster  (1796- 1872),  served  in  the 
war  of  1812.  Her  grandfather,  Stephen  (2) 
\\'ebster  (1739-1827),  was  a  revolutionary 
soldier  from  October  4,  1775,  to  his  discharge 
in  1 781.  He  was  honored  by  an  invitation  to 
Concord.  Xew  Ham[)shire,  at  the  time  of  the 
visit  of  General  Lafayette  to  that  city :  and 
made  the  journey  from  New  Durham  on 
horsehack,  when  above  eighty-five  years  of 
age.  This  revolutionary  soldier,  who  left  the 
endearments  of  home  to  fight  in  the  battles  of 


Hennington,  .Monmouth,  and  Newtown,  who 
pave  above  four  years  of  life  to  aid  his  coun- 
try in  her  struggle  for  independence,  had  for 
wife  a  member  of  the  distinguished  Choate 
family  of  .America.  She  was  daughter  of  Jon- 
athan and  Elizabeth  (Moody)  Choate,  and 
granddaughter  of  Reverend  Benjamin  Choate, 
who  gratluated  from  ILirvard  College,  1703; 
married  Abigail  liurnham,  and  settled  in 
Kingston,  New  Hampshire,  in  1707.  Anna 
(or  Anne)  Choate  was  born  in  Kingston,  De- 
cember 20,  1 75 1,  and  died  October  5,  1848,  in 
Sandwich,  New  Hampshire.  Stephen  Web- 
ster and  .Anna  Choate  were  united  in  marriage 
in  the  vear  1770,  in  the  town  of  Moultonboro, 
New  Hampshire.  The  sacrifices  of  this  de- 
voted wife  and  mother  through  all  the 
changes  of  war,  are  in  the  hidden  past ;  ob- 
livion covers  her  -anxious  watching  and  wait- 
ing ;  but  time  can  never  rob  her  of  the  renown 
of  her  ancestry ;  upon  her  memory  radiates  the 
honor  of  her  husband's  loyal  service. 

Stephen  Webster,  born  in  Salisbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, was  son  of  Stephen  and  Hannah 
(Swett)  Webster.  He  died  January  20.  1827, 
in  New  Durham,  New  Hampshire.  His  father, 
Stephen  (i)  Webster,  born  1712,  of  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts,  was  an  officer  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  In  the  expedition 
against  Crown  Point  (1755-56)  he  appears 
as  "Captain  in  His  Majesty's  service."  Wher- 
ever known  the  family  Webster  has  shown 
itself  loyal  to  country,  and  fearless  in  the  hour 
of  danger.  The  famed  Hannah  Dustin  was 
granddaughter  of  John  ( i )  Webster,  of  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts. 

Reuben  Webster,  father  of  Lydia  Millet, 
was  a  prosperovis  farmer  who  had  by  energy 
and  thrift  won  from  the  virgin  forest  the  fer- 
tile farm  upon  which  he  reared  his  ambitious 
sons  and  daughters.  One  child  blessed  the 
marriage  of  Jeremiah  Smith  and  Lydia  Millet 
Colbath.  Beneath  the  roof  of  the  cottage  here 
shown,  within  whose  venerable  walls  had  lived 
and  loved,  had  joyed  and  sorrowed,  four 
generations  of  her  ancestors,  on  Friday, 
April  18,  1845.  was  born  to  these  par- 
ents the  wished-for  daughter,  their  only 
child.  She  was  named  Elizabeth  Lydia, 
for  her  grandmothers — Elizabeth  Clark  Col- 
bath, and  Lydia  Smith  Webster.  Royal 
was  her  welcome,  and  from  that  hour  she 
became  the  household  idol.  As  time  advanced 
and  mentality  grew  she  returned  obedience 
and  deep  affection.  The  approval  seen  on  the 
face  of  that  dear  mother  was  the  law  that 
eoverned  her  young  life.  When  months  were 
years,  and  seasons  changed,  and  chill  aiUumnal 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


nights  came  on,  fires  were  kindled  in  the  wide- 
mouthed  fireplace,  within  the  spacious  sitting 
room.      As   the   evening  lamps   were   lighted, 
and  the  unbroken  circle  of  grandparents  and 
of  parents  grouped  beneath  the  firelight  glow 
she  was  gathered  in  her  father's  arms,  while 
on   her   ear    fell    wondrous   woodland   tales — 
of  bird  or  beast;  of  nest  or  lair;  of  babbling 
brook,  or  dark  and  silent  river,  along  whose 
banks    crept    dusky    forms    with   the    stealthy 
tread  of  moccasined  feet ;  of  wigwam  fires,  and 
lurking  foe,  and  of  death  of  Pauqus — each  so 
graphically    told    to   please   her   infant    fancy. 
Happy   child   of   honored   father,   words  may 
never  show  his  worth.     At  two  and  one-half 
years  she  was  carried  to  the  district   school, 
just  beside  the  gateway  leading  to  her  home, 
where  she  learned  to  name  at  sight  each  letter 
of  the  English  alphabet.     As  years  rolled  on 
she  was  kept  in  almost  constant  attendance  on 
this   and   other   schools,   wherever   she   might 
return  to  her  home  at  nightfall.     At  the  age 
of    twelve    years    she    was    placed    under   the 
tuition  of  ^iiss  Martha  Stoddard,  whose  moral 
influence  and  rigid  thoroughness  of  her  meth- 
ods   of    teaching    left    an    impression    on   the 
mind  of  the  youthful  pupil  never  to  be  effaced. 
One  year  later  she  entered  the  select  school  of 
Miss    Caroline    Knight,    in    the    village    of 
Rochester,    New    Hampshire.      Miss    Knight. 
then  in  the  prime  of  life,  had  been  for  thirty 
years  a   teacher.      Many   an   eminent  man   of 
to-day    recalls    with    interest    hours   of    study 
under  Miss  Knight's  tuition  while  fitting  for 
his  college  course.     Many  an  honored  woman 
holds  in  grateful  memory  the  moral  and   re- 
ligious influence,  the  strict  yet  ever  kindly  dis- 
cipline, of  this  school.     Under  such  most  ex- 
cellent instruction,  the  subject  of  this  mention 
remained    to    the    close    of    her    educational 
course.     Almost  immediately  she  engaged  in 
teaching,  early  in  the  city  of  Rochester,  later 
in  Farmington,  and  in  the  towns  of  Middle- 
ton,   Milton,  and  New  Durham.     It  was  her 
habit  to  remain  for  several  terms,  sometimes 
for  years,  in  the  same  school.     In  this  work 
she   continued  to   Hie   date  of  her   marriage. 
May  I,  1873,  to  Thomas  M.  Davis,  of  New- 
field,  Maine.    Mr.  Davis  was  a  man  intellectu- 
ally gifted,  of  wide  experience  and  good  ad- 
dress, keen  and  alert  in  business,  his  judgment 
was  unerring  in  his  moneyed  interests.    Born 
September  18,  1836,  in  Newfield,  Maine;  died 
December  9,    1901,   in   Westboro,   Massachu- 
setts. 

Following  their  marriage,  a  winter  was  en- 
joyed in  the  cities  of  New  York,  Philadelphia, 
and  Washington,  D.  C,  and  in  travel  through 


the  "sunny  South."  Soon  after  their  home 
coming  Mrs.  Davis  returned  to  her  position 
in  the  schoolroom,  where  she  continued  to  the 
date  of  her  father's  decease,  when  the  ever- 
increasing  invalidism  of  her  widowed  mother 
and  the  added  care  of  her  father's  estate  forced 
her  to  resign  the  work  in  which  she  had  hap- 
pily passed  so  many  busy  hours. 

It  is  not  now  known  by  whom  was  erected 
the  cottage,  once  the  home  of  James  and  Olive 
Colbath,  the  great-grandparents  of  Hon.  Henry 
Wilson,  vice-president,  U.  S.  A.  The  years 
which  the  Colbath  descendants  have  owned 
and  occupied,  date  well  into  a  second  century. 
More  than  one  hundred  years  ago  the  first 
chimney  of  the  old  house  was  removed  by  Ben- 
ning  Colbath,  and  the  one  now  seen  erected. 
From  time  immemorial  the  Colbaths  have  been 
landholders  ;  succeeding  generations  have  been 
buyers  until  hundreds  of  acres  are  covered 
by  the  deeds  of  the  present  owner.  With  the 
turning  tide  in  the  commercial  value  of  tim- 
ber lands  and  country  real  estate,  it  has  been 
found  that  profit  may  combine  with  pleasure  in 
one's  investments. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-six  years  Jeremiah  S. 
Colbath  was  appointed  by  Governor  Isaac  Hill 
justice  of  the  peace  for  Stafford  county,  which 
office,  but  for  a  lapse  of  some  three  years,  he 
retained  through  life.  July  2,  1861,  he  was 
appointed  appraiser  of  state  prison  property, 
and  on  the  same  date  he  was  appointed  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  and  quorum.  His  was  a  busy 
life.  Much  time  was  given  to  literary  re- 
search, and  to  preparing  articles  for  publica- 
tion. At  his  decease  he  left  in  manuscript  and 
nearly  ready  for  the  publisher  a  history  of  his 
native  town  of .  Middleton.  He  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  farming  and  was  also  noted  as  a 
land  surveyor,  to  which  employment  he  was 
often  called.  For  many  years  he  served  his 
town  as  selectman ;  and  in  eight  of  those  years 
was  elected  chairman  of  the  board.  He  was 
also  supervisor  of  schools.  In  the  year  1865 
he  removed  from  his  native  Middleton  to  the 
town  of  New  Durham,  where  he  had  by  pur- 
chase become  the  owner  of  a  large  farm.  In 
1866  we  find  him  in  the  service  of  his  adopted 
town  as  one  of  the  appraisers  of  her  real  es- 
tate. Mav  5  of  the  same  year  he  was  elected 
one  of  the  investigating  committee  to  examine 
her  accounts.  Thence  on,  we  find  him  prom- 
inently in  her  service,  as  selectman,  treasurer, 
and  supervisor  of  schools.  At  the  age  of  sev- 
enty years,  while  at  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
as  foreman  of  the  jury  on  an  important  case, 
he  was  seized  with  fatal  illness,  and  died  in 
that  citv,  October  i,  1882.    Thus  passed  sud- 


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21  1 


(leiily  from  life's  active  duties,  wiiile  in  full 
mental  vigor,  one  who  had  ever  been  the  soul 
of  truth  and  honor.  Kindly  remembered,  re- 
spected and  belove<l,  he  sleeps  with  his  loved 
wife  and  honored  dead  upon  the  hillside  at  his 
early  home  in  Middleton,  New  Hampshire. 

"Warm    sunmior  sue. 

Shine    kiiully    hero. 
Warm    Southern    wind. 

Blow  softly   liere. 
Green   sod    alxive 

Lie    liKht,    lie    IlKht, 
Good    nlKht.    dear    heart. 

Good  iilRht,  good  night." 


The  name  Davis,  which  is  of 
DA\TS     Welsh    origin,    is    derived    from 

Davy,  a  variation  of  David.  In 
the  formation  of  the  patronymic  Davidson  in 
many  cases  became  Davison  or  simply  Davis. 
(I)  John  Davis,  of  Amesbury,  Massachu- 
setts, is  first  mentioned  in  a  grant  of  land 
made  to  him  by  his  mother-in-law,  Mrs. 
Martha  Clough,  whose  daughter  by  a  former 
marriage,  Elizabeth  Cilley,  was  the  wife  of 
John  Davis.  The  grant  was  made  in  Novem- 
ber, 1684.  Of  the  parentage  of  John  Davis 
nothing  is  known,  but  it  is  probable  that  he 
was  connected  with  the  large  and  numerous 
Davis  families  of  Newbury  and  Amesbury. 
His  second  wife  was  Bethiah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Bartlett)  Ash,  whom  he 
married  October  19,  1702.  In  1704  his  wife 
and  two  of  his  children  were  probably  the 
ones  who  were  captured  by  Indians,  as  re- 
lated in  Pike's  journal.  Mrs.  Davis,  at  least, 
was  returned  alive,  as  we  find  that  she  was  liv- 
ing in  Amesbury  in  1707.  On  June  28,  1708, 
John  Davis  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Robert  Biddle,  of  Newbury,  preceding  the 
ceremony  by  an  agreement  by  which  he  deeded 
to  her  his  house  and  land  in  Amesbury.  The 
date  of  his  death   is  not  known. 

(II)  Captain  John,  eldest  son  of  John  Da- 
vis, was  born  in  Amesbury,  May  4,  1689.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jacob  Basford, 
of  Hampton,  August  2,  171 1.  He  moved  to 
Biddeford,  Maine,  and  was  selectman  of  that 
town  in  the  years  1723-36  and  1743-49.  In 
1746  he  was  ordered  to  recruit  a  force  for 
defense  against  the  French  and  Indians.  He 
died  May  12,  1752,  and  his  gravestone  is  still 
standing  in  Lower  Biddeford  cemetery.  In 
his  will  he  mentions  his  saw  and  grist  mill  on 
the  east  side  of  the  Saco  river.  He  had  four 
sons  and  five  daughters. 

(III)  Ezra,  second  son  of  Captain  John 
Davis,  was  born  in  Biddeford.  Maine.  Febru- 
ary 20,  1719-20.  His  wife's  name  was  Sarah, 
and  there  is  strong  circumstantial  evidence 
that   she  was  the  daughter  of   Robert  Edge- 


comb,  of  Saco.  He  died  July  26,  1800,  and 
was  buried  in  Limington,  where  his  sons  had 
settled. 

(IV)  Major  Nicholas,  third  son  of  Ezra 
Davis,  was  born  in  Biddeford,  Maine,  and 
baptized  there  in  June,  1753.  He  served  in 
the  revolution  under  Captain  Jeremiah  Hill, 
in  Colonel  James  Scammon's  (Thirtieth)  regi- 
ment, cidisting  as  a  private  May  4,  1775,  and 
serving  twelve  weeks  and  five  days.  He  was 
again  with  Captain  Hill  in  Colonel  Edmund 
Phinney's  regiment  at  Fort  George,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1776,  having  enlisted  January  i,  1776. 
He  removed  to  Little  Ossipee,  or  Limington, 
between  1777  and  1778,  where  he  became  ma- 
jor of  the  "Old  Militia."  On  February  15, 
1777,  he  married  Charity,  <laugliter  of  William 
and  Rachel  ( Edgecomb )  Haley.  He  died 
February  14,  1832.  She  died  January  5,  1800. 
They  had  five  sons  and  three  dnughters:  John, 
Nicholas,  Noah,  Elisha,  Charity,  Sarah,  Will- 
iam and  Perlina. 

(V)  William,  fifth  son  of  Major  Nicholas 
Davis,  was  born  in  Limington,  March  5,  1796. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Lydia  (Harmon)  W'aterhouse,  of  Standish, 
September  26,  1817.  She  was  descended  from 
the  Hoyt,  Libby,  Fernald,  Hasty  and  Moses 
families.  They  lived  in  Limington.  He  has 
been  described  as  "  a  man  of  great  resolution 
and  force  of  character;  a  judicious  farmer  and 
a  respected  citizen."  He  died  September  17, 
1864.  She  died  May  29,  1871.  They  had  six 
children. 

(\'l)  Hon.  William  Goodwin,  eldest  son  of 
William  Davis,  was  born  in  Limington,  June 
16,  1825.  He  left  home  at  the  age  of  fourteen 
and  came  to  Portland,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  baking  business  for  several  years.  His 
health  becoiuing  impaired  by  indoor  work,  he 
began  driving  through  the  Elaine  towns  selling 
cutlery  and  other  small  wares  obtained  in  New 
York.  He  continued  thus  until  1858,  when  he 
entered  the  wholesale  trade  in  general  mer- 
chandise in  partnership  with  James  P.  Baxter,^ 
the  firm  taking  the  style  of  Davis  &  Baxter. 
Together  they  became  the  pioneers  of  the  can- 
ning business  in  ]\Iaine,  importing  many  of 
their  goods  from  England,  establishing  the 
Portland  Packing  Company,  and  exporting 
their  products  to  all  parts  of  the  globe.  In 
1881  Mr.  Davis  ceased  his  active  connection 
with  the  packing  company,  but  he  by  no  means 
ceased  to  be  a  busy  man,  as  the  offices  he  held 
in  various  institutions  gave  him  plentv  of  em- 
ployment. He  engaged  in  building  quite  ex- 
tensively, and  erected  the  Davis  block,  oppo- 
site the'  City  Hall  and  the  West   End  Hotel, 


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and  in  conjunction  with  James  P.  Baxter  built 
a  large  store  on  Commercial  street  for  Milli- 
ken  &  Tomlinson.  He  was  president  of  the 
National  Traders'  Bank,  Poland  Paper  Com- 
pany, Portland  Trust  Company,  and  Maine 
Savings  Rank :  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Rank,  the  Portland  Street  Railway  and  of  the 
Maine  Central  Railway-,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Portland  Lloyds  until  the  business  of  that 
association  was  wound  up  in  1895.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  was  vice-president  of  the  Port- 
land Roard  of  Trade.  He  was  a  representa- 
tive from  Portland  to  the  Maine  legislature 
in  1875-76,  and  served  as  senator  from  the 
Portland  district  in  the  session  of  1877.  He 
was  appointed  by  President  Harrison  one  of 
the  state  commissioners  at  the  Columbian  E.x- 
position  in  Chicago,  1893.  In  political  mat- 
ters his  was  many  times  the  dominating  in- 
fluence, although  there,  as  in  business,  he 
never  sought  the  place  of  leader.  Up  to  1896 
and  the  nomination  of  William  Jennings 
Bryan,  he  was  a  very  enthusiastic  Democrat 
and  gave  liberally  of  his  time  and  means  to 
the  party,  but  not  approving  of  the  Chicago 
platform,  like  other  Democrats  of  the  old 
school,  ceased  to  take  an  active  interest  in 
politics.  He  never,  however,  ceased  to  be  a 
Democrat,  but  he  was  a  Democrat  of  the  old 
Jacksonian  school. 

Mr.  Davis  was  in  many  respects  a  verv  re- 
markable man.  He  filled  a  large  place  in  the 
arena  of  business  in  Portland,  much  larger 
in  fact  than  many  credited  him  with  filling,  and 
not  in  the  least  disposed  to  push  himself  to 
the  front.  The  esteem  in  which  he  w^as  held 
by  his  associates  was  voiced  at  the  time  of  his 
death  by  one  who  was  competent  to  judge,  as 
follows :  "Outside  of  his  familv  there  is  no 
place  where  Mr.  Davis'  death  will  prove  a 
greater  loss  than  at  the  banks."  He  was  so 
easv  to  approach,  so  kindly  and  patient,  and 
his  advice  was  so  sure  to  be  safe  and  wise  that 
■  he  naturally  became  the  counselor  on  whom 
all  of  the  others  leaned.  Though  an  exceed- 
ingly busy  man,  he  seemed  to  love  to  give 
his  time  to  help  his  friends  and  especially  to 
keep  them  from  trouble  or  rescue  them  from 
difficulty.  He  was  gifted  by  nature  with  the 
rare  ability  to  quickly  comprehend  the  situa- 
tion or  to  see  through  a  financial  problem 
which  other  men  could  not  master.  His  mem- 
ory of  events,  dates,  minute  details  was  re- 
markable, and  iiroved  of  great  value  to  all 
who  consulted  him.  He  was  a  quick  and  sure 
judge  of  the  men  with  whom  he  dealt  and  of 
those  who  were  serving  under  him.     When  he 


found  a  man  on  whom  he  could  rely,  he 
trusted  him  implicitly,  expecting  that  the  full- 
est measure  of  confidence  would  be  rendered 
to  him  in  return.  His  word  was  as  good  as 
his  bond.  Though  possessed  of  a  commanding 
presence,  and  gifted  by  nature  with  the  faculty 
of  leading  men,  he  never  intruded  anywhere, 
never  appeared  to  be  oifended,  and  above  all 
never  treated  anyone  except  with  courtesy  and 
respect.  He  was  a  resident  of  Portland  for 
sixty-four  years.  In  personal  appearance  Mr. 
Davis  was  attractive.  He  was  of  majestic 
stature  and  noble  build,  in  proportion  perfect. 
His  head  was  large  and  finely  developed,  his 
features  regular,  his  hair  and  beard  abundant, 
and  his  complexion  ruddy.  His  general  ap- 
pearance was  suggestive  of  resolute  deter- 
mination, solidity,  and  force  of  will.  Yet  he 
was  genial  and  social,  was-  frank  of  speech, 
and  a  despiser  of  all  shams.  His  religious 
connection  was  with  the  New  Jerusalem 
Church,  of  which  he  was  a  long  time  a  leading 
member. 

William  G.  Davis  married,  March  4,  1849, 
Rhoda  M.  Neal,  of  Gardiner.  Children:  i. 
Helen,  born  1849,  niarried  Joseph  G.  Cole,  of 
Paris,  Maine ;  deceased.  2.  Walter  E.,  born 
1853,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Walter  Goodwin, 
born  January  5,  1857,  mentioned  below.  4. 
William  Neal,  born  February  22,  i860,  de- 
ceased. 5.  Charles  A.,  born  1862,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 6.  Edith,  born  1865.  married  George 
Taylor  Files,  profesor  of  German  at  Bowdoin 
College.  Child,  Helen  Louise.  7.  Florence 
(twin),  born  1869,  died  in  infancy.  8.  Alice 
(twin),  born  1869,  died  in  infancy.  William 
G.  Davis  (father)  died  April  19,  1903,  and  his 
wife  survived  him  only  four  days,  dying  April 
23.  1903. 

John  Neal,  ancestor  of  Rhoda  M.  (Neal) 
Davis,  said  to  have  been  a  Scotch-Irish  emi- 
grant, was  in  Scituate,  JMassachusetts,  in  1730. 
He  was  a  potter  by  trade.  The  name  of  his 
wife  is  unknown.  He  had  two  sons  and  two 
daughters  baptized  in  Scituate. 

John,  eldest  son  of  John  Neal,  was  born 
May  5,  1728.  He  settled  in  Litchfield,  Maine, 
a  town  largely  settled  from  Plymouth  county, 
Massachusetts,  but  apparently  lived  for  a  time 
in  Topsham,  for  the  Brunswick  records  show 
that  on  January  16,  1762,  "]\Ir.  John  Neele 
and  Mrs.  Abigail  Hall  both  of  Topsham"  were 
married.  It  has  been  impossible  to  identify 
her  with  any  of  the  Hall  families  then  in 
Maine.  He  died  .Vugust  18,  1799.  She  died 
November  22,  1818. 

Joseph,  son  of  John  Neal,  was  born  March 


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24,  1769.  lie  inarric'il  Sarali,  daiigliter  of 
Captain  Adam  and  Polly  (  llutcliiuson)  John- 
son.   They  lived  in  Lilclifickl. 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph  Neal,  was  horn  March 
2,  1793.  Me  married,  January  30,  1817,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Aiuiis  and  Sarah  (Ilildrcth) 
Spear,  and  granddaughter  of  Paul  llildrctii, 
the  adventurous  first  settler  of  Lewiston.  They 
lived  in  Gardiner.  He  died  March  11,  1836, 
while  she  survived  unlil  December  20,  1881. 

Rhoda  M..  daughter  of  Joseph  Neal,  was 
born  September  25,  i8j8.  in  Gardiner.  She 
married.  March  4,  1849,  William  Goodwin 
Davis. 

(\TI)  Walter  Goodwin,  only  surviving  son 
of  William  G.  and  Rhoda  M.    (Neal)   Davis, 
was  born  in   Portland,  January  5,   1857.     He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Portland,  and 
graduated  from  the  high  school  in   1875.     In 
that  year  he  entered   Bowdoin   College,   from 
which   he   graduated   with  the   class   of    1879. 
He   immediately  entered  mercantile  life,  tak- 
ing a  place  with  the  firm  of  Davis  &  Baxter. 
There  he  served  until  1882,  when  the  founders 
of  the  firm  retired.    Mr.  Davis's  natural  quali- 
fications seconded  by  the  able  training  of  his 
father  have  made  his  career  as  a  business  man 
markedly  successful.     Mr.  Davis  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Portland  Trust  Company,  a  direc- 
tor of   the   Traders'    Bank,   a   trustee   of  the 
Maine  Savings  Bank,  and  has  interests  in  vari- 
ous smaller  institutions.     He  has  no  ambition 
for   political   honors,    and   is   never   active    in 
political  campaigns.     He  is  a  member  of  An- 
cient  Landmark    Lodge,   Free  and   Accepted 
ALasons  ;  Royal  Arch  Chapter  ;  Portland  Coun- 
cil, Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Portland  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar.     He  is  a  member 
of  all  the  principal  non-political  clubs  of  the 
city,  among  which  are  the  Cumberland,  Port- 
land, Portland  Atheltic  and  the  Country.     In 
religious  faith  he  is  a  Congregationalist.   Wal- 
ter G.  Davis  married.  December  8,  1880,  Mary 
Howard,  born  October  9,    1859,  daughter  of 
Colonel     Asa     Waldo     and     Jane     tPatten) 
Wildes,  of  Skowhegan.     They  have  two  chil- 
dren:     W'alter  G..  born  May  14,  1885,  a  stu- 
dent   at    Yale,    class    of    1908;    and    Clinton 
Wildes,  born  June  2,  1888,  also  a  student  at 
Yale,  class  of  191 1. 

John  Wild,  immigrant  ancestor  of  Mary 
Howard  (Wildes)  Davis,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1 61 8,  came  to  America  with  his 
brother,  William  W^ild.  on  the  ship  "Eliza- 
chusetts.  In  1639  he  served  in  the  Pequot 
war.  About  the  year  1645  he  married  Pris- 
beth"  in  1635,  and  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massa- 
cilla.  daughter  of  Zaccheus  Gould,  and  moved 


til  riipslicld,  where  he  entered  prominently 
into  the  life  of  the  new  town,  occupying  po- 
litical and  church  offices.  iVi.scilla  (Gould) 
Wild  died  April  16,  1663,  having  borne  him 
three  sons  and  five  daughters.  He  married, 
November  23,  1663,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Averill,  of  Ipswich.  In  1692  she  was  ar- 
rested on  the  charge  of  witchcraft,  convicted, 
and  e.xecuted  on  July  19  of  that  year.  The 
events  leading  to  her  arrest  and  the  circum- 
stances of  her  trial  throw  an  interesting  light 
on  the  life  anfl  customs  of  the  times,  but 
form  a  story  too  lengthy  to-narrate  here.  Two 
daughters  of  John  Wild  and  a  son-in-law 
were  also  arrested,  but  escaped  execution. 
John  W^ild  married  Mary  Jacobs,  June  23, 
1693.    He  died  in  Topsfield,  May  14,  1705. 

(II)  Ephraim,  only  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Averill)  Wild,  was  born  in  Topsfield,  De- 
cember, 1665.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Clark)  Hewlett,"  March 
i8,  1688-89.  Pie  was  a  prominent  citizen, 
serving  as  a  selectman,  treasurer  and  con- 
stable. On  the  town  and  county  records  he  is 
dignified  with  the  titles  of  Mr.  and  quarter- 
master. He  died  April  2,  1725,  his  wife  sur- 
viving until  May  17,  1758.  They  had  sixteen 
children,  four  of  whom  settled'  in  Arimdel, 
Maine. 

(HI)  Captain  John,  eldest  son  of  Ephraim 
Wildes,  was  born  in  Topsfield,  June  25,  1690, 
died  September  27,  1750.  He  served  the  town 
as  selectman  for  eleven  years.  He  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade,  and  made  the  town  stocks  in 
1720.  The  name  of  his  wife  was  Phoebe, 
probably  a  member  of  the  Redington  family. 
She  died  September  30,  1765. 

(IV)  Amos,  sixth  son  of  Captain  John 
Wildes,  was  born  in  Topsfield,  January  27, 
1727-28.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  (Porter)  "Perkins, 
February  5,  1750-51.  She  was  descended  from 
the  Gould,  Dorman  and  Hawthorne  families. 
He  died  of  small-pox  on  May  24,  1779,  and 
his  wife  committed  suicide  in  the  following 
December. 

(V)  Dudley,  third  son  of  Amos  Wildes, 
was  born  in  Topsfield  in  January,  1759.  He 
married  Bethia,  daughter  of  John  and  Bethia 
(Tones)  Harris,  of  Ipswich,  and  a  descendant 
of  Mrs.  Margaret  Lake  and  the  Bradford  and 
Raymond  families.  He  died  January  21.  1820, 
and  she  died  February  25,  1833. 

(VI)  Hon.  Asa  Waldo,  third  son  of  Dudlev 
Wildes,  was  born  in  Topsfield  in  May,  1786. 
He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in  the 
class  of  1809,  and  for  a  time  taught  school 
in    Newburyport   and   W^ashington.      He   was 


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admitted  to  the  bar  in  1820  and  began  the 
practice  of  law  in  Newburyport.  He  con- 
tinued until  1826,  when  a  commission,  now 
known  as  the  county  commission,  was  created 
and  ]\Ir.  Wildes  was  appointed  its  chairman. 
He  continued  a  member  of  the  commission, 
by  election  and  appointment,  until  1856,  with 
the  exception  of  one  term,  1842  to  1845.  He 
served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  of  New- 
buryport from  1825  to  1827.  He  married, 
June  7,  1818,  at  Newburyport,  Eliza  Ann, 
daughter  of  Captain  Abel  and  Phoebe  (Tilton) 
Lunt,  descended  from  the  Essex  county  fam- 
ilies of  Appleton,  Safford,  March,  Oilman, 
Batt  and  Allen.  They  lived  in  a  large  old 
Colonial  house  on  High  street  in  Newbury- 
port. Their  children  were :  Rev.  George 
Dudley,  Mary  Howard  (Mrs.  Francis  Chase), 
Colonel  Asa  \\'aldo,  Colonel  Henry,  of  San 
Francisco,  Caroline  Huntington  (Mrs.  Henry 
Stanwood),  Annie  Tilton  (Mrs.  George 
Brown),  and  Francis  A. 

(YII)  Colonel  Asa  Waldo,  second  son  of 
Hon.  Asa  Waldo  Wildes,  was  born  in  New- 
buryport, August  2,  1822.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen he  began  the  study  of  civil  engineering 
in  the  office  of  Colonel  T.  M.  Fessenden,  then 
chief  engineer  of  the  Eastern  railroad.  Colo- 
nel W^ildes  was  engaged  in  the  construction  of 
the  Eastern  road  until  its  completion,  when  he 
was  transferred  to  the  Portsmouth,  Saco  & 
Portland  railroad,  having  been  engaged  in  the 
engineering  department.  In  1850  he  was  ap- 
pointed resident  engineer  of  the  Maysville  & 
Lexington  railroad  in  Kentucky,  where  he 
remained  until  1855,  when  he  returned  to 
Maine  and  took  charge  of  the  incomplete  por- 
tion of  the  Somerset  &  Kennebec  railroad.  In 
1857  he  was  appointed  chief  engineer  of  the 
Marquette  Ouronagon  road,  Michigan.  In 
1859  he  became  chief  engineer  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  &  Indiana  road  extending  from  Fort 
Wavne  to  the  Straits  of  Macinaw.  In  i860 
he  returned  to  Maine,  settled  in  Skowhegan, 
and  shortly  after  was  appointed  an  aide  on 
the  staff  of  Governor  Washburn.  He  was 
appointed  colonel  of  the  Sixteenth  Maine 
Regiment  in  May,  1862.  He  took  an  impor- 
tant part  in  the  transportation  of  Maine 
troops  to  Washington,  and  was  at  the  front 
at  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run.  Serious  ill- 
ness, caused  bv  long  exposure,  rendered  him 
unfit  for  field  duty,  and  he  was  finally  obliged 
to  resisrn  his  command  and  return  to  his  home 
to  regain  his  health.  In  1862  he  had  been  ap- 
pointed railroad  commissioner,  and  from  that 
vear  until  his  death  served  the  state  in  that 
capacity.     He  married,  April    10,   1842,  Jane, 


daughter  of  Johnson  and  Lucy  (Towne)  Pat- 
ten, of  Kennebunkport.  She  died  Alay  i, 
1877.  He  married  (second)  August  12,  1878, 
Fannie  Gray.  Colonel  Wildes  died  in  Au- 
gusta. Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Francis, 
died  young.  2.  George  Lunt,  born  November 
I,  1847,  rnarried  Elizabeth  Neal  Gilman,  June 
26,  1877;  living  in  Melrose,  Massachusetts; 
three  sons.  3.  William  Henry,  born  Septem- 
ber 6,  1850,  married  Abigail  Keene,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1874;  four  sons;  living  in  Skowhegan. 
4.  Annie  Waldo,  born  September  17,  1856, 
married  Charles  Douglas  Whitehouse,  October 
17,  1876;  two  sons;  after  his  death  she  mar- 
ried Henry  Norman  James,  of  Franklin,  Ten- 
nessee, where  she  is  now  living.  5.  Mary 
Howard,  born  October  9,  1859,  married,  De- 
cember 8,  1880,  Walter  Goodwin  Davis. 

Robert  Patten,  immigrant  ancestor  of  Jane 
(Patten)  Wildes,  came  from  the  Scotch  Pro- 
testant colony  at  Coleraine,  Derry,  Ireland,  to 
America  in  1727,  accompanied  by  his  wife, 
their  young  son  and  two  brothers.  The  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  was  McGlenthlin,  died 
on  the  voyage.  He  appears  to  have  settled  in 
Arundel,  on  the  Saco  road,  about  ten  years 
later.  His  second  wife,  whom  he  married 
in  Scarborough,  December  26,  1743,  was  Flor- 
ence Johnson,  undoubtedly  a  daughter  of 
James  Johnson,  of  .Scarborough,  also  a  Scotch- 
Irishman.  His  will,  made  March  15,  1775, 
mentions  his  wife ;  his  son  Hector  of  Tops- 
ham  to  whom  he  bequeathes  his  sawmill  at 
Topsham ;  sons  Robert,  James  and  John ; 
daughters  Margaret,  Mary  and  Rachel. 

(II)  James,  third  son  of  Robert  Patten, 
married  Sally  Stone  in  Arundel.  December  7, 
1775-  It  has  thus  far  proved  impossible  to 
identify  her.  His  second  wife  was  Abigail 
Meservey.    He  died  in  the  spring  of  1817. 

(III)  Johnson,  son  of  James  and  Sally 
(Stone)  Patten,  was  born  April  9,  i'782. 
When  a  young  man  he  was  mate  with  his 
brother.  Captain  Robert  Patten,  of  the 
schooner  "President  Jefferson"  (1803),  and 
of  the  "Paulina"  (1811).  He  married  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Amos  and  Sarah  (Mil- 
ler) Towne.  She  was  born  February  9,  1790, 
and  her  father,  a  revolutionary  veteran,  was 
descended  from  the  Towne,  Curtis,  Smith  and 
Browning  families  of  Topsfield,  Massachu- 
setts. Johnson  Patten  died  June  i,  1848. 
Mrs.  Patten  survived  him  and  died  in  Saco. 
October  17.  1862. 

(IV)  Jane,  third  daughter  of  Johnson  and 
I  rev  (Towne)  Patten,  was  born  March  31, 
1821.  She  married  Colonel  Wildes,  April  10, 
1842. 


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'I'hc  name  of  Davis  is  a  very  coni- 
DA\  IS     mon    one    all    over    the    United 

States,  it  being  almost  as  numer- 
ous as  Smith,  Jones  and  Brown.  It  has  pro- 
duced candidates  for  the  presidency  and  judges 
of  the  United  States  supreme  C(nirt.  They 
have  fouyht  on  the  water  and  on  the  land, 
have  tracked  the  hiding  savage  in  the  wilder- 
ness, and  faced  the  foe  in  the  bayonet  charge 
on  the  open  battle  ground.  They  have  never 
flinched,  never  shirked  duty.  Tiie  name  comes 
from  David,  a  Riblicai  name  of  Hebrew  or- 
igin, moaning  "the  beloved." 

( I )  The  commencement  of  the  line  with 
which  we  now  have  to  do  may  be  safely  set 
at  Yarmouth,  Cape  Cod,  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts.  There,  Robert  Davis  came 
from  England  about  1638.  In  1643  he  was 
on  the  roll  of  those  able  to  bear  arms.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1659,  and  removed  to 
Barnstable  about  1650.  He  was  not  a  weal- 
thy man. — 

"An   honest  good   man. 
And  got   his  living  by  his  labor. 
And   Goodman   Shelly   was  his   neighbor." 

His  character  for  honesty  and  industry  was 
his  legacy  to  future  generations.  His  farm 
was  on  the  south  side  of  Dead  Swamp,  which 
he  purchased  from  the  Indians.  The  name  of 
his  wife  was  Ann.  He  died  in  1693.  His  will 
was  dated  April  14,  1688,  and  admitted  to 
probate  June  29,  1693.  To  Josiah  he  gave  a 
house  lot.  His  widow  Ann  died  in  1701.  The 
fact  that  she  refers  in  her  will,  dated  May  5, 
1699,  only  to  the  younger  children  yields 
ground  for  the  belief  that  she  was  a  second 
wife.  The  children  of  Robert  were :  De- 
borah, Mary,  Andrew,  John,  Robert,  Josiah, 
Ann,  Hannah,  Sarah,  Joseph  and  Mercy. 

(II)  Josiah,  si.xth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Robert  and  Ann  Davis,  was  born  in  Barn- 
stable in  1656,  and  married  Ann,  daughter  of 
Richard  Taylor,  of  Yarmouth.  Children : 
John,  Hannah,  Josiah.  Seth,  Ruth,  Sarah, 
Jonathan.  Stephen  and  Aura.  He  had  a  ven- 
ture on  a  trading  vessel  and  was  a  man  of 
parts.  His  house  was  named  in  the  laying  out 
of  the  county  road  in  1686;  it  stood  a  few 
feet  east  of  the  present  dwelling  of  Lot  Esta- 
brooks.  His  will  was  dated  April  21.  1709, 
and  the  estates  inventoried  £300.  He  was 
in  Captain  John  Gorham's  company  in  King 
Philip's  war.  He  was  in  the  memorable  battle, 
memorable  for  its  brutal  savagerv  and  the 
stubborn  valor  of  the  colonists,  fought  in 
South  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  in  which  the 
Narragansetts  were  completely  routed  and 
their  power  as  a  nation  of  warriors  over- 
thrown.    It  was  the  la.st  stand  of  the  Xarra- 


gansetts.     Xo  more  was  heard  in  the  midnight 
watches  of  their  dreadful  warwhoop. 

(III)  Josiah  (2),  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Josiah  (i)  and  Ann  (Taylor)  Davis, 
was  born  in  Barnstable,  August,  1687,  and 
married  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Edward  Tay- 
lor, of  West  P.arnstable.  Children :  Edward, 
Mary  and  Josiah. 

(IV)  Josiah  (3),  third  child  of  Josiah  (2) 
and  Mehitable  (Taylor)  Davis,  was  born  in 
Barnstable,  .August  2,  1718.  He  married 
Thankful  Matthews  in  1745;  (second)  Thank- 
ful, daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Tem]3erance 
(Haws)  Gorham.  He  resided  in  the  house  in 
which  his  father  had  lived.  The  general  court 
of  Massachusetts  rewarded  the  soldiers  who 
served  in  the  King  Philip  war  with  grants  of 
land  in  the  province  of  Maine.  In  this  way 
Gorham  in  (i^umberland  county,  Maine,  came 
to  be  settled,  and  was  called  "Narragansett 
No.  7,"'  it  being  the  seventh  town  granted 
away  for  this  purpose.  Thither  removed  many 
families  from  the  South  Shore  and  Cape  Cod 
as  early  as  1743,  and  thither  removed  Josiah 
(3)  with  his  family  in  1762. 

(Y)  John,  son  of  Josiah  (3)  and  Thankful 
(Gorham)  Davis,  was  born  in  Barnstable  in 
1761.  He  married  Patience,  daughter  of 
James  and  iNIary  (Gorham-Phinney)  Irish,  in 
1789.  Her  grandfather.  James  Irish,  served 
under  the  famous  Indian  fighter.  Colonel 
Wentworth,  at  Penobscot  Bay.  Her  father 
was  also  a  noted  fighter,  and  served  under 
Washington  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
John  served  in  the  unfortunate  Penobscot  ex- 
pedition in  Captain  AIcMellen's  company, 
1779.  The  battle  of  Castine  followed,  from 
which  the  .Americans  retired  without  winning 
the  prize  of  victory.  The  soldiers  made  their 
way  back  through  the  wilderness  to  civiliza- 
tion the  best  way  they  could,  each  one  for 
himself.  They  suffered  much  from  want  of 
food  and  exposure.  The  family  of  John  and 
Patience  Davis  consisted  of  Sally,  Thankful, 
James,  Rebecca,  Temperance,  Martha,  Mary, 
Solomon  and  Cyrus. 

(\T)  Cvrus,  youngest  son  and  ninth  child  of 
John  and  Patience  (Irish)  Davis,  was  born  in 
Buxton.  ATaine.  He  married  (first)  Martha 
Chase,  bv  whom  was  born  to  him :  Cyrus 
Augustus.  He  married  (second)  Harriet  A. 
Pratt :  children :  Oscar  Pratt,  Edward  C, 
Joseph  B..  Martha  G.,  John  C.  and  Cyrus  W. 

(VH)  Hon.  Cyrus  W.,  fifth  son  and  sixth 
child  of  John  and  Harriet  A.  (Pratt)  Davis, 
was  born  in  Buxton,  Maine,  and  to  its  schools 
and  Gorham  .\cademy  was  indebted  for  his 
early  education.    He  married  Flora  E.,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Joseph  Philbrook,  of  Lisbon  Falls,  De- 
cember 25,  1879.  Children:  Harold  P.,  born 
March  6,  1887,  and  Russell  Wendell,  June  13, 
1892.  Starting  in  business  with  Hon.  E.  H. 
Banks,  a  dry  goods  merchant  of  Biddeford,  he 
was  later  associated  with  S.  Smith,  Jr.,  of 
Waterville,  in  the  same  business.  Since  he 
has  been  senior  partner  in  the  brokerage  and 
banking  company  of  Davis  &  Soule,  with  of- 
fices in  New  York,  Boston,  St.  John  and  Wat- 
erville. He  is  a  director  in  many  corpora- 
tions, giving  particular  attention  to  mining  and 
electric  railroads.  He  is  a  man  of  sound  busi- 
ness judgment,  successful  in  whatever  he 
undertake's.  Public-spirited,  he  is  loyal  to  the 
interests  of  his  adopted  city  and  native  state, 
than  whom  none  of  her  sons  are  more  deserv- 
ing of  recognition.  A  man  of  his  stamp  and 
character  does  not  have  to  wait  long  without 
call  to  political  duty.  Accordingly  in  1900  he 
was  elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket  to  the 
lower  house,  and  given  a  re-election  in  1903, 
which  itself  shows  in  what  regard  he  was  held 
by  the  community  and  how  well  he  gave  an 
account  of  his  stewardship.  He  served  on 
the  committee  of  ways  and  means,  insurance. 
and  mercantile  afifairs.  He  was  accorded  at 
both  sessions  of  which  he  was  a  member  the 
honor  of  nomination  for  speaker  by  his  party, 
though  in  the  minority  it  was  no  less  a  mer- 
ited TOmpliment.  Mr.  Davis  was  the  member 
who  introduced  the  first  resolution  in  regard 
to  the  resubmission  of  the  fifth  amendment, 
touching  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  intoxi- 
cating liquor.  He  is  a  forceful  speaker,  and 
what  he  says  carries  weight.  In  1903  he  was 
mayor  of  Waterville,  and  in  1904  and  1906 
was  candidate  for  governor  of  Maine  on  the 
Democratic  ticket.  In  politics  he  is  Demo- 
cratic, and  in  religion  Baptist.  He  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  past  master  of  Water- 
ville Lodge,  a  member  of  Teconnet  Chapter, 
R.  A.  M.,  No.  52,  and  past  commander  of  St. 
Omer  Commandery,  K.  T. 


Dolor  Davis,  immigrant  of  this 
DAVIS  Davis  family,  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  pioneers  of  both  col- 
onies. His  posterity  is  very  numerous,  and 
among  them  have  been  some  very  distin- 
guished men,  namely :  Hon.  John  Davis,  gov- 
ernor and  United  States  senator,  and  Hon. 
John  D.  Long,  governor,  congressman,  and 
secretary  of  the  navy.  Dolor  Davis  married 
in  county  Kent,  England,  March  29,  1624, 
Margery^  daughter  of  Richard  Willard,  of 
Horsemonden.  county  Kent,  yeoman.  She 
was  baptized  there  November  7,  1602,  and  died 


before  1667.  Accompanied  by  his  wife,  three 
children  and  .Simon  Willard,  his  wife's  bro- 
ther. Dolor  Davis  came  to  New  England  and 
settled  prior  to  August  4,  1634.  in  Cambridge. 
Simon  Willard  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Lancaster :  he  was  captain  of  foot  in  1646, 
major  in  1654,  and  at  his  death  in  1673  "the 
colony  lost  one  its  most  distinguished  mem- 
bers," 

Dolor  Davis  was  a  carpenter  and  master 
builder.  He  received  his  first  grant  of  land 
in  Cambridge,  June  4,  1635,  and  others  later. 
He  removed  to  Duxbury,  August  5,  1638-39, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman  and  granted  land 
there  in  1640.  He  was  a  residei:t  of  Barn- 
stable in  1643  3nd  was  admitted  a  freeman 
there  June  2,  1646.  He  was  honored  in  Barn- 
stable with  various  public  offices,  including 
those  of  highway  surveyor  and  constable.  He 
and  his  wife  were  dismissed  from  the  Duxbury 
to  the  Barnstable  church  August  27,  1648.  In 
1656  he  left  Plymouth  colony  and  returned 
to  IMassachusetts  Bay,  and  purchased  in  Con- 
cord one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  with  a  house 
thereon.  In  1666,  however,  he  returned  to 
Barnstable,  and  died  there  in  June,  1673.  His 
will  was  dated  September  13.  1672,  and  proved 
July  2,  1673.  It  mentions  sons  Simon  and 
Samuel  as  already  having  their  portions;  el- 
dest son  John ;  son-in-law  Lewis  and  Mary 
his  wife  :  and  daughter  Ruth  Hall.  Children  : 
I.  John,  born  in  England  about  1626,  to  whom 
was  bequeathed  the  Concord  homestead.  2. 
Mary,  born  in  England  about  1631.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, 4,  Lieutenant  Simon,  married  Mary 
Blood.  5.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Ruth,  born  in  Barnstable,  March  24,  1645. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Dolor  Davis,  was  born 
in  England  or  Cambridge  about  1635.  He 
married,  at  Lynn,  January  11,  1665-66,  Marj' 
Meadowes,  who  died  at  Concord,  October  3, 
1710.  Remarried  (second)  October  iS,  1711, 
Ruth  Taylor,  who  died  August  6,  1720.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  March  21.  1689-90. 
He  settled  in  that  part  of  Concord  that  became 
Bedford,  and  his  farm  was  on  the  back  road 
from  Concord  to  Bedford,  He  divided  his 
real  estate  among  his  sons  before  his  death  by 
deeds.  Children:  i.  Mercy,  born  October 
27,  1666.  died  December  18,  1667.  2.  Samuel, 
June  21,  1669.  mentioned  below,  3.  Daniel, 
March  16,  1673,  married  at  Concord,  April 
27,  1699,  I\Iary  Hubbard;  resided  at  Bedford; 
died  February  11,  1741.  4.  Mary,  August  12, 
1677,  married,  April  26,  1699,  John  Stearns. 
5,  Eleazer.  July  26,  1680.  married.  May  7, 
1705,  Eunice  Potter.  6,  Lieutenant  Simon, 
August    9,     1683,    married,     1713,     Dorothy 


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;  removed  to  Rutliinil  about  1720;  died 

I'cbriiary  16,  1763:  l)uric(l  at  Holdcii.  7. 
Stephen,  March  20.  1686,  married,  .March  26, 
1713,  at  Concord,  Elizabeth  Fletcher;  resided 
at  r.edford. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Davis,  was  born  at  Concord.  June  21,  1669. 
He  resided  at  Bedford  and  Chelmsford,  and 
was  one  of  the  early  proprietors  of  Town- 
send.  He  married,  March  2,  1697,  Abigail 
l\cad,  who  died  January  13,  1709.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  about  1710,  Mary  Law.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  .Abigail,  born  January 
27,  1698.  2.  Mary,  November  18,  1700.  3. 
Samuel,  October  3,  1703,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Jacob,  July  8,  1707,  settled  in  Lunenburg.  5. 
Eleazer.  6.  Stejihen.  7.  John.  Children  of 
second  wife:  8.  Lydia,  December  4,  1716. 
9.  Martha.  10.  Deliverance,  November  27, 
1722. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Davis,  was  born  at  IBedford,  October  3,  1703. 
He«.«ettled  in  Lunenburg,  perhaps  in  the  part 
that  became  Townsend.  He  was  fence  viewer 
of  Lunenburg  from  1731-1736,  hog  reeve  in 
1733.     He  seems  to  have  been  a  carpenter  by 

trade.     He  married   (first)   Sarah  and 

(second)  January  13,  1746-47,  at  Lunenburg, 
Rebecca  Larkin.  of  Groton.  He  died  in  1775 
at  Lunenburg,  leaving  a  widow,  Margaret. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  March  20,  1730, 
died  young.  2.  Sarah,  December  7,  1732, 
died  February  10,  1737.  3.  Samuel,  June  7, 
1735.  4.  Joseph,  May  20,  1738,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Submit,  married  .  6.  Han- 
nah, mentioned  in  will. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Davis,  was 
born  at  Lunenburg,  May  20,  1738.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Samuel 
Stone's  company  of  minute-men.  Colonel  Will- 
iam Prescott's  regiment,  at  Lexington.  He 
served  in  1776  in  the  .A.shby  company,  in  New 
York.  He  settled  in  Townsend  in  the  part  set 
off  as  Ashby,  and  at  one  time  owned  what  is 
now  the  centre  of  Ashby.  Later  in  life  he 
removed  to  Maine  and  had  a  farm  there.  He 
died  in  Maine.  He  married,  at  Lunenburg 
(intention  dated  October  22,  1757),  November 
8,  1757.  Elizabeth  Foster.  .A.mong  his  chil- 
dren were  :  Reuben,  born  at  Ashby,  December 
23,  1783,  died  December  i,  1835;  married 
Hannah    Emerson    Walker.      Polly,    married 

Wheeler,   and    resided   at    Townsend. 

Heald,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Heald,  son  of  Joseph  Davis,  was  born 
at  .\shby,  Massachusetts,  in  1792.  died  at 
Lubec  in  i860.  He  was  a  farmer  and  mason 
bv  trade.    He  settled  in  Lubec,  Maine,  in  18 18. 


He  served  in  the  war  nf  1812  and  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  I'lattsburgh.  New  York.  He 
married  .Mary  Pjarnes,  of  Bath,  Maine,  born  in 
1800,  daughter  of  Jiiseph  I'.arnes,  who  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Colonel  Strout's 
(Eleventh  Massachusetts)  regiment  and  was 
a  pensioner  of  the  United  States  when  he 
died  in  1836.  Children:  Eben  .Adams,  .Mary 
Ann,  h'ranccs  Maria,  William  H.,  Emily  Fow- 
ler, .Sybil,  John  .Mbion,  mentioned  below. 

Josejjh  Barnes,  of  an  old  New  England 
family,  lived  at  Harpswell,  Maine.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen and  served  three  years,  being  mustered 
out  at  West  Point ;  was  late  in  life  a  pen- 
sioner. His  grandmother  was  of  Scotch  des- 
cent. He  married  Lydia  Thompson,  whose 
sister  Susan  married  a  Captain  Kent  of  the 
British  army.  Barnes  and  Kent  both  settled 
after  the  war  at  the  Three  Islands,  Grand 
Manan,  Maine.  Children  of  Captain  and 
Susan  Kent  were :  Jonathan,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Polly,  Hepsibah,  Elizabeth,  .Susan  and  Nancy, 
and  both  of  the  latter  married  Cheneys  of 
Grand  iNFanan.  Barnes  settled  finally  at  Lu- 
bec, Maine,  and  died  there.  He  was  buried 
in   the    Lubec   burial   ground.     Children:      i. 

Moriah    (twin),    married   Thompson. 

2.  William  (twin),  died  unmarried.  3.  Mary, 
married  Heald  Davis.  4.  John,  lived  in  New 
York  and  follow-ed  the  sea  for  a  livelihood. 

(VII)  Captain  John  Albion,  son  of  Heald 
Davis,  was  born  at  Lubec,  April  10.  1832. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  He  began  as  a  cabin  boy  to  follow  the 
sea,  then  shipped  as  cook  and  finally  as  able 
seaman.  He  was  second  mate  of  a  ship  four 
years  after  he  began  to  follow  the  sea  in  1848, 
and  in  1855  was  a  master  mariner.  For  a 
period  of  forty-five  years  he  followed  the  sea 
and  he  is  one  of  the  best  known  skippers  of 
Lubec.  He  left  the  sea  to  engage  in  business 
with  his  son-in-law,  Bion  Moses  Pike,  of  Lu- 
bec. The  firm  name  is  Davis  &  Pike,  whole- 
sale dealers  in  cured  and  pickled  fish  of  all 
kinds  and  in  salt.  The  firm  has  built  up  a 
flourishing  trade,  shipping  their  goods  to  all 
parts  of  the  country.  In  the  civil  war  he  was 
appointed  an  ensign  in  the  United  States  navy 
by  Hon.  Gideon  Welles,  secretary  of  the  navy, 
and  from  that  time  until  1865  he  was  in  the 
service,  mostly  in  the  Farragut  and  West  Gulf 
squadrons,  in  the  Cape  Fear  district  off  North 
Carolina.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  of  William  H.  Brawn  Post,  No. 
138,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  past 
commander  and  a  member  of  the  Militarv 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  America,  De- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


partment  of  Maine;  of  Washington  Lodge, 
No.  2,^,  Free  and  Accepted  ]\lasons,  of  Lubec. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church.  He 
married  Ann  Maria  Comstock,  born  May  21, 
1832.  Children:  i.  Nelson  Rexford,  born 
1857.  died  1872.  2.  Lizzie  Comstock,  Febru- 
ary 5.  1862,  married  Bion  Moses  Pike,  of 
Lubec.  3.  ]\lary  Davis,  October  28,  1870, 
married  Irving  W.  Case,  of  Lubec. 


According  to  the  deductions  of 
ALLAN  antiquarians  and  others  who 
have  investigated  the  origin  of 
surnames,  the  names  Allan  and  Allen  appear 
to  have  come  from  the  same  remote  source ; 
but  Allen  generally  is  given  an  English  origin, 
while  Allan,  so  far  at  least  as  it  relates  to  the 
particular  family  here  considered,  is  distinctly 
Scotch,  and  is  traced  to  Alan,  high  constable 
of  Scotland  and  lord  of  Galloway  and  Cun- 
ninghame.  and  who  died  A.  D.,  1234.  In  this 
place,  however,  no  attempt  is  made  to  trace  the 
Allan  pedigree  through  the  several  generations 
anterior  to  that  of  the  American  ancestor,  the 
period  of  whose  life  was  three  score  years  and 
ten,  and  the  scene  of  which  was  laid  chiefly  in 
Scotland  and  British  America ;  but  there  was 
at  least  one  among  his  descendants  whose  life 
and  deeds  were  intimately  associated  with  the 
earlv  history  of  America  in  general  and  the 
province  and  subsequent  state  of  Maine  in  par- 
ticular, as  will  appear  to  the  reader  of  these 
pages. 

(I)  Major  William  Allan,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor and  progenitor  of  the  family  here 
treated,  was  born  in  Scotland  about  the  year 
1720,  and  died  in  Nova  Scotia  about  1790. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  means,  education  and 
high  social  position,  an  ofScer  in  the  British 
army,  and  tradition  has  it  that  his  rank  was 
that  of  major.  Little  indeed  is  known  of  his 
early  life  except  what  is  learned  from  a  family 
record  in  his  own  handwriting,  and  from  which 
free  quotation  is  made  in  these  annals.  He 
married,  July  9,  1744,  Isabella,  daughter  of 
Sir  Eustace  \Iaxwell,  of  Scotland,  gentleman, 
and  at  the  time  of  the  birth  of  his  eldest  son 
was  living  temporarily  in  Edinburgh  Castle, 
to  which  fortress  his  family  with  others  had 
sought  refuge  during  the  troubles  of  the  re- 
bellion, and  while  England  and  France  were 
engaged  in  warfare  both  at  home  and  in  their 
colonies  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  ocean. 
In  1748  the  treatv  of  Aix  la  Chapelle  estab- 
lished a  temporary  peace  between  the  contend- 
ing powers,  but  it  was  at  best  armed  peace 
and  one  during  which  both  governments  used 
every  means  and  energy  to  strengthen  their 


colonial  positions.  On  her  own  part  the  Brit- 
ish power  at  once  began  to  devise  ways  and 
means  to  provide  for  a  large  number  of  sol- 
diers and  sailors  then  recently  discharged 
from  home  service,  and  to  this  end  arranged 
for  a  system  of  colonization  of  the  province 
of  Nova  Scotia,  which  although  nominally  a 
British  province  was  inhabited  by  only  a  few 
neutral  French  and  Indians.  Liberal  provis- 
ions were  made  for  all  who  would  settle  there, 
and  in  1749  under  the  inducements  then  of- 
fered Major  William  Allan  with  his  wife  and 
little  son  John,  the  latter  then  four  years  old, 
sailed  in  company  with  more  than  two  thou- 
sand others  for  America.  It  has  been  assumed 
that  when  William  Allan  came  to  this  country 
he  was  still  an  officer  of  the  British  army  and 
was  on  half  pay.  He  remained  in  Halifax 
about  three  years  and  in  the  latter  part  of 
1752  was  at  Fort  Lawrence,  on  the  neck  which 
connects  Nova  Scotia  with  New  Brunswick, 
where  he  may  have  been  commander,  but  more 
probably  was  a  subordinate  officer ;  and  he  re- 
mained there  until  1759.  It  is  believed  that 
Major  Allan  served  as  an  officer  through  the 
French  and  Indian  war  from  1754  to  1763, 
when  the  treaty  of  Paris  marked  the  over- 
throw of  the  French  dominion  in  America. 
About  that  time  he  received  a  large  grant  of 
fertile  land,  became  a  farmer,  and  in  a  few 
years  acquired  considerable  wealth.  His  farm 
was  cultivated  chiefly  by  the  labor  of  French 
Acadians,  who  became  for  a  time  servants  to 
the  conquerors  of  their  own  territory.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  colonial  legislature  and 
fulfilled  the  duties  of  several  offices  of  trust 
and  honor.  His  nine  children  received  edu- 
cational advantages  and  eventually  became 
connected  with  the  best  families  of  the  prov- 
ince. In  religious  preference  he  probably 
was  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  undoubt- 
edlv  a  man  of  great  determination  and  energy. 
His  wife  died  in  1767,  and  he  married  a  second 
time,  and  died  a  few  years  after  the  close  of 
the  revolution.  In  a  record  of  his  family  writ- 
ten by  himself  he  thus  mentions  the  death  of 
his  first  wife:  "1767.  Isabel  Allan  (wife  of 
William  Allan  Senior),  Departed  this  life 
about  the  Turn  of  the  Night  between  the  30th 
&  31st  of  August,  5  minutes  before  12 
o'clock."  His  children:  i.  John,  born  Janu- 
ary 3,  1746.  2.  i\Iary,  August  16.  1747,  died 
December  22,  1747.  3.  Elizabeth,  December 
25,  1750,  married,  August  27,  1772,  John 
George  Pyke.  4.  William,  October  27,  1752, 
died  October  4.  1806.  married,  in  1787,  Sarah 
Dixson  ;  removed  from  Halifax  to  Fort  Cum- 
berland.   5.  George,  September  30,  1754,  died 


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May    19,    1804.     fi.  James,   August   25,    1756, 
died    November    i,    1737.     7.  Jean,   April    10, 

1759,  married,    Feliriiary    7,    1775.    Thomas 
Cochran.       8.  W'inckworlh,      Novcnilier     21, 

1760.  9.   Lsabcl,  July  23.  1762. 

(II)  Colonel  John,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Major  William  and  Isabella  (Maxwell)  Al- 
lan, was  born  in  Edinburgh  Castle,  Scotland, 
January  3.  1746  (O.  S.),  and  died  at  Lubec 
Mills,  Alaine,  February  7,  1805,  aj^ed  fifty-nine 
years.  The  following  narrative  of  his  life  is 
taken  largely  from  ".\  Memoir  of  Col.  John 
Allan,"  by  ]\lr.  Frederic  Kidder,  printed  1867. 
He  came  to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  with  his 
parents  in  1749,  and  October  10,  1767,  mar- 
ried Mary  I'atton.  born  February  3,  1746,  died 
June  8,  18 1 9.  He  was  a  representative  in  the 
provincial  parliament  of  Nova  Scotia  from 
1770  to  1776,  when  he  was  obliged  to  flee  for 
refuge  to  the  United  States,  his  ideas  of  free- 
dom having  made  him  obnoxious  to  the  Brit- 
ish government,  who  offered  rewards  for  his 
apprehension.  lie  came  to  the  states  in  the 
autumn  of  1776.  Proceeding  to  Philadelphia, 
he  had  several  interviews  with  General  \\'ash- 
ington  and  also  waited  upon  congress.  He 
was  soon  after  appointed  colonel  of  infantry 
and  superintendent  of  eastern  Indians,  and 
throughout  the  war  was  stationed  at  Machias, 
Maine.  He  remained  at  his  post  until  1783, 
when  he  commenced  a  mercantile  business, 
which  not  succeeding  well  he  turned  his  at- 
tention to  agriculture  and  continued  in  that 
pursuit  until  the  time  of  his  death. 

Such,  then,  is  a  very  meagre  glance  at  the 
career  of  one  of  the  notable  characters  in  our 
early  national  history,  with  none  of  the  side- 
lights of  his  eminent  services  in  behalf  of 
American  liberty,  nor  of  his  private  life  as  a 
citizen  of  one  of  the  important  states  of  the 
federal  union.  Of  his  boyhood  little  is  known, 
although  his  letters  and  public  utterances  give 
evidence  of  superior  education,  and  it  is 
known  that  he  possessed  a  good  understanding 
of  English  history,  was  versed  in  French,  hav- 
ing acquired  that  knowledge  from  the  Aca- 
dians  among  whom  his  youth  was  spent;  and 
besides  these  he  was  quite  familiar  with  sev- 
eral of  the  Indian  dialects,  which  knowledge 
was  of  much  value  to  him  in  his  capacity  of 
superintendent  of  the  eastern  Indians.  It  is 
thought  that  some  part  of  his  younger  life  was 
spent  in  Boston,  where  doubtless  under  the 
patriotic  influences  of  Massachusetts  public 
men  he  learned  the  lesson  which  impelled  his 
own  later  action ;  but  however  this  may  have 
been  the  fact  remains  that  upon  his  return 
home  after  a  somewhat  extended  absence  there 


was  an  estrangement  between  his  father  and 
himself  on  account  of  jioliiical  ()uestions,  for 
the  former  remained  loyal  to  the  mother  coun- 
try during  the  revolution,  while  the  son  gave 
his  greatest  energies  in  bchilf  of  the  cause  for 
which  the  American  colonies  were  contending. 
.\bout  the  time  of  the  death  of  his  mother 
Colonel  Allan  became  acquainted  with  Mary 
Patton,  and  it  is  related  that  on  one  occasion 
she  went  into  his  father's  store,  with  a  skein 
of  thread  hanging  loosely  about  her  neck.  He 
playfully  attempted  to  take  it  off,  but  she  re- 
sisted and  a  merry  struggle  followed.  From 
that  time  they  became  intimate  friends  and 
were  married  October  10.  1767.  It  is  sup- 
posed that  after  his  marriage  his  father  gave 
him  a  part  of  his  large  estate,  and  he  began 
life  in  farming  and  mercantile  pursuits.  His 
farm,  known  as  "Invermary,"  was  one  of  the 
best  in  the  counties  of  Cumberland  and  West- 
moreland and  included  three  hundred  and 
forty-eight  acres  of  land :  and  besides  his  own 
dwelling  it  contained  several  country  houses 
occupied  by  French  .'\cadian  families  as  ten- 
ants, two  large  and  four  small  barns.  He  also 
held  several  important  public  offices,  among 
them  that  of  justice  of  the  peace,  clerk  of  the 
sessions  and  clerk  of  the  supreme  court.  In 
1770  he  was  elected  representative  to  the  pro- 
vincial   assembly    and    held    that    office    until 

1776,  when  his  seat  was  declared  vacant  be- 
cause of  his  non-attendance.  At  that  time  his 
mind  was  made  up  to  join  the  colonies  in  re- 
sisting the  oppressions  of  the  mother  country, 
and  his  actions  and  utterances  impelled  the 
provincial  authorities  to  take  measures  for  his 
apprehension  on  the  charge  of  treason  to  the 
king.  Thus  threatened  he  fled  to  the  states, 
but  not. until  after  he  had  visited  the  Indians 
and  secured  for  the  colonies  the  co-operation  of 
a  large  number  of  the  Mic-Mac  tribe.  Leav- 
ing Cumberland  early  in  October,  1776,  he 
came  to  Alachias,  Maine,  later  went  to  Boston 
and  on  November  29  started  on  horseback  for 
Philadelphia,  and  on  Sunday,  December  22, 
dined  with  Washington  at  headquarters.  He 
was   received   by  congress   early   in   January, 

1777,  and  gave  that  body  a  full  statement  of 
affairs  in  the  provinces.  Soon  afterward  he 
was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  eastern 
Indians  and  commissioned  colonel  of  infantry, 
and  having  received  instructions  from  John 
Hancock  left  Baltimore  for  Boston,  arriving 
in  that  chy  February  3,  1777. 

After  he  fled  to  Maine  the  British  authori- 
ties put  a  price  on  Colonel  Allan's  head,  of- 
fering one  hundred  pounds  for  him  "who  has 
been    deeply   concerned    in    exciting   the   said 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


rebellion."  In  writing  of  Colonel  Allan's  al- 
liance with  the  Americans,  the  historian  Mur- 
<lock  says :  "As  he  had  no  New  England 
ancestors  his  escapade  must  be  attributed  to 
ambition,  romance  or  pure  zeal  for  what  he 
thought  was  just  and  right.  For  the  feelings 
against  the  crown  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1775  were 
.confined  to  the  Acadian  French  who  resented 
their  conquest,  the  Indians  who  were  attached 
ito  them  by  habit  and  creed,  and  the  settlers 
who  were  emigrants  from  New  England." 
When  the  British  sacked  Cumberland  Colonel 
Allan's  house  was  one  of  the  first  to  be  de- 
stroyed, his  wife  was  made  prisoner  and  taken 
to  Halifax  and  imprisoned  for  six  months, 
separated  from  her  children.  She  was  sub- 
jected to  many  insults  and  indignities,  her 
finest  apparel  taken  and  worn  by  the  wives 
of  soldiers  and  paraded  before  her  eyes.  After 
returning  to  Boston  Colonel  Allan  remained 
there  about  three  months  then  went  back  to 
Maine  and  assumed  the  duties  of  his  office  of 
superintendent  of  Indian  affairs  and  entered 
actively  into  all  of  the  military  operations 
which  were  carried  out  in  that  region ;  and 
from  that  time  until  the  close  of  the  war  his 
life  was  one  of  constant  motion,  full  of  dan- 
ger and  frequently  subject  to  covert  attack 
from  bitter  enemies,  whites  and  red  men  alike. 
He  was  a  fearless  leader  and  very  capable 
officer  and  perhaps  no  one  man  in  all  the 
province  did  more  than  he  or  sacrificed  more 
than  he  for  the  American  cause ;  and  when 
peace  was  again  restored  and  he  gave  an  ac- 
count of  his  stewardship  it  was  found  that 
his  transactions  were  perfectly  honest  and  his 
character  was  without  blemish.  After  the  war 
he  returned  to  Boston,  resigned  his  office  and 
closed  his  accounts  with  the  government.  In 
1784  he  settled  permanently  in  Maine  and  in 
the  next  year  began  mercantile  business  on 
what  was  named  for  him  "Allan's  Island," 
near  Lubec.  But  he  appears  not  to  have  pros- 
pered in  business,  for  he  was  so  constituted 
that  it  was  a  thing  almost  impossible  for  him 
to  press  a  debtor  for  payment,  hence  his  for- 
bearance cost  him  considerable  money,  and  at 
the  end  of  about  two  years  he  closed  out  his 
mercantile  establishment  and  went  to  Lubec 
Mills,  where  he  died.  In  1792  about  twenty- 
two  thousand  acres  of  wild  land  was  granted 
him  and  his  associates,  the  tract  being  within 
what  now  is  the  town  of  Whiting,  but  the  soil 
was  hard  and  barren  and  of  comparatively 
little  real  value  to  the  grantees.  In  1801  con- 
gress made  him  a  grant  of  about  two  thousand 
acres  of  land  in  the  then  territory  of  Ohio,  on 
a  part  of  which  the  city  of  Columbus  is  built 


up,   but  this  yielded   him   but   little  pecuniary 
advantage. 

During  the  later  }ears  of  his  life  he  was  seri- 
ously alflicted  with  bodily  ailments,  largely 
the  effects  of  his  years  of  privation  and  ex- 
posures incident  to  his  public  service,  and  he 
died  as  he  had  lived,  a  courageous  and  hon- 
orable man,  a  soldier  and  patriot.  He  mar- 
ried, as  has  been  mentioned,  October  10,  1767, 
Mary  Patton,  who  bore  him  nine  children: 
I.  William,  born  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  July 
23,  1768,  died  March  6,  1814;  married  Alice 
Crane,  born  1770,  died  1841.  2.  Mark,  born 
Cumberland,  Nova  Scotia,  March  31,  1770, 
died  September  22,  1818;  married  Susan  Wil- 
der, born  1774.  died  1852.  3.  John,  born 
Cumberland,  December  23,  1771,  died  October 
3,  1863;  married  Mehitable  Crane,  born  1779, 
died  1846.  4.  Isabel  Maxwell,  born  Cumber- 
land. October  23,  1773,  died  July  12,  1829.  5. 
George  Washington,  born  Cumberland,  March 
13-  1776-  6.  Horatio  Gates,  born  Alachias, 
Maine,  June  13,  1779,  drowned  October  30, 
1837;  married  Charlotte  Crane,  born  West 
Point,  New  York,  September  25,  1782,  died 
December  19,  1840.  7.  Anna,  born  Machias, 
April  16,  1781,  died  Boston,  August  21,  1783. 
8.  Elizabeth,  born  Machias,  April  16,  1781, 
died  Whiting,  Maine,  June  22,  1863.  9. 
Winckworth  Sargent,  born  Lubec.  Maine, 
May  31,  1788,  drowned  October  2.  181 1. 

(III)  George  Washington,  fourth  son  and 
fifth  child  of  Colonel  John  and  Mary  (Patton) 
Allan,  was  born  in  Cumberland,  Nova  Scotia, 
March  13,  1776,  drowned  at  sea  August  24, 
1806.  He  married  Mary  Cutts  Hart,  born 
1779,  died  1864.  Children:  i.  Theodore 
Cutts.  born  December  26,  1803,  died  1865 ; 
married  Nancy  Hall  and  had  two  children, 
Theodore  M.,  born  February,  1844,  and  Mary, 
born  April,  1847.    2.  John  George,  born  April 

5,  1805,  died  1824.     3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
March  15,  1807. 

(IV)  Mary-  Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of 
George  W'ashington  and  Mary  Cutts  (Hart) 
Allan,  was  born  March  15,  1807,  died  at  North 
Lubec,  Maine,  in  1892.  She  married  Colonel 
George  Comstock,  born  April  19,  1799,  and 
had  seven  children:  i.  Hiram,  born  February 
10,  1828,  died  April  30,  1900;  married  Mary 
E.  Brown.  2.  Mary  Ardelia,  December  20, 
1829,  died  August  8,  1849.  3-  ^""  Maria, 
]\Iay  21,  1832,  married  Captain  John  Albion 
Davis  (see  Davis).  4.  Theodore  Allan,  May 
3,  1834,  died  April  10,  1888.  5.  Eurilla  Eliza- 
beth, January  8,   1838,  married  Alfred  Small. 

6.  Lucia  Emily,  May  8,  1843,  died  February 
16,  1878.    7.  Sarah  Jeannett,  June  11,  1845. 


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221 


Case  is  an  ancient  Mnglisli  .surname, 
CASE  derived  it  is  tliouglit  from  the  An- 
glo-Norman word  meaning  hazard 
and  of  the  same  class  of  surname  as  Hazard, 
but  the  more  reasonable  derivation  is  from 
the  Latin  Casa,  meaning  a  house  or  cottage. 
The  nnine  is  found  in  the  Hundred  Rolls  in 
the  thirteenth  century. 

(I)  William  Case,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  shortly  after  the  revolution  and  be- 
caine  a  school  teacher.  He  acquired  the  trade 
of  shipwright  and  engaged  in  business  at  Lu- 
bec,  Maine,  as  a  ship  builder.  He  also  kept  a 
general  store  in  that  town.  Children:  i. 
Solomon  Thayer,  Ixjrn  December  i8,  1833, 
mentioned  below.  2.  William.  3.  Eben.  4. 
Joseph.  5.  George.  6.  Increase,  moved  to 
Wisconsin  in  1869;  he  had  two  sons  in  the 
civil  war,  John  W.  in  the  Sixth  Maine,  who 
was  wounded  in  the  leg,  and  Alonzo,  who  lost 
an  eye  in  the  service.  7.  Thomas,  went  to 
Massachusetts.  8.  Samuel,  went  to  Oregon, 
became  an  Indian  agent  for  the  United  States 
government,  and  died  there.  9.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Dr.  Frank  Adams  and  lived  in  Litch- 
field, Maine,  where  he  died.  10.  Charles,  went 
to  Washington,  where  he  died. 

(II)  Solomon  Thayer,  son  of  William  Case, 
was  born  at  Lubec,  I\Iaine,  December  18.  1S33, 
died  in  1903.  He  married  Lorena  Leighton, 
horn  March  23.  1835,  died  June  16.  1908,  at 
Lubec,  daughter  of  Mark  Leighton,  born  1809 
at  Lubec,  a  farmer,  descendant  of  the  Leigh- 
ton family  of  New  Hampshire,  prominent 
from  the  earliest  settlement  at  Dover  and  vi- 
cinity and  at  Kittery,  Maine,  and  vicinity. 
Children:  I.  Irving  Wardwell,  born  at  Lubec, 
February  19,  1866,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary 
E.,  born  January  11.  1868,  married  John 
j\Iuholland,  of  Lubec :  children :  Gretchen, 
Francis,  Lorine,  Ivan  M.  3.  Charles  Her- 
man, born  July  26,  1872.  4.  Annie  Baker, 
born  January  20,  1876.  unmarried,  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools  of  Haverhill,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(III)  Irving  Wardwell,  son  of  .Solomon 
Thayer  Case,  was  born  in  Lubec,  Maine,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1866.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  spent 
his  boyhood  on  his  father's  farm  in  Lubec, 
and  was  for  a  number  of  years  clerk  in  a  gen- 
eral store  in  his  native  to'vn.  In  1897  he  was 
appointed  by  President  McKinley  postmaster 
of  Lubec,  and  in  1903  and  1907  re-appointed 
by  President  Roosevelt.  In  the  meantime  the 
office  has  been  raised  froin  the  fourth  to  the 
third  class.     Mr.  Case  has  been  a  thoroii"hlv 


efficient  and  eminently  satisfactory  jniblic  of- 
ficer. ]'"r(im  the  time  he  came  of  age  Mr. 
Case  has  been  an  active  Republican,  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Lubec  school  board 
from  1887  to  1897.  He  is  a  member  of  Wash- 
ington Lodge,  \o.  37,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Lubec:  of  Eistern  Qiapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  Eastport.  He  has  been  mas- 
ter of  the  lodge  and  is  past  district  deputy 
grand  master  of  the  second  Masonic  district 
of  Maine.  He  is  a  meinber  of  Cobscook  Tribe, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men:  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America :  the  Golden  Cross  and 
of  Lubec  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  of 
which  he  is  past  master.  He  is  active  in  the 
Lubec  board  of  trade.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church,  trustee  and  librarian  of  the 
Lubec  public  library.  He  married,  May  i, 
1899,  Mary  Rowena,  born  September  26,  1872, 
daughter  of  Captain  Albion  and  Ann  Maria 
(Comstock)  Davis.  Her  father  was  born 
April  10,  1832,  served  in  the  United  States 
navy  in  the  civil  war,  and  was  a  master  mar- 
iner. 


The  name  Eaton  figures  largely 
E.ATON  in  .American  history,  and  Ameri- 
can biography  limited  to  the 
names  of  notable  personages  give  place  to 
twenty-three  of  the  names  as  follows :  .Amos 
Eaton  (1776- 1 842),  a  noted  botanist:  Amos 
PiCebe  Eaton  (1806-1887),  rnajor-general 
United  States  army:  .Asa  Eaton  '(1778-1858), 
Episcopal  clergyman :  Benjamin  Harrison 
Eaton  (1833-1904),  governor  of  Colorado; 
Daniel  Cody  Eaton  (1834-1895),  botanist; 
Daniel  Cody  Eaton.  (1837).  educator  and  au- 
thor: Dorman  Bridgman  Eaton  (1828-1899), 
lawyer  and  author :  Edward  Dwight  Eaton 
(1851),  president  of  Beloit  College:  George 
Washington  Eaton  (1804-1872),  president 
Madison  LTniversity,  Hamilton,  New  York; 
Horace  Eaton  (1804-1855),  governor  of  Ver- 
mont: James  R.  Eaton  (1834),  educator,  Lib- 
erty, Missouri:  Jaines  Webster  Eaton  (1857- 
1901),  lawyer:  John  Eaton  (1829-1906).  edu- 
cator; John  Henry  Eaton  (1790-1856),  L^nited 
States  senator;  Joseph  Hayward  Eaton  (1812- 
1859),  president  L^nion  University,  Tennes- 
see: Joseph  Oriel  Eaton  (1829-1875),  painter; 
Luciem  Eaton  (1831-1890),  lawyer;  Samuel 
J.  M.  Eaton,  D.  D.  (1820-1889),  representa- 
tive in  L^nited  States  congress :  Thomas  T. 
Eaton  (1845- 1 907).  editor  and  clergyman; 
\\'illiam  Eaton  ( 1764-181 1),  brigadier-general 
United  States  army:  William  Hadley  Eaton 
(1818-1896),  clergyman  and  author:  William 
Wallace    Eaton    (1816-1898),    United    States 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


senator;  Wvatt  Eaton  (1849-1896),  painter. 
( For  ancestry  to  sixth  generations  see  Jonas 
Eaton    (I)    on   another  page.) 

(VTI)  Joseph  Emerson,  son  of  Jonas  (5) 
and  Mary  (Corey)  Eaton,  was  born  in  Gro- 
ton,  Middlesex  county,  Massachusetts,  1809, 
died  August  4,  1868.  He  removed  from  Gro- 
ton  to  the  St.  Croix  region.  New  Brunswick, 
where  he  reached  manhood  and  engaged  with 
other  members  of  the  family  in  the  lumber 
business,  in  which  he  was  succeeded  by  his 
son,  Bradley  L.  Eaton.  Joseph  E.  Eaton  mar- 
ried, in  1832,  Jane  Wright,  of  St.  Stephens, 
New  Brunswick.  Children:  i.  Charles  H.,  a 
resident  of  Calais,  Maine:  married  Sarah 
Keith,  of  Portland.  Maine.  2.  Joseph  E.,  a 
resident  of  Calais:  married  ^lary  Simpson,  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  3.  Elizabeth,  married 
Albert  Benton,  of  riiiladelphia,  Pennsylvania. 
4.  Albert  C,  niarried  Ella  Lovering,  of  Houl- 
ton,  Maine.  5.  Herbert  W.,  a  resident  of 
Calais,  unmarried.  6.  Bradley  Llewellyn,  men- 
tioned below.  Joseph  Emerson  Eaton  married 
(second)  Elizabeth  Roache  ;  children:  7.  Mary 
J.,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  unmarried.  8. 
William,  died  in  infancy. 

(VHI)  Bradley  Llewellyn,  son  of  Joseph 
Emerson  and  Jane  (Wright)  Eaton,  was  born 
in  Milltown,  St.  Stephens,  New  Brunswick. 
December  5,  1850.  He  was  a  pupil  in  the 
common  schools  of  St.  Stephens  and  for  five 
years  in  the  excellent  public  schools  of  Boston 
and  Andover,  Massachusetts.  When  sixteen 
years  of  age  his  father  died  and  he  took  his 
place  in  the  lumber  business  on  the  St.  Croix 
river,  which  he  carried  on  from  the  city  of 
Calais,  Maine,  1866-87.  He  removed  to  New- 
York  City  in  1887,  and  two  years  later  became 
a  partner  in  the  lumber  business  conducted  by 
Church  E.  Gates  &  Company,  a  leading  firm 
in  their  line  in  New  York  City,  with  large 
yards  at  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth 
street  and  Fourth  avenue,  and  Webster  ave- 
nue, near  Bedford  Park,  in  the  Bronx  district 
of  Greater  New  York.  He  was  made  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  holding  mem- 
bership in  St.  Croix  Lodge,  Calais,  Maine,  and 
the  Hug'h  de  Payens  Commandery,  also  of 
Calais.  He  is  a  member  of  Harlem  Social  and 
Harlem  Republican  clubs,  of  the  New  York- 
Yacht,  New  York  Athletic  and  the  Larchmont 
Yacht  clubs.  He  was  made  a  director  of  the 
Mount  Morris  Bank  and  of  the  Metropolitan 
Bank,  both  of  the  city  of  New  York.  With 
his  family  he  attends  the  Congregational 
church.  He  married,  October  10.  1872,  Vash- 
ti,  daughter  of  Ephraim  C.  and  Vashti  Gates, 
of  Calais.  Maine.    Children:     i.  Jane  Vashti, 


born  May  28,  1874.  2.  Church  Gates.  Decem- 
ber 18.  1876,  died  December  2,  1878.  3.  F. 
Emerson.  November  13,  1878,  died  October 
31,  1881.  4.  Grace  Llewellyn,  January  21, 
1883.  5.  Ruth  Lois,  October  20.  1884.  6. 
Walter  Bradley.  July  9,  \i 


Whatever   may   have    been    the 
EATON     caijse  of  the  immigration  of  this 

fatiiily  from  the  old  country,  one 
thing  is  plain,  that  the  leader  was  a  man  of 
conviction  who  acted  upon  his  own  judgment. 
His  general  course  of  conduct  from  the  time 
he  left  Salisbury  till  he  died  in  Haverhill 
clearly  shows  that  he  was  capable  under  God 
of  being  the  architect  of  his  own  fortune.  His 
autograph,  his  dealings  in  real  estate,  his  of- 
ficial relations  in  Salisbury,  his  breaking  away 
from  his  associations  there,  his  choice  of  a 
home  in  Haverhill,  and  finally  his  last  will  and 
testament,  are  so  many  testimonials  of  his  in- 
tellectual abilitv  and  moral  integrity.  The  vari- 
ous admirable  characteristics  so  pre-eminent 
in  the  ancestor  prevail  very  largely  in  his 
progeny.  The  general  standing  of  the  Eatons 
of  America  to-day  is  such  as  to  reflect  honor 
on  the  name. 

( I )  John  and  Anne  Eaton  with  their  six 
children  came  to  our  New  England  shores, 
like  so  many  other  families  of  their  time,  with- 
out leaving  any  known  record  of  the  date  or 
place  of  their  arrival,  or  of  the  vessel  in  which 
thev  came.  His  name  first  appears  on  the 
proprietor's  books  of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts, 
in  the  winter  of  1639-40.  It  is  supposed  that 
the  family  came  from  England,  but  no  trace 
of  its  ancestry  has  yet  been  found.  There 
were  several  grants  of  real  estate  made  by  the 
"ffreemen"  of  Salisbury  unto  John  Eaton  Sr. 
from  1640  to  1646  inclusive.  One  was  of  a 
house  lot  in  Salisbury,  near  the  present  town 
office ;  the  other,  supposed  to  be  the  one  he 
lived  upon,  was  a  "planting  lott  containing  pr 
estimation  six  acres  more  or  less,  lying  uyon  ye 
great  Neck."  His  house  was  near  the  "great 
Neck  bridge"  on  "the  beach  road."  This 
homestead  has  never  passed  out  of  the  Eaton 
family  and  is  now  owned  by  seven  sisters  in 
equal  and  undivided  shares,  under  the  pleas- 
ing name  of  "Brookside  Farm."  In  the  spring 
of  1646  John  Eaton  was  chosen  grand  juror, 
and  also  one  of  the  five  "Prudential  men"  to 
manage  the  affairs  of  the  town.  In  the  same 
vear  he  transferred  his  homestead  to  his  son 
John  and  removed  with  the  rest  of  his  fam- 
ilv  about  fifteen  miles  up  the  Merrimac  to 
Haverhill,  j\Iassachusetts,  where  he  spent  the 
last  twentv-two  vears  of  his  life  in  tilling  the 


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soil  and  ill  mainifacturint^^  staves.  (~)ne  of  his 
entries  in  the  records  of  the  town  of  Haverhill 
is  "Anne  ye  wife  of  John  Eaton  died  on  the 
5th  of  February,  1660."  Another,  "John  Eaton 
sen.  and  Phebe  Dow,  wid.  of  Thomas  Dow  of 
Newbury,  were  married  ye  20th  of  Novem- 
ber, i66r."  John  I-laton  Sr.  died  in  Haverhill, 
October  29,  1668,  aged  seventy-three  years. 
Mrs.  Phebe  (Dow)  Eaton  died  1672.  The 
children  of  John  and  Anne  Eaton  were:  John, 
Ann,  Elizabeth,  Ruth,  Thomas  and  Hester. 

(H)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John  (i)  and 
Anne  Eaton,  was  born  in  1619,  probably  in 
England,  and  died  on  his  homestead  on  "the 
great  Neck"  November  i,  1682.  He  appears 
to  have  come  to  .Salisbury,  Massachusetts, 
with  his  father  in  the  winter  of  1639-40.  He 
succeeded  to  his  father's  homestead  on  "the 
great  Neck"  and  other  real  estate,  which  he 
occupied  till  his  death.  He  was  the  possessor 
of  much  real  estate,  and  in  conveyance  is 
sometimes  called  "cooper"  and  at  other  times 
"planter."  He  married,  about  1644,  Martha 
Rowlandson,  daughter  of  Thomas  Rowland- 
son  Sr..  of  Ipswich,  ^fassachusetts,  and  sister 
of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Rowlandson,  who  was 
graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1652,  the 
only  member  of  his  class.  She  died  July,  1712, 
a  woman  of  great  age,  and  of  great  excellency 
of  character.  Their  children  were :  Hester. 
John,  Thomas,  Martha.  Elizabeth,  Ann,  Sarah, 
Mary,  Samuel,  Joseph  and  Ephraim. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Martha 
(Rowlandson)  Eaton,  was  born  March  6, 
1660,  in  Salisbury,  and  died  there  January  13, 
1743.  His  will  was  made  February  2,  1736. 
He  subscribed  to  the  oath  of  allegiance  and 
fidelity  in  1677,  and  was  a  freeman  in  i6go. 
He  married,  December  14,  1683,  in  Salisbury, 
Mary  French,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(No}es)  French,- and  granddaughter  of  Ed- 
ward French,  the  pioneer  of  .Salisbury.  She 
was  born  June  12,  1663,  in  Salisbury,  and  died 
July  12,  1726.  in  that  town.  Joseph  Eaton 
was  published  November  2,  1726,  as  intending 
to  marry  IMary  Worster,  of  Bradford.  His 
children  were:  John  (died  young),  John, 
Samuel.  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Moses,  Mary, 
Nicholas.  Sarah  and  Jacob. 

(I\")  John  (3),  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
]\Tary  (French)  Eaton,  was  born  in  Salisbury, 
October  18,  1685.  resided  in  that  town 
throughout  his  life,  and  died  there  March  i. 
1746.  Administration  on  his  estate  was 
granted  to  his  son  Joseph,  "cordwainer,"  May 
18,  1747.  He  married  (first)  about  17 10, 
Esther  Johnson,  of  Kingston.  New  Hamp- 
shire, who  died  Jatuiarv  22.   1728.    Wife  Es- 


ther was  baptized  in  the  First  Church  of  Salis- 
bury, September  8,  1723.  John  Eaton  and 
wife  were  admitted  to  the  First  Church,  No- 
vember 26,  1727.  He  married  (second)  July 
2,  1728,  Elizabeth  Hook,  who  survived  him, 
and  married,  December  28,  1752,  Abner  Low- 
ell. IToyt's  old  families  of  Sali.sbury  and 
Amesbury  gives  the  chilflren  of  John  (3)  as: 
Joseph,  John,  Abigail,  Hannah,  Mary,  Moses, 
Esther,  Elizabeth,  Wyman  and  John  ;  and  adds 
'■perhaps  other   children." 

(\')  Wyman,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Esther 
(Johnson)  Eaton,  was  born  in  Salisbury,  July, 
1725,  and  settled  in  that  part  of  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire,  now  Seabrook,  and  within 
six  miles  of  the  homestead  he  made.  There 
five  generations  of  descendants  have  resided 
up  to  the  present  time.  In  1765  Wyman 
Eaton's  name  appears  on  the  petition  to  Gov- 
ernor Wentworth  for  a  Presbyterian  Society 
in  Hampton  Falls,  which  shows  that  he  was 
a  freeholder  and  an  inhabitant  of  the  town. 

(\T)  John  (4),  son  of  Wyman  Eaton, 
bought  land  in  Buxton,  Maine,  in  1774,  from 
James  Gray,  of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
moved  to  that  town.  He  married  Jemima 
Green  and  they  had  nine  children. 

(VH)  Tristram,  fourth  child  of  John  (4) 
and  Jemima  (Green)  Eaton,  was  born  in  Bux- 
ton. Alaine.  December  16,  1781,  and  died  there 
1875.  The  Buxton  Centennial  History  says 
that  Tristram  Eaton  attended  teacher  Bar- 
nabas Sawyer's  school,  which  was  taught  in 
1785.  in  Ebenezer  Ridlon's  house,  which  house 
stood  where  the  house  of  Captain  Lewis  B. 
Goodwin  now  stands.  In  1808  Tristram  Eaton 
settled  on  the  place  he  still  occupied  in  1872. 
He  was  present  at  the  rai'-ing  of  the  first  mill 
(a  sawmill)  at  the  Bar  on  the  Hollis  side.  Mr. 
Eaton  is  several  times  quoted  by  the  compiler 
of  the  Centennial  History  of  Buxton,  and 
"though  feeble  in  body,"  is  said  to  be  "sound 
in  mind  and  with  a  remarkably  clear  and  dis- 
tinct memory."  The  compiler  seems  to  have 
availed  himself  of  all  the  assistance  this  an- 
cient man  could  give  him,  which  without 
doubt  was  no  little,  but  he  did  not  give  him  a 
single  line  of  a  biographical  sketch,  though  he 
devotes  page  after  page  to  other  men  and  their 
families.  Tristram  Eaton  married  Betsy 
Woodman. 

(Vni)  Stephen  W.,  son  of  Tristram  and 
Betsy  (Woodman)  Eaton,  was  born  in  Bu.x- 
ton,  Maine.  His  first  work  in  connection  with 
the  traveling  public  was  in  employ  of  the 
Cumberland  and  Oxford  Canal  Company.  He 
was  next  engaged  as  an  engineer  in  making 
the  first  survev  of  the  line  of  the  .Atlantic  &  St. 


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Lawrence  (now  the  Grand  Trunk)  railroad. 
After  the  road  was  completed  he  filled  the 
office  of  freight  agent.  This  office  he  re- 
signed in  1853  to  accept  a  position  on  the 
]\Iichigan  Central  railroad.  He  remained  there 
but  a  short  time  and  then  returned  to  Maine 
and  became  railroad  superintendent  at  Leeds 
and  Farmington,  next  filling  the  office  of  sec- 
ond lieutenant  of  the  Androscoggin  railroad, 
and  later  he  was  first  superintendent  of  the 
York  &  Cumberland.  This  was  the  last  rail- 
road office  held  by  him.  He  next  engaged  in 
commercial  business  in  Portland,  and  for  many 
years  was  one  of  the  prominent  merchants  of 
that  city.  In  politics  he  affiliated  with  the 
Democratic  party,  which  was  then  dominant  in 
the  state  of  Alaine,  and  was  surveyor  of  the 
port  of  Portland  during  the  administration  of 
President  Tavlor,  serving  under  Collector 
Jewett.  He  was  a  Free  Mason  and  prominent 
in  the  councils  of  the  order.  In  1854  he  re- 
moved from  Portland  to  Gorham,  on  account 
of  ill  health  of  his  family,  though  still  at- 
tending to  his  business  in  the  city.  He  died 
in  Gorham  in  1876,  aged  seventy-one.  Stephen 
W.  Eaton  married  Miranda  B.  Knox,  who 
was  born  in  Portland :  her  father  was  a  de- 
scendant of  General  Knox,  having  been  born 
in  Buxton.  Eight  children  were  bom  of  this 
marriage :  Stephen  M.,  Samuel  K.,  George  R., 
Minnie,  Charles  P.,  Woodman  S.,  Howard  B. 
and  Edward. 

(Vni)  Charles  Coffin,  seventh  son  of  Tris- 
tram and  Betsy  (Woodman)  Eaton,  was  born 
in  Buxton,  May  14,  1819,  and  died  there 
March  12,  1898.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  and  Standish  Academy,  afterward 
going  into  business  in  Portland,  Maine,  as 
general  agent  of  the  International  Steamship 
Company  and  remaining  there  about  twenty 
years.  After  retiring  from  active  business  he 
moved  to  Limington  and  lived  there  about  six 
years,  where  he  bought  and  sold  timber  and 
had  an  interest  in  the  tannery  business.  He 
afterward  moved  to  Saco,  were  he  lived  about 
five  years,  and  finally  settled  down  in  Buxton 
on  a  farm,  where  he  died.  He  married,  in  the 
year  1851,  Esther  Jane  Frost,  of  Limington, 
bv  whom  he  had  three  daughters.  Ella  Frost, 
died  1852,  aged  fourteen  months;  Harriet  Re- 
becca, died  1870,  aged  sixteen  years;  Helen 
Hathaway,  born  1858.  is  still  living  with  her 
mother  in  Gorham.  Maine. 

(IX)  Woodman  Stephen,  fifth  son  of  Ste- 
phen W.  and  ]\liranda  B.  (Knox)  Eaton,  was 
born  in  Portland,  October  16,  1846,  and  died 
in  Portland,  August  28,  1905.  His  early  edu- 
cation   was   obtained    in   a    private    school    in 


Portland,  and  later  he  attended  the  well-known 
Gorham  Academy.  He  was  seventeen  years 
of  age  in  1863,  and  at  that  time  he  became  an 
office  assistant  in  the  employ  of  the  Berlin 
Mills,  at  Berlin,  New  Hampshire.  He  after- 
ward spent  some  time  in  Lewiston  in  the 
freight  department  of  the  Androscoggin  rail- 
road, where  he  acquired  his  first  idea  of  rail- 
road work,  and  was  next  called  to  the  south 
and  filled  a  position  in  the  office  of  the  provost 
marshal.  New  Orleans,  till  the  close  of  the 
war.  When  he  returned  to  JNIaine  he  took  a 
position  with  the  .\ndroscoggin  Railroad  Com- 
pany and  worked  a  year  as  freight  checker. 
He  left  this  place  to  take  a  position  as  freight 
cashier  of  the  Portland,  Saco  &  Portsmouth 
railroad,  remaining  from  1867  to  1875.  In 
the  latter  year  he  was  made  freight  agent  of 
the  Eastern  railroad,  and  in  1882  assumed 
the  greater  responsibilities  of  freight  agent 
of  both  the  Eastern  and  the  Maine  Central. 
He  was  made  general  freight  agent  of  the 
Maine  Central  railroad  in  1885  and  held  that 
office  until  1897.  During  the  time  he  was  gen- 
eral freight  agent  the  road  had  a  very  rapid 
growth,  and  his  care  and  responsibility  in- 
creased as  the  years  passed.  The  manner  in 
which  he  handled  the  business  proved  him  to 
be  a  man  of  exceptional  executive  ability.  He 
attended  the  High  Street  Congregational 
Church  and  contributed  liberally  to  its  support. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  gave  his 
firm  support  to  his  party,  but  never  held  a 
political  office.  He  was  a  Free  ]\[ason  and 
attained  the  thirty-second  degree  in  that  an- 
cient fraternity,  belonging  to  Ancient  Land- 
mark Lodge,  .'\ncient  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons ;  Mount  Vernon  Royal  Arch  Oiapter ; 
Portland  Commandery,  Knights  Templar; 
Maine  Consistory,  Sublime  Princes  of  the 
Royal  Secret ;  and  Kora  Temple,  Ancient 
Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
He  was  a  past  commander  of  the  Portland 
Commandery,  and  grand  sword-bearer  of  the 
Grand  Commandery  of  Maine.  He  was  also 
a  member  of  Ligonia  Lodge,  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows,  Eastern  Star  Encamp- 
ment, Patriarchs  Militant,  and  Bramhall 
League,  the  Cumberland,  the  Portland,  and 
Country  clubs.  Woodman  S.  Eaton  married, 
in  Gorham,  October  16.  1866,  Judith  Annette 
Colbv,  of  Gorham,  who  was  born  in  Water- 
ford,  Maine,  1849,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph 
and  Almeda  (Ballard)  Colby.  Four  children 
were  born  to  them :  William  C,  mentioned 
below.  Edward  S.,  who  died  in  1895,  aged 
twenty-four.  Harry  Woodman  and  Gertrude 
May,  who  died  in  infancy. 


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22; 


(  X  )  William  Colby,  eldest  son  of  Wood- 
man S.  and  Judith  Annette  (Colby)  I-^aton, 
was  born  in  I'orlland.  January  13,  1868.  After 
passing  through  the  public  schools  of  Port- 
land, gfraduatinsj  from  the  hiph  school  in 
1 886.  he  entered  Harvard  College,  where  he 
took  his  degree  of  !!.  .\.  in  1891.  .After  his 
return  to  I'orlhuul  he  read  law  in  the  office 
of  Cliarles  F.  I.ibby,  Esq.,  and  was  aduiittetl 
to  the  bar  in  March.  1894.  Immediately  there- 
after he  re-established  himself  in  what  has 
proved  to  be  a  successful  business,  devoting 
himself  to  the  general  practice  of  law  ralher 
than  to  any  special  line.  He  is  a  Republican, 
and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of 
his  party.  In  1901-02  he  was  a  member  of 
the  city  council;  in  1903-04  assistant  county 
attorney;  and  in  1905-06  county  attorney. 
June  9,  1908.  he  again  received  the  nomina- 
tion of  county  attorney  over  five  other  candi- 
dates. He  is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland 
Rar  .Association  and  the  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  four  years  on  the  staflf  of 
Governor  Powers,  as  senior  aide-de-camp,  with 
the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel.  He  is  as  thor- 
oughly interested  in  Free  Masonry  as  was  his 
father,  and  is  a  member  of  Ancient  Landmark 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Mt.  Ver- 
non Royal  Arch  Chapter :  Portland  Comman- 
dery,  Knights  Templar ;  and  Maine  Consis- 
tory. Sublime  Princes  of  the  Roval  Secret,  of 
which  he  is  a  thirty-second  degree  member. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland.  Portland. 
Athletic,  Countr}-,  Elks  and  Lincoln  clubs. 
William  C.  Eaton  married,  May  16,  1894, 
Marion  Durant  Dow,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Fred  N.  and  Julia  D.  (Hammond)  Dow,  of 
Portland.  (See  Dow  XI.)  They  have  one 
child,  Annette  Hammond,  born  March  13, 
1898. 


The  name  may  have  been 
GARDINER  derived  from  two  Saxon 
words :  gar,  signifying  a 
weapon,  dart,  javelin,  arms ;  and  dyn,  sound, 
alarm,  noise.  These  two  Saxon  words  would 
make  the  name  Gardyn  and  with  the  er,  de- 
noting the  inhabitant  of  a  place  would  be 
(jardyner.  and  by  transition  easily  and  natur- 
ally made  into  Gardiner.  Or  it  may  have 
come  from  the  occupation  of  gardener,  keeper 
of  a  garden. 

(I)  George,  said  to  have  been  a  son  of  Sir 
Thomas  Gardiner,  Knight,  was  admitted  as 
an  inhabitant  of  Aquidneck,  September  i, 
1638.  He  was  born  in  England  in  1601,  and 
died  in  Kings  county,  Rhode  Island,  1679.  He 
left   six  sons:    i.  Benoni    (q.   v.).    2.  Henry, 


who  died  in  1744,  aged  one  hundred  and  one 
years.  3.  William,  who  died  in  171 1,  at  sea 
by  the  hands  of  pirates.  4.  George,  who  died 
in  1724,  aged  ninety-four  years.  5.  Nicholas, 
born  about  1654,  died  1712.  6.  Joseph.  The 
fourteen  children  of  George  Gardiner,  accord- 
ing to  Austin,  were  born  as  follows :  Benoni, 
Henry,  George,  William,  Nicholas,  Dorcas, 
Rebecca,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Lydia,  Mary,  Pere- 
grine, Robert,  Jeremiah. 

(II)  Benoni,  eldest  child  of  George  Gar- 
diner, the  immigrant,  was  born  in  England 
about  1627,  and  died  in  Kingston,  Rhode  Isl- 
and, 1 73 1,  aged  one  hundred  and  four  years. 
He  came  to  Narragansett,  Rhode  Island,  w^ith 
his  ]jarcnts.  and  took  the  oath  of  allegiance 
May  19,  1671,  the  same  year  his  first  child, 
W^illiam,  was  born  of  his  wife  Mary;  their 
other  children  were:  Nathaniel,  Stephen, 
Isaac,  born  January  7,  1687.  Bridget.  His 
wife  Mary  was  born  in  1645,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 16.  1729. 

(HI)  William,  son  of  Benoni  and  Mary 
Gardiner,  was  born  at  Boston  Neck,  Rhode 
Island.  1 67 1,  in  Narragansett.  He  was  known 
as  William  Junior  to  distinguish  him  from  his 
uncle,  William  Gardiner,  who  called  him.self 
"son  of  George  Gardiner  of  Newport,"  and 
died  in  1732.  He  married  Abigail,  born  in 
1681,  daughter  of  John  and  Aljigail  (Rich- 
mond )  Remington,  of  Newport,  Kingston. 
Rhode  Island,  and  granddaughter  of  Edward 
and  Abigail  (Davis)  Richmond.  They  lived 
on  Boston  Neck,  South  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  where  their  seven  children  were  born 
as  follows:  i.  John,  born  1696,  died  1770; 
married  (first)  Mary  Hill,  had  three  children ; 
married  (second)  RIary  Taylor,  of  Jamaica, 
Long  Island,  seven  children.  2.  William,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Gibbs,  and  had  issue.  3.  Thom- 
as, who  died  without  issue.  4.  Sylvester  (q. 
v.).  5.  Abigail,  married  (first)  Caleb  Hazard 
and  (second)  Governor  William  Robinson.  6. 
Hannah,  married  Dr.  McSparran.  7.  Lydia, 
married  Josiah  Arnold,  grandson  of  Governor 
Benedict  Arnold.  After  the  death  of  William 
Gardiner,  of  Boston  Neck.  December  14,  1732, 
his  widow  married  Captain  Job  Almy, 

(IV)  Sylvester,  fourth  son  of  William  and 
Abigail  (Remington)  Gardiner,  was  born  in 
the  family  mansion  at  South  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  1708.  He  was  sent  to  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, to  attend  school  and  prepare  for  the 
practice  of  medicine.  He  spent  eight  years  in 
England  and  France,  and  returned  to'  Boston 
an  accomplished  physician  and  surgeon.  He 
practiced  in  Boston,  where  he  was  considered 
one  of  the  ablest  physicians  in  America.    He 


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also   engaged   in  business   as   an   importer  of 
drugs  and  became  very  wealthy.     He  became 
proprietor    of    about    one    hundred    thousand 
acres  of  land,  part  of  the  Plymouth  purchase 
on  the  Kennebec  river  in  the  district  of  Maine. 
Part  of  this  tract  of  land  he  colonized  with 
Germans,    that    settlement    being    known    as 
Pownalboro,    afterwards    Dresden.      Another 
chief  town  was  Gardinerstown,  afterwards  di- 
vided into  Gardiner  and  Pittston.     He  was  a 
warden  of  King's  Chapel,  Boston,  and  one  of 
the  founders  of  Christ  Church  there.    He  also 
endowed  Christ  Church,  Gardinerstown,  now 
Gardiner,  Maine,  with  ten  acres  of  land  for  a 
glebe  and  twenty-eight  pounds  sterling  annual- 
ly for  the  salary  of  the  minister  forever.     He 
remained  loyal  to  the  mother  country  at  the 
time   of   the    Revolution.     When   the    British 
evacuated  Boston  he  was  obliged  to  leave  that 
city   and   was    banished    from    his    estate   in 
Maine.      He   took    refuge    in    Halifax,    Nova 
Scotia,  and  his   estates   in   Boston  were  con- 
fiscated.    He  removed  from  Halifax  to  Eng- 
land.    He   returned  to  the  United   States   in 
1785,  settling  in  Newport,  where  he  continued 
the  practice  of  his  profession  up  to  the  time 
of    his    death,    which    occurred    in    Newport, 
Rhode  Island,   August  8.   1786.     He  married 
(first)   Anne,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Gibbons, 
of  Boston,  and  had  six  children:     i.  John  (q. 
v.).     2.  William,  who  had  no  issue.     3.   Anne, 
who    became    the    wife  of  Rt.   Hon.   Arthur 
Browne,  son  (or  brother)  of  the  Earl  of  Alta- 
mont,   and  their  first   son,    John,    married    a 
daughter  of  Lord  Howe,  and  the  three  other 
children  were :    James,  Anne  ]\'Iaria  and  Lou- 
isa.   4.  Hannah  (q.  v.).     5.  Rebecca,  married 
Philip    Dumaresque,    four    children.     6.  Abi- 
gail, married    for    her    first    husband  Oliver 
Whipple,  of  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island,  and 
afterward    a    lawyer    in     Portsmouth,    New 
Hampshire.      By   her   first  marriage   she   had 
three   children :    Sylvester   G.,   Hannah,    who 
became  the  wife  of  Frederic  Allen,  a  lawyer 
of  Gardiner,  Maine,  and  Anne.    Dr.  Sylvester 
Gardiner   married    (second)    Love  Eppes,   of 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  for  his  third  wife, 
Catherine   Goldthwaite.     He  had  no  children 
by  his  second  or  third  marriages. 

(V)  John,  eldest  child  of  Sylvester  and 
Anne  (Gibbons)  Gardiner,  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  about  the  year  1731,  and 
was  drowned  on  his  way  from  Pownalboro  to 
Boston  in  1793.  He  was  sent  to  London  to  be 
educated  in  the  law  at  the  Innfr  Temple,  and 
he  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 
the  University  of  Glasgow  in  1755.  He  prac- 
ticed law  in   London  and  in  Wales,  and  was 


sent   by  the  government  to   St.  Christophers, 
British   West   Indies,   as   attorney  general   in 
1765  and  he  held  that  important  government 
position  up  to  1783,  when  he  returned  to  his 
native  city  and  practiced  law  there  for  two  or 
three  years.     His  father,  Dr.   Sylvester  Gar- 
diner, was  a  large  owner  in  the  Plymouth  pur- 
chase, and  became  the  owner  of  large  tracts 
in  Maine,  one  hundred  thousand  acres  of  land 
on   the   Kennebec    river,   and   he   became   the 
founder  of  Gardinerstown,  which  was  after- 
wards   divided    into    Pittston   and   Gardiner. 
John  Gardiner  located  in  Pownalboro  and  he 
represented    that   town    ill    the    general    court 
of  Massachusetts  from  1788  to  1793.     He  ac- 
cepted the  Unitarian  religious  view  and  was 
the  prime  mover  in  changing  Kings   Chapel, 
Boston,    from  the  use   to  which   it  had   been 
consecrated  by  the  authority  of  the  church  of 
England  and  making  it  the  home  of  the  Uni- 
tarian society,  but  unlike  the  other  Unitarian 
churches   in   Boston,   Kings   Chapel   used    the 
book   of   Common    Prayer   with   the   changes 
necessary  to  make  it  conform  to  the  Unitarian 
faith.     John  Gardiner  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1 791.     He  married  Margaret  Harries 
in  South  Wales,  of  a  very  respectable  family, 
and  among  their  children  was  John  Sylvester, 
born  in  Haverford  West,  Southern  Wales,  in 
Tune.  1765.  He  was  brought  up  in  the  family 
of  his  grandfather,  Dr.  Sylvester  Gardiner,  in 
Boston,   1770-75,  returned  to  England  in  the 
latter  year  and   was   a  pupil  of  Dr.    Samuel 
Parr,   1776-82.     He  pursued  a  course  of  law 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  1783-85,  but  left  the 
law   to   enter  the  ministry   of  the   Protestant 
Episcopal  church.     His  diaconate  was  passed 
in   Beaufort.    South   Carolina,   as   minister   in 
charge  of  the  parish  of  St.  Helena,  where  he 
remained    1789-92.     He   was   elevated   to   the 
priesthood  in   1 791.   and  was  assistant  rector 
of    Trinity    Church,    Boston,    Massachu-e  ts, 
1792-1805,  and  rector  1805-30.    Harvard  hon- 
ored him  with  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in   1803, 
-  and  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  conferred 
on  him  the  LL.  D.  degree  in  1813.     He  con- 
ducted a  classical  school  in  Boston,  1792- 1805, 
and  he  organized  and  was  the  first  president 
of  the  Anthology  Club,  Boston,  his  term  as 
president  extending  from  1805  to  181 1.     He 
died  in  Harrowgate,  England,  July  29,   1830, 
while    a    health-seeker    in    that    locality.     His 
aunt.  Hannah  (q.  v.),  became  the  wife  of  Rob- 
ert Hallowell,  and  thev  became  the  parents  of 
Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner  (q.  v.).  on  whom, 
on  account  of  a  dislike  to  the  religious  and 
political  principles  of  his  eldest  son  John,  Dr. 


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Sylvester  (lardiner  in  his  will  settled  liis  es- 
tate at  Gardiner. 

(V)  Hannah,  fourth  child  and  second 
daughter  of  Sylvester  and  Anne(  Gibbons) 
Gardiner,  was  born  1744,  died  Febrnary  9, 
1796.  She  married,  January  7,  1772,  Robert 
Hallowell,  for  whom  the  town  of  ITallowcll 
in  the  district  of  Maine  was  named.  They 
had  four  daughters,  all  of  whom  died  unmar- 
ried, and  one  son  Robert,  who,  by  the  wish 
of  his  grandfather,  Dr.  Sylvester  Gardiner,  as 
expressed  in  his  will,  applied  to  the  general 
court  of  Massachusetts  to  have  his  name 
changed  to  Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner,  and 
the  legislature  of  1803  passed  an  act  to  that 
effect  and  this  act  gives  him  a  place  in  the 
Gardiner  genealogy. 

(VI)  Robert  Hallowell,  son  of  Robert  and 
Hannah  (Gardiner)  Hallowell,  was  born  in 
Bristol,  England,  February  10,  1782,  while  his 
parents  and  maternal  grandparents  were  resi- 
dents of  England.  He  came  with  them  to 
Newport  in  1785,  and  was  prepared  for  ma- 
triculation at  Harvard  College,  and  was  grad- 
uated A.  B.  in  1801,  A.  M.  in  1804.  In  1803 
his  name  was  changed  by  the  legislature  of 
Massachusetts,  as  above  mentioned,  to  Robert 
Hallowell  Gardiner.  He  devoted  his  business 
hours  to  the  cares  of  the  large  Gardiner  estate 
and  in  educational  and  church  work.  He  was 
a  trustee  of  Bowdoin  College,  1841-60;  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society :  a  Whig  in  national  politics 
and  a  useful  and  greatly  respected  citizen  of 
the  town  of  Gardiner.  Maine.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Emma  Jane  Tudor,  and  they  lived  in 
Gardiner,  Maine,  where  nine  children  were 
born  as  follows:  i.  Emma  Jane,  died  un- 
married. 2.  Anne  Hallowell,  married  Francis 
Richards  and  had  five  sons  and  one  daughter. 
3.  Robert  Hallowell,  horn  November  3,  1809, 
married  Sarah  Fenwick  Jones,  of  Savannah, 
Georgia:  he  graduated  from  Harvard,  A.  B., 
1830;  died  1886.  4.  Delia  Tudor,  married 
George  Jones,  of  Savannah,  and  died  without 
issue.  5.  Lucy  Vaughan,  died  unmarried.  6. 
John  William  Tudor  (q.  v.).  7.  Henrietta, 
married  Richard  Sullivan,  of  Boston,  and  died 
without  issue.  8.  Frederick,  born  September 
II.  1822,  graduated  from  Bowdoin,  A.  B., 
1842;  A.  M.  1845;  D.  D-  1869;  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  New  York,  1845  '<  honorary 
D.  D.,  Kenyon.  1869:  Trinity,  1870;  married 
Caroline,  daughter  of  William  \''aughan ;  died 
in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  July  17,  1889.  9. 
Eleanor  Harriet. 

(VII)   John  William  Tudor,  second  son  and 
sixth   child   of   Robert   Hallowell  and   Emma 


Jane  (Tudor)  Gardiner,  was  born  in  Gardiner, 
Maine,  June  5,  1817,  and  died  there  Septem- 
ber 27,  1879.  He  was  a  .student  at  Harvard 
College,  class  of  1836.  leaving  college  in  1835 
to  accept  an  appointment  as  cadet  at  West 
PoiiU  Military  Academy.  He  was  graduated 
at  the  L'nited  States  Military  Academy  in 
1840,  with  a  class  rank  of  twenty-six  in  a 
class  of  forty-two,  having  as  classmates :  Will- 
iam T.  Sherman,  Stewart  Van  Vleet,  George 
H.  Thomas,  Richard  S.  Ewell,  George  W. 
Getty,  William  Hays,  Bushrod  R.  Johnson 
and  Thomas  Jordan.  He  was  assigned  to  the 
First  Dragoons,  July  i,  1840,  wilh  the  brevet 
rank  of  second  lieutenant,  and  on  December 
31,  1840,  become  second  lieutenant.  He  re- 
ceived promotion  as  follows  :  First  lieutenant, 
April  21,  1846;  captain,  October  9,  1851 ;  ma- 
jor. Second  Cavalry,  October  26,  1861,  and  he 
was  "retired  from  active  service  November  14, 
1861,  for  disability  resulting  from  long  and 
faithful  service  and  from  disease  and  exposure 
in  the  line  of  duty."  He  served  on  mustering 
and  recruiting  service  in  the  state  of  Maine 
and  as  acting  assistant  adjutant  general ;  as 
provost  marshal  general  and  chief  mustering 
and  disbursing  officer  at  Augusta,  Maine, 
1861-64,  and  he  was  brevetted  lieutenant  col- 
onel March  13,  1863.  "for  meritorious  service 
during  the  Rebellion."  He  was  married  at 
"The  Woodyard,"  Maryland,  July  5,  1854,  to 
Anne  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Patterson)  Hays,  of  Carlisle,  Pennsyl- 
vania, born  October  25,  1821,  and  their  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Robert  Hallowell  (q.  v.).  2. 
Eleanor,  June  3,  1857.  3.  Anne,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Francis  Richards,  born  1861,  died 
1880.  5.  and  6.  John  Hays  and  John  Tudor 
(twins),  bom  April  6,   186^ 

(VIII)  Robert  Hallowell,  eldest  child  of 
Colonel  John  William  Tudor  and  Anne  Eliza- 
beth (Hays)  Gardiner,  was  born  at  Fort 
Tejon,  California,  September  9,  1855.  He  was 
graduated  at  the  Montreal  high  school,  1871 ; 
Roxbury  Latin  school,  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
1872:  Harvard  College,  A.  B.,  1876:  student 
in  the  Harvard  LTniversity  Law  School.  1878- 
80;  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  1880,  and 
practiced  law  in  Boston  from  that  time.  He 
became  a  director  in  the  Arlington  Mills;  in 
the  Webster  &  Atlas  National  Bank;  in  the 
Cochrane  Chemical  Company ;  in  the  Falls 
Company;  in  the  Shetucket  Company,  of 
which  corporation  he  was  president ;  and  a 
trustee  of  the  Gardiner  Real  Estate  .Associa- 
tion ;  the  Gushing  Real  Estate  Trust ;  the 
Nickerson  Land  Trust ;  the  Perry  Real  Estate 
Trust;  the   William    Lawrence    Real    Estate 


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Trust;  the  Boston  Real  Estate  Trust  and  of 
other  estates  and  corporations.  He  also  be- 
came a  trustee  of  the  Wells  Memorial  Insti- 
tute. He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Re- 
publican Club  of  Massachusetts  and  served  as 
chairman  of  its  executive  committee.  He  was 
prominent  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church 
as  a  member  of  the  standing  committee  for  the 
dioceses  first  of  Massachusetts  and  afterwards 
of  Maine,  and  delegate  from  the  latter  diocese 
to  the  general  convention  of  1904  and  1907, 
and  in"  1904  was  elected  president  of  the 
Brotherhood  of  St.  Andrew,  and  in  1908 
president  of  the  National  Conference  of 
Church  Clubs.  In  1900  he  made  his  home 
and  legal  residence  at  Gardiner,  Maine,  and 
his  winter  home  is  in  Boston,  his  law  office 
being  at  713  Barristers  Hall,  Pemberton 
Square.  He  was  married  at  Trinity  Church, 
Boston,  June  2},,  1881,  to  Alice,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Anne  (Outram)  Bangs,  of 
Watertown,  Massachusetts.  The  children  of 
Edward  and  Anne  (Outram)  Bangs  were: 
Alice,  born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 14,^1857,  wife  of  Robert  H.  Gardiner; 
Anne  Outram,  married  Russell  Sturgis ;  Ed- 
ward Appleton,  Harvard,  A.  B.,  1884;  Out- 
ram; Francis  Reginald.  Harvard,  A.  B.,  1891, 
LL.  B.,  1894.  The  children  of  Robert  Hallo- 
well  and  Alice  (Bangs)  Gardiner  are:  i.  Rob- 
ert Hallowell  Jr.,  born  November  5,  1882; 
Roxbury  Latin  "school,  1900,  Harvard  College, 
A.  B.  and  A.  M.,  1904,  and  Law  School,  LL. 
B.,  1907.  2.  Alice,  February  24.  1885,  mar- 
ried Livingston  Davis,  Harvard,  A.  B.,  1904. 
3.  Sylvester,  January  11,  1888,  died  May  15, 
1889.  4.  Anna  Lowell,  September  9,  1890. 
5.  William  Tudor,  June  12,  1892. 

The    first     representative     of 
COUSENS     this  family  of  whom  there  is 

any  information  was  John 
Cousens,  who  settled  in  Poland,  Maine,  in 
1798,  and  there  lived  a  useful  and  busy  life, 
winning  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  with 
whom  he  was  brought  in  contact.  He  married 
Sarah  Cushman,  and  among  their  children  was 
William,  see  forward. 

(H)  William,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Cushman)  Cousens,  was  born  in  Poland, 
Maine,  where  he  spent  his  active  years,  and 
where  his  death  occurred.  He  was  a  man  of 
sterling  integrity,  honorable  in  all  his  trans- 
actions, and  his  influence  was  felt  in  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  resided.  He  married 
Mary  Whittam,  who  bore  him  one  child,  Ly- 
man Munson,  see  forward. 

(HI)    Lvman   Munson,  only  child  of  Will- 


iam and  Mary  (Whittam)  Cousens,  was  born 
in  Poland,  January  10,  1840.    He  attended  the 
public    schools    and    Gorham   Academy.      In 
1858  he  entered  the  employ  of  S.  M.  Milliken 
at  Minot,  Maine,  the  proprietor  of  a  general 
country  store,  and  there  remained  four  years. 
He  then  formed  a  partnership   with  his  em- 
ployer, the  name  being   Milliken  &  Cousens, 
and'  this  connection  continued  two  years.     He 
then   formed   a  partnership   with  William  H. 
Rounds,  under  the  firm  name  of  Cousens  & 
Rounds,  but  after  several  years  this  connection 
was  dissolved.     Selling  his  interest,  Mr.  Cous- 
ens removed  to  Portland  and  was  in   1868  a 
partner   in   the  firm   of   Marr,  True  &  Com- 
pany, but  after  a  few  years  became  a  partner 
in  the  firm  of  D.  W.  True  &  Company,  whole- 
sale grocers,   and  in   1880  associated  himself 
with  Edward  Tomlinson  under  the  firm  name 
of  Cousens  &  Tomlinson,   wholesale  grocers, 
which  was  merged  into   the   present  firm   of 
Milliken     Tomlinson     Company.       In      1890 
William  H.   Milliken,  S.  M.  Milliken,  L.  M. 
Cousens  and  J.  H.  Short  formed  the  firm  of 
Milliken,     Cousens     &     Company,     wholesale 
dealers   in    dry   goods   and   manufacturers    of 
pants   and    overalls,    employing   one   hundred 
hands  in  the  factory  and  with  a  force  of  one 
hundred  in  the  main  store  as  salesmen,  clerks, 
&c.,  also  as  commission  merchants  in  cotton 
goods.     Mr.  Cousens  has  been  very  successful 
in  a  financial  way,  and  has  interests  in  various 
enterprises.    He  is  president  of  the  Fitzgerald 
Land    &   Lumber    Company,    director    in   the 
Dalton    Paper    Mills,    the    Portland    National 
Bank,  the  Union  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Com- 
pany, the   Mercantile  Trust   Company,  presi- 
dent of  Dana  Warp  I\Iills,  member  of  Port- 
land Club  and  Lotus  Club  of  New  York  City. 
Mr.  Cousens  is  now  and  has  always  been  a 
Republican.     He  is  a  member  of  various  Ma- 
sonic bodies  up  to  and  including  the  thirty- 
second  degree ;  is  also  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  is  connected 
with  the  Home  for  Friendless  Boys,  the  Hilary 
Brown  Home,  president  of  the  Widows  Wood 
Societv,  of  which  he  is  also  a  trustee,  and  the 
Portland    Benevolent    Society    and    Provident 
Association.     Mr.  Cousens  is  recognized  as  a 
liberal  and  public-spirited  citizen,  interested  in 
whatever  promises   for   the   public   good   and 
alwavs  ready  to  contribute  his  share  of  either 
work  or  means  to  accomplish  any  good  end. 
Mr.     Cousens     married,    December   8,    1870, 
Mary  E.  True,  born  in  Bangor,  Maine,  1846, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary   (Abbott)   True. 
Five    children   were   born    of   this    marriage : 
Two  daughters  who  died  in  infancy.    John  T., 


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ulu)  (lioil  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  Will- 
iam T..  who  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Millikeii,  Couseiis  &  Company.  Lyman  A., 
who  married  Gertrude  M.  Cortland.  William 
T.  and  Lyman  A.  Cousens  are  now  of  the 
firm  of  L.  M.  Cousens  &  Company,  commis- 
sion merchants  on  cotton  goods.  Mr.  Cousens 
and  family  arc  members  of  State  Street  Con- 
gregational Church. 


There  are  families  in  America 
COUSINS  bearing  this  name  descended 
from  the  French  family,  Cous- 
in, and  from  English  ancestry.  The  English 
name  is  found  in  old  documents  spelled  Cur- 
zon,  Cozzen,  Cousin.  Cosen,  Cousens  and 
Cousins.  In  New  England  the  two  last  spell- 
ings prevail.  Tradition  makes  these  families 
descend  from  Geraldine  de  Curson,  or  Curzen, 
a  man  of  Breton  extraction  who  followed 
William  the  Conqueror  into  England  in  1066. 
He  was  rewarded  for  his  services  by  his  chief 
with  man\-  estates,  and  lived  on  the  principal 
one  at  Locking  in  Berkshire,  and  was  known 
as  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Locking.  The  most 
distinguished  person  of  this  name  is  George 
Nathaniel  Curson,  first  baron  of  Kedletton, 
late  viceroy  and  governor-general  of  India, 
who  married  an  American,  Miss  Leiter,  of 
Chicago. 

(I)  John  Cousins,  the  first  settler  of  the 
name  in  Maine  and  probably  in  New  England, 
was  born  in  England  in  1596.  He  settled  at 
West  Gustigo,  now  North  Yarmouth,  on  an 
island  near  the  mouth  of  Royal  river,  still 
known  as  Cousins'  Island.  He  bought  this 
land  of  Richard  Vines  in  1645.  After  living 
there  thirty  years  he  fled  to  York  on  account 
of  the  Indian  depredations  committed  in  King 
Phillip's  war.  G.  F.  Ridlon  Sr.,  in  his  book 
"Saco  \'alley  Settlements  and  Families."  savs 
of  John  Cousins :  "He  served  in  the  assembly 
under  Cleve  in  1648,  while  he  was  deputy 
president  of  Lygonia,  his  name  being  under 
his  mark  on  a  decree  against  the  Trelawny 
estate  in  favor  of  Robert  Jordan,  by  which 
act  the  property  of  said  Trelawny  in  this  state 
was  lost  to  his  heirs.  The  date  of  the  death 
of  (John)  Cousins  has  not  been  ascertained, 
hut  he  must  have  survived  to  a  great  age. 
His  descendants  lived  in  York,  Wells.  Kenne- 
bunk,  Lyman.  Saco.  Biddeford  and  Hollis,  and 
are  now  scattered  through  the  state."  Isaac 
and  Thomas  Cousins  are  believed  to  have  been 
sons  of  John. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Cousins,  was  an 
inhabitant  of  Wells  before  1670.  He  had  a 
grant  of  land  consisting  of  one  hundred  acres 


on    Little    river.     Two   of   his   children    were 
Hannah  and  Ichabod. 

(HI)  Ichabod,  son  of  Thomas  Cousins, 
spent  his  early  life  in  Wells,  but  moved  to 
Kenncbnnk  in  1745.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
old  French  war,  and  died  of  smallpox  con- 
tracted while  in  the  army.  He  had  a  log 
house  surrounded  by  Hankers  during  the  In- 
dian troubles  on  the  coast.  He  married.  July 
26,  1714,  Ruth  Cole,  of  Kennebunk.  (jhil- 
dren :  Catherine,  Thomas,  Ichabod,  John, 
Benjamin,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Ruth  and  Na- 
thaniel. 

(IV)  Ichabod  (2),  son .  of  Ichabod  (i) 
Cousins,  was  born  in  Wells,  November  10, 
1719.  He  was  evidently  a  man  who  paid  strict 
attention  to  his  own  affairs,  held  no  public  of- 
fice, and  seems  to  have  left  no  record. 

(V)  Ichabod  (3)  is  said  to  have  been  a  son 
of  Ichabod  (2)  Cousins.  He  was  born  in  Ken- 
nebunk, and  settled  in  the  plantation  of  Little 
Falls,  now  Hollis,  about  1780,  being  one  of 
the  seven  purchasers  of  the  Dalton  Right,  so 
called,  which  tract  bordered  on  the  Saco  river 
and  extended  from  the  northwestern  boundarv 
of  a  "twenty-rod  strip"  near  the  brick  house 
of  "Uncle  David  Martin."  He  cleared  a  field 
and  built  a  barn  on  the  rear  end  of  his  lot, 
but  afterward  lived  on  the  Bonny  Eagle  road, 
near  the  burying  ground.  He  married  (first) 
Dolly  Cole  and  by  her  had  six  children :  Icha- 
bod (4),  Sally.  Mary,  Priscilla,  Hannah  and 
Nathaniel.  Married  (second)  September  15, 
1808.  Susanna  (Deering),  widow  of  Tobias 
Lord,  and  mother  of  Abigail  Lord,  who  mar- 
ried Jeremiah  Hobson  (see  Hobson  V)  :  To- 
bias Lord,  who  married  Adeline  Hobson,  sister 
of  Jeremialr;  Mary  Lord,  unmarried.  She 
bore  him  three  children  :  Dolly ;  Fannv,  born 
January  3,  1810,  married  Thomas  S.  Hanson, 
of  Buxton,  who  died  in  1837,  after  which  she 
married  John,  son  of  Jabez  Sawyer;  Joseph, 
see  forward. 

(\T)  Joseph,  youngest  child  of  Ichabod 
(3)  Cousins,  was  born  in  Hollis,  May  28, 
1812,  died  at  St^ep  Falls,  May  5,  1893.'  He 
was  a  farmer  and  mechanic :  a  good  citizen 
and  a  man  of  integrity  who  in  his  latter  years 
became  a  member  of  the  Free  Baptist  church. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  until  the  Republi- 
can party  was  formed,  of  which  he  was  a 
staunch  adherent  ever  after.  He  married,  in 
1837,  Deborah  Sawyer  (see  Sawyer  VI).  Of 
this  union  were  born  six  children,  only  two  of 
whom  lived  to  reach  maturity:  i.  Harriet  N., 
born  March  18,  1839.  married,  November  8, 
1857,  Charles  J.  F.  Knapp,  of  Bridgton :  of 
the  three  children  born  to  them  the  first  two 


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were  twins,  one  of  whom  died  in  infancy,  the 
other,  James  Knapp.  married  Harriet  Chase, 
who  bore  to  him  a  child,  now  deceased ;  Jo- 
seph Knapp,  the  youngest,  married  Florence 
Jones  ;  one  child,  Charles.  2.  Stephen  Hobson, 
see  forward. 

(VH)  Stephen  Hobson,  son  of  Joseph 
Cousins,  was  born  in  Steep  Falls,  December 
13,  1845.  He  was  educated  at  Standish  Acad- 
emy, the  common  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  a  school  at  Randolph,  Massachusetts, 
where  his  sister,  Harriet  N.  (Cousins)  Knapp, 
then  lived.  In  the  early  '60s  he  went  to  Port- 
land, Maine,  where  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
his  cousin,  John  D.  Lord,  until  he  returned 
to  Steep  Falls  in  1870  and  built  a  store  to 
deal  in  general  merchandise.  In  1871  he 
formed  a  partnership  under  the  name  of 
Cousins  &  Banks,  with  Samuel  Banks,  who 
came  there  from  Island  Pond,  Vermont,  and 
was  the  husband  of  Elizabeth,  sister  of  Sam- 
uel D.  Hobson  and  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Sawyer,  see  Sawyer  V)  Hobson. 
They  continued  in  general  merchandise  busi- 
ness— grain  and  lumber — until  the  death  of 
Mr.  Banks  in  1886,  when  Mr.  Cousins  formed 
a  partnership  with  Gideon  M.  Tucker  (see 
Tucker  VII),  who  was  a  well-known  lumber- 
man. In  1892  they  built  a  grist  mill  run  by  a 
gasoline  engine,  and  in  1904  they  formed  a 
corporation  with  Stephen  H.  Cousins  as  man- 
ager, a  position  which  he  still  fills.  He  is  a 
Republican,  interested  in  what  is  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  community,  but  has  ever  de- 
clined to  accept  positions  of  political  prefer- 
ment. He  is  prominent  in  the  work  of  the 
Free  Baptist  denomination  in  this  state,  and  is 
deacon  of  the  church  in  his  village.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and 
the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1869,  Martha  Alma  Hobson  (see  Hob- 
son VIII).  Children:  i.  William  L.,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Harriette  Knapp,  born  May  8,  1875, 
at  Steep  Falls,  educated  there  and  at  Liming- 
ton  Academy;  is  unmarried;  makes  her  home 
with  her  parents,  but  spends  much  time  at  the 
home  of  her  brother.  Dr.  Cousins,  in  Port- 
land. 

(VIII)  Dr.  William  Lewis  Cousins,  only 
son  of  Stephen  Hobson  Cousins,  was  born  in 
Steep  Falls,  October  2,  1870.  After  attending 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  village,  Frye"^ 
burg  Academy,  New  Hampton  College  and 
Limington  Academy,  he  spent  a  vear'at  the 
Maine  IMedical  School,  and  then  matriculated 
at  the  Luiversity  of  Pennsylvania,  graduating 
from  the  medical  department  of  that  institu- 
tion in  the  class  of  1894.    During  the  remain- 


der of  1894  and  the  year  1895  he  was  assist- 
ant resident  surgeon  of  Johns  Hopkins  Hos- 
pital in  Baltimore.  In  1895  he  settled  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  where  he  became  associated  with 
Dr.  Seth  C.  Gordon.  In  1904  he  established 
a  private  hospital,  St.  Barnabas,  at  the  corner 
of  Woodfords  and  Norwood  streets,  in  the 
Deering  district,  which  has  become  well  and 
favorably  known.  He  now  makes  the  diseases 
of  women  a  specialty  and  is  meeting  with 
gratifying  success.  He  is  also  a  surgeon  of 
noteworthy  attainments.  For  eight  years  he 
has  been  on  the  staff  of  the  Maine  General 
Hospital,  four  years  as  assistant  and  four 
years  as  surgeon.  He  has  been  for  a  long 
term  of  years  consulting  surgeon  of  the 
Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  and  is  instruc- 
tor in  clinical  surgery  in  the  Maine  Medical 
School,  having  been  appointed  in  1906.  He  is 
a  member  and  has  been  president  of  the  Cum- 
berland County  Medical  Association ;  member 
of  the  Maine  Medical  Association,  and  chair- 
man of  the  National  Legislative  Committee  of 
that  body  for  Maine ;  member  of  the  Cumber- 
land Club,  Athletic  Club,  Portland  Yacht 
Club  and  other  clubs.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  in  1907  was  a  member  of  the 
Republican  city  committee.  In  religious  belief 
he  is  a  L^nitarian.  Dr.  Cousins  married,  Janu- 
ary 6,  1897,  Maude  McKenney,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Hannah  (Gordon)  McKenney, 
granddaughter  of  Deacon  Humphrey  McKen- 
ney, of  Limington,  and  niece  of  Dr.  Seth  C. 
Gordon,  of  Portland.  She  was  born  July  10, 
1870,  in  Limington,  and  has  borne  him  two 
sons:  Seth  Chase,  born  in  Portland,  November 
2,  1897.  and  McKenney,  born  November  12, 
1 901,  died  the  following  day.  These  children 
were  the  ninth  generation  from  John  Cousins, 
the  immisfrant. 


The   first   Hobson   ancestor  of 
HOBSON     whom  we  are  sure  is  Thomas, 

of  Yorkshire,  England,  who 
had  a  son  Henry,  who  married  Jane  Carr, 
whose  home  was  at  Neflete,  near  Whitgilt,  in 
the  south  part  of  the  West  Riding  of  York- 
shire. 

(T)  William,  son  of  Henry'  and  Jane 
(Carr)  Hobson,  was  a  "merchant  adventurer" 
of  London,  who  fitted  out  and  provided  for 
the  Plymouth  Colony  in  New  England.  In 
1652  he  settled  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts, 
where  were  born  to  him  bv  his  wife  Ann, 
dau2;hter  of  Humphrey  and  Mary  Ravnor, 
three  sons:  Humphrey.  John  and  William. 
William  Hobson,  first  of  the  name  in  this 
country,  and  Ann  his  wife,  both  died  in  1694. 


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(II)  William  (2),  yoiinj^est  son  of  William 
(i)  Hobsoii,  was  born  in  1650,  ami  dircl  in 
1725.  He  married,  in  i6q2,  Sarah  Jcvvett ; 
children:  \\'il]iam.  died  youns;;  Sarah,  Mary- 
William,  Martha,  Caleb  and  Jeremiah. 

(III)  Jeremiah,  fourth  son  and  youngest 
child  of  \\illiam  (2)  Hobson.  was  born  1707, 
and  died  in  1741.  Althou,c;h  dying  young,  a 
large  measure  of  success  enabled  him  to  pos- 
sess a  large  estate  to  leave  to  his  family.  He 
married,  1729,  Jane  Dresser;  children:  Will- 
iam. Ann.  Klizabeth.  Joseph  and  Sarah. 

(W)  William  ( 3) ,  eldest  child  of  Jeremiah 
Hobson,  was  born  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts, 
in  1730,  and  died  in  Buxton,  where  he  was 
the  oldest  settler  of  the  name,  in  1827,  aged 
ninety-seven  years.  He  was  a  man  of  martial 
proclivities,  and  much  engaged  in  war.  In 
the  French  and  Indian  war  he  belonged  to  the 
First  Cavalry  Company  of  Rowley.  He  re- 
cnlisted  in  1759.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolutionary  war,  was  wounded  and  taken 
prisoner  at  King's  Bridge  by  the  British  and 
carried  into  New  York  City,  where  he  re- 
mained a  prisoner  of  war  eleven  months.  He 
was  afterwards  at  the  surrender  of  Rurgovne, 
and  had  the  pleasure  of  marching  into  Sara- 
toqa  nt  its  evacuation.  He  married  (first) 
Hannah  Johnson,  by  whom  he  had  two  chil- 
dren :  Jeremiah  and  Hannah.  His  first  wife 
died  in  1757,  ^nd  he  marriel  (second)  in 
i/SQ.  Lydia  Parsons.  Their  children  were: 
A\'illiam  (died  young),  Joseph,  .Samuel.  An- 
drew and  Lydia.  The  second  wife  died  and 
he  married  (third)  Margaret,  who  died  in 
Buxton.  December.   i8ig. 

(V)  Joseph,  second  child  of  William  (3) 
and  Lydia  (Parsons)  Hobson,  was  bom  in 
Buxton,  in  1762,  and  died  December  11,  1830. 
He  married  (first),  in  Buxton,  January '3, 
1788,  Rebecca  Sawyer  (see  Sawyer  V),  born 
July  15,  1765,  who  bore  him  ten  children,  nine 
of  whom  were:  i.  Joseph,  married  Mary 
Townsend.  2.  Jabez,  married  Betsey  Hancock 
(see  Hancock).  3.  Lydia.  married  James 
Marr.  4.  .Andrew,  married  (fir.st)  Adeline 
Marr.  (second)  Statia  Hamblin.  (third)  Jane 
L.  Heath.  S-  Jeremiah,  married  (first)  Abi- 
gail Lord,  (second)  Mrs.  Olive  Merrill.  6. 
Rebecca,  died  unmarried.  7.  James,  married 
('first)  Climena  Marsh,  (second)  Mrs.  Sarah 
'^anboni.  8.  Joanna,  married  .Archibald 
Smith,  q.  .Adeline,  married  Tobias  Lord.  Jo- 
seph Hobson  married  (second)  Susanna 
(Deering  Lord),  widow  of  Ichabod  Cousins 
(see  Cousins  Y).  who  died  in  i860. 

(VI)  Jabez.  second  .son  of  Joseph  and  Re- 
becca (Sawyer)  Hob.son,  was  born  September 


4,  1790.  lie  had  much  of  the  martial  spirit 
of  his  ancestf)rs,  and  was  a  captain  in  the  mi- 
litia. He  was  a  prosperous  lumber  man  in 
Buxton  when  he  married,  in  1815,  Betsey 
PLnncock  (see  Hancock  V),  who  bore  him  ten 
children,  of  whom  the  following  came  to  ma- 
turity:  I.  Sewell,  see  forward.  2.  Rebecca, 
married  Dr.  James  M.  Buzzell ;  wdien  thrown 
uiion  her  own  resources  she  took  up  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine,  which  she  pursued  success- 
fully for  many  years.  She  was  in  every  re- 
spect a  remarkable  woman,  and  deserves  a 
large  place  in  the  history  of  (jorham,  Maine, 
where  she  lived  for  manv  years,  dying  in 
1899.  3.  Eliza,  married  Samuel  Bangs.  4. 
.Almcda,  married  Ivory  Harmon.  5.  Ellen, 
married  Phineas  I.  Paine.  6.  Jabez,  married 
Eliza  J.  .Smith.  About  the  year  1834  Captain 
Jabez  Hobson  moved  to  Steep  Falls.  Maine, 
where  he  was  the  first  independent  lumber  op- 
erator on  the  Saco  river  at  that  point,  there 
having  been  previously  a  co-operative  saw- 
mill there  owned  and  operated  by  a  number  of 
the  early  settlers  jointly ;  in  fact,  each  man 
ow'ned  the  privilege  of  operating  the  mill  a 
stated  number  of  days  at  a  time. 

(VH)  Sewell,  eldest  child  of  Captain  Jabez 
Hobson,  was  born  in  Buxton,  March  26,  1816, 
and  came  to  Steep  Falls  with  his  father,  with 
whom  he  was  associated  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness, a  calling  which  he  followed  until  a  few 
years  before  his  death,  which  occurred  at  the 
home  of  his  youngest  son,  Sewell  M..  at  Con- 
way, New  Hampshire,  June  26.  1896.  He  was 
a  staunch  Republican  in  politics,  and  possessed 
the  fine  physique  and  good  looks  which  char- 
acterized the  Hobsons  as  a  race,  combined 
with  an  intelligence  which  embraced  world  af- 
fairs as  well  as  matters  of  local  interest.  He 
attended  school  at  Parsonsfield  Seminary, 
where  he  met  and  married  (first),  November 
22.  1835,  Martha  A.  Buzzell,  daughter  of  El- 
der John  Buzzell.  who  was  for  sixtv-five  vears 
pastor  of  the  Free  Baptist  church  at  Parsons- 
field.  In  1799  "a  periodic  ministers'  training 
school"  was  established  in  his  home  with  El- 
der Buzzell  as  dean.  Largely  through  his  ef- 
forts Parsonsfield  Seminary  was  established 
in  1832.  which  was  the  first  Free  Baptist  de- 
nominational school,  and  from  which  Bates 
College  was  an  outgrowth.  In  181 1  he  gave 
this  denomination  its  first  periodic  literature, 
A  RcIis;ioiis  .Magaswc,  and  he  aided  Colby  to 
arrange  the  manuscript  for  his  memoirs.  In 
1823  he  published  the  first  denominational 
hymn  book.  In  1826  he  was  one  of  the  prime 
movers  in  establishing  The  Moriiiin;  Star.  He 
edited  and  published  "The  Life  of  Benjamin 


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Randall,"  and  was  prominent  in  founding  the 
Free  Baptist  Book  Company.  He  also  worked 
up  the  conditions  which  led  to  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Free  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  So- 
ciety. His  forebears  came  from  the  Isle  of 
Jersey  in  1696,  and  settled  in  New  Hampshire, 
Elder  Buzzell  being  the  first  one  to  settle  in 
this  state.  He  was  the  father  of  Dr.  John  Buz- 
zell, a  well-known  physician  of  Cape  Eliza- 
beth, and  of  Dr.  James  M.  Buzzell,  of  Gor- 
ham,  who  was  undoubtedly  one  of  the  most 
skillful  surgeons  of  his  day,  and  the  grand- 
father of  Dr.  John  D.  Buzzell,  who  was  for 
many  years  a  prominent  practitioner  in  Port- 
land. 

Martha  (Buzzell)  Hobson  was  born  in  Par- 
sonsfield.  May  16,  1816,  and  died  at  Steep 
Falls,  October,  1855.  She  bore  to  her  husband 
six  children,  two  of  whom  died  young.  Those 
living  are : 

1.  Ethelinda,  born  at  Steep  Falls,  January 
12,  1837.  She  received  her  education  in  her 
native  town  and  at  Limerick  Academy.  She 
had  an  alto  voice  of  unusual  sweetness,  and 
sang  in  the  church  choir  for  over  forty  years. 
She  married,  November  8,  1857,  Gideon  Mar- 
shall Tucker  (see  Tucker  VII). 

2.  Anna  Elizabeth,  born  August  5,  1838. 
She  married  (first)  Jack  Seward,  of  Wake- 
field, New  Hampshire,  in  1855,  '^^'^o  ^'^d  Au- 
gust 20,  1856.  She  married  (second)  Decem- 
ber 18,  1859,  Marshall  Paine,  of  Standish,  to 
whom  she  bore  three  children :  Adelaide 
Olive,  born  December  8,  i860,  is  unmarried, 
living  with  her  mother  in  Portland,  Maine ; 
Celia  Mitchell,  born  January  3,  1862,  married 
Walter  Hamlin,  August  31.  1887,  and  died 
December  8,  1891 ;  Grace  Hobson,  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1868,  married  (first)  Wilbur  F. 
Chase,  September  14,  1887,  who  died  Decem- 
ber, 1892;  she  married  (second)  Hugh  Eustis 
Potts,  June  22.  1896;  they  have  a  beautiful 
cottage  on  the  shore  of  Sebago  Lake,  in  Stan- 
dish,  where  they  spend  their  summers. 

3.  Martha  Alma,  born  at  Steep  Falls,  May 
31,  1848.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
this  town,  and  Gorham  Seminary,  and  was 
married,  September  12,  1869,  at  Hillside 
Manse,  Cornish,  Maine,  by  Parson  Cole,  to 
Stephen  H.  Cousins  (see  Cousins  VII).  She 
is  a  woman  of  great  executive  ability,  and  has 
been  for  a  number  of  years  at  the  head  of  the 
Maine  Woman's  Missionary  Society  of  the 
Free  Baptist  denomination,  of  which  she  is  a 
devoted  member. 

4.  James  Edward,  born  March  31,  185 1,  at 
Limerick,  Maine.  When  quite  young  he  went 
to  Somersworth,   New  Hampshire,  where  he 


entered  a  dry  goods  store.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 29,  1873,  Emma  Swain,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Emma  (Gowell)  Swain,  of  Som- 
ersworth, where  he  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Dorr  &  Hobson.  To 
them  were  born  children:  i.  Harry  Ed- 
ward, born  July  29,  1874,  now  an  electrician 
in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  2.  Herbert  Leon, 
horn  July  12,  1877;  married  November 
4,  1904,  Gertrude  Abbott,  of  Buena  Vista, 
Newfoundland ;  to  them  were  born  two  chil- 
dren :  Dorothv  Emma,  born  August  23,  1905, 
and  James  Buzzell,  born  December  25,  1906. 
T,.  Clifford  Maurice,  born  June  21,  1880,  died 
May  2,  1903. 

Sewell  Hobson  married  (second)  Ann 
Thompson,  widow  of  Levi  Thompson,  and 
daughter  of  Elijah  and  Rhoda  (Parker) 
Emery,  who  lived  in  Windham,  where  she 
was  born  March,  1823,  and  she  died  in  Steep 
Falls,  March,  1895,  having  borne  him  one 
child :  Sewell  M.,  who  married  Orphie  Eaton, 
of  Brownfield.  in  1884.  They  live  in  Conway, 
New  Hampshire,  and  have  one  son,  Rupert 
Jabez,  who  was  born  September  7,  1903. 


James  Sawyer,  a  weaver  by 
S.A.WYER     trade,  settled  in  Ipswich,  Essex 

county,  Massachusetts,  in  Jan- 
uary, 1669.  He  was  probably  the  son  of  Will- 
iam Sawyer,  who  came  from  England  in  1640. 
The  records  show  that  his  first  wife  was  Mar- 
tha. In  1677  the  Gloucester  records  show  that 
a  son  Nathaniel  was  born  to  him  and  his  wife 
Sarah,  and  in  his  will  dated  Mav  25,  1703,  he 
mentions  his  wife  Sarah  and  his  children  in 
the  following  order:  My  eldest  son,  Thomas 
Sawyer ;  second,  John ;  third,  Nathaniel,  born 
1677;  fourth,  .Abraham,  1680;  fifth,  Isaac, 
1684;  sixth,  Jacob,  1687;  seventh  and  young- 
est, James,  1691,  and  my  two  daughters, 
Marv,  wife  of  William  Ring,  and  Sarah,  born 
1683. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Sawyer,  married 
in  1 701  Rebecca  Standford,  and  resided  at 
Cape  Ann,  Massachusetts,  until  1719,  when 
he  removed  to  Falmouth,  Maine.  He  settled 
on  the  Neck,  opposite  Portland,  called  Cape 
Elizabeth,  and  in  17 19  the  town  granted  him 
the  privilege  of  the  ferry  on  the  cape  side, 
which  he  kept  many  years.  Children :  John, 
Job,  Jonathan.  Daniel,  Joseph,  Mary,  Sarah, 
Rebecca,   Bethiah. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Sawyer,  was 
born  in  Gloucester,  17x1,  and  went  with  his 
parents  to  Falmouth  in  1719.  The  York 
countv  records  show  that  he  was  appointed 
special  justice  of  the  court  of  common  pleas, 


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December  27,  1734,  April  8,  1743,  special  jus- 
tice of  superior  court  in  1749,  and  judge  of 
the  inferior  court  September  11,  1765.  He 
married  Joanna  Cobb ;  children :  Ebenezer, 
Mary,  Lemuel,  James,  Jabez,  John,  Rachel, 
Mercy  and  Rebecca.  Joanna  (Cobb)  Sawyer 
was  tile  daui;hter  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  Cobb, 
of  Cape  Elizal)etli.  Ebenezer  Cobb  was  born 
April  10,  1688.  died  October  28,  1731.  He 
was  the  son  of  Jonathan  Cobb,  born  April  10, 
1660.  married.  March  i,  1682,  Hope  Chipman. 
Jonathan  Cobb  was  the  son  of  Elder  Henry 
Cobb,  who  died  in  1675,  and  his  second  wife, 
Sarah  (Hinckley)  Cobb,  daughler  of  Samuel 
Hinckley.  Ho])e  (Chipman)  Coblj  was  the 
daut;hter  of  Elder  John  Chipman,  born  1621, 
died  April  7,  1 708,  son  of  Thomas  Chipman 
and  Hope  (Howland)  Chipman.  Hope  (How- 
land)  Chipman  was  the  daughter  of  John 
Howlan<l,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower'"  and 
died  1673,  and  Elizabeth  (Tilley)  Howland, 
who  also  came  in  the  "May  dower"  and 
died  in  1687.  Her  father,  John  Tilley  and 
his  wife,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been  a 
daughter  of  Governor  Carver,  came  over  in 
the  "Mayflower"  and  the  records  show  that 
they  died  in  1621.  Joseph  Sawyer  died  March 
31,  1800,  aged  eighty-nine  years. 

(R')  Jabez,  son  of  Joseph  Sawyer,  was 
born  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  1744.  lie  married, 
March  8.  1765.  Mary  Penned,  whose  grand- 
mother was  Sarah  Sawyer,  sister  to  Joseph 
Sawyer.  The  Rev.  Paul  Coffin,  who  was  for 
so  many  years  pastor  of  the  Buxton  Lower 
Corner  church,  united  them.  Jabez  with  his 
brother  John  went  from  Cape  Elizabeth  to 
Blue  Hill,  now  called  Sedgwick,  where  they 
resided  several  years  on  adjoining  farms. 
When  the  Indians  became  troublesome  in  that 
locality  they  returned  to  Cape  Elizabeth,  and 
when  the  times  became  more  peaceful  they 
went  to  Narraganset  No.  i,  now  Buxton,  and 
cleared  adjoining  farms,  where  they  lived  and 
died.  Jabez  Sawyer  was  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier and  a  pensioner.  Children:  i.  Jabez, 
see  forward.  2.  Thomas  Pennell,  married 
Nancy  Cobb,  daughter  of  Eben  and  Rachel 
Cobb,  of  Cape  Elizabeth ;  ten  children  ;  those 
who  lived  were :  i.  Eben ;  ii.  Priscilla,  mar- 
ried Nathaniel  Johnson,  of  Westbrook ;  iii. 
Mary,  married  Joseph  Hanson,  of  Buxton :  iv. 
Syrena,  married  a  Deering.  of  Buxton.  3. 
Joseph,  married  Joanna  Cobb,  of  Cape  Eliza- 
beth ;  children :  i.  Eliza,  married  Isaac  Ste- 
vens; ii.  John;  iii.  Mary;  iv.  Joseph  Still- 
man;  v.  James;  Joseph  married  (second) 
Mary  Ridlon ;  one  son,  vi.  Phineas.  4.  James, 
married    (first)    Betsey    Merrill;   children:    i. 


Samuel ;  ii.  Hannah,  married  Christopher 
Dyer;  iii.  Mary  .\nn,  married  L.  Douglass; 
iv.  Eliza,  married  a  Douglass;  James  married 
(second)  Abigail  Milliken ;  children:  i.  James 
Thornton  ;  ii.  Eunice,  married  Albert  Jose ;  iii. 
Ellen,  married  Jefferson  Cole ;  iv.  Rebecca, 
died  unmarried.  5.  William,  married  Betsey 
Knight,  of  Buxton ;  children :  i.  Eben ;  ii. 
William;  iii.  Samuel;  iv.  Eliza,  married  Jere- 
miah Mason,  of  Saco ;  v.  and  vi.  died  young. 

6.  Eben,  married  Betsey  Knight,  of  West- 
brook  ;  children :  Jabez,  Nathaniel  Knight, 
Thomas  Pennell,  Lafayette,  Washington,  Mary 
Jane,  Ruth  Knight  and  John  Knight.  7.  Re- 
becca (see  Sawyer  V  and  Hobson  V).  8. 
Mary,  married  William  Elwell.  of  Buxton; 
children :  i.  William ;  ii.  Salome,  married 
Peter  Williams,  of  Gorham ;  iii.  Jabez ;  iv. 
Joseph;  v.  PoUv,  married  Nathaniel  Strout,  of 
Raymond ;  vi.  John ;  vii.  Sarah,  married  Ste- 
phen Brown,  of  Guilford,  Maine.  9.  Joanna, 
married  Joseph  Hanson,  of  Buxton  :  children  : 
Moses,  Joseph  Sawyer,  Thomas,  Joanna,, 
married  Phineas  Libby,  of  Buxton,  and  three 
who  died  young.  10.  Sarah,  married  Isaac 
Deering,  of  Saco;  children:  i.  Mary,  married 
Eben  Sawyer;  ii.  Ann;  iii.  Sarah,  married 
Nathaniel  Boothby;  iv.  Jabez;  v.  Joseph;  vi. 
Thomas  ;  vii.  David  ;  viii.  Rufus  ;  ix.  Arthur. 

11.  Lydia,  married  John  Lord,  of  Buxton; 
children  :  Abraham,  Nathaniel  and  i\Iary  .'\nn, 
married    Elbridge   Tarbox,   of   Salmon    Falls. 

12.  Mercy,  married  John  Knight,  of  West- 
brook  ;  children  :  Ruth  Alden,  Nathaniel,  Pris- 
cilla, died  young,  John  Adams.  Jabez  Sawyer 
died  April  19.  1816;  his  wife  died  March  10, 
1814. 

(V)  Rebecca,  eldest  dau2;hter  of  Jabez 
Sawyer,  was  born  July  13,  1765.  She  married 
Joseph  Hobson  (see  Hobson  V)  and  was  the 
mother  of  ten  children  and  the  great-great- 
grandmother  of  Dr.  Cousins  through  that  line. 

(V)  Jabez  (2),  eldest  son  of  Jabez  (i) 
Sawyer,  was  born  in  1768.  Married,  1793, 
Elizabeth  Hanson,  of  Buxton.  Children:  i. 
Jabez,  died  young.  2.  Phineas,  died  young. 
3.  Thomas,  died  young.  4.  Enoch,  married 
Hannah  Norton ;  son  Phineas.  5.  Alvin,  mar- 
ried Eliza  Hanson,  grandparents  of  Charles 
Moore,  of  Steep  Falls.  6.  John,  married  Eliza- 
beth Smith,  parents  of  Susan,  married  Fred 
Yates,  of  Biddeford.  Almeda,  married  Henry 
Anthoine,  of  Biddeford,  and  Mary,  unmarried. 

7.  Hannah,  married  Samuel  Hobson,  parents 
of  Samuel  D.  Hobson,  who  married  Mary 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Eben  (son  of  Joseph) 
and  Sarah  (Haley)  Sawyer,  of  Saco.  8. 
Marv,  married  Oliver  .Smith,  parents  of  Jen- 


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nie  (Peabody),  widow  of  John  Marshall   (see 
Tucker  V).    9.  Deborah,  see  forward. 

(\  I)  Deborah,  youngest  daughter  of  Jabez 
(2)  Sawyer,  and  grandmother  of  Dr.  Cousins, 
was  born  in  Buxton,  April  20,  1816,  died  at 
Steep  Falls,  March  12,  1899.  She  was  mar- 
ried in  Buxton  in  1837  to  Joseph  Cousins  (see 
Cousins  VI).  The  Rev.  C.  Wellington  Rog- 
ers, who  was  her  pastor  at  the  time  of  her 
death,  said  of  her:  "She  was  a  mother  in 
Israel.  To  her  the  bond  of  friendship  was 
almost  equal  importance  to  the  family  ties, 
and   Christian   fellowship." 


The  first  record  that  we  have 
H.A.NCOCK     of  the  Hancock  ancestors  in 

this  country  is  in  a  deed  re- 
corded in  Salem,  Massachusetts.  This  states 
that  William  Hancock,  William  Hancock  Jr. 
and  others  bought  land  in  Haverhill  in   1728. 

(I)  William  Hancock,  born  in  London- 
derry, Ireland,  probably  about  1670;  came  to 
this  country  some  time  previous  to  1728  and 
settled  at  or  near  Haverhill. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Hancock,  was  born  in  Londonderry,  Ireland, 
about  1707,  and  came  to  this  country  with 
his  father.  The  first  record  which  we  have  of 
him  in  Maine  is  where  he  bought  land  in  Nar- 
raganset  No.  i,  now  Bu.xton,  in  1749,  where 
he  is  referred  to  in  the  deeds  as  "of  Haver- 
hill." Shortly  afterward  he  must  have  re- 
moved to  Buxton,  as  his  residence,  in  a  deed 
of  1750,  is  said  to  be  Narraganset  No.  i.  He 
was  evidently  a  man  of  ability  and  intelligence, 
as  his  name  is  mentioned  in  connection  with 
all  the  enterprises  of  the  town  until  his  death 
in  1769.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  who 
built  the  first  meeting  house  at  Buxton  Lower 
Corner,  and  called  the  Rev.  Paul  Coffin  its 
first  pastor,  January  31,  1763.  In  1754  the 
town  authorized  him  to  build  a  fort  or  garri- 
son, and  in  1760  he  was  one  of  a  committee 
sent  to  treat  with  the  general  court  for  the 
settlement  of  the  town  lines.  Children  of 
William  and  Sarah  Hancock  were :  Mary, 
married  John  Boynton,  of  Haverhill,  a  direct 
descendant  of  the  Boyntons  who  came  from 
Rowley,  Yorkshire,  England,  and  settled  in 
Rowley,  Massachusetts.  Isaac,  see  forward, 
and  John. 

(lil)  Isaac,  son  of  William  (2)  Hancock, 
must  have  located  in  Buxton  about  the  time 
that  his  father  did,  for  he  purchased  his  home 
lot,  November  30,  1752,  and  is  accredited  at 
that  date  to  Narraganset  No.  i.  In  1755  he 
was    lieutenant    of    the    company    of    Captain 


John  Lane,  who  became  his  father-in-law,  as 
he  married.  December  15,  1756,  his  only 
daughter,  Joanna,  who  bore  him  three  chil- 
dren: William,  see  forward;  Sarah,  born 
1763;  John  Lane.  Joanna  (Lane)  Hancock 
was  born  September  18,  1738,  died  October 
19,  1827.  She  was  noted  for  great  personal 
beauty,  superior  intelligence  and  business  abil- 
ity. After  the  death  of  Isaac  Hancock  in  1764 
she  married  John  Garland,  of  Buxton,  to 
whom  she  bore  several  children.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Captain  John  (2)  and  Mary  (No- 
well  )  Lane,  who  were  married  about  1732, 
and  had  five  children:  John  (3),  born  July 
30.  1734,  died  July  14,  1822;  Henry,  August 
19,  1737,  died  the  same  year;  Joanna,  above 
mentioned;  Daniel.  May  11,  1740,  died  Sep- 
tember II,  1811;  Jabez,  September  21,  1743, 
died  April  30.  1830.  John  (3),  Daniel  and 
Jabez  were  captains  in  the  revolutionary  war 
and  performed  valiant  service  for  their  coun- 
try. They  had  a  practical  military  education, 
for  their  father.  Captain  John  (2)  Lane,  took 
them  with  him  in  his  expeditions  against  the 
French  when  they  were  very  voung,  Jabez 
being  only  eleven  years  of  age  when  his  name , 
first  appeared  on  the  muster  roll.  Captain 
John  (2)  Lane  was  commander  at  Fort  Hali- 
fax on  the  Kennebec,  1743-44,  and  was  ap- 
pointed in  1744  to  take  charge  of  the  four 
companies  raised  in  Maine  to  join  the  expe- 
dition against  Crown  Point,  where  he  lo-^t  his 
life  July  14.  1756.  Mary  (Nowell)  Lane,  his 
wife,  was  the  daughter  of  Peter  Nowell,  of 
York,  who  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Jenkins.  Captain  John  ( i )  Lane  came  from 
Limerick,  Ireland,  settled  in  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire,  and  was  appointed  commander  of 
Fort  Mary,  \\'inter  Harbor,  where  he  died 
about  1717.  He  married,  in  1693.  Joanna 
Davidson,  daughter  of  Daniel  Davidson,  of 
Newbury.  Massachusetts;  children:  Abigail, 
John  (2),  born  at  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
November  i,  1701.  and  Mary. 

(R")  \A'illiam  (3),  son  of  Isaac  Hancock, 
was  born  February  3,  1761,  died  November 
19,  1836.  He  married,  .'\ugust  26,  1782,  Eliza- 
beth Leavitt,  born  November,  1764,  died  May 
29,  1841,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Phinney)  Leavitt,  who  were  married  Janu- 
ary, 1756.  Samuel  Leavitt  was  born  1732, 
died  1707;  was  son  of  Joseph  Leavitt,  of 
York,  who  was  one  of  three  persons  who 
built  mills  in  1761  on  Little  river  in  Narragan- 
set No.  I.  Sarah  (Phinney)  Leavitt,  his  wife, 
was  born  May  18,  1734,  died  April,  1793;  she 
was  the  daughter  of  Captain  John   Phinney, 


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235 


the  first  settler  of  (lorliam.  wlio  was  born 
September  19,  1693,  died  December  29,  1784, 
and  Martha  (Coleman)  Phniney.  who  was 
bom  March  4,  169?^.  died  December,  1784. 
Captain  John  Phinncy  was  the  son  of  Deacon 
John  Phinncy,  who  was  born  in  1665,  died  in 
1746,  and  Sarah  (Lombard)  Phinney.  Deacon 
John  Phinney  was  the  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Rojiers)  Phinney,  who  were  married  in  1664. 
John  Phinney  was  the  son  of  John  and  Chris- 
tine Phinney.  Martha  (Coleman)  Phinney 
was  the  dan.ijhter  of  James  Coleman,  who 
died  in  1714:  he  married.  1694.  Patience  Cobb, 
born  in  1668.  died  in  1747.  James  Coleman 
was  the  son  of  Edward  Coleman,  who  was 
the  son  of  Thomas  and  Mar.sjarct  (Lombard) 
Coleman.  Patience  (Cobb)  Coleman  w^as  the 
daufihter  of  Serjeant  James  Cobb,  born  1634, 
died  1695.  and  Sarah  (Lewis)  Cobb,  born 
1643.  died  1735.  Sergeant  James  Cobb  was 
the  son  of  Elder  Henry  Cobb,  who  died  in 
1675,  and  Patience  (Hur.st)  Cobb,  his  first 
wife,  whom  lie  married  in  163 1,  died  1648. 
Dr.  Cousins  is  directly  descended  from  Elder 
Henry  Cobb  through  both  his  first  wife.  Pa- 
tience (Hurst)  Cobb,  who  was  the  mother 
of  Sergeant  James  Cobb,  who  is  an  ancestor 
of  the  Hancocks,  and  his  second  wife,  Sarah 
(Hinckley)  Cobb,  mother  of  Jonathan  Cobb, 
an  ancestor  of  the  Sawyers  and  Hobsons. 

Cliildren  of  William  {3)  and  Elizabeth 
(Leavett)  Hancock  were;  i.  Isaac,  married 
Mary  Rand,  daughter  of  Michael  Rand.  2. 
Phineas,  married  Mary  Bean,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Bean.  3.  William,  married.  March 
30.  1805,  Anna  Rand,  daughter  of  Michael 
Rand.  4.  John,  married  (first)  Jane  Smith; 
(second)  Mrs.  Eliza  Pingree.  5.  P.etsey,  see 
forward.  6.  Hannah,  married  Nicholas  Rid- 
lon.  7.  Mercy,  married  Isaac  Ridlon.  8. 
Ruth,  married  John  Bean.  9.  Pattie,  married 
Thomas  Haines.  10.  Anna,  married  John 
Rand,  son  of  Michael  Rand.  11.  Molly,  mar- 
ried John  Foster.  12.  Joanna,  married  Elea- 
zer  Kimball.  There  are  living  at  Steep  Falls 
quite  a  number  of  the  descendants  of  Hannah 
(Hancock)  Ridlon  and  two  grandsons  of 
Molly  (Hancock)  Foster,  John  and  Wilbert. 
R.  Foster,  sons  of  John  Foster,  of  Parsons- 
field. 

(V)  Betsey,  daughter  of  William  (3)  Han- 
cock, was  born  September  12.  1792.  died  April 
27,  T867.  She  married,  in  181 3,  Jabez  Hob- 
son  (see  Hobson  \T)  and  was  the  mother  of 
Sewell  Hobson,  the  grandmother  of  Martha 
Alma  (Hobson)  Cousins,  and  the  great-grand- 
mother of  Dr.  Cousins  (see  Cousins  \'ni  on 
another  page). 


John  Tucker,  one  of  the  early 

TUCKER  proprietors  of  Dartmouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, is  recorded  as  being 
married   and  having  a  son  John. 

( TI  )  John  (  2  ),  son  of  John  ( i )  Tucker,  of 
Dartmouth,  is  recorded  as  being  married  and 
having  a  son  Andrew. 

(Ill)  Andrew,  son  of  John  (2)  Tucker, 
married  Blanche  Skinner  and  had  a  son  John. 

(I\')  John  (3),  son  of  Andrew  Tucker, 
was  born  about  1735.  He  married,  about  1770, 
Lydia  Jacobs,  born  August  24,  1743,  died  Oc- 
tober 16,  1793,  daughter  of  Daniel  Jacobs,  of 
Salem,  Mas.sachusetts,  and  the  sister  of  Eliza- 
beth, who  married  Captain  John  Endicott,  of 
Danvers.  Children:  i.  John  (4),  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1771.  2.  and  3.  Andrew  and  Betsey, 
twins,  born  May  2,  1773.  4.  Jonathan,  see 
forward.  5.  Gideon,  born  March  7.  1778, 
married  ATartha  Hardy,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Benjamin  and  Frances  (Richter)  Goodhue.  6. 
Marcia,  born  March  11,  1780.  7.  Samuel  D., 
born  January  26.  1782.  married,  October  19, 
181 5,  Nancy  Jenks.  8.  Edward,  born  April 
13,  1784.    9.  Henry,  born  February  27,  1786. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (3)  Tucker, 
was  born  in  Salem.  Massachusetts.  March  13, 
1776.  He  came  to  Saco  some  time  prior  to 
1797,  for  in  that  year  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  Samuel  Cleaves,  under  the  name  of 
Cleaves  &  Tucker,  They  built  wharves,  dealt 
in  general  merchandise  and  lumber,  and  were 
interested  in  the  shipping  business.  It  seems 
a  strange  coincidence  that  both  Portland  and 
Saco  should  have  among  their  earlier  business 
enterprises  a  Cleaves  and  Tucker  firm,  with 
no  traceable  connection  between  the  two.  Mr. 
Tucker  was  prominent  in  all  the  city  affairs, 
being  one  of  the  original  stockholders  in  the 
Saco  Bank  in  1803.  and  a  director  from  1806 
to  1813.  He  was  president  of  the  Manufac- 
turers' Bank  from  1825  to  1832,  of  which  he 
was  also  a  director  from  1825  to  1834.  He 
was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Saco  & 
Biddeford  Savings  Institution,  of  which  he 
was  vice-president  from  1827  to  1838.  He 
represented  Saco  in  the  legislature  in  1840-41, 
was  a  trustee  of  Thornton  Academv  from  181 1 
to  1861  and  president  of  that  institution  from 
1848  to  1859.  He  married.  May  15.  1800, 
Hannah  Scamman,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  (Jordan)  Scamman.  She  was  a  de- 
scendant of  Humphrey  Scamman  (i)  through 
Captain  Humphrey  (2)  and  James  (3).  the 
father  of  Nathaniel.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Tucker:  i.  Gideon,  see  forward.  2. 
William,  born  August  26,  1804.  died  Febru- 
ary 4.    1855.     3.  Henry,  born   December    19, 


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1805,  died  at  Fairfield.  Maine,  June  5,  1874; 
married,  September  2,  1827,  Miranda  Murch. 

4.  Nathan  Scamman,  born  December  27,  1807. 
married  Syrena  Babbitt,  September  18,  1850. 

5.  Lydia  Elizabeth,  born  December  26,  1809, 
died  unmarried  December  i,  1828.  6.  Sarah 
Martha,  born  June  16,  1814,  died  December 
19,  1866;  married  the  Rev.  George  Packard, 
May  21,  1833.  7.  and  8.  Hannah  Marcia  and 
Ann  Jenks,  twins,  born  September  7,  1816; 
Ann  Jenks  died  unmarried  February  2,  1899; 
Hannah  ]\Iarcia  married  Daniel  Cleaves  Jr. 
on  her  nineteenth  birthday,  September  7,  1835  ; 
she  died  May  4,  1886,  leaving  issue. 

(\T)  Gideon,  son  of  Jonathan  Tucker,  was 
born  in  Saco,  Maine,  June  4,  1802.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  that  city  and  Har- 
vard College,  from  which  institution  he  was 
graduated  in  1820,  when  only  eighteen  years 
of  age.  He  represented  Saco  in  the  legisla- 
ture in  1829-44-46-50.  was  a  member  of  the 
executive  council  in  1854.  and  a  member  of 
the  senate  in  1862.  He  was  a  trustee  of 
Thornton  Academy  from  1840  to  1863,  and 
a  director  of  the  Saco  &  Biddeford  Savings 
Institution  1853-63.  His  wife,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Phoebe  (Milliken)  Mar- 
shall, bore  him  a  son,  Gideon  Marshall,  see 
forward,  and  died  in  i8'^7.  He  married,  De- 
cember 30.  1847,  Caroline  Atchinson ;  chil- 
dren: I.  Tohn.  2.  Rebecci.  married  a  Guil- 
ford. ^.  Henry,  married  a  Knight.  4.  Sarah, 
married   Edward  Garland. 

Jonathan  Marshall,  aforementioned,  was  the 
son  of  Captain  Daniel  Marshall,  who  married 
Ri'th  -Andrews.  November,  1774.  and  the 
grandson  of  Captain  Daniel  Marshall,  who 
married  Mary  Peabody,  and  commanded  the 
brig  "Leopold."  which  came  from  Nevis  in 
1714  with  "one  passenger."  He  was  born 
October  27.  1780.  married  Phoebe  Milliken, 
daughter  of  Lemuel  and  Phoebe  (Lord)  Mil- 
liken. Lemuel  Milliken,  who  was  a  revolu- 
tionary soldier,  was  a  son  of  "Squire"  Edward 
and  Abigail  f  Norman)  Milliken,  of  Scarbor- 
ough, a  detailed  account  of  whose  family  can 
be  found  in  G.  T.  Ridlon's  Genealogy  of  the 
Milliken  family.  Children  of  Jonathan  and 
Phoebe  Marshall :  i.  Lemuel,  born  November 
II,  1804,  married  Sarah  Gowen,  of  Saco; 
moved  to  Steep  Falls  in  1849  and  lived  there 
until  his  death.  2.  Sarah,  aforementioned  as 
the  wife  of  Gideon  Tucker.  3.  Captain  Dan- 
iel, born  January  9,    1808,  married  Charlotte 

;  died  in  Salem,  April  9,  1900,  having 

followed  the  sea  for  more  than  half  a  century ; 
the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  he  spent  on 
shore  and  watched  with  regret  the  decadence 


of  shipping  at  that  port ;  children :  i.  Daniel, 
who    resides    in    Michigan ;    ii.  George ;    iii. 
Alonzo;  iv.  Martha,  married  George  Glover; 
the  three   latter  named   reside  in   Salem.     4. 
John,  born    May    12,    181 1,   married,   ]May   7, 
1837,  Elizabeth  Hinton,  of  Bloomfield,  Maine. 
They  lived  in  Augusta,  where   were  born  to 
them   three  children,   Janies    Hinton,    Emma 
Frances,  George  Quimby,  who  is  the  only  one 
now  living,  a  resident  of  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts.    He  has  one  daughter  Ethel.     John 
Marshall  was  a  unique  character  in  the  history 
of  travel  in  this  state,  as  he  began  driving  a 
stage   in    1829  when  only   eighteen   years   of 
age  and  before  there  was  any  railroad  east  of 
Boston  or  steamboat  lines  skirting  our  shores. 
His   first   long   route   was    from    Portland   to 
Bath,   after   which,    in    1833,   he   drove   from 
Portland  to  Augusta.     It  was  about  this  time 
that  he  carried  Andrew  Jackson's  second  in- 
augural  message  from   Portland  to  Augusta, 
going  on  horseback  and  changing  his  mount 
frequently.     When  you  consider  that  at  that 
time  there  were  none  of  our  modern  methods 
of  transmitting  news — no  railroads — no  tele- 
graphs— no  telephones — you  can  imagine  with 
what  eagerness  the  carrier  of  Jackson's  mes- 
sage was  awaited  at  Augusta,  when  the  coun- 
try was  so  agitated  over  the  tariff  and  bank- 
ing questions.     In  the   writer's   possession   is 
the  old  leather  wallet  in  which  Mr.  Marshall 
carried  this  message,  as  well  as  all  the  monies 
entrusted  to  him  during  his  forty-three  years 
of  service.     He  was  undoubtedly  the  founder 
of  the  express  business  in  this  state,  as  he  was 
the  original  carrier  of  Carpenter's  express,  out 
of  which  grew  the  Adams  Express  Company. 
Banks,    firms    and    individuals    entrusted    him 
with  thousands  of  dollars,  all  of   which  was 
promptly    delivered.      He    came    into    contact 
with  all  the  prominent  men  of  his  time,  many 
of  whom  were  his  lifelong  friends.     He  was 
a  Democrat,  and  punctual  in  his  political  life 
as  in  all  else ;  he  voted  at  all  elections  from 
Andrew  Jackson  to  William  McKinley.    Dur- 
ing the  rebellion  he  drove  from  Bath  to  Rock- 
land, and  his  last  route,  which  he  gave  up  in 
1872,   was    from   Damariscotta  to    Pemaquid. 
Soon   after   retiring   he   went   to   Steep    Falls 
where  he  bought  a  farm  on  the  banks  of  the 
Saco,   on   the    Limington    side,   in    1879,   and 
January  9,  1880.  he  married  Jennie  C.  (Smith) 
Peabody     ( see     Sawyer    \' ) .     who     survives 
him.    He  died  June  3.  1903.     5.  Samuel,  born 
September  i,  1814,  was  lost  at  sea.     6.  Ruth 
Andrews,  born  in  Scarborough,  February  22, 
1818,  went  to  the  front  as  a  nurse  during  the 
war  of  the  rebellion ;  at  the  close  of  the  war 


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she  married  Allan  \\ .  llodgmaii  and  made 
her  JKinie  in  W'ashinj^ton  where  she  died.  7. 
Martha  Ann.  born  June  18,  1820,  married 
John  Hall,  of  Waterborough.  and  lived  for 
many  years  in  Merrimac,  Massachusetts, 
where  her  husband  was  engaged  in  the  car- 
riage business,  and  where  she  died  June  25, 
1902;  children:  Sarah,  Marshall,  James, 
Frank  and  Kate.  Marshall  and  I-'rank  served 
their  country  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion ; 
Frank  died  while  serving  as  chief  of  police  of 
his  iiome  town.  8.  William,  born  in  Buxton, 
July  9,  1823.  died  in  Biddeford,  July  23,  1849. 
(\'II)  Gideon  Marshall,  son  of  Gideon 
Tucker,  was  born  in  Buxton,  May  19,  1829. 
In  1848-49  he  made  two  voyages  to  South 
America ;  the  first  with  his  uncle,  Captain 
Daniel  Marshall,  on  the  brig  "Margarita," 
and  the  second  with  Captain  George  Upton 
on  the  barque  "Oceania,"  going  out  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  on  both  trips.  In  1850  he 
went  to  Steep  Falls,  Maine,  where  he  spent 
the  following  eight  years  chiefly  in  the  employ 
of  the  Hobsons  and  Lords  who  carried  on  the 
lumber  business  there.  In  1858  he  went  into 
business  for  himself,  "teaming,"  between 
Steep  Falls  and  Portland  before  the  railroad 
was  built.  lie  enlisted,  August  14,  1862.  in 
the  Sixteenth  Maine  Regiment  of  Volunteers, 
Company  F,  and  served  until  he  was  mustered 
out  of  service  at  Washington  after  Lee's  sur- 
render. He  was  at  some  of  the  principal 
battles  of  the  rebellion,  such  as  Gettysburg, 
Petersburg,  Fredericksburg,  Round  Moun- 
tain, Antietam  anl  many  others.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  wagon  master,  then  to  brigade 
wagon  and  forage  master.  In  1866  he  be- 
came associated  with  Mark  R.  Coolbroth  in 
the  buying  and  selling  of  timber,  a  connection 
severed  only  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Coolbroth 
in  1903.  In  1874  he  bought  out  the  interest 
of  Bradbury  Merrill  in  the  A.  F.  Sanborn 
Lumber  Company,  and  was  a  member  of  that 
firm  until  their  mill  burned  in  1877,  after 
which  for  several  years  Coolbroth  &  Tucker 
manufactured  shook  at  "Moody's  Mill"  on 
W'atchic  brook.  In  1886  he  bought  out  the 
interest  of  the  Samuel  Banks  heirs,  and  formed 
a  partnership  with  Stephen  Hobson  Cousins 
(see  Cousins  \Tr)  under  the  firm  name  of 
Cousins  &  Tucker.  He  also  by  the  same 
transaction  became  again  a  member  of  the 
A.  F.  Sanborn  Lumber  Company.  Cousins 
&  Tucker  sold  out  their  interest  in  this  com- 
pany in  1902.  They  formed  a  corporation  in 
1904  and  in  1905  Mr.  Tucker  sold  out  his  in- 
terest in  same.  He  conducted  business  with 
his  son,  William   M.  Tucker,  under  the  firm 


name  of  G.  M.  Tucker  &  Son  until  1907, 
when  he  sold  out  to  the  son.  Altliough  at 
this  date  (1909)  practically  retired  from  busi- 
ness and  nearly  eighty  years  of  age,  he  still 
has  considerable  timber  interests,  aTid  is  as 
active  mentally  and  physically  as  many  a  man 
at  fifty.  He  is  a  .staunch  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, having  been  for  many  years  a  member 
of  the  town  and  county  committees,  and  often 
a  delegate  to  county  and  slate  conventions. 
He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  Cres- 
cent Lodge,  No.  77,  K.  of  P.,  of  Steep  Falls, 
and  a  member  of  Adoniram  Lodge,  F.  and 
A.  M.,  of  Limington  since  1857. 

He  married,  November  8,  1857,  Ethelinda 
Hobson,  daughter  of  Sewell  and  Martha 
(Buzzell)  Hobson  (see  Hobson  VII).  Chil- 
dren: William  Marshall,  see  forward;  Mar- 
tha Hobson,  see  forward;  James  Frederick, 
see  forward;  John  Lord,  see  forward;  Annie 
Ethelinda,  see  forward. 

(VIII)  William  Marshall,  eldest  son  of 
Gideon  Marshall  Tucker,  was  born  at  Steep 
Falls,  December  2,  1858.  When  twenty-one 
years  of  age  he  went  in  the  spring  of  1880 
to  Nebraska,  from  there  to  Dakota,  and  finally 
settled  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  lumber  industry  until 
1897,  when  he  returned  to  Steep  Falls,  where 
he  is  now  engaged  in  the  same  business.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a  member  of 
the  town  committee  at  the  present  time.  He 
is  also  an  active  member  of  Crescent  Lodge, 
No.  jy.  K.  of  P.  He  married,  March  13, 
1889,  at  Somersworth,  New  Hampshire, 
Bertha  Lothrop,  daughter  of  John  and  Lydia 
(Hanson)  Lothrop.  She  has  one  sister  Myra, 
who  married  J.  Frank  Atwood,  of  North 
Sandwich,  New  Hampshire,  and  one  brother, 
Daniel  J.  Lothrop,  who  is  a  teacher  in  Seattle, 
Washington.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Tucker:  i.  Ruth  Lothrop,  born  in  Minne- 
apolis, December  19,  1891,  is  now  a  student 
in  her  junior  year  at  the  Maine  Central  In- 
stitute, Pittsfield,  Maine.  2.  Martha  Ethe- 
linda, born  Minneapolis,  September  15,  1896. 
3.  Margaret,  bom  Steep  Falls,  September  6, 
1901. 

(VIII)  Martha  Hobson,  eldest  daughter  of 
Gideon  Marshall  Tucker,  was  born  in  Steep 
Falls,  June  8,  1861.  She  was  educated  in  the 
village  schools,  at  Gorham  Normal  school  and 
Limington  Academy.  After  leaving  school  she 
taught  for  a  number  of  years.  She  was  in- 
strumental in  establishing  a  public  librarv  at 
Steep  Falls,  which  was  opened  in  February, 
1900.  She  is  unmarried  and  lives  in  Steep 
Falls  with  her  parents. 


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STATE  OF  MAIXE. 


(\TII)  James  Frederick,  second  son  of 
Gideon  Marshall  Tucker,  was  born  in  Steep 
Falls,  October  8,  1865.  For  twenty  years  he 
was  a  traveling  and  a  local  salesman  for  an 
eastern  firm  with  his  office  in  Chicago.  He  is 
at  the  present  time  a  broker  there.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  has  been  assessor 
of  Lake  View  district  in  Chicago.  He  mar- 
ried, June  23,  1892,  at  Janesville,  Wisconsin, 
Fannie  Belle  Van  Kirk,  daughter  of  William 
T.  and  Isabelle  (Bostwick)  Van  Kirk,  of 
Janesville.  Children :  Isabelle,  born  August 
30,  1895,  in  Chicago ;  Racine,  i\Iay  26,  1900, 
in  Chicago. 

(VHI)  John  Lord,  third  son  of  Gideon 
Marshall  Tucker,  was  born  Alarch  13,  1868. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  schools 
of  his  home  town,  after  which  he  took  a  busi- 
ness course  at  New  Hampton  College,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  (first)  June  23, 
1891,  Mabel  Newman,  daughter  of  Judge  T. 
H.  Newman,  of  Burlington,  Iowa,  by  whom 
he  had  one  son,  Maurice  Newman.  Married 
.(second)  Genevieve  Loud,  at  Annapolis, 
Marvland,  with  whom  he  now  lives  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  where  he  is  in  the  advertising 
■department  of  the  Washington  Star. 

(VIII)  Annie  Ethelinda,  second  daughter 
of  Gideon  Marshall  Tucker,  was  born  March 
28,  1874,  at  Steep  Falls.  She  was  educated  in 
the  village  schools  and  Limington  Academy, 
being  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1893, 
after  which  she  taught  music  at  Potter  Acad- 
emy, Sebago,  and  at  home  until  her  marriage, 
September  15,  1897,  to  Harry  Fowler,  son  of 
Dr.  William  and  Maria  (Smith)  Smith,  of 
Cornish,  Maine.  Harry  Fowler  Smith  was 
graduated  from  the  Cornish  high  school,  1891, 
and  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy 
in  1895  with  the  degree  of  Graduate  of  Phar- 
macy. He  is  now  manager  for  the  state  of 
Maine  for  a  large  wholesale  drug  firm  and 
■lives  at  Portland,  l\Iaine.  Children  :  Hester, 
born  August  4,  1898,  Portland ;  Gideon  Tuc- 
ker, November  15,  1902;  Dorothy,  December 
26,  1903. 


The  family  of  Long- 
LONGFELLOW     fellow     is     of     English 

origin,  and  its  first  rep- 
resentative in  America,  from  whom  those  of 
the  name  are  in  most  cases  descended,  ap- 
peared in  Massachusetts  the  latter  half  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  The  early  Longfellows 
lived  in  times  of  trouble,  and  were  farmers  and 
soldiers ;  later  generations  were  industrious 
farmers :  then  came  those  who  received  college 
■educations    and    were    prominent    in   teaching 


and  the  law ;  and  then  came  one  who  was  the 
best  known  and  best  loved  poet  of  his  age  and 
time. 

(I)  Ensign  William  Longfellow,  the  first 
of  the  name  who  came  to  America,  was  born 
in  Horsforth,  near  Leeds,  in  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, and  was  baptized  at  Guiseley,  October 
20,  1650.  He  came  in  youth  to  Massachusetts 
and  settled  in  Newbury.  He  was  a  man  of 
ability  and  education,  but  rather  improvident 
in  his  manner  of  life,  preferring  fun  and  frolic 
to  work  and  study.  As  appears  from  a  clause 
in  Henry  Sewall's  will,  dated  August  17,  1678, 
William  Longfellow  was  at  that  time  living 
at  Newbury's  Falls.  The  clause  in  the  will 
is  as  follows :  "I  give  &  bequeath  to  my 
Soune  in  Law  William  Longfellow  &  my 
(laughter  Anne  his  wife,  during  their  natural 
life,  a  tract  of  land  with  the  house  on  it  com- 
only  knowne  by  the  name  of  the  high  field, 
with  a  parcel!  of  meadow  adjoining  thereunto 
containing  about  seven  or  eight  acres,  being 
on  the  east  side  of  the  fifalls  river,  bounded 
on  the  southwest  side  with  a  little  brooke  & 
the  great  river,  &  the  northeast  side  with  a 
small  creeke  &  stony  brooke  running  into  it. 
Allso  an  equal  part  or  moyty  of  my  great 
meadow  formerly  possessed  by  Launcelott 
Granger ;  And  after  their  decease  to  the  heires 
of  the  said  Anne  of  her  body  lawfully  begot- 
ten or  to  be  begotten,  &  for  want  of  said  issue 
to  mv  soune  Samuel  Sewall.  to  enjoy  to  him 
and  his  heires  for  ever."  This  will  was  not 
proved  until  May  24,  1700,  ten  years  after  the 
death  of  William  Longfellow.  Meanwhile  the 
house  and  land  had  been  conveyed  by  deed 
from  Henry  Sewall  to  his  daughter  to  Anne 
Longfellow.  Among  the  tithingmen  ap- 
pointed May  7,  168(7),  was  "Mr.  Will.  Long- 
fellow." The  honorary  appellation  of  Mr. 
shows  his  social  standing.  In  a  list  of  the 
names  of  persons  wdio  took  the  oath  of  allegi- 
ance in  Newbury,  in  1678,  is  that  of  William 
Longfellow,  aged  twenty-seven.  In  1687 
William  Longfellow  returned  to  England  to 
receive  what  was  due  him  apparently  from 
the  estate  of  his  brother,  at  which  time  his 
father  is  stated  to  be  "alive  and  well."  After 
his  return  to  Newbury,  William  enlisted  in 
the  expedition  to  Quebec,  under  Sir  William 
Phipps,  anil  was  drowned  at  .\nticosti  Island, 
in  October,  1690.  At  that  time  he  was  an 
ensign.  In  1739  a  township  of  land  on  the 
westerly  side  of  the  Merrimack  river  "and 
northerly  and  adjoining  to  Contoocook,"  was 
granted  and  laid  out  to  the  "soldiers  in  the 
expedition  to  Canada,  anno  1690,"  and  the 
heirs  of  Ensign  William  Longfellow  received 


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a'  .sliarc  of  it.  lie  manied.  Xovcinbcr  10, 
1676,  in  Ncwljiu y,  Anne,  sister  of  Jmlj^e  Sam- 
uel Sevvall,  and  dauslHor  of  Henry  and  Jane 
(Dnmnicr)  Sewall.  They  liad  six  children : 
William  Stephen  (died  young),  Anne,  Steph- 
en. Elizabeth  and  Nathan.  Mrs.  Longfellow 
married  (second)  May  11,  1692,  Henry  Short 
and  liad  six  children.  She  died  December  18, 
1706. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Stephen,  third  son  of  Will- 
iam and  .Anne  (Sewall)  Longfellow,  was  born 
in  Newbury,  September  22,  1685,  and  died  at 
Newbury  Falls  (Byfield  Parish)  November 
16,  1764,  aged  seventy-nine.  He  was  a  lock- 
smith and  blacksmith  by  trade.  He  owned 
and  occupied  the  house  and  farm  at  Newbury 
Falls  until  his  death;  January  3,  171 1,  he 
bought  of  his  sister  Elizabeth  all  her  right 
and  interest  "in  land  given  to  said  Anne,  by 
her  father.  Henry  .Sewall.  in  particular  the 
farm  in  Newbury  known  as  "ye  high  field'  " ; 
December  17,  1712,  he  bought  of  his  brother 
Nathan  all  his  right  and  interest  in  the  same 
property;  January  7,  1715,  he  bought  of  John 
Emery  and  wife  JNIehitable,  daughter  of  Anne 
Longfellow,  all  her  right  and  interest  in  the 
same  property;  and  January  6,  1726,  he 
bought  of  his  half-brother  Samuel  Short  all 
his  interest  in  the  same  property.  He  had 
a  lawsuit  with  Abraham  and  Anne  (Short) 
Adams  regarding  title  to  the  high  field,  and 
won  the  suit.  Stephen  Longfellow's  account 
book  has  many  interesting  entries  in  it,  and 
his  spelling  is  even  more  picturesque  and  var- 
ied and  less  in  conformity  with  the  present 
day  rules  of  orthography  than  that  of  his 
contemporaries.  His  account  book  now  in 
existence,  bears  this  inscription  of  ownership : 
"Stephen  Longfellow,  his  book  July  1710." 
Another  similar  inscription  reads :  "Stephen 
Longfellow,  his  book  const  Sex  Shillings  and 
Sexpence."  One  charge  is :  "to  Day's  work 
my  Selfe  and  6  oxen  and  boy  15 — "  (15  shill- 
ings). This  entry  shows  he  was  a  large  far- 
mer as  well  as  blacksmith.  Another  entry  is : 
"1741  William  Adams  10  Shep  5  Eues  and  5 
Wethers  Let  out  fore  year  for  hafe  woll  and 
then  to  return  old  Stock."  The  fact  that 
there  was  slavery  in  the  land  appears  from  en- 
tries in  various  ways  on  the  pages  of  the  ac- 
count book;  one  is:  "Thomas  Gage  1714 
Bouston  one  day  to  plant."  Bouston  (Bos- 
ton) was  his  Indian  slave,  who  some  years 
later  became  a  fellow  member  in  the  Bvfield 
Parish  church,  according  to  this  entry  in  Mr. 
Hale's  baptismal  record:  "Boston,  an  Indian 
servant  of  I.t.  Longfellow.  November  19, 
1727."     In   his   will   dated  October    13,    1760, 


and  jjroved  November  26,  1764,  he  gave  to 
his  wife  Abigail  one-half  of  the  homestead 
during  her  life,  and  to  his  sons  lidward  ami 
Samuel,  after  the  payment  of  certain  bequests, 
all  the  rest  and  residue  of  his  estate  excepting 
land  adjoining  the  new  plantation  in  Contoo- 
cook,  New  Hampshire.  Stephen  Longfellow, 
though  a  very  bad  speller,  believed  in  educa- 
tion so  practically  as  lo  send  a  son  to  college. 
Stephen  Longfellow  married  Abigail,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Edward  Thompson,  of  Marsh- 
field.  .She  died  September  10,  1778,  aged 
eighty-five.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine 
children :  W^illiam,  Ann,  Edward,  Sarah, 
.Stephen,  Samuel,  Abigail,  Elizabeth  and 
Nathan. 

(Ill)  Stephen  (2),  third  son  of  Stephen 
(i)  and  Abigail  (Thomjison)  Longfellow, 
was  born  in  Byfield,  Massachusetts,  February 
7,  1723.  and  died  at  Gorham,  Maine,  May  i, 
1790.  He  was  a  bright  boy,  and  was  sent 
to  Harvard  College  where  he  took  his  first 
degree  in  1742,  and  his  second  in  1745.  He 
taught  a  school  in  York,  and  went  from  there 
to  Falmouth  (now  Portland).  Maine.  The 
letter  from  the  minister  of  the  town  inviting 
him  ran  as  follows : 

"Falmouth,  November  5.  1744. 

"Sir  :  We  need  a  school-master.  ^Ir. 
Plaisted  advises  me  of  your  being  at  liberty. 
If  you  will  undertake  the  service  in  this  place, 
you  may  depend  upon  our  being  generous  and 
your  being  satisfied.  I  wish  you'd  come  as 
soon  as  possible,  and  doubt  not  but  you'll  find 
things  to  your  content. 

"Your  humble  ser't, 

"Thos.  Smith. 

"P.  S. — I  wrote  in  the  name  and  with  the 
power  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town.  If  you 
can't  serve  us,  pray  advise  us  per  first  oppor- 
tunity." 

The  salary  for  the  first  year  was  two  hun- 
dred pounds,  in  depreciated  currency.  Mr. 
Longfellow  arrived  in  Falmouth,  April  11, 
and  opened  a  school  six  days  afterward ;  it 
was  probably  the  grammar  school.  He  con- 
tinued to  be  the  principal  instructor  in  the 
town  until  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  court 
on  the  division  of  the  county  in  1760.  He 
held  many  important  and  honorable  offices  in 
Portland.  He  was  town  clerk  twenty-two 
years:  clerk  of  the  first  parish  twenty-three 
years;  clerk  of  the  proprietors  of  common 
lands  for  many  years,  and  was  the  first  to  hold 
the  offices  of  clerk  of  the  judicial  courts,  and 
register  of  probate  for  the  county,  which  of- 
fices he  held  for  sixteen  years.  "His  hand- 
writing in   beautiful   character,   symbolical   of 


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the  purity  and  excellence  of  his  own  moral 
character,  is  impressed  on  all  the  records  of 
the  town  and  county  through  many  successive 
years."  He  lived  at  the  beginning  of  the 
revolution,  on  that  part  of  Fore  street  which 
fronted  the  beach,  east  of  India  street :  his 
house  was  destroyed  in  the  sack  of  the  town 
by  Mowatt,  October  i8,  1775,  when  he  moved 
to  Gorham,  where  he  died,  universally  beloved 
and  respected.  His  favorite  reading  was  his- 
tory and  poetry.  He  married,  October  19, 
1749.  Tabitha,  daughter  of  Samuel  Bragdon, 
of  York,  Maine,  who  died  June  11,  1777. 
Their  children  were :  Stephen,  Tabitha,  Sam- 
uel, William  and  Abigail. 

(IV)  Hon.  Stephen  (3),  eldest  son  of 
Stephen  (2)  and  Tabitha  (Bragdon)  Long- 
fellow, was  born  August  13,  1750,  in  Fal- 
mouth, and  died  in  Gorham,  May  28,  1824, 
aged  seventy-four  years.  He  went  to  Gor- 
ham with  his  father  in  1775.  He  was  one  of 
the  leading  citizens  of  Gorham ;  a  man  highly 
honored  and  esteemed.  He  held  many  town 
offices ;  was  selectman  several  years ;  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts eight  years ;  also  senator  under  Massa- 
chusetts:  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas 
from  1798  to  181 1.  He;  occupied  the  farm 
which  at  one  time  included  the  Stephenson 
farm.  The  rows  of  fine  elms  which  border 
the  farm,  and  are  still  known  as  the  "Long- 
fellow Elms,"  were  planted  over  one  hundred 
years  ago,  under  Judge  Longfellow's  direc- 
tion and  at  his  expense,  he  paying  his  hired 
men  nine  pence  (twelve  and  a  half  cents) 
above  their  wages  for  every  tree  which  they 
would  set  out  outside  of  their  working  hours. 
Mr.  Longfellow  married,  December  13,  1773, 
Patience  Young,  of  York.  She  died  August 
12,  1830,  aged  eighty-four  years.  They  had  six 
children :  Tabitha,  Stephen,  Abigail,  Anna, 
Catherine,  and  Samuel. 

(V)  Hon.  Stephen  (4),  eldest  son  of 
Stephen  (3)  and  Patience  (Young)  Longfel- 
low, was  born  in  Gorham,  March  23,  1776, 
and  died  in  Portland,  August  23,  1849,  aged 
seventy-three  years.  He  entered  Harvard 
College  at  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1798.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1801,  practiced  law  in  Portland 
for  many  years,  and  attained  great  eminence 
in  his  profession.  He  was  distinguished  not 
only  for  his  large  acquirements,  but  for  his 
probity  and  uprightness,  and  was  often  called 
upon  to  exercise  important  trusts.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Hartford  Convention  in  1814, 
and  later  was  elected  to  congress  and  served 
one  term.     By  overtasking  his  powers  in  the 


practice  of  his  profession  he  was  prostrated 
by  disease.  In  1828  he  received  the  degree  of 
LL.D.  from  Bowdoin  College,  of  which  he 
was  a  trustee  nineteen  years.  In  1834  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  Alaine  Historical  So- 
ciety. He  died  highly  respected  for  his  in- 
tegrity, public  spirit,  hospitality  and  gener- 
osity. He  married,  January  I,  1804,  Zilpah 
Wadsworth,  a  daughter  of  General  Peleg  and 
Elizabeth  (Bartlett")  Wadsworth,  of  Portland. 
She  was  born  at  Duxbury,  Massachusetts, 
January  6,  1778,  and  died  in  Portland,  March 
12,  1 85 1,  aged  seventy-three  years.  General 
Wadsworth  was  a  descendant  of  Christopher 
Wadsworth,  the  emigrant,  of  Duxbury, 
through  John,  John  Jr.,  and  Deacon  Peleg, 
his  father.  He  was  a  major-general  in  the 
revolution,  and  a  member  of  congress  four- 
teen years,  being  a  much  respected  and  hon- 
ored citizen  of  his  state.  He  died  at  Hiram, 
Maine,  November  12,  1829,  aged  eighty-one 
years. 

The  children  of  Stephen  and  Zilpah  (Wads- 
worth) Longfellow  were:  Stephen,  Henry 
W.,  Elizabeth,  Anne,  Alexander  W.,  Mary, 
Ellen  and  Samuel. 

(VI)  Henry  Wadsworth,  second  son  of 
Stephen  (4)  and  Zilpah  (Wadsworth)  Long- 
fellow, was  born  in  Portland,  Maine,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1807,  and  died  in  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  24,  1882,  aged  seventy-five. 
His  birthplace  is  at  the  north  corner  of  Fore 
and  Hancock  streets.  At  the  age  of  fourteen 
he  gave  decided  indications  of  poetic  taste, 
and  anonymous  pieces  from  his  pen  were  at 
that  time  published  in  a  Portland  newspaper. 
In  1 82 1  he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  though 
for  the  most  part,  during  the  first  year  of  his 
college  course,  he  pursued  his  studies  at  home. 
The  class  W'hich  he  entered  was  noted  for  the 
intellectual  brilliancy  of  its  members.  In  it 
were  sons  of  some  of  the  choicest  families  of 
Northern  New  England;  and  among  them 
were  those  who  were  to  achieve  a  wide  repu- 
tation in  the  field  of  letters — Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne, George  B.  Cheever,  John  S.  C.  Ab- 
bott, and  others  at  the  bar  and  in  political 
life,  conspicuous  among  whom  were  Jonathan 
Cilley  and  James  Ware  Bradbury.  Mr.  Long- 
fellow graduated  second  in  a  class  of  thirty- 
seven.  His  theme  on  commencement  day  was 
"Native  Writers."  During  his  college  life 
he  contributed  to  periodicals  of  the  time,  and 
his  productions  were  received  with  favor  as 
"early  blossoms"  of  a  spring  of  promise.  Just 
at  the  time  that  he  was  going  from  Bowdoin, 
the  trustees  determined  to  establish  a  pro- 
fessorship of  modern  languages,  and  not  hav- 


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iiig  the  imaiis  to  obtain  the  services  of  anyone 
wlio  was  already  eminent  in  this  dcparimcnt, 
they  determined  to  offer  the  post  conditionally 
to  the  young  grathiate  of  tlieir  own  college, 
who  had  already  given  proof  of  character  and 
abilities  that  would  enable  him  after  proper 
preparation  to  fill  the  place  satisfactorily.  The 
proi:)i)sal  was  accordingly  made  to  him  that  he 
sbduld  go  to  Europe  for  the  purpose  of  titling 
himself  for  tliis  chair,  with  the  understanding 
that  on  his  return  he  should  receive  the  ap- 
pointment of  professor.  It  was  a  remarkable 
testimony  to  the  impression  that  Longfellow 
had  made  and  to  the  confidence  that  he  had 
inspired.  Nothing  could  have  been  more  de- 
lightful to  him  than  the  prospect  it  opened. 
It  settled  the  (piestion  of  his  career  in  accor- 
dance with  the  desire  of  his  heart,  and  his 
father  gladly  approved.  The  study  of  law 
which  he  had  entered  upon  was  given  up,  and 
in  May,  1826,  he  sailed  for  Europe.  He  spent 
between  three  and  four  years  in  Spain,  France, 
Italy  and  Germany.  With  unusual  facility  in 
acquiring  language,  he  faithfully  and  success- 
fully improved  his  opportunities,  rare  at  that 
period,  and  returned  to  assume  his  duties  in 
the  college  in  1829,  accomplished  in  Frencii, 
Italian  and  German,  and  subsequently  added 
rare  familiarity  with  more  northern  languages 
of  Europe.  In  1835  he  accepted  the  professor- 
ship of  French  and  Spanish  languages  and 
literature  and  belies  lettres  at  Harvard.  Sub- 
sequently he  again  went  abroad  and  spent 
two  years  in  Denmark.  Sweden,  Hol- 
land, Germany,  the  Tyrol,  and  Switzer- 
land. His  third  visit  to  Europe  was  made 
in  1842.  Mr.  Longfellow  was  highly  esteemed 
and  much  respected  as  an  instructor  during 
the  twenty-two  years  he  served  in  that  ca- 
pacity. In  all  his  years  of  teaching,  he  wrote 
much,  his  articles  in  the  North  American  Re- 
xicic  giving  him  a  very  extended  reputation. 
He  made  translations  of  various  foreign 
works  into  English  while  in  Bowdoin,  and  a 
still  greater  number  while  in  Harvard,  of 
wliich  even  the  names  cannot  be  mentioned 
in  this  brief  article;  and  while  at  Harvard 
most  of  his  many  noted  poems  appeared.  "In 
1854  Air.  Longfellow  resigned  his  professor- 
ship at  Harvard"  (says  the  "History  of  Bow- 
doin College,"  from  which  a  large  part  of  this 
article  is  extracted),  but  still  continued  his 
residence  in  Cambridge.  In  1837,  the  historic 
mansion,  the  Craigie  House,  became  his  home, 
noted  as  the  headquarters  of  Washington, 
and  in  later  years  the  temporary  residence  of 
Presidents  Everett  and  Sparks.'    Though   re- 


tired froin  official  duties,  it  was  not  to  gratify 
a  sjiirit  of  self-indulgence.  In  1855  ajjpeared 
what,  from  its  immense  circulation,  has 
seemed  his  most  popular  as  it  has  been  pro- 
nounced his  most  original  work,  "Hiawatha." 
It  was  soon  translated  into  German.  Follow- 
ing this  came  the  "Courtship  of  Miles  Stan- 
dish,"  1858;  "Tales  of  a  Wayside  Inn,"  18G3; 
"Flower  de  Luce."  1867:  "The  New  England 
Tragedies."  1868:  "Dante's  Divine  Comedy," 
a  translation,  1867;  "The  Divine  Tragedy," 
1871;  "Christus;  a  Mystery,"  1872;  "Three 
I'ooks  of  Song."  1872:  "Aftermath,"  1874; 
"The  iMasque  of  Pandora,"  1875.  This  last 
contained  "Morituri  Salutainus,"  a  poem 
which  Mr.  Longfellow  read  at  the  reunion  of 
liis  class  on  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  gradua- 
tion. This  was  received  with  great  interest 
at  home,  and  was  regarded  in  England  as  not 
inferior  in  conception  and  execution  to  his 
best.  "Poems  of  Places,"  thirty-one  volumes 
appeared  between  1876  and  1879;  "Keramos, 
and  Other  Poems."  1878:  "Ultima  Thule," 
1880;  "In  the  Harbor."  1882,  published  after 
the  author's  death;  "Michnel  Angelo."  1883, 
jirinted  after  the  author's  death,  in  the  At- 
lantic Monthly,  and  afterward  in  an  illustrated 
volume.  "\  Complete  Edition  of  Mr.  Long- 
fellow's Poetical  and  Prose  Works,"  in  eleven 
voluines,  was  published  in  1866.  Longfellow's 
works  have  been  translated  into  many  lan- 
guages and  passed  through  numerous  editions 
at  home  and  abroad.  "Their  popularity  may 
he  judged  by  the  fact  stated  by  Allibone  that 
in  1857  the  sales  of  them  in  this  country  alone 
had  amounted  to  325.530.  Besides  those  col- 
lected in  his  volumes,  many  have  appeared  in 
periodicals,  which  have  not  been  thus  col- 
lected. His  wide  culture  and  unwearied  in- 
dustry are  manifest  from  their  number  and 
\ariety,  the  rich  thought  which  they  contain, 
their  cosinopolitan  character,  and  the  exquisite 
finish  and  the  melody  of  versification  which 
mark  all  the  productions  of  his  pen.  His 
translations  show  unsurpassed  facility  in 
transfusing  the  ideas  and  spirit  of  the  original, 
and  extraordinary  mastery  over  the  rythmati- 
cal  resources  of  the  language.  In  his  own 
and  other  lands,  and  from  highest  sources, 
his  productions  have  received  most  cordial  and 
discriminating  commendation."  "In  1868  and 
1869,"  says  Appleton's  "Cyclopedia  of  Ameri- 
can Biography."  "accompanied  by  his  daugh- 
ters, he  visited  Europe  for  the  last  time,  and 
enjoyed  a  delightful  stay  in  England,  in  Paris, 
and  especially  in  Italy.  Fame  and  the  affec- 
tion  that   his  poems  had   awakened   for  him, 


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though  personally  unknown,  in  the  hearts  of 
many  in  the  Old  World  not  less  than  in  the 
New,  made  his  visit  to  Europe  a  series  of 
honors  and  pleasures.  But  he  returned  home 
glad  to  enjoy  once  more  its  comparative  tran- 
quillity, and  to  renew  the  accustomed  course 
of  the  day.  His  last  years  were  the  fitting 
close  of  such  a  life."  No  poet  was  ever 
more  beloved  than  he ;  none  was  ever  more 
worthy  of  love.  The  expressions  of  the  feel- 
ing toward  him  after  death  were  deep,  afifect- 
ing  and  innumerable.  One  of  the  most  strik- 
ing was  the  placing  of  his  bust  in  the  Poet's 
Corner  in  Westminster  Abbey,  in  March, 
1884.  It  was  the  first  instance  of  such  an 
honor  being  paid  to  an  American  poet.  His 
bust  stands  near  the  tomb  of  Chaucer,  be- 
tween the  memorials  to  Cowley  and  Dry- 
den. 

Henry  W.  Longfellow  married  { first)  Sep- 
tember 14,  1831,  Mary  Storer  Potter,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Barrett  Potter  of  Portland.  She 
was  born  May  12,  1812,  and  died  at  Rotter- 
dam, Holland,  November  29,  1835,  aged 
twenty-three.  He  married  (second)  July  13, 
1843,  Frances  Elizabeth  Appleton.  of  Boston, 
born  October  6,  1817,  and  died  a  tragic  death 
by  burning,  July  9,  1861.  aged  forty-three 
years.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Nathan  Ap- 
pleton of  Boston.  Their  children  were : 
Charles  Appleton.  Ernest  Wadsworth,  Frances 
(died  young),  Alice  Mary,  Edith  and  Anne 
Allegra. 

(VI)  Alexander  Wadsworth,  third  son  of 
Stephen  and  Zilpah  (Wadsworth)  Longfel- 
low, was  born  in  Portland,  May  20,  1814,  and 
died  February  14,  1901,  aged  eighty-six  years. 
He  was  a  civil  engineer,  and  employed  for 
years  in  the  L'nited  States  coast  survey.  He 
married,  August  6,  185 1.  Elizabeth  Clapp  Por- 
ter of  Portland,  daughter  of  Richard  King 
and  Mary  (Clapp)  Porter,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Aaron  Porter,  whose  wife  Paulina 
was  a  daughter  of  Richard  King,  of  Scarboro, 
sister  of  Rufus  King,  and  half  sister  of  Gov- 
ernor William  King.  The  children  of  Alex- 
ander W.  and  Elizabeth  C.  (Porter)  Long- 
fellow were :  Mary  King,  Alexander  W., 
Elizabeth  Porter,  Richard  K.,  and  Lucia 
Wadsworth.  Lucia  W.,  married  Franklin 
Ripley  Barrett,  of  Portland  (see  Barrett 
VIII).  She  is  descended  through  the  Wads- 
worths  from  nine  Mayflower  Pilgrims :  El- 
der William  Brewster  and  his  wife  Mary, 
their  son  Love  Brewster.  William  Mullins 
and  wife  and  their  daughter  Priscilla,  John 
Alden.  Richard  Warren  and  Henrv  Samson. 


This    name    probably    origi- 
BARRETT     nated  in  Normandy, 'and  has 

gone  from  that  country  to  all 
parts  of  the  world,  particularly  to  Ireland 
and  America. 

(I)  James  Barrett,  born  in  England,  about 
161 5,  was  an  inhabitant  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  in  1643,  and  later  of  Maiden, 
and  died  August  16,  1672.  Charlestown  rec- 
ords show  that  he  bought  various  small  pieces 
of  land.  His  will  was  probated  October,  1672. 
His  inventory  dated  September  18,  1672,  men- 
tions house  and  barn,  twenty  acres  of  woods 
at  Spat  Pond,  eighteen  acres  upland,  five 
acres  at  Stony  Swamp,  six  acres  marsh  and 
one  acre  of  upland  at  Wormwood  Point.  He 
married  Hannah  or  Anna,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Fosdyck,  a  carpenter  who  settled  in 
Charlestown,  1635,  and  died  May  21,  1664. 
She  died  leaving  a  will  made  April  29,  1681. 
and  probated  June  20,  1681.  The  children  of 
James  and  Anna  ( Fosdyck )  Barrett  were : 
James,  Hannah,  Mary,  Sarah,  John  and 
Stephen. 

fll)  James  (2),  eldest  child  of  James  (i) 
and  Anna  (Fosdyck)  Barrett,  was  born  April 
6,  1644.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  lived  in 
Maiden.  The  records  show  that  he  was  a 
landholder.  He  married,  January  11,  1672, 
Dorcas,  tenth  child  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
Green,  of  Maiden,  born  May  i,  1653.  Her 
inventory,  3  (9)  1682,  was  £119.  The  children 
of  James  and  Dorcas  were :  James,  John  and 
Jonathan. 

(III)  Deacon  John,  second  son  of  James 
(2)  and  Dorcas  (Green)  Barrett,  born  Mai- 
den, April  24,  1675,  died  October  i,  1721, 
aged  forty-seven,  and  was  buried  on  Copp's 
Hill.  His  estate  was  administered  on  in  1722, 
by  Widow  Rebecca.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the 
New  North  Church  1714.  Deacon  Barrett 
was  married  (first)  by  Cotton  Mather,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1699,  to  Sarah  Eustace,  who  died 
March  16,  1 71 8,  probably  the  youngest  of  ten 
children.  Her  father.  William  Eustace,  is 
not  mentioned  earlier  than  the  record  of  the 
birth  of  his  child,  1639.  He  is  named  in  a 
tax  list  of  Rumney  Marsh,  now  Chelsea,  in 
1674.  He  died  November  27,  1694.  His 
wife  died  June  12,  1713,  aged  about  seventy- 
four.  Her  gravestone  is  in  Charlestown.  He 
married  (second),  November  24  or  December 
24,  1719,  Rebecca  Wells,  born  1672,  died  May 
16,  1731,  buried  on  Copp's  Hill,  Boston. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Deacon  John  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Eustace)  Barrett,  was  born  in 
Boston,  December  17,  1707.     The  date  of  his 


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death  is  unknown.  He  wa.s  married  by  Rev. 
John  Webb,  of  New  Xortii  Church,  February 
25.  1730.  to  Rebecca  CoUins,  of  Boston,  who 
was  baptized  March  13,  1709.  She  probably 
died  in  1765,  as  her  will  dated  May  15,  1765, 
was  probated  in  Boston  in  the  same  year.  She 
was  descended  as  follows:  Her  immigrant 
ancestor,  (1)  Henry  Collins,  born  1606,  died 
February,  1689,  starchmaker,  came  over  from 
London  in  the  "'Abigail,"  and  settled  in  Lynn, 
where  he  was  made  freeman  March  9,  1637. 
His  wife  was  Ann,  born  1605.  (2)  John,  son 
of  Henry  Collins,  was  born  in  1632.  (3) 
Daniel,  son  of  John  Collins,  born  Boston, 
March  3,  1671,  died  October  30,  1718.  He 
was  married  by  Rev.  John  Bayley,  December 
13.  1693,  to  Rebecca  Clement,  born  Boston, 
July  10,  1678.  She  was  a  granddaughter  of 
Augustine  Clement,  of  Dorchester,  1636,  and 
his  wife  Elizabeth,  and  daughter  of  Samuel 
Clement,  born  September  29,  1635,  who  mar- 
ried   (first)    Hannah    English,   and    (second) 

Deborah  ,  and  their  daughter,  Rebecca, 

married    Daniel    Collins,    and   they    were    the 
parents  of  Rebecca. 

{\')  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  (3),  son  of 
John  (2)  and  Rebecca  (Collins)  Barrett,  was 
born  in  Boston,  December  7,  1731.  He  lived 
in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  from  about  1756 
to  1773.  He  removed  to  Springfield,  Vermont, 
and  was  a  partisan  of  New  York  in  the  New 
Hampshire  grant  troubles.  He  was  commis- 
sioned, 1775,  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Upper 
Regiment  of  Cumberland  county.  He  was  at 
Ticonderoga,  under  command  of  Colonel  Seth 
Warner,  and  he  took  part  in  the  siege  of 
Quebec.  He  died  December  3,  1806,  aged 
seventy-five,  drowned  in  Black  river.  He 
married,  in  Boston,  June  19,  1755,  by  Rev. 
Andrew  Eliot  at  the  New  North  Church, 
Elizabeth  Edwards,  born  Boston,  1733,  died 
Springfield,  Vermont,  August  27,  1809,  aged 
seventy-six.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Pullen)  Edwards.'of  Boston.  The 
children  of  this  marriage  were :  John,  Eliza- 
beth, Thomas  and  Mary.  Mary,  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1765,  married  Arthur  McClellan,  of 
Portland.  Maine. 

(\T)  John  (4),  son  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 
John  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (Edwards)  Barrett, 
born  Middletown,  Connecticut,  August  16, 
1756,  died  Northfield.  Massachusetts.Decem- 
ber  26,  1816.  He  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  in  1780,  was  a  lawyer  at  Northfield, 
where  he  took  a  leading  part  as  a  professional 
man  and  as  a  citizen,  was  representative  to  the 
general  court,  1798,  and  selectman,  1793.  His 
office  was  a  favorite  resort  for  law  students. 


He  married,  October  29,  1790,  Martha,  daugh- 
ter of  Obadiah  Dickinson,  of  Hatfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  Hatfield,  October  18,  1761,  died 
Portland,  Maine,  May  29,  1827.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Eliza  E.,  Mary,  Martha  D.,  Char- 
lotte Collins,  Sarah  Pullen,  Louisa  Warner, 
John  and  Charles.  Her  line  of  descent  is 
traced  from  (i)  Nathaniel  Dickinson,  of 
Wethersfield,  1637,  who  was  town  clerk  and 
representative  of  FLidley,  1659,  of  Northamp- 
ton, 1662,  died  in  Hadley,  June  16,  1676. 
His  wife  was  Anna.  (2)  Joseph,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Anna  Dickinson,  was  a  freeman 
in  Coimecticut,  1657,  resided  in  Northampton, 
1664-74,  removed  to  Northfield,  and  was 
killed  with  Captain  Beers  by  Indians  Septem- 
ber 4,   1675.     His  wife,  Phebe  Bray,  was  a 

daughter  of and  Phebe  (Bisby)   Bray, 

of  London,  who  bought  an  estate  at  Wethers- 
field, for  his  daughter  and  her  children.  (3) 
Deacon  Nathaniel,  son  of  Joseph  and  Phebe 
(Bray)  Dickinson,  born  May  20,  1670,  died 
in  1743.  He  married  Llannah  White,  born 
September  6,  1679.  Her  grandfather,  John 
\\'hite,  of  Hartford,  came  in  the  "Lion"  from 
London    to    Boston,    arriving    September    16, 

1632.     He  married  Mary' ,  born   1606, 

came  to  New  England  in   1634,  and  died  be- 
fore her  husband.     Daniel,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  White,  was  born  in  Hadley,   1662,  and 
was   a    lieutenant   in   Hatfield,    in    1690.      He 
died  July  27,   1713.     He  married,  November 
I,    1661,  Sarah  Crow,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth    (Goodwin)    Crow.     She   was   born 
March  i,  1647,  and  died  June  26,  1719.    Han- 
nah White  was  their  daughter.     (4)   Obadiah, 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Hannah  (White)  Dick- 
inson, born  July  28,  1704,  died  June  24,  1788, 
aged   eighty-four.     He  married    (first).    May 
26.   1727,  Mary  Belding,  born  July  29,   1755, 
daughter  of  John  Belding,  and  (second),  about 
1756,  Martha  Waite,  of  Hatfield,   Massachu- 
setts, born  October  7,  1724.    She  was  a  grand- 
daughter   of    Sergeant    Benjamin    Waite,    of 
Hatfield.  1663,  who  was  killed  by  Indians  and 
French  in  support  of  Deerfield  to  whose  aid  he 
hastened    February    19,    1704.      He    married, 
June  3,  1670,  Martha  Leonard,  of  Springfield, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah    (Heald)   Leon- 
ard.    September  19,  1677.  Martha,  with  three 
children  was  taken  by  Indians  and  carried  to 
Canada.      She    returned    next    year.      Joseph, 
son    of    Benjamin    and    Martha     (Leonard) 
Waite,  was  born  November  11.  1688.  in  Hat- 
field.   He  married  (first),  November  19,  1713, 
Hamial  Billings,  who  died  July  15,  1716;  and 
(second),  September  22,  1720.  Mary  Warner, 
born  August  17.  1694,  died  August  18,  1792! 


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aged  ninety-t'ight,  leaving  six  children,  forty- 
five  grandchildren,  ninety-eight  great-grand- 
children and  one  great-great-grandchild.  She 
was  descended  from  Andrew  Warner,  of  Cam- 
bridge, 1632,  afterward  of  Hartford,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Hadley,  where  he  died  De- 
cember 18,  1684.  He  married  (second)  the 
widow  of  Thomas  Selden.  Daniel,  son  of  An- 
drew Warner,  was  born  in  Hatfield.  H'.-  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary,  and  (second)  Martha, 
daughter  of  Robert  Boltwood.  She  died  Sep- 
tember 22,  1710.  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel 
( I )  and  Mary  Warner,  born  1666,  died  March 
12,  1754,  aged  eighty-eight.  He  resided  in 
Hatfiefd,  West  Hartfonrand  Hardwick.  He 
married,  December  12,  1688,  Mary  Hubbard, 
born  April  10,  1669,  granddaughter  of  George 
Hubbard,  who  was  born  in  England  about 
1595,  and  settled  in  Watertown,  from  which 
he  removed  to  Wethersfield  as  early  as  1636, 
and  afterward  to  Milford  and  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut. He  died  January,  1683.  He  married 
Mary  Bishop,  who  died  September  14.  1676 
John,  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Bishop)  Hub- 
bard, and  father  of  Mary  (Hubbard)  Warner, 
born  1630,  died  about  1705.  He  removed 
about  1660  from  Wethersfield,  Connecticut. 
He  married  Mary,  perhaps  Merriam,  of  Con- 
cord, who  survived  him. 

(VH)  Charles  Edwards,  son  of  John  (4) 
and  Martha  (Dickinson)  Barrett,  born  North- 
field,  Massachusetts,  January  4,  1804,  died 
Portland.  Maine,  January  2,  1894,  aged  ninety 
years.  At  the  age  of  twelve,  his  parents  hav- 
ing died,  he  was  taken  by  his  guardian  to 
Portland,  Maine,  where  he  fitted  for  college. 
Graduating  from  Bowdoin  in  1822.  and  sub- 
sequently readins'  law,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  practiced  for  a  short  time.  But  his 
forte  was  finance,  and  he  gradually  became 
known  as  one  of  the  most  eminent  financiers 
of  his  day.  He  was  president  of  the  Canal 
National  Bank  for  many  years  and  treasurer 
of  the  Atlantic  &  St.  Lawrence  railroad,  being 
one  of  the  original  corporators  named  in  the 
charter  and  the  survivor  of  all  the  others. 
Many  of  the  best  years  of  his  life  were  de- 
voted to  the  affairs  of  this  road.  He  was  also 
a  director  of  the  Portland,  Saco  &  Portsmouth 
road,  now  a  part  of  the  Boston  &  Maine,  for 
many  years,  becoming  interested  in  the  road 
in  1839,  when  it  was  in  process  of  construc- 
tion. He  was  likewise  active  in  the  councils 
of  the  corporation  which  built  the  canal  to 
Sebago  Lake.  In  politics  he  was  a  Federalist, 
then  a  Whig,  and  lastly  a  Republican.  Though 
not  an  aspirant  to  office,  he  served  for  a  while 
on  the  board  of  aldermen  of  Portland.     Had 


he  lived  two  days  longer  he  would  have 
reached  the  ninetieth  anniversary  of  his  birth. 
He  was  married  March  6,  1826,  by  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Payson,  to  Elizabeth  Mary  Baker,  born 
Portland,  November  11,  1804,  died  Portland, 
December  27,  1875.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Bickford)  (Hale) 
Baker  (see  Baker  \'I).  The  children  of  this 
marriage  were :  Charles  Woodbury,  Mary 
Elizabeth,  John  Henry.  Franklin  Ripley, 
George  Potter  and  Joseph  Baker,  i.  Charles 
W.,  born  1826,  married  Hannah  V.  W.  West- 
brook  and  they  had  three  children :  i.  Mary, 
who  marriel  Henry  A.  ]\Iariotte  and  had  two 
children,  Charlotte  and  Gertrude ;  ii.  Charles 
W.,  who  died  May  7.  1866:  iii.  Elizabeth, 
married  Alexander  E.  Macdonald,  M.  D.,  and 
had  two  children,  Charles  Douglas  and  Evelyn 
Blunt.  2.  Mary  E.,  born  .A-pril  29,  1829.  died 
a  spinster,  May  16,  1904.  3.  John  H.,  bom 
December  29,  1831,  died  October  2.  1852,  a 
student  in  Yale  College.  4.  Franklin  R.,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  George  P.,  born  March  24, 
1837.  died  unmarried  June  2,  1896.  6.  Joseph 
B..  born  1840,  died  in  infancy. 

(VIH)  Franklin  Ripley,  third  son  of 
Charles  E.  and  Elizabeth  M.  (Baker)  Barrett, 
was  born  in  Portland,  January  21,  1835.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  and  the  old  acad- 
emy of  Portland,  he  entered  Brown  Univer- 
sity, from  which  he  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1857.  His  first  employment  after  gradua- 
tion was  in  the  office  of  the  treasurer  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  railroad,  from  which  he  subse- 
quently went  into  partnership  with  F.  K. 
Swan  under  the  firm  name  of  Swan  &  Barrett. 
They  engaged  in  banking  and  brokerage, 
which  they  carried  on  from  1875  to  1897, 
when  both  partners  retired  from  business.  Mr. 
Barrett's  only  employment  since  has  been  in 
connection  with  certain  financial  corporations 
as  trustee  and  director.  His  position  in  the 
financial  circles  in  Portland  has  been  con- 
spicuous and  as  successful  as  it  has  been 
prominent.  In  1891  he  was  president  of  the 
Portland  Savings  Bank,  the  largest  institution 
of  its  kind  in  the  state  and  the  eighth  in  rank 
in  New  England.  .A.t  the  present  time  he  is 
a  trustee  of  the  Portland  Trust  Company,  and 
a  director  of  the  Canal  National  Bank,  each 
an  important  monetary  institution.  For  years 
he  was  a  director  of  the  Portland,  Saco  & 
Portsmouth  Railroad  Company,  succeeding 
his  father.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Portland 
Public  Library  and  a  member  of  the  New 
England  Historical  Genealogical  Society,  the 
Maine  Historical  Society,  and  the  Maine  Gene- 
alogical Society.     He  was  aho  for  some  time 


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secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Maine  General 
Hospital  and  treasurer  of  the  Portland  Society 
of  Xatural  History.  Mr.  Barrett  is  also  a 
member  of  the  following  organizations :  The 
Cumberland  and  the  Country  clubs  of  Port- 
land, the  University  of  New  York  City,  and 
the  Union  of  Boston.  In  politics  he  is  an 
Independent,  in  religious  faith  a  Unitarian. 

Franklin  R.  Barrett  married  (first),  August 
15,  1872,  Mary  Dwight  Boyd,  born  April  5, 
1845,  died  March  q.  1878,  daughter  of  John 
Parker  and  J.  S.  (Dwigbt)  Boyd;  (second) 
Lucia  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  born  Portland. 
December  4,  1839.  daughter  of  A.  W.  and 
Elizabeth  (  Porter)  Longfellow,  and  niece  of 
the  poet,  Henry  \V.  Longfellow  (see  Long- 
fellow). 


Second  to  no  other  trade  in  im- 

BAKER  portance  to  the  human  family  is 
that  of  the  baker;  and  from  the 
trade  which  from  the  dawn  of  civilization  has 
given  cmplu\-ment  to  a  multitude  of  laborers, 
continuously,  comes  the  surname  which  has 
been  the  appellation  of  some  of  the  most 
prominent  and  useful  men  among  the  English 
speaking  people.  The  Baker  family  of  this 
sketch  came  early  and  the  qualities  of  the 
early  Bakers  are  still  prominent  among  their 
descendants. 

( I )  Edward  Baker  was  of  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1630,  and  was  a  farmer.  March 
14,  1638,  he  was  made  a  freeman.  He  re- 
moved to  Northampton  about  1650,  and  sub- 
sequently to  Lynn  and  there  died,  March, 
1687.  His  will  was  dated  October  6,  1685. 
He  had  a  wife  Jane,  who  died  April  g,  1693, 
and  certainly  five  sons  and  a  daughter.  They 
were:  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  Edward  and 
Thomas  and  Mary. 

(H)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Edward  (i)  and 
Jane  Baker,  was  made  a  freeman  1691,  and 
was  an  ensign  in  the  militia.  He  married, 
April  7,  1685,  Mary  Marshall,  born  May  25, 
1665,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Mar- 
shall, of  Reading  and  Lynn  ;  came  probably 
in  the  "James"  from  London,  1635,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two.  He  was  a  leading  citizen 
and  was  representative  in  1659-60-63-64-67-68  ; 
lieutenant,  and  perhaps  captain.  He  died  De- 
cember 23,  1689,  His  wife  was  Rebecca,  who 
died  August,  1693.  Their  children  were: 
Hannah.  Samuel,  Abigail,  Sarah  (died  young), 
Thomas  and  Rebecca  (twins),  Elizabeth, 
Sarah,  and  perhaps  Joanna,  John,  Ruth  and 
Mary, 

(HI)  Edward  (3),  eldest  son  of  Edward 
(2)    and    Mary    (Marshall)    Baker,    was    of 


Wcstborougli,  Massachusetts,  wliere  he  was 
settled  about  the  time  the  town  was  incor- 
porated. Daniel  Warren  and  Edward  Baker 
were  chosen  the  first  school  committee  of 
Westboro,  October  3,  1726,  and  instructed  to 
procure  a  school  master,  which  they  did.  He 
married  Persis  Brigham,  who  was  born  July 
10,  1703.  Her  grandfather,  Thomas  Brigham, 
of  Watertown  and  Cambridge,  embarked  in 
the  "Susan  and  Ellen"  April  18,  1625,  was 
a  freeman  1629,  and  selectman.  His  will 
dated  17,  10,  1654,  was  probated  25,  11,  1654. 
He  married,  about  1637,  Mercy  Hurd,  who 
survived  him.  .She  married  (second)  Edmund 
Rice,  and  (third)  William  Hunt,  and  died  at 
Marlboro,  December  23,  1693.  Samuel  Brig- 
ham, father  of  Persis,  removed  from  Sudbury 
to  Marlborough,  where  he  was  town  treas- 
urer 1 699- 1 703,  and  selectman  1723.  He  was 
born  January  12,  1653,  died  July  24,  171 3.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Howe,  of  Marlborough. 
.She  was  born  April  5,  1665,  died  July  26, 
1739,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Hannah 
(Ward)  Howe.  Abraham  Howe,  of  Marl- 
borough, 1660,  was  probably  first  of  Roxbury. 
He  died  June  30,  1695.  He  married,  March 
26,  1658,  Hannah  Ward,  born  about  1639, 
died  November  3,  1717  or  1718.  They  had 
eleven  children.  The  children  of  Edward 
and  Persis  were:  Samuel,  Solomon.  Persis, 
Abigail,  Llepsibah,  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Lavinia, 
Ezra  and  l\Iary. 

(IV)  Joseph,  third  son  of  Edward  (3)  and 
Persis  (  Brigham)  Baker,  born  Westborough, 
Massachusetts,  Rlay  19,  1736  (?).  died  Lim- 
erick, Maine,  November  19,  181 1,  aged  sev- 
enty-five. He  married,  November  15,  1758, 
Martha  Death,  born  May  27,  1738,  died  Lim- 
erick, Maine,  May  13,  1809,  aged  seventy-one. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  were :  John, 
Sally,  Martha,  Hannah,  Lydia  (died  young), 
Persis,  Edward,  Lydia,  Betsey,  Joseph  and 
Samuel.  Martha  Death  was  the  granddaugh- 
ter of  Oliver  and  Martha  (Fairbank)  Death. 
Martha  Fairbank  was  the  great-granddaughter 
of  Jonathan  Fairbank,  who  came  over  in  1641  ; 
granddaughter  of  George  Fairbank,  of  Ded- 
ham,  who  came  with  his  father  from  York- 
shire, England ;  and  daughter  of  Eliezer  and 
Martha  (^Bullard)  Fairijank,  of  Medford. 
Eliezer,  born  June  8,  1655,  died  September  19, 
1 741.  Oliver  Death,  of  Framingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, married,  April  17,  1697,  Martha 
Fairbank,  born  January  22,  1680,  died  at 
Sherborn.  She  survived  Oliver,  who  died 
March  3,  1705,  and  married  (second),  1708, 
Ebenezer  Leland,  of  .Sherborn.  John  Death, 
son  of  Oliver  and  Martha  (Fairbank)  Death, 


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born  May  30,  1702,  married,  1729,  Hannah 
Morse.  Martha,  above  mentioned,  was  their 
daughter. 

(V)  Joseph  (2).  third  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
and  Martha  (Death)  Baker,  bom  1779,  died 
July  20,  1817,  aged  thirty-eight.  He  was  mar- 
ried February  12,  1804,  by  Rev.  Ehjah  Kel- 
logg, to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hale,  formerly  Eliza- 
beth Bickford,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  She 
was  born  about  1767,  and  died  April  14,  1819, 
aged  fifty-two.  Bradstreet  Hale,  of  Glou- 
cester, and  "Betsy"  Bickford,  of  Salem,  were 
married  November  30,  1792.  The  children  of 
Joseph  and  Elizabeth  were :  Elizabeth  Mary 
and  Joseph  Danforth.  Elizabeth  Bickford  was 
descended  as  follows:  (i)  John  Bickford,  of 
Salem,  married,  about  May,  1699,  Rebecca 
Pinson,  and  they  had  George,  John,  Rebecca, 
William,  Bethiah,  Benjamin,  Ebenezer,  Pris- 
cilla,  Mary  and  Sarah.  (2)  John  (2),  son  of 
John  (i)  and  Rebecca  (Pinson)  Bickford, 
born  September  15,  1702,  married,  October  6, 
1724,  Elizabeth  Hayward.  (3)  John  (3) 
Bickford,  of  Salem,  married,  July  29,  1760, 
at  Salem,  Rebecca  Ruck,  baptized  March  2, 
1740,  at  the  First  Church,  Salem;  died  Octo- 
ber 29,  1817,  aged  seventy-nine;  was  buried 
in  the  Eastern  cemetery,  Portland,  Maine. 
Her  grandfather,  Samuel  Ruck,  of  Salem,  had 
five  children :  Elizabeth,  Ruth,  Samuel,  Abi- 
gail and  John.  Samuel  (2),  third  son  of 
Samuel  (i),  was  baptized  October  14,  1705, 
married,  November  13,  1729,  Bethiah  Bick- 
ford, of  Salem,  bom  February  2,  1708,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Rebecca  (Pinson)  Bickford, 
who  were  married  about  May,  1699,  at  Salem, 
Massachusetts.  The  children  of  Samuel  and 
Bethiah  were  Elizabeth  (died  young),  Ruth, 
Bethiah,  John,  Rebecca,  Abigail,  Sarah,  Will- 
iam and  Elizabeth.  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Bethiah  (Bickford)  Ruck,  was 
the  wife  of  the  above  named  John  Bickford, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  Elizabeth  (Bick- 
ford) (Hale)  Baker,  wife  of  Joseph  Baker, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  Elizabeth  Mary, 
next  mentioned. 

(VI)  Elizabeth  Mary,  only  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Bickford)  (Hale) 
Baker,  was  born  in  Portland,  November  11, 
1804,  and  died  there  December  27,  1875.  She 
married,  March  6,  1826,  Charles  Edwards 
Barrett.     (See    Barrett   VII.) 


Few    families   in    this    country 
CONANT     can    trace    a    longer    authenti- 
cated   line    than    the    Conants, 
for  it  extends  two  generations  beyond  Roger, 
the  immigrant  ancestor  who  landed  on  Ameri- 


can shores  in  1623.  The  name  appears  to  be 
primarily  of  Celtic  derivation,  and  in  its  early 
form  of  Conan,  or  Conon,  is  found  among 
various  races  of  Celtic  origin,  including  the 
Britons,  Welsh,  Irish,  Gaels  and  Bretons. 
Etymological  research  indicates  that  the  word 
is  the  equivalent  of  the  Welsh  ciin,  Irish  cean, 
Saxon  cuning,  German  konig,  Dutch  koiiiiig, 
Swedish  konung  and  the  Oriental  khan — all 
meaning  head,  chief,  leader  or  king.  Whether 
the  family  came  from  the  Breton  or  Cornish 
branch  of  the  Celtic  race  it  is  impossible  to 
say.  At  all  events,  they  were  settled  in  Dev- 
onshire as  early  as  the  beginning  of  the  four- 
teenth century.  In  England  thirty-two  ways  of 
writing  the  name  have  been  found,  and  there 
are  nine  others  in  America,  making  forty-one 
in  all.  Some  of  the  American  forms,  which  in- 
clude nine  also  used  in  England,  are :  Con- 
nant,  Cannant,  Connont,  Connott.  Connanght, 
Connunght,  Connaught,  Conet,  Connet,  Con- 
nentt,  Conat,  Cunnet,  Cunnant,  Conit,  Connit, 
and  Connitt.  In  Devonshire,  the  old  home  of 
the  family,  though  the  name  is  written  Conant, 
the  common  pronunciation  is  Connet  or  Cun- 
net. The  earliest  example  of  the  name  with 
the  final  t  yet  found,  occurs  in  the  Patent  Rolls 
of  England  in  the  year  1277  when  there  was 
litigation  between  Robert  Couenaunt  and 
Filota,  late  wife  of  Richard  Couenaunt, 
touching  a  tenement  in  Alveton,  Stafifordshire. 
Four  years  later,  a  Robert  Conet  was  a  tenant 
of  the  manor  of  Horncastle,  Lincolnshire.  In 
the  year  1327  Alexander  Conaunt  was  living 
in  the  Hundred  of  Exminster.  Devonshire. 

(I)  John  Conant,  with  whom  the  authentic 
genealogy  of  the  family  begins,  lived  in  the 
parish  of  East  Budleigh,  England,  but  was 
probably  born  about  the  year  1520,  at  Gittis- 
ham,  some  ten  or  twelve  miles  northeast  of 
Budleigh.  In  the  thirteenth  year  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  (1571),  he  was  assessed  for  goods 
of  the  yearly  value  of  four  pounds.  In  1577 
John  Conant  and  Edmond  ffowler  held  the 
office  of  church-warden  at  East  Budleigh,  a 
post  of  considerable  importance  in  those  days. 
John  Conant  was  buried  at  East  Budleigh. 
March  30,  1596.  The  marriage  registers  of 
this  parish  lack  the  names  of  women  down  to 
1605,  so  it  is  not  possible  to  tell  whom  John 
Conant  married,  and  the  only  child  recorded 
is  Richard,  next  mentioned. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  John  and  Co- 
nant, was  probably  born  in  the  parish  of  East 
Budleigh  about  the  year  1548.  In  1606  Rich- 
ard Conant  and  Henry  Cowden  were  church- 
wardens of  the  parish,  and  in  1616  Richard 
Conant  again  filled  the  ofifice.    In  1630  he  was 


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rated  ai  two  sliilliiii;s  sixpence,  next  to  tlie 
liisihest  rating  in  the  parish.  It  is  interesting 
to  remember  that  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  was 
born  at  Hays  House  in  East  Rudleigli,  and 
his  father  was  one  of  the  church-wardens  in 
1 561.  Sir  Francis  Drake  was  also  connected 
with  the  parish,  and  the  tales  of  these  two 
explorers  must  have  had  an  important  inHu- 
ence  in  leading  two  of  the  sons  of  Richard 
Conant  to  embark  for  the  new  world.  The 
marriage  of  Richard  Conant  took  place  at 
Colyton,  a  market  town  of  Devonshire,  eight 
miles  from  East  Budleigh.  The  quaint  record 
reads :  "Rychard  Counnett,  the  soune  of  John 
Counnett.  of  Easte  Rudlcye,  was  wedded  unto 
Agnes  Clarke,  the  daughtr  of  John  Clarke, 
senior,  of  Colhton,  the  iiij  daye  of  fifebruary, 
1578."  Agnes  Clarke  was  born  May  16,  1548. 
and  her  mother  was  Anne,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Macye,  of  Colyton.  After  a  married  life 
of  nearly  fifty  years,  Richard  and  Agnes  Co- 
nant were  buried  the  same  day,  September  22, 
1630,  and  both  arc  spoken  of  as  persons  of 
"exemplary  piety." 

The  inventory  of  the  estate,  which  amounted 
to  one  hundred  and  twenty-nine  pounds  four- 
teen shillings  and  four  pence,  contains  some 
interesting  items  as  showing  how  an  English 
cottage  was  arranged  in  those  days.  In  the 
Hall,  among  other  things,  were  "one  long 
tableborde.  i  square  tableborde,  2  formes,  3 
chairs  and  6  joynt  stools."  The  "new  parlour" 
contained  a  feather  bed,  "2  feather  boulsters, 
I  yard  of  Blankett  and  coverlett,"  while  the 
"old  parlour"  was  rich  in  "i  standing  bedsted 
and  I  trundle  bedsted."  In  the  Buttery  were 
"3  dozzen  of  Tranchers,  6  brasse  Candlesticks, 
I  pessel  and  morter,"  beside  sundry  other 
house-keeping  furnishings.  In  the  "Shoppe 
next  to  the  Hall"  were  "2  beames  and  skales 
with  some  brass  and  leadden  waights"  beside 
a  counter  and  a  chest ;  but  the  only  item  "in 
the  longe  Entery  and  in  the  Kitchen"  reads 
"2  cubbords."  The  "brewinge  House"  had  "3 
brasse  pots,  3  brasse  Caldrons,  skillets  and  a 
brasse  ladle"  besides  divers  other  utensils ;  and 
the  Milk  house  had  "10  brass  milk  pannes" 
and  other  items.  The  "Weaving  Shopp"  had 
"2  old  Cofifers  with  some  boards  and  other 
small  trifTells,"  and  was  evidently  a  place  of 
storage  for  bedding  not  in  use.  The  new 
parlour  is  referred  to  again  as  containing 
"one  silver  bowle  and  5  silver  spoones"  and 
no  other  silver  is  mentioned.  There  is  no 
statement  regarding  knives  or  table  utensils 
of  any  kind  except  in  the  brewing-house, 
where  "i  dozen  wooden  dishes  and  one  dozen 
of    spoones,"   probably   wooden,   are   enumer- 


ated. Forks  were  scarcely  known  then.  The 
Conants  must  have  been  people  of  some  edu- 
cation, because  the  new  parlour  had  a  "liberry 
table,  2  great  deskes  and  one  lesser  one,  one 
greate  byble  and  a  deske  and  other  bookes." 
The  contents  of  four  chambers  are  disclosed. 
Some  of  the  unusual  items  are  "2  dozen  of 
Table  napkins,"  evidently  kept  for  occasions 
of  great  ceremony,  "2  pare  verginalls,"  a  mu- 
sical instrument  of  primitive  construction,  "a 
Skaymer  and  cheese  Racke,"  which  might 
more  properly  belong  in  the  buttery,  and  "a 
crosbowe  and  bender."  The  parlors  were  evi- 
dently furnished  with  bed.s — a  custom  which 
obtained  in  many  New  England  farmhouses 
well  into  the  nineteenth  century. 

Eight  children  of  Richard  and  Agnes 
(Clarke)  Conant  are  recorded:  Joan,  Richard, 
Robert,  Jane,  John,  Thomas,  Christopher,  and 
Roger,  whose  sketch  follows.  The  two 
younger  brothers  migrated  to  America ;  but 
the  last  record  of  Christopher  Conant  occurs 
in  November,  1630,  when  he  was  a  member  of 
the  first  jury  for  criminal  trial  in  this  country, 
impanelled  for  the  trial  of  Walter  Palmer,  for 
manslaughter.  It  is  possible  that  he  may  have 
returned  to  England,  because  if  he  had  died 
•  in  Massachusetts  some  record  of  the  fact 
would  probably  have  been  preserved.  Of  the 
sons  of  Richard  Conant  who  remained  in 
England,  John  became  a  fellow  of  Oxford 
University  and  rector  of  St.  Thomas  Church, 
in  Salisbury.  On  July  26,  1643,  he  preached 
a  sermon  before  the  House  of  Commons, 
which  was  printed  by  order  of  that  body. 
From  a  rare  copy  which  has  been  preserved 
we  know  that  the  title  page  gave  the  theme 
as  "The  Weal  and  Woe  of  God's  People,"  and 
the  discourse,  which  contains  fifty-six  printed 
pages,  was  delivered  on  a  fast  day.  or  day  of 
"publike  humiliation."  Two  of  Richard  Co- 
nant's  grandsons  also  entered  the  church. 
Richard  (3),  son  of  Richard  (2)  Conant,  was 
graduated  from  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge, 
in  1645,  and  afterwards  became  vicar  of  the 
church  at  East  Budleigh ;  but  the  most  noted 
of  the  family  was  Rev.  Dr.  John  Conant,  vice 
chancellor  of  Oxford  University.  He  was  the 
son  of  Robert  Conant,  and  grandson  of  Rich- 
ard, and  was  made  fellow  of  Exeter  College, 
Oxford,  July  3,  1633.  He  became  an  eminent 
Oriental  scholar,  and  was  noted  for  being  a 
sound  and  solid  expositor,  and  "for  clearing 
the  true  sense  of  such  texts  as  were  misinter- 
preted by  the  Socinians  and  other  heretics." 
Dr.  Conant  became  rector  of  Exeter  College, 
vicar  of  Kidlington.  regius  professor  of  Di- 
vinity, and  on  October  5,  1657,  was  appointed 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


by  Richard  Cromwell  to  be  vice-chancellor  of 
the  University  of  Oxford.  After  the  Restora- 
tion he  was  installed  archdeacon  of  Norwich, 
and  finally  made  prebendary  of  Worcester. 
His  biography  indicates  that  he  was  a  man  of 
unusuar character,  wisdom  and  influence. 

(Ill)  Roger,  sixth  son  and  youngest  of  the 
eight  children  of  Richard  and  Agnes  (Clarke) 
Conant,  was  baptized  at  All  Saints  Church,  in 
the  parish  of  East  Budleigh,  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, April  9,  1592.  It  is  probable  that  he 
received  a  good  education  for  his  day,  as  his 
parents  were  people  of  substance  and  intelli- 
gence as  well  as  of  exemplary  piety.  Roger 
Conant  was  frequently  called  upon  to  survey 
lands,  lay  out  boundaries  and  transact  public 
business.'  On  January  20,  1619-20,  Christo- 
pher Conant,  grocer,  and  Roger  Conant,  Salter, 
signed  a  bond  for  their  brother  John.  The 
two  signers  register  themselves  as  both  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Lawrence,  Jewry,  London.  Vari- 
ous circumstances  indicate  that  Roger  was  a 
freeman  of  the  Salter's  Guild,  the  ninth  of 
the  twelve  great  livery  companies,  which 
would  require  an  apprenticeship  of  seven 
years.  It  is  probable  that  he  remained  in 
London  about  fourteen  years,  or  until  the  time 
of  his  migration  to  America.  Roger  Conant 
reached  this  country  in  1623,  and  the  supposi- 
tion is  that  he  came  over  with  his  brother 
Christopher,  who  sailed  on  the  ship  "Ann," 
which  arrived  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in 
July  that  year.  Roger  did  not  long  remain 
at  the  Pilgrims'  town,  owing  to  a  difference 
in  religious  belief  between  the  original  pro- 
prietors and  himself.  They  were  separatists, 
and  he  a  non-conformist,  or  Puritan,  and  in 
1624  he  found  it  desirable  to  join  some  newly 
arrived  immigrants  at  Nantasket,  or  Hull.  It 
was  probably  while  here  that  he  made  use  of 
what  is  now  known  as  Governor's  Island,  in 
Boston  Harbor,  but  which  at  that  time  and  for 
some  years  after,  bore  the  name  of  Conant's 
Island'  During  the  next  winter.  Rev.  John 
White,  of  Dorchester,  hearing  of  the  settle- 
ment at  Nantasket,  and  of  Roger  Conant,  "a 
pious,  sober  and  prudent  Gentleman,"  chose 
him  to  manage  the  affairs  of  the  Dorchester 
Company  at  tape  Ann.  It  was  soon  found 
that  this  region  was  a  poor  place  for  planting, 
and  many  of  the  settlers  returned  to  England ; 
but  Roger  Conant  and  a  few  .sturdy  followers 
decided  to  remain  and  fix  their  habitation  at 
Naumkeag,  now  Salem.  His  was  the  first 
house  built  in  that  now  historic  town.  Let  us 
read  Hawthorne's  beautiful  description  of  the 
scene : 

"You  perceive,  at  a  glance,  that  this  is  the 


ancient  and  primitive  wood — the  ever-youth- 
ful and  venerably  old — verdant  with  new 
twigs,  yet  hoary,  as  it  were,  with  the  snow- 
fall of  innumerable  years,  that  have  accumu- 
lated upon  its  intermingled  branches  .... 
Roger  Conant,  the  first  settler  in  Naumkeag, 
has  built  his  dwelling,  months  ago,  on  the 
border  of  the  forest-path ;  and  at  this  moment 
he  comes  eastward,  through  the  vista  of  the 
woods,  with  a  gun  over  his  shoulder,  bringing 
home  the  choice  portions  of  a  deer.  His  stal- 
wart figure,  clad  in  a  leathern  jerkin  and 
breeches  of  the  same,  strides  sturdily  onward, 
with  such  an  air  of  physical  force  and  energy 
that  we  might  almost  expect  the  very  trees  to 
stand  aside  and  give  him  room  to  pass.  And 
so,  indeed,  they  must;  for,  humble  as  is  his 
name  in  history,  Roger  Conant  still  is  of  that 
class  of  men  who  do  not  merely  find,  but 
make,  their  place  in  the  system  of  human  af- 
fairs ;  a  man  of  thoughtful  strength,  he  has 
planted  the  germ  of  a  city.  There  stands  his 
habitation,  showing  in  its  rough  architecture 
some  features  of  the  Indian  wigwam,  and 
some  of  the  log  cabin,  and  somewhat  too,  of 
the  straw-thatched  cottage  in  Old  England, 
where  this  good  yeoman  had  his  birth  and 
djreeding.  The  dwelling  is  surrounded  by  a 
cleared  space  of  a  few  acres,  where  Indian 
corn  grows  thrivingly  among  the  stumps  of 
the  trees;  while  the  dark  forest  hems  it  in,  and 
seems  to  gaze  silently  and  solemnly,  as  if  won- 
dering at  the  breadth  of  sunshine  which  the 
white  man  spreads  around  him." 

Perhaps  further  mention  should  be  made  of 
Conant's  connection  with  Cape  Ann.  Although 
he  remained  there  only  about  four  years 
(  1624-28),  he  was  the  head  of  the  settlement, 
the  first  permanent  one  in  Massachusetts  ter- 
ritory, and  the  germ  from  which  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  sprung.  John  Wingate 
Thornton,  in  his  valuable  historical  investiga- 
tion, contends  that  Conant  was  the  first  and 
onlv  governor  under  the  .Sheffield,  or  Cape 
Ann  Charter,  as  Endicott  was  the  first  under 
the  second  and  Massachusetts  Charter.  Con- 
trasting the  characters  of  Conant  and  Endi- 
cott, Thornton  says :  "Beside  strict  integrity, 
there  was  little  common  to  them.  Each  was 
particularly  fitted  for  the  duties  and  periods 
assigned  to  him,  and  had  the  order  been  re- 
versed the  result  would  have  been  fatal.  Co- 
nant was  moderate  in  his  views,  tolerant,  mild 
and  conciliatory,  quiet  and  unobtrusive,  in- 
genuous and  unambitious,  preferring  the  pub- 
lic good  to  his  private  interests ;  with  the  pas- 
sive virtues  he  combined  great  courage  and 
an    indomitable   will.  *  *    Governor    Conant's 


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true  courage  and  simplicity  of  heart  ami 
strength  of  priiicijjle  eminently  qualified  him 
for  the  conflicts  of  those  rude  days  of  perils, 
(leprivalion  and  trial.  *  "  I'jHlicoll  was  the 
opposite  of  Conant,  arbitrary  and  sometimes 
violent,  he  ruled  with  a  ilotermitied  hand,  and 
carried  the  sword  unslieathed,  quick  to  assert 
and  ready  to  maintain  his  rights ;  firm  and 
unyielding ;  *  *  a  man  of  theological  asperity, 
and  bigoted." 

That  t'onant  was  a  man  of  dignitv  and  in- 
lluence  in  the  Salem  and  Cape  Ann  region  we 
have  ample  official  eviilence.  During  the  year 
iO_^4  the  freemen  elected  twenty-four  of  their 
own  number  as  deputies  to  the  general  court, 
which  met  at  lloston,  on  May  14.  Tliis  was 
the  second  representative  assembly  wdiich  met 
in  this  country,  that  of  Virginia  being  the 
first.  Roger  Conant  was  one  of  the  deputies 
from  Salem,  and  thus  assisted  in  lading  the 
foundation  stones  of  our  government.  His 
name  constantly  appears  as  a  member  of  the 
jury,  as  one  of  the  committee  to  determine 
bounds,  or  in  some  relation  to  the  meeting- 
house. He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  in  1637- 
38-39,  1640-41.  1651-52-53-54-57.  Both  Roger 
Conant  and  his  wife  were  among  the  original 
members  of  the  First  Church  at  Salem,  and 
in  1O37  both  signed  the  renewed  covenant. 
In  1667  the  residents  of  what  is  now  known  as 
Beverly  were  dismissed  from  the  church  at 
Salem  and  organized  into  a  separate  congrega- 
tion. The  name  of  Roger  Conant  is  first  on 
the  list  of  members,  and  he  was  on  the  com- 
mittee to  fix  the  salary  of  Rev.  John  Hale. 
The  next  year  the  part  of  Salem  known  as 
Bass  river,  on  Cape  Ann  side,  was  incor- 
porated under  the  name  of  Beverly.  The  lat- 
ter name  was  not  acceptable  to  Conant,  and 
on  March  28,  1671,  he  drew  up  a  petition  to 
the  "honorabel  Generall  Court"  concerning  the 
matter.  This  petition,  which  was  signed  by 
thirty-four  others  besides  himself,  is  so  quaint 
that  a  few  sentences  may  l)e  W'Orth  quoting : 

"Now  my  unible  sute  and  request  is  vnto 
this  honorabel  Court  onlie  that  the  name  of 
our  townc  or  plantation  may  be  altred  or 
changed  from  Beuerly  and  called  Budleigh.  I 
have  two  reasons  that  haue  moued  me  to  this 
request.  The  first  is  the  great  dislike  and  dis- 
content of  many  of  our  people  for  this  name 
of  P.euerly.  because  (wee  being  but  a  small 
place)  it  hath  caused  on  us  a  constant  nick- 
name  of   beggarly Secondly :    I   being 

the  first  that  had  house  in  Salem  (and  neuer 
had  any  hand  in  naming  either  that  or  any 
other  towne)  and  mys'elf  with  those  tliat  were 
then  with  me,  being  all  from  the  western  part 


of  England,  desire  thi-.  western  name  of  Bud- 
leigh, a  market  towne  of  Deuonsheer  and 
ncere  vnto  the  sea  as  we  are  heere  in  this  place 
and  where  myself  was  borne.  Now  in  regard 
of  our  firstncsse  and  anticpiity  in  this  soe 
famous  a  colony,  we  should  umblie  request 
this  littell  priuelidg  with  your  fauors  and  con- 
sent, to  giue  this  name  abouesaid  vnto  our 
town." 

This  petition  was  not  granted,  but  it  is 
worth  recording  as  showing  the  sentiment  of 
Roger  Conant  for  his  childhood's  home,  wdiich 
he  had  left  nearly  fifty  years  before.  Roger 
Conant  died  November  ig,  1679,  in  the  eighty- 
eightli  year  of  his  age,  but  the  place  of  his 
burial  is  not  knowMi.  He  left  a  will,  and  an 
estate  wdiose  inventory  amounted  to  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty-eight  pounds,  ten  shillings. 

On  November  11,  1618,  Roger  Conant  mar- 
ried Sarah  Horton,  in  the  parish  of  Saint 
.\nn's.  Blackfriars,  London.  .She  was  living 
in  1666,  but  probably  died  before  her  husband, 
as  she  is  not  mentioned  in  the  will.  There 
were  nine  children  by  this  marriage,  all  of 
whom  but  the  two  elder  were  born  in  this 
country.  The  children  were:  Sarah,  chris- 
tened in  London,  September  ig,  i6ig.  died 
next  year:  Caleb,  christened  May  27.  1622,  in 
London,  died  young ;  Lot,  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows;  Roger,  1626,  the  first  white  child  born 
in  Salem,  Massachusetts:  Sarah,  1628;  Josh- 
ua ;  Mary ;  Elizabeth ;  and  Exercise,  baptized 
December  24,  1637. 

(I\')  Lot,  eldest  of  the  seven  surviving 
children  of  Roger  and  Sarah  (Horton)  Co- 
nant, was  born  about  1624,  at  Nantasket,  or 
Cape  Ann,  Massachusetts.  He  seems  to  have 
lived  at  Marblehead  as  early  as  1657.  He  was 
selectman  there  in  1662,  had  one  cow's  com- 
monage in  1667,  and  in  1674  is  recorded  as 
one  of  the  hundred  and  fourteen  household- 
ers. About  1666  he  probably  moved  to  Bev- 
erly, because  his  father  gave  him  a  hundred 
acres  of  land  there,  and  July  4,  1667,  Lot 
Conant  was  one  of  those  dismissed  from  the 
First  church  at  Salem  to  form  the  church  at 
Bass  River,  or  Beverly.  He  appears  to  have 
been  a  man  of  substance:  but  he  did  not  fill 
so  large  a  place  in  public  affairs  as  did  his 
father.  Possibly  this  may  be  accounted  for 
by  his  early  death,  which  took  place  Septem- 
ber 2g,  1674.  when  he  was  but  fifty  years  of 
age.  He  left  a  will,  and  an  estate  wdiose  "sum 
totall"  amounted  to  seven  hundred  and  eighty 
pounds,  more  than  three  times  as  much  as  his 
father  had,  who  died  five  years  later.  .Seven 
hundred  and  eighty  pounds  was  a  large  sum 
to  be  accumulated  in  those  davs  bv  a  man  who 


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had  reared  ten  children  and  died  in  middle 
life. 

About  1649  Lot  Conant  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Rev.  William  Walton,  who  took 
his  degrees  at  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge, 
in  1621  and  1625.  This  clergyman  was  set- 
tled over  the  parish  of  Seaton  in  Devonshire, 
where  his  daughter  was  baptized  October  27, 
1629.  It  is  thought  that  he  came  to  America 
about  1635,  as  he  was  made  a  freeman  at 
Hingham,  Rlassachusetts,  March  3,  1636.  He 
settled  at  Marblehead  as  early  as  1639,  and 
was  pastor  there  till  his  death  in  1668.  Ten 
children  were  bom  to  Lot  and  Elizabeth 
(Walton)  Conant:  Nathaniel,  July  28,  1650; 
John,  December  15,  1652;  Lot  (2),  mentioned 
below:  Elizabeth,  May  13,  1660;  Mary,  July 
14,  1662;  Martha.  August  15,  1664;  Sarah 
and  William  (twins),  February  19,  1666-67; 
Roger,  March  10,  1668-69;  ^"^  Rebecca,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1670-71.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Conant  mar- 
ried again  after  her  first  husband's  death.  On 
January  10,  1681-82,  she  became  the  third 
wife  of  Andrew  Mansfield,  of  Lynn,  whose 
will  was  proved  November  25,  1683 ;  so  that 
her  second  wedded  life  must  have  been  very 
short. 

{\)  Lot  (2),  third  son  and  child  of  Lot 
(i)  and  Elizabeth  (W'alton)  Conant,  was 
born  February  16,  1657-58.  at  Beverly,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  lived  till  1717,  when  he 
moved  to  Ipswich.  He  was  in  Captain  Jo- 
seph Gardiner's  company  during  King  Philip's 
war,  and  took  part  in  the  attack  on  Fort  Nar- 
ragansett,  December  19,  1675.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  First  Church  of  Beverly,  March 
I,  1701-02,  and  to  full  communion  on  July  19 
of  that  year.  The  date  of  the  death  of  Lot 
Conant  is  not  known,  but  his  will  was  proved 
January  19,  1744-45,  making  it  probable  that 
he  lived  to  be  at  least  eighty-six,  or  nearly  as 
old  as  his  grandfather,  the  original  Roger 
Conant.  His  will  indicates  him  to  have  been 
a  large  owner  of  lands  in  Ipswich,  Topsfield 
and  Slarblehead,  and  beside  the  real  estate, 
live  stock,  household  goods  and  other  things 
whose  value  is  not  stated,  he  bequeaths  sums 
of  money  amounting  to  three  hundred  and 
ninety  pounds,  old  Tenor.  The  will  is  signed 
Lett  Conant  and  dated  January  13,  1743-44; 
it  was  proved  almost  exactly  one  year  from 
that  date.     The  first  wife  of  Lot  Conant  was 

Abigail  ,  and  there  were  five  children : 

Samuel,  born  March  30,  1687;  Abigail;  Jon- 
athan ;  Sarah  and  Roger.  Of  these  five  chil- 
dren Abigail  and  Jonathan  were  the  only  ones 
who  lived  to  maturity.  Lot  Conant  married 
(second)    Abigail    Pride,    daughter    of    John 


and  Mary  Pride,  who  was  baptized  December 
12,  1686,  and  was  admitted  to  the  church  Feb- 
ruary 2^,  1706-07.  There  were  ten  children 
by  this  marriage :  Joseph,  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows: Ruth,  November  18,  1702:  Joshua,  De- 
cember 2.  1704;  Elizabeth,  April  28,  1706; 
Joshua,  October  12,  1707;  Joanna,  November 
15,  1709;  Bartholomew,  February  4,  1711-12; 
Elizabeth,  March  27,  1715;  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1717;  and  William.  March  8,  1720. 
Of  these  ten  children  four,  Joshua,  Elizabeth, 
Bartholomew  and  Elizabeth,  died  young. 

(VI)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Lot  (2)  Co- 
nant and  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  (Pride) 
Conant,  was  born  at  Beverly,  Massachusetts, 
November  9,  1701.  He  was  the  first  one  of 
his  family  to  move  to  Maine,  where  his  de- 
scendants have  lived  ever  since.  He  was  ad- 
mitted an  inhabitant  of  Falmouth,  Maine, 
April  22,  1728,  upon  the  payment  of  ten 
pounds.  During  the  next  three  years  the  pro- 
prietors assigned  him  forty-three  acres  of 
land  in  three  different  lots ;  and  on  August  10, 
1734,  they  laid  out  for  him  forty-three  acres 
of  land  on  the  Presumpscot  river  in  exchange 
for  the  same  amount  previously  assigned  him 
at  Falmouth.  Thev  also  gave  him  sixty  acres 
on  the  southerly  side  of  the  Presumpscot 
river.  He  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  set- 
tler of  Saccarappa  village,  which  he  reached 
by  going  up  the  river  in  a  canoe.  He  built 
his  house  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  near 
the  falls  where  he  owned  the  mill  privilege  in 
common  with  his  younger  brother  Samuel. 
From  deeds  still  extant,  it  appears  that  he 
owned  both  saw  and  grist  mills.  The  funeral 
of  Joseph  Conant  is  recorded  as  occurring  on 
January  2,  1765,  and  his  death  probably  took 
place  three  days  earlier.  Mr.  Conant's  death 
was  without  doubt  the  direct  result  of  the 
amputation  of  a  leg,  which  occurred  on  No- 
vember 27,  1764.  Few  constitutions  could 
survive  the  primitive  surgery  of  those  times. 
On  December  g,  1725,  Joseph  Conant  married 
Sarah  Jewett,  at  Boxford,  Massachusetts ;  she 
was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah 
Jewett,  and  was  baptized  July  12,  1702.  The 
seven  children  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Jewett) 
Conant  were :  Hannah,  born  at  Ipswich,  Mas- 
sachusetts, December  27,  1726;  Lot,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1728,  at  Falmouth,  Maine,  died  young; 
Thomas,  December  2,  1731,  died  young; 
Elizabeth  and  Sarah  (twins),  October  3,  1733; 
Bartholomew  and  Joseph. 

(VII)  Joseph  (2),  youngest  child  of  Jo- 
seph (i)  and  Sarah  (Jewett)  Conant,  was 
born  in  Falmouth,  Maine,  about  1738.  He 
lived  at  Duck  Pond  in  Falmouth,  now  West- 


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2^1 


brook,  lill  about  1810,  wlitii  he  niovcel  to  Lis- 
bon in  Androscoggin  county,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  hmiber  business.  He  died  June 
27,  1816,  at  Portland,  Maine,  while  there  as 
witness  at  a  trial.  On  June  10,  1762,  Joseph 
Conant  married  Anna  Shackford;  and  five 
childreii  were  born  of  this  marriage :  Han- 
nah, married  Joseph  Elder ;  .-Vnne,  married 
Nathan  Partridge ;  Bartholomew ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  and  George,  who  died 
young. 

(VHI)  Thomas,  younger  of  the  two  sur- 
viving sons  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Anna  (Shack- 
ford) Conant,  was  born  in  Westbrook.  Maine, 
in  1773,  and  died  at  Lisbon  in  the  same  state 
in  1854.  He  was  a  millwright,  lumberman 
and  farmer,  and  lived  for  a  time  in  Bowdoin 
before  going  to  Lisbon.  He  served  as  cor- 
poral in  the  war  of  1812.  On  October  5,  1795, 
Thomas   Conant  married   Rachael   McCaslin, 

daughter  of  Oliver  and JMcCaslin,  who 

was  born  at  Westbrook  in  1770,  died  in  1847. 
Eight  children  were  born  of  this  union : 
Oliver,  whose  sketch  follows ;  Lot,  July  20, 
1797;  Lydia,  February  25, ;  Ann,  Wind- 
ham, October  23,  1800;  Daniel,  Lewiston, 
September  i,  1803,  died  September  18,  1804; 
Daniel,  Lewiston,  October  16,  1805;  Louise, 
January  6.  1808,  married  James  Maxwell;  and 
Elizabeth,  February  18,  1812,  in  Bowdoin. 

(IX)  Oliver,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Rachel  ( McCaslin )  Conant,  was  born  at  Fal- 
mouth, Maine,  February  20,  1796.  At  the  age 
of  seventeen  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812.  Most  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Topsham, 
where  he  was  interested  in  the  lumber  indus- 
try, which  he  continued  till  his  death,  which 
occurred  at  Durham,  Maine,  June  11,  1867. 
On  December  10,  1819,  Oliver  Conant  mar- 
ried Abigail  Field,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Anna  (Nock)  Field.  Eleven  children  were 
born  of  this  union,  all  at  Topsham,  Maine : 
Sarah  W..  September  19,  1820,  married  Will- 
iam Bridge,  of  Mechanic  Falls ;  Lot  C,  Octo- 
ber 25,  1822,  married  Priscilla  Harmon ;  Mark 
P.,  October  19,  1824;  Samuel  Field,  October 
5,  1827;  James  McKeen,  February  25,  1830; 
Philena  F.,  August  10,  1832,  died  January  20, 
1833;  Anna  AL,  July  3,  1834,  married  Henry 
Penny ;  Francis  A.,  whose  sketch  follows ; 
Charles  Bean,  October  15,  1839;  Hannah  R., 
May  3,  1842,  married  George  Stevens;  Mary 
E.,  January  8,  1846,  died  March  2,  1875. 

(X)  Francis  A.,  fifth  son  of  Oliver  and 
Abigail  (Field)  Conant,  was  born  at  Tops- 
ham, Maine,  .'\pril  7,  1837,  and  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town.  At 
the  age  of  twentv-five  he  enlisted  in  the  civil 


war,  being  mustered  into  Company  A,  Twenty- 
third  Maine  X'olunteers,  September  29,  1862. 
After  his  return  in  1864  he  engaged  in  the 
shoe  business,  in  which  he  continued  nearly 
twenty  years.  In  1883  he  entered  into  the 
insurance  business  at  Lewiston,  which  under 
his  excellent  management  has  steadily  in- 
creased in  volume  and  prosperity.  He  is  a 
man  of  high  business  integrity,  who  commands 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  all.  Mr.  Conant  is 
a  member  of  Rabboni  Lodge,  A,  F.  and  A. 
M. ;  of  the  Manufacturers'  and  Mechanics' 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  No.  63:  of  Industry 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pvthias,  No.  2 ;  and  of 
Custer  Post,  G.  A.  R.,'No.  7.  Politically  Mr. 
Conant  is  a  firm  believer  in  Socialistic  prin- 
ciples, and  in  religion  he  is  a  Free  Baptist.  On 
November  12,  1864,  Francis  A.  Conant  mar- 
ried (first)  Anna  Barker,  daughter  of  Caleb 
and  Statira  (Hight)  liarker,  who  was  born 
July  22,  1838,  at  Athens,  died  January  3,  1903. 
Three  children  were  born  of  this  union :  Ed- 
gar Francis,  June  26,  1867:  Maude  L.,  died  in 
infancy;  and  Alice  B..  February  18,  1878.  On 
January  12,  1005.  Francis  A.  Conant  married 
(second)  Annie  B.  (Elliott)  Goodwin,  daugh- 
ter of  David  N.  Elliott,  of  Mercer,  Maine. 

(XI)  Edgar  Francis,  eldest  child  of  Francis 
A.  and  Anna  (Barker)  Conant,  was  born 
June  26,  1867.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Lewiston,  studied  at  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege and  took  a  medical  degree  at  Columbia 
University,  Washington,  D.  C.  After  gradu- 
ating from  the  latter  institution  Dr.  Conant 
engaged  in  general  practice  in  Lewiston  for 
five  years,  after  which  he  spent  twelve  months 
in  Austria,  taking  up  the  study  of  the  eye, 
ear,  nose  and  throat.  Upon  his  return  to  this 
country  he  made  his  abode  in  Denver,  Col- 
orado, where  he  is  enjoying  an  extensive  prac- 
tice as  a  specialist.  On  September  — ,  1899, 
Dr.  Edgar  Francis  Conant  married  Rose 
Little,  daughter  of  Horace  C.  and  Rose 
(Roak)  Little,  of  Auburn,  Maine.  They  have 
two  children:  Frances,  born  April  9,  1903, 
and  Edward,  March  6,  1907. 

(XI)  Alice  B.,  only  surviving  daughter  of 
Francis  A.  and  Anna  (Barker)"  Conant,  was 
married  January,  1905.  to  Selden  T.  Crafts, 
of  Auburn,  Maine.  They  have  one  child, 
Elizabeth  Anna,  born  July  13,  igo6. 

(For  early   generations   see    preceding   sketch.) 

(V)    John  (2),  second  son  and 

CONANT     child  ■  of    Lot    and    Elizabeth 

(Walton)    Conant,    was   born 

December    15,    1652,   in    Beverly.     He   was   a 

farmer   and   weaver.      He   settled   in    Beverlv 


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on  the  "60  acres  of  upland  lying  near  Richard 
Dodge's  farme,"  given  by  Roger  to  Lot,  his 
father,  in  1666,  and  built  a  house  there.  Dur- 
ing King  Philip's  war  he  served  in  Captain 
Samuel  Appleton's  company,  and  on  Decem- 
ber 10,  1675,  £4  i6s  lod  is  allowed  him  as 
wages.  It  is  not  probable  that  he  took  part  in 
the  attack  on  the  Xarragansett  fort,  as  the 
men  under  Appleton  were  mostly  employed  in 
garrison  duty  at  Hadley  and  Springfield.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  First  Church  of  Beverly, 
.August  23,  1691.  In  1692  he  purchased  part 
of  the  farm  of  his  brother  Nathaniel,  who  had 
moved  to  Bridgewater.  September  6,  1715, 
John  Conant,  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  in  consid- 
eration of  £197,  sells  John  Chipman,  of  Bev- 
erley, one  messuage  or  tenement  containing 
twelve  acres.  He  died  September  30,  1724, 
leaving  a  will  dated  September  21,  1724,  and 
probated  (Ictober  26,  1724.  John  Conant 
married.  May  7,  1678,  Bethiah  Mansfield,  born 
April  7,  1658,  admitted  to  the  First  Church  of 
Beverly  November  6,  16S1,  and  died  July  2-]. 
1720.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Bethiah  Mansfield,  of  Lynn.  Children :  Lot, 
Elizabeth,  Bethiah,  John,  Deborah,  Mary, 
Daniel,  Rebecca,  Benjamin  and  Jemima. 

(\T)  Daniel,  seventh  child  and  third  son  of 
John  (2)  and  Bethiah  (Mansfield)  Conant, 
was  born  in  Beverly,  November  19,  1694.  and 
died  in  1751.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  mason, 
and  lived  in  Beverly  on  Dodge  street.  At  the 
time  of  his  father's  death  he  and  his  brother 
Benjamin  seem  to  have  occupied  a  house  near 
their  father's.  Daniel  Conant  bought,  June 
29,  1 717,  fourteen  acres  of  land  in  Beverly; 
and  October  i,  17 19.  for  £170,  a  lot  of  land 
containing  twelve  acres,  with  a  dwelling  house, 
bam  and  orchard.  May  17,  1730,  Daniel  Co- 
nant, mason,  of  Beverly,  buys  six  and  one- 
half  acres  of  land  of  Daniel  Raymond.  April 
12,  1750,  Daniel  Conant,  senior,  of  Beverly, 
sells  Daniel  Conant  Jr.  ''one  third  of  a  grist 
mill  on  Elwive  brook."  He  was  representa- 
tive from  Beverly  to  the  general  court  two 
years.  He  died  intestate,  and  his  sons  Daniel 
and  Nathaniel  were  appointed  administrators, 
May  13,  1751.  He  left  a  good  estate.  The 
intentions  of  marriage  of  Daniel  Conant,  of 
Beverly,  and  Lucy  Dodge,  of  Ipswich,  was 
published  December  16,  171 6,  at  Beverly. 
They  were  married  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Wig- 
glesworth,  at  Hamilton,  January  23,  1717. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  and  Martha 
(Low)  Dodge.  Richard  Dodge  was  born  in 
Salem,  1643,  niarried  Mary  Eaton,  and  died 
about  1734.  He  was  the  son  of  Richard 
Dodge,  the  immigrant,  who  died  at   Beverly, 


January  15,  1672,  and  Edith,  his  wife,  who 
died  January  27,  1678.  Children  :  Lucy,  Dan- 
iel. 5lary,  Margaret,  Nathaniel,  Hepzibah, 
Josiah,  Elizabeth  and  Martha. 

(V'll)  Nathaniel,  fifth  child  and  second  son 
of  Daniel  and  Lucy  (Dodge)  Conant,  was 
born  in  Beverly,  July  23,  1726,  and  baptized 
on  the  31st  of  the  same  month.  On  May  13, 
1 75 1,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  adminis- 
trators of  his  father's  estate.  Between  1753 
and  1768  Nathaniel  Conant  frequently  appears 
as  a  grantor  or  grantee  in  land  transfers,  and 
in  those  he  is  sometimes  styled  tanner,  some- 
times gentleman.  November  22,  1755.  the 
name  of  Nathaniel  Conant  appears  in  a  list  of 
soldiers  stationed  at  Lake  George ;  this  was 
in  the  time  of  the  French  and  Indian  war. 
About  1766,  probably,  he  went  to  the  province 
of  Maine,  where  he  became  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  the  North  Parish  of  Sanford,  in 
York  countv,  now  .Alfred.  Very  likely  his 
family  remained  in  Beverly  until  he  had 
cleared  land  and  built  a  home  in  Alfred.  He 
purchased  land  freely,  and  soon  became  the 
largest  land  owner  in  the  town.  He  lived  in 
a  wooden  house  near  the  mill,  which  he  pur- 
chased of  one  Ellenwood.  This  mill  was  sit- 
uated on  the  stream  running  from  Shaker 
pond,  and  was  both  a  saw  and  grist  mill.  Mr. 
Conant  was  also  the  first  trader  of  Alfred. 
The  town  of  Sanford  was  divided  into  two 
parishes,  July  5,  1782;  the  first  meeting  of  the 
North  or  Alfred  parish  was  held  on  Tuesday, 
August  27,  1782,  at  the  house  of  Nathaniel 
Conant,  who,  with  eight  others,  signed  the 
covenant.    "Sanford  North  Parish,  September 

29,  1783,  voted  to  postpone  erecting  a  meet- 
ing-house till  next  spring.  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Conant  then  and  there  gave  an  acre  of  land 
to  set  the  meeting-house  and  school  house." 
"May  29,  1788,  Chose  Mr.  Nathaniel  Conant, 
Dan'l  Gile,  and  Thomas  Williams  a  committee 
to  Look  out  a  man  To  preach  amongst  us  in 
order  for  a  settlement."  "Apr.  2,  1792,  at  a 
sale  of  the  pews  Mr.  Nath'l  Conant  bought 
No.  2  for  £4.  No.  5  for  £4  and  No.  18  for  £4 
2sh."  He  died  January  6.  1808,  and  was 
buried  in  the  churchyard  at  Alfred,  where  his 
gravestone  remains.  He  married,  December 
16,  1756,  .Abigail,  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Hannah  (Raymond)  Dodge,  born  in  Beverly, 
July  3.  1732.     She  died  in  Alfred,  September 

30,  1813.  Joshua  Dodge  was  son  of  Joshua 
and  Joanna  (Larkin)  Dodge,  and  grandson 
of  William  and  Mary  (Conant)  Dodge.  Han- 
nah Raymond  was  daughter  of  George  and 
Jerusha  (Woodbury)  Raymond,  and  grand- 
daughter of  William   and   Hannah    ( Bishop  t 


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Rnvmnnd.  Jcnislin  Wooilbury  was  daughter 
of  Fctcr  and  Sarah  (Dodge)  Woodbury,  and 
granddaughter  of  John  Woodbury,  the  immi- 
grant. The  children  of  Nathaniel  and  Abigail 
(Dodge)  Conant  were:  Lucy,  Hephzibah, 
Nathaniel  (died  young).  Joshua,  Nathaniel. 
Daniel,  lohn  and  Andrew. 

(Vni)  John  (3),  seventh  child  and  fifth 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Abigail  (Dodge)  Co- 
nant, was  born  in  .Mfred,  Maine,  September 
10,  1771,  and  died  there  February  27,  1850. 
About  1795  he  moved  to  Kennebunk.  where 
he  engaged  in  trade  for  a  short  time,  then 
returned  to  Alfred.  He  succeeded  to  the  mill 
and  store  of  his  father,  at  Conant's  Mills 
(now  called  T.ittlcfield  Mills),  and  afterwards 
occupied  the  brick  store  near  the  meeting 
house.  He  was  the  second  postmaster  of  .A.1- 
fred,  and  active  and  enterprising  in  commer- 
cial pursuits.  He  married  Lydia  I>"arnum,  born 
December  25,  1776,  died  May  28,  1842.  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  .Anna  (Merrill)  Farnum, 
of  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  Benjamin  Far- 
num was  the  son  of  Epliraim  and  Molly  ( In- 
galls )  Farnum,  grandson  of  Ephraim,  son  of 
Ralph,  who  was  son  of  Ralph  Farnum  (or 
Farnham),  the  immigrant.  Anna  Merrill  was 
born  at  Concord,  December  20,  1743,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  John  and  Lydia  (Haynes) 
Merrill,  of  Haverhill.  Massachusetts,  and 
Concord,  New  Hampshire ;  her  grandfather, 
John  Merrill,  was  son  of  Nathaniel  and  grand- 
son of  Nathaniel  Merrill,  the  immigrant,  one 
of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts. Molly  Ingalls  was  the  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Abigail  (Emery)  Ligalls,  grand- 
daughter of  Henry  and  Mary  (Osgood)  In- 
g'alls,  great-granddaughter  of  Edmund  In- 
galls, of  Andover,  the  immigrant.  Lydia,  wife 
of  John  Conant,  was  admitted  to  the  church 
about  the  first  of  October,  1807.  The  chil- 
dren of  John  and  Lydia  (Farnum)  Conant 
were:  Nancy  Merrill.  Cyrus  (died  young), 
Alvah,  Cyrus  King.  Lucinda,  Caroline,  George 
Dow,  Lucy  Maria  and  Lydia  Haynes. 

(IX)  .A.lvah,  third  child  and  secon  1  son  of 
John  (3)  and  Lydia  (Fartmm)  Corant,  was 
bom  in  Kennebunk,  December  17,  1800,  bap- 
tized January  24,  1808,  in  Alfred,  and  died  at 
his  residence  on  Gray  street,  Portland,  April 
2,  1876.  He  was  taken  to  Alfred  by  his 
parents  when  quite  young.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  of  Alfrcil.  and  W^akefield, 
New  Hampshire,  and  Fryeburg,  Maine,  acad- 
emies. He  then  engaged  as  a  cleric  with 
George  and  Ivory  Lord,  at  Kennebunk.  but 
soon  returned  to  Alfred  and  went  into  busi- 
ness w-ith  his  father;  this  was  as  early  as  1826. 


His  father  ntired  from  l)u>iness  soon  after, 
and  Mr.  Conant  formed  a  partnershij)  with 
his  brother-in-law,  David  Hall,  and  later  with 
his  brother  George  D.  In  the  autumn  of  1838 
he  moved  to  Portland,  and  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  business  with  Mr.  Hall, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Hall  &  Conant.  In 
1840  his  son.  ivichard  O.,  was  admitted  to  the 
firm,  the  style  of  which  was  changed  to  Hall, 
Conant  &  Company.  Their  store  was  at  first 
on  the  northeast  corner  of  Fore  and  Central 
(now  Dana)  streets,  but  when  Commercial 
street  was  built,  in  1851,  they  moved  to  the 
store  since  occupied  by  the  firm.  In  1856  Mr. 
Conant's  son,  Richard  O.,  bought  out  Mr. 
Hall,  and  has  continued  tlie  business  to  the 
present  time.  When  he  first  moved  to  Port- 
land he  lived  with  his  father-in-law,  Richard 
Odell,  on  India  street,  but  soon  moved  to 
State  .street,  thence,  in  1845,  to  Gray  street, 
where  he  resided  till  his  death.  Mr.  Conant 
never  sought  public  office,  but  in  the  old  mi- 
litia days  he  was  commissioned  captain  in  the 
second  brigade  of  state  militia  by  Governor 
Parris.  in  1822:  in  1842  and  1844  he 
was  a  member  of  the  common  council 
of  Portland,  and  in  1849  and  1830  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen 
fnim  the  sixth  ward.  In  1859  '^^  ^^~ 
tired  from  business  and  devoted  his  time  to 
the  management  of  his  private  aflfairs.  He 
was  a  director  of  the  Cumberland  National 
Bank  for  many  years,  and  its  president  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
first  board  of  directors  of  the  York  and  Cum- 
berland railroad.  He  bore  a  character  of 
strict  integrity,  was  a  consistent  Christian,  and 
a  member  of  the  State  Street  Congregational 
church.  In  person  he  was  of  about  the  me- 
dium height,  rather  sparely  built,  and  very 
erect.  He  married  (first),  in  Conway,  New 
Hampshire,  October  30,  1826,  Almira,  of 
Conway,  born  in  Conway,  April  8,  1803,  died 
in  Portland,  January  23,  1841,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Richard  and  Molly  (Eastman)  Odell. 
Richard  Odell  was  frequently  representative 
from  Conway  to  the  New  Hampshire  legisla- 
ture, and  a  member  of  the  governor's  council. 
He  moved  to  Portland  in  1837,  where  he  died 
in  1850.  He  was  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
( Ingalls)  Odell ;  grandson  of  William  anl 
Martha  (Collins)  Odell,  of  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts :  great-grandson  of  Reginald  and 
Priscilla  Odell  (also  written  Wodell  and  Wod- 
hull),  of  Boston.  Molly  Eastman  was  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Hannah  (Merrill)  East- 
man, granddaughter  of  John  and  Martha 
(Fitts)      Eastman,     great-granddaughter     of 


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John  and  Huldah  (Kingsbury)  Eastman, 
great-great-granddaughter  of  John  and  Mary 
( Boynton)  Eastman ;  and  one  generation 
further  removed  in  Hne  of  descent  from  Roger 
and  Sarah  Eastman,  of  SaHsbury,  Massachu- 
setts. Mr.  Conant  married  (second)  April 
27,  1843.  Judith,  born  October  21,  1804, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Osborn,  of  Danvers,  Mas- 
sachusetts. She  died  February  3,  1857.  He 
married  (third)  in  Portland,  July  8,  1858,  Re- 
becca P.,  born  February  29,  181 5,  died  Jan- 
uary 17,  1863,  daughter  of  Samuel  Cook,  of 
Taunton,  Massachusetts.  Married  (fourth) 
in  Manchester,  Connecticut,  September  5, 
1866,  Mary  (Sumner)  Woodbridge,  who  sur- 
vived him  and  died  in  Portland ;  she  was  the 
daughter  of  Reuben  Sumner,  of  Hebron.  Con- 
necticut, born  September  20,  1816,  died  March 
20,  1883.  The  children  of  Alvah  and  Almira 
(Odell)  Conant  were:  Richard  Odell  and 
Emma  Dow. 

(X)  Richard  Odell.  only  son  of  Alvah  and 
Almira  (Odell)  Conant.  was  born  in  Alfred, 
April  I,  1828,  died  at  his  residence  in  Cum- 
berland, Maine,  July  i,  i8g.^.  He  removed  to 
Portland  with  his  parents  in  1829,  and  re- 
sided in  Portland  and  Cumberland.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  North 
Yarmouth  Academy.  \\'hen  sixteen  years  of 
age  he  entered  his  father's  store  as  a  clerk, 
and  in  1849  '•'^'^^  admitted  to  the  firm  of  Hall 
&  Conant,  then  doing  the  largest  grocery  busi- 
ness in  Portland.  In  1856  he  bought  out  Mr. 
Hall,  and  in  i8sQ  his  father  retired  from  the 
business.  In  1862  he  admitted  Mr.  Sumner 
C.  Rand  to  partnership,  under  the  firm  name 
of  R.  O.  Conant  &  Company;  in  1866  the 
style  was  chan2;ed  to  Conant  &  Rand.  The 
business  was  conducted  by  them  till  1882, 
when  Mr.  Rand  retired  and  Mr.  Conant  ad- 
mitted his  son,  Frederick  O.,  and  Mr.  Daniel 
H.  Patrick  to  the  firm  under  the  style  of 
Conant,  Patrick  &  Company.  Mr.  Conant 
was  a  member  of  the  common  council  of  Port- 
land in  1869  and  1870,  which  was  the  only 
public  office  he  ever  held.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  Ocean  Insurance  Company  for  ten 
years,  and  its  secretary  three  years ;  was  a 
director  of  the  Portland  &  Rochester  railroad 
two  years.  He  was  a  director  of  the  National 
Traders  Bank  from  1867  till  his  death,  and  its 
vice-president  fourteen  years ;  and  was  direc- 
tor and  trustee  of  several  other  commercial 
corporations.  He  always  took  a  great  interest 
in  agricultural  matters,  and  was  a  director 
and  president  of  the  Cumberland  County  Ag- 
ricultural Society  and  the  Maine  Poultry  As- 
sociation.    He  married,   in   Cumberland.  Jan- 


uary 8,  1857,  Mrs.  Emma  (Loring)  Manly, 
born  May  6,  1829,  died  April  16,  1904,  widow 
of  Charles  Manly,  and  daughter  of  Captain 
Solomon  and  Alethea  (Drinkwater)  Loring. 
Captain  Solomon  Loring  was  son  of  Solomon 
and  Hannah  (Davis)  Loring,  grandson  of 
Solomon  and  Alice  (Cushing)  Loring,  and 
great-grandson  of  John  Loring,  who  was  the 
son  of  John,  son  of  Thomas  Loring,  who 
came  from  Axminster,  Devon,  England,  to 
Hingham,  Massachusetts,  about  1630.  Han- 
nah Davis  was  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Mar- 
garet (Davis)  Davis,  of  Ame^bury.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Biddeford  and  North  Yarmouth, 
Maine.  Timothy  Davis  was  son  of  Thomas 
and  Deborah  (RIartin)  Davis.  Deborah  Mar- 
tin was  granddaughter  of  George  Martin,  an 
early  and  prominent  settler  of  Amesbury, 
whose  widow,  Susanna  (North)  was  hanged 
at  Salem,  July  19,  1692,  as  a  witch.  Alethea 
Drinkwater  was  daughter  of  Sylvanus  and 
Rachel  (Sweetser)  Drinkwater,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Jane  (Latham)  Drinkwater, 
great-granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
(Haskell)  Drinkwater.  Elizabeth  Haskell 
was  daughter  of  John  Haskell,  whose  wife, 
Patience  Soule,  was  daughter  of  George 
Soule,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower,"  1620. 
Jane  Latham  was  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Deborah  (Harden)  Latham,  granddaughter 
of  James  Latham,  great-granddaughter  of 
Robert  Latham,  whose  wife  Susanna  was 
daughter  of  John  Winslow  (brother  of  Gov- 
ernor Edward  Winslow)  and  Mary  (Chilton), 
his  wife,  said  to  have  been  the  first  woman  to 
land  from  the  "Mayflower."  Richard  O.  and 
Emma  (Loring)  Conant  had  one  son  Fred- 
erick O. 

(XI)  Frederick  Odell.  only  child  of  Rich- 
ard C)dell  and  Emma  (Loring)  Conant,  was 
born  in  Portland,  October  i,  1857.  He  was 
prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools  of 
Portland,  and  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College, 
taking  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  1880,  and  that 
of  M.  A.  in  1883.  In  1874  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia by  way  of  Panama,  stopping  at  Kings- 
ton, Jamaica,  and  various  Mexican  and  Cen- 
tral American  ports,  and  returning  overland 
from  San  Francisco.  In  1879  he  went  to 
Cuba,  visited  the  important  cities,  and  returned 
home  by  way  of  Key  West,  Cedar  Keys, 
Jacksonville,  Florida,  Savannah,  Georgia, 
Charleston.  South  Carolina,  and  Washington, 
D.  C.  In  1880  he  entered  his  father's  store 
as  a  clerk,  and  January  i.  1882,  was  admitted 
to  partnership.  He  is  a  member  of  Casco 
Lodge,  No.  36.  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  of  Cumberland  Chapter.  No.  35, 


STATI-:  Ol''   MAIM 


of  Yaniiouth.  ami  of  Portland  Coiiimandery, 
No.  2,  Knislils  Templar.  He  compiled  "A 
History  and  Genealogy  of  the  Conant  Family 
in  England  and  America,"  a  work  of  six  hun- 
dred and  forty  pajes.  He  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Maine  Genealogical  Society  in 
1904.  and  has  since  filled  that  office.  He  has 
also  served  in  all  the  other  offices  of  this  so- 
ciety except  that  of  lihrarian.  He  married, 
in  Yarmouth,  October  31,  1883,  Eva  Merrill, 
daughter  of  Captain  Reuben  and  Hannah 
Elizabeth  (Rlanchard)  Merrill,  of  Yarmouth. 
Reuben  Merrill  was  son  of  William  and  Lydia 
(Sturdevant)  Merrill,  grandson  of  Adams  and 
Elizabeth  (Titcomb)  Merrill,  great-grandson 
of  James  and  Mary  (Adams)  Merrill,  who 
were  early  settlers  of  Falmouth.  James  Mer- 
rill was  son  of  Abel,  who  was  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Merrill,  of  Newbury.  Massachusetts, 
the  immigrant.  Hannah  Elizabeth  Blanchard 
was  daughter  of  Captain  Reuben  and  Christi- 
ana (Loring)  Blanchard,  granddaughter  of 
Beza  and  Prudence  (Rideout)  Blanchard, 
great-granddaughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Bethiah 
(Mitchell)  Blanchard.  Nathaniel  Blanchard 
was  fifth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Blanchard, 
the  immigrant :  his  wife,  Bethiah  Mitchell,  was 
daughter  of  Seth  Mitchell,  son  of  Jacob  and 
Rebecca  (Cushman)  Mitchell.  Jacob  .Mitchell 
was  grandson  of  Experience  ?\Iitchell,  one  of 
the  Leyden  Pilgrims,  whose  wife  Jane  was 
daughter  of  Francis  Cook,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower."  Rebecca  (Cushman)  Mitchell 
was  daughter  of  Rev.  Isaac  Cushman,  son  of 
Thomas'  and  Mary  (Allerton)  Cu.shman, 
grandson  of  Robert  Cushman.  Robert  Cush- 
man was  one  of  the  most  active  promoters  of 
the  migration  from  Flolland,  in  1620,  and  came 
over  in  the  "Fortune,"  the  second  vessel.  His 
son  Thomas  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Allerton:  she  died  i66g.  the  last  survivor  of 
the  "IMayflower's"  passengers.  Frederick  O. 
and  Eva  (^lerrill)  Conant  have  four  children; 
Elizabeth  Merrill,  born  January  11,  1886; 
Persis  Loring,  May  29,  1887:  Richard  Odell, 
May  31,  1888:  Reginald  Odell.  October  i, 
1889.  " 


(For   preceding   generations  see  John   Conant    I.) 

(VI)  Lot  (2),  eldest  child  of 
CONANT  John  (2)  and  Bethiah  (Mans- 
field )  Conant,  was  born  in  Bev- 
erly, June  I,  1679,  died  September  20,  1767. 
About  1716  he  removed  to  Concord,  !\Iiddle- 
sex  county.  Lot  Conant,  of  Beverly,  bought 
of  Benjamin  Edmonds,  of  Wenham,  fifteen 
acres  of  land  in  Manchester.  February  4,  1717, 
Lot  Conant  of  Concord,  veoman,  sells  "to  mv 


father  John  Conant  and  brother  Daniel  Co- 
nant, both  of  r.everly"  fifteen  acres  of  land  in 
Manchester.  Other  land  transactions  of  his 
are  on  record.  He  married  (first)  May  15, 
1698,  Martha  Cleaves.  She  was  admitted  to 
the  First  Church  of  Beverly,  May  31,  1701, 
and  died  February  15,  1725,  in  Concord.  He 
married  (second)  Susannah  Clark,  born  April 
29,  i68g,  probably  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Rachel  Clark.  He  married  a  third  wife  Mary. 
The  children  by  first  wife  were:  Robert,  .An- 
drew. William,'  Dinah.  Ezra,  John,  Elizabeth, 
Martha  and  Bethia.  Those  of  the  second  wife 
were :    Ezra  and  Sarah. 

(VII)  Robert,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Lot 
and  Martha  (Cleaves)  Conant,  was  born  in 
Beverly,  April  26,  and  baptized  May  7,  1699. 
He  moved  to  Concord  with  his  parents,  and  as 
earlv  as  1726  settled  in  Chelmsford.  About 
1734  he  removed  to  Stow,  where  he  died 
March  27,  1773.  He  was  a  farmer  and  car- 
penter. His  will  was  made  March  25,  1773. 
He  married  (first)  Esther  ,  and  (sec- 
ond)   Sarah   .      His    children    by    first 

wife  were :  Samuel,  Josiah,  Peter,  Esther. 
Martha,  Rebecca.  Lydia  and   Daniel. 

(\TII)  Samuel,  eldest  child  of  Robert  and 
Esther  Conant,  was  born  in  that  part  of  Con- 
cord now  Acton,  about  1722.  and  died  in 
Stow,  May  19,  1785.  He  lived  in  Chelmsford 
and  Stow  with  his  parents,  and  later  settled 
in  Stow,  where  he  was  engaged  in  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  He  married  Sarah  Holman, 
who  died  February  i,  1804.  Their  children 
were :  Silas,  Oliver,  Samuel,  John  Levi  and  a 
daughter. 

(iX)  Oliver,  second  son  and  child  of  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  (Holman)  Conant,  was  born  in 
Stow,  about  1750.  Lie  settled  first  in  Sud- 
bury, and  later  in  Weston.  In  1777  Oliver 
Conant,  of  Sudbury,  was  in  Captain  Johnson 
Rice's  company  of  Colonel  Samuel  Bullard's 
regiment,  in  the  Continental  army,  in  service 
three  months  twenty-four  days  in  New  York. 
January  15,  1776,  Oliver  Conant.  of  Concord, 
was  corporal  in  Captain  David  Wheeler's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Nixon's  regiment,  and  was  al- 
lowed pav  for  travel  to  and  from  camp  at 
Winter  Hill.  He  married  Thankful  W. 
Walker,  and  they  had :  Abraham,  Polly,  Isaac, 
Thankful,  Oliver,  Sally,  Louisa,  Asa  W.,  Jo- 
siah and  Betsy. 

(X)  Abraham,  eldest  child  of  Oliver  and 
Thankful  W.  (Walker)  Conant,  was  born  in 
Weston,  Massachusetts,  September  2,  1778, 
and  died  in  1849.  He  moved  to  Frankfort, 
now  Winterport.  Maine,  about  1804.  and  was 
engaged   in    farming.      In    1803    he    married 


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Thankful  C.  Lombard,  of  Truro.  Massachu- 
setts, wlio  died  about  i860.  Their  children 
were :  Lydia,  Isaac,  Amasa  S.,  Jacob,  Charles, 
Sarah  (died  young).  Sarah  Snow,  Abraham, 
Thankful  L.  and  .•\rtemus  Henry. 

(XI)  Charles,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
.■\braham  and  Thankful  C.  (Lombard)  Co- 
nant.  was  born  in  Frankfort,  now  Winterport, 
I\Iaine,  December  24,  181 2.  He  spent  his  life 
in  his  native  town,  where  he  was  entjaged  in 
farming.  He  filled  some  town  offices.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church 
in  early  life,  but  subsequently  became  a  spirit- 
ualist. He  married  Hannah  Weston,  born  in 
Frankfort,  now  Winterport,  September  25, 
1814,  and  died  in  Frankfort,  now  Winterport, 
September  12,  1897.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Amos  and  Mercy  Weston,  of  Frankfort,  now 
Winterport.  Children:  i.  Lydia  W.,  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1838,  married  Nathan  T.  Woodman, 
October  8,  1866;  no  children.  2.  Wealtha  P., 
August.  1840,  died  February  21,  1863.  3. 
Artemus  Henry,  December  5,  1842,  married 
Maria  S.  McDonald,  December  5,  1863 ;  their 
onlv  child,  Fred  P.,  died  in  childhood.  4. 
Frederick  Augustus,  March  29,  1845,  niarried 
Minnie  Heslef,  of  San  Francisco,  October  7, 
1874;  their  children  were:  Charles  M.,  Kath- 
erine  and  Miriam.  5.  Clara  D.,  September  20, 
1848,  married  George  H.  Clements,  February 
24,  1870;  children:  Nathan  P.,  Fred  A.,  died 
young,  Charles  C,  Lillie  W.,  Elmer  H.  and 
Harold  W.  6.  Ellen  Maria,  August  i,  1852, 
died  April  4,  1853.  7.  Charles  M.,  of  the  next 
paragraph. 

(XII)  Charles  Melvin,  seventh  child  and 
third  son  of  Charles  and  Hannah  (Weston) 
Conant,  was  born  in  Winterport,  June  23, 
1858,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  He  was  a  farmer  until 
1883,  and  then  established  an  agricultural 
implement  and  seed  store  in  Bangor.  The 
business  was  remarkably  successful,  and  in 
1906  it  was  incorporated  as  the  C.  M.  Conant 
Company,  Mr.  Conant  being  made  president 
and  treasurer.  The  company  carries  a  full 
line  of  everything  in  the  way  of  implements 
required  on  a  farm.  The  store  is  located  at 
194-196  Broad  street;  was  established  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ago,  and  the  products  of 
the  house  are  known  to  the  farmers  and  gen- 
eral merchandise  dealers  of  the  state  for  their 
reliability  and  high  quality.  Mr.  Conant  still 
cultivates  and  resides  on  his  farm  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  in  Winterport.  He  is  a 
member  of  Penobscot  Lodge,  No.  7,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Bangor, 
and  of  Morning  Light  Grange,  No.   19,  Pat- 


rons of  Husbandry.  He  is  a  Republican  and 
has  held  town  offices.  He  married.  May  i, 
1886,  Annie  C.  Nealey,  born  in  Winterport, 
October  24,  1865,  daughter  of  Jefferson  and 
Lydia  A.  Nealev.  of  Winterport.  Children : 
Gertrude  M.,  born  August  i,  1888;  Viola  E., 
July  II,  1890;  Barbara  O.,  September  9,  1895; 
Amos  N.,  July  2j,  1897;  Edna.  January  18, 
1900;  Charles  Tyler.  April  10.  1902;  ^Mildred 
A..  November  22.  1907. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  John   Conant   I.) 

(Vni)  Joshua,  fourth  child 
CONANT  and  second  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Abigail  (Dodge)  Conant, 
was  born  in  Beverly,  April  7,  1764.  He  moved 
to  Alfred.  Maine,  with  his  parents,  and  later 
lived  in  Shapleigh  and  Lyman,  where  he  died 
C'ctober  4,  1842.  He  married  Adelia  Gile,  of 
Alfred,  who  died  in  Lyman,  September  30, 
1842.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Deacon  Gile, 
of  Alfred.  Their  children  were:  Ruth,  Na- 
thaniel, Hepsibah,  Tlieodate,  Joshua,  Daniel, 
.\bigail.  William  Green  and  Thomas  Gile. 

(IX)  William  Green,  eighth  child  and 
fourth  son  of  Joshua  and  Adelia  (Gile)  Co- 
nant, was  born  in  Alfred,  December  25,  1806, 
where  he  always  resided.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  while  yet  a  boy 
became  a  clerk  in  Deacon  Kendall's  store  at 
Alfred,  and  after  a  few  years  went  into  busi- 
ness for  himself.  He  was  a  merchant  for 
upwards  of  forty  years,  and  on  retiring  some 
years  before  his  death  he  was  possessed  of  a 
competency  including  a  farm  upon  which  he 
lived  after  giving  up  business.  'He  was  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
died  April.  1888.  and  was  buried  in  Ever- 
green cemetery.  Portland.  He  married  Han- 
nah Jones  Herrick,  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts. 
One  child.  \A'illiam  H.,  was  born  to  them. 
His  sketch  follows. 

(X)  William  Henry,  only  child  of  William 
Green  and  Hannah  J.  (Herrick)  Conant,  was 
born  in  Alfred.  May  20.  1830,  and  educated 
in  the  public  schools.  He  was  a  clerk  in  his 
father's  store  for  some  time  and  later  went  to 
Portland,  where  for  some  years  he  was  a  clerk 
in  the  office  of  the  Portland  Press.  In  1875 
he  was  made  treasurer  of  the  Portland  and 
Rochester  railroad  and  served  in  that  place 
faithfully  for  twenty-five  years.  He  was  an 
attendant  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
did  many  acts  of  charity  in  a  quiet  way.  In 
political  matters  he  took  but  little  interest. 
He  married,  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 12,  1856,  Mary  Elizabeth  Davis,  who 
was  born  in  Wenham.  Massachusetts,  May  2, 


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1830,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Cogs- 
well (Bickford)  Davis,  the  former  of  Salem, 
I\Iassachusetts,  and  the  latter  a  daughter  of 
Captain  John  I'ickford,  a  master  mariner. 
Captain  Bickford's  wife  was  in  maidenhood 
Mary  Kamsden.  Mrs.  Conant  resides  in 
Portland,  where  she  has  a  handsome  and  finely 
furnished  residence.  She  also  owns  and  uses 
as  a  summer  home  the  residence  erected  in 
Alfred  years  ago  by  Senator  John  Holmes. 
This  house  was  occupied  some  years  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Conant  before  removing  to  Portland. 
It  is  furnished  with  much  antique  furniture, 
and  the  interior  has  much  the  appearance  of  a 
high  class  residence  of  Colonial  times.  To 
William  Henry  and  Mary  E.  (Davis)  Conant 
were  born  three  children:  i.  Emma  L.,  who 
resides  with  her  mother.  2.  Willie  Green, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  3.  Ellen 
Minerva,  who  lived  to  be  almost  twenty  years 
of  age.  Mr.  Conant  died  February  11,  iqoi, 
and  is  buried  at  Evergreen  cemetery,  Port- 
land, Maine. 


This  name  is  of  Norman  ori- 
LOWELL    gin,  and  first  appears  on  the 

Battle  Roll  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  where  it  is  spelled  Louel ;  when 
the  family  emigrated  to  America,  and  for  two 
generations  thereafter,  they  spelled  it  Lowle, 
and  it  is  the  same  as  Lovell  and  Lowell.  The 
word  is  derived  from  the  Latin  Lupus,  mean- 
ing wolf.  The  family  were  of  good  position 
in  England,  and  had  a  coat-of-arms,  as  well  as 
other  evidences  of  their  high  position. 

(I)  Percival  Lowell,  the  emigrant,  was  born 
in  1571,  in  England,  and  died  January  8,  1664, 
at  Newbury,  Alassachusetts.  He  was  a  resi- 
dent in  England  of  Kingston,  Seymour,  Cleve- 
don,  Portbury,  Weston-in-Gardano,  all  of 
Somersetshire,  also  Bristol  of  Gloucestershire, 
and  in  1597  was  assessor  at  Kingston.  He 
did  not  come  to  America  until  he  was  sixty- 
eight  years  of  age,  embarking  from  Bristol  in 
1639  on  the  ship  "Jonathan,"  and  settling  at 
Newbury,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  man  of 
unusual  attainments  for  his  day,  and  wrote  a 
poem  on  the  death  of  Governor  Winthrop, 
which  would  not  meet  the  standards  of  the 
present  day,  but  shows  the  spark  of  genius 
which  appeared  later  in  his  descendant,  James 
Russell  Lowell,  and  proves  its  author  to  have 
been  well  versed  in  ancient  literature.  The 
Lowell  family  came  to  Newbury  later  than 
some  others,  and  had  no  grant  at  that  time ; 
being  men  of  wealth,  they  purchased  land  at 
first,  but  later  shared  in  a  division  of  land 
made  by  the  town.    Percival  Lowell  married. 


in  England,  his  wife,  Rebecca,  who  died  De- 
cember 28,  1645,  at  Newbury.  Their  children 
were :    John,  Richard   and  Joan. 

(H)  John,  the  older  son  of  Percival  and 
Rebecca  Lowell,  was  born  in  1595,  in  Eng- 
land, and  died  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  in 
1647.  ^^^  came  to  New  England  at  the  same 
time  as  his  father,  bringing  his  wife  and  four 
children.  He  was  a  man  of  influence  in  the 
community,  and  had  a  very  good  education 
for  the  time.  In  1640  he  was  made  a  free- 
man, and  he  served  as  constable,  as  deputy  to 
the  general  court  and  as  town  clerk.  When 
he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age  he  appren- 
ticed himself,  in  England,  to  Richard  Baugh, 
of  Bristol,  a  "glover."  He  married,  in  Eng- 
land, his  first  wife,  Margaret,  who  died  short- 
ly after  her  arrival  in  New  England,  soon 
after  the  birth  of  her  fifth  child.  He  married 
(second)  in  1639,  at  Newbury,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Taylor) 
Goodale,  who  was  born  at  Yarmouth,  Norfolk 
county,  England,  and  died  in  1651,  at  New- 
bury. Children  of  John  Lowell,  by  his  first 
marriage,  were:  i.  John,  born  1629,  in  Eng- 
land, died  1694,  at  Boston,  Massachusetts; 
married  Hannah  Proctor,  sister  of  Abigail, 
who  married  his  brother  Joseph.  2.  Mary, 
1633,  in  England,  married  Thomas  Wyburn. 
3.  Peter,  1635,  in  England.  4.  James,  1637, 
in  England.  5.  Joseph,  November  28,  1639, 
at  Newbury,  Massachusetts.  By  his  second 
marriage  he  had:  6.  Benjamin,  September  12, 
1642,  Newbury,  Massachusetts ;  married  Ruth 
Woodman.  7.  TJiomas,  June  4,  1644.  8. 
Elizabeth,  February  16,  1646,  married  Cap- 
tain Philip  Nelson. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  and  Margaret 
Lowell,  was  born  November  28,  1639,  ^t  New- 
bury, and  died  August  19,  1705,  at  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  Fie  removed  to  Boston  with 
his  brother  John  previous  to  1661,  and  was  a 
cooper.  He  married,  March  8.  1660,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  George  P.  and  Edith  Proctor,  of 
Dorchester,  born  in  1635,  died  June  27,  1707. 
Their  children  were:  i.  Joseph,  born  August 
I,  1 661,  at  Boston,  died  young.  2.  Hannah, 
January  31,  1662-63.  3-  Joseph.  4.  Abigail, 
February  4,  1667,  died  young.  5.  James, 
March  27,  1668,  married  Elizabeth  Gusten.  6. 
Abigail,  March  9,  1671.  7.  Samuel,  July  13, 
1678.     8.  Benjamin,   November  5,    1679. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  second  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
and  Abigail  (Proctor)  Lowell,  was  called  a 
"mariner."  About  1726  he  removed  to  Hamp- 
ton, New  Hampshire.  Joseph  and  his  brother 
James  were  members  of  "Ye  Second  Foot 
Company,"  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  under 


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command  of  Captain  Hugh  March.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Patience  ,  who  died  Janu- 
ary 3,  1714.  He  married  (second)  March  9, 
1720,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Deacon  James  Pres- 
cott  Jr.,  by  his  wife  Maria,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Rebecca  (Page)  Marston.  Sarah 
Prescott  was  born  January  20,  1701,  died  June 
12,  1746.  Joseph  had  children  by  his  first 
marriage  as  follows:  i.  Joseph  Jr.,  born 
January  3,  1696,  died  July  10,  1697.  2.  Abi- 
gail, who  died  August  26,  1703,  at  Boston. 
By  his  second  marriage  he  had :  3.  Jeremiah, 
born  April  15,  1722,  at  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 4.  David,  November  19,  1723,  married 
Abigail  Perkins.  5.  James.  6.  Lucy,  1727, 
died  April  21,  1711;  married  Deacon  Abner 
Sanborn  Jr.    7.  Mary,  baptized  i\'Iay  10,  1730. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Prescott)  Lowell,  was  born  October  12  or  22, 
1725,  and  died  about  1830.  In  1747  he  took 
part  in  the  campaign  against  Louisburg, 
served  twenty-nine  days  as  private  in  the  con- 
tinental army,  in  Captain  David  Quimby's 
company.  Colonel  Joseph  Gale's  regiment,  in 
the  Rhode  Island  campaign,  and  in  1756  took 
part  as  soldier  in  the  siege  at  Crown  Point, 
New  York.  He  married,  in  1747.  Mary  Clark, 
of  Falmouth,  Maine,  and  their  children  were: 
Oliver.  Sarah,  Mary  and  Joseph. 

(VI)  Sarah,  the  elder  daughter  of  James 
and  Mary  (Clark)  Lowell,  was  born  August 
22,  1750,  and  died  at  Seabrook,  New  Hamp- 
shire, December  29,  1824.  She  married  John 
Brown,  of  Seabrook,  New  Hampshire.  (See 
Brown  IV.) 


The  large  number  bearing  this 
BROWN     name  among  the  pioneer  settlers 

of  New  England  have  left  a 
very  numerous  progeny.  The  frequent  re- 
currence of  the  same  christian  names  has  ren- 
dered it  extremely  difficult  to  trace  the  descent 
of  many.  Happily  the  line  herein  covered  is 
fairly  complete  and  includes  some  prominent 
natives  of  Maine  who  have  earned  distinction 
by  their  own  merit  and  ability. 

(I)  John  Brown,  born  in  England  in  1588- 
89,  came  to  Massachusetts  as  early  as  1635, 
and  settled  permanently  at  Hampton,  in  what 
is  now  New  Hampshire,  in  1639.  He  was 
granted  a  house  lot  of  four  acres,  but  soon 
after  purchased  ten  acres  from  John  Sanders, 
upon  which  he  took  up  his  residence.  This 
property  continued  in  the  hands  of  his  lineal 
descendants  through  seven  generations.  He 
must  have  been  a  man  of  much  industry,  for 
he  made  several  additions  to  this  tract  by  pur- 
chase, and  also  acquired  other  tracts  in  vari- 


ous parts  of  the  town.  He  died  February  28, 
1687.  The  records  show  that  his  wife's  chris- 
tian name  was  Sarah.  Their  children  were : 
Sarah,  John,  Benjamin,  Elizabeth,  Jacob, 
Mary,  Thomas  and  Stephen. 

(II)  Benjamin,  second  son  and  third  child 
of  John  and  Sarah  Brown,  was  born  about 
1647,  '"  Hampton,  and  was  a  farmer  residing 
in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  town,  in  what 
is  now  Seabrook,  on  land  received  from  his 
father.  He  was  married  in  1679  to  Sarah 
Brown,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Murford)  Brown,  pioneer  settlers  of  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts.  She  was  born  April  12, 
1658,  in  Salisbury.  Their  children  were: 
William,  Sarah,  Benjamin,  Elizabeth,  John, 
Jacob,  Stephen,  Mary,  Thomas  and  Jeremiah. 

(III)  Thomas,  ninth  child  and  sixth  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Brown,  was 
born  May  21,  1699,  in  Hampton,  and  resided 
in  that  part  of  the  town  now  Seabrook,  where 
he  died  in  November,  1765.  He  was  married 
May  2,  1729.  to  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Mehitable  (Hobbs)  Towle,  of  Hampton. 
Their  sons  were:  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Thomas 
and  John. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Thomas  and  Mehi- 
table (Towle)  Brown,  was  born  January  3, 
1747,  at  Seabrook,  New  Hampshire,  and  died 
August  12,  1839.  I"  1769  lie  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (Clark)  Lowell, 
born  August  22,  1750,  died  December  29, 
1824,  at  Seabrook.  (See  Lowell  VI.)  Their 
children  were:  i.  Alolly,  born  December  14, 
1771,  died  June  15,  i860.  2.  John  Jr.,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1775,  died  August  8,  1843.  3-  Lowell, 
May  13,  1778.  died  August  20.  1863.  4. 
Sarah,  September  21,  1780,  died  May  10, 
1806.  3.  Mehitable,  July  31,  1783,  died  Oc- 
tober 31,  1849.  6.  Betsy,  August  12,  1786, 
died  May  15,  1865.  7.  Nancy,  April  29,  1789, 
died  March  6,  1843.  8.  Benjamin,  September 
25,  1791,  died  August  5,  1864.    9.  Newell. 

(V)  Newell,  youngest  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Lowell)  Brown,  was  born  November 
17,  1794,  and  died  February  10,  1875.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  large  stockdealer,  and  lived 
at  his  birthplace.  Seabrook,  New  Hampshire. 
In  1823  he  married  Abigail  Perkins,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  Leavitt,  born  in  1794,  died  in 
1880.  Jonathan  Leavitt  was  a  captain  of  ar- 
tillerv  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  his  son, 
Hon.  B.  B.  Leavitt,  won  a  distinguished  place 
in  political  affairs  of  Maine.  The  family  lived 
at  Eastport,  Maine,  and  were  people  of  edu- 
cation and  refinement.  The  children  of 
Newell  and  Abigail  Perkins  (Leavitt)  Brown 
were:     i.  John   Newell,   married  Abby  Ann 


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Dearborn,  and  had  two  children,  both  of 
whom  are  dead.  2.  Sarali  A.,  unmarried.  3. 
iMaiik,  married  Nancy  Brown  and  has  four 
children:  i.  Abhy  N.,  married  Georsic  Pike, 
of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  ii.  Ida,  mar- 
ried Edward  Blood,  of  Mendon,  Massachu- 
setts, iii.  John,  married  May  Batchelder  and 
has  three  children.  iv.  Ellsworth,  married 
Emma  Morrcll  and  has  no  children.  4.  Syl- 
vester, married  Martha  Cloujjh  and  has  two 
children:  i.  Grace,  married  William  Evans 
and  has  one  daughter,  Amy.  ii.  Lincoln,  mar- 
ried Mary  Butler  and  has  one  child,  Martha. 
5.  Calvin  Smith. 

(VI)  Hon.  Calvin  Smith,  youngest  son  of 
Newell  and  Abigail  P.  (Leavitt)  Brown,  was 
born  January  4,  1837,  at  Seabrook,  New 
Hampshire,  and  after  attending  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  worked  on  his 
fatlier's  farm,  and  taught  school  to  secure  his 
further  education,  which  was  largely  attained 
through  his  own  effort.  He  attended  Rock- 
ingham Academy  at  Hampton  Falls,  New 
Hampshire,  Hampton  Academy  of  the  same 
place.  Dearborn  Academy  of  Seabrook,  New 
Hampshire,  New  Hampshire  Conference 
Seminary  at  Northfield,  New  Hampshire, 
Colby  .Academy  at  New  London,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  in  1858  entered  Dartmouth  College, 
graduating  in  1862  with  degree  A.  B.  On  his 
graduation  he  enlisted  for  three  months  as 
private  in  the  Seventh  Squadron  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Cavalry,  a  company  raised  among  the 
students  of  Dartmouth  College  and  Norwich 
University,  and  with  them  he  participated  in 
the  battle  of  Harper's  Ferry  in  September, 
1862,  also  in  the  battle  of  Antietam.  His  term 
of  service  ended,  he  re-enlisted  as  captain  of 
Company  C,  of  the  Seventeenth  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteer  Infantry,  where  he  served 
until  the  disbanding  of  that  regiment.  Upon 
the  call  for  three  hundred  thousand  men  in 
1864,  he  enlisted  as  a  captain  of  infantry  in 
the  state  of  Maine,  and  soon  was  promoted 
to  rank  of  major,  subsequently  being  appointed 
lieutenant  colonel  in  command  of  the  First 
Battalion  of  Maine  Infantry  Volunteers, 
where  he  served  until  April,  1866.  After  the 
assassination  of  President  Lincoln,  he  was  or- 
dered from  the  Shenandoah  Valley  to  Wash- 
ington, and  after  the  "Grand  Review"  to 
Georgia  and  thence  to  South  Carolina,  where 
he  commanded  Anderson,  Abbeville,  Green- 
ville, Pickens  and  Union  districts,  as  sub- 
commissioner  of  the  Freedman's  Bureau,  imtil 
his  discharge,  and  while  guarding  Confederate 
cotton  at  Brown's  Ferry  on  the  Savannah 
river,  three  of  his  men  were  killed.     On  re- 


tiring from  the  army  he  resumed  the  study  of 
law,  which  he  had  begun  during  the  war,  and 
in  October,  1866,  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  courts  of  Maine,  at  the  Washington  county 
bar.  In  December  of  that  year  he  opened  an 
office  for  the  practice  of  law  at  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, re'maining  there  until  1870,  then  spent 
nearly  two  years  in  mercantile  business  with 
the  house  of  Packer,  York  &  Company,  Mont- 
gomery county,  Kansas,  after  which  he  spent 
two  years  as  bookkeeper  in  the  banking  house 
of  Eby  &  Company,  Coffeyville,  Kansas.  In 
1873  he  represented  Montgomery  county  in 
the  state  legislature;  in  1876-77-78  he  served 
as  mayor  of  Parker,  and  in  1878  maj'or  of 
Coffeyville,  Kansas.  When  he  came  to  Wash- 
ington his  first  appointment  was  clerk  in  the 
pension  office,  and  after  a  short  service  there 
he  took  examination  for  interior  department 
of  the  land  office  and  received  an  appointment 
in  the  railroad  division,  which  position  he  now 
fills.  Mr.  Brown  has  been  a  member  of  the 
order  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  since 
1864,  when  he  joined  Eastern  Lodge,  No.  7, 
of  Ea*tport,  Maine.  He  is  Independent  in 
Religion,  and  a  staunch  Republican.  He  be- 
longs to  Lincoln  Post,  No.  3,  Grand  Army  of 
Republic,  of  Washington,  and  to  the  Maine 
.Society  of  Washington.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  use- 
ful and  patriotic  citizen,  and  has  served  his 
country  in  war  and  in  peace  the  greater  part 
of  his  life.  He  married,  November  13,  1871, 
Caroline  Noyes,  daughter  of  Samuel  Wither- 
ell,  of  Eastport,  Maine,  born  in  1842,  and  their 
children  are:  I.  Annie  Witherell,  born  July 
30,  1874,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Sarah  Witherell, 
September  2,  1877.  3.  Edith  Lilian,  March 
29,  1881. 


The    ancestors    of    this    family 
BROWN     lived     in     Brownfield,     O.xford 

county,  were  probably  pioneers 
there,  and  the  town  may  have  been  named  for 
the  family. 

(I)  Asaph  Brown,  son  of  Silas  and  Judith 
Brown,  was  born  January  7,  1759,  in  Stowe, 
Massachusetts,  and  resided  there  before  the 
time  of  his  marriage.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolutionary  war,  and  in  the  Massachu- 
setts Records  is  credited  to  the  town  of  Tem- 
pleton.  His  record  follows :  Asaph  Brown, 
of  Templeton,  was  a  private  in  Captain  Eze- 
kiel  Knowlton's  company,  Colonel  Dike's  regi- 
ment ;  pay  abstract  for  travel  allowance  from 
Dorchester  home  dated  Dorchester,  November 
20,  1776;  also  pay  abstract  for  gun  and  blan- 
ket money,  etc.,  dated  Dorchester,  November 
30,  1776;  also  same  company  and  regiment; 


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service  from  December  14,  1776,  to  March  i, 
1777;  also  pay  abstract  for  gun  and  blanket 
money  dated  Dorchester  Heights,  March  31, 
1777.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in  Waterford, 
Maine,  and  married  Hannah  Shaw,  born  in 
Waterford,  December  22,  1763,  died  in  Bethel, 
February  11,  1841,  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Marv  (Lamprey)  Shaw,  of  Waterford.  Their 
children  were:  Abigail.  Robbins,  Josiah, 
Catherine,  Asaph,  Susan,  Nancy  and  four  oth- 
ers who  died  young. 

Josiah  Shaw,  father  of  Mary  (Shaw) 
Brown,  was  a  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Anna 
( Philbrick)  Shaw  (see  Shaw),  and  was  bom 
in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  January  31, 
1740,  and  died  August  7,  181  o.  In  1763  he 
removed  with  his  family  to  the  township  of 
Pearsontown,  now  Standish,  and  bought  lot 
43.  There  he  settled  and  kept  the  first  tavern 
ever  opened  to  the  public  in  that  town.  He 
was  first  town  treasurer  of  that  municipality, 
as  well  as  selectman ;  he  was  a  cooper  and 
farmer.  He  married  Mary  Lamprey,  of 
Hampton,  who  died  January  9,  1826.  They 
had  six  children:  Mary,  Hannah  (wife  of 
Asaph  Brown),  Anna,  Jonathan,  Josiah  and 
Eli. 

(II)  Robbins  Brown,  and  his  brother  Jo- 
siah Brown,  removed  from  Brownfield  and 
settled  in  Bethel.  Josiah  lived  in  the  Chandler 
neighborhood,  and  married  Mehitable,  a 
daughter  of  Asa  Lovejoy.  Robbins  Brown, 
born  April  29,  1776,  died  May  31,  1848,  was 
a  tanner  and  lived  on  Bethel  Hill.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah,  a  sister  of  his  brother's  wife. 
Their  children  were:  David  F.,  born  Sep- 
tember 28,  1812,  married  Nancy  Richardson; 
Hannah,  born  March  10,  1814,  died  August 
17,  1823;  Josiah,  born  June  21,  1815,  married 
Mary  A.  Stevens;  mentioned  below;  Mehi- 
table, born  April  13,  1819,  married  Eli  Grover. 

(III)  Robbins  (2),  third  son  of  Robbins 
(i)  and  Hannah  (Lovejoy)  Brown,  was  born 
October  26,  1818,  and  died  January  8,  1879. 
He  and  his  brother  David  F.  engaged  in  the 
tannery  business.  He  was  an  industrious,  re- 
spectable citizen,  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 
He  married  (first),  July  12,  1847,  Mary  R. 
Ayer,  who  died  December  21,  1853,  leaving  no 
child.  He  married  (second),  February  10, 
1855,  Ausina  Barker,  who  was  born  Novem- 
ber 14,  1829,  and  died  May  23,  1882,  daughter 
of  Francis  and  Nancy  H.  (Ingalls)  Barker, 
of  Bethel.  She  descended  from  the  immigrant 
as  follows :  James  and  Grace  of  Rowley, 
Massachusetts;  Nathaniel  and  Mary;  James 
and    Sarah;   James    and    Elizabeth;    Jedediah 


and  Sarah;  Samuel  and  Betsey  (Roger)  Bar- 
ker, who  settled  in  Bethel  in  1803,  and  had 
Francis,  who  married  Nancy  H.  Ingalls,  Sam- 
uel Barker  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier. 
Three  children  were  born  to  Robbins  and  Au- 
sina (Barker)  Brown:  i.  Fred  Ingalls,  born 
January  2,  1857,  lives  in  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire ;  married,  September  16,  1880, 
Agnes  Izella  Brown.  2.  Frank  I.,  mentioned 
below.     3.  William,  born  October  13,  1863. 

(IV)  Dr.  Frank  Irving,  second  son  of  Rob- 
bins and  Ausina  (Barker)  BiOwn,  was  born 
in  Bethel,  October  27,  i860.  After  being 
schooled  in  the  public  schools  and  Gould's 
Academy,  he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1885.  He  taught  school 
in  Norway,  Maftie,  and  in  Hopkinton,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  began  the  study  of  medicine, 
and  was  graduated  from  the  Maine  Medical 
College  in  1891.  In  1891-92  he  was  an  in- 
terne in  the  Maine  General  Hospital,  and  went 
thence  in  1893  to  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  settled 
and  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  his 
profession,  in  which  he  has  attained  success  in 
South  Portland.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland County  Medical  Association,  the 
Maine  Medical  Association,  and  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Portland  Medical 
Club,  and  the  Athletic  Club.  In  Free  Masonry 
he  has  attained  the  thirty-second  degree,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  following  organizations 
of  that  order:  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  180;  Green- 
leaf  Royal  Arch  Chapter ;  Portland  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Portland  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar;  and  Maine  Con- 
sistory, Sublime  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Kora  Temple,  Ancient 
Arabic  Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine ;  of  Nor- 
way Lodge,  No.  16,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  Lodge  Bayard,  No.  44, 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  worships  with  the 
Congregationalists,  of  which  denomination  he 
has  always  been  a  member. 

Dr.  Brown  married,  in  Bethel,  February  19, 
1896,  Edith  A.  Philbrick,  of  Bethel,  who  was 
born  November  27,  1863,  daughter  of  John  M. 
and  Paulina  (Fames)  Philbrick  of  Bethel. 
Two  children  have  been  born  of  this  marriage : 
The  first  child  died  young;  Dwight  Francis, 
the  second  child,  was  born  September  3,  1905.        J 

James  Brown  was  the  emigrant 
BROWN     ancestor    of    Euthalius     Irving 

Brown,  of  Portland,  Maine.  He 
was  born  in  Scotland  about  1720-30.  There  is 
a  tradition  in  the  family  that  he  was  wealthy, 
having  with  him  a  chest  of  gold.  Owing  to 
a  storm  or  shipwreck  the  gold  was  lost.     Be- 


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sides  the  gold  it  is  said  that  he  had  twenty 
fine  hnen  shirts  that  were  also  lost  on  the 
jdurncv  over.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  He 
married  Hannah  Blanchard,  of  Dunstable, 
Massachusetts,  and  their  descendants  have 
been  numerous  in  the  vicinity.  Dunstable  is 
now  Nashua,  New  Hampshire.  The  Blanch- 
ards  were  among  the  pioneers  there.  Thomas 
lilanchard,  her  emigrant  ancestor,  came  to 
America  from  the  vicinity  of'Andover,  Eng- 
land, in  the  ship  "Jonathan,"  in  1639.  He 
settled  first  at  Braintree.  His  son  George  was 
with  him.  He  bought  of  Rev.  John  Wilson, 
February  12,  1650-51,  house  and  land  in  the 
south  part  of  Maiden,  Massachusetts.  (Pope 
says  he  came  from  Penton,  Hants,  England.) 
He  married  (first)  in  England.  His  wife 
died  there.  He  married  (second)  Agenes 
(Bent)  Barnes,  widow,  a  sister  of  John  Bent. 
She   died  on  the  passage  over.     He  married 

(third)  Mary .    He  died  ?^lay  21,  1654. 

His  will  is  dated  May  16,  and  was  proved 
Jtme  20,  1654.  He  made  bequests  to  his  wife 
Mary ;  to  children  George,  Thomas,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel ;  to  grandson  Joseph,  and  to  the 
church  at  Maiden.  He  provided  that  Benja- 
min Thompson  should  be  fitted  for  the  Uni- 
versity (Harvard)  if  his  parents  consent. 
Benjamin  was  son  of  Deacon  John  Blanchard. 
Benjamin  does  not  appear  in  the  list  of  Har- 
vard graduates,  however.  His  estate  was  ad- 
ministered by  his  widow,  appointed  June  3, 
1656. 

Deacon  John  Blanchard,  son  of  Thomas 
Blanchard,  the  emigrant,  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers at  Dunstable,  Massachusetts,  now  Nash- 
ua, New  Hampshire.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  164Q.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Dunstable  Church  in  1685.  Children  were: 
Joseph,  Thomas,  Hannah,  born  January  6, 
1659;  Benjamin,  James,  Sarah,  Mary,  Na- 
thaniel. 

Thomas  Blanchard,  son  of  Deacon  John 
Blanchard,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Blanch- 
ard, the  emigrant,  was  born  about  1670  and 
must  have  been  a  young  child  when  his  father 
went    to    Dunstable.       He    married    Tabitha 

.     She  died  November  29,   1696.     He 

married  (second)  Ruth  Adams,  of  Chelms- 
ford, Massachusetts,  October  4,  169R.  He 
died  IMarch  9,  1727.  In  the  possession  of 
Mrs.  Charles  E.  Wheelock.  8  Cottage  street, 
Worcester,  is  a  deed  from  Thomas  to  his  son 
Thomas,  dated  1721,  of  land  in  Dunstable. 
Children  of  Thomas  and  Tabitha  Blanchard 
were:  Abigail,  born  May  5,  1694;  John,  May 
20,  1696.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Ruth 
(Adams)  Blanchard  were:    Thomas  (see  for- 


ward) ;  William,   born    1701  ;   Ruth,   April    i, 

1703- 

Thomas  Blanchard,  son  of  Thomas  Blanch- 
ard, and  grandson  of  Deacon  John  Blanchard, 
of  Dunstable,  was  born  August  12,  1699.  He 
served  in  the  Indian  wars  and  was  taken 
prisoner  in  September,  1724.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent man  in  Dunstable,  and  held  various  town 
offices.  Mrs.  Wheelock  has  the  original  tax 
warrant  for  the  year  1738,  for  the  old  town 
of  Dunstable,  issued  to  Thomas  Blanchard  as 
collector  of  taxes.  It  shows  the  results  of  his 
work.  It  contains  a  full  list  of  the  taxpayers 
of  the  town.  Joseph  Blanchard,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  Blanchard,  who  was  uncle  of 
Thomas  Blanchard,  heads  the  list. 

Hannah  Blanchard,  born  about  1740,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas,  married  James  Brown,  the 
emigrant.  He  died  in  1778.  A  copy  of  his 
will  dated  October  10,  1778,  is  owned  by  Mrs. 
^^'heclock.  It  is  a  certified  copy  made  soon 
after  the  will  was  proved  in  the  Nashua  court. 
It  should  be  noted  that  James  Brown,  of  Dun- 
stable, was  a  lieutenant  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  according  to  the  history  of  Dunstable, 
and  no  other  James  Brown  of  the  right  age 
and  description  is  to  be  found. 

The  children  of  James  and  Hannah 
(Blanchard)  Brown  were:  John;  James,  set- 
tled in  Waterford,  Ohio  (Mrs.  Wheelock  has  a 
letter  written  by  him  in  which  he  mentions 
the  death  of  his  first  wife  in  1798  and  his  sec- 
ond marriage)  ;  Phebe ;  Hannah;  Isaac;  Dan- 
iel; Samuel;  Aaron  (see  forward).  The  will 
indicates  that  all  but  Samuel  and  Aaron  were 
of  age,  as  it  specifies  that  the  others  receive 
their  bequests,  and  the  two  youngest  receive 
theirs  when  they  become  of  age. 

(II)  Aaron,  son  of  James  Brow'n,  was  born 
in  Dunstable  or  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  No- 
vember 17,  1773.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812,  and  his  grandson,  Euthalius  I. 
Brown,  of  Portland,  has  the  drum  and  drum 
stick  he  carried  as  a  drummer  in  the  war.  He 
married,  September  5,  1797,  Hannah  Proctor, 
daughter  of  Reuben  Proctor,  of  Merrimac, 
New  Hampshire.  She  was  born  July  13,  1778. 
He  lived  in  Nashua  and  died  April  24,  1844, 
in  Canton,  Maine,  where  he  removed  about 
181 5.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Liv- 
ermore  Falls  (Maine)  Lodge  of  Free  IMasons, 
and  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  order.  The 
children  of  Aaron  and  Hannah  (Proctor) 
Brown  were:  i.  James  (see  forward).  2. 
Nancy,  born  at  Dunstable,  December  28,  1799, 

married  the  Rev.  Bartlett.     3.  Earned 

Small,  born  in  Dunstable,  March  18,  1801.    4. 
John,  born   in   Wilton,   Maine,   December  29, 


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luiiibernicn  in  the  country,  without  doubt  hav- 
ings explored  more  timber  lands  than  any  other 
man  in  the  state  of  Maine.  His  explorations 
covered  much  of  Oxford,  Kennebec,  Franklin 
and  other  counties  in  Maine,  Coos  county  and 
many  other?  in  New  Hampshire,  Cape  Breton 
Island,  where  in  1896  he  covered  over 
seven  hundred  thousand  acres  of  timber  land, 
and  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  a  chain  of 
lakes  in  the  province  of  Nova  Scotia.  In  1876 
Air.  Brown  purchased  stumpage  in  Grafton, 
Maine,  and  sold  it  in  the  log  in  the  open  mar- 
ket at  Umbogog  lake  and  Androscoggin  river. 
In  1886  he  went  into  the  Rear  and  Cambridge 
river  districts  of  Maine,  where  he  cut  much 
lumber  which  he  floated  down  the  river  to 
market,  and  in  addition  to  this  bought  cattle 
of  the  farmers  and  sold  them  in  the  markets. 
He  remained  on  the  old  home  place  until  1893. 
owning  the  same  until  a  few  years  ago,  and 
then  removed  to  Rumford  Falls  where  he 
built  a  house,  being  one  of  the  first  to  build 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river ;  he  resided 
there  about  seven  years.  In  1894  he  explored 
the  northern  woods  for  the  purpose  of  discov- 
ering timber  fit  for  the  use  of  the  Rumford 
Falls  Paper  Company's  mills,  with  which  he 
was  connected  for  five  years,  serving  in  1899 
in  the  capacity  of  general  manager.  In  the 
same  year  he  purchased  thirty-five  million  feet 
of  timber  on  the  stump  on  the  Dartmouth 
College  grant  in  New  Hampshire,  which  he 
cut  during  the  following  five  years  and  sold 
to  the  Burling  Mill  Company  and  the  Diamond 
Match  Company.  In  1898  he  purchased 
Mount  Abram  in  company  with  R.  L.  Mel- 
cher,  and  this  they  sold  to  Boston  parties  who 
failed  to  cut  off  the  timber  and  thus  forfeited 
their  contract,  and  later  the  tract  was  sold  to 
L.  L.  Alason,  of  Portland.  For  the  past  six 
years  Mr.  Brown  has  dealt  heavily  in  timber 
land  in  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  manufac- 
turing dimension  lumber  and  spool  wood  at 
various  points  in  Maine.  His  success  in  busi- 
ness has  been  marked,  and  his  profits  have 
been  invested  to  some  extent  in  agricultural 
lands.  He  is  the  owner  of  the  Robinson  farm 
in  Sumner — five  hundred  acres — on  which  he 
raises  hay,  grain  and  potatoes ;  a  tract  of 
seven  hundred  acres  of  timber  in  Dixfield;  a 
tract  of  five  thousand  acres  in  Oxford  county, 
and  for  many  years  was  the  proprietor  of  a 
tavern.  In  politics  Mr.  Brown  is  independent, 
casting  his  vote  for  the  candidate  who  in  his 
opinion  is  best  qualified  for  office,  irrespective 
of  party  affiliation.  He  is  a  member  of  Blaz- 
inq:  Star  Lodge.  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  Bethel,  and  of  Mount  Abram  Lodge,  No.  31, 


Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Bethel. 
Euthalius  L  Brown  married,  at  Norway, 
Maine,  October  13,  1885,  Alfreda  W.  Small, 
born  at  Danville,  1854,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Eveleth)  Small.  Cliildren :  i.  Mary 
Kuthalia,  married  Samuel  Annis  and  they  are 
the  parents  of  one  child,  Alfreda  Evangeline 
Annis.  2.  Claude  Irving.  Mr.  Brown  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth  Margaret  Dagneau, 
born  in  Lewiston,  June  20,  1881,  daughter  of 
Edward  A.  and  Lucy  (Hunnewell)  Dagneau. 


Among  the  many  different  fam- 
BROWN  ilies  by  the  name  of  Brown  liv- 
ing in  his  country,  few  have  a 
longer  or  better  record  than  the  line  originat- 
ing in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  where  several 
generations,  most  of  them  including  a  Thomas 
Brown,  have  fulfilled  their  duties  as  citizens 
of  that  ancient  and  famous  town.  One  of  the 
modern  and  most  distinguished  representatives 
of  the  family  is  Miss  Helen  Dawes  Brown, 
born  at  Concord  in  1857,  graduated  from  Vas- 
sar  College  in  1878,  subsequently  a  teacher 
there,  and  now  a  noted  lecturer  in  New  York 
City.  She  is  the  author  of  several  books, 
among  them,  "Two  College  Girls,"  "Little 
Miss  Phebe  Gay,"  "The  Petrie  Estate"  and 
"A  Civilian  Attache." 

(I)  Thomas  Browne,  the  ancestor  of  the 
following  line,  was  one  of  the  earliest  immi- 
grants of  the  name  to  the  New  World.  He 
lived  at  Concord.  Massachusetts,  but  where  he 
was  born  or  when  he  died  we  have  no  means 
of  knowing.  Such  information  as  we  have 
been  able  to  gather  has  been  gleaned,  bit  by 
bit,  from  the  scattered  references  in  the  town 
histories  and  from  the  vital  statistics.  The 
first  clue  obtainable  consists  in  the  reference 
to  the  birth  of  his  son,  Boaz,  whose  sketch 
follows  in  the  next  paragraph.  From  this 
date  we  infer  that  Thomas  Browne  was  born 
in  England  about  the  beginning  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  The  historic  and  famous 
town  of  Concord  was  founded  in  1635.  As 
was  natural  in  a  primitive  settlement,  no  vital 
records  were  kept  during  the  first  year  or 
two,  but  in  September,  1639,  ^^^^  general  court 
ordered  that  every  birth,  marriage  and  death 
should  be  recorded  in  the  jurisdiction,  and 
placed  on  file  in  Boston.  In  the  office  of  the 
city  registrar  of  that  metropolis,  there  is  now 
preserved  a  register  "of  the  berths  &  burialls 
in  Concord  from  the  yeare  1639  vntill  the 
first  month  1644  according  to  or  account,"  the 
same  being  returned  by  Simon  Willard  in 
1644.  Consulting  this  ancient  volume,  we  find 
on  the  first  page :    "Boaz  the  sonne  of  Thomas 


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Browne  was  borne  the  14°  (12°)  1641."  This 
entry  is  the  eighth  in  the  book,  though  several 
records  of  1640  are  subsequently  given,  show- 
ing that  Mr.  Thomas  Browne  was  evidently 
proud  of  the  birth  of  his  son,  and  anxious  to 
comply  with  the  new  law.  There  is  no  further 
record  of  the  progeny  of  Thomas  Browne  in 
this  volume ;  but  in  the  Middlesex  county  reg- 
isters preserved  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of 
the  courts  at  East  Cambridge,  we  find  "Con- 
cord Births:  Deliuered  in,  1650."  The  thir- 
teenth and  fourteenth  entries  in  this  volume 
evidently  refer  to  later  children  of  our 
Thomas  Browne.  "Mary  the  daughter  of 
Tho:  and  Bridget  Browne,  the  (26)  i  mo: 
1645.  Eliezer  the  sonne  of  Tho:  and  Bridget 
Browne,  the  (5)  mo  1649."  Among  other  rec- 
ords we  find  that  in  1655,  Thomas  Browne, 
one  of  the  proprietors  of  Concord,  owned 
fourteen  lots,  containing  one  hundred  and 
eighty-six  acres.  He  was  evidently  a  man  of 
good  judgment,  for  on  May  21,  1660,  he  was 
one  of  the  committee  to  decide  the  boundaries 
of  the  thousand  acre  tract  belonging  to  Major 
Willard.  He  took  part  in  the  Narragansett 
campaign  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  in  the 
famous  swamp  fight,  which  culminated  in  the 
attack  on  the  Indian  fort  at  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  December  ig,  1675.  Thomas  Browne 
was  one  of  the  eleven  men  marching  from 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  and  he  was  one  of 
the  two  from  that  town  who  were  wounded. 
The  battle  resulted  in  the  loss  of  eighty  white 
men,  and  three  hundred  Indians. 

(II)  Boaz,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Bridget  Browne,  was  born  at  Concord,  Massa- 
chusetts, the  fourteenth  day  of  the  twelfth 
month  (which  probably  meant  February), 
1641.  On  November  8,  1664,  he  married 
Mary  Winchat,  and  among  their  children  was 
Thomas  (2),  whose  sketch  follows.  Boaz 
Browne  must  have  married  a  second  time,  for 
in  book  II  of  the  Concord  register  we  find 
this  entry :  "mr  Boaz  Brown  husband  to  Abi- 
gail his  wife  Died  April  ye  7th:  1724."  This 
record  is  supplemented  by  a  statement  on  the 
gravestone,  saying  that  he  died  in  his  eighty- 
third  year,  which  establishes  his  identity  with 
the  husband  of  Mary  Winchat.  In  the  as- 
signment of  the  proprietors'  lots  Boaz  Browne 
is  credited  with  the  ownership  of  six  lots  or 
eighty-six  acres. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Boaz  and  Mary 
(Winchat)  Browne,  was  born  May  12,  1667, 
at  Concord,  Massachusetts,  and  died  there 
May  13,  1739.  In  the  death  record  he  is  writ- 
ten as  the  husband  of  Rachel,  but  her  maiden 
name  is  not  given.     This  Thomas  seems  the 


most  prominent  of  the  early  generations.  He 
must  have  been  a  man  of  education,  for  he 
served  as  town  clerk  of  Concord  from  1689  to 
1701  and  again  from  1704  till  1710;  and  he 
began  book  II  of  the  Concord  registers.  On 
February  11,  1699-1700.  he  was  one  of  the 
committee  to  decide  the  bounds  between  Con- 
cord and  Billerica.  He  probably  saw  some 
military  service,  for  we  find  that  on  May  9, 
1 710,  Ensign  Thomas  (2)  Browne  was  one 
of  the  committee  to  decide  about  some  matters 
connected  with  the  burying-ground,  probably 
the  ancient  one  fronting  the  old  meeting- 
house on  the  square.  On  June  24,  1735, 
Ephraim  Browne  drew  Lot  8  in  Narragansett 
township  for  his  father,  Thomas  Browne. 
,  This  land  is  in  what  is  now  the  township  of 
Tcmpleton,  Massachusetts,  and  may  have 
been  a  grant  for  some  military  service.  Among 
the  other  children  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Rachel 
Browne  was  Thomas  (3),  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows. 

(I\')  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Rachel  Browne,  was  born  at  Concord,  ]\Iassa- 
chusetts,  December  24,  1707,  but  his  death  is 
not  recorded.  On  May  26,  1748,  he  married 
Mary  Flint,  of  Concord,  Rev.  Daniel  Bliss  of 
that  town  officiating.  Five  children  are  rec- 
orded: Hannah,  bom  November  15,  1750; 
Jonas,  whose  sketch  follows ;  John,  July  28, 
1755;  Ephraim,  March  27,  1758;  and  Charles, 
October  13,  1760. 

(V)  Ensign  Jonas,  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
(3)  and  Mary  (Flint)  Brown,  was  born  at 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  December  15,  1752, 
and  died  at  Temple,  New  Hampshire,  July  31, 
1834.  He  had  a  notable  revolutionary  record 
that  is  so  interesting  that  we  give  it  in  his 
own  words.  The  statement  was  made  August 
17,  1832,  before  the  court  of  probate,  then 
sitting  at  Amherst,  Hillsborough  county.  New 
Hampshire.  Mr.  Brown  was  seventy-nine 
years  of  age  at  the  time,  and  the  statement 
was  made  to  enable  him  to  secure  a  pension, 
according  to  the  act  of  congress,  passed  on 
June  7  of  that  year.  Mr.  Brown  stated  that 
he  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States : 
"That  is  to  say,  from  the  ist  of  January,  1775, 
to  the  1st  of  May.  I  was  enlisted  as  a  min- 
ute-man (being  a  native  and  resident  of  Con- 
cord, Mass.),  under  Capt.  Buttrick,  of  the 
Militia,  and  trained  twice  a  week,  and  with 
the  rest  of  the  company,  kept  guard  most  of 
the  time  over  the  public  stores,  roads  and 
bridges  in  Concord.  Early  on  the  19th  of 
April,  an  alarm  was  given  that  the  enemy 
were  coming  from  Boston  to  Concord,  and 
our  company  was  paraded  about  daylight,  and 


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kqjt   umlur  anus  iimst  of  the  time,  until  the 
enemy  arrived,  and  destroyed  mihtary  stores 
and  provisions,  and  set  a  guard  at  tlie  Bridge, 
and  I  was  ordered  with  otiiers,  to  rout  them, 
which   we  did,   when    several   were  killed  on 
hoth  sides,  and  the  enemy  retreated,  and  we 
pursued    to    Menotomy    (West    Camhridge), 
had   various  skirmishing  on   the  road,   and  I 
returned  to  Concord.    Capt.  Buttrick  went  to 
Cambridge,  and  several  times  sent  for  his  com- 
pany.    I   went  twice  or  three  times   and  re- 
turned next  day.     On  the  ist  of  May,   1775, 
I    entered    the    service    as    a   corporal,    under 
Capt.    Abisha   Brown,   in   the   regiment    com- 
manded by  Col.  Jno.  Nickson,  Lt.  Col.  Thomas 
Nickson,  and  Maj.  Jno.  Buttrick  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts   Line,    and    served    eight   months    at 
Cambridge.  Charlestown,  &c ;  was  in  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill,  on  the  17th  of  June,  and  was 
dismissed    ist  of   January,    1776.      Again   the 
militia  was  called  for,  and  on  the  ist  of  Feb., 
1776,  I  enlisted  a  volunteer  for  two  months, 
under  Capt.   Asel   Wheeler,   in  the   Regiment 
commanded   by   Col.   Jonathan    Reed,   in   the 
Mass.  Line,  in  the  Brigade  destined  for  Can- 
ada, in  which  Regt  was  Lt.  Col.  Brown,  and 
■Major  Fletcher.     I  marched  from  Concord  to 
Keene,  N.  H.,  thence  by  way  of  Charlestown, 
N.    H.,    Otter    Creek,    and    Shrewsbury,    Vt., 
where  we  took   boats   and   went   down   Lake 
Champlain,   to    Ticonderoga,    and    joined    the 
army  under  Gen'ls  Gates,  Arnold,  and  Water- 
bury,  and  Gen.  Brickett  of  Mass.  was  there. 
I  was  at  Ticonderoga  when  Arnold  and  Wat- 
erbury  went   down  the   Lake  with  a  fleet  of 
gondolas    (flat-boats)    which  were  mostly  de- 
stroyed.     I    remained    at    Ticonderoga    until 
about  the  middle  of  Dec,   1776,  when  I   en- 
tered my  name  to  serve  during  the  war,  as  a 
Lt.  under  Capt.  Monroe,  of  Lexington,  Mass., 
and   had   leave   to   return   to   Concord,   until 
called  for.     I  did  so,  and  about  the  middle  of 
March,  I  was  called  upon  to  take  my  appoint- 
ment as  Lt.     I  obeyed  the  call,  and  went  to 
the  Capt.,  who  told  me  there  were  others  who 
would  like  to  take  my  chance,  and  I  resigned 
it,  and  was  excused  from  any  further  service, 
making  eight  months  in  which  I  was  under 
orders  as  an  Ensign." 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  the  old  vet- 
eran received  an  annual  pension  of  $117.33, 
rated  from  March  4,  1831,  though  he  lived 
only  three  years  to  enjoy  it.  Ensign  Jonas 
Brown  moved  from  Concord,  Massachusetts, 
to  Temple,  New  Hampshire,  in  1780,  and  the 
latter  town  was  his  home  for  more  than  half  a 
century.  August  10,  1784,  Jonas  Brown  mar- 
ried Hannah,  second  daughter  of  Major  Eph- 


raim  and  Sarah  (Cnnant)  Hcald,  who  was  the 
first  female  child  born  in  Temple,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Fler  birth  occurred  December  2,  1761, 
not  long  after  that  of  her  cousin,  Peter  Heald, 
son  of  Deacon  I'cter,  who  was  the  first  male 
child  born  in  Temple.  The  Healds  were  long 
time  residents  of  Concord,  Massachusetts,  being 
descended  from  John  Heald,  who  came  from 
Berwick,  England,  and  settled  in  Concord  as 
early  as  1635.  Ephraim  Heald  was  a  noted 
scout,  hunter  and  explorer  of  the  wilderness 
in  ]\Iaine,  New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts. 
Eight  children  were  born  to  Ensign  Jonas 
and  Hannah  (Heald)  Brown:  i.  Jonas,  July 
18,  1785,  removed  to  Oppenheim,  New  York, 
in  1838.  2.  Charles,  August  16,  1787,  married 
Lydia  Woods,  and  removed  to  Batavia,  New 
York.  3.  Ephraim,  July  13,  1790,  married 
Sarah  King,  of  \\'ilton.  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  died  in  1840.  4.  Lucas,  September 
17,  1792,  moved  to  Norridgewock,  Alaine.  5. 
John,  whose  sketch  follows.  6.  Polly,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1798,  married  Jeremiah  Cutter,  of 
Sebec,  Maine.  7.  Cyrus,  December  21,  1800, 
married  Harriet  Weston,  and  moved  to  Ban- 
gor, Maine.  8.  Thomas  Buckley,  March  16, 
1803,  married  Martha  Farnham,  and  moved  to 
Bangor,  Maine. 

(VI)  John,  fifth  son  of  Ensign  Jonas  and 
Hannah  (Heald)  Brown,  was  born  at  Temple, 
New  Hampshire,  August  13,  1795,  died  at 
Exeter,  Maine,  July  29,  1839.  About  the  time 
of  his  first  marriage,  in  1820,  Mr.  Brown 
moved  to  Bangor,  Maine,  where  he  was  a  con- 
tractor and  builder,  and  also  a  dealer  in  lum- 
ber. He  was  also  city  marshal  of  Bangor  for 
a  few  years.  In  the  spring  of  1839,  a  few 
months  before  his  early  death,  he  moved  to  a 
farm  in  Exeter,  Maine.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Universalist 
church.  In  1820  John  Brown  married  Cynthia 
Barker,  born  1800,  died  August  17,  1831. 
Children  :  Nancy,  Cynthia,  Amanda  and  John. 
John  Brown  married  (second)  January  11, 
1832,  Sarah  Crosby,  born  March  2,  1813,  died 
1865,  daughter  of  John  Wheeler,  of  Hampden, 
Maine.  Children:  i.  Charles  B.,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Hiram,  January  17,  1834,  went  to 
California  with  the  Argonauts  of  '49,  and 
from  there  to  Mexico  where  he  owned  valu- 
able mines :  it  is  thought  that  he  was  killed  by 
the  Indians.  3.  George  I.,  December  8,  1836, 
enlisted  in  Company  B,  Second  Maine  Regi- 
ment, having  the  rank  of  lieutenant ;  he  was 
wounded  in  the  leg  in  the  Seven  Days'  fight 
and  taken  prisoner;  he  was  afterwards  re- 
leased and  given  crutches  by  the  Confederates, 
perhaps  because  he  was  a  Alason ;  he  now  lives 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


near  Katahdin  Iron  Works.  Maine.  4.  Henry 
L.,  1838,  lived  in  Louisiana  until  1861,  when 
he  moved  to  Wisconsin  where  he  died ;  he  was 
an  editor  of  a  paper  in  Darlington,  Wisconsin. 
5.  Wesley.  August  12,  1839,  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany B,  Second  Maine  Regiment,  in  1861,  and 
was'  shot  at  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run ;  he 
lay  on  the  field  twenty-four  hours  before  being 
removed,  and  died  from  exhaustion  soon  after- 
ward. 

(VII)  Charles  Buckley,  eldest  of  the  five 
sons  of  John  and  Sarah  C.  (Wheeler)  Brown, 
was  born  at  Bangor,  Maine,  October  4,  1832, 
died  January  19,  1909.  He  was  educated  in 
the  local  schools  of  that  place  and  taught  in 
the  winter  schools.  After  his  father's  death 
he  was  made  an  apprentice  to  a  carpenter, 
where  he  served  for  three  years.  In  1856, 
being  twenty-four  years  of  age,  he  went  into 
business  for  himself  as  a  contractor  and 
builder.  He  soon  acquired  a  reputation,  and 
was  entrusted  with  large  undertakings.  Some 
of  his  more  important  contracts  include  the 
Morse-Oliver  building  (one  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars),  the  Pickering,  Treat  and 
Dale  buildings  (one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars), the  Granite  Block,  all  of  Bangor;  the 
Fogg  Memorial  at  South  Berwick,  Maine ;  the 
famous  Kineo  House  at  Moosehead  Lake, 
Maine ;  several  of  the  state  college  buildings 
at  Orono ;  Bangor  Opera  House ;  Islesboro 
Inn  at  Islesboro,  and  Stewart  Memorial  Li- 
brary at  Corinna,  Maine.  In  1903,  after  near- 
ly half  a  century  of  active  life,  Mr.  Brown 
retired  from  business.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church.  He  belonged  to  Rising  Virtue 
Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.'M.,  and  also  to  the  Odd 
Fellows.  On  June  8,  1855,  ^^-  Brown  mar- 
ried Araminta,  born  July  5,  1830,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Isaac  and  Mary  Allen,  of  Auburn, 
Maine  ;  she  was  a  teacher.  Children:  i.  Ida 
J.,  born  November  12,  1856,  graduated  from 
Wellesley  College  in  1879;  retained  as  teacher 
one  year,  but  relinquished  same  when  called 
home  by  death  of  sister ;  taught  one  year  in 
Bangor  high  school ;  for  last  twelve  years  pro- 
fessor in  Shaw  University,  Raleigh,  North 
Carolina.  2.  Eftie  May,  January  24,  1859, 
died  May  23,  1880.  3.  Alice  Belle,  July  31, 
1861,  for  several  years  a  highly  successful 
teacher  in  Bangor  high  schools:  in  1891  taught 
in  Georgetown,  Colorado :  for  last  twelve 
years  in  charge  of  intermediate  department 
and  assistant  in  higher  grades  in  Miss  New- 
man's private  school,  Bangor,  Maine.  4. 
Sarah  Nourse,  January  6,  1864,  graduated 
from   Emerson   College  of   Oratory,   Boston, 


also  postgraduate  year;  taught  oratory  in  Co- 
lumbia Female  Institute,  Tennessee ;  Denver 
University.  Denver,  Colorado ;  in  Willamette 
L^niversity,  Salem,  Oregon ;  is  dean  of  college 
of  Oratory  in  Willamette  University ;  married, 
June  25,  1896,  Mark  H.  Savage :  child,  Dor- 
othy Odell  Brown  Savage,  born  November  16, 
1899.  5.  Bertha  Louise,  August  12,  1868, 
A.  M.,  graduated  from  Colby  College,  1888, 
with  Phi  Beta  Kappa  honors;  1889-90-91 
taught  in  high  school,  Georgetown,  Colorado; 
1892-93-94  in  high  school,  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts: 1896-1908  assistant  in  Miss  New- 
man's private  school,  Bangor,  Maine. 

The  following,  taken  from  the  Bangor  Daily 
Commercial,  w-as  written  by  one  of  the 
most  honored  citizens  of  Bangor:  "It  is  fit- 
ting that  the  passing  from  the  activities  of  life 
of  such  a  man  as  Charles  B.  Brown  should 
receive  more  than  formal  recognition  because 
his  life  and  character  deserve  prominence  as 
an  inspiration  to  the  younger  class  of  his  fel- 
lowmen  who  have  yet  to  make  a  record  in 
civic  virtue  and  professional  uprightness  re- 
enforced  by  intelligent  kindliness  and  courtesy 
of  demeanor.  As  a  mechanic  Mr.  Brown  was 
resourceful,  progressive ;  he  felt  equal  to  tak- 
ing in  hand  the  largest  building  problems  and 
he  never  failed  to  make  good  his  contracts, 
whether  he  made  money  or  not.  His  rare 
good  judgment  was  frequently  sought  in  all 
matters  relating  to  construction,  both  by  in- 
vestors and  contractors.  And  yet  Mr.  Brown 
was  withal  the  most  modest  of  men,  never  ask- 
ing office.  He  exercised  his  calling  in  the  most 
remote  parts  of  the  country  and  no  blemish 
came  to  smirch  his  character,  which  is  now 
a  most  precious  legacy  to  his  surviving  fam- 
ily. In  his  home,  his  church,  his  city,  in  the 
circle  of  hosts  of  friends,  the  memory  of  this 
man,  'faithful  to  every  trust,'  shall  long  re- 
main an  example  and  an  inspiration.  He  was 
mv  friend.  W. 


The  genealogical  records  some- 
BROWN     times  refer  to  the  family  below 

treated  of  as  the  Lynn  Browns, 
as  the  ancestor  first  appears  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, to  distinguish  them  from  the  many 
other  families  bearing  the  same  cognomen,  but 
of  different  origin.  Members  of  the  Port- 
land, Maine,  branch  of  the  family  have  taken 
a  very  prominent  part  in  the  financial,  com- 
mercial, military  and  social  history  of  the 
state. 

(I)  Thomas  Brown  was  born  in  Lynn, 
Massachusetts,  in  1628,  but  who  his  parents 
were  is  not  clear.     He  married  Mary,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Thomas  Newliall,  wlio  was  born  in 
1637,  and  they  had  a  large  family.  Three  of 
the  sons— John,  Thomas  and  Eleazer — moved 
to  Connecticut  and  settled  at  Stonington.  The 
children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  were:  Thomas, 
Mary,  Sarah  (died  young),  Joseph,  Sarah, 
Jonathan  (died  young),  John,  Mary,  Jona- 
than, Eleazer,  Ebenezer,  Daniel,  Ann  and 
Grace    (twins)   and  Daniel. 

(II)  John,  fourth  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Newhall)  Brown,  date  of  birth  unknown, 
with  his  two  brothers,  Thomas  and  Eleazer, 
sold  their  interests  in  the  paternal  estate  to 
their  brother  Daniel,  and  removed  wdiile  still 
in  young  manhood  to  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
where  they  settled,  and  from  them  have  de- 
scended a  very  large  progeny.  John  married, 
in  1692,  Elizabetli  Miner,  who  was  born  in 
Stonington.  Connecticut,  April,  1674,  daughter 
of  Ephraim  and  Hannah  (Avery)  Miner. 
Their  children  were:  John,  Jonathan,  Eliza- 
beth, Hepsibah,  a  son,  Ichabod,  Prudence, 
Jedediah,  Mehitabie  and  Mary. 

(III)  Ichabod,  fourth  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Miner)  Brown,  was  born  in  Ston- 
ington, March  12,  1704.  He  married.  May 
30,  1731,  Sarah  Chapman,  who  was  born 
in  Stonington,  November  25,  T710,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Chapman.  Nine 
children  were  born  to  them :  Ichabod  Elias, 
Stephen,  Sarah,  Asa,  Jonas,  Micah,  Andrew, 
Keturah. 

(IV)  Elias,  second  son  of  Ichabod  and 
Sarah  (Chapman)  Brown,  was  born  in  Ston- 
ington, February  i,  1734.  He  moved  to  Tol- 
land, Connecticut,  and  to  Alstead,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1773.  He  married,  June  16,  1757, 
Abigail  Olcott,  of  Bolton.  Children  :  Elias  (2), 
Titus  Olcott  and  Hope,  all  of  whom  moved 
from  town  except  Elias  (2),  who  occupied 
the  first  framed  house  in  Alstead,  about 
half  a  mile  west  of  the  old  meeting 
house,  and  he  lived  in  Alstead  till  his 
death  in  1813.  Elias  (2)  Brown  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Keyes,  of  Uxbridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  they  were  the  parents  of  three 
children,  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  The 
names  of  the  sons  were  Titus  and  Peter  Ol- 
cott. 

(V)  Titus  Olcott,  son  of  Elias  and  Abigail 
(Olcott)  Brown,  was  born  in  Tolland,  Connec- 
ticut, August  25,  1764,  and  died  in  Norway, 
Maine,  February  23,  1855.  In  1786,  or  soon 
after,  Mr.  Brown  settled  in  Lancaster,  New 
Hampshire,  and  seems  to  have  been  one  of  the 
wealthier  class.  He  lived  first  on  what  he 
called  "Great  Brook  Farm,"  on  what  is  now 
known  as  Otter  brook.     There  he  raised  the 


tobacco  that  formed  the  first  article  of  com- 
merce shipped  through  the  White  Mountain 
Notch  road  toward  the  seacoast  from  Lancas- 
ter. This  tobacco  reached  the  ocean  at  Port- 
land. An  elm  tree  planted  by  Titus  O.  Brown 
in  1795  stands  on  Maine  street,  Lancaster, 
to-day.  For  some  years  Mr.  Brown  was  one 
of  the  leading  business  men  of  Lancaster,  kept 
a  stock  of  goods  at  the  south  end  of  Main 
street,  near  the  south  end  of  the  bridge  on  the 
west  side  of  the  street.  The  building  still  re- 
mains. Mr.  Brown  built  a  saw^mill,  a  grist- 
mill and  a  fulling  mill  in  Lancaster.  By  the 
terms  of  the  lease  of  the  water  power,  he 
undertook  to  build  a  sawmill,  December  i, 
1792,  and  a  grist  mill  "with  a  good  bolt"  key 
December  i,  1793,  and  a  fulling  mill,  Decem- 
ber I,  1794.  He  erected  the  sawmill  and  had 
R.  C.  Everett  build  a  grist  mill  one  hundred 
feet  long  and  three  stories  high,  in  which  was 
a  carding  and  fulling  mill.  This  mill  was 
burned  some  time  previous  to  1800  and  re- 
built on  the  same  site  by  Mr.  Brown.  He  is 
said  to  have  been  engaged  also  in  the  hotel 
and  transportation  business.  He  accumulated 
property  and  was  able  to  give  his  children  a 
substantial  education,  but  meeting  with  some 
reverses,  he  accepted  an  agency  of  parties  en- 
gaged in  the  land  and  lumber  business,  and 
removed  with  his  family  through  the  notch 
into  the  town  of  Bartlett.  After  a  few  years 
there  he  removed  to  Gray  Corner  and  kept  the 
hotel  at  that  place.  His  hotel  was  the  favorite 
stopping  place  of  travelers  and  teamsters,  and 
his  extensive  acquaintance  in  northern  New 
Hampshire,  a  large  share  of  whose  trade  and 
travel  then  came  down  the  Androscoggin  to 
Bethel  and  thence  through  Greenwood,  Nor- 
way and  Poland  by  way  of  Gray  to  Portland, 
insured  him  a  large  share  of  patronage.  About 
the  year  1833,  with  his  son-in-law.  Amos  Pur- 
ington,  he  removed  to  Norway  and  there 
bought  out  the  hotel  which  they  carried  on 
until  about  the  year  1842.  Mr.  Brown  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  Norway  till  his  death. 
Titus  O.  Brown  married  Susannah,  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Susannah  (Johnson)  Bundy,  of 
Walpole,  New  Hampshire.  She  was  born  De- 
cember 19,  1771,  and  was  a  descendant  of 
John  Bundy,  who  came  to  Plymouth  in  1643, 
and  later  resided  at  Boston.  The  children  of 
this  marriage  were :  Frances,  Susannah,  Abi- 
gail Hatch,  Titus  Olcott,  Persis  Hatch,  John 
Bundy,  Susan  Johnson,  Mary  Ann,  Elizabeth 
Fox  and  Sarah  Adeline. 

(VI)  Hon.  John  Bundy,  son  of  Titus  Ol- 
cott and  Susannah  (Bundy)  Brown,  was  born 
in  Lancaster,  New  Hampshire,  May  31,  1805, 


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and  died  in  Portland,  IVIaine,  January  lo,  1881. 
When  a  mere  lad  he  was  taken  by  his  father 
to  Gray,  Maine,  where  he  lived  until  he  was 
nineteen    years   of   age.     Alpheus    Shaw,    the 
father  of  Thomas  Shaw,  of  the  firm  of  Shaw, 
Hammond  &  Carney,  was  then  doing  a  large 
West  India  business  in  Portland.     He  stopped 
occasionally    at    the    hotel    kept   by    Titus    O. 
Brown,  and  to  him  young  Brown  made  known 
his   desire   to   obtain   a   situation  in   the   city. 
Mr.  Shaw  promised  him  a  place  in  his  store 
as  soon  as  a  chance  came,  and  when  it  came 
he    wrote    announcing   the    fact.      The    letter 
carrying  this  intelligence  was  always  carefully 
preserved  by  Mr.  Brown  and  was  among  his 
papers  at   his   death.     Mr.   Brown   became   a 
clerk  for  Mr.  Shaw  and  not  long  afterward 
St.  John   Smith   also  entered  the  same  store 
to  learn  the  business,  and  although  somewhat 
older   than   Mr.    Brown,   a   strong    friendship 
sprang  up  between  them,  which  continued  till 
the  death  of  Mr.  Smith,  some  three  years  pre- 
ceding  Mr.    Brown's    demise.       About     1828 
Messrs.    Brown    and    Smith    engaged    in    the 
grocery  business  on  their  own  account  under 
the  name  of  Smith  &  Brown,  on  the  site  on 
Congress  street  where  Morton  block  was  years 
later  erected.    This  partnership  continued  until 
1840.     The  financial  success  of  this  firm  was 
almost   phenomenal.      From   the   West   Indies 
they   imported    immense   quantities   of   sugar, 
molasses  and  rum ;  the  sale  of  the  latter  article 
was  recognized  in  those  days  as  a  legitimate 
branch  of  the  grocery  business.    On  the  disso- 
lution of  this  firm,  1840,  Mr.  Brown  went  into 
business  at  the  head  of  Merrill's  wharf,  in  the 
store   which   in    1881,    at    the    time    of    Mr. 
Brown's  death,  stood  under  the  name  of  J.  B. 
Brown  &  Company.    While  there  he  began  to 
build  his  sugar  house  on  the  corner  of  York 
and  Maple  streets.     Mr.  Brown  was  induced 
to  undertake  the  manufacture  of  sugar  by  the 
favorable  representations  of  a  Scotchman  who 
came  from  Cuba  and  who  claimed  to  have  a 
thorough  understanding  of  the  business,  but  it 
proved  otherwise,  foF  after  the  building  had 
been  erected  it  was  found  that  the  Scotchman 
had  no  practical  knowledge  of  the  matter  and 
Mr.  Brown  was  compelled  to  go  to  New  York 
to  get  a  man  to  operate  the  works.     It  proved 
a  success,  however,   and   for  some  time   Mr. 
Brown  realized  handsomely  on  his  venture.   At 
one  time  he  employed  over  two  hundred  hands 
in  the  sugar  house.     At  the  time  he  went  into 
this  enterprise  there  were  only  two  other  sugar 
houses  in  the  country.    The  great  fire  of  1866 
destroyed  the  sugar  house,  which  during  the 
year  had  been  greatly  enlarged  from  the  orig- 


inal building,  ruining  in  stock,  machinery  and 
building  over  five  hundred  thousand  dollars' 
worth  of  property.     Fortunately  for  him,  Mr. 
Brown,  with  his  customary   shrewdness,  had 
insured  his  sugar  works  in  English  and  Scotch 
companies,  and  consequently  received  in  gold 
his  insurance  money.    This  he  immediately  in- 
vested  in  rebuilding  his  works  on  the   same 
site.     In  declining  to  avail  himself  of  the  im- 
provements  in  machinery   in   fitting   his   new 
sugar   house,    Mr.    Brown    made,    as    events 
proved,  a  financial  mistake.     He  soon   found 
that  with  the  old  methods  he  could  not  com- 
pete  with   the   new   sugar-refining  companies 
which  had  been  started  in  the  city,  and  after 
a   determined  and  useless  struggle   he  closed 
the  manufacture  of  sugar  entirely.     In   1871 
he  established  a  private  banking  house  under 
the  firm  name  of  J.   B.   Brown  &  Sons,  the 
sons  being  Philip  Henry  and  John  Marshall. 
This  banking  house  was  first  located  on  Ex- 
change street  and  later  removed  into  the  Fal- 
mouth Hotel  building.    This  magnificent  hotel 
was  completed  by   Mr.   Brown  in    1868,   and 
on   July    15th  of   that   year,   on   the   occasion 
of  its  opening,  Mr.   Brown  was  tendered  by 
prominent  citizens  a  testimonial  dinner.     For 
a  time   Mr.   Brown  lived   in   a  house  on  the 
corner   of   Oak   and    Spring  streets,   opposite 
the  residence  of  his  former  partner,  St.  John 
Smith,  but  in  i860  he  built  a  fine  residence  on 
the  Western  promenade,  overlooking  Bramhall 
Hill,  which  he  named  Bramhall,  in  honor  of 
one  of  the  original  settlers  bearing  that  name, 
and  there  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
To  specify  the  number  of  buildings  in  Port- 
land which  owe  their  existence  to  Mr.  Brown 
would  not  only  require  much  space,  but  would 
be   almost    impossible.      His    reputation    as    a 
builder  was  early  established  and  increased  as 
the   year  passed.     He  was   undoubtedly   the 
largest  real  estate  owner  in  the  city  or  state. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  contemplating 
the  erection  of  three  new  blocks.     His  tax  for 
the  year  1880,  as  shown  by  the  books  of  the     > 
city  treasurer,  was  more  than  one-thirtieth  of 
the  whole  tax  of  the  city,  so  that  when  it  is 
remembered   that   Mr.   Brown  went  to   Port- 
land a  poor  boy,  in  possession  of  no  special 
educational    advantages,    his    remarkable    and 
untiring  energy  becomes  apparent.     He  was 
every  ready  to  aid  in  the  promotion  of  any 
meritorious  local  enterprises  and  his  sagacity 
and   foresight  were  invaluable  to  them.     He 
was  once  president  of  the  Atlantic  &  St.  Law- 
rence railroad,  was  a  director  of  the  Portland 
&  Ogdensburg  railroad,  and  of  the  Maine  Cen- 
tral, as  well  as  a  stockholder  in  both  roads. 


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At  one  time  he  had  a  larRc  interest  in  the 
Toledo.  Peoria  &  Western  Railroad  Company, 
of  New  York,  and  was  a  director  of  the  Erie 
railroad.  He  was  also  interested  in  the  Port- 
land, Saco  &  Portsmouth  railroad.  For  years 
he  had  been  a  director  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Portland.  He  was  for  a  long  time 
one  of  the  trustees  of  Bowdoin  College  and 
established  there  the  Brown  memorial  scholar- 
ship, which  is  eligible  only  to  graduates  of  the 
Portland  high  school.  He  was  president  of 
the  Maine  General  Hospital.  In  1843  he  be- 
came a  member  of  Laconia  Lodge  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  was  too  much  engaged  in  busi- 
ness to  seek  political  honors  to  which  his  re- 
markable talents  warranted  his  aspiration,  but 
was  elected  to  the  state  senate  for  one  term. 
Though  not  a  professor  of  religion,  Mr.  Brown 
inclined  toward  the  Congregational  faith,  and 
was  a  regular  attendant  at  Pligh  Street 
Church,  toward  the  support  of  which  he  was 
a  liberal  contributor.  Mr.  Brown  was  in  every 
sense  a  thorough  business  man.  His  naturally 
keen  intellect  enabled  him  to  see  the  end  of  a 
business  enterprise  from  the  beginning.  In 
his  death  Portland  lost  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful business  men  that  ever  lived  in  that 
city.  He  died  from  a  fall  while  passing  from 
the  residence  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Clifford,  to  his  own  home  just  across  the 
street.  The  concussion  caused  the  rupture  of 
a  blood  vessel  in  his  head  and  he  died  a  few 
hours  later.  John  Brown  married,  in  1830, 
Ann  Matilda  Greely,  daughter  of  Philip 
Greely,  of  Portland.  Of  this  union  were  born 
four  children:  James  Olcott,  Philip  Henry, 
John  Marshall,  Ellen  Greely,  who  married 
William  Henry  Clifford. 

(VH)  General  John  Marshall,  third  son  of 
John  Bundy  and  Ann  Matilda  (Greely) 
Brown,  was  born  in  Portland,  December  14, 
1838,  and  died  at  his  summer  residence  in 
Falmouth,  July  20,  1907.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  Gould's  Academy,  at  Bethel, 
and  Phillips  Andover  Academy.  He  entered 
Bowdoin  in  1858  and  graduated  in  the  famous 
class  of  i860,  with  Judge  Symonds,  Hon. 
Amos  L.  Allen,  Colonel  Thomas  Hubbard,  of 
New  York,  Judge  Burbank,  Saco,  Ex-speaker 
Thomas  B.  Reed,  and  others.  He  was  class 
orator  of  Phillips  Exeter  and  winner  of  the 
declamation  prizes  of  the  sophomore  and  jun- 
ior years,  and  elected  class  orator  on  grad- 
uation at  Bowdoin.  Pie  began  the  study  of 
law  in  the  ofifice  of  Hon.  John  Rand,  but  the 
outbreak  of  the  civil  war  interfered  with  his 
plans  and  he  left  his  studies  to  go  to  the  front. 
He  enlisted  in   1862  and  was  appointed  first 


lieutenant,  assistant  adjutant  general,  June  29, 
and  adjutant,  September  i,  1862,  to  the  Twen- 
tieth Maine  Yohinteer  Infantry,  and  served 
under  Colonel  Adelbert  Ames  and  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  J.  L.  Chamberlain,  plunging  into  real 
service  at  once.  He  took  active  part  in  the 
battles  of  Antietam,  Chancellorsvillc  and  Get- 
tysburg. When  Colonel  Ames  was  promoted, 
Lieutenant  Brown  was  made  captain  and  as- 
sistant adjutant  general  of  volunteers  by  the 
president  to  serve  in  General  Ames'  staff. 
While  on  the  duty  he  served  in  several  severe 
battles,  including  Gettysburg.  In  his  re]5ort 
of  his  troops  at  Gettysburg,  General  Ames 
thus  speaks  of  Captain  Brown :  "Captain  J. 
M.  Brown,  my  assistant  adjutant  general, 
rendered  most  valuable  services  during  the 
three  days'  fighting;  with  great  coolness  and 
energy  he  ably  seconded  my  efforts  in  repell- 
ing the  assault  made  by  the  enemy  on  the 
evening  of  the  second."  Later  Captain  Brown 
served  in  the  far  south,  when  General  Ames 
was  sent  to  that  section  in  command  of  the 
department,  taking  part  in  the  siege  of  Fort 
Wagner  and  the  movement  on  Johnson's 
Island,  and  subsequently  in  the  movements 
about  Jacksonville.  When  the  thirty-second 
Maine  regiment  was  organized,  the  late  Dr. 
Mark  E.  Wentworth,  of  Kittery,  was  com- 
missioned colonel  and  he  accepted  with  the 
condition  that  Captain  Brown  should  serve  as 
his  lieutenant-colonel.  Dr.  Wentworth's  cour- 
age was  without  blemish,  but  his  physical  con- 
dition was  such  that  he  felt  it  would  be  an 
impossibility  for  him  to  be  sure  of  holding 
active  command,  and  he  wanted  a  good  officer 
for  the  position  to  fall  to  if  he  was  obliged 
to  leave  it.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Brown  was 
emphatically  the  right  man  in  the  right  place. 
The  Thirty-second  Maine  Regiment  was  mus- 
tered in  April  20,  1864,  under  the  last  call 
of  President  Lincoln,  that  of  February  i, 
1864.  It  was  largely  made  up  of  men  who 
had  seen  service  in  other  regiments,  so  that 
it  was  in  a  measure  prepared  for  the  duty 
that  was  thrust  upon  it,  that  of  the  tremendous 
fighting  of  the  latter  days  of  the  rebellion 
when  Grant  was  gradually  hammering  the  life 
out  of  the  confederacy.  Colonel  Brown  found 
himself  in  command  of  the  regiment  through 
the  sickness  of  Colonel  Wentworth,  and  he 
fought  the  regiment  in  the  battles  of  Totopot- 
omy  and  Cold  Harbor  and  the  preliminary 
movements  at  Petersburg.  He  was  severely 
wounded  in  the  action.  He  was  brevetted 
brigadier-general  of  volunteers  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  service  in  the  field.  On  his  re- 
turn, by  care,  he  recovered  his  health  to  such 


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an  extent  that  those  who  knew  him  only  late 
in  life  regarded  him  as  a  stalwart  man  of  great 
physical  powers,  and  knew  nothing  of  the  seri- 
ous condition  in  which  he  returned  from  the 
army.  He  retained  his  interest  in  military 
matters  to  the  end  of  his  life,  and  was  promi- 
nent in  everything  of  a  local  character  for  the 
good  of  the  service.  He  was  a  firm  believer 
in  a  strong  national  guard  as  one  of  the 
main  steps  of  the  nation.  After  his  return 
from  the  army  he  joined  the  militia  and 
served  as  colonel  of  the  First  Regiment  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  was  also  appointed 
brigadier-general,  but  did  not  exercise  the 
command  because  in  his  opinion  there  was  no 
brigade  to  command.  He  labored  long  and 
patiently  to  bring  about  reforms  in  the  national 
guard  system  of  the  country  which  are  only 
now  beginning  to  become  apparent.  He  was 
of  the  opinion  gained  from  his  foreign  tours 
of  observation  that  the  national  guard  system 
of  the  country  must  be  uniform  and  based 
on  the  systems  in  vogue  in  Europe  which  link 
whole  nations  together  for  the  common  de- 
fence by  a  regular  system  of  organizations. 

General  Brown  entered  the  business  firm  of 
which  his  father  and  his  elder  brother,  the 
late  Philip  Henry  Brown,  were  members,  in 
the  sugar  business,  and  later  in  the  real  estate 
and  banking  business.  Subsequent  to  the 
death  of  his  father,  the  firm  changed  into  a 
corporation  called  the  P.  H.  &  J.  M.  Brown 
Company,  which  still  continues  in  business. 
He  lived  in  Portland  a  short  tiine  after  his 
return  from  the  war  and  he  served  in  the 
common  council  from  ward  six  in  1865.  Later 
he  became  impressed  with  the  future  value  of 
Falmouth  Foreside  and  bought  the  large  tract 
near  Waite's  Landing,  where  his  home  was 
and  where  he  maintained  his  legal  residence 
for  nearly  forty  years.  He  was  a  great  lover 
of  agriculture  and  for  years  conducted  large 
farming  operations  on  a  scale  that  marked 
him  as  a  successful  gentleman  farmer.  Gen- 
eral Brown  had  traveled  extensively  in  Eng- 
land and  he  was  imbued  somewhat  with  the 
value  of  the  English  idea  of  large  landed  es- 
tates, and  his  place  at  Falmouth  was  con- 
ducted much  on  the  same  basis  as  one  of  the 
large  English  establishments.  At  dififerent 
times  he  sustained  large  losses  from  fire,  hav- 
ing his  barns  burned  and  in  other  ways  suf- 
fering severely,  so  that  in  his  later  years  he 
confined  his  operations  within  a  much  nar- 
rower limit.  General  Brown  was  one  of  the 
commissioners  to  the  Paris  exposition  by  ap- 
pointment of  General  Grant.  He  was  for 
more  than  twenty-five  years  a  member  of  the 


board  of  overseers  of  Bowdoin  College,  and 
for  twelve  years  before  his  death  was  mem- 
ber and  president  of  the  board  of  trustees. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  loyal  sons  of  old 
Bowdoin  and  was  ever  ready  to  go  to  her  aid 
in  time  of  need.  He  served  as  a  member  of 
the  legislature  from  the  towns  of  Falmouth 
and  Cumberland  in  1899,  and  won  distinction 
on  the  committee  on  military  afifairs,  being 
really  the  father  of  the  present  militia  law 
which  governs  the  militia  of  the  state.  He 
also  introduced  and  was  sponsor  for  the  law 
which  forbids  the  placing  of  any  advertise- 
ment on  the  national  flag,  thus  preserving  it 
from  desecration  by  enterprising  tradesmen 
who  seek  to  use  it  to  push  their  business.  He 
was  appointed  in  1898  a  member  of  the  board 
of  managers  of  the  National  Homes  for  Dis- 
abled Veterans  and  he  had  general  charge  of 
the  Togus  Home  until  his  resignation  a  short 
time  before  his  death.  Early  in  life  he  be- 
came interested  in  historical  matters  and  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety more  than  thirty  years  ago.  He  was  an 
earnest  student  of  history,  and  although  his 
writings  were  few  they  are  of  great  value 
and  his  services  to  the  society  were  extremely 
valuable.  He  was  one  of  the  building  com- 
mittee of  the  Historical  Library,  and  although 
in  great  measure  restricted  by  his  illness,  he 
was  able  to  do  a  great  deal  of  valuable  work 
toward  making  this  building  the  great  success 
that  it  is.  He  was  a  vice-president  of  the 
Maine  Historical  Society  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  was  also  corresponding  member  of 
some  other  twenty  historical  societies  in  this 
and  other  countries,  and  rendered  valuable 
service  to  the  cause  of  history  in  many  lands. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  and 
served  as  commander  of  the  Alaine  Command- 
ery.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Sons  of 
American  Revolution,  of  the  Society  of  Col- 
onial Wars  and  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  although  he  did  not  take  a  promi- 
nent part  in  the  work  of  this  order  for  many 
years  before  his  death.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  the  first  president  of  the  Port- 
land Army  and  Navy  Union.  He  was  the 
president  of  the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Monu- 
ment Association  and  delivered  the  address  on 
the  occasion  of  the  completion  and  surrender 
of  the  monument  to  the  city.  General  Brown 
received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 
Bowdoin  College  at  commencement  in  1863. 
Aside  from  his  business  relations,  his  con- 
nection with  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church 


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made  liini  bcUcr  Uimwii  than  any  other  thing 
with  which  he  was  cunncctcd.  He  became  an 
Episcopalian  early  in  life  and  was  cliosen  one 
of  the  vestry  of  St.  Luke's  Cathedral  many 
years  ago.  He  served  as  a  vestryman  for  a 
iong  time,  was  advanced  to  the  position  of 
warden,  and  then  for  a  long  time  served  as 
senior  warden  of  the  corporation  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Cathedral  Chapter.  He  was 
elected  delegate  to  the  diocesan  convention  for 
the  first  time  in  1887,  and  after  that  time 
missed  only  four  conventions  till  the  close  of 
his  life,  and  these  at  times  when  he  was  either 
out  of  the  country  or  incapacitated  by  illness. 
He  served  on  the  standing  committees  for 
years  and  in  the  intervals  between  the  death 
of  one  bishop  and  the  election  and  consecra- 
tion of  anotlier,  this  body  acting  as  the  eccle- 
siastical authority,  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  direction  of  affairs  in  the  diocese.  Gen- 
eral Brown  was  lirst  elected  a  lay  deputy  to 
the  first  convention  in  1878,  and  was  re-elected 
every  three  years  from  that  time.  He  was  re- 
elected at  the  convention  in  May  to  the  gen- 
eral convention  to  be  held  at  Richmond,  Vir- 
ginia, in  October,  and  his  death  caused  a 
vacancy  in  the  body.  He  was  a  working 
member  of  the  general  convention  for  years. 
He  served  on  many  important  committees,  in- 
cluding that  on  the  state  of  the  church  and 
on  canons  and  the  prayer  book.  He  was  what 
is  known  as  a  high  church  man  and  was 
liberal  in  his  support  of  the  tenets  of  the 
faith  once  committed  to  the  saints.  Many  of 
the  movements  that  have  attained  a  great 
prominence  in  the  church  were  due  to  him, 
including  the  creation  of  the  Episcopate  fund 
and  other  important  features.  General  Brown 
was  a  genial  man  to  meet,  and  a  charming 
conversationalist,  although  for  all  his  social 
prominence  he  was  a  diffident  man  and  ex- 
tremely loath  to  put  himself  forward.  His 
range  of  information  was  wide,  his  knowledge 
deep  and  accurate,  and  he  was  master  of  vigor- 
ous English.  About  a  year  previous  to  his 
death,  while  traveling  in  Mexico,  General 
Brown  was  stricken  with  what  was  proved  to 
be  a  first  shock  of  paralysis,  and  for  a  time 
his  condition  was  considered  critical.  He  re- 
turned to  Portland,  however,  and  the  following 
year  went  to  Falmouth  Foreside,  where  he 
died  of  the  shock  caused  by  an  operation  for 
appendicitis  he  was  compelled  to  undergo. 

John  Marshall  Brown  married,  December 
18,  1866,  Alida  Catherine  Carroll,  of  Wash- 
ington, a  direct  descendant  of  Daniel  Carroll, 
of  Duddington,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Con- 
stitution.   She  was  born  in  Washington,  April 


5,  1844,  and  is  the  daughter  of  William  Thom- 
as and  Sally  (Sprigg)  Carroll,  of  Washing- 
ton. Children  of  John  Marshall  and  Alida 
Catherine  (Carroll)  Brown:  i.  Sally  Car- 
roll, born  October  26,  1867,  married,  April  5, 
1893,  Herbert  I'ay.son,  son  of  Charles  and  .'\nn 
Maria  (Robinson)  Payson  and  grandson  of 
Rev.  Edward  Payson ;  children  :  i.  Alida,  born 
January  27,  1895;  ii.  Anne  Carroll,  October 
14,  1896;  iii.  John  Brown,  October  i,  1897; 
iv.  Charles  Shipman,  October  16,  1898;  v.  Her- 
bert Jr.,  March  23,  1902;  vi.  Olcott  Sprigg, 
June  30,  1907.  2.  Alida  Greely,  born  May  9, 
1870,  died  April  25,  1889,  at  Montreux,  Swit- 
zerland. 3.  Mary  Brewster,  born  February  16, 
1876,  married,  August  5,  1901,  George  Strong 
Derby  of  Boston,  son  of  Dr.  Hasket  and 
Sarah  (Mason)  Derby.  4.  Carroll,  born 
March  19,  1881  ;  see  forward.  Daniel  Carroll, 
of  Litterlonna,  was  father  of  Charles  Car- 
roll, "Barrister,"  of  Inner  Temple,  London, 
common  ancestor  of  both  the  "Carrollton" 
and  "Duddington"  Carrolls.  The  latter  were 
cousins.  5.  \'ioletta  Lansdale,  born  ^vlay  14, 
1883,  married,  August  28,  1906,  Harold  Lee 
Berry,  son  of  Alfred  IL  and  Frances  F. 
(Crosby)   Berry,  of  Portland. 

(V'HI)  Carroll,  only  son  of  General  John 
Marshall  and  Alida  Catherine  (Carroll) 
Brown,  was  born  in  Portland,  March  19,  1881. 
After  leaving  the  common  schools  he  attended 
the  Fay  School,  Southborough,  Massachusetts, 
St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
and  Harvard  College  for  two  years.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  largely  engaged  in  real 
estate  and  mining  transactions  in  New  Eng- 
land and  the  West.  In  1907  the  Northeastern 
Paving  &  Contracting  Company  was  organ- 
ized, for  the  purpose  of  laying  Hassam  con- 
crete paving  in  northeastern  New  England, 
and  Mr.  Brown  was  made  treasurer  of  the 
concern  which  from  the  start  has  done  a  suc- 
cessful and  constantly  increasing  business.  Mr. 
Brown  is  a  member  of  Portland  Lodge,  No. 
188,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
the  Portland  Country  Club,  the  Portland 
Yacht  Club  and  the  Harvard  Yacht  Club,  in 
all  of  which  he  is  a  well-known  figure.  He 
attends  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  He 
married,  September  26,  1906,  in  New  York 
City,  Amanda  Juneman,  who  was  born  in 
Boulder,  Colorado,  1877,  daughter  of  Freder- 
ick William  and  Pattie  (Field)  Juneman.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Juneman  have  three  children: 
Irene,  married  Fay  Malone;  Amanda,  above 
mentioned ;  Field,  married  Marguerite  Klein. 
Carroll  and  Amanda  (Juneman)  Brown  have 
one  child,  Pattie  Field,  born  August  11,  1907. 


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There  were  numerous  Brown 
BROWN  families  among  the  pioneer  set- 
tlers of  Massachusetts.  There 
were  three  distinguished  families  located  in 
one  town  in  Essex  county,  and  their  descend- 
ants are  scattered  throughout  the  common- 
wealth and  other  states  of  the  United  States, 
rendering  it  difficult  to  trace  distinct  lines. 
There  were,  in  the  early  days  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, two  John  Browns  in  Thornton,  belong- 
ing to  entirely  distinct  ancestral  lines.  Some 
representatives  of  the  name  now  use  the  final 
"e"  in  its  spelling,  which  arose,  without  doubt, 
from  the  peculiar  habit  of  the  early  New 
England  settlers  of  adding  that  letter  to  any 
name.  The  name  has  furnished  many  men 
of  prominence  in  the  business,  political,  re- 
ligious and  social  circles  of  the  various  states. 

(I)  Thomas  Brown,  born  about  1607,  came 
from  Malford,  England,  and  settled  in  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  in  1635,  and  died  there 
January  8,  1687,  aged  eighty  years.  His  wife 
Mary  died  June  2,  1655.  Record  is  found  of 
three  children:  i.  Francis,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Isaac,  married  Rebecca  Barley,  and  lived 
in  Newbury.     3.  Mary,  born  1635. 

(II)  Francis,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Brown,  was  born  1632,  in  England,  and  re- 
sided in  Newbury,  where  he  was  married,  No- 
vember 21,  1653,  to  Mary  Johnson,  and  both 
were  members  of  the  church  in  Newbury. 
The  date  of  the  death  of  his  wife  Mary  is 
not  of  record,  and  he  had  a  second  wife  of 
whom  little  knowledge  is  obtainable.  He  died 
in  Newbury  in  169 1.  Six  children  of  the  first 
marriage  are  recorded  :  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Han- 
nah, Sarah,  John  and  Thomas. 

(III)  John,  elder  son  of  Francis  and  Mary 
(Johnson)  Brown,  was  born  May  13,  1665, 
and  undoubtedly  passed  his  life  in  Newbury, 
where  he  was  married,  August  20,  1683,  to 
Ruth  Hense.  born  February  25,  1664,  daughter 
of  Abel  and  Marv  (Sears)  Hense,  of  Newbury. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Ruth 
(Heuse)  Brown,  was  born  about  1685,  in 
Newbury,  and  made  his  home  in  that  town, 
where  he  was  married,  January  20,  1713,  to 
Elizabeth  Dole,  born  August  16,  1692,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  (Gerrish)  Dole. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Dole)  Brown,  was  born  October  20, 
1723,  and  removed  from  Newbury  to  Plym- 
outh, New  Hampshire,  in  1768  or  '69,  and 
soon  thereafter  died.  He  was  married  in 
1748  (intention  pubHshed  October  15,  1748), 
to  Elizabeth  Brown,  born  November  8.  1728, 
in  Newbury,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  De- 
borah Brown.    She  married  (second)  Novem- 


ber 4.  1 77 1,  Deacon  Francis  Worcester,  of 
Plymouth,  born  March  30,  1721,  in  Brad- 
ford, Massachusetts,  son  of  Rev.  Francis  and 
Abigail  (Carleton)  Worcester.  Deacon 
Worcester  was  one  of  the  foremost  citizens 
of  Grafton  county,  and  served  as  representa- 
tive, councillor  and  delegate  to  the  constitu- 
tional convention.  He  was  a  sagacious  leader 
in  town,  county  and  state  affairs,  and  died 
October  19,  1800,  in  Plymouth.  Children  of 
Moses  and  Elizabeth  Brown:  i.  Elizabeth, 
married  David  Perkins,  of  Campton,  New 
Hampshire.  2.  Mary,  married  Joseph  Pulsi- 
fer,  of  the  same  town.  3.  Sarah,  married 
Ezekiel  tiarding.  4.  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Hannah,  married  Rev.  Noah  Worces- 
ter, son  of  Captain  Noah  Worcester,  of  Hol- 
lis.  New  Hampshire.  He  was  the  able  min- 
ister of  Thornton.  She  died  November  16, 
1697. 

(\I)  John  (3),  only  son  of  Moses  and 
Elizabeth  (Brown)  Brown,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1755,  in  Plymouth,  and  resided  in 
Thornton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  mar- 
ried, March  3,  1785,  Susanna  (or  Hannah) 
Ingalls,  probably  a  daughter  of  Timothy  In- 
galls,  of  Chester,  Plymouth  and  Thornton, 
New  Hampshire.  Before  the  close  of  the 
eighteenth  century  he  removed  to  Montville, 
Waldo  county,  Maine,  where  he  died,  and  he 
married  (second)  in  Belfast,  IMaine,  a  widow 
Nesme,  who  bore  him  three  sons :  George, 
Edward  and  Frank.  These  settled  at  Eliza- 
bethport.  New  Jersey,  and  were  extensively 
interested  in  real  estate  and  building  in  that 
town.  The  children  of  the  first  marriage 
were:  Charles,  looses,  Sarah,  Hannah  and 
John  Ingalls. 

(V'll)  John  Ingalls,  son  of  John  (3)  and 
Susanna  (Ingalls)  Brown,  was  born  October 
2"],  1789,  in  Thornton,  and  was  a  child  when 
he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Maine.  He 
enlisted  from  Alaine  in  the  Hampton  Infantry 
for  the  war  of  181 2,  participating  in  the  en- 
gagement at  Dixmont  Hills  and  elsewhere.  He 
married,  at  Albion,  Kennebec  county,  Maine, 
in  April,  181 1,  to  Mary  Warren.  A  daughter 
named  Elizabeth  and  a  son  John,  born  of 
this  marriage,  died  in  infancy.  Charles,  the 
third  child,  was  born  December  10,  1818.  4. 
Elizabeth.  December  ig,  1821,  married  Thom- 
as Grotton.  5.  Noah  Worcester,  June  18, 
1823.  6.  William  Penn,  June  19,  1825.  7. 
John  W.,  mentioned  below.  8.  Benjamin,  No- 
vember 27,  1831.  9.  Mary  Frances,  June, 
1835.  The  last  named  married  Abel  Smiley, 
at  Bangor,  ]\Iaine,  and  lived  in  Clinton.  Iowa. 

(VHI)  John  Warren,  fifth  son  of  John  In- 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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galls  and  .Mary  (Warren)  IJrown,  was  born 
May  7,  iSjS,  in  Montvillc,  and  resided  for 
sonic  time  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
whence  he  returned  to  Maine,  and  settled  in 
Bangor.  He  married  Frances  Hopkins,  born 
in  1830,  at  Orrington,  Penobscot  county, 
Maine.  Children:  i.  John  Ingalls,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Charles  W.  H.,  a  graduate  of  Maine 
State  College. 

(IX)  John  Ingalls,  .son  of  John  Warren 
Brown,  was  born  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, February  14,  1852.  He  returned  with 
his  parents  from  Philadelphia,  where  they  had 
lived  a  few  years,  to  their  former  home  in 
Bangor,  Maine,  where  he  spent  his  childhood 
and  attended  the  public  schools.  He  also  at- 
tended Hampden  Academy  and  the  Eastern 
Conference  Seminary  at  Bucksport,  Maine,  for 
several  terms,  and  Kent's  Hill  Academy.  Fie 
passed  the  entrance  examinations  to  Bowdoin 
College,  but  did  not  enter.  Fie  became  private 
secretary  to  (Congressman  later)  Governor 
Plaisted,  of  Maine.  Afterward  he  taught 
school  in  Hampden,  Maine,  for  three  winter 
terms,  and  in  the  meanwhile  read  law  in  the 
office  of  Governor  Plaisted.  In  1881  he  was 
appointed  to  a  responsilile  position  in  the 
census  office,  and  detailed  for  special  work  in 
various  sections  of  the  country.  He  con- 
tinued the  study  of  law  in  the  National  Uni- 
versity of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  the  class  of  1884, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  the  same  year.  He  took  the 
civil  service  examinations  for  the  patent  office 
in  1885,  and  was  appointed  assistant  examiner 
that  year  and  made  a  principal  examiner  in 
July,  1908,  in  charge  of  Division  No.  41.  He 
is  president  of  the  Beneficial  Association  of 
the  Department  of  the  Interior  at  Washing- 
ton. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  in  relig- 
ion a  Unitarian.  He  is  a  member  of  every 
branch  of  Odd  Fellowship,  and  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  men  of  that  order.  He  is 
a  grand  representative  to  the  Sovereign  Grand 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  District  of  Columbia ;  was 
grand  master  in  1898.  He  belongs  to  Easton 
Lodge  No.  7,  of  Washington,  Fred.  D.  Stew- 
art Encampment  No.  7,  Canton  Washington 
No.  I,  and  Naomi  Rebekah  No.  i.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution ;  of  District  of  Columbia  Rathbone  Su- 
perior Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  I.  O.  O.  F. 
Hall,  and  a  director  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Home 
Association.  He  married,  February  14,  1883, 
Nettie    Aldea    West,    of    Bath.    Maine,    born 


May  20,  1859.  daughter  of  Nathan  West  and 
Jeanette  (Stetson)  West,  of  Lewiston,  Maine. 
They  had  one  child,  who  died  in  infancy. 


Among  the  finest  families 
DENNISON     that   first   trod   the    soil   of 

New  England  and  bore  a 
conspicuous  part  in  subduing  the  savage  and 
the  establishment  of  the  civilization  of  its  time 
was  that  of  Denison.  Its  representatives  are 
now  found  in  every  part  of  the  United  States, 
and  noted  for  fine  minds  and  fine  characters. 
Tfie  ancestor  of  most  of  those  bearing  the 
name  had  a  romantic  career,  and  left  an  in- 
delible impress  upon  the  formative  history  of 
New  England.  He  was  of  vigorous  physical 
as  well  as  mental  makeup,  and  his  posterity  is 
numerous  and  of  credit  to  its  noble  origin. 

(I)  John  Dcnyson  was  living  in  Stortford, 
Hertfordshire,  England,  in  1567,  and  died 
there  of  the  plague,  in  1582. 

(II)  William,  son  of  John  Denyson,  was 
baptized  at  Stortford,  February  3,  1571,  and 
married  November  7,  1603,  Margaret  (Chand- 
ler) Monck.  Fie  was  well  seated  at  Stort- 
ford, but  hearing  of  the  promise  of  the  New 
England  colonies,  decided  to  cast  his  lot  with 
the  Puritans  there.  Flis  eldest  son,  James 
Denyson,  was  a  clergyman,  and  remained  in 
England.  The  parents,  with  three  sons — Dan- 
iel, Edward  and  George — crossed  the  ocean  in 
1631  and  settled  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
in  1634.  They  bore  a  prominent  part  in  social 
and  religious  life  there.  John  Eliot,  the  apos- 
tle, was  a  tutor  in  their  family.  William 
Denison  died  at  Roxbury,  January  25,  1653, 
and  his  wife,  February  23,   1645. 

(III)  Captain  George,  fourth  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Margaret  C.  (Monck)  Denison,  was 
born  in  Stortford,  in  i6t8,  and  was  baptized 
there  December  10,  1620.  He  married,  about 
1640,  Bridget  Thompson,  born  September  11, 
1622,  daughter  of  John  and  Alice  Thompson, 
of  Preston,  Northamptonshire,  England. 
Bridget  died  in  1643,  leaving  daughters  Sarah 
and  ilannah,  born  1641  and  1643,  respectively. 
After  the  death  of  his  wife.  Captain  Denison 
went  to  England  and  joined  Cromwell's  army. 
He  was  severely  wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Naseby,  and  was  nursed  back  to  health  by 
Lady  Ann  Borodel,  at  the  home  of  her  father, 
John  Borodel.  As  soon  as  his  strength  was 
restored  he  married  her,  and  in  1645  they 
came  to  New  England  and  lived  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  continuing  their  residence 
there  until  1651.  when  they  located  with  their 
family  in  New  London,  Connecticut.     Captain 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Denison  distinguished  himself  as  a  soldier  in 
the  Pequot  war,  and  again  rendered  valuable 
service  to  the  colony  after  his  return  from 
England,  rising  to  the  rank  of  colonel.  He 
was  also  prominent  in  civil  life.  His  children, 
born  of  the  second  marriage,  were :  John,  Ann, 
Borodel,  George  William,  ^Margaret  and  Mary. 

(IV)  Captain  William  (2)  fourth  son  of 
Captain  George  and  Ann  (Borodel)  Denison, 
was  born  in  1655,  and  married  Mrs.  Sarah 
(Stanton)  Prentice,  widow  of  Thomas  Pren- 
tice (2)  and  daughter  of  Thomas  Stanton. 
Captain  Denison  served  in  King  Philip's  war, 
and  died  March  2,  1715,  and  his  wife  died 
August  7,  1713.  Children:  William,  Sarah, 
George  and  others. 

(V)  George  (2),  son  of  Captain  William 
(2)  and  Sarah  (Stanton)  Dennison,  was  born 
in  1699,  and  died  March  14,  1748,  in  Glouces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  where  he  settled  early  in 
life.  He  first  appears  of  record  in  that  town 
at  his  marriage,  January  14,  1725,  to  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Hannah  (York) 
Haraden.  She  was  born  in  1706,  and  died 
May  I,  1753.  George  Dennison  was  one  of 
the  original  proprietors  of  the  township  of 
New  Gloucester,  in  what  is  now  Maine,  and 
also  owned  wild  land  in  the  present  town  of 
Freeport,  where  his  sons,  Abner  and  David, 
settled  about  1757.  He  was  a  man  of  energy 
and  influence  and  accumulated  much  prop- 
erty. He  sent  vessels  to  the  banks  and  was 
very  successful  in  business,  leaving  an  estate 
valued  at  1,532  pounds.  Children:  George, 
Abner,  Isaac,  David,  Jonathan,  Abigail  and 
Susanna. 

(VI)  David,  fourth  son  of  George  (2)  and 
Abigail  (liaraden)  Dennison,  was  born  Au- 
gust 6,  1734,  in  Gloucester,  Massachusetts, 
and  died  March  5,  1799,  in  Freeport,  Maine, 
where  he  settled  about  1757.  He  and  his 
brother  were  men  of  much  enterprise.  They 
built  a  sawmill  and  vessel  and  did  a  large 
trade  in  lumber,  along  the  coast.  He  married, 
about  1757,  Jenny,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Joanna  (Emerson)  Haraden,  born  October  iS. 
1742,  died  October,  1813.  Children:  David 
(died  young),  David,  George.  Jenny.  Joanna, 
Esther,  Timothy,  Lucretia.  John,  Abigail,  Jo- 
seph, Jonathan  and  Priscilla. 

(VII)  George  (3),  third  son  of  David  and 
Joanna  (Haraden)  Dennison,  was  born  Mav 
19,  1762,  in  Freeport,  and  resided  in  that 
town.  Fie  married,  August  21,  1783,  Dorcas 
Soule,  born  March  11,  1766.  and  was  of  the 
sixth  generation  in  descent  from  George  Soule, 
passenger  on  the  "Mayflower,"  in  1620.     Chil- 


dren :  Emerson,  Betsey,  George  Washington, 
Timothy,  Dorcas  (died  young),  Bradbury, 
Jonathan  and  Dorcas. 

(VIII)  Betsey,  eldest  daughter  of  George 
(3)  and  Dorcas  (Soule)  Dennison,  was  born 
December  2,  1785,  in  Freeport,  and  was  mar- 
ried August  13,  1813,  to  Stephen  Stetson,  of 
Durham,  Maine.     (See  Stetson  VII.) 


Stephen   Stetson    (see  preced- 
STETSON     ing    sketch)     was    descended 

from  Robert  Stetson,  the  im- 
migrant (q.  v.),  through  Joseph  (II),  Robert 
(III)  and         .      , 

(I'V)  Anthony,  eldest  child  of  Robert  (2) 
and  Mary  (Collamore)  Stetson,  was  born 
September  12,  1693,  probably  in  Scituate,  and 
lived  in  that  town,  where  he  was  a  cordwainer, 
and  died  in  1747.  He  was  married  March 
28,  1717,  to  Anna  Smith.  Children:  Mary, 
Isaac,  Joseph,  Ann,  Charles,  Ezra,  Elisha, 
Thomas,  Benjamin,  Abiel  and  Martha. 

(V)  Isaac,  eldest  son  of  Anthony  and  Anna 
(Smith)  Stetson,  was  born  October  19,  1719. 
in  Scituate,  and  resided  south  of  George 
Moore's  Pond  in  that  town,  where  he  died 
June  8,  181 1.  He  was  very  much  respected 
and  beloved.  He  was  married  November  16, 
1749,  to  Ruth  Prouty,  of  Scituate,  who  died 
September  18,  1805.  Children:  Isaac,  Ruth, 
Elizabeth,  Anne,  Eunice  (died  young)  Elisha, 
Eunice,  Abigail,  Mary,  Chloe  and  David. 

(VI)  Elisha,  second  son  of  Isaac  and  Ruth 
Prouty  Stetson,  was  born  April  8,  1759,  in 
Scituate,  and  settled  in  Durham,  Maine,  in 
1784.  He  was  married  in  the  last-named 
year  to  Rebecca  Curtis,  of  Scituate.  Children : 
Ruth,  Sally,  Elisha,  Stephen,  Isaac,  Clarissa 
and  Abigail  (twins),  David,  Mary,  Charles 
and  Anthony. 

(VII)  Stephen,  second  son  of  Elisha  and 
Rebecca  (Curtis)  Stetson,  was  born  May  28, 
1 791,  in  Durham,  Maine,  where  he  resided. 
He  was  married  August  13,  1813,  to  Betsey 
Dennison,  daughter  of  George  (3)  and  Dorcas 
Soule.  (See  Dennison  VTI.)  Children: 
Jennet  Betsej',  George  D.,  Pamelia  H.,  Elisha 
and  Andrew  J. 

(  \  III )  leanette,  eldest  child  of  Stephen  and 
Betsey  (Dennison)  Stetson,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 22.  181 5,  and  became  the  wife  of 
Nathan  A.  West,  of  Lewiston.  later  of  Bath, 
Maine. 

(IX)  Nettie  Aldea,  daughter  of  Nathan 
and  Jeanette  (  Stetson")  \\"est,  was  horn  Alay 
20,  1859.  in  Bath,  and  became  the  wife  of 
John   I.   Brown,      (See  Brown  IX.) 


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Among  the  earliest  settlers  in 
SNOW     New  England  were  persons  named 

Snow.  Nicholas  Snow  was  a  pas- 
senger in  the  "Ann,"  1623,  and  settled  in 
Plymouth;  Thomas  was  of  I5oston,  1636;  An- 
thony was  of  Plymouth,  1638 ;  William  was 
of  Plymouth,  1643;  and  various  others  of  the 
name  were  in  Eastham  and  Woburn.  The 
Massachusetts  Revolutionary  War  Rolls  show 
over  two  hundred  and  fifty  enlistments  under 
this  name. 

( I )  Richard  Snow  was  the  earliest  inhabi- 
tant bearing  his  name  in  Woburn.  He  was 
taxed  there  in  the  rate  for  the  county,  as- 
sessed September  8,  1645,  which  was  the  first 
tax  in  Woburn  upon  record.  In  1648  land 
was  granted  him  by  the  town.  November  19, 
1656,  he  bought  a  house  and  twenty  acres 
of  land  of  George  Farley,  one  of  the  original 
inhabitants  of  Woburn,  then  recently  removed 
to  Billerica ;  and  in  general  distribution  of 
common  lands  and  timber,  made  in  1668,  he 
had  a  due  proportion  assigned  him  in  the 
"fifth  Eighth."  He  seems  to  have  been  an 
industrious,  thriving  husbandman,  and  to  have 
maintained  a  respectable  rank  in  society;  but 
not  being  ambitious  of  honor  and  distinction, 
he  never  attained  any  considerable  office  either 
in  the  church  or  the  town.  In  1659  Richard 
Snow  was  dismissed  from  ordinary  training 
in  consideration  of  his  inefficiency  to  bear 
arms.  The  History  of  Woburn  says  he  died 
November  9,  171 1,  but  that  must  be  a  mis- 
take, as  the  Middlesex  county  court  records 
state  that  the  will  of  Richard  Snow  was  proved 
in  1677.  Besides  John  and  James  Snow,  sons 
apparently  his,  born  before  he  removed  to  Wo- 
burn to  reside,  he  had  born  to  him  afterwards 
Daniel  (died  young),  Samuel  and  Zechariah. 

(II)  John  Snow,  referred  to  above  as  being 
probably  a  son  of  Richard  Snow,  born  before 
his  father  took  up  his  residence  in  Woburn, 
died  November  25,  1706.  He  had  John, 
Zerubbabel,  Timothy,  Hannah,  Mary,  Eben- 
ezer  and  Nathaniel. 

(III)  Zerubbabel,  son  of  John  Snow,  was 
born  May  14,  1672,  died  November  20,  1733. 
He  married,  September  22,  1697,  Jemima  Cut- 
ler, and  they  had  Zerubbabel,  Josiah,  Jabez 
(died  young),  Jemima,  Ebenezer,  John,  Will- 
iam, Abigail  and  Jabez. 

(I\')  John  (2),  fifth  son  of  Zerubbabel 
and  Jemima  (Cutler)  Snow,  was  born  March 
30,  1706.  The  supposition  is  that  he  moved 
from  Woburn  to  the  town  of  Rutland,  Massa- 
chusetts, a  small  town  about  half-way  between 
Northampton  and  Worcester,  where  he  re- 
sided   (probably)    from   about    1735   to    1766. 


Subsequently  he  settled  in  Chesterfield,  Ches- 
hire county.  New  Hampshire,  where  he  and 
Moses  Smith  built  the  first  sawmill  erected  in 
the  town.  He  was  selectman  in  1767.  The 
following  is  taken  from  the  Vital  Records  of 
Rutland,  Massachusetts,  page  91  :  "John  Snow 
was  living  in  Rutland,  Massachusetts,  in  1763, 
being  one  of  tiie  petitioners  to  have  the  town 
of  Paxton  set  off  from  Rutland."  The  fol- 
lowing is  taken  from  the  History  of  Rutland, 
Worcester  County,  Massachusetts,  by  Jonas 
Reid,  pages  14-15:  "John's  oldest  son  War- 
ren was  evidently  born  before  John  moved  to 
Rutland."  John  Snow  died  May  12,  1777, 
in  his  seventy-second  year.  His  wife,  Abigail 
Snow,  died  March  6,  1790,  in  her  eighty- 
fourth  year.  Their  children  were  Warren, 
mentioned  above;  Zerubbabel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Phebe,  born  Rutland,  about  1746. 

(\')  Zerubbabel  (2),  second  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Abigail  Snow,  was  born  in  Rutland, 
August  12,  1 74 1.  He  settled  in  Chesterfield, 
April,  1770,  where  he  was  selectman,  1773- 
74.  He  died  April  12,  1795,  in  the  fifty-fourth 
year  of  his  age.  He  married  Mary  Trow- 
bridge, of  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  who  died 
June  24,  1818,  in  her  seventy-fourth  year. 
Their  children  were :  Molly,  James,  Lydia, 
Abigail,  Sally,  John,  Jerusha  and  Levi. 

(\T)  James,  eldest  son  of  Zerubbabel  (2) 
and  Mary  (Trowbridge)  Snow,  married, 
1787,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Farr,  by 
whom  he  had  Eli  A.,  Kimball,  Alpheus,  Gard- 
ner, Elijah  J.,  Polly,  Jerusha,  Selina,  Sally, 
Mary  and  Thirza  C. 

(VH)  Alpheus,  third  son  of  James,  and 
Abigail  (Farr)  Snow,  was  born  May  10, 
1791,  died  Mav  28,  1S69.  In  his  youth  he 
attended  school  only  three  weeks;  neverthe- 
less, by  private  study  he  afterward  succeeded 
in  acquiring  an  ordinary  education.  He  had 
a  special  aptitude  for  arithmetic,  and  it 
is  said  that  even  persons  who  ought  to  have 
been  his  superiors  in  this  branch  of  mathe- 
matics sought  his  aid  in  the  solution  of  diffi- 
cult problems.  When  a  young  man  he  learned 
the  trade  of  blacksmith,  which  he  followed 
for  many  years  at  the  West  Village.  He  was 
also  engaged  in  farming.  He  was  selectman 
i837-39-45-49-.^3.  and  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  court  in  1849.  He  married. 
1815,  Salome  Harris,  born  November  5,  1796, 
daughter  of  Perley  Harris,  who  married,  1783. 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Warren  Snow,  brother 
of  Zerubbabel  Snow.  Their  children  were: 
Minerva,  Alpheus  Franklin,  Jude,  Lucien  and 
Bernard. 

(Vni)    Jude,    third    son    of   Alpheus    and 


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Salome  (Harris)  Snow,  was  born  in  Chester- 
field, New  Hampshire,  September  23,  1820, 
died  in  Portland,  Maine,  January  6,  1867.  He 
was  a  merchant  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
Portland,  Maine.  He  married,  October  31, 
1849,  Lydia  Augusta  Hall,  born  January  2, 
1828,  died  December  13,  1885,  daughter  of 
David  and  Nancy  M.  (Conant)  Hall.  They 
had  four  children:  i.  David  William,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Lucien,  see  forward.  3.  Edward 
H.,  born  October  28,  1859,  is  connected  with 
the  dr}-goods  firm  of  Eastman  Bros.  &  Ban- 
croft, of  Portland ;  resides  in  Portland ;  mar- 
ried, September  10,  1884,  Alice  G.,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Trott  and  Henrietta  (Baker) 
King,  for  his  first  wife,  and  Mary  H.,  daugh- 
ter of  John  P.  and  Abigail  (Swan)  Hobbs, 
for  his  second  wife.  4.  Ella  Conant,  born 
January  8,  1867,  married  the  Rev.  William 
James  Denzilow  Thomas ;  children :  Denzi- 
low  and  Augusta,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  Da- 
vid Hall,  father  of  Lydia  Augusta  (Hall) 
Snow,  was  born  October  8,  1791,  died  April 
22,  1863.  He  was  a  merchant,  conducting 
business  in  company  with  his  brother-in-law, 
Alvah  Conant,  at  Alfred  and  Portland.  He 
was  a  son  of  Dr.  Abiel  and  Mary  (Farnum) 
Hall,  of  Alfred.  He  married,  December  10, 
1818,  in  Alfred,  Nancy  Merrill,  born  in  Al-  ' 
fred,  December  27,  1796,  baptized  January  24, 
1803  and  died  in  Portland,  November,  1865, 
daughter  of  John  and  Lydia  (Farnum)  Con- 
ant. Children  of  David  and  Nancy  M.  (Con- 
ant) Hall :  Augustus,  died  young.  Lucy 
Maria,  died  young.  Marianna.  Charles  Co- 
nant. •  Lydia  Augusta,  aforementioned  as  the 
wife  of  Jude  Snow. 

(IX)  David  William,  eldest  child  of  Jude 
and  Lydia  Augusta  (Hall)  Snow,  was  "born 
in  Boston,  November  10,  185 1.  Fie  was 
brought  in  his  childhood  to  Portland,  Maine, 
on  the  removal  of  his  parents  to  that  city. 
He  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools 
of  Portland,  entered  Bowdoin  College  in  1869, 
graduated  in  1873  with  the  degree  of  Bache- 
lor of  Arts  and  later  became  a  member  of 
Phi  Beta  Kappa.  Returning  to  Portland, 
he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  for  about 
three  years  and  then  entered  the  law  office  of 
Hon.  William  L.  Putnam  of  that  city,  where 
he  read  law  for  two  years  and  then  entered 
Harvard  Law  School  for  a  course  in  special 
subjects.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Cumber- 
land bar  at  the  October  term.  1879,  and  im- 
mediately began  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
at  first  in  a  partnership  with  Franklin  C.  Pay- 
son,  under  the  firm  name  of  Snow  &  Payson, 
and  later  returned  to  Judge  Putnam's  office, 


where,  after  the  dissolution  of  the  firm  of 
Snow  &  Payson,  he  continued  his  practice  un- 
til Mr.  Putnam  was  elevated  to  the  bench 
of  the  United  States  circuit  court.  The  firm 
of  Symonds,  Snow,  Cook  &  Hutchinson  was 
then  formed,  the  other  members  being  Hon. 
Joseph  W.  Symonds,  Charles  Sumner  Cook 
and  Charles  L.  Hutchinson.  Since  its  forma- 
tion, the  firm  has  been  engaged  in  much  of 
the  important  litigation  in  the  state  of  Maine. 
Mr.  Snow,  naturally  adapted  to  his  chosen 
profession,  studious  and  energetic,  has  made 
for  himself  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  cor- 
poration and  real  estate  lawyer.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Portland  Trust  Company,  a 
member  of  the  Cumberland  County,  Maine 
State,  American  and  International  IBar  asso- 
ciations. Mr.  Snow  is  well  known  and  highly 
respected  in  his  adopted  city,  and  by  his  sterl- 
ing integrity  has  won  the  confidence  and  es- 
teem of  his  numerous  clientage,  professional 
associates  and  fellow  citizens.  Mr.  Snow 
married,  in  Portland,  June  18,  1885,  Martha 
v.,  born  in  Atkinson,  New  Hampshire,  Jan- 
uary 9,  1855,  daughter  of  William  H.  and 
Caroline  (Vinton)  Hemenway.  They  have 
one  son,  Roger  Vinton,  born  August  11,  1890. 
a  graduate  of  Portland  high  school,  now  a 
student  at  Williams  College,  class  of  1912. 

(IX)  Lucien,  second  son  of  Jude  and  Lydia 
Augusta  (Hall)  Snow,  was  born  in  Boston. 
October  21,  1854.  He  was  brought  to  Port- 
land, Maine,  by  his  parents  when  two  years 
old,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  graduating  from  the  high  school 
in  1873.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  entered 
mercantile  life,  and  was  with  A.  Little  & 
Company,  drygoods  merchants,  two  years ; 
Lock,  Twitchell  &  Company,  five  years ;  and 
Storer  Brothers,  two  years.  In  1882  he  be- 
came a  partner  in  the  firm  of  H.  E.  Stevens  & 
Company,  iron  and  steel  merchants.  Four 
years  later  he  retired  from  this  firm  and  be- 
came president  of  the  American  Cotton  Com- 
pany, of  Westbrook,  where  he  served  a  year. 
In  1887,  in  company  with  M.  E.  Bolster,  E. 
P.  Staples,  F.  W.  Roberts  and  N.  D.  Smith, 
the  firm  of  Bolster,  Snow  &  Company  was 
organized,  which  for  twenty  years  carried  on 
a  wholesale  trade  in  drygoods  and  men's  fur- 
nishings. This  business  was  sold  July  i,  1907, 
to  Parker,  Thomas  &  Company,  who  have 
since  carried  it  on.  Mr.  Snow  always  mani- 
fested a  decided  aptitude  for  financial  affairs ; 
while  in  the  employ  of  others  he  had  much 
more  to  do  with  the  financial  than  the  sales 
deparfments,  and  after  becoming  a  partner  in 
trade  the  administration  of  the  finances  of  the 


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firm  with  which  he  was  connected  generally 
fell  to  him.  lie  was  president  of  the  Port- 
land Street  Sprinkling-  Company,  treasurer  of 
the  Baker  Manifold  Company,  trustee  of  the 
Portland  Savings  Bank,  of  which  he  was  also 
one  of  the  incorporators,  and  a  director  in  the 
Casco  National  Bank.  lie  was  a  member  of 
the  Portland  Athletic  and  Country  clubs.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  one  who  could  be 
relied  on  to  vote  the  ticket.  He  was  a  Con- 
gregationalist  in  religion.  Mr.  Snow  married, 
in  Portland,  February  g,  1882,  Nellie  Wads- 
worth,  born  in  Portland,  August  29,  1861, 
daughter  of  lion.  Samuel  E.  and  Zilpah  ( Bar- 
ker) Spring.  Child,  Lucicn,  born  December  4, 
1885,  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in 
1907.  "Mr.  Snow,  who  was  one  of  Portland's 
most  prominent  merchants  for  many  years, 
died  very  suddenly  at  his  home  on  Neal  .street, 
October  30,  1908,  after  a  brief  illness  of  only 
three  weeks,  from  heart  failure. 


Several  immigrants  of  this 
CHADWICK     name  arrived  very  early  in 

Massachusetts.  The  first 
seems  to  have  been  Charles  Chadwick,  born 
1596,  who  made  application  to  the  general 
court  of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay  to 
be  admitteil  a  freeman  to  the  town  of  Water- 
town,  where  he  had  settled,  October  19,  1630. 
He  was  thirty-four  years  of  age  at  the  time, 
and  at  the  session  of  the  general  court  held  on 
May  18,  1631,  he  was  duly  admitted  to  the 
privileges  in  the  government  of  the  town  and 
of  the  church  of  a  freeman,  on  taking  the  oath 
prescribed  by  the  law  of  the  colony.  He  was 
elected  selectman  of  the  town  in  1637,  and 
many  times  thereafter  up  to  1672.  He  was  a 
deputy  for  the  town  in  the  general  court  in 
1657-59.  Pie  died  April  10,  1682,  and  his  will 
dated  June  30,  1681,  mentions  his  wife,  Eliza- 
beth (who  died  February  22,  1684)  and  his 
kinsmen  Thomas  and  John  Chadwick  and 
Charles,  eldest  son  of  John.  When  he  came 
from  England,  his  wife  Elizabeth,  and  sons 
John  and  Thomas  and  possibly  other  children 
came  with  him.  Evidently  his  children  all 
died  before  1681,  as  he  gave  his  property  to 
kinsmen. 

(I)  Sergeant  John  Chadwick,  born  about 
1650,  may  have  been  a  son  of  Charles  Chad- 
wick, of  Watertown.  He  was  an  active  and 
prominent  citizen  of  Boxford,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  served  as  selectman,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 2,  1707.  He  was  buried  in  Bradford, 
where  his  gravestone  is  still  found.  There  is 
no  record  of  his  children  in  Boxford,  but  soine 
of  them  are  known  to  have  lived  in  that  town 


or  Bradford,  namely :    John,  Abigail,  Eunice, 
Sarah,  Edmund  and  Jonathan. 

(II)  lulmiind,  son  of  Sergeant  John  Chad- 
wick, was  born  about  1695  and  resided  in 
Bradford.  He  was  married  there  December 
II,  1718,  to  Mary  Kimball,  of  that  town, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Green)  Kim- 
ball. She  was  born  December  30,  1700,  in 
Bradford,  and  their  children  were:  Mary, 
Abigail,  James,  Samuel,  Sarah,  William, 
Ebenezer,  Dorothy  and  Elizabeth. 

(III)  James,  eldest  son  of  Edmund  and 
Mary  (Kimball)  Chadwick,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 14,  1724,  in  Bradford,  and  died  in  that 
town  I'ebrnary  2,  1755.  He  married,  March 
5,  1752,  Mary  Thurston,  born  March  4,  1725, 
in  Bradford,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Mary  (Gage)  Thurston.  He  left  two  chil- 
dren :  Hannah,  who  became  the  wife  of  Jona- 
than Blauchard,  of  Canterbury,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  Iidmund. 

(IV)  Edmund  (2),  only  son  of  James  and 
Mary  (Thurston)  Chadwick,  was  born  April 
I,  1754,  in  Bradford,  and  settled  in  Boscawen, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  a  deacon  and 
prominent  in  civil  affairs,  and  died  August  20, 
1819.  He  married,  June  27,  1778,  Susanna 
Atkinson,  born  June  15,  1758,  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  lian- 
nah  (Hale)  Atkinson.  Their  children  w'ere : 
Samuel,  James  W.,  Hannah,  Joseph,  Mary 
and  Cyrus. 

(V)  James  W.,  second  son  of  Edmund  (2) 
and  SusauHa  (Atkinson)  Chadwick,  was  born 
December  i,  1787,  in  Boscawen,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  settled  in  Hopkinton,  same  state. 
The  records  of  the  last-named  town  are  very 
meager  and  contain  little  information  of  him. 
His  wife  Mary,  surname  unknown,  was  born 
June  16,  1784.  They  settled  in  Friendship, 
Knox  county,  Maine,  where  Mr.  Chadwick 
died  February  11,  1864,  and  was  survived 
nearly  seven  years  by  his  wife,  wdio  passed 
away,  December  20,  1870.  Children :  Isaac, 
born  Noveinber  25,  1811 ;  William,  October 
26,  1813;  Oliver  P.,  February  g,  1817;  Mary 
Ann,  July  13,  1819;  Cyrus  Hill,  the  subject  of 
the  next  paragraph. 

(VI)  Cyrus  Hill,  son  of  James  W.  and 
Mary  Chadwick,  was  born  November  28,  1823, 
in  Friendship,  Knox  county,  Maine.  He  be- 
came a  master  mariner  and  owner  of  sailing 
vessels  with  which  he  had  considerable  trade 
along  the  Atlantic  coast  and  Gulf  coast  ports, 
in  lumber.  Having  retired  from  the  sea,  he 
became  the  owner  of  Burnt  Island,  contain- 
ing two  hundred  and  ninety-three  acres  of 
land,  on  wdiich  he   engaged   in   farming,  and 


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kept  three  hundred  sheep.  He  died  there 
August  7,  1899.  He  married  Nancy,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  James  Stone,  a  shipmaster  and 
subsequently  a  merchant  in  Gushing,  Maine, 
and  his  wife,  EHzabeth  (Seavey)  Stone. 
Children :  Cyrus  Warren,  Thomas  Hiram, 
James  Oliver  and  Alton  Delano.  The  second 
was  master  of  the  schooner,  "Jessie  Starr," 
and  was  lost  at  sea  oflf  Cape  Henry,  March 
8,  1907.  The  mother  of  these  children  sur- 
vived her  husband  more  than  six  years,  and 
died  October  3,  1905. 

(VH)  Cyrus  Warren,  eldest  son  of  Cyrus 
Hill  and  Nancy  (Stone)  Chad  wick,  of  Cush- 
ing,  Maine,  was  born  in  Friendship,  Knox 
county,  Maine,  September  30,  1846.  He  at- 
tended school  at  Cushing,  Maine,  from  his 
sixth  to  his  eleventh  year,  and  then  went  to 
sea  with  his  father  and  became  a  master  mari- 
ner when  he  was  sixteen  years  old.  He  con- 
tinued in  command  of  a  coastwise  vessel  of 
which  he  was  part  owner,  his  being  the  schoon- 
er "Lizzie  Chadwick,"  named  for  his  only 
child.  His  trips  were  uniformly  successful 
and  his  record  trip  from  Thomaston,  Maine, 
to  New  York  was  made  in  forty-two  hours  and 
fifteen  minutes.  His  cargoes  brought  into  dif- 
ferent United  States  ports  have  been  esti- 
mated to  aggregate  thirty  million  feet  of  yel- 
low pine  and  spruce  lumber.  He  retired  from 
the  sea,  and  in  April,  1891,  established  him- 
self at  No.  30  South  street  in  the  city  of  New 
York  as  ship  broker,  in  which  business  he 
became  associated  with  Charles  H.'  Potter,  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  the  firm  being  C.  W. 
Chadwick  &  Company.  Captain  Chadwick, 
during  his  active  life  as  a  master  mariner, 
traded  largely  with  the  West  Indies  and 
Southern  Atlantic  and  Gulf  states,  and  owned 
numerous  vessels  which  he  continues  to  con- 
trol even  after  retiring  from  active  master- 
ship. In  1908  he  was  the  owner  of  twenty 
or  more  vessels  engaged  in  the  coastwise 
trade.  He  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity from  the  time  he  was  initiated  into 
the  mysteries  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  through  Oriental  Lodge, 
No.  126,  of  Thomaston,  Maine.  He  is  a  char- 
ter member  of  Elizabeth  City  Lodge,  No.  114, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Cape 
Elizabeth,  Maine,  and  a  member  of  Ocean 
View  Commandery,  No.  233,  United  Order  of 
the  Golden  Cross,  South  Portland,  Maine.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Maritime  Exchange 
of  New  York  City  in  1894,  and  became  "a 
stockholder  of  the  New  York  Commercial 
Underwriters  Insurance  Company  in  1908.  He 
married,    July    4,    1870,    Helen,    daughter    of 


Captain  James  and  Jane  M.  (Sterling)  Tre- 
fethen,  of  Friendship,  ]\Iaine,  and  their  only 
living  child  is  Lizzie  Florence,  born  in  Gush- 
ing, Maine,  June  8,   1887. 


The  name  first  appears  in  the 
HANSCOM     "Records    of    the    Governor 

and  Company  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  England,"  under  date 
of  March  12,  1628,  when  Richard  Clayton, 
aged  thirty-four  years  or  thereabouts,  car- 
penter, desirous  to  transport  himself,  his  wife, 
one  daughter,  his  sister  of  fourteen  years  old, 
his  brother  Barnaby  Clayton,  aged  twenty- 
three  years,  and  his  brother-in-law,  Thomas 
Hanscombe,  for  New  England  in  the  com- 
pany's ships,  under  the  usual  proposition,  to 
wit :  He  being  able  to  furnish  forty  pounds 
toward  the  charge  of  him  and  his,  what  shall 
be  wanting  to  company  will  upon  this  con- 
dition, that  upon  their  arrival  (in  New  Eng- 
land) that  he  shall  be  indebted  to  the  com- 
pany shall  be  (paid)  by  the  labor  of  him- 
self and  his  two  servants,  or  brothers  afore- 
said, allowing  them  all  three  shillings  the  day 
for  so  long  time  (until)  they  have  paid  this 
debt  and  in  tiiat  time  finding  (then)  3  persons 
dyet  at  the  company's  charge  and  while  earn- 
ing out  this  debt  to  instruct  any  of  the  com- 
pany in  the  trade  of  a  plow  wright  and  there 
is  land  to  be  (allotted)  to  him  and  his,  as  is 
usual  by  the  company  orders  that  transport 
themselves:  Written  this  12th  March,  1628. 
As  Richard  Clayton  is  credited  to  the  parish 
of  Sutton,  Bedfordshire,  England,  it  is  reason- 
able to  suppose  that  the  entire  party  were  of 
that  parish. 

(I)  Thomas  Hanscom,  the  immigrant,  was 
born  in  the  parish  of  Sutton,  Bedfordshire, 
England,  about  1623,  according  to  a  deposition 
made  by  him.  Savage  says  he  came  to  New 
England  in  1629.  He  married.  May  16,  1664, 
Ann,  her  surname  not  being  on  record.  Ann 
Hanscom  survived  her  husband  and  as  his 
widow  married  James  Tobey,  who  went  to 
Kittery,  Maine,  in  1657,  and  she  was  living 
there  in  1720.  The  children  of  Thomas  and 
Ann  Hanscom  were  probably  all  born  in  Kit- 
tery, Maine,  as  follows:  Thomas,  October  17, 
1666;  John,  September  15,  1668;  Olive,  March 
12,  1671  :  Samuel,  April  10,  1675;  Moses,  who 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  and 
Hannah  (Nelson)  Rockliff  and  was  in  Scar- 
borough, Maine,  in  1738;  Job,  who  married 
Mary  Gowell. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  eldest  child  of  Thomas 
(i)  and  Ann  Hanscom,  was  born  in  Kittery, 
Maine,  October  17,  1666.     He  married  as  his 


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first  wife  Alice,  daughter  of  Richard  Rogers, 
at  whose  house,  known  as  No.  23,  nine  other 
famihes  were  assigned  for  protection  in  case 
of    Indian   attacks   threatened    in    1720.      She 
died    between    1696   and    1698,    and    he   mar- 
ried as  his  second  wife,  Tamsen,  daughter  of 
Richard   Gowell,   who  administered   her   hus- 
band's estate  November    11,    1713.      In    the 
threatened  Indian  attacks  of  1720,  the  family 
of    Widow    Hanscom    were   assigned    to    the 
house    No.    12,    owned    by    David    Libby    Jr., 
where  the  family  of  James   Staples  was  also 
ordered   to    take    refuge.      Thomas    Hanscom 
died  intestate  about  1712.     His  first  five  chil- 
dren by  his  first  wife  were :   Thomas,  born  in 
December,  1690;  Hester,  November  20,  1692, 
married   David   Libby  Jr.;   Ann,   August    16, 
1694,  married  Daniel  Fogg  Jr.,  June  30,  1715; 
John,    October    26,    1696,   died    November    i, 
1697;    Pricilla,   October   26,    1796,   died   Jan- 
uary, 1697.     His  children  by  his  second  wife 
were  six  in  number,  as  follows :    Samuel,  born 
July  25,  1698;  Mary,  July  28,  1700,  married 
John  Merrill  Jr.,  December  16,  1721 ;  Martha, 
September  27,   1702,  married  Solomon  Libby, 
March  4,  1724-25;  John,  April  15,  1705,  mar- 
ried Mary  Brooks;  Joseph.  July  13,  1708,  mar- 
ried Lydia  Spinney,  March  18,  1723-24;  AIo- 
ses,  see  forward. 

(HI)  Moses,  youngest  child  of  Thomas  (2) 
and  Tamsen  (Gowell)  Hanscom,  was  born 
March  2,  1713,  in  Kittery,  and  resided  in  that 
part  of  the  town  which  is  now  Eliot,  where  he 
died  February  26,  17^3,  in  his  eightieth  year. 
He  married  (first)  Mary,  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen and  Mary  (King)  Bailey,  of  Kittery. 
She  was  born  September  14,  1720,  in  that 
town  and  died  about  1739.  The  intention  of 
his  second  marriage  was  published  August  2, 
1740,  the  bride  being  Abigail,  widow  of  John 
Shapleigh,  a  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Shuah 
(Heard)  Bartlett.  She  was  the  mother  of  his 
children,  namely :  Susanna,  Abigail,  Anne, 
Nathaniel,  Closes  and  Molly. 

(IV^)  Nathaniel,  elder  son  of  Moses  and 
Abigail  (Bartlett)  (Shapleigh)  Hanscom,  was 
born  October  19.  1756,  in  Kittery,  and  resided 
on  the  paternal  homestead  in  Eliot,  where  his 
life  was  spent  in  agriculture,  and  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1812.  He  married  (first)  1785, 
Molly  Moody,  of  York,  and  (second)  Jan- 
uary 12,  1791,  Sally,  daughter  of  Timothy 
and  Miriam  (Furnald)  Furnald,  born  Decem- 
ber 13,  1764.  Children  of  first  marriage  were: 
Moses,  iilary  and  Abigail ;  of  the  second : 
Nathaniel,  Timothy,  Benning,  John,  Roger, 
Oliver  and  Susannah. 

(V)   Moses   (2),  eldest  child  of  Nathaniel 


and  Mary  (MoUv)  (Moody)  Hanscom,  was 
born  aboiit  1786  'in  Eliot,  and  settled  in  Dan- 
ville. Maine,  where  he  had  a  wife,  Mary,  and 
reared  a  family. 

(VT)   Rev.   Moses   (3),  son  of  Moses  (2) 
and  Mary  Hanscom,  was  born  May  10,  1808, 
in  D.anville.  and  early  decided  on  preparation 
for  the  ministry.     He  was  ordained  at  Dan- 
ville, April    12,   1842,  and   was   settled   as   a 
pastor  at  Durham  in  the  same  year.    He  built 
a  house  there  in  1843,  and  continued  as  pastor 
of  the  church  until   1847,  when  he  removed 
to  Bowdoinham.    He  also  preached  at  Brook- 
lyn,   Nobleboro   and    Friendship,   and   was   a 
very   successful   pastor,  much  beloved  by   his 
people   and   was   elevated   to   the   position   of 
elder   in   the   Baptist   church,     tie   was   very 
active  in  temperance  work.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Vickerv,  who  was  the  mother  of:   Will- 
iam Allen.  Ruel  W.,  Moses  C.  and  Sarah.    He 
married  (second)  Alina  Snow,  of  Brunswick, 
whose  children  were :   Rebecca  S.,  Ella,  Mary 
Louise,  Edwin  W.,  Frank  B.,  Elvira  D.  and 
Eliza    G.      Some   of   these    died    in    infancy. 
The  third  daughter  is  the  wife  of  Fred  Eve- 
leth,  a  school  principal  in  Jersey  City.     Ed- 
win W.  is  an  organist  and  composer  of  music, 
living    in    Auburn,    Maine.      Frank    B.    is    in 
business  in  Los    Angeles,    California.      The 
youngest  daughter  is  the  wife  of  Hon.  George 
L.   R^ecord    (q.  v.),  a  prominent   attorney  of 
Jersev  City. 

(VII)  Ruel  W'illiams,  second  son  of  Rev. 
Moses  (3)  and  Mary  (Vickery)  Hanscom, 
was  born  January  22,  1837,  in  Durham,  and 
died  in  New  York  City,  September  17,  1905. 
He  was  reared  of  a  family  in  Durham  and 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
When  a  young  man  he  went  to  Abington, 
Massachusetts,"  and  thence  to  Boston,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  the  drygoods  business.  He 
enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  1863  and  went  out  as 
a  corporal  in  the  Forty-third  Massachusetts 
\'olunteers.  He  was  with  General  Foster  in 
North  Carolina,  where  he  received  an  injury 
in  his  knee  and  after  several  months'  service 
was  brought  home  to  Bowdoinham,  where  his 
father  was  then  living.  After  his  recovery 
he  went  into  business  in  Lewiston,  Maine, 
which  he  conducted  for  two  years  from  a  sick 
bed,  with  the  able  aid  of  his  wife.  He  con- 
tinued actively  in  the  wholesale  fancy  goods 
business  in  Lewiston  and  Auburn  till  failing 
health  compelled  him  to  retire  in  1891,  as  the 
resuh  of  the  injury  received  in  the  military 
service.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  a  consistent  Republican  in  poli- 


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tics.  He  married  Charlotte  JMoulton,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Henry  Jackson,  of  Lee,  Alaine, 
where  she  was  born  May  6,  1836.  She  was 
also  an  active  worker  in  the  Baptist  church 
and  died  June  17,  1905.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  three  sons :  Warren  Whitmore,  who 
is  in  the  home  ofBce  of  the  Equitable  Assur- 
ance Society  of  New  York.  Walter  Allen,  a 
contractor  in  the  same  city.  Howard  C,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VHI)  Howard  Chapin,  youngest  son  of 
Ruel  Williams  and  Charlotte  Moulton  (Jack- 
son) Hanscom,  was  born  June  12,  1875,  in 
Auburn,  Maine,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  was  prepared  for  college.  He 
matriculated  from  Colby  College  in  1892  and 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
1896.  Subsequently  he  became  a  student  in 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
New  York  City,  and  affiliated  with  the  Col- 
umbia University,  from  which  he  received  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1900.  After  the  experience 
gained  in  the  hospitals  of  New  York,  he  be- 
gan the  active  practice  of  his  profession  in 
that  city,  with  an  office  at  231  West  Ninety- 
sixth  street,  where  he  has  ever  since  con- 
tinued. While  in  college  he  affiliated  with  the 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity,  and  is  now 
a  member  of  the  New  York  State  Medical 
Association  and  of  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation. He  is  a  medical  officer  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  New  York,  and  is  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  Twelfth  Regiment,  with  the 
grade  of  captain,  and  a  member  of  the  Army 
and  Navy  Club  of  New  York.  He  keeps  in 
close  touch  with  the  affairs  of  his  native  city 
and  state,  and  with  the  fortunes  of  the  Re- 
publican party  in  that  state,  in  which  he  gained 
his  early  political  experience. 


(For  early  generations  see   Thomas  Hanscom   I.) 

(IV)  Aaron  Hanscom  was 
HANSCOM  at  least  a  great-grandson  of 
the  immigrant  Thomas,  and 
might  have  been  a  brother  of  John  Hanscom, 
born  in  Elliott  in  1748,  who  married  Sarah 
Stacy,  and  whose  son  William  was  the  famous 
shipwright  and  the  progenitor  of  a  numer- 
ous family  of  ship  builders.  x^aron  was 
among  the  first  pioneers  in  Machias,  Wash- 
ington county,  Maine,  which  was  settled  from 
Kittery,  Scarboro  and  Elliott.  In  1769  he 
was  among  the  petitioners  to  the  general  court 
of  Massachusetts  to  have  Machias  set  ofif 
as  an  independent  township.  He  married  Sally, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Seavery ;  children :  Na- 
than, Aaron,  Abigail,  Sally,  Isaac,  Joseph, 
Lois,  Sylvanus,  Daniel,  Thomas  and  Moses. 


(\' )  Sylvanus,  fifth  son  of  Aaron  and  Sally 
(Seavery)  Hanscom,  married  Eda  Averill; 
children  :  James,  Luther  Pike,  Phebe,  Eliza, 
Alfred  and  Mary  Ann. 

(VI)  Luther  Pike,  second  son  of  Sylvanus 
and  Eda  (Averill)  Hanscom,  was  born  in 
Machias,  Elaine,  March  5,  1808.  He  was  a 
lumberman  and  an  old  Hickory  Democrat.  He 
married  Mary  A.  Bedell ;  children :  Lucinda 
F.,  Elizabeth  E.,  Elsie  E.,  Loring  Louis,  Mary 
A.,  Sylvanus  L.,  Albara  H.,  James  A.,  Frank 
P.  and  Sarah   E. 

(VII)  The  Rev.  Loring  Louis,  eldest  son 
of  Luther  Pike  and  i\Iary  A.  (Bedell)  Hans- 
com, was  born  in  Crawford,  Washington 
county,  Maine,  September  19,  1839,  died  Sep- 
tember 19,  1904.  He  received  a  classical  edu- 
cation at  Washington  Academy,  and  was  or- 
dained to  the  Methodist  ministry.  Elder  Han- 
scom was  stationed  at  Robbinston,  Pembroke, 
Dexter,  Bath,  Rockland,  Thomaston,  all  with- 
in the  state  of  2\Iaine,  and  in  Minnesota.  He 
was  a  devoted  worker  in  the  Master's  vine- 
yard, bringing  many  souls  into  the  fold  dur- 
ing a  lifetime  of  Christian  endeavor.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Brigham,  of  Plantation  No.  14, 
Maine.  Children:  i.  The  Rev.  Dr.  George 
L.,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in 
Jacksonville,  Florida,  a  man  of  great  pulpit 
eloquence,  who  has  had  pastorates  in  Roches- 
ter, New  York,  and  Newark,  New  Jersey.  2. 
WiUiam  H.  3.  Dr.  Walter  Vose.  4.  Rev. 
Fred  L.,  of  Pittsfield,  Illinois. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Walter  Vose,  third  son  of  Rev. 
Loring  L.  and  Sarah  (Brigham)  Hanscom, 
was  born  in  Orington,  Penobscot  county, 
Maine,  April  25,  1868.  Walter  obtained  such 
schooling  as  the  local  schools  permitted,  and 
at  the  high  school  at  Orono,  Bucksport  Semi- 
nary, and  the  University  of  Maine  completed 
his  education.  He  graduated  from  the  Hahne- 
mann Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  in  1890, 
coming  directly  to  Rockland,  Maine,  to  prac- 
tice. He  has  achieved  a  remarkable  success 
in  his  specialty  of  surgery,  performing  per- 
haps more  surgical  operations  than  any  other 
surgeon  in  the  county.  He  conducts  a  private 
hospital  in  connection  with  his  practice.  Dr. 
Hanscom  has  read  papers  on  surgical  subjects 
before  learned  medical  societies.  He  belongs 
to  the  National  Homoeopathic  Society,  and  the 
Maine  State  Homoeopathic. Society.  Of  fra- 
ternal organization  he  is  of  membership  in 
Aurora  Lodge,  No.  50,  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  King  Solomon's  Temple,  No. 
8,  Royal  Arch  Chapter ;  King  Hiram  Coun- 
cil, No.  6,  Royal  and  Select  blasters ;  Clare- 
mont  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar ;  the 


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Consi.slory  at  rorllaiui,  ol  Kora  Temple,  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  at  Lewiston,  and  of  Rockland 
Lodge,  Jkncvoleiit  and  Protective  Order  of 
F.llcs,  No.  1008.  Dr.  Ilanscom  married  Abbie 
Fesscndcn,  daughter  of  Dr.  Nathan  W'iggin, 
of  Rockland,  in' 1888;  one  child,  Harold  N. 


(second  J     Alary 


The  word  Blanchard  was 
IILAXC'IIARD  applied  to  an  order  of 
Friars  who  used  to  go 
about  ordinarily  clolhed  in  white  sheets 
( l-"rcnch  word  blanche,  meaning  white),  but 
a  wider  application  of  the  word  followed,  and 
any  person  affecting  white  raiment  was  called 
a  blanchard.  The  surname  was  derived  doubt- 
less from  the  application  of  the  name  to  dis- 
tinguish the  progenitor  from  others  of  the 
same  personal  name.  The  family  in  England 
is  ancient  but  not  extensive.  The  only  coat- 
of-arms  is  borne  by  the  family  in  Wiltshire 
and  Somersetshire,  and  slightly  varied  by  the 
family  at  Grimmsargh  Hall,  Lancaster,  Eng- 
land. Arms:  Gules  a  chevron  or  in  chief  two 
bezants  in  base  a  griffin's  head  erased  of  the 
second.  Crest :  On  the  point  of  a  sword  in 
pale  a  mullet. 

(I)  Thomas  Blanchard,  immigrant  ancestor, 
said  to  have  come  from  Hampshire,  Eng- 
land, sailed  from  London  in  1639,  in  the  ship 
"Jonathan,"  with  several  children.  There  is 
good  authority  for  the  statement  that  he  lived 
at  Penton,  Hampshire,  during  his  youth.  He 
settled  first  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  living  from  1646  to  1650.  He  bought 
of  Rev.  John  Wilson  and  his  son  John  Wil- 
son Jr.  two  hundred  acres  of  land  with  build- 
ings on  the  south  and  west  sides  of  the  Mystic 
river,  in  February,  1651,  and  removed  to 
Charlestown  in  165 1.  His  first  wife  died  in 
England.  He  married  (second)  in  England, 
Agnes  (Bent)  Barnes,  died  in  1639,  on  the 
passage,  sister  of  John  Bent,  who  settled  in 
Sudbury,  Massachusetts.     He  married  (third) 

Mary ,  of  Noddle's  Island,  in  1663.   She 

died  in  Charlestown.  During  the  religious 
controversy  in  Maiden  she  sided  with  the  or- 
thodox Mr.  IMarmaduke  Mathews.  The  Blan- 
chards  lived  at  what  is  now  Maiden.  He  died 
May  21,  1654.  His  will,  dated  JNIay  16,  proved 
June  20,  1654,  bequeathed  to  wife  Mary  and 
children  George,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Nathaniel; 
grandchild  Joseph,  and  to  the  church  at  Mai- 
den, and  provided  that  Benjamin  Thompson 
should  be  fitted  for  the  university  (Harvard) 
if  his  parents  should  consent.  His  widow  died 
in  1656  and  her  administrator  was  appointed 
June  3,  1656.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  married 
Mary .    2.  George,  born  1622;  married 


,     J  ;    died    at 

Medford,  March  18,  1700  (gravestone),  aged 
eighty-four  years.    3.  Thomas  Jr.,  born  1625  ; 

marricfl  Ann ;  died  February,  165 1,  and 

his  wiUow  married  Richard  Gardner.  4.  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below.  5.  Nathaniel,  born 
1636;  married  December  16,  1658,  Susanna 
Bales;  removed  to  Weymouth,  Massachusetts. 

6.  I\Iary,  born  1639,  nientioned  in  will. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Blanchard,  was 
born  in  FLampshire,  England,  August  6,  1629, 
and  died  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  April 
22,  1707.  He  came  to  New  England  at  the 
age  of  ten,  with  his  parents  in  the  ship  •'Jona- 
than." He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Charles- 
town and  Maiden,  and'of  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, whither  he  removed  June  10,  1686.  He 
was  collector  of  taxes  and  constable  of  An- 
dover, and  owned  large  tracts  of  land.  He 
married,  January  3,  1654-55,  ALary  Sweetser, 
who  died  February  20,  1668,  daughter  of  Seth 
Sweetser,  of  Charlestown.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) June  24,  1673,  ILannah  Doggett,  who 
died  July  10,  1725,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dog- 
gett, of  Marshfield,  Massachusetts.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Jonathan,  born  May  25, 
1764;  resided  in  Andover;  married  May  26, 
1685,  Anna,  daughter  of  John  Lovejoy,  of 
Andover;  sons  Jonathan,  David,  Jacob  and 
Benjamin.  2.  Joseph,  resided  in  Andover. 
Children  of  second  wife:  3.  Thomas  (q.  v.), 
born  April  28,  1674.  4.  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Flannah,  married  May  24,  1699, 
Stephen  Osgood. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Blanchard,  was 
born  in  Andover,  Massachusetts,  July  3,  1677, 
and  died  April  10,  1750.  He  resided  in  An- 
dover, probably  near  the  Dr.  Noyes  place.  He 
married,  August  7,  1701,  Mary,  dai:ghter  of 
Simon  Crosby.  She  died  in  1748.  Children: 
I.  Mary,  born  August  18,  1702.  2.  Hannah, 
October  24,  1704.  3.  Rachel,  February  2, 
1706-07.  4.  Abigail,  January  23,  1708-09.  5. 
Sarah,  June  5,  1711;  died  June  8,  1711.  6. 
Sarah,   May  23,    1712;   died   April    16,    1713. 

7.  John,  March  15,  1713-14,  died  Alarch  18, 
1713-14.  8.  John,  February  15,  1714-15;  mar- 
ried November  29,  1739,  Elizabeth  Richard- 
son; died  July  2-j,  1756.  9.  Samuel,  Augu.st 
i/'-i/i?;  mentioned  below.  10.  David,  March 
20,  1719-20.  II.  Benjamin,  July  5.  1722.  12. 
Simon,  March  16,  1725-26. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  John  Blanchard, 
was  born  August  17,  1717,  and  died  March 
26,  1807.  He  married,  July  14,  1747,  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Brown.  She  died  Alarch 
5.  1811.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born  January 
26,   1747-48.     2.   Samuel,  March  6,   1748-49. 


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3.  William,  March  21,  1750.  4.  Sarah,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1754;  married  IBenjamin  Lewis.  5. 
Timothy,  October  16,  1755;  mentioned  below. 
6.  Martha  (record  of  baptism  says  Nathan), 
August  2,  1757;  married  Benjamin  Blanchard, 
of  Wilton.  7.  Rhoda,  November  17,  1762; 
married  January  26,  1786,  Samuel  Abbott. 
8.  Jeremiah,  July  10,  1764;  married  June  17, 
1795,  Mary  Going;  died  May  22,  1819.  9. 
Ahimaaz,  April  26,  1767.  10.  Jonathan,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1769. 

(V)  Timothy,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Blanchard, 
was  born  October  16,  1755.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Stickney's  company.  Colonel  Ebenezer  Bridge's 
regiment,  and  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Lexington,  April  19,  1775.  Later  in  the  same 
year  he  was  in  Captain  John  Harnden's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Bridge's  27th  regiment.  In 
1780  he  enlisted  in  the  Continental  army,  and 
gave  his  age  as  twenty-four  years,  light  com- 
plexion, residence,  Billerica.  Lie  was  assigned 
to  Lieutenant  Taylor's  company.  Second  Mas- 
sachusetts Line,  and  was  honorably  discharged 
December  11,  1780.  He  removed  from  Bil- 
lerica to  Litchfield,  New  Hampshire,  and  from 
there  to  Wilton,  Maine,  where  he  died,  and 
was  buried  at  East  Wilton,  He  married 
Mercy  Kidder.  Children:  i.  Cyrus  B.,  born 
in  Billerica,  mentioned  below,  and  others. 

(VI)  Cyrus,  son  of  Timothy  Blanchard, 
was  born  in  Billerica,  Massachusetts,  April 
29,  1783,  and  died  July  4,  1847.  He  removed 
to  Wilton,  Maine,  and  bought  what  has  since 
been  known  as  the  Blanchard  farm,  where  he 
died.  He  married  (first)  Chloe  Felch,  of  Wil- 
ton; (second)  Elizabeth  Floyd,  of  Augusta, 
Maine.  Children  of  first  wife  :  i.  Rhoda,  born 
June  8,  1812.  2.  Cyrus,  March  11,  1814. 
Three  children  died  young.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  6.  Child,  died  young.  7.  Jesse, 
born  ^Vpril  12,  1819;  mentioned  below.  S.James, 
January  21,  1825.     9.  John.  August  I,  1826. 

(VII)  Jesse,  son  of  Cyrus  Blanchard,  was 
born  in  Wilton,  Maine,  April  12,  1819,  and 
died  August  25,  1894,  on  the  farm  where  he 
was  born  and  always  lived.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools.  He  was  a  man  of  strong 
character  and  great  influence  in  the  commun- 
ity. He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  'and 
an  active  and  useful  member  of  the  Free  Bap- 
tist Church  of  East  Wilton.  He  married,  No- 
vember 17,  1853,  Phebe  Holt,  born  in  Weld, 
Maine,  January  26,  1829,  died  May  7,  1896, 
daughter  of  Nathan  and  Phoebe  (Severy) 
Holt.  Children:  i.  Twin  child,  born  Decem- 
ber 20,  1856;  died  in  infancy.  2.  Luetta  (twin 
with  former),  married  C.  R.  Pease,  dealer  in 


house  furnishings,  Nashua.  New  Hampshire. 
3.  Edgar  F.,  born  May  19,  1862;  Congrega- 
tional minister,  settled  at  Hudson,  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  graduate  of  Bates  College  and  Yale 
Divinity  School.  4.  Albert  E.,  born  August 
16,  1864;  graduate  of  Bates  College,  now  a 
professor  at  the  National  College  in  Buenos 
Ayres,  South  America;  married  Mary  L. 
Harding,  of  New  Sharon  ;  children  :  i.  Euser 
E.,  born  July  4,  1893;  ii.  Everard  E.,  born 
December  16,  1896,  both  born  at  Buenos 
Ayres.    5.  Cyrus  Nathan,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Cyrus  Nathan,  son  of  Jesse  Blan- 
chard, was  born  in  Wilton,  Maine,  October 
6,  1869.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  at  the  Farmington  (Maine) 
Normal  School,  the  North  Anson  Academy 
and  Bates  College,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  1892.  He  taught  for 
two  years  in  the  Dexter  (Maine)  high  school, 
and  immediately  thereafter  began  to  read  law 
with  Hon.  J.  C.  Holman,  of  Farmington,  and 
after  tv.-o  years  study  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  in  September,  1896.  He  opened  an  office 
in  Wilton  in  November  following,  and  began 
to  practice  his  profession.  He  has  achieved 
a  leading  position  in  public  life,  as  well  as 
in  his  profession.  He  was  elected  represen- 
tative to  the  state  legislature  for  1897-98,  and 
was  state  senator  in  1899-1900.  From  1903  to 
1907  inclusive  he  served  on  the  Republican 
state  committee.  In  1906  and  1907  he  was  a 
member  of  the  governor's  council.  He  is  at 
present  county  attorney.  He  has  also  held 
various  town  offices  in  Wilton.  As  a  lawyer 
Mr.  Blanchard  has  been  entrusted  with  many 
important  cases  and  he  has  shown  signal  abil- 
ity as  prosecuting  attorney.  He  is  a  member 
of  Wilton  Lodge  of  Free  Masons;  of  St. 
John's  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of 
Jephtha  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  of 
Farmington ;  of  Pilgrim  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar;  and  of  Kora  Temple,  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  of  Lewiston,  Alaine.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  Franklin  Lodge,  Knights,  of 
Pythias,  No.  94,  of  North  Jay,  and  of  Farm- 
ington Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
married,  September  19,  igoi,  Florence  E. 
Noyes,  born  December  14,  1870,  daughter  of 
Philander  and  Elvira  (Small)  Noyes,  of  Wil- 
ton.    They  have  no  children. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Thomas  Blanchard  I.) 

(Ill)  Thomas  (2),  son  of 

BLANCHARD     Samuel     and     Hannah 

(Doggett)  Blanchard,  was 

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in  Andovcr,  where  he  died  March  17,  1759. 
His  estate  was  inventoried  at  two  hundred 
and  ninety-nine  pounds,  fifteen  shillings  and 
two  pence.  He  married,  March  12,  1699,  Rose 
Holmes,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Elizabeth 
(Arnold)  Holmes,  of  Marshfield.  She  died 
in  Andover,  August  27,  1714,  and  he  married 
(second)  September  21,  1715,  Hannah  Going, 
a  widow,  of  Lynn,  who  died  June  25,  1724. 
He  married  (third)  h'ebruary  21,  1726,  Judith 
(Buckman)  Hills,  widow  of  Zachary  Hills,  of 
Maiden.     He  died  December  i,  1767. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Rose  (Holmes)  Blanchard,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 15,  1701,  in  Andover,  and  was  a  farmer 
in  that  town.  He  married,  October  7,  1731, 
Elizabeth  Johnson,  probably  a  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Sarah  (Hawks)  Johnson.  He 
died  November  25,  1779;  she  died  .April  22, 

1783. 

(V)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3)  and 
Elizabeth  (Johnson)  Blanchard,  was  probably 
born  about  1770  in  Andover,  and  died  (ac- 
cording to  a  family  letter)  when  eighty  years 
of  age.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  not  learned, 
and  the  only  child  mentioned  in  the  family 
records  available  is  Thomas  Shute  Dlancharil, 
born  in  1800,  which  is  the  only  clue  to  the 
approximate  birth  date  of  the  father. 

(\T)  Thomas  Shute,  son  of  Thomas  (4) 
Blanchard,  was  born  at  Stockton  (Prospect), 
Maine,  August,  1800,  and  died  September  21, 
1 84 1.  He  was  a  merchant  mariner  of  Stock- 
ton. He  married,  December  22,  1825,  Har- 
riett, daughter  of  James  and  Lydia  (Parker) 
Treat,  who  was  born  at  Prospect,  June  28, 
1807,  died  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  January  10, 
1889.  She  was  the  great-great-great-grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Robert  Treat,  of  Con- 
necticut. Her  mother,  the  daughter  of  Oliver 
and  Lydia  (Bicknell)  Parker,  died  at  Sears- 
port  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-six  years. 
Her  father  was  the  son  of  Lieutenant  Joshua 
Treat,  who  moved  from  St.  George  to  Pros- 
pect. He  served  as  armourer  1759-74,  and 
probably  after  the  revolution,  as  he  was  so 
mentioned  in  important  documents.  He  was 
the  first  permanent  white  settler  on  the  Penob- 
scot in  1759,  paddling  up  the  river  in  a  canoe 
with  Governor  Pownall  and  acting  as  inter- 
preter with  Indians.  The  children  of  Thomas 
S.  and  Harriett  Blanchard  were:  i.  Orella, 
born  December  8,  1826.  died  February  3,  1852; 
married  Rev.  Jerome  Harris.  2.  Maria  Treat, 
December  22,  1828,  married,  November  5, 
1855,  Josiah  French  Hitchborn.  3.  James 
Treat,  January  28,  1831,  died  July  18,  1857,  at 
Havanna,  Cuba :  was  a  sea  captain.     4.  Lydia 


Lcvena,  March  8,  1833,  died  January  10,  1852. 
5.  Alvah  Parker,  mentioned  below.  6.  Susan 
J.,  Julv  23,  1837.     7.  Sarah  A.,  October  23, 

1839.  ■ 

(VH)  Alvah  Parker,  second  son  of  Thomas 
Shute  and  Harriett  (Treat)  Blanchard,  was 
born  in  Stockton,  Maine,  April  12,  1835.  He 
married,  October  9,  1859,  Elizabeth  D.,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Dickey)  Griffin, 
who  was  born  July  3,  1836.  He  was  a  sea 
captain  and  ship  owner.  Was  active  in  Re- 
publican politics  and  served  a  term  in  the 
state  legislature.  He  was  one  of  the  organiz- 
ers of  the  Union  League  Club  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  and  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army, 
Grant  Post,  Brooklyn,  an  honorary  member- 
ship. Children  of  Captain  Alvah  P.  and  Eliza- 
beth D.  Blanchard  were:  i.  James  Alvah,  born 
November  13,  1862.  2.  Mildred,  September 
14,  1866,  married,  February  5,  1896,  John 
William  Mitchell,  of  Port  Washington,  Long 
Island,  of  the  Sir  Humphrey  Mitchell  family 
of  England,  to  whose  descendants  King  George 
made  a  grant  of  lands  on  Long  Island,  the 
homestead  being  built  about  1679.  3.  Thom- 
as, July  24,   1870,  died  March  4,   1878. 

(Vni)  James  Alvah.  son  of  Captain  Alvah 
P.  and  Elizabeth  D.  (Griffin)  Blanchard,  was 
born  in  Stockton,  November  13,  1862.  He 
was  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  at 
times  went  to  sea  with  his  father.  After  re- 
moval to  Brooklyn,  New  York,  he  attended 
the  schools  there  and  later  was  a  student  at 
Bryant  and  Stratton's  Business  College.  He 
entered  business  life  as  a  clerk  in  a  ship 
broker's  office.  He  was  next  employed  by 
Lcgett  &  Brother,  301  Pearl  street.  New  York, 
paint  manufacturers,  etc.,  wdiere  he  remained 
several  years,  until  i88g,  when  he  established 
himself  in  business.  In  1904  the  business  was 
incorporated  under  the  name  of  "The  James 
A.  Blanchard  Company,  manufacturers  of  In- 
secticides, Drugs  and  Grocers'  Specialties,"  at 
the  Cortland  Terminal  building,  30  Church 
street,  New  York  City.  Mr.  Blanchard  is 
active  in  Republican  politics  in  Mount  Ver- 
non, where  he  resides,  and  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  committee  for  twelve  years. 
He  has  served  as  delegate  to  conventions  and 
police  commissions  for  two  and  a  half  years. 
He  is  also  president  of  the  Mount  Vernon 
Public  Park  Association ;  vice-president  of  the 
East  Side  Improvement  Association ;  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Universal- 
ist  church  and  of  the  building  committee.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  Maine 
Society,  and  with  his  father  was  one  of  the 
organizers    of   the    Union     League     Club    of 


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Brooklyn.  Mr.  Blanchard  married,  June  i6, 
1886,  ]\Iary  E.,  daughter  of  Captain  Mel- 
bourne P.  and  Clara  (Lambert)  Smith,  of 
Orrington,  Maine,  who  was  born  September 
25,  1866.  They  have  two  children  living: 
Maurice  Alvah,  born  July  26,  1887,  and  Edna, 
May  5,  1893 ;  a  daughter  Agnes,  born  August 
13,  1889,  died  December  11,  1889. 

(For   first   generation   see   Thomas  Blanchard  I.) 

(11)  Nathaniel,  son  of 
BLANCHARD  Thomas  and  Mary  Blan- 
chard, was  born  in  1636, 
probably  in  Andover,  England,  and  died  before 
1680,  in  Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
resided  most  of  his  life.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1658,  Susanna  Bates,  who  survived 
him.  She  married  (second)  in  1680,  Thomas 
Bass.  Children  of  Nathaniel  Blanchard : 
John,  Mary,  Nathaniel,  Edward,  Mercy  and 
Susanna. 

(HI)  John,  eldest  child  of  Nathaniel  and 
Susanna  (Bates)  Blanchard,  was  born  March 
27,  1660,  in  Weymouth,  and  is  supposed  to 
have  passed  his  life  in  that  town.  He  was 
married  there  in  1685.  The  baptismal  name 
of  his  wife  was  Abigail,  but  further  par- 
ticulars concerning  them  are  not  ascertainable, 
beyond  the  fact  that  they  were  the  parents 
of  the  next  mentioned. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  John  and  Abi- 
gail Blanchard,  was  born  May  19,  1701,  in 
Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  and  removed  to 
North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  in  1743.  In  1745 
he  was  admitted  by  letter  from  the  Weymouth 
church  to  that  at  North  Yarmouth,  and  died 
in  that  town,  August  15,  1773.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Hannah  Shaw,  who  died  about  1770, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  Nathaniel,  Mary, 
Josiah,  Abigail,  Ozias  and  others  whose  names 
are  unknown. 

(V)  Ozias,  third  son  and  ninth  child  of 
Nathaniel  (2)  and  Hannah  (Shaw)  Blan- 
chard, was  born  at  Weymouth,  Massachusetts, 
July  31,  1742.  He  vi'as  a  resident  of  North 
Yarmouth,  Maine,  and  served  as  a  soldier 
in  the  revolutionary  army.  He  was  a  ser- 
geant in  Captain  George  Rogers'  company,  in 
the  Second  Cumberland  Regiment,  and  served 
six  days  in  November,  1775.  This  company 
was  detached  by  order  of  Colonel  Jonathan 
Mitchell  to  work  on  the  fort  at  Falmouth.  He 
was  a  second  lieutenant  in  Captain  John  Win- 
throp's  North  Yarmouth  company,  of  Colonel 
Fogg's  Cumberland  county  regiment,  as  shown 
by  list  of  May  9,  1776.  He  was  also  a  sec- 
ond lieutenant  in  Captain  John  Gray's  com- 
pany of  North  Yarmouth,  commissioned  Jan- 


uary 14,  1777.  He  again  enlisted  for  service 
July  7,  1779,  under  Captain  Gray  and  Colonel 
Jonathan  Richards,  and  was  discharged  Sep- 
tember 12,  1779.  He  also  served  two  months 
and  six  days  in  the  expedition  to  the  Penob- 
scot. He  married,  in  1769,  Mercy  Soule, 
born  November  27,  1749,  in  North  Yarmouth, 
daughter  of  Barnabas  and  Jane  (Bradbury) 
Soule.  They  were  the  parents  of  Samuel, 
Jeremiah,  David,  Reuben,  Daniel  and  Olive. 
The  descendants  of  Ozias  Blanchard  are 
entitled  to  membership  in  the  Society  of  May- 
flower Descendants,  and  the  Sons  or  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Revolution,  Mercy  Soule,  wife  of 
Ozias  Blanchard,  being  a  direct  descendant  on 
the  one  side  of  George  Soule  and  on  the  other 
side  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden,  and  the 
father  and  mother  of  the  latter,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Mullins,  all  of  whom  were  "Mayflower"  pil- 
grims. The  line  of  descent  is :  I.  John  Alden, 
of  the  '"Mayflower,"  born  in  England,  1599, 
died  at  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  September 
12,  1687;  married  at  Plymouth,  probably  in 
162 1,  Priscilla  Mullins,  born  in  England.  Their 
daughter  Elizabeth  (2),  born  1623,  died  at 
Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island,  May  31,  1717, 
married,  December  26,  1644,  William  Pea- 
bodie,  born  1620,  died  at  Little  Compton,  De- 
cember 13,  1707.  Their  daughter  Alary  (3), 
born  August  7,  1648,  married,  November  16, 
1669,  Edward  Southworth.  Their  daughter 
Mercy  (4),  born  1670,  died  1728,  married, 
about  1701,  Moses  Soule,  who  died  1751. 
Their  son  Barnabas  (5),  born  1705,  died  at 
North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  April  8,  1780,  mar- 
ried, 1737,  Jane  Bradbury,  born  1718.  Their 
daughter  Mercy  (6),  born  November  27,  1749, 
died  at  North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  married  Ozias 
Blanchard.     (See  ante.) 

(VI)  Jeremiah,  second  son  of  Ozias  and 
Mercy  (Soule)  Blanchard,  was  baptized  May 
16,  1 77 1,  in  North  Yarmouth,  and  was  one  of 
the  original  members  of  the  Second  Church 
of  that  town,  now  the  Cumberland  Church, 
of  which  he  was  the  third  deacon.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  legislature  when 
the  state  was  divided  and  Maine  became  an 
independent  state  ,and  worked  and  voted  for 
that  measure.  He  married  Dorcas  Bucknam. 
Their  children  were  Dorcas,  Ozias,  William 
and  Ann  Aurora. 

(VII)  Ozias  (2),  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Dor- 
cas (Bucknam)  Blanchard,  was  born  May  24, 
1804,  in  North  Yamiouth,  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried, November  13,  1828,  at  Cumberland,  Mar- 
tha Sweetser,  born  January  17,  1809,  in  Cum- 
berland, daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Olive 
Sweetser,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  Ara- 


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bulla  J.,  Jcicniiah,  llcnry  C,  Edwin  15.,  x\nn 
A.,  O.  Alonzo,  Martha  A.,  William  G.,  Mary 
E.  and  Howard  W.  After  his  marriage  he 
moved  to  Rlanchard,  Maine,  where  he  bought 
a  farm,  held  many  local  oflkes,  was  a  member 
of  the  house  of  representatives  and  the  sen- 
ate, where  he  was  largely  instrumental  in 
the  election  of  Hon.  Hannibal  Hamlin  to  the 
United  States  senate.  He  was  too  old  to 
enlist  in  the  military  service  in  the  civil  war, 
but  on  February  28,  1864,  on  the  recommenda- 
tion of  Vice-President  Hamlin,  was  commis- 
sioned by  President  Lincoln  captain  and  assist- 
ant quartermaster,  United  States  Volunteers, 
and  served  until  August  10,  1865,  when  he 
returned  to  Maine  and  located  in  Dexter.  He 
moved  to  Herndon,  Virginia,  in  1870.  In 
1876  he  was  a  delegate  from  that  state  to  the 
Republican  national  convention,  where  he 
voted  for  the  nomination  of  Hon.  James  G. 
Blaine  for  the  presidency.  A  great  admirer  of 
Mr.  Blaine,  he  was  bitterly  disappointed  at  the 
unlooked-for  defeat  of  that  eminent  statesman. 
(VIII)  Howard  W.,  tenth  child  and  sixth 
son  of  Ozias  (2)  and  Martha  (Sweetser) 
Blanchard,  was  born  January  18,  1852,  in 
Blanchard,  Maine,  where  his  boyhood  was 
passed  on  a  farm.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  at  Blanchard  and  Dexter,  Maine,  and 
Lockhaven,  Pennsylvania,  and  graduated  from 
George  Washington  University,  District  of 
Columbia  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1889. 
In  the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  also  in  Vir- 
.  ginia.  He  was  twelve  years  old  when  he  left 
the  state  of  Maine  for  Kentucky,  where  his 
father  was  in  the  military  service,  and  re- 
turned there  in  1866,  locating  at  Dexter,  where 
he  continued  until  1869.  In  1870  he  located 
at  Herndon,  Virginia,  and  has  ever  since  made 
his  home  in  that  town.  He  is  a  principal 
examiner  in  the  United  States  pension  office 
at  Washington,  and  for  four  years,  from  1896 
to  igoo,  was  detailed  to  assist  the  house  com- 
mittee on  invalid  pensions.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church,  and  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  Society  of  Mayflower  De- 
scendants. Mr.  Blanchard  married,  August  i, 
1874,  Susan  Killam,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Jemima  (Bovee)  Killam,  of  Monroe  county. 
New  York.  Their  children  were  born  as  fol- 
lows:  I.  Howard  Ray,  July  2,  1876,  died 
January  4,  1902.  2.  William  St.  John,  May 
5,  1878.  3.  Martha  Louise,  May  28,  1880.  4. 
Marion  Jamison,  April  3,  1885,  died  July  5, 
1899.  5.  Edwin  C,  March  3,  1887.  6.  Mabel 
Elizabeth,  October  30,  1893. 


The  many  branches  of  the 
BLANCHARD  Blanchard  family  in  Maine 
trace  their  line  by  clear 
records  or  strong  traditions  to  the  sturdy 
Thomas  Blanchard,  who  came  to  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  in  1639,  "where  he  might 
have  cleare  views  of  ye  pleasant  piece  of  salt 
water."  Wherever  the  Blanchards  have  set- 
tled they  have  had  the  ancestor's  longing  for 
the  ocean.  The  I'.lanchard  farms,  if  removed 
from  the  coast  line,  have  bordered  on  some 
pond,  or  had  a  brook  babbling  across  them,  and 
the  owners  have  made  trips  to  .the  bays  now 
and  then,  with  the  excuse,  "I  must  get  a  taste 
of  fish  right  from  the  water,"  but  with  the 
full  purpose  of  seeing  the  waves  toss  and  foam, 
and  sailing  out  as  far  as  possible  from  the 
shore.  The  love  of  the  sea  is  just  as  strong  in 
the  descendants  of  the  old  family  that  remained 
in  France.  Francoise  Blanchard,  whose  father 
thought  he  had  trained  the  love  of  sailing  out 
of  him,  made  a  balloon  so  he  could  navigate 
the  air.  The  members  of  the  Blanchard  fam- 
ily could  never  have  assisted  in  Dresden,  Litch- 
field, Cumberland,  Falmouth,  Yarmouth,  and 
a  score  of  other  places,  if  they  had  not  loved 
the  ocean  and  learned  its  great  lessons  of 
strength  and  victory. 

(I)  Captain  Sjlvanus  Blanchard,  born  about 
1782,  died  in  Yarmouth,  Maine,  1859.  He 
followed  the  sea  for  many  years,  and  w-as  one 
of  the  most  successful  captains  of  the  state  of 
Maine.  Subsequently,  desiring  to  follow  other 
pursuits,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  building 
of  ships  of  the  most  seaworthy  type,  his  place 
of  business  being  in  Yarmouth,  Maine,  and 
the  firm  of  Blanchard  Brothers,  shipbuilders, 
continued  until  1893,  conducting  a  most  suc- 
cessful business.  He  devoted  his  time  and 
energy  so  thoroughly  to  this  work  that  he 
saw  many  a  noble  ship  launched  from  his 
yard,  and  with  pleasure  followed  them  in 
thought  as  they  flitted  to  many  far-away  ports 
to  reUirn  in  safety  with  rich  cargoes.  Among 
the  noted  ships  built  and  launched  at  their 
shipyard  were  the  following:  "Admiral," 
"Commodore,"  "S.  C.  Blanchard,"  "P.  N. 
Blanchard,"  "Pacific,"  "Peru,"  "P.  G.  Blan- 
chard," "Star,"  "Detroit"  and  the  "Sylvanus 
Blanchard,"  the  latter  being  lost.  Captain 
Blanchard  became  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  respected  citizens  of  the  town  of  Yar- 
mouth, and  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  working  for  its  benefit 
with  all  the  zeal  which  characterized  his  fore- 
fatliers. 

He  married  ]\Iiss  Dorcas  J.  Prince,  a  most 
estimable  woman,  a  member  of  an  old  Port- 


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land  family.  Children:  i.  David  P.,  born  Jan- 
uary 8,  1806,  died  June  16,  1828,  while  at  sea 
on  his  second  voyage.  2.  Paul  G.,  October  24, 
1808,  died  November,  1885,  Thanksgiving  day. 
3.  Sylvanus  C,  September  4,  181 1,  resided 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  many  years,  died  in 
Richmond,  Virginia,  1887.  4.  Perez  N.,  May 
6,  1815,  see  forward.  5.  Samuel  Woodbury, 
April  15,  1818,  died  December  23,  1857;  he 
was  a  skilful  physician.  6.  Dorcas  J.,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1822,  died  March  7,  1862.  7. 
Oliver  Elizabeth,  August  22,  1826,  died  April 
27,  1861. 

(II)  Perez  Nathaniel,  son  of  Captain  Syl- 
vanus and  Dorcas  J.  (Prince)  Blanchard,  was 
born  in  Yarmouth,  Maine,  May  6,  1815,  died 
April  3,  1883.  He  received  a  thorough  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town.  He  decided  to  follow  agriculture  as  a 
means  of  livelihood,  but  the  sea  so  strongly 
appealed  to  him,  and  his  inherited  tendencies 
being  all  in  that  direction,  he  abandoned  his 
former  project  and  embarked  on  a  staunch 
ship  carrying  cotton  from  southern  ports  to 
Europe,  and  he  continued  thus  until  1857, 
when  he  made  his  last  voyage  in  the  "Syl- 
vanus Blanchard,"  taking  his  wife  and  son 
with  him,  aforementioned  as  the  ship  which 
was  lost,  he  being  the  commander  thereof.  He 
then  engaged  in  the  shipbuilding  business, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Blanchard  Brothers, 
referred  to  in  the  preceding  paragraph.  He 
took  an  active  part  in  political  affairs,  casting 
his  vote  for  the  candidates  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  served  in  the  capacity  of  chairman 
of  the  board  of  selectmen  of  Yarmouth  for  a 
long  term  of  years,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature  twice,  his  last  term  being 
in  the  years  1875-76.  He  continued  active  in 
the  ranks  of  his  party  until  a  short  time  prior 
to  his  death.  He  was  a  very  helpful  member 
of  the  Congregational  church,  aiding  all  in 
his  power  to  the  advancement  of  its  various 
interests.  He  married  Cynthia  S.  Blanchard, 
of  Cumberland.  Children :  i.  Frances  E., 
born  November  26,  1849,  married  Frank  E. 
Oakes ;  they  now  reside  in  Newton,  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  Cynthia  E.,  twin  of  Frances  E. 
3.  Nathaniel  Willis,  see  forward. 

(III)  Nathaniel  WiUis,  son  of  Perez  Na- 
thaniel and  Cynthia  Stone  (Blanchard)  Blan- 
chard, was  bom  in  Yarmouth,  Maine,  April 
29,  1852.  He  graduated  from  North  Yar- 
mouth Academy.  Early  in  life  he  shipped  be- 
fore the  mast,  and  at  the  expiration  of  six 
months,  an  officer  on  the  ship  having  died,  and 
the  great  ability  of  young  Blanchard  being 
appreciated,  he  was  appointed  a  third  mate. 


On  his  second  voyage  he  was  appointed  sec- 
ond mate,  on  his  third  voyage  promoted  to 
mate,  and  on  his  fourth  voyage  was  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  master,  receiving  high  praise 
from  officers,  ship  owners  and  other  interested 
parties.  Fle  carried  a  cargo  of  lumber  to  Eu- 
rope, which  realized  a  good  profit,  and  then 
carried  a  cargo  of  coal  to  the  ports  of  Peru, 
South  America.  In  1879  he  conveyed  a  cargo 
of  coal  to  China,  around  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  and  in  1886  carried  a  cargo  of  case  oil 
to  China  and  brought  back  a  load  of  manilla. 
On  his  last  voyage  he  sailed  from  New  York 
City  to  China  with  a  cargo  of  oil,  bringing 
back  from  Hong  Kong  to  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, a  fine  supply  of  matting.  Mr.  Blanchard 
was  accompanied  on  a  number  of  voyages  by 
his  wife  and  children,  and  while  in  China  they 
were  bereaved  of  two  of  their  children — Leila 
Willis  and  Perez  Nathaniel — who  died  within 
a  few  days  of  one  another  from  an  epidemic. 
Mr.  Blanchard  followed  the  sea  in  this  suc- 
cessful manner  from  1872  until  1900,  a  period 
of  twenty-eight  years.  Being  a  man  of  fine 
executive  ability  and  sterling  integrity,  he  has 
taken  a  leading  part  in  the  affairs  of  Yar- 
mouth, and  is  serving  in  the  capacity 
of  trustee  of  North  Yarmouth  Academy, 
and  one  of  the  overseers  and  treasurer 
of  the  Morrill  Memorial  Library  of  Yar- 
mouth. He  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political 
views,  and  was  a  candidate  for  representative 
to  the  Maine  legislature  in  1905.  He  is  an 
attendant  of  the  Unitarian  church,  a  member 
of  the  Blue  Lodge  and  chapter  of  the  Free 
Masons.  Mr.  Blanchard  married,  in  1874, 
Grace  S.,  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  March  24, 
1859,  daughter  of  Henry  C.  Greenleaf,  of  Yar- 
mouth, who  resided  in  Chicago  at  the  time  of 
his  daughter's  birth,  being  commander  of  a 
tugboat  on  Lake  Michigan;  later  they  resided 
in  Milwaukee,  from  whence  they  removed  to 
Yarmouth.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blan- 
chard:  I.  Leila  Willis,  born  July  30,  1886, 
died  in  Hong  Kong,  China,  July  12,  1901, 
aged  fifteen  years.  2.  Perez  Nathaniel,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1890,  died  July  6,  1901,  aged  eleven 
years,  at  Hong  Kong,  China.  3.  Reina  May, 
May  14,  1898,  at  Yarmouth. 


There  is  ample  record  that 
THOMPSON     several  of  this  name  were 

among  our  earliest  seven- 
teenth century  settlers.  Sir  William  Thomp- 
son, of  England,  was  the  owner  of  property 
about  Boston,  and  his  coat-of-arms  has  come 
down  through  many  generations  of  James 
Thompson's  descendants,  but  patient  research 


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has  failed  to  establish  the  exact  connection 
between  the  English  and  American  houses. 
Edward  Thompson  came  over  in  the  "May- 
flower" in  1620;  John,  his  brother,  came  over 
from  England  in"  1643:  Archibald  Thompson 
settled  in  Marblehead  in  1637;  Edward 
Thompson  settled  in  Salem  in  1637;  Dr.  Ben- 
jamin Thompson  settled  in  liraintree  and  was 
town  clerk  in  1696,  and  left  at  his  death  eiglu 
children  and  twenty-eight  grandchildren. 

(I)  James  Thompson  was  among  the  origi- 
nal .settlers  of  Wobiirn,  Massachusetts,  and 
settled  in  that  part  of  the  town  which  is  now 
known  as  North  Woburn.  He  came  in  Win- 
throp's  great  company,  in  1630,  and  probably 
first  settled  in  Cliarlestown.  He  was  born  in 
1593,  in  England,  and  was  accompanied  on 
his  journey  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  three 
sons  and  one  daughter.  He  was  then  thirty- 
seven  years  of  age,  and  tradition  has  it  that 
he  was  one  of  the  party  who  landed  at  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  in  the  early  ]-)art  of  June,  1630. 
His  coat-of-arms  is  identified  with  that  of  Sir 
William  Tliomp.son,  a  London  knight,  and  it 
is  probable  that  he  came  from  the  family. 
With  his  wife  Elizabeth,  James  Thompson  was 
admitted  to  memliership  in  the  First  Church 
of  Charlestown,  .August  31,  1633.  In  the  fol- 
lowing December  he  was  admitted  as  a  free- 
man of  the  town.  In  December,  1640,  he  was 
one  of  the  thirty-two  men  who  subscribed  to 
the  noted  town  orders  for  Woburn.  He  was 
among  the  few  adventurers  who  early  pushed 
their  way  into  this  wilderness  region.  Charles- 
town  Village  was  incorporated  in  1642,  under 
the  name  of  Woburn,  and  it  is  believed  that 
this  was  in  memory  of  the  ancient  town  of 
that  name  in  Bedfordshire,  England,  whence 
some  of  the  emigrants  probably  came.  James 
Thompson  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  first 
board  of  selectmen,  and  continued  to  serve  the 
town  in  that  office  nearly  twenty  years  with 
brief  intervals.  In  1650  he  was  the  commis- 
sioner to  carry  the  votes  for  town  officers  to 
Cambridge.  The  exact  location  of  his  resi- 
dence cannot  be  positively  stated,  but  it  is 
probable  that  it  was  near  the  junction  of  Elm 
street  and  Traverse.  It  appears  by  the  rec- 
ords that  he  was  an  extensive  land  owner  for 
that  time.  It  is  probable  that  he  disposed  of 
most  of  his  property  before  his  death,  as  his 
will  makes  no  reference  to  real  estate.  Flis 
first  wife  Elizabeth  died  November  13,  1643, 
and  he  was  married  (second)  February  15, 
1644,  to  Susanna  Blodgett,  widow  of  Thomas 
Blodgett,  of  Cambridge.  She  died  February 
10,  1661.  He  survived  his  second  wife  about 
twenty-one  years,  and  died  in  Woburn,  1682. 


His  children  were:  James,  Simeon,  Olive, 
Jonathan,  and  possibly  another  daughter. 

(II)  Jonathan,  youngest  son  of  James 
Thompson,  was  born  in  England,  probably 
about  1630,  and  was  married  November  28, 
1655,  to  Susanna  I'dodgett,  of  Cambridge,  a 
daughter  of  his  father's  .second  wife,  and  bear- 
ing the  same  name.  There  is  good  reason  for 
believing  that  he  lived  in  the  house  built  by 
his  father,  near  the  junction  of  Elm  and 
Traverse  streets,  traces  of  which  some  of  the 
oldest  citizens  of  North  Woburn  still  remem- 
ber. It  is  probable  that  his  father  lived  with 
him  in  his  old  age  and  bequeathed  to  the  son 
his  homestead.  Not  much  is  known  of  the 
personal  history  of  Jonathan.  From  the  town 
records  it  is  learned  that  he  was  one  of  three 
teachers  of  schools  and  the  first  male  teacher 
ever  employed  under  the  authority  of  the  town. 
This  was  from  1673-75.  In  the  year  last 
named  he  and  his  good  wife  shared  the  respon- 
sibility and  labor,  "he  to  tech  biger  children, 
and  she  to  tech  leser  children,"  the  two  to 
receive  one  sovereign  between  them  for  their 
services.  In  subsequent  years  he  served  as 
constable  of  the  town,  and  still  later  as  town 
sexton.  He  died  October  20,  1691,  and  .his 
wife  February  6,  1698.  Their  children  were: 
Susannah,  Jonathan,  James  (died  young), 
James,  Sarah,  Simon  and  Ebenezcr. 

(HI)  Jonathan  (2),  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  "Jonathan  (i)  Thompson,  was  born 
September  28,  1663,  and  it  is  believed  that 
he  lived  in  the  house  already  designated  as 
the  probable  home  of  his  father  and  grand- 
father in  North  Woburn.  He  was  one  of  the 
town  "tything  men."  He  was  also  on  a  com- 
mittee in  1728  to  go  to  the  great  and  general 
court  and  give  the  reasons  why  the  petition  of 
Goshen,  or  that  part  of  Woburn  which  sub- 
sequently became  Wilmington,  should  not  be 
granted.  He  was  also  in  the  same  year  one  of 
a  committee  of  nine  "to  goe  to  the  Reverend 
M.  Fox  to  see  if  they  can  make  things  easier 
with  him."  He  married  Frances  Whitmore,  a 
daughter  of  Francis  Whitmore,  of  Cambridge. 
His  death  is  supposed  to  have  occurred  in 
1748.  His  children  were  :  Jonathan,  Hannah, 
Joseph,  James,  Su.sannah,  Ebenezer,  Mary, 
Samuel.  Patience,  Esther,  Jabez  and  Daniel. 
(IV)  Samuel,  fifth  son  and  eighth  child  of 
Jonathan  (2)  and  Frances  (Whitmore) 
Thompson,  was  born  September  8,  1705,  in 
what  is  now  North  Woburn.  About  1730, 
probably,  he  built  the  house  on  North  Elm 
street.  North  Woburn,  which  has  been  the 
home  of  six  generations  of  Thompsons.  It  is 
not  now  occupied  by  people  of  the  name.    He 


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was  largely  engaged  in  getting  out  ship  timber 
for  his  brothers,  who  were  ship  builders  in 
Medfield.  While  unloading  timber  in  the 
spring  of  1748  he  received  a  severe  injury 
which  was  followed  by  a  fever  resulting  in 
his  death,  I^Iay  13,  1748,  while  in  his  forty- 
third  year.  He  married  Ruth,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Wright,  and  a  great-granddaughter  of 
Captain  John  Carter,  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Woburn.  They  were  married  December 
31,  1730,  and  she  survived  him  more  than 
twenty-seven  years,  dying  October  3,  1775. 
Their  children  were :  Samuel,  Daniel,  Ruth, 
Abijah,  Mary,  Phoebe,  Lois  and  Jonathan. 

(V)   Daniel,   second    son    of    Samuel    and 
Ruth   (Wright)  Thompson,  was  born  in  Wo- 
buni,  Massachusetts,  March  9,  1734.    He  was 
a  man  of  warm  temperament,  active  and  en- 
terprising.   He  was  one  of  the  guards  to  the 
royal  governors,  but  when  the  trouble  began 
between  the  mother  country  and  his  own,  he 
quickly   espoused    the    side    of    the  colonies. 
Upon  hearing  of  the  march  of  the  British  to- 
ward Concord,  April  19,  1775,  he  jumped  into 
a  saddle  and  hurried  to  the  North  village  for 
the   purpose  of  arousing  his  neighbors.     He 
met  but  one  man  that  hesitated  to  follow  him 
in  the   defense,   and  this  timid   fellow   asked 
Daniel  if  he  wasn't  too  hasty,  and  likely  to 
get  into  trouble.     The  famous  reply  of  Daniel 
as  given  is :    "No !  I  tell  you  the  tyrants  are 
on  the  march  to  destroy  our  stores,  and  if  no 
one  else  opposes  them  to-day,  I  will !"  Going 
at  once  to  Concord,  he  poured  his  steady  and 
telling    fire    into    the    faces    of    the    British. 
When  the  enemy  retreated,  he  took  a  stand 
near  the  road,  behind  an  old  barn,  and  fired 
diagonallv  through  the  platoons  of  the  enemy, 
and  his  shot  raked  the  line  of  the  hated  Eng- 
lish terribly.     Enraged  at  his  deadly  work,  a 
grenadier   who   had   watched    his    movements 
ran  behind  the  barn  and  fatally  shot  him.   The 
place   where   Daniel   fell   is   still  pointed   out, 
and  is  on  that  part  of  the  road  from  Lexing- 
ton to  Concord,  and  is  in  a  protruding  corner 
of   Lincoln.      A   double   funeral    v\'as   held   in 
the   church,   the   other    being   Asahel    Porter, 
who  was  killed  the  same  day,  the  Rev.  Josiah 
Sherman  delivering  an  able  and  patriotic  dis- 
course.    Daniel  was  one  of  the  first  victims 
to  fall  in  the  cause  of  the  revolution.    A  mon- 
ument has  been  erected  to  his  memory  on  his 
grave  in  Woburn,  and  bears  this  inscription: 
"Here  lies  buried  the  Body  of  Mr.  Daniel 
Thompson,  who  was  slain  in  Concord  Battle 
on  ye  19th.  of  April,  1775,  Aged  40  years. 

"Here  Passenger,  Confined.  Redured  to  dust 
lies  what  was  once  Religious,  wise  &  just. 
The   cause  he  engaged   did   animate   him   high, 


Namely,    Religion   &  dear  Liberty. 

Steady  &  warm  in   Liberties  defence. 

True  to    his   Country,   Loyal   to   His  Prince. 

Though   in  his   Breast  a  Thirst   tor  glory  flr'd. 

Although  he's  gone  his  name  Embalm'd  shall  be 

And   bad   in   Everlasting   Memory." 

Daniel  Thompson  was  a  member  of  the  church 
in  Woburn,  and  married  Phoebe  Snow,  who 
after  surviving  him  for  thirty-six  years  died 
in  Baldwin,  Alaine,  where  she  was  residing 
with  her  daughter.  Their  children  were: 
Isaac  Snow,  Phoebe  and  Daniel. 

(VI)  Dr.  Isaac  Snow,  eldest  son  of  Daniel 
and  Phoebe  (Snow)  Thompson,  was  born  in 
Woburn,  June  28,  1761.  He  was  thirteen 
years  old  when  his  brave  father  was  slain, 
but  he  was  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  his  sire, 
and  young  as  he  was  he  determined  to  have 
a  hand  in  revenging  the  act  and  upholding  his 
country.  When  fifteen  he  went  to  sea  in  an 
American  privateer,  and  being  captured  by  a 
British  cruiser  was  imprisoned  at  Barbadoes, 
but  escaped  by  swimming  three  miles  to  a 
French  vessel.  He  finally  reached  home  and 
read  medicine  with  Dr.  John  Hay,  of  Read- 
ing, and  settled  in  practice  at  Pearsontown, 
now  Standish,  Maine.  He  was  a  man  of  small 
stature,  dark  complexioned,  and  pleasing  man- 
ners. Like  his  father,  he  was  a  person  of 
great  activity  and  energy,  with  a  somewhat 
poetic  temperament  as  well  as  a  fighter.  Full 
of  kindness  and  generosity,  he  was  always 
sunny  and  cheerful  with  his  patients.  In  in- 
fancy he  was  so  small  he  was  put  into  a  quart 
measure,  and  wore  his  mother's  ring  above 
his  elbow  when  three  years  old.  One  of  his 
first  shoes  was  exhibited  in  the  Boston  Mu- 
seum as  a  cufiosity.  Dr.  Thompson  married 
Charlotte,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Hay,  his  old 
preceptor,  in  1785.  Their  children  were: 
Charlotte,  Daniel,  Sarah  Hay  Bowers,  who 
was  the  mother  of  Alphonso  Bowers,  of  Cali- 
fornia, inventor  of  a  hydraulic  dredger,  and 
Roscoe  Bowers ;  Frances,  married  Abner 
Dow,  elsewhere  mentioned,  and  was  grand- 
mother of  Fred  T.  Dov,^  (see  sketch),  and 
John  Hay.  The  strains  of  Frances  Thomp- 
son, and  Benjamin  Thompson,  who  was  the 
celebrated  Count  Rumford,  were  collaterally 
connected  and  diverge  in  the  fourth  genera- 
tion from  James  Thompson,  of  England  and 
Woburn,  Massachusetts.  They  had  a  common 
great-great-grandfather.  Mr.  Dow  has  a  let- 
ter written  by  Dr.  Isaac  S.  Thompson  to  Char- 
lotte Hay  just  before  their  marriage  in  1785. 


Abner   Dow   was   a  first   settler   in 

DOW     Flintstown,    now    Baldwin,    Maine, 

about  1800,  which  was  founded  by 

the  survivors  of  Captain  Flint's  company  from 


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Concord,  Massachusetts.  He  cleared  a  farm 
and  was  prominent  in  town  affairs.  He  mar- 
ried Frances,  daughter  of  Dr.  Isaac  S.  and 
Charlotte  (Hay)  Thompson,  of  Standish, 
Maine.  She  was  born  March  17,  1795,  and 
was  the  mother  of  Franklin.  Frances,  who 
married  F^rcderick  Todd.  Deborah.  Alonzo 
A.,  married  Ophelia  Cram ;  ciiildren :  i.  Chil- 
ton, married  a  Miss  Getzel ;  two  children ;  re- 
sides in  California;  ii.  Alfred  V.,  resides  in 
Hiram ;  married  Cassie  Gray ;  one  son,  Owen 
Dow,  graduate  of  University  of  Maine,  1908, 
now  teaching  in  Porto  Kico ;  iii.  Franklin,  died 
young;  iv.  Joseph,  a  practicing  physician  in 
Vermont.  Leander  A.,  see  forward.  Deborah 
(Mrs.  Sylvanus  Yates),  who  died  igo8,  the 
last  survivor ;  she  was  the  mother  of  four  chil- 
dren :  i.  Frank  E.,  married  a  Miss  Noble ;  one 
child,  Howard  Yates ;  ii.  William,  resides  in 
Windham,  Maine;  engineer  on  Maine  Central 
railroad ;  iii.  Charles,  married  a  Miss  Shaw,  of 
Standish ;  iv.  F'anny,  married  Clayton  Spring, 
of  Brownfield,  Maine;  three  children.  Mrs. 
Dow  vi^as  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church ;  she  died  September  30,  1873. 

(H)  Leander  Abner,  youngest  son  of  Abner 
and  Frances  (Thompson)  Dow,  was  born  in 
Baldwin  in  1832,  and  died  in  May,  1895.  He 
was  a  farmer  for  a  number  of  years,  and  then 
moved  to  Gorham,  Maine,  where  he  conducted 
a  meat  market.  Fie  married  Mary  Ella  Haven, 
of  Hiram,  Maine,  daughter  of  Captain  Haven, 
who  was  the  father  of  three  other  children, 
namely :  Abbie,  married  James  Foss  and  had 
children  :  Clara,  deceased  ;  Eva,  deceased ; 
Herbert,  married  Nettie  Clark,  of  Hiram, 
Maine;  Noah,  married  Nellie  Lord,  of  Cor- 
nish, Maine.  Annie,  the  only  survivor,  mar- 
ried Richard  Haley;  now  living  in  Sebago, 
Maine ;  no  children.  Octavus,  the  only  son, 
served  in  the  civil  war,  was  captured  at  Port 
Royal  and  died  in  Libby  prison.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dow:  i.  Phoebe,  died  in  youth. 
2.  Hattie,  married  William  A.  Foss,  of  Ra- 
leigh, Massachusetts.  3.  Nellie,  married  Fred 
C.  Googins,  manager  of  the  Stockholm 
Lumber  Company,  of  Stockholm,  Maine. 
4.  Fred  T.,  see  forward.  5.  Laura,  mar- 
ried Lyn^an  Perley,  of  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(IH)  Fred  T.,  the  only  son  of  Leander  A. 
and  Mary  Ella  (Haven)  Dow,  was  born  in 
Baldwin,  July  23,  1867.  He  was  instructed 
in  the  rudimentary  branches  in  the  local  schools 
of  Gorham.  and  graduated  in  the  engineering 
department  of  the  University  of  Maine  in 
1890.     After    graduation,    he   went   with   the 


Orono  Pulp  and  Paper  Company  to  install 
their  plant,  subsequently  going  into  a  machine 
shop  in  CMd  Town,  Maine.  In  i8gi  he  went 
to  the  West  Indies  to  conduct  a  school  for 
colored  people  after  the  plan  of  the  Hampton 
Institute  in  Virginia,  founded  by  philanthropic 
Englishmen  of  Birmingham.  In  1892  he  went 
with  the  General  Electric  Company  of  Lynn 
as  a  draughtsman.  From  here  he  went  to 
the  state  of  Washington  as  instructor  in  the 
Agricultural  College  and  School  of  Science  at 
Pullman.  In  1896  he  re-engaged  with  the  Gen- 
eral Electric  Company  at  Schenectady,  New 
York,  and  was  soon  promoted  to  be  foreman 
of  the  switchboard  department,  and  managed 
the  standardization  of  switchboards  in  the 
draughting  department.  While  here  he  aided 
in  designing  about  three  thousand  new  panels 
and  switchboards.  Fie  worked  on  the  plan 
for  an  electro  hydraulic  and  steam  plant,  the 
largest  ever  built,  and  numerous  steam  and 
electric  plants.  On  account  of  poor  health, 
he  came  to  Bangor,  Maine,  in  1901,  as  a  con- 
sulting, and  designing  engineer.  He  designed 
and  installed  for  F.  W.  Aver,  of  Bangor,  a 
log  carrier  three  thousand  feet  long,  between 
Chamberlain  and  Eagle  lakes.  This  carrier 
has  a  capacity  of  a  million  feet  of  logs  daily. 
In  1904  he  made  a  survey  of  the  Moosehead 
lake  region  for  the  Kennebec  Water  Power 
Company.  He  prepared  and  originated  plans 
for  the  better  utilization  of  the  water  power 
of  the  Penobscot  river,  between  Bangor  and 
Old  Town.  He  is  a  Republican.  He  married 
Marion  Antoinette,  daughter  of  Captain 
George  W.  and  Sarah  (Treat)  Reed,  of  North 
Bucksport,  Maine,  September  4,  1903,  and  they 
have:  Ruth  Haven,  William  Reed,  James 
Treat  and  Isabelle  Marion.  Captain  George 
W.  Reed  was  killed  by  the  British  when  they 
came  up  the  Penobscot  in  1812.  The  Reeds 
came   from   Maryland,   and   were  a  seafaring 

family.  

The    following  sketch     deals    with 

DOW  Henry  Dow,  of  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1637,  the  earliest  settler 
of  the  name  in  the  New  World,  and  a  line  of 
his  descendants.  The  Dows  from  the  earliest 
times  have  borne  an  enviable  reputation  for 
energy,  probity,  industry  and  patriotism,  and 
have  contributed  much  to  the  prosperity  of  the 
nation.  Fifty-five  enlistments  in  Massachu- 
setts regiments  during  the  revolution  are  cred- 
ited to  Dows.  On  account  of  the  Dows  of 
this  line  being  Quakers  in  revolutionary  times, 
none  of  them  were  then  soldiers. 

(I)   John  Dow,  the  earliest  known  progeni- 


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tor  of  the  family  of  Dow  of  which  this  article 
treats,  born  in  Tyhier,  Norfolk  county,  Eng- 
land, in  1520,  died  in  July,  1561,  between  the 
seventh  of  the  month,  the  date  of  his  will, 
and  the  twenty-third,  when  it  was  presented 
for  probate.  From  that  document  it  is  in- 
ferred that  he  left  three  children  :  Thomas, 
John  and  Edith ;  and  two  brothers,  William 
and  Thomas. 

(II)  Thomas,  eldest  child  of  John  Dow,  of 
Tylner,  was  afterward  of  Runham  in  the  same 
county.  The  name  of  his  wife  was  IMargaret. 
To  Thomas  and  Margaret  were  born  two 
sons,  Henry  and  Christopher ;  and  two  daugh- 
ters, one  of  whom  married  Stephen  Farrar, 
and  the  other  a  man  named  March  Christo- 
pher, and  had  nine  children. 

(III)  Henry,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Margaret  Dow,  lived  at  Runham,  where  he 
died  in  December,  1612,  or  January,  1613.   He 

married   Elizabeth  ,  by  whom  he  had 

Thomas,  Henry,  Edward,  Mary,  Frances,  and 
William,  all  of  whom  must  have  been  young 
when  the  father  died. 

(IV)  Henry  (2),  second  child  of  Henry 
( I )  and  Elizabeth  Dow,  was  born  in  Runham, 
about  1608.  He  married,  February  11,  1631, 
Joan,  widow  of  Roger  Nudd,  of  Ormsby,  in 
the  same  county.  Six  years  later  he  applied 
for  permission  to  emigrate  to  America,  was 
examined  April  11,  1637,  and  was  granted 
license  to  depart  to  these  shores,  the  docu- 
ment being  entitled:  "The  examination  of 
Henry  Dowe,  of  Ormsby,  in  Noff,  husband- 
man, aged  29  years,  and  Joane,  his  wife,  aged 
30  years,  with  four  children,  and  one  servant, 
Ann  Maning,  aged  17  years,  are  desirous  to 
pass  into  New  England,  to  inhabitt."  They 
settled  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where 
Henry  Dow  was  admitted  freeman,  May  2, 
1638.  He  removed  to  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  the  latter  part  of  1643  or  early  in 
1644,  having  previously  bought  of  John  Saun- 
ders a  dwelling  house,  and  several  tracts  of 
land  for  a  farm.  This  homestead  remained  in 
the  possession  of  his  lineal  descendants  till 
after  the  death  of  Olive  Dow,  of  the  sixth 
generation,  daughter  of  John,  in  1854,  when  it 
was  sold  and  passed  into  other  hands.  Henry 
Dow  was  a  man  who  possessed  the  qualities 
of  leadership,  as  is  shown  by  his  official  rec- 
ord. He  was  selectman  in  1651 ;  deputy  from 
Hampton  to  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts in  1655-56;  and  appointed  with  two 
others  in  1658  to  examine  and  record  all  land 
grants  and  highways.  This  last  work  was  in- 
terrupted by  his  death.  April  21,  1659.  Joane, 
or  Jane,  Dow  died  and  was  buried  in  Water- 


town,  June  20,  1640.  Henry  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1641,  Margaret  Cole,  of  Dedham, 
Massachusetts,  who  was  dismissed  thence  to 
Watertown  church  in  1643.  She  survived  him 
and  married  (second)  October  23,  1661, 
Richard  Kimball,  of  Ipswich.  The  children 
of  Flenry  Dow  by  his  first  wife  were :  Thom- 
as, Henry,  an  infant  and  Joseph ;  by  the  sec- 
ond wife :  Daniel,  Mary,  Hannah,  Thomas 
and  Jeremiah. 

(V)  Sergeant  Joseph,  third  son  of  Henry 
(2)  and  Joane  or  Jane  Dow,  was  the  first  of 
the  family  born  in  this  country,  the  place  of 
his  birth  being  Watertown,  and  the  date 
March  20,  1639.  He  settled  in  that  part  of 
Hampton  now  known  as  Seabrook.  He  seems 
to  have  been  active  in  the  controversies  grow- 
ing out  of  land  claims  under  conflicting  char- 
ters, having  been  appointed  in  behalf  of  the 
town  to  represent  the  inhabitants  of  Hamp- 
ton upon  that  subject  before  the  royal  council. 
He  was  also  otherwise  concerned  in  the  pub- 
lic affairs  of  the  little  community  in  wliich 
he  lived.  Although  like  his  older  brother, 
"Captain"  Henry  Dow,  Joseph  was  at  one 
time  connected  with  the  military  service  of 
the  colony.  He  later  associated  himself  with 
the  Friends  or  Quakers.  He  was  then  about 
thirty-four  years  old,  and  was  among  the 
earlier  converts  of  the  mission  to  this  coun- 
try of  George  Fox,  the  founder  of  the  sect. 
With  that  society  this  line  of  the  family  re- 
tained its  connection  through  several  genera- 
tions, or  until  it  was  severed  by  the  withdraw- 
al of  General  Neal  Dow.  Joseph  was  one  of 
those  who  suffered  from  the  persecutions  to 
which  the  Quakers  of  his  day  were  subjected, 
but  his  persistency  in  demanding  his  rights 
not  only  led  to  his  receiving  some  recompense 
for  his  injuries,  but  to  the  discomfiture  of  the 
governor  of  the  province  and  the  better  treat- 
ment thereafter  of  the  Quakers  of  the  vicin- 
ity. In  1701  he  was  one  of  the  trustees  to 
whom  the  land  was  conveyed  in  behalf  of  "all 
those  Christian  people,  called  Quakers,  living 
in  Hampton,  to  seat  a  meeting-house  there- 
on." Two  years  later,  April  7,  1703,  he  died 
at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years.  He  married, 
December  17,  1662,  Mary,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Mary  (Moulton)  Sanborne,  of  Hamp- 
ton, and  they  had  twelve  children :  Joseph, 
John,  Mary,  James,  Hannah,  Henry,  Jeremiah, 
Josiah,  Thomas,  Charity,  Samuel  and  Aaron. 

(VI)  Josiah,  eighth  child  and  sixth  son  of 
Sergeant  Joseph  and  Mary  (Sanborne)  Dow, 
born  in  Hampton  (Seabrook),  July  2,  1679, 
died  April  18,  1718,  when  only  thirty-nine 
years  old.    He  lived  in  that  part  of  Seabrook 


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called  "New  lioston."  September  22,  1710, 
were  published  the  intentions  of  marriage  of 
Josiah  Dow  and  Mary,  daugliter  of  James  and 
"Elizabeth  Purington,  of  Salisbury,  who  were 
married  November  7,  1710.  She  was  a  de- 
scendant of  the  third  generation  from  Robert 
Puringlon,  who  was  a  landholder  in  Ports- 
month  in  1640  and  1657.  The  children  of 
this  union  were:  Winthrop,  Abraham  (died 
young),  Abraham,  Elizabeth  and  Ainia. 

(\TI)  Abraham,  third  son  and  child  of  Jo- 
siah and  Mary  (Pnrington)  Dow,  was  born 
May  2,  171 5,  and  was  left  fatherless  before 
he  was  three  years  old.  He,  like  his  pro- 
genitors, was  a  farmer,  but  became  quite 
prominent  among  the  Friends  as  a  preacher, 
and  lived  to  be  sixty-nine  years  old,  dying  in 
1784.  His  will  was  proved  February  18,  1784. 
He  married  Phcbe,  born  June  19,  1715,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Abial  (Marston)  Green,  of 
Hampton. 

(Vni)  Jedcdiah,  second  son  of  Abraham 
and  Phebe  (Green)  Dow,  born  October  30, 
1740,  or  1 74 1,  died  in  Weare,  New  Hamp- 
shire, May  10,  1826,  aged  eighty-five.  About 
1772  he  moved  to  Weare  and  settled  on  lot 
35,  range  5.  There  he  built  a  log  house  in 
what  was  then  a  wilderness,  where  he  cleared 
a  farm.  To  the  family  vocation  of  farming, 
Jedediah  added  that  of  blacksmithing.  He 
was  in  the  vigor  of  manhood  when  the  revolu- 
tionary war  broke  out.  His  life,  with  that 
of  his  father,  who  at  the  inception  of  that 
struggle  was  si.xty  years  of  age,  covered  more 
than  a  century  of  New  England  history,  many 
incidents  of  which  he  related  to  his  grandson, 
Neal  Dow,  and  which  the  latter  relates  in  his 
book,  "Reminiscences  of  Neal  Dow."  One 
day  Jedediah  Dow  was  walking  across  a  field 
when  his  dog  seized  his  coat  and  began  pull- 
ing him  back  in  so  strange  and  unaccountable 
a  way  that  he  yielded  his  will  to  that  of  his 
dog  and  returned  to  his  home.  In  making 
that  retreat  he  turned  and  saw  an  Indian  with 
a  gun,  move  from  behind  a  rock  by  which  he 
would  have  passed  but  for  the  strange  conduct 
of  his  dog.  Pie  always  afterward  believed 
that  the  animal  saved  his  life.  One  evening, 
when  the  shades  of  night  were  first  closing 
around  him,  he  was  returning  from  the  woods, 
walking  with  his  head  down,  his  ax  under  one 
arm,  and  his  hands  in  the  pockets  of  his  coat. 
Suddenly  his  hat  was  snatched  from  his  head, 
and  he  saw  confronting  him  in  the  narrow 
path  a  huge  bear,  standing  on  his  hind  feet, 
displaying  a  wicked  row  of  glittering  teeth. 
Retreat  was  impossible,  had  he  wished"  it,  and 
there  was  nothing  for  it  but  to  fight   it  out 


with  no  quarter  to  either  combatant.  Mr. 
Dow  was  a  powerful  man,  and  an  experienced 
woodman,  skilled  in  the  use  of  an  ax,  but  his 
quick  and  powerful  blows  delivered  by  that 
formidable  weapon  were  for  a  time  parried  by 
the  bear.  At  last  the  edge  of  the  axe  dis- 
abled one  of  the  brute's  paws,  and  instantly 
another  blow  on  the  head  brought  him  down. 
Afterwards  the  end  was  easy.  The  log  cabin 
of  Mr.  Dow  was  succeetled  by  a  large  and 
excellent  farm  house  where  he  spent  the  even- 
ing of  his  days  in  the  family  of  his  daughter 
Mary.  This  house  was  not  far  from  the 
Quaker  church  where  he  worshiped.  Near  the 
site  of  the  old  church  repose  the  remains  of 
Mr.  Dow  and  his  wife,  their  graves  marked 
only,  as  was  customary  with  tiie  early  Friends, 
by  simple  mounds  of  unhewn  stones.  Mr. 
Dow  was  an  industrious,  prudent.  God-fearing 
man,  and  a  good  citizen.  lie  possessed  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  his  townsmen,  who 
elected  him  to  the  ofiice  of  selectman.  Tlie 
name  of  his  first  wife  is  not  known ;  she  was 
killed  by  lightning  a  few  days  after  her  mar- 
riage. He  married  (second)  Dorcas  Neal, 
born  June  I,  1740,  died  May  18,  1810.  Their 
children  were :  Mary,  Josiah,  Ruth,  Dorcas, 
Abraham,  Jedediah  and  Jonathan. 

(IX)  Josiah  (2),  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Jedediah  and  Dorcas  (Neal)  Dow, 
was  born  in  Seabrook,  September  27,  1766, 
and  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Weare  when 
he  was  about  six  years  old.  "There,  sur- 
rounded by  such  influences  as  may  be  inferred 
from  what  has  been  written,"  writes  his 
son,  "he  lived  until  he  was  twenty-four.  He 
was  about  nine  years  old  at  the  outbreak  of 
the  revolution,  and  to  his  last  day  remembered 
well  the  excitement  attending  many  of  the 
events  of  that  war.  A  company  of  militia  on 
its  way  to  Boston,  and  which  afterwards  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  camped 
near  his  father's  house.  Some  of  his  rela- 
tives were  among  them,  and  they  took  from 
him  the  bullets  he  had  been  casting,  together 
with  the  bullet-mold  and  what  uncast  lead  he 
had.  He  never  admitted  to  his  son  that  he 
was  intentionally  furnishing  ammunition  for 
'carnal  warfare,'  but  Quaker  and  son  of  a 
Quaker,  though  he  was,  as  a  boy  he  regretted 
that  he  had  not  lost  by  the  militia  a  sufficient 
number  of  bullets  to  serve  his  patriotic  neigh- 
bors through  the  battle."  In  his  earlier  days 
game  of  many  kinds  abounded  in  the  forests, 
among  such  being  the  wild  turkey,  to  hunt 
which  was  his  chief  recreation.  The  son  of 
a  farmer  on  a  backwoods  farm,  his  early  life 
w-as  rude  and  laborious,  but  he  had  the  requi- 


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site  courage  and  determination  to  improve  his 
condition, "and  the  opportunity  offering,  being 
fond  of  reading,  he  quaHfied  himself  to  dis- 
charge all  the  duties  of  a  good  citizen  with 
advantage  to  society  and  credit  to  himself.  In 
summer  he  was  an  industrious  worker  on  the 
farm  of  his  father;  in  winter  he  taught  a 
school,  in  which,  however,  were  imparted  only 
those  branches  that  country  boys  and  girls  of 
that  day  were  expected  to  acquire.  In  1790, 
soon  after  attaining  his  majority,  becoming 
satisfied  that  it  would  be  wise  for  him  to  seek 
another  field  of  employment,  he  left  Weare 
and  moved  to  Falmouth,  Maine,  a  town  then 
adjoining  Portland,  and  of  which  the  latter 
had  been  a  part  until  set  off  in  1786.  Here 
he  lived  for  about  five  years  in  a  house  still 
standing  on  the  banks  of  the  Presumpscot 
river,  about  five  miles  from  Portland,  just  be- 
yond the  covered  bridge  on  the  Blackstrap 
road.  He  brought  with  him  to  his  new  home 
but  little  more  than  good  health,  a  strong  con- 
stitution, and  those  industrious  habits  and 
simple,  frugal  tastes  which  were  the  natural 
outgrowth  of  parental  and  other  influences 
which  surrounded  him  in  the  home  of  his  boy- 
hood. But  with  what  he  had  he  engaged  in 
carrying  on  in  a  small  way,  with  a  brother- 
in-law  who  had  preceded  him  to  Falmouth, 
the  tanning  business,  his  leisure  time  in  win- 
ter being  employed  in  teaching  school.  After 
living  at  Falmouth  six  years  he  married  and 
moved  to  Portland,  where  he  and  his  wife 
began  housekeeping.  He  continued  the  tan- 
ning business  and  succeeded  so  well  at  it  that 
four  years  after  settling  in  Portland  he  built 
a  more  comfortable  house  than  he  had  for- 
merly occupied,  and  there  he  and  his  wife 
passed  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  He  re- 
tained his  interest  in  the  tanning  business  as 
long  as  he  lived.  In  it  he  accumulated  a  com- 
petence sufficient  for  all  his  wants  and  tastes. 
His  judgment  in  matters  of  business  was 
sound,  and  often  sought  by  his  townsmen.  He 
was  for  many  years,  from  its  incorporation 
in  1824,  a  director  in  the  Merchants'  Bank  of 
Portland,  resigning  the  position  when  the  in- 
firmities of  age  made  it  impracticable  for  him 
to  attend  to  its  duties.  He  was  also  in  the 
directorate  of  other  business  corporations. 
Necessarily  somewhat  isolated  during  the  lat- 
ter part  of  his  life,  because  of  his  age,  he 
nevertheless  retained  his  interest  in  current 
events  until  within  a  few  weeks  of  his  death. 
Put  in  possession  of  the  facts  bearing  on  any 
given  business  problem,  he  drew  his  conclu- 
sions from  them  clearly  and  with  sound  judg- 
ment almost  to  the  last.     He  held  some  of- 


fices, accepted  from  a  sense  of  duty  as  burdens 
of  which  he  should  bear  his  part  rather  than 
from  any  desire  for  place  or  notoriety,  to 
which  he  was  always  averse.  He  always  took 
interest  in  political  matters,  voted  at  every 
presidential  election,  and,  probably,  at  all 
others  down  to  the  first  election  of  Lincoln. 
In  his  party  affiliations  he  was  in  turn  a  Fed- 
eralist, National  Republican,  Whig,  Free  Soil- 
er  and  Republican.  He  was  an  earnest  anti- 
slavery  man  and  was  actively  interested  in 
the  "underground  railroad,"  by  means  of 
which  fugitive  slaves,  not  a  few  of  whom 
reached  Portland  in  vessels  from  southern 
ports  and  otherwise,  were  taken  to  points 
where  they  were  not  likely  to  be  captured. 
His  home  was  always  an  asylum  for  such  of 
them  as  needed  food  and  temporary  shelter 
while  waiting  to  be  escorted  farther  toward 
the  north  star  of  freedom.  He  was  a  well- 
read  man,  his  favorite  works  being  the  Bible, 
Shakespeare,  and  Pope's  Essay  on  Man.  With 
these  he  was  thoroughly  familiar  and  always 
ready  with  apt  quotations  from  either.  He 
was  clear,  concise,  and  strong  in  conversation, 
and  quick  at  repartee.  He  was  a  remarkably 
vigorous,  active,  and  athletic  man;  and  with 
his  physical  strength  possessed  also  a  strong 
will  and  great  self-control.  He  died  June  i, 
1861,  at  the  age  of  ninety-four  years  and  nine 
months.  In  all  his  life  neither  his  personal 
character  nor  his  business  integrity  was  ever 
questioned  by  so  much  as  a  breath  of  suspi- 
cion. He  has  always  possessed  sound  health, 
having  scarcely  a  sick  day  in  his  whole  life, 
but  after  he  was  eighty  years  of  age  he  fell 
on  the  ice  and  broke  his  hip,  and  was  con- 
fined for  several  months  to  his  bed,  and  never 
so  far  recovered  as  to  be  able  to  walk  with- 
out lameness,  though  long  after  this  he  was 
about,  attending  to  ordinary  affairs.  No  more 
loving  father,  no  more  upright  and  honorable 
man,  or  truer  Christian  and  patriot  ever  lived. 
A  Friend,  descended  from  a  long  line  of 
Friends,  his  life  always  conformed  to  their 
rules,  which  treat  this  world  as  a  vestibule  to 
a  future  life.  He  never  for  a  moment  wavered 
in  his  fidelity  to  truth,  and  the  consistency  of 
his  life  and  conversation  was  entirely  without 
stain. 

He  married,  February  3,  1796,  Dorcas  Al- 
len, born  in  Falmouth,  August  28,  1773,  died 
in  Portland,  July  8,  1851,  aged  seventy-eight 
years.  She  was  the  sixth  of  the  seven  chil- 
dren of  Isaac  and  Abigail  (Hall)  Allen,  of 
Falmouth.  (See  Hall  V.)  Hatevil  Hall,  the 
bride's  grandfather,  then  ninety-six  years  of 
age,  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  marriage 


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certificate.  She  was  of  sli.Lrht  frame,  and  ap- 
parently not  stronpf,  but  was  blessed  with  good 
health  until  her  last  sickness.  A  few  years 
before  her  death  she  met  with  an  accident, 
resulting  in  a  broken  hip  and  other  injuries, 
and  she  was  thereafter  a  great  sufferer,  but 
she  bore  all  with  heroic  fortitude  and  christian 
patience.  She  was  for  her  time  well  educated, 
fond  of  reading,  possessed  of  strong,  common 
sense  and  sound  judgment.  She  was  a  trust- 
ing christian  woman,  self-reliant  and  deter- 
mined in  all  that  she  believed  to  be  right,  im- 
pressing her  character  upon  those  with  whom 
she  came  in  contact.  For  more  than  a  half 
century  she  proved  to  her  husband  a  faithful 
wife  and  helpmeet,  a  wise  counsellor  and 
trusted  friend.  Three  children  were  born  of 
this  marriage:  Emma,  Ncal.  who  receives 
extended  mention  below,  and  Harriet.  Emma, 
bom  in  1800,  married  Neal  D.  Shaw,  of  Bar- 
ing, Maine,  and  died  in  1851.  Harriet,  1806, 
was  an  invalid  from  early  life,  and  died  in 
1869. 

(X)  Neal,  second  child  and  only  son  of 
Tosiah  and  Dorcas  (  .\llen)  Dow,  was  born  in 
Portland,  March  20,  1804.  As  soon  as  he 
was  old  enough  he  was  sent  to  a  "dame's" 
school,  as  a  school  taught  by  a  woman  was 
then  called,  and  after  attending  three  terms  at 
schools  of  this  class,  he  was  promoted  to  a 
"master's"  school.  Subsequently  he  was 
taught  in  Master  Taylor's  private  school,  from 
which  he  was  transferred  to  Portland  Acad- 
emy, where  among  his  fellow  students  were 
Henry  W.  Longfellow  and  his  brother  Ste- 
phen,' Edward  Preble,  son  of  the  famous  com- 
modore, and  William  Brown,  who  became 
prominent  in  the  south.  At  thirteen  years  of 
age,  after  being  some  time  at  the  academy,  he 
was  sent  to  the  Friends'  Academy  in  New 
Bedford.  Massachusetts,  where  he  attended 
some  time,  and  then  returned  to  Portland  and 
again  entered  the  academy,  and  after  a  year 
there,  terminated  his  school  life  in  1820,  when 
he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  much  de- 
sired to  go  to  college,  for  which  he  had  fitted, 
but  his  parents  so  strongly  opposed  this  idea 
on  account  of  the  bad  influences  he  would  be 
subjected  to,  and  because  they  thought  that  a 
college  education  was  a  device  of  the  adver- 
sary, that  he  had  to  abandon  the  project. 
Their  objection,  based  probably  on  the  latter 
reason,  also  prevented  the  gratification  of  his 
desire  to  study  law.  And  so  after  a  month  or 
so  of  vacation,  he  went  into  his  father's  tan- 
nerv  to  make  himself  generally  useful  in  the 
business.  At  the  same  time,  however,  he  de- 
termined   to    supplement    his    school    acquire- 


ments by  a  regular  course  of  reading.     This 
he  was  able  to  do  and  thus  gratify  his  great 
fondness  for  books.     He  read  the  books  in  his 
father's   library,  borrowed   from    friends   and 
spent    his    spare    pocket    money    for    books. 
Those  he  thus  purchased  were  the  foundation 
of  a  library  which   in   his  age  compared   fa- 
vorably   in    number,    variety,   and    quality   of 
contents  with  any  of  the  private  collections  in 
Maine.    The  habit  of  reading  thus  begun  con- 
tinued with  him  through  life,  and  made  him 
one  of  the  best  informed  men  in  New  Eng- 
land.     Mr.    Dow's   earliest   business   venture 
upon  his  own  account  was  in  1821,  when  at 
seventeen   years  of  age,   accompanied  by  his 
cousin,  John  Hodgdon,  then  twenty-one  years 
old,  he  "went  to  Oldtown  over  the  established 
stage  routes  and  then  up  the  Penobscot  and 
Mattawamkcag  rivers  by  bateau  into  the  wilds 
of  Aroostook  county,    where    they    surveyed 
land  that  had  been  bought  by  members  of  the 
family  in  which  Mr.  Dow  had  a  one-third  in- 
terest purchased  by  his  father  for  him.    This 
was   the  first   of  numerous  land   transactions 
in  which  he  was  interested,  many  of  them  of 
considerable    magnitude    and    profit.      These 
lands,  in  the  survey  of  which  he  spent  some 
months,  included,  it  seems,  the  present  towns 
of  Hodgdon  and  Linneus,  in  .Aroostook  county. 
After    completing   this    work    he   traveled    to 
Buffalo,   then    in   the    great    "West,"    and    to 
Montreal,  New  York  city,  and  Philadelphia, 
making  what  at  that  time  was  considered  a 
"grand  tour,"  at  the  completion  of  which  he 
returned  to  Portland,  and  was  taken  into  the 
tanning  business  as  a  partner  by  his  father. 
This  co-partnership  lasted  until  the  death  of 
the  senior  Dow  in   1861.     The  style  of  the 
firm   was   Josiah   Dow   &   Son.   and  in    1861, 
when    Fred    N.    Dow,    the    grandson    of    the 
original   proprietor  of   the  business,  was   ad- 
mitted as  a  partner,  the  firm  name  remained 
the  same.     In   1874,  owing  to  the  illness  of 
Fred  N.  Dow,  upon  whom  the  general   care 
of  the  business   had   devolved  for  years,  the 
business  was  closed,  which  by  the  use  of  in- 
tegrity,   industry,    economy,    thrift    and    good 
judgment    had   been   a   paying   one.      At   the 
time  the  business  closed  the  firm  name  was  the 
oldest  in  the  city,  the  industry  which  it  repre- 
sented having  been  carried  on  by  some  mem- 
ber of  the  family  for  more  than  seventy-five 
years,  during  which  period  it  had  successfully 
weathered  every  financial  crisis,  always  pay- 
ing dollar  for  dollar.    Besides  the  business  of 
tanning  Neal  Dow  had  time,  means  and  credit 
for  outside  matters  of  more  or  less  local  im- 
portance, and  some  of  them  proved  profitable. 


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When  twenty-nine  years  of  age  he  was  made 
a  bank  director,  and'  filled  that  position  by  suc- 
cessive elections  for  over  forty  years.  For 
years  he  was  trustee  of  a  savins^s  bank,  and 
for  a  while  president  of  the  Portland  Gas- 
light Company.  He  served  also  in  the  direc- 
torate of  a  railroad,  manufacturing  and  other 
corporations.  In  the  early  days  of  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad  Company,  of  which  he  was 
a  director,  he  was  actively  interested  in  its 
promotion,  pledging  to  the  success  of  the  en- 
terprise a  large  portion  of  the  means  and 
credit  at  his  command.  At  its  inception  he 
was  solicited  to  accept  its  superintendency,  but 
did  not  feel  inclined  to  tie  himself  so  closely 
to  business  as  such  a  position  would  demand, 
and  declined  the  offer  pressed  upon  him  by 
his  associate  directors.  He  gradually  relin- 
quished interest  in  business  affairs,  and  retired 
from  active  connection  with  corporate  man- 
agement as  his  time  and  thought  became  more 
and  more  engaged  in  the  subject  with  which 
his  name  was  so  closely  connected  and  to 
which  he  gave  so  much  of  time  and  strength. 
Indeed,  after  1851,  his  attention  was  largely 
diverted  from  business,  as  he  was  absent  from 
home  much  of  the  time  subsequent  to  that 
date,  including  more  than  three  years  at  dif- 
ferent times  in  Europe,  and  during  the  war  for 
the  Union.  Hence  his  connection  with  gen- 
eral business  was  never  after  1857  much  more 
than  nominal. 

After  attaining  his  majority  Mr.  Dow  began 
to  take  that  interest  in  town  affairs  which  he 
retained  till  his  death.  Three  years  earlier,  at 
the  age  of  eighteen,  he  joined  the  volunteer 
fire  department  of  Portland,  and  retained  con- 
nection with  it  more  than  twenty-five  years. 
At  that  time,  1822,  the  department  was  a 
purelv  voluntary  and  largely  a  social  and  mu- 
tual protection  organization.  That  old  fire 
department  did  not  last  long  after  he  became 
connected  with  it.  Shortly  after  he  became 
of  age  he  prepared  a  bill  which  was  enacted 
by  the  lesrislature,  then  in  session  in  Portland, 
under  which  it  was  remodeled.  The  number 
of  men  connected  with  the  department  when 
at  its  best  was  about  seven  hundred.  April 
3,  1827,  Mr.  Dow  was  elected  clerk  at  the 
first  meeting  of  the  "Deluge  company,"  then 
having  among  its  members  many  of  the  best 
men  of  the  town.  He  served  as  clerk  of  the 
company  four  years,  when  he  was  chosen  first 
director,  or  captain,  acting  in  that  capacity 
until  April,  1837.  In  that  year  he  was  made 
chief  of  the  department.  He  took  great  pride 
in  making  it  thoroughly  efficient,  and  was  so 
far    successful   that   in   after   vears   he    wrote 


that  he  thought  there  was  none  in  the  country 
in  proportion  to  numbers  and  extent  and 
quality  of  apparatus  superior  to  it.  Its  mem- 
bers were  picked  men,  rigidly  disciplined  and 
finely  drilled.  His  connection  with  the  de- 
partment, and  especially  his  serving  as  chief 
engineer,  had  something  to  do  with  his  ac- 
quiring a  measure  of  local  influence  and  a 
personal  following  of  young,  reliable  men, 
then  and  afterwards  made  to  serve  the  pro- 
motion of  temperance,  in  which  subject  he 
was  already  taking  an  interest.  It  was  then 
the  custom  to  celebrate  anniversaries  and  other 
events  with  dinners,  more  or  less  formal. 
Liquors  were  always  used  at  these  celebra- 
tions. Mr.  Dow's  first  speech  upon  temper- 
ance was  made  while  he  was  a  clerk  in  the 
Deluge  company,  in  opposition  to  a  motion  to 
instruct  the  committee  in  charge  of  the  pro- 
posed celebration  to  provide  liquors.  The 
companv  adopted  his  views,  "so  far  as  I  am 
aware,"  he  writes,  "it  was  the  first  affair  of 
the  kind  in  Portland  from  which  liquors  were 
excluded,  and  naturally  attracted  attention  and 
excited  a  great  deal  of  comment,  favorable 
and  otherwise — at  first  largely  otherwise — 
among  the  firemen."  Through  his  influence, 
and  that  of  others,  it  became  the  rule  to  ex- 
clude liquors  from  the  entertainments  of  the 
various  companies,  manv  firemen  becoming 
total  abstainers.  Mr.  Dow  was  "fire-chief" 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  in  every  way  the 
peer  of  any  man  who  ever  filled  that  office  in 
Portland.  His  temperance  views  antagonized 
the  liquor  element,  which  made  strenuous  ef- 
forts to  oust  him  from  office  on  various 
charges,  but  he  always  came  out  victor  in 
these  contests  and  was  sustained  by  the  elder 
men  when  charges  were  brought  before  them. 
In  the  campaign  of  1828  Mr.  Dow  made  his 
first  political  speech,  as  in  that  election  he 
cast  his  first  presidential  vote.  Speech  and 
vote  were  both  for  Adams.  His  subsequent 
course  through  life  in  politics  shows  how 
stronglv  his  desire  to  support  the  right  ob- 
tained, and  how  little  he  could  be  controlled  by 
party  policies  which  he  did  not  favor.  In  the 
campaign  of  1832,  though  heartily  opposed  to 
Jackson,  he  could  not  favor  Clay,  who  was  a 
pro-slavery  man :  he  therefore  voted  for  the 
Antimasonic  candidate.  In  1836  he  continued 
his  general  relations  with  the  Whig  party  and 
was  a  supporter  of  Harrison.  In  1837  he  sup- 
ported the  Whig  candidate,  Edward  Kent, 
who  was  elected  governor  of  Maine.  In  the 
memorable  campaign  of  1840  he  entered  the 
contest  with  great  earnestness  and  enthusiasm 
as  a  supporter  of  General  Harrison  for  presi- 


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dent  and  Edward  Kent  for  governor.  Both 
were  elected,  and  Mr.  Dow  was  appointed  col- 
onel on  the  staff  of  the  latter,  though  he  had 
never  trained  in  the  militia.  In  1844,  Whig 
as  he  was  on  all  economic  and  administrative 
questions,  he  would  not  give  his  vote  to  Clay. 
Dueling,  slavery,  the  annexation  of  Texas, 
were  the  disturbing  points,  and  he  acted  with 
the  Abolitionists,  with  whose  horror  of  sla- 
very he  was  in  full  sympathy.  In  1848  he 
favored  \'an  Burcn  as  the  Free-Soil  candidate 
for  president.  In  1852  he  did  what  he  could 
in  Maine  for  the  Whig  candidate,  General 
Scott,  the  friend  of  prohibition  being  under 
peculiar  obligations  to  temperance  Whigs  who 
had  supported  at  the  polls  the  Democratic 
candidate  for  governor,  because  he  had  ap- 
proved the  Maine  law.  In  1856  the  Republi- 
can party,  of  which  Neal  Dow  was  a  charter 
member,  had  been  formed,  and  he  favored  its 
candidate  for  president,  Fremont.  It  was  dur- 
ing this  campaign  that  he  first  met,  as  a  Re- 
publican, his  friend,  Hannibal  Hamlin,  who 
had  recently  abandoned  the  Democratic  party. 
They  addressed  an  immense  meeting  from  the 
same  platform.  Their  presence  there  had 
more  than  ordinary  significance,  and  the  great 
ovation  accorded  to  each  by  the  thousands 
that  thronged  the  square  was  not  altogether 
personal  to  either.  Mr.  Dow  was  in  full  sym- 
pathy with  the  Republican  party  in  i860,  and 
participated  with  voice  and  pen  in  the  cam- 
paign resulting  in  the  election  of  Lincoln.  In 
1864  he  favored  Lincoln  as  a  matter  of  course, 
making  particularly  prominent  the  fact  that 
if  the  north  re-elected  Lincoln  it  would  greatly 
discourage  the  south.  From  1864  up  to  and 
including  the  election  of  President  Hayes  in 
1876,  he  retained  his  connection  with  the  Re- 
publican party  and  supported  its  tickets,  state 
and  national,  rendering  from  time  to  time  such 
assistance  as  he  could  upon  the  platform  and 
through  the  public  press,  his  services  bv  no 
means  being  confined  to  the  state  of  Maine. 
In  1880  he  was  nominee  for  president  of  the 
Prohibition  party.  Before  the  assembling  of 
its  national  convention  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  it 
had  been  intimated  to  him  that  there  was  a 
disposition  to  make  him  the  nominee  of  that 
organization  for  president.  Where  it  was 
proper  for  him  to  do  so,  he  expressed  a  hope 
that  such  action  would  not  be  taken.  There 
were  several  reasons  for  his  wish  that  some 
other  choice  might  be  made,  one  of  which  was 
that  in  his  entire  political  life  his  name  had 
been  used  in  connection  with  his  candidacy  for 
official  position,  whether  with  or  without  ex- 
pectation of  attaining  to  such,  only  as  it  was 


supposed  by  friends  of  temperance  that  the 
cause  in  which  they  and  he  were  alike  inter- 
ested might  thus  be  served.  In  this  instance 
he  believed  that  any  other  name  would  answer 
as  well  as  his  around  which  to  rally  the  few 
who  had  come  to  regard  prohibition  of  the 
liquor  traffic  a  national  issue  of  paramount 
importance,  and  he  was  inclined  to  the  opinion 
that  he  could  better  serve  the  general  cause  if 
unembarrassed  by  even  a  national  candidacy 
for  ofiicc.  He  was,  however,  persuaded  that 
others  should  be  permitted  to  finally  pass  upon 
that  question.  His  name  was  presented  to  the 
convention  by  Hon.  James  Black,  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  he  was  unanimously  nominated. 
Mr.  Dow  did  not  feel  at  liberty  to  decline  the 
nomination,  and  accordingly  accepted.  Until 
1880  Mr.  Dow  had  uniformly  acted  with  the 
Republican  party,  supporting  its  nominations 
and  advocating  its  principles  from  platform 
and  throuc;h  the  press  in  his  own  and  oihcr 
states.  He  had,  however,  been  dissatisfied 
with  the  action  of  the  party  in  Maine  at  times 
with  reference  to  prohibition,  and  had  become 
so  much  so  that,  with  other  temperance  men 
who.  up  to  that  time,  had  been  stalwart  Re- 
publicans, he  refused  to  support  his  nominee 
for  governor  in  1880.  By  1884  he  had 
reached  an  age  long  past  that  at  which  most 
men  interest  themselves  in  public  affairs.  His 
views  of  what  was  wise  and  expedient,  under 
all  the  circumstances,  led  him  to  devote  him- 
self wholly  to  securing  as  large  a  majority  as 
possible  for  the  prohibitory  constitutional 
amendment  which  was  then  pending  before 
the  people  of  jNIaine.  He  sincerely  desired  the 
election  of  his  long  time  friend,  James  G. 
Blaine,  who  was  then  the  Republican  candi- 
date for  president,  but  was  unable,  had  he 
been  disposed,  to  lend  active  assistance  in  the 
canvass.  That  was  the  last  presidential  elec- 
tion in  which  he  took  more  than  a  passing  in- 
terest. By  1888  his  old  time  relations  with 
the  Republican  party  had  been  completely  sev- 
ered. He  voted  that  year,  as  in  1892,  the  na- 
tional ticket  of  the  Prohibition  party. 

Neal  Dow  was  brought  up  in  a  family 
where  he  learned  to  do  right  because  it  is 
right.  He  early  saw  the  evils  of  intemper- 
ance, and  joined  the  ranks  of  those  who 
sought  to  promote  moderate  drinking ;  but  it 
soon  became  apparent  to  him  that  total  ab- 
stinence was  the  only  cure  for  the  conditions 
that  then  cursed  the  country.  Almost  imme- 
diately after  his  majority  he  joined  the  Maine 
Charitable  Mechanics'  Association,  and  did  all 
he  could  in  that  body  in  connection  with  others 
to  remove  the  evils  of  intemperance.     ]\Iarch 


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31,    1833,  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
"The  Portland  Young  Men's  Temperance  So- 
ciety."   During  the  first  three  years  of  the  hfe 
of  this  society  over  thirteen   hundred  signed 
the  pledge,  among  whom  was  the  poet,  Henry 
W.  Longfellow.    Mr.  Dow  later  became  secre- 
tary of  this  society.     In   1834,  as  a  delegate 
from  this   society,   he   took   part   in   the  first 
state  gathering  in  behalf  of  temperance  ever 
held  in  Maine.    "By  this  time,"  he  writes,  "al- 
most  unconsciously,    I    had   become    so   fully 
identified  with  the  reform  as  to  be  in  the  way 
of  knowing  most  of  what  was  being  done  if 
not  actually  taking  part  in  it.     To  the  best  of 
my  recollection,  however,  my  purpose  at  that 
time  did  not  extend  beyond  my  desire  to  as- 
sist  in   correcting   the   evils   apparent    in  the 
city  of  Portland."     About   1835  he  began  to 
feel  that  he  had  a  special  duty  to  perform  in 
this  line,  that  his  field  of  labor  ought  to  in- 
clude  the   state,   and   the   idea  of  prohibition 
was  developed.     February  2,   1837,  Mr.  Dow 
was    one   of    those   who    formed    at    Augusta 
"The  Maine   Temperance  Union,"  "upon  the 
principle. of  total  abstinence  from  all  that  in- 
toxicates."    The  organization   of  the   Union 
may  fairly  be  regarded  as  the  first  in  the  series 
of  progressive  movements  resulting  in  the  en- 
actment,  in    1 85 1,    of    what    has    since  been 
known  as  "The  Maine  Law."     For  fourteen 
years   it  maintained  its   existence,  the   recog- 
nized head  of  all  public  temperance  effort  in 
the  state.    Its  last  annual  meeting  was  held  in 
1850,  at  which  time  Mr.  Dow  was  elected  its 
president.     In  the  years  of  its  existence  I\Ir. 
Dow  and  those  associated  with  him  carried  on 
a  campaign  of  education  and  waged  a  cease- 
less war  against  the  liquor  traffic.     Its  results 
are  known  to  the  present  generation,  but  for 
an  understanding  of  the  early  conditions,  the 
methods  of  that  warfare  and  the  work  neces- 
sary to  accomplish  the  results  that  finally  ac- 
crued,   they   can   best   know   by   reading  that 
great  record  of  the  temperance  movement  in 
Maine,  entitled  "The  Reminiscences  of  Neal 
Dow."     In  the  spring  of   1841  the  Washhig- 
tonian  reform,  which  had  been  started  in  Bal- 
timore in  1840,  reached  Portland.  In  May  some 
working  men,  friendly  to  temperance,  invited 
many  men  of  their  acquaintance  to  meet  at  a 
specified  time  in  a  room  occupied  by  Mr.  Dow 
as  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department.    The 
meeting  was   a  success,  and  in   a  short  time 
from      Portland     Washingtonianism      spread 
throughout  the  state  and  did  much  good.     In 
1841,  following  the  inauguration  of  the  Wash- 
ingtonian   Movement   in   Portland,   a  "Young 
Men's  Total  Abstinence  Society"  was  organ- 


ized.     Like    the    Washingtonian    movement, 
this  society  had  its   inception  in  the  fire  de- 
partment, and  it  included  many  of  the  mem- 
bers of  that  body.     Mr.  Dow  did  not  join  this 
society,  but  took  an  interest  in  inducing  young 
men   to  become  connected  with   it.     In    1849 
the  legislature  passed  a  bill  which  would  en- 
able the  authorities  to  "ferret  out   and   sup- 
press the  grog  shops,"  as  Mr.  Dow  expressed 
it.     Governor  Dana  vetoed  this  bill.     Subse- 
quently Mr.  Dow  wrote  a  series  of  articles, 
analyzing   and   explaining    its   features.      His 
nomination  for  the  mayoralty  of  Portland  fol- 
lowed in   1 83 1,  on  the  theory  of  the  temper- 
ance people  that  his  nomination  and  election, 
because  of  his  thorough  identification  with  the 
policy  of  prohibition,  would  be  of  great  ad- 
vantage to  the  movement.    The  campaign  was 
spirited,   and   at   the  election   which   followed 
Mr.  Dow  lacked  eleven  votes  of  an  election. 
There  was  no  choice  of  a  candidate.    Another 
election   was  held,   and   Mr.   Dow   was   made 
mayor  by  a  larger  vote  than  had  ever  before 
been  given  to  a  candidate  for  mayor  of  Port- 
land, and  by  a  majority  which  had  been  ex- 
ceeded but  twice  in  its  history.     His  election 
was  naturally  regarded  as  a  district  triumph 
of  the  temperance  element  of  the  city.   He  was 
inaugurated  April  24.  1851.     After  redrawing 
the  prohibitory  bill   which  he  had  advocated 
before  the   last   legislature,   Mr.  Dow    had   it 
introduced    in    the   legislature,    where    it   was 
passed   by   the   two   houses   and   received   the 
governor's  signature  early  in  June,  and  thus 
the  "Maine  Liquor  Law"  began  its  existence. 
This  legislation  was   far  in   advance  of  any- 
thing of  the  kind  previously  enacted  in  this 
country,  and  its  beneficent  eft'ects  are  to-day 
apparent  in  the  prosperous  condition  of  Maine 
people.      This   was   a   proud   day    for    Mavor 
Dow,  and  his  successful  efforts  for  prohibitive 
legislation  were  hailed  with  delight  by  tem- 
perance people  the  world  over.     In  closing  his 
explanation  of  the  features  of  his  bill  to  the 
joint  special  committee  of  the  house  and  sen- 
ate. Mayor  Dow  had  closed  with  the  pledge : 
"If  you  will  enact  this  bill,  the  sun  shall  not 
rise  on  Portland,  January,  1852,  and  find  there 
a  single  open  grog-shop."     And  he  kept  his 
word ;    long    before    the    time    then    specified 
every  dealer,  wholesale  or  retail,  had  gone  out 
of  business,  and  no  liquor  selling  was  carried 
on  except  in  a  petty,  surreptitious  way.     Over 
three  hundred  retail  liquor  shops  and  several 
wholesale  establishments  were  simultaneously 
put  out  of  business.     Within  a  comparatively 
few  months  after  the  enactment  of  the  Maine 
Law  a  considerable  portion  of  the   state,   in- 


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eluding  most  of  the  larger  towns,  was  prac- 
tically free  from  the  liquor  traffic.  The 
change  for  the  better,  substantially  through- 
out Maine,  was  marvelous,  apparent  not  only 
in  a  decrease  of  drunkenness  and  of  the  long 
and  varied  list  of  disturbance,  which  radiate 
from  the  saloon,  but  in  evidences  of  industry, 
thrift  and  material  prosperity  rewarding  well 
directed  labor.  Mr.  Dow  was  renominated  for 
the  mayoralty,  his  opponent  claiming  that  the 
prohibitory  law  had  been  too  strictly  enforced. 
The  Democratic  vote  was  abnormally  large, 
and  Mr.  Dow  was  .defeated.  It  was  claimed 
by  many,  among  them  the  Hon.  W.  W.  Thom- 
as, that  hundreds  of  illegal  votes  were  cast  in 
opposition  to  Mr.  Dow  and  caused  his  defeat. 
Neal  Dow  was  known  now  throughout  the 
land  and  in  foreign  countries  as  the  apostle 
of  temperance.  Immediately  after  his  defeat 
he  accepted  invitations  to  speak,  and  filled  ap- 
pointments for  three  months  in  Massachusetts, 
New  York,  Pennsylvania,  \'irginia  and  Mich- 
igan, where  he  received  ovations  from  the 
temperance  people.  Early  in  January,  1853, 
he  again  left  Maine  and  made  a  speaking  tour, 
during  which  he  addressed  a  committee  of  the 
legislature  of  New  York  in  Representatives' 
Hall  at  Albany,  which  was  crowded.  He  also 
spoke  at  other  points  in  New  York,  in  New 
Jersey,  and  in  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania, 
addressing  the  legislature  of  the  last  two 
states.  Later  he  spoke  in  Rhode  Island,  Ohio 
and  Michigan.  His  reception  in  Michigan 
was  peculiarly  enthusiastic.  He  also  made  a 
tour  in  Canada  which  included  Montreal  and 
Quebec.  In  September,  1853,  he  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  \\'orld's  Temperance  Convention 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  a  large  and  influ- 
ential gathering,  including  delegates  not  only 
from  many  of  the  states  of  the  Union  and 
British  Provinces,  but  from  Great  Britain  as 
well.  He  was  made  president  of  that  body. 
Subsequently  he  went  to  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  spent  a  month,  constantly  speaking,  often 
twice  a  day,  and  later  yet  spoke  for  some  time 
in  Massachusetts.  In  January,  1834,  Mr.  Dow 
again  went  forth  to  discuss  temperance  and 
did  not  return  to  Portland  till  the  day  of  elec- 
tion of  mayor.  In  the  meantime  he  had  been 
nominated  for  the  mayoralty,  and  in  the 
spirited  contest  that  followed  his  opponent  won 
by  one  hundred  and  three  votes.  In  1855  ^I^"- 
Dow  was  nominated  as  the  candidate  of  the 
Republicans  of  Portland  for  mayor,  and  his 
election  followed.  Out  of  a  total  of  3,742 
votes,  his  majority  was  forty-si.x.  His  ad- 
ministration of  the  prohibition  law  was  no  less 
strict  than  formerly.     The  opposition  started 


an  agitation  which  ended  in  a  riot,  bloodshed, 
and  the  death  of  one  or  more  persons.  Out 
of  this  grew  opposition  to  the  temperance 
cause  in  the  state,  and  the  Maine  Law  was 
repealed,  then  re-enacted  two  years  later,  and 
stands  to-day  as  a  monument  to  Mr.  Dow  and 
his  co-laborers  who  never  remitted  their  ef- 
forts to  again  place  it  on  the  statute  books  and 
elect  men  to  insure  its  support.  Mayor  Dow 
passed  nearly  four  years  in  Great  Britain.  He 
was  there  from  April  to  November  in  1857; 
from  May,  1866,  to  November,  1867,  and 
again  from  April,  1873,  to  May,  1875,  a  few 
weeks  only  out  of  each  of  these  periods  being 
deducted  for  continental  sight-seeing.  Each 
of  those  visits  was  made  at  the  invitation  of 
the  United  Kingdom  .Mliance.  That  great  and 
influential  society  was  formed  in  1853  in  con- 
sequence of  the  adoption  of  the  Maine  Law, 
to  aid  in  obtaining  similar  legislation  in  Great 
Britain.  Mr.  Dow  was  informed  that  letters 
written  by  him.  in  1852  and  1853,  to  prom- 
inent and  philanthropic  Englishmen  in  their 
own  country  were  useful  in  promoting  its  or- 
ganization. The  object  of  his  visits  was  to 
explain  to  the  English  people  the  principles 
on  which  the  policy  of  prohibition  was  found- 
ed and  show  its  results.  Its  labors  were  very 
successful,  and  he  was  everywhere  received 
as  the  world's  temperance  leader.  Want  of 
space  forbids  fin-ther  mention  in  this  article  of 
his  work  in  Britain. 

The  services  of  Neal  Dow  to  his  country- 
men have  been  very  justly  said  to  be  second 
only  to  those  of  Washington  and  Lincoln.  He 
early  became  imbued  with  a  desire  to  promote 
the  right.  The  restriction  of  the  liquor  traf- 
fic seemed  to  him  to  be  necessary.  He  began 
to  agitate  for  it,  and  in  a  few  years  he  found 
himself  giving  almost  his  entire  attention  to  it. 
His  field  widened,  and  his  combative  nature 
being  now  fully  aroused,  he  made  prohibition 
the  mission  of  his  life,  and  achieved  the  splen- 
did success  which  is  attested  in  the  mighty 
temperance  movement  of  to-day,  the  immedi- 
ate origin  of  wliich  can  be  traced  back  to  the 
works  of  Neal  Dow  and  his  temperance  work- 
ers in  Portland.  He  was  an  earnest,  active 
and  radical  anti-slavery  man,  enjoyed  the 
friendship  and  acquaintance  of  the*  leaders  in 
that  movement,  and  gave  the  abolition  cause 
his  best  support.  It  was  no  more  than  was  to 
be  expected  that  he,  with  his  well  known 
moral  and  physical  courage,  would  take  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  war  for  the  L^nion.  He  wrote 
extensively  for  the  press  of  Great  Britain,  ex- 
plaining the  causes  and  object  of  die  war,  and 
his    communications    were    extensively    circu- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


lated  throughout  that  country,  being  pubHshed 
in  many  of  the  leading  journals  of  the  United 
Kingdom,  and  had  much  to  do  in  arousing 
that  Union  sentiment  among  the  middle  class- 
es of  the  country  that  prevented  the  British 
government  from  recognizing  the  indepen- 
dence of  the  south.  In  1861  he  was  commis- 
sioned colonel  and  raised  the  Thirteenth 
Maine  Regiment  and  a  battery  of  artillery  for 
the  service  of  the  United  States.  He  took 
command  of  the  regiment,  which  was  one  of 
the  best  drilled  that  Maine  sent  to  the  front, 
and  composed  of  as  fine  a  lot  of  young  men  as 
there  was  in  the  state.  There  was  no  drunken- 
ness in  that  regiment,  swearing  was  prohibited, 
and  every  evening  at  dress  parade,  so  long  as 
Colonel  Dow  remained  with  it,  there  were  re- 
ligious exercises, singing  and" prayers  before  the 
parade  was  dismissed.  He  took  his  regiment 
to  Ship  Island,  where  he  remained  until  May 
19,  1862,  when  he  received  his  commission  as 
brigadier-general.  He  was  in  command  at 
Ship  Island  for  a  time,  and  was  then  trans- 
ferred to  Fort  St.  Philip,  and  from  thence  was 
sent  to  Pensacola,  where  he  was  in  command 
for  some  time.  In  the  latter  part  of  January, 
1863,  he  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  the 
defences  of  New  Orleans  at  Carrollton,  and 
remained  there  in  the  discharge  of  the  ordi- 
nary duties  pertaining  to  such  a  position  until 
the  2ist  of  next  May.  On  that  date,  in  pur- 
suance of  orders,  he  moved  his  brigade  to 
Port  Hudson,  in  the  assault  upon  which  a  few 
days  later  he  led  his  troops.  While  thus  en- 
gaged he  was  struck  by  a  spent  ball  upon  the 
arm,  which  was  rendered  useless  by  the  blow, 
causing  him  to  lose  control  of  his  horse.  Dis- 
mounting, he  proceeded  on  foot  until  he  was 
disabled  by  a  rifle  ball,  which  passed  through 
his  left  thigh,  two-thirds  above  the  knee.  Tiiis 
completely  disabled  him,  and  he  was  helped  to 
the  rear.  In  this  assault,  in  the  expediency 
of  which  General  Dow  had  no  faith,  the 
troops  under  his  command  behaved  like  vet- 
erans, but  the  attack  was  a  failure,  as  it  was 
foredoomed  to  be.  While  recovering  from 
his  wounds  at  a  house  about  three-quarters 
of  a  mile  from  his  brigade  encampment.  Gen- 
eral Dow  was  captured  by  a  small  squad  of 
daring  Confederates,  June  30,  1863.  He  was 
imprisoned  in  Richmond  and  in  ]\Iobile  a  little 
over  eight  months,  and  was  exchanged  for 
General  Fitzhugh  Lee,  March  14,  1864"  While 
being  taken  through  the  south  he  learned 
much  of  value  to  the  Union  cause  which  he 
communicated  to  the  National  government  by 
means  of  letters  written  to  friends  in  invisible 
ink.     On  his  return  to  Portland  General  Dow 


was  escorted  to  his  home  by  a  body  of  soldiers- 
and  a  great  throng  of  citizens.  On  the  next 
evening  he  was  tendered  a  formal  welcome  at 
the  City  Hall,  and  responded  in  a  speech 
which  occupied  about  five  columns  in  the  pa- 
pers. The  crowd  at  the  hall  was  of  unpre- 
cedented size  in  Portland.  The  general's 
speech  was  published  far  and  wide,  and  he 
was  overwdielmed  with  invitations  to  speak  in 
all  parts  of  the  north.  These  he  was  obliged 
to  decline  on  account  of  the  run-down  condi- 
tion of  his  health  from  the  effects  of  exposure 
and  hardships.  After  the  close  of  the  war, 
during  which  General  Dow's  activity  for  tem- 
perance and  prohibition  were  suspended,  he 
resumed  his  labor  in  their  behalf  as  soon  as 
the  attention  of  the  people  could  be  drawn 
from  wholesale  slaughter  to  their  own  moral 
welfare.  Two  of  his  visits  to  Great  Britain 
were  made  after  the  war,  and  occupied  sub- 
stantially three  years  and  a  half.  "\\'ith  the 
exception  of  the  time  thus  spent  abroad,  Gen- 
eral Dow  gave  himself  unreservedly  to  his 
chosen  life  work  in  the  country  until  he 
reached  the  age  of  ninety.  In  the  prosecution 
of  his  labors  he  traveled  east  as  far  as  New- 
foundland, and  west  to  San  Francisco,  and 
his  presence  was  a  familiar  one  upon  plat- 
forms in  many  cities  between  those  extremes, 
and  through  his  constant  and  voluminous  cor- 
respondence for  the  public  press,  his  views 
upon  his  favorite  topic  and  other  subjects  of 
general  interest  were  made  known  to  the 
English-speaking  world.  To  the  work  of  this 
description  he  added  that  necessary  to  keep 
himself  thoroughly  informed  upon  all  im- 
portant current  events  in  every  part  of  the 
globe.  He  knew  no  idle  moments,  and  until 
the  last  year  of  his  life,  when  he  was  com- 
pelled to  spare  his  eyes  in  the  evening,  he  was 
constantly  busy  wath  book  or  pen,  when  not 
otherwise  employed,  while  his  varied  daily  em- 
ployments were  such  as  would  have  exhausted 
a  man  of  average  strength,  his  junior  by  a 
score  of  years.  The  ninetieth  anniversary  of 
General  Dow's  birth,  March  20,  1894,  at  the 
suggestion  of  Miss  Frances  E.  Willard,  and 
through  the  co-operation  with  her  of  the  tem- 
perance organizations  generally,  was  made  the 
occasion  for  congratulations  upon  his  distin- 
guished services,  his  long  life  and  his  remark- 
ably preserved  health  and  strength.  His  home 
was  thronged  throughout  the  day  with  his  fel- 
low townsmen,  and  with  those  from  distant 
towns  and  other  states,  who  called  to  pay  their 
respects.  It  is  questionable  if  any  other  citi- 
zen in  private  life,  who  had  never  held  high 
official  position,   has  been   the  recipient  upon 


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sucli  an  occasion  of  so  many  congratulatory 
letters,  telegrams,  and  cable  messages  as  then 
poured  in  upon  General  Dow  from  every  quar- 
ter of  the  globe.  In  the  evening  a  great  meet- 
ing presided  over  by  the  mayor  was  held  in 
the  City  Hall,  which  was  crowded  in  every 
part.  Congradulatory  speeches  were  made  by 
distinguished  persons  and  an  admirer  of  Gen- 
eral Dow  presented  an  oil  painting  of  him  to 
the  state. 

At  this  time  General  Dow,  though  wonder- 
fully preserved  in  mind  and  body,  recognized 
that  his  working  days  were  nearly  over.  He 
continued  to  appear  occasionally  in  public, 
making  several  speeches,  in  one  or  two  in- 
stances traveling  many  miles  for  the  purpose,  ■ 
and  speaking  at  some  length.  His  last  ad- 
dress was  made  about  a  year  before  his 
ninety-second  birthday.  Great  physical  weak- 
ness finally  forced  him  into  complete  retire- 
ment at  his  home,  where  he  kept  informed  on 
current  events  until  the  last  week  of  his  life. 
When  nearly  seventy-five  years  of  age  Gen- 
eral Dow  began  the  preparation  of  an  account 
of  the  growth  of  the  cause  of  temperance  and 
prohibition  with  which  he  had  been  identified. 
He  worked  on  this  as  he  was  able  in  the  brief 
and  infrequent  intervals  of  leisure  which  he 
found,  until  the  closing  months  of  the  last 
year  of  his  life.  From  the  amount  of  matter 
he  thus  prepared  the  bpok  entitled  "The  Rem- 
iniscences of  Neal  Dow,  Recollections  of 
Eighty  Years,"  was  compiled,  and  published 
in  1898.  This  volume  gives  a  vivid  account 
of  the  life  and  experiences  of  its  author  and 
of  the  men  and  measures  which  finally  estab- 
lished the  prohibitory  law. 

General  Dow  died  October  2,  1897,  in  the 
ninety-fourth  year  of  his  age.  His  funeral 
was  the  occasion  of  another  great  gathering 
of  those  who  wished  to  manifest  their  respect 
for  the  great  prohibition  leader.  With  impos- 
ing ceremonies  his  body  was  placed  to  rest  in 
Evergreen  cemetery.  A  morning  paper  on  the 
day  following  his  funeral  said :  "Many  distin- 
guished men  and  women  were  present  to  do 
honor  to  General  Dow's  memory,  but  the 
most  noticeable  feature  of  the  occasion  was 
the  very  large  attendance  of  people  in  all 
walks  of  life  who  came  to  show  heartfelt  re- 
spect to  the  memory  of  the  man  who  was  dear 
to  them  because  of  the  cause  he  championed." 

Neal  Dow  married,  January  20,  1830,  Maria 
Cornelia  Durant,  born  in  Boston,  June  18, 
1808.  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Durant) 
Maynard.  (See  Maynard  VH.)  She  died  in 
Portland,  January  13,  1883.  She  became  a 
member    of    the    Old    South    Congregational 


Church  in  Boston  at  sixteen  years  of  age,  was 
later  a  member  of  the  High  Street  Church  in 
Portland,  and  finally  of  State  Street  Church, 
of  which  she  was  a  member  at  the  time  of 
her  death.  She  was  a  devout  Christian  and 
well  known  for  her  works  of  charity.  Suffer- 
ing and  sickness  among  the  poor  w-ithin  the 
range  of  her  observation  wer^  never  left  un- 
noticed or  unrelieved  by  her  when  her  assist- 
ance would  avail.  She  was  a  true  wife  and 
noble  woman,  a  faithful  temperance  worker, 
and  enlisted  the  aid  of  many  other  women  in 
the  cause  of  temperance.  Nine  children  were 
born  of  this  union.  Of  these  Edward,  Henry, 
Josiah,  and  Russell  Congdon  died  when  about 
two  years  of  age,  and  Frank  Allen  died  in 
1865,  when  eighteen  years  of  age.  Louisa 
Dwight,  the  eldest  child,  born  March  23,  1831, 
married  the  late  Hon.  Jacob  Benton,  of  Lan- 
caster, New  Hampshire,  where  she  resided 
till  her  death,  December  7,  1895.  The  third 
child  and  second  daughter,  Emma  Maynard, 
married  William  E.  Gould,  of  Portland,  and 
resides  in  Boston.  The  only  surviving  son, 
Frederick  N.,  is  the  subject  of  the  next  para- 
graph. The  youngest  daughter,  Cornelia 
Maria,  died  unmarried  in  Portland,  October 
12,  1905. 

(XI)  Frederick  Neal,  son  of  Neal  and 
Maria  Cornelia  Durant  (Maynard)  Dow,  was 
born  in  Portland,  December  23,  1840.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Portland  Academy,  the  Port- 
land high  school,  and  the  Friends'  school  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  He  inherited  from 
his  father  and  grandfather  a  love  for  books 
and  study,  and  supplemented  his  school  course 
with  systematic  and  extensive  reading.  At 
sixteen  years  of  age  he  left  school  and  took  a. 
place  in  the  tannery  established  by  his  grand- 
father. In  this  occupation  he  served  in  every 
capacity  from  apprentice  to  managing  partner. 
In  1 86 1,  on  the  death  of  his  grandfather,  Jo- 
siah Dow,  he  became  his  father's  partner,  and 
soon  afterward  manager  of  the  business,  re- 
taining that  place  until  it  was  closed  in  1874, 
on  account  of  his  failing  health.  In  1861,  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  he  volunteered 
in  the  first  company  of  militia  which  offered 
its  services  in  the  state  of  Maine,  but,  as  al- 
ready stated  in  this  sketch,  his  father's  en- 
trance into  the  army  necessitated  the  son's 
remaining  at  home.  Mr.  Dow's  interest  in 
politics,  brought  up  as  he  was  in  the  family 
of  one  of  the  most  active  of  political  char- 
acters, began  at  an  early  age:  and  in  debates 
in  the  Lyceum  and  in  contributions  to  the 
press,  his  opinions  found  their  way  to  the 
public  ear  and  eye.   His  participation  in  actual 


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political  campaigning  began  when  he  attained 
his  majority,  and  has  ever  since  continued.    In 
1867   he   was    chosen   a   member   of   the   city 
government  of  Portland,  and  was  re-elected  in 
1868.      In   the   same   year   he    was    elected   a 
member    of    the    superintending    school    com- 
mittee, and  served  thereon  until    1873,  when 
he    declined    re-election    on    account    of    the 
amount  of  his  private  business.     In   1871   he 
was  appointed  aide-de-camp  with  the  rank  of 
colonel  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Perham.   The 
following  year  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
executive    council    of    Maine.      He    was    re- 
elected in   1873-74,  being    chairman    of    that 
body  in  the   latter  year.     During  his  service 
as  a  member  of  the  council  he  vi^as  particularly 
interested  in  the  Reform   School,  and  to  Ins 
efforts,  as  much  as  to  any  other  agency,  is  to 
be  attributed  the  substitution  of  the  reforma- 
tory for  the  cell  and  penal  system,  which  until 
that  time  had  been  features  of  that  institution. 
In  1874  the  Republicans  of  Cumberland  county 
unanimously  nominated  him  for  the  state  sen- 
ate, but  factional  differences  in  the  party  pre- 
vented his  election.    In  1876  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Dingley  as  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners from  Maine  to  the  Centennial  Expo- 
sition at  Philadelphia.     In  the  same  year  he 
was  made  a  member  of  the  Republican  state 
committee.    To  this  place  he  was  annually  re- 
elected up  to  and  including  the  year  1892.    In 
1880  he  was  a  delegate  at  large  to  the  Re- 
publican National  convention  at  Chicago.    On 
the  retirement  of  James  G.   Blaine  from  the 
chairmanship    of   the    Republican    state   com- 
mittee, Mr.  Dow  was  chosen  chairman  of  its 
executive  committee,  and  on  the  retirement  of 
•Senator  Frye  he  became  chairman  of  the  gen- 
eral committee.    On  fhe  death  of  Hon.  Lot  M. 
Morrill,  collector  of  the  port  of  Portland,  Mr. 
Dow  was  warmly  recommended  by  the  people 
of  Portland  and  the  state  generally,  without 
regard  to  party  affiliations,  to  fill  the  vacancy, 
and  receiving  the  appointment  from  President 
Arthur,    February  9,    1883,   he    entered   upon 
the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  office  and 
served  until   1885,  when  he  was  removed  by 
President  Cleveland  on  the  ground  of  "offen- 
sive partisanship."     Mr.  Dow  was  one  of  the 
principal  promoters  of  the  measures  in  1886, 
which  resulted  in  the  general  organization  of 
permanent  political  clubs  through  the  country. 
He  became  the  first  president  of  the  Portland 
Club,  which  was  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the 
state  and  the  second  in  the  country.     He  was 
also   the   first   president   of   the    Maine    State 
League  of  Republican  Clubs.     In  the  autumn 
of   1886  he  was   unanimously  nominated   for 


the   legislature   by   the   Republicans  of    Port- 
land,  and   was   elected   by  a   larger   majority 
than  any  of  his  associates  on  the  ticket.     He 
served  during  the  session  as  a  member  of  the 
judiciary,  and  chairman  of  the  library  com- 
mittee.    Two   years   later  he   was   re-elected, 
was    unanimously   nominated    speaker   by   his 
fellow    Republicans,    and    elected.      In    1889, 
when    Benjamin   Harrison    became    president, 
the  friends  of  Mr.  Dow  began  to  agitate  the 
question  of  his  restoration  to  the  collectorship 
from  which  he  had   been   removed,   but   Mr. 
Dow  refused  to  indorse  any  movement  of  that 
kind  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which 
his  successor  had  been  appointed.    In  October, 
1890,  he  received  his  nomination  from  Presi- 
dent Harrison,  and  was  at  once  confirmed  by 
the  senate  without  the   usual   formality  of  a 
reference  to  the  committee.     This  position  he 
held  until  1895.     In   1874  Mr.  Dow  read  law 
in  the  office  of  Generals  James  D.  and  Frank 
Fessenden.  and  was  later  admitted  to  the  bar, 
but  the  amount  of  other  business  he  had  on 
his  hands  left  him  no  time  to  attend  to  a  law 
practice,  and  he  gave  it  up.    About  1886,  with 
James  G.  Blaine  and  others,  Mr.  Dow  became 
interested  in  the  Evening  Express,  making  it 
an  earnest  Republican  organ  and  widely  ex- 
tending its  circulation  and  iniluence.     He  is 
now  president  of  the  Evening  Express  Pub- 
lishing Company,  a  director  of  the  Casco  Loan 
and   Building  Association,    president    of    the 
Portland     Loan     and     Building    Association, 
president  of  the  Portland  Gas  Light  Company, 
president  of  the  Casco  National  Bank,  presi- 
dent of   the  Union    Safe   Deposit   and   Trust 
Company,  and  was  formerly  a  director  of  the 
Portland    &    Ogdensbury    Railroad    Company 
and  of  the  Commercial  Union  Telegraph  Com- 
pany.     Mr.   Dow's   many   enterprises   compel 
him  to  be  one  of  Portland's  busiest  of  business 
men,   and   few  men  are  more  constantly  em- 
ployed or  make  longer  days  than  he.     From 
his  youth  Mr.  Dow  has  showed  great  energy 
of  character,  and  as  soon  as  he  had  opportu- 
nity it  became  apparent  that  he  had  executive 
ability  of  a  high  order.     These  qualifications, 
associated    with    that    somewhat    rare   quality 
called   common   sense,    made   him    successful. 
In   politics   his   ability  was   early   recognized, 
and  he  became  one  of  the  foremost  leaders  of 
the  Republican  party  in  Maine.     In  his  con- 
duct of  political  campaigns  in  the  state,  espe- 
cially in  that  of  1882,  his  aptitude  for  organ- 
ization and  management  of  details  commanded 
the  attention  of  all  the  public  men  of  the  state. 
As  speaker  of  the  house  he  enjoyed  the  con- 
fidence  and   respect    of    his    associates   who, 


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without  regard  to  party,  testified  of  his  abil- 
ity and  impartiality  as  a  presiding  officer. 
Natural!}-  retiring-  in  disposition,  his  promin- 
ence and  official  positions  have  resulted  rather 
from  force  of  circumstances  than  from  self 
seeking.  He  has  always  refused  to  be  a  can- 
didate for  office  until  his  friends  could  con- 
vince him  that  there  were  sound  reasons  for 
the  ineffectiveness  of  any  personal  wish  of 
himself.  His  loyalty  to  his  friends  would 
never  permit  any  fancy  of  his  own  to  inter- 
fere with  their  aspirations.  These  considera- 
tions have  led  him  to  refuse  influential  tenders 
of  support  for  mayoralty,  congressional  and 
gubernatorial  nominations,  repeatedly  urged 
upon  him.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  convic- 
tions and  progressive  ideas  on  all  public  ques- 
tions, and  one  whose  integrity  of  character  in 
all  the  relations  of  life  have  won  the  confi- 
dence of  this  commimity.  But  with  all  his  po- 
litical activity  he  has  never  allowed  political 
differences  to  disturb  personal  relations,  and 
it  has  often  been  said  that  he  has  at  once 
more  earnest  political  opponents  and  friends 
than  any  other'  man  in  Portland.  He  has  a 
pleasing  personality,  is  dignified  in  manner, 
but  always  affable  and  courteous.  His  ten- 
acious memory  is  well  stored  with  historical 
facts,  and  has  made  him  a  man  of  wide  and 
accurate  information  in  regard  to  public  men 
and  affairs.  He  has  a  lively  sense  of  humor 
and  a  ready  wit  which  render  him  an  agree- 
able conversationalist  and  companion.  As  a 
public  speaker  he  commands  a  copious  fund  of 
forcible  and  polished  language,  but  depends 
more  upon  a  logical  statement  of  facts  for  ef- 
fect than  upon  oratorical  flights.  In  religious 
faith  he  is  an  Orthodox  Congregationalist  of 
broad  and  liberal  views.  At  Dunstan,  eight 
miles  from  Portland,  Mr.  Dow  has  a  commo- 
dious and  handsomely  furnished  summer  resi- 
dence, where  he  obtains  recreation.  Nearby 
is  his  large  farm,  conducted  in  a  systematic 
business-like  way. 

Colonel  Dow  married,  October  22,  1864, 
Julia  D.,  born  July  iS,  1839,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Abigail  (Brown)  Plammond,  of  Port; 
land.  They  have  two  children :  William  H., 
'who  is  next  mentioned,  and  Marion  Durant, 
born  August  24,  1870,  who  married  William 
Colby  Eaton,  of  Portland. 

(XH)  William  Hammond,  only  son  of  Col- 
onel Frederick  N.  and  Julia  Dana  (Ham- 
mond) Dow,  was  born  in  Portland,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1866,  and  was  educated  in  the  Portland 
public  schools  and  at  the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology,  graduating  from  the 
latter   school.     The   two    following   years    he 


spent  in  the  employ  of  William  Engel  &  Com- 
pany, lumber  manufacturers,  at  Bangor.  In 
1893  he  became  circulation  manager  of  the 
Evening  E.xpress  Publishing  Company,  of 
Portland,  and  filled  that  position  until  he  be- 
came business  manager,  a  place  he  still  holds. 
He  has  a  live  interest  in  politics  and  the  mu- 
nicipal affairs  of  the  city,  and  has  served  three 
years  as  a  Republican  in  the  common  council, 
1S95-98,  one  year  of  which  time  he  was  presi- 
dent of  the  council.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  two  years,  being  chairman 
of  the  board  one  year.  He  has  taken  a  lead- 
ing part  in  affairs  of  common  interest  to  the 
newspaper  publishers  of  the  state,  and  is  sec- 
retary of  the  Maine  Newspaper  Publishers' 
Association,  1906-07.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Maine  Charitable  Mechanic  Association,  the 
Portland  Society  of  Natural  Historv,  the  Port- 
land Society  of  Art,  the  Young  .Men's  Christian 
Association,  Lodge  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Portland  Club,  the  Port- 
laiifl  Economic  Club,  and  the  Portland  Country 
Club.  Mr.  Dow  married,  June  16,  1897,  Kate 
Turner,  born  in  Portland,  January  19,  1871, 
daughter  of  Leander  A.  and  Ma'ry  Frances 
(Turner)  Wade,  of  Portland.  They  have  two 
children:  Katherine  Maynard,  March  i.  1900; 
and  Neal,  May  11,  1907,  both  natives  of  Port- 
land. 


(For  preceding   generations  see   John   Dow    I.) 

(IV)  Thomas  Dow,  eldest  son  of 
DOW  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Dow,  was  an 
early  settler  of  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  one  of  the  original  grantees,  a 
farmer,  and  removed  thence  to  Haverhill, 
where  he  died  May  31,  1654,  at  the  age  of 
about  thirty-nine  years.  His  will  was  made 
two  days  before  his  death  and  was  proved 
April  8,  1656.  He  left  a  widow,  Phebe,  and 
children  John,  Thomas,  Stephen.  Mary  and 
Martha.  The  widow  was  married  November 
20,  1661,  in  Haverhill,  to  John  Eaton,  of  Hav- 
erhill. 

(V)  Stephen,  third  son  and  child  of  Thom- 
as and  Phebe  Dow,  was  born  March  29,  1642, 
in  Newbury,  and  subscribed  to  the  freeman's 
oath  in  Haverhill  in  1688.  He  died  in  that 
town  July  3.  1717.  His  will  was  made  on 
the  first  day  of  that  month  and  was  proved 
on  the  seventeenth.  He  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 16,  1663,  in  Haverhill,  Anne  Storie.  of 
Salem,  and  she  died  February,  1715.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  February  7,  1716,  Joanna 
Hutchins.  She  survived  him  more  than  sev- 
enteen years,  and  died  October  29,  1734.  His 
children,  all  by  first  wife,  were:    Ruhamah, 


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Samuel,  Hannah,  Stephen,  Martha  and  John. 

(VI)  Stephen  (2),  second  son  and  fourth 
child  of  Stephen  (i)  and  Anne  (Storie)  Dow, 
was  born  September  10,  1670,  in  Haverhill, 
died  June,  1743,  at  Haverhill.  He  married, 
December  14,  1697,  Mary  Hutchins.  Chil- 
dren :  Timothy,  Nathaniel,  April,  Elizabeth, 
Richard,  Joanna,  David,  Jonathan  and  Ste- 
phen. 

(VII)  Richard,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and 
Mary  (Hutchins)  Dow,  was  born  February 
15,  1706,  in  Haverhill,  died  1786.  He  was 
there  married,  February  28,  1728,  to  Phoebe 
Heath.  She  was  bom  June  25,  1705,  in  Hav- 
erhill, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Brad- 
ley) Heath.  Richard  Dow  lived  in  that  part 
of  Haverhill  which  was  cut  off  in  1741  from 
Massachusetts,  and  became  a  part  of  New 
Hampshire.  The  records  of  Salem,  New 
Hampshire,  show  the  births  of  the  following 
children  of  Richard  and  Phoebe  (Heath) 
Dow :    Reuben,  Oliver,  Richard  and  Asa. 

(VIII)  Oliver,  second  son  and  child  of 
Richard  and  Phoebe  (Heath)  Dow,  was  born 
in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  July  28,  1736, 
died  at  Waterville,  Maine,  December  18,  1824. 
He  resided  in  Salem,  New  Hampshire,  from 
whence  he  removed  to  Hopkinton  in  1773:  in 
1790  he  returned  to  Salem,  and  in  1820  re- 
moved to  Waterville.  Enlisting  in  1756,  he 
served  during  the  colonial  wars  at  Crown 
Point  and  elsewhere,  also  during  the  revolu- 
tion, and  was  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Thomas 
Stickney's  regiment  in  1776;  was  at  Ticon- 
deroga  in  1777,  in  Rhode  Island  the  same 
year,  and  in  1781  was  in  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Raymond's  regiment  of  New  Hampshire 
troops.  He  held  offices  in  Salem  and  Hop- 
kinton, and  joined  the  Congregational  church 
in  1758.  In  1766  he  signed  the  remonstrance 
against  the  Anabaptists.  He  married  Hannah 
Pattee,  born  December  7,  1737,  died  March 
17,1820.  Children:  Phoebe,  Hannah,  Oliver, 
Ellice,  Levi,  Simeon,  Phenie  and  Lavinia. 

(IX)  Levi,  son  of  C)liver  (2)  and  Hannah 
(Pattee)  Dow,  was  born  March  25,  1771,  died 
March  27,  1849.  He  married,  June  19,  1801, 
Catherine  Whipple,  of  Boston,  who  died  June 
8,  1818.  Married  (second)  July  18,  1819, 
Elizabeth  McC.  Horton,  of  Milton,  Massachu- 
setts, who  was  born  April  7,  1791,  died  Octo- 
ber II,  1864.  Mr.  Dow  resided  in  Hopkinton, 
New  Hampshire,  and  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  owned  a  coal  and  wood  wharf  on 
South  street,  moving  to  Waterville,  Maine,  in 
August,  1820.  In  religious  belief  he  was  a 
Universalist.  Children  by  first  wife :  Levi, 
Charles,   William  H.,   Thomas   A.,   Elizabeth, 


Catherine,  Charlotte,  Charlotte  Augusta.  By 
the  second  wife:  Mary,  George  Sylvanus 
Cobb,  John  Randolph,  Albert  Marshall  and 
Marshall  Adams. 

(X)  George  Sylvanus  Cobb,  son  of  Levi 
and  Elizabeth  McC.  (Horton)  Dow,  was  born 
October  24,  1821,  at  Waterville,  Maine,  and 
died  June  23,  1888,  at  Delaware  Water  Gap. 
He  resided  in  Maine,  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
Davenport,  Iowa,  New  York  City,  removing 
to  Bangor,  Maine,  in  1879.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  business,  firm  of  Dow  & 
Lyon,  Bangor,  until  1852;  then  read  law  in 
Poughkeepsie  Law  School,  New  York ;  prac- 
ticed in  Davenport,  Iowa,  the  firm  being  Cor- 
bin  &  Dow,  which  was  also  engaged  in  bank- 
ing and  real  estate  business.  Together  with 
the  late  Austin  Corbin,  of  New  York,  and  the 
late  Dr.  Burtis,  of  Iowa,  founded  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  the  first 
bank  opened  under  the  national  banking  act 
in  1863.  He  was  later  associated  with  Austin 
Corbin  in  New  York  from  1874  to  1879,  dur- 
ing which  the  Manhattan  Bench  hotel  proper- 
ties, the  Long  Island  railroad,  were  developed 
by  the  Corbin  Banking  Company,  which  also 
first  established  the  western  real  estate-mort- 
gage-loan business.  Mr.  Dow  was  a  Lmitar- 
ian,  and  a  Jacksonian  Democrat.  He  married, 
December  5,  1843,  at  Bangor,  Maine,  Eliza- 
beth Charlotte,  born  August  29,  1825,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Charlotte  (Heald)  Syl- 
vester. Children:  i.  Ada  Horton,  born  March 
6,  1846,  at  Bangor,  Maine,  where  she  resides. 
Educated  at  private  schools,  including  Dr. 
Gannett's  at  Boston.  2.  Herbert  George,  born 
August  22,  1854,  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  died  at 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  March  13,  1878.  He 
was  valedictorian  at  Swarthmore  College,  in 
1875,  from  which  institution  he  received  the 
degree  of  A.  B.,  and  was  also  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  University  in  1877,  prominent  in 
athletics,  president  of  the  Pi  Eta  Club,  and 
class-day  marshal  at  Harvard.  3.  Richard 
Sylvester. 

(XI)  Richard  Sylvester,  youngest  son  and 
child  of  George  Sylvanus  Cobb  and  Elizabeth 
Charlotte  (Sylvester)  Dow,  was  born  May  2, 
1864,  in  Davenport,  Iowa.  Educated  in  pri- 
vate schools  and  at  Swarthmdre  Preparatory; 
he  spent  two  years  at  Harvard  Law  School, 
received  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  from  Boston 
University  Law  School  in  1894,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Suffolk  (Massachusetts)  bar.  He 
votes  with  the  Republican  party,  and  attends 
the  Unitarian  church.  He  married,  October 
12,  1886,  at  Bangor,  Maine,  Abbie  Jenness, 
daughter  of  James    Freeland    Rawson     (see 


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Rawson),  a  lavv)er  who  received  tlie  degree 
•of  A.  M.  from  Union  College  in  18S4.     Chil- 
dren:    I.  and  2.  George  Herhert  and  Rawson 
(twins),  born   August   7,    18S7,  died   August 

21,  18S7.  3.  Marion,  born  July  17,  1888,  at 
Bangor,  Maine.     4.  Dorothy,  born  December 

22,  1890,  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  5. 
Elsie,  bom  January  26,  1898,  at  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

Richard  Silvester,  who  was  the  first  Ameri- 
can ancestor  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Charlotte  Dow, 
•came  from  England  to  W'eyinouth  and  Scitu- 
ate,  Massachusetts,  and  died  in  Marshfield, 
Massachusetts,  September,  1663.  He  left 
Weymouth  because  of  religious  views,  which 
were  considered  too  broad.  The  name  of  his 
wife  was  Enicline.  and  secondly,  Naomi  Tor- 
rey,  of  Weymouth. 

John,  son  of  Richard  and  Emcline  Silvester, 
was  born  March  14,  1634,  and  died  between 
September  12  and  20,  1706,  at  Marblehead, 
Massachusetts.     His  wife's  name  was  Sarah. 

Samuel,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Silvester, 
was  born  in  1676,  and  died  in  1834,  being 
"baptized  October  3,  1676.  His  wife  was  Lu- 
■cretia,  daughter  of  Walter  and  Elizabeth 
Joyce,  whom  he  married  October  19,  1700, 
and  died  at  Marshfield,  Massachusetts. 

Joshua,  son  of  Samuel  and  Liicretia  (Joyce) 
Silvester,  was  born  April  5,  170S,  in  Rlarsh- 
field,  baptized  June  27,  1708,  and  the  name  of 
his  wife  was  Mary.  The  first  child  was  born 
at  Pownalborough,  now  Wiscasset,  Maine,  in 

1739- 

Samuel  (2),  son  of  Joshua  and  Mary  Sil- 
vester, was  born  December  20,  1743,  at  Pow- 
nalborough, died  in  1791 ;  married,  April  24, 
1766,  Mary  Horner.  He  was  a  cordwainer, 
and  resided  at  Wiscasset,  Maine. 

William,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Mary 
(Horner)  Silvester,  was  born  October  5,  1766, 
and  died  September  27,  1826.  He  married, 
in  1788,  Mary,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Brown, 
of  Stowe,  Massachusetts,  who  was  born  in 
1 77 1,  and  died  in  1847.  Ephraim  Brown  was 
a  great-great-grandson,  on  his  mother's  side, 
of  Jonathan  Fairbanks,  of  Dedham,  Massa- 
chusetts, whose  house,  the  oldest  in  the  coun- 
try, still  stands  there.  William  resided  at 
Norridgewock,  Maine,  where  he  held  offices, 
being  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
was  representative  to  the  general  court  of 
Massachusetts  in  1813-14-15;  was  selectman 
and  assessor  of  Norridgewock  in  1791-1802- 
13.  He  laid  out  the  first  road  to  Canada 
through  Maine ;  built  the  first  bridge  over  the 
Kennebec,  October  31,  1810;  joined  the 
church  in  1797;  his  wife  in  1801. 


Samuel  ( 3 )  Sylvester,  son  of  William  and 
Mary  (Brown)  Silvester,  was  born  December 
7.  i7<)2.  and  died  {"cbruary  20,  1869.  He  mar- 
ried, December  20,  1817,  Charlotte,  daugliter 
of  Timothy  Heald,  of  VVinslow,  Alaine,  who 
was  born  June  18,  1797,  and  died  June  29, 
1875. 

He  was  statinncd  at  Fort  Edgecomb, 
near  Wiscasset,  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  held 
the  rank  of  major.  He  was  a  merchant  and  a 
Congregationalist.  Children  of  Samuel  and 
Charlotte  (Heald)  Sylvester:  i.  and  2.  Albert 
Gallatin  and  Alfred  Goldburn  (twins),  born 
y\pril  20,  1820.  3.  ]5enjamin  F'ranklin,  De- 
cember 24,  1821.  4.  Eliza  Charlotte,  (Mrs. 
George  S.  C.  Dow),  August  29,  1825.  5. 
Harriet  Stodder,  May  8,  1831,  married  John 
W.  Tufts,  fi.  .Anna  Maria,  June  13,  1833, 
married  N.  H.  Dillingham.  7.  William  Gus- 
tavus,  August  25,  1835.  8.  Carolyn  Sawtelle, 
October  13,  1839,  married  P.  R.  Sabin,  of 
Camden,  Maine.  9.  Frances  Louise,  August 
23,  1843,  widow  of  Parker  Erskine;  resides 
in  Wisca'^sct,  Maine.  Mrs.  Dow,  Mrs.  Sabin 
and  Mrs.  Erskine  are  the  only  living  members 
of  the  family  of  nine   (1908). 

The  Rawson  genealogy  shows  among  its 
members  Edward  Raw-son,  last  secretary  of 
the  old  Bay  State,  and  first  secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  and  other 
men  of  prominence  in  Massachusetts,  includ- 
ing Dr.  Freeland,  serving  in  the  American 
army  during  the  revolution.  Among  the  Eng- 
lish ancestors  was  the  sister  of  the  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  Thomas  Grindall,  who  was  the 
tutor  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  James  Freeland 
Rawson  married,  at  r)angor,  March  g.  1858. 
Sarah  Deborah,  born  February  9,  1831,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Jenness,  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  Mary  (True)  Jenness,  also  of  New 
Hampshire.  They  had  two  children:  Mary 
Jenness  Rawson,  born  October  16,  1859,  at 
Bangor,  and  died  at  Boston,  November  26, 
1903;  and  Abbie  Jenness  Rawson.  Thomas 
Jenness  and  Mary  True  were  married  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1830,  and  moved  to  Bangor  before 
183 1,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness, and  resided  there  till  his  death,  August 
5,  1864.  His  widow  died  March  16,  1892, 
and  they  had  two  children  :  Mrs.  James  Free- 
land  Rawson,  and  John  S.  Jenness,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,  1836,  at  Bangor,  who,  after  gradu- 
ating at  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School  at 
Cambridge  in  1858,  with  the  degree  of  S.  B., 
entered  the  business  with  his  father,  the  firm 
name  being  Thomas  Jenness  &  Son.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  Bangor,  unmarried,  until 
his  death,  November  15,  1896. 


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Mr.  Ellery  Bicknell  Crane,  in 
RAWSON  his  excellent  genealogy  of  the 
Rawson  family  in  America, 
states  that  this  surname  was,  in  all  probability, 
originally  spelled  Raufeson  (Ralph's  son). 
The  present  form  of  spelling  was  in  use  dur- 
ing the  reign  of  Richard  II.  The  Rawson 
coat-of-arms,  the  existence  of  which  attests 
the  fact  that  the  family  is  descended  from  dis- 
tinguished ancestors,  is  composed  of  "an  es- 
cutcheon, representing  the  old  knightly  shield, 
the  lower  half  (sable)  black,  the  upper  half 
(azure)  blue;  in  the  centre  of  the  shield  is  a 
castle,  with  four  towers  in  gold ;  crest  (placed 
over),  a  raven's  head,  black;  bearing  on  the 
neck  drops  of  gold,  one  and  two ;  erased,  on  a 
wreath ;  in  the  beak  a  ring  of  gold.  The  mot- 
to underneath,  'Laus  virtutis  actio',  may  be 
freely  rendered,  'The  deed  of  bravery  is  its 
own  praise.'  " 

(I)  Edward  Rawson,  of  Gillingham,  coun- 
ty of  Dorset,  England,  born  April  i6,  1616, 
came  to  New  England  in  1636,  and  became 
one  of  the  grantees  of  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  settled.  His  parents  were 
people  of  intelligence  and  high  standing,  and 
his  mother,  who  was  before  marriage  Marga- 
ret Wilson,  was  a  sister  of  the  distinguished 
Rev.  John  Wilson,  the  first  minister  in  Bos- 
ton. In  addition  to  serving  as  a  selectman  in 
Newbury  he  was  chosen  town  clerk,  being  the 
second  to  hold  that  office ;  acted  as  public  no- 
tary and  register,  also  as  commissioner  and 
attorney  for  the  trial  of  small  causes,  and  was 
a  member  of  several  important  town  com- 
mittees. In  1638,  when  but  twenty-three  years 
old,  he  was  elected  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  and  was  several  times  re-elected  to 
serve  in  that  capacity.  In  1645  ^e  was  chosen 
clerk  of  the  house  of  deputies,  and  from  1650 
to  1686  he  served  with  marked  ability  as  sec- 
retary of  the  colony.  His  official  duties  hav- 
ing necessitated  his  removal  to  Boston,  he  es- 
tablished his  residence  in  what  was  for  at  least 
one  hundred  and  fifty  years  afterwards  known 
as  Rawson's  Lane  (now  Bromfield  street), 
and  he  died  there  August  27,  1693.  He  was 
actively  interested  in  promoting  the  manufac- 
ture of  gunpowder  in  New  England,  and  as  a 
reward  for  his  various  public  services  re- 
ceived large  grants  of  land  from  the  general 
court.  Edward  Rawson  and  his  wife  were 
among  the  original  members  of  the  Old  South 
Church,  organized  in  1669.  The  maiden  name 
of  his  wife,  whom  he  married  in  England,  was 
Rachel  Perne,  and  she  bore  him  twelve  chil- 
dren. I.  A  daughter,  left  in  England.  2. 
Edward,    graduated    from    Harvard    College, 


1653 ;  entered  the  ministry,  and  was  settled  in 
Horsmonden,  county  of  Kent,  England,  in 
1655.  3.  Rachel,  married  Wilham  Aubrey,  a 
merchant  of  Boston,  January  18,  1653.  4. 
Uavid,  born  May  6,  1644;  went  to  England. 
5.  Mary  Perne,  born  May  14  or  16,  1646; 
married  Rev.  Samuel  Torrey,  May,  1657;  she 
died  September  10,  1692;  he  died  April  21, 
1707.  6.  Susan,  died  in  Roxbury,  in  1654.  7. 
William.  8.  Rebecca,  born  October  19,  1654, 
died  young.  9.  Rebecca,  born  May  23,  1656; 
married  Thomas  Rumsey,  July  i,  1679;  died 
at  Port  Royal,  1692.  10.  Elizabeth,  born  No- 
vember 12,  1657;  married  Thomas  Broughton, 
of  Boston.  II.  John,  went  to  England,  and 
did  not  return.  12.  Grindal,  born  January  23, 
1658;  married  Susanna  Wilson;  died  Febru- 
ary 6,  1 71 5. 

(II)  William,  third  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Edward  and  Rachel  (Perne)  Rawson,  was 
born  in  Boston,  May  21,  1651.  He  became 
a  prominent  Boston  merchant,  dealing  chiefly 
in  dry  goods  which  he  imported  from  the 
mother  country,  and  on  July  11,  1673,  he  mar- 
ried Anne  Glover,  only  daugliter  of  Xathaniel 
and  Mary  (Smith)  Glover,  of  Dorchester. 
She  was  a  niece  of  John  Glover,  one  of  the 
original  settlers  in  Dorchester,  and  a  man  of 
prominence  in  the  early  history  of  the  colony. 
In  16S9  he  moved  to  Dorchester,  locating  upon 
a  portion  of  the  "Newbury  farm,"  inherited 
by  his  wife,  and  he  subsequently  removed  to 
an  estate  in  Braintree,  which  he  purchased 
of  the  heirs  of  his  great-uncle,  the  Rev.  John 
Wilson.  This  estate,  which  is  situated  in 
the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  Neponset  bridge, 
adjoining  the  homestead  of  the  late  Hon.  Jo- 
siah  Quincy,  he  occupied  for  nearly  forty 
years,  or  until  his  death,  and  it  descended  from 
father  to  son  unto  the  fifth  generation.  Will- 
iam Rawson  died  September  20,  1726,  and 
his  wife  died  about  1730,  aged  seventy-four 
years.  They  were  the  parents  of  twenty  chil- 
dren:  I.  Ann.  born  April  11,  1674;  died  in 
infancy.  2.  Wilson,  born  1675  !  "^'sd  in  infancy. 
3.  Margaret,  born  August  i,  1676;  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Edward,  born  September  6,  1677; 
died  in  infancy.  5.  Edward,  born  August  29, 
1678;  died  in  infancy.  6.  Rachel,  born  Oc- 
tober 16,  1679;  died  in  infancy.  7.  Dorothy, 
born  August  8,  1681 ;  died  September  20, 
1689.  8.  William,  born  December  8,  1682; 
married  Sarah  Crosby,  g.  David.  10.  Dor- 
othy, born  June  19,  1686;  died  young,  ii. 
Ebenezer,  born  December  i,  1687;  died  Au- 
gust 28,  1696.  12.  Thankful,  born  August 
6,  1688;  died  August  21,  1688.  13.  Nathan- 
iel, born  December  3,  1689;  married  Hannah 


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Thompson.  14.  Ebenezer,  horn  July  25,  1691  ; 
died  young.  15.  Ann,  born  August  28,  1693; 
died  in  infancy.  16.  I'ationcf,  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1694;  died  November  14,  1694.  17. 
Peletiah,  born  July  2,  1696;  married  Hannah 
Hall.  18.  Grindal,  born  August  24,  1697; 
died  in  infancy.  19.  Mary,  born  December  16, 
169S;  died  in  infancy.    One  not  named. 

(HI)  David,  fifth  son  and  ninth  child  of 
William  and  Anne  (Cdover)  Ravvson,  was 
born  in  Boston,  December  13,  16S3.  He  in- 
herited and  occupied  the  homestead,  situated 
in  that  part  of  Braintree  which  is  now  Qqincy, 
and  was  an  energetic,  persevering  business 
man.  His  death  occurred  April  20,  1752,  and 
his  gravestone  is  but  a  few  yards  from  the 
Adams  tomb  in  the  Quincy  cemetery.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Gulliver,  of 
Milton,  and  she  survived  him.  Their  children 
were:  i.  David,  born  September  14,  1714; 
married  Mary  Dyer.  2.  Jonathan,  born  De- 
cember 26,  171 5;  married  Susanna  Stone.  3. 
Elijah,  born  February  5,  1717;  married  Mary 
Paddock.  4.  Mary,  born  May  20,  1718;  mar- 
ried Captain  Joseph  Winchester,  in  1745;  set- 
tled at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and  had  two 
children :  Mary  and  William.  5.  Hannah, 
born  April  2,  1720,  died  July  24,  1726.  6. 
Silence,  born  June  12,  1721,  died  August  17, 
1721.  7.  Anne,  bom  July  30,  1722;  married 
Samuel  Bass.  8.  ElizalDeth,  born  Novem- 
ber 30,  1723;  married  Peter  Adams.  9.  Jo- 
siah,  born  January  31,  1727;  married  Hannah 
Bass.  10.  Jerusha.  born  December  21,  1729; 
married  Israel  Eaton.  11.  Lydia,  born  Janu- 
ary 17,  1731  ;  married  Samuel  Baxter.  12. 
Ebenezer. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  youngest  child  of  David 
and  Mary  (Gulliver)  Rawson,  was  born  in 
that  part  of  Braintree  which  is  now  Quincy, 
May  31,  1734.  When  a  young  man  he  settled 
in  Sutton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming,  and  his  death  occurred  in  that 
town  June  11,  1814.  He  was  a  vigorous  his- 
torical writer,  possessing  superior  mental  at- 
tainments, which  were  fully  developed  by  his 
studious  habits  and  profound  erudition,  and  it 
was  said  of  him  that  ''his  memory  was  a  vast 
storehouse  of  facts  always  at  his  command." 
In  his  latter  years  he  favored  the  Quakers, 
adopting  their  dress  and  form  of  worship,  and 
he  named  one  of  his  sons  for  Marmadrke 
Stephenson,  a  persecuted  Salem  Quaker,  who 
was  released  from  prison  on  a  warrant  signed 
by  his  distinguished  ancestor,  Secretary  Ed- 
ward Rawson.  In  1756  he  married  Sarah 
Chase,  daughter  of  Hon.  Samuel  Chase,  of 
Cheshire,  New  Hampshire.    She  died  Novem- 


ber 14,  1814.  Children:  i.  Prudence,  born 
December  24,  1758;  married  Stephen  March. 
2.  Lydia,  born  April  23,  1760;  married  Dan- 
iel Bullen.  3.  Ebenezer,  born  December  22, 
1761  ;  married  Elizabeth  Tailor.  4.  Sally, 
born  March  16,  1763;  married  Samuel  Rob- 
inson. 5.  Abner,  born  March  2,  1763;  mar- 
ried Abigail  Fuller.  6.  John,  born  June  i, 
1767,  died  young.  7.  Jerusha,  born  October 
13,  1769;  married  James  Holmes.  8.  Samuel. 
9!  Elizabeth,  born  June  5,  1774;  married 
Jacob  Dodge.  10-11.  Marmaduke  and  Niz- 
aula,  twins,  born  April  18,  1777;  Nizaula  mar- 
ried Timothy  Hutchinson.  12.  Mary,  born 
July  5,  1779;  married  (first)  Sullivan  Bridg- 
ham;  (second),  Thomas  Brown.  13.  Clarissa, 
born  February  26,  1782.  14.  Abigail,  born 
May  II,  1786;  married  Daniel  Adams. 

(V)  Captain  Samuel,  fourth  .son  and  eighth 
child  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Chase)  Raw- 
son,  was  born  in  Sutton,  September  4,  1771, 
and  died  January  29.  1829.  Learning  the 
saddlery  and  upholstering  business,  he  estab- 
lished himself  at  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  but 
in  1804  came  to  Maine,  and  settling  in  Paris 
he  resided  there  for  the  rest  of  his  life,  which 
terminated  January  29,  1829.  During  the  war 
of  181 2- 1 5  he  served  as  a  lieutenant  of  an 
artillery  company  engaged  in  the  defense  of 
Portland,  and  he  afterwards  acquired  the  title 
of  captain.  He  was  highly  esteemed  for  his 
genial  disposition,  was  of  an  investigating 
turn  of  mind  and  fond  of  arugment.  In  May, 
1802,  he  married  Polla  Freeland,  born  in  Sut- 
ton, Massachusetts,  September  17,  1778,  died 
August  29,  1875,  aged  ninety-seven  years, 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  Freeland,  of  that  town. 
Children:  i.  Alary  Ann,  born  in  Crafton, 
Massachusetts,  May  20,  1803,  died  July  29, 
1874;  married  (first)  Simeon  Fuller,  M.  D., 
(second)  James  Bullock,  M.  D. ;  settled  in 
Rumford,  Maine.  2.  Arabella,  born  Febru- 
ary 22,  1807,  in  Paris,  Maine;  married  T.  J. 
Carter;  settled  in  Paris,  Maine;  died  April  12, 
1897,  aged  ninety  years.  3.  Abigail  Adams, 
bom  in  Paris,  Maine,  February  5.  181 1;  mar- 
ried Henry  E.  Prentiss ;  settled  in  Bangor, 
Maine;  died  December  30,  1898.  4.  Colum- 
bia, born  February  27,  1814,  now  living,  aged 
ninety-five  years;  married  Virgil  D.  Parris ; 
settled  in  Paris.  Maine.  5.  Frances  Freeland, 
horn  August  28,  iSrq.  rlied  September.  i8go; 
married  William  K.  Kimball ;  settled  in  Paris, 
Maine.     6.  James   Freeland ;  see  forward. 

(VI)  James  Freeland,  youngest  child  and 
only  son  of  Captain  Samuel  and  Polla  (Free- 
land)  Rawson,  was  born  in  Paris,  Maine,  Oc- 
tober 2,  1821.    He  was  for  some  time  a  stu- 


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dent  at  Waterville  (now  Colbv)  Colleg-e,  and 
after  graduating  from  Union  College  in  1844 
he  entered  the  lesral  profession,  settling'  in 
Bangor,  and  becoming  the  law  partner  of  the 
late  Hon.  Henry  E.  Prentiss.  He  was  sub- 
sequently chosen  register  of  probate,  and  still 
later  was  aopointed  collector  of  customs  for 
the  port  of  Bangor.  For  many  years  he  prac- 
ticed his  profession  successfully  in  Bangor, 
and  was  noted  for  his  ability,  integrity  and 
other  ptprling-  characteristics.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  al- 
dermen, and  in  1877  represented  his  district 
in  the  Maine  legislature.  March  9,  1858,  he 
married  Sarah  Deborah,  bom  February  g, 
1831,  daup-hter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (True) 
Jenness.  of  Banrror.  Their  children  are:  i. 
Mary  Tenness,  born  October  16,  1S59.  2. 
Abbie  Jenness,  February   16,   1865. 


The  immierants  of  this  cog- 

MAYNARD  nomen,  eyidently  of  French 
extraction,  came  from  Eng- 
land to  Massachusetts  in  the  pioneer  days  of 
the  colony.  More  than  one  of  the  name  were 
pioneers,  but  from  John,  the  progenitor  of  the 
line  .sketched  below,  descended  the  greater 
number  of  those  now  bearing  the  name  in 
New  England. 

(I)  John  Maynard,  a  native  of  England, 
came  to  Massachusetts  and  was  an  inhabitant 
of  Sudbury  in  i6,^q.  He  probably  brought 
with  him  a  wife  and  one  child  or  more.  He 
had  a  house  lot  of  four  acres  on  the  North 
street  near  Edmund  and  Henry  Rice.  He 
was  a  petitioner  for  Marlborough  in  16^6.  He 
died  in  Sudbury,  December  10,  1672.  He 
married  (second)  June  14,  1646,  Mary  Ax- 
dell,  probably  a  daughter  of  Comfort  Starr. 
By  the  first  wife  he  had  one  child  John,  born 
in  England  in  1630.  The  children  hv  the  ^'^r- 
ond  wife  were:  Zachery,  Elizabeth,  Lydia, 
Hannah  and  Mary. 

(IF)  Zachery,  eldest  son  of  Tohn  and  Mary 
(Axdell)  Maynard,  born  in  Sudbury,  Tune  7, 
l6ii7.  liyed  and  died  there  in  T724.  He  mar- 
ried, in  T678,  Hannah  Goodrich,  who  died  in 
I7ig.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Good- 
rich, of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  Their 
children  were:  Zachariah,  John.  Hannah, 
Jonathan,  Dayid,  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Moses 
and  Abigail. 

CHI)  Jonathan,  fourth  child  and  third  son 
of  Zachery  and  Hannah  (Goodrich)  Maynard, 
born  in  Sudbury,  April  8,  1685,  died  July, 
176-?.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  but  fol- 
lowed the  usual  custom  of  the  day  and  culti- 
vated the  soil.     May  29,   171 3,  he  bought  of 


John  Town  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  ninety 
acres  on  "the  plain."  He  also  bought  land  up 
as  far  as  Ball's  bridge  and  became  an  inn- 
keeper. He  married,  December  10,  1714,  Me- 
hitable  Needom  (or  Needham),  of  Cambridge, 
who  died  October  19,  1767.  Their  children 
were :  Mehitable,  Jonathan,  Zachariah,  John, 
Joseph   and   William. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Jonathan  (i)  and  Mehitable  (Need- 
ham)  Maynard,  born  in  Framingham,  Jan- 
uary I,  1718,  died  in  1782.  He  took  the  west 
part  of  his  father's  farm,  and  there  erected 
buildings.  He  married  (first)  November  11, 
1742,  Martha,  daughter  of  John  Gleason; 
(second)  Widow  Sarah  (Muzzey)  Hill,  of 
Sherburne.  His  children,  probably  by  the 
first  wife,  were :  William  and  Jonathan. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  and 
Martha  (Gleason)  Maynard,  born  March  29, 
1745,  lived  on  his  father's  farm.  He  was  a 
minute-man  in  1775;  was  a  lieutenant  in  Cap- 
tain Drury's  company  of  Colonel  Nickerson's 
regiment  of  eight  months'  men ;  was  at  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  was  wounded  there, 
and  carried  to  his  grave  the  bullet  he  received 
in  the  hip.  He  was  afterwards  made  a  cap- 
tain and  served  through  the  revolution.  He 
was  a  school  teacher,  and  about  1788  went  to 
South  Carolina,  where  he  "kept  school,"  and 
died  there.  He  married  Mary,  a  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Pepper.  She  died  March  12,  1780. 
Their  children  were :  John,  Martha,  Mary, 
Benjamin,  William  and  Thomas. 

(VI)  John,  eldest  child  of  William  and 
Mary  (Pepper)  Maynard,  born  in  Framing- 
ham.  Massachusetts,  October  3,  1766,  died  in 
Scarborough,  Maine,  September  6,  1818. 
When  a  youth  he  went  to  St.  Croix,  West  In- 
dies, and  there  met  and  married  Mary  Durant, 
who  was  born  in  the  Island  of  St.  Croix  in 
1771.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Du- 
rant, then  in  business  in  St.  Croix.  He  was  a 
lineal  descendant  of  George  Durant,  who  came 
to  this  country  from  England  and  settled  in 
Connecticut  in  1633.  He  was  of  Huguenot 
extraction,  the  family  having  originally  gone 
to  England  from  France.  After  his  marriage 
Mr.  Maynard  remained  in  St.  Croix  until 
1800,  and  accumulated  a  fortune.  Returning 
to  this  country  with  his  wife  and  several  chil- 
dren, he  took  up  his  residence  in  Bulfinch 
street,  Boston,  where  his  wife  died  in  1812. 
In  Boston  Mr.  Maynard  met  with  financial  re- 
verses, and  was  obliged  to  break  up  his  home 
there.  In  1806  he  sold  to  William  Henderson 
the  store  property  by  Warren's  bridge,  and 
removed  to   Scarboro  with  his  family,  where 


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he  resided  on  a  farm  which  had  been  the  prop- 
erty of  his  wife. 

(VII)  Maria  Cornelia  Durant.  child  of 
John  and  Mary  (Durant)  Maynard,  born  in 
Boston,  June  18,  1808,  married  Neal  Dow,  of 
Portland  (see  Dow  X). 

The  name  of  Libby  seems  to  have 
LIBBY    come  to  America  from  the  west 
of  England,  probably  Cornwall  or 
Devon,  and  in  the  ancient  records  and  in  pres- 
ent use  has  about  the  same  number  of  varia- 
tions  in   its   orthography  as  most   other  sur- 
names.     The    family   has    been    distinguisbed 
rather  for  those  substantial  virtues  that  make 
their  possessor  bappy  in   himself  and   liclijful 
to  mankind,  rather  than  by  the  possession  of 
wealth  and  those  more  showy  and  less  laud- 
able characteristics  not  unfrequently  in  evi- 
dence to  every  observer  of  men.    As  a  family 
the   Libbeys   have    been    respected    by    their 
neighbors  as  men  of  sterling  worth,  and  up- 
rightness and  honesty  of  character.   They  have 
generally  belonged  to  that  law  abiding  class 
which  forms  the  bone  and  muscle  of  the  na- 
tion,  content    to    render   the   wise    efforts   of 
others  effective  by  a  hearty  support,  and  will- 
ing to  concede  all  the  glory  to  the  leader.   The 
family  numbers  its  revolutionary  soldiers  by 
scores,  and  many  hundreds  risked  their  lives 
for  their  country  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 
In  Maine  alone  there  were  two  hundred  and 
fifty-six  enlistments.     They  are,  as  a  family, 
very   devout,    and    have   figured    much   more 
largely  in  the  religious  than  in  the  civil  insti- 
tutions of  the  communities  in  which  they  have 
lived.     The  family  has  abounded  in  christian 
ministers,  elders  and  deacons,  while  generation 
after  generation  has  died  in  the  faith.     Very 
few    have    been    guilty    of   bringing    any    re- 
proach  upon  the  name,   and   even   in   Maine, 
where  the  family  is  so  numerous  as  to  rank 
with  the  Smiths  and  Browns,  it  has  been  re- 
marked by  many  that  they  never  knew  of  a 
crimmal  or  a  pauper  named  Libby. 

(I)  John  Libby,  born  in  England  about  the 
year  1602.  came  to  New  England  and  was 
employed  in  the  fisheries  by  Robert  Trelaw- 
ney,  who  has  a  grant  of  land  embracing  Rich- 
mond's Island  and  other  land  about  Cape 
Elizabeth,  Maine.  The  records  of  this  indus- 
try show  that  John  Libby  was  in  the  emplov 
of  Trelawney  four  years  from  the  summer  of 
1635  to  the  summer  of  1639.  He  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  Scarborough,  on  the  bank  of  a 
stream  since  called  Libby  river,  and  there  built 
a  house.  Here  he  is  supposed  to  have  di- 
vided his   time   between   fishing  and   agricul- 


ture.    In  1663  he  is  described  in  a  document 
as   a   "planter,"   and   in   the   history  of   Scar- 
borough  he  is  said  to  have  been   "for  many 
years  one  of   the   town's  principal   planters." 
He   was   constable   in     1664,    and    his    name 
stands  first  of  the  four  selectmen   in  a  town 
grant   bearing  date    1669.      In   King   Philip's 
war  (1675)   he  lost  everything  he  had  except 
his     plantation.      Captain     Joshua    Scattow's 
diary  says :    "Eieht   or  nine   deserted   houses 
belonging   to   Libby   and   his   children"    were 
burned    by    the    Indians    September    7,    1675. 
John  Libby  and  his  wife  and  younger  children 
were  in  Boston.  July  10,  1677,  and  on  his  pe- 
tition at  that  time  his  two  sons.  Henrv  and  .An- 
thony, were  discharged  from  Black  Point  gar- 
rison.    He  probably   soon   after  returned  to 
Black  Point,  his  old  home  in  Maine,  where  he 
acquired  a  comfortable  property,  and  died  at 
the  age  of  eightv  years.     He  had  two  wives. 
Of  the  first  nothing  is  known  except  that  she 
was  the  mother  of  all  of  his  sons  except  Mat- 
thew and  Daniel,  and  probably  all  his  daugh- 
ters.   Of  the  second  nothing  is  known  but  her 
christian  name,  which  was  Mary.     The  chil- 
dren of  John  Libby,  probably  all  born  in  this 
country  except  the  eldest,  were :  John,  James, 
.Samuel.   Toanna,   Henry.    Anthony.    Rebecca, 
Sarah.  Hannah,  David,  Matthew  and  Daniel, 
fll)   Henry,  fourth   son  and  fifth  child  of 
John  Libbv.  the  immigrant,  born  in  Scarbor- 
ough   in    1647.    <^'efl    October    2,    1732,    aged 
eiehty-five  years.     He  was  a  man  of  energy 
and  srood  business  qualifications,  and  was  one 
of  the  board  of  selectmen  of  Scarborough  in 
1686.     In  1690.  with  Peter  Hinkson  and  their 
families,  he  made  his  escape  to  Lvnn.  Massa- 
chusetts, at  the  time  of  the  Indian  hostilities. 
He  was  one  of  the  company  which  first  at- 
tempted to  re-settle  their  possessions.     Tradi- 
tion says  that  this  company  made  their  way  in 
a  sloop  from  Lynn,  and  built  a  garrison  on 
Prout's  Neck,  which  was  successfully  defend- 
ed against  a  force  of  five  hundred  French  and 
Indians:     Henrv  Libby  and  his  sons  were  all 
present  at  the  first  town  meeting  in  1720.    He 
and  John  Boden  were  selected  to  show  the  old 
highways   to   the   selectman.      In    September, 
1728.  at  the  age  of  eighty-one,  he  became  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Black 
Point,  which  had  just  been  organized  by  Rev. 
\\'illiam    Thompson.      Henry    Libby    married 
Honor  Hinkson,  daughter  of  Peter  Hinkson, 
whose    plantation    joined    his    father's.      She 
died  August  24.  1724.  aged  sixtv.     Their  chil- 
dren   were:    Mary,    Samuel.     Sarah,    James, 
Hannah.  Elizabeth,  and  John,  who  is  the  sub- 
ject of  the  next  sketch. 


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(Ill)   Captain  John   (2),  youngest  child  of 
Henry  and  Honor  (Hinkson)  Libby,  was  born 
in   Lynn,   Massacliusetts,  probably   soon  after 
the  year   1700.     He  removed  with  his  father 
from  Lynn  to  Scarborough,  and  settled  on  a 
farm  on   Oak  Hill.     He  was  unusually  able 
and  energetic,  and  repeatedly  filled  the  most 
important  offices  in  town.     He  was  appointed 
"to  locate  Black   Point   School,"   and  "to  in- 
spect the  law  relative  to  the  killing  of  Deer." 
He  was  also  a  surveyor  of  land,  and  succeeded 
in  a  measure  to  the  position  which  his  brother, 
Lieutenant  Samuel,  had  filled.     The   Massa- 
chusetts  archives   show   that   John   Libby    or 
Libbee  was  lieutenant  of  the  Ninth  Company 
of     the     Second     Massachusetts     Regiment, 
whereof   the    Hon.    Samuel    Waldo,    Esquire, 
was  colonel  in  the  army  under  the  command 
of  the  Hon.  William   Pepperell,  Esquire,  for 
an   expedition   against  the   French   settlement 
on  Cape  Breton,  and  commissioned  February 
16,   1744.     Also,  that  John   Libby  or  Libbee 
was  captain  in  Colonel  Jedediah  Bibb's  regi- 
ment in  1758  in  the  Crown  Point  expedition, 
serving  nine  months  and  twenty-six  days.     A 
roll   dated    Boston,   January    10,    1759,   shows 
"Captain  John  Libbee,  eleven  days  travel  from 
Scarborough   to   Boston   and   return,   and   for 
fifteen    days    expense,    while   making    up    the 
roll,  amounting  to  £3,  6s  6d."    His  death  was 
the  result  of  an  accident.     While  fishing  with 
two  others  in  a  small  boat  near  the  mouth  of 
the  Nonesuch  river,  the  boat  was  upset  and 
all  were  precipitated  into  the  water.     Captain 
Libby,  though  an  expert  swimmer,  never  rose. 
The  two  others  escaped,   and  the  manner  of 
his  death  gave  rise  to  suspicion  of  foul  play. 
He  married     (first)    June    15.    1728,    Mary, 
daughter  of  William  and  Deliverance    (Tay- 
lor)  Goodwin,  of  Berwick.     After  her  death 
he  married  (second)  August  24,  1738,  Anna, 
daughter  of  Captain  Daniel  and  Anna  (Hans- 
com)    Fogg,   of   Scarborough.      His   children 
by  Mary  his  first  wife  were:    Henry,  Hannah, 
Lucy  and  Edward ;  those  by  his  second  wife 
were:    Rhoda  and  Abner  (twins),  Olive,  Ste- 
phen, Moses  and  Aaron  (twins),  Jesse,  Phile- 
mon, Eunice  and  Seth. 

(IV)  Stephen,  fourth  child  and  second  son 
of  Captain  John  (2)  and  Anna  (Fogg)  Libby, 
was  born  in  Scarborough,  January  13,  1743, 
and  received  a  part  of  his  father's  homestead, 
on  which  he  settled  and  was  a  farmer.  About 
1814  he  went  with  his  son  John  A.  to  Liming- 
ton,  and  died  there  August  24,  1820.  He  mar- 
ried. October  17,  1765,  Margaret,  born  1744, 
daughter  of  Moses  Miller,  of  Portsmouth, 
New   Hampshire.      She    died    December    31, 


1794.  Their  children  were:  Abner,  Moses, 
Stephen,  Henry,  Elias,  Mary,  Margaret, 
Nicholas,  and  George  Washington,  John  Ad- 
ams, and  Benjamin  Franklin  (triplets). 

(V)  Abner,  eldest  child  of  Stephen  and 
Margaret  (Miller)  Libby,  born  in  Scarbor- 
ough, December  27,  1766,  died  there  May  5, 
1843.  He  was  what  would  now  be  termed 
an  "all-around"  man :  turned  his  hand  to  any- 
thing that  required  his  attention,  and  "for 
many  years  he  filled  a  larger  place  in  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  lived  than  probably  any 
other  of  the  townsmen."  In  his  younger  days 
he  made  several  voyages  to  the  West  Indies, 
and  then  took  up  the  blacksmith's  trade.  In 
1792  or  the  following  year  he  settled  at  Lim- 
ington  Corner,  on  a  farm,  and  built  a  shop 
and  for  years  worked  at  blacksmithing.  Sub- 
sequently he  carried  on  a  general  store  and 
kept  a  tavern.  The  first  school  in  Limington 
was  taught  by  him.  From  1793  to  1800  he 
was  town  clerk;  1794  to  1802  selectman;  1804 
to  1809  town  treasurer.  For  about  forty 
years  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  as 
there  was  no  lawyer  at  that  place  for  many 
years,  he  did  much  business  of  a  legal  na- 
ture. Abner  Libby  married,  November  15, 
1789,  Anna  Harding,  born  August  30,  1767, 
daughter  of  a  Cape  Cod  coaster  who  settled 
at  Mt.  Desert.  She  died  December  30,  1857, 
aged  ninety  years.  Their  children  were : 
Elias,  Parmenio,  Stephen,  Abner,  Margaret, 
John,  Betsey,  Pettingill,  Charlotte  Neal  and 
Isaac  Harding. 

(VI)  Rev.  Elias.  eldest  child  of  Abner  and 
Anna  (Harding)  Libby,  was  born  in  Scarbor- 
ough, March  12,  1790,  and  attained  manhood 
in  Limington,  where  he  learned  the  black- 
smith's trade  in  his  father's  shop.  Soon  after 
his  marriage  he  removed  to  Limington,  where 
he  carried  on  blacksmithing  and  carriage- 
making,  and  also  kept  a  large  general  store. 
"In  1821  the  Free  Will  Baptists  held  their  first 
meetings  in  the  central  part  of  Limerick,  and 
Elias  Libby  soon  became  the  leader  of  the 
movement.  The  next  year  a  church  of  thirty 
members  was  formed,  and  he,  having  been  or- 
dained a  preacher,  first  took  charge  of  it.  He 
continued  to  be  an  active  elder  of  that  denom- 
ination throughout  his  life.  He  was  instru- 
mental in  establishing  a  paper  called  The 
Moiiiiiig  Star,  which  was  published  by  him 
and  others  for  many  years  in  Limerick,  in  the 
interest  of  the  Free  Will  Baptists,  and  is  still 
continued  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire."  In  en- 
ergy, business  capacity  and  public  spiritedness 
he  much  resembled  his  father,  and  like  him 
took  the  lead  in  public  afifairs,  but  never  as- 


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pired  lo  office.  His  long  life  of  usefulness 
closed  at  Limerick.  April  2,  187 1.  when  he 
was  in  his  eighty-second  year.  Elias  Libby 
married  (first)  November  28,  1809,  Jane  Jew- 
ell, born  on  Fox  Island.  August  27,  1789,  died 
December  27.  1852.  Married  (second)  Han- 
nah i\lcGraw.  The  children  by  his  first  wife 
were:  Harrison  Jewell.  Francis  Orville,  James 
Brackett,  Jane  F.,  Susan  Ann.  Elizabeth  C, 
Ro.xanna  and  Elias  Osgood.  He  had  by  his 
second  wife:    Georgia,  now  deceased. 

(YH)  James  Brackett,  third  son  and  child 
of  Rev.  Elias  and  Jane  (Jewell)  Libby,  born 
in  Limerick,  August  i,  1816,  died  in  Port- 
land, JMarch  26.  1889,  aged  seventy-three 
years.  He  was  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store  for 
many  years.  Later  he  started  in  business  for 
himself  in  Limerick,  where  he  remained  until 
1846.  when  he  became  a  member  of  the  tirm 
of  H.  J.  Libby  &  Company  of  Portland,  wool 
commission  merchants,  and  settled  in  that  city. 
For  many  years  he  was  in  charge  of  the 
branch  house  in  New  York,  where  since  1862 
most  of  the  business  of  the  firm  has  been 
done.  He  was  identified  with  many  business 
corporations,  in  several  of  wdiich  he  was  a 
member  of  the  directorate,  two  of  which  were 
the  International  Steamship  Company,  and  the 
Harper  Manufacturing  Company.  He  was 
president  of  the  latter.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican.  For  nearly  forty  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  High  Street  Congregational 
Church  of  Portland,  and  was  one  of  its  most 
representative  communicants  and  most  liberal 
supporters.  He  married,  April  ig,  1839,  at 
Limerick.  IMaine,  Hannah  Catherine,  born  in 
Kennebunk,  .-Vugust  12,  1819,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Mary  (Wise)  Morrill  (see  Morrill 
and  Wise).  She  died  May  2,  1879.  The 
children  of  this  union  were:  i.  Mary  Cath- 
erine, born  June  i,  1840,  married,  June  5, 
1866,  Clarence  FTamilton  Corning,  iron  mer- 
chant, Albany,  New  York;  he  died  July  12, 
1879.  One  child.  Howard,  was  born  of  this 
marriage.  2.  Augustus  Frost,  born  Novem- 
ber 16,  1841,  see  forward.  3.  Charles  Free- 
man, born  January  31,  1844,  see  forward. 

(VHI)  Augustus  Frost,  eldest  son  of  James 
B.  and  Hannah  C.  (Morrill)  Libby,  was  born 
November  16,  1841.  He  prepared  for  college 
in  Portland  high  school,  and  graduated  from 
Bowdoin  in  1864.  In  the  same  year  he  went 
to  New  York  City  and  entered  the  employ  of 
the  firm  of  H.  J.  Libby  &  Company,  becom- 
ing a  member  of  the  concern  in  1869,  and  in 
1891,  upon  the  death  of  H.  J.  Libby,  became 
senior  partner  of  the  firm.  The  firm  of  H.  J. 
Libby  &  Company  was  established  in  1844  by 


Harrison  Jewell,  I'rances  O.  and  James  B. 
Libby,  and  they  carried  on  for  many  years  the 
dry  goods  jobbing  business  in  F'ree  street 
block,  Portland,  where  they  were  burned  out 
in  the  great  fire  of  1866.  About  i860  they 
established  a  house  in  the  city  of  New  York 
and  became  selling  agents  for  a  large  number 
of  woolen  mills  in  Maine  and  elsewhere,  hand- 
ling for  almost  half  a  century  the  product  of 
the  Robinson  Manufacturing  Comjjany,  the 
Linn  Woolen  Company,  the  Madison  Woolen 
Mills  and  others.  The  firm,  which  was  once 
the  oldest  of  its  kind  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
discontinued  business  in  December,  1906.  Mr. 
Libby.  being  a  man  of  clear  judgment,  keen 
discernment  and  business  sagacity,  has  become 
prominent  and  well  known  in  business  circles. 
He  has  been  actively  identified  as  a  director 
with  the  Citizens  Central  National  Bank  of 
New  York.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  New 
York  City,  and  also  of  the  Union  League 
Club.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  Up  to 
1875  Mr.  Libby  made  his  home  in  Brooklyn, 
and  during  that  time  was  an  officer  of  the 
Clinton  Avenue  Congregational  Church  of 
that  city.  Since  that  year  he  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Summit,  New  Jersey,  and  is  an  elder 
in  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church  of  that 
place.  Mr.  Libby  married.  December  18,  1866, 
Harriet  M..  daughter  of  Augustus  C.  and 
Maria  T.  (Curtis)  Robbins,  of  Brunswick, 
Maine.  Children  :  i.  Gertrude  Morrill,  born 
November  3.  1868,  died  in  New  York  City, 
April  ID,  1872.  2.  James  Robbins,  born  April 
I,  1871,  in  Brooklyn,  died  .April  14,  1872.  3. 
Walter  Gillette,  born  March  26,  1874,  is  en- 
gaged in  commission  business  in  New  York 
City  under  the  name  of  Libby  &  Company. 
He  married  Mary  Elizabeth  Stokes,  of  Phila- 
delphia. Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Dr.  Stokes, 
M.  D.,  of  that  city  ;  children  :  Elizabeth,  Cath- 
erine and  Walter  Stokes  Libby.  4.  Marie 
Curtis,  born   February  26,   1878. 

(VIII)  Charles  Freeman,  youngest  child  of 
James  B.  and  Hannah  C.  (Morrill)  Libby, 
was  born  in  Limerick,  January  31.  1844. 
After  completing  the  course  in  the  Portland 
high  school  he  entered  Bowdoin  College  with 
his  brother,  in  i860,  and  graduated  with  hon- 
ors from  that  institution  in  1864.  He  read 
law  in  the  office  of  Fessenden  &  Butler  in 
Portland,  and  then  attended  Columbia  Law 
School  in  New  York,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1866.  The  two  years  next  follow- 
ing he  spent  in  study  and  travel  in  Europe, 
pursuing  his  studies  at  Paris  and  Heidelberg. 
Returning  to   Portland  in   1869.  with  greatly 


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enlarged  experience  and  a  store  of  useful 
knowledge,  he  became  junior  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Symonds  &  Libby,  Hon.  Joseph  W. 
Symonds  being  the  senior  member,  and  began 
the  practice  of  law.  That  firm  was  dissolved 
in  1872  by  the  appointment  of  Judge  Symonds 
to  the  bench  of  the  superior  court,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  the  firm  of  Butler  &  Libby  was 
formed,  with  Moses  M.  Butler  as  senior  part- 
ner. This  partnership  continued  till  the  death 
of  Mr.  Butler  in  1879.  Then  Mr.  Libby  again 
became  associated  with  Judge  Symonds  and 
they  practiced  together  till  1891.  Mr.  Libby 
is  now  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Libby, 
Robinson  &  Ives,  which  was  formed  in  1896. 
Mr.  Libby  has  been  in  the  active  practice  of 
law  in  Portland  for  forty  years,  and  in  that 
time  has  built  up  a  large  business,  having  for 
his  clients  many  of  the  foremost  and  wealth- 
iest citizens  and  firms  in  the  city  and  state.  " 
As  a  lawyer  he  has  been  unusually  successful 
and  takes  high  rank  among  his  professional 
brethren.  The  Judiciary  and  Bar  of  New 
England  thus  alludes  to  his  political  career: 
"Mr.  Libby  is  an  earnest  Republican  and  his 
personal  popularity  and  oratorical  gifts  long 
ago  led  to  his  recognition  as  a  political  leader. 
He  began  his  public  career  as  city  solicitor, 
holding  that  office  in  1871  and  1872.  In  the 
last  named  year  he  was  elected  county  attor- 
ney, an  office  he  voluntarily  resigned  in  1878, 
leaving  an  enviable  record  of  duty  well  and 
fearlessly  performed.  In  1882  he  was  elected 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Portland,  and  the  varied 
and  important  interests  of  the  community 
were  never  more  carefully  and  efficiently 
guarded  than  during  his  administration. 
While  Mr.  Libby  at  this  time  would  cheerfully 
have  retired  from  public  life  to  follow  the 
more  congenial  paths  of  his  profession,  his 
friends  in  the  Republican  party  gave  him  the 
nomination  for  the  state  senate  in  1888,  and 
he  was,  of  course,  elected.  His  election  for 
another  term  followed  in  1891,  in  which  year 
he  was  honored  by  his  fellow  legislators  with 
the  presidency  of  the  senate,  a  position  which 
he  filled  with  dignity  and  courtesy.  In  his 
choice  for  the  presidency  no  nomination  was 
made  against  him  by  the  opposite  party,  a  fact 
for  which  there  was  no  precedent." 

His  probity  of  character  and  executive  abil- 
ity have  been  recognized  in  business  circles, 
and  he  has  been  put  in  various  positions  of 
responsibility  and  trust.  He  is  attorney  for 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Portland,  for  the 
Portland  Trust  Company,  for  the  international 
and  Portland  and  Maine  Steamship  compan- 
ies, and  president  of  the  Portland  Street  rail- 


road. He  was  active  in  organizing  the  Maine 
State  Bar  Association,  and  was  its  first  presi- 
dent, serving  from  1891  to  1895.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Cumberland  Bar  Association,  and 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
American  Bar  Association.  His  interest  in 
educational  afifairs  has  always  been  of  an  in- 
telligent and  earnest  character,  and  its  ap- 
preciation by  his  fellow  citizens  is  shown  in 
his  long  period  of  service  from  1869  to  1882 
on  the  Portland  school  committee.  He  is  now 
and  for  years  has  been  president  of  the  over- 
seers of  Bowdoin  College.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Maine  State  Agricultural  So- 
ciety. He  was  made  "officer  d'Academie"  by 
the  French  Government  by  decree  dated  April 
20,  1907.  Personally  Mr.  Libby  is  a  man  of 
genial  temperament  and  courteous  demeanor. 
His  character  is  above  reproach,  and  sterling 
integrity  and  comprehensive  ability  are  two 
noticeable  features  in  his  composition. 

Charles  F.  Libby  married,  December  g, 
1869.  Alice  Williams,  born  January  25,  1849, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Bion  and  Alice  H.  (Will- 
iams) Bradbury,  of  Portland.  (See  Bradbury.) 
Four  children  have  been  born  to  them,  two  of 
whom  (twins),  Hilda,  wife  of  Howard  R. 
Ives,  and  Bion  Bradbury  Libby,  now  survive. 
They  were  born  July  26,  1886.  Howard  R. 
and  Hilda  Ives  were  married  April  25,  1906, 
and  have  one  child,  Elizabeth,  born  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  February   15,   1907. 


(For  first   generation  see   John    Libby   I.) 

(II)  Matthew,  eleventh  child  and 
LIBBY  seventh  son  of  John  Libby,  the 
planter,  was  born  in  Scarborough, 
in  1663,  and  died  in  Kittery  in  March,  1741. 
In  the  times  of  the  Indian  troubles  of  1690 
he  went  to  Portsmouth,  and  in  the  winter  of 
1699-1700  to  Kittery.  He  built  his  house  of 
hewed  timber  with  a  projecting  upper  story, 
so  that  in  case  of  an  attack  by  Indians  the  oc- 
cupants of  the  house  could  shoot  or  scald  the 
savages  by  pouring  hot  water  on  them  or 
otherwise  protect  themselves  from  above  when 
the  enemy  attempted  to  make  their  way  into 
the  lower  story.  In  that  house  he  lived  until 
his  death.  Some  time  before  the  second  or- 
ganization of  the  town  of  Scai-borough,  Mat- 
thew Libby,  Roger  Deeming,  John  Libby,  and 
Roger  Hunnewell  went  down  to  Black  Point 
and  built  a  saw  mill  on  Nonesuch  river.  Mat- 
thew Libby  afterward  gave  his  interest  in 
that  mill  to  his  three  sons,  William,  John  and 
Andrew.  In  the  family  burying  ground  lie 
Matthew  Libby  and  his  wife  and  five  genera- 
tions  of   their   descendants,    with   nothing   to 


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mark  llKir  graves  but  rough  stones,  lie  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Brown,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Brown,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Black  Point. 
She  died  two  or  three  years  later  than  her 
husband.  Their  fourteen  children  were :  Will- 
iam, Matthew,  Mary,  Rebecca,  Hannah,  John, 
Andrew,  Sarah,  Nathaniel,  Dorcas,  Samuel, 
Mehitable,  Lydia  and  Elizabeth,  each  of  whom 
grew  up  and  married. 

(III)  Lieutenant  Andrew,  seventii  child 
and  fourth  son  of  Matthew  and  Elizabeth 
(Brown)  Libby,  born  in  Kittery,  now  Eliot, 
December  i,  1700,  died  January  5,  1773,  in 
the  seventy-third  year  of  his  age.  He  re- 
turned to  Scarborough  and  became  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  successful  farmers  in  the 
town,  and  left  a  handsome  property.  He  was 
attentive  to  his  own  business  and  took  no  part 
in  public  affairs,  the  only  place  where  he  ap- 
peared in  public  capacity  is  in  1743,  when  he 
was  one  of  the  committee  of  three  selected  "to 
get  a  schoolmaster."  Whether  he  was  in  ac- 
tual service  in  the  French  war  is  not  known, 
but  from  1745  until  his  death  he  was  known 
as  Lieutenant  Andrew  Libby.  He  and  his 
first  ■wife  were  members  of  the  Congregational 
church.  He  married  first  Esther  Furber, 
daughter  of  Jethro  Furber,  of  Newington, 
New  Hampshire.  She  died  October  i,  1756, 
and  he  married  second,  in  1757,  Eleanor  (Lib- 
by) Trickey,  who  survived  him,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 27,  1781.  The  children  of  Lieutenant 
Libby,  all  by  his  first  wife,  were :  Andrew, 
Joshua,  Elizabeth,  Henry,  Abigail,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  Edward,  Sarah,  Esther  and  Simon. 

(IV)  Deacon  Joshua,  second  son  and  child 
of  Lieutenant  Andrew  and  Esther  (Furber) 
Libby,  born  in  Scarborough,  March  17,  1734, 
died  January  13,  1814,  aged  seventy-nine 
years.  He  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade,  but 
never  followed  that  occupation.  He  settled 
on  the  Nonesuch  river,  about  three  miles 
north  of  Oak  Flill  and  became  an  extensive 
and  successful  farmer.  He  built  two  houses, 
the  first  of  which  was  standing  a  few  years 
ago.  He  was  not  only  a  farmer  but  a  ship- 
builder and  a  West  India  trader,  and  became 
one  of  the  richest  and  most  influential  men  in 
the  town.  He  was  chairman  of  the  board  of 
selectmen  1792-93-94,  and  town  treasurer 
from  1800  to  1813.  He  and  his  wife  joined 
the  Congregational  church,  February  9,  1783, 
and  July  I,  1792,  he  was  made  deacon  and 
filled  that  position  the  remainder  of  his  life — 
twenty-one  years.  He  married.  November  2, 
1755.  Hannah  Larrabee,  born  May  18,  1832^ 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah' (Johnson)' 
Larrabee,    great-granddaughter     of     William 


l.arral)ce,  the  immigrant.  .She  died  Decem- 
ber 13,  181 8,  aged  eighty-two.  They  had  nine 
children  :  An  infant,  Esther,  Sarah,  Matthias, 
Lydia,  Joshua,  Theodore,  Hannah  and  Sa- 
lome. 

(V)  Captain  Joshua  (2),  sixth  child  of 
Deacon  Joshua  (i)  and  Hannah  (Larrabee) 
Libby,  was  born  in  Scarborough,  August  31, 
1768,  succeeded  to  his  father's  homestead, 
upon  which  he  resided  and  lived  the  life  of  a 
contented  and  prosperous  farmer,  dying  at 
the  age  of  sixty-six  years,  October  23,  1834. 
He  was  a  conservative  man  in  whom  his  fel- 
low-citizens reposed  great  confidence,  and  was 
selectman  1822-26-27,  and  was  town  treas- 
urer 1817-27.  He  married,  February  16,  1791, 
Ruth  Libby,  born  October  16.  1773,  daughter 
of  Simon  and  Elizabeth  (Thompson)  Libby, 
of  Scarborough.  She  died  November  24, 
1831.  They  had  thirteen  children:  Sherborn, 
Joshua,  Simon,  Johnson,  Addison,  died  young, 
Addison  and  Hannah  (twins),  Woodbury, 
Francis,  Matthias,  Ruth,  George  and  Esther. 

(YI)  Joshua  (3),  second  son  and  child  of 
Joshua  (2)  and  Ruth  (Libby)  Libby,  born 
in  Scarborough,  July  10,  1793.  died  March  5, 
1848.  He  was  methodical  in  his  habits,  cau- 
tious and  economical,  though  living  well,  and 
passed  his  life  on  the  ancestral  homestead,  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  good  neighbor,  typify- 
ing in  a  marked  manner  many  of  the  most  ob- 
servable of  the  characteristics  of  the  Libby 
family.  He  married,  in  1816,  Mary  Small, 
born  April  30,  1793,  daughter  of  Captain 
James  and  Mary  (Fogg)  Small,  of  Scarbor- 
ough, and  descendant  of  Francis  Small,  who 
was  of  Dover  in  1648.  She  died  November 
15,  1849.  To  them  were  born  eleven  children : 
Elizabeth  M..  Johnson,  died  young,  James 
Small,  Benjamin,  Johnson,  Sarah  Maria, 
Emily  Francis,  Washington,  Joshua,  Mary 
Frances,  and  Reuben  Crosby. 

(VII)  Washington,  eighth  child  and  fifth 
son  of  Joshua  (3)  and  Mary  (Small)  Libby, 
was  born  in  Scarborough,  March  10,  1829. 
He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  with  his 
uncle.  Matthias  Libby,  and  immediately  after 
completing  his  apprenticeship  he  removed  to 
Portland,  where  he  engaged  in  the  same  busi- 
ness, which  he  carried  on  for  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  His  death  occurred  December  6, 
1902.  He  married,  February  22,  1854,  Mary 
A.  Dunning,  born  in  Harpswell,  December  11, 
1829,  died  April  10,  1900,  daughter  of  James 
and  Abbie  B.  (Merryman)  Dunning,  of 
Harpswell.  To  them  were  born  seven  chil- 
dren: Abbie  Helen,  Maria  Frances,  Eliza 
May,  Joshua  Clement,  Hattie  Bishop,  George 


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ing  conclusions.  While  firm  in  liis  (.pinion  he 
was  tolerant  of  the  opinions  of  others,  and  his 
whole  life  was  an  illustration  of  the  refined 
amenities  which  large  experience  and  a  wise 
philoso]ihy  of  living  may  produce  in  a  bright 
and  kindiv  nature.  He  never  grew  old  in 
spirit  and  his  years  sat  lightly  upon  him.  He 
died  as  he  would  have  wished,  in  tlic  harness. 
Till  within  a  few  weeks  of  his  decease  he 
filled  the  full  round  of  his  duties,  never  relin- 
quishing even  the  details  which  often  become 
irksome  to  younger  men.  In  all  the  various 
experiences  of  life,  with  its  mingled  bitter 
and  sweet,  no  murnuir  or  complaint  ever  es- 
caped him — he  met  all  with  a  quiet,  manly 
courage,  with  no  outward  expression  of  per- 
turbation or  discontent.  One  who  knew  Mr. 
Libby  only  in  business  circles  knew  but  part 
of  the  man.  To  have  known  him  well  one 
must  have  known  him  in'  his  own  home  and 
in  the  intricacies  of  private  life.  Those  who 
knew  him  there  can  never  forget  the  sunny, 
even  temperament,  the  kindly  nature  and  the 
warm  and  generous  instincts  of  the  man.  Of 
hini  it  may  truly  be  said  that  those  who  knew 
him  best  mourn  him  most.  In  politics  Mr. 
Libby  was  a  Republican,  but  never  sought  or 
held  office.  He  was  not,  however,  indifferent 
to  political  issues  or  the  course  of  political 
events.  He  had  decided  opinions  on  public 
affairs  as  in  other  matters,  and  believed  in 
the  full  performance  of  political  duties.  Va- 
cillation and  unrest  were  not  characteristics 
of  the  man.  He  exercised  his  influence  in  his 
party  from  the  inside  rather  than  from  the 
outside.  In  religious  matters  he  was  a  staunch 
Congregationalist  of  the  earlier  type,  but 
neither  narrow  nor  intolerant.  His  religion 
was  a  part  of  his  life,  not  a  matter  to  be 
talked  about.  He  died  in  the  faith  which  he 
had  early  professed  and  which  had  been  to 
him  a  source  of  comfort  and  strength  during 
a  long  and  active  life. 

Harrison  J.  Libby  married,  in  Scarboro, 
July  17,  1832,  Margaret  Agnes,  born  in  Scar- 
boro, November  6,  1806,  died  in  Portland,  De- 
cember 23,  1884,  daughter  of  Captain  Stephen 
and  Agnes  (Hasty)  Libby,  of  Scarboro.  (See 
Libby,  VI.)  To  them  were  born  five  daugh- 
ters :  Harriet  Anna,  Ernestine  Lord,  Marga- 
retta  Agnes,  Ellen  Harrison  and  Julia  Austin. 
Ernestine  L.  died  single.  Julia  Austin  mar- 
ried William  T.  Holt  and  resided  in  Portland. 
She  died  December  28,  1878,  in  Colorado 
Springs.  Of  this  marriage  were  born  four 
children:  Eleanor,  deceased,  who  married 
Elias  Thomas  Jr.;  Harrison  Jewell;  Julia  Ag- 
nes,  who  died   vouna:;   and   William   Leland. 


who  married  Polly  E.  Dawson,  and  has  one 
child,  William  Iceland  Jr.  Harriet  A.,  Marga- 
retta  A.  and  Ellen  H.,  all  unmarried,  reside  in 
the  handsome  property  left  by  their  father  on 
Congress  street,  Portland. 


(For  preceding  gcncratlon.s  see  John  Libby  I.) 

(II)  David,  sixth  son  of  John 
LIBBY  Libby,  was  born  in  Scarborough 
in  1657,  and  died  probably  in 
1736.  From  the  town  records  it  appears  that 
February  11,  1681,  he  and  four  others  were 
chosen  to  renew  the  bounds  between  Casco 
(afterward  Falmouth,  and  now#Cape  Eliza- 
beth) and  Scarborough,  and  that  he  received 
several  town  grants.  W'hen  the  town  was  de- 
serted in  1690,  he  went  to  Portsmouth,  where 
he  lived  about  ten  years.  In  December,  1699, 
he,  his  brother  Matthew,  his  brother-in-law, 
Daniel  Fogg,  Joseph  Hammond  and  Stephen 
Tobey,  the  first  three  being  then  of  Ports- 
mouth and  the  others  of  Kittery.  bought  what 
was  known  as  the  Knowles  purchase  in  that 
part  of  Kittery  which  is  now  Eliot.  It  fronted 
on  the  Piscataqua  river,  at  the  "Long  Reach," 
about  three-fourths  of  a  mile,  and  stretched 
back  into  the  town  a  long  distance.  The  fol- 
lowing spring  they  divided  it  lengthwise,  so 
that  each  had  a  fronting  on  the  river.  The 
division  line  between  the  lands  of  David  Libby 
and  his  brother  passed  over  what  is  now 
known  as  Libby  Hill.  On  this  hill,  within  a 
few  rods  of  each  other,  they  built  their 
houses.  They  had  a  lane  between  their  lands, 
reaching  from  the  river  to  their  northeast 
boundary :  parts  of  this  lane  are  still  open. 
David  Libby  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  a  farmer  in  comfortable  circumstances. 
He  made  his  will  May  6,  1725.  The  amount 
of  his  inventory  was  £1,329,  5s.  He  was 
buried  on  the  farm,  where  now  lie  near  him 
five  generations  of  his  descendants.  His  wife's 
baptismal  name  was  Eleanor.  Their  children 
were :  David,  Samuel,  Margaret,  Solomon, 
John,  Elizabeth,  Ephraim,  Eleanor  and  Abi- 
gail. 

(Ill)  John,  fourth  son  of  David  and  El- 
eanor Libby,  was  born  probably  in  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  about  1697,  and  died 
in  Scarborough,  Maine,  July  i,  1764.  He  re- 
ceived from  his  father  by  deed  of  gift  dated 
March,  1719,  all  his  lands  in  Scarborough, 
and  doubtless  moved  at  once  to  his  father's 
old  home,  as  he  was  present  at  the  first  town 
meeting  in  Scarborough.  Three  of  his  sons, 
Matthew,  Nathaniel  and  Luke,  he  settled  on 
parts  of  his  homestead,  and  Elisha  and  Alli- 
-son,  he  gave  lands  in  the  interior  of  the  town. 


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He  had  an  extra  finger  on  each  hand,  below 
the  little  finger,  and  from  this  was  called,  to 
distinguish  him  from  the  other  John  Libbys 
in  Scarborough  at  that  time,  "Five  Fingered 
John  Libby."  He  married  (first)  November 
14,  1724.  Sarah  Libby,  who  was  born  in  Kit- 
tery,  September  7,  1702,  daughter  of  IMatthew 
and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Libby.  (See  Libby 
n.)  After  her  death  he  married  (second) 
January  9,  1755,  Deborah  Dunnivan,  of  Fal- 
mouth, who  probably  died  before  him.  His 
children,  all  by  the  first  wife  and  born  in  Scar- 
borough, were :  Elisha,  Matthew,  Mark,  Alli- 
son, Nathankl,  Luke  and  John. 

(IV)  ElisTia,  eldest  child  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Libby)  Libby,  was  born  in  Scarborough  in 
1725,  and  died  March  18,  1791.  He  grew  up 
in  his  native  town  and  settled  on  land  which 
his  father  gave  him.  He  cleared  up  a  farm, 
recentlv  and  perhaps  now  owned  by  Osgood 
Libby.  He  married  (first)  February  9,  1748, 
Esther  Fogg;  (second)  November  28,  1753, 
Abigail  Meserve,  daughter  of  John  and  Je- 
mima (Hubbard)  Meserve,  of  Scarborough. 
She  died  June  5,  1817.  His  children,  all  by 
the  second  wife,  were :  Elisha,  Moses",  Esther, 
Benjamin,  Abigail,  Dorothy,  Anna,  Jane, 
Lucy,  Rufus  and  Martha. 

(V)  Rufus,  fourth  son  of  Elisha  and  Abi- 
gail (Meserve)  Libby,  was  born  in  Scarbor- 
ough, April  23,  1777,  and  died  in  1854.  He 
succeeded  to  the  paternal  acres  and  spent  his 
life  cultivating  them.  He  married  (first)  De- 
cember 13,  1798,  Charlotte  Plummer,  daughter 
of  Jesse  Plummer.  She  died  January  26, 
1825.  He  married  (second)  December  27, 
1825,  Esther  Libby,  who  was  born  July  9, 
1 78 1,  daughter  of  Simon  and  Elizabeth 
(Thompson)  Libby.  (See  Libby  IV.)  She 
died  January  27,  1841.  He  married  (third) 
1841,  Mrs.  Ann  Lord,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Bickford,  who  survived  him.  His  children, 
all  by  wife  Charlotte,  were:  Mary,  Hannah, 
Charlotte,  Lydia,  Eliza  Osgood,  Cornelius  and 
Ellen. 

(VI)  Lydia,  fourth  child  of  Rufus  and 
Charlotte  (Plummer)  Libby,  was  born  in 
Scarborough,  January  28,  1805,  and  married, 
October  3,   1824,  George  Libby.     (See  Libby 

V.) 

(IV)  Andrew  (2),  eldest  child  of  Lieuten- 
ant Andrew  (i)  and  Esther  (Furber)  Libby, 
was  born  in  Scarborough,  February  13,  1732, 
and  first  settled  in  the  interior  of  the  town  on 
land  adjacent  to  that  of  his  brother  Joshua. 
There  he  lived  until  1789  when,  with  his  four 
youngest  sons,  who  were  all  that  then  re- 
mained in  his  family,  he  moved  to  Gray  "to 


settle  his  boys,"  and  located  on  Dutton  Hill, 
where  he  died  February  21,  1801.  He  mar- 
ried, November  16,  1755,  Miriam  Burns,  born 
on  the  passage  of  her  parents  from  Ireland 
to  this  country.  She  died  INIarch  13,  1827, 
aged  ninety  years.  Their  children  were : 
Elizabeth,  Anna,  Esther,  William,  Jane,  Re- 
becca, Mary,  Andrew,  Joseph,  David  and 
Simon. 

(V)  Andrew  (3),  eighth  child  of  Andrew 
(2)  and  Miriam  (Burns)  Libby,  was  born  in 
Scarborough,  May  27,  1771.  As  stated  above 
he  went  with  his  father  and  brothers  to  Gray, 
where  he  was  a  farmer.  He  owned  and  oc- 
cupied four  different  places  in  that  town.  In 
his  old  age  he  and  his  wife  went  to  live  with 
their  son  Elias  in  Windham,  where  they  both 
died;  she  February  21,  and  he  March  31, 
1855.  He  was  then  eighty-four  years  old. 
He  married  Sarah  Cummings,  of  Gray,  by 
whom  he  had  eight  children :  Christina,  Elias, 
Ebenezer,  Joseph,  Esther,  Lucinda,  Charlotte 
and   Lucy. 

(VI)  Elias,  eldest  son  of  Andrew  (3)  and 
Sarah  (Cummings)  Libby,  was  born  in  Gray, 
November  4,  1796.  He  removed  to  Windham 
when  a  young  man,  and  a  year  after  his  mar- 
riage settled  on  the  farm  where  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life. ,  He  lived  some  time  in 
what  is  now  the  porch  (a  little  house  which 
he  liauled  from  a  neighboring  farm),  and 
afterward  built  on  the  brick  house  now  stand- 
ing. He  married,  April  8,  1821,  Elizabeth 
Hawkes,  of  Windham.  They  were  the  pa- 
rents of  nine  children  :  Ebenezer  H.,  Andrew, 
Elihu,  Sarah  P.,  Albert  Mitchell,  Lydia  L., 
Daniel  C,  Rebecca  H.,  and  Hannah  A.,  next 
mentioned. 

(VII)  Hannah  Allen,  youngest  child  of 
Elias  and  Elizabeth  (Hawkes)  Libby,  was 
born  in  Windham.  March  29,  1838,  and  mar- 
ried, April  14,  1863,  Charles  H.  Haskell  (see 
Haskell  IV),  and  resides  on  the  homestead 
where  she  was  born. 

(IV)  Simon,  eleventh  and  youngest  child 
of  Lieutenant  Andrew  and  Esther  (Furber) 
Libby.  was  born  in  Scarborough,  June  7,  1752, 
and  died  October  12,  1826.  He  was  a  well- 
to-do  farmer  and  always  lived  on  his  father's 
homestead.  He  married,  December  i,  1772, 
Elizabeth  Thompson,  daughter  of  George  and 
Ruth  Thompson,  of  Scarborough,  from  old 
York.  She  died  January  10,  1825.  Their 
children  were :  Ruth,  Sarah,  Elizabeth, 
Frances,  Esther,  Abigail,  Simon  and  George. 

(V)  George,  eighth  and  youngest  child  of 
Simon  and  Elizabeth  (Thompson)  Libby,  was 
born  in  Scarborough,  February  4,   1791,  and 


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died  November  2,  1840.  He  succeeded  to  the 
ancestral  homestead,  and  he  and  his  brother 
tore  down  the  house  which  had  been  his 
grandfather's  and  built,  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  road,  the  one  now  standine;.  He  mar- 
ried, October  3,  1824,  I.ydia  I.ibby,  who  was 
born  January  28,  1805,  and  died  September  5, 
1839.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Rufus  and 
Charlotte  (Plummer)  Libby.  (See  Libby  VI.) 
The  children  of  this  union  were:  George 
Washington.  John  Adams,  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, Mary  Elizabeth,  Esther  Frances,  John 
Adams,  Simon,  Esther  Allen  and  Lydia 
Frances. 

(VI)  Mary  Elizabeth,  fourth  child  of 
George  and  Lydia  (Libby)  Libby,  was  born 
in  Scarborough,  March  22,  1830,  and  mar- 
ried Afay  2,  1852,  John  A.  Tompson.  (See 
Tompson  VIII.) 

(IV)  Seth,  ninth  son  and  fourteenth  child 
of  Captain  John  and  Anna  (Fogg)  Libby,  was 
born  on  Oak  Hill,  Scarborough,  .Alav  i,  1753, 
and  died  December  9,  1836.  He  lived  and 
died  on  the  farm  where  he  was  born.  His 
house  was  on  the  post  road  between  Portland 
and  Boston,  and  in  addition  to  carrying  on  his 
farm  he  kept  a  tavern.  He  married.  May  12, 
1779,  Lydia  Jordan,  who  was  born  March  22, 
1763,  daughter  of  Dominicus  Jordan  of  Cape 
Elizabeth,  the  same  known  as  "Old  Stuff." 
She  lived  to  the  age  of  ninety-two  and  died 
October  17,  1852.  Their  children  were: 
Aaron,  Lois.  Susannah,  Lydia,  Anna,  Phebe, 
Rhoda,  Hannah,  Jordan,  Aaron,  Hannah, 
Eunice  and  John. 

iV)  Rhoda.  seventh  child  of  Seth  and  Lydia 
(Jordan)  Libby,  was  born  June  13.  1792,  and 
married,  September  23,  1819.  Captain  William 
Tompson.     (See  Tompson  VII.) 

(V)  Captain  Stephen,  third  son  of  Stephen 
and  Margaret  (Miller)  Libby,  born  in  Scar- 
borough, November  4,  1771,  died  November 
20,  1859.  aged  eighty-eight  years.  He  was  a 
mariner  for  several  years,  but  soon  after  his 
marriage  settled  on  a  farm  on  Oak  Hill,  where 
he  was  an  industrious  and  prosperous  farmer. 
He  married.  January  13,  1798,  Agnes  Hasty, 
w^ho  died  November  5,  1858.  Their  children 
were :  Harriet  A.,  Lucinda",  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, Margaret  Agnes,  Ernestine,  Frances  (died 
young') ,  Harriet,  Sallv  Mavnard,  and  Francis 
Lihbv. 

(VI)  Margaret  Agnes,  fourth  child  of  Cap- 
tain Stephen  and  Agnes  (Hasty)  Libbv,  born 
on  Oak  Hill.  November  6,  1806,  married,  July 
17,  1832,  Harrison  Jewel!  Libbv.  (See  Libbv 
VII.)  "  ^ 


The  ancient  name  Brad- 
BRADBURY     bury    is    of    Saxon    origin, 

and  is  composed  of  the  two 
elements  brad,  signifying  broad,  and  bury, 
town,  and  was  probably  assumed  by  some  one 
who  had  dwelt  in  the  town  of  Bradbury.  The 
name  was  restricted  in  England  to  narrow 
limits,  and  at  the  time  of  the  settlement  of  the 
first  emigrants  in  New  England  seems  to  have 
been  confined  to  one  parish  in  Derbyshire. 
The  radiating  point  seems  to  have  been  Oiler- 
set  in  the  parish  of  Glossop,  in  the  northerly 
part  of  Derby.  The  first  mention  of  the  name 
is  in  1433,  when  there  were  living  in  Ollerset 
Roger  de  Bradbury  and  Rodolplius  de  Brad- 
bury. Neither  one  of  these  two  gentlemen  is 
claimed  as  an  ancestor  by  the  American  Brad- 
burys. 

(I)  Robert  Bradbury,  the  earliest  known 
ancestor  of  this  line,  must  have  been  born  as 
early  as  1400.  He  resided  at  Ollerset  in  Der- 
byshire, and  married  a  daughter  of  Robert 
Davenport  (copied  also  Damport),  of  Bram- 
hall,  county  of  Chester.  She  was  buried  at 
Stansted,  Mount  Fitchet,  county  of  Essex. 
They  had  two  children,  William  and  Thomas. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Robert  Bradbury,  was 
of  Braughing.  in  Hertfordshire,  patron  of  the 
church  of  Westmill  in  Hertfordshire,  in  1462. 
He  married  Martha,  daughter  and  co-heir  of 
Geoffry  Rockhill,  of  Wormingford,  county 
Essex.  Their  children  were :  Robert,  Thomas, 
George,  Henry  and  Philippa. 

(III)  Robert  (2),  eldest  child  of  William 
and  Martha  (Rockhill)  Bradbury,  named  in 
the  inquisition  of  his  brother.  Sir  Thomas, 
then  dead,  supposed  justice  of  the  assize,  Isle 
of  Ely,  February  4,  i486,  witness  to  the  will 
of  George  Nichall,  of  Littlebury,  December  2, 
1484,  died  1489,  and  was  buried  in  the  church 
of  Grey  Friars,  London),  is  said  to  have  mar- 
ried Anne,  daughter  of  Infans  Wyant.  They 
had  a  son   William,  next  mentioned. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  Robert  (2)  and 
Anne  (Wyant)  Bradbury,  was  born  in  1480. 
He  is  named  in  the  inquisition  post  mortem  on 
the  estate  of  his  uncle,  Sir  Thomas,  in  1510, 
then  aged  thirty-five  years,  to  whose  estate  he 
succeeded.  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Mancendem, 
acquired  the  manor  of  Catmere  Hall  in  Little- 
bury,  county  Essex,  1543,  and  was  buried  at 
Littlebury,  June  15,  1546.  He  is  incorrectly 
said  to  have  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Fitzwilliams,  Lord  of  Elmvn  and  Spots- 
bury,  and  widow  of  Thomas'  Bendish,  of 
Bowre  Hall,  in  Steeple  Bumstead,  E.sq.,  'who 
died  in  1477.  leaving  issue :    Richard  Bendish, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Esq.  His  children  were:  William,  Phillippa, 
and  Matthew,  whose  sketch  follows. 

(V)  Matthew,  youngest  of  the  three  chil- 
dren of  William  (2)  Bradbury,  was  Lord  of 
the  Manor  of  Wicken  Hall,  in  the  parish  of 
Wicken  Bonant,  which  manor  he  acquired  by 
purchase  in  1557.  He  purchased  the  manor  of 
Grange  in  Thaxted,  county  of  Essex,  and  sold 
it  the  next  year.  He  is  mentioned  in  the  wills 
of  his  brother  William  and  nephew  Robert. 
He  died  June  19,  1585,  and  an  inquisition  post 
mortem  was  held  (October  26,  1587.  He  mar- 
ried IMargaret  Rowse,  of  the  city  of  Cam- 
bridge. Their  children  were:  William,  Thom- 
as and  Barbara. 

(\T)  William  (3),  eldest  child  of  Matthew 
and  Margaret  (Rowse)  Bradbury,  of  Wicken 
Bonant,  "Esq.,  aged  forty-one  in  1583,  is 
named  in  the  wills  of  his  cousin  Robert  and 
brother  Thomas.  His  own  will  is  dated  April 
19,  1622,  and  was  proved  May  6,  1623.  He 
died  November  30,  1622,  and  was  buried  at 
Wicken.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Richard  Eden,  Esq.,  LL.  D.,  of  Bury 
St.  Edmunds,  county  of  Suffolk,  who  died 
and  was  buried  at  Wicken,  February  8,  1612. 
Their  children  were:  Matthew,  Wymond, 
Henry,  Thomas  (died  young),  Bridget,  Anne 
and  Alice. 

(VH)  Wymond,  second  son  and  child  of 
William  (3)  and  Anne  (Eden)  Bradbury,  was 
of  Wicken  Bonant.  afterward  of  the  parish 
of  Whitechapel,  county  Middlesex,  and  died 
in  1650.  He  was  baptized  at  Newport  Pond, 
May  16,  1574,  and  was  of  London,  October 
17,  1628.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
William  Whitgift,  and  sister  of  the  wife  of 
his  brother  Matthew.  She  died  June  26.  1612, 
in  the  thirty-ninth  year  of  her  age,  and  was 
buried  at  Croydon,  county  Surrey.  Her  first 
husband  was  Richard  Coles,  of  Leigh,  Wor- 
cestershire, who  died  November,  1600.  She 
married  (second)  Francis  Gill,  of  London, 
who  died  in  1605;  and  (third)  Wymond 
Bradbury.  Their  children  were :  William, 
Thomas,  Jane  and  Anne. 

(Vni)  Thomas,  second  son  and  child  of 
Wymond  and  Elizabeth  (Whitgift)  (Gill) 
Bradbury,  was  baptized  at  Wicken  Bonant, 
Essex  county,  England,  February  28,  161 1, 
as  appears  by  the  parish  register.  Early  in 
1634.  says  the  Bradbury  memorial  from  which 
this  sketch  is  taken,  he  appeared  at  Agamen- 
ticus,  now  York,  Maine,  as  the  agent  or  stew- 
ard of  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  the  proprietor 
of  the  province  of  Maine.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  the  ancient  town  of 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  one  of  the  earliest 


settlers  in  that  place,  and  was  one  of  the  fore- 
most citizens  there  for  a  period  of  more  than 
half  a  century.  In  1640  he  was  made  free- 
man, held  at  various  times  the  offices  of 
schoolmaster  of  the  town,  town  clerk,  justice 
of  the  peace,  deputy  to  the  general  court, 
county  recorder,  associate  judge  and  captain 
of  the  military  company ,  and  always  filled 
these  important  positions  with  credit  to  him- 
self and  satisfaction  to  the  public.  He  wrote 
an  easv,  graceful  and  legible  hand,  and  had  a 
clear  and  concise  style  of  expression.  In  1636 
he  became  a  grantee  of  Salisbury,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  was  appointed  first  clerk  of  the 
writs  in  that  town.  He  was  chosen  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1651-52-56-57-60-61  and 
1666.  In  1654-56-58-59  he  was  a  member  of 
various  committees  to  settle  differences  con- 
cerning lands,  to  fix  boundaries  and  locate 
grants.  As  agent  for  Gorges,  he  executed 
some  of  the  earliest  deeds  contained  in  the 
York  county  records.  He  died  March  16, 
1695,  aged  eighty-four  years  or  more.  Thomas 
Bradbury  was  married  to  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  and  Judith  Perkins,  of  Ipswich,  in  1636. 
When  about  eighty  years  old  (1692)  Mrs. 
Bradbury  was  arrested  for  the  crime  of  be- 
witching John  Carr,  so  that  he  became  crazed 
and  prematurelv  died.  She  was  ably  and 
courageously  defended  by  Major  Robert  Pike, 
but  she  with  four  others  was  convicted.  By 
some  means  she  escaped  punishment,  but  the 
others  were  executed.  Her  pastor.  Rev. 
James  Allen,  testified  of  her  as  follows:  'T, 
having  lived  nine  years  at  Salisbury  in  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  and  now  four  years  in 
the  office  of  pastor,  to  my  best  notice  and  ob- 
servance of  ]\Irs.  Bradbury,  she  hath  lived  ac- 
cording to  the  rules  of  the  gospel  amongst 
us;  was  a  constant  attender  upon  the  ministry 
of  the  word,  and  all  the  ordinances  of  the  gos- 
pel ;  full  of  works  of  charity  and  mercy  to  the 
sick  and  poor;  neither  have  I  seen  or  heard 
anything  of  her  unbecoming  the  profession  of 
the  gospel."  One  hundred  and  eighteen  of 
Mrs.  Bradbury's  acquaintances,  consisting  of 
both  men  and  women,  gave  very  strong  testi- 
mony of  the  goodness  of  her  character.  She 
survived  until  1700,  and  died  December  20th 
of  that  year.  The  children  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Perkins)  Bradbury  were:  Wymond, 
Judith,  Thomas,  Mary,  Jane,  Jacob  and  Will- 
iam. 

(IX)  Wymond  (2),  eldest  child  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Perkins)  Bradbury,  born  April  i, 
1637,  died  April  7,  1669,  on  the  Island  of 
Nevis,  in  the  West  Indies,  as  is  stated  on  a 
record  made  bv  his  father  and  now  in  Essex 


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county  archives  in  Saicin.  Massachusetts.  lie 
married,  May  7,  1661,  Sarah  Pike,  daugiitcr 
of  Robert  and  Sarah  (Saunders)  Pike.  She 
married  (second)  John  Stockman,  who  died 
December  10,  16S6.  and  by  him  she  had  five 
children.  The  children  of  Wymond  and  Sarah 
J-lradhury  were:  Sarah,  Ann,  and  Wymond, 
whose  sketch  follows. 

(X)  Wymond  (3),  youngest  child  and  only 
son  of  Wymond  (2)  and  Sarah  (Pike)  Brad- 
bury, born  May  13,  1669,  died  in  York,  Maine, 
April  17,  1734.  He  married  Maria  Cotton, 
born  January  14,  1672,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Jr.  and  Joanna  (Rosseter)  Cotton.  Her 
father  was  the  son  of  Rev.  John  and  Sarah 
(Story)  Cotton,  and  her  mother  the  daughter 
of  Dr.  Bryan  Rosseter.  of  Guilford,  Connecti- 
cut. She  married  (second)  John  Heard,  of 
Kittery,  and  died  in  that  town  January  30, 
1736.  The  children  of  Wymond  and  RIaria 
P.radbury  were :  Jabez.  Wymond,  John,  Row- 
land, Ann,  Josiah,  Theophilus,  Maria  and 
Jerusha. 

(XI)  Elder  John,  third  son  and  child  of 
Wymond  (3)  and  Maria  (Cotton)  Bradbury, 
born  September  9,  1697,  died  December  3, 
1778,  aged  eighty-one  years.  He  was  the 
founder  of  the  York  family  of  Bradbury.  He 
was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  a 
man  of  much  energy,  prominent  in  town  af- 
fairs, several  times  a  member  of  the  provin- 
cial legislature,  ten  years  a  member  of  the 
executive  council,  and  also  judge  of  the  pro- 
bate court.  He  was  an  ardent  patriot  in  the 
time  of  the  revolution,  and  it  is  said  that  on 
one  occasion  he  rebuked  his  minister  in  open 
meeting  for  disloyal  sentiments  expressed  in 
his  sermon.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Abiijail  (DoinieU) 
Young,  of  York.  They  had  children  :  Cotton, 
Lucy,  Bethulah,  Maria,  Abigail,  Elizabeth, 
John,  Joseph  and  Anne. 

(XH)  Joseph,  eighth  child  and  third  son 
of  Elder  John  and  Abigail  (Young)  Brad- 
bury, born  October  23,  1740,  died  in  Saco,  De- 
cember 23,  1821.  Joseph  Bradbury,  of  Pep- 
perellborough  (now  Saco),  was  first  lieuten- 
ant in  Captain  Humphrey  Pike's  first  (Pep- 
perellborough)  company.  Third  York  County 
Regiment,  and  his  name  is  in  the  list  of  Mas- 
sachusetts militia  officers,  commissioned 
March  27,  1776.  He  was  also  in  Captain 
Thomas  Rumney's  company  of  the  Third  York 
County  Regiment,  and  his  name  is  on  the  list 
of  officers  of  Massachusetts  militia  chosen  to 
command  a  battalion  drafted  from  York  coun- 
ty brigade,  agreeable  to  order  of  court  of  Au- 
gust  g,    1777.     This   regiment   was   raised   in 


Biddeford,  Pepperellborough,  Buxton,  and 
Little  Falls  to  re-enforce  tiie  Northern  army. 
He  was  also  captain  of  the  first  company  of 
Colonel  Cutts's  (Third  York  County)  regi- 
ment, and  his  name  is  on  the  list  of  officers 
of  Massachusetts  militia.  He  was  commis- 
sioned December  14,  1779.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Saco  fifty-three  years.  He  married  Dor- 
othy, daughter  of  Daniel  Clark  Esq.  She  was 
born  in  York  in  1748,  and  died  June  7,  1831, 
aged  eighty-three  years.  Their  children  were  : 
Jeremiali,  Anna,  Dorothy  and  Narcissa. 

(Xni)  Jeremiah,  eldest  child  of  Captain 
Joseph  and  Dorothy  (Clark)  Bradbury,  born 
at  Saco,  October  22,  1779,  died  in  Calais,  No- 
vember, 1848.  He  read  law  in  the  office  of 
Cyrus  King  Esq.,  of  Saco,  and  subsequently 
in  the  office  of  Nicholas  Emery,  of  Parsons- 
field.  He  was  admitted  to  the  York  county 
bar  in  1805,  and  began  practice  in  Saco.  He 
moved  to  Biddeford  in  1810,  and  two  years 
later  to  South  Berwick.  In  1813  he  was  ap- 
pointed collector  of  customs  for  the  district  of 
York,  and  in  May,  1815,  moved  to  York.  In 
1820  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  King 
clerk  of  the  judicial  courts  of  York  county, \ 
and  then  he  resigned  his  collectorship  and 
moved  to  Alfred.  He  was  clerk  twenty  years, 
filling  the  position  continuously  until  1841, 
with  the  exception  of  one  year.  In  1841  he 
moved  to  Calais,  where  he  continued  the  prac- 
tice of  law,  a  part  of  the  time  as  partner  of 
George  Walker  Esq.,  until  his  death  in  No- 
vember, 1848.  Pie  married,  October  28,  1810, 
Mary  Langdon,  born  in  Saco,  December  5, 
1789.  Her  father  was  Seth  Storer,  of  Wells 
and  Saco.  Mrs.  Bradbury's  mother  was  Olive, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Tristram  Jordan,  who 
died  in  Saco,  August  4,  1842,  aged  eighty-four 
years.  Their  children  were :  Bion.  Lucius, 
Mary  Langdon,  Ann  Eliza.  Emily.  Frederick 
Storer  (died  young),  Marcia  and  Frederick 
Storer. 

(XIV)  Hon.  Bion,  eldest  child  of  Jeremiah 
and  Mary  Langdon  (Storer)  Bradbury,  born 
in  Biddeford,  December  6,  181 1,  died  in  Port- 
land, July  I,  1887.  He  prepared  for  college 
in  South  Berwick  and  Gorham  academies,  and 
graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1830. 
The  following  year  he  was  preceptor  of  Alfred 
Academy,  and  in  1832  entered  upon  the  study 
of  law  in  the  office  of  Daniel  Goodcnow,  of 
Alfred.  Before  the  completion  of  his  studies 
he  went  to  Portland  and  finished  them  with 
Hon.  William  P.  Preble,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  York  county  bar  in  May,  1834.  He  began 
practice  in  Calais,  and  soon  formed  a  partner- 
ship   with    Hon.   A"son    G.    Chandler,   which 


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continued  until  Mr.  Chandler's  appointment 
to  a  place  o  nthe  bench  of  the  supreme  court. 
Mr.  Bradbury  remained  in  the  practice  of 
law  in  Calais  ten  years,  and  in  1844  was  ap- 
pointed collector  of  customs  for  Passama- 
quoddy  district,  and  moved  to  Eastport;  he 
was  twice  reappointed.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Maine  legislature  in  1849-50-62.  The  last 
time  he  was  returned  he  had  the  unusual  hon- 
or of  being-  elected  by  the  unanimous  vote  of 
both  parties.  He  was  a  candidate  for  congress 
in  1858  and  1874,  and  for  governor  in  1863, 
but  his  party  being  in  the  minority,  he  was 
defeated.  In  1856-60-80  he  was  a  member  of 
the  National  Democratic  conventions.  Dur- 
ing all  these  years  Mr.  Bradbury  continued  in 
the  practice  of  law,  and  always  with  marked 
success.  He  was  a  good  counsellor  and  a 
brilliant  advocate.  In  1864  he  removed  to 
Portland,  and  in  1885  was  appointed  surveyor 
of  the  port  of  Portland,  and  held  that  office 
until  his  death.  The  Portland  Argus  con- 
tained the  following  editorial  on  Mr.  Brad- 
bury the  day  following  his  death :  "The  intel- 
ligence of  the  death  of  Bion  Bradbury  will 
be  received  with  profound  regret  by  men  of  all 
parties  and  sects.  It  will  occasion  a  feeling  of 
personal  loss  to  more  people  in  this  state,  un- 
related to  him  by  kinship  or  political  ties,  than 
the  announcement  of  the  death  of  any  other 
citizen  of  Maine.  The  public  service  of  which 
he  was  an  officer,  the  old  party  in  which  he 
was  born  and  to  which  he  gave  the  best  days 
of  his  life,  miss  a  faithful  servant  and  a  bril- 
liant chief.  The  State  of  Maine  mourns  the 
loss  of  a  patriotic  and  devoted  son.  But  be- 
yond this  and  deeper  than  this  is  the  sense  of 
bereavement  felt  by  those  who  had  no  sym- 
pathy with  his  political  tenets,  no  particular 
knowledge  of  his  striking  ability  in  the  legal 
profession,  no  especial  sympathy  with  his  love 
for  books  and  his  thirst  for  knowledge.  They 
loved  him  for  himself;  for  those  rare  per- 
sonal qualities  that  endeared  him  to  all  whom 
he  met  and  attached  them  to  him  with  hooks 
of  steel.  His  exquisite  courtesy,  his  manners 
as  polished  as  those  of  a  noble  of  the  old  re- 
gime, his  wide  and  democratic  sympathy  for 
his  fellows  of  all  classes,  his  willingness  to 
lend  a  helping  hand  to  those  in  need,  and  the 
entire  absence  of  ostentation  which  marked 
his  life  and  bearing — all  these  combined  to 
make  him  a  universal  favorite.  No  one  ever 
met  him  that  was  not  touched  by  the  grace  of 
his  greetings.  While  his  memory  will  be 
honored  as  a  statesman  by  men  of  all  political 
parties,  as  a  brilliant  jurist  by  the  legal  pro- 
fession he  adorned,  as  a  man  of  culture  by 


scholars,  it  will  be  held  in  affection  by  other 
hundreds  who  care  little  for  those  things,  but 
who  will  long  cherish  the  remembrance  of  the 
kindness  of  Bion  Bradbury  and  the  courtly 
grace  of  his  manner.  No  man  ever  conferred 
a  favor  that  so  well  conveyed  the  impression 
that  he  was  asking  for  it." 

Mr.  Bradbury  married,  October  25,  1837, 
Alice  H.,  born  in  Waterville,  Maine,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1816,  died  in  Portland,  Maine,  April  27, 
1885.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel  John- 
son and  Williams,  of  Brooklyn,  New 

York,  and  afterward  of  Waterville,  Maine. 
The  children  of  this  union  were :  Mary  Lang- 
don  Storer,  Albert  Williams,  William  Dow, 
Bion  Lucius  (died  young),  Alice  Williams, 
Bion  and  Marcia  Dow. 

(X\")  Alice  Williams,  fifth  child  and  sec- 
ond daughter  of  Hon.  Bion  and  Alice  H. 
(Williams)  Bradbury,  born  January  25,  1849, 
married,  December  9,  1869,  Charles  F.  Libby, 
of  Portland   (see  Libby  VIII). 


This  name,  with  its  various 
PHILBROOK  orthography:  P  h  i  1  brick, 
P  h  i  1  b  r  o  o  k,  Philbrucke, 
Philbrok,  etc.,  appears  in  the  past  generations 
generally  spelled  Philbrick,  yet  for  two  hun- 
dred years  many  families  spelled  it  Philbrook, 
as  do  the  families  of  the  sixth  generation,  the 
way  it  is  generally  pronounced.  In  the  Colon- 
ial times  the  spelling  is  indiscriminate,  and 
apparently  taken  as  pronounced,  using  the  let- 
ters best  calculated  to  represent  the  pronun- 
ciation used.  We  can  find  no  positive  con- 
nection of  the  first  of  this  name  in  New  Eng- 
land with  the  families  of  the  same  name  ni 
England. 

(I)  Thomas  Philbrick,  apparently  a  mari- 
ner in  England  and  at  all  events  a  shipbuilder, 
was  the  first  of  the  name  in  the  Colony  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay,  and  was  born  in  England, 
the  approximate  date  of  his  birth  being  1583, 
and  that  of  his  death  1667.  He  came  to  New 
England  from  Lincolnshire  with  his  wife 
Elizabeth  and  several  children,  and  they  ap- 
pear on  the  records  of  the  town  of  Watertown 
as  early  as  1636,  and  it  is  probable  that  mem- 
bers of  the  family,  especially  his  sons,  came 
at  various  times  between  1630  and  1636,  and 
one  or  more  may  have  been  with  the  original 
party  that  made  the  first  settlement  in  1630. 
Bird,  the  historian  of  Watertown,  locates  the 
Philbrick  homestead  on  the  northwest  corner 
of  Belmont  and  Lexington  streets  as  the  town 
is  now  laid  out.  The  children  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  Philbrick,  according  to  the  early 
church   and   family  records,  were:    i.  James, 


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born  in  Eiighuul,  about  1622,  married  (first) 
Jane,  and  (second)  Ann  Roberts,  sisters,  and 
had  ten  children  by  the  second  marriage.  He 
was  drowned  in  the  Hampton  river,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1674.  2.  John,  born  in  England,  was 
a  proprietor  in  the  town  of  Watcrtown,  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay  Colony,  and  removed  to  Hamp- 
ton in  1639.  '  He  married  Ann  Palmer,  and 
had  seven  children  by  the  marriage :  he  was 
drowned  at  sea  with  his  wife  and  daughter, 
November  20,  1657.  3.  Thomas,  see  forward. 
4.  Elizabeth,  married  Thomas,  son  of  Aquila 
Chase,  and  they  had  five  children.  5.  Han- 
nah, who  was  named  in  her  father's  will,  made 
in  March,  1664,  but  of  whom  there  appears 
to  be  no  other  record.  6.  Mary,  married  Ed- 
ward, son  of  Robert  Tuck,  of  Hampton,  about 
1648,  and  he  had  by  this  marriage  two  chil- 
dren; some  time  after  his  first  wife's  death  he 
married  a  second  time  and  he  died  in  1699.  7. 
Martha,  born  in  Watertown,  1633,  married 
John  Cass,  and  her  grandson  was  the  Hon. 
Lewis  Cass,  the  American  statesman  and  sol- 
dier. Thomas  Philbrick,  the  senior,  father  of 
these  children,  removed  from  Watertown  to 
Hampton  in  1650-51,  to  which  place  his  elder 
sons  liad  preceded  him,  and  in  1661  he  bought 
land  adjoining  the  farms  then  owned  by  his 
son  James  and  his  son-in-law,  John  Cass,  hav- 
ing sold  his  estate  in  Watertown  to  Isaac 
Stearns.  His  wife  died  March  19,  1663,  and 
he  made  his  will  in  March,  1664,  at  which 
time  he  speaks  of  himself  as  "very  aged,"  and 
the  veteran  immigrant  settler  died  in  Hampton 
in  1667. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  third  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  Philbrick,  was  born  in  England 
in  1624,  settled  with  his  father  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and  in  1647  mar- 
ried Anne,  daughter  of  Deacon  William 
Knapp,  who  settled  in  Watertown  in  1630, 
and  about  165 1  they  settled  on  land  in  that 
part  of  Hampton  now  known  as  .Seabrook, 
New  Hampshire,  and  most  of  the  estate  then 
purchased  remained  in  the  Philbrook  family, 
his  descendants,  for  two  hundred  and  forty 
years.  He  was  made  deacon  of  the  church  in 
Hampton,  in  November,  1669,  was  selectman 
of  the  town  for  five  years,  was  a  representa- 
tive in  the  general  court  and  was  sergeant  in 
the  militia  company  of  Hampton,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1693.  He  had  four  children  by  his 
wife,  Anne  (Knapp)  Philbrick.  and  she  died 
May  17,  1667.  He  married  (second)  Octo- 
ber 22,  1669,  Plannah,  widow  of  John  White. 
of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  and  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Ann  French,  of  Hampton,  and 
by  her  had  three  children.    He  died  in  Hamp- 


ton, November  24,  1700,  aged  seventy-six. 
The  children  of  Sergeant  Thomas  and  Anne 
(Knapp)  Philbrick,  all  born  in  Hampton, 
were:  i.  Mary,  born  September  11,  1651.  2. 
Bethia,  born  January  16,  1654  (there  is  some 
doubt  as  to  this  being  his  daughter).  3.  Jona- 
than, born  July  19,  1660,  and  by  his  wife  Jane 
had  three  children,  and  died  at  Salisbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, April  22,  1694.  4.  Elizabeth,  born 
1667,  died  an  infant  the  same  year,  probably 
at  the  time  of  her  mother's  death.  The  chil- 
dren of  Sergeant  Thomas  and  Hannah 
(French)  (White)  Philbrick  were :  5.  Will- 
iam, see  forward.  6.  Jane,  married,  August 
17,  1700,  Joseph  Cram.  7.  Hannah,  with  no 
dates  of  birth  or  death  given. 

(HI)  Wniiam,  eldest  son  of  Sergeant 
Thomas  (2)  and  Hannah  (French)  (White) 
Philbrick,  was  born  in  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, July  27,  1670,  was  brought  up  on  the 
farm  of  his  father  and  continued  to  follow  his 
vocation.  He  married,  October  10,  1689, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Walter  Neal,  of  Greenland 
parish,  town  of  Portsmouth,  and  he  settled  on 
a  farm  in  that  parish  before  1694.  He  was 
made  constable  of  the  town  in  1695,  and  with 
his  wife  joined  the  first  church  organized  in 
Greenland  in  July,  1706,  at  the  time  of  the 
establishment  of  the  town  government.  They 
had  children,  namely:  i.  Walter,  born  in 
Hampton,  Noverrtber  10,  1690,  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Robert  Tufton,  afterward 
known  as  Mason,  and  had  six  children,  and 
his  widow  married  as  her  second  husband. 
Rev.  William  Allen,  of  Greenland,  Walter 
Philbrick  having  died  in  1732.  2.  Jonathan, 
see  forward.  3.  Mary,  born  I\Iay  20,  1702. 
4.  Samuel,  married  and  lived  in  Greenland.  5. 
Olive.    6.  Abigail.    7.  Sarah. 

(lY)  Jonathan,  second  son  of  William  and 
Mary  (Neal)  Philbrick,  of  Hampton  and 
Greenland,  was  born  in  Greenland  parish, 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  about  1694.  He 
joined  the  church  in  Greenland  in  1721,  was 
both  a  farmer  and  shipwright,  and  a  man  of 
remarkable  enterprise.     He  married  Elizabeth 

and  they  had  seven  children.     In  1728 

he  sold  his  property  in  Greenland,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  removed  to  Arundel,  York  county, 
Maine,  and  thence  to  Saco,  Maine.  In  1743 
he  removed  to  "Long  Ranch,"  on  the  Kenne- 
bec river,  and  built  a  garrison  house  which 
afl'orded  shelter  and  protection  for  four  neigh- 
boring families  in  the  Indian  wars,  and  he 
and  his  sons  launched  several  ships  at  their 
yards,  located  where  the  custom  house  in 
Bath  now  stands.  He  married,  probably  in 
Maine,  his  second  wife,  Mary  Springer.    The 


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children  of  Jonathan  and  Ehzabeth  Philbrick 
were:  i.  Ehnor,  baptized  1722  in  Greenwood, 
New  Hampshire.  2.  William,  1724.  3.  Cap- 
tain Jonathan,  died  in  Clinton,  Maine,  1801. 
4.  Priscilla,  baptized  in  Greenwood,  married 
John  Barnes,  of  Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  and 
had  twelve  children.  5.  David,  baptized  in 
1724.  6.  Abigail,  baptized  in  1725.  7.  Deacon 
Joshua,  born  October  10,  1727.  8.  Job,  see 
forward.  9.  Sarah,  baptized  1731.  10.  Jo- 
seph, born  about  1733. 

(V)  Job,  fifth  son  of  Jonathan  and  Eliza- 
beth Philbrick,  was  baptized  in  1729,  in  the 
church  in  Greenland,  New  Hampshire,  and 
when  fifteen  years  of  age  was  working  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Greenland,  having  a  compan- 
ion and  helper,  an  Irish  boy  by  the  name  of 
Malony.  They  were  plowing  in  a  field  some 
distance  from  the  house  and  hidden  from  it 
by  an  intervening  woods,  and  while  there  em- 
ployed they  were  surprised  by  a  party  of  In- 
dians who  cut  oft  their  retreat  to  the  house  by 
taking  a  position  on  the  direct  path,  and  they 
were  quickly  taken  prisoners  and  carried  be- 
yond house  call  and  thence  to  Canada,  where 
Job  was  held  a  prisoner  of  the  tribe  for  some 
years,  and  on  returning  home  he  continued  to 
work  upon  the  farm.  He  was  married  to 
Mary  Trufant,  of  Georgetown,  Maine,  the 
marriage  taking  place  about  1752.  He  set- 
tled first  at  "Long  Reach,"  in  Georgetown 
(afterwards  Bath,  Maine)  and  then  at  Vinal 
Harbor,  where  he  was  a  farmer,  carpenter  and 
shipbuilder  and  lumberman.  He  also  was 
scrivener,  writing  deeds,  bonds  and  other  legal 
papers  for  the  early  settlers  of  his  neighbor- 
hood. By  his  wife,  Mary  (Trufant)  Phil- 
brick, he  had  five  children,  as  follows  :  i.  Jere- 
miah, born  in  Georgetown  (Bath),  Maine, 
December  8,  1752,  resided  on  part  of  the 
homestead  and  helped  work  the  farm,  and 
when  twenty-one  years  of  age  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Increase  Leadbetter,  of  Stoughton, 
Massachusetts,  where  she  was  born  July  9, 
1754.  He  died  in  Bath,  September  16,  1819, 
and  his  widow  survived  him  till  February  2, 
1847,  when  she  had  reached  her  eighty-eighth 
year,  after  having  brought  up  ten  of  her 
eleven  children  and  seeing  them  happily  mar- 
ried and  blessing  her  with  numerous  grand- 
children. 2.  Mary  (Molly),  married  William 
Radclifif,  of  Thomaston,  Maine,  and  had  eight 
children.  3.  Lydia,  married  John  Smith,  of 
Vinal  Harbor,  and  had  one  child.  4.  Joel, 
born  August  14,  1759,  married,  in  January, 
1775,  Mary,  daughter  of  Increase  Leadbetter, 
born  in  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  December 
12,   1761,  had  fifteen  children,  and  with   the 


mother  and  five  younger  removed  to  Licking 
county,  Ohio,  during  the  war  of  1S12,  and  he 
died  at  St.  Albans,  Ohio,  September  15,  1820, 
and  his  widow  near  Etna,  Ohio,  September 
24,  1850.  5.  Jane,  married  Isaac  Tolman,  she 
being  his  third  wife,  and  she  had  one  child, 
Lydia  Tolman,  who  was  the  twentieth  child  of 
Isaac  Tolman,  and  she  married  Samuel  Has- 
kell, of  Gorham,  Maine.  Mary  (Trufant) 
Philbrick  died  in  Vinal  Harbor  about  1774. 
After  his  older  children  were  settled  Job  Phil- 
brick married  Dolly  Hinckley,  of  Castine, 
Maine,  and  removed  from  Vinal  Harbor, 
Maine,  and  settled  on  one  of  the  Islesboro 
group  called  Job's  Island  and  his  sixth  child. 
Job  jr.,  was  born  in  Castine,  Maine ;  his  sev- 
enth child,  and  second  by  second  wife,  was 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below.  The  eighth  child 
Plannah  was  by  his  third  wife,  Hannah 
(Coombes)  Philbrick.  He  died  at  Vinal  Har- 
bor about  1802.  There  is  an  incident  recorded 
of  this  early  settler  that  describes  a  phase  of 
life  on  the  frontier  at  that  time.  After  he 
had  a  large  family  to  provide  for,  from  a 
scant  income,  he  was  called  from  home  on 
business  and  was  detained  much  longer  than 
he  intended,  and  in  his  absence  provisions  in 
the  household,  made  up  of  many  children,  fell 
short.  The  heroic  mother  determined  not  to 
allow  her  children  to  starve,  and  not  knowing 
how  long  her  husband  might  be  detained,  she, 
taking  with  her  the  oldest  child,  Jeremiah, 
then  fourteen  years  of  age,  and  a  hand  sled 
and  a  good  supply  of  ammunition  for  their 
two  guns,  determined  to  go  and  hunt  food. 
Their  path  was  through  the  woods  filled  with 
snow  and  ice,  and  after  following  the  trail 
four  miles,  they  met  up  with  a  moose  and  she 
shot  it,  and  after  cutting  its  throat  to  let  out 
the  blood,  the  weight  of  the  animal  prevented 
its  removal  entire,  she  cut  off  sufficient  to  feed 
the  children  for  several  days  and  returned 
with  it  to  the  home  she  had  left  in  the  morn- 
ing, four  miles  distant,  and  the  father  getting 
there  the  next  day,  easily  brought  home  the 
remainder  of  the  carcass  of  the  moose. 

(VI)  Jonathan  (2)  Philbrook,  fourth  son 
and  seventh  child  of  Job  and  Dolly  Philbrick, 
was  born,  probably  in  Castine.  Maine,  and  was 
a  seafaring  man.  His  wife  was  an  Abbot,  but 
her  christian  name  is  not  recorded.  The  only 
child  of  Jonathan  and (Abbot)  Phil- 
brick was  John,  mentioned  below.  Jonathan 
Philbrook  died  probably  the  same  year  from  a 
fall  from  the  deck  into  the  hold  of  a  vessel  on 
which  he  had  shipped. 

(VII)  John,  only  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  and 
(Abbot)  Philbrook,  was  born  in  Pros- 


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pect,  Maine,  December  10,  1796.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon  Daniel  Mor- 
gan, of  Sedgwick,  Maine,  and  he  followed  the 
sea  as  had  his  father.  Three  children  were 
born  to  them,  as  follows:  i.  John,  born  in 
Sedgwick,  July  2,  1818,  and  was  lost  at  sea 

February    14,   ,   when    eighteen   years   of 

age.  2.  Luther  Groves,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Harriet  E.,  born  April  21,  1822,  died  July  15, 
1872.  John  Philbrook  died  at  Edenton,  North 
Carolina,  February  23,  1823,  when  twenty- 
six  years  of  age,  and  his  widow  at  Sedgwick, 
Maine,  August  25,  1876. 

(Vni)  Luther  Groves,  second  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Morgan)  Philbrook,  was  born 
in  Sedgwick,  Maine,  March  21,  1820.  He  was 
bound  out  to  a  cabinetmaker  in  Castine,  and 
after  serving  his  time  returned  to  Sedgwick, 
where  he  worked  at  his  trade  up  to  about  1854, 
when  he  went  to  Portland  and  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business.  In  1856  he  returned  to 
Sedgvi'ick  and  worked  in  that  town  up  to 
1861,  when  he  was  appointed  deputy  collector 
of  customs  and  served  in  President  Lincoln's 
administration  and  that  of  President  Johnson 
in  1861-69,  and  in  1869  was  transferred  to 
Castine,  the  port  of  entry,  where  Jie  served  as 
special  deputy  to  the  collector  of  the  port,  and 
he  was  displaced  by  President  Cleveland  at 
the   beginning   of   his   first   administration    in 

1881.  He  continued  to  live  a  retired  life  in 
Castine,  where  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  State 
Normal  school  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
September  10,  1892.  He  had  served  the  town 
of  Sedgwick  as  selectman  during  his  residence 
there,  and  on  removing  to  Castine  was  on  the 
board  of  selectmen  and  served  as  president  of 
the  board.  He  was  married  July  3,  1843,  to 
Angelia,  daughter  of  Napthali  and  Abagail 
Cot^in,  of  Livermore,  Maine.  She  was  born 
March  8,  1823,  and  died  in  Castine,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1 89 1.  The  children  of  Luther  Groves 
and  Angelia  (Coffin)  Philbrook  were:  i. 
Eudora  G.,  born  in  Sedgwick,  Maine,  April 
28,  1844,  married  Henry  W.  Sargent,  of  Sedg- 
wick. 2.  Edward  Everett,  born  in  Portland, 
Maine,  September  21,  1854,  became  a  physi- 
cian and  surgeon.  3.  Warren  Coffin,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Warren  Coffin,  son  of  Luther  Groves 
and  Angelia  (Coffin)  Philbrook,  was  born  in 
Sedgwick,  Maine,  November  30,  1857.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Castine,  and  the 
state  normal  school,  also  located  in  that  town, 
and  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Coburn 
Classical  Institute,  matriculating  at  Colby 
University    in    1878,   and    graduating   A.    B., 

1882.  He    taught    one    year   in    Farmington 


State  Normal  school,  then  served  as  principal 
of  Waterville  high  school  until  June,  1887.  He 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Edmund  Fuller  Webb 
and  Hon.  Reuben  Foster,  of  Waterville, 
Maine,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1884. 
He  opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of  law  in 
Waterville,  and  was  made  judge  of  the  Wa- 
terville municipal  court.  He  represented  the 
city  in  the  state  legislature  for  two  terms,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  judiciary  committee  of 
the  house.  He  also  served  as  mayor  of  Wa- 
terville for  two  years,  and  for  several  years 
as  member  of  the  board  of  education  of  the 
city.  He  became  an  effective  political  speaker, 
and  was  sought  and  held  in  high  esteem  as 
an  orator,  both  on  the  stump  and  on  notable 
public  occasions.  On  the  occasion  of  the  cen- 
tennial of  the  settlement  of  Waterville  held 
in  June,  1902,  the  choice  of  orator  fell  to  him, 
and  his  oration  then  pronounced  was  widely 
read  and  gave  universal  pleasure  and  was 
highly  praised  as  an  oratorical  effort  and 
prized  on  account  of  its  historical  values.  He 
is  a  member  of  Waterville  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  past  master  of  the 
lodge,  and  a  member  of  the  Tacconet  Chap- 
ter and  its  past  high  priest ;  and  has  served  as 
commander  of  the  St.  Omer  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  and  is  Grand  Generalissimo 
of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  Maine.  He  was 
given  the  thirty-second  degree  in  Masonry 
and  made  a  member  of  the  Maine  Consistory 
at  Portland.  He  also  affiliates  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  for  the  years  1901-02 
was  grand  chancellor  of  the  order  in  the  state. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  and 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters  of 
America.  In  1905,  when  the  legislature  cre- 
ated the  office  of  assistant  attorney-general 
of  the  state,  he  was  honored  by  appointment  as 
the  first  lawyer  in  Maine  to  fill  the  honorable 
position.  In  January,  1909,  he  was  elected 
attorney  general  of  Maine,  a  position  which 
he  now  continues  to  hold.  Fle  was  married 
August  22,  1882,  to  Ada,  daughter  of  Moses 
C.  and  Francina  (Smith)  Foster.  Mrs.  Phil- 
brook was  born  in  Bethel,  Maine,  June  17, 
1854. 


The  name  Abbott  is  derived 
ABBOTT  through  the  Syriac,  abba,  from 
the  Hebrew,  ab,  meaning  father. 
It  has  been  applied  to  the  head  of  a  religious 
order  by  various  races  from  early  times  and 
finally  became  an  English  surname.  There 
has  been  considerable  controversy  about  the 
spelling  of  the  patronymic  whether  with  one 


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or  two  t's.  INlany  have  held  that  the  single  let- 
ter indicates  the  ancient  and  correct  form. 
Historical  investigation  would  seem  to  indicate 
otherwise.  Of  the  two  hundred  and  eleven 
Abhotts,  whose  wills  were  filed  in  the  courts  in 
and  about  London  during  the  fourteenth,  fif- 
teenth and  sixteenth  centuries,  one  hundred 
and  ninety-five  have  signed  their  names  with 
two  t's.  i\lajor  Lemuel  Abijah  Abbott,  United 
States  army,  who  has  recently  written  the 
valuable  work  in  two  volumes  on  the  Descend- 
ants of  George  Abbott,  of  Rowley,  finds  the 
same  proportion  among  the  signatures  of  the 
early  American  Abbotts,  though  he  frankly 
says  that  he  personally  would  prefer  the  single 
t,  and  always  supposed  that  it  was  the  origi- 
nal form.  To  come  still  nearer  home,  the 
pioneer  Abbotts  of  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
frequently  used  the  double  letter,  as  can  be 
seen  by  their  signatures  (they  never  were 
obliged  to  make  their  marks)  to  the  early 
provincial  papers. 

The  ancient  English  branch  of  the  Ab- 
bott family  lived  in  Yorkshire  and  their 
arms  were  a  shield  ermine,  with  a  pale  gules 
on  which  are  three  pears,  or.  Above  the  shield 
is  a  closed  helmet,  and  the  crest  is  a  dove  bear- 
ing an  olive  branch  in  its  mouth.  The  Guil- 
ford branch  in  Surrey,  which  contains  the 
most  distinguished  members  of  the  family, 
ha\'e  arms  in  which  the  three  pears  are  promi- 
nent, but  they  are  varied  by  the  insignia  of 
the  bishop's  office.  The  Guilford  Abbotts 
present  a  remarkable  record.  Maurice  Abbott 
was  a  cloth  worker  in  the  town  during  the 
sixteenth  century  and  his  wife  was  Alice 
March  or  Marsh.  They  were  staunch  Protes- 
tants and  people  of  undoubted  respectability, 
but  their  own  condition  gave  little  indication 
of  the  eminence  to  which  three  of  their  sons 
would  attain.  They  were  all  contemporaries 
of  Shakespeare,  and  their  talents  were  of  the 
kind  brought  out  by  "the  spacious  times  of 
great  Elizabeth."  Robert  Abbott,  the  eldest  of 
the  six  sons,  became  bishop  of  Salisbury; 
George,  the  second  (1562-1633),  became  lord 
archbishop  of  Canterbury,  which  gave  him  the 
rank  of  the  first  citizen  of  England ;  and  Mor- 
ris, the  youngest,  became  a  knight,  governor 
of  the  East  India  Company  and  lord  mayor  of 
London.  Of  English  Abbotts  in  more  recent 
times  mention  may  be  made  of  Charles  Abbott, 
son  of  John  Abbott,  of  Canterbury,  who  was 
made  lord  chief  justice  of  England  in  1818, 
and  Baron  Tenterden  in  1827.  Another 
Charles  Abbott,  son  of  Rev.  John  Abbot,  of 
Colchester  (name  with  one  t),  was  speaker  of 
the   house   of  commons    from    1802    to    1817, 


when  he  was  elevated  to  the  peerage  as  Baron 
Colchester.  The  Abbott  family  in  this  country 
has  produced  few  people  of  world-wide  fame, 
but  according  to  ]\lajor  Lemuel  A.  Abbott, 
previously  quoted,  the  name  has  stood  for 
'■quiet  dignity,  consideration,  kindness  of 
heart  and  great  suavity  of  manner."  Many 
of  the  family  have  been  farmers  who  lived  for 
generations  on  their  ancestral  lands,  a  home- 
loving,  law-abiding,  peaceful  folk ;  but  there 
are  many  writers,  clergymen  and  college  pro- 
fessors on  the  list.  The  writers  number  men 
like  the  brothers,  Jacob  and  John  S.  C. ;  and 
the  clergy  such  names  as  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott, 
son  of  Jacob.  i\Irs.  Sarah  (Abbott)  Abbott, 
of  Andover,  Massachusetts,  became  the 
founder  of  Abbott  Academy,  February  26, 
1829,  the  first  school  exclusively  endowed  for 
girls  in  the  country.  She  was  the  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  George  Abbott,  whose  line 
follows.  Among  other  Americans  who  have 
the  Abbott  blood,  but  not  the  name,  are  Presi- 
dent Hayes,  Abbott  Lawrence,  minister  of  the 
Court  of  St.  James,  and  Bishop  Lawrence,  of 
Massachusetts. 

(I)  George  Abbott,  the  venerable  ancestor 
of  a  numerous  progeny,  emigrated,  as  tradi- 
tion reports,  from  Yorkshire,  England,  about 
1640,  was  among  the  first  settlers  in  Andover, 
^Massachusetts,  in  1643,  ^"^  a  proprietor  of 
that  town.  He  lived  and  died  on  the  farm 
owned  (1847)  hy  John  Abbott,  the  seventh  in 
line  of  descent.  His  house  was  a  garrison  and 
was  used  as  such  many  years  after  his  death. 
In  1647  he  married  Hannah  Chandler,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Annie  Chandler.  They 
were  industrious,  economical,  sober,  pious  and 
respected.  With  christian  fortitude  and  sub- 
mission they  endured  their  trials,  privations 
and  dangers,  of  which  they  had  a  large  share. 
They  brought  up  a  large  family  well  and 
trained  them  in  the  way  they  should  go,  from 
which  they  did  not  depart.  George  Abbott 
died  December  24,  1681,  aged  sixty-six.  His 
widow  married  (second)  Rev.  Francis  Dane, 
minister  of  Andover,  who  died  February,  1697, 
aged  eighty-one.  She  died  June  11,  171 1, 
aged  eighty-two.  The  thirteen  children  of 
George  and  Hannah  Abbott  were :  John,  Jo- 
seph (died  young),  Hannah,  Joseph,  George, 
William,  Sarah,  Benjamin,  Timothy,  Thomas, 
Edward,  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth.  Joseph 
Abbott,  born  March,  1648,  died  June  24,  1650, 
and  his  death  was  the  first  on  the  town  rec- 
ords. Joseph,  born  March  30,  1652,  died  April 
8,  1676,  the  first  in  Andover  who  fell  victim 
to  Indian  warfare. 

(II)  John,  eldest  child  of  George  and  Han- 


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iiah  (Cliaii(llcr)  Abbott,  was  lioni  in  Andover, 
Massachusetts.  March  2,  1648,  died  March  19, 
1721.  He  resided  with  his  fatlicr  in  the  garri- 
son house.  He  was  a  man  of  good  judgment 
and  executive  abiHty,  and  was  employed  in 
town  business,  often  as  selectman,  and  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court.  When  the  church 
was  organized  in  the  South  Parish,  in  1711, 
he  was  chosen  deacon,  and  Mr.  Phillips  states 
tfiat  "he  used  the  office  well."  He  and  his 
wife  were  respected  for  their  uprightness  and 
piety.  He  married,  November  17,  1673,  ^^" 
rah  Barker,  daughter  of  Richard  Barker,  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Andover.  She  was  born 
in  1647,  clied  February  10,  1720.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  John,  Joseph,  Stephen,  Sarah, 
Ephraim,  Joshua,  Mary,  Ebenezer  and  Pris- 
cilla.  One  child  died  young.  The  average 
ages  at  death  of  the  eight  who  survived  was 
eighty  years  and  three  months. 

(HI)  Deacon  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John 
(i)  and  Sarah  (Barker)  Abbott,  was  born  in 
Andover,  November  2,  1674,  died  January  i, 
1754.  lie  lived  on  the  homestead  of  his  fath- 
ers, "was  a  selectman,  and  a  useful  citizen, 
and  a  deacon  of  the  church  thirty-four  years ; 
mild,  cheerful  and  humble."  His  wife,  "like 
Elizabeth  of  old,  with  her  husband,  walked  in 
all  the  commandments  and  ordinances  of  the 
Lord,  blameless."  They  were  faithful  in  com- 
manding their  household  to  keep  the  way  of 
the  Lord,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
them  walk  in  it.  He  married,  January  6,  1703, 
Elizabeth  Harndin,  of  Reading,  who  died  Au- 
gust 9,  1756.  Their  children  were:  John 
(died  young),  John,  Barachias,  Elizabeth, 
Abiel  and  Joseph. 

(IV)  Captain  John  (3),  second  child  of 
Deacon  John  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Harndin) 
Abbott,  was  born  in  Andover,  August  3,  1704, 
died  November  10,  1793.  He,  too,  resided  on 
the  homestead  of  the  immigrant.  He  inherited 
the  character  of  his  ancestors,  and  was  an  in- 
fluential citizen  and  engaged  in  the  town's 
business.  He  was  selectman  and  a  captain, 
1754,  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He  was 
a  person  of  integrity,  always  acting  on  princi- 
ple, and  holding  the  truth  and  his  promise 
sacred.  "He  was  constant  in  his  religious 
duties,  reading  the  sacred  scriptures,  and  hav- 
ing prayer  morning  and  evening."  He  mar- 
ried, September  28,  1732,  Phebe  Fiske,  of  Bo.x- 
ford,  born  August  4,  1712.  died  in  December, 
1802.  They  had  seven  children  :  Phebe,  John, 
Ezra,  Abiel,  Jeremiah,  William  and  Benja- 
min. Of  these  seven  children  three  emigrated 
to  Wilton,  and  became  heads  of  families.  John, 
the   eldest   son,   inherited   the   ancestral   farm. 


and  had  distinguished  sons:  John,  who 
graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1789  and 
became  a  professor  in  Bowdoin  College;  Ben- 
jamin, who  took  his  degree  at  Harvard  in 
1788,  and  was  fifty  years  principal  of  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy. 

(V)  Abiel,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Captain  John  (3)  and  Phebe  (Fiske)  Abbott, 
was  born  in  Andover,  Massachusetts,  -April  19, 
1 74 1,  and  died  in  Wilton,  New  Hampshire, 
August  19,  1809.  He  took  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
at  Harvard  in  1792,  and  was  a  minister  at 
Haverhill  and  Beverly.  The  history  of  Wil- 
ton states  that  "he  was  five  years  a  cooper  in 
Andover.  In  1764  he  settled  in  Wilton  on  lot 
I,  range  3,  and  on  an  acre  previously  cleared, 
he,  in  that  year,  built  a  two-story  house  and 
barn.  He  married,  in  Andover,  November 
20,  and  moved  into  the  new  house,  before  its 
doors  were  hung.  He  was  town  treasurer  in 
1765;  town  clerk  eleven  years;  selectman 
eleven  years  ;  representative  ;  on  the  committee 
of  safety  and  numerous  other  committees ;  em- 
ployed in  town  business  every  year  more  or 
less  for  forty  years;  captain,  1769;  second 
major,  1776;  first  major,  1781  ;  assistant  as- 
sessor, 1798;  a  justice  of  the  peace  fifteen 
years;  a  deacon  of  the  church  sixteen  years;  a 
guardian  of  orphans  and  helpful  to  the  poor 
and  needy.  On  the  advance  of  General  Bur- 
goyne  in  1777,  among  thousands  of  volunteers 
for  the  defense  of  Ticonderoga,  'two  com- 
panies, under  the  command  of  Major  Abiel 
Abbott,  of  Wilton,  marched  June  30,  for  the 
threatened  fortress.'  "  He  married,  in  .And- 
over, Massachusetts,  November  20,  1764,  Dor- 
cas, daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Ab- 
bot) Abbot  (as  they  spelled  the  name).  She 
was  born  August  i,  1744,  died  February  23, 
1829.  They  had  twelve  children:  .Abiel, 
Jacob,  Benjamin,  Ezra,  Dorcas,  a  son  (born 
and  died  the  same  day),  Samuel,  .Abigail, 
I'ersis,  Rhoda,  Samuel  and  Phebe. 

(VI)  Phebe,  youngest  child  of  Abiel  and 
Dorcas  (Abbot)  Abbott,  married  Benjamin 
-Abbott  (as  they  spelled  the  name),  and  re- 
sided in  Temple,  Maine. 

(VII)  Abigail,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Phebe  (Abbott)  -Abbott,  became  the  wife  of 
Hannibal  Hamlin,  of  Waterford,  Maine  (see 
Hainlin  VI). 


(For  first  generation  see  preceding   sketch.) 

(II)    Nathaniel,  tenth  son  and 

ABBOTT     twelfth    child    of    George    and 

Hannah      (Chandler)      .Abbott, 

born  July  4,    1671,   died   in   December,    1749. 

Was   a   member   of   Rev.    Thomas   Barnard's 


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church,  Andover.  He  married  (first)  Dor- 
cas Hibbert,  who  died  February  /,  I743-  Their 
ten  children  were :  Nathaniel,  Mary,  Joseph, 
Tabitha,  Jeremiah,  Joshua,  Sarah,  Hannah, 
EHzabeth  and  Rebecca. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Natlianlel  and  Dor- 
cas (Hibbert)  Abbott,  was  born  February 
2,  1705,  died  August  2,  1787.  He  lived 
with  his  father  while  in  Andover  and 
moved  to  Wilton,  New  Hampshire,  about 
1776,  and  died  there  at  the  age  of  eighty-two 
years.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church  and  a 
man  of  great  simplicity  of  manner  and  sound 
piety.  For  many  years  he  tuned  the  song, 
while  his  cousin.  Deacon  Isaac  Abbott,  read 
it  line  by  line.  He  married,  August  12,  1731, 
Deborah  Blanchard,  who  died  in  July,  1773. 
Their  children  were:  Deborah  (died  young), 
Joshua  (died  young),  Bathsheba,  Nathaniel 
(died  young),  Joshua,  Deborah  and  Joseph 
(twins),  the  former  born  July  15,  1740,  and 
the  latter  on  the  i6th,  died  young;  Anna,  Jo- 
seph (died  young),  Hannah,  Joseph,  Jacob, 
Dorcas,  Obadiah,  Nathaniel  and  Rebecca. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Joseph  and  Deborah 
(Blanchard)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  March  22,  1746,  and  when  a 
young  man  removed  to  Wilton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  built  the  first  mill  erected  on 
the  Souhegan  river  at  Wilton.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  court  of  New 
Hampshire  and  was  the  first  justice  of  the 
peace  of  the  town  and  he  served  as  justice  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas  and  as  a  member 
of  the  governor's  council.  He  removed  to 
Andover.  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  trus- 
tee of  Phillip's  Academy,  and  in  1797  re- 
moved to  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  which 
town  he  represented  in  the  general  court  for 
three  years.  In  1802  he  went  to  Brunswick, 
Maine,  and  was  a  senator  in  the  Maine  legis- 
lature and  a  member  of  the  board  of  over- 
seers of  Bowdoin  College.  He  was  married 
in  1767  to  Lydia  Stevens,  and  they  had  ten 
children,  among  whom  were :  Lydia,  married, 
in  1789,  Thomas  Russell,  of  Temple,  Maine; 
Phebe,  married  Benjamin  Abbott,  of  Temple, 
a  distant  relative,  and  became  the  mother  of 
twelve  children,  including  Abigail,  the  wife  of 
Hannibal  Hamlin,  vice-president'  of  the  United 
States,  and  mother  of  Abby,  the  wife  of  Rev. 
Lyman  Abbott  and  Jacob  Abbott  (1776- 
1849).  He  died  in  Brunswick,  Maine,  March 
5,  1820,  and  his  widow  and  five  of  his  ten 
children  survived  him. 

(V)  Jacob  (2),  eldest  son  of  Jacob  (i)  and 
Lydia  (Stevens)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Wilton, 
New  Hampshire,  October  20,   1776.     He  re- 


ceived a  limited  education  judged  from  the 
point  of  necessity  for  college  training,  but  was 
under  excellent  home  training  in  the  family  of 
his  father  who  was  a  manufacturer,  jurist  and 
legislator.  He  worked  in  his  father's  mill,  at- 
tended the  public  school,  and  on  April  8,  1798, 
married  Betsey  Abbott,  a  distant  kinswoman, 
who  was  born  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
August  6,  1773,  and  died  in  Farmington, 
Maine,  July  30,  1846.  In  1800  he  removed 
from  Wilton,  New  Hampshire,  to  Hallowell, 
Maine,  for  the  purpose  of  better  looking  after 
the  interests  of  the  Phillips  and  Weld  fam- 
ilies, who  had  settled  on  the  wild  lands  of 
Maine,  out  of  which  grew  the  thriving  towns 
of  Phillips,  Weld,  Madrid,  Salem,  Temple, 
Avon  and  Carthage.  He,  during  this  period, 
made  a  temporary  residence  in  Brunswick, 
Maine,  to  give  his  children  better  educational 
advantages,  but  he  removed  to  the  town  of 
Weld  in  order  that  he  might  better  direct  the 
settlement  of  lands  he  owned  and  those  placed 
under  his  trusteeship.  His  influence,  coupled 
with  that  of  his  father  and  other  kinsmen, 
shaped  the  moral  and  religious  character  of 
the  early  settlers  of  the  townships  of  Phillips 
and  Weld,  and  made  them  models  of  good  citi- 
zenship. He  introduced  the  planting  of  shade 
trees  on  every  street  and  contributed  in  that 
way  to  the  rare  beauty  of  the  village  scenery. 
In  1836  he  removed  to  Farmington,  Maine, 
where  he  purchased  of  the  widow  of  Stephen 
Titcomb  Jr.  the  estate  on  the  southern  border 
of  the  village  known  as  "Few  Acres"  and  in 
these  beautiful  and  peaceful  surroundings  he 
passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  at 
"Few  Acres"  in  1847,  the  year  following  that 
in  which  he  had  followed  his  beloved  wife  to 
her  grave,  after  having  passed  forty-eight 
years  in  her  company.  The  children  of  Jacob 
and  Betsey  (Abbot)  Abbott  were:  i.  Sallucia, 
born  in  Hallowell,  Maine,  August  7,  1801, 
lived  unmarried  in  Farmington  during  her  en- 
tire life.  2.  Jacob,  November  14,  1803.  3. 
John  Stevens  Cabot,  Brunswick,  Elaine,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1805.  4.  Gorman  Dummer,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1807.  5.  Clara,  October  8,  1809, 
married  Elbridge  G.  Cutler,  and  lived  in 
Farmington.  6.  Charles  Edwards,  December 
24,  181 1,  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College,  1832, 
and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1837; 
married  Mary  Spaulding;  was  a  successful 
teacher  in  New  York  City  and  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  July  24,  1880.  7.  Samuel 
Phillips,  December  8,  1814,  graduated  from 
Bowdoin,  1836,  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary, 1840,  ordained  to  the  Congregational 
ministry  at  Houlton,  Maine ;  married  Hannah 


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Barker,  of  Nottingliam,  England ;  conducted  a 
school  for  boys,  1844-49.  a"<J  ^'"^c'  J""^  ^-l- 
1849. 

(VI)  Jacob  (3),  son  of  Jacob  (2)  and  Bet- 
sey (Abbot)  Abbott,  was  born  in  HallowcU, 
Maine,  November  14,  1803.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Hallowell  Academy,  and  when 
only  fourteen  years  old  passed  examination 
for  the  sophomore  class  at  Bowdoin  College, 
and  was  graduated  A.  B.,  1820,  A.  M.,  1823. 
He  taught  school  in  Portland,  Maine,  1820-21, 
and  prepared  for  the  Congregational  ministry 
by  a  few  years'  course  at  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  during  which  time  he  taught  a 
school  at  Beverly,  Massachusetts.  He  became 
a  tutor  of  mathematics  in  Amherst  College, 
.•\mherst,  Massachusetts,  1824-25,  and  was 
professor  of  mathematics  and  natural  philoso- 
phy at  Amherst,  1825-29.  He  conducted  the 
Mount  \'ernon  School  for  Young  Women, 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  1829-32.  On  the  for- 
mation of  the  Eliot  church  at  Roxbury  in  1834 
he  was  its  first  pastor,  1834-36.  He  began  his 
hterary  career  as  author  of  the  "Young  Chris- 
tian" (1832),  and  nine  thousand  copies  were 
sold  the  first  year,  and  it  was  read  and  largely 
circulated  in  England,  Scotland,  France  and 
Germany.  The  series  of  four  volumes  as 
periodically  issued  were  each  equally  success- 
ful, and  are  said  to  have  greatly  strengthened 
christian  faith  throughout  the  world.  In  1837 
Mr.  Abbott  purchased  the  Little  Blue  property 
at  Farmington,  Maine,  and  his  first  modest 
cottage  was  the  nucleus  of  the  present  man- 
sion that  gives  dignity  to  the  estate.  Here  he 
wrote  the  "Rollo  Books,"  the  "Lucy  Books," 
and  the  "Jonas  Books,"  1837-43,  'I'^d  he 
removed  to  New  York  City  in  1843,  ^"d 
in  connection  with  his  brothers,  Gorman 
Dummer  and  John  Stevens  Cabot,  he  con- 
ducted a  school  for  young  women  in  New 
York  City,  1843-51,  and  he  retained  his  resi- 
dence in  New  York  after  1857  to  continue 
there  his  literary  labors.  He  did  not  lay  aside 
his  pen  till  1872,  and  in  that  time  he  wrote  and 
passed  through  the  press  one  hundred  and 
thirty  books  and  the  titles  of  his  books  issued 
during  his  lifetime,  either  written  or  compiled 
by  him,  comprise  not  less  than  two  hundred 
and  eleven  titles.  He  made  his  winter  home 
in  New  York  City,  and  his  summer  home  in 
Farmington,  Maine,  and  as  age  advanced  his 
winter  days  in  New  York  grew  shorter  and  his 
summer  days  at  Farmington  lengthened,  and 
in  1870  "Few  Acres"  became  his  permanent 
residence.  The  ten  last  years  of  his  life  were 
spent  in  comparative  leisure,  and  as  his  bodily 
strength  waned,  his  life  finallv  came  to  an  end 


October  31,  1879.  It  is  said  of  him  as  of 
Richter,  "He  loved  God  and  little  children." 
He  married.  May  18,  1828,  Harriet,  daughter 
of  Charles  V'aughan,  of  Hallowell,  .Maine,  who 
was  the  mother  of  his  six  children,  and  after 
giving  birth  to  the  sixth  child  in  September, 
1843,  she  died  September  12  of  that  year.  In 
November,  1853,  he  married  Mrs.  Mary  Dana 
Woodbury,  who  died  in  April,  1866.  The 
children  of  Jacob  and  Harriet  (Vaughan)  Ab- 
bott were:  Benjamin  Vaughan,  born  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  June  4,  1S30;  Austin,  Bos- 
ton, December  18,  1831 ;  Frances  Elizabeth, 
Boston,  May  31,  1834,  died  December  11, 
1834;  Lyman,  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 18,  1835 ;  Edward,  Farmington, 
Maine,  July  15,  1841 ;  George,  Farmington, 
Maine,  in  September,  1843,  ^I'^c'  ^^  infancy. 

(VII)  Lyman,  third  son  of  Jacob  (3)  and 
Harriet  (Vaughan)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Rox- 
bury, Massachusetts,  December  18,  1835.  He 
was  prepared  for  college  largely  by  his  father, 
and  he  was  graduated  at  the  University  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  A.  B.,  1853;  studied  law 
under  the  tuition  of  two  older  brothers,  Ben- 
jamin Vaughan  and  Austin  Abbott,  and  on  be- 
ing admitted  to  the  bar  in  1855  practiced  law 
in  copartnership  with  his  brothers,  the  firm 
becoming  Abbott  Brothers.  He  withdrew 
from  the  firm  in  1857,  and  took  up  the  study 
of  theology  under  the  instruction  of  his  uncle, 
John  Stevens  Cabot  Abbott,  and  in  i860  was 
ordained  to  the  Congregational  ministry  at 
Farmington,  Maine.  He  removed  to  Terre 
Haute,  Indiana,  where  he  had  charge  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church,  1860-65.  He 
came  east  in  1865  to  accept  the  position  of 
secretary  of  the  American  Union  Commission, 
organized  to  protect  and  care  for  the  freedmen 
in  the  late  slave  states.  He  had  resigned  the 
pastorate  of  his  church  in  Terre  Haute,  not 
satisfied  that  his  field  was  being  well  worked, 
but  on  revisiting  his  congregation  in  1866  he 
was  convinced  that  his  teaching  had  been  ef- 
fective and  this  knowledge  induced  him  to  ac- 
cept the  pastorate  of  the  New  England  Con- 
gregational Church  in  New  York  City,  and  he 
remained  pastor  of  that  church  up  to  1869. 
He  was  elected  pastor  of  Plymouth  Church, 
Brooklyn,  in  May,  1888,  to  fill  the  vacancy 
caused  by  the  death  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher, 
and  he  continued  as  pastor  of  the  Plymouth 
congregation  up  to  November  27,  1898.  when 
he  resigned  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  literary 
pursuits.  Outside  of  his  duties  as  pastor,  he 
was  secretary  of  the  American  Union  Com- 
mission, 1865-68;  edited  a  department  of  Har- 
per's Magaci)ie  known  as  "Literary  Record," 


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STATE  OF  ]\IAINE. 


1868-79,  and  edited  for  a  time  the  Illustrated 
Christian  Weekly,  published  by  The  American 
Tract  Society.  He  resigned  his  editorship  of 
the  Christian  Weekly  in  1876  to  associate  with 
Henry  Ward  Beecher  in  editing  the  Christian 
Union,  published  by  J.  B.  Ford  &  Company, 
and  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Beecher  in  1881  he 
became  editor-in-chief  of  that  periodical,  which 
soon  after  was  issued  in  magazine  form  as 
The  Outlook,  published  by  a  joint  stock  com- 
pany, in  which  two  of  his  sons  were  associated. 
His  first  book,  "Jesus  of  Nazareth,"  was  pub- 
lished in  1869.  His  successive  books  include: 
"Old  Testament  Shadows  of  New  Testameat 
Truths"  (1870),  "Illustrated  Commentary  of 
the  New  Testament"  (1875),  "Dictionary  of 
Religious  Knowledge,"  collaborated  with  Rev. 
Dr.  F.  J.  Conant  (1876),  "Hints  to  Home 
Reading"  (1880),  "How  to  Succeed"  (1882), 
"Henry  Ward  Beecher"  (1883).  "A  Study  of 
Human  Nature"  (1886),  "In  Aid  of  Faith" 
(1886),  "St.  John"  (1888),  "Paul  to  the  Ro- 
mans" (1888),  "Signs  of  Promise"  (18S9), 
"The  Evolution  of  Christianity"  (1892),  "So- 
cial Problems"  (1896),  "The  Theology  of  the 
Evolutionist"  (1897),  "The  Life  and  Letters 
of  Paul  the  Apostle"  (1898),  "The  Life  that 
Really  Is"  (1899),  "Problems  of  Life"  (1900), 
"Life  and  Literature  of  the  Ancient  Hebrews" 
(1900),  "The  Rights  of  Man"  (1901),  "Henry 
Ward  Beecher"  (1903),  "The  Other  Room" 
(1904),  "The  Great  Champion"  (1905), 
"Christian  Ministry"  (1905),  "Personality  of 
God"  (1905),  "Industrial  Problems"  (1906), 
"Christ's  Secret  of  Happiness"  (1907).  His 
interest  in  questions  of  universal  human  con- 
cern is  best  expressed  by  naming  the  associa- 
tions and  organizations  with  which  he  is  af- 
filiated, and  in  the  objects  of  which  he  takes 
a  direct  personal  interest :  American  Board 
of  Commissions  for  Foreign  Missions,  Amer- 
ican Institute  of  Sacred  Literature.  American 
Peace  Society,  American  Forestry  Association, 
Association  for  Improving  the  Condition  of 
the  Poor,  Aldin  Association,  Armstrong  Asso- 
ciation, New  York  Bar  Association,  New  York 
State  Historical  Association,  New  York  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Blind,  New  York  University 
Alumni,  New  York  Child  Labor  Committee, 
New  York  State  Conference  of  Religion,  Na- 
tional Civil  Service  Reform  League,  National 
Conference  of  Charities  and  Correction,  In- 
dian Rights  Association,  Ramabai  Association, 
Maine  Society,  Religious  Education  Associa- 
tion, Universal  Peace  Union.  His  theory  as 
a  political  economist  is  the  application  of  the 
relation  of  partnership  between  capital  and 
labor  maintained  by  a  generous  assistance  from 


the  general  government  through  well  directed 
industrial  restraints  and  encouragement.  He 
is  a  Christian  Socialist,  as  illustrated  and  ex- 
emplified in  the  spirit  and  teachings  of  Jesus 
Christ.  His  academic  degrees  are  confined  to 
those  bestowed  by  his  alma  mater  who  hon- 
ored him  with  that  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology in  1877,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
later,  Howard  University,  which  ancient  insti- 
tution gave  him  the  honorary  degree  of  S. 
T.  D.  in  1890,  and  the  Western  Reserve  Uni- 
versity which  made  him  an  honorary  LL.D. 
He  was  elected  to  membership  in  the  National 
Arts  Club  and  the  Union  League  Club  of  New 
York,  and  Saint  Botolph  Club  of  Boston. 

Dr.  Abbott  was  married  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  14,  1857,  to  Abby  Frances, 
daughter  of  Hannibal  and  Abigail  (Abbott) 
Hamlin,  of  Maine  (see  Hamlin).  The  six 
children  of  Lyman  and  Abby  F.  (Hamlin)  Ab- 
bott were:  i.  Lawrence  Eraser,  born  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  June  25,  1859,  gradu- 
ated at  Amherst  College,  A.  B.,  1881,  and  be- 
came an  editorial  and  business  manager  on 
the  Christian  Union  and  Outlook.  2.  Harriet 
Frances,  born  in  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  Octo- 
ber 15,  i860.  3.  Herbert  Vaughan,  born  in 
Terre  Haute,  January  3,  1865.  4.  Ernest  H., 
born  in  Cornwall-on-Hudson,  New  York, 
April  18,  1870,  and  became  associated  with  the 
Outlook,  New  York  City.  5.  Theodofe  J., 
born  in  Cornwall-on-Hudson,  New  York,  July 
20,  1872.  6.  Beatrice  Vail,  born  in  Cornwall- 
on-Hudson,  New  York,  February  15,  1875. 


(For   first    generation   see  George  Abbott  I.) 

(II)  Benjamin,  fourth  son  of 
ABBOTT  George  and  Hannah  (Chand- 
ler) Abbott,  was  born  in  An- 
dover,  Massachusetts,  December  20,  1661.  He 
married,  April  22,  1685,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Ralph  and  Alice  Farnum,  who  sailed  from 
Southampton  in  the  "James"  and  arrived  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  1635.  The  Farnums 
were  originally  from  Leicestershire,  England. 
The  farm  which  Benjamin  Abbott  made  and 
lived  on  was  in  Andover,  "near  the  Shoushire 
river."  He  died  March  30,  1703.  Among 
their  children  was  a  son  Jonathan,  born  1687. 
(Ill)  Jonathan,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah 
(Farnum)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Andover,  Sep- 
tember, 1687.  He  married.  May  6,  1713, 
Zerviah,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Bal- 
lard) Holt,  and  granddaughter  of  Nicholas 
Holt,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Newburg  and 
Andover,  Massachusetts.  She  was  born  in 
Andover,  March  24,  1689,  died  March  26, 
1768.     He  died  March  21,  1770,  aged  eighty- 


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three.  Children:  i.  Jonathan,  born  December 
14,  1714.  dieil  May  21,  1794.  2.  David,  mar- 
ried, 1741,  Hannah  Chandler.  3.  Nathan, 
1718,  died  June  28,  179S;  married  .\bigail 
Ames.  4.  Mary.  5.  Zerviah,  married,  1745, 
Ephraim  Blunt,  of  Philadelphia.  6.  Job,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1724,  married  Sarah  Abbott.  7. 
Samuel,  October  i,  1727,  married  William 
Stevens.    8.  Jeremiah,  October  10,  1733,  died 

1755- 

(IV)  Job,  fourth  son  of  Jonathan  and  Zer- 
viah (Ilolt)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Andover, 
October  14,  1724.  He  settled  in  I'cmbroke, 
New  Hampshire.  His  wife  was  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Abbott,  of  Concord.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Deacon  Richard  Eastman,  of 
Fryeburg,  Maine.  The  children  of  Job  and 
Sarah  are:  i.  Sarah,  born  1751,  married  Abiel 
Holt,  of  Temple.  2.  Nathan,  Sei)tember  9, 
1753.  3.  Job,  1755,  married,  1780,  Anna  Bal- 
lard. 4.  Abigail,  1757,  married  Stephen  Dres- 
ser, of  Lowell,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Nathan,  eldest  son  of  Job  and  Sarah 
(Abbott)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Pembroke,  New 
Hampshire,  September  9,  1753,  died  March  5, 

1 80 1.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  not  learned, 
but  the  children,  as  per  family  record,  were: 
Amos,  Paschal,  Job,  Joshua,  Jeremiah,  Ly- 
dia  and  Mary. 

(VI)  Jeremiah,  fifth  son  of  Nathan  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
August  15,  1790,  died  in  Dexter,  Maine,  1879. 
He  walked  with  his  brother,  Amos,  in  1820 
from  Andover,  JMassachusetts,  to  Dexter, 
Maine,  looking  for  a  mill  site  and  purchased 
where  the  present  plant  now  stands.  It  was 
then  occupied  by  a  small  mill  which  was  later 
torn  down  and  the  new  mill  built  in  1840, 
known  at  first  as  "Amos  Abbott  &  Co.,"  and 
1899  incorporated  as  "Amos  Abbott  Co." 
Jeremiah  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  John  and 
Olive   SafTord,  who   was  born   December  30, 

1802,  died  September  i,  1861.  They  had  three 
children:  Job;  PLinnah,  born  1829;  Oliver  A., 
born  1830,  resided  in  Dexter,  Maine. 

(VII)  Job,  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Lucy 
(Safford)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Dexter,  Maine, 
December  15,  1827,  died  there  January  10, 
1903.  He  was  educated  at  the  town  schools 
and  the  Westbrook  Seminary.  He  taught 
school  for  a  time  and  then  entered  his  father's 
mill  as  wool  sorter.  Soon  after  the  war  he, 
in  company  with  his  cousin,  George  Abbott, 
son  of  Amos,  bought  out  their  father's  interests 
in  the  mill  and  carried  it  on  until  it  was  in- 
corporated in  1899.  Job  was  president  of  the 
company,  which  position  he  held  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death.     He  was  a  Republican  in 


[xjlitics  ami  served  as  vciecliii.in  ui  lliv  luwn. 
He  was  active  in  the  support  of  the  Univer- 
salist  church  in  Dexter.  Rlr.  Abbott  married, 
in  1855,  Amanda  Field,  who  survived  him. 
Children:  i.  Arthur  P.  2.  Helen  Grace,  mar- 
ried Nathan  C.  Buckman,  of  Columbia  Falls, 
Maine,  now  principal  of  Dexter  high  school ; 
have  one  son,  Carlton  Abbott  Buckman.  3. 
Grace,  who  died  at  twenty  years  of  age.  Sev- 
eral others  who  died  young  or  in  infancy. 

(VIII)  Arthur  Preston,  eldest  son  of  Job 
and  Amanda  (Field)  Abbott,  was  born  in 
Dexter  in  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  town 
schools  and  the  Institute  of  Technology  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  then  entered  the 
mill  at  Dexter,  where  he  has  remained  up  to 
the  present  time  and  is  treasurer  and  man- 
ager of  the  corporation.  He  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics  and  a  Universalist  in  religion. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Betlivere  Lodge,  K.  of 
P.,  of  Dexter.  He  married,  1889,  Flora  Shaw, 
daughter  of  Shepard  Parkman,  of  Dexter,  who 
wasborn  at  Foxcroft,  Maine.  They  have  one 
son,  Jere,  born  in  Dexter,  October,  1897. 


(For  prccediug  geueratioas  ^ee  George  Abbott  I.) 

(Ill)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of 
ABBOTT  Nathaniel  ( i )  Abbott,  was  born 
at  Andover  in  1696  and  died  in 
1770,  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  He  re- 
moved to  Penacook,  ^Massachusetts,  which  was 
organized  as  a  town  in  1725  and  became 
known  known  as  Rumford,  Massachusetts,  in 
1730,  and  later  as  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
after  the  division  of  the  provinces.  His  home 
was  on  the  site  of  the  present  Congregational 
church.  He  was  the  first  constable  of  Con- 
cord in  1732-33,  and  was  a  prominent  and  in- 
fluential citizen  of  the  town.  At  the  beginning 
of  the  French  war  in  1744  he  was  one  of  the 
famous  Rogers  Rangers  under  Major  Robert 
Rogers,  and  had  command  of  a  company  in  the 
defense  of  the  town  in  1746.  He  was  at  the 
capture  of  Cape  Breton  in  1745  and  was  in 
many  of  the  sanguinary  conflicts  on  the  north- 
ern borders  of  the  frontier,  and  endured  al- 
most incredible  hardships.  He  held  the  com- 
mission of  lieutenant  in  Captain  Joseph  East- 
man's company  in  1755  in  the  expedition 
against  Crown  Point,  and  was  lieutenant  of 
the  Rangers  at  Fort  William  Henry  at  the 
time  of  the  massacre  in  1757.  He  was  always 
a  brave  and  efficient  officer,  universally  re- 
spected and  beloved.  There  is  a  tradition  that 
he  was  a  famous  hunter,  and  on  one  occasion 
nearly  lost  his  life  by  falling  through  the  ice 
of  Long  Pond  while  in  pursuit  of  a  deer ;  and 
that   he    saved    himself   bv    striking   with    his 


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hatchet  in  the  rotten  ice  about  him  until  he 
was  able  to  drive  its  blade  into  solid  ice  with 
sufficient  force  to  sustain  his  weight.  He 
married   Penelope   Ballard,  of  Andover ;   and 

(second)    Mehitable    .      Children:      i. 

Nathaniel,  born  March  lo,  1727,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Dorcas,  November  11,  1728.  3. 
Rebecca,  May  27,  1731.  4.  Elizabeth,  July  i, 
1733-  5-  iMary,  March  7,  1735.  6.  Hannah, 
March  7,  1736.  7.  Ruth,  January  28,  1738. 
8.  Joshua,  February  24,  1740.  9.  Rachel,  April 
7,  1743.  10.  Jeremiah,  March  17,  1744.  H- 
Dorothy,  December  28,  1746.  12.  Sarah,  De- 
cember 3,  1748,  died  June,  1842. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Abbott,  was  born  March  10,  1727,  died  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1806.  He  was  brought  up  on  the 
homestead  at  the  Iron  Works,  in  the  house 
which  is  now  owned  by  Ira  Abbott.  He  mar- 
ried, December  4,  1748,  Miriam  Chandler,  of 
Dunstable,  who  died  in  January,  181 1,  aged 
eighty-two.  Children,  born  at  Concord:  i. 
Nathaniel  Chandler,  July  28,  1750,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Moses,  June  19,  1752,  removed  to 
Rumford,  Maine.  3.  Joseph,  May  24,  1754, 
died  unmarried  January  24,  1774.  4.  Philip, 
February  4.  1757,  settled  in  Rumford,  Maine, 
married,  February  10,  1 79 1,  Experience  Howe, 
died  April  16,  1841.  5.  Joshua,  June  15,  1758, 
died  March  4,  1831.  6.  Susanna,  June  21, 
1761,  married  John  Garvin;  died  June  24, 
1852.  7.  Phebe,  August  8,  1764,  married  Na- 
than Abbott.  8.  Levi,  September  23,  1767, 
died  December  15,  1825.  9.  David,  August  8, 
1770,  removed  to  Rumford,  Maine;  married 
Betsey  Colsomb ;  died  June  20,  1836. 

(V)  Nathaniel  Chandler,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(3)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, July  28,  1750,  and  wa.s  a  blacksmith  and 
farmer  of  Concord.  Later  in  life  he  removed 
from  Concord  to  the  "north  part,"  which  may 
have  been  Rumford,  Maine,  wdiere  several  of 
the  family  had  settled.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lution in  the  continental  army  in  1775  in  Cap- 
tain Joshua  Abbott's  company,  Colonel  John 
Stark's  regiment,  and  he  was  allowed  seven 
pounds,  twelve  shillings,  for  personal  losses  at 
the  Cedars.  He  married  (first)  about  1769, 
Betsey  Farnum;  (second)  Hannah  Farring- 
ton.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Jacob,  born 
January  16.  1770:  married.  1802.  Betsey 
Knapp.  2.  Henry,  July  24,  1774,  mentioned 
below.  Perhaps  others.  Children  of  second 
wife:  3.  Joseph.  December  14,  1778.  4. 
Susy,  September  25,  1782.  5.  Katy,  January 
21,  1785.  6.  Abigail,  January  4,  1787.  7. 
David,  May  6,  1789.  8.  Sally,  September  5, 
1791. 


(VI)  Henry,  son  of  Nathaniel  Chandler  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
July  24,  1774.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  tan- 
ner by  trade.  He  was  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Rumford,  Maine,  where  he  owned  a 
farm  of  two  hundred  acres.  He  was  a  noted 
hunter  in  his  day.  He  married,  in  1798,  Susan 
Hall.  Children:  i.  David,  born  September 
26,  1798,  married  Azubah  Morse.  2.  Harriet, 
September  23,  1800;  married  Wesley  Palmer, 
of  Hopkinton,  New  Hampshire.  3.  Jacob,  Au- 
gust 28,  1802;  married  Prudence  Puffer.  4. 
Judith,  September  i,  1804;  married  True- 
worthy  W.  Chesley.  5.  Nancy,  September  20, 
1806;  married  Haines  Stevens.  6.  Susan, 
September  21,  1808;  married  Mark  Tarbox.  7. 
Stephen  Hall,  October  12,  1810;  married  Sa- 
rah J.  Small.  8.  Benjamin  E.,  September  8, 
1812;  married  Mahala  Goodwin.  9.  Asa,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1814;  married  Octavia  Goodwin. 
10.  Loren,  born  and  died  1816.  11.  Lydia, 
1818;  married  Kimball  Martin  Jr.  12.  Henry, 
February  8,  1823;  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  Rumford,  Maine,  February 
8,  1823.  He  received  a  liberal  education  and 
taught  school  in  his  native  town,  besides  as- 
sisting his  father  on  the  farm.  He  inherited 
the  farm,  which  he  made  very  profitable.  He 
was  selectman  of  the  town  for  fourteen  years, 
serving  almost  continuously  as  chairman  of 
the  board  for  more  than  half  of  his  entire  term 
of  service.  He  married  (first)  March  4,  1847, 
Rozella  W.  Hall,  of  Rumford,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Hall.  He  married  (second)  ]\Iarch  15, 
1854.  Charlotte  A.  Waite,  daughter  of  Aaron 
and  Charlotte  (Chesley)  Waite.  Children  of 
first  wife:  I.  Flora  E.,  born  December  18, 
1848;  married  Clifford  Elliott  and  had  Mamie 
and  Susie  Elliott.  2.  Wallace  M..  October 
4,  1852 ;  died  October  24,  1864.  3.  Walter 
(twin),  October  4,  1852,  married  Carrie 
Smith.  Children  of  second  wife :  4.  Carroll 
Waite.  August  29,  1855  ;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Rose  A.,  April  28,  i860;  married  Rev.  R.  F. 
Johonnot,  of  Oak  Park.  Illinois.  6.  Charles 
H.,  October  9.  1S64  ;  resides  on  the  homestead  ; 
married,  1886,  Lucy  Kimball  and  had  Eveline, 
Lvdia,  Madeline  and  Warren. 

'(VIII)  Carroll  Waite,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
Abbott,  was  born  in  Rumford,  Maine,  August 
29,  1855.  He  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  attended  the  Oxford  Nor- 
mal Institute,  and  graduated  from  the  Hebron 
(Maine)  Academy  in  1877.  He  then  taught 
in  the  Albion  high  school,  and  gave  his  leisure 
hours  to  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  pre- 
ceptorship  of  Dr.  George  H.  Wilson.     He  en- 


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tcred  the  medical  school  of  Bowdoin  College 
in  1878,  and  was  graduated  with  tlic  degree  of 
M.  D.  on  lune  2,  1881.  He  established  hmi- 
self  in  Albion  for  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  w^as  eminently  successful  there  for  a 
period  of  twelve  years 'from  1881  to  1893.  In 
the  spring  of  the  latter  year  he  removed  to 
Waterville,  Kennebec  county,  where  his  excel- 
lent record  had  preceded  him,  and  he  soon  ac- 
quired a  large  practice  among  the  best  fam- 
ilies in  the  citv  of  his  adoption.  His  profes- 
sional skill  and  high  standing  among  the 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  state  made  him 
an' acceptable  and  appreciated  member  of  the 
Kennebec  County  Medical  Society,  which  hon- 
ored him  with  tlie  highest  office  in  its  gift,  and 
he  has  also  served  as  president  of  the  Maine 
Medical  Society  and  of  the  Waterville  Clini- 
cal Society.  He  has  rendered  efficient  service 
in  various  important  local  offices — as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  education  for  four  years, 
and  as  chairman  for  one  year ;  and  as  mayor 
of  Waterville  in  1898.  In  the  latter  capacity 
he  gave  the  city  an  indisputably  honest  admin- 
istration, and  an  entirely  capable  enforcement 
of  the  laws  governing  the  municipality.  He 
declined  further  public  honors,  holding  his  first 
allegiance  to  his  profession.  He  is  well  ad- 
vanced in  the  I\Iasonic  fraternity,  affiliated 
with  Central  Lodge,  of  China,  in  which  he  is  a 
past  junior  and  senior  warden ;  Teconic  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Waterville;  and 
St.  Omer  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
W^aterville.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Church  of  Albion,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of 
W'aterville.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  a 
Republican.  Dr.  Abbott  married,  October  4, 
1882,  Georgia  A.,  daughter  of  Dr.  George  H. 
Wilson,  of  Albion,  his  first  medical  instructor. 
Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Abbott:  i.  Henry 
Wilson,  M.  D.,  born  August  18,  1884,  gradu- 
ate of  Maine  Medical  School,  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, class  of  1908;  was  appointed  assistant 
physician  at  the  Insane  Hospital  at  Augusta 
in  1908.  2.  Mary  Charlotte,  IMay  29.  1886, 
graduate  of  Colby  College,  class  of  1908. 


Walter  Abbott,  or  Abbot,  the 
ABBOTT  immigrant  ancestor,  settled  in 
Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and 
was  in  all  likelihood  born  about  1600  in  Eng- 
land. He  was  a  vinter  by  trade,  though  a 
farmer  by  occupation  in  this  country.  He 
was  first  in  Exeter,  but  soon  removed  to  the 
then  adjoining  town  of  Portsmouth,  where  he 
■died  in  1667.  His  will  was  dated  May  15, 
1667,  bequeathing  to  widow   Sarah,  who  was 


sixty-four  years  of  age  in  1681,  and  probably 
a  second  wife.  She  married  second,  Henry 
Sherburne.  Children:  i.  Peter.  2.  Thomas, 
mentioned  below.  3.  William.  4.  Walter.  5. 
John,  made  his  will  March  19,  1721-22,  nam- 
ing his  wife  Mary  and  children  John,  James 
(whose  children  were  Michael,  Mark  and 
Lambeth),  William  Laud,  Walter,  Reuben, 
Sarah  Pickering,  Ruth  Spriggs  and  Anna 
Bratton.  6.  Sarah,  married  Thomas  Wills.  7. 
Mary,  married  Leonard  Drowne.  8.  Eliza- 
beth.' 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Walter  Abbott,  was 
born  in  1643,  according  to  one  deposition  that 
he  made,  and  according  to  another,  in  1635, 
the  latter  probably  being  correct.  He  mar- 
ried, before  1668,  Elizabeth  Green,  daughter 
of  John  and  Julia  Green.  He  died  in  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  March  8,  1712-13.  He  was  se- 
lectman several  times  in  Berwick,  and  ensign 
of  his  military  company  there.  Children,  prob- 
ably born  at  Berwick:  i.  Thomas,  blacksmith, 
married,  about  1726,  Elizabeth  Emery,  Jr.; 
deeded  fifty  acres  of  land  to  kinsman  Thomas, 
October  3,  1727;  no  children.  2.  Joseph,  mar- 
ried Alice  Nason,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  (Jenkins)  Nason;  estate  was  admin- 
istered by  his  son  Thomas  in  1726.  3.  Moses, 
married  September  11,  1701, .  4.  Wal- 
ter, mentioned  below.  5.  John,  married  Jan- 
uary 3,  1694,  Abigail  Nason,  sister  of  Alice; 
married  second,  January  22,  1716,  Martha 
Littlefield.  6.  Ehzabeth,  married  Thomas 
Butler.  7.  Patience,  married,  1705,  William 
Lord.  8.  Mary,  married  Josiah  Goodrich.  9. 
Hannah,  married  November  6,  1712,  Humph- 
rey Chadbourne. 

(III)  Walter  (2),  son  of  Thomas  Abbott, 
was  born  about  1670,  in  Berwick,  Maine,  and 
lived  there  and  in  Kittery,  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried January  3,  1694,  Elizabeth  Key,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Key.  His  descendants  are  nu- 
merous in  Berwick.  Walter,  Joseph  and  John 
Abbott  and  nine  others  divided  three  hundred 
acres  of  land  at  Quamphegan,  June  2,  1718. 
Walter  sold  land  in  Kittery  August  14,  1718. 
(See  vol.  ix.,  York  Deeds).  Children:  i. 
Moses,  born  January  22,  1693;  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Walter,  born  April  25,  169S.  3. 
Thomas,  born  August  13,  1700.  4.  James, 
born  April  4,  1704.  5.  Sarah,  born  October 
27,  1707.  6.  Ebenezer,  born  February  27, 
1711-12.     7.  Elizabeth,  born  July  4,  1715. 

(IV)  Moses  (i),  son  of  Walter  (2)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  Kittery,  or  Berwick,  Maine, 
January  22,  1693.  He  and  probably  all  his 
brothers  had  sons  in  the  revolution,  some  hav- 
ing grandsons  also.    James  Abbott  Jr.,  son  of 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


James,  was  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Smith's 
regiment  in  1777,  Captain  Daniel  Pillsbury's 
company,  reported  sick  at  Dunkertown,  and 
probably  died  there.  Walter  Abbott  was  in 
Captain  Philip  Hubbard's  company,  Colonel 
James  Scammon's  regiment,  in  1775;  also  in 
Captain  Francis'  company.  Colonel  Benjamin 
Tupper's  regiment.  Thomas  Abbott  Jr.,  of 
Berwick,  was  first  lieutenant  in  Captain  John 
Staples'  (twelfth)  company,  second  York  regi- 
ment, succeeding  Captain  Hubbard,  resigned ; 
also  in  Captain  Flamilton's  company.  Colonel 
John  Frost's  regiment,  in  1776;  in  Captain 
John  Goodwin's  company.  Major  Daniel  Little- 
field's  regiment,  in  1779.  John  Abbott,  of 
Berwick,  was  in  Captain  Hubbard's  company 
also  in  1775;  and  was  three  years  in  the  Con- 
tinental army  under  Captain  Dudley — 1778- 
80.  Theophilus  Abbott  was  also  in  Captain 
Hubbard's  company  in  1775.  Moses  Abbott 
himself  was  a  soldier  in  1740  from  Berwick, 
in  Captain  John  Hill's  company.  There  is 
a  tradition  that  there  is  Scotch-Irish  blood 
in  the  family.  If  so,  Moses  Abbott's  wife 
may  have  been  Scotch. 

(V)  Moses  (2),  son  or  nephew  of  Moses 
(i)  Abbott,  was  born  about  1720,  in  Berwick, 
Maine.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
a  corporal  in  Captain  Daniel  Sullivan's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Benjamin  Foster's  regiment,  in 
1777,  serving  at  three  alarms  at  Machias, 
Maine.  He  was  in  the  same  company  (Sixth 
Lincoln  county  regiment),  in  1780,  called  out 
to  protect  Frenchman's  Bay  under  Colonel 
John  Allen.  He  had  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
later. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Abbott,  of  the  Berwick 
family  mentioned  above,  was  born  about  1770. 

He  married  Abiah  ,  and  settled  in  the 

adjacent  town  of  Shapleigh,  and  cleared  the 
farm  where  his  descendants  have  lived  to  the 
present  time,  and  where  two  brothers  of  Natt 
Abbott  are  now  living.  Children:  i.  Rufus. 
2.  Bijah  (Abijah),  mentioned  below.  3.  Ben- 
jamin Jr. 

(VII)  Bijah  (Abijah),  son  of  Benjamin 
Abbott,  was  born  in  ShapFeigh,  Maine,  about 
1800.  He  married  Dolly  Weston,  of  Shap- 
leigh, and  lived  on  the  homestead.  Children, 
born  at  Shapleigh:  i.  Hannah.  2.  Lovey 
Jane.  3.  Almira  Ann.  4.  Dora  May.  5.  Na- 
thaniel Thurston,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel  Thurston,  son  of  Abijah 
Abbott,  was  born  at  Shapleigh,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1828.  He  married,  in  1856,  Susan 
Jane  Thompson,  who  was  born  at  Shapleigh, 
February  28,  1833.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.     In  his  j'outh  he 


worked  on  the  farm  with  his  father,  and  re- 
mained on  the  homestead  after  he  reached  his 
majority  and  inherited  it.  He  was  a  well-to- 
do  farmer  and  a  citizen  of  influence  and  prom- 
inence. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican ;  in 
religion  a  Methodist.  Children,  born  at  Shap- 
leigh:  I.  Carrie  Augusta,  born  October  6, 
1859;  married  Stephen  D.  Blanchard,  of  Ea- 
ton, New  Hampshire,  a  farmer.  2.  Elmer  E., 
resides  on  the  homestead  at  Shapleigh,  a  pros- 
perous farmer;  a  deputy  sheriff  of  the  county 
and  a  citizen  of  some  note ;  married  Agnes 
Stone;  child:  Malcom  E.,  born  1895.  3.  Natt 
Thurston,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Natt  Thurston,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Thurston  Abbott,  was  born  in  Shapleigh,  No- 
vember 18,  1872.  He  attended  the  district 
school  and  the  Lindsey  high  school  of  Shap- 
leigh Corner,  fitting  for  Dartmouth  College, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1892. 
He  was  principal  of  the  Shapleigh  high  school 
and  superintendent  of  the  schools  in  Shap- 
leigh for  two  years ;  principal  of  the  high 
school  at  Madison,  Maine,  for  a  year;  princi- 
pal of  the  Newton  (New  Hampshire)  high 
school  two  years.  He  studied  in  the  Boston 
University,  left  to  continue  teaching  for  a 
time,  and  continued  later  at  Boston  University 
Law  School,  graduating  in  1902.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 26,  1902,  and  to  the  Maine  bar  Septem- 
ber 15,  1903.  He  began  to  practice  in  the 
town  of  Sanford,  Maine,  where  he  has  had 
his  office  to  the  present  time.  He  has  devoted 
four  days  a  week  to  his  duties  as  instructor  in 
the  Boston  University  Law  School.  He  has 
enjoyed  an  excellent  practice,  besides  achiev- 
ing much  success  as  a  teacher.  His  experi- 
ence as  a  pedagogue  has  been  of  great  value 
to  him  in  his  position  in  the  law  school.  He 
has  a  -wide  acquaintance  among  the  lawyers 
of  New  England.  He  is  now  professor  of 
law  in  Boston  L^niversity  Law  School,  and 
chairman  of  the  administrative  board.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Springvale  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons ;  Sagamore  Tribe  of  Red  Men,  of  San- 
ford ;  and  the  Baptist  church  of  that  town. 
He  married,  September  5,  1898.  Lulu  O.  Dal- 
ton,  born  Acton,  Maine,  June  8,  1880,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  F.  and  Annie  L.  Dalton,  of 
Shapleigh.  They  have  one  daughter,  Doro- 
thy, born  j\lay  22.  1907. 


The  amount  of  work  a  man 
ABBOTT     performs    and    the    degree    of 

success  which  crowns  his  ef- 
forts depend  in  a  large  measure  on  his  natu- 
ral aptitude  for  the  task  he  selects.    The  prin- 


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cipal  subject  of  the  following  sketch  undoubt- 
edly had  an  inherited  genius  for  the  profes- 
sion in  which  he  finds  himself  so  happily  and 
successfully  engaged,  and  unrequiting  appli- 
cation to  his  professional  duties  has  placed 
him  among  the  leading  physicians  of  his  spe- 
cial  line. 

(I)  Alonzo  Abbott,  a  descendant  from  Sir 
William  Chase,  of  Chesham,  England,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  court  of  King  Henry  the  VIII,  was 
bom  in  1834,  at  Sullivan,  Maine.  The  first 
ancestor  to  come  to  this  country  was  Aquilla 
Chase,  who  settled  in  Massachusetts.  Alonzo 
Abbott  at  a  very  early  age  was  adopted  by 
Shimuel  Abbott,  with  whom  he  grew  to  man- 
hood. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Hamdcn  Academy.  He  is  by  occupa- 
tion a  wholesale  granite  dealer,  and  resides  in 
Hancock.  In  i860  he  married  Maria  B.  Mer- 
cer, who  was  born  in  1832,  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert and  Nancy  Mercer,  whose  parents  were 
of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  Three  children  were 
born  of  this  marriage:  Nancy  M.,  who  mar- 
ried Galen  FI.  Young;  Edville  Gerhardt,  who 
receives  extended  mention  in  the  following 
paragraph ;  Charles  H.,  who  married  Flora 
Foss. 

(II)  Edville  Gerhardt,  second  child  of 
Alonzo  and  IMaria  B.  (Mercer)  Abbott,  was 
born  in  Hancock,  November  6,  1S71.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  literary  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Hancock  and  at  the  East  Maine 
Conference  Seminary  at  Bucksport,  Maine, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1889.  For  the 
following  six  years  he  was  associated  with  his 
father  and  brother  in  the  granite  business,  hav- 
ing general  supervision  of  their  quarries  on 
Mt.  Desert  Island.  He  entered  the  medical 
department  of  Bowdoin  College  in  1895,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1898.  Subsequently  he 
was  appointed  house  physician  to  the  Maine 
General  Hospital,  where  he  served  one  year. 
The  following  year  was  spent  in  Boston  and 
New  York,  studying  the  specialty  of  ortho- 
pedic surgery.  Still  desirous  of  attaining  the 
utmost  knowledge  and  the  greatest  degree  of 
skill  in  his  profession,  he  went  abroad  and 
continued  his  course  in  orthopedics,  passing 
one  year  in  the  Fredrich  Wilhelm  Univer- 
sitiit,  Berlin.  Returning  to  the  United  States 
in  1891,  he  opened  an  ofifice  in  Portland,  and 
from  that  time  until  the  present  he  has  de- 
voted his  whole  attention  to  the  one  subject 
of  orthopedic  surgery.  His  success  in  his 
profession  has  been  remarkable  and  his  prac- 
tice is  very  large  and  covers  an  extensive  field. 
After  returning  from  his  work  in  Europe,  not 
being  satisfied  with  his  literary  attainments,  he 


re-entered  Bowdoin  College,  pursued  the  reg- 
ular courses  and  received  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Arts.  With  a  further  desire  for  a  more 
intimate  acquaintance  with  literature,  he  still 
continued  his  studies  in  this  institution  and 
two  years  later  received  the  degree  of  ]\Taster 
of  Arts  promerito.  He  is  at  the  present  time 
surgeon-in-chief  to  the  Children's  Hospital; 
orthopedic  surgeon  to  the  Maine  General  Hos- 
pital ;  visiting  surgeon  to  St.  Barnabas  Hos- 
pital ;  consulting  surgeon  to  the  Sisters'  Hos- 
pital, and  instructor  in  orthopedic  surgery  in 
the  Maine  Medical  School,  Bowdoin  College. 
His  activities  have  not  ended  with  his  pro- 
fessional successes,  but  he  has  been  connected 
with  various  enterprises  and  has  interested 
himself  in  all  civic  cjucstions.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  several  Greek  letter  fraternities,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Cumberland  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, Maine  Medical  Association,  American 
Medical  Association,  and  frequently  contrib- 
utes articles  to  the  leading  medical  journals 
of  the  country.  He  is  also  interested  in  busi- 
ness affairs  and  his  early  experience  has  been 
invaluable.  Fle  is  a  director  in  the  Fidelity 
Trust  Company,  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  and  connected  with  various  corpora- 
tions. In  politics,  to  which  he  has  devoted 
considerable  time  with  no  small  benefit  to  his 
party,  he  is  a  staunch  Republican. 

Dr.  Abbott  married,  March  14,  1891,  Sara 
Sargent,  of  Prospect  Harbor,  born  July  12, 
1868.  She  traces  her  ancestry  to  William 
Sargent,  of  Bristol,  England,  whose  name  first 
appeared  in  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  in  1678, 
on  which  date  he  received  a  grant  of  land.  He 
married  Mary  Duncan,  daughter  of  Peter 
Duncan,  of  Gloucester,  June  21,  1678.  They 
were  the  parents  of  nine  children.  Epes  Sar- 
gent, seventh  child  of  William  and  Mary 
(Duncan)  Sargent,  born  1690,  married  (first) 
Esther  ]\Iaccarty,  in  1720.  They  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children.  Benjamin  Sargent, 
ninth  child  of  Epes  and  Esther  (Maccarty) 
Sargent,  born  1736,  came  to  Gouldsboro, 
Maine.     Among  his  children  was  a  son  Ben- 


jamin, who  married  Betsey  • ■ — ,  who  bore 

nim  nine  children.  Samuel  Sargent,  eldest 
son  of  Benjamin  and  Betsey  Sargent,  born 
May  24,  1794,  married  Sarah  Moore,  January 
6,  1820,  and  nine  children  were  born  to  them. 
Benjamin  Sargent,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Moore)  Sargent,  born  February  26,  1830, 
was  a  law'ver  of  Prospect  Harbor,  Maine.  He 
married,  October  16,  1865,  Frances  Hancock, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  Sara  Sargent, 
aforementioned  as  the  wife  of  Dr.  Edville  G. 
Abbott. 


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The  Burnhams  of  both  Old 
BURNHAM     and  New  England  trace  their 

ancestry  remotely  to  A.  D. 
loio,  when  their  ancient  patronymic  was  de 
Burnham,  and  so  continued  until  A.  D.  1080, 
when  the  prefix  de  was  dropped ;  and  they  are 
descended  from  one  Walter  le  Veutre,  who 
accompanied  William  the  Conqueror  into  Eng- 
land, A.  D.  1066.  He  was  cousin-germain  of 
Earl  Warren,  who  received  from  the  con- 
queror large  estates  which  had  belonged  to 
Saxon  nobles,  among  which  was  the  manor 
of  Burnham.  This  manor  was  enfeoffed  by 
Earl  Warren  to  his  kinsman  Walter  le  Veutre, 
who  from  that  fact  afterward  was  called  Wal- 
ter de  Burnham.  Such,  in  brief,  is  the  origin 
of  one  of  the  ancient  families  of  England, 
and  one  which  in  New  England  dates  from 
the  early  colonial  period,  from  the  year  1635, 
when  three  immigrant  brothers — John,  Thom- 
as and  Robert  Burnham — came  from  England 
and  sat  down  in  that  part  of  the  mother  town 
of  Ipswich  then  known  as  Chebacco  Parish, 
and  which  now  is  the  town  of  Essex,  in  the 
county  of  the  same  name,  and  the  colony  of 
Massachusetts  Bay.  These  immigrant  broth- 
ers were  sons  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Andrews) 
Burnham,  of  Norwich,  Sufifolk,  England,  and 
it  is  with  the  family  and  descendants  of  John 
Burnham  that  we  have  particularly  to  deal  in 
these  annals. 

(I)  John  Burnham  is  first  mentioned  in 
Ipswich  in  the  year  1639,  although  he  is 
known  to  have  been  there  at  least  two  and 
perhaps  four  years  earlier.  He  is  described 
as  a  carpenter,  and  his  name  appears  in  the 
list  of  those  allowed  to  have  votes  in  tovi'n  af- 
fairs ;  and  he  was  there  in  the  early  days 
when  the  planters  were  in  constant  fear  of  the 
Indians,  and  when  the  officers  of  the  train- 
band were  ordered  by  the  general  court  "to 
maintain  watch  and  ward  every  day,  to  cause 
all  men  to  bring  arms  to  the  meeting  house, 
and  see  that  no  person  travelled  above  a  mile 
from  his  dwelling,  except  where  houses  were 
near  together,  without  some  arms."  In  1637 
John  Burnham  was  one  of  seventeen  young 
men  of  Ipswich  who  marched  to  Salem  and 
there  joined  the  forces  raised  in  the  colony 
to  wage  war  against  the  Pequot  Indians.  In 
1643  the  town  settled  with  the  soldiers  who 
had  served  against  the  Indians,  paying  "12 
dollars  a  day  (allowing  for  the  Lord's  day 
in  respect  of  the  extremity  of  the  weather) 
and  the  officers  dubble."  For  his  service  on 
this  occasion  John  Burnham  received  three 
shillings.  His  name  also  appears  in  "a  list  of 
persons  that  have  right  of  commonage,  accord- 


ing to  law  and  order  of  the  towne."  John 
Burnham  bought  of  Humphrey  Griffin  a  two- 
acre  lot,  adjoining  John  Fawns',  and  sold  the 
same  to  Anthony  Potter,  January  4,  1648.  The 
records  also  show  that  John  Burnham  and  his 
wife  Mary  conveyed  to  Samuel  Ayers  "a 
dwelling  house  and  lot  one  and  a  half  acres, 
which  was  Anthony  Potter's,  who  bought  them 
of  Deacon  Whipple,  who  bought  them  of  Will- 
iam Lampson,  to  whom  the  same  was  granted." 
According  to  Burnham  genealogy,  John  Burn- 
ham was  born  in  1618  and  died  November  5, 
1694.  The  baptismal  name  of  his  wife  was 
Mary,  and  she  bore  him  four  children :  John, 
Josiah,  Anna  and  Elizabeth. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Mary 
Burnham,  is  mentioned  as  a  voter  in  1692, 
and  in  the  same  year  is  mentioned  as  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  Proctor  petition.  Accounts 
of  him,  however,  are  meagre,  unsatisfactory, 
and  frequently  misleading.  One  writer  men- 
tions him  as  Deacon  John  Burnham,  and  says 
that  by  wife  Sarah  he  had  four  sons,  John, 
Jonathan,  Thomas  and  Robert,  and  four 
daughters,  Sarah,  Mary,  Elizabeth  and  Han- 
nah. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
Burnham,  was  born  in  1738,  in  Chebacco  Par- 
ish, Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  came  thence  to 
Falmouth,  Maine,  in  1760,  and  is  said  to  have 
built  the  first  wharf  in  the  town,  on  the  site 
where  now  stands  Burnham's  wharf.  The  old 
wharf  was  burned  by  Mowatt  in  1775,  but 
it  was  rebuilt  by  John  Burnham,  who  also  is 
said  to  have  erected  the  first  house  in  the 
town  after  the  destruction  of  the  settlement  by 
the  British,  in  1775.  By  the  burning  of  Fal- 
mouth he  lost  five  hundred  and  fifty-three 
pounds,  representing  the  value  of  his  property 
which  was  then  destroyed.  In  1780  he  was 
a  member  of  the  first  constitutional  conven- 
tion of  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
and  January  23,  1786,  he  was  one  of  the  sign- 
ers of  the  petition  for  the  incorporation  of 
Portland,  and  also  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  St.  Stephen's  Church.  He  was  one  of  the 
foremost  men  of  his  time  in  the  town,  a  cooper 
by  trade  and  a  curer  and  packer  of  fish  by 
principal  occupation.  He  died  in  Portland,  of 
yellow  fever,  July  29,  1798.  His  wife  was 
Abigail  Stickney,  by  whom  he  had  a  large 
family  of  eight  sons  and  five  daughters,  nearly 
all  of  his  sons  being  seafaring  men. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Abigail 
(Stickney)  Burnham,  was  born  in  Portland, 
Maine,  January  23,  1770,  and  died  there  in 
1843.  Fo''  several  years  he  was  a  merchant 
at  Freeport  and  afterward  a  prosperous  farmer 


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at  Durhaiii.  In  the  latter  town  he  also  car- 
ried on  a  coopering  business  and  sent  his 
wares  to  market  in  Portland.  He  took  a 
prominent  part  in  affairs  of  the  town  and 
served  in  various  public  capacities  in  Durham, 
where  he  was  a  surveyor  of  land,  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  for  several  terms  represented 
the  town  in  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts. In  1834  he  returned  to  Portland  and 
lived  there  until  the  time  of  his  death,  less 
than  ten  years  afterward.  He  married  four 
times,  his  first  wife  being  Lucy  Berry,  by 
whom  he  had  three  sons,  John,  Josiah  and 
George,  and  two  daughters,  Harriet  and  Lucy. 
Harriet  married  Alfred  Soule,  of  Frccporl, 
and  Lucy  became  wife  of  Perez  Burr,  also 
of  Freeport.  Josiah  Burnham's  wife  Lucy 
died  in  1808,  aged  forty-five  years.  His  third 
wife  was  Eleanor  Jameson,  who  had  a  daugh- 
ter, Eleanor  Jameson,  who  married  Lieutenant 
Arnold  Burroughs,  of  Boston. 

(V)  George,  third  son  of  Josiah  and  Lucy 
(Berry)  Burnham,  was  born  in  Durham, 
Maine,  August  20,  iSoi,  and  died  in  Port- 
land, October  10,  1884.  He  went  to  Port- 
land in  1825  and  in  1828  established  himself 
in  business  as  a  cooper,  in  the  same  shop 
which  his  grandfather,  John  Burnham,  built 
in  1776.  Besides  his  cooperage  he  owned  a 
fleet  of  vessels  and  engaged  extensively  in 
the  fisheries  and  also  carried  on  trade  with 
the  West  Indies.  In  1828  the  governor  and 
council  appointed  George  Burnham  to  the 
office  of  inspector  of  fish  at  Portland,  and 
he  discharged  the  duties  of  that  position  for 
the  next  forty-four  years.  He  was  an  ener- 
getic and  successful  business  man,  having  little 
inclination  for  public  office,  yet  in  political  as 
well  as  in  the  business  life  of  Portland  he 
exercised  a  strong  and  healthful  influence  for 
many  years.  In  1828  he  married  Margaret 
Burr,  of  Freeport,  born  May  16,  1807,  died 
March  25,  1885,  daughter  of  Perez  and  Me- 
hitable  (Weber)  Burr,  of  Freeport.  (See 
Burr.)  Five  children  were  born  of  this  mar- 
riage: Margaret  (married  Louis  Dennison), 
George,  Perez  B.,  Josiah  and  John  E.,  of  each 
of  whom  mention  is  made  in  this  narrative. 

(VI)  George  (2),  eldest  son  of  George  (i) 
and  jMargaret  (Burr)  Burnham,  was  born 
in  Portland,  Maine,  January  31,  1831,  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
that  city,  and  after  leaving  school  entered  the 
employ  of  George  F.  Lewis,  the  pioneer  packer 
of  hermetically  sealed  goods  in  Portland.  He 
applied  himself  industriously  to  his  work  there 
for  six  years  and  during  that  time  gained  a 
thorough    understanding    of    the    business    in 


every  detail.  In  1851  he  engaged  to  work 
for  one  year  for  Samuel  Rumery,  and  in  March 
of  the  following  year  became  a  partner  with 
his  former  employer,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Rumery  &  Burnham.  This  relation  was  main- 
tained until  January,  1867,  when  the  partner- 
ship was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Burnham  became 
senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Burnham  &  Mor- 
rill and  began  a  business  which  since  that  time 
has  become  one  of  the  largest  and  most  suc- 
cessful enterprises  of  its  kind  in  New  England, 
and  one  which  for  the  proper  conduct  of  its 
operations  in  its  principal  and  auxiliary 
branches  has  for  several  years  been  incor- 
porated under  the  name  of  Burnhain  &  Morrill 
Company.  As  packers  and  distributors  of  their 
products,  whether  meats,  fish  or  vegetables, 
the  old  firm  of  Burnham  &  Morrill  established 
a  reputation  for  quality  of  goods  and  busi- 
ness integrity  which  gave  it  a  peculiar  and 
fortunate  standing  in  trade  circles  throughout 
the  country,  for  back  of  the  firm's  representa- 
tions was  the  ample  guarantee  of  unquestioned 
integrity,  reinforced  and  strengthened  by  the 
unconditional  provision  that  damaged  goods 
would  always  be  replaced  with  perfect  goods, 
or  no  payment  would  be  received  from  the 
customer.  Such  was  the  business  standard 
set  up  by  the  old  firm  of  Rumery  &  Burn- 
ham, and  that  standard  always  was  maintained 
by  the  successor  firm  of  Burnham  &  Morrill, 
and  also  by  its  successor,  the  Burnham  & 
Morrill  Company,  as  now  known  in  all  busi- 
ness and  trade  circles  throughout  the  world. 
For  nearly  half  a  century  Mr.  Burnham  de- 
voted his  energies  entirely  to  the  advancement 
of  his  business  interests,  but  during  more  re- 
cent years  he  had  withdrawn  somewhat  from 
arduous  pursuits  to  enjoy  the  comforts  of  life 
honestly  gained  and  well  deserved.  He  still  re- 
tained the  presidency  of  the  Burnham  &  Mor- 
rill Company,  to  which  he  was  chosen  at  the 
time  of  its  organization,  but  the  responsibilities 
of  business  management  were  entrusted  to 
younger  men.  For  many  years  also  he  was 
president  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  of 
Portland,  and  when  that  institution  merged  in 
the  Portland  Trust  Company  he  became  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  latter 
corporation.  And  besides  these  interests  he 
for  many  )ears  had  been  financially  identified 
with  various  railway,  water  transportation  and 
gas  companies,  as  well  as  with  other  public 
utilities.     He  died  Januar}'-  i,  1909. 

(VI)  Perez  Burr,  second  son  of  George  (i) 
and  Margaret  (Burr)  Burnham,  was  born  in 
Portland,  Maine,  May  5,  1835,  ''"d  acquired 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city. 


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After  leaving  school  he  was  for  several  years 
employed  as  clerk  for  a  wholesale  grain  and 
flour  firm,  and  went  from  that  position  to  a 
place  in  the  management  of  the  cooperage, 
fishing  and  coast  trading  enterprises  carried 
on  by  his  father  and  brother  George.  How- 
ever, in  i85i,  early  in  the  war,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  A  of  the  First  Maine  Infantry  and 
went  with  the  regiment  to  the  defenses  of 
Washington  and  there  did  guard  duty  until 
the  expiration  of  the  three  months'  term  of 
his  enlistment.  On  his  return  home  he  soon 
acquired  a  partnership  interest  in  the  business 
conducted  by  his  father  and  brother,  and  who 
about  that  time  increased  their  operations  by 
becoming  importers  and  exporters ;  and  the  re- 
lation thus  formed  was  continued  until  1872, 
when  he  withdrew  and  became  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Burnham  &  Morrill,  of  which  firm 
and  its  business  mention  is  made  in  the  last 
preceding  paragraph.  He  continued  actively 
with  the  latter  firm  until  1903,  and  then  re- 
tired from  business  pursuits,  although  at  vari- 
ous times  he  has  been  interested  in  other  im- 
portant enterprises  in  and  about  Portland.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  loyal  in  his  alle- 
giance to  party  and  its  principles,  but  has 
taken  little  active  interest  in  public  affairs, 
although  he  did  serve  one  year  as  member  of 
the  board  of  aldermen  from  ward  six,  Port- 
land. Mr.  Burnham  is  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland and  Country  clubs  and  of  the  Bram- 
hall  League.  He  married  Margaret  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Captain  William  Tritton  and  Mar- 
garet Rebecca  (Baker)  Best.  Her  father  was 
a  master  mariner  living  at  Robbinston,  Maine. 
Five  children  were  born  of  this  marriage : 
Harold  C,  who  married  Alabel  Earl  and  has 
one  child,  Perez  B.,  who  married  Anna  Smart 
and  has  four  children;  Margaret,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  years ;  George,  who  mar- 
ried Alice  Ellsworth  and  has  one  child ;  and 
Amy  Jameson,  who  married  Lowell  M.  Palm- 
er Jr.  and  has  two  children. 

(VI)  Josiah,  third  son  of  George  (i)  and 
Margaret  (Burr)  Burnham,  was  born  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  October  23,  1840,  and  died  De- 
cember 7,  1905.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic grammar  and  high  schools  of  Portland 
and  during  a  part  of  his  student  life  was  a 
classmate  with  Judge  Joseph  Symonds  and 
the  late  Thomas  B.  Reed.  He  early  became 
identified  with  the  packing  business  in  which 
his  brother  was  engaged.  When  the  firm  of 
Burnham  &  Morrill  incorporated  as  the  Burn- 
ham &  Morrill  Company,  May  i,  1892,  the 
original  partners  became  members  of  the  suc- 
cessor company,  and  Perez  B.  Burnham  and 


Josiah  Burnham  became  interested  as  stock- 
holders and  also  actively  associated  with  the 
business  management.  From  the  time  the 
company  was  organized  until  his  death,  Josiah 
Burnham  was  general  manager,  and  also  be- 
came vice-president  of  the  company  on  the 
death  of  his  younger  brother.  He  had  entire 
charge  of  the  packing  department  of  the  fac- 
tory in  Portland  and  also  at  several  of  the 
corn  factories  in  different  parts  of  the  state. 
He  possessed  a  full  knowledge  of  the  practical 
details  of  the  business  and  devoted  his  atten- 
tion earnestly  and  untiringly  to  the  promo- 
tion of  the  vast  company  interests  involved, 
and  with  most  gratifying  success,  for  he  was 
a  capable,  thorough  and  progressive  business 
man.  In  September,  1862,  then  less  than 
twenty-two  years  old,  Mr.  Burnham  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  Company  A  of  the  Twenty-fifth 
Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Francis 
Fessenden,  commanding.  He  was  mustered 
into  service  for  nine  months,  September  29, 
1862,  at  Portland,  and  was  mustered  out  at 
that  city  July  10,  1863.  He  was  a  comrade 
of  Bosworth  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  a  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Mason,  and  for  many  years  a  member 
of  the  Cumberland  Club.  In  religious  prefer- 
ence he  was  a  Congregationalist  and  in  poli- 
tics a  strong  Republican.  He  was  a  man 
of  culture  and  refined  tastes,  and  during  the 
later  years  of  his  life,  in  seasons  when  the 
demands  of  business  were  less  exacting,  it  was 
his  custom  to  travel  and  allow  himself  some 
rest  and  freedom  from  the  responsibilities  put 
upon  him  during  the  busier  portions  of  the 
year.  Indulging  himself  in  this  direction,  he 
made  several  trips  abroad  in  company  with 
his  wife,  whose  love  of  art  and  generous  tastes 
have  been  shown  in  so  many  ways  in  Port- 
land, and  especially  perhaps  in  her  commend- 
able efforts  in  behalf  of  the  decoration  of  the 
schoolrooms  of  the  city,  and  whose  sympathies 
and  generous  disposition  have  been  shown  so 
unselfishly  in  her  many  charitable  deeds  and 
gifts.  Mr.  Burnham  was  a  man  of  very  quiet 
habits,  loving  home  and  its  associations  more 
than  all  else.  His  whole  nature  was  generous, 
charitable,  and  his  mind  always  turned  to 
the  brighter  side  of  life,  and  he  always  seemed 
to  enjoy  the  happiness  of  others  and  contrib- 
uted to  it  in  every  way ;  it  was  a  real  pleasure 
to  meet  him  and  greet  him,  for  he  was  per- 
fectly sincere  in  all  which  he  said  and  did,  not 
at  all  inclined  to  seriousness  in  social  life,  but 
of  cheerful,  sunny  disposition,  which  illumined 
every  circle  he  entered  and  gave  added  pleas- 
ure to  every  occasion.  Such  was  the  man, 
and  such  was  his  nature,  and  the  world  was 


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made  better  by  his  correct  life  and  example. 
His  endeavors  in  business  were  rewarded  with 
gratifying  success,  and  as  he  received,  so  also 
he  gave,  l3Ut  quietly  were  his  benefactions  be- 
stowed, in  order  that  attention  might  not  be 
drawn  to  himself.     It  was  quite  evident   for 
several  months  previous  to  his  death  that  Mr. 
Burnham   felt  more  than   usual  the  exactions 
of  business  upon   his   strength  and   was  con- 
scious of   the   fact  that   his  health   was   fast 
being  impaired.     In  September,  1905,  he  went 
to  Poland  Spring  for  rest,  and  remained  there 
several  weeks,  tlien  returned  to  his  home  and 
afterward  visited  his  office  nearly  every  day. 
On  the  day  before  his  death  he  went  out  for  a 
drive,  and  the  end  came  almost  unexpectedly, 
and  before  the  family  physician  could  reach  his 
bedside.     The  house  in  which  Mr.   Burnham 
was  born  was  burned  in  the  "great  fire"  of 
1866,  and  the  house  in  which  he  lived  during 
the  later  years  of  his  life  stood  on  land  origi- 
nally a  part  of  the  house  lot  of  the  pioneer 
Burnham  family.     At  South  Paris.  Maine,  on 
Alarch   28,    1871,    Josiah     Burnham    married 
Mary  Stone,  who  was  born  in  Limerick,  Maine, 
April  26,  1849.     Pier  grandfather  was  Joseph 
Stone,  of  Plarvard,  Massachusetts,  who  mar- 
ried Mary  Tounge.  and  had  one  child.     Elisha 
Fullam     Stone,    son    of    Joseph    and    ;\Iary 
(Tounge)  Stone,  was  born  in  Harvard  in  Oc- 
tober, 1824.  and  died  in  1900.    In  1850  he  re- 
moved  to   South    Paris,   Alaine.  and   in    1861 
was  appointed   postmaster  there.     He  served 
five  terms  in  that  office  and  then  was  appointed 
special  agent  in  the  mail  service  of  the  post 
office  department  of  the   federal  government, 
serving  until  his  death,  in  1900.    Elisha  Fullam 
Stone  married  Miriam  Marcia  Townsend,  born 
January    9,    1825,    daughter    of    William    and 
Sophia    (13ole)    Townsend.     The  children   of 
this   marriage   were  Mary    (Mrs.   Burnham), 
Georgia   Washburn,    William    F.,    Lila    Kent, 
Jessie  E.  and  Harry  B.  Stone. 

(VI)  John  E.,  fourth  and  youngest  son  of 
George  (i)  and  ]\Iargaret  (Burr)  Burnham, 
was  born  in  Portland,  Maine,  January  31, 
1843,  and  died  in  that  city.  He  was  given  a 
good  education  in  the  public  schools  and  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school.  He  began  his 
active  business  career  as  junior  member  of 
the  original  firm  of  Rumery  &  Burnham,  where 
he  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  busi- 
ness of  that  house  which  served  its  useful  pur- 
pose in  later  years,  when  he  was  junior  partner 
of  the  successor  firm  of  Burnham  &  Morrill, 
and  still  later  in  connection  with  the  greater 
operations  of  the  Burnham  &  Morrill  Com- 
pany, in  which  he  was  largely  interested  and 


of  which  lie  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
most  active  and  efficient  members.     Although 
the  youngest  of  the  four  brothers  who  were 
so  largely  instrumental  in  the  great  enterprise 
now  operated  by  the  Burnliam  &  Morrill  Com- 
pany,  John    E.    Burnham   was   in   certain   re- 
spects the  mo.st  energetic  man  of  them  all  in 
promoting  the  interests  of  the  company  and  in 
increasing  its  business  in  every  direction.     He 
possessed  splendid  business  capacity,  reached 
his  decisions  quickly,  and  his   judgment  was 
rarely  at  fault.     And  withal,   he  was  one  of 
the  most  popular  men  in  Portland,  well  known 
and  highly  respected  in  all  business  and  social 
circles,  for  he  was  a  man  of  unquestioned  in- 
tegrity and  of  the  highest  character.     His  in- 
terest in  the  city  and  the  welfare  of  its  insti- 
tutions was  both  earnest  and  genuine,  and  his 
name  always  was  counted  in  the  list  of  those 
who  could  be  relied  upon  to  give  material  sup- 
port to  all  honest  measures  proposed  for  the 
public  welfare.     Selfishness  was  a  quality  en- 
tirely  foreign  to  his   nature,   and   he   held   in 
utter  contempt  all  that  savored  of  hypocrisy 
and  sham.     Rlr.   Burnham  was  a   Republican 
of  undoubted  quality,  although  he  never  sought 
political  preferment  for  himself,  but  few  men 
were   better   informed    in    regard   to    political 
matters  than  he,  and  his  mind  was  a  veritable 
storehouse  of  knowledge   for  the  free  use  of 
whomsoever   felt   inclined   to   draw   on   it   for 
information,  and  he  always  was  tolerant  of  the 
opinions  of   others  when   they   were  honestly 
held  and  presented.    Pie  was  a  careful  student 
of  political  economy,  with  ample  argument  to 
support   his   views,   but  he  never    forced    his 
opinions  on  others    unless    the    occasion    de- 
manded, and  when  it  did  his  hearers  were  fre- 
quently  amazed   with   the   fund   of    facts  and 
figures    which    this    modest    and    unassuming 
man  had  at  command  and  which  he  could  use 
with  such  telling  effect.     Mr.   Burnham  was 
a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Club,  Atlantic 
Lodge,   No.   81,   F.  and  A.   M.,   and  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias;  but  aside  from  the  Cum- 
berland Club  he  was  not  active  in  the  affairs 
of  either  of  the  other  orders  of  which  he  was 
a  member.    For  a  man  of  wealth  and  position, 
he   was   of  remarkably   quiet   disposition,   de- 
voted to  his  family,  and  especially  to  his  sister, 
with  whom  he  lived  for  many  years  and  until 
her  death.     The  full  list  of  his  benefactions 
probably  never  will  be  known,  for  he  never 
spoke  of  them,  although  they  are  known  to 
have  been   many  and  frequently  generous  in 
amount.    With  his  large  wealth  he  was  able  to 
do  good  in  many   ways  of  which  the  public 
knew  nothing,  and  when  his  benevolences  were 


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bestowed  it  was  through  the  medium  of  some 
trusted  agent  to  carry  out  his  instructions  in 
such  manner  that  the  personahty  of  the  bene- 
factor should  remain  undiscovered. 

The  Burr  ancestry  traces  from  Rev.  Jona- 
than Burr  (q.  v.),  through  Simon  (2),  John 
(3),  Jonathan  (4)  and 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  and 
Mary  (Lincoln)  Burr,  was  born  in  Hingham, 
April  4,  1729,  and  died  there  February  11, 
1790.  He  was  a  cooper,  lived  on  Leavitt 
street,  and  was  constable  of  Hingham  in  1767. 
He  married,  January  i,  1755,  Emma  Gushing, 
born  Hingham,  March  17,  1727,  died  Decem- 
ber 21,  1805,  daughter  of  Theophilus  and  Han- 
nah (Waterman)  Gushing.  In  this  connection 
a  brief  mention  of  the  Gushing  family  will  be 
found  of  interest. 

Deacon   Matthew   Gushing,   the   immigrant, 
was  born  in  Hingham,  Norfolk,  England,  in 
1588,   came   to   New   England   with   his   wife 
and  their  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  and  his 
wife's  sister,   Frances   Fircroft,    in    the    ship 
"Diligent,"  of  Ipswich,  John  Martin,  master, 
and   settled   in  Hingham.     He   died   in    1660, 
aged  seventy-two  years.     His  wife  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Henry  Pitcher,  died  in  1682,  aged 
ninety-two  years.    They  had  children  :   Daniel, 
1619;  Jesse,  1621 ;  Matthew,   1623;  Deborah, 
1625 ;   John,    1627.     Daniel    Gushing,   son   of 
Deacon  Matthew  and  Margaret,  was  elected 
town   clerk  of  Hingham  in   i66g   and  served 
in   that   office   until   his   death,   in   1700.      He 
was   frequently  chosen   to  transact  important 
business  for  the  town,  was  a  magistrate  and 
an   examination  of  his  papers  shows  that  he 
was  very  correct  and  intelligent  in  his  meth- 
ods.   He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Edward 
Oilman,  June  19,  1645,  ^^d  had  Peter,  1646; 
Daniel,    1648;   Deborah,    1651;    Jesse,    1654; 
Theophilus,  1657;  Matthew,  1660.    Theophilus 
Gushing,   son   of  Daniel  and   Lydia,   married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Gaptain  John  Thaxter,  and 
had    Nehemiah,    1689;     Adam,     1692;     Abel, 
Theophilus,  Seth,  Deborah  and  Lydia.     The- 
ophilus Gushing,  son  of  Theophilus  and  Mary, 
married,    1723,   Hannah   Waterman,   and  had 
Theophilus,    Perez,    Pyam,    Emma    (wife    of 
John  Burr)  and  James  Gushing. 

John  and  Emma  (Gushing)  Burr  had  nine 
children,  all  born  in  Hingham:  i.  John,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1755.  2.  Levi,  June  i,  1757.  3.  Gush- 
ing, January  21,  1759.  4.  Theophilus,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1761.  5.  Perez,  November  i,  1763.  6. 
Laban,  baptized  May  26,  1765,  died  December, 
1765.  7.  Robert  Waterman,  October  13,  1767, 
died  March  14,  1839.  8.  Emma,  September 
I,  1769.    9.  Laban,  February  5,  1773. 


(VI)  Perez,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Emma 
(Gushing)  Burr,  was  born  in  Hingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  i,  1763,  and  died  in 
Freeport,  Maine,  in  1836.  He  settled  in  Free- 
port  when  he  was  a  young  man  and  spent  his 
life  in  the  town.  He  married  Mehitable  Web- 
er, and  by  her  had  three  children :  Perez, 
Emma  and  Margaret.  Margaret,  born  May 
16,  1807,  died  March  25,  1885,  married  George 
Burnham.      (See   Burnham   V.) 


(For   English    ancestry   see   preceding   sketch.) 

( I )  Lieutenant  Thomas 
BURNHAM  Burnham,  one  of  the  broth- 
ers of  that  name  who  settled 
at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  was  a  resident  of 
the  town  known  as  Ghebacco  as  early  as  1636. 
He  was  then  a  youth  of  thirteen  years  and 
continued  to  reside  there  until  his  death.  May 
19,  1694,  at  the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Pequot  expedition  in  1636- 
37  and  again  in  the  Indian  warfare  in  1643. 
He  was  a  subscriber  to  Major  Denison  in 
1648  and  was  a  corporal  and  surveyor  of  high- 
ways in  1662;  sergeant  in  1664;  ensign  the 
following  year,  and  lieutenant  in  1683.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1683-84- 
85.  In  May,  1667,  he  was  granted  the  privi- 
lege of  locating  a  sawmill  on  the  Ghebacco 
river,  near  the  Falls,  and  he  became  an  ex- 
tensive owner  of  lands  in  Ipswich  and  Ghe- 
bacco, which  he  divided  between  his  sons 
Thomas  and  James.  He  was  married  in  1645 
to  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Johanna  Tut- 
tle.  She  was  born  in  1624,  died  JMarch  27, 
1715.  Ghildren:  Thomas,  John,  James,  Mary, 
Johanna,  Abigail,  Ruth  (died  young),  Ruth, 
Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Sarah  and  Esther. 

(II)  John,  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Tuttle)  Burnham,  was  born  in  1648,  died 
January  12,  1704,  in  Ghebacco,  where  he  lived 
through  life.  He  resided  first  near  the  head 
of  Whittredge  creek  and  afterwards  at  the 
falls  of  the  Ghebacco.  Pie  was  appointed  in 
1665  to  run  the  line  between  Ipswich  and 
Gloucester  and  was  tithingman  in  1677  ^^^ 
1695.  In  1689  he  was  proprietor  of  a  grist 
mill  and  the  owner  of  real  estate  which  con- 
tinued in  the  hands  of  his  descendants  down 
to  a  very  recent  date.  He  married,  June  9, 
1669,  Elizabeth  Wells,  who  died  in  1717. 
Ghildren  :  John,  Thomas,  Jacob  (died  young), 
Joseph,  Abigail,  Jacob,  Jonathan,  David  and 
Mary. 

(III)  Jacob,  fifth  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Wells)  Burnham,  was  born  March  i, 
1682,  died  March  26,  1773,  in  Ghebacco, 
where  his  life  was  spent.    He  married,  Novem- 


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her  20,  1704,  Mehitablc  I'crkins,  who  died 
September  6.  1769.  Their  sons  included  West- 
ley,  Jacob,  Solomon  and  John. 

(IV)  Solomon,  third  son  of  Jacob  and  Me- 
hitable  (Perkins)  Burnliam,  was  born  in  1709, 
died  April  15,  1784.  He  married,  November 
13,  1729,  Mehitable  Emerson,  who  died  Au- 
gust 23,  1792,  having  survived  her  husband 
more  than  eight  years.  Children :  Sarah, 
Solomon,  Ami,  Ruhamah,  Philippa,  Mehitable, 
Thomas,  Jacob  (twins),  Ephraim  (died 
young),  Mary,  Ephraim  and  Jacob. 

(V)  Jacob  (2).  youngest  son  of  Solomon 
and  Mehitable  (Emerson)  Burnham,  was  born 
February  2,  1752,  died  August  10,  1820,  in 
Chebacco,  now  Essex,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  June  11,  1772,  Lucy  Burnham,  who 
died  May  18,  1844.  Her  parentage  cannot  be 
located ;  she  was,  no  doubt,  a  remote  relative. 
Children :  Ezra,  Jacob,  Luke  R.,  Ephraim, 
Zebulun,  Lucy,  Rebecca,  Miriam  and  Susanna. 

(VT)  Zebulun,  fifth  son  of  Jacob  (2)  and 
Lucy  (Burnham)  Burnham,  was  born  in  Es- 
sex, Massachusetts,  about  1780,  and  married 
Judith  Andrews  of  the  same  locaHty.  Chil- 
dren :  Judith,  Zebulun,  Mina,  Cynthia,  Amos, 
Ansel,  Sophy,  Augusta  and  Ephraim. 

(VH)  Zebulun  (2),  son  of  Zebulun  (i)  and 
Judith  (Andrews)  Burnham,  was  born  Au- 
gust 6,  181 2,  in  Esse.x,  and  resided  in  Beverly, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  October  15, 
1848.  He  was  a  cordwainer  by  occupation, 
and  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-six  years. 
He  married,  February  21,  1837,  Sarah  D. 
Knowlton,  born  January  10,  1819,  in  Hamil- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  survived  hiin  nearly 
forty-one  years,  dying  September  26,  1889. 
Children :  Sarah  Augusta,  Ivers  Smith,  John 
Everett,  Amos  Perley,  Calvin  Foster,  Otis  and 
Frank.  All  of  these  sons  served  as  soldiers  in 
the  civil  war. 

(Vni)  Frank,  son  of  Zebulun  (2)  and 
Sarah  D.  (Knowlton)  Burnham,  was  born  in 
Beverly,  INIassachusetts,  March  31,  1847,  ^"^ 
received  a  high  school  education.  He  enlisted 
in  the  Sixtieth  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Regi- 
ment, and  was  with  his  regiment  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  He  also  served  in  the 
United  States  navy  on  the  "Vandalia,"  under 
Admiral  Thatcher.  He  belongs  to  Unity 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Eastern  Star  Encampment,  and  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  all  of  Portland.  He 
is  an  orchestral  leader  and  a  teacher  of  the 
violin  and  cornet,  having  studied  with  the 
celebrated  M.  Arbuckle,  of  Gilmore's  band. 
His  pupils  extend  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific.     He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a 


Liberal  in  religion.  He  marrierl  Saraii  P.. 
daughter  of  Daniel  O.  and  Mary  Stanley,  of 
Beverly,  Massachusetts;  children:  i.  Ida  F., 
married  Frank  E.  Fickett,  of  Portland.  2. 
Gertrude.  3.  Ralph  Foster.  4.  Mabel  S.,  mar- 
ried Frank  E.  Grant,  of  Portland. 

(IX)  Ralph  Foster,  only  son  of  Frank  and 
Sarah  F.  (Stanley)  Burnham,  was  born  in 
Beverly,  Massachusetts,  March  30,  1876.  At 
an  early  age  he  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Portland,  Maine.  When  eight  years  of  age 
he  began  selling  newspapers  for  Chisholm 
Brothers  and  paid  his  expenses  while  in  the 
grammar  school.  Then  entering  the  employ- 
ment of  Schlottcrbeck  &  Foss,  he  paid  his  way 
through  tfie  high  school.  After  graduating  he 
entered  the  employ  of  J.  B.  Totten,  where  he 
remained  until  his  health  obliged  him  to  leave 
the  coast,  when  he  came  to  Auburn  in  1897 
and  bought  out  the  drug  business  of  B.  L. 
Alden.  In  this  business  he  is  still  engaged. 
Shortly  after  purchasing  the  business  he  de- 
voted much  time  to  experimenting  with  "io- 
dides," and  succeeding  in  filling  a  long-felt 
want  in  his  "Sal  Iodide."  This  met  with 
marked  success  and  is  extensively  prescribed 
by  physicians  thrrtughout  New  England.  He. 
also  prepared  a  "Glyco-Tonic"  which  with  the 
other  formalas  he  is  developing  into  a  worthy 
and  profitable  enterprise.  It  is  to  the  study  and 
energy  of  such  men  as  Mr.  Burnham  that 
the  state  owes  its  position  in  the  chemical  as 
well  as  the  manufacturing  world.  He  is  an 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Mason,  having 
taken  all  of  the  degrees  to  the  thirty-second, 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle.  He  mar- 
ried, October  30,  1899,  Clara  Ella,  daughter 
of  John  H.  and  Eleanor  (Haskell)  Shaw,  of 
Portland.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burnham  attend  the 
Universalist  church. 


Robert  Smith,  immigrant  ances- 
SMITH     tor  of  this  branch  of  the  family, 

was  born  about  1623.  He  settled 
in  that  part  of  Rowley  which  was  set  off  as 
Boxford,  and  was  living  there  in  1661.  He 
was  a  quiet  man,  but  interested  in  anything 
that  pertained  to  the  advancement  of  settle- 
ments in  the  town.  He  was  a  subscriber  to  the 
Major  Denison  fund  in  1648.  He  died  intest- 
ate August  30,  1693,  and  his  son  Samuel  ad- 
ministered his  estate  October  3.  1698,  which 
was  valued  at  two  hundred  pounds.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  French.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Mary,  recorded  at  Rowley,  born 
October  28,  1658.  2.  Phcbe,  August  26,  1661. 
3.  Ephraim,  October  29,  1663,  mentioned  be- 


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low.  4.  Samuel,  January  26,  1666.  5.  Amy, 
August  16,  1668.  6.  Sarah,  June  25,  1670, 
died  August  28,  1673.  7.  Nathaniel,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1672.  8.  Jacob,  January  26,  1674.  9. 
Maria,  December  18,  1677. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  Robert  Smith,  was 
born  at  Boxford,  October  29,  1663,  and  re- 
sided at  Boxford.  He  served  in  the  Indian 
war  under  Governor  Andros.  He  married, 
September  6,  1694,  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Perkins)  Ramsdell.    Children: 

1.  Elizabeth   (twin),  born  March   i,   1696-97. 

2.  Hannah  (twin),  March  i,  1696-97.  3. 
Ephraim,  January  30,  1698-99.  4.  Lydia,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1699.  5.  Hepsibah,  March  25,  1700. 
6.  Priscilla,  August  14,  1702.  7..  John,  No- 
vember 18,  170 — .  8.  Nathan,  baptized  July  i, 
1710.  9.  Daniel,  baptized  August  31,  1712. 
10.  Abijah,  baptized  October  24,'  1714,  men- 
tioned  below. 

(III)  Abijah,  son  of  Ephraim  Smith,  was 
baptized  October  24,  1714,  and  died  intestate 
at  Leominster  in  1787.  He  resided  in  Leo- 
minster, and  married,  in  1738,  Lydia  Rogers, 
of  Boxford,  who  was  baptized  in  1720.  Among 
his  children  was  Manasseh,  mentioned  below. 

(■IV)  ]\Ianasseh,  son  of  Abijah  Smith,  was 
born  at  Leominster,  December  25,  1748,  and 
died  at  Wiscasset,  Maine,  May  21,  1823.  He 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1773  and  for 
a  time  was  chaplain  in  the  revolutionary  army. 
He  afterwards  studied  law  and  began  his 
practice  in  Leominster,  and  was  clerk  of  the 
court  there.  He  removed  to  Hollis,  New 
Hampshire,  and  married  there  Hannah  Emer- 
son, born  September  30,  1745,  died  April  16, 
1825,  daughter  of  Daniel  Emerson.  ( See 
Emerson  family.)  In  1788  he  went  to  Wis- 
casset, Maine,  where  he  resided  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  and  accumulated  a  handsome  prop- 
perty.  He  wrote  a  very  illegible  hand,  and  it 
is  said  that  Judge  Paine,  trying  to -read  a 
special  plea  of  his,  was  brought  to  a  stand 
and  scolded  him  heartily.  Smith  said  that  he 
had  been,  as  a  minister,  in  the  habit  of  writing 
fast,  which  led  him  to  be  careless.  Children : 
I.  Hannah,  born  October  17,  1774,  married, 
1794,  Samuel  Sevey,  born  at  Wiscasset,  April 
30,  1771,  and  had  Hannah,  Mary  S.,  Samuel, 
Maria,  William,  Edwin  S.,  Joseph  S.,  Julia 
D.,  Ralph  E.,  Manasseh,  Bradbury,  Theodore 
and  Lucy  S.  Sevey.  2.  Mary,  born  February 
I,  1776,  married  Ivory  Hovey  Jr.,  and  had 
Fannie  E.,  Ivory  T.,  Mary  H.,  George  W., 
Lucy  A.,  Joseph  S.,  Susan  and  Sarah  Hovey; 
died  at  East  Thomaston,  Maine,  April  21, 
1848.  3.  Lydia  Rogers,  born  December  15, 
1777,   died   at   Wiscasset,  July    16,    1838.     4. 


Manasseh,  born  August  16,  1779,  married 
Olivia  Hovey,  of  Berwick,  Maine ;  children : 
i.  Child,  died  young;  ii.  Manasseh.  born  July 
15,  1807;  iii.  Frances  O.,  born  October  15, 
1809,  married  William  T.  Hilliard ;  iv.  Eliza 
W.,  born  March  21,  1812,  married  Dr.  J.  C. 
Bradbury ;  v.  Temple  H.,  died  young ;  vi. 
Hannah  E.,  married  Charles  Woodman,  of 
Burlington;  vii.  Olivia  S.,  born  February  12, 
1819;  viii.  Joseph  Emerson,  died  young.  5. 
Joseph  Emerson,  born  March  6,  1782,  died 
at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  March  12,  1837.  6. 
Lucy,  born  September  22,  1783,  died  at  Wis- 
casset, April  28,  1840.  7.  Samuel  Emerson, 
born  March  12,  1788,  mentioned  below.  8. 
Edwin,  born  July  14,  1790,  married  Caroline 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hurd,  of  Wal- 
doborough  ;  children  :  i.  Samuel  Emerson,  born 
in    Alva,   April   20,    1821,    died   December    5, 

1855,  married  Copeland;  ii.  Edwin  J., 

born  in  Warren,  Maine,  March  30,  1826,  mar- 
ried    Hodgeman,  of  Warren. 

(V)  Samuel  Emerson,  son  of  ]\Ianasseh 
Smith,  was  born  in  Hollis,  New  Hampshire, 
March  12,  1788,  died  March  4,  i860,  at  Wis- 
casset, Maine.  He  studied  at  Groton  Academy 
and  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1808. 
He  studied  law  with  Samuel  Dana,  of  Groton, 
and  with  his  brothers  Manasseh  and  Joseph 
E.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1812.  The  same  year  he  established 
an  office  at  Wiscasset,  Maine.  He  was  active 
in  politics,  was  a  Democrat;  in  i8ig  was 
elected  representative  to  the  general  court  of 
Massachusetts,  and  the  next  year  to  that  of 
Maine,  after  the  state  had  been  established. 
In  1 82 1  he  was  appointed  chief  justice  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas,  as  successor  of  Judge 
Weston.  He  was  governor  of  Maine  three 
years,  1831-32-33.  During  his  administration 
the  subject  of  the  northeastern  boundary  was 
uppermost  in  the  minds  of  the  people.  The 
question  in  controversy  had  been  submitted 
to  the  King  of  the  Netherlands,  and  Judge 
Preble  went  to  the  Hague  to  manage  the 
cause.  In  January,  183 1,  the  king  rendered 
his  award,  placing  the  line  on  a  ridge  of  high- 
lands instead  of  the  bed  of  a  river,  according 
to  the  language  of  the  treaty,  gave  just  in- 
dignation to  the  people  of  the  state,  and  led 
to  a  repudiation  of  the  award.  A  long  cor- 
respondence and  discussion  took  place  between 
Governor  Smith  and  the  authorities  at  Wash- 
ington. The  LTnited  States  government  was 
desirous  of  having  the  award  accepted,  and 
was  willing  to  pay  the  state  of  Maine  for  any 
loss  of  territory.  The  messages  of  Governor 
Smith  in  regard  to  the  controversv  were  sound 


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and  judicious,  and  met  vvilh  popular  approval. 
Another  measure  of  importance  was  the  change 
of  the  seat  of  government  to  Augusta,  and 
the  building  of  the  capitol.  In  the  third  year 
of  his  administration  the  country  was  dis- 
turbed by  the  nullification  movements  in  South 
Carolina,  and  the  agitations  concerning  the 
charter  of  the  United  States  bank,  and  a  modi- 
fication of  the  tariff.  The  government  took  a 
firm  stand  in  support  of  the  president,  and 
says :  "In  this  alarming  crisis  of  our  national 
aft'airs,  we  cannot  but  rejoice  that  the  executive 
department  of  the  national  government,  sus- 
tained, as  it  is,  by  a  vast  majority  of  the 
American  people,  has  announced  its  determi- 
nation to  support  and  carry  into  effect  the  con- 
stitution and  laws  of  the  United  States."  At 
the  expiration  of  his  third  term  of  office  Gov- 
ernor Smith  retired  to  private  life  until  1835, 
when  he  was  restored  to  the  bench  of  common 
pleas.  In  1837  he  withdrew  from  the  bench 
and  in  October  of  that  year  was  appointed  one 
of  the  commissioners  to  revise  and  codify  the 
public  laws.  The  first  edition  of  the  revised 
statutes  was  the  result  of  the  labors  of  this 
commission.  He  was  one  of  the  forty-nine 
corporate  members  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society.  He  married,  September  12,  1832, 
Louisa  Sophia,  daughter  of  Hon.  Henry  Weld 
Fuller,  of  Augusta.  Children:  i.  Samuel 
Emerson,  born  in  Augusta,  August  31,  1833, 
died  at  Wiscasset,  January  21,  1881.  2.  Jo- 
seph Emerson,  born  March  19,  1835  (married 
first,  Helen,  daughter  of  William  Cooper,  of 
Pittston ;  second,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Major 
John  Babson,  of  Wiscasset ;  third  Amy 
Bowie,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland ;  children :  i. 
Stuart  Ingalls,  died  1869,  aged  three;  ii.  Maud 
Fuller,  married  Loring  Briggs,  of  Brookline, 
Massachusetts  ;  iii.  Joseph  Emerson  ;  iv.  Aimee, 
married  Harold  Clifton  Lane,  of  San  Antonio, 
Texas).  3.  Henry  Weld  Fuller,  born  at  Wis- 
casset, May  6,  1837,  died  October  26,  1866.  4. 
Edwin  Manasseh,  born  December  26,  1838; 
["Captain  Edwin  M.  Smith  *  *  *  com- 
pleted a  full  course  at  Bowdoin  College,  after 
which  he  studied  law  and  then  finished  his 
education  by  travel  in  Europe.  Shortly  after 
his  return  from  abroad  the  war  broke  out,  and 
with  the  ardor  of  a  youthful  nature  he  en- 
listed in  the  conflict.  He  was  the  first  volun- 
teer from  his  native  town.  His  company 
unanimously  elected  him  captain,  and  with  it  he 
joined  the  Fourth  Maine  and  fought  his  first 
battle  at  Bull  Run.  Captain  Smith  is  said  to 
have  been  one  of  the  last  officers  of  his  regi- 
ment to  leave  the  battlefield,  and  he  barely 
escaped  with  his  life  by  the  use  of  his  revolver. 


Soon  after  he  was  commissioned  major  of  his 
regiment,  but  declined  the  office,  preferring  to 
follow  his  colonel,  then  made  a  brigadier-gen- 
eral, upon  his  staff  as  assistant  adjutant-gen- 
eral." (From  "Major  General  Hiram  J.  Berry, 
His  Career,  etc.,"  by  Edward  K.  Gould,  pub- 
lished at  Rockland,  Me.,  in  1899.)  He  was 
killed  in  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 
1862.]     5.  Benjamin  Fuller,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Fuller,  son  of  Samuel  Emer- 
son Smith,  was  born  at  Wiscasset,  February 
28,  1842,  died  there  March  23,  1885.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  graduated  at  Bowdoin 
College  in  1863.  He  began  the  practice  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Melville  W.  Fuller,  in 
Chicago,  being  a  partner  with  him  in  the  firm 
of  Fuller  &  Smith.  Later  he  went  to  Wis- 
casset, where  he  practiced  his  profession.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  governor's  staff.  He  was  county 
attorney,  and  served  the  town  as  selectman, 
auditor,  overseer  of  the  poor  and  superintend- 
ent of  schools.  In  religion  he  was  an  Episco- 
palian. He  married,  December  25,  1866,  in 
St.  John's  Church  at  Bangor,  Marion  Louise, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Mosely  Howard,  of  Ban- 
gor. (See  Howard  family  elsewhere.)  Chil- 
dren: I.  Howard  Bainbridge,  born  in  Chi- 
cago, March  8,  1868,  now  in  Germany.  2. 
Christine  Louise,  born  in  Bangor,  October  6, 
1869,  died  August  9,  1902.  3.  Marion  Stuart, 
born  in  Bangor,  March  31,  1871  (married, 
September  26,  1906,  Dr.  A.  Theodore  Gail- 
lard,  of  Charlestown,  South  Carolina ;  resides 
in  Atlanta,  Georgia ;  had  son  Theodore  Lee 
Gaillard,  born  in  New  York  City,  November 
18,  1907).  4.  Harold  Joseph  Emerson,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VTI)  Harold  Joseph  Emerson,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Fuller  Smith,  was  born  in  Wiscasset, 
Maine,  May  i,  1877.  He  was  sent  to  Ger- 
many in  early  youth  to  be  educated,  and  he 
attended  Karl's  Gymnasium  at  Suttgart  and 
the  Vitzthum  Gymnasium  at  Dresden,  Ger- 
many. He  returned  to  his  native  land  in 
1892  and  engaged  in  the  fire  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Bangor,  in  the  office  of  D.  M.  Howard. 
From  1895  to  1907  he  was  connected  with  the 
Long  Island  Railroad  Company  in  New  York 
City.  Since  1907  he  has  resided  in  the  old 
home  at  Wiscasset,  built  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  years  ago,  his  son  being  the  fifth 
generation  of  the  Smith  family  to  live  in  it. 
Mr.  Smith  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town  and  is  at  present  on  the 
board  of  selectmen  of  Wiscasset.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  an  Episcopalian  in  re- 


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ligion.  He  married,  IMay  i",  1905,  Susan 
Cowles,  born  at  Chicago,  November  i,  18S2, 
daughter  of  John  Cowles  and  Susan  Rae 
(Henry)  Grant,  of  Chicago.  (See  Grant  fam- 
ily.) Children:  i.  Marion  Howard,  born  in 
New  York,  May  11,  1906.  2.  Emerson,  born 
in  Wiscasset,  October  25,  1907. 

The  ancestry  of  the  children  of  Benjamin 
Fuller  and  Marion  Louise  (Howard)  Smith 
has  been  traced  through  the  various  lines  to 
the  following  pioneers  :  Thomas  Edmunds,  of 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut ;  Griffin  Graft,  of 
Roxbury  ( 1631 )  ;  Thomas  Gardiner,  who  came 
in  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  1635;  Rebecca  Crooke 
(1646);  Rev.  Thomas  Weld,  of  Roxbury 
(1632);  Rev.  Samuel  Whiting,  of  Lynn; 
Thomas  Savage,  who  came  in  the  ship  "Plant- 
er" to  Boston  in  1636;  William  Hutchins, 
Boston,  1634;  Edward  Tyng,  Boston,  1636; 
Thomas  Fox,  of  Cambridge,  died  1693;  Rev. 
John  Rogers,  of  Plymouth,  1635,  settled  later 
at  Rowley ;  Hezekiah  U^sher,  of  Cambridge, 
died  1676;  Zaccheus  Gould,  1638;  Edward 
Giles,  of  Salem,  1633;  Job  Swinnerton,  Sa- 
lem, 1637;  Thomas  Flagg,  1637;  Michael  Lef- 
fenwell,  of  Woburn ;  John  Winslow,  married 
Mary  Chilton ;  Samuel  Edson,  of  Salem,  died 
1692 ;  John  Fobes.  of  Duxbury ;  Rev.  James 
Keith,  of  Scotland,  1662;  Richard  Williams, 
of  Taunton,  1633,  cousin  to  Oliver  Cromwell; 
Richard  Holden,  Ipswich,  1634;  Stephen  Fos- 
dick,  Charlestown,  1635;  Samuel  Packard, 
1638;  Thomas  French,  of  Ipswich,  1638;  John 
Ramsdell,  of  Lynn,  1630;  Rev.  William  Per- 
kins, of  Ipswich  and  Topsfield,  163 1  ;  Eliza- 
beth Wooten,  of  Roxbury,  1636;  Jeremiah 
Rogers,  of  Dorchester,  before  1672;  Jabez 
Pears,  of  Dorchester,  1631 ;  John  Marston, 
1660;  Thomas  Emerson,  of  Ipswich,  1638; 
Rev.  Peter  Bulkeley.  of  Concord,  1659;  Jane 
(Allen)  Bulkeley;  Nicholas  Brown,  of  Read- 
ing, 1654;  John  Brown,  of  Reading,  1634; 
Rev.  John  Fiske,  of  Chelmsford,  1637;  Eliza- 
beth Clark,  sister  of  John  Clark,  Newport, 
Rhode  Island ;  Joseph  Emerson,  of  Mendon ; 
Cornelius  Waldo ;  Hannah  Cogswell,  of  Ips- 
wich ;  William  Moody  came  in  the  ship  "Mary 
and  John"  to  Ipswich,  1633;  Thomas  Brad- 
bury, of  Salisbury,  1639;  John  Perham,  of 
Boston  and  Ipswich,  1631 ;  Henry  Sewell, 
1634  ;  Jane  Dummer  ;  Hannah  Fessenden,  died 
in  York,  1723;  Anthony  Fisher,  of  Dedham, 
1637;  Nicholas  Marriott,  of  Salem  and  Marble- 
head,  1637;  Robert  Grossman,  of  Taunton, 
1657;  Gilbert  Brooks,  Rehoboth,  1621  ;  John 
Bryant,  Scituate,  1639;  Stephen  Bryant,  of 
Plymouth,  1632 ;  John  Hall,  of  Charlestown, 
1697;  Rev.  William  Blackstone,  1623,  the  first 


settler  of  Boston ;  Thomas  Brown ;  Thomas 
Edwards,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  died 
1688;  Edward  Spaulding,  of  Braintree,  1640; 
William  Simmons,  of  Concord,  died  1672; 
Dolor  Davis,  died  1673 ;  John  Hall,  of  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  1694;  William  Furber,  of 
Dover,  1637 ;  Quentin  Pray,  of  Lynn  and 
Braintree,  1667;  John  Downing,  of  Braintree, 
1640;  Henry  Sewall,  of  Ipswich,  1634. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Robert  Smith   I.) 

(V)  Manasseh  (2),  eldest  son  of 
SMITH     Manasseh      (i)      and      Hannah 

(Emerson)  Smith,  was  born  in 
Hollis,  August  16,  1779.  He  removed  with  his 
family  to  Maine,  graduated  from  Harvard  in 
1800,  and  established  himself  in  Warren,  where 
he  died,  a  worthy  and  prominent  citizen,  in 
1822.  He  married  Olivia  Hovey,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Ivory  Hovey,  of  Berwick,  by  whom  he 
had  eight  children. 

(VI)  Manasseh  Hovey,  son  of  Manasseh 
and  Olivia  (Hovey)  Smith,  was  born  in  1807 
and  died  in  1865.  He  married  Mary  Myrick 
Dole  (see  below),  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  seven  children :  Mary  Caroline,  Manasseh, 
Elizabeth  H.,  Everett,  Edith,  Harold  and  Os- 
good. 

(VH)  Mary  Caroline,  eldest  daughter  of 
Manasseh  H.  and  ]\Iary  M.  (Dole)  Smith,  was 
born  in  Warren,  July  29,  1838,  and  married, 
November  13,  1861,  Frederick  Fox,  lawyer, 
who  was  born  in  1827,  died  in  Portland,  1894 
(see  Fox  IX). 

(VII)  Manasseh  (3),  eldest  son  of  Manas- 
seh H.  and  Mary  M.  (Dole)  Smith,  was  born 
in  Warren,  Maine,  December  24,  1841,  and  is 
a  lawyer.  He  resides  at  Woodfords.  He  mar- 
ried, 1871,  Georgiana  W.  Hall,  of  Quebec, 
who  was  born  in  Quebec,  1848,  daughter  of 
George  B.  Hall.  They  have  eight  children : 
Mary,  Gertrude,  Helen,  Katherine  Benson, 
Manasseh   (4),  Ruth,  Bertha  and  Ralph. 

Mary  Myrick  (Dole)  Smith  (see  Smith  VI 
above)  was  a  descendant  of  Richard  Dole  (q. 
v.),  through  Richard  (II),  Richard  (III), 
Enoch   (IV),  Amos  (V),  and 

(VI)  Hon.  John,  fifth  son  of  Amos  and 
Molly  (Page)  Dole,  was  born  in  Shirley,  in 
1773.  He  settled  in  Lincoln  county  in  the 
province  of  Maine,  where  he  held  the  office  of 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  and  died 
in  1842.  He  married  Elizabeth  Carleton,  by 
whom  he  had  nine  children :  Sullivan,  Carle- 
ton,  Mary  W.,  Nancy,  Jefferson,  Albert  G., 
William  King,  Elizabeth  C.  and  Mary  IMyrick, 
next   mentioned. 

(VII)  Mary  Myrick,  child  of  Judge  John 


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and  Elizabeth  (Carlcton)  Dole,  was  born  in 
AIna,  Lincoln  county,  Maine,  in  1818,  and 
died  in  Portland,  1905,  aged  eighty-seven 
years.  She  married  Manassch  H.  Smith  (see 
Smith  VI). 

John  Smith  came  from  England, 
SMITH  about  1630,  to  Barnstable,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  probably  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  1710,  at  the  extreme  age  of  ninety- 
six  years.  In  1663  he  succeeded  Rev.  William 
Sargent  as  pastor  of  the  Barnstable  church ; 
subsequently  went  to  Long  Island  and  New 
Jersey,  and  in  1675  removed  to  Sandwich,  be- 
coming pastor  of  church  there  167C,  continu- 
ing until  1688,  when,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
four,  his  pastorate  was  terminated  at  his  own 
request.  He  married,  1643,  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Hinckley,  who  was  brother  of 
Thomas  Hinckley,  afterward  governor.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Samuel,  born  April,  1644.  2.  Sarah, 
May,  1645.  3.  Eben,  October,  1646.  4.  Mary, 
November,    1647.      5-   Dorcas,   August,    1650. 

6.  John,  died  1651.  7.  Shubael,  born  Novem- 
ber, 1653.  8.  John,  September,  1656.  9.  Ben- 
jamin, January  7,  1658.     10.  Ichabod,  January 

7,  1660.  II.  Elizabeth,  February,  1662.  12. 
Thomas,  February,  1664;  see  forward.  13. 
Joseph,  December  6,  1667. 

(II)  Thomas,  eighth  son  of  John  Smith, 
was  prominent  in  public  affairs.  He  was  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court,  1698-99;  one 
of  the  two  selectmen,  1697;  was  town  treas- 
urer of  Sandwich  at  time  of  his  death,  Decem- 
ber  9,    1700.      He    married    Abigail    . 

Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  January,  1688,  see 
forward.  2.  John,  born  February  7,  1689.  3. 
Thomas,  December  25,  1691.  4.  Isaac,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1693.  5.  Abigail,  January  17,  1695. 
6.  Rebecca,  November  7,  1697,  married  Rev. 
Benjamin  Fessenden.  7.  Shubael,  November 
20,  1699. 

(III)  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Smith, 
is  mentioned  by  Rev.  Mr.  Fessenden  as  "one 
of  the  heads  of  families"  in  Sandwich,  1730; 
little  more  is  known  of  him.  He  married, 
October  6,  1717,  Bethia,  daughter  of  Hon. 
John  Chipman.  She  was  of  "Mayflower"  de- 
scent. Among  the  passengers  of  that  historic 
vessel  were  John  Tilley  and  wife  Elizabeth, 
daughter  Elizabeth,  and  John  Howland.  The 
two  last-named  married,  after  reaching  Ply- 
mouth, and  their  daughter  Hope  married  Elder 
John  Chipman,  1646,  and  their  granddaughter 
Bethia  became  wife  of  Samuel  Smith.  Chil- 
dren of  Samuel  and  Bethia  (Chipman)  Smith: 
I.  Thomas,  born  September  17,  17 18.  2.  Sam- 
uel, February  19,  1720.    3.  Abigail,  December 


16,  1722,  married  Samuel  Thaxter,  of  Hing- 
ham.  4.  Bethia,  December  10,  1724,  married 
Thomas  Loring  of  Hingham.  5.  Mary,  May 
8,  1727,  married  Calvin  Gay,  of  Hingham. 
6.  John,  September  12,  1729.  7.  Rebecca, 
July  19,  1 73 1,  married  Elisha  Bisby,  of  Pem- 
broke. 8.  Shubael,  June  10,  1733.  9.  De- 
borah, May  6,  1737.  10.  Stephen,  May  30, 
1739,  see  forward.  11.  and  12.  Lucy  and 
Lydia  (twins),  November  3,  1741  ;  Lucy  died 
aged  three  weeks ;  Lytlia  married  Joseph  Lor- 
ing, of  Hingham. 

(I\')  Stephen,  son  of  Samuel  Smith,  was 
born  in  Sandwich,  May  30,  1739.  In  1772 
he  removed  to  Machias,  Maine,  where  a  settle- 
ment had  been  made  nine  years  earlier.  In 
1776  he  was  appointed  truck  master  to  the 
Indians,  by  the  provincial  congress,  his  duties 
being  to  provision  the  Indians  and  keep  them 
from  taking  an  active  part  against  the  colon- 
ists in  the  revolution.  Next  year  he  is  known 
as  Captain  Smith  of  the  militia,  and  was  as- 
sociated with  Colonel  John  Allen,  Colonel 
Eddy  and  Major  Stillman  in  defense  of  the 
settlements  in  eastern  Maine.  In  numerous 
skirmishes  he  proved  himself  a  good  com- 
mander, and  one  whom  the  Indians  respected 
and  obeyed.  He  was  frequently  mentioned  in 
reports  to  the  governor  and  council  for  his  ex- 
cellent service.  In  1777,  when  the  soldiers  at 
Machias  were  suffering  for  supplies,  he  ad- 
vanced money  to  pay  them  off,  and  also  for 
blankets,  of  which  they  were  in  great  need. 
These  sums  were  afterward  repaid  him.  His 
reports,  now  in  the  Massachusetts  archives, 
are  model  business  documents.  In  1781  he 
was  on  the  committee  of  safety  and  corre- 
spondence. He  was  one  of  the  first  selectmen 
of  Machias,  when  the  town  was  incorporated, 
1784,  and  in  1790  President  Washington  ap- 
pointed him  first  collector  of  customs  there. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  sixteen  proprietors  of 
the  first  meeting  house,  1774,  his  subscription 
being  the  largest  on  the  list,  and  a  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  first  minister.  Rev.  James  Lyon. 
He  was  made  a  Mason  in  St.  Andrew-'s  Lodge, 
Boston,  March  26,  1778;  a  charter  member  of 
Warren  Lodge,  Machias,  1777;  its  first  treas- 
urer, and  to  1787,  and  at  times  advanced 
money  to  the  lodge  for  its  needs.  He  was  a 
mill  owner  and  lumber  manufacturer;  and 
partner  for  some  years  with  George  Stillman. 
He  married,  1762.  Deborah,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Patience  Ellis,  of  Plymouth.  He 
died  September  29,  1806;  she  died  March  4, 
1825.  Their  grave  stones  have  recently  been 
identified,  and  their  descendants  are  caring  for 
the  graves.     Children,  first  five  born  in  Sand- 


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wich,  the  others  in  Machias :  i.  Stephen,  born 
November  6,  1763,  married  Hannah  Hill;  chil- 
dren :  Deborah,  married  Harrison  Thatcher ; 
Ellis;  John  Otis;  Thomas;  Adeline,  married 
Simon  Elwell ;  Turner  Nathan  ;  George ;  Mary, 

married  Fred  Bowker,  second  Ward  ; 

Coffin;  Harrison.  2.  Deborah,  born  February 
22,  1766,  married  Joseph  Wallace;  children: 
Louis  J. ;  John  T. ;  William  E. ;  George  W. ; 
Elizabeth  T.,  married  Stephen  J.  Bowles ; 
Charles  A. ;  Deborah.  3.  William  Ellis,  born 
December  8,  1767,  married  Hannah  Lyon; 
children :  Stephen ;  Maria,  married  Wilmot 
W.  Nash  ;  James  ;  Harrison  T. ;  William  F. ; 
Joseph  Warren  ;  Charles  Edward ;  Henry  L. ; 
Caroline.  4.  Samuel,  born  December  28,  1769, 
married  Sally  Kelly ;  children :  William ; 
Sally,  married  Nathaniel  Wilson;  Samuel; 
Betsey,  married  John  H.  McAllister;  George 
S. ;  Deborah,  married  Benjamin  Maloon.  5. 
Joseph  Otis ;  see  forward.  6.  Jane,  born  No- 
vember 16,  1774,  married  Silas  Turner;  chil- 
dren :  Sally,  married  Cyrus  W.  Foster ;  Eliza  ; 
Miranda,  married  Joshua  A.  Lowell ;  Ellery ; 
Rebecca,  married  Ovid  Burrall ;  Deborah,  mar- 
ried Peter  S.  J.  Talbot;  Betsey.  7.  Lydia,  born 
January  18,  1777,  married  Samuel  P.  Clark; 
children :  Parker ;  Judith,  married  H.  T. 
Smith ;  Deborah,  married  William  F.  Smith ; 
Hannah;  Nelson;  Sarah;  Lydia;  Jane,  mar- 
ried Enoch  Dorman,  (second)  Stephen  Long- 
fellow. 8.  Elizabeth  Otis,  born  August  11, 
1779,  married  Ebenezer  Inglee;  children: 
Charles ;  Anna,  married  Dennis  Garland  ;  Will- 
iam ;  Betsey ;  Jane ;  Lewis  ;  John  ;  Charles.  9. 
George  S.,  born  September  14,  1781,  married 
Sally  Farnsworth ;  children :  William  B., 
George  S.,  Thomas  D.  Four  of  the  ancestors 
of  Captain  Stephen  Smith  on  his  mother's  side 
came  over  in  the  "Mayflower,"  viz. :  John  and 
Elizabeth  Tilley,  their  daughter  Elizabeth  and 
John  Howland.  Soon  after  their  arrival  at 
Plymouth  John  Howland  married  Elizabeth 
Tilley.  Hope  Howland,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth,  married  Elder  John  Chipman 
in  1646,  and  their  granddaughter  Bethia, 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  John  Chipman,  married 
Samuel  Smith  and  was  the  mother  of  Stephen 
Smith. 

(V)  Joseph  Otis,  M.  D.,  son  of  Stephen 
Smith,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts, 
January  31,  1772.  He  resided  in  Addison, 
Maine,  where  he  was  highly  regarded  for  his 
professional  ability  and  fine  personal  traits  of 
character.  He  married,  1804,  Betsey  Strout 
Coffin,  widow  of  Barnabas  Coffin,  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  Strout.  Children:  i.  Deborah 
Ellis,  born  May  25,  1805,  died  February  11, 


1868;  married  Oliver  Nash.  2.  Stephen,  born 
February  11,  1807,  married  Almy  Springer. 
3.  Barnabas  Coffin,  born  January  13,  1809,  see 
forward.  4.  George  Stillman,  born  November 
27,  1812,  died  September  12,  1850;  married 
Elizabeth  P.  Bradley. 

(VI)  Barnabas  Coffin,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph 
Otis  Smith,  was  born  January  13,  1809,  and 
died  January  3,  1881.  He  passed  the  first 
twenty-five  years  of  his  life  in  his  native  town 
— Addison,  Maine — after  that  residing  in 
Weston,  Hodgdon  and  Linneus.  His  busy  life 
was  devoted  to  farming  and  lumbering,  and 
his  sons  were  early  trained  to  assist  in  the 
varied  duties  of  such  a  life.  Although  he 
never  held  public  office,  he  was  a  public-spirited 
man,  and  most  earnest  in  his  interest  in  the 
church  and  moral  reforms,  the  cause  of  tem- 
perance being  especially  near  his  heart.  He 
married,  January  14,  1834,  Maria  Louise 
Small,  who  died  in  1864,  while  three  of  her 
sons  were  battling  for  the  Union  under  Gen- 
eral Grant,  in  Virginia.  She  was  a  refined 
Christian  woman,  with  a  calm  nature,  yet  pos- 
sessing great  decision  of  character — qualities 
which  descended  in  large  degree  to  her  sons. 
Children:  i.  Zemro  A.,  born  August  26,  1837, 
married  Alice  Robinson.  2.  Joseph  O.,  see 
forward.  3.  George  A.,  born  September  9, 
1842,  killed  in  the  battle  of  Spottsylvania 
Court  House,  Virginia,  May  19,  1864.  4.  Su- 
san E.,  born  August  19,  1847,  married  Frank 
C.  Nickerson.  5.  Neal  D.,  born  December  21, 
1853,  married  Mary  M.  Williams.  6.  Berda, 
born  December  9,  1857,  died  March  23,  1858. 
7.  Clare  L.,  born  September  30,  i860,  mar- 
ried Fred  W.  Roberts. 

(VII)  Joseph  Otis,  son  of  Barnabas  C. 
Smith,  was  born  in  Weston,  Maine,  April  24, 
1839,  and  died  in  Skowhegan,  August  31, 
1905.  His  boyhood  and  early  manhood  were 
spent  in  Weston  and  Hodgdon.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  of  those  towns, 
and  at  Houlton  Academy,  now  Ricker  Classi- 
cal Institute,  and  after  completing  his  studies 
he  taught  country  schools  in  the  neighborhood 
of  his  home.  He  entered  the  army  August  14, 
1863,  and  was  on  detached  duty  until  May 
following,  when  he  joined  Company  C,  Elev- 
enth Maine  Volunteers,  at  Gloucester  Point, 
Virginia.  He  was  promoted  corporal  Sep- 
tember I,  1864,  first  sergeant  December  i 
following,  and  May  2,  1865,  was  commis- 
sioned second  lieutenant  of  Company  F.  He 
participated  in  all  the  battles  of  the  regiment 
in  1864-65,  including  Bermuda  Hundred,  Deep 
Bottom,  Deep  Run  and  Appomattox.  He  was 
also  with  troops  on  duty  in  New  York  during. 


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the  presidential  election  of  1864.     After  the 
cessation   of   hostilities  he   was   provost   mar- 
shal and  assistant  superintendent  of  frecdmen 
for  StafTord  county,  and  subsequently  assistant 
adjutant  general  of  the  sub-district  of  Essex, 
with  headquarters  al  Rappahannock,  Virginia. 
He  was  never  wounded,  but  was  stricken  down 
with  fever,  and  was  a  patient  in  the  field  hos- 
pital through  the  greater  part  of  October,  1864. 
Like  most  veterans,  he  bore  the  consequences 
of  the  privations  and  exposures  of  his  .service 
in  after  life.    The  watchers  at  his  bedside  dur- 
ing his  last  moments,  when  the  mind  in  the 
weakened   body   roved   at   will,   learned   how 
strong  were  the  impressions  of  his  army  life, 
as  words  fell  from  his  fevered  lips  showed  that 
he  was  living  over  again  the  incidents  of  camp 
and  field.     He  greatly  prized  his  association 
with  his   fellow   soldiers,   and   attended   their 
meetings  as  often   as  possible.     He   was   an 
original  member  of  Seth  Williams  Post,  G.  A. 
R.,  Augusta,  and  on  removing  to  Skowhegan 
was  transferred  to  Russell  Post,  of  which  he 
became   commander.      He   was   a   member  of 
the  Union  Veteran  Union,  and  was  made  colo- 
nel of  A.  Lincoln  Command.    He  was  elected 
March  7,   1883,  to  membership  in  the  Maine 
Commandery,   Loyal   Legion,   and    that   body 
published  an  appreciative  memorial  at  the  time 
of  his  death. 

For  five  years  following  his  return  from 
the  army,  Mr.  Smith  was  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile pursuits  in  Hodgdon.  On  September  25, 
1878,  he  purchased  the  Somerset  Reporter, 
which  under  a  different  name  had  been  con- 
ducted by  his  brother,  Zemro  A.  Smith,  ten 
years  before.  He  had  as  partners,  at  different 
times,  Edward  P.  J\layo  and  Elmer  E.  Mc- 
Neelie.  January  i,  1904,  the  last-named  as- 
sumed the  financial  management,  Mr.  Smith 
retaining  the  editorial  control.  This  arrange- 
ment allowed  him  to  continue  his  editorial 
work  even  in  failing  health,  and  after  he  was 
confined  to  his  house.  His  last  contribution 
to  the  paper  was  an  article  on  the  late  Hon. 
John  Hay,  only  a  few  months  before  his  own 
death.  He  impressed  his  personality  strongly 
upon  his  paper,  and  made  it  a  strong  advo- 
cate of  local  interests,  and  lofty  moral  and 
political  principles.  His  public  services  were 
of  conspicuous  usefulness,  and  he  brought  to 
them  high  ability  and  sterling  integrity.  In 
Hodgdon,  prior  to  1872,  he  was  town  clerk, 
superintending  school  committeeman,  town 
treasurer,  and  postmaster.  In  1869-70  he  rep- 
resented Hodgdon  in  the  legislature,  and  in 
1872-73  was  assistant  clerk  of  the  house,  tak- 
ing  up    his    residence    in   Augusta   the    latter 


year,  and  lived   there  until    1885,  except  two 
years    (1879-80)    spent    in    Skowhegan.      He 
was  chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  secretary 
of  state,   1874-75;  deputy  secretary  of  state, 
1876-80;  secretary  of  state,  1881-84;  state  in- 
surance   commissioner,    1885-93.      Regarding 
this  service  the  Kennebec  Journal  paid  him  a 
lofty  tribute,  saying:    "It  has  been  given  to 
few  men  to  serve  our  state  longer  or  in  more 
responsible  positions,   and  both   as  an  official 
and  citizen   he  commanded  the  confidence  of 
all."      His   interest   in   politics   constituted    an 
important  part  of  his  life.     He  was  secretary 
of   the   Republican   state   committee,    1876-80, 
when  Mr.  Blaine  was  chairman;  and  served  on 
the  state  committe  1890-1902.     His  last  pub- 
lic position  was  that  of  presidential  elector-at- 
large,  1900.    As  the  Maine  electors  met  before 
those  of  any  other  state,  and  Mr.  Smith  was 
first  to  vote,  he   considered   that   he  had  the 
honor  of  casting  the  first  electoral  vote   for 
Theodore  Roosevelt  for  vice-president.    Early 
in  life  he  joined  the  Free  Baptist  church  of 
Llodgdon,    and    later    became    a    member    of 
Bethany    Baptist    Church    of    Skowhegan,    of 
which  he  was  a  deacon  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  affiliated  with   Somerset   Lodge   and 
.Chapter,  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.     For  sev- 
eral years  he  had  been  a  director  in  the  Sec- 
ond National  Bank.    His  scholarly  ability  and 
tastes  were  recognized  in    1893,  when  Colby 
College  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  master  of  arts,  his  son,  George  Otis, 
receiving  the   bachelor's   degree   at   the   same 
time. 

Mr.  Smith  married,  March  17,  i860,  Corde- 
lia Smith,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Keziah 
(Underbill)  Smith,  of  Hodgdon.  Mrs.  Smith 
died  in  Richmond,  Virginia,  November  13, 
1865.  One  child,  Eda  Kezia,  born  Novem- 
ber 10,  1861,  married,  November  2,  1898,  Ed- 
ward Leighton  Pegram,  of  Decatur,  Illinois. 
Mr.  Smith  married  (second)  November  21, 
1868,  Emma  Mavo,  who  survives  him;  she 
was  daughter  of'  Rev.  Leonard  and  Nancy 
(Withington)  Mayo,  of  Hodgdon.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith:  i.  George  Otis,  .see 
forward.  2.  Josephine  Withington,  born  June 
5,  1873,  married  August  28,  1900,  Wilham 
B.  Pierce,  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts.  They 
have  two  children :  Rachel  Barron,  born  Jan- 
uary 2,   1904,  and  Esther  Mayo,   born   .\prd 

20,    1908.  .   . 

(VIII)  George  Otis,  only  son  ot  Joseph 
Otis  Smith,  was  born  in  Hodgdon,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1871.  He  graduated  from  Colby 
College  in  1893,  and  immediately  joined  a 
United    States   Geological    Survey   field   party 


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STATE  OF  J\IAIx\E. 


working  on  the  Marquette  iron  range  in  Mich- 
igan. During  the  next  three  years  lie  took 
a  post-graduate  course  in  geology  at  Johns 
Hopkins  University,  spending  one  field  season 
on  the  Marquette  range,  and  another  in  recon- 
naissance work  in  the  state  of  Washington. 
On  his  graduation  with  the  degree  of  Ph.D.,  in 
June,  1896,  he  joined  the  United  States  Geo- 
logical Survey  as  assistant  geologist,  having 
taken  the  first  civil  service  examination  held 
for  that  position.  In  July,  1901,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  geologist  and  in  1906  was  appointed 
geologist  in  charge  of  petrology,  with  scien- 
tific supervision  of  all  the  survey  work  in  that 
department.  In  the  course  of  his  professional 
career  he  has  worked  in  Michigan,  Washing- 
ton, Utah,  North  Carolina,  the  New  England 
states,  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania.  In  the 
course  of  his  Washington  work  he  made  a 
special  study  of  several  artesian  basins,  and 
the  results  were  published  as  a  water-supply 
paper.  His  experience  in  that  state  also  in- 
cluded economic  work  in  the  coal  fields,  and 
the  results  were  published  in  a  survey,  report 
on  the  coal  fields  of  the  Pacific  coast.  In 
connection  with  a  special  reconnaissance  along 
the  northwestern  boundary  and  across  the 
Cascade  range,  in  1901,  he  made  a  topo- 
graphic map  upon  which  to  record  geologic 
observations,  exact  geographic  locations  being 
necessary  in  examining  the  boundary  monu- 
ments. The  results  of  his  investigations  in 
Washington,  in  addition  to  his  report  on  coal, 
were  published  by  the  survey  as  a  report  on 
the  rocks  of  Mount  Ranier ;  in  the  Tecoma, 
Ellensburg  and  Mount  Stuart  folios ;  in  a  paper 
on  the  geology  and  physiology  of  central 
Washington ;  and  in  a  paper  on  gold  mining 
in  central  Washington.  In  addition  Dr.  Smith 
contributed  papers  to  the  bulletins  of  the  Geo- 
logical Society  of  America,  and  to  various 
periodicals;  an  article  on  the  Mount  Baker 
mining  district,  in  the  Eiigiiu'criiig  and  Min- 
ing Journal  in  1902.  The  Clealum  iron  ores 
were  described  in  a  contribution  to  the  "Trans- 
actions of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers,"  1901.  In  1900  the  Geological 
Survey  issued  the  Tintic  special  folio  in  which 
Dr.  Smith  described  the  geologic  structure  of 
a  'famous  Utah  camp.  An  account  of  the  occur- 
rence and  origin  of  the  ore  bodies,  the  joint 
work  of  Messrs.  Tower  and  Smith,  had  ap- 
peared the  year  before  as  a  report  on  the  geol- 
ogy and  mining  industry  of  the  Tintic  district. 
While  pursuing  his  investigations  of  the  areas 
of  crystalline  rocks  in  New  Jersey,  Pennsylva- 
nia and  Maryland,  including  the  granites  used 
as  building  stones,  he  made   a   special   study 


of  several  minerals  of  economic  value,  includ- 
ing molybenite.  He  also  prepared  the  1905 
production  reports  on  mica,  graphite  and  as- 
bestos. In  addition  to  his  geologic  work.  Dr. 
Smith  served  as  chairman  of  a  committee  on 
accounting  and  bookkeeping,  working  under 
the  direction  of  the  committee  on  departmental 
methods,  otherwise  known  as  the  Keep  Com- 
mission. This  gave  him  opportunity  to  famil- 
iarize himself  with  the  details  of  departmental 
administration,  and  he  also  acted  for  several 
months  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  busi- 
ness methods  in  the  Geological  Survey.  In 
April,  1907,  he  was  appointed  by  President 
Roosevelt  director  of  the  survey,  to  succeed 
Charles  D.  Walcott,  taking  the  oath  of  office 
on  May  ist.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the  Geological 
Society  of  America,  and  of  the  American  As-  * 
sociation  for  the  Advancement  of  Science, 
and  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers. 

Dr.  Smith  married,  November  18,  1896, 
Grace  I\I-.,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Helen 
(jMiller)  Coburn,  of  Skowhegan.  Children: 
Charles  Coburn,  born  October  4,  1897;  Joseph 
Coburn,  September  14,  1900;  Helen  Coburn, 
December  4,  1904;  Elizabeth  Coburn,  Decem- 
ber 3,   1907. 


(For    early    generations    see    preceding    sketch.) 

(V)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen 
SMITH  (I)  and  Deborah  (Ellis)  Smith, 
born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts, 
November  6,  1763,  died  in  Machias,  Maine, 
about  1830.  He  married  Hannah  Hill.  Chil- 
dren: Deborah,  Ellis,  Thomas,  .\deline.  Tur- 
ner, Nathan,  George,  Mary,  Coffin,  Harrison 
and  John  Otis. 

(\T)  John  Otis,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and 
Hannah  (Hill)  Smith,  was  born  in  Machias, 
Maine,  in  1790,  died  there  in  1845.  He  mar- 
ried Love  Scott,  wdiose  ancestors  came  from 
Scarboro,  Maine,  to  Machias  about  1763.  Chil- 
dren :  Hannah,  Deborah,  Theodore,  Sarah, 
John,  Nathan  T.,  Evelyn,  Delia,  Harlan  and 
William   Otis. 

(VII)  William  Otis,  son  of  John  Otis  and 
Love  (Scott)  Smith,  born  in  Machias,  Maine, 
March  25,  1816,  died  there  March  10,  1902. 
He  was  a  lumber  merchant,  and  belonged  to 
the  state  militia  of  Maine.  He  married  Susan 
C.  Hoyt,  fifth  child  of  Daniel  and  Eleanor 
(Harvey)  Hoyt,  and  granddaughter  of  Daniel 
Hoyt.  Children:  i.  William  Otis,  deceased. 
2.  Emeline  Love,  married  Jonathan  A.  Long- 
fellow ;  children :  Frederick  Otis,  William 
Morris,  Elizabeth  Mayhew  and  Ada  Amelia 
Longfellow.     3.  Elizabeth  Penniman,  married 


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Edgar  iM.  Gilpatricls,  child:  Roy  Ilawkcs. 
4.  John  Herbert,  deceased.  5.  Henry  Herbert, 
see  forward. 

(\ni)  Henry  Herbert,  son  of  William  Otis 
and  Susan  C.  (Hoyt)  Smith,  was  born  at 
Machias,  Maine,  January  9,  1855.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Machias  and  at  Washington  Acad- 
emy at  East  Machias.  He  then  entered  Bow- 
doin  College,  graduating  as  Bachelor  of  .\rts 
in  1877,  out  of  course,  and  in  the  same  year 
graduated  as  Doctor  of  Medicine  from  Jeffer- 
son Mctlical  College,  of  Philadelphia,  IV-nn- 
sylvania.  He  at  once  began  practice  in  Mach- 
ias, remaining  for  a  period  of  nineteen  years, 
after  which  he  removed  to  Whitneyville,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  remained  for  four  and  a 
half  years,  and  thence  removed  to  New  Haven, 
same  state,  where  he  has  remained  in  general 
praclice  to  the  present  time  (1908).  He  has 
contributed  articles  from  time  to  time  to  vari- 
ous medical  journals  of  the  county  on  medical 
topics,  which  were  widely  circulated  and  read 
with  interest.  In  addition  to  his  professional 
duties  he  is  serving  in  the  capacity  of  director 
■of  the  People's  Bank  and  Trust  Company  of 
New  Haven.  While  a  resident  of  Maine  Dr. 
Smith  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  .\ca(lemy 
df  JMedicine,  the  Maine  Medical  Association 
and  the  .American  Academy  of  Medicine,  and 
from  1885  to  1893  was  secretary  of  the  board 
of  United  States  examining  surgeons  for  pen- 
sions. He  is  now  a  member  of,the  Connec- 
ticut State  Medical  Society,  New  Haven 
County  Medical  Society,  New  Haven  Citizens 
Medical  Society,  Graduate  Club  of  New  Hav- 
en, Union  League  of  New  Haven,  and  of 
the  Connecticut  Society,  Sons  of  American 
Revolution.  Pie  is  a  member  of  the  various 
IMasonic  bodies,  including  Harwood  Lodge, 
No.  91,  Machias,  Maine,  which  he  joined  in 
1885,  and  of  which  he  is  past  master;  W'ash- 
ington  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  which 
he  is  past  high  priest ;  St.  Croix  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters ;  St.  Elmo  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar ;  Delta  Lodge  of  Perfection 
and  Deering  Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem,  of 
which  he  is  past  grand  master.  After  remov- 
ing to  New  Haven  he  affiliated  with  the  vari- 
ous lodges  there  and  received  his  tliirty-second 
degree.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Pyramid 
Temple  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
Dr.  Smith  married,  December  24,  1877,  ^t 
Machias,  I^Iaine,  Mary  Elizabeth  Longfellow, 
daughter  of  Edwin  and  Agnes  B.  (Brown) 
Longfellow,  of  Machias.  Mrs.  Smith  died 
April   15,   1884,  leaving  two  children:    Agnes 


Longfellow  and  Philip  Seabury  Smith,  the 
latter  an  electrical  engineer.  In  1897  he  mar- 
ried Jr.lia  Pirown  Longfellow,  a  sister  of  his 
first  wife. 


One  of  the  numerous  lines  of 
SMITH     this  name,  whose  origin  has  been 

lost  in  the  mists  and  uncertainties 
of  the  past,  when  records  were  illy  kept,  be- 
gins, as  far  as  is  now  ascertainable,  in  Orring- 
ton,  Maine.  Like  others  of  the  name,  the 
present  family  has  been  useful  in  clearing  up 
the  wilderness  and  in  developing  civilization 
in  New  England,  and  has  been  worthily  rep- 
resented in  professional  life  throughout  the 
country. 

(I)  The  present  line  begins  with  Captain 
Heman  Smith,  who  was  a  master  mariner, 
active  in  the  commerce  of  his  day. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Captain  Heman  Smith, 
is  supposed  to  have  been  born  in  Or- 
rington,  Maine,  where  he  died.  The  maiden 
name  of  his  wife  was  also  Smith,  but  no  rec- 
ord appears  of  the  date  of  their  marriage  or 
her  baptismal  name. 

(III)  Heman  (2),  son  of  David  Smith,  was 
born  in  Orrington,  Maine,  and  in  early  man- 
hood was  a  farmer.  About  1830  he  bought 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  in  that  town, 
and  later  on  engaged  in  dairying,  and  the 
breeding  of  pure-blooded  Jersey  cattle  and  fine 
horses.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  in  which  both  his  wife  and 
himself  were  active  workers.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Whig,  and  became  a  Republican  on  the 
organization  of  that  party.  He  married,  in 
1833,  Lydia  Buft'um  Wheeler,  daughter  of 
Captain  Simeon  Wheeler,  of  Harpswell.  Their 
children  were  four  sons  and  a  daughter. 

(IV)  Heman  Page,  son  of  Heman  (2)  and 
Lydia  (Buft'um)  (Wheeler)  Smith,  was  born 
in  Orrington,  Maine,  December  31,  1842.  He 
began  his  education  in  the  common  schools, 
passed  through  the  high  school,  and  while 
preparing  for  college  the  civil  war  began.  Dis- 
continuing his  studies  to  enter  the  service  of 
his  country,  he  enlisted,  July  24,  1862,  as  a 
private  in  Company  B,  First  Regiment  Maine 
Heavy  Artillery,  and  was  appointed  corporal. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  he  was  promoted  to 
sergeant,  later  to  orderly  sergeant,  and  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  was  commissioned  lieuten- 
ant. His  regiment  was  engaged  for  eighteen 
months  in  manning  the  fortifications  defend- 
ing the  national  capital.  It  w"as  then  equipped 
as  infantry,  and  went  to  the  front,  being  as- 
signed to  the  Second  Corps,  Army  of  the  Po- 
tomac, and  participated  in  the  most  eventful 


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campaigns  and  desperate  battles  of  the  war, 
including  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg  Pike, 
North  Anna,  Totopotomy,  the  two  assaults  on 
Petersburg,  the  battle  of  Jerusalem  Road,  the 
siege  of  Petersburg,  followed  by  the  battle  of 
Deep  Bottom,  the  capture  of  the  Weldon  Rail- 
road, the  engagements  at  Boydton  Road, 
Hatcher's  Run,  Sailor's  Creek,  Cold  Harbor, 
Vaughn  Road  and  Farmville,  and  the  brilliant 
operations  at  Appomattox  Court  House,  which 
marked  the  downfall  of  the  Confederacy  and 
the  final  victory  of  the  Union  cause.  In  the 
assault  on  Petersburg,  on  June  i8,  1864,  Lieu- 
tenant Smith's  regiment  suffered  the  ex- 
traordinary loss  of  six  hundred  and  four  men. 
The  Rebellion  Records  show  this  to  have  been 
the  greatest  loss  sustained  by  any  regiment  in 
a  single  engagement  during  the  war,  while 
the  percentage  of  killed  was  exceeded  in  only 
one  instance.  In  this  assault  Smith  (then  or- 
derly sergeant)  received  a  serious  wound  in 
the  thigh,  from  a  piece  of  shell,  which  con- 
fined him  for  more  than  two  months  in  Lin- 
coln Hospital,  Washington  City.  At  the  end 
of  this  time,  and  while  still  in  a  critical  con- 
dition, he  was  conveyed  on  a  stretcher  to  the 
cars,  and  taken  to  Augusta,  Maine,  and  he 
was  there  mustered  out  of  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  on  August  21st,  1865,  with  the 
rank  of  second  lieutenant,  being  even  then  on 
crutches,  fourteen  months  after  receiving  his 
wound,  and  more  than  four  months  after  the 
cessation  of  hostilities. 

After  regaining  his  health,  he  entered 
Worthington  &  Warner's  Business  College,  at 
Bangor,  Maine,  from  which  he  graduated,  and 
for  the  following  two  years  he  was  a  tutor  in 
that  institution.  For  a  period  of  five  years 
afterward  he  was  connected  with  the  publish- 
ing house  of  Woolworth,  Ainsworth  &  Com- 
pany, of  Boston.  For  one  year  he  was  an  in- 
structor in  Teachers'  Institutes  in  the  State  of 
Massachusetts.  Subsequently  he  accepted  a 
position  as  instructor  of  drawing  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  York  City,  in  which  capacity 
he  served  with  success  for  ten  years.  He  was 
associated  with  the  publishing  house  of  Ivison, 
Blakeman,  Taylor  &  Company,  in  the  work  of 
introducing  their  works  on  drawing  in  the 
schools  of  the  principal  cities  of  the  country, 
and  while  so  occupied  was  author  of  White's 
Series  of  Drawing  Books  for  Public  Schools, 
published  by  that  firm.  He  also  engaged  in 
institute  work,  in  New  York  and  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  was  frequently  a  lecturer  on  the 
subject  of  drawing,  before  Teachers'  Insti- 
tutes. During  nine  years  of  his  busy  career  in 
this  line,  he  was  an  instructor  of  drawing  in 


the  National  Summer  School  for  Teachers, 
held  at  Glens  Falls,  New  York.  For  five 
years  he  was  supervisor  of  drawing  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Brooklyn,  from  which  he  re- 
signed to  engage  in  the  publishing  business. 
For  a  period  of  seven  years  he  was  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  publishing  firm  of  Richardson, 
Smith  &  Company,  and  in  1905  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  Macmillan  Company,  having 
charge  of  its  educational  department  in 
Greater  New  York. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Park  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Brooklyn,  in  which  he  was 
for  thirty  years  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustees,  resigning  in  1907,  and  for  the  past 
twelve  years  he  has  been  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school  of  this  church.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Club  of  New  York, 
and  one  of  the  fifteen  organizing  members, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  managers  of 
the  Brooklyn  Sunday  School  Union.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  an  ardent  Republican,  and  served  as 
president  of  the  Sixth  District  Republican 
Association  for  several  years.  Pie  is  promi- 
nent in  various  patriotic  organizations — U.  S. 
Grant  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of 
Brooklyn,  of  which  he  was  adjutant  for  two 
years,  commander  in  1893,  and  in  1899  was 
chairman  of  the  memorial  committee  having  in 
charge  the  Decoration  Day  observances  at  the 
tomb  of  General  U.  S.  Grant.  For  some  years 
past  he  has  been  Patriotic  Instructor  of  his 
Post,  and  in*  that  capacity  has  been  instru- 
mental in  the  useful  work  of  providing  schools 
with  war  veteran  speakers  on  patriotic  occa- 
sions, and  presentation  of  national  flags  to 
schools  on  many  occasions.  Pie  is  also  a  com- 
panion of  the  New  York  Commandery,  Mili- 
tary Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion ;  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Maine  Regiment  Organiza- 
tion of  Veterans,  of  which  he  was  vice-presi- 
dent in  1 90 1,  and  president  in  1908;  and  a 
member  of  the  Maine  Society  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Smith  married,  November  13,  1867,  in 
Brewer  Village,  Maine,  Emily  (Shedd) 
Hodges,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Lydia  (Teb- 
bitts)  Hodges,  of  Brewer.  Airs.  Smith  was 
born  in  Brewer  Village,  and  was  a  teacher  in 
her  native  state.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Smith : 

I.  Ralph  \\'eston,  born  1869;  he  was 
educated  in  Brooklyn ;  is  connected  with  Mac- 
millan Company,  publishers.  New  York  City ; 
married,  and  has  three  children.  2.  Albert 
Ainsworth,  born  1871  ;  educated  in  Brooklyn; 
is  a  special  agent  of  North  River  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company  of  New  York  City ;  married, 
and  has  one  child. 


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347 


John  Smith,  immigrant  ancestor 
SMITH     of  the  Sudbury  family,  was  born 

in  England.  He  was  an  early  set- 
tler at  Watertovvn,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
called  "senior"  in  the  records.  He  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman  December  7,  1636.  His  wife 
Isabel  was  buried  October  12,  1639,  aged 
si.xty.  They  probably  came  over  with  their 
son  John,  mentioned  below.  His  land  was 
adjacent  to  that  of  John  Benjamin  in  1645. 
Thomas,  of  Watertown,  was  probably  his  son, 
and  perhaps  also  Daniel  and  i\braham,  who 
were  brothers. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Smith,  was 
born  in  England  about  1620.  He  married, 
October  8,-  1647,  Sarah,  born  about  1620, 
daughter  of  Robert  Hunt,  of  Sudbury.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Sudbury,  Massachusetts:  i. 
John,  February  7,  1648.  2.  Robert  (named 
"for  Robert  Hunt),  May  11,  1654.  3.  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2)  Smith,  was 
born  in  Sudbury,  July  24,  1658;  married  Abi- 
gail     ,    who    died    December    9,    1735. 

Children,  born  in  Sudbury:  i.  James,  No- 
vember 15,  1670.  2.  Thomas,  December  3, 
1679,  mentioned  below.  3.  Elizabeth.  4. 
Henry,  December  15,  1682.  5.  Abigail,  July 
21,  1684,  died  November  12,  1730.  6.  Jona- 
than, January  2,  1689.  7.  Amos,  January  21, 
1699. 

(1\  )  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Smith,   was   born    in    Sudbury,    December    3, 

1679,  died  1718.  He  married  Elizabeth . 

Children,  born  at  Sudbury:  i.  Zephaniah,  Oc- 
tober 29,  1705.  2.  Barzillai,  March  4,  1707.  3. 
Keziah,  March  16,  1708.  4.  Abigail,  March 
29,  171 1,  died  June  21,  17 13.  5.  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 2T„  1713.  6.  Bathsheba,  June  14,  1715. 
7.  Elijah,  April  14,  1717,  was  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war.  8.  Abigail,  March  12,  1722. 
9.  Henry,  April  24,  1724.  10.  Lois,  November 
I,  1726.     II.  Eunice,  died  1737. 

(V)  William,  son  or  nephew  of  Thomas  (2) 
Smith,  was  born  in  Sudbury.  According  to 
the  family  records  and  traditions  he  was  killed 
in  an  attack  on  Ticonderoga  during  the  old 
French  and  Indian  war.  He  left  a  widow  and 
two  children,  a  son  and  daughter.  The  widow 
married  again,  and  went  to  Boston  with  her 
husband  and  daughter.  The  son,  Isaac,  is 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Isaac,  son  of  William  Smith, 
was  born  in  Sudbury,  June,  1752.  He 
was  brought  up  in  the  family  of  Peter  Hey- 
wood  Sr.,  of  Concord,  Massachusetts.  (See 
Heywood.)  Peter  Heywood,  his  wife's 
brother,  Joseph   Weston,   and   their   families. 


with  Isaac  Smith,  were  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
that  part  of  old  Canaan,  now  Skowhegan, 
Mame.  Peter  Heywood  and  Joseph  Weston 
came  first  in  the  summer  or  early  fall  of  1771 
with  some  of  the  boys  and  bringing  some 
young  cattle.  They  cut  hay  on  some  of  the 
adjacent  islands  that  had  been  cleared  by  the 
Indians,  built  a  camp  and  left  two  of  the 
boys,  Eli  Weston  and  Isaac  Smith,  to  spend 
the  winter  and  care  for  the  cattle.  The  loca- 
tion was  eighteen  miles  above  Winslovv,  the 
nearest  settlement,  to  which  place  the  boys 
made  one  visit  during  the  long  winter.  Hey- 
wood and  Weston  returned  with  the  rest  of 
their  families  in  1772.  Weston  appears  to 
have  been  of  Groton,  Massachusetts,  near 
Sudbury  and  Concord,  at  least  for  a  time  be- 
fore removing  to  Maine.  As  soon  as  the  Ken- 
nebec river  opened  they  went  up  in  boats  and 
located  about  two  miles  and  a  half  below 
Skowhegan  Falls,  near  the  islands,  so  that  by 
cultivating  the  land  on  the  islands  and  cutting, 
burning  and  clearing  small  tracts  on  the  shore, 
they  were  able  to  raise  a  sufficient  crop  for 
their  needs.  Heywood's  farm  included  the 
Leighton  and  Abram  Wyman  farms  on  the 
south  river  road,  Skowhegan;  Weston's  was 
below.  Isaac  Smith  married  Hannah,  born 
August  II,  1759,  at  Concord,  daughter  of 
Peter  Heywood.     (See  Heywood.)     She  died 

May  II,  1811.     He  married  (second)  

Whitman.  "Isaac  Smith  was  a  hardy,  rather 
rough,  bold  hunter,  and  a  faithful  worker  for 
Squire  Heywood,  who  imitated  the  old  farmer 
in  the  song  of  'The  Farmer's  Boy'  that  I 
used  to  hear  Dr.  S.  A.  Patten's  sister  sing  so 
often."— "He  gave  the  lad  the  farm  he  had 
■and  his  daughter  for  a  bride."  The  story 
comes  down  to  us  that  the  wedding  was  in 
•winter  and  the  groom  was  hauling  WiOod  to 
the  house  with  an  ox  team.  He  was  called 
into  the  house  when  the  minister  came  and 
was  married,  holding  his  goad  stick  by  the 
little  end  in  his  left  hand,  the  butt  resting  on 
the  floor,  and  when  the  ceremony  was  over  he 
started  for  the  woods  for  another  load.  Isaac 
died  at  Hartland,  Maine,  March  27,  1835.  He 
andthe  Westons  aided  the  Arnold  expedition 
on  its  way  to  Canada  in  1775.  Children  of 
first  wife :  Abraham,  mentioned  below  ;  Rhoda, 
Asa,  Isaac,  Elijah,  Polly,  John,  Sarah,  Will, 
Will,  Stephen,  Lydia.  Children  of  second 
wife:    Everett   and  a  daughter. 

(VII)  Abraham,  son  of  Isaac  Smith,  was 
born  in  Skowhegan,  then  Canaan,  Maine,  De- 
cember 29,  1775,  died  in  the  present  town  of 
Canaan,  February  13,  1853.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  mill  owner  all  his  life  in  Canaan.    At  one 


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time  he  owned  the  mill  on  Skowhegan  Island 
built  in  1790  by  Peter  Hey  wood.  Smith  him- 
self built  the  first  mill  within  the  present  town 
of  Canaan.  He  married,  October  23,  1799, 
Mehitable  Pollard,  born  January  i,  1784, 
daughter  of  Timothy  Pollard.  Her  father  was 
born  in  Nottingham,  New  Hampshire;  was 
a  private  in  Captain  Archelaus  Towne's  com- 
pany in  the  Twenty-seventh  Regiment  of  Foot 
in  the  Continental  army  under  Colonel  Bridges 
in  1775,  during  the  revolution;  also  a  private 
in  Captain  Daniel  Emerson's  company,  Colonel 
Wingate's  regiment,  mustered  out  July,  1776. 
Timothy  Pollard  applied  for  and  received  a 
pension  from  the  federal  government  for  his 
services.  His  pension  was  granted  July  29, 
1818.  (See  Massachusetts  Archives,  Eight 
Months  Service,  vol.  ib,  p.  48  Coat  Rolls; 
Eight  Months  Service,  Orders  vol.  57,  page 
file  ly.  New  Hampshire  State  Papers  vol. 
14,  p.  246-7;  Provincial  Papers  of  New  Hamp- 
shire vol.  7,  p.  717,  and  p.  346;  U.  S.  Pen- 
sioners 1776-1834;  Senate  Papers  1833-5, 
vol.  8,  pt.  I,  p.  68.)  Children  of  Abraham 
and  Mehitable  (Pollard)  Smith  were:  i. 
Timothy,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Timothy,  died 
in  infancy.  3.  Hannah,  bom  March  22,  1805, 
married  Moses  Ricker,  of  Canaan.  4.  Os- 
good, April  25,  1807,  mentioned  below.  5. 
George  Ulmer,  June  16,  181 1.  6.  Lucinda, 
February  25,  1816,  became  the  third  wife  of 
Moses  Ricker. 

(VIII)  Osgood,  son  of  Abraham  Smith, 
was  born  at  Skowhegan,  Maine,  April  25, 
1807,  died  June  8,  1890.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  neighborhood, 
and  was  a  farmer  and  mill  owner  in  Skow- 
hegan and  Canaan  during  his  active  life.  He 
married  (first)  May  5,  1835,  Hannah,  born 
in  Skowhegan,  April  3,  1810,  died  March  28, 
1857,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Wall) 
Page.  Children:  i.  Sewell  Warren,  born 
April  8,  1836,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary 
Jane,  May  23,  1838,  died  February  19,  1859. 
3.  Llewellen  Clavton,  February  16,  1843,  died 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  January  29,  1863.  while 
engaged  in  the  army  during  the  civil  war; 
was  a  member  of  the  Sixteenth  Maine  Volun- 
teer Infantry.  4.  Benjamin  Franklin,  March 
31,  1845,  died  in  Danville  prison,  October, 
1864,  during  the  civil  war;  a  member  of  the 
Thirty-first  Maine  Volunteer,  Infantry.  5. 
Sophronia,  September  13,  1848,  married,  July 
I,  1865,  John  H.  Wyman,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Polly  (Snow)  Wyman.  Mr.  Smith  married 
(second)  January  9,  1859,  Philomela  Pollard 
Gowen,  born  January  17,  1817,  died  Septem- 
ber 7,   1903. 


(IX)  Sewell  Warren,  son  of  Osgood 
Smith,  was  born  in  Canaan,  Maine,  April  8, 
1836.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Canaan,  Clinton  and  Skowhegan.  He 
worked  during  his  youth  on  his  father's  farm. 
He  enlisted  September  30,  1861,  in  Company 
H  of  the  First  Maine  Cavalry  in  the  civil  war. 
While  in  camp  at  Augusta  he  suffered  an  at- 
tack of  typhoid  fever,  and  upon  his  recovery 
he  was  detailed  as  clerk  in  the  doctor's  office 
in  the  military  hospital  at  Augusta.  On  ac- 
count of  ill  health  was  unable  to  continue  in 
the  service,  and  was  discharged  October  22, 
1862.  He  followed  his  trade  after  returning 
to  Skowhegan.  and  also  farming.  He  went  to 
Norwood,  "Massachusetts,  1872,  returned  in 
1875.  In  1897  he  entered  partnership  with  A. 
R.  Bixby  in  the  retail  coal  and  wood  business, 
and  after  two  years  bought  out  his  partner 
and  has  since  conducted  the  business  alone 
with  abundant  success.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  is  a  member  and  has 
been  commander  of  Russell  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
married,  November  23,  1862,  Ellen  H.,  born 
July  9,  1843,  in  Bloomfield,  now  Skowhegan, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Polly  (Snow)  Wy- 
man. Children:  i.  Lillian  Clayton,  born  May 
22,  1864.  2.  (adopted)  Margaret,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1 88 1,  in  Winn. 


(For    early    generations    see    preceding    sketch.) 

(VII)  Isaac,  son  of  Isaac  and 
SMITH  Hannah  (Heywood)  Sinith.  was 
born  in  Canaan  (now  Showhe- 
gan),  1782.  He  married,  1804,  Mary  Hight. 
Children.  i.  Shepard,  never  married.  2. 
Isaac,  married  Levina  Horn.  3.  William, 
married  Sarah  Martin.  4.  Joseph,  see  for- 
ward. 

(VIII)  Joseph,  son  of  Isaac  and  Mary 
(Hight)  Smith,  settled  in  Harmony,  Maine. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  served  in  various  posi- 
tions of  honor  and  was  a  selectman  for  a  con- 
tinuous period  of  twenty-five  years.  Politi- 
callv  he  was  a  Republican,  and  in  religion  a 
Baptist.  He  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-four 
years.  He  married  Lupira  Grant.  Children: 
I.  Elmer,  married  Flora  Moore.  2.  Willard, 
see  forward.  3.  Clara,  married  Henry  Bart- 
lett. 

(IX)  Willard,  son  of  Joseph  and  Lupira 
(Grant)  Smith,  was  born  in  Harmony,  Maine, 
March  29,  1852.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  at  Hartland  Academy.  Af- 
ter leaving  the  academy  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing  and    in   the   mercantile    business,   first   at 


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Harmony  and  later  at  narllanil.  wIktc  he  is 
now  located.  He  has  served  as  selectman  for 
several  years,  and  in  other  local  offices.  He 
married  Angle  Bartlett,  a  native  of  Harmony, 
daughter  of  Henry  Bartlett.  Children:  i. 
Clyde  H..  see  forward.  2.  Clara,  born  1878, 
died  1906;  married  Frank  Norton.  3.  Myron 
E..  born  1880,  a  merchant  in  Hartland ;  mar- 
ried Frances  Hall ;  one  child.  4.  Kleber,  born 
1882.  a  dentist:  married  Mary  Goodrich.  The 
mother  of  these  children  died  in  1882,  and  Mr. 
Smith  married  second,  Albra  Cook. 

(X)  Clyde  H.,  son  of  Willard  and  Angle 
(Bartlett)'  Smith,  was  born  in  Harmony, 
Maine,  June  9,  1876.  He  was  educated  at 
Hartland  Academy,  and  took  a  thorough  com- 
mercial course  in  Shaw's  Business  College. 
He  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Hartland,  which  he  followed  with  marked 
success  until  1904,  when  he  was  elected  high 
sheriff  of  Somerset  county,  and  he  withdrew 
from  business  to  discharge  the  duties  of  that 
ofifice.  He  was  re-elected  in  1906.  and  served 
in  all  two  terms  of  two  years  each.  In  1907 
he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Steward  Hard- 
ware &  Plumbinn;  Company,  and  became  gen- 
eral manager  of  that  corporation.  From  early 
manhood  Mr.  Smith  has  taken  an  active  inter- 
est in  public  affairs,  and  has  served  efficiently 
in  all  the  town  offices.  In  1898  he  was  elected 
to  the  legislature,  being  the  youngest  man 
ever  chosen  to  occupy  that  important  position, 
and  acquitted  himself  so  creditably  that  he 
was  again  elected  in  1902.  From  1904  to  1908 
he  served  as  high  sheriff,  as  above  stated,  and 
he  was  the  voungest  man  ever  elected  to  like 
position  in  the  United  States.  In  politics  he 
is  a  staunch  Republican.  Mr.  Smith  married, 
April  17.  1908,  Edna  Page,  born  in  Skow- 
hegan.  1884.  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Ed- 
ward Page,  of  Skowhegan. 


The  earliest  date  to  which  we  can 
SMITH  trace  this  family  is  about  1710,  at 
Colchester,  Connecticut,  where 
Benjamin  Smith  lived  and  was  probably  born. 
We  find  one  record  of  a  Smith  in  Colchester 
in  1709.  when  Samuel  Smith,  a  justice  of  the 
peace,  signed  a  document.  He  may  have  been 
father  of  Samuel  Smith,  mentioned  below. 

(I)  Samuel  Smith,  born  about  1725,  was 
married  in  Ashford.  Connecticut,  to  Mehitable 
Watkins.  He  removed  thence  to  Acworth, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1769,  and  settled  at  lot  9 
in  the  fifth  range  of  that  town.  Seven  of  his 
children  were  born  in  .A.shford,  and  one  in  Ac- 
worth :  I.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  2.  Me- 
hitable.     3.  Jedediah.    married    Ann   Gustine, 


and  about  1795  removed  to  Langdon,  New 
Hampshire.  4.  Jerusha.  5.  Ely,  married 
Eunice  Sawyer  and  lived  in  Acworth,  where 
he  died  January  9,  1832.  6.  Edward,  mar- 
ried Patty  Bryant  and  removed  to  Orford, 
New  Hampshire.  7.  Ransom,  married  Let- 
tice  Markham,  and  removed  to  Genesee.  8. 
Olive,  married  a  Dewey. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Mehitable  Smith,  was  born  in  1749  in 
.\shford,  Connecticut,  and  was  twenty  years 
old  when  he  removed  with  the  family  to 
Acworth,  New  Hampshire.  He  taught  the 
first  public  school  in  that  town  in  1773  and 
subsequently  removed  to  Lyme,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  married  Sarah  Grant.  He 
finally  settled  in  Fairlee,  Vermont,  where  he 
was  a  prominent  citizen.  He  was  the  town 
clerk  thirty-five  years,  and  was  succeeded  in 
that  office  by  his  son.  Grant  Smith.  For  six 
years,  beginning  with  1780,  he  represented 
his  town  "in  the  state  legislature.  He  was 
commissioned  a  captain  in  the  Vermont  militia 
by  Governor  Chittenden,  June  23,  1778,  and 
rendered  efficient  services.  At  the  burning  of 
Royalton,  Vermont,  his  company  was  one  of 
the'  first  to  respond  to  the  call  for  protection. 
Children :  Jedediah,  Sarah,  Grant,  Lucy, 
Samuel  and  Anna. 

(III)  Grant,  second  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Grant)  Smith,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 19,  1778,  in  Fairlee,  Vermont,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming  in  that  town.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church  and  a 
Whig  in  politics.  For  twenty  years  he  served 
as  town  clerk  and  held  successfully  nearly  all 
the  town  offices.  Was  an  officer  in  the  militia 
during  all  his  military  age,  rising  to  the  rank 
of  captain.  He  was  one  of  the  Plattsburg 
volunteers  at  the  time  of  the  battle  there,  dur- 
ing the  war  of  1812.  He  was  married  at  Fair- 
lee, September  4,  1830,  to  Rebecca  Swift,  born 
November  29,  1804,  in  that  place,  a  daughter 
of  Deacon  Joshua  and  Martha  (Mar.ston) 
Swift,  of  Fairlee  (see  Swift  VI).  Children: 
Mary  Perkins,  born  July  10,  1832;  Myron 
Winslow,  July  26,  1834:  Harland  Page,  No- 
vember I,  1836;  Martha  Rebecca.  March  10, 
1839;  Henry  Barry,  July  4,  1840;  Newton 
Webster,  October  12,  1844;  Sheridan  Irving, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Sheridan  Irving,  youngest  child  of 
Grant  and  Rebecca  (Swift)  Smith,  was  born 
April  16,  1847,  in  Fairlee,  Vermont,  and  at- 
tended the  public  schools  in  that  town,  Thet- 
ford,  and  the  Newbury  Seminary,  Newbury, 
Vermont.  He  learned  the  trade  of  machinist 
and  worked  as  a  journeyman  at  South  Law- 


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rence,  Massachusetts,  for  two  and  a  half 
years.  From  1870  to  1904  he  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Passumpsic  railroad,  at  Lyndon- 
ville,  Vermont,  and  was  compelled  by  ill  health 
to  retire,  since  which  time  he  has  resided  with 
his  son  in  Oakland,  Maine.  He  is  a  Metho- 
dist in  religion,  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
affiliates  with  the  Lyndonville  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons.  He  married  Carrie  M.  Mason,  born 
1854,  in  Fairlee,  Vermont.  They  have  two 
sons,  Perley  Grant  and  Benjamin. 

(V)  Perley  Grant,  son  of  Sheridan  Irving 
and  Carrie  M.  (Mason)  Smith,  was  born  May 
20,  1873,  in  Lyndonville,  Vermont.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  He  began  to  work  in  the  road  depart- 
ment of  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad,  May  i, 
1889.  Within  a  year  he  left  to  enter  the  em- 
ploy of  the  American  Waltham  Watch  Com- 
pany of  Waltham.  where  he  was  employed 
from  September  to  January,  1891,  when  he  be- 
gan an  apprenticeship  in  the  Boston  &  Maine 
railroad  shops  at  Lyndonville.  He  left  the 
railroad  machine  shops  January  15,  1894,  to 
work  for  S.  C.  Forsyth  &  Company  at  his 
trade.  He  went  to  work  in  the  machine  shops 
of  the  Concord  &  Montreal  railroad  shops  at 
Concord,  New  Hampshire,  December  15,  1894, 
and  continued  until  June  30,  1895,  when  the 
road  was  leased  to  the  Boston  &  Maine,  and 
remained  with  the  Boston  &  Maine  until  Sep- 
tember I,  1897,  as  machinist,  and  afterward 
as  draughtsman.  From  December  i,  1898,  to 
October  15,  1901,  he  was  a  draughtsman  in 
the  Boston  office  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  rail- 
road. From  the  last  date  to  April  30,  1902, 
he  was  a  draughtsman  for  the  Central  Ver- 
mont railroad,  located  at  St.  Albans,  Ver- 
mont. He  was  draughtsman  from  May  i, 
1902,  until  September  i,  1904,  for  the  Maine 
Central  railroad  at  Portland ;  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  general  foreman  for  the 
Maine  Central  at  Thompson  Point  and  master 
mechanic  from  December  i,  1906,  to  May  15, 
1907.  He  was  master  mechanic  from  May 
16  to  July  31,  1907,  at  Rumford  Falls.  Since 
then  he  has  been  master  mechanic  of  the  Som- 
erset railroad  at  Oakland,  Maine.  In  politics 
Mr.  Smith  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Master  Car  Builders'  Association ;  of 
the  New  England  Railroad  Club  of  Boston. 
He  married,  August  19,  1895.  Winifred  Ma- 
son, born  November  6,  1873,  in  North  Mon- 
roe, New  Hampshire,  daughter  of  Phillip  A. 
and  Ella  Mason.  Children:  i.  Phillip  S., 
born  June  4,  1898,  in  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 2.  Harold  N.,  November  8,  1904.  in 
Portland,  Maine. 


The    early    immigrants    to    New 
SMITH     England    were     mostly    artisans 

and  many  of  them  men  of  little 
learning.  That  they  were  possessed  of  strong 
characters  is  evidenced  in  a  thousand  ways  to 
the  student  of  history.  While  the  pen  was  an 
awkward  instrument  to  many  of  them,  they 
were  industrious  and  conquered  the  wilder- 
ness, establishing  the  foundation  of  the  civili- 
zation which  we  enjoy.  Among  the  most  use- 
ful men  in  the  colonies  were  the  Smiths  who 
made  all  the  nails  used  in  the  construction  of 
buildings  and  nearly  every  implement  of  every 
sort  employed  in  the  rude  life  of  the  pioneers. 
A  century  previous  the  country  people  in  Eng- 
land had  taken  surnames  and  it  fell  out  that 
many  who  were  smiths  by  occupation  took  the 
word  for  a  patronymic.  In  the  midst  of  these, 
where  christian  names  were  oft  repeated,  it 
has  been  difficult  to  trace  a  line  of  descent  in 
manv  cases.  Robert  Smith  was  born  about 
161 1,  and  was  among  the  first  at  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  being  a  signer  of  the  constitution 
in  1639.  He  settled  in  Hampton  as  early  as 
1657,  and  died  there  August  30,  1706.  He 
was  by  trade  a  tailor,  but  probably  engaged 
chiefly  in  husbandry  in  that  pioneer  period. 
His  wife  Susanna  was  killed  by  lightning, 
June  12,  1680,  and  he  lived  a  widower  for 
more  than  twenty-six  years.  No  records  of 
the  birth  of  his  children  were  made,  and  they 
may  not  appear  herein  in  their  chronological 
order.  They  included:  John,  Merribah,  Asa- 
hel.  Jonathan  and  Joseph. 

The  family  herein  traced  was  very  early 
located  in  New  Hampshire,  but  the  lack  of 
records  in  the  early  days  of  Rockingham 
county  makes  it  extremely  difficult  to  trace  a 
continuous  line. 

(I)  Nicholas  Smith,  who  was  probably  a 
brother  of  other  Smiths  in  the  vicinity,  was 
located  at  Exeter  as  early  as  1658,  and  died 
there  June  22,  1673.  leaving  real  estate  which 
was  not  wholly  distributed  among  his  chil- 
dren until  after  1717.  The  records  show  that 
the  baptismal  name  of  his  wife  was  Mary,  and 
the  following  children  are  recorded  in  Exeter : 
Nathaniel.  Nicholas,  Anna  and  Theophilus. 

(II)  Nicholas  (2),  second  son  of  Nicholas 
(1)  and  Marv  Smith,  was  born  September  3, 
1 661,  in  Exeter,  and  was  a  farmer  and  sub- 
stantial citizen  of  that  town,  where  he  died 
171 5-16.  Pike's  Journal  records  under  date 
of  Sunday,  September  28,  1707,  "James  Fer- 
guson and  his  wife  were  slain  by  the  Indians 
as  they  were  returning  from  meeting.  Nicho- 
las Smith  at  the  same  time  was  wounded  but 
escaped."       His   will  is   dated  February    13, 


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1716.  and  was  probated  June  6,  followinfj;,  in 
which  are  named:  his  wife  Mary,  sons,  Rich- 
aril,  Nathaniel,  David,  Nicholas,  Benjamin, 
Edward,  Toiin,  and  daughters,  Ann  (who  mar- 
ried a  Clark),  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Patience, 
Comfort  and  Aliigail. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  second  son  of  Nicholas 
(2)  and  Mary  Smith,  was  born  September  15, 
1695,  in  Exeter,  and  lived  in  the  eastern  part 
of  the  town,  remote  from  its  more  populous 
portion.  His  name  is  not  even  fouml  in  the 
records  of  his  time,  and  therefore  his  mar- 
riage cannot  be  found.  His  children  were : 
I.  Mary,  born  December  7,  1721.  2.  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below.  3.  Patience,  No- 
vember 24,  1727.  4.  David,  April  13,  1730. 
5.  Elizabeth.  February  24,  1732.  6.  Sarah, 
March  i,  1734.    7.  Anna,  May  7,  1740. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Nathan- 
iel (i)  Smith,  was  born  July  17,  1725,  in 
Exeter,  and  was  a  farmer  in  that  part  of  his 
native  town  which  is  now  Epping,  where  he 
died  December  20,  1773.  No  record  of  his 
marriage  appears,  but  other  records  show  that 
his  wife's  christian  name  was  Mehitable,  and 
his  children  born  from  1756  to  1773  were: 
Marv.  Nathaniel,  Mehitable,  Elizabeth,  Lydia, 
Anna,  John.  Sarah.  Jacob  and  Dorothy. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (3),  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel 
(2)  and  Mehitable  Smith,  was  born  April  8, 
1758,  in  Epping,  where  his  home  was  through 
life.  He  married  Mary  Parsons  and  they  were 
the  parents  of :  Parsons,  born  September  25, 
1779,  Stevens,  Mary,  Nancy,  Nathaniel 
Greene.  John.  James  F..  Sarah  P.,  and  De- 
borah, February  7,  1803. 

(VI)  Stevens,  second  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
and  Mary  (Parsons)  Smith,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1 78 1,  in  Epping,  and  died  August 
18,  1865,  in  Hallowell.  Maine.  As  a  young 
man  he  went  from  Epping  to  Maine,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  first  marriage,  September  3, 
1806,  lived  at  Hallowell.  His  wife  w^as  Nancy 
Robinson,  born  October  14,  1788,  daughter  of 
George  and  Abigail  (Everett)  Robinson. 
George  Robinson  w-as  born  July  23,  1776,  at 
Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  a  descendant  of  a 
Scotchman  who  settled  there  about  1680,  and 
was  married  there  November  24,  1748.  His 
children  were:  David  (died  young),  Eliza- 
beth, George,  Zilpah.  Abigail,  David  and  one 
who  died  in  infancy.  The  mother  of  these 
died  May  15.  1762,  and  I\Tr.  Robinson  mar- 
ried (second)  Zipporah  Allen,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  Allen,  of  Attleboro.  She 
was  born  December  27,  1749,  and  was  the 
mother  of  eleven  children :  Jane,  Betsey, 
Molly,     Nathaniel,     Nathan,     Elihu,     Mary, 


Nancy,  Achsah,  Amos  and  William  Everett. 
Mr.  Robin.son  died  August  19,  1812,  at  Attle- 
boro. He  was  deeply  interested  in  the  welfare 
of  his  native  country  antl  served  as  an  ofificer 
in  the  revolutionary  army.  Soon  after  his 
death,  his  widow  went  to  reside  with  her 
children  in  Maine,  and  died  at  Hallowell, 
March  15,  1825.  Stevens  Smith  and  wife  had 
children :  Justin  Ely,  Samuel  S.,  George 
Robinson.  Nancy  Robinson,  Nathaniel  Greene 
and  Sylvina  Lord.  The  mother  died  October 
26,  1841,  at  Bangor,  Maine,  and  was  buried 
at  Hallowell.  Mr.  Smith  married  (second) 
April  4,  1845,  Mrs.  Abigail  Dcnnison,  at  Hal- 
lowell. who  was  born  January  31,  1805,  and 
died  June  10,  1881. 

(VII)  George  Robinson,  third  son  of  Stev- 
ens and  Nancy  (Robinson)  Smith,  was  born 
February  26,  181 1,  in  Hallowell,  Maine.  He 
married  -Delia  B.,  daughter  of  Captain  James 
Tarbox.  a  sea  captain  of  Gardiner,  Elaine. 

(VIII)  Frederick  Belcher,  second  son  of 
George  Robinson  and  Delia  B.  (Tarbox) 
Smith,  was  born  August  14,  1839,  in  Bangor, 
and  began  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city.  He  began  his  book  business 
career  there  in  April,  1856.  In  1862  he  went 
to  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  entered  the  employ  of 
S.  C.  Griggs  &  Company,  publishers  and  book 
sellers,  as  a  salesman  in  the  retail  department. 
His  ability  and  strict  attention  to  business  soon 
gained  the  favor  of  his  employers,  and  in  1866 
he  became  a  partner  in  the  business  and  has 
so  continued  with  its  successors — Jansen,  Mc- 
Clurg  &  Company,  and  A.  C.  McClurg  & 
Company.  He  is  now  chairman  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  last  named  concern,  with 
which  he  has  been  identified  for  forty-seven 
years,  having  been  more  than  fifty  years  con- 
nected with  the  book  trade.  Mr.  Smith  takes 
an  active  part  in  the  social  life  of  his  home 
city  and  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League, 
Caxton  and  Chicago  Literary  clubs;  of  the 
latter  he  is  one  of  its  very  early  members. 
With  ample  faith  in  the  destiny  of  his  coun- 
tr}',  and  faithful  to  the  principles  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  he  takes  no  active  part  in  po- 
litical matters  other  than  in  casting  his  vote. 
He  married,  January  20,  1881,  at  Hallowell, 
Alice  Wetmore  Smith,  his  cousin,  a  daughter 
of  Justin  Ely  Smith,  of  Hallowell,  who  was 
born  January  18.  1807,  the  eldest  child  of 
Stevens  Smith,  previously  mentioned. 


The  Smiths  mentioned  in  this  ar- 
SMITH     tide   belong   to   an   early   settled 
Buxton    family    of    English    de- 
scent, which  was  established  in  that  town  by 


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an  immigrant  who  located  there  prior  to  the 
American  revolution  and  subsequently  re- 
turned to  England. 

(I)  John  Smith,  son  of  the  above-mentioned 
immigrant,  was  born  in  England  and  accom- 
panied his  father  to  America.  He  remained  in 
Buxton  and  was  one  of  the  pioneer  farmers 
in  that  section  of  the  state.  In  the  struggle 
for  national  independence  his  sympathies  were 
with  the  Americans  and  he  served  as  a  soldier 
in  the  continental  army.  His  name  appears  in 
the  pay-roll  of  Captain  Daniel  Lane's  com- 
pany of  October,  1778.  In  1779  he  served 
upon  a  special  committee  appointed  by  the 
town  to  investigate  and  report  the  actual  ser- 
vice in  the  army  performed  by  each  soldier 
recruited  in  Buxton.  The  following  item  in 
the  town  records  of  that  period,  which  is  here 
copied  verbatim,  will  serve  as  an  example  of 
the  exorbitant  prices  the  town  was  forced  to 
pay  for  articles  required  by  its  soldiers :  It 
was  voted  "to  gite  shoos  for  twenty-five  dol- 
ars  a  pare  and  stockings  for  sixteen  dolars  a 
pare  and  shurts  for  twenty-four  dolars  a 
peace."  In  1777  John  Smith  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  selectmen.  He  reared  a  family 
in  Buxton  but  the  information  at  hand  does 
not  contain  the  maiden  name  of  his  wife  or  a 
list  of  his  children. 

(II)  William,  son  of  John  Smith,  was  born 
in  Buxton  and  resided  there  his  entire  life. 
His  active  years  were  devoted  to  farming,  and 
he  was  in  every  way  an  upright,  conscientious 
and  useful  citizen.  The  maiden  surname  of  his 
first  wife  was  Hill  and  of  his  second  wife  was 
Ridley.  His  children  were :  Ruth,  Thomas 
H.  and  Royal,  by  the  first  marriage;  Pheobe, 
Mary  Jane  and  Sarah  by  the  second  marriage. 

(III)  Colonel  Thomas  Hill,  son  of  William 
Smith,  by  the  latter's  first  union,  was  born  in 
Buxton,  1819.  His  educational  opportunities 
were  limited  to  the  district  school  svstem  of 
his  day,  but  he  made  excellent  use  of  the  slen- 
der advantages  open  to  him  for  study,  becom- 
ing a  practical,  resourceful  and  well  informed 
man.  In  early  manhood  he  learned  and  ap- 
plied himself  with  energy  to  the  cooper's  trade, 
and  this  he  followed  in  connection  with  farm- 
ing, making  each  of  these  occupations  a  source 
of  considerable  profit.  He  occupied  the  home- 
stead property,  having  acquired  possession  of 
it  by  purchase,  and  he  made  various  improve- 
ments upon  the  land  and  buildings.  Colonel 
Smitli  acquired  his  military  title  as  comman- 
der of  one  of  the  regiments  composing  the 
state  militia  and  was  a  highly  efficient  officer. 
As  the  founder,  and  for  many  years  a  deacon 
of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church  in  Buxton,  he 


exercised  a  helpful  and  far-reaching  influence 
in  the  moral  and  religious  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity, and  in  various  other  channels  labored 
diligentlv  for  the  general  improvement  of  the 
town  and  its  environments.  Colonel  Smith 
died  in  Buxton,  April,  1885.  He  married 
(first)  Abbie  Varney;  no  children.  jMarried 
(second)  Abbie  Cresscy,  who  bore  him  one 
daughter,  Mary  A.  Married  (third)  Sarah 
Porter,  who  was  born  at  Salem,  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1828,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 

(Reynolds)  Porter,  the  former  of  whom  came 
to  this  state  from  Salem,  New  Hampshire,  and 
settled  in  Sebago.  The  Porters  were  descend- 
ants of  Robert  Porter,  the  emigrant  and  the 
founder  of  the  New  Hampsliire  family  of  that 
name.  She  became  the  mother  of  six  children : 
I.  Sarah  E.,  born  October  18,  1858.  2. 
Thomas  V.,  November,  1859.  3.  Harriet  E., 
February,  1862.  4.  Charles  R.,  see  forward. 
5.  Hurlin  R.,  1869.  6.  A  child  who  died  in 
infancy. 

(IV)  Charles  Roscoe,  M.  D.,  son  of  Colonel 
Thomas  H.  and  Sarah  (Porter)  Smith,  was 
born  in  Buxton,  October  4,  1865.  His  pre- 
liminary studies  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  were  augmented  with  courses  at 
the  Limerick  (Maine)  Academy  and  the  Co- 
burn  Classical  Institute  in  Waterville,  from 
which  latter  he  entered  Bates  College,  Lewis- 
ton,  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1891. 
These  educational  advantages  were  obtained 
solely  through  his  own  individual  efforts,  as 
during  the  progress  of  his  studies  he  met  the 
necessary  expenses  by  teaching  school  and 
canvassing.  After  leaving  college  he  accepted 
the  position  of  principal  of  the  Buxton  high 
school,  which  he  retained  for  about  three  and 
one-half  years,  and  was  regarded  as  a  most 
efficient  instructor.  Educational  pursuits  were 
in  due  course  of  time,  however,  laid  aside  for 
what  was  in  his  estimation  a  more  attractive 
field  of  usefulness,  that  of  medicine,  and  en- 
tering the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin 
College  he  was  graduated  a  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  1897.  Establishing  himself  at  once  as 
a  general  practitioner  in  Livermore  Falls  he 
displayed  to  a  marked  degree  the  enthusiasm 
and  ambition  so  essential  in  promoting  rapid 
professional  advancement,  and  he  has  ever 
since  practised  in  that  locality,  attaining  sub- 
stantial success.  His  practice  is  at  the  present 
time  both  extensive  and  profitable,  and  aside 
from  his  professional  ability,  which  is  of  a 
high  order,  his  well-known  integrity,  together 
with  his  numerous  other  commendable  char- 
acteristics, are  in  no  small  measure  responsible 
for  the  esteem  and  confidence  in  which  he  is 


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held.  Shortly  after  locating  in  Livcrmore 
Falls  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  school 
board  and  superintendent  of  schools  as  well, 
retaining  the  latter  position  some  three  years 
and  still  serving  in  the  former  capacity.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  health  and 
is  deeply  interested  in  all  movements  relative 
to  the  improvement  of  public  hygiene.  A 
member  of  Free  Baptist  church  and  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.  Dr.  Smith  affiliates  with  the 
Androscoggin  County  and  the  Maine  Medical 
societies ;  a  member  of  Oriental  Star  Lodge, 
F.  and  A.  M.  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias ;  has 
occupied  all  of  the  important  chairs  in  the  local 
lodge  of  the  last-named  organization  and 
served  in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine.  On 
August  3,  1896,  he  married  Hadassah  Good- 
win, born  May  15,  1872,  daughter  of  Joseph 
A.  and  Adelphia  J-  (Littlefield)  Goodwin,  of 
Wells,  Maine.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  have  two 
children:     Delora  Alpen  and  Roscoe  Flarwell. 


James  Smith,  immigrant  anccs- 
SMITH  lor,  was  living  in  Berwick, 
Maine,  in  1668,  and  had  a  grant 
of  fifty  acres  of  land  in  that  year.  He  mar- 
ried Martha,  born  in  Bristol,  England,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1653.  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Wadel)  Wills,  of  Exeter.  England.  He 
died  in  1687,  and  she  married  (second)  Chris- 
topher Grant,  and  with  her  son,  John  Smith, 
was  taken  captive  by  the  Indians,  November 
18,  1690,  and  taken  to  Montreal,  where  they 
were  both  baptized  May  3,  1693.  Children  of 
James  and  Martha  Smith:  i.  James,  mar- 
ried Martha  Bragdon  and  settled  in  York, 
Maine.  2.  Mary.  3.  Elizabeth.  4.  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(H)  John,  son  of  James  Smith,  was  born 
July  26,  1685.  He  was  captured  by  the  In- 
dians and  taken  with  his  mother  to  Canada, 
where  he  was  baptized  at  Montreal,  May  3, 
1693.  He  returned  and  settled  in  Berwick, 
Maine.  He  married  Elizabeth  .  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Elizabeth,  born  April  13,  1708,  mar- 
ried, January  28,  1724,  Caleb  Maddox.  2. 
Martha,  September  18.  1710.  3.  Experience, 
December  8,  1712.  4.  John,  January  8,  1714, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Mary,  June  8,  171 7.  6. 
Abigail,  September  18,  1719.  married  Thomas 
Thompson.  7.  Joshua,  February  15,  1721.  8. 
Ichabod,  March  25,  1724.  married  Sarah 
Chadbourne.  9.  Ruth,  probably  died  young. 
10.  Jane,  baptized  November  12.  1727.  11. 
Dorcas,  born  July  15,  1732,  married  Philip 
Yeaton. 

(Ill)  John  (2).  son  of  John  (i)  Smith, 
was  born  January  8.  1714.    He  settled  in  Ber- 


wick, and  married,  Xovemhir  211,  1733,  Eliza- 
beth Libby,  in  Portsmouth.  Children:  i. 
Mary,  born  March  3,  1736.  2.  James,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1738.  married  Sarah  I-ord.  3. 
Martha,  February  20,  1740.  4.  Elizabeth, 
March  25,  1742.  5.  John,  December  12,  1744, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Anna,  December  14, 
1748,  died  young.  7.  Sarah,  November  7, 
1750.  8.  Ichabod,  July  14,  1751.  9.  Dorcas, 
.August  27,  1753.  ID.  Anna,  July  14,  1755. 
II.  Daniel,  June  12,  1757.     12.  Joshua,  June 

8,  1759- 

(IV)  Captain  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2) 
Smith,  was  born  December  12,  1744,  at  Kit- 
tery,  Maine.  He  was  the  first  settler  of  the 
town  of  Waterborough,  York  county,  Maine, 
making  his  home  from  1768  until  his  death, 
at  what  is  known  as  Waterborough  Old  Cor- 
ner. Within  two  years  seven  other  families 
joined  him.  He  owned  mills  in  the  town  in 
1787.  He  was  first  deer-reeve  and  moose- 
reeve,  surveyor  of  lumber  and  surveyor  of 
highways,  and  for  many  years  constable. 

(V)  Peter,  .son  of  Captain  John  (3)  Smith, 
settled  in  Waterborough  on  a  farm  and  en- 
gaged in  lumbering.  In  1S16  he  went  to 
Michigan,  where  he  died  over  eighty  years  of 
age. 

(VI)  Jacob,  eldest  son  of  Peter  Smith, 
born  in  Waterborough,  Maine.  1798,  died 
there  April  8,  1864.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of  car- 
penter and  joiner.  In  his  later  years  he  was 
a  farmer.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat ;  in 
religion  a  LIniversalist.  His  wife  was  a  Free 
Will  Baptist.  He  married  Betsey  E.  Andrews, 
born  1800.  died  August,  i8gi,  aged  ninety- 
one.  Children  born  at  Waterborough:  i. 
Susan,  married  Gerry  Bates,  resided  in  Illi- 
nois ;  children :  Fred,  Addie  and  Charles 
Bates.  2.  Emma,  married  Henry  Moulton, 
resided  in  Illinois;  children:  Lizzie,  Florence 
and  Ellen  Moulton.  3.  Cyrus  K.,  deceased. 
4.  Sarah,  married  Sylvester  Cook  and  lived 
at  Waterborough.  5.  Charles  W..  born  Au- 
gust 12,  1836.  mentioned  below.  6.  John  F., 
married  Lydia  Allen,  sister  of  Congressman 
Allen  ;  children  :  Cora,  Harry  and  Maud.  7. 
Victoria,  married  Bradley  Stanley,  of  Leb- 
anon, Maine. 

(VII)  Charles  W.,  son  of  Jacob  Smith, 
bom  in  Waterborough,  August  12,  1836,  died 
May  27,  1905.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  and  worked  on 
his  father's  farm  until  he  was  of  age.  After 
working  for  Isaiah  H.  Ricker  on  his  farm  for 
several  months  he  acquired  a  quarter  interest 
in  a  small  saw-mill  near  Waterborough  Old 


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Corner.  A  year  later  he  had  increased  his 
interest  to  three-quarters  and  later  he  bought 
the  homestead  at  Waterborough  Old  Corner 
and  built  his  house  on  it.  He  entered  into  the 
lumber  business  and  gradually  increased  his 
interests  until  he  became  one  of  the  largest 
lumber  dealers  and  manufacturers  of  lumber 
in  New  England.  From  1868  to  1871  he  took 
large  contracts  for  construction  of  the  Port- 
land &  Rochester,  Boston  &  Maine  and  Port- 
land &  Ogdensburgh  railroads.  In  1871  he 
leased  saw  mills  at  Shaker  village,  Alfred, 
Maine,  for  six  years  and  conducted  a  large 
business.  In  December,  1877,  he  bought  the 
steam  saw-mill  at  South  Waterborough  of 
Downs  &  Johnson  and  manufactured  stock, 
shooks  for  boxes  and  lumber  of  all  kinds,  em- 
ploying thirty  hands  or  more.  He  owned  a 
mill  also  at  Stoddard,  New  Hampshire,  and 
large  tracts  of  woodland.  Besides  his  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  he  owned  eight 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  Waterborough  and 
other  lands  in  the  vicinity.  He  admitted  to 
partnership  in  1896  his  son,  George  H.  Smith, 
under  the  firm  name  of  C.  W.  Smith  &  Son. 
Mr.  Smith  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
was  selectman  of  his  native  town  several 
years.  He  represented  his  town  in  the  state 
legislature  two  terms  (1878-79),  and  was 
state  senator  one  year  (1885),  serving  on  the 
committee  on  interior  waters.  He  was  a  Bap- 
tist in  religion  and  was  trustee  of  the  church 
at  Waterborough.  He  was  a  member  of  Fra- 
ternal Lodge,  No.  55,  Free  Masons,  of  Al- 
fred. Mr.  Smith  was  shrewd,  capable,  en- 
ergetic and  self-reliant.  He  united  foresight 
and  caution,  enterprise  and  economy,  and  ac- 
quired a  competence  in  a  difficult  line  of  busi- 
ness. He  was  of  strong  and  earnest  person- 
ality, upright  in  character,  an  honorable  and 
useful  citizen.  He  married  Clara,  born  March 
18,  1840,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Julia  (Say- 
ward)  Roberts.  Children:  i.  Professor  Fred 
L.,  born  January  22,  1865,  instructor  in  Greek 
in  the  Peon  Charter  school ;  married  Lizzie 
Wheeler,  of  Castine,  Maine.  2.  George  Her- 
bert, born  July  14,  1866,  mentined  below.  3. 
Edgar  L.,  born  May  12,  1872,  now  conduct- 
ing the  homestead  at  Waterborough. 

(VHI)  George  Herbert,  son  of  Charles  W. 
Smith,  was  born  July  14,  1866,  at  Waterbor- 
ough. He  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Waterborough  and  at  Limerick 
Academy.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm 
during  his  boyhood,  and  continued  with  his 
father  after  he  reached  his  majority.  In  1896 
he  was  taken  into  partnership  under  the  firm 


name  of  C.  W.  Smith  &  Son.  Since  his 
father's  death  in  1905  he  has  continued  the 
business  under  the  old  name  without  a  part- 
ner. Besides  the  large  steam  mill  for  finish- 
ing lumber  in  Waterborough  he  owns  large 
tracts  of  woodland  and  cuts  much  timber  every 
year.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  is 
prominent  in  public  affairs.  He  has  served 
on  the  board  of  selectmen  and  as  supervisor  of 
schools,  as  road  commissioner,  and  in  1901 
was  representative  to  the  state  legislature ;  he 
is  a  candidate  for  the  state  senate  to  succeed 
Hon.  Fred  J.  Allen,  of  Sanford.  Mr.  Smith 
is  a  member  of  Fraternal  Lodge,  Free  Ma- 
sons, of  Alfred;  White  Rose  Royal  Arch 
Chapter  of  Sanford;  Maine  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters ;  and  of  St.  Armond  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar,  of  Kennebunk. 
He  married,  June  28,  1893,  Alice,  born  June 
12,  1866,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Elvira 
Bennett  Hayes,  of  Tuftonborough,  New 
Hampshire,  and  later  of  Hollis,  Maine.  They 
liave  no  children. 


John  Parker  Smith  was  born  at 
SMITH  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia.  He  was 
a  barber  by  trade,  and  was  in 
business  all  his  active  life  in  Portland,  .Maine. 
He  was  a  Free  Mason  and  Odd  Fellow  and 
a  well-known  citizen.  He  married  Margaret 
E.,  daughter  of  E.  G.  BoUon,  of  Portland. 
Children,  born  in  Portland;  i.  Samuel  S., 
March  4,  1870.  2.  Child  died  in  infancy.  3. 
Payson,  mentioned  below.  4.  Philip,  March 
14,  1879,  died  September,  1907. 

(II)  Payson,  son  of  John  Parker  and  Mar- 
garet E.  (Bolton)  Smith,  was  bom  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  February  11,  1873.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Portland,  West- 
brook  Seminary  and  Tufts  College.  He  en- 
gaged in  the  profession  of  teaching;  was  sub- 
principal  of  Westbrook  Seminary,  superinten- 
dent of  schools.  Canton,  Maine,  superinten- 
dent of  schools  at  Rumford,  Mexico  and 
Auburn.  Maine,  and  in  July,  1907,  was  ap- 
pointed state  superintendent  of  public  schools 
in  Elaine,  which  position  he  is  filling  at 
the  present  time  (1909).  He  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 
Tufts  College  in  1903,  and  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  from  the  University  of  Maine 
in  1908.  He  has  membership  and  has  held 
office  in  various  state  and  national  educational 
associations.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versalist  church  at  x'\uburn,  where  he  resides. 
His  office  is  at  the  capitol  in  Augusta.  He 
married,  in  1898,  Carrie  E.,  daughter  of  John 


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]'.  Svvascy,  representative  to  congress  from 
second  Maine  district.  Child,  Norman  Swa- 
sey,  born  June  ii,  1903. 

It  has  truly  been  said  tiiat  to 
SMITH     trace  the  ancestry  of  the  various 

Smiths  would  be  like  trying  to 
write  a  genealogy  of  the  North  American  In- 
dians. When  Dr.  Holmes  wrote  of  the  au- 
thor of  "America,"  and  said:  "Fate  tried  to 
conceal  him  by  naming  him  Smith,"  he  might 
have  applied  the  statement  to  several  hundred 
other  distinguished  Smiths  besides  Dr.  Samuel 
F.  Smitli  of  the  famous  class  of  1829.  One 
should  feel  proud  to  belong  to  so  numerous 
and  respectable  a  family,  but  one  cannot  help 
wishing  that  they  had  taken  a  little  more  pains 
to  preserve  their  ancestral  records.  The  fol- 
lowing branch  cannot  be  traced  further  than 
Berwick,  Maine.  Whether  they  originally 
came  from  Massachusetts,  or  whether  they 
may  be  connected  with  the  New  Hampshire 
Smiths  of  whom  no  less  than  nineteen  ditTer- 
ent  lines  have  been  traced,  must  remain  a 
matter  of  conjecture. 

(I)  Daniel  Smith  was  born  in  1796,  and 
died  at  Brownville,  Maine,  April  23,  1856. 
About  1820  he  moved  from  Berwick,  Maine, 
to  Brow-nville.  It  is  possible  that  he  may  have 
been  a  son  or  other  descendant  of  Daniel 
Smith,  of  Berwick,  Maine,  who  was  a  minute- 
man  in  1775.  About  1820  Daniel  Smith  mar- 
ried Mary  Stickney,  daughter  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Patty  (Atwood)  Stickney,  who  was  born 
at  Weare,  New  Hampshire.  January  31,  1799, 
and  died  at  Brownville,  Maine,  March  25, 
1883.  (See  Stickney  V.)  Nine  children  were 
born  to  Daniel  and  Mary  (Stickney)  Smith: 
I.  Samuel  Atwood,  whose  sketch  follow'S.  2. 
Mary  Ann,  August  4,  1823,  married  Isaac 
Gould,  of  Brownville,  Maine,  October  16, 
1842.  3.  Emeline,  May  17,  1825,  married 
William  Mayo,  September  20,  1850;  died  in 
1908.  4.  Benjamin,  April  15,  1827.  died 
young.  5.  Daniel,  July  9,  1828,  married  Ellen 
Johnson.  6.  Francis  B.,  January  15,  1833, 
married  Catherine  Morse,  May  19,  1856;  died 
January  i,  1859.  7.  Martha  E.,  January  16, 
1835.  8.  Sarah  Jane,  January  16,  1837,  died 
February  14.  1852.  9.  Simeon,  May  25,  1838, 
died  April  3,  1840. 

(II)  Samuel  Atwood,  eldest  child  of  Dan- 
iel and  Mary  (Stickney)  Smith,  was  born  at 
Brownville,  Maine.  October  30,  1820.  He 
married,  January  8,  i860,  Martha  L.  Jenks, 
daughter  of  Eleazer  Alley  and  Eliza  (Brown) 
Jenks,  who  was  born  at  Brownville,  Maine, 
July  4,  1836.     (See  Jenks,  VII.)     They  had 


three  children  :  Annie  L.,  born  December  14, 
i860;  Alley,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Edgar 
Crosby,   whose   sketch    follows. 

(Ill)  Edgar  Crosby,  sun  of  Samuel  Atwcjod 
and  Martha  L.  (Jenks)  Smith,  was  born  at 
I'.rowMivilk-,  Maine,  February  12,  1870,  and 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  at 
the  East  Maine  Seminary  at  Bucksport.  For 
a  time  he  worked  in  a  bank  and  also  in  the 
office  of  the  clerk  of  courts  at  Ellsworth, 
Maine.  While  thus  engaged  he  devoted  his 
spare  time  to  the  study  of  law.  From  July, 
1 89 1,  to  the  spring  of  1892  he  read  law  in  the 
office  of  Miles  W.  Mcintosh  at  Brownville. 
From  1892  to  1894  he  was  engaged  in  the 
shoe  business  at  Brownville;  but  he  sold  out 
this  undertaking  in  1894,  and  went  back  into 
the  law  office  of  Mr.  Mcintosh,  where  he  re- 
mained till  the  latter  gentleman  moved  to  Cal- 
ifornia, when  Mr.  Smith  bought  out  his  law 
library,  and  went  into  practice  for  himself. 
This  was  in  1895,  the  year  that  Mr.  Smith 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Mr.  Smith  continued 
alone  till  1897,  when  he  removed  to  Dover, 
and  formed  a  partnership  with  Colonel  J.  B. 
Peaks.  This  arrangement  continued  till  Jan- 
uary, 1901,  when  ^Ir.  Smith  was  appointed 
judge  of  the  municipal  court,  a  position  which 
he  still  holds  (1908).  Since  the  partnership 
was  dissolved.  Judge  Smith  has  continued  in 
general  practice  by  himself.  Judge  Smith  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  county  committee  for 
ten  years,  the  last  two  of  which  he  has  been 
chairman.  He  was  tax  collector  for  five  years, 
and  has  held  minor  town  offices.  He  was  su- 
perintendent of  schools  at  Brownville  at  the 
time  of  leaving  there,  and  has  served  on  the 
school  board  of  Foxcroft.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order  at  Brownville,  and  past 
master  of  Pleasant  River  Lodge.  He  belongs 
to  the  Piscataquis  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  and 
the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  attends  the  Congre- 
gational church,  and  is  corresponding  secre- 
tary of  the  Piscataquis  Historical  Society. 
Judge  Smith  is  deeply  interested  in  historical 
matters,  and  has  published  several  valuable 
monographs  relating  to  local  and  state  afifairs. 
He  has  written  the  "Life  of  Moses  Greenleaf, 
the  Map-maker,"  who  plotted  and  executed 
and  published  the  first  map  made  by  an  in- 
habitant of  Maine.  He  has  also  written  a 
Bibliography  of  the  Maps  of  Maine ;  and  at 
the  present  time  is  writing  a  history  of  the 
revolutionary  soldiers  who  settled  in  Piscata- 
quis county.  On  January  18.  1893,  Judge  Ed- 
gar Crosby  Smith  married  Harriet  M.  Ladd, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Eliza  (Chase)  Ladd, 


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of   Garland,   Maine.     They  have    one    child, 
Martha  Eliza,  born  May  5,  1901. 


The  records  state  that  Stick- 
STICKNEY  ney  is  a  large  village  on  the 
Boston  road,  eight  and  one- 
half  miles  north  of  Boston  station,  in  the  soke 
of  Bolingbroke,  Union  of  Spilsby,  Lindsley 
division,  and  diocese  of  Lincoln,  England. 
From  this  came  the  surname  Stickney.  In 
the  parish  register  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  in 
the  parish  of  Frampton  in  the  Wapentake  of 
Kirton,  Lincoln  county,  England,  three  and 
one-half  miles  south  of  Boston,  are  many  rec- 
ords of  baptisms,  marriages  and  burials  of 
Stickneys  from  1558  to  1609.  The  name  does 
not  appear  on  those  records  after  that  date. 
Tradition  and  information  obtained  in  Eng- 
land render  it  probable  that  the  family  re- 
moved to  Hull  or  its  vicinity. 

(I)  William  Stickney,  the  first  settler,  was 
the  ancestor  of  nearly  all  who  have  since 
borne  that  name  in  America.  It  is  inferred 
from  records  procured  in  England  that  he  was 
the  William  who  is  mentioned  as  baptized  in 
St.  Mary's  Church,  Frampton,  Lincolnshire, 
England,  April  6,  1592,  and  the  son  of  Will- 
iam Stickney,  of  Frampton,  who  was  bap- 
tized December  30,  1558,  and  married,  June 
16,  1583,  Margaret  Pierson,  and  the  grand- 
son of  Robert  Stickney,  of  Frampton,  who 
made  his  will  October  3,  and  was  buried  Octo- 
ber 18,  1582.  William  Stickney,  the  settler, 
seems  to  have  come  probably  from  Hull,  in 
Yorkshire,  England,  in  1637,  and  from  the 
records  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston  it  ap- 
pears that  "The  6th  of  ye  nth  moneth  1638 
Willyam  Stickney  a  husbandman  &  Elizabeth 
his  wife"  and  others  were  admitted ;  and  "The 
24th  day  of  ye  9th  Moneth  1639,  Our  brethren 
Mr.  Henry  Sandys,  William  Stickney  *  *  * 
by  ye  Churches  Silence  were  dismissed  to  ye 
gathering  of  a  Church  at  Rowley  if  the  Lord 
so  please."  William  Stickney  with  his  wife 
and  three  eldest  children  were  among  the 
original  settlers  of  Rowley,  Massachusetts. 
"On  the  7th  of  October  1640  *  *  *  Willi: 
Stickney  were  admitted  freeman."  In  1639 
William  Stickney  had  land  allotted  to  him 
upon  which  he  erected  a  house,  on  the  corner 
of  Bradford  and  Wethersfield  streets.  He 
was  a  member  of  an  important  committee  in 
1652  to  draw  up  "a  covenant  and  agreement," 
between  the  town  of  Rowley  and  the  first;  set- 
tlers of  the  Merrimack  lands,  now  Bradford. 
He  was  clerk  of  the  market,  and  on  jury  of 
trials  in  1653,  selectman  1656  and  1661,  and 
in    1661    styled  lieutenant.     The  ancient  pos- 


session books  of  Rowley  contain  frequent  rec- 
ords of  grants  of  land  to  him  and  from  him 
and  his  wife.  In  the  town  books  of  Rowley 
it  is  recorded  that  William  Stickney  was  bur- 
ied January  25,  1665.  Elizabeth  Stickney  sur- 
vived her  husband  several  years.  The  date 
of  her  death  is  not  known.  On  the  two  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  death  of  William 
Stickney,  a  granite  obelisk  was  erected  on  his 
grave  bearing  the  following  inscription : 

William  Stickney 

Born    in 

Frampton,   England, 

A.    D.,    1592. 

Was,    with    the   wife 

Elizabeth 

Of  Boston,  in   N,   E.  In   1638 

Of   Rowley   in    1639 

Whero   he  died 

A.  D.  1665 

Erected 

By  hi.s  descendants 

Josiah    Stickney, 

of    Boston, 

Matthew   Adams    Stickney 

of    Salem. 

Joseph  Henry  Stickney, 

of  Baltimore,  Md. 

1S65. 

The  children  of  William  and  Elizabeth- 
Stickney  were:  i.  Samuel,  born  in  England, 
1633,  married  Julia  Swan  and  Prudence  Gage. 
2.  Amos,  England,  1635,  married  Sarah 
Morse,  June  24,  1663.  3.  Mary,  England, 
1637,  married  James  Borker  Jr.  4.  John, 
1640.  5.  Faith,  1641,  married  Samuel  Gage, 
6.  Andrew,  1644,  married  Eduah  Lambert  and 
Elizabeth  Jewett.  7.  Thomas,  1646,  married 
Mehitable  Kimball.  8.  Elizabeth,  1646,  died 
December  4,  1659,  Rowley  rec,  December  7 
Court  rec.  9.  Mercy,  1648,  died  January  14, 
1676.  10.  Adding,  1648,  died  September  17, 
1660. 

(II)  John,  third  son  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth Stickney,  was  born  at  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, March  4,  1640,  and  died  in  the  year 
1709,  leaving  a  will  which  was  proved  on 
April  4.  He  left  real  estate  amounting  to 
nearly  three  hundred  pounds,  and  personal 
estate  to  the  value  of  eighty  pounds.  John 
Stickney  saw  considerable  military  service  and 
reached  the  grade  of  lieutenant.  He  was  one 
of  the  twelve  men  impressed  from  Rowley, 
November  29,  1675,  by  Captain  Samuel 
Brocklebank  to  serve  in  King  Philip's  war. 
He  took  part  in  the  bloody  action  of  December 
19  of  that  year,  and  assisted  in  the  capture  of 
the  Narragansett  fort.  Stickney  was  also  in 
the  fight  at  Sudbury,  April  21,  1676,  where 
Captain  Brocklebank,  whose  daughter  he  after- 
wards married,  was  slain.  In  1733  there  was 
granted  to  John  Stickney  and  others  for  their 
service  in  King  Philip's  war  a  tract  of  land 
— "Narragansett    Number    i,"    now    Buxton,. 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


357 


Maine.  In  the  Boston  Post-Boy  and  Adver- 
tiser of  November  i8,  1767,  Stickney's  heirs 
and  others  were  notified  of  unpaid  taxes  due 
on  this  land,  the  Stickney  portion  being  one 
pound,  three  and  one-half  pence.  Lieutenant 
John  Stickney  held  various  town  offices,  being 
"selectman  of  Rowley  in  1688-89,  overseer  in 
1673,  constable  in  1604,  and  tythingman  in 
1698-99.  In  a  deed  executed  in  1707,  he  is 
referred  to  as  "John  Stickney,  Carpenter,  of 
Rowley."  On  June  9,  1680,  Lieutenant  John 
Sticknee,  as  his  name  was  usually  spelled,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Rrocklebank,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Rrocklebank.  She  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  Rowley,  June  23,  1695,  and 
according  to  the  Ryfield  Church  Records,  she 
died  April  23,  1749,  aged  ninety  years.  Seven 
children  were  born  to  Lieutenant  John  and 
Hannah  (Brocklebank)  Stickney:  I.  Han- 
nah. July  23.  1681,  married  Ezekiel  Sawer. 
2.  Elizabeth.  June  13,  1684,  married  Richard 
Dole.  3.  Mary,  March  i,  1686,  married  John 
Palmer.  4.  .Samuel,  whose  sketch  follows.  5. 
.Sarah,  February  4,  1693,  married  Francis 
Palmer.  6.  Jane,  November  10,  1696,  mar- 
ried John  Syle  and  (second)  Timothy  Palmer. 
7.  John,  January  23,  1699-1700,  married  Anna 
Lull. 

fill)  Samuel,  elder  son  of  Lieutenant  John 
and  Hannah  (Brocklebank)  Stickney,  was 
born  at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  March  26, 
1690,  died  there  November  3,  1760.  and  was 
buried  in  the  first  burial  ground  of  Rowley. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  amounted  to  a 
little  more  than  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
three  pounds.  In  a  deed  of  171 5  he  is  re- 
ferred to  as  "Samuel  Stikne  of  Rowley, 
weaver."  As  has  been  previously  stated,  Nar- 
ragansett  Number  i,  now  Buxton,  Maine,  was 
granted  by  the  general  court  to  the  represent- 
atives of  those  who  were  soldiers  in  King 
Philip's  war.  On  November  17,  1735,  Samuel 
Stickney  drew  lot  number  eleven  in  right  of 
his  father  John  Stickney.  On  November  15, 
1 71 5,  Samuel  Stickney  married  Susannah 
Perlev,  who  was  admitted  a  member  of  the 
First  Church  in  Rowley,  August  23,  1767,  and 
died  July  12,  1773,  aged  seventy-six  years. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  July  25,  1716,  died  un- 
married. 2.  Sarah,  March  31,  1719,  married 
James  Dickinson.  3.  Lydia,  May  27.  1721, 
married  Thomas  Smith.  4.  Moses,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1723,  married  Sarah  Graves.  5.  Will- 
iam (2),  whose  sketch  follows.  6.  Elizabeth, 
March  22,  1729,  died  on  April  28  of  that  year. 
7.  Daniel.  April  5,  1730,  married  Sarah 
Gould.  8.  Elizabeth,  April  4,  1733,  married 
John  Stickney.     9.  and   10.  David  and  Jona- 


than, twins,  born  September  25,  1736.  David 
Stickney  married  Elizabeth  Chapman,  April 
23,  1761;  Jonathan  Stickney  married  Martha 
March. 

(IV)  William  (2),  third  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
and  Susannah  (Perley)  Stickney,  was  born  at 
Rowley,  Massachusetts,  August  27,  1726,  and 
died  in  1808,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He 
owned  the  covenant  of  Rowley  First  Church, 
July  15,  1744,  and  renewed  it  at  Byfield 
Church,"  April  24,  1788.  In  a  deed  of  1750  he 
is  referred  to  as  "William  Stickney  of  Row- 
ley, laborer";  but  in  a  deed  of  1755  he  is  called 
a  leather  dresser.  He  saw  service  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war,  serving  as  sergeant  in 
Captain  Joseph  Smith's  company,  which  was 
on  duty  up  the  river  from  Quebec,  April  to 
November  29,  1759.  On  March  19,  1776,  he 
was  appointed  by  the  town  of  Rowley  one  of 
the  committee  of  safety.  On  February  18. 
1743,  Captain  William  (2)  Stickney  married 
Mary  Sawyer,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Sawyer, 
of  Amesbury,  Massachusetts.  'They  had  nine 
children:  i.  Amos,  baptized  July  22,  1744, 
died  young.  2.  Paul,  February  9,  1745,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Pike,  (second)  Betsey  Cheney. 
3.  Lucy,  July  17,  1748.  died  young.  4.  Lucy, 
"March  25,  1750,  married  Moses  Tenney.  5. 
Elizabeth,  December  24,  1752,  married  Jacob 
Rogers.  6.  Eunice,  January  3,  1754,  died  Au- 
gust 21,  1756.  7.  William,  March  6,  1757, 
married  Judith  Frye.  8.  Samuel  (2),  whose 
sketch  follows.  9.  Silas.  December  2,  1764, 
married  Betsev  Thorndike,  (second)  Sarah 
Shattuck. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  fourth  son  of  Captain 
William  (2)  and  Mary  (Sawyer)  Stickney, 
was  born  at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  May  13, 
1762,  and  was  baptized  at  Byfield,  three  days 
later.  He  died  at  Brownville,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 9,  1835,  in  his  seventy-third  year.  He 
was  the  first  one  of  his  line  to  leave  his  na- 
tive town,  but  he  moved  from  Rowley  to  the 
neighboring  village  of  Bradford,  Massachu- 
setts ;  thence  to  Weare,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  lived  till  1809.  when  he  migrated  to 
Brownville,  Maine,  where  he  spent  the  last 
twenty-four  years  of  his  life.  Although  but 
a  boy  of  fifteen  when  the  revolution  broke 
out,  he  saw  considerable  service.  On  July  6, 
1778,  he  enlisted  as  a  fifer  in  Captain  Simeon 
Brown's  company,  Colonel  Wade's  regiment, 
Rhode  Island  service.  On  October  14,  1779, 
he  was  sergeant  in  Captain  Benjamin  Pea- 
body's  company.  On  July  31.  1780,  he  was  in 
the  Thirty-first  Division  (six  months  men), 
and  marched  from  Springfield  with  Captain 
Grcenleaf.     At   this   time  he   is   described  as 


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being  "i8  years  of  age;  ruddy  complexion; 
stature  5  ft.  9;  and  from  Bradford."  His 
last  enlistment  was  as  a  iifer  from  Rowley, 
August  4  to  November  27,  1781,  in  Captain 
John  Robinson's  company,  Colonel  William 
Turner's  regiment  of  five  months  men,  Rhode 
Island  service.  Dn  May  11,  1784,  Samuel 
(2)  Stickney  was  married,  by  Rev.  James 
Chandler,  to  Irene  Rawlings,  of  Newbury, 
Massachusetts.  She  died  in  September,  1787, 
leaving  two  chilh'en;  Irene,  born  in  Septem- 
ber, 1785;  and  Samuel,  born  March  31,  1787. 
On  April  29,  1792,  Samuel  Stickney  married 
(second)  Patty  Atwood,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Atwood,  of  Bradford,  Massachusetts. 
She  survived  him,  and  died  at  Brownville, 
Maine,  October  2,  1845.  Five  years  before 
her  death  she  received  a  pension  from  the 
government  on  account  of  her  husband's  rev- 
olutionary services.  Eleven  children  were 
born  to  Samuel  (2)  and  Patty  (Atwood) 
Stickney:  i.  Martha  Atwood,  July  24,  1794, 
married  William  Wells.  2.  Polly,  April  12, 
1796,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Silas,  July  5,  1797, 
drowned,  unmarried,  July  9,  1833.  4.  Mary, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Benjamin,  February  12, 
iSoo,  died  June  3,  1804.  6.  Betsey,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1802,  married  Nathaniel  P.  Thomas. 
7.  Judith,  May,  24,  1805,  died  unmarried  in 
1866.  8.  Simeon  Atwood,  October  5,  1807, 
married  Sarah  W.  Oilman.  9.  Daniel  Wortl.- 
ley,  P'ebruary  10,  1810,  died  in  infancy,  ic. 
Louisa,  March  28,  181 1,  married  Robert 
Wells.  II.  Lucy  Ann,  October  2,  1814,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Smith. 

(VI)  Mary,  fourth  daughter  and  sixth 
child  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Patty  (Atwood) 
Stickney,  was  born  at  Weare,  New  Hamp- 
shire, January  31,  1799.  and  died  at  Brown- 
ville, Maine,  March  25,  1883.  About  1820  she 
was  married  to  Daniel  Smith,  of  Brownville, 
Maine.     (See  Smith,  I.) 


(For   preceding    generations    see    Edmund    Greenleaf   I.) 

(Ill)  John,  third  son  of 
GREENLEAF     Stephen      and      Elizabeth 

(Coffin)  Greenleaf,  was 
born  June  21,  1662,  at  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  either  Mav  or  June  24,  1734. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  first  Congregational 
Church  in  Newbury,  with  his  first  wife,  Eliza- 
beth (Hills)  Greenleaf,  January  31,  1696.  All 
his  life  was  spent  in  Newbury,  and  he  was 
sometimes  called  Quartermaster  John  to  dis- 
tin.guish  him  from  two  other  John  Greenleafs, 
his  son  and  nephew,  all  of  whom  were  living 
in  Newbury  at  the  same  time.  He  must  have 
been   a  man   of  some  standing,  for  both   his 


marriages  were  to  women  very  well  connected. 
On  October  12,  1685,  John  Greenleaf  married 
Elizabeth  Hills,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hills  and 
his  second  wife,  Hannah  (Mellowes)  Hills. 
Joseph  Hills,  who  was  born  in  1602,  came 
from  Maiden,  England,  where  he  was  a 
woolen  draper,  to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
in  1638.  In  1647  he  removed  to  the  neigh- 
boring town  of  Maiden,  and  afterwards  to 
Newbury,  where  he  died  February  5,  1687-88. 
His  first  wife  was  Rose  Dunster,  sister  of 
President  Dunster  of  Harvard  College.  Ten 
children  were  born  to  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Hills)  Greenleaf:  Elizabeth,  July  30,  1686, 
married  Edmund  Titcomb,  (second)  Thomas 
Oakes;  Jane,  November  10,  1687;  Judith,  July 
15,  1689,  died  September  30,  1690;  Daniel, 
whose  sketch  follows ;  John,  January  3,  1692, 
married  Sarah  Smith ;  Parker,  February  23, 
1694,  married  Mary  Jacques;  Samuel,  April, 
1697,  married  Elizabeth  Kingsbury;  Martha, 
married  a  Gage  and  lived  at  Joppa,  Maine ; 
Benjamin,  November  21,  1701,  married  Ann 
Hale,  (second)  Abigail  (Moody)  Greenleaf; 
Stephen,  October  6,  1704,  married  Eunice 
Wallis.  Elizabeth  (Hills)  Greenleaf,  the  first 
wife  of  John  Greenleaf,  and  the  mother  of  all 
his  children,  died  August  5,  1712;  he  mar- 
ried (second)  May  13,  1716,  Lydia  Pierce, 
widow  of  Benjamin  Pierce,  and  daughter  of 
Major  Charles  Frost,  of  Kittery,  Maine.  She 
died  May  15,  1752.  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight. 
There  were  no  children  by  this  marriage. 

(IV)  Daniel,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Hills)  Greenleaf,  was  born  at  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  December  24,  1690,  and  was 
drowned  on  Newbury  bar,  in  January  or  Feb- 
ruary, 1729.  On  November  17,  1710,  a  month 
before  he  was  twenty,  Daniel  Greenleaf  mar- 
ried Sarah  Moody,  and  they  had  eight  chil- 
dren:  Elizabeth,  born  June  10,  1713;  Martha, 
March  18,  1715,  married  Isaac  Johnson;  Jane, 
July  16,  1717,  died  in  infancy;  Sarah,  July  6, 
1719,  married  Moses  Pearson,  of  Byfield;  Da- 
vid, July  24,  1721,  married  Sarah  Lamson; 
Daniel,  September  20,  1722,  married  Polly 
Bridges ;  Jonathan,  whose  sketch  follows ; 
Parker,  February  21,  1725;  and  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1729.  The  last  two  children  died 
in  infancy. 

(V)  Hon.  Jonathan,  third  son  of  Daniel 
and  Sarah  (Moody)  Greenleaf,  was  born  at 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  in  July,  1723,  and 
died  there  Mav  24,  1807.  His  father  was 
drowned  when  Jonathan  was  a  little  more  than 
five  years  of  age,  and  the  mother  was  left  in 
very  destitute  circumstances  with  a  large  fam- 
ily of  children.    At  seyen  years  of  age  the  boy 


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was  apprenticed  lo  Mr.  Eilward  Presbury,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  ship  carpenter.     In  time 
he  became  a  ship  builder  on  a  large  scale,  and 
ultimately  acquired  a  handsome  fortune.     Mr. 
Greenlcaf  early  proved  himself  a  man  of  abil- 
ity  and    character,    and    from    1768   to    1792, 
nearly  a  (|unrter  of  a  century,  he  held  some 
public    office.      September   26,    1774.    lie    was 
unanimously  chosen  to  represent  the  town  of 
Newburvport  in  the  general  court.     He  was 
a  member  of  the  continental  congress  at  the 
beginning  of  the  revolution.     June   12,   1786, 
he   was   made   one  of   the  governor's   council 
from  Essex,  and  he  was  elected  state  senator, 
February  11,  1788.     In  the  Massachusetts  as- 
sembly for  the  ratification  of  the  federal  con- 
stitution.  Jonathan    and    Benjamin    Clreenleaf 
were  among  those  who  voted  Yea.    A  descrip- 
tion of  his  personal  appearance  has  come  down 
to  us,  which  gives  a  vivid  portrait  of  a  gen- 
tleman of  that  day.    Mr.  Greenleaf  was  about 
five  and  a  half  feet  in  height,  of  .spare  figure, 
with  a  high   forehead,  a  large  aquiline  nose, 
full,   dark    hazel    eyes,   and    rather    prominent 
front  teeth,  which  he  retained  to  the  last.   Cer- 
tain of  these  physical  characteristics  may  be 
called  family  traits,  for  they  would  apply  to 
John   Greenleaf   Whittier,   the   poet;   to   Ben- 
jamin Greenleaf,  preceptor  of  Bradford  Acad- 
emy  from    1814  to    1836,   and  author  of  the 
famous  arithmetic ;  and  to  several  early  Green- 
leafs,    merchants,    physicians    and    clergymen, 
whose  portraits  have  come  down  to  us.     In 
his  later  years  Mr.  Jonathan  Greenleaf  wore 
a  suit  of  one  color,  deep  blue,  London  brown 
or  light   drab,    and    shoes    with    oval    silver 
buckles.    His  head  was  covered  by  a  full  white 
wig,  after  the  fashion  of  the  day,  and  a  cocked 
hat ;  and  in  winter  he  wore  a  drab  cloth  great 
coat  or  a  blue  coat.     He  was  very  courteous 
in  manner,  and  possessed  a  kindly  disposition. 
His  educational  advantages  were  limited,  but 
he  had  a  large  share  of  common  sense  and  a 
knowledge  of  human  nature,  and  he  had  im- 
proved  his   mind   by  extensive   reading.      He 
joined  the  church  about  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage, and  for  many  years  was  an  elder  in  the 
First    Presbyterian    Church    at    Newburvport. 
Nothing  but  absolute  necessity  kept  him  from 
public  worship  on   the  Sabbath,  and   he  was 
scarce  ever  known   to  omit   regular  morning 
and    evening    worship.      In     1744    Jonathan 
Greenleaf  married   Mary   Presbury.   daughter 
of  Edward  and  Catherine  (Pierce)   Presbury, 
of  Newbury.     Mr.  Presbury  was  the  wealthy 
ship-builder  from   whom   Mr.   Greenleaf   first 
learned  his  trade.     He  owned  the  land   from 
Ship  street  to  the  rear  of  the  lots  on  Federal 


street,  and  down  to  Water  street,  and  the  ship 
yard  in  front,  afterwards  the  property  of  Mr. 
Greenleaf.  Nine  children  were  born  to  Jon- 
athan and  Mary  (Presbury)  Greenleaf,  of 
whom  the  first  three  died  in  infancy  or  early 
childhood.  These  were  David,  Jonathan  and 
Mary,  who  were  born  in  1747,  1749  and  1750, 
respectively.  Simon,  born  in  1752,  married 
Hannah  Osgood,  of  Andover,  Massachusetts. 
Sarah,  born  May  31,  1753,  married  Captain 
^^'illiam  Pierce  Johnson,  of  .Xewhuryport. 
Moses,  see  forward.  Enoch,  born  October  11, 
1757,  married  Mary  Stone  and  (second)  Dor- 
othy Ingersoll.  Catherine,  born  November  12, 
1 759,  married  Anthony  Davenport,  of  New- 
buryport.  Richard,  born  July  3,  1762,  mar- 
ried Marcia  Tappan. 

(\T)  Captain  Moses,  fourth  son  of  Jon- 
athan and  Mary  (Presbury)  Greenleaf,  was 
born  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  May  19, 
1755,  and  died  atNew  Gloucester,  Maine,  De- 
cember 18,  18 1 2.  He  was  bred  a  ship  carpen- 
ter, but  at  the  age  of  nineteen  entered  the 
American  army  as  a  lieutenant,  and  in  1776 
was  commissioned  captain.  In  17S1  he  began 
the  business  of  ship-building  in  Newburvport- 
in  connection  with  his  father,  and  from  that 
time  till  the  year  1790  they  built  twenty-two 
ships  and  brigs.  In  November,  1790,  Captain 
Moses  Greenleaf  moved  with  his  family  to 
New  Gloucester,  Maine,  where  he  followed 
farming  til!  his  death.  Captain  Greenleaf  was 
a  member  in  high  standing  of  the  order  of 
Masonry,  and  was  instrumental  in  establishing 
Cumberland  Lodge,  Maine.  He  received  his 
degrees  in  Saint  Peter's  Lodge,  Newburyport, 
where  he  became  worthy  master  in  1  780.  In 
that  same  year,  July  6,  he  was  made  worship- 
ful master  of  Washington  Lodge,  a  travelling 
lodge  in  the  revolutionary  army.  Older  breth- 
ren have  often  heard  Captain  Greenleaf  re- 
mark that  he  had  many  a  time  commanded  the 
commanding  general  of  the  armies  in  the  lodge 
meetings,  for  General  Washington  frequently 
attended,  and  always  came  as  a  private  mem- 
ber without  ceremony.  On  September  17, 
1776,  Captain  Moses  Greenleaf  married  Lydia 
Parsons,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jonathan  and 
Phoebe  (Griswold)  Parsons,  of  Newburyport, 
Massachusetts.  She  was  born  April  3,  1755, 
and  died  March  21,  1854.  Mrs.  Lydia  (Par- 
sons) Greenleaf  came  of  distinguished  ances- 
trv.  Her  mother,  Phoebe  Griswold.  daughter 
of  Judge  John  Griswold,  was  descended  from 
the  Griswolds  and  the  Walcotts.  two  of  the 
most  distinguished  families  in  Connecticut, 
who  have  given  to  their  country  no  less  than 
twelve     governors    of     states,    and    thirty-six 


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judges  of  the  higher  courts.  Five  children 
were  born  to  Captain  Moses  and  Lydia  (Par- 
sons) Greenleaf,  all  of  whom  possessed  abil- 
ity, and  some  of  whom  attained  unusual  dis- 
tinction. I.  Judge  Moses,  born  October  17, 
1777,  died  at  Williamsburg,  Maine,  March  20, 
1834;  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  at  Will- 
iamsburg, Maine,  where  he  was  for  many 
years  associate  justice  of  the  court  of  ses- 
sions. He  was  engaged  for  many  years  in 
land  surveying,  and  was  probably  the  first  au- 
thority in  his  day  on  the  interior  lands  of 
Maine  and  the  best  way  of  developing  them. 
During  this  time  he  executed  the  first  authen- 
tic map  of  the  state  of  Maine,  a  reduction  of 
which  he  published  at  Boston  in  1816  in  con- 
nection with  a  "Statistical  View"  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pages,  describing  the  resources 
of  the  new  country.  In  1829  he  published  a 
new  map  much  improved,  accompanied  by  a 
"Survey  of  Maine"  in  an  octavo  volume  of 
nearly  five  hundred  pages.  These  works  were 
of  the  utmost  importance  in  the  development 
of  the  state,  and  they  have  been  commem- 
orated in  a  handsome  memorial  volume,  issued 
at  Bangor  in  1902  by  Moses  Greenleaf 's  great 
grandnephew,  Judge  Edgar  Crosby  Smith. 
(See  Smith,  III.)  2.  Clarina  Parsons,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Captain  Ebenezer,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1 78 1,  died  at  Williamsburg, 
Maine,  November  29,  1851  ;  he  for  many 
years  commanded  one  of  the  packet  ships  from 
Portland  to  Liverpool.  He  finally  left  the  sea 
and  lived  at  Williamsburg,  Maine,  where  he 
was  employed  in  farming  and  land  surveying. 
He  was  closely  associated  with  his  brother 
Moses  in  the  work  of  map-making.  4.  Pro- 
fessor Simon,  born  December  5,  1783,  died  at 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  October  6,  1853 ; 
he  was  a  brilliant  lawyer  and  author  of  the 
standard  work  on  the  law  of  evidence  in  use 
at  the  present  day,  and  also  Royal  and  Dane 
professor  in  the  Harvard  Law  School.  He 
was  the  first  reporter  of  the  decisions  of  the 
supreme  judicial  court  of  Maine,  beginning  in 
1820  and  continuing  for  twelve  years.  About 
this  time  Judge  Story,  then  at  the  head  of  the 
Law  School  at  Cambridge,  was  holding  court 
at  Portland  when  an  interesting  case  in  ad- 
miralty came  up.  The  judge  was  surprised  at 
the  erudition  that  Mr.  Greenleaf  displayed  in 
this  very  peculiar  system  of  law,  which  Judge 
Story  wished  to  make  prominent  in  the  school, 
and  he  secured  Mr.  Greenleaf's  appointment 
Es  professcir.  In  1S33  Simon  Greenleaf  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.  D.  at  Harvard,  and 
the  next  year  the  same  degree  from  Amherst. 
In  1835,  upon  the  death  of  Judge  Story,  Mr. 


Greenleaf  succeeded  him  as  Dane  professor. 
His  connection  with  the  Law  School  marked 
a  season  of  great  prosperity  in  its  history. 
Professor  Greenleaf  during  his  residence  at 
Cambridge  occupied  a  house  near  the  poet 
Longfellow,  whose  sister  Mary,  Greenleaf's 
son  James  married  in  1839.  Among  Professor 
Greenleaf's  works  was  "An  Examination  of 
the  Testimony  of  the  Four  Evangelists  by  the 
Rules  of  Evidence  Administered  in  Courts  of 
Justice ;  with  an  Account  of  the  Trial  of 
Jesus."  This  was  published  in  Boston  in  1846 
and  reprinted  in  London  in  1847.  5.  Rev. 
Jonathan,  born  September  4,  1785,  died  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  April  24,  1865 ;  after 
filling  various  clerical  positions  in  IMaine  and 
Massachusetts,  he  organized  a  Presbyterian 
church  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  in  1843,  and 
remained  pastor  till  his  death,  twenty-two 
years  later.  Bowdoin  and  Princeton  colleges 
gave  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity ; 
and  he  was  the  author  of  many  historical  and 
religious  works,  including  a  Genealogy  of  the 
Greenleaf  Family. 

(VII)  Clarina  Parsons,  only  daughter  and 
second  child  of  Captain  Moses  and  Lydia 
(Parsons)  Greenleaf,  was  born  at  Newbury- 
port,  Massachusetts,  November  12,  1779,  and 
was  married  at  the  home  of  her  father  in  New 
Gloucester,  Maine,  November  26,  1801,  to 
Eleazer  Alley  Jenks  of  Portland.  (See  Jenks, 
V.)  She  died  at  Brownville,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1841.  "Mrs.  Jenks  was  one  of  the 
most  charming  ladies  of  the  old  school,  a  pol- 
ished artificer  in  the  almost  lost  art  of  letter 
writing,  and  a  poetess  of  no  mean  ability." 
Thus  wrote  her  great-grandson.  Judge  Edgar 
Crosby  Smith,  sixty  years  after  her  death. 
Tradition  would  seem  to  indicate  that  she  was 
a  worthv  compeer  of  her  distinguished 
brothers,  and  not  the  least  remarkable  of  the 
gifted  familv  of  five  children  of  Captain 
Moses  and  Lydia  (Parsons)  Greenleaf. 


This  name  is  traced  traditionally 
JENKS     from    an    ancient    Welsh    family 

of  importance.  The  American 
branch  were  evidently  people  of  enterprise  and 
some  substance  and,  better  still,  of  splendid 
physique  and  fibre,  fitted  for  the  struggle  of 
life  in  a  new  world.  The  descendants  partake 
in  a  large  measure  of  the  same  qualities  and 
are  useful  and  respected  citizens  of  the  sev- 
eral communities  in  which  they  live. 

(I)  Joseph  Jenks,  an  inventor  of  high  or- 
der, was  born  in  1602,  either  at  Hammer- 
smith, Hounslow  or  Colubroke,  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  the  city  of  London,  England,  and 


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came  to  Massacluisetts  in  1643,  it  is  supposed 
with  John  Winthrop  the  younjjcr,  who  broug-ht 
from"  England  in  that  year  stock  and  divers 
workmen  to  begin  an  iron  works.  Joseph 
Jenks  is  thought  to  have  been  one  of  the 
workmen  engaged  to  estabhsh  the  iron  works 
on  the  Sangns  river,  the  first  in  New  Eng- 
land. .\t  least  he  was  employed  there  soon 
after  the  beginning  of  the  enterprise.  He  is 
said  to  have  been  "the  first  founder  to  work 
in  brass  and  iron  on  the  American  continent," 
and  although  this  is  possibly  an  exaggerated 
statement  it  is  no  doubt  true  that  he  was  the 
first  highly  skilled  worker  in  metals  to  begin 
operations  in  the  English  colonies  in  North 
.•\mcrica.  In  1646  the  Massachusetts  general 
court  granted  him  a  patent  for  three  important 
inventions,  namely :  a  water  mill,  or  wheel ;  a 
machine  for  making  scythes  and  other'  edged 
tools ;  and  a  saw  mill.  He  then  built  a  forge 
at  the  iron  works  for  the  manufacture  of 
scythes.  He  was  the  first  coiner,  and  made 
the  first  piece  of  coin.  He  had  married  in 
England,  but  his  wife  died  previous  to  his 
departure  for  America.  He  had  two  sons  who 
were  left  in  care  of  the  mother's  family.  The 
elder  is  supposed  to  have  settled  in  Virginia, 
but  the  younger,  Joseph  Jenks  Jr.,  according 
to  the  instruction  of  his  father,  was  to  join 
him  in  America  when  he  became  of  age.  The 
senior  Joseph  married  the  second  time  in 
Lynn,  Massachusetts,  before  1650.  By  this 
union  he  had  five  children,  three  sons  and  two 
daughters. 

(II)  John,  second  son  of  Joseph  Jenks  and 
his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  was  born  at  Lynn, 
Massachusetts,  July  27.  1660,  and  died  in 
1698.  He  married  Sarah  i\Ierriam,  and  among 
their  children  was  Captain  John  (2),  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Captain  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Merriam)  Jenks,  was  born  April 
6,  1697,  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
January  15.  1764.  He  was  but  one  year  old 
when  his  father  died.  Nothing  further  is 
known  about  him  except  that  he  had  a  son 
mentioned  below. 

CIV)  William  R.,  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Jenks,  was  born  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  the  first  of  his  line  to  migrate  to  Maine. 
He  moved  to  Portland,  where  he  made  his 
permanent  home,  and  where  he  died. 

(V)  Eleazer  Alley,  son  of  William  R. 
Jenks,  was  born  at  Portland,  Maine.  May  18, 
1776,  and  was  drowned  in  Portland  Harbor, 
July  12,  1807.  He  learned  the  printer's  trade 
early  in  life,  and  in  1798,  when  only  twenty- 
two  vears  of  age,  founded  the  Portland  Ga- 


ccttc.  an  influential  paper,  which  he  conducted 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  On  November  26, 
1801,  Eleazer  Alley  Jenks  married  Clarina 
Parsons  Greenleaf,  elder  daughter  of  Captain 
Moses  and  Lydia  (Parsons)  Greenleaf,  of 
New  Gloucester,  Maine.  She  was  born  at 
Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  November  12, 
1779,  and  died  at  Brownville,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1841.  (See  Greenleaf,  VII.)  They 
had  three  children:  Elizabeth,  Alexander 
Hamilton,  Eleazer  Alley  (2),  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  Eleazer  Alley  (2),  younger  son  of 
Eleazer  Alley  (i)  and  Clarina  P.  (Greenleaf) 
Jenks,  was  born  at  New  Gloucester,  Maine, 
July  19,  1806,  and  died  at  Brownville,  Maine, 
July  7,  1875.  He  married  Eliza  Brown,  and 
among  their  six  children  was  Martha  Lord, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Martha  Lord,  daughter  of  Eleazer 
Alley  (2)  and  Eliza  (Brown)  Jenks,  was  born 
at  Brownville,  Maine,  July  4,  1836.  She  mar- 
ried, January  8,  i860,  Samuel  Atwood  Smith, 
of  Brownville.     (See  Smith,  II.) 


The  name  Weeks  is  very  com- 
WEEKS     mon  in  the  counties  of  Devon- 

.shire  and  Somersetshire,  Eng- 
land. Examination  of  the  parish  records  of 
Wells,  Chew  Magua,  and  Compton  Martin, 
in  Somerset,  between  1573  and  1680,  show 
manv  entries  of  this  name  which  is  variously 
spelled  Week,  Weeks,  Wick,  Wyke,  Wickes, 
Weekse,  &c.  All  or  nearly  all  of  this  cogno- 
men in  Maine  are  descended  from  Leonard 
Weeks,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire. 

(I)  Leonard  Weeks,  the  immigrant,  is 
claimed  by  tradition  to  have  come  from  Wells, 
in  Somerset.  The  parish  records  of  Compton 
Martin  contain  the  name  of  Leonard  Wyke, 
baptized  1639,  and  his  brother  William  about 
two  years  earlier,  sons  of  John  Wyke,  of 
Moreton,  which  is  in  that  parish.  Nothing 
more  is  known  of  the  father  of  Leonard,  nor 
of  the  time  when  Leonard  landed  in  America. 
His  genealogist,  Rev.  Jacob  Chapman,  says 
that  his  name  appears  as  that  of  a  witness  to 
a  bond  in  York  county,  Maine,  December  6, 
1655,  and  next  in  the  Portsmouth  records, 
June  29,  1656,  when  he  received  a  grant  of 
eight  acres  of  land  in  Portsmouth.  "When 
he  first  went  to  the  part  of  Portsmouth  now 
called  Greenland,  he  lived  one  year  on  a  farm 
owned  by  Capt.  Champernoon."  July  5,  1660, 
he  received  grants  of  forty-four  acres,  of 
thirty- four  acres,  and  of  ten  acres  of  land.  In 
February,  i66t,  he  had  settled  at  Winnicut 
river,  now  in  Greenland,  where  he  spent  the 


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remainder  of  his  life,  dying  in  1707.  Much 
of  the  land  he  owned  in  Greenland  has  re- 
mained in  the  possession  of  his  descendants 
till  the  present  day.  Copies  of  four  deeds 
made  April  23,  1706,  and  acknowledged  May 
15,  1706,  probably  instead  of  a  will,  are  of 
record,  conveying  to  his  four  younger  sons 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Joshua  and  Jonathan,  his 
lands,  retaining  possession  himself  during  his 
life  and  making  also  some  provision  for  the 
elder  son  John,  and  for  his  wife  and  three 
daughters.  During  the  political  contest  of 
1665,  respecting  the  separation  of  New  Hamp- 
shire from  Massachusetts,  "Leonard  Weeks 
stood  for  Massachusetts  rather  than  for  the 
crown."  He  had  trouble  with  John  Hall,  and 
the  court  records  of  1660,  4th  Mo.  26,"  show 
that  "Leonard  Weeks,  for  swearing  by  God 
and  calling  John  Hall  of  Greenland,  ould  dog, 
and  ould  slave,  &  that  he  would  knock  him  on 
the  head."  was  fined  "10  shillings  for  swear- 
ing, and  to  have  an  admonition  for  his  re- 
viling and  threatening  speeches,  and  fees  of 
court,  3,  shillings."  However,  it  does  not  ap- 
pear that  his  general  standing  was  bad,  but 
rather  that  he  was  a  man  of  character  and 
ability,  as  he  was  elected  the  following  year 
one  of  the  selectmen  of  Portsmouth.  After- 
ward he  was  constable  and  for  several  years 
sherifif.  In  1669  he  "was  on  a  committee" 
with  men  from  Dover  and  Hampton,  "to  lay 
out  the  highway  between  Greenland  and 
Bloody  Poynt."  His  seat  in  the  church  at 
Portsmouth  was  No.  4,  in  front  of  the  pulpit. 
Leonard  Weeks  married,  in  1667,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  Haines,  of  Ports- 
mouth, his  neighbor,  and  after  her  death  he 
married  (second)  Elizabeth.  The  children  of 
Leonard  and  Mary  (Haines)  Weeks  were: 
John,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Joshua,  Mary,  Jon- 
athan, Margaret  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Captain  Joshua,  fourth  son  and  child 
of  Leonard  and  Mary  (Haines)  Weeks,  was 
born  June  30,  1674.  and  died  June  13,  17.^8, 
aged  eighty-four.  Lie  married,  in  Boston,  No- 
vember, 1699,  Comfort  (sister  of  Thomas) 
Hubbard.  Her  brother  was  treasurer  of  Har- 
vard College,  and  a  wealthy  Christian  mer- 
chant of  Boston.  They  resided  at  the  Bay 
Side,  now  occupied  by  their  descendants.  She 
died  March  20,  1756.  Captain  Joshua  joined 
the  church  in  IMay,  1735,  at  which  time  he 
was  sixty-one  years  old.  He  was  offended 
when  his  son.  Dr.  John,  became  a  follower  of 
Whitefield,  but  it  appears  from  his  will  that 
he  did  not  lose  confidence  in  the  doctor's  abil- 
ity and  honesty.  Children  of  Captain  Joshua 
and  Comfort   (Hubbard)   Weeks,  all  born  in 


Greenland :  Alartha,  Joshua,  Comfort,  j\Iary, 
Ichabod,  John,  Thankful,  William,  Richard 
and  Margaret. 

(III)  Dr.  John,  sixth  child  and  third  son 
of  Captain  Joshua  and  Comfort  (Hubbard) 
Weeks,  was  born  in  1716,  and  died  of  con- 
sumption, October  20,  1763,  aged  forty-seven. 
He  was  a  physician,  and  after  acquiring  all 
the  medical  knowledge  he  could  in  this  coun- 
try he  went  to  England,  where  he  completed 
his  studies.  He  practiced  ten  years  in  Green- 
land and  vicinity,  and  then  removed  to  Hamp- 
ton, where  he  died.  He  was  an  energetic 
business  man.  had  an  extensive  practice, 
owned  much  land,  held  the  offices  of  justice 
of  the  peace,  colonel  of  a  militia  regiment,  etc. 
He  experienced  religion  in  1737,  became  a 
prominent  member  of  the  church,  a  warm 
friend  to  the  cause  of  education,  and  to  the 
improvement  of  society.  He  married  (first) 
November  10,  1737,  Martha  Wingate,  of 
Hampton,  born  I\rarch  30,  1718,  daughter  of 
Major  Joshvia  Wingate.  She  had  ten  chil- 
dren, and  died  of  "violent  fever,"  March  9, 
1758,  aged  forty.  He  married  (second)  Eliza- 
beth  ,  whom  he  left  a  widow  with  nine 

children,  most  of  them  young.  The  children 
of  Dr.  John  and  Martha  (Wingate)  Weeks 
were :  Joshua  Wingate,  Comfort,  Martha, 
Mary,  Sarah,  John,  W^illiam,  Ward  Cotton, 
Abigail  (died  young),  and  Joanna. 

(IV)  Captain  John  (2),  sixth  child  and 
second  son  of  Dr.  John  (i)  and  Martha 
(Wingate)  Weeks,  was  born  in  Hampton, 
Februarv  17,  1749,  and  died  September  10, 
1818.  It  is  written  of  him  that  he  was  a 
zealous  patriot,  "Was  Lieutenant  in  the  rev- 
olutionary army,  a  member  of  the  convention 
that  adopted  the  constitution  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, several  years  representative  in  the  legis- 
lature of  New  Hampshire,  and  an  influential 
citizen,  wherever  he  resided."  In  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  Rolls,  State  Papers  of  New 
Hampshire,  we  find  that  John  Weeks  (town 
not  given)  was  second  lieutenant,  September, 
1776,  in  Captain  Jonathan  Robinson's  com- 
pany, enlisted  into  the  service  of  the  American 
states  to  reinforce  the  army  at  New  York ; 
September  23,  1776,  John  Weeks,  of  Captain 
Robinson's  company,  signs  as  witness  to  mark 
of  two  soldiers  of  his  company,  who  receive 
pay ;  the  name  of  John  Weeks,  private,  ap- 
pears on  list  of  members  of  Tenth  company, 
Colonel  Scammel's  regiment,  1780,  enlisted  to 
fill  up  the  Continental  army;  also.  John 
Weeks,  private.  Captain  David  McGregory's 
(4th)  company,  January  15,  1781 ;  also  John 
Weeks,  Exeter,  February  7,  1781,  as  late  of 


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Colonel  Scammers  company ;  also  John 
Weeks,  Ninth  company.  Colonel  Scammel's 
(3r(l)  rei^inicnt.  In  the  record  of  town  re- 
cruits. John  Weeks  is  credited  to  the  town 
of  Exeter.  In  1783  he  left  Greenland,  spent 
some  years  in  Lee,  and  in  May,  1787,  was 
settlor  in  the  new  town,  Lancaster,  Coos  coun- 
ty. "On  his  way  from  Lancaster  to  Green- 
land, in  1818,  he  visited  his  sister  and  her 
children  in  Tamworth,  seeming  very  cheerful 
and  happy  :  but  the  next  morning  after  he  left 
my  father's  house,"  states  the  writer  of  the 
account,  "as  he  was  about  to  get  into  his  car- 
riage, at  Wakefield,  he  suddenly  fell  and  died 
from  disease  of  the  head.  His  age  was  69 
years,  7  months."  Another  account  of  Cap- 
tain John  Weeks  says :  "Dr.  Weeks  died  in 
1763,  when  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
fourteen  years  old.  leaving  what  was  then  con- 
sidered a  large  property.  Tradition  says  it 
was  designed  that  he  (John)  should  follow 
the  profession  of  his  father,  and  his  education 
was  commenced  accordingly.  But  inheriting 
what  seemed  to  him  a  fortune,  instead  of  pur- 
suing his  studies  and  graduating  at  Harvard, 
as  his  older  brother  had  done,  he  chose  to 
make  long  tramps  for  game  up  the  Kennebec, 
and  in  other  directions.  In  one  of  these  he 
is  said  to  have  visited,  in  company  with  two 
or  three  others,  the  Upper  Coos  region,  when 
he  was  but  sixteen  years  old.  December  27,; 
1770,  he  married  Deborah,  daughter  of  James 
Brackett.  of  Greenland,  who  was  born  Decem- 
ber 25.  1749.  She  was  an  educated  lady,  and 
fitted  to  adorn  any  station  in  life.  He  held 
a  lieutenant's  commission  in  the  revolutionary 
army,  and  his  money  was  freely  spent  in  the 
cause  of  his  country.  In  1787  he  came  to 
Lancaster,  made  his  location  of  land,  and  re- 
turned. In  the  spring  of  1788  he  came  to 
Lancaster  with  his  daughter  Pattie  to  keep 
his  house,  and  his  son  John  Wingate  (a  boy 
six  years  old).  They  came  by  the  way  of 
Baker's  river  and  the  Connecticut,  driving 
their  stock.  In  the  fall  Mrs.  Weeks  and  the 
remainder  of  the  family,  -accompanied  by  nu- 
merous relatives  and  friends  who  were  to 
settle  near  them,  came  through  the  Notch  of 
the  White  Mountains.  She  made  the  journey 
on  horseback,  bringing  her  youngest  child, 
seven  months  old,  in  her  lap,  and  James  B.,  a 
boy  of  three  years  old,  riding  behind  her.  The 
log  house  Captain  Weeks  built  stood  at  the 
top  of  the  bank,  about  fifty  rods  easterly  of 
the  house  occupied  by  the  late  William  D. 
W'eeks.  The  farm  he  then  commenced  has 
(except  for  a  brief  period)  remained  in  the 
Weeks   familv   for  about  one  hundred  vears. 


Here  in  his  new  home  the  Cajiiain  kept  open 
house  and  entertained  'right  royally'  any  who 
came  to  the  settlement ;  of  course  he  soon  be- 
came poor.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  good 
sense,  fair  education,  of  genial  presence,  and 
at  once  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of 
the  settlement.  In  1788  he  was  elected  by  his 
district,  consisting  of  Lancaster,  Northumber- 
land, Stratford.  Dartmouth,  Cockburn,  Col- 
burn  and  Percy,  a  delegate  to  the  convention 
that  ratified  the  Federal  constitution,  and  was 
one  of  the  fifty-seven  who  voted  in  the  affirma- 
tive against  forty-six  in  the  negative.  In  1792 
he  represented  the  Coos  district  in  the  general 
court.  He  represented  the  district  at  other 
times,  was  often  selectman,  and  generally 
moderator  of  the  town  meetings.  He  was  an 
active,  honest  man,  and  always  ready  to  lend 
a  hand  to  aid  anything  that  would  benefit  the 
town.  His  wife,  who  was  one  of  the  noble 
women  of  her  day,  died  July  5.  1831,  age  1 
eighty-two.  They  had  seven  children :  Mar- 
tha, Deborah,  Elizabeth.  John  Wingate,  James 
Brackett,  Polly  Wiggin  and  Sally  Brackett. 
They  all  lived  to  old  age,  the  earliest  death 
being  at  sixty-six.  All  the  captain's  children 
were  prominent  persons  in  the  communities  in 
which  they  lived.  One  Martha  (Mrs.  Spaul- 
ding)  died  at  the  age  of  ninety-nine.  Sally 
(Mrs.  Backnam)  still  lives  at  the  age  of 
ninety-eight.  John  W.  was  an  officer  in  the 
war  of  1812,  and  served  with  distinction,  hav- 
ing been  engaged  in  nearly  all  the  hard  fight- 
ing on  the  northern  frontier.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  influence  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
state,  and  held  most  of  the  offices  in  the  gift 
of  the  people,  including  four  years  in  Con- 
gress." 

(V)  James  Brackett.  fifth  child  and  second 
son  of  Captain  John  (2)  and  Deborah 
(Brackett)  Weeks,  was  born  June  14,  1784, 
and  died  March  19,  1858,  in  the  seventy- 
fourth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Lancaster,  and  his  life  contained  no  features 
of  the  striking  character  that  marked  the  ca- 
reer of  his  father.  Game  was  still  abundant 
in  that  region  in  his  time ;  and  in  one  year 
without  effort  or  chase,  Mr.  Weeks  shot  fif- 
teen deer  from  his  farm  on  the  southern  slope 
of  Mount  Prospect.  He  was  a  Universalist 
in  religious  faith,  and  one  of  the  original  sub- 
scribers of  the  constitution  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Society  of  Lancaster.  He  mar- 
ried, January  i,  1810.  EHzabeth  (Betsey) 
Stanley,  born  in  Lancaster,  August  4,  1785, 
died  there  December  24.  1854,  daughter  of 
Dennis  Stanley.  In  her  youth  she  was  very 
sprightly,  and   disdained  the  use  of  a  horse- 


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block  and  was  accustomed  to  mount  from  the 
ground  by  placing  her  hands  on  the  neck  of 
her  horse  and  springing  into  her  saddle.  She 
was  an  excellent  rider  even  in  advanced  age. 
Children :  James  Wingate.  Mary  Nye,  Sarah 
Stanley,  William  Dennis,  John,  Martha  Eliza, 
and  Persis  Fayette. 

(\'I)  Hon.  James  Wingate  (deceased),  eld- 
est son  of  James  B.  and  Betsey  (Stanley) 
Weeks,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  July  15,  181 1. 
He  was  a  farmer,  land  surveyor,  manufac- 
turer and  public  official  for  many  years.  He 
owned  a  farm  on  the  mountain  where  he 
made  his  home.  He  was  a  surveyor  for  some 
years,  and  ran  more  lines  in  the  territory 
about  Lancaster  than  any  other  man.  When 
the  boundary  survey  between  the  United 
States  and  Canada  was  made  in  1845,  fo^^'' 
Lancaster  men  were  called  into  the  service 
and  did  very  good  work  during  the  course  of 
that  portion  of  the  survey  under  the  charge 
of  Commissioner  Albert  Smith,  of  Portland, 
Maine,  from  Hall's  Stream  to  Lake  Cham- 
plain.  These  men  were  Hon.  James  W. 
Weeks,  his  brother,  John  Weeks,  John  Hub- 
bard Spaulding,  John  M.  Whipple,  and  Joel 
Hemmenway.  To  James  W.  Weeks  was  as- 
signed the  task  of  making  the  preliminary 
survevs  and  sketches  for  the  topographical 
map  of  the  entire  line,  while  the  other  Lan- 
caster men  acted  in  various  capacities  as  chain 
carriers,  setters  of  monuments,  and  using  the 
compass  on  the  topographical  work.  In  his 
journeys  in  the  forests  Mr.  Weeks  saw  many 
strange  sights.  In  1844,  while  engaged  in 
surveys  in  the  extreme  northern  part  of  Coos 
county,  near  the  boundary  range,  he  passed 
through  a  "pigeon  roost"  extending  over  a 
two-hours'  walk,  the  trees  being  full  of  nests 
built  upon  crossed  twigs  laid  upon  the 
branches,  ^the  ground  literally  sprinkled  with 
shells  beneath  them.  In  1856  he  laid  out  the 
grounds  of  the  Cemetery  at  Lancaster.  In 
1840  Mr.  Weeks  entered  into  a  partnership 
with  Ashbel  Pierce,  and  carried  on  the  manu- 
facture of  wagons  and  buggies  about  four 
years.  In  early  life  Mr.  Weeks  taught  school, 
and  his  name  is  among  those  of  the  ancient 
and  honored  school-masters  of  his  day.  Being 
a  man  of  much  intelligence  and  executive  abil- 
ity, he  was  often  called  to  fill  public  positions. 
In  political  faith  he  was  a  Democrat.  In  1853 
he  was  elected  judge  of  probate  and  served 
two  years;  1873-76  he  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners;  1893  member 
State  Board  of  Agriculture;  1850,  moderator; 
selectman,  1848-61-66-67-69-70-71.  Although 
he  was   elected  to   this   office,  as  shown,  be- 


tween 1861  and  1871,  it  was  not  till  1877  that 
the  town  offices  were  generally  filled  by  Demo- 
crats. December  25,  1848,  the  White  Moun- 
tain railroad  was  incorporated,  and  Mr.  Weeks 
was  one  of  those  whose  names  appear  on  the 
charter.  The  White  Mountain  Bank  was 
chartered  in  1852,  and  Mr.  Weeks  was  a 
member  of  the  first  board  of  directors.  In 
1876  lie  was  made  one  of  the  trustees  of  The 
Savings  Bank  of  the  County  of  Coos,  now 
The  Lancaster  Savings  Bank,  and  was  its 
president  from  1885  to  1894.  He  was  a  firm 
friend  of  education,  and  was  president  and 
treasurer  of  Lancaster  Academy.  His  knowl- 
edge of  and  interest  in  all  that  pertained  to 
Lancaster  made  him  an  invaluable  assistant  in 
the  preparation  of  the  Plistory  of  Lancaster, 
for  which  he  wrote  the  chapters  on  "the  de- 
rivation of  the  names  of  localities  and  places 
in  and  about  Lancaster,"  and  "The  domestic 
life  of  Lancaster  in  early  times."  He  was  a 
subscriber  to  the  constitution  of  "The  First 
Congregational  Society  of  Lancaster,"  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1854,  and  one  of  its  building  com- 
mittee who  had  charge  of  erecting  its  house 
of  worship  in  1855.  He  left  a  written  descrip- 
tion of  the  congregation  of  the  old  church  of 
which  he  had  per.sonal  knowledge  from  1820. 
James  W.  Weeks  married  (first)  May  30, 
1842,  Martha  Willard,  who  died  aged  thirty- 
five  years,  September  5,  1853,  daughter  of  Sol- 
omon Hemenway,  of  Lancaster.  He  married 
(second)  March,  1859,  Mary  Elizabeth  Burns, 
of  Plymouth,  who  died  February  2,  1878,  aged 
fifty-two,  daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Burns.  His 
children,  all  by  the  first  wife,  were :  George 
Hemenway,  Sarah  Wilder,  James  Wingate 
and   Clara  H. 

(VII)  George  Hemenway,  eldest  child  of 
James  W.  and  Martha  W.  (Hemenway) 
Weeks,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  New  Hamp- 
shire, March  18,  1843.  He  has  been  a  life- 
long farmer,  residing  on  his  farm  in  Lancas- 
ter. He  is  a  Democrat  in  political  faith,  but 
has  never  held  public  office.  In  religious  af- 
filiation he  is  a  Unitarian.  He  married  Martha 
Belle  Remick,  of  Jefferson,  New  Hampshire, 
born  June  3,  1843,  daughter  of  John  and 
Eliza  R.  (Holmes)  Remick.  They  have  one 
child,  George  H.,  whose  sketch  follows. 

(VIII)  George  Hemenway  (2)  Weeks, 
only  child  of  George  H.  (i)  and  Martha  B. 
(Remick)  Weeks,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1867.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Cape  Elizabeth  (now  South 
Portland),  having  removed  to  that  town  when 
he  was  young.  After  he  left  school  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Twitchell  Champlin  Com- 


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panv,  manufacturers  and  wholesale  grocers  of 
Portland,  where  he  remained  nineteen  years. 
April  I,  iqo6,  he  accepted  an  invitation  to 
serve  the  Fidelity  Trust  Company,  of  which 
he  was  made  secretary,  and  now  holds  that  po- 
sition. In  politics  he  follows  the  pattern  of 
his  ancestors,  but  has  a  stronij  tendency  to 
independence,  sometimes  preferring  to  vote 
for  a  good  man  on  some  other  ticket.  He 
has  been  active  in  public  afifairs,  a  local  party 
leader,  and  ■  was  mayor  of  South  Portland, 
1905-06-07.  He  is  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge, 
No.  tSo.  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  South  Portland, 
Grcenlcaf  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  Portland 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and  Port- 
land Cnmmandcry.  No.  2,  Knights  Templar, 
all  of  Portland. 

He  married,  in  South  Portland,  October  25, 
iSqS.  Martha  Ella  Mountfort,  born  in  Cape 
Elizabeth,  April  15,  1873,  daughter  of  George 
Curtis  and  Eliza  Shaw  "(Webster)  Mountfort. 
The  children  of  George  PI.  and  Martha  E. 
(Mountfort)  Weeks  are:  Martha  Ella,  born 
November  12,  1899;  Helen,  December  14, 
1901  ;  George  Wingate,  December  5,  1904. 

(For   preceding   generation   see   Leonard    Weeks    I.) 

(II)  Captain  Samuel,  second 
WEEKS  son  of  Leonard  and  Mary 
(  Haines)  Weeks,  was  born  De- 
cember 14,  1670,  and  died  March  26,  1746. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on  the  paternal 
homestead  in  Greenland,  a  man  of  intelligence, 
energy,  wealth,  and  influence  in  the  town  and 
in  the  church.  He  is  said  to  have  built,  about 
1710,  the  brick  house  which  gave  to  his  branch 
of  the  family  the  name  of  "The  Brick  House 
Family."  to  distinguish  it  from  the  "Bay  Side 
Familv,"  which  descended  from  his  brother 
Joshua.  Captain  Weeks  married  Elinor, 
(laughter  of  Samuel  Haines  Tr.,  of  Greenland. 
She  was  born  August  23,  1675,  died  Novem- 
ber 19.  1736;  children:  Samuel.  John,  Walter, 
Matthias.  Mary,  Elinor  and  William. 

(HI)  Matthias,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  and 
Elinor  (■  Haines)  Weeks,  was  born  in  1708. 
died  before  October,  1777.  In  1760  he  sold 
the  land  which  he  had  inherited  from  his 
father,  on  the  Great  Bay,  and  in  1773  re- 
moved with  his  children  to  Gilmanton,  New 
Hampshire,  where  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life  were  passed.  He  married,  about  1735, 
the  Widow  Sarah  Ford,  daughter  of  John 
Sanborn,  of  North  Hampton.  She  died  in 
Gilmanton.  December  7,  1779,  aged  eighty-six 
years.  Children :  John,  Olive,  Matthias,  El- 
inor, Mary.  Samuel,  Joanna,  Benjamin,  Noah 
and  Josiah. 


(IV)  Rev.  Samuel,  son  of  Matthias  and 
Sarah  (Sanborn-Ford)  Weeks,  was  born  in 
Greenland,  New  Hampshire,  November  21, 
1746,  died  in  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  in  June, 
1832.  In  February,  1783,  he  removed  from 
Gilmanton  to  Parsonsfield,  and  soon  afterward 
began  preaching  there  and  elsewhere  in  that 
vicinity.  With  the  assistance  of  Elder  Randall 
he  organized  the  church  in  Parsonsfield  in 
1785  and  continued  to  preach  and  cultivate  his 
farm  in  that  town  until  January,  1793,  when 
on  returning  to  his  home  from  a  meeting  in 
Porter  he  lost  his  way  in  the  woods  and  was 
so  severely  frozen  that  he  never  afterward 
regained  his  full  health.  During  the  earlier 
years  of  his  life  Elder  Weeks  was  a  mechanic, 
but  always  of  pious  mind,  he  fitted  himself 
for  the  ministry,  and  was  ordained  pastor  of 
the  Baptist  church  at  Gilmanton,  June  15, 
1780.  He  accepted  the  teachings  of  the  Free 
Will  Baptist  church  after  his  removal  to  Par- 
sonsfield. He  stood  six  feet  four  inches  in 
height,  was  broad  .shouldered  and  possessed  a 
verv  strong  voice :  and  indeed  he  was  a  power- 
ful man  in  every  sense  and  was  not  wanting 
in  physical  courage,  as  may  be  inferred  from 
the  following  anecdote  which  is  related  of 
him :  "On  his  way  to  meet  an  appointment  in 
Limerick  he  came  to  a  bridge  upon  which  two 
men  were  standing.  They  told  him  to  'go 
home,  for  he  was  no  minister,  and  could  not 
pass.'  He  quietly  turned  his  horse,  but  soon 
returned,  bearing  aloft  a  stake,  calling  out : 
'The  Lord  told  me  to  go  to  Durgin's  and 
preach.  If  you  attempt  me  I  will  split  your 
heads.'  "  He  was  permitted  to  pass  without 
further  molestation.  Elder  Weeks  married 
(first)  Mercy  Randlett,  and  by  her  had  twelve 
children.  Married  (second)  Mrs.  Sarah 
Barnes,  whose  family  name  was  Guptail.  She 
bore  him  one  child.  His  children:  i.  Noah, 
born  October  25,  1767,  died  October  30,  1808; 
married  Anna  Pendexter.  2.  Anna,  June  6, 
1769.  3.  Eliphalet.  June  6,  1770.  4.  James 
G.,  February  22,  1772.  5.  John,  born  Gil- 
manton. February  21.  1774;  married  Sarah 
Hufif  (Hough).  6.  Mary.  February  6,  1776, 
died  November.  1786.  7.  Susanna,  March  23, 
1778,  died  April  19,  1780.  8.  Samuel,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1780,  married  Mehitable  Knight.  9. 
Ichabod,  November  25,  1782,  died  October  23, 
1784.  10.  Matthias,  March  4.  1785.  11.  Levi, 
February  11,  1788.  12.  Benjamin,  January 
24,  1791.  died  September  4.  1836.  13.  (by 
second  wife),  Mercy,  April  16,   1803. 

(V)  Eliphalet.  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  and 
Mercy  (Randlett)  Weeks,  was  born  in  New- 
market, New  Hampshire,  June  6,  1770,  died 


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May  6,  1838.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Parsons- 
field,  but  little  is  known  of  his  family  life  in 
that  town.  He  married  (first)  Susan,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Perry.  She  was  born  in  Scar- 
boro,  Maine,  1773,  died  August  23,  1813.  He 
married  (second)  in  1814,  Martha  Kenner- 
son.  Children,  all  born  in  Parsonsfield  and 
of  his  first  marriage:  i.  Joseph,  March  17, 
1796,  married  Sally  Barker.  2.  Anna,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1798,  died  1814.  3.  James  H., 
February  18,  1801,  married  Lois  Ballard.  4. 
Rev.  Eliphalet,  June  4,  1803,  died  July  24, 
1881 ;  married  Lydia  Ballard,  of  Fryeburg.  5. 
Samuel,  September  23,  1803.  married  twice 
and  had  a  large  family.  6.  Eben  E.,  January 
4,  1808,  married  Susan  Willey,  of  Fryeburg. 
7.  John. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Eliphalet  and  Susan 
(Perry)  Weeks,  was  born  in  Parsonsfield, 
Maine,  October  26,  1810,  died  in  Chatham, 
New  Hampshire,  April  22,  1880.  He  married 
Mehitable  Holmes,  born  Cornish,  Maine, 
March  27,  1808;  children:  i.  James  Holmes, 
born  March  30,  1831,  married  Lois  A.  Weeks, 
of  Chatham,  and  had  five  children ;  died  in 
Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  December  12, 
1907.  2.  Joseph  Erastus,  July  18,  1833,  farm- 
er of  Westbrook,  Maine;  married  Cordelia, 
daughter  of  Eliphalet  Weeks,  and  had  four 
children;  died  in  Westbrook,  October  2,  1897. 
3.  Dr.  Stephen  Holmes,  October  6,  1835.  4. 
Eliphalet,  born  Limerick,  Maine,  January  19, 
1837,  died  voung.  5.  Athalinda,  born  Lim- 
erick, August  10,  1840,  died  in  Oakland, 
Maine,  1866;  married  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Weeks, 
of  Conway,  Maine.   6.  Susan,  March  18,  1843, 

married    (first)   Chase;    (second)   Al- 

vin  Head.  7.  Dr.  Albion,  October  24,  1845, 
died  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  February 
10,  1887.  8.  John,  born  Chatham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, February  24,  1848,  died  young.  9.  John, 
born  Chatham,  New  Hampshire,  August  22, 
1856,  fitted  for  Dartmouth  College,  died  in 
early  manhood. 

(VII)  Dr.  Stephen  Holmes,  son  of  John 
and  Mehitable  (Holmes)  Weeks,  was  born  in 
Cornish,  Maine,  October  6,  1835.  His  early 
education,  the  same  generally  afiforded  the 
youth  of  his  time,  was  gained  in  the  district 
school  of  the  town  in  which  he  lived  and  was 
supplemented  with  a  studentship  at  Fryeburg 
Academy,  where  he  laid  the  foundation  of  his 
subsequent  professional  education.  After 
leaving  the  academy  he  took  up  the  study  of 
medicine  at  the  Portland  School  for  Medical 
Instruction,  later  attended  upon  the  lectures 
of  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, and  completed  his  course  in  the  medical 


department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  March.  1864,  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  Having  come  to  the 
degree  he  settled  in  Portland  and  began  the 
general  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery ;  he 
inclined  to  specialize  in  surgery,  to  which 
branch  he  was  impelled  by  every  inclination  of 
his  nature.  As  a  general  practitioner  he  soon 
gained  an  enviable  prominence  and  came  to 
be  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  men  of 
his  profession  in  the  state.  He  was  appointed 
surgeon  to  the  Maine  General  Hospital  on 
the  opening  of  that  splendid  institution  in 
1874,  and  that  event  perhaps  more  than  any 
other  marked  the  beginning  of  his  career  as  a 
specialist  in  surgery,  both  general  and  clin- 
ical, although  he  continued  the  practice  of 
genera!  medicine  for  a  few  years  after  that 
time.  In  1876  he  was  elected  to  the  professor- 
ship of  anatomy  in  the  Medical  School  of 
Maine  and  fulfilled  the  duties  of  that  position 
until  1881,  when  upon  the  death  of  Professor 
Greene  he  was  elected  to  succeed  him  in  the 
more   important  chair  of  surgery. 

In  1880  Dr.  Weeks  went  abroad  for  further 
studies  in  operative  surgery  and  spent  nearly 
a  vear  in  the  hospitals  of  London  and  Edin- 
burgh, in  Great  Britain,  and  of  Paris,  Berlin 
and  Vienna,  in  continental  Europe.  Return- 
ing to  Portland  at  the  end  of  about  ten  months 
he  resumed  the  duties  of  his  chair  of  general 
and  clinical  surgery  with  renewed  energy  and 
confidence,  and  soon  won  more  than  national 
celebrity  by  reason  of  his  remarkable  success 
as  an  operative  surgeon  and  the  equally  re- 
markable advances  made  by  him  in  oriyinating 
and  carrying  into  practical  and  successful  op- 
eration new  and  highly  important  surgical 
methods.  He  was  the  first  surgeon  in  this 
country  to  use  an  absorbable  drainage  tube 
made  of  arteries ;  Dr.  Henry  G.  Beyer,  med- 
ical inspector  of  the  United  States  navy,  orig- 
inated the  idea,  and  Dr.  Weeks  was  the  first 
to  make  use  of  it.  ■  He  made  this  the  chief 
subject  of  an  address  on  the  occasion  of  his 
becoming  a  fellow  of  the  American  Surgical 
Association,  and  his  paper  found  wide  circu- 
lation in  all  of  the  leading  medical  and  surgi- 
cal journals  of  the  country.  Some  of  these 
tubes  may  still  be  seen  in  the  cabinet  of  the 
Army  Medical  Museum,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
others  were  presented  to  the  surgical  section 
of  the  Tenth  International  Congress  in  Ber- 
lin, in   1890. 

In  1889  Dr.  Weeks  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  artium  magister  from  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege. In  1890  he  again  went  abroad  as  a  dele- 
gate to  the  International  Medical  Congress  in 


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Berlin  and  iluriiitc  his  stay  in  lutrope  spent 
tiircc  months  in  German  hospitals  and  also  in 
hospitals  in  I'aris  and  London.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
member  and  ex-president  of  the  Maine  State 
Medical  Society,  a  fellow  of  the  American 
Surgical  Association,  and  fellow  of  the  Ameri- 
can Academy  of  Medicine.  For  many  years 
he  has  been  a  valuable  contributor  to  the 
literature  of  his  profession,  his  papers  and  ar- 
ticles treatinj^  almost  wholly  on  subjects  per- 
taining to  surgery.  His  addresses  and  mono- 
graphs are  published  in  the  Transactions  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  the  Boston 
Medical  and  Surgical  Journal,  the  Transac- 
tions of  the  American  Surgical  Association,  the 
Transactions  of  the  Ninth  International  Med- 
ical Congress,  Washington,  D.  C,  1887,  and 
the  Transactions  of  the  Tenth  International 
Medical  Congress,  Berlin,  1890.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars.  In  1905 
he  received  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Am- 
herst College.  In  the  wiiiter  of  igo6  he  spent 
some  time  in  Egypt,  where  he  had  an  oppor- 
tunity to  study  tropical  diseases  in  the  hos- 
pitals of  Alexandria  and  Cairo.  In  1882, 
when  Robert  Koch  discovered  the  tuberclo 
bacilli,  he  becaine  deeply  interested  in  the 
subject  of  tuberculosis  and  since  then  has 
been  an  earnest  worker  in  the  campaign 
against  the  terrible  scourge.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  National  Association  for  the  Study 
and  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sixth  Triennial  International  Con- 
gress on  Tuberculosis,  and  presented  a  paper 
on  tuberculosis  of  the  hip-joint  to  the  surgi- 
cal and  orthopedic  sections  of  the  Congress. 
He  is  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Maine  Sani- 
torium  Association.  He  was  one  of  the  cor- 
porators of  the  Maine  Association  for  the 
Study  and  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis  organ- 
ized in  1908  and  was  its  first  president.  He 
has  been  for  manv  years  a  member  of  State 
Street  Congregational  Church  in  Portland, 
Maine. 

Dr.  Weeks  married,  in  March,  1864,  Mary 
A.,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Paul  C.  Richmond,  of 
Fryeburg,  Maine.  One  child,  Marion  Rich- 
mond Weeks,  born  in  Portland,   1870. 


Without  doubt  the  following 
WEEKS  line  is  descended  from  Leonard 
Weeks,  who  settled  in  Green- 
land, New  Hampshire,  in  1656,  and  is  the  an- 
cestor of  most  of  the  name  in  that  part  of  the 
country.  The  connecting  links,  however,  can- 
not be  supplied. 

(I)  William  \\^eeks  was  born  about  1745, 


and  died  at  Gorham,  Maine,  in  1790-91.  He 
probably  came  to  Gorham  from  Cape  Eliza- 
beth, where  his  wife's  pcoi)le  lived.  It  has 
been  impossible  to  find  out  much  about  this 
man  with  certainty,  for  the  name  of  William 
Weeks  was  quite  common  along  the  coast 
about  this  time.  He  may  have  been  the  Will- 
iam Weeks,  of  Kittery,  who  served  in  the 
revolution,  but  this  is  doubtful.  About  1770 
William  Weeks  married  Dorcas  Dyer,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  (Strout)  Dyer,  of  Cape 
Elizabeth.  John  Dyer,  about  1760.  inherited 
from  tlie  estate  of  his  wife's  father,  Christo- 
pher Strout,  a  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of 
land  in  Gorhaiu.  This  tract  he  subsequendy 
divided  among  his  children,  giving  to  William 
Weeks,  who  had  married  his  daughter  Dorcas, 
a  lot  of  twenty-four  acres.  Two  children 
were  born  to  William  and  Dorcas  (Dyer) 
Weeks  :  Benjamin,  whose  sketch  follows  ;  and 
Mary,  born  in  Gorham,  September  30,  1774, 
married  Joseph  Burnell,  January  7,  1790. 
Mrs.  Dorcas  (Dyer)  Weeks  married  her  sec- 
ond husband,  George  Meserve,  of  Scarbor- 
ough, December  8,  1791. 

(II)  Benjamin,  only  son  of  William  and 
Dorcas  (Dyer)  Weeks,  was  born  at  Cape 
Elizabeth.  Maine,  March  17,  1771,  and  died 
at  Durham,  November  25,  1850.  He  lived 
for  some  years  at  Gorham,  and  moved  to  Dur- 
ham in  1818,  settling  near  the  stone  mill.  The 
seven  children,  with  the  exception  of  the  eld- 
est, who  was  born  at  Scarboro,  were  all  bom 
in  Gorham.  On  June  20 ,  1790,  Benjamin 
Weeks  married  Sarah  or  Sally  Libby,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Libby,  of  Scar- 
boro. She  died  June  i,  1858.  lacking  but 
fifteen  days  of  ninety  years.  The  children  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Libby)  Weeks  were: 
William,  born  October  25,  1790,  married 
Sophia  Knight;  Dorothy,  February  25,  1793, 
died  unmarried;  Lavinia,  June  27,  1797,  mar- 
ried John  Nason ;  Benjamin,  November  i, 
1799,  married  Charlotte  M.  Knight,  of  West- 
brook;  Joseph  married  (first)  Esther  Libby, 
(second)  Maria  Plummer,  (third)  Margaret 
M.  Nichols;  Louisa,  married  Elisha  Turner; 
Howe,  whose  sketch  follows. 

(III)  Howe,  fourth  and  youngest  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Libby)  Weeks,  was 
born  at  Gorham,  Maine,  April  28,  1812,  and 
died  at  Auburn,  that  state,  Alarch  i,  1895.  At 
the  age  of  six  years  he  moved  with  his  people 
to  Durham,  where  he  served  an  apprentice- 
ship with  John  A.  Briggs,  a  contractor  for 
dams  and  bridges.  Howe  Weeks  helped  build 
the  old  toll  bridge  between  Lewiston  and  Au- 
burn, also   the  first   log  dam  on  the   Andro- 


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scog;gin  at  Lewiston,  and  tlie  Lincoln  Mill. 
From  1840  to  1846  he  was  in  partnership  with 
Daniel  Wood  in  a  general  store  on  lower 
Main  street,  Lewiston.  In  1858  he  moved  to 
Auburn,  and  was  for  several  years  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  shoes  with  A.  C.  Pray. 
Mr.  Weeks  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen 
at  Lewiston,  and  was  tax  collector  in  Auburn 
for  several  years.  He  -was  clerk  of  the  toll 
bridge  corporation,  was  a  director  of  the  Lew- 
iston Falls  Bank,  and  one  of  the  promoters  of 
the  Lewiston  and  Auburn  railroad,  connecting 
with  the  Grand  Trunk.  Mr.  Weeks  was  a 
lifelong  Democrat,  and  never  missed  casting 
his  ballot  at  election  till  the  one  preceding  his 
death.  He  was  an  attendant  of  the  LTniversal- 
ist  church.  In  1839  Howe  Weeks  married 
his  first  wife,  Sarah  Daggett,  who  died  No- 
vember 5,  1847,  leaving  no  children.  In  May, 
1850.  he  married  his  second  wife,  Pamela 
Haskell  Stetson,  daughter  of  Elisha  (2)  and 
Laura  (Bradford)  Stetson,  who  was  born  at 
Auburn.  February  ig,  1826,  died  April  5, 
1904.  The  children  of  Howe  and  Pamela 
(Stetson")  Weeks  were  Flora  L.,  born  April  4, 
1852,  died  February  27,  1869;  and  William 
H.,  whose  sketch  follows. 

(IV)  William  Howard,  only  son  of  Howe 
and  Pamela  Haskell  (Stetson)  Weeks,  was 
born  at  Lewiston,  I\Iaine,  August  19,  1858, 
and  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Auburn. 
While  attending  school  he  obtained  a  hand 
press  and  began  printing  cards  for  his  friends. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  left  his  studies  and 
began  the  foundation  of  his  present  large 
printing  business.  This  undertaking  grad- 
ually developed  from  a  hand  press  to  a  shop 
employing  about  a  dozen  hands  and  printing  • 
everything  from  posters  to  illustrated  maga- 
zines. Mr.  Weeks  is  a  Democrat  in  politics, 
an  attendant  of  the  LTniversalist  church,  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Grange,  and  both  the  Auburn  and  Lewiston 
boards  of  trade.  On  September  20,  1881, 
William  Howard  Weeks  married  Ellula  E. 
Merrow,  daughter  of  George  F.  and  Louisa 
(Bryant)  Merrow.  They  have  one  child.  Amy 
Louise,  born  January  29.  i8gi,  now  (igo8) 
a  student  at  the  Edward  Little  high  school. 


John  Howard,  immigrant  an- 
HOWARD     cestor,  came  to  New  England 

when  he  was  about  fifteen 
years  old,  with  his  brother  George.  He  spelled 
his  name  Haward,  as  did  his  descendants  until 
after  1700.  He  lived  in  the  family  of  Cap- 
tain Myles  Standish.  He  settled  in  Duxbury 
and  was  among  those  able  to  bear  arms  there 


in  1643.  He  soon  removed  to  Bridgewater, 
and  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  and  pro- 
prietors of  that  town.  In  1645  his  name  ap- 
pears as  one  of  the  fifty-four  original  pro- 
prietors of  Bridgewater.  In  1656  he  was 
highway  surveyor  and  in  1657  was  admitted 
a  freeman.  His  allotment  of  land  was  in  the 
easterly  part  of  the  grant.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  military  officers  and  was  appointed 
ensign  September  27,  1664.  In  May,  1676, 
during  King  Philip's  war,  he  with  twenty 
others  fought  with  some  Indians  and  took 
seventeen  of  them  alive  with  much  plunder, 
and  all  returned  without  serious  injury.  In 
1678  he  was  deputv  to  the  general  court  and 
also  selectman.  In  1683  he  was  deputy  for 
the  second  time.  On  October  2,  1689,  he  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade.  There  is  a  letter  still 
preserved  by  the  family  from  Mary  Hayward 
to  her  sons,  John  and  George,  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  was  no  doubt  written  to  this  John. 
His  house  was  built  near  the  first  meeting 
house,  directly  north  of  the  house  where  B.  B. 
Howard  now  or  lately  resided,  on  the  corner 
of  Howard  and  River  streets.  It  was  the  first 
public  house  in  Bridgewater,  John  Haward 
being  licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary  in  1670 
at  this  place.  An  inn  has  been  kept  there  by 
his  descendants  up  to  within  a  few  years,  be- 
ing owned  and  managed  by  the  family  for  a 
period  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  years. 
The  house  was  taken  down  in  1838.  He  died 
in  1700,  intestate.  He  married  Martha,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Haward,  who  came  over  on 
the  ship  "Hercules"  in  1635,  and  was  an  orig- 
inal proprietor  of  Bridgewater.  Children:  i. 
John,  mentioned  below,  2.  James.  3.  Jon- 
athan. 4.  Elizabeth,  married  Edward  Fobes. 
5.  Sarah,  married  Zacheus  Packard.  6.  Be- 
thiah.  married  Henry  Kingman.  7.  Ephraim, 
born  1667. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Haward, 
settled  first  at  Joppa  or  East  Bridgewater,  and 
lived  on  the  spot  where  Deacon  Keene  after- 
ward resided.  At  the  death  of  his  father  he 
inherited  the  homestead,  and  went  back  to 
West  Bridgewater  to  live  on  the  homestead, 
selling  his  property  at  East  Bridgewater  to 
his  uncle,  Edward  IVIitchell,  in  1703,  He  con- 
ducted the  tavern  until  1726.  He  married,  in 
1678,  Sarah  Latham,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Susanna  (Winslow)  Latham:  Susannah  was 
daughter  of  John  Winslow.  who  was  son  of 
Kenelm  Winslow,  of  Droitwich,  England. 
Children:  i.  Susanna,  married,  December  2, 
1702,  Captain  Nathaniel  Ames;  died  January 
II,  1767.     2.  Edward,  born   1687.     3.  Robert, 


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1689,  mentioned  be]o\v.  4.  Martha,  married 
David  Perkins;  died  Jnly  14,  1735.  5.  Sarah, 
married.  May  4,  1721,  Rev.  David  Turner,  of 
Rehoboth.  6.  Rethia.  married  (first)  August 
12,  1712,  Jonathan  Randall;  (second)  John 
Hayes. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  John  (2)  Howard, 
was  born  in  1689  and  died  in  Bridgcwater, 
now  Brockton,  about  1780.  He  married, 
April  25,  1725,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Joseph, 
who  was  the  son  oi  tlie  Rev.  James  Koitli 
from  Aberdeen,  and  Elizabeth  (Fobes)  Keith. 
Children;  i.  John,  born  December  20,  1726. 
2.  Martha.  October  27,  1729,  married,  No- 
vember 27,  1754.  William  Edson.  3.  Keziah, 
June  4,  1732,  died  September  i,  1749.  4. 
Robert,  June  29,  1735.  5.  Adam,  March  18, 
1737.  6.  Abigail,  September  9,  1740.  died 
December  9.  1747.  7.  Betty.  December  i, 
1744,  married  Abijah  Thayer,  March  16,  1779. 
8.  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Robert  Howard,  was 
born  at  Brockton,  January  6,  1750.  He  was 
town  clerk  and  treasurer  of  the  north  parish 
from  1782  to  1785.  He  married,  June  29, 
1773,  \'esta  Howard,  born  October  4,  1755, 
daughter  of  Barnabas  and  Mehitable  (Pack- 
ard) Howard.  He  died  April  21,  1821. 
Children:  i.  Darius,  born  December  13, 
1773-74.  2.  Daniel,  February  6,  1775,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Ambrose,  July  30,  1776.  4. 
Polly,  January  25,  1778,  died  May  11,  1784. 
5.  Ziphion,  December  13.  1779.  6.  Vesta, 
November  12,  1781,  married.  April  8,  1804. 
Robert  Swan  Holbrook.  7.  Dnmaris,  March 
10,  1784,  married  Jabez  Woodman.  8.  Cyrus, 
October  7,  1785,  died  July  19,  1787.  9.  Sid- 
ney, October  7,  1785  (twin),  died  August  30, 
1787.  10.  Cyrus,  July  22,  1788.  11.  Sidney, 
June  12,  1790.  12.  Polly,  April  20,  1792.  13. 
Lewis.  July  10,  1794. 

(y^  Daniel,  son  of  Daniel  Howard,  was 
born  February  6,  1775.  died  at  Vassalborough, 
Maine,  April  30,  1864.  He  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  1797  and  studied  law  with 
Judge  Nahum  I\Titchell.  of  East  Bridgewater. 
He  commenced  to  practice  his  profession  at 
Turner,  Maine.  He  removed  to  Buckfield, 
Maine,  thence  to  New  Gloucester,  Maine, 
from  there  to  Jay.  and  then  to  Vassalborough, 
about  1832.  He  married  (first)  November  4. 
1802.  Susanna  Kingman,  born  1784,  died 
March  14,  1806,  daughter  of  Ezra  and  Susan- 
na (Whitman)  Kingman,  of  East  Bridge- 
water,  where  she  is  buried.  He  married 
(second)  June  9.  i8og.  Mary  (Hall)  Emer- 
son, widow,  died  January  4,  1854.  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  (Goflf)  Hall,  of  New- 


castle. Maine.  Children  of  first  wife;  i.  Sid- 
ney Kingman,  born  1803.     2.  Susan  Whiting, 

1805,   married  Eustis,   and   settled   in 

Jay,  Maine.  Children  of  second  wife:  3. 
Mary  Emerson,  married  Daniel  Marshall.     4. 

Eliza  Ann,  married  White.     5.  Vesta 

Jane,  died  August  22,  183 1.  6.  Daniel  Mose- 
ly,  mentioned  below.  7.  Harriet  Newhall, 
married  (first)  Taylor;  (second)  Will- 
iam Tarbell. 

(VI)  Daniel  Mosely,  son  of  Daniel  How- 
ard, was  born  March  5,  1816,  died  December 
27,  1895.  He  resided  in  Bangor,  Maine, 
where  he  was  actively  engaged  in  business 
until  his  death.  He  married,  November  14, 
1839,  Eliza  Anne,  born  at  Clinton,  Maine, 
February  16,  1819,  died  at  Bangor,  April  20, 
1879,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Plall) 
Hudson,  of  Bangor.  Children:  i.  George 
Frederic,  born  December  7,  1840,  died  unmar- 
ried February  13,  1899.  2.  Edward  Taylor, 
May  27,  1842,  died  unmarried  September  9, 
1863.  3.  Blanche  Willis,  July  21,  1847,  ti^''- 
ried  Dr.  Julius  Von  Teuffel,  court  physician 
in  Germany ;  was  a  writer  of  distinction ;  died 
October  8,  1898.  4.  Marion  Louise,  May  8, 
1849,  married  (first)  Benjamin  Fuller  Smith 
(see  Smith  family);  married  (second)  Henry 
Mellen  Prentiss  (see  Prentiss  family). 


The  Emerson  family  origi- 
EMERSON  nated  in  England,  and  the 
first  to  use  the  name  there 
was  Johannes  Emeryson,  of  Brancepeth  par- 
ish, county  Durham,  England,  who  was  born 
before  1300.  From  him  the  various  branches 
of  the  English  family  are  descended,  though 
the  line  cannot  be  traced  perfectly. 

(I)  Thomas  Emerson,  the  English  ancestor, 
was  born  before  1540  and  was  a  resident  of 
Great  Dunmow,  county  Essex,  where  his  three 
children  are  registered.  He  was  probably 
son  of  Ralf  of  Foxton,  who  received  arms  in 
1535.  Children:  i.  Robert,  baptized  October 
25,  1561.  2.  Joan,  baptized  1562.  3.  John, 
baptized  1565. 

(TI)  Robert,  son  of  Thomas  Emerson,  was 
born  in  Great  Dunmow  and  baptized  there 
October  25,  1561.  Lie  may  be  identical  with 
Robert  Emerson  of  Bishops  Stortford  who 
married  there.  November  24,  1578,  Susan 
Crabb,  who  was  buried  there  November  20, 
1626,  aged  seventy  years.  Robert  was  buried 
at  Bishops  Stortford,  January  6,  1620.  Chil- 
dren :     I.  Alice,  baptized  November  22,  1579. 

2.  Margaret,  baptized   February   21.    1581-82. 

3.  Thomas,   mentioned    below.     4.  Anne.      5. 
Robert,  baptized  April  12,  1596.     6.  John. 


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(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Robert  Emerson, 
was  baptized  at  Bishops  Stortford,  July  26, 
1584,  and  died  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  May 

1,  1666.  In  the  church  warden's  book  of  St. 
Michaels  he  is  recorded  as  a  collector  for  the 
poor  in  1636.  He  was  the  immigrant  ancestor 
and  according  to  family  tradition  came  to  New 
England  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth  Ann,"  in  1635. 
He  settled  in  Ipswich  and  had  a  grant  of  land 
there  in  1638.  He  married,  July  i,  1611,  at 
Bishops  Stortford.  Elizabeth  Brewster.  The 
genealogist  of  the  English  Emersons  suggests 
that  she  was  the  daughter  of  the  postmaster 
of  Scrooby  and  the  elder  of  the  colony  at  Ply- 
mouth. Children,  as  recorded  at  the  baptismal 
registry  of  St.  Michaels,  Bishops  Stortford, 
England:     i.  Robert,  baptized  May  24,   1612. 

2.  Benjamin,  October  2,  1614.  3.  Ralfe,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1615,  killed  by  the  falling  of  a  tree 
in  June,  1626.     4.  James,  February   16.   1617. 

5.  Joseph,  June   25,    1620,   mentioned   below. 

6.  Elizabeth,  June  14,  1623.  7.  John,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1625,  settled  in  Gloucester,  Massa- 
chusetts. 8.  Thomas,  g.  Nathaniel,  July  18, 
1630,  settled  at  Ipswich.  10.  Susan,  March 
17,  1633,  may  have  died  on  the  voyage.  11. 
Sarah,  died  August  12,  1640. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Emerson, 
was  born  in  England  and  baptized  at  Bishops 
Stortford.  June  25,  1620.  He  died  at  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  January  3,  1680. 
Through  his  son  Joseph  he  was  the  ancestor 
of  that  most  illustrious  American,  Ralph  Wal- 
do Emerson.  The  line  is:  Ralph  Waldo  (8), 
William  (7),  Joseph  (6),  Edward  (5),  Joseph 
(4).  He  married,  in  1646,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Margaret  Woodmansey,  school- 
master of  Boston.  They  resided  at  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts.  York.  Maine,  and  Milton, 
Massachusetts.  Joseph  Emerson  was  a  Puri- 
tan minister  said  to  have  been  educated  in 
England.  He  may  have  studied  at  Harvard. 
He  was  at  Ipswich  as  early  as  1638 ;  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  there  December  19,  1648; 
preached  at  York,  Maine,  the  same  year.  In 
1653  he  was  a  resident  of  Wells  and  took  the 
freemen's  oath  there  July  4.  1653.  He  signed 
a  petition  to  Cromwell,  while  of  Wells,  asking 
the  protector  to  confirm  the  jurisdiction  of 
Massachusetts  over  the  inhabitants  of  Wells. 
About  1664  he  left  Wells,  where  he  seemed 
to  have  a  turbulent  lot  of  parishioners,  and 
where  the  chrrcb.  after  he  left,  had  to  dis- 
band. .About  1664  he  became  minister  at 
Milton,  Massachusetts.  December  i,  1660,  he 
settled  in  Mendon.  Massachusetts,  where  he 
remained  until  the  town  was  destroyed  by  the 
Indians,   when  he  retired  to  Concord,  where 


he  died.  He  married  (second)  December  7, 
1665,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Edward 
Bulkeley,  of  Concord,  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
Peter  Bulkeley,  first  minister  of  Concord.  She 
was  born  in  1638  and  died  September  4,  1693, 
having  married  Captain  John  Brown,  of  Read- 
ing. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Joseph.  2. 
Mary.  Children  of  second  wife :  3.  Lucian, 
born  October  2,  1667,  married,  May  15,  1683, 
Thomas  Damon.  4.  Edward,  April  26,  1670, 
married  Rebecca  Waldo.  5.  Peter,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Ebenezer.  7.  Daniel,  married. 
May  19,  1709,  Jane  Armitage. 

(V)  Peter,  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  Emerson, 
was  born  in  Mendon  in  1673,  died  in  1749. 
He  married,  November  11,  i6g6,  Anna,  born 
in  Reading,  1678,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
and  Anna  (Fiske)  Brown.  Captain  John 
Brown  had  married  Peter  Emerson's  mother. 
They  resided  in  the  first  parish  of  Reading, 
now  South  Reading,  on  the  farm  inherited 
from  Captain  Brown.  Children:  i.  .Anna, 
born  July  6,  1697,  died  August  11,  1697.  2. 
Elizabeth,  February  20,  1699.  3.  Anna,  March 
9,  1701.  4.  Brown.  April  16,  1704.  5.  Lucy, 
1706.  6.  Sarah.  November  8,  1708.  7.  Jane, 
March  11,  171 1.  8.  Mary,  December  20, 
1713.  9.  Daniel,  May  20,  1716,  mentioned 
below.     10.  Catherine,  December  2,  1718. 

(VI)  Rev.  Daniel,  son  of  Peter  Emerson, 
was  born  at  Reading,  May  20,  1716,  died  at 
Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  September  30,  1801. 
He  married,  November  7,  1744,  Haimah,  born 
at  Maiden,  December  3,  1722,  died  at  Hollis, 
February  28,  1812,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph 
and  Mary  (Moody)  Emerson,  of  Maiden. 
Thev  resided  at  Hollis.  Daniel  Emerson  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1739  and 
immediately  prepared  himself  for  work  in  the 
ministry.  In  1741  he  was  called  to  be  the 
first  minister  of  Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  then 
the  west  precinct  of  Dunstable,  Massachusetts. 
He  continued  minister  until  November  27, 
1793,  when  Rev.  Eli  Smith,  who  married  his 
granddaughter,  was  elected  as  his  colleague. 
In  1755.  during  the  old  French  war,  he  was 
chaplain  to  the  famous  rangers  of  which  Rob- 
ert Rogers  and  John  Stark  were  the  officers. 
He  was  considered  the  ranking  officer  because 
of  his  family  arms,  bearing  three  lions.  He 
kept  a  journal  during  his  service  and  it  has 
been  preserved.  He  was  chaplain  again  in 
1758  in  Colonel  Hart's  regiment.  One  of  his 
letters  to  his  wife,  dated  at  Crown  Point  in 
175s.  was  brought  to  Hollis  by  his  dog,  which 
he  had  trained  for  the  purpose.  He  taught 
school  and  fitted  his  students  for  college.  He 
gave   the   land   on   which   the   meeting  house 


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was  built.  He  was  one  of  the  ablest  advocates 
of  the  New  Light  doctrine  and  for  many  years 
was  the  Icadinjx  and  most  influential  minister 
in  his  section  of  the  country.  Professor 
Churchill  said  of  him :  "He  was  a  kind  of 
Congregational  Bishop  in  his  region."  His 
dwelling  house,  built  and  occupied  while  he 
was  a  minister  at  Mollis,  is  in  good  repair  and 
habitable.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  born  Sep- 
tember 30,  1745,  married  Manasseh  Smith 
(see  Smith  family  elsewhere).  2.  Daniel.  De- 
cember 15,  1746.  3.  Mary,  September  19, 
1748.  4.  Peter,  November  19,  1749.  5. 
Lucy,  October  29,  1751.  6.  Mary,  November 
14,  1753.  7.  Elizabeth,  May  5.  1755.  8. 
Ebenezer.  August  14,  1757.  9.  Joseph,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1759,  graduate  of  Harvard  1779. 
10.  Ralph,  March  4,  1761.  11.  Rebecca,  July 
8,  1762.  12.  Samuel,  September  6,  1764.  13. 
William,  December  11,  1763. 


Numerous  writers  have  stated 
GRANT  that  the  Grant  family  is  de- 
scended from  the  Scotch  clan  of 
Grant.  It  is  true  that  there  are  several  fam- 
ilies of  Scotch  descent,  and  in  one  branch  there 
is  a  clear  tradition  that  they  are  of  English 
origin.  The  only  known  use  of  arms  was  by 
Samuel  Grant  in  1739,  in  witnessing  a  will. 
The  seal  used  bears  arms  as  follows :  On  a 
chevron  between  three  fleur-de-lis  five  ermine 
spots.  There  is  no  record  of  arms  like  these 
in  Burke's  Heraldry  borne  by  the  name  of 
Grant. 

(I)  Matthew  Grant,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  October  27,  1601,  and  died  at  Wind- 
sor. Connecticut,  December  16,  1681.  On 
March  20.  1630,  he  embarked  with  his  family 
on  the  ship  "Mary  and  John"  at  Plymouth. 
England,  reaching  Boston,  May  30,  1630.  He 
settled  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  May  18,  1631.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1635,  he  went  to  the  Connecticut  river 
with  the  party  that  prepared  for  the  settle- 
ment of  Windsor,  although  his  family  did  not 
remove  there  until  the  next  April.  His  house 
lot  was  in  Palisade,  next  the  town  lot.  This 
he  gave  to  his  son  John,  with  whom  he  spent 
his  declining  years.  It  is  said  he  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade.  He  was  the  first  surveyor 
of  the  town,  and  for  many  years  the  only 
one :  was  deacon  of  the  First  Church ;  town 
clerk  from  1652  to  1677;  selectman  many 
years,  frequently  receiving  the  highest  num- 
ber of  votes.  In  1654  he  compiled  "A  Book 
of  Records  of  Town  Ways  in  Windsor."  and 
he  was  also  compiler  of  the  "Old  Church 
Record,"  which  has  furnished  the  basis  for  the 


histories  of  most  of  the  families  of  ancient 
Windsor.     He  married  (first)   November  16, 

1625,  Priscilla   ,    who   died    April    27, 

1644,  at  Windsor,  aged  forty-three  years,  two 
months.  He  married  (second)  May  29,  1645, 
Susanna  (Capen  or  Chapin)  Rockwell,  born 
April  3,  1602,  died  November  14,  1666,  widow 
of  Deacon  William  Rockwell,  and  daughter 
probably  of  Bernard  Capen.  Children,  all  by 
first   wife:      i.  Priscilla,   born   September    14, 

1626,  married,  October  14,  1647,  Michael 
Humphrey.  2.  Samuel,  November  12,  1631. 
3.  Tahan,  born  at  Dorchester.  February  3, 
1633-34,  died  May  30.  1693:  married.  January 
22,  1662-63,  Hannah  Palmer.  4.  Matthew, 
born  at  Windsor,  died  September  10,  1639. 
5.  Infant,  died  young.  6.  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Matthew  Grant,  was  born 
at  Windsor.  September  30,  1642,  died  there 
July  22,  1684.  He  resided  on  the  homestead, 
which  he  enlarged.  He  was  in  King  Philip's 
war  and  September  6,  1676,  took  twenty  men 
and  marched  to  the  relief  of  Westfield  and 
Springfield.  He  married,  August  2,  1666, 
Mary,  baptized  October  8,  1648,  died  June  29, 
1720,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Loomis)   Hull.     Children,  born  at  Windsor: 

I.  John,  October  20,  1670,  died  young.  2. 
John.  August  6,  1673,  died  May  17,  1686.  3. 
Mary,  April  26,  1674,  died  August  6,  1703; 
married,  September  21,  1693,  Alexander 
Allyn.  4.  Elizabeth,  July  10,  1675,  died  De- 
cember 3,  1724;  married,  November  20,  1707, 
Thomas  Filer.  3.  Abigail,  January  27,  1679- 
80,  died  September  i,  1722;  married,  April  13, 
1704.  Samuel  Mather.  6.  Josiah,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  John  Grant,  was  bom 
at  Windsor,  January  28,  1682,  died  at  Litch- 
field. February  26,  1762.  He  removed  in  1726 
to  Litchfield.  He  served  as  haywarden,  grand 
juror,  fence  viewer  and  tythingman.  In  Litch- 
field as  tythingman,  assessor,  sergeant  of 
militia,  surveyor,  grand  juror  and  selectman. 
He  married  (first)  March  30,  1709-10,  Sarah, 
died  July  30,  1713,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Fiske)  Cooke.  He  married  (second) 
August  4,  1714.  Sarah,  born  February  10, 
1690,  died  February  28,  1777,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Lydia  Cook.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Josiah,  born  January  22,  1710-11. 
died  November  13,   1789;  married,  December 

II.  1733,  -Sarah  Baker.  2.  Sarah,  March  11, 
1711-12.  married  (first)  January,  1730-31, 
Elisha  Peck:  (second")  November  15.  1739, 
Lieutenant  Joshua  Smith.  3.  Mary,  July  20, 
1713,  married    (first)    April  28.    1737.  Daniel 


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Allen;    (second) 


Hosford.     Children 


of  second  wife:  4.  John,  May  17,  1715,  died 
September  16,  1753.  5.  Increase,  February 
13,  1716-17,  died  1793;  married  (first)  Febru- 
ary 19,  1745-46,  Ann  Hosford;  (second)  1786, 
Mindwell  (Lyman)  Strong,  widow.  6.  Eli- 
jah, June  22,  1719,  died  August  13,  1724.  7. 
Huidah,  May  25,  1721,  married  John  Crane. 
8.  Ebenezer,  ]\Iarch  2,  1723-24,  died  1765; 
married  (first)  November  18,  1747.  Martha 
Hill;  (second)  Mindwell  Hosford,  widow.  9. 
Jerusha,  January  i,  1725-26,  died  November 
21,  1736.  10.  Elijah,  April  28,  1728,  men- 
tioned below.     II.  Anna,  May  30,  1730. 

(IV)  Elijah,  son  of  Josiah  Grant,  was  born 
at  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  April  28,  1728,  and 
died  at  Norfolk,  August  7,  1798.  He  removed 
from  Litchfield  to  Grantville  in  1761,  and  was 
selectman  and  representative  to  the  legislature. 
He  married,  March  10,  1755,  at  Amity,  Mary 
Andrews,  died  December  11,  1821.     Children: 

1.  Joel,  born  February  21,  1756,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Lois,  November  5,  1757,  married, 
1795,  Chauncey  Hills.  3.  Roswell,  August  18, 
1762,  died  July  7,  1837;  was  in  the  revolu- 
tion ;  married  Anna  or  Eliza  Coy.  4.  Moses, 
August  3,  1765,  died  March  4,  1835;  married, 
February  9,  1793,  Sarah  Phelps.  5.  Levi, 
born  1771,  died  January  12,  1816;  married, 
November  21,  1792,  Rhoda  Andrews. 

(V)  Joel,  son  of  Elijah  Grant,  was  born  in 
Litchfield,  February  21,  1756,  died  at  Norfolk, 
March  16,  1796.  He  married,  at  Norfolk, 
January  5,  1782,  Zilpah,  born  at  Torrington, 
June  17,  1762,  died  August  18,  1824,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Sibilla  (North)  Cowles.  She 
married  (second)  February  2,  1818,  Joseph 
Hull,  of  Norfolk.  Joel  Grant  resided  at  Nor- 
folk and  was  a  farmer.  He  was  in  the  revo- 
lution in  Captain  Beebe's  company.  Colonel 
Enos'  regiment,  in  1778.  Children :  i.  Eli- 
jah, born  October  28,  1782,  mentioned  below. 

2.  Jerusha,  April  3,  1785,  died  March  3,  1828; 
married  (first)  December  10,  1801,  Cyrus 
Walter;  (second)  1808,  Roswell  Griswold.  3. 
Nancy.  April  25,  1788,  died  January  5,  1833; 
married,  January  30.  181 1,  Deacon  Amos  Pet- 
tibone.  4.  James,  January  29,  179 — ,  died 
February  20.  1826;  married,  1812,  Jerusha 
Phelps.  5-  Zilpah  Polly,  May  30,  1794,  died 
December  3,  1874;  married,  September  7, 
1841,  Hon.  William  Bostwick  Bannister. 

(VI)  Elijah,  son  of  Joel  Grant,  was  born  at 
Norfolk,  Connecticut,  October  28,  1782,  died 
at  Millbrook,  August  25,  1867.  He  resided  at 
Millbrook  and  was  deacon  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  at  Colebrook.  He  served  in 
nearly  every  town  office.    He  married,  at  Cole- 


brook,  November  11,  1807,  Elizabeth,  born 
October  18,  1784,  died  January  26,  1866, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  or  Sarah 
(Barnard)  Phelps.  Children:  i.  Elijah 
Phelps,  born  August  25,  1809,  died  December 

2,  1875;  married,  September  7,  1836,  Susan 
Jenkins  Boyd.  2.  Mary  Zilpah,  August  18, 
1811.  died  in  India,  June  24,  1842;  married, 
March  11,  1839,  Ebenezer  Burgess;  was  a 
missionary.  3.  Elizabeth,  February  8,  1813, 
died  1885;  married,  September  12,  1836,  Will- 
iam Burton.  4.  Joel,  January  24,  1816,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Daniel,  June  19,  1818,  died 
January  2,  1892  ;  married.  May  10,  1843,  Caro- 
line Burr.  6.  Abigail,  June  5,  1820,  died  July 
25,  1835.  7.  John,  August  29,  1822,  died 
July  5,  1878;  married,  August  20,  1857,  Sarah 
Gertrude  Day.  8.  Martha,  July  13,  1824,  died 
unmarried  September  21,  1847.  9.  James 
Marcus,  January  19,  1827,  married,  December 
31,  1868,  Harriet  Lucy  Wood. 

(VII)  Joel,  son  of  Elijah  Grant,  was  born 
at  Millbrook,  Connecticut,  January  24,  1816, 
died  at  Downers  Grove,  Illinois,  December 
31,  1873.  Fie  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1838  and  attended  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  1842-43,  and  Yale  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  1843-45.  He  taught  school  at  Berlin, 
Maryland,  in  1838-39  and  from  then  until 
1842  was  professor  of  mathematics  in  the 
United  States  navy.  He  was  pastor  of  Con- 
gregational churches  at  Lockport,  Illinois, 
1845-47,  1852-58,  and  1860-61  ;  in  West  Avon, 
1847-52;  in  Bristol,  Illinois.  1858-60;  and  Cam- 
bridge, Illinois,  in  1866.  He  was  chaplain  of 
the  Twelfth  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry  1861- 
65,  and  of  the  One  hundred  and  thirteenth 
LTnited  States  Colored  Infantry  in  1865-66,  in 
the  civil  war.  He  married,  at  Norfolk,  Con- 
necticut, October  12,  1845,  Abigail  Fidelia, 
born  August  13,  1820,  died  May  5.  1881, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Hannah  (Betts) 
Cowles.  Children:  i.  John  Cowles,  born 
April  21,  1848.  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary 
Hannah,  June  18,  1851,  died  August  2,  1853. 

3,  William  Elijah,  July  30.  1852,  died  Oc- 
tober 16,  1869.  4.  Robert  Stuart,  October  5, 
1857,  died  December  7,  1858. 

(VIII)  John  Cowles,  son  of  Joel  Grant,  was 
born  at  Avon,  Connecticut.  April  21,  1848. 
He  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  at  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1869  and  A.  M.  in  1872,  and  the  de- 
gree of  LL.D.  at  Fargo  College  in  1897.  He 
resides  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  He  married 
(first)  at  Denver,  Colorado,  July  14,  1878, 
Susan  Rae.  born  in  New  York  City,  December 

4,  1847,  died  January  14,  1883,  at  Chicago, 
daughter    of    Charles    Henry.      He    married 


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.5; 


(second)  at  Wiscasset,  Maine,  August  li, 
1886,  Anna  Eoote  Coffin,  born  January  21, 
1S57,  daughter  of  Isaac  H.  and  Mary  Tod 
(Eootc)  Coffin.  Child  by  first  wife:  Susan 
Cowles,  born  November  1,  1SS2,  married  Har- 
old Joseph  Emerson  Smith  (see  Smith  fam- 
ily). Child  by  second  wife:  Mary  Eoote.  born 
October  30,  1891. 

(For    preceding    generations    see    Henry    Prentiss     (Pren- 
tice)   1.) 

(\T)  Henry,  son  of  Rev.  Ca- 
PRE.NTISS  leb  Prentiss,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 10.  1779,  died  November 
2,  1843.  He  settled  in  Paris,  Maine,  where 
he  resided  for  many  years,  tie  was  a  promi- 
nent Whig,  a  witty,  sharp  political  writer.  In 
1822-23  he  was  state  representative,  justice  of 
the  peace,  etc.  He  married,  Eebruary  13, 
1804,  Mary,  born  Eebruary  13,  1779,  died  of 
palsy,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Hart,  of  Reading, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born  Oc- 
tober 17,  1804,  died  February  12,  1805.  2. 
Mary  Hart,  January  26,  1807.  3.  Henry 
Epaminondas,  February  12,  1809,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Emily,  December  27,  1810,  died 
July  I,  1812.  5.  Lucinda,  July  7,  1812,  mar- 
ried, September,  1834,  Henry  Howes.  6.  Pa- 
mela, 1813.  died  February,  1817.  7.  Emily, 
1814.  8.  Julia,  March  13,  1815,  married  El- 
brige  Forbes,  g.  Sarah  Jane,  November  29, 
1823,  died  October  21,  1877,  unmarried;  nurse 
in  the  civil  war. 

(VII)  Plon.  Henry  E.,  son  of  Henry  Pren- 
tiss, was  born  February  12,  1809,  died  sud- 
denly of  heart  disease  July  i,  1873.  He  was 
educated  at  West  Point,  graduating  in  1831, 
ranking  fourth  in  his  class.  He  was  assistant 
teacher  of  mathematics  there  two  years,  and 
then  received  a  commission  in  the  United 
States  army  and  was  sent  with  the  troops  to 
Fort  Morgan,  Alabama.  In  1835  he  resigned 
to  study  law.  He  read  law  with  Kent  &  Cut- 
ting in  Bangor,  and  settled  in  Old  Town, 
Maine.  In  1836  he  was  a  law  partner  with 
Israel  Washburn,  afterward  governor  of 
Maine,  in  Orono,  Maine.  In  1839  he  was 
captain  of  engineers  to  settle  the  northeastern 
boundary  in  the  .\roostook  war.  He  returned 
to  Bangor  in  1839  ^^^  practised  law  several 
years  until  he  became  interested  in  the  lumber 
business.  He  was  his  own  surveyor  and  ex- 
plorer, traveling  in  the  walds  of  Maine  with  a 
pack  on  his  back,  climbing  tall  trees  to  get  a 
better  survey  of  the  timber  lands,  often  by 
himself.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  joined  a 
temperance  association,  and  always  was  faith- 
ful to  its  principles.     He  was  frugal  and  lib- 


eral, and  fond  of  books.  He  gave  three  public 
libraries  to  towns  where  he  owned  land,  and 
one  to  his  native  place,  and  in  his  will  a  hand- 
some donation  to  the  principal  library  in  Ban- 
gor, ami  his  own  library  to  his  wife.  From 
1857  to  1859  he  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature,  and  in  1870-71  was  mayor  of  Ban- 
gor, and  in  both  cases  was  elected  on  account 
of  his  stand  on  the  temperance  question.  Hon. 
A.  G.  Wakefield,  of  the  Penobscot  bar  and  of 
the  supreme  judicial  court  at  Bangor,  said  of 
him :  "By  his  cheerful  temper,  courteous 
manner  and  genial  companionship,  he  had  en- 
deared himself  not  only  to  his  brethren  in  the 
profession,  but  to  all  in  the  circle  of  his  ac- 
quaintance, and  won  a  high  and  honorable 
position  at  the  bar  as  a  good  lawyer.  In  early 
life  of  adverse  circumstances,  he  cheerfully 
and  manfully  practised  strict  economy,  and 
when  wealth  had  crowned  a  life  of  industry 
he  used  it  to  minister  to  refined  and  cultivated 
taste  and  in  liberally  and  cheerfully  dispens- 
ing his  charities  and  hospitalities  for  the  happi- 
ness of  others;  possessing  untiring  industry 
and  perseverance,  unspotted  integrity,  loyalty 
to  every  duty  in  all  things,  and  strictly  hon- 
est ..  .  that  w^e  feel  ourselves  honored 
in  tendering  to  his  memory  this  tribute  of  our 
sincerest  respect."  Mr.  Prentiss  was  very  lib- 
eral in  the  education  of  his  children,  sisters 
and  friends,  and  left  legacies  to  each  of  his 
nieces.  He  married,  September  30,  1836,  Abi- 
gail Adams,  born  February  5,  181 1,  at  Paris, 
Maine,  died  about  1908,  daughter  of  Captain 
Samuel  and  Polly  (Freeland)  Rawson,  and  a 
direct  descendant  of  Edward  Rawson,  colonial 
secretary  of  Massachusetts,  who  came  of  an 
ancient  and  honorable  English  house,  one  of 
his  forbears  having  the  rare  distinction  of  be- 
ing interred  within  the  royal  precincts  of 
Windsor  Castle.  Children:  i.  John  Hart, 
born  November  26,  1837,  died  July  3,  1859; 
educated  at  Union  College,  New  York ;  studied 
medicine  at  Brunswick,  Maine,  and  at  the  Jef- 
ferson ]\Iedical  College,  Philadelphia ;  assis- 
tant physician  in  the  hospital  for  the  insane 
at  Augusta,  Maine,  where  he  died  of  typhoid 
fever  contracted  there.  2.  Henry  Mellen, 
July  20,  1840,  mentioned  below.  3.  Abbie 
Rawson,  June  25,  1842,  married,  March  19, 
1868,  George  Frederick  Godfrey,  a  lumber 
merchant  of  Bangor ;  children :  i.  Henry 
Prentiss  Godfrey,  born  November  8,  1869;  ii. 
Angela  Godfrey,  October  9,  1871 ;  iii.  George 
Herbert  Godfrey,  January  21,  1876;  iv.  Ed- 
ward Rawson  Godfrey,  December  27,  1877. 
4.  Mary  Freedland.  September  i,  1846,  in 
Bangor,    married,    October    15,    1879,    James 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Murray  Kay,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland ;  children : 
i.  Winifred  Prentiss  Kay,  born  August  21, 
1880;  ii.  Jean  Katherine  Murray  Kay,  August 
8,  1882.  5.  Samuel  Rawson,  August  26,  1849, 
graduated  at  Harvard  Law  School ;  partner  of 
his  brother,  Henry  M.  Prentiss,  at  Bangor, 
and  was  in  the  land  and  lumber  business  also 
at  Oakland,  California ;  married,  November 
3,  1874,  Maria  Louisa  Wing,  daughter  of 
Aaron  H.  Wing,  of  Bangor,  and  had  John 
Wing,  born  August  15,  1875. 

(VHI)  Henry  Mellen,  son  of  Hon.  Henry 
E.  Prentiss,  was  born  in  Bangor,  Maine,  July 
20,  1840.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard 
University  in  1S64,  and  on  completion  of  his 
studies  became  the  manager  of  his  father's  ex- 
tensive estate,  directing  operations  on  the  vast 
tracts  of  timber  lands  owned  by  the  elder 
Prentiss  in  Maine  and  Pennsylvania  and  ex- 
hibiting a  business  ability  and  shrewd  judg- 
ment far  beyond  his  years.  It  was  his  prac- 
tice to  spend  his  forenoons  in  the  office,  look- 
ing after  the  important  interests  under  his 
charge,  and  to  devote  the  afternoons  to  those 
outdoor  sports  peculiar  to  his  native  state,  in 
which  often  strenuous  pastimes  he  became  an 
expert  and  an  acknowledged  leader.  He  con- 
tinued actively  engaged  in  the  management 
of  timber  lands  until  as  late  as  1902,  and  dur- 
ing the  thirty-odd  years  that  he  was  identified 
with  the  industry,  he  acquired  a  knowledge 
of  the  business  that  was  conceded  to  be  au- 
thoritative. There  was  nothing  relating  to 
the  timber  lands  of  Maine  that  he  could  not 
discuss  with  accuracy,  his  broad  range  of 
knowledge  on  this  subject  being  based  on 
practical  experience.  While  an  untiring 
worker  in  his  own  field  and  an  enthusiastic 
sportsman,  Mr.  Prentiss  still  found  time  for 
intellectual  diversions.  He  remained  a  perse- 
vering scholar  all  his  life  and  was  known  as 
a  deep  reader  of  the  best  English  and  French 
literature  and  also  as  a  writer  of  ability.  He 
gave  a  portion  Of  his  time  to  authorship  and 
acquired  no  mean  reputation  as  a  writer  on 
scientific  topics.  He  was  especially  interested 
in  the  matter  of  Arctic  explorations,  and  his 
studies  of  that  subject  were  such  as  to  gain 
for  him  world-wide  reputation  as  an  authority. 
Many  papers  from  his  pen  on  this  question 
were  published  in  the  Westminster  Rez'iezv.  the 
Nineteenth  Century  magazine,  the  Nezv  York 
Herald,  and  other  leading  periodicals,  and  his 
book,  "The  Great  Polar  Current,"  attracted 
much  attention  and  favorable  comment  in  the 
scientific  world  and  received  the  approbation 
of  such  distinguished  authorities  upon  the  sub- 
ject   as    Admirals    Makarofif,    Markham    and 


Melville,  Commanders  Peary,  Nansen  and 
Prince  Kropotkin,  He  was  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Geographical  Society,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  the  Royal  Geographi- 
cal Society  of  London,  England,  and  he  be- 
longed to  the  Somerset  Club  of  Boston  and  the 
Tarratine  Club  of  Bangor.  He  was  a  Uni- 
tarian in  his  religious  views,  and  was  an  in- 
dependent Republican  in  his  political  thought 
and  action,  liolding  the  general  good  above 
mere  partisan  considerations.  It  has  been 
justly  said  of  him  that  in  his  business  rela- 
tions, his  reputation  was  that  of  an  absolutely 
fair  and  honest  man.  His  courtesy  and  kind- 
ness toward  all  were  unfailing,  his  hospitality 
was  unbounded,  and  he  won  the  warm  esteem 
of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact  by  reason 
of  qualities  that  could  not  fail  to  attract  and 
command  regard. 

He  married  (first)  November  30,  1865, 
Julia,  daughter  of  Calvin  Dwinel,  of  Bangor, 
by  whom  he  had  two  children:  i.  Henry, 
married  Leslie  Boynton,  of  Boston.  2.  Elsie, 
married  Nathaniel  Lord,  owner  of  the  Veazie 
Bank,  of  Bangor.  He  married  (second)  1901, 
Mrs.  Marian  Howard  Smith,  daughter  of  D. 
M.  Howard,  of  Bangor,  by  whom  he  was  sur- 
vived (see  sketches  of  Howard,  and  Smith 
families  elsewhere).  Shortly  after  his  second 
marriage,  he  removed  from  Bangor  to  Wis- 
casset,  where  he  and  his  wife  spent  the  greater 
part  of  the  time,  having  a  winter  residence  in 
New  York  City,  and  it  was  at  his  latter  home 
that  Mr.  Prentiss  died  of  heart  failure,  suc- 
ceeding an  attack  of  bronchitis,  March  4,  1906. 
Besides  his  widow  and  two  children,  he  was 
outlived  by  a  brother,  Samuel  R.  Prentiss,  of 
Bangor,  and  by  two  sisters,  Mrs.  J.  Murray 
Kay,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  and  Mrs. 
G.  F.  Godfrey,  of  Bangor. 


The  surnames  Lothrop  and 
LOTHROP     Lathrop  have  been  known  in 

New  England  history  since 
the  earliest  times  of  the  colony,  and  whether 
written  Lothrop,  Lathrop  or  Lathropp,  the 
meaning  is  the  same,  and  has  relation  to  either 
one  or  the  other  of  two  half-brothers,  the  first 
being  the  Rev.  John  Lathropp  and  the  other 
Mark  Lothrop.  both  sons  of  Thomas  Low- 
throppe,  of  Cherry  Burton,  a  town  about  four 
miles  from  the  ancient  seat  of  the  old  Low- 
thrope  family,  in  the  wapentake  of  Dickering, 
east  riding  of  Yorkshire,  England.  Lowthrope 
is  a  small  parish  of  about  one  hundred  and 
fiftv  inhabitants,  a  perpetual  curacy  in  the 
archdeaconry  of  York;  and  from  this  parish 
the  family  of  Lowthrop,  Lothrop  or  Lathrop 


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received  its  name.  Robert  de  Lowthrop  was 
a  ciiaplain  of  the  church  in  the  reign  of  Rich- 
ard II.  In  the  early  part  of  the  sixteenth  cen- 
tury Jolin  Lowthroppe  was  living  in  Cherry 
Burton,  and  was  a  gentleman  having  landed 
estates  in  various  parts  of  Yorkshire.  There 
is  no  record  of  his  parentage  or  of  any  of  the 
members  of  his  own  family  except  the  account 
of  his  son  Robert,  who  succeeiled  to  the  pater- 
nal estates  in  Cherry  Burton,  and  who  died  in 
1558.  Among  the  children  of  Robert  was 
Thomas,  who  was  born  in  Cherry  Burton,  and 
married  tlicre  three  wives,  there  being  issue 
of  each  marriage.  One  of  the  children  of  the 
second  marriage  was  the  Rev.  John  Latbropp, 
the  American  ancestor  of  one  of  ihc  principal 
branches  of  the  Lothrop-Lathrop  families  in 
this  country.  The  third  wife  of  Thomas 
Lothrop  was  Jane,  and  one  of  their  five  chil- 
dren was  Mark  Lothrop,  who  was  baptized 
in  Etton,  September  27,  1597,  and  with  him 
begins  the  narrative  of  the  Lothrop  family 
purposed  to  be  treated  in  this  place. 

(I)  Mark  Lothrop  was  in  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1643,  when  "at  a  meeting  of  7 
men  on  the  nth  day  of  the  loth  month  1643, 
Marke  Lothrop  is  receaved  an  inhabitant,  and 
hath  a  request  for  some  ground  neer  to  his 
kinsman,  Thos  Lothrop."  And  further  the 
records  of  that  ancient  town  say  that  "at  a 
meeting  of  the  selectmen,  the  17th  3rd  month 
1652.  granted  to  liugb  Woodberrie.  Marke 
Lothrop  and  Thomas  Priton  a  spot  of  medoe, 
lying  between  Benjamin  Felton's  medoe  and 
the  Great  Swamp,  near  Wenham,  to  be  equally 
divided  between  them."  As  his  name  does 
not  appear  in  any  of  the  records  previous  to 
1643  it  is  quite  probable  that  he  settled  in  Sa- 
lem soon  after  bis  arrival  in  this  country ;  and 
it  is  uncertain  how  long  he  continued  to  live 
in  Salem,  for  in  1656  he  was  living  in  Bridge- 
water.  Massachusetts,  and  was  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  that  town.  In  1657  he  took  the 
oatli  of  fidelity,  was  elected  constable  in  1658, 
and  for  the  next  quarter  century  held  a  promi- 
nent place  in  public  affairs  in  that  town,  serv- 
ing at  various  times  as  trial  and  grand  juror, 
surveyor  of  highways,  and  also  as  one  of  the 
committee  appointed  "to  lay  out  all  the  waies 
rcquisett  in  the  township  of  Bridgewater." 
]\Iark  Lothrop  died  October  25,  1685,  and  his 
son  Samuel  was  appointed  administrator  of 
his  estate,  which  inventoried  253  pounds  i 
shilling.  The  name  of  his  wife  does  not  ap- 
pear, but  he  had  at  least  four  children  whose 
names  are  known :  Elizabeth.  Samuel,  Mark 
and  Edward. 

(II)  Samuel,   son   of   Mark   Lothrop,    was 


born  before  1660,  and  died  after  April  il, 
1724,  the  date  of  his  will,  at  which  time  he  is 
mentioned  as  "being  old."  In  1682  he  is  re- 
ported as  being  of  age,  and  then  was  one  of 
the  proprietors  of  Bridgewater.  March  10, 
1675,  the  constables  of  Bridgewater  were 
fined  two  pounds  "for  pressing  Samuell  Lay- 
thorpe  illegally,  and  hee  a  man  unfit  to  goe 
forth  on  the  .service."  This  had  relation  to 
the  attempt  of  the  constables  to  force  Mark 
Lothrop  into  service  during  King  Philip's  war. 
His  wife  was  Sarah  Downer,  who  bore  him 
seven  children,  all  born  in  Bridgewater  or 
West  Bridgewater:  i.  Mary,  October  28, 
1683;  married  John  Kieth.  2.  Samuel  Jr., 
Mav  17,  1685.  "3.  John,  October  15,  1687; 
married  Mary  Edson.  4.  Mark,  September 
9,  1689;  married,  1722,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Joseph  Alden,  and  great-granddaugh- 
ter of  John  Alden,  of  Duxbury.  5.  Sarah, 
June  5,  1693;  married  Solomon  Packard.  6. 
Joseph,  twin  with  Sarah;  married  Mary  Snow. 
7.  Edward,  July  7,  1697;  married  Hannah 
Wade. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Sarah  (Downer)  Lothrop,  was  born  in 
Bridgewater,  May  17,  1685,  and  died  there 
January  13,  1772.  He  married  (first)  Novem- 
ber 14,  1710,  Abial  Lassell,  bom  June  25, 
1688,  died  November  3,  i;^49,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Lassell.  He  married  (second)  in  1751, 
Lydia  Hayden.  He  had  five  children,  born 
of  his  first  marriage,  and  in  Bridgewater  or 
West  Bridgewater:  i.  Samuel,  September 
23,  171 1,  died  November  9,  1776;  married 
.A.pril  3,  1735,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Kieth.  "  2.  Isaac,  Dl'cember  21,  1714,  died  No- 
vember 25.  1774;  married  (first)  Bethiah, 
daughter  of  Major  Edward  Howard,  (second) 
April  13,  1742,  Patience,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Alger.  "3.  Sarah,  September  15,  1717;  mar- 
ried November  17,  1737,  Aliezer  Edson.  4. 
Daniel,  May  2.  1721.  5.  Abiel,  December  7, 
1729,  died  May  3,  1755;  married  May  28, 
1747,  Israel  Alger,  Jr. 

(IV)  Colonel  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
rmd  Abial  (Lassell)  Lothrop.  was  born  in 
Bridgewater.  Massachusetts,  May  2,  1721,  and 
died  in  Leeds,  Maine,  March  18,  1818.  When 
Washington  took  command  of  the  American 
armv  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  of  the  revo- 
lution. Colonel  Lothrop  was  major  of  militia 
in  Colonel  Crafts'  regiment,  and  immediately 
entered  the  service.  His  subsequent  record  as 
a  soldier  may  be  noted  as  follows :  Captain 
of  a  company  of  artillery  in  Colonel  John 
Bailey's  regiment,  April  10,  1775  to  May  2, 
177s;  company  raised  agreeable  to  vote  of  the 


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provincial  congress  as  ordered  by  the  com- 
mittee of  safety ;  also  captain  same  company 
and  regiment  from  May  3,  1775,  to  August  i, 
1775;  captain  same  company  and  regiment, 
June  3,  1775.  to  August  11,  1775;  captain  of 
a  company  in  General  John  Thomas's  regi- 
ment, according  to  return  dated  Roxbury,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1775 ;  captain  of  a  company  in  Colonel 
Thomas  Crafts's  regiment  of  artillery,  and 
name  reported  in  a  list  of  officers  to  be  com- 
missioned, as  returned  by  Colonel  Crafts, 
dated  Boston,  September  27,  1776;  ordered  in 
council,  October  9,  1776,  that  said  officers  be 
commissioned ;  also  captain  of  the  7th  com- 
pany of  Colonel  Crafts's  regiment  of  artillery, 
from  May  9,  1776,  to  November  i,  1776,  5 
months  24  days;  also  captain  in  same  regi- 
ment from  November  i,  1776,  to  February  i, 
1777,  service  3  months;  reported  as  having 
served  one  month  in  colony  and  two  months 
in  Continental  army ;  also  captain  in  same  regi- 
ment from  February  i,  1777,  to  date  of  dis- 
charge. May  7,  1777-  After  the  close  of  the 
war  Colonel  Lothrop  removed  to  the  province 
of  Maine  and  took  up  his  residence  in  the 
town  of  Leeds,  where  he  died,  in  1818.  In 
1744  he  married  Rhoda,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Willis;  children:  i.  Daniel,  Jr.,  born  Decem- 
ber 10,  1745.  2.  Rhoda,  April  9,  1747;  mar- 
ried, 1763,  Daniel  Williams,  Jr.  3.  Molly, 
August  2,  1755;  married  June  20,  1771, 
Thomas  Johnson.  4.  Abigail,  February  4, 
1758;  married  February  i,  1775,  Isaac  Hart- 
well. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Colonel  Daniel  (i) 
and  Rhoda  (Willis)  Lothrop,  was  born  in 
West  Bridgewater,  IMassachusetts,  December 
10,  1745,  and  died  in  Wilton,  Maine,  in  1837. 
He  too  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  serving 
under  his  father,  and  his  record  is  noted  as 
follows :  Private  and  matross  in  Captain 
Daniel  Lothrop's  company  of  artillery.  Colonel 
John  Bailey's  regiment,  April  10,  1775,  to  May 
2,  1775 ;  company  raised  agreeable  to  a  vote  of 
the  provincial  congress,  as  ordered  by  com- 
mittee of  safety ;  private  in  Captain  Daniel 
Lothrop's  company,  Colonel  Thomas  Crafts's 
regiment  of  artillery,  from  June  3,  1776;  also 
private  same  company  and  regiment  from  May 
16,  1776,  to  August  I,  1776;  also  private  in 
Captain  Daniel  Lothrop's  7th  company,  Colo- 
nel Crafts's  regiment,  from  August  i,  1776, 
to  November  i,  1776;  also  same  company  and 
regiment  from  November  i,  1776  to  F"ebruary 
I,  1777;  reported  as  serving  one  month  in 
colony  service  and  two  months  in  continental 
army ;  sergeant,  same  company  and  regiment 
from   February  I,  1777.  to  date  of  discharge. 


May  7,  1777.  Sergeant  Lothrop  removed  to 
Maine  probably  with  his  father,  and  lived  in 
the  town  of  Wilton,  where  he  died  in  1837. 
He  married  (first)  August  23,  1764,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  GeOrge  Howard.  She  died  soon 
after  the  birth  of  her  fourth  child,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  September  5,  1775,  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Willis.  After  her  death 
he  married  (third)  September  i,  1785,  Mary, 
daughter  of  George  Turner.  He  had  in  all 
eleven  children,  i.  George,  born  Bridgewater 
June  13,  1765  (see  sketch).  2.  Daniel,  March 
28,  1767;  removed  to  Maine,  and  died  in  Lee; 
married,  1787,  Sally  Whiting;  was  member 
of  the  Maine  legislature.  3.  Thomas,  born 
1768,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Thomas,  married 
Cynthia  Pratt,  and  removed  to  Leeds,  Maine. 
5.  Hannah,  born  1771 ;  married,  1789,  Joshua 
Gilmore,  of  Easton,  Massachusetts.  6.  Sam- 
uel, born  1777,  died  Leeds,  1871 ;  married, 
1799,  Bethiah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Johnson. 
7.  Sullivan.  8.  Lydia,  married  Stillman  How- 
ard. 9.  Polly,  married  Luther  Carey.  10. 
Rhoda,  married  Nathan  Richmond.  11.  Al- 
son,  married  Huldah  Richmond. 

(VI)  Sullivan,  son  of  Sergeant  Daniel  (2) 
and  Lydia  (Willis)  Lothrop,  was  born  in 
Leeds,   Maine,   in    1778.     He  married    (first) 

Haynes,  and  married  (second)  

Jennings.  He  had  four  sons  and  one  daugh- 
ter, and  among  the  former  was  Daniel  O.,  who 
removed  to  Malone,  New  York,  and  Sullivan. 
(VII)  Sullivan  (2),  son  of  Sullivan  (  i)  Loth- 
rop, was  born  in  Leeds,  Maine,  October,  1802, 
and  was  an  enterprising  and  successful  busi- 
ness man,  proprietor  of  a  large  general  coun- 
try store,  a  tannery  and  a  saw  mill,  and  en- 
gaged somewhat  extensively  in  lumbering. 
He  married,  June  22,  1826,  Susan  Bigelow, 
born  in  Bloomfield,  now  Skowhegan,  Maine, 
in  1803.  daughter  of  James  Bigelow  (see 
Bigelow).  Children:  i.  Amasa  Bigelow.  2. 
Mary  Bigelow.  3.  Allen  H.  4.  James  Bige- 
low. 5.  Roscoe  G.  6.  Olive  (now  dead).  7. 
Esther  E.  8.  Daniel  Webster.  9.  Mellen 
(now  dead).     10.  Susan  A. 

(VIII)  Daniel  Webster,  youngest  son  of 
Sullivan  and  Susan  (Bigelow-)  Lothrop,  was 
born  at  St.  Albans,  Somerset  county,  Maine, 
May  20,  1842,  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  public  schools  and  Harland  Academy, 
and  after  leaving  school  he  worked  for  his 
father  in  his  various  business  enterprises  until 
he  was  about  twenty-one  years  old.  He  then 
went  to  Boston  and  entered  the  employ  of 
King,  Hovey  &  Co.,  wholesale  produce  deal- 
ers, with  whom  he  remained  some  time,  and 
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William  P.  I'^sseiidcn,  of  Maine,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Id  a  position  in  tiic  ofilice  of  the  Sixth 
Auditor,  in  the  departnicnlal  service,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  where  he  has  remained  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  During  the  civil  war,  while  living 
in  Maine,  Mr.  Lothrop  recruited  Company  F, 
of  the  Twentieth  Maine  X'olunteer  Infantry, 
Captain  .\ndrcws.  In  1870  he  married  Jennie 
R.,  daughter  of  William  M.  Nimmo,  of  Mary- 
land, children:  i.  Edwin  S.,  born  August 
23,  1871  ;  is  a  physician,  and  president  of  the 
Washington  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society; 
married  ^Mice  Sykes;  children:  Corrinna,  ten 
years  old,  and  Blanche,  three  years  old.  2. 
Frank  N.,  born  June,  1874;  married  Fannie 
Rich,  and  has  one  child,  Piiyllis.  3.  Alice, 
born  July  30,  1877;  married  J.  C.  Thompson, 
a  native  of  England,  lives  in  Washington,  and 
has  one  child,  Edwin  S.  Thompson,  born  Oc- 
tober, 1908.  4.  Jennie  R.,  born  November, 
1880.     5.  Etta  T.,  born  March,  1887. 


(For    aiR'estry    see    Mark    Lotbrop    1.) 

(VI)   George,   eldest   son  of 
LOTHROP     Daniel      (2)      and     Hannah 

(Howard)  Lothrop,  was  born 
in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  June  13,  1765, 
and  died  in  Leeds,  Maine,  March  4,  1839.  He 
eventually  located  in  Leeds,  where  the  family 
name  is  still  preserved  through  his  descend- 
ants. He  married,  in  1783,  Polly,  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  Thayer.  She  died  October  25, 
1831.  Their  children  were:  Alson,  Daniel 
(both  died  in  Bridgewater,  1790),  Samuel, 
Rhoda  (died  young),  Leaviti,  Absolom  (died 
young  in  Vassalbo rough),  Jeremiah  (died 
young),  Hannah,  Jeremiah  and  Polly. 

(VII)  Solomon,  son  of  George  and  Polly 
(Thayer)  Lothrop,  was  born  in  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  February  26,  1788,  and  died  in 
Leeds,  August  12,  1873.  He  settled  in  Leeds, 
was  an  active  and  energetic  merchant  for 
many  years  at  Lothrop's  Corner,  which  by  his 
efforts  became  a  smart  business  center.  He 
acquired  wealth  and  became  owner  of  a  large 
amount  of  land.  His  home,  where  his  young- 
est son,  Willard,  lived,  w^as  purchased  of  Abial 
Daily,  M.  D.,  the  first  resident  physician  in 
the  town.  He  was  the  first  postmaster  in  the 
town,  which  office  he  held  twenty-five  years, 
with  great  acceptance  to  the  people.  He  was 
selectman  seven  years,  and  represented  the 
town  twice  in  the  state  legislature.  He  was 
also  active  in  social  and  religious  circles.  He 
married,  in  Leeds,  July  i5,"i8io.  Sarah  W., 
daughter  of  Captain  Daniel  and  Sally  (Whit- 
ing)    Lothrop,    his    cousin.      Their'  children 


were:   George  Daniel,  Betsey,  Solomon  Leav- 
itt,  C)rissa  and  Willard. 

(\']II )  .Solomon  Leavitt,  second  son  of  Sol- 
omon and  Sarah  W.  (Lothrop)  Lothrop,  was 
born  in  Leeds,  June  10,  1817,  and  died  there 
February  8,  1874.  He  lived  near  his  father 
where  he  owned  a  farm  and  was  engaged 
throughout  his  life  in  agriculture.  He  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  in  religious  faith  a 
Baptist.  He  married,  in  Leeds,  April  20,  1840, 
Hannah  Turner,  who  was  born  in  Leeds,  Oc- 
tober II,  1818,  and  died  March  i,  1905, 
daughter  of  George  and  Betsy  (Gilbert)  Tur- 
ner. Their  children  were :  Lewis  Leavitt, 
U'illiam  Henry  and  Lydia  Albina. 

(IX)  William  Henry,  second  son  of  Sol- 
omon L.  and  Hannah  (Turner)  Lothrop,  was 
horn  in  Leeds.  May  17,  1842,  and  died  in 
Portland,  April  21.  1880.  He  was  educated 
at  Monmouth  Academy,  and  after  leaving 
school  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  at 
Augusta  and  Portland.  From  1865  till  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of-  Woodman,  True  &  Company,  wholesale 
dealers  in  dry  goods  and  woolens.  In  politi- 
cal matters  he  acted  with  the  Democratic 
party;  in  religious  views  he  was  a  Baptist. 
He  married,  December  12,  1866.  Georgie  F. 
Noyes,  who  was  born  in  Bath,  Maine,  1842, 
still  living.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Smith 
Woodard  and  Sarah  (Harmon)  Noyes,  of 
Portland.  To  them  were  born  four  sons : 
Carl  Dennison,  William  Henry,  Harry  W.  and 
James  Kimball. 

(X)  Harry  Woodard,  third  son  of  William 
H.  and  Georgie  F.  (Noyes)  Lothrop,  was 
born  in  Portland.  October  23,  1874.  He  mar- 
ried, June  10,  1903,  in  Portland,  Claire  Eliza- 
beth Randall,  who  was  born  November  24, 
1881,  daughter  of  John  F.  and  Elvira  Small 
(Sargent)  Randall,  of  Portland.  (See  Ran- 
dall.) 


Briefly  stated  the  pre-Ameri- 
BIGELOW     can  Bigelow  pedigree  may  be 

noted  as  follows:  (I)  Rich- 
ard de  Baguley,  Lord  of  Baguley,  Chester- 
shire,  England.  1243,  married  Alice,  daughter 
of  Ralph  de  Vernon,  and  had  a  son.  (II) 
Ralph  de  Baguley,  who  inarried  a  daughter  of 
Hamon  Massey,  Baron  of  Dunham  Massey, 
and  had  lands  in  Baguley  and  Ollerton,  in  the 
parish  of  Knutsford.  His  son  (III)  Hamon 
de  Baguley,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Ollerton 
Hall,  Chestershire,  England,  left  manv  de- 
scendants in  Ollerton.  (IV)  Ralph  de  Bagu- 
ley, of  Ollerton  Flail,  made  his  will,  and  died 


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in  1540,  leaving  two  sons,  Randall  and  Nicho- 
las.     (V)    Randall    de    Baguley    of   Ollerton 

Hall,   married    Eleanor   ,    and   died    in 

1556,  leaving  sons  Philip  and  Robert.  (VI) 
Robert  de  Baguley,  of  Ollerton,  was  buried  at 
Knutsford  November  4,  1582,  leaving  sons 
Randall  and  John.  (VII)  Randall  Baguley, 
son    of    Robert,    of    Ollerton,    married    Jane 

,   and   died   at  Wrentham,    Suffolk,   in 

May,  1626.  Their  children  were  Persis,  Su- 
san, William,  Margaret  and  John. 

(I)    John   Baguley,  Biglo   or  Bigelow,   son 
of  Randall  and  Jane  Baguley,  is  accorded  the 
honor  of  having  been  the  American  ancestor 
of  the  now  numerous  and  highly  respectable 
family  of  the  surname  Bigelow  in  this  coun- 
try.   He  was  of  Watertown,  Colony  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay,  as  early  as   1642,  and  was  one 
of  the  proprietors  of  the  town.    He  bought  a 
house  and  land  there  in  1649,  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  in   1652.  but  appears  not  to  have  been 
admitted  freeman  until  1690.    He  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade  and  planter  by  principal  occu- 
pation, and  evidently  a  man  of  some  conse- 
quence in  the  town ;  was  surveyor  of  highways 
in   1652  and  1660,  constable  in  1663,  and  se- 
lectman  in    1665   and    1670-71.      He   married 
(first)    August  30,    1642,   Mary,  daughter  of 
John  and  Margaret  Warren,  theirs  being  the 
first  marriage   recorded  in   Watertown.     She 
died  October  19,  1691,  and  he  married   (sec- 
ond)   October    2,    1694,    Sarah,    daughter    of 
Joseph  Bemis,  of  Watertown.     The  marriage 
of  John  Bigelow  and  Mary  Warren  united  two 
famous  New  England  families.    John  Warren, 
father  of  Mary,  was  on  the  list  of  one  hundred 
and  eighteen  freemen  of  Watertown  in   1631, 
and  he  was  selected  one  of  those  charged  with 
the  duty  of  laying  out  and  caring  for  high- 
ways, and  was  selectman  from  1636  to  1640. 
The  descent  of  the   New   England  Warrens, 
whose  immigrant  ancestor  was  John  Warren, 
of  Watertown.  has  been  traced  from  William 
the  Conqueror,  in  the  Norman  line,  and  in  the 
Saxon  line  from  A.  D.  495 ;  also  back  through 
the  royal  lines  of  France,  Germany  and  Italy. 
William  de  Warren  was  a  Norman  knight  and 
fought  at  Hastings. 

John  Bigelow  died  July  14,  1703,  aged 
eighty-six  years.  By  his  wife,  Mary  Warren, 
he  had  thirteen  children,  all  born  in  Water- 
town:  I.  John,  March  14,  1643.  -■  Jona- 
than, December  II,  1646.  3.  Mary,  March  14, 
1648.  4.  Daniel,  December  i,  1650.  5.  Sam- 
uel, October  28,  1653.  6.  Joshua,  November 
.S-  1655.  7.  Elizabeth,  June  15,  1657.  8. 
Sarah,  September  29,  1659.    9-  James,  lived  in 


Watertown.  10.  Martha,  April  i,  1662.  11. 
.Abigail,  February  4,  1664.  12.  Hannah, 
March  4,  1666.  13.  A  son,  December  18, 
1667. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (War- 
ren) Bigelow,  was  born  in  Watertown,  No- 
vember 5,  1655,  and  lived  many  years  in  that 
town,  although  the  latter  part  of  his  life  was 
spent  in  Narragansett  No.  2,  now  Westmin- 
ster, Massachusetts,  where  he  died  February 
I,  1745.  During  King  Philip's  war  he  was  a 
soldier  in  Captain  Ting's  company,  and  was 
wounded  in  battle  with  the  Indians,  and  in 
consideration  of  his  services  he  received  from 
the  general  court  a  grant  of  land  in  what  was 
known  as  Narragansett  No.  2,  but  now  is  the 
town  of  Westminster.  When  he  was  quite 
old  he  went  there  with  his  son  Ezekiel  and 
made  a  home.  He  married,  October  20,  1676, 
Elizabeth  Flagg,  born  March  22,  1657,  died 
August  9,  1729,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  Flagg;  children:  i.  Joshua,  born  No- 
vember 25,  1677;  married  Hannah  Fiske.  2. 
Jonathan,  March  22,  1679.  3-  John,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1681.  4.  Benjamin,  January  20,  1683, 
died  October  27,  1709.  5.  Jabez,  supposed  to 
have  gone  to  live  in  Bristol,  England.  6. 
Elizabeth,  August  3,  1687 ;  married  February 
28,  1724,  Jonathan  Harrington.  7.  David, 
April  30,  1694.  8.  Joseph,  December  29,  1695. 
9.  Daniel,  August  29,  1697.  10.  Ebenezer, 
September  4,  1698.  11.  Gershom,  September 
6,  1701.     12.  Eleizer,  March  14,  1705. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Joshua  and  Eliza- 
beth (Flagg)  Bigelow,  was  born  in  Water- 
town,  March  22,  1679,  and  died  after  January 
30,  1746.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  the 
town  of  Weston,  where  all  of  his  five  children 
are  believed  to  have  been  born.  He  married 
(first)  June  II,  1702,  Elizabeth  Bemis,  died 
January  11,  1734,  and  (second)  January  29, 
1742,  Mary  Rice,  of  Sudbury.  His  children  : 
I.  Jonathan,  born  January  11,  1707.  2.  Ben- 
jamin, December  8,  1709.  3.  Elizabeth,  about 
August  9,  1 71 3.  4.  Sarah,  July  26,  1719,  died 
November  22,  1739.     5.  James,  May  17,  1722. 

(IV)  James,  youngest  child  of  Jonathan 
and 'Elizabeth  (Bemis)  Bigelow,  was  born  in 
Weston,  May  17,  1722.  and  while  little  appears 
to  be  known  of  him  he  is  believed  to  have 
lived  for  a  time  at  least  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  baptismal  name  of  his  wife 
was  Sarah,  and  they  had  at  least  two  children : 
I.  James,  born  January  26,  1742  (one  record 
says  January  i,  1743).  2.  Enoch,  born  Oc- 
tober 2,  1746:  married  Betty  Clemons,  and 
lived  in  Charlton. 


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(V)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and 
Sarah  Bigclow,  was  born  in  "Western"  (Wes- 
ton), probably  January  26,  1742,  and  the  tra- 
dition is  that  "his  father  was  a  roving  man 
and  that  httle  was  known  of  him  or  what  be- 
came of  him."  It  is  said,  too,  that  the  son 
James  was  taken  when  a  small  child  and 
brought  up  in  a  family  of  another  name ;  and 
"from  what  little  we  learn  of  him  he  appears 
to  have  been  of  a  roving  disposition  and  had 
no  regular  abiding  place."  However,  about 
1758,  when  sixteen  years  old,  he  enlisted  for 
service  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and 
continued  in  service  until  its  close.  During 
the  revolution  he  enlisted,  April  19,  1775,  in 
Colonel  Dooliltle's  regiment,  and  served 
throughout  the  war;  and  he  never  re- 
ceived cither  bounty  or  pension  for  liis 
services. 

He  married,  about  1763,  Mary  Sawyer,  born 
in  Kittcry,  Maine,  October  29,  1740.  They  set- 
tled in  Templeton,  Massachusetts,  and  lived 
there  until  1786,  then  removed  to  Maine  and 
settled  in  RIoomfield,  now  Skowhegan.  He 
died  there  January  27,  1829,  aged  eighty-seven 
years,  and  his  wife  Mary  died  there  May  29, 
1817.  They  had  children:  I.  Betty,  born 
May  I,  1764;  married  Solomon  Steward.  2. 
James,  January  i,  1766.  3.  George,  twin, 
January  17,  1768;  married  Mary  Clark.  4. 
Mary,  twin,  January  17,  1768,  died  young.  5. 
Samuel,  November  3,  1769;  married  Rebecca 
Steward.  6.  Ephraim,  March  23,  1772:  mar- 
ried Esther  Coburn.  7.  Molly,  December  30, 
1774,  died  August  26,  1777.  8.  Abraham, 
August  20,  1777;  married  Susan  Emery.  9. 
Polly,  August  16,  1779;  married  James  Pratt. 
10.  Levi,  January  22,  1782;  married  Sally 
Emery. 

(VI)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  and 
Mary  (Sawyer)  Bigelow,  was  born  in  Tem- 
pleton, Massachusetts,  January  i,  1766,  and 
spent  his  life  chiefly  in  Skowhegan,  Maine ; 
he  married  Betty  (Betsey)  Davis;  children,  all 
born  in  Skowhegan:  i.  Cushman,  December 
15.  1797.  2.  Amasa,  September  22,  1799.  3. 
Mary,  May  5,  1801.  4.  Susan,  December  29, 
1803.  5.  James,  March  18,  1805.  6.  Joann, 
September  21,  1808.  7.  Jonathan,  October  17, 
1811.  8.  Betsey.  August  25,  1814.  9.  Sarah, 
December  20,  1817.  10.  Hannah,  April  27, 
1820.     II.  Louisa,  January  20,  1824. 

(\TI)  Susan  Bigelow.  daughter  of  James 
(3)  and  Betsey  (Davis)  Bigelow,  was  born 
in  Skowhegan,  Maine,  December  29,  1803,  and 
married  June  22,  1826,  Sullivan  Lothrop  (see 
Lothrop  \'H).  Thev  lived  at  St.  .A.lbans,  where 
Mr.  Lothrop  died  October  7,  1882. 


The  Josselyns  are  a  family 
JOSSELYN     of  Norman  origin,  and  went 

into  England  witli  William 
the  Conqueror  and  became  seated  in  Lincoln- 
shire. The  Earl  of  Roden  was  of  this  family, 
as  also  were  two  lord  mayors  of  the  city  of 
London,  1472  and  1476.  A  prelate  who  bore 
the  name  of  Joceline  was  made  abbot  of  Mel- 
rose Abbey  in  11 70,  and  became  bishop  of 
Glasgow  in  1174.  Besides  these  there  have 
been  some  very  eminent  men  in  English  his- 
tory who  bore  the  surname  Josceline.  The 
name  too  has  several  corruptions,  and  appears 
in  various  records  as  Joslin,  Josceline,  Joss- 
lyne,  Joslen,  Joseline  and  Josselyn,  the  latter 
being  the  generally  accepted  form  adopted  by 
the  New  England  family,  and  itself  one  of  the 
several  modifications  of  Joscelyne. 

(I)  Thomas  Josselyne,  husbandman,  came 
from  London,  England,  to  New  England,  in 
the  ship  "Increase,"  April  17,  1635.  He  then 
was  forty-three  years  old,  and  was  accompa- 
nied by  his  wife  Rebecca,  aged  forty-three, 
and  their  five  children.  Thomas  Josselyne  was 
a  proprietor  and  inhabitant  of  Hingham  and 
Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  was  selectman  in 
1645,  ^'''d  is  conceded  to  have  been  the  foun- 
der of  the  Josselyne  family  of  Plymouth  col- 
ony. He  died  in  Lancaster  in  1660.  After 
his  death  his  widow  Rebecca  married  William 
Kerly.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca 
Josselyne:  i.  Rebecca,  born  1617,  in  England; 
"died  Hingham,  September  22,  1675 ;  married 
Thomas  Nichols.  2.  Abraham,  born  1619 
(see  post).  3.  Joseph,  born  1621 ;  married 
and  had  children.  4.  Dorothy,  born  1624.  5. 
Nathaniel,  1627.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  1629; 
married  at  Boston,  June  21,  1652,  Edward 
Yeomans.     7.  Mary,  born   1634. 

(II)  Abraham,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Thomas  and  Rebecca  Josselyne,  was  born  in 
England  and  seems  to  have  been  a  mariner  by 
occupation.  He  did  not  come  to  America  with 
his  father's  family,  but  joined  them  soon  after 
in  Hingham.  Like  his  father  he  appears  to 
have  been  a  man  of  enterprise  and  some 
wealth.  He  had  an  assignment  of  land  in 
Hingham  in  1647,  and  had  children  baptized 
there  in  1649  and  1650.  In  1660  the  birth 
of  his  son  Nathaniel  was  recorded  in  Boston, 
and  perhaps  he  then  lived  there,  or  in  Hull. 
He  removed  to  Lancaster  before  1663,  and 
died  there  before  July  9,  1670,  when  "AVilliam 
Kerly  of  Marlborough,  husbandman,  by  the 
consent  and  approbation  of  Mrs.  Beatris  Jos- 
celin,  the  late  dec'd  .Abram  Joseline's  widow, 
sold  to  Abram  Joscelin,  eldest  sonne  of  the 
s'd   Mrs.  Jocelin,  86  acres  of  land   in   Lan- 


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STATE  OF  :\IAIXE. 


caster."  On  April  2,  1672,  "Abram  Jocelin, 
of  Lancaster,  was  admitted  administrator  of 
his  father's  estate,  and  presenting  an  inven- 
tory attested  the  same  on  oath."  The  name 
of  Abraham  Josselyn's  wife  was  Beatrice, 
variously  written  Beatris,  Beatrix  and  Bet- 
teris,  the  last  in  Boston  records,  and  also  in 
the  following  extract  from  Middlesex  deeds, 
which  decides  the  first  Abraham's  paternity 
and  occupation :  "Abram  Joslin,  of  Lancaster, 
mariner,  and  wife  Betteris,"  sold  May  29, 
1663,  to  Henry  Kemble,  of  Boston,  black- 
smith, certain  lands  in  Lancaster,  "formerly 
granted  to  his  (Abraham's)  father,  Thomas 
Joslin,  dec'd."  On  the  16th  of  the  9th  month, 
1671,  Mrs.  Beatrice  Joselyn  married  Benjamin 
Boseworth,  and  removed  to  Hull.  In  1682 
they  sold  their  property  at  Hull  and  removed 
to  Stow,  and  lived  there  several  years.  Chil- 
dren of  Abraham  and  Beatrice  Josselyn :  i. 
Abraham,  baptized  April  8,  1649.  2.  Henry 
(see  post).  3.  Philip,  baptized  December  15, 
1650.  4.  Nathaniel,  born  July  4,  1660,  died 
April  8,  1694.  5.  Joseph,  born  May  26,  1663. 
6.  Mary,  born  October  14,  1666.  6.  Rebecca, 
died  March,  1712-13. 

(HI)  Henry,  of  Scituate,  Massachusetts, 
blacksmith,  second  son  of  Abraham  and 
Beatrice  Josselyn,  was  in  Scituate  before  1669, 
according  to  Rev.  Samuel  Deane's  history  of 
that  town.  That  he  was  the  brother  of  Abra- 
ham Jr.,  and  therefore  son  of  Abraham,  the 
elder,  is  shown  by  the  court  records  already 
mentioned,  and  also  by  his  deed  to  Thomas 
Harris,  dated  November  i,  1695,  the  sub- 
stance of  which  is  as  follows :  "Henry  Joslyn, 
of  Scituate,  blacksmith,  and  wife  Abigail,  sold, 
etc.,  to  Thomas  Harris,  of  Boston,  no  acres 
of  land  in  Lancaster,  which  said  land  fifell  to 
the  said  Henry  Joslyn  by  the  death  of  his  el- 
der brother  Abraham  Joslyn,  it  being  the  same 
land  his  said  brother  possessed."  This  Abra- 
ham Joselyn,  brother  of  Henry,  was  killed  by 
Indians  at  Lancaster,  and  afterward  he  him- 
self "never  could  brook  the  sight  of  an  In- 
dian." He  died  at  Hanover,  Massachusetts, 
October  30,  1730,  being  called  on  the  church 
records  "the  oldest  man  for  years." 

Henry  Josselyn  married,  in  Scituate,  in 
1676,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Abi- 
gail Stockbridge;  children:  i.  Abigail,  born 
1677;  married,  1713,  Benjamin  Harmor.  2. 
Abraham,  born  1678.  3.  Anna,  born  1680, 
died  young.  4.  Charles,  born  1682.  5.  Mary, 
born  1684;  married,  1713,  Benjamin  Munroe. 
6.  Nathaniel,  born  1686;  married  171 1, 
Frances  Yellings.  7.  Rebecca,  born  1689, 
died    young.      8.  Jabez,    born     1690;     mar- 


ried   1722,   Sarah   Turner.     9.  Jemima,   born 
1695,  died  young.     10.  Keziah,  born  1695.    11. 
Henry,    born    1697    (see    post).      12.  Joseph, 
born  1699 ;  "was  eminent  for  christian  benev- 
olence and  patriotism"  ;  gave  the  bell  for  Han- 
over meeting  house;  bore  the  title  of  captain 
and  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Bardine 
Forge;   married,   in    1726,    Ruth    Bates.      13. 
Thomas,    born    1702;    was    selectman    several 
terms    and    representative    to    general    court; 
gave  a  communion   service  to  the   church  at 
Hanover,  where  for  many  years  he  was  dea- 
con ;  "no  man  in  that  part  of  Plymouth  Colony 
stood  higher  for  enterprise   and  political   sa- 
gacity";  married,  in  1732,  Anna  Stockbridge. 
Abigail  Stockbridge,  wife  of  Henry  Josselyn, 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 24,    1660-61,   daughter  of  Charles   and 
Abigail  Stockbridge,  who  lived  first  in  Boston, 
afterward  in  Charlestown,  and  finally  removed 
to  Scituate.     Charles  Stockbridge  was  born  in 
1634,  in  England,  and  is  said  to  have  built  by 
contract   the  second  water-power  mill   in  the 
town  of  Plymouth,  in  1676.     He  died  in  1683, 
and  his  widow  afterward  married  Amos  Tur- 
ner.    Charles  Stockbridge  was  a  son  of  John 
Stockbridge,  an  Englishman  by  birth,  a  wheel- 
wright by  trade,  and  who  came  to  America  in 
Tune,  1635,  in  the  ship  "Blessing,"  John  Lei- 
cester, master,  being  then  twenty-seven  years 
old.     He  was  accompanied  by  his  wife  Anne, 
aged  twenty-one,  and  their  son  Charles,  aged 
one  year.     John  Stockbridge  was  in  Scituate 
in  1638,  and  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  that 
year;  was  one  of  the  Conihasset  partners  in 
1646,  and  in   1656  purchased  one-half  of  the 
mill  privilege  of  John  Russell,  with  the  saw 
mill  which  Isaac  Stedman  had  built  ten  years 
before,  and  in  the  same  year  in  company  with 
Russell  erected  a  grist  mill.     About  the  same 
time  he  built  the  Stockbridge  mansion,  which 
was   used   as   a   garrison   house   during   King 
Phillip's   war.     John   and   Anne    Stockbridge 
had  seven  children,  of  whom  Charles  was  the 
first  born,  and  their  only  child  born  in  Eng- 
land. 

(IV)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  and 
Abigail  (Stockbridge)  Josselyn,  was  born  in 
1697,  and  lived  and  died  in  Pembroke,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  in  1721,  Llannah  Old- 
ham; children:  i.  Hannah,  born  October  i, 
1719;  married  November  16,  1738,  Henry 
Munroe,  of  Swansea.  2.  Lydia,  born  August 
25,  1722.  3.  Mary,  married  November  10, 
1742,  Shubael  Munroe.  4.  Henry,  born  June 
II,  1727.  5.  Margaret,  born  December  9, 
1729;  married  Seth  Ford.  6.  Joseph,  born 
June  22,  1734.    7.  Charles,  born  May  7,  1739. 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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8.  Lucy,  born  October  5,  1741  :  niaiTicd  Isaac 
Ford.    9.  Isaac  (see  post). 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  Flenry  (2)  and  Hannab 
(Oldbam)  Josselyn,  was  born  in  Hanover, 
Massacbusetts,  November  4,  1743.  He  was 
engaged  at  work  in  tlie  forge  there  for  many 
years,  and  afterward  removed  to  Maine, 
where  he  died.  He  married,  September  12, 
1772,  Lois  Ranisdell ;  children  :  i.  Isaac,  born 
January  3,  1774,  died  October  24,  1799;  mar- 
ried October  15,  1797,  Christiana  Josselyn.  2. 
Almerin,  born  July  16,  1775;  married  July  28, 
1801.  Chloe  Whitney.  3.  Lois,  born  1776,  died 
1778.  4.  Roland,  born  May  3,  1778;  married 
Mary  Church ;  lived  in  Maine.  5.  Lois,  born 
February  20,  1780;  married,  November  26, 
1801,  John  Woodworth.  6.  Hervey,  born 
January  23,  1782;  removed  to  Maine.  7. 
Hannnii,  born  and  died  in  1783.  8.  Alden. 
born  May  20,  1784  (see  post).  9.  Ezra,  born 
January  3,  1787;  removed  to  Maine.  10.  Syl- 
vester, born  June  6,  1789.  11.  Jolm  D.,  born 
June  4,  1791 ;  removed  to  Maine.  12.  Martin, 
born  1793,  removed  to  Maine,  and  died  there. 

(VI)  Alden,  son  of  Isaac  and  Lois  (Rams- 
dell)  Josselyn,  was  born  in  Hanover,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  20,  1784,  and  died  in  ]\Iaine. 
He  came  early  to  this  state,  whence  several 
others  of  his  family  had  settled,  and  lived 
at  Fayette.  He  married  Polly  Page  ;  children  : 
I.  Almerin,  died  at  age  of  nineteen  years.  2. 
Alden  Clark,  born  181 1;  married  Theodora 
Jenkins,  and  had  a  daughter,  Mehitable  Jen- 
kins, now  Mrs.  Julius  Blanchard,  of'Rumford 
Falls,  Maine.  3.  William  Harrison,  born  Au- 
gust 12,  1813.  4.  Lewis  Turner.  5.  John 
Dearborn,  married  Theresa  Crane :  children : 
Tudor  C,  Elwyn  R.,  Augustus,  Hattie  (Mrs. 
Bradbury  of  Rockland,  Massachusetts),  May 
Louise  and  Carrie  F.  6.  Martin  Luther, 
married,  and  had  a  son  Martin. 

(VII)  William  Harrison,  son  of  Alden  and 
Polly  (Page)  Josselyn,  was  born  in  Fayette, 
Maine,  August  12,  1813,  and  died  in  Portland, 
October  16.  1882.  When  a  boy,  although  left 
principally  to  his  own  resources,  he  acquired  a 
good  common  school  and  academic  education. 
On  arriving  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years 
he  removed  to  the  town  of  Phillips,  in  Frank- 
lin county,  and  obtained  employment  as  a  clerk 
in  a  store  in  the  village.  In  that  position  he 
remained  about  three  years.  He  then  went 
into  mercantile  business  for  himself  in  the 
town,  and  for  thirty  years  maintained  the 
character  of  an  honorable  and  successful  mer- 
chant, at  the  end  of  which  time,  in  1866,  he  re- 
moved to  Portland. 

During  his  long  residence  in  Phillips,  Mr. 


Josselyn  was  a  leading  citizen  enjo_\ing  in  an 
eminent  degree  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
that  entire  community.  For  sixteen  years  he 
was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Phillips,  and  for 
about  the  same  length  of  time  one  of  the 
superintending  school  committee  of  the  town. 
In  1855  he  represented  the  Phillips  district 
in  the  Maine  house  of  representatives.  But 
this  popularity  was  not  confined  to  his  adopted 
town.  In  1863  and  1864  he  was  the  meinber 
of  the  state  senate  from  Franklin  county  and 
held  high  rank  in  that  body.  After  his  re- 
moval to  Portland  he  was  elected  to  the  com- 
mon council  from  ward  number  three  in  1871, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen  in 
1872,  after  which  he  voluntarily  retired  from 
public  life:  and,  although  he  was  before  and 
since  that  time  offered  other  public  positions 
he  uniformly  declined  them.  For  about  twenty 
years  Mr.  Josselyn  had  been  an  active,  influ- 
ential member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary  and  Female  Col- 
lege, and  at  various  times  contributed  liberally 
to  the  funds  of  that  institution,  where  a  por- 
tion of  his  family  received  their  education. 

After  removing  to  Portland  Mr.  Josselyn 
first  went  into  business  as  a  flour  merchant, 
in  company  with  Ralph  and  Alonzo  Butler. 
He  was  subsequently  engaged  with  Arad  Ev- 
ans in  wholesale  and  retail  furniture  about  six 
years.  He  then,  in  company  with  his  son 
Theodore  A.  Josselyn,  engaged  in  the  flour 
business,  as  wholesale  cornmission  merchants, 
and  continued  a  member  of  this  firm  until 
1877,  when  on  account  of  failing  health  he 
retired  and  did  not  afterward  engage  in  any 
active  business.  During  his  long  career  as  a 
merchant  he  always  enjoyed  the  entire  con- 
fidence of  the  business  world.  Honest,  prompt 
and  energetic,  fair  and  square  in  all  his  busi- 
ness relations,  he  made  life  in  this  department 
a  success. 

In  politics  Mr.  Josselyn  was  originally  a 
Whicr,  and  so  continued  until  the  formation  of 
the  Republican  party,  when  he  was  among  the 
first  to  connect  himself  with  that  political  or- 
ganization, in  which  faith  he  lived  and  died, 
in  early  life  he  embraced  the  christian  religion 
and  connected  himself  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  continuing  a  member  of  that 
denomination  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
While  in  Phillips  he  was  the  mainstay  and 
support  of  the  IVIethodist  church  in  that  town, 
contributing  largely  of  his  means  and  devoting 
much  time  and  personal  labor  to  the  advance- 
ment-of  the  cause.  Upon  removing  to  Port- 
land he  connected  himself  with  the  Chestnut 
Street  Methodist  Episcopal  church.     In  each 


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of  these  churclies  he  Iield  nearly  all  the  offices 
known  among  the  laity  of  that  denomination. 
During  his  long  religious  life  not  a  shade  had 
ever  been  thrown  across  his  christian  charac- 
ter. Mr.  Josselyn  was  a  man  of  strong,  de- 
cided convictions.  He  was  careful  and  de- 
liberate in  forming  his  opinions,  but  when 
once  his  mind  was  made  up  nothing  could 
turn  him  aside  from  what  he  believed  to  be 
right.  As  a  friend  he  was  genial,  kind-hearted, 
sympathizing  and  true.  But  it  was  in  the 
sacred  retirement  of  the  family  circle  that  his 
virtuous  life  shone  forth  with  the  greater  lus- 
ter. No  man  was  ever  more  happy  in  all  his 
domestic  relations. 

He  married  Mary  Ann  Marston  (see  Mars- 
ton),  born  May  22,  1817,  died  August  4,  1889, 
having  survived  her  husband  about  seven 
years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Theodore  and 
Polly  Marston,  of  Phillips,  and  niece  of  the 
late  Bishop  Joshua  Soule.  Mrs.  Josselyn  was 
brought  up  in  the  town  of  Phillips,  was  edu- 
cated there,  and  early  became  an  earnest  mem- 
ber of  the  RTethodist  Episcopal  church.  Will- 
iam Harrison  and  Mary  Ann  (Marston) 
Josselyn  had  children:  i.  Theodore  Alden, 
born  December  18,  1842.  2.  Geneva  Ella, 
died  at  the  age  of  ten  years.  3.  Lewis  Har- 
rison, born  September  4.  1848;  lives  in  Bos- 
ton ;  owner  of  the  C.  E.  Osgood  Company, 
merchants.  4.  Mary  Emma,  born  February 
12,  1854;  married,  September  22,  1875,  War- 
ren W.  Cole,  of  Portland,  treasurer  of  the  E. 
T.  Burrowes  Company,  manufacturers  of 
screens.  5.  Lena  Marston,  born  May  27, 
1857;  married  Edward  Sewall  Everett,  of  the 
firm  of  Cook,  Everett  &  Pennell,  wholesale 
druggists  of  Portland. 

(VHI)  Theodore  Alden,  eldest  son  of  Will- 
iam Harrison  and  Mary  Ann  (Marston)  Josse- 
lyn, was  born  in  Phillips,  Franklin  county. 
Maine,  December  18,  1842,  died  in  Portland, 
October  j,  1905.  He  spent  the  days  of  his  boy- 
hood and  early  manhood  in  his  native  town, 
and  prior  to  graduating  from  the  Maine  Wes- 
leyan  Seminary  he  taught  school  in  the  neigh- 
boring districts.  He  graduated  in  1864  with 
highest  honors,  and  in  1869  removed  to  Port- 
land, where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was 
passed.  In  1869  he  was  the  junior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Butler,  Josselyn  &  Son,  the  firm 
being  made  up  of  his  father,  William  H. 
Josselyn,  and  Ralph  Butler,  the  latter  of  whom 
continued  business  until  1874  and  then  re- 
tired. The  firm  name  then  was  changed  to 
Josselyn  &  Company,  and  continued  in  .busi- 
ness until  1878.  when  Mr.  Josselyn's  father 
retired,  and  Augustus  D.  Brown  was  admit- 


ted to  the  firm,  which  then  took  the  style  of 
Brown  &  Josselyn.  In  1890  Mr.  Brown  died, 
but  the  firm  name  continued.  Mr.  Josselyn 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  took  more 
than  an  ordinary  interest  in  public  affairs.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  city  council  for  two 
years,  1890-91,  alderman  in  1892-93,  and  in 
1902-03-05  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature, 
where  he  served  two  terms.  He  felt  a  great 
pride  in  the  city  of  Portland  and  the  state  of 
Maine,  and  great  faith  in  the  future  of  both. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  board  of 
trade,  and  for  several  years  was  one  of  its 
board  of  managers.  He  was  also  a  director 
in  the  Canal  National  Bank,  and  a  trustee  of 
the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary  and  Woman's 
College.  He  was  also  active  in  many  of  the 
charitable  organizations  of  his  native  city  and 
state,  and  charity  without  ostentation  was  one 
of  his  strong  characteristics.  He  was  at  the 
head  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  reliable 
business  houses,  the  development  of  which 
was  due  almost  wholly  to  his  farsighted  man- 
agement, and  up  to  the  time  of  his  last  illness 
no  man  was  more  regularly  at  his  post  of 
business  than  he.  His  character  was  exempli- 
fied in  his  thorough  business  methods.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  companionable  of  men, 
always  reliable  in  all  of  his  dealings  and  social 
relations,  and  as  a  public  official  in  the  councils 
of  the  city  and  state  he  served  with  marked 
ability  and  fidelity.  On  the  occasion  of  Mr. 
Josselyn's  death  the  following  notice  of  him 
appeared  in  one  of  the  leading  papers  of  Port- 
land: 

"Mr.  Josselyn  had  been  in  impaired  health 
for  some  time,  and  gradually  had  been  failing 
since  the  adjournment  of  the  legislature  in 
which  he  was  one  of  the  representatives  from 
this  city,  and  where  with  that  tireless  activity 
ever  so  characteristic  of  him  he  had  worked 
so  earnestly  and  loyally.  Indeed,  there  is  little 
doubt  that  the  cares  of  his  official  position  in 
the  legislature  combined  with  those  of  his  ex- 
tensive business  life  weighed  so  heavily  on 
him  as  to  seriously  afifect  his  health.  But  he 
made  a  strong  fight  and  at  the  adjournment 
of  the  legislature  resumed  the  personal  direc- 
tion of  his  business.  Early  in  the  summer, 
however,  he  was  obliged  reluctantly  to  lay 
aside  his  business  cares. 

"Theodore  A.  Josselyn  was  one  of  Port- 
land's sterling  business  men  and  none  was 
more  esteemed,  respected  and  trusted  than  he, 
by  his  business  associates  and  by  the  people  of 
the  city.  Although  a  man  who  never  sought 
public  office,  he  has  been  repeatedly  called  by 
his   fellow  citizens   to   positions  of  trust  and 


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honor  which  he  filled  with  strict  devotion  to 
what  was  Iionorahle  and  ri,i;ht,  displaying  a 
clear  sij?htcdncss  and  accuracy  of  jiid;:;incnt 
whicli  made  him  a  most  valuable  public  serv- 
ant. As  a  member  of  both  branches  of  the 
city  council,  at  one  time  being  the  only  Repub- 
lican member  thereof,  his  counsels  were  lis- 
tened to  and  2;enerally  heeded  for  his  unselfish- 
ness, his  uprightness  and  his  usually  unerring 
judgment  were  recognized  by  all.  When  he 
was  elected  to  the  stale  legislature  these  same 
qualities,  unusual  as  they  are  valuable,  early 
obtained  recognition  and  during  his  service 
there  he  became  one  of  the  most  influential 
and  efficient  members.  On  more  than  one  oc- 
casion, by  saying  the  word,  he  might  have 
become  his  party's  candidate  for  mayor  of  the 
city,  which  in  the  case  of  a  man  .so  popular 
and  universally  trusted  as  Mr.  Josselyn  would 
have  been  equivalent  to  an  election,  and  it  was 
the  hope  of  his  many  friends  and  admirers 
that  he  might  sometime  see  his  way  clear  to 
serve  his  city  as  its  chief  executive. 

"Mr.  Josselyn,  while  not  an  ostentatious 
giver,  was  one  of  the  most  charitable  men  in 
Portland  and  gave  freely  of  his  means  to  as- 
sist those  less  fortunate  than  himself.  And  as 
in  everything  else  which  he  did,  he  was  an 
intelligent  giver  and  made  a  study  of  intelli- 
gent charity  work.  He  was  a  most  valuable 
member  of  many  of  Portland's  charitable  in- 
stitutions and  organizations.  Quiet  and  un- 
assuming in  manner,  never  pushing  himself 
forward,  not  a  public  speech  maker,  Mr. 
Josselyn  by  his  conspicuous  public  services, 
his  unfailing  geniality  and  kindness  became 
one  of  the  most  widely  known  men  in  the  city 
and  state,  and  not  one  of  his  thousands  of  ac- 
quaintances but  regarded  him  as  a  friend."' 

He  married,  R^ay  31,  1866,  Lorania  Rand, 
born  in  Phillips,  May  8,  1844,  daughter  of 
Ephraim  and  Eouisa  .A.  Rand,  of  Philli]5s. 
Thev  had  two  children,  Harrison  C.  and  Ever- 
ett Rand. 

(IX)  Harrison  Clyde,  son  of  Theodore  A. 
and  Lorania  (Rand)  Josselyn,  was  born  in 
Farmington,  Maine,  August  9.  1870,  and  was 
educated  in  the  Portland  public  schools  and 
at  Phillips  Andover  Academy,  Andover,  Mas- 
sachusetts, class  of  '92.  He  was  a  clerk  in 
the  employ  of  Brown  &  Josselyn  in  1892,  and 
became  a  partner  in  the  firm  in  1897.  After 
the  death  of  their  father,  Elarrison  C.  and 
Everett  R.  Josselyn  succeeded  to  the  business 
he  had  left,  and  have  since  carried  it  on  with 
gratifying  success.  The  firm  of  Brown  & 
Josselyn  has  had  a  long  and  successful  career, 
and  stands  among  the  best  in  Xew  England 


for  integrity  and  honorable  business  methods. 
It  carries  on  an  extensive  general  commission 
business  in  flour,  grain  and  feed  throughout 
the  state  of  Maine  and  eastern  and  northern 
New  Hampshire.  II.  C.  Josselyn  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  Ancient 
Landmark  Lodge,  No.  17,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  Mt.  Vernon  Royal  Arch  Chapter, 
No.  I ;  Portland  Council,  No.  4,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters ;  and  Portland  Commandery, 
No.  2,  Knights  Templar;  also  of  the  Maine 
Genealogical  Society,  the  Portland  Board  of 
Trade,  and  of  several  local  clubs.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Portland,  April  5,  1899,  Alice  S. 
Chase,  born  in  Portland,  January  11,  1875, 
only  child  of  Charles  S.  and  Louise  K.  (Saw- 
yier)  Chase. 

(IX)  Everett  Rand,  son  of  Theodore  Al- 
den  and  Lorania  (Rand)  Josselyn,  was  born 
in  Portland,  Maine,  August  29,  1874,  and  was 
educated  in  Portland  public  schools,  Hebron 
Academy  and  Colby  University,  graduating 
from  the  latter  with  the  class  of  '98.  In  busi- 
ness life  he  is  junior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Brown  &  Josselyn,  general  flour  and  feed  mer- 
chants, Portland.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Portland  city  government,  and  also  of  the 
city  fire  commission  from  1902  to  1908.  He  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Portland  Board  of 
Trade;  Portland  Lodge,  No.  i.  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Mt.  Vernon  Chapter,  No.  i, 
R.  A.  M.;  Portland  Lodge,  No.  188,  B.  P.  O. 
E. ;  the  United  Commercial  Travellers,  Port- 
land Yacht  Club,  Portland  Motor  Boat  Club, 
the  Lincoln  Club  and  Zeta  Psi  fraternity,  Chi 
Chapter.  Mr.  Josselyn  married,  April  21, 
1904,  Mary  Louise,  only  daughter  of  Hon. 
George  Dana  and  Louise  Bisbee,  of  Rumford 
Falls,  Maine. 


The  surname  Hevwood  is 
HEYWOOD     distinct     from     Haywood, 

Hayward  and  Howard,  al- 
though the  spelling  of  each  in  every  possible 
way  makes  it  difficult  not  to  confuse  the  fam- 
ilies, especially  where  Heywards,  Howards 
and  Hevwoods  were  living  in  the  same  town. 
The  derivation  of  the  name  Hevwood  is  given 
in  a  pedigree  prepared  by  Peter  John  Hev- 
wood, of  Whitehaven,  England,  1781,  and 
published  in  "Hunter's  Life  and  Times  of 
Oliver  Heywood,"  who  was  a  non-conformist 
clergyman  of  note  in  the  days  of  Charles  I. 
The  pedigree  runs  back  to  the  year  1164,  a 
period  when  surnames  were  beginning  to 
come  into  use  in  the  mother  country.  Often 
some  local  feature  of  a  man's  place  of  resi- 
dence was  employed  to  distinguish  him  from 


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others  bearing  the  same  christian  name.  The 
earHest  authentic  document  containing  the 
name  of  Heywood  or  its  prototype  is  a  title 
deed,  still  preserved,  for  a  tract  of  land  in 
Lancashire  from  one  Adame  de  Burgo  or  de 
Bury,  who  held  the  knight's  fee  to  a  large 
section  of  territory  in  the  vicinity  to  Peter  de 
Ey-wood,  that  is,  "of  wooded  island."  The 
latter  was  the  reputed  founder  of  the  Hey- 
wood family  in  England,  from  which  the 
American  family  is  descended.  This  estate 
remained  in  the  possession  of  the  descendants 
of  Peter  Heywood  more  than  five  hundred 
years,  or  vmtil  171 7,  when  Robert  Heywood 
sold  it  to  John  Starkey,  of  Rochdale,  whose 
grandson,  James  Starkey,  dying  intestate,  al- 
lowed the  place  to  pass  into  the  hands  of  the 
Crown.  It  is  now  an  attractive  public  park, 
having  been  donated  for  the  purpose  by  Queen 
Victoria.  While  the  English  line  from  this 
Peter  Heywood  is  traced  in  an  unbroken  line 
from  this  Peter  Heywood,  the  ancestry  of  the 
emigrants  to  America  had  not  at  last  accounts 
been  discovered.  James  and  John  Heywood. 
both  about  twenty-two  years  old.  presumably 
brothers,  came  together  in  the  ship  "Planter" 
in  1635.  They  were  both  certified  from  Step- 
ney parish,  London.  James  Heywood  settled 
in  Charlestown  and  Woburn,  where  he  died 
November  20,  1642. 

(I)  John  Heywood,  mentioned  above,  was 
probably  born  in  London  about  1620,  died 
January  11,  1707.  He  settled  in  Concord, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1670.  He  married  (first)  August  17,  i6,s6, 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas  Atkinson.  She 
was  probably  not  his  first  wife,  unless  his  age 
is  estimated  wrongly.  She  died  166s  and  he 
married  (second)  Sarah  Simonds.  He  mar- 
ried   (third)    Priscilla   ,    who   survived 

him.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Rebecca, 
born  September  9,  1657,  died  young.  2.  Re- 
becca, May  13,  1660.  3.  John,  April  5,  1662, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Persis,  April  11,  1664. 
5.  Benoni,  July  31,  1665,  died  young.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  6.  Sarah,  August  30, 
1666.  7.  Judith.  January  3,  1667.  8.  Mary, 
November  3,  1669.  9-  Abigail,  April  9,  1672. 
10.  William.  April  17,  1674.  11.  Huldah, 
September  17,  1676.  12.  James,  January  27, 
1678-79.  13.  Joseph,  January  3,  1680-81.  14. 
Beniamin,  March  17,  1682-83. 

(H)  Deacon  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i) 
Heywood,  was  born  in  Concord,  April  5,  1662, 
died  there  January  2,  1718.  He  was  con- 
stable of  Concord  in  1676.  and  in  his  later 
years  kept  an  ordinary  or  inn.  He  married 
Sarah     .       Children:      i.  Sarah.       2. 


Thomas,  born  July  16,  1686.  3.  Samuel,  Oc- 
tober II,  1687,  married,  1710,  Elizabeth  Hub- 
bard; died  October  28,  1750;  deacon  and  town 
officer;  thirteen  children.  4.  Edmund,  July 
31,  1689.  5.  Josiah.  November  15,  1691,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Daniel,  April  15,  1694,  re- 
moved to  Worcester ;  married  Hannah  Ward. 

7.  Eleazer,  August  3.  1696.  8.  Nathan,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1698.    9.  Sarah,  January  18,  1700- 

01.  10.  John,  March  14,  1703,  settled  in  Lu- 
nenburg. II.  Mary,  March  23,  1704.  12. 
Phinehas,  July  18,  1707,  settled  in  Shrews- 
bury; married  Elizabeth  Moore;  died  IMarch 
6,  1776.     13.  Benjamin,  October  25,  1709. 

(in)  Josiah,  son  of  Deacon  John  (2)  Hey- 
wood,  was   born   in   Concord,   November    15 

1691.     He  married  Lydia  .     Children 

born  in  Concord,     i.  Josiah,  March  28,  1717. 

2.  Edward,  November  28,  1718.  3.  John 
May  3,  1720,  died  December  15,  1721.  4. 
John,  May  29,  1722.  5.  Lydia,  May  24,  1724, 
6.  Peter.  April  24,  1726,  mentioned  below.  7, 
Oliver,  August  12,  1728.    8.  Hannah,  August 

8,  1730.  9.  Lucy,  October  24,  1732,  died 
1732. 

(IV)  Peter,  son  of  Josiah  Heywood,  was 
born  in  Concord,  April  24,  1726.  He  settled 
at  Canaan,  Maine,  now  Skowhegan.  He  mar- 
ried, May  29,  1750,  Sarah  Wesson  or  Weston. 
Children,  born  at  Concord:  i.  Peter,  March 
28,  1751.  2.  Asa,  August  25,  1754.  3.  Sarah, 
February  9,  1757.  4.  Hannah,  August  11, 
1750.  married  Isaac  Smith.     (See  Smith  VI.) 


William  Swift  (or  Swyft),  the 
SWIFT     patriarch   ancestor  of  the   Swifts 

of  Sandwich.  Cape  Cod,  Massa- 
chusetts, came  from  Bocking,  Suffolk  county, 
England,  with  the  great  flood  of  immigrants 
who  left  England,  1630-34,  to  make  new 
homes  in  the  New  World.  He  landed  in  Bos- 
ton, probably  in  1630,  and  settled  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  He  sold 
his  property  in  Watertown  in  1637  and  re- 
moved to  Plymouth  Colony,  locating  at  Sand- 
wich in  1638.  He  died  there  in  January, 
1643,  and  the  inventory  of  his  estate  amounted 
to  forty-seven  pounds,  eleven  shillings,  one 
pence.  His  widow  Joan  made  a  will  October 
12,  1662,  and  in  it  she  named  her  son  Will- 
iam and  his  children :  two  sons  of  Daniel 
Wing  and  grandsons  of  John  and  Deborah 
(Bochiler)  Wing  and  great-grandsons  of  the 
Rev.  Stephen  Wing  (Daniel  Wing  had  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  the  testatrix,  No- 
vember 5,  1642,  and  she  had  died  January  31, 
1664).  The  testatrix  also  married  Experience 
and  Zebediah,  children  of  Mr.  Allen  and  Mary 


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Dorley.  That  the  Swifts  were  not  strict 
Puritans  is  shown  by  the  record  of  the  ten 
shillings  laid  on  her  October  2.  1669  "for 
beinp  at  Quaker  Meeting." 

(II)  \Villiam,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
Joan  Swift,  was  a  passenger  with  his  parents 
in  their  voyage  across  the  Atlantic.  He  was 
probably  born  in  England  in  1627.  He  was 
active  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  of  Sandwich, 
and  in  1654-55  subscribed  fifteen  shillings  to- 
ward building  a  new  meeting  house,  one  of 
the  largest  subscriptions  on  the  list.  On  the 
23rd  of  2d  month,  1675,  his  name  is  recorded 
among  the  freemen  of  Sandwich.  He  made  a 
will  December  15,  1705,  which  was  probated 
January  29,  1706,  and  in  it  he  names  his  wife 
Ruth,  his  sons,  William,  Ephraim,  Samuel, 
Josiah,  Jirali.  and  her  daughters,  Mary,  Tem- 
perance, Esther  and  Dianah.  Of  these  chil- 
dren we  know  as  follows:  i.  William,  born 
August  28,  1654,  made  his  will  June  17,  1700, 
and  the  instrument  was  probated  May  12, 
1 701.  He  names  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  the 
following  children :  William,  born  January  24, 
1679;  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Josiah  and 
Ebenezer.  William  (2)  died  five  years  before 
the  death  of  his  father.  2.  Ephraim,  born 
June  6,  1656,  made  his  will  April  10,  1735, 
and  the  instrument  was  probated  February  17. 
1742,  in  which  he  names  his  wife  Sarah  and 
children:  Elizabeth,  born  December  29,  1680; 
Joanna.  July  7,  1684;  Samuel,  April  9,  1686; 
Ephraim,  December  16,  1688;  Sarah,  April 
12,  1692;  Hannah,  May  19,  1695;  Moses,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1699.  3.  ]\iary,  April  17,  1659.  4. 
Samuel,  August  10,  1662,  had  wife  Mary 
named  in  his  will  of  October  5,  1730.  and 
probated  June  6,  1735.  5.  Josiah,  married 
(first)  April  16,  1706,  Mary  Bodfish,  prob- 
ably daughter  of  Joseph  Bodfish,  and  (second) 
Experience  Nye,  daughter  of  John  Nye.  6. 
Jirah    (q.  v.). 

(III)  Jirah,  fifth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
William  and  Sarah  Swift,  was  born  in  Sand- 
wich, Plymouth  Colony,  in  1665.  He  was 
married  Is'^ovember  26,  1697,  to  Abigail  Gibbs. 
He  was  admitted  as  a  townsman  of  the  town 
of  Sandwich  in  1700  and  as  freeman  in  1702. 
He  made  his  will  March  29,  1744,  and  in  it 
he  names  his  wife  Mary  and  she  was  his  sec- 
ond wife.  His  will  was  probated  l\Iay  i, 
1749,  which  fixes  the  date  of  his  death  as 
April  of  that  year.  He  joined  a  large  num- 
ber of  the  members  of  the  church  in  Sandwich 
in  a  petition  to  the  general  court  to  dismiss 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Fessenden  as  not  a  suitable  min- 
ister of  the  church  or  allow  the  dissenters  to 
form  a  new  church,  but  the  petition  was  dis- 


missed by  tlie  court.  Jirali  and  .Abigail 
(Gibbs)  Swift  had  children  including  Roland, 
who  married  Mary  Dexter,  and  their  son 
Zephaniah,  born  in  Wareham,  Massachusetts, 
February  27,  1759,  was  graduated  at  Yale, 
A.  B.,  1777;  A.  M.,  1781;  was  a  representa- 
tive from  Connecticut  in  the  third  and  fourth 
congresses,  1793-97  ;  was  judge  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Connecticut,  1801-06,  and  chief  jus- 
tice, 1806-19.  He  married  Lucretia  Webb  and 
had  seven  children.  Yale  and  Middlcburg 
conferred  on  him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL. 
D.  in  18 1 7  and  1821  respectively.  He  was  the 
author  of  valued  law  books.  He  died  in  War- 
ren, Ohio,  September  27,  1823.  Lewis  Swift, 
the  astronomer,  was  a  son  of  General  Lewis 
Swift  and  grandson  of  Roland  and  Mary 
(Dexter)  Swift.   Another  son  was  Job  (q.  v.). 

(IV)  Job,  son  of  Jirah  and  Abigail  (Gibbs) 
Swift,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts, 
October  3,  171 1,  and  died  at  Stoughtonham 
(Sharon),  Massachusetts,  February  14,  1801. 
He  married  Sarah  Blackwell,  who  was  born 
at  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  February  6,  1713, 
and  died  April  2,  1772,  at  Sharon,  then  known 
as  Stoughtonham.  The  marriage  took  place 
January  20,  1733.  The  children  of  Job  and 
Sarah  (Blackwell)  Swift  were:  i.  Job  (2), 
who  married  (first)  September  14,  1768,  Re- 
becca Coming,  and  (second)  April  5,  1779, 
Elizabeth  Guild.  2.  Joshua  (q.  v.).  3. 
Philps,  who  was  buried  at  Sandwich,  October 
17,  1754.  4.  Charity,  who  w-as  buried  at 
Sandwich,  November  18,  1754.  5.  Patience, 
who  died  February  12,  1765.  6.  Jirah,  who 
married  Waitstill  Lyon  on  July  31,  1769,  and 
had  children:  Jirah,  born  June  30,  1770; 
Zepha,  June  3,  1772;  Wyeth,  April  27,  1774; 
Azil,   February  23,   1776. 

(V)  Joshua,  second  son  of  Job  and  Sarah 
(Blackwell)  Swift,  was  born  in  Stoughton- 
ham (Sharon),  IMassachusetts,  August  24, 
1744.  He  was  a  private  in  the  American  army 
in  the  revolutionary  war.  enlisting  at  Boston, 
January  or  February,  1781,  and  serving  two 
years  in  Captain  James  Wilkinson's  company, 
Colonel  Graton's  regiment.  He  took  part  in 
several  skirmishes  with  the  enemy  and  was  an 
applicant  for  a  pension,  May  4,  1818,  at  which 
time  he  was  a  resident  of  Lisle,  Browne 
county,  New  York,  and  his  age  seventy-four 
years.  He  was  married  June  14,  1769,  to 
Mary  Hewins,  who  was  born  in  Stoughton- 
ham, IMassachusetts,  in  1 751,  and  after  the 
war  they  removed  to  Lisle.  Browne  county, 
New  York,  where  the  soldier  died  after  May 
4,  1818.  at  which  time  he  was  seventy-four 
years  of  age.     Their  son  Joshua   (q.  v.)   was 


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born  the  same  year  in  which  his  father  joined 
the  patriot  army. 

(VI)  Joshua  (2).  son  of  Joshua  (i).  the 
soldiej,  and  Mary  (Hewins)  Swift,  was  born 
at  Sharon,  Massachusetts,  in  1781.  He  re- 
moved to  Fairlee,  Vermont,  where  he  married 
Martha  Marston,  a  native  of  that  place,  and 
he  became  a  prominent  citizen.  He  was  a 
deacon  in  the  Congregational  church  for  many 
years,  and  his  daughter,  Rebecca,  was  born 
in  Fairlee,  November  29,  1804,  and  married, 
September  4,  1830,  Grant  Smith  (see  Smith 
HI).  Deacon  Joshua  Swift  died  in  Fairlee, 
Vermont,  August,  1852.  He  was  the  grand- 
father of  Sheridan  Irving  Smith. 


The  Thomas  family  appears 
THOMAS  very  early  in  Plymouth  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts,  where  there 
were  several  representatives  of  the  name.  It 
has  been  identified  with  the  settlement  and 
<levelopment  of  Maine  from  a  very  early  pe- 
riod in  the  history  of  this  state  and  has  sent 
out   from   here  many  worthy  representatives. 

(I)  William  Thomas,  born  about  1573,  was 
one  of  the  merchant  adventurers  from  Lon- 
don who  sailed  from  Yarmouth,  England,  in 
the  "Mary  and  Anne,"  in  1637.  He  had  pre- 
viously been  in  the  Plymouth  Colony  as  early 
as  1630,  and  as  early  as  1641  settled  at  Green 
Harbor,  in  the  town  of  Marshfield,  Massachu- 
setts. His  estate  at  that  point  subsequently 
became  the  home  of  Daniel  Webster.  He  was 
evidently  a  man  of  property,  as  he  gave  land 
for  the  minister  and  a  site  for  a  meeting  house 
at  Green  Harbor,  where  he  died  in  August, 
1651. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Williarn  Thomas, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1606,  and  died  in 
Marshfield,  in  1674.  He  brought  from  Eng- 
land a  wife  whose  name  has  not  been  re- 
corded. Children:  William,  born  1638  ;  Mary, 
married  Simeon  Ray,  of  Block  Island ;  Na- 
thaniel. 1643:  Elizabeth,  1646. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  second  son  of  Nathan- 
iel (i)  Thomas,  born  1643,  died  in  Marsh- 
field, October  22,  1718.  He  was  a  soldier  at 
the  first  outbreak  of  King  Philip's  war,  held 
the  rank  of  lieutenant,  and  was  later  promoted 
to  captain.  He  was  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1672  and  for  seven  years  there- 
after, from  Boston.  He  married  (first)  Feb- 
ruary II,  1664,  Deborah,  youngest  daughter 
of  Nicholas  and  Mary  Jacobs,  of  Hingham, 
where  she  was  baptized  November  26,  1643. 
She  died  June  17.  1696,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth,  widow  of  Captain  William 
Condy,  whose  maiden  name  was  Dolberv.   She 


died  in  December,  1713,  and  he  married 
(third)  in  1714,  widow  Elizabeth  Wade, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Dunster,  first  presi- 
dent of  Harvard  College.  Children  :  Nathan- 
iel, Joseph,  Deborah.  Dorothy,  William, 
Elish'a.  Joshua,  Caleb,  Isaac  and  JMary. 

(R")  Nathaniel  (3),  eldest  son  of  Nathan- 
iel (2)  and  Deborah  (Jacobs)  Thomas,  was 
born  in  1664,  in  Sandwich,  and  died  there 
February  24,  1738,  and  was  buried  at  Ply- 
mouth. He  married  (first)  in  1694,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Appleton,  of  Ipswich,  and 
(second)  in  1730,  Anna  (Tisdale)  widow  of 
George  Leonard.  Children,  born  of  the  first 
marriage:  Nathaniel,  died  young;  John,  born 
1696;  Nathaniel,  1700;  Joseph,  1702;  and 
Mary,  1709. 

(V)  Joseph,  third  son  of  Nathaniel  (4) 
and  Mary  (Appleton)  Thomas,  was  born 
1702,  in  Sandwich,  and  probably  lived  in  Dux- 
bury,  though  no  account  of  him  appears  in 
the  records  of  that  town.  It  is  presumable 
that  his  stay  there  was  short.  He  married,  in 
Boston,  June  24,  1737,  Silence  Adams,  Rev. 
Samuel  Mather  performing  the  ceremony. 

(\'l)  Joseph  (2),  undoubtedly'  a  son  of 
Joseph  (i)  and  Silence  (Adams)  Thomas, 
was  born  in  or  near  Boston,  about  1738,  and 
resided  at  Roxbury.  He  was  probably  a  sea- 
faring man,  as  the  family  tradition  states 
that  he  was  drowned  in  Boston  Harbor.  No 
record  appears  of  his  marriage,  but  the  fam- 
ily history  states  that  he  had  sons  Ichabod 
and  Joseph,  who  went  with  their  widowed 
mother  to  Sidney,  Maine.  The  mother  died 
at  Brownville,  JNIaine,  June  24,  1823,  aged 
ninety-five  years  nine  months. 

(VII)  Ichabod,  elder  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Thomas,  was  born  in  1758-59,  probably  in 
Roxbury,  and  lived  for  some  time  in  Sidney, 
whence  he  removed  to  Katahdin  Iron  Works, 
Maine,  about  1815,  and  three  years  later  re- 
moved to  Brownville,  where  he  died  Febru- 
ary 25,  1845.  He  served  one  year  as  a  soldier 
in  the  revolutionary  war,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Wiscassett,  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation. 
While  residing  in  Sidney  he  served  as  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts, making  the  journey  on  horseback  to 
Boston  to  attend  its  sessions.  While  living  in 
Brownville  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace. 
He  married  Mehitable  Crosby,  lineal  descend- 
ant of  the  famous  Winslow  family  of  Massa- 
chusetts. She  was  probably  born  at  Sidney 
about  1767,  and  died  at  Brownville,  April  26, 
1842,  aged  seventy- four  years.  Children, 
probably  all  born  in  Sidney- :  i.  John,  see 
forward.     2.  Jonah,   probably   went   with   his 


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father  to  Kalalulin  Iron  Works  and  Brovvn- 
ville.  3.  Joseph,  resided  at  Brownvillc,  where 
he  died  at  the  age  of  forty-six  years.  4.  El- 
len, married  Otis  Barton,  of  Brownville.  5. 
Mary  C,  married  Georo^e  Wilkins,  of  Brown- 
ville. fi.  Susanna,  became  wife  of  Rev.  Na- 
than W.  Sheldon,  of  Brownville.  7.  Louisa, 
married  (lihnan  Ryder,  of  the  same  town. 

(\'1I1)  John,  eldest  child  of  Ichahod  and 
Mehitable  (Crosby)  Thomas,  was  born  in 
September,  1794,  at  Sidney,  and  died  in 
Brownville,  April  30,  1863.  He  was  drafted 
as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  served 
three  years.  On  settling  down  at  Brownville 
he  became  a  lumber  scaler  and  farmer,  served 
as  selectman,  and  was  an  active  citizen.  He 
married,  about  1816,  Sarah  Davis,  of  Fair- 
field. Maine,  born  about  1793.  died  at  Brown- 
ville, January  8,  1866.  Children,  all  born  at 
Brownville:  i.  Stephen  C,  died  one  year  old. 
2.  Emily,  born  August,  1821,  died  in  her 
twenty-sixth  year.  3.  Eber  Davis,  died  in 
California,  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years ; 
his  only  son,  Eber  Davis,  resides  in  Grand 
Rapids,  ^Michigan.  4.  Mary,  born  about  1825, 
married  David  Griffith,  of  Brownville.  5. 
Stephen  Alfred,  is  mentioned  below.  6.  Cyn- 
thia Davis,  July  ig,  1832,  died  at  Grand  Rap- 
ids, Michigan,  1887.  7.  John  Baker,  died  at 
Brownville  in  1864,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six 
years.  He  enlisted  September  14,  1861,  and 
returned  in  Augiist.  1864,  having  served  in 
Company  L,  First  Maine  Cavalry.  He  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle  of  Antietam ;  was  in 
General  Sheridan's  army,  and  with  General 
Reynolds,  and   carried  the  headquarters  flag. 

(IX)  Stephen  Alfred,  third  son  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Davis)  Thomas,  was  born  August 
24,  1827,  at  Brownville.  He  was  a  farmer,  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  filled  the  office  of 
town  collector,  besides  other  official  stations. 
He  married  (first)  in  June,  1856,  Julia  Ger- 
rish,  of  Brow^nville,  born  in  December,  1827, 
in  that  town,  and  died  childless,  November  16, 
i860.  He  married  (second)  at  Milo,  IMaine, - 
April  15,  i86g,  Mary  Ellen  Rogers,  born  Oc- 
tober 13,  1846.  in  Brownville,  daughter  of 
William  and  Abi  (Rankin)  Rogers,  and  wid- 
ow of  William  Smith  Brown  Rogers  (see 
below).  Children:  i.  Minnie  Estella,  born 
and  died  1870.  2.  Alfred  Marshall,  born  Feb- 
ruary 15.  1872,  at  Brownville,  graduated  from 
Bangor  Business  College,  and  is  now  a  farmer 
at  Brownville.  3.  Charles  Dura,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Ellen  Rebecca,  born  March  27, 
1875,  married  Charles  Prentice  Kittredge.  5. 
John  Franklin.  October  2,  1876.  attended 
Maine  State  College,  and  is  now  an  architect 


in  Boston.  6.  Lillian  May,  April  29,  1878,  is 
the  wife  of  Jonathan  Harlcy  Winship.  7. 
William  Henry,  December  23.  1882;  attended 
Bjlhgor  Business  College;  resided  in  Brown- 
ville. 8.  Frank  Albert.  March  17,  1886;  at- 
tended Bangor  Business  College ;  has  his  home 
in  Brownville.  9.  Annie  Mabel,  February  26, 
1887,  is  the  wife  of  George  Nichols  Woods. 
10.  Fred  Leroy,  August  13,  1889;  resides  at 
Brownville. 

(X)  Charles  Dura,  second  son  of  Stephen 
A.  and  Mary  E.  (Rogers)  Thomas,  was  born 
December  27,  1873,  at  Brownville,  and  after 
a  preliminary  training  took  a  four-years' 
course  in  civil  engineering  at  Maine  State  Col- 
lege (now  University  of  Maine),  Orono,  and 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Civil  Engineering  in  June,  1895.  He  secured 
employment  in  Boston,  and  while  there  at- 
tended an  evening  lecture  course  at  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Institute  of  Technolog}'  on  "Rail- 
road location  and  operation,"  during  the  win- 
ter of  1900-01.  He  also  pursued  a  course  in 
structural  steel  draughting,  at  the  Boston 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  evening 
school,  under  Professor  Rockwell,  of  Tufts 
College,  during  the  winter  of  1901-02.  Dur- 
ing the  winter  of  1908-09  he  pursued  a  course 
in  water  supply  and  sewerage  disposal  at  the 
Polytechnic  Institution  at  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  and  was  also  a  student  of  the  College 
of  Engineering  during  the  same  winter.  From 
July  to  September,  1895,  he  acted  as  assistant 
engineer  in  the  employ  of  a  real  estate  agent 
in  removing  and  reconstructing  buildings 
along  the  route  of  the  extension  of  Columbus 
Avenue  in  Boston.  From  September.  1895, 
to  May,  1896.  he  was  rodnian  with  Luther 
Dean,  then  city  engineer  of  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts, working  on  general  citv  engineering 
and  surveying,  including  the  construction  of 
sewers  and  highways  and  surveys  for  asses- 
sor's plans  of  the  city ;  also  preliminary  sur- 
veys and  plans  for  a  proposed  new  system 
of  sewers  for  that  city,  whose  population  was 
then  about  30,000.  From  May  18,  i8g6,  to 
May,  igoi,  he  was  employed  by  the  Metropoli- 
tan Water  and  Sewerage  Board  of  Boston,' 
first  as  rodman  and  later  in  charge  of  a  field 
party.  This  five  years'  service  was  connected 
with  the  construction  of  the  Wachusett  aque- 
duct, which  cost  one  and  three-quarter  million 
dollars,  the  final  location  of  the  Weston  aque- 
duct and  layout  of  W'eston  reservoir,  this  en- 
tire work,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $5,000,000. 
From  July  to  October,  1901,  he  served  on  the 
same  board  as  inspector  of  removal  of  soil 
from  the  Wachusett  reservoir,  whose  surface 


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area  is  4,195  acres.  From  October  7,  igoi, 
to  March.  1903.  he  was  in  charge  of  field  work 
at  the  United  States  navy  yard,  Boston,  on 
construction  of  a  new  distribution  system  of 
water  waterworks,  of  subways  for  pipe  galler- 
ies, after  working  on  the  design  and  plans  of 
the  same ;  he  also  laid  out  sewers  and  streets 
for  paving.  From  March  to  June,  1903,  he 
was  employed  as  draughtsman  by  the  Com- 
mission of  Additional  Water  Supply  for  New 
York  City.  From  June.  1903,  to  April,  1906. 
he  was  in  charge  of  field  work  at  the  United 
States  navy  yard,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  on 
construction  of  heavy  masonry  foundations, 
buildings,  piers,  yard  railway,  crane  tracks, 
sewers,  conduits  for  a  central  heating,  lighting 
and  power  system ;  launching  ways  for  United 
States  battleship  "Connecticut" ;  repairs  to  dry 
docks ;  layout  of  new  dry  dock  now  under 
construction,  and  other  general  construction 
and  sewer  work  in  connection  therewith,  much 
of  which  was  designed  by  himself.  Outside 
of  his  regular  work  during  the  years  from 
1898  to  1903,  he  acted  as  civil  engineer  on 
several  occasions  for  the  town  of  Northboro, 
Massachusetts,  during  which  he  made  a  re- 
location of  highways  to  abolish  three  grade 
crossings ;  from  April  to  October,  1906,  he 
worked  on  the  construction  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad  tunnels  under  the  Hudson 
river,  at  New  York  City,  being  most  of  the 
time  assistant  engineer  in  charge  of  construc- 
tion, after  a  few  weeks  as  chief  of  field  party. 
His  connection  with  this  work  was  severed 
when  the  shields  met  under  the  river.  Since 
October,  1906,  he  has  been  associated  with 
the  engineer  of  street  openings  for  the  bor- 
ough of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  and 
is  at  present  in  charge  of  surveys  for  location 
of  the  proposed  extension  of  Riverside  Drive 
north  to  Spuyten  Duyvil  Creek,  and  surveys 
for  taking  property  at  the  entrance  of  Queens- 
borough  Bridge,  New  York  City.  While  in 
college  Mr.  Thomas  was  lieutenant  of  cadets 
who  maintained  a  military  drill,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Kappa  Sigma  Society,  of  which 
he  was  chaplain.  He  is  an  associate  member 
of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
a  member  of  the  Municipal  Engineers  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  and  of  the  Maine  Society 
of  New  York.  His  family  is  associated  with 
the  Congregational  church,  and  he  is  an  ear- 
nest supporter  of  Republican  principles.  He 
married,  June  20,  1905,  at  Marlborough,  Mas- 
sachusetts, INIary  Ann  Elizabeth  Mathews 
Davies,  born  December  5,  1875.  daughter  of 
Richard  Hugh  Davies,  a  farmer  of  Marlbor- 
ough, and  his  wife,  Mary  (Mathews)  Davies. 


Jesse  Rogers  (see  Thomas  IX)  was  born  in 
Stoughtonham.  after  February  25,  1783, 
known  as  Sharon,  Norfolk  county,  Massachu- 
setts, October  25,  1762.  He  married  Salome 
Bosworth,  born  in  Halifax,  Plymouth  county, 
Massachusetts,  March  19,  1768,  died  in 
Brownville,  Maine,  April,  1833,  two  months 
after  her  husband's  death,  which  occurred  in 
Brownville,  in  February,  1833.  They  had 
nine  children,  the  first  two  born  in  Warren, 
Maine,  the  next  six  in  Union,  Maine,  and  the 
youngest  in  Bradford,  Maine,  in  1808,  as  fol- 
lows: I.  Nancy,  November  27,  1787,  died  in 
Brownville  in  1858:  married  a  Hatch,  of 
Brewer,  Maine.     2.  Shepard,  April  24,  1789, 

married    Betsey    :    children,    bom    in 

Brownville :  Salome,  George,  John,  Emily, 
Stoddard.  Hamilton  and.  Edward.  Stoddard 
died  at  Dover,  Maine.  3.  Abby,  June  22, 
1791,  died  unmarried.  4.  Sarah,  July  11, 
1796,  married  Jesse  Perham,  of  Williams- 
burg, Maine ;  children,  born  in  that  town : 
Jesse,  William,  Jane,  Sebiah,  Peter,  Eliza,  Abi- 
gail, Sarah.  Hannah  and  ^Martha  Perham.  5. 
Jesse  Rogers,  June  2,  1798.  married  Emeline 
Smith,  of  Brownville,  Tvlaine;  children,  born  in 
that  town :  Mary  W.,  Emeline,  Harrison, 
Sarah,  William  Smith  Brown,  born  1841,  one 
of  twins,  the  other  dying  unnamed,  and  Sa- 
lome, and  by  a  second  wife,  at  their  home  in 
Hamden,  Maine :  Rachel,  Isaac,  and  Ella.  6. 
William,  April  27,  1800,  died  in  Brownville, 
Maine,  November  28,  i860;  married  Abi  Ran- 
kin (see  below),  June  11,  183s,  ceremony 
performed  at  Brownville,  by  Rev.  Henry  Rich- 
ardson. 7.  Hannah,  August  18,  1802,  married 
James  Rankin,  of  Sidney,  Maine;  no  children. 
8.  Polly,  March  20,  1804;  never  married.  9. 
Eli,  September  3,  1808;  married  Katherine 
Heath ;  children :  Sabine,  and  a  girl.  The 
twelve  children  of  William  and  Abi  (Rankin) 
Rogers  were  born  in  Brownville,  as  follows : 
I.  Isaac  Sewell.  March  2.  1807,  died  in  Frank- 
lin, Massachusetts,  1902  or  1903  ;  married.  May 
;,  1861,  Elizabeth  Dutch,  of  Searsport,  Maine; 
children,  born  in  Brownville,  Maine :  Jasper, 
went  to  .Australia,  where  he  married  and  his 
only  child  died ;  William,  married,  and  lived 
in  Aroostook  county,  Maine ;  Nellie,  married 
a  IMcKenzie,  of  Presque  Isle,  ]\Iaine,  and  had 
two  children,  Bessie  and  Frank:  Nora,  born 
in  Searsport,  ]\Iaine ;  married  Stillman  Jud- 
kins,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  Aroostook  county, 
Maine :  and  Henry,  born  in  Searsport,  Maine. 
Elizabeth  (Dutch)  Rogers  died  in  Presque 
Isle,  Maine,  and  her  husband  married  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Ada  W.  Perkins,  of  Portland, 
Maine,   November   30,    1885.     2.  Lewis   Ere- 


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mond.  December  19,  1838,  died  at  Millis,  Mas- 
sachusetts. March  27,  1900;  married  Mary 
Frances  Hammond,  of  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire; children:  Lura,  born  in  Brownville, 
Maine,  married  twice,  (first)  Leonard  Wal- 
ker; John  William,  in  Brownville,  Maine, 
married  Alma  Clement,  lived  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  they  had  two  daug^hters; 
Lewis  Frcmond  Jr.,  bom  in  Boston,  1881,  and 
Annie,  born  in  Boston.  3.  William  Francis, 
November  18.  1840;  died  on  the  battlefield  of 
Cold  Harbor,  Virginia,  while  fishlinq-  for  his 
country  in  the  civil  war,  June  3,  1864;  not 
married.  4.  Elizabeth  Jenks,  July  30,  1842; 
married  Asa  Daniel  Morse,  in  Medway,  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  children  :  IMabel,  died  in  infancy ; 
Myrtie  Vera ;  Andrew  Delancey,  who  lives  in 
Hopedale,  Massachusetts,  and  married,  Octo- 
ber II.  1905,  Charlotte  Perkins.  Asa  Daniel 
Morse,  father  of  these  children,  died  in  IMed- 
way,  Massachusetts,  in  December,  1896.  5. 
Rebecca  Crosby,  July  3,  1844,  married  Alva 
Dutch,  of  Searsport.  Maine,  January  23,  1867; 
their  adopted  daughter.  Alberta  Abi  Dutch, 
married  .^Iva  Lewis  Rogers,  and  they  have 
two  daughters  born  in  Plainville,  Connecticut. 
6.  Man'  Ellen,  October  13.  1846,  married 
William  Smith  Brown,  son  of  Isaac  and  Eme- 
line  (Smith)  Rogers,  September  i,  1863,  at 
the  home  of  his  Aunt  Abi  (Rankin)  Rogers, 
the  ceremony  being  performed  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Spaulding,  of  Brownville,  Maine;  Will- 
iam Smith  Brown  was  drafted  into  the  United 
States  army  August  27,  1863.  mustered  into 
the  service  September  9,  1863,  and  assigned 
to  Company  G.  Twenty-second  Maine  Regi- 
ment, and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  the  Wil- 
derness, May  10,  1864,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
three  years.  His  widow  married  (second) 
Stephen  Alfred  Thomas,  April  15,  i86g,  at 
Milo,  Maine,  by  Elder  Noyes,  and  she  had  by 
this  marriage  ten  children.  (See  Thomas).  7. 
Charles  Willington,  May  24,  1848,  married  Au- 
gusta Willard,  of  Brownville,  Maine  ;  children  : 
Bertha,  married  Orin  Arnold,  of  Monson, 
Maine,  and  had  one  child  Helen ;  Emma,  mar- 
ried Leon  Thomas,  of  Monson,  Maine;  and 
Alva  Lewis,  married  Alberta  Abi  Dutch,  and 
lived  in  Plainville,  Connecticut.  His  second 
wife  was  Mehitable  Erskine  Joselyn.  8.  Har- 
riet Salome.  Julv  6,  1851  ;  married  .Aaron  Wil- 
lard, of  Brownville;  three  children:  Frank 
W'illard,  married,  lived  in  Franklin.  jNIassa- 
chusetts.  no  children ;  Lulu  A.  Willard,  born 
in  August,  i87.T,  lived  in  Franklin,  Massachu- 
setts; Albert  Rogers  Willard,  born  in  Octo- 
ber, 1877,  married,  no  children.  9.  Albert 
Henry,  March  9,  1854;  married  Alma  Page; 


no  children.  10.  Luther  Shepard,  July  5, 
1856;  married  Mary  Susan  Edgerly,  of  Sebec, 
Maine ;  removed  to  Medfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  they  had  one  child,  .Abi  Eliza,  born 
December  6,  1880,  who  married  Harvey  Ry- 
der, of  Brownville,  Maine,  and  had  one  child, 
Walter  Luther  Ryder,  born  .August  22,  1903, 
died  August  25,  1904,  and  the  mother  died 
August  7,  1904.  II.  Jesse  Franklin,  April 
10,  1858;  married  Julia  Morse,  of  Millis 
(then  Medway),  Norfolk  county,  Massachu- 
setts: lived  in  Presque  Isle,  Maine,  and 
after  1880  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Their 
two  children  were:  a  daughter,  Ann  Eliza, 
born  in  Presque  Isle,  1879,  married  Ray- 
mond Safford,  of  Roslindale,  Massachu- 
setts, and  had  two  daughters,  and  a  son, 
Frank  .Albert,  born  in  Boston,  in  1888  or  1889. 
12.  James  Edward,  February  3,  i860,  died  in 
Brownville,  Maine,  in  October.  1887;  mar- 
ried Harriet  Estelle  Cole,  of  Boston;  one 
child,  Levi  Harold,  died  in  infancy. 

James  Rankin  (see  above)  was  born  in  Leb- 
anon, New  Hampshire.  January  29,  1785,  died 
in  Brownville,  Maine,  July  15,  i860.  He  was 
brought  up  in  his  father's  family,  his  father 
being  one  of  the  brothers,  Ezra,  Amos  or 
Lewis  Rankin,  who  belonged  to  the  Society 
of  Friends,  commonly  known  as  Quakers.  He 
lived  in  Sidney,  Maine,  then  in  Belgrade,  and 
removed  from  there  to  Brownville,  where  he 
died.  He  married,  in  Amherst,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Rebecca  Crosby,  born  in  Amherst,  De- 
cember 14,  1 791,  died  in  Brownville,  INIaine, 
March  15,  1848.  Children  of  James  and  Re- 
becca (Crosby)  Rankin,  the  first  two  born  in 
Belgrade,  Maine,  and  the  others  in  Brown- 
ville: I.  Stephen  Crosby,  IMarch  31,  1809, 
died  in  Amherst,  Maine.  The  name  of  his 
wife  is  not  on  record  so  far  as  our  research 
can  find;  their  children,  all  born  in  .Amherst, 
probably  in  the  order  of  birth  :  Alfred.  Stephen, 
Abi,  Isaac  and  Salome.  2.  Lucy,  October  21, 
1810.  died  February  12.  1812.  3.  John  Der- 
moril,  October  12,  1812:  married  jNIary 
Archer,  of  Brewster,  Maine ;  lived  in  that 
town  where :  Judson,  who  removed  west, 
married  there,  and  had  two  children,  a  boy 
and  a  girl ;  Lucy,  married  a  Bradbury,  of 
Brewer,  and  had  .Alice  and  Anne.  3.  .Ansel, 
married  and  had  a  boy  and  a  girl ;  Mary,  mar- 
ried and  had  two  girls ;  Mandley.  never  mar- 
ried ;  Crosby,  remained  west  and  never  mar- 
ried. 4.  Isaac  Fairfield,  August  i,  1814.  5. 
James  Wellington,  November  23,  1816;  mar- 
ried Miranda  Willard,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri; 
children :  Samuel,  died  young,  Angie,  Emma 
and  Annie.     6.  Abi  (see  Rogers  above),  De- 


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cember  21,  1818.  7.  William  Henry,  January 
4,  1821,  died  iMarcli  31,  1846.  8.  Susan  Dean, 
Mav  18,  1824,  died  _fune  21,  1829.  9.  Charles 
Freeman,  November  29,  1823:  married  Betsey 
Richardson,  of  Atkinson,  Alaine ;  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  civil  war,  1861-64,  member  of 
Company  K,  Thirty-first  ]\Iaine  regiment,  and 
died  September  4.  1864,  while  in  the  service 
of  his  country :  his  children,  born  in  Brown- 
ville,  Maine :  Rebecca,  married  George  Esler, 
of  Sebec,  Maine,  as  her  third  husband ;  Flor- 
ence, died  when  fifteen  years  of  age  in  Sebec, 
Maine;  Charles  Moses,  married  Ella  Dean, 
of  Barnard,  ]\Iaine,  lived  in  Sebec,  Maine,  and 
had  five  children:  Charles  Dana,  1881,  Frank, 
1884,  Lizzie,  1889,  and  Leroy,  1895 ;  Lizzie 
Rankin  died  in  Barnard,  Maine,  in  April, 
1900;  Edward,  did  not  marry:  Susan,  married 
Charles  Cross,  and  had  one  child  who  died  in 
infancy,  and  the  mother  died  in  Sebec,  Maine, 
March  21.  1897;  Jennie,  died  in  Sebec,  when 
two  years  old.  10.  Rebecca,  October  8,  1827; 
married  Darius  Harris ;  one  child,  died  in  in- 
fancy. II.  Harriett  Fessenden,  October  15, 
1831 ;  married  Levi  Page,  of  Brownville,  born 
September  24.  1824;  children:  Lydia  Page, 
married  Anson  Page,  and  had  three  children : 
Edwin,  Alice  Eliza  and  Leroy :  Alma  Page, 
married  Lorin  Page,  of  Brownsville,  and  (sec- 
ond) Albert  Rogers,  of  the  same  place,  but 
had  no  children  bv  either  marriage ;  Edwin 
Page,  drowned  in  Pleasant  River,  Brownville, 
when  eighteen  years  old.  12.  Albert  Lewis, 
January  31.  1834;  married  Eliza  Harvey,  of 
Sebec ;  children :  Lillian,  and  Ralph  L..  and 
who  lived  in  Exeter.  New  Hampshire,  where 
Lillian  married  a  Russell,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren, and  Ralph  L.  married  Louise ,  of 

Exeter,  New  Hampshire.  13.  Susan  Frances, 
August  22,  1836;  married  Charles  Banks,  of 
Biddeford,  Maine,  and  having  no  children  they 
adopted  a  daughter. 


John  and  Katrin  Spear,  with 
SPEAR  their  son,  Robert,  came  from 
Londonderry,  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land, soon  after  the  siege  of  that  capital  and 
seaport  town  in  1689.  Ireland  had  been  the 
battleground  of  the  last  and  most  severe  strug- 
gle between  the  Protestants,  championed  by 
William  the  Prince  of  Orange.  King  William 
III.  and  the  fallen  Roman  Catholic  King, 
James  II.  who  as  a  last  resort  had  placed  the 
government  of  Ireland  entirely  in  Catholic 
hands  with  the  exception  of  Londonderry  and 
Enniskillen.  whose  walls  sheltered  the  rem- 
nant of  Englishmen  and  Scotch  Protestants, 
seven  thousand  strong,  who  had  declared  for 


William  and  Mary  and  decided  to  meet  their 
fate  like  brave  men  in-^'de  the  walls  of  these 
strong  towns.  James-  II,  with  one-half  of  the 
disorderly  army  of  the  Earl  of  Tyrconnel, 
fifty  thousand  strong,  armed  chiefly  with 
cIuIds,  laid  siege  to  Londonderry  and  the  siege 
lasted  one  hundred  and  five  days.  Multitudes 
of  the  besieged  died  of  hunger,  but  the  living 
continued  the  cry  of  "No  surrender."  Re- 
duced to  two  days'  rations,  hope  had  almost 
fled  when  an  English  ship  broke  through  the 
boom  stretched  across  the  river  Foyle  and 
brought  relief  to  the  heroic  garrison  and  starv- 
ing inhabitants.  This  was  July  28,  1689.  and 
whereupon  the  Irish  army  under  James  II 
raised  the  siege  and  retreated  to  Dublin, 
where  the  fallen  Stuart  King  lay  helpless  in 
the  hands  of  the  frenzied  Catholics. 

(I)  John  Spear,  his  wife,  Katrin,  and  their 
son  Robert,  probably  the  youngest  of  their 
children,  settled  in  Woburn,  the  others  settling 
elsewhere ;  two  it  is  presumed  went  to  Vir- 
ginia and  one  to  Cape  Cod.  The  father  and 
mother  continued  to  live  in  Woburn  during 
the  remainder  of  their  lives,  the  mother  dying 
November  30.  1775,  when  she  was  ninety-six 
years  of  age,  and  had  been  a  widow  many 
years. 

( II)  Robert,  probably  youngest  son  of  John 
and  Katrin  Spear,  was  born  in  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  in  September,  1714.  He  came  to  Wo- 
burn, Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  with  his 
parents,  and  lived  there  up  to  1736.  when 
he  joined  the  company  of  Scotch  Presby- 
terians who  had  decided  to  form  a  settlement 
on  the  St.  George's  river  on  the  coast  of 
Maine,  which  became  the  town  of  Warren, 
November  7.  1776.  but  was  then  only  a  trad- 
ing post  belonging  to  the  Waldo  patent.  The 
two  children  of  Robert  and  ]\Iargaret  (Mc- 
Lean) Turk  Spear  were  Captain  John  (q.  v.), 
and  Catherine,  who  married  Robert  Matthews 
and  settled  in  Warren.  Maine.  John  IMcLean, 
grandfather  of  these  children,  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  on  the  St.  George  river,  in  1735. 
Robert  Spear  died  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
March  13.  1776. 

(HI)  Captain  John  (2),  eldest  child  of 
Robert  and  ^Margaret  (McLean)  Turk  Spear, 
was  born  in  the  Upper  Town  of  St.  George  in 
1738.  He  married  Agnes  Lamb,  and  their 
children  were:  i.  Robert,  born  October  26, 
1762:  married  Jane  Young,  of  Gushing, 
iVlaine:  resided  in  Warren,  and  died  there 
September  19.  1852.  2.  Thomas,  July  2,  1765 
(q.  v.).  3.  Captain  John  (3),  born  1767, 
married  Rebecca  Starrett.  and  died  in  Warren. 
November  21.  1842.   4.  Jane,  born  1769;  mar- 


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ried  Captain  \\'illiam  Starrett ;  lived  in  War- 
ren, and  died  there  October  26,  1828.  5. 
ITu.q:Ii.  liorn  1771 ;  married  Elizabeth  Brad- 
ford, and  died  in  Warren.  June  22,  1846.  6. 
William,  born  1772;  married  Margaret  Mc- 
Intyrc.  and  lived  in  Warren,  where  he  died 
November  i,  1829.  7.  Mary,  born  1774;  mar- 
ried Isaac  Starrett,  and  died  in  Warren,  July 
II,  1848.  8.  Isaac,  born  1776:  married  Susan 
Mclntyre :  lived  in  Warren,  where  he  died, 
October  6,  1856.  9.  Captain  David,  born 
1778:  married  Nancy  Farnsworth,  and  died 
in  Warren,  November  i,  1842.  10.  Edward, 
born  1779:  married  Nancy  Leonard,  and  died 
in  Warren.  i\Iainc.  June  29,  1854.  11.  Sam- 
uel, born  October  10,  1855,  never  married.  12. 
Alexander,  born  April  17,  1784;  married  Mar- 
garet Hoffses.  April  24,  1812,  and  died  in 
Warren,  February  23,  1842.  13.  Agnes,  mar- 
ried James  F.  Marston.  14.  Infant,  buried 
with  its  mother,  who  died  May  2.  1791,  aged 
forty-nine  years.  Captain  John  married  (sec- 
ond) ]\Irs.  Mary  Boggs,  who  bore  him  no 
children.  He  erected  his  house  on  his  father's 
original  lot  acquired  in  the  first  distribution 
of  the  land  on  forming  the  settlement  of  the 
Upper  Town  of  St.  George,  which  became 
Warren,  and  he  died  there  June  10,  181 1. 

(I\')  Thomas,  second  son  of  Captain  John 
(2)  and  Agnes  (Lamb)  Spear,  was  born  in 
Warren,  Maine,  July  2,  1765,  lived  in  his  na- 
tive town,  where  he  married  Theodosia  Vinal, 
February  2.  1788,  and  (second)  on  March  11, 
1827,  Hannah  Prior.  He  lived  on  the  home- 
stead in  Warren,  and  died  there  March  31, 
1833.  The  children  of  Thomas  and  Theodo- 
sia (Vinal)  Spear  were:  i.  Paris,  born  May 
10,  1790.  died  August  30,  181 1.  2.  Mary, 
born  October  9,  1792;  married  Thomas  Ar- 
nold, of  Hope,  Knox  countv,  Maine,  who 
died  August  22,  1848:  she  died  in  Warren, 
Maine,  October  11,  1865.  3.  Lucy,  born  Oc- 
tober 23,  1794;  married  (first)  William  Bar- 
ton, and  (second)  William  H.  Webb;  she  died 
in  Warren.  Maine.  December  27,  1834.  5. 
Thomas  (2).  born  September  9,  1798;  married 
Julia  Andrews,  December  25,  1823;  lived  in 
Camden,  where  he  died  September  9,  1872. 
6.  Joseph,  born  August  11,  1800;  married 
Sarah  M.  Arnold,  December  21.  1828;  resided 
on  the  homestead,  and  died  there  September 
29,  1874.  7.  Francis,  born  September  9,  1802; 
married  Mary  Andrews,  September  23,  1829, 
and  (second)  INlary  J.  (Cobb)  Arnold.  8. 
William  Hovey,  born  November  27,  1804; 
married  Martha  M.  Whiting,  December  25, 
1828:  resided  in  Camden.  9.  James  M.  (q. 
v.).      ID.  Hannah    W.,    born    November    22, 


1809,  married  (first)  John  Andrews  (2); 
lived  in  Warren,  Maine,  where  she  died  May 
19,  1848.  The  mother  of  these  children  died 
December  8,  1825,  and  by  his  second  wife, 
Hannah  Prior,  he  had  no  children. 

(V)  James  M.,  fifth  son  and  ninth  child 
of  Thomas  and  Theodosia  (Vinal)  Spear,  was 
born  in  Warren,  Knox  county,  Maine,  No- 
vember 28,  1806.  He  married,  September  12, 
1830,  Nancy  Cushman,  a  descendant  from  the 
Robert  Cushman  of  Plymouth  Colony,  and  he 
built  a  house  on  part  of  the  home  lot  in 
Warren.  He  died  September  28,  1870.  Chil- 
dren of  James  M.  and  Nancy  (Cushman) 
Spear,  born  in  Warren,  Maine:  i.  Hannah, 
February  i,  1831 ;  married  Deacon  John  L. 
Stevens,  and  lived  in  Warren,  Maine.  2. 
Pauline,  September  6,  1832;  married  Oscar 
E.  Mclntyre.  3.  Ellis  (q.  v.).  4.  Emily, 
September  14,  1836;  married  Joseph  Ab- 
bott, in  June,  1857,  and  lived  in  Rockland. 
5.  Daniel,  November  15,  1838,  died  Septem- 
ber 4,  1858.  6.  Jason,  July  7,  1840;  was  a 
soldier  in  the  civil  war.  7.  Guilford,  April 
II,  1842;  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  and 
died  at  Bonne  Carre,  Louisiana,  April  21, 
1863. 

(VI)  Ellis,  eldest  son  of  James  M.  and 
Nancy  (Cushman)  Spear,  was  born  in  War- 
ren, Maine,  October  15,  1834.  He  was  brought 
up  on  a  New  England  farm,  with  its  abun- 
dance of  fresh  air  and  hard  work,  and  thus 
laid  a  foundation  for  an  iron  constitution  that 
stood  well  by  him  in  the  strenuous  I'fe  that 
he  led  in  his  country's  service  both  military 
and  civil.  His  ancestors  had  been  equally 
hardy  farmers,  lumbermen,  shipbuilders  and 
mariners.  His  six  days  hard  work  and  at- 
tendance at  the  kirk  and  Sunday  school  on 
the  Lord's  day  fully  carried  out  the  interpre- 
tation of  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  catechism 
when  it  asks  the  question :  "What  is  the  chief 
end  of  man  ?"  the  accepted  answer  being :  "To 
work  hard  six  days  in  the  week  and  go  to 
church  on  Sunday,"  which  to  their  devout 
minds  covered  the  answer,  printed  in  the 
catechism :  "To  glorify  God  and  enjoy  Him 
forever."  His  inherited  sound  constitution, 
fortified  by  his  boyhood  out-door  work  six 
days  in  the  week,  made  it  possible  to  study  by 
candlelight  each  day,  and  this  self-instruction, 
augmented  by  the  imperfect  school  training 
furnished  by  the  efforts  of  the  underpaid 
teachers  of  the  waning  days  of  the  imperfectly 
endowed  old  State  Academy  at  Warren,  pre- 
pared him  for  matriculation  at  Eowdoin  Col- 
lege. He  was  graduated  with  honor  at  Eow- 
doin  in    1858,   and  in  order  to  pay  back  the 


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money  advanced  by  his  father  an^  friends  he 
taught  school  continuously  1858-62.  The  civil 
war  appealed  to  his  patriotic  spirit  and  as 
soon  as  his  debt  for  college  privileges  had 
been  paid  he  raised  a  company  of  volunteers 
in  the  town  where  he  was  teaching,  and  en- 
tered the  volunteer  service  in  1862  as  captain 
of  Company  G,  Twentieth  Maine  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  served  in  the  field  about  three 
years,  rising  bv  successive  promotions  to  the 
rank  of  colonel  and  brigadier-general  by  bre- 
vet. He  commanded  the  regiment  the  greater 
part  of  the  time  from  September,  1863,  to  the 
close  of  the  war,  temporarily  serving  also  in 
1864  and  1865  in  command  of  the  brigade  to 
which  his  regiment  was  assigned.  He  was 
brevetted  in  October,  1864,  for  "gallant  and 
distinguished  service"  while  in  command  of 
the  brigade  at  the  battle  of  the  Peebles  Farm, 
September  30,  1864,  and  twice  subsequently, 
and  was  commended  in  official  reports  for 
efficient  services  at  the  battle  of  Five  Forks, 
April  12,  1865.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
entered  the  United  States  Patent  Office  as  a 
clerk,  assigned  to  duty  as  assistant  examiner. 
He  was  promoted  successively  to  the  grades  of 
second  and  first  assistant,  and  in  1869  was 
made  principal  examiner.  He  was  appointed 
by  President  Grant  exarainer-in-chief,  in  1872, 
and  assistant  commissioner  of  patents  in  1874. 
He  resigned  that  office  in  1876,  and  became 
a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Hill,  Ellsworth  & 
Spear,  but  a  few  months  later  was  appointed 
by  the  same  authority  commissioner  of  patents, 
which  office  he  resigned  in  1878  and  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  his  profession,  making  a 
specialty  of  patent  law.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  has  lived  in  Washington  forty 
years.  He  has  been  interested  in  the  affairs 
of  the  District,  has  been  a  director  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  many  years ;  served  as  trus- 
tee of  the  public  schools ;  was  many  years 
president  of  the  Societv  of  the  IMount  Pleas- 
ant Congregational  Church,  has  been  comman- 
der of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  president  of  the 
Maine  State  Association,  and  president  of  the 
Patent  Law  Association  of  the  District  of 
Columbia.  He  served  as  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee of  parade  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Encampment 
of  1893,  '^"fl  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
medals  and  badges  in  the  first  and  second  in- 
augurations of  President  McKinley.  He  is 
vice-r)resi''ent  of  tbe  Equitable  Co-operative 
Building  Association,  and  vice-president  of  the 
Washington  Loan  and  Trust  Association. 
He  married   (first)    Susie,  daughter  of  the 


Rev.  John  Wilde.  She  died  in  1872,  leaving 
two  children — Julia  M.  and  James  M.  Spear. 
He  married  (second),  in  1875.  Sarah  F.,  wid- 
ow of  ]\Iajor  Samuel  T.  Keene,  comrade  of 
Colonel  Spear  in  the  army,  and  who  was  killed 
in  the  battle  before  Petersburg  in  1864,  while 
standing  by  his  comrade's  side.  By  this  sec- 
ond marriage  General  Spear  had  two  chil- 
dren. 

The  children  of  General  Ellis  and  Susie  M. 
(\Mlde)  Spear  were:  i.  James  M.,  who  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Washington,  D.  C.  2.  Julia  2^1., 
became  the  wife  of  William  F.  Boyd,  of  Sa- 
guade,  Colorado.  The  child  of  Sarah  F. 
Keene  by  her  first  marriage  was  Marion  P., 
who  became  wife  of  Rev.  Arthur  M.  Little,  of 
Peoria,  Illinois.  The  children  of  General  Ellis 
and  Sarah  F.  (Keene)  Spear  were:  3.  Edwin 
Ellis,  born  in  1877,  an  attorney-at-law  in  Bos- 
ton, jMassachusetts.  4.  Arthur  Prince,  born 
in  1879;  an  artist  in  Boston.  These  children 
were  of  the  seventh  generation  from  John 
Spear,  the  Woburn  immigrant. 


The  Berry  family  is  of  ancient 
BERRY  English  origin.  The  best  author- 
ity gives  the  derivation  of  the 
name  as  from  the  word  ■"Bury"  or  "Borough" 
(a  place  of  safety,  of  defense),  and  the  spell- 
ing of  the  name  in  England,  in  fact,  is  more 
common  Bury  than  Berry.  The  Manorial 
residence  in  many  parts  of  England  is  the 
"Bury"  from  which  the  names  Berry.  Berri- 
man.  Burroughs  and  Barrows  are  derived. 
The  name  Adam  de  la  Bury  is  cited  as  an  in- 
stance of  the  name  in  the  earliest  history  of 
surnames  in  England.  The  fact  that  one  Eng- 
lish family  used  the  barberry  as  an  emblem  on 
its  coat-of-arms  does  not  explain  the  origin  of 
the  name,  though  it  is  quite  probable  that  in 
this  instance  the  name  suggested  the  barberry 
as  a  symbol.  There  have  been  families  of  title 
bearing  this  surname  in  England,  Scotland  and 
Ireland  for  many  centuries.  The  name  is  very 
common  in  Devonshire.  England.  Some  of  the 
family  seats  were  at  Teddington,  county  Bed- 
ford ;  Molland,  county  Devon ;  Berry  Xarborn, 
East  Leigh,  Lobb,  etc.,  in  Devonshire ;  also  in 
Oxfordshire,  Lancashire.  Bedford  and  Nor- 
folk. 

( I )  William  Berry,  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  Alfred  H.  Berry,  of  Portland,  is  presumed 
to  have  descended  from  the  Norfolk  family, 
mainly  Captain  William  Mason,  whose  native 
place  was  in  Norfolk  county.  It  may,  how- 
ever, with  equal  reason  be  assumed  that  Wil- 
liam Berry  was  from  the  south  of  England, 


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for  Captain  Mason  was  fur  many  _\cars  tlie 
governor  of  Portsmouth  in  the  cotnity  of 
Hampshire,  whence  came  the  names  of  Ports- 
month,  New  Hampsliire,  wliich  he  founded 
and  owned.  It  was  in  Mason's  Portsmouth 
home  that  the  Duke  of  P>uckingham,  the  royal 
favorite  and  Mason's  patron,  was  assassinated 
in  tiie  summer  of  1628  by  John  Felton.  The 
death  of  his  patron,  however,  did  not  end 
Mason's  favor  with  Kins:;  Charles,  who  had 
already  granted  more  than  one  New  England 
Patent  to  him  and  his  friend.  Sir  Ferdinando 
Gorges,  and  would  have  put  them  in  command 
of  all  England,  to  the  detriment  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts l^iritans,  had  not  Mason  died  in  De- 
cember, 1635,  just  as  the  measures  of  the  court 
and  the  English  prelates  were  about  to  take 
effect.  Mason  was  a  native  of  King's  Lynn 
in  Norfolk,  born  December  11,  1586.  He  en- 
tered Oxford  in  June,  1602,  but  never  gradu- 
ated. He  became  a  merchant  and  shipmaster 
before  1610.  He  had  lucrative  offices  at  New- 
foundland and  in  New  Hampshire.  He  had 
grants  of  land  between  the  Naumkeag  river 
and  the  Merrimac  under  the  name  of  Alariana, 
Alarch  9,  1622;  a  second  patent  from  the  coun- 
cil of  New  England  was  granted  August  10, 
1622,  to  Mason  and  Gorges,  covering  all  the 
land  lying  on  the  sea  coast  and  for  sixty  miles 
inland,  between  the  Merrimac  river  and  the 
Kennebec,  and  this  was  called  the  province  of 
Alaine.  Seven  years  later,  November  7,  1629, 
Mason  was  granted  all  that  part  of  the  prov- 
ince of  Maine  lying  between  the  ^Merrimac  and 
the  Piscataqua ;  this  he  called  New  Hamp- 
shire. Ten  days  later  a  much  larger  tract, 
called  Laconia,  and  supposed  to  extend  to 
Lake  Champlain,  was  granted  to  Mason  and 
Gorges.  By  1632  Mason  had  become  a  mem- 
ber of  the  council  for  New  England,  which 
made  all  these  grants  and  many  more  to  other 
persons,  and  he-was  expending  much  money 
in  taking  possession  of  his  lands  in  New 
Hampshire.  As  early  as  1623  David  Thom- 
son, a  Scot,  took  possession  of  a  grant  made 
to  him  in  1622.  He  was  not  long  after  the 
Pilgrims  at  Plymouth.  William  and  Edward 
Hilton  settled  on  a  grant  at  Dover  in  1623. 
There  were  settlers  in  various  places  in  New 
Hampshire  on  the  coast  when  Captain  Mason's 
first  colonists  came  over  in  1631.  The  names 
of  the  forty-eight  men  who,  with  "twenty-two 
women  and  eight  Danes,"  were  sent  to  take 
charge  of  his  property  and  make  settlement, 
have  been  preserved.  There  were  mechanics 
for  building  the  Manor  House  in-  which  Mason 
w^as  to  rule  New  England.  Large  and  small 
houses  w-ere   built   and   Portsmouth   soon   be- 


came a  flourishing  colony.  Mason  was  nomi- 
nated by  King  Charles  as  vice-admiral  of  New 
England  and  was  preparing  to  go  out  to  his 
colony  when  he  died.  Under  the  original  name 
of  Strawberry  Bank  this  settlement,  plannefl 
and  executed  by  Mason  and  his  agents,  among 
those  four  dozen  pioneers,  included  all  that  is 
now  Portsmouth,  Rye,  Newcastle,  Newington 
and  Greenland.  In  all  of  these  towns  later  we 
find  descendjftits  of  William  Berry.  The 
Church  of  England  w-as  established  and  a  pas- 
tor in  charge,  Rev.  Richard  Gibson,  as  early 
as  1640,  when  all  the  rest  of  New  England 
seemed  destined  to  be  exclusively  Puritan  in 
religion. 

William  Berry  seems  to  have  been  one  of 
the  chief  men  of  the  colony.  When  the  Glebe 
Lands  were  deeded  the  seals  were  placed  op- 
posite the  names  of  Berry  and  John  Billing, 
though  there  were  twenty  of  the  early  set- 
tlers whose  names  appear  on  the  document,  in- 
cluding the  governor,  Francis  Williams,  and 
his  assistant,  Ambrose  Bibbons.  This  deed, 
dated  1640,  represented  a  parsonage  for  the 
parish  and  fifty  acres  of  Glebe  Land,  twelve 
of  which  adjoined  the  house  lot.  Some  of  the 
land  was  on  Strawberry  Bank  creek  and  can 
doubtless  be  located  by  survey  to-day.  The 
parsonage  and  Glebe  lands  were  deeded  to  the 
two  church  wardens,  Thomas  Walford  and 
Henry  Sherburne,  and  their  successors.  The 
document  calls  the  twenty  signers  the  "prin- 
cipal inhabitants"  of  Portsmouth.  Although 
Captain  Mason  expended  large  sums  of  money 
upon  Strawberry  Bank  of  Portsmouth,  when 
he  died  the  men  in  his  employ  were  left  with 
wages  unpaid  and  the  future  uncertain.  The 
property  was  then  divided  among  Mason's 
creditors,  and  the  settlement  at  Portsmouth 
was  soon  in  much  the  same  condition  as  the 
other  settlements  of  New  England.  William 
Berry  received  a  grant  of  land  on  the  neck  of 
land  on  the  south  side  of  Little  river  at  Sandy 
Beech  at  a  town  meeting  at  Strawberry  Bank, 
January,  1648-49.  Sandy  Beech  was  the  early 
name  for  what  is  now  Rye,  New  Hampshire, 
but  Berry  lived  only  a  few  years  afterward. 
He  died  before  June,  1654,  and  his  widow 
Jane  married  Nathaniel  Drake.  William  Berry 
had  three  sons,  perhaps  other  children,  viz. : 
Joseph,  who  is  living  in  the  adjacent  town  of 
Kittery,  ]Maine,  in  1623,  and  John,  see  for- 
ward. 

(H)  John,  .son  of  William  Berry,  was  born 
about  1630,  probably  in  England.  He  was  the 
first  settler  in  the  town  of  Rye,  then  called 
Sandy  Beech,  on  his  father's  grant  of  land 
there.      He    married    Susannah    ,    and 


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their  children  were:  i.  John  Jr.,  born  Jan- 
uary 14,  1659.  2.  EHzabeth,  married  John 
Locke.  3.  W'ilHam,  settled  at  Newcastle,  mar- 
ried Judah ,  and  they  had   Nathaniel, 

born  February  13,  1689;  Stephen,  January  18, 
169 1 ;  William.  November  18,  1693;  Jeremiah, 
March  8,  1695;  Frederick,  January  15,  1699; 
Abigail,  ^ilarch  15,  1700;  Jane,  January  26, 
1702.  4.  James.  5.  George,  see  forward. 
(The  History  of  Rye  is  au^writy  for  the 
parentage  of  all  but  George,  who  hailed  also 
from  Rye,  and  must  be  included  among  the 
children  of  John  Berry,  the  head  of  the  only 
family  of  this  name  in  the  town.  See  Par- 
son's History  of  Rye,  New  Hampshire,  and 
Dow's  History  of  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire.) 

(HI)  George,  son  of  John  Berry,  was  born 
in  1674,  at  Rye,  New  Hampshire.  He  lived 
at  Rye,  finally  settling  at  Kittery.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  January 
I,  1702,  Deliverance  Haley,  daughter  of  An- 
drew Haley.  The  children  of  George  and  De- 
liverance Berry  were:  i.  George,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Deborah,  married,  October  22,  1730, 
William  Walker,  of  Kittery,  Maine.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, married,  October  22,  1730,  Tobias  Fer- 
nald.  4.  Mary,  married,  October  3,  1741, 
Samuel  Lunt  Jr.  5.  Josiah,  married,  1740 
(published  December  20),  Mary  Hidden. 

(IV)  Major  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i) 
Berry,  was  born  at  Rye,  New  Hampshire,  or 
Kittery,  Maine,  1706.  He  removed  from  Kit- 
tery, where  he  was  brought  up,  to  Falmouth 
(now  Portland),  Maine,  in  1732.  He  became 
the  proprietor  in  Falmouth  of  Berry's  Ship- 
yard and  was  evidently  a  shipwright  by  trade. 
He  was  major  of  the  regiment  of  that  "vicinity 
in  the  Indian  fights  that  were  frequent  during 
his  younger  days,  and  during  the  French  and 
Indian  war  in  the  fifties.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary II,  1726-27,  Elizabeth  Frink,  daughter 
of  George  and  Rebecca  (Skilling)  Frink  (see 
Old  Eliot  genealogies).  The  children  of 
George  and  Elizabeth  Berry  were  baptized  at 
Kittery,  though  some  of  them  were  born  at 
Falmouth,  viz.:  i.  George,  born  May  12, 
1728,  died  young.  2.  Joseph,  March  30,  1729, 
died  young,  probably.  3.  Elizabeth,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1730.  4.  George,  April  8,  1732,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Stickney  and  they  had  children : 
Deacon  William,  Levi,  George  (see  History 
of  Paris,  p.  510).     5.  Joseph,  September  26, 

1740.     6.   Burdick,  married  Sally  and 

had  eight  children.  7.  Lieutenant  Thomas,  see 
forward. 

(V)  Lieutenant    Thomas,    son    of    George 


(2)  Berry,  was  born  at  Falmouth,  Maine,  in 
1745.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  revolution, 
and  late  in  life  drew  a  pension  of  twenty  dol- 
lars a  month  from  the  government.  He  was 
elected  adjutant  of  Colonel  Jacob  French's 
regiment,  of  Bristol  and  Cumberland  counties, 
and  he  took  part  in  the  siege  of  Boston.  He 
was  stationed  on  Walnut  Hill.  Later  in  the 
year  1776  he  was  lieutenant  in  Captain  Rich- 
ard JMayberry's  company  of  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Francis's  regiment.  He  resided  at  Brunswick 
and  Portland,  Maine,  and  at  Rockland,  where 
he  died  January  27,  1828,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
three  years.  He  married,  at  Brunswick, 
Maine,  August  15,  1773,  Abigail  Coombs,  and 
their  children,  all  born  at  Portland,  l\Iaine, 
were:  i.  Samuel,  born  May  4,  1774,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Lydia,  August  14,  1776.  3.  Joshua. 
March  4,  1779,  married  Fannie  Coombs,  lived 
and  died  in  Portland.    4.  Thomas  Jr.,  May  26, 

1781,  married  Burgess,  lived  and  died 

in  Brunswick,  jMaine.  5.  George,  August  14, 
1783,  named  for  his  grandfather  Berry,  lived 
and  died  at  Topsham,  Alaine,  leaving  a  large 
family.  6.  Abigail,  April  26,  1785,  married 
Josiah  Haskell,  settled  in  Rockland,  ]\Iaine, 
died  November  i,  1853.  7.  Jeremiah,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1787,  removed  from  Falmouth  to  Thom- 
aston,  Alaine,  in  1812 ;  married  Frances  A. 
Gregory,  April  27,  1815;  settled  at  Rockland; 
was  a  mason,  innkeeper,  and  successful  busi- 
ness man;  died  March  11,  1857,  at  the  age  of 
seventy,  leaving  four  sons  and  one  daughter. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812.  8.  Jo- 
seph, September  20,  1789,  married  (first)  Abi- 
gail Coombs,  March  12,  1815:  (second)  Jane 
Ann  Creamer,  December  18.  1845;  resided  at 
Thomaston,  a  mason  by  trade ;  died  Alay  29, 
1845,  agecl  sixty-six.  9.  Betsey,  1791.  10. 
Benjamin,  May  11,  1796,  married,  at  Bruns- 
wick, Dolly  Murray,  December  21,  1820;  died 
at  Rockland,  Maine,  June  27_j,  1856. 

(VI)  Samuel,  eldest  child  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  and  Abigail  (Coombs)  Berry,  was 
born  in  Portland  (Falmouth),  Maine,  May  4, 
1774,  died  at  Georgetown,  Alay  18,  1851.  He 
was  an  active,  good-natured,  and  energetic 
man,  a  mason  by  trade.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  (Polly)  Gould;  (second)  a  Miss  Hub- 
bard, of  ]Massachusetts,  who  died  September 
26,  1818;  (third)  Hannah  Small,  of  Phipps- 
burg,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Small,  a  soldier  of 
the  revolutionary  war;  (fourth)  a  Aliss  Oliver. 
The  children  of  Samuel  and  Hilary  (Gould) 
Berry  were :  Samuel,  Joseph,  Joshua  and 
John.  The  child  of  Samuel  and  his  second 
wife  was  Jane.     The  children  of  Samuel  and 


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Hannah  (Small)  Berry,  his  tliird  wife,  wore: 
Betsey.  Mary.  Lydia,  Curtis  and  Stephen  De- 
catur. 

(\TI)  General  Joseph,  second  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Mary  (Gould)  Berry,  was  born  in 
West  Bath,  1797,  and  died  in  Georgetown, 
October  26,  1872.  He  was  named  for  his 
Grandfather  Gould,  the  father  of  Samuel  Ber- 
ry's first  wife.  He  first  learned  the  trade  of 
stonemason  from  his  father,  with  whom  he 
worked  much  in  early  life,  erecting  govern- 
ment lighthouses  along  the  New  England 
coast.  He  then  engaged  in  milling  and  ship- 
building, in  which  he  was  successful,  soon  be- 
coming a  large  builder  and  owner.  He  built 
ships  in  Bath  and  at  other  pojnts  on  the  Ken- 
nebec, as  well  as  at  Robin  Hoods  cove  at 
Georgetown.  In  fact  he  was  the  first  man  who 
owned  and  cleared  a  ship  in  his  own  name 
from  the  port  of  Bath.  He  had  an  extensive 
business,  not  only  in  shipbuilding,  but  in  lum- 
bering and  trade.  He  was  widely  known  as 
General  Berry,  receiving  his  title  from  his 
command  in  the  state  militia,  to  w^hich  he  was 
elected  by  the  legislature  in  1839,  ^t  the  time 
of  the  notable  "Aroostook  War."  He  was  a 
man  of  fine  physical  appearance  and  of  excep- 
tional force  and  energy.  In  1857  he  was  ap- 
pointed collector  for  the  port  of  Bath  by  Pres- 
ident Buchanan  and  served  three  years.  About 
the  same  time  he  was  also  a  member  of  the 
legislature  for  several  sessions.  He  married 
(first)  Nancy  Lee,  by  whom  he  had  tw-o  sons, 
James  Langdon  and  Alfred  Lee.  He  married 
(second)  1824,  Harriet  Oliver,  of  George- 
town, daughter  of  David  Oliver,  and  had  ten 
children. 

(\TII)  Alfrcil  Lee,  son  of  General  Joseph 
and  Nancy  (Lee)  Berry,  was  born  in  George- 
town, April  8,  1820,  and  died  October  29, 
1856.  He  was  a  very  active  and  successful 
business  man,  associated  with  his  father  in  his 
various  enterprises.  He  served  his  town  as 
state  senator  at  Augusta  and  was  aide  to  Gen- 
eral Joseph  Berry  with  the  rank  of  colonel. 
He  married  Mary  E.  White,  who  was  born  in 
Georgetown,  Maine,  July  16,  1820,  daughter 
of  James  McCobb  and  Elizabeth  (Pattee) 
White,  of  Georgetown,  Maine,  and  by  the 
marriage  had:  i.  Alfred  Henry,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Harriet  Ann,  married  Edwin  A. 
Potter,  of  Chicago.  3.  Alice  M.,  died  at  the 
age  of  thirteen  years.  4.  Lena  T.,  married 
Walter  P.  Bancroft,  of  Portland,  Maine.  5. 
Frank  Lee,  married  Sara  Wilson. 

(IX)  Alfred  Henry,  eldest  child  of  Alfred 
Lee  and  Mary  E.  (White)  Berry,  was  born 
in  Georgetown,  September  9,  1844.     Educated 


in  the  common  schools  and  at  the  State  Acad- 
emy at  Lewiston.  From  i8r)7  he  was  asso- 
ciatotl  as  employe  and  in  partnership  with  C. 
J.  Walker,  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  J. 
Walker  &  Company,  wholesale  dealers  in 
boots,  shoes  and  rubbers.  In  1889  he  founded 
the  A.  H.  Berry  Shoe  Company,  manufac- 
turers and  wholesale  dealers  in  boots  and 
shoes,  of  which  he  is  still  the  active  head. 
Alfred  Henry  Berry  married,  July  11,  187 1, 
Frances  Fisher  Crosby,  who  was  born  in 
Arrowsic,  ]\laine.  May  4,  1847,  daughter  of 
William  L.  and  ^Martha  (Fisher)  Crosby,  of 
Arrowsic,  Maine.  Three  children  w^ere  born 
of  this  marriage,  only  one  of  whom,  Harold 
Lee,  survives. 

(X)  Harold  Lee,  only  surviving  child  of 
Alfred  Henry  and  Frances  F.  (Crosby)  Berry, 
was  born  in  Portland,  August  26,  1877.  He 
acquired  his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
in  the  Columbian  Academy,  Washington,  D. 
C,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1897,  and 
at  Bowdoin  College,  where  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1901.  Imme- 
diately after  completing  his  college  course  he 
took  up  his  work  with  the  A.  H.  Berry  Shoe 
Company,  of  which  he  is  a  director  and  has 
since  contributed  his  labors  for  the  success  of 
that  concern.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  has 
served  two  terms  in  the  city  council  in  1907- 
08.  While  in  college  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Psi  LIpsilon  fraternity.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Cumberland  and  the  Country  clubs. 
Harold  Lee  Berry  married,  in  Portland,  Au- 
gust 28,  1905.  A'ioletta  Lansdale  Brown,  born 
May  14.  1883,  daughter  of  John  :\Iarshall  and 
Alida  Catherine  (Carroll)  Brown,  of  Port- 
land (see  Brown.)  They  have  one  child,  a 
daughter,  Martha  Carroll  Berrv,  born  October 
13,  1908. 


(For    preceding    generations    see    William    Berry    1.) 

(V)    George    (3),  son  of  !\Iajor 
BERRY     George     (2)     Berry,    was    born 
April  8,  1732.    Pie  married  Sarah 
Stickney.    Children:    i.  Deacon  William,  men- 
tioned below.    2.  Levi.     3.  George.     Probably 
others. 

(VI)  Deacon  William,  son  of  George  (3) 
Berry,  was  born  in  Falmouth.  July  30,  1753, 
and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Buck- 
field,  Alaine.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist 
church  and  a  much  respected  citizen.  He  mar- 
ried, August  4,  1774  (by  Rev.  Ephraim  Clark), 
Joanna  Doane.  born  :\Iarch  3,  1753.  (See 
Doane.)  Children:  i.  Polly,  born  February 
^2,  1775-76,  died  December  28.  1837;  married, 
October  22,  1795,  Luther  Whitman.     2.  Levi, 


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April  28,  1777,  mentioned  below.  3.  Dorcas, 
June  16,  1779,  died  May  24,  1867;  married, 
March  10,  1799,  Jacob  Whitman  Jr.  4.  Jo- 
anna, March  11,  1781,  died  December  27, 
1864;  married  (first)  Samuel  Briggs ;  (sec- 
ond) Rev.  Nathaniel  Chase.  5.  William,  April 
17,  1783,  died  March  i,  1848;  married  De- 
borah Drake.  6.  Betsey,  June  i,  1785,  died 
April  13,  1859;  married  James  Ricker.  7. 
George,  July  30,  1787,  died  October  i,  1859; 
married  Sally  Swan.  8.  Obadiah,  March  2, 
1790,  died  March  i,  1875;  married  Abigail 
Ricker.  9.  Sally,  June  9,  1792,  died  April  17, 
1820;  married,  ]\Iarch,  1814,  Tobias  Ricker 
Jr.  10.  Remember,  December  22,  1794,  mar- 
ried John  Swett.  11.  Zeri,  November  i.  1797, 
died  April  19,  1885;  married  Abigail  Turner. 
Deacon  William  Berry  died  October  i,  1817; 
his  wife,  Joanna  Berry,  died  August,  1825. 

(VII)  Levi,  son  of  Deacon  William  Berry, 
was  born  in  Falmouth.  April  28,  1777,  died 
in  Smyrna,  Maine,   February    6,    1854.      He 

married    Louisana    .      He    settled    in 

Woodstock,  Maine,  in  181 1,  and  his  home  was 
near  the  West  Paris  station.  Children:  i. 
Levi,  born  June  11,  1801,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Louisa,  April  9.  1803,  married  John  Lap- 
ham.  3.  William,  April  5,  1805,  married  Sally 
Lovejoy.  4.  Leonard,  February  25,  1807,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Pool.  5.  Aurelia,  April  29,  1810, 
married  Elijah  Swan  Jr.  6.  Abigail,  October 
2,  1819.  7.  George  R.,  October  8,  1823.  8. 
Cordelia,  August  17,  1829,  married  Abel  Ba- 
con. 

(Vni)  Levi  (2),  son  of  Levi  (i)  Berry, 
was  born  June  11,  1801,  in  Paris,  Maine; 
died  June  16,  1873.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  was 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  and  in  farm- 
ing with  his  father  at  Paris  until  1844.  He 
removed  "to  Smyrna,  Maine,  where  he  was  in 
the  lumber  business  and  conducted  a  large 
farm  and  a  hotel  until  his  death.  He  married 
(first)  September  29,  1822,  Polly  Hammond, 
who  died  September  27,  1859.  He  married 
(second)  Apharinda,  daughter  of  Hiram  Eat- 
on. Children  of  first  wife :  i.  Thaddeus  C.  S., 
born  August  24,  1823,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Lydia  Jane,  August  9,  1826,  married  (first) 
November  17,  1844,  Oliver  H.  Perry;  (sec- 
ond) December  29,  1859,  William  H.  Wins- 
low  ;  child  of  first  husband,  Gussie  Perry,  who 
lives  with  her  mother  in  Houlton.  3.  Peleg 
H.,  May  10,  1829,  married,  April  17,  1850, 
Caroline  K.  Estes;  children:  i.  John  E.,  of 
Houlton ;  ii.  Laura  E.,  now  deceased ;  iii.  Ad- 
die,  now  deceased ;  iv.  Frank  P.,  of  Houlton ; 
the  father  died  February  8,  1898.    4.  Arabella 


R.,  December  29,  1831,  died  February  7,  1841. 
5.  Andrew  J.,  February  25,  1834,  married,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1855,  Julia  E.  Estes;  children:  i. 
Oliver  H.,  of  Duke  Center,  Pennsylvania ;  ii. 
Minnie  Feeley,  of  ]\Ialden,  Massachusetts;  iii. 
Julia,  of  Maiden;  iv.  Fred  L.,  now  deceased; 
Andrew  J.,  now  resides  at  Duke  Center,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  his  wife  died  in  1907.  6.  Eliza  D., 
August  16,  1836,  married,  February  6,  1853, 
Ivory  Coolbroth;  (second)  January  11,  i860, 
William  Jordan;  (third)  Rev.  Philip  Wheeler; 
children  of  first  husband :  i.  Ella  Coolbroth, 
living  in  Illinois ;  ii.  Jesse  Coolbroth,  de- 
ceased. 7.  Samuel  H.,  June  21,  1838,  married, 
April  27,  1869,  Nellie  S.  Anderson;  children: 
i.  Walter  P.,  deceased ;  ii.  Leonard  P.,  lives  in 
Houlton.  8.  iMary  Arabella,  February  15, 
1842,  married,  April  26,  1859,  Isaac  L.  Adams, 
who  died  at  Smyrna,  April  6,  1908 ;  children : 
i.  Charles  Adams,  deceased ;  ii.  Frank  Adams, 
of  Oakfield,  Maine ;  iii.  Lizzie  Porter,  of 
Smyrna ;  iv.  Levi  Adams,  of  Oakfield ;  v.  Su- 
san Adams,  of  Oakfield;  vi.  Belle  Adams; 
vii.  Lemuel  Adams;  viii.  Jennie  Adams;  ix. 
Henry  Adams,  of  Smyrna.  9.  Levi  H.,  July 
7,  1845,  married  Annie  Bickford ;  children: 
i.  Herman ;  ii.  Nellie ;  iii.  Carrie ;  all  living  in 
or  near  Glenwood,  Minnesota.  Children  of 
second  wife:  10.  George  Alfred,  November 
13,  i860.  II.  Charles  H.,  August  4,  1862, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Dr.  Thaddeus  C.  S.,  son  of  Levi  (2) 
Berry,  was  born  August  24,  1823,  in  Bethel, 
Maine.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  later  studied  medicine. 
He  practiced  medicine  in  Houlton  and  vicinity 
until  1896,  when  he  removed  to  Denver,  Colo- 
rado, where  he  lived  and  practiced  until  his 
death  in  August,  1908.  His  residence  and 
office  was  on  South  Twelfth  street  in  that 
city.  He  married  Susan  A.  Oakes,  born  May 
30,  1826.  Children:  i.  Augustus  Flenry,  born 
at  Smyrna,  April  19,  1844,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Charles  L.,  February  10,  1846,  died  about 
1880.  3.  Francis  S.,  January  27,  1848,  died 
April  14,  1885.  4.  Lillian  A.,  March  24, 
1854,  died  January,  1891.  5.  Hiram  Oakes, 
January  28,  1856. 

(X)  Augustus  Henry,  son  of  Dr.  Thaddeus 
C.  S.  Berry,  was  born  at  Smyrna,  April  19, 
1844,  died  February  5,  1905.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  He  was  a  lumber- 
man and  miller  by  trade,  and  worked  in  vari- 
ous sawmills  at  Smyrna,  then  removed  to 
Minnesota,  where  he  continued  in  the  same 
line  of  work.  He  then  returned  in  the  seven- 
ties to  Houlton,  l\Iaine.  and  worked  in  the 
same  line  of  business  there.     In  1895  he  and 


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c^'^m. 


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his  son  established  the  firm  of  A.  H.  Berry 
&  Sons.  The  firm  dealt  in  meats,  provisions 
and  groceries  of  all  kinds  and  enjoys  a  large 
patronage.  Since  the  death  of  the  senior  part- 
ner the  business  has  been  incorporated  under 
the  name  of  the  A.  H.  Berry  &  Son  Company. 
The  business  was  located  in  the  present  store 
in  1901,  having  outgrown  the  original  quar- 
ters in  the  Merritt  Block.  The  company  now 
has  two  thousand  feet  of  floor  space  at  the 
store  at  70  Main  street.  Mr.  Berry  was  a 
well-known  and  highly  esteemed  citizen,  a 
hard  worker,  earnest,  energetic  and  honorable 
in  all  his  dealings.  In  religion  he  was  a  Bap- 
tist ;  in  politics  a  Republican.  He  married 
Hannah  A.,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Catherine 
( Oilman )  BarkcV,  of  Houlton,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Isaac  (twin),  born  July  4,  1868.  2. 
Thaddeus  C.  S.  (twin),  July  4,  1868,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Catherine,  married  Rev.  John 
F.  Tilton,  of  Saco,  Maine. 

(XI)  Thaddeus  C.  S.,  son  of  Augustus  H. 
Berry,  was  born  in  Maine  Prairie,  Minnesota, 
Julv  4,  1868.  When  very  young  he  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Houlton,  Maine,  where  he 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  brick-making  and 
followed  it  for  four  years,  but  he  preferred  a 
mercantile  life,  and  became  a  clerk  for  the 
firm  of  E.  Merritt  &  Sons,  of  Houlton,  gro- 
cers. Later  he  was  for  four  years  in  the  em- 
ploy of  J.  A.  Millard,  dealers  in  fruit,  at 
Houlton.  In  partnership  with  his  father,  he 
established  his  present  business  in  Hoiillon 
in  1895,  under  the  firm  name  of  A.  H.  Berry 
&  Son.  The  store  was  originally  at  3-5  Water 
street.  In  1901  the  present  store  was  leased 
in  order  to  provide  for  the  necessities  of  a 
growing  business.  The  firm  was  incorporated 
in  January,  1908,  under  the  name  of  A.  H. 
Berry  &  Son  Company,  with  Mr.  Berry  as 
president,  treasurer,  manager  and  principal 
owner,  Myron  E.  Pratt,  clerk.  The  company 
deals  in  meats,  groceries,  provisions,  vegeta- 
bles, fruits,  etc.  The  company  has  a  high 
reputation  for  progressive  methods,  square 
dealing  and  enjoys  a  large  and  constantly  in- 
creasing patronage.  Mr.  Berry  is  one  of  the 
foremost  merchants  of  this  section  and  well 
known  throughout  the  county.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Houlton  Baptist  church,  of  which 
he  is  one  of  the  deacons  and  the  treasurer. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Prohibitionist.  He  married, 
July  4,  1888,  Elizabeth  J.,  born  in  New 
Brunswick,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ann 
(Carney)  Carroll.  Children,  born  at  Houl- 
ton:   I.  Anna,  C,  November  4,  1889.     2.  Dora 


A.,   August   20,    1895.     3.   Thaddeus  Carroll, 
February  27,  1897. 

(IX)  Charles  H.  Berry,  son  of  Levi  (2) 
Berry,  was  born  in  Smyrna,  August  4,  1862, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  In  his  early  life  he  was  em- 
ployed as  clerk  in  the  drygoods  store  of  Simon 
Friedman  &  Company,  of  Houlton,  Maine, 
and  as  clerk  in  a  shoe  store  in  the  same  town. 
In  1893  he  embarked  in  the  livery  and  board- 
ing stable  business  and  became  a  prominent 
dealer  in  horses.  In  1899  '^^  devoted  him- 
self exclusively  to  his  sales  department,  giv- 
ing up  the  livery  stable.  He  buys  and  sells  a 
large  number  of  horses  in  Boston  and  Buf- 
falo, as  well  as  in  Floulton  and  vicinity,  mak- 
ing a  specialty  of  western  stock.  His  place 
of  business  is  a  new  block  on  Bangor  street, 
which  he  erected  in  1906.  He  carries  a  large 
stock  of  carriages,  blankets,  robes,  whips  and 
other  supplies  for  the  horse  and  carriage 
trade.  Fie  has  accommodations  for  forty 
horses  at  his  stable.  He  has  an  average  sale 
of  three  to  five  hundred  horses  a  year,  amount- 
ing in  value  to  about  a  hundred  thousand 
dollars.  He  owns  and  conducts  three  large 
farms  also,  one  in  Hodgdon  and  one  in  Houl- 
ton. the  other  in  Linneus.  He  grows  annually 
one  hundred  and  fifty  tons  of  hay  and  more 
than  a  thousand  bushels  of  oats.  Mr.  Berry 
is  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  best  judges  of 
horseflesh  in  the  county  of  Aroostook.  He  is 
of  pleasing  personality  and  has  a  host  of 
friends.  He  is  a  self-made  man,  of  large  in- 
fluence and  exceptional  business  ability.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  New  England  Order  of 
Protection ;  of  Houlton  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  No.  835,  and  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1885,  Ella,  born  in  Monticello, 
Maine,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  and  Cylista 
(^McDonald)  White.  Children:  i.  Charles 
Harry,  born  September  i,  1887,  married,  Sep- 
tember I.  1907,  Beulah  Syphers,  of  Houlton, 
Maine.  2.  Ralph  L.,  November  29,  1890.  3. 
Claire  C,  January  30,  1893.  4.  Beatrice  E., 
April  19,  1898.  5.  Olin  L.,  August  2,  1900. 
6.  Alice  M.,  February  26,  1903.  7.  Marion  E., 
born  September  30,  1906. 


The  American  surname  Doane  is 
DOANE     identical  with  the  English  Done, 

the  ancient  orthography  of  which 
is  in  some  doubt.  It  is  supposed  to  be  derived 
from  Dun  or  Dune,  meaning  a  stronghold  or 
fortress.  In  ancient  manuscripts  the  name  is 
spelled  Donne,  Dourn,  Downe,  etc.    The  Eng- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


lish  home  of  the  family  is  the  old  Hall  of 
Utkmton,  in  the  hamlet  of  Utkinton,  one  mile 
north  of  Tarporley,  where  it  is  believed  the 
family  settled  in  King  John's  reign  1199- 
1216,  soon  after  the  use  of  surnames  became 
common  in  England.  An  ancient  suit  of  ar- 
mor still  hangs  from  the  upper  walls  of  Tar- 
porley church,  doubtless  worn  centuries  ago 
by  one  of  the  Dones,  the  principal  family.  The 
coat-of-arms :  Azure  two  barrs  argent  over  all 
on  a  bend  gules  three  arrows  argent.  Crest : 
first  on  a  wreath  eight  arrows  in  saltire,  four 
and  four  points  downward  or  feathered  sable 
banded  gules ;  second  on  a  wreath  a  buck's 
head  erased  proper  attired  or.  The  family  also 
had  /seats  at  Dudden  and  Flaxyards  in  the 
vicinity.  Sir  John  Done,  born  1576,  was 
knighted  in  1617.  The  Done  monuments  still 
to  be  seen  in  Tarporley  church  are  very  strik- 
ing examples  of  the  fine  arts.  The  pedigree 
of  the  family  is  traced  to  Richard  Done  in 
1 199  and  somewhere  doubtless  the  progenitor 
of  the  American  line  has  a  place. 

(I)  John  Doane,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  American  family,  was  born  in  England 
and  came  to  New  England  about  1629.  He 
became  a  prominent  man  in  the  Plymouth 
colony  and  was  given  the  title  of  Mr.,  indi- 
cating gentle  birth  or  college  education.  In 
1633  he  was  a  member  of  the  council  and 
elected  deacon  in  1633,  evidently  being  a 
prominent  Puritan  before  coming  over,  and 
he  resigned  as  assistant,  the  Puritans  being 
careful  to  keep  church  and  state  distinct. 
Deacon  Doane  had  frequent  grants  of  land 
from  the  general  court.  His  original  grant 
at  Eastham,  where  he  settled,  was  because 
he  was  one  of  the  purchasers  or  old  comers, 
but  his  various  grants  at  Jones  River,  now 
Kingston,  at  Rehoboth,  to  the  north  of  Taun- 
ton, etc.,  were  because  of  public  services.  He 
was  continually  rendering  services  as  deputy 
to  the  general  court  from  Plymouth  and  East- 
ham  and  served  on  important  committees.  Ac- 
cording to  his  statement  in  his  will  dated  May 
18,  1678,  he  was  then  about  eighty-eight  years 
old  and  was  born  about  1590.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1685,  aged  about  ninety-five  years. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  states  his  age  as 
about  one  hundred  years.  His  wife's  name 
appears  to  be  Abigail.  A  granite  post  was 
erected  in  1869  to  mark  the  site  of  his  house 
at  Eastham,  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  town, 
perhaps  three  hundred  yards  from  the  waters 
of  Nauset  bay.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife, 
to  sons  John,  Daniel  and  Ephraim,  daughter 
Abigail,  granddaughter  Margaret  Hid  or  Hi.x. 
Children:    i.  Lydia.    2.  Abigail,  born  January 


13,  1632.  3.  John.  4.  Daniel.  5.  Ephraim, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  John  Doane,  was  born 
probably  at  Plymouth  before  the  removal  of 
the  family  to  Eastham  in  1645,  ^'''d  died  at 
Eastham  in  1700.  He  settled  in  Eastham  and 
took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1670.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  June  5,  1684.  His  name 
appears  in  Truro,  June  17,  1690,  and  is  on  a 
list  of  legal  inhabitants  of  Eastham  in  1695. 
He  was  a  surveyor  of  highways  in  Eastham 
in  1691-92.  The  following  is  from  the  Doane 
genealogy :  "On  jNIarch  3,  1662-63,  he  and 
three  others  were  fined  twent3'-five  shillings 
each  for  trading  liquor  with  the  Indians,  and 
he  and  Thomas  Ridman  were  fined  fifty  shil- 
lings each  for  permitting  the  Indians  to  have 
liquor  in  their  boats,  it  appearing  that  one  of 
the  Indians  was  drunk  thereby."  On  October 
29,  1669,  he  was  before  the  court  for  "hor- 
ribly slandering  and  belying  his  neighbors"  at 
Eastham  and  was  fined  "the  sume  of  twenty 
shillings  for  telling  two  lyes  about  the  same." 
June  6,  1678.  he  was  again  before  the  court 
to  answer  to  the  complaint  of  "Jawannum, 
late  wife  of  James  Pequin  of  Billingsgate,  as 
suspected  by  her  and  Nicholas,  to  have  been 
an  occasion  of  the  violent  death  of  said  Pequin, 
her  husband."     Flis  will  was  dated  December 

7,  1699,  and  proved  April  19,  1700.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  February  15,  1667,  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Ruth  (Bower)  Knowles. 
He  married  (second)  after  1692,  Mary  Snow, 
born  at  Barnstable,  December  11,  1647,  died 
at  Eastham,  1703;  widow  of  John  Snow,  and 
daughter  of  John  and  Ann  (Walden)  Smal- 
ley.  Children:  i.  Patience,  born  January  28, 
1668,  died  1675.  2.  Apphia,  July  18,  1670. 
3.  Hezekiah,  August,  1672.  4.  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1674.  5.  Ebenezer,  April,  1676, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Nehemiah,  August,  1680, 
died  February,  1684.  7.  Patience,  April,  1682, 
married,   February  7,    1705-06,  Joshua  Cook. 

8.  Ruhama,  April  30,  1685.  married,  Septem- 
ber 22,  1726,  Richard  Stephens. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Ephraim  Doane, 
was  born  at  Eastham  in  April,  1676.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  fisheries  at  Provincetown  and 
resided  in  Truro,  where  his  children  were 
baptized  by  Rev.  John  Avery.  He  was  select- 
man in  171 1.  On  June  14,  1714,  he  was  ap- 
pointed the  first  collector  of  taxes  on  the 
province  lands  at  Cape  Cod,  for  the  support 
of  the  minister.  In  1717  a  grant  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  was  made  toward  the 
building  of  a  meeting  house  at  Provincetown, 
and  the  money  was  expended  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Ebenezer  Doane.     He  married  Lydia 


STATK  ()!•   MAINE. 


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.     Chililicn,  born  at  Truro:    i.  Ebene- 

zer,  August  22,  1706,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Thankful.  March  5,  1708,  baptized  September 
13'  '/KV  3-  Janies,  November  10,  1709,  mar- 
ried Mary .    4.  Keziah,  May  22,  1712. 

5.  Levi,  Ueccmbcr  9,  17 14.  6.  Lydia,  baptized 
July  28,  1717.  7-  Elizabeth,  baptized  August 
21,  1720.    8.  Mary,  born  August  12,  1724. 

(IV)  Ebcnezcr,  son  of  Ebcnezer  Doane,  was 
born  at  Truro,  August  22,  1706,  and  baptized 
there  by  Rev.  John  Avery,  September  13, 
1713.  With  seven  or  eight  other  families,  he 
removed  as  early  as  the  spring  of  1739  to 
Falmouth,  Maine,  from  Provincetown.  He 
■  was  probably  a  .seafaring  man.  They  settled 
at  Long  Creek,  Cape  Elizabeth.  But  little 
can  be  learned  of  his  history,  as  the  probate 
records  were  burned  in  the  Portland  fire.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  born  April  25,  1713,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Aroda  (Haley)  Skillings, 
of  Kittery  and  ]'"a!mouth.  After  his  death  his 
widow  went  to  live  with  her  daughter,  Joanna 
Berry,  at  Buckfield,  where  she  died  very  aged. 
Children:  i.  Levi,  served  in  the  revolution; 
it  is  said  that  he  went  to  sea  ami  never  re- 
turned. 2.  Joanna,  born  March  3,  1753,  mar- 
ried William  Berry.  (See  sketch  of  Berry 
family  herewith.)  3.  Deborah,  married  Joshua 
Wescott  and  removed  to  Buckfield.  4.  ^lary, 
married  David  Gammon.  5.  Anna,  married 
Joseph  Skillings.  6.  Edward,  married  (first) 
1762,  Anna  Wescott;  (second)  1766,  Sarah 
McDougle ;  served  in  the  revolution.  7.  Eben- 
ezer,  married  Joanna  Millet. 


It  is  worthy  of  historical  men- 
LINCOLN  tion  that  of  the  early  emi- 
grants who  came  to  the  old 
Bay  colony  from  1635  to  1650,  Henry  Adams, 
of  Ouincy,  was  the  progenitor  of  two  presi- 
dents of  the  LInited  States ;  Moses  Cleveland, 
of  W'oburn,  of  another;  Edward  Garfield,  of 
W'atertown,  of  still  another,  and  Samuel  Lin- 
coln, of  Hingham,  of  yet  one  more — all  within 
the  radius  of  a  small  territory.  These  people 
left  England  to  escape  the  ecclesiastical  op- 
pression so  prevalent  in  the  old  country. 
There  were  besides,  Samuel  Lincoln,  from 
whom  our  lamented  president  comes  down,  his 
brothers,  Thomas,  "the  weaver,"  and  Daniel. 
Abraham  Lincoln's  lineage  passed  to  Ken- 
tucky by  way  of  Berks  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  Rockingham  county,  \'irginia,  making 
short  stops  at  each  point.  From  this  Sam- 
uel came  down  that  Levi  Lincoln,  who  was 
the  sixth  governor  of  Massachusetts,  and  that 
Levi  Lincoln,  who  was  the  eleventh  governor 
of    Massachusetts,    and    that    Enoch    Lincoln. 


who  was  the  fourth  governor  of  Mame.  liuee 
other  Thomas  Lincolns  there  were  besides, 
anfl  to  distinguish  them,  one  was  called  Thom- 
as, "the  miller,"  anotiier  Thomas  "liic  hus- 
bandman," and  yet  anotiier  Thomas,  "the 
cooper."  The  Dennysville  Lincolns  come  from 
Thomas,  "the  cooper."  They  were  all  bound 
together  by  ties  of  consanguinity,  and  hailed 
from  Norfolk,  England. 

( I )  Thomas  Lincoln,  "the  cooper,"  came 
to  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  in  1635,  and  the 
next  year  was  granted  five  acres  of  land.  He 
afterward  exchanged  this  lot  for  one  on  Beal 
street.  He  also  ownetl  a  small  triangular 
close  conveyed  to  him  at  what  is  now  the 
junction  of  North  and  Lincoln  streets.  Be- 
sides his  cooperage  trade,  he  was  a  maltster. 
His  seat  in  the  meeting  house  was  in  "ye  pew 
under  ye  pulpit."  He  died  at  the  house  on 
North  street,  September  28,  1691.  The  old 
homestead  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the 
family.  He  married,  in  England,  Avith, 
daughter  of  William  Lane,  and  she  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1682;  children:  Thomas,  Joseph, 
Benjamin,  Deborah  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Benjamin,  third  son  of  Thomas  and 
Avith  (Lane)  Lincoln,  was  born  May  7,  1643, 
in  Hingham.  and  died  September  27,  1700, 
having  completed  fifty-seven  summers.  His 
father  gave  him  the  malt  house,  and  he  con- 
tinued the  business  and  resided  at  the  old 
homestead.  He  held  the  office  of  selectman. 
He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet Fearing.  She  was  of  Hingham  par- 
entage, and  died  November  26,  1716.  Chil- 
dren: John,  Margaret,  Benjamin  (which  is  a 
traditional  name  in  this  family),  Thomas, 
Jeremiah,  Jonathan  and  Sarah. 

(III)  Deacon  Benjamm  (2),  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (i)  and  Margaret  (Fearing)  Lincoln, 
w-as  born  in  Hingham,  January  16,  1671,  and 
followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father  and 
grandfather  as  a  maltster.  He  was  town  clerk, 
selectman,  and  deacon  of  the  church.  His  will 
was  dated  February  11,  1724,  and  he  died 
suddenly  July  10,  1767.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  James  and  Sarah 
(Lane)  Lewis;  children:  Mary  and  the  tra- 
ditional Benjamin. 

(IV)  Hon.  Benjamin  (3),  only  son  of 
Deacon  Benjamin  (2)  and  Mary  (Lewis) 
Lincoln,  was  born  in  Hingham,  August  17, 
1699.  He  clung  to  the  family  trade  of  malt- 
ster, and  was  selectman  for  sixteen  years,  suc- 
ceeding his  father  as  town  clerk,  representative 
to  the  general  court,  and  was  a  member  of 
his  Majesty's  council.  He  always  enjoyed 
the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  townspeople, 


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and  accumulated  a  modest  property  for  those 
davs.  He  resided  on  the  patrimonial  estate, 
and  married  j\lary,  daughter  of  Captain  Thom- 
as and  Leah  (Buckland)  Loring,  born  in 
Hingham,  September  i6,  1696.  He  married 
(second)  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Captain  John 
Norton,  whose  maiden  name  was  Thaxter. 
The  children,  all  by  the  second  marriage, 
were:  I\Iary,  Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Hannah,  Olive, 
Benjamin,  Ijela  and  Theodore. 

(V)  Major-General  Benjamin  (4),  eldest 
born  of  Hon.  Benjamin  (3)  and  Elizabeth 
(Thaxter)  Lincoln,  was  born  January  24, 
1733,  and  died  j\lay  9,  1810.  He  received  the 
rudiments  of  an  ordinary  English  education, 
such  as  was  common  to  the  youth  of  that  day, 
and  made  the  most  of  his  opportunities,  for 
his  correspondence  shows  him  to  have  been 
a  correct  writer,  using  good  and  forcible  lan- 
guage. He  had  an  active  and  inquiring  mind, 
and  was  a  great  reader,  storing  his  memory 
with  learning  such  as  was  useful  to  him  in 
after  years  in  the  important  posts,  both  mili- 
tary and  civic,  he  was  called  to  undertake. 
He  was  known  and  trusted  as  a  man  of  cor- 
rect principles  and  sound  discretion,  and  was 
hence  put  forward  by  his  constituents  to  act 
in  all  public  matters  of  the  infant  colony,  and 
held  all  the  minor  town  offices.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  and  resided  on  the  old 
Lincoln  homestead.  The  troubles  with  the 
mother  country  were  brewing,  though  the 
"cloud  was  no  bigger  than  a  man's  hand." 
Hingham  was  quick  to  act,  and  in  1768  a 
meeting  of  the  inhabitants  was  warned  to 
send  delegates  to  the  Faneuil  Hall  conven- 
tion. Here  young  Lincoln  appeared  on  the 
committee  to  prepare  instructions  to  the  dele- 
gates. In  1772  he  represented  Hingham  in 
the  provincial  legislature,  and  was  secretary 
of  the  first  provincial  congress,  at  Salem,  of 
which  John  Hancock  was  president.  He  acted 
as  president  of  the  third  provincial  congress 
at  Watertown  in  1775.  He  was  elected  to 
both  the  general  court  and  the  council.  Re- 
signing the  former,  he  wrote  :  "Although,  gen- 
tlemen, I  am  removed  from  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives and  therefore  am  not  considered  as 
your  particular  representative  to  the  General 
Court,  yet  that  will  not  relieve  from  my  mind 
the  great  obligation  I  am  under  to  the  town 
of  Hingham.  I  recollect  with  gratitude  that 
they  have  conferred  on  me  most,  if  not  all,  the 
places  of  honor  that  were  in  their  power  to 
bestow."  His  military  services  by  which  he 
obtained  his  passport  to  fame  began  as  muster 
master  in  1755.  In  1771  he  was  made  major 
of   the   Third    regiment,    and   one   year    later 


promoted  to  lieutenant-colonel.  In  1776  he 
was  commissioned  brigadier-general,  and  in 
this  capacity  he  came  in  contact  with  Wash- 
ington, whose  confidence  and  esteem  he  pos- 
sessed to  the  last.  In  j\Iay  he  won  the  stars 
of  the  major-general,  and  had  the  chief  direc- 
tion of  afifairs  in  Massachusetts  throughout 
the  summer.  On  June  11  he  took  posses- 
sion of  the  heights  at  Hull,  and  some  tramp 
vessels  which  had  lingered  after  Howe's  evac- 
uation to  annoy  shipping  were  driven  oil  by 
General  Lincoln.  After  the  disastrous  battle 
of  Long  Island,  General  Lincoln  was  ordered 
with  a  part  of  his  command  to  proceed  to  New 
York  and  reenforce  Washington,  and  the  en- 
gagement at  White  Plains  took  place,  in  which 
Lincoln's  division  participated.  General  Heath 
was  in  command  at  Peekskill,  and  in  writing 
to  him  Washington  said :  "I  would  wish  you 
to  consult  and  co-operate  with  General  Lin- 
coln, of  whose  judgment  and  abilities  I  enter- 
tain a  very  high  opinion."  General  Lincoln 
was  recommended  by  Washington  to  a  position 
in  the  Continental  army,  and  the  appointment 
was  accordingly  forthcoming.  Lincoln  was 
detached  to  \'ermont  to  operate  against  Bur- 
goyne,  who  was  carrying  terror  to  the  people 
of  that  region.  The  general  succeeded  in 
quieting  their  fears,  kept  a  sharp  lookout  for 
the  enemy,  and  had  the  situation  well  in  hand. 
At  the  battle  of  Bemis  Heights,  Lincoln  was 
leading  a  body  of  men  around  in  the  rear  of 
Burgoyne's  army,  and  was  met  by  some  Brit- 
ish, who  shot  him  in  the  leg.  It  was  a  dan- 
gerous wound,  and  for  three  months  he  was 
confined  at  Albany  tmder  the  surgeon's  care. 
In  token  of  his  love  and  respect  for  him, 
Washington  presented  him  a  set  of  epaulets 
sword  knots.  On  September  25  he  being  able 
to  resume  command,  was  ordered  to  the  de- 
partment of  the  South.  He  fought  the  battle 
of  Stono  Ferry,  with  a  loss  to  the  .-Vmericans, 
but  the  failure  was  due  to  the  non-arrival  of 
General  Moultrie.  Lincoln  also  led  his  col- 
umn at  the  storming  of  Savannah,  but  the 
arrival  of  Maitland  with  reenforcements  saved 
the  day  for  the  British.  General  Lincoln  was 
made  prisoner  of  war  at  the  capitulation  of 
Charlestown,  and  was  allowed  by  Sir  Henry 
Clinton  to  proceed  to  Philadelphia  on  parole. 
Although  disasters  followed  in  the  wake  of 
each  other,  nobody  cast  any  blame  on  General 
Lincoln.  Washington  still  had  confidence  in 
him.  Of  him  Colonel  Lee  said :  "So  estab- 
lished was  the  reputation  of  the  vanquished 
General,  that  he  continued  to  enjoy  the  un- 
diminished respect  and  confidence  of  congress, 
the  army,  and  the  Commander-in-Chief."     In 


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1786,  when  Shay's  Rebellion  broke  out  in  west- 
ern Massaclnisctts,  Lincoln  received  the  com- 
mand aj^ainst  the  insurg;ents.  Washington 
wrote  him  at  this  time  in  friendly  conncil  and 
encouragement.  The  remaining  portion  of  his 
career  nntst  now  be  passed  rapidly  over.  lie 
did  yeoman  service  to  have  his  state  adopt 
the  federal  constitution,  whose  fate  hung  long 
in  the  balance.  He  was  appointed  collector 
of  the  port  of  Boston,  and  a  commissioner  to 
treat  with  the  Indians.  In  1788  he  was  lieu- 
tenant-governor of  Massachusetts,  and  pre- 
sident of  the  Cinciiniati.  The  old  general's 
last  days  were  shadowed  and  embarrassed  by 
his  endorsing  notes  for  his  friend.  General 
Knox,  w^ho  had  made  large  purchases  of  Maine 
real  estate  and  the  enterprise  had  forced  him 
into  bankruptcy.  This  involved  Lincoln.  Some 
of  his  friends  advised  him  to  place  his  prop- 
erty out  of  his  hands.  The  battle-scarred 
veteran  shook  his  head.  "When  I  endorsed 
those  notes,"  said  he,  "I  had  a  clear  real  estate. 
This  fact  was  generally  known,  and  was  the 
basis  of  that  credit  which  was  given  to  my 
endorsements.  1  could  not,  therefore,  con- 
sistently with  my  ideas  of  right,  make  any 
change  in  my  apparent  property.  I  could  not 
sacrifice  my  own  opinion  to  that  of  my  good 
friends,  for  they  could  not  enter  into  my  feel- 
ings on  the  subject,  nor  quiet  a  mind  con- 
scious of  having  done  what  it  could  not  ap- 
prove." Everything  went,  even  to  the  old 
homestead.  The  land  in  Maine,  however, 
which  Knox  conveyed  to  the  general  proved 
more  valuable  than  at  first  supposed,  and  was 
sufficient  to  adjust  all  liabilities.  It  is  a  satis- 
faction to  be  able  to  state  that  in  the  end 
Lincoln  came  out  aboveboard  and  suffered  no 
loss  for  his  moral  and  upright  conduct,  and 
left  something  for  his  children.  He  married, 
January  15,  1756,  Mary,  daughter  of  Elijah 
and  Elizabeth  (Baker)  Gushing,  of  Pembroke, 
Massachusetts,  who  was  born  April  22,  1739. 
Their  children  were :  Benjamin,  jMary,  Eliza- 
beth, Sarah,  Theodore,  ]\Iartin,  Bela,  Martin, 
Edmund,  Hannah  and  Deborah. 

(VI)  Theodore,  second  son  of  General  Ben- 
jamin (4)  and  Mary  (Gushing)  Lincoln,  was 
born  December  30,  1763.  He  went  to  Dennys- 
ville,  Washington  county,  i\Iaine,  probably  on 
account  of  his  father's  real  estate  investments 
there.  Ele  anyone  or  two  other  pioneers  to 
that  place  spent  their  first  night  in  Levi 
Scott's  camp,  on  Hobart's  Point,  near  where 
the  road  divides  into  branches,  one  to  Mr. 
Vose's,  one  to  Mr.  Allan's  wharf.  As  soon 
as  possible  the  party  went  to  work  building 
the  mill,  also  a  small  frame  house.     ]\Ir.  Lin- 


coln tlien  turned  his  attention  to  clearing  land, 
on  which  he  erected  a  large  two-story  house, 
which  in  1886  was  inhabited  by  tiie  Lincoln 
family,  and  for  a  number  of  years  after  its 
erection  the  Indians  used  to  make  it  a  stop- 
ping place  on  their  way  to  and  from  Machias, 
camping  on  quilts  and  robes  before  the  great 
fireplace  in  the  old  kitchen.  Mr.  Lincoln  was 
familiar  and  friendly  to  all,  loved  anecdotes 
and  told  them  well,  had  a  keen  sense  of  the 
ludicrous,  and  had  a  cheering  word  for  every- 
body. His  activity  was  irrepressible,  and  after 
a  severe  fall  in  his  old  age  had  disabled  him, 
he  had  a  low  carriage  built,  and  kept  a  horse 
that  knew  his  infirmities,  and  with  these  he 
traveled  not  only  the  highways,  but  the  fields, 
the  pastures,  and  the  woods,  overseeing  his 
farming  and  milling  to  the  last.  He  married 
Hainiah  Mayhew,  who  formerly  acted  in  the 
capacity  of  housekeeper  for  him,  and  who 
brought  into  his  home  refinement  and  the 
love  of  order  and  beauty,  as  well  as  thrift  and 
economy,  together  with  the  culture  .of  those 
ideas  and  sentiments  which  out-of-door  em- 
ployments and  excessive  cares  from  the  de- 
tails of  domestic  drudgery  are  apt  to  repress. 
Their  children  were:  i.  Theodore,  born  1800; 
served  as  president  of  the  Temperance  So- 
cietv  in  1834,  as  selectman  one  year,  as  town 
treasurer  one  year,  again  as  selectman,  asses- 
sor and  overseer  of  the  poor  from  1832  to 
1846;  enlisted  in  the  Sixth  Regiment  Maine 
\'olunteers  for  three  years,  serving  as  sergeant, 
lieutenant  and  captain,  having  command  of 
regiment  when  disbanded ;  died  November  9, 
1865:  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hannah 
Lincoln,  and  granddaughter  of  General  Lin- 
coln. 2.  Hannah,  born  1801,  married  Ichabod 
R.  Chadbourne.  3.  Benjamin,  born  1802;  was 
without  doubt  the  man  who  conferred  the 
greatest  distinction  upon  the  town  of  Dennys- 
ville ;  from  his  father  he  inherited  a  love  of 
nature,  a  zest  of  life,  and  a  buoyant  spirit ; 
from  his  mother  he  derived  a  sensitive  spirit, 
an  unselfish  and  philanthropic  sentiment,  and 
the  capacity  for  speculative  and  abstract 
thought.  He  graduated  at  Bowdoin  Gollege 
in  his  twentieth  year ;  spent  five  years  in  the 
study  of  medicine,  and  commenced  practice  in 
the  city  of  Boston  in  the  autumn  of  1827.  The 
following  year,  having  accepted  an  invitation 
to  delfver  a  course  of  lectures  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Burlington,  Vermont,  on  anatomy  and 
physiology,  he  was  elected  to  the  professor- 
ship there  of  those  branches  of  science,  and 
took  up  his  residence  in  that  town,  acquiring 
at  once  a  high  reputation  also  as  a  practicing 
physician.     He  died  in  1835.  at  the  early  age 


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of  thirty-two.  4.  Mary,  horn  1804,  (lied  un- 
married. 5.  Bela,  born  1805,  married  Eliza- 
beth Rice.'  6.  Sarah,  born  1807,  married 
Spencer  Tinkham.  7.  Edmund,  born  1809, 
died  unmarried.     8.  Thomas. 

(V^II)  Thomas,  younger  son  of  Theodore 
and  Hannah  (Mayhew)  Lincoln,  was  born  in 
Dennysville,  March  27.  1812,  and  died  there 
March  27,  1883,  his  seventy-first  birthday, 
at  the  old  homestead  where  he  was  born, 
and  where  he  had  always  lived.  The  years  of 
his  life  passed  away  quietly  and,  in  the  main, 
uneventfully.  The  wellbeing  of  his  little  fam- 
ily, the  care  of  his  large  farm  occupying 
largely  his  time  and  attention.  He  was  a  stud- 
ious, retiring,  but  very  companionable  man. 
His  large  intellectual  powers  were  well  im- 
proved, and  his  agreeable  and  useful  conver- 
sation pleased  and  profited  his  numerous 
friends.  Thoughtful,  kind,  conscientious  and 
liberal,  he  endeared  himself  to  the  poor.  In 
his  earlier  days  he  was  politically  an  abolition- 
ist, but  connected  himself  wnth  the  Republican 
party  at  the  time  of  its  organization.  He 
loved  his  country,  but  never  filled  any  political 
office.  He  loved  his  native  town,  but  never 
accepted  any  municipal  place,  excepting  that 
of  school  committeeman.  Only  ten  days  prior 
to  his  decease  he  sat  in  his  accustomed  place 
in  the  church,  singing  the  hymns  and  join- 
ing with  the  congregation  in  the  Lord's  prayer, 
in  apparent  health.  The  Sentinel  of  April  11, 
1883,  contained  a  very  just  and  fitting  obitu- 
ary notice  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  written  by  a  friend 
who  knew  him  well.  It  does  not  seem,  how- 
ever, that  one  brief  paragraph  ought  to  be  all 
the  tribute  paid  to  him  whose  rare  gifts  and 
excellencies  furnish  so  much  that  is  worthy 
of  extended  record. 

Mr.  Lincoln  will  be  chiefly  missed  in  the 
old  home  in  which  he  has  always  lived.  He 
was  a  man  of  such  quiet,  retiring  spirit  that 
he  was  fully  known  only  by  his  immediate 
family  and  a  few  other  friends.  And  yet  it 
is  remarkable  that  a  man  so  modest  and  un- 
obtrusive should  be  so  widely  known  and  es- 
teemed and  loved.  When  the  word  spread 
through  the  community  that  he  was  danger- 
ously ill,  it  was  the  universal  feeling  that  we 
could  not  spare  him  yet.  We  could  not  be- 
lieve that  we  were  to  be  so  greatly  bereaved. 
It  seemed  to  us  that  Heaven  was  rich  enough 
without  him.  It  seemed  to  us  that  he  was 
just  entering  upon  a  period  of  old  age.  Un- 
like many  people  when  they  are  beginning  to 
grow  old,  his  interest  in  all  good  things  seemed 
to  increase  as  his  years  increased.  He  al- 
lowed new  cares  to  be  laid  upon  him.     At  a 


time  of  life  when  most  persons  think  less  and 
less  of  others  and  more  of  themselves,  he 
thought  more  of  others'  burdens  and  less  of 
himself ;  his  sympathies  widened ;  his  charities 
increased.  He  died  in  the  midst  of  active  use- 
fulness. Never  were  the  calls  upon  him  for 
advice,  for  aid.  for  sympathy  more  numerous 
than  during  the  last  five  years.  With  a  sacred 
sense  of  responsibility,  he  cheerfully,  with  in- 
creasing cheerfulness,  responded  to  the  many 
calls  with  which  he  was  burdened.  He  never 
knew  what  it  was  to  be  poor,  but  no  heart 
ever  beat  with  warmer  sympathy  for  the  poor. 
When  sending  his  crops  to  market,  it  was  his 
custom  to  keep  back  a  portion,  that  when  the 
next  sovs'ing  time  came  he  might  be  able  to 
help  those  who,  through  misfortune  or  neglect, 
were  in  need.  The  many  and  varied  calls 
upon  him  for  help  must  have  consumed  con- 
siderable of  his  time,  but  he  never  complained 
of  the  service  required  of  him.  His  benevo- 
lent .w-ork  was  done  so  quietly  that  scarcely 
any  one  knew  the  extent  of  it.  He  literally 
obeyed  the  injunction,  "Let  not  thy  left  hand 
know  what  thy  right  hand  doeth."  ilr.  Lin- 
coln was  deeply  interested  in  the  moral  and 
religious  and  educational  interests  of  the  town. 
He  gave  liberally  for  the  support  of  the  Gos- 
pel. He  was  very  regular  in  his  attendance  at 
public  worship.  To  him  the  church  was  a 
plsce  for  communion  with  God,  for  religious 
ccrtemplation.  A  few  persons  will  never  for- 
gec  the  unusual  interest  he  manifested  in  the 
services,  on  the  last  Sabbath  he  was  present, 
only  ten  days  before  his  death.  He  was  al- 
wavs  a  judicious  cousellor  in  educational  mat- 
ters. He  was  an  officer  of  our  Library  Asso- 
ciation from  its  organization  in  1866.  Not  a 
little  of  the  excellence  of  our  library  is  due  to 
his  cultivated  literary  taste  and  his  instinctive 
choice  of  the  best  books. 

The  following  extracts  are  taken  from  a 
letter  written  by  Hon.  George  F.  Talbot,  a 
friend  of  Mr.  Lincoln:  "Perhaps  the  hasty 
judgment  of  some  of  his  friends  may  have 
been  that  he  did  not  achieve,  either  in  reputa- 
tion or  influence  that  position  which  his  talents 
and  education  seemed  to  make  easily  attain- 
able. His  mind  of  great  originality  and  com- 
prehensiveness had  been  furnished  and  en- 
larged by  an  appreciative  reading  of  the  best 
books,  and  as  he  grew  older  his  taste  in  read- 
ing became  more  discriminating  and  severe. 
There  was  nothing  in  philosophic  discussion, 
or  metaphysical  speculation  or  poetic  inspira- 
tion, too  deep  or  subtle  for  his  understanding 
and  sympathy,  and  he  liked  best  the  few  great 
authors,  who  discover  new-  truths  or  who  give 


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new  directions  to  the  world's  thoughts.  The 
tendency  of  liis  mind  seemed  in  early  life 
toward  tlie  natural  sciences,  and  stimulated 
and  encouraged  by  his  elder  brother.  Dr.  lien- 
jamin  Lincohi,  he  seemed  likely  to  devote  him- 
self to  the  service  of  the  community  where  he 
lived,  in  the  profession  of  a  physician.  But 
his  health  was  always  delicate ;  he  was  un- 
ambitious of  wealth  or  of  reputation,  and  he 
shrank  with  instinctive  delicacy  from  the  com- 
petitions and  antagonisms  in  which  all  the 
honors  of  a  professional  career  must  be  won. 
Mr.  Lincoln  entered  heartily  and  with  char- 
acteristic ardor  of  feeling  into  all  the  great 
political  and  reformatory  questions  of  his 
time.  Originally  a  Whig,  and  speculatively 
a  Federalist,  he  succumbed  to  the  masterly 
persuasions  of  that  eloquent  pioneer  of  abo- 
litionism. Ichabod  Codding.  Rarely  writing 
for  the  press  and  still  less  frequently  attempt- 
ing a  formal  speech,  Mr.  Lincoln's  activity  in 
disseminating  on  the  community  where  he 
lived  ideas  and  principles  favorable  to  uni- 
versal liberty,  was  not  the  less  efficacious. 
With  singular  unanimity  his  family  and  fellow 
townsmen  came  to  his  way  of  thinking,  and 
have  ever  remained  steadfast  in  their  integrity. 
He  watched  with  intense  anxiety  the  changing 
fortunes  of  the  great  war,  to  w!;ich  he  would 
cheerfully  have  contributed  his  own  life;  and 
through  the  reconstruction  period,  results 
which  seemed  to  satisfy  the  very  champions 
of  freedom  did  not  quite  satisfy  him.  Upon 
religious  subjects  and  personal  religion.  Mr. 
Lincoln  was  always  reticent.  His  habitual 
tone  of  mind  was  singularly  reverent  and  de- 
vout. His  lite-long  habit  was  to  participate 
with  his  ncigliiiors  in  the  external  service  of 
worship.  His  most  intimate  friends  did  not 
know  to  what  extent,  if  at  all,  his  speculative 
opinions  upon  matters  of  faith  differed  from 
those  of  the  friends  in  whose  worship  he 
decorously  joined.  How  profoundly  religious 
his  character  was,  every  one  noted,  who  recog- 
nized the  high  standard  of  integrity,  by  which 
he  regulated  his  own  thinking  and  living,  the 
magnanimous  patience  with  which  he  had 
borne  the  several  sorrows,  and  the  rounded 
symmetry  into  which  he  had  wrought  a  per- 
fected manhood." 

Thomas  Lincoln  married  (first)  Emma 
Johnson:  (second)  Mary  Eastman.  Children 
by  first  wife:  Emma.  Edith  and  Arthur  Tal- 
bot.    Child  by  second  wife  :    Edmund. 

(VIH)  Dr.  Arthur  Talbot,  only  son  of 
Thomas  and  Emma  (Johnson)  Lincoln,  was 
born  at  Dennysville,  Maine,  September  16, 
1856.     He  was  educated  in  private  schools  in 


his  native  town,  and  in  Hoston,  and  entered 
Amherst  College,  graduating  in  the  class  of 
1879  as  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  took  a  pro- 
fessional course  at  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  class  of  1883,  but  being  in  Europe,  did 
not  receive  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine 
until  1889.  Dr.  Lincoln  spent  si.x  years  in 
post-graduate  study  and  hospital  practice  in 
Europe.  Returning  to  the  United  States,  he 
pursued  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  his 
native  town  and  elsewhere.  For  the  most 
part  he  spends  his  time  with  his  dogs  and  gun 
in  the  contemplation  and  enjoyment  of  nature 
in  her  varied  manifestations,  which  his  ample 
means,  liberal  education  and  cultivated  mind 
enable  him  to  do  in  his  old  ancestral  home, 
with  a  most  charming  environment  in  the 
Maine  woods.  Dr.  Lincoln  married,  in  New 
York  City,  February  19,  i88g,  Anna  Ma.x- 
well,  daughter  of  Captain  Henry  Rolfe  and 
Jessie  (Andrews)  Brown.  Her  father,  who 
was  a  sea  captain,  and  one  of  the  family  of 
Browns  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  died 
August  21,  igO/.  His  wife  was  born  in 
Glasgow,  Scotland,  1831,  and  the  parents  were 
in  that  port  when  ]\lrs.  Lincoln  was  born. 
Much  of  Mrs.  Lincoln's  early  life  was  spent 
in  California,  but  she  received  her  education 
in  Europe  and  has  traveled  extensively  in 
foreign  lands,  meeting  her  husband  for  the 
first  time  in  Vienna.  She  has  one  brother. 
Henry  Rolfe  Brown  Jr.,  of  Providence,  and 
had  one  sister,  Jessie  E.,  who  died  July  9, 
1906,  in  Boston:  she  was  the  wife  of  Charles 
E.  Allen,  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  of  the  Allen 
Steamship  Company. 


There  is  no  doubt  that  some, 
LINCOLN     if   not   all,   of    this    name    in 

America  descend  from  the 
English  branch  settled  in  Hingham,  Norfolk 
county,  England,  for  more  than  a  century  be- 
fore the  emigrants  came  over.  The  name  is 
said  to  be  derived  from  Linan,  abbreviation 
of  the  name  of  the  Roman  colony  Linduni 
which  was  on  the  site  of  the  present  city  of 
Lincoln,  and  from  coin  from  Colonia.  The 
meaning  of  the  word  Linnnt  is  "flax,"  and 
thus  Lindum  and  Lincoln  are  interpreted  by 
one  authority  to  mean  "a  flax  country."  Upon 
the  records,  this  family  name  assumes  many 
forms.  Lincon  varied  with  the  terminations : 
coin,  kon,  koln,  and  Linckhorn,  or  Linckhoorn. 
The  early  form  in  .\merica  was  Linkon.  The 
parish  register  of  St.  Andrews'  Church  in  Old 
Hingham,'  England,  it  is  said,  contains  many 
of  the  names  common  to  the  Lincoln  families 
of  this  countrv. 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


(I)  Thomas  Lincoln,  the  emigrant,  born 
about  1603,  came  from  Norfolk  county  to 
Massachusetts.  1635,  and  first  settled  at  Hing- 
ham,  where  he  was  granted  land  in  1636.  He 
was  called  "Thomas  the  AHUer,"  to  distinguish 
him  from  three  others  (known  as  Thomas  the 
Cooper,  Thomas  the  Weaver  and  Thomas  the 
Husbandman)  who  bore  the  same  name  and 
came  at  an  early  date.  In  1649  he  moved  to 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  is  recorded 
as  having  "Faithfully  followed  his  calling." 
He  returned  to  Hingham  for  his  family  in 
1652,  and  was  proprietor  of  the  mill  at  Taun- 
ton until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  Hing- 
ham, February  11,  1684.  His  will  is  dated 
August  28,  1683,  in  which  he  calls  himself 
"eighty  years  or  thereabouts."  He  married 
(first)  presumably  in  England,  name  of  wife 
unknown,  and  (second)  December  10,  1665, 
Elizabeth  Streete  (widow  of  Francis),  whose 
maiden  name  was  Harvey.  The  estate  of 
"Thomas  the  Aliller"  was  valued  at  two  hun- 
dred and  five  pounds,  eight  shillings.  Chil- 
dren were,  by  first  marriage:  i.  John,  born 
in  England,  married  Edith  ]\lacombes,  of 
IMarshfield,  and  had:  i.  John,  born  1665;  ii. 
Thomas,  1667,  married  Edith  (Esther), 
daughter  of  Samuel  Smith ;  iii.  Mary,  1679, 
married  Nathan  Shore  (  Shove)  ;  iv.  Daniel, 
1685,  married  (first)  Abigail  Nichols,  (sec- 
ond) Airs.  Hannah  Knapp ;  v.  Josiah,  married 

Jane  .     2.   Thomas,  born   in  England, 

baptized  in  Hingham,  1637.  3-  Samuel,  born 
in   England  and  baptized  in  Hingham,   1637; 

married   Jane  :   and   had:    i.    Samuel, 

born  June  i,  1664;  died  aged  seventy-five; 
ii.  Hannah,  married  Samuel  (Daniel)  Owen; 
iii.  Tamson,  married  Jonah  Austin  Jr. ;  iv. 
Elizabeth,  married  William  Briggs ;  their  chil- 
dren were  Ebenezer ;  Rachel,  married  Thomas 
Randall ;  John  ;  Thomas,  born  1683  ;  and  Dan- 
iel, wdio  married  Susannah  .     4.  J\lary, 

baptized  at  Hingham,  October  6,  1642,  mar- 
ried (first)  William  Hack  and  (second)  Rich- 
ard Stevens  (and  had  children  William  Hack, 
Richard  Stevens,  Nicholas  Stevens,  Mary 
Stevens,  Thomas  Stevens,  Tamson  Stevens, 
and  Nathaniel  Stevens).  5.  Sarah,  baptized 
in  Hingham,  December,  1645,  married  Joseph 
Willis,  of  Taunton,  and  had  Joseph  and 
Thomas. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  second  son  of  Thomas 
(i)  Lincoln  and  first  wife,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  baptized  in  Hingham,  February, 
1637-38,  by  Rev.  Peter  Hobart.  He  went 
with  his  father  to  Taunton  in  1649.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Jonah  and  Constance 
Austin,    who   came    from    Tenterden,    county 


Kent,  England,  in  the  "Hercules."  Thomas 
Lincoln  was  a  husbandman,  and  sold  to  Dan- 
iel Cushing,  of  Hingham.  October  11,  1662, 
the  lot  giv£n  him  by  his  father  (Thomas 
Lincklon),  which  was  granted  thf'  latter  by 
the  inhabitants  of  Hingham  (Suffolk  Deeds, 
iv.  65).  He  died  about  1694,  as  in  that 
year  his  property  was  distributed  to  his  chil- 
dren. In  the  deed  he  is  styled  "Thomas  Grand 
Senior."  The  children  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
were:  i.  Mary,  born  May  12.  1652.  2.  Sarah, 
September  25,  1654,  died  young.  3.  Thom- 
as (3),  April  21,  1656.  4.  Samuel,  March  16, 
1658,  married  and  died  early,  as  his  father 
in  1694  devised  property  to  "Samuel's  daugh- 
ter, Lydia,  when  eighteen."  5.  Jonah,  July 
7,  1660.  will  probated  in  Bristol,  November 
30,  1672,  or  3,  1712;  leaves  one-third  of 
property  to  wife  and  two-thirds  "to  children 
of  sister  Mercy  Caswell."  6.  Sarah,  born 
July  7,  1660.  7.  Hannah,  March  15,  1663.  8. 
Constant,  May  16,  1664-65,  married  William 
Briggs  Jr.  9.  Mercy,  April  3,  1670.  married 
William  Caswell,  of  Taunton,  10.  Experi- 
ence, whose  brother  Thomas'  son,  Nathaniel, 
directed  by  will  that  his  wife  should  "care  for 
Aunt  Experience  and  give  her  decent  burial." 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  and  Mary  (Austin)  Lincoln,  was  born  in 
Taunton,  April  21,  1656,  and  was  a  soldier  in 
King  Philip's  war.  The  record  is  that  on 
March  10,  1675, Thomas  Linkon(with  others), 
under  the  lead  of  Lieutenant  Robert  Barker, 
was  "find  eight  pounds,  the  amount  of  his  pay, 
for  breaking  away  from  the  army."  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Abigail  Stacy.  Her  father  died  in  1687,  and 
Thomas  Lincoln  was  appointed  administrator 
of  his  estate.  He  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 14,  1689,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Smith;  she  was  born  January  25,  1664.  The 
date  of  his  death  is  not  known.  It  is  shown  by 
deed  of  March  3,  1711-1-2  that  he  had  a  "son 
Nathaniel,"  and  he  probably  had  also  Thomas 
and  Jonathan. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  and 
Mary  (Stacy)  Lincoln,  was  born  in  Taunton 
about  1684.  In  the  military  forces  he  ranked 
as  sergeant.  His  will  directs  that  "my  grand- 
son, son  of  my  son  Nahaniel  Linkon,  shall  have 
my  gun,  powder  horn,  bulletts,  shott  and  all 
appurtenances  belonging  to  military  accoutre- 
ments." He  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  and  Alice  (Shaw)  Andrews.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  milling  business,  con- 
ducting a  grist  mill,  while  Captain  Andrews 
attended  the  sawmill.  He  died  March  22, 
1761,  and  his  will  was  probated  May  9,  1761. 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


405 


Children:  i.  iXalhanicl,  bom  1725.  2.  Iclia- 
bod,   1727,  died  September  26.  1768;  married 

Hannah ,  born   1731,  died  October  26, 

1821  ;  they  liad  Ichabod,  born  March,^  1750, 
married Ingalls;  Rufus,  born  Novem- 
ber 10,  1751,  married  Lvdia  Sprague;  Pru- 
dence, died  unmarried;  Asa,  born  December 
II,  1756,  married  IMary  Morris;  (second) 
Bctsev  Howard;  Hannah,  born  1758.  married 
Jonatiian  .Morris,  brother  of  Mary  ;  Celia,  born 

1760,    married Robinson;    (second) 

Sampson  Mason,  and  Nathaniel,  born  1762, 
married  Susan  Burt.  3.  Alice,  married  Ben- 
jamin Brig-gs,  of  Rehoboth.  4.  Mary,  married 
Peter  Pratt,  of  Taunton.  5.  Constant,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Torrey,  of  Taunton.  6.  Martha, 
married  Richard  Liscombe.  7.  Susannah,  mar- 
ried George  liurt,  of  Taunton. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel 
(l)  and  Alice  (Andrews)  Lincoln,  was  born 
in  Taunton,  about  1725,  married,  October  11, 
1743,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Increase  Jr.  and 
Mehitable  (Williams)  Robinson.  They  re- 
moved to  Rehoboth,  where  he  purchased  a 
house  of  Nathaniel  Cobb,  December  27,  1750. 
He  removed  to  New  Braintrce  probably  in 
1759,  thence  to  Petersham,  1778,  as  shown  by 
deeds.  The  traditional  record  concerning  his 
death  is  that  '"he  went  from  Petersham  to 
New  Marlboro,  where  his  wife  died,  and  he 
then  for  a  time  lived  with  his  son,  Stephen, 
at  Oakham,  but  removed  to  Attleboro,  wdicre 
he  died  aged  about  eighty."  But  no  records 
are  found  to  confirm  this  statement.  Children 
of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  were:  i.  Nathan- 
iel, born  in  Taunton,  tanner  of  Braintree,  mar- 
ried Ruth  Delanoe,  of  Oakham,  removed  to 
Sag  Harbor,  Staten  Island.  2.  Sophia,  born 
in  Taunton,  probably  married  February  6, 
1766,  Joseph  Parker  Jr.,  of  New  Braintree, 
moved  to  Kingston,  \'ermont.  3.  Rachel,  born 
in  Rehoboth,  June  15,  1749,  married.  New 
Braintree,  July  11,  1771,  Henry  Chase  Jr.,  of 
Petersham.  4.  Stephen,  born  December  3, 
1 75 1,  settled  at  Oakham.  5.  Lemuel,  born 
at  Rehoboth,  April  16,  1754,  lived  at  Martha's 
\'ineyard.  6.  Loved,  born  at  Rehoboth,  Au- 
gust 26,  1758,  settled  at  Lewiston,  Maine, 
married  twice ;  second  wife,  Betsy  Hodgkin, 
of  Lewiston ;  he  served  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  died  in  Lewiston.  April  9,  1850.  He  had 
a  large  family :  Charlotte,  married  a  Thomp- 
son ;  Nathaniel,  settled  in  Bath,  Maine ;  Cy- 
rus, lieutenant  in  war  of  1812,  lived  at  Bath, 
Maine ;  Betsy ;  Lurany  ;  Sally ;  Levi ;  Rufus ; 
and  two  children  who  died  young. 

(\T)  Stephen,  second  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
and  Elizabeth   (Robinson)   Lincoln,  was  born 


in  Rehoboth,  December  3,  1751.  and  settled 
in  Oakham.  lie  had  removed  with  his  father 
to  New  Braintrce  and  learned  the  tanners' 
trade.  He  served  in  the  revolutionary  war 
from  August,  1778,  to  February,  1779,  in  the 
Rhoile  Island  campaign  under  Sullivan.  He 
married,  at  Oakham,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Ebenezer  and  Hannah  (Parlin)  Foster. 
The  tradition  is  that  his  first  home  at  Oakham 
was  a  log  house  built  on  Bogel  Hill.  He 
bought,  March  6.  1783.  an  estate  of  ninety- 
two  acres;  in  1787  added  fifty  acres  more 
to  his  possessions,  which  the  following  year 
were  increased  by  twenty-five  acres  and  in 
1790  by  twenty-four  acres  additional.  It  is 
recorded  that  he  "built  a  large  house  in  1784 
after  the  fashion  of  the  day,  which  is  still 
standing."  This  was  at  the  foot  of  the  hill 
on  the  top  of  which  his  father-in-law.  Lieu- 
tenant Foster,  lived  and  where  his  wife  Lydia 
was  born.  He  also  built  a  tannery  nearly  op- 
posite where  it  is  said  he  concealed  money  in 
an  old  shoe  in  the  chimney  when  General  Bur- 
goyne's  army  were  barracked  at  Rutland, 
nearby.  He  was  a  member  of  Oakham  Con- 
gregational Church  and  June  17,  1779,  was 
appointed  chorister.  In  1781-92-98  he  was 
surveyor  of  highways;  warden  in  1784;  se- 
lectman 1791-98.  He  w-as  a  tall  man,  of 
imposing  appearance,  and  his  wife  was  small. 
He  died  at  Oakham,  JMarch  16,  1840,  and 
his  wife  died  April  8,  1839,  both  buried  in  the 
cemetery  at  Barre  Plains  road  about  two  miles 
from  Oakham.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  they 
numbered  sixty-five  grandchildren.  Their 
children  were:  i.  Abner,  born  February  11, 
1780.  2.  Hannah,  September  25,  1781,  mar- 
ried Amos  Hunter.  3.  Lydia,  I\larch  2, 
1784,  married  Adin  Davis.  4.  Lucy,  October 
23,  1786,  married  Enoch  Goodale.  5.  Eliza- 
beth, September  7,  1788,  married  Luther  Hun- 
ter. 6.  Levi,  November  3,  1790.  7.  Stephen, 
November  29,  1792.  8.  Sarah,  jNIay  19,  1795, 
married  Loren  Haskell,  g.  Justus,  May  20, 
1797.  10.  Mary,  December  17,  1799,  died 
unmarried  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1882.  II.  Louisa,  February  3,  1803, 
married  Abram  F.  Robinson. 

(VII)  Justus,  fourth  son  of  Stephen  and 
Lydia  (Foster)  Lincoln,  was  born  in  Oakham, 
May  20,  1797.  He  was  married  in  Boston, 
November  24,  1823,  to  Maria  Watson,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Watson,  born  in  New  York  City, 
August  18,  1799.  died  at  Rutland,  September 
28,  1842.  They  lived  for  a  time  at  Dorchester 
and  moved  thence  to  W'orcester  in  1827,  where 
they  resided  several  years.  Before  1833  they 
went  to  Hartford,  Connecticut.     In  earlv  life 


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STATE  OF  jNIAINE. 


he  was  a  gold  beater  by  trade,  but  later  took 
up  farming.  He  was  much  interested  in  mu- 
sic and  was  w-ell  known  as  a  singer  and  a 
teacher.  For  several  years  he  was  leader  of 
the  choir  of  Old  South  Church,  Boston,  and 
served  in  the  same  capacity  in  several  other 
churches.  Children:  i.  William  Henry,  born 
Augtist  19,  1825.  2.  John  Kent.  July  3.  1828. 
3.  Maria  Louisa.  March  17,  1831.  married 
Rufus  B.  "SUles.  4.  Albert  Watson,  June  2, 
1833.    5.  Charles  Davis.  December  26.  1836. 

(VIH)  John  Kent,  second  son  of  Justus 
and  Maria  (Watson)  Lincoln,  was  born  in 
Worcester,  Massachusetts.  July  5.  1828,  died 
in  Bangor,  Maine,  May  20.  1887.  He  was 
married  in  Biddeford.  Maine.  September  4, 
1851,  to  Olive  Fairfield,  daughter  of  Ivory 
and  Lydia  (Stone)  Dame,  of  Saco,  born  in 
Biddeford,  August  26,  1830,  resided  in  Ban- 
gor, Maine.  Dr.  Lincoln  studied  dentistry  in 
early  days,  and  practiced  in  Biddeford,  Au- 
gusta and  Bangor.  Later  he  took  up  the 
study  of  theology  and  was  graduated  from 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary  in  1862,  and 
the  same  year,  September  30.  was  ordained 
minister.  He  enlisted  in  October,  1862,  in 
the  Twenty-second  Regiment,  Maine  \'olun- 
teer  Infantry,  and  was  appointed  chaplain  of 
the  regiment.  He  met  with  an  accident  in 
July,  1863;  was  thrown  over  a  precipice,  fall- 
ing forty  feet  and  fracturing  his  skull,  from 
the  effects  of  which  he  never  recovered,  al- 
though he  lived  for  twenty-four  years  after- 
ward, but  was  compelled  to  abandon  the  min- 
istry. The  children  of  John  Kent  and  Olive 
F.  (Dame)  Lincoln  were:  i.  Ellen  Maria, 
born  in  Biddeford,  October  23,  1854,  died  in 
Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  April  11,  1893. 
2.  Mary  Emma,  born  in  Augusta,  December 
10,  1856.  3.  Frederick  Dame,  born  in  Ban- 
gor. January  3,  1862.  The  maternal  great- 
grandfather of  these  children  was  Thomas 
Dame,  who  married  Abigail  Goldthwaite.  wid- 
ow of  Benjamin,  who  was  harbor  master  un- 
der George  III,  along  the  coast  extending 
from  Nova  Scotia  to  North  Carolina. 

(IX)  Frederick  Dame,  only  son  of  John 
Kent  and  Olive  F.  (Dame)  Lincoln,  was  born 
in  Bangor,  Maine,  January  3,  1862.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Bangor  and  entered  business  at  fifteen  years 
of  age  with  the  Union  (Alarine)  Insurance 
Company  of  Bangor,  and  later  was  employed 
in  the  office  of  Washington  Mills  Company, 
Lawrence.  ]\Iassachusetts.  When  the  treas- 
urer's office  was  moved  to  Boston,  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  that  as  manager,  and  in 
1896  was  transferred  to  their  New  York  office 


as  office  manager.  In  1899.  when  the  Amer- 
ican Woolen  Company  was  formed,  he  became 
the  office  manager  and  secretary  of  the  New 
York  Company,  which  position  he  occupied  in 
1907.  He  married,  September  17,  1904, 
Blanche  Horton  Boardman,  of  Bangor,  who 
died  December  19,  1906,  leaving  one  child, 
Samuel  Boardman  Lincoln,  of  the  tenth  gen- 
eration, born  August  5,  1905.  now  living  at 
New  Rochelle,  New  York. 


Nearly  a  score  of  immigrants  of 
GOOLD     this  name  came  to  New  England 

in  the  first  century  of  its  settle- 
ment. The  original  name  was  Gold  and  the 
additional  letter  was  a  question  of  fancy. 

(I)  Jarvice  Gold  came  to  America  with 
the  family  of  Clement  Bates,  in  the  ship 
"Elizabeth,"  Captain  William  Stagg,  and  took 
an  oath  in  London,  April  6,  1835,  and  his  age 
is  given  as  thirty  years.  The  party  brought  a 
certificate  from  the  justice  and  the  minister 
of  the  parish  of  All  Hallows.  Lydd,  county  of 
Kent,  England.  They  probably  sailed  that 
month  and  were  with  Parson  Peter  Hobart's 
company  in  the  settlement  of  Hingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, that  year.  He  was  granted  a  home 
lot  of  five  acres  July  3,  1636,  but  removed  to 
Boston  before  1646,  where  he  died  May  2, 
1656,  aged  fifty-one  years.  His  wife's  name 
was  Mary,  whom  he  married  about  1644,  and 
they  were  designated,  in  the  records,  as  of 
the  church  of  Hingham.  She  was  alive  March 
II.  1649.  but  he  outlived  her.  He  was  a  cord- 
wainer  and  they  had  at  least  two  children : 
John,  born  July  28.  1646:  and  Joseph,  March 
II.  1649,  who  died  before  1656. 

(II)  John,  eldest  child  of  Jarvice  Gold,  was 
ten  years  of  age  at  his  father's  death,  and 
married.  August  21,  1673,  Mary,  a  daughter 
of  Robert  Crosman.  a  prominent  settler  of 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  where  they  lived  and 
where  he  died  December  14.  171 1,  aged  sixty- 
five  years.  He  was  a  cordwainer  and  was  a 
trooper  in  Captain  Edward  Hutchinson's  com- 
pany in  King  Philip's  war.  1675,  and  was  in 
the  first  squadron  of  the  military  company  at 
Taunton,  in  1682.  Their  children  were : 
i\Iary  (died  young),  John.  Hannah,  Joseph, 
Nathaniel,  IMary,  Jabez,  Benjamin  and  Eliza- 
beth. In  this  family  in  this  third  generation 
the  name  was  changed  to  Goold,  which  spell- 
ing should  be  adhered  to  by  their  descendants. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Gold,  born  about 
1680,  went  to  Kittery,  Maine,  where  he  mar- 
ried, about  1705,  Bethiah,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Furbush,  the  first  of  the  name  in  the 
town  which  is  now  that  part  called  Eliot.    Jo- 


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seph  Goold  was  a  weaver  and  was  a  soldier 
in  Captain  Thomas  Leonard"?  company  in 
Colonel  Nathaniel  B_\  field's  regiment  in  1700. 
He  died  May  :o.  1762.  aged  about  eighty-two 
years.  Tlieir  children  were:  Mary,  Bethiah, 
William.  Samuel,  Joseph.  Hannah  and  Sarah. 
The  son  Joseph  Jr.  was  a  selectman  and 
served  with  Sir  William  Pepperell  at  the  siege 
of  Loiiisburg  in  1745.  and  he  had  five  sons  in 
the  revolutionary  army.  There  are  numerous 
descendants. 

(HI )  Benjamin,  younger  brother  of  Joseph, 
was  born  in  Taunton.  Massachusetts,  about 
1693.  He  went  to  Kittery,  Maine,  about  1713 
and  married.  February  9,  1716,  Rebecca,  a 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Dorothy  (Pray)  Fur- 
bush,  who  was  a  niece  of  his  brother  Joseph's 
wife.  He  was  a  cordwainer  and  a  farmer. 
Rebecca  Furbush  was  born  in  Kittery,  now 
Eliot.  April  19.  1694.  and  died  in  1782,  aged 
eighty-eight  years.  They  bought  land  at  what 
is  now  Goold 's  Corner,  in  Eliot,  Maine,  in 
1719,  and  this  land  was  occupied  by  them 
and  their  posterity  one  hundred  and  sevent}- 
eight  years.  They  were  Quakers.  He  died 
in  1 781,  aged  about  eighty-eight  years.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  Captain  Noah  Emery's  com- 
pany, October  15.  1754.  Their  children  were: 
Benjamin.  John.  Sarah,  Samuel,  James,  Na- 
thaniel, Daniel  and  Mary. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  eldest  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Rebecca  (Furbush)  Goold,  was  born 
at  Kittery,  now  Eliot,  November  27,  1717, 
and  married,  in  1744,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Ferguson,  of  the  same  town.  He  was 
a  cordwainer  and  a  good  farmer  and  served 
in  Captain  Noah  Emery's  company  in  1754,  a 
corporal  under  same  captain  in  1759,  and  also 
in  Captain  Charles  Frost's  company  in  1762. 
He  died  in  March.  1806,  aged  over  eighty- 
eight  years.  Their  children  were :  Abigail, 
John.  Benjamin.  Elizabeth.  Daniel  (a  revo- 
lutionary soldier),  Alexander  (a  revolutionary 
soldier),  Phoebe  and  Mary. 

(V)  Benjamin  (3),  third  child  of  Benja- 
min (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Ferguson)  Goold, 
was  born  at  Kittery,  now  Eliot,  September  15, 
1747,  and  was  a  Quaker.  He  went  to  Wind- 
ham, Maine,  in  1774,  and  married,  December 
24.  1775.  Phebe,  daughter  of  Nathan  and 
Mary  (Gray)  Noble,  of  Gray,  Maine.  Her 
father  was  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Noble, 
the  emigrant,  and  he  served  in  the  army  at 
Louisburg  in  1745  and  1758,  and  in  the  ex- 
peditions to  Canada  in  1757  and  1759,  and 
at  the  siege  of  Boston  in  1776.  He  enlisted 
January  6,  1777,  in  the  Eleventh  Massachu- 
setts Regiment,  under  Colonels  Ebenezer  Fran- 


cis and  Benjamin  Tupper.  for  three  years,  and 
was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga,  October 
7,  1777,  aged  fifty-four  years.  His  two  sons 
served  in  the  army.  Benjamin  Goold  was  a 
cordwaiijer  and  a  thrifty  farmer.  He  served 
his  town  as  highway  surveyor,  assessor  of 
taxes  and  as  collector.  He  died  at  Windham, 
November  12,  1807,  aged  sixty  years.  His 
wife  was  born  at  New  Milford.  Connecticut, 
May  15.  1749,  and  died  at  Windham,  Feb- 
ruary 19.  1817,  aged  sixty-seven  years.  Her 
great-grandfather,  John  Noble,  was  the  found- 
er of  New  Milford,  Connecticut.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  Simeon,  Nathan,  Daniel,  Betsey, 
Mary,  Ezra  (died  young),  Ezra,  two  chil- 
dren who  died  in  infancy,  and  Abner. 

(VI)  Nathan,  second  child  of  Benjamin 
(3)  and  Phebe  (Noble)  Goold,  was  born 
in  Windham,  Maine,  April  10,  1778,  .and 
married  first,  March  13.  1803,  Miriam,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  Swett,  of  Windham, 
who  died  February  15,  1805,  aged  thirty-three 
years.  They  had  two  sons,  John  and  Benja- 
min. Me  married  second,  December  27,  1807, 
Betsey,  daughter  of  James  and  Edna  (Knight) 
Gowen,  of  Falmouth,  afterwards  Westbrook, 
Maine.  Her  father  was  born  in  Kittery  and 
represented  Falmouth.  Maine,  in  the  general 
court  in  1810,  and  was  a  descendant  of  Will- 
iam Gowen,  who  married  Elizabeth,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Nicholas  Frost,  the  first  settler  of  Eliot, 
Maine,  May  14,  1667.  Betsey's  children 
were :  William,  Miriam  and  Nathan,  all  of 
whom  married.  Nathan  Goold,  senior,  was  a 
respected  and  honored  citizen  of  Windham, 
serving  the  town  in  several  capacities.  He 
was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  chairman  of  the 
selectmen  eight  years,  and  represented  his 
town  in  the  general  court  in  1816.  He  was 
captain  of  the  town  military  company  and 
saw  service  at  Portland  in  1814.  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Brunswick  Convention  in  1816, 
organized  the  first  Sunday  school  in  his  town 
and  died  April  5,  1823,  aged  almost  forty-five 
years.  His  wife.  Betsey,  was  born  in  West- 
brook,  May  15,  1781,  and  died  in  Windham, 
October  22,  1866,  aged  eighty-five  years.  She 
was  a  woman  who  was  equal  to  her  responsi- 
bilities and  her  name  is  revered  by  her  de- 
scendants. 

(VH)  William,  the  first  child  of  Nathan 
and  Betsey  (Gowen)  Goold,  was  born  in 
Windham,  April  13,  1809,  and  married,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1834,  Nabbv  Tukey,  the  daughter 
of  Seth  and  Nabby  (tukey)  Clark,  of  Port- 
land, where  she  was  born  May  27,  1816.  Seth 
Clark  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812,  and 
a  much  respected  citizen.     Her  mother  was  a 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


granddaughter  of  John  and  Abigail  (Sweet- 
ser)  Tukey,  of  Portland,  the  first  of  that 
name  of  his  family  in  America,  in  1744,  who 
had  four  sons  in  the  revolutionary  army,  one 
of  whom,  Stephen,  was  her  grandfather.  She 
had  three  ancestors  in  the  expedition  to  Louis- 
burg  in  1745.  Her  father  was  a  descendant 
of  Lieutenant  William  Clark,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Dorchester  and  Northampton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, whose  name  is  still  revered  in  their 
history.  Her  paternal  great-grandfather  was 
Colonel  Samuel  How,  of  Belchertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, who  was  a  captain  at  Crown  Point 
in  1755  and  1756,  also  in  the  expedition  to 
capture  Fort  Ticonderoga  in  1757.  He  was  a 
delegate  of  the  Provincial  congress  in  1774 
and  1775  and  was  in  the  congress  at  Concord, 
Massachusetts,  when  the  men  and  means  were 
voted  for  the  beginning  of  the  revolution.'  He 
was  a  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  Lexington 
alarm,  and  in  January,  1776,  was  chosen  colo- 
nel. He  had  four  sons  in  the  army  and  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  and  useful  citizens 
of  his  town.  Ezra  Clark,  Seth  Clark's  grand- 
father, took  an  active  part  in  the  revolution 
at  Northampton  and  had  five  sons  in  the  army. 
Nabby  Tukey  Clark  was  a  descendant  of  John 
Winter,  Rev.  Robert  Jordan,  John  Robinson 
Jr.  and  Colonel  Ezekiel  Cushing  of  Cape  Eliza- 
beth, Maine.  She  was  a  woman  of  strong 
character,  charitable  and  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  others.  She  died  at  Windham,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1897,  aged  eighty-one  years.  Will- 
iam Goold  learned  the  trade  of  a  tailor,  a 
business  he  carried  on  many  years.  His  school 
education  was  very  limited.  He  resided  both 
in  Portland  and  in  Windham,  where  he  was 
a  respected  citizen,  representing  the  latter  in 
the  legislature  and  his  county  in  the  senate 
of  the  state.  In  1873  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  became 
the  corresponding  secretary  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  standing  committee.  The  fourteen 
papers  read  before  the  society  by  him  show 
the  range  of  his  knowledge  and  must  remain 
a  valuable  addition  to  its  published  collections. 
He  did  much  newspaper  work  of  historic  na- 
ture and  was  the  author  of  "Portland  in  the 
Past,"  a  volume  of  543  pages,  a  most  valuable 
addition  to  Portland's  written  history.  He  was 
the  historian  of  Portland  in  his  time,  was 
quiet,  modest  and  retiring  in  disposition,  ex- 
ceedingly observant,  with  a  tenacious  memory, 
and  had  a  great  store  of  knowledge  relating 
to  the  early  history  of  Portland.  His  narra- 
tions were  always  spirited  and  enterprising. 
His  children  were:  i.  Mary  Elizabeth,  who 
married  George  H.  Harding,  in  1869,  and  died 


June  12,  1881,  aged  forty-four  years.  She 
left  a  daughter  Margaret  Ellen.  2.  Abba 
Louise,  see  forward.  3.  Francis  Clark,  who 
served  with  credit  in  the  navy  during  the  civil 
war,  a  respected  citizen  of  Foxboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, w-ho  had  two  sons,  Frank  Willard 
and  Philip  Atherton.  4.  William  Willis,  a 
respected  citizen  of  Portland,  who  has  two 
sons,  Allan  Owen  and  Paul  Phillips,  both  mar- 
ried. 5.  Nathan,  who  died  young.  6.  Nathan, 
see  forward.  7.  Ellen,  a  schoolteacher.  8. 
George  Mather,  who  died  October  24,  1904, 
aged  forty-eight  years,  leaving  one  son,  Henry 
Deane.  William  Goold  died  in  the  house  on 
his  farm,  at  Windham,  where  he  was  born, 
May  22,  1890,  aged  eighty-one  years.  His 
life  was  without  reproach. 

(VIII)  Abba  Louise,  second  child  of  Will- 
iam and  Nabby  Tukey  (Clark)  Goold,  was 
born  at  Windham,  April  30,  1838,  and  mar- 
ried in  the  same  house,  August  14,  1856, 
iMoses  Woolson,  then  principal  of  the  girls' 
high  school  in  Portland.  The  school  building 
in  that  city  was  named  the  "Woolson  School," 
in  his  honor.  He  died  in  Boston,  January  17, 
i8g6,  aged  seventy-four  years.  He  was  a 
notable  schoolteacher  and  had  taught  in  Ches- 
terfield, New  Hampshire,  Brattleboro,  Ver- 
mont, Bangor  and  Portland,  Maine,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  Mrs.  Woolson  graduated  from 
the  Portland  girls'  high  school  in  1856  and 
was  the  valedictorian  of  her  class.  She  taught 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Haverhill  and  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  Concord,  New  Hampshire. 
As  an  authoress  she  became  known  as  Abba 
Goold  Woolson.  She  is  a  notable  lecturer 
on  history  and  literature  and  has  few  peers 
as  an  authority  on  Spanish  history.  The  Cas- 
tilian  Club,  of  Boston,  was  founded  by  her, 
she  being  its  president  many  years,  and  at 
her  retirement  she  was  honored  by  being 
elected  honorary  president.  She  was  the  orig- 
inator of  the  idea  of  Woman's  Clubhouse  in 
Boston  and  a  hall  in  the  Century  building  was 
named  in  her  honor.  She  was  a  poetess  at  the 
celebration  of  the  Centennial  of  Portland,  in 
1886,  and  at  other  occasions,  and  has  been 
president  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  for  the 
L^niversity  Education  of  Women  and  the 
Moral  Education  Association  of  Massachu- 
setts and  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Maine 
Historical  Society.  Mrs.  Woolson  has  a  re- 
markably retentive  memory  and  a  wide  knowl- 
edge of  literature  and  history,  and  probably 
is  the  ablest  woman  mentally  that  Maine  has 
ever  produced.  She  resides  at  the  old  home- 
stead at  Windham.     No  children. 


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(\'I1I)  Nathan,  brother  of  the  above,  was 
born  in  Portland,  July  8.  1846.  He  attended 
the  common  schools,  and  in  his  seventeenth 
year  was  apprenticed  as  a  machinist  and 
learned  the  trade,  remaining  in  that  business 
also  as  a  timekeeper  and  bookkeeper  for  nearly 
eighteen  years,  after  which  he  was  in  the 
office  of  a  brush  manufactory  for  over  nine 
years,  retiring  in  1890  on  account  of  ill  health. 
From  that  time  he  has  been  much  engaged  in 
historical  research.  He  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  Maine  1-Iistorical  Society  in  1892,  and 
has  been  a  member  of  the  standing  committee 
and  is  now  the  librarian;  he  is  the  custodian 
of  the  Wadsworth  Longfellow  House,  being 
the  active  spirit  in  the  preservation  of  Long- 
fellow's Old  Portland  home,  since  the  begin- 
ning of  the  undertaking  in  1901.  He  has 
read  fourteen  valuable  papers  before  the  so- 
ciety, is  author  of  the  history  of  Peaks  and 
House  Islands,  Windham,  Maine,  in  the  revo- 
lution, and  has  been  a  voluminous  contributor 
to  the  newspapers  on  historical  subjects.  He 
is  called  Portland's  historian.  His  most  pop- 
ular and  best  known  book  is  "The  Wadsworth- 
Longfellow  House,  Longfellow's  Old  Home; 
Its  History  and  Its  Occupants."  Mr.  Goold 
has  been  much  interested  in  Maine's  part  in 
the  war  of  the  revolution  and  is  probably 
the  best  authority  on  that  subject.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  iMaine 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and  has  served  that  society  as  historian, 
secretary  and  is  the  registrar.  It  was  by  his 
recommendation  that  a  monument  to  the  mem- 
ory of  the  Maine  soldiers  at  Valley  Forge  was 
erected  in  that  historic  town.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Genealogical  Society,  an  hon- 
orary member  of  the  Paul  Jones  Club,  of 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  of  the  Bel- 
chertown,  Massachusetts,  Historical  Society. 
He  was  formerly  an  active  member  of  the 
Portland  Fraternity  Club  and  is  now  an  hon- 
orary one,  and  is  a  trustee  of  the  William 
Fogg  Library  at  Eliot,  Maine.  Mr.  Goold  has 
been  a  life-long  resident  of  Portland,  is  much 
interested  in  its  welfare,  and  is  always  ready 
and  willing  to  impart  his  information.  He 
never  held  a  public  office  and  is  not  a  mem- 
ber of  any  secret  society. 


(For    preceding    generations    see    Jarvice    Goold    I.) 

(IV)    James,    son    of    Benjjunin 
GOULD     Gould    (Goold),    bom    June    5, 
1730,  died  in  Biddeford,  Maine, 
1810,  resided  in  Arundel,  Maine.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier  in   Sir   William    Pepperell's   regiment  in 
1757   and   was   in    the   expedition   to   Canada 


that  year.  He  married  (first)  February  7, 
1750,  Elizabeth  Nason.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Hovey,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Plovey,  and  she  married  (second)  in  1812, 
Colonel  Caleb  Emery.  He  had  twenty-one 
children,  those  by  the  first  wife  were:  Ben- 
jamin; James,  who  was  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier and  settled  in  Limerick,  Maine;  Elizabeth, 
Mary,  Joseph,  Hannah;  by  the  second  wife: 
John  Hovey,  mentioned  below ;  Benjamin,  Ly- 
man, Alexander,  Thomas  F. ;  Lydia,  Ebcnezer, 
of  Parsonsfield ;  Samuel,  died  young;  Samuel, 
Abel,  and  five  others  who  died  young. 

(\')  John  Hovey,  son  of  James  Gould,  born 
in  1767,  died  November  6,  1837.  He  mar^ 
ried  Elizabeth  Laselle,  daughter  of  Matthew 
Laselle,  of  Kennebunkport,  Maine.  He  set- 
tled in  Plollis.  Children  :  John  Erastus,  Mat- 
thew, Lydia,  Hannah,  George,  Alexander, 
Charles  Francis,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Charles  Francis,  son  of  John  Hovey 
Gould,  born  in  Hollis,  Maine,  May  10,  1808, 
died  in  Biddeford,  July  25,  1861.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Dayton, 
Maine.  When  a  mere  boy  he  came  to  Bidde- 
ford and  became  clerk  in  a  general  store.  He 
continued  for  some  years  and  finally  engaged 
in  the  same  line  of  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count. He  continued  in  business  until  about 
ten  years  before  his  death,  when  he  retired. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  At  one  time  he 
was  an  overseer  of  the  poor  of  Biddeford.  He 
married,  February  10,  183 1,  Olive  Spring 
Berry,  born  in  Saco,  September  10,  1806,  died 
June  2,  1886.  Children:  Charles  Otis,  John, 
Alexander,  Oliver,  I\Iark  Harris,  Lucy  Eliza- 
beth. Anna  Frances.  Ruth,  Alahala  Eaton, 
Phebe  Ellen,  Royal  Erastus,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  Royal  Erastus,  son  of  Charles  Fran- 
cis Gould,  was  born  in  Biddeford,  Maine, 
February  8,  1852.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place  and  fitted  for  col- 
lege there.  He  entered  Bowdoin  College, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1873. 
He  taught  schools  in  Biddeford.  Maine,  and 
at  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  the  year  following 
his  graduation,  and  then  began  to  read  law  in 
the  offices  of  Wedgewood  &  Stone,  of  Bidde- 
ford. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  his 
native  county  in  1876  and  immediately  began 
to  practice  his  profession  in  Biddeford.  But 
he  preferred  the  profession  of  teaching  and 
after  a  year  accepted  a  position  in  the  public 
schools  of  Biddeford.  After  teaching  nine 
years  he  was  elected  superintendent  of  schools 
of  that  city,  in  1885,  and  has  filled  the  position 
with  conspicuous  ability'  and  success  to  the 
present  time.    Much  of  the  credit  for  the  high 


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standards  and  efficiency  of  the  schools  of 
Biddeford  is  due  to  the  energy,  tact,  fidelity 
and  executive  ability  of  the  superintendent 
during  the  period  of  development  of  the  past 
score  of  years.  Mr.  Gould  is  well  known  in 
educational  circles  throughout  New  England. 
In  politics  Mr.  Gould  is  a  Democrat :  in  relig- 
ion a  Congregationalist.  He  is  prominent  in 
Masonic  circles,  a  member  of  Dunlap  Lodge, 
Free  Masons,  of  Biddeford ;  of  York  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Biddeford ;  Bradford 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of  Biddeford  ; 
of  Maine  Consistory,  Scottisli  Rite,  thirty- 
second  degree,  of  Portland,  Maine ;  and  of 
Aleppo  Temple,  Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  Laconia  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Bidde- 
ford; of  Mavoshun  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias, of  Biddeford :  of  Squando  Tribe,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Red  Men ;  and  York  Coun- 
cil, Royal  Arcanum.  He  married,  1883,  Eliza- 
beth A.  Nickerson,  of  Biddeford.  They  have 
one  child,  Carlisle  R.,  born  May  14,  1890, 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Biddeford. 


In  the  vear  1066  a  Norman 
MOULTON  follower  of  William  the  Con- 
queror named  Thomas  Mul- 
ton,  or  de  Multon,  accompanied  his  chief  into 
England,  and  after  the  battle  of  Hastings  was 
rewarded  for  his  services  with  large  grants 
of  land  in  Lincolnshire.  Here  he  built  castles 
and  religious  establishments,  maintained  a  reti- 
nue of  soldiers,  laborers  and  priests,  and  lived 
the  life  of  a  feudatory  of  the  king.  From 
this  Norman  the  Moultons  of  England  and 
America  are  said  to  have  sprung.  Between 
the  time  of  the  first  Sir  Thomas  and  the  pres- 
ent, twenty-five  generations  of  Moultons  have 
been  born ;  and  through  nine  generations,  from 
the  battle  of  Hastings,  there  continued  to  be 
some  brave  knights  bearing  the  name  of  Si-r 
Thomas,  who  was  ready  to  respond  to  the 
king's  call  to  arms.  Sir  Thomas  of  the  fourth 
generation  was  sheriff  during  the  ninth  and 
tenth  years  of  King  John's  dynasty,  and  in 
the  fifteenth  year  of  his  reign,  attended  the 
king  in  his  expedition  to  Poitou.  Two  years 
later  he  was  taken  in  arms  with  the  rebel- 
lious barons  and  imprisoned  in  the  Castle  of 
Corff.  This  was  the  Thomas  Moulton  whose 
name  appears  upon  Magna  Charta  as  one  of 
the  English  barons  who  wrung  this  great 
muniment  of  liberty  from  an  unwilling  king. 
The  fifth  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton,  Sir  Wal- 
ter Scott  took  as  a  leading  character  in  his 
dramatic  story,  "The  Talisman."  Being  a 
trusted  friend  of  Richard  Coeur  de  Lion,  and 


possessing  great  physical  power,  he  was  the 
admiration  and  envy  of  the  knights  at  the 
great  tournaments  of  England.  In  the  Holy 
Land  he  was  a  leading  crusader  and  was  of 
all  the  knights  the  nearest  to  the  king.  Indeed, 
when  Richard's  sickness  laid  him  low.  Sir 
Thomas  was  the  ruler,  dc  facto.  Sir  Walter 
Scott  claims  that  in  "The  Talisman"  some 
parts  are  fanciful,  but  that  so  far  as  King 
Richard  and  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  are  con- 
cerned, he  has  followed  English  history.  From 
such  men  as  these  are  the  .American  Moultons 
of  this  day ;  and  among  them  are  many  who 
are  the  peers  of  their  ancestors  or  of  their 
fellow  citizens  in  those  qualities  of  head  and 
heart  which  make  men  leaders  and  tru.sted 
companions  of  other  men.  "All  branches  of 
the  Moulton  family  had  arms  with  devices 
somewhat  different  from  each  other  in  minor 
details,  yet  alike  in  the  main.  viz. :  A  plain 
field,  either  of  silver  or  blue ;  crossed  by  three 
horizontal  bars,  generally  red,  sometimes 
sable.  This  continued  for  several  hundred 
years,  down  to  the  arms  which  were  granted 
in  1571  by  the  record;  these  are  described  as 
follows  :  Moulton  :  Argent ;  three  bars  ( gules) 
between  eight  escallop  shells,  sable ;  three,  two, 
two,  and  one.  Crest :  On  a  pellet  a  falcon 
rising  argent.  Granted  in  1571."  The  name 
appears  in  various  forms,  as  Multon,  ]\lule- 
ton,  Moulton,  Moleton,  Moulson  and  Moulton. 
Three  Moultons,  Thomas,  John  and  William, 
supposed  to  be  brothers,  settled  at  Winnacun- 
nett,  now  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  and 
from  these  all  or  nearly  all  the  Moultons  of 
northern  New  England  are  descendants. 

(I)  William  jMoulton,  born  in  Ormsby,  Nor- 
folk county,  England,  about  1617,  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Lucia 
(Lucy)  Page,  with  whose  family  he  came  to 
New  England.  His  age  is  given  as  twenty 
years  in  his  "examination"  before  leaving 
England,  April  11,  1637.  John  and  William 
Moulton  were  examined  on  the  same  day,  and 
came  either  in  the  ship  "John  and  Dorothy," 
of  Ipswich,  William  Andrews,  master,  or  in 
the  ship  "Rose,"'  of  Yarmouth,  commanded 
by  a  son  of  the  same  Andrews,  which  two 
ships  appear  to  have  come  together.  They 
landed  probably  at  Boston,  and  thence  William 
and  the  Pages  went  to  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, where  it  seems  they  remained  some- 
thing over  a  year  before  joining  the  new  set- 
tlement at  Winnacunnett,  now  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1639.  At  that  place  he  took 
up  his  permanent  abode,  settling  quite  near 
Thomas  and  John  Moulton.  He  was  three 
times  chosen  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Hamp- 


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ton,  1649-53-59.  He  died  April  18,  1664.  In 
his  will,  bearing  date  March  8,  1663,  he  de- 
clares himself  to  be  at  that  time  "sick  and 
weak  of  body."  It  is  evident  that  he  was  a 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  and  force 
of  character.  Coming  as  he  did  to  a  new 
country  before  arriving  at  his  majority,  pre- 
sumably bringing  little  with  him  and  dying  at 
the  early  age  of  forty-seven,  he  left  what 
was,  for  those  times,  a  large  estate — a  double 
mansion  in  one  of  the  best  localities  of  the 
new  township,  with  "Orchyd,"  tillage  land. 
"Medow"  and  marshes,  together  with  personal 
estate  to  no  inconsiderable  amount.  All  this 
he  distributed  with  a  curious  particularity 
characteristic  of  the  old  country.  William  and 
Margaret,  his  wife,  both  lived  while  in  Eng- 
land in  the  hamlet  of  Ornisby,  "near  Great 
Yarmouth  and  not  far  from  Norwich,  in 
County  Norfolk."  The  widow  Moulton  mar- 
ried (second)  Lieutenant  John  Sanborn.  She 
died  July  13.  1699.  The  children  of  William 
and  Alargaret  were:  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Han- 
nah, Mary,  Sarah,  Ruth,  Robert  and  William. 

(II )  Robert,  third  son  of  William  and  Mar- 
garet (Page)  Moulton,  was  born  in  Hampton, 
November  8,  1661,  and  died  October  11,  1732. 
He  married.  May  29,  1689,  Lucy  Smith.  Their 
children  were:  \\'illiam,  Robert,  Jeremiah, 
and  Jonathan,   next   mentioned. 

(III)  Jonathan,  fourth  and  youngest  son 
of  Robert  and  Lucy  (Smith)  Moulton,  was 
born  June  5.  1702,  and  died  May  22,  1735. 
He  married,  December  21,  1727,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Lamprey,  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  Rev.  Stephen  Bachiler,  who  was 
the  founder  of  Hampton.  Their  children  were : 
Jonathan,  Daniel,  Robert  and  Reuben. 

(I\')  Captain  Daniel,  second  son  of  Jona- 
than and  Elizabeth  (Lamprey)  Moulton,  was 
born  in  1731,  and  died  August  26,  1809.  His 
father  died  when  he  was  four  years  old,  and 
he  was  apprenticed  to  a  man  who  treated  him 
harshly.  About  1745,  at  the  age  of  fourteen, 
he  ran  away  and  went  to  the  new  settlement 
in  Maine,  first  to  Saco  and  then  to  Scar- 
borough, where  he  settled  on  the  east  side  of 
Nonesuch  river,  near  "Rocky  Hill."  opposite 
what  is  now^  known  as  the  Daniel  Carter  place. 
He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  became  the  owner 
of  large  tracts  of  land,  holding  most  of  what 
is  now  Scarborough  Corner  School  District, 
and  it  is  said  about  two  miles  of  Nonesuch 
meadows.  He  had  a  large  square  house  and 
several  large  barns.  He  gave  each  of  his 
children  a  farm  with  a  large  square  house. 
In  later  years  he  paid  a  considerable  sum  in 
settlement  for  his  "time"  to  the  man  to  whom 


he  had  been  apprenticed.  He  is  mentioned  in 
"Southgate's  History  of  Scarborough,"  as  one 
of  the  prominent  men  in  the  town  after  its 
second  settlement.  He  was  an  especial  favor- 
ite of  Charles  Pine,  the  hunter  and  Indian 
fighter,  whose  granddaughter  he  married,  and 
Pine  attempted  by  will  to  entail  a  tract  of 
land  upon  Daniel  and  his  issue.  He  was 
active  in  revolutionary  times,  a  captain  in  the 
militia  and  a  member  of  the  committees  of 
correspondence  and  safety  for  Scarborough 
and  held  various  town  ofifices.  He  married 
(first)  April  25,  1750.  Grace,  daughter  of 
John  and  Grace  (Pine)  Reynolds.  Daniel  and 
Cirace,  his  wife,  "owned  the  covenant"  in  the 
Second  Parish  Church,  October  29,  1753.  She 
died  December  19,  1787,  aged  fifty-eight.  He 
married  (second)  Hannah  Beck  Cotton,  of 
Pepperellborough.  She  was  admitted  to  the 
Second  Parish  Church,  April  5,  1789,  and  died 
September  4,  1814.  His  children,  all  by  Grace, 
were :  Charles  Pine.  Jonathan,  John,  Lucy, 
a  child  (name  unknown),  Daniel,  a  child 
(name  not   recorded). 

(\')  Charles  Pine,  eldest  child  of  Daniel 
and  (jrace  (Reynolds)  Moulton,  was  born  in 
Scarborough,  July  15,  1751,  and  died  June  4, 
1807,  and  w^as  buried  in  the  graveyard  on  his 
farm.  His  -remains,  with  those  of  his  wife, 
were  afterwards  removed  to  the  town  ceme- 
tery at  Dunston.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and 
lived  on  the  western  side  of  Nonesuch  river, 
in  Scarborough,  near  "Rocky  Hill."  He  mar- 
ried, March  24,  1774,  Olive,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Mary  Fabyan,  of  Scarborough.  She 
was  baptized  October  26,  1755,  and  died  Oc- 
tober 14,  1840,  aged  about  eighty-five.  She 
married  (second)  November  13,  1822,  Joseph 
Harmon.  The  children  of  Charles  and  Olive 
were :  Joshua,  Hannah,  Elias,  John,  Daniel, 
Gracia.  Mary  Brackett,  Lucy  (died  young), 
Lucy,  Phebe  and  Olive. 

(VI)  Captain  Joshua,  eldest  child  of  Charles 
Pine  and  Olive  (Fabyan)  Moulton,  was  born 
August  5,  1775,  and  died  February  11,  1855. 
He  resided  on  the  county  road  near  Scarbor- 
ough Corner.  He  was  a  large  land  owner, 
carried  on  blacksmithing,  and  kept  a  tavern, 
and  was  also  considerably  interested  in  ship- 
ping and  shipbuilding.  He  was  a  man  of  in- 
fluence in  his  town  and  for  years  was  a  cap- 
tain of  militia.  In  politics  he  was  a  Jefiferson- 
ian  Democrat.  Originally  active  in  the  ortho- 
dox (Congregational)  church,  he  later  became 
a  Universalist.  He  was  married,  October  16, 
1800,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Lancaster,  to  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Solomon  and  Mary  (Harmon) 
Stone,  of   Beech   Ridge,    Scarborough.     She 


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was  born  June  i6,  1780,  and  died  July  17, 
1872.  Their  children  were :  Charles,  Solo- 
mon, Freedom,  Joshua,  Olive,  Ira,  Mary  and 
Lydia  Jane. 

(VII)  Freedom,  third  son  of  Joshua  and 
Lydia  (Stone)  Moulton,  was  born  in  Scar- 
borough, October  31,  1808,  and  died  July  31, 
1857.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Gorham  Acad- 
emy, but  on  account  of  difficulty  with  his  eyes 
was  obliged  to  give  up  his  college  course.  He 
taught  school  in  Gorham  and  Scarborough  for 
some  years.  After  the  marriage  in  1842  he 
removed  to  Jay  in  Franklin  county,  where  he 
remained  eleven  years.  In  1S53  he  returned 
to  Scarborough  and  there  purchased  the  Ezra 
Carter  homestead  on  the  Portland  road,  near 
Dunston  Corner,  where  he  afterward  resided, 
and  continued  teaching  a  part  of  every  year 
so  long  as  he  lived.  He  was  always  promi- 
nent in  educational  affairs,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  superintending  school  committee  in 
Jay  eleven  years,  and  also  filled  a  similar  po- 
sition in  the  town  of  Scarborough.  He  was 
town  clerk  at  the  time  of  his  decease.  He  was 
a  man  of  marked  ability,  of  the  highest  in- 
tegrity and  standing,  and  was  universally  es- 
teemed. Mr.  Moulton,  his  wife,  and  all  his 
children  were  school  teachers.  Freedom  Moul- 
ton married,  June  13,  1842,  Shuah  Coffin  Car- 
ter, who  was  born  December  20,  181 1,  and 
died  June  19,  1905,  daughter  of  Ezra  and 
Sarah  (Fabyan)  Carter.  Ezra  Carter  (Ezra, 
Daniel,  Ephraim,  of  South  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire),  her  father,  was  born  March  18, 
1773,  and  came  from  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, to  Scarborough  about  1800,  and  was  a 
tanner.  Sarah  Fabyan  Carter,  her  mother, 
was  a  daughter  of  Joshua  Fabyan,  Esq.,  of 
Scarborough,  a  judge  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas,  born  1743,  died  June  20,  1799,  whose 
wife,  Sarah  Brackett  Fabyan,  was  born  April 
9,  1740,  and  died  August  29,  1820.  Joseph 
Fabyan,  father  of  Joshua,  Esq.,  was  son  of 
Justice  John  Fabyan,  of  Nevvington,  New 
Hampshire,  and  Mary  Pickering,  his  wife. 
Squire  Joshua  Fabyan  was  a  descendant  on 
his  mother's  side  of  George  Cleeve,  the  first 
settler  in  Portland,  Maine.  The  children  of 
Freedom  and  Shuah  C.  (Carter)  Moulton 
were:  i.  Martha  Carter,  born  April  11,  1843, 
married,  October  20,  1869,  Lewis  O.  Hills. 
a  merchant  of  Arlington,  Illinois ;  afterward 
removed  to  Louisiana;  died  July  12,  1889.  2. 
Sarah  Carter,  November  3,  1846.  graduated 
from  the  Portland  high  school,  1869 ;  took  a 
course  in  the  Oswego  Normal  School,  Oswego, 
New  York ;  was  a  teacher ;  is  now  living  in 
Portland.       3.     Augustus    F.,    mentioned    at 


length  below.  4.  L)dia  Frances,  May  26, 
185 1,  was  educated  at  Westbrook  Seminary 
and  Oswego  Normal  School,  New  York;  and 
is  first  assistant  in  Jackson  grammar  school, 
Portland. 

(\TII)  Augustus  Freedom,  only  son  of 
Freedom  and  Shuah  C.  (Carter)  Moulton,  was 
born  in  Jay,  May  i,  1848,  and  when  five 
years  of  age  moved  with  his  parents  to  Scar- 
borough, where  he  resided  until  1896.  In  that 
year  he  removed  to  that  part  of  Portland 
formerly  called  Deering,  where  he  now  re- 
sides. He  attended  the  public  schools,  Gor- 
ham Academy,  Saco  high  school,  and  in  1S69 
graduated  from  Westbrook  Seminary.  In 
1873  he  graduated  from  Bowdoin  College,  the 
first  in  rank  of  his  class,  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  after 
graduation  and  was  a  tutor  in  the  college  in 
1874.  In  1876  he  was  chosen  to  deliver  the 
master's  oration  at  commencement  and  re- 
ceived from  his  alma  mater  the  degree  of  A. 
M.  After  leaving  college  he  entered  upon 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Will- 
iam L.  Putnam,  of  Portland,  where  he  read 
two  years,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Cumberland  county  in  October,  1876.  It  is 
now  thirty-two  years  since  Mr.  Moulton's  ad- 
mission to  the  bar,  and  during  that  time  he 
has  labored  faithfully  at  his  profession,  in 
which  he  has  attained  prominence  as  a  prac- 
titioner in  both  state  and  federal  courts,  espe- 
cially in  corporation  cases.  Among  many  im- 
portant cases  in  which  he  has  been  counsel 
are  the  Libby  and  the  Chase  murder  trials,  the 
Aaron  McKenney  will  case,  and  the  Kansas 
stockholders  liability  cases.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat  until  1894,  and  since  that  time 
has  been  an  active  Republican.  His  interest 
in  public  affairs  has  brought  him  before  the 
people  as  a  candidate  for  office  several  times 
and  he  has  served  as  a  representative  in  the 
state  legislature  two  terms,  1878-79,  during 
both  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  judiciary 
committee ;  he  was  a  member  of  the  school 
board  of  Scarborough  fifteen  years ;  town  so- 
licitor twenty  years;  mayor  of  Deering,  1898; 
and  president  of  the  board  of  aldermen  upon 
annexation  of  Deering  to  Portland,  1899- 
1900.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  Westbrook  Seminary  and  also  of 
Thornton  Academy.  His  course  in  office  has 
always  been  marked  by  rectitude  and  scrupu- 
lous fidelity  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and 
he  is  trustee  of  large  estates.  Mr.  Moulton 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Association, 
the  Portland  Board  of  Trade.  The  American 
Historical   Society,  the  Maine  Historical   So- 


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ciety,  the  Maine  Genealogical  Society,  the  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Wars,  is  ex-president  of 
the  Maine  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  and  is  president  of  the  Bow- 
doin  Alumni  Association  of  Portland.  He  oc- 
cupies a  prominent  place  amonj^  the  literary 
people  of  Maine,  and  has  delivered  many  lec- 
tures and  pulilic  addresses  on  historical  and 
patriotic  subjects,  among  which  is  his  address 
at  \'alley  Forge  at  the  time  of  placing  there  a 
tablet  to  the  memory  of  the  ]Maine  Soldiers 
who  passed  the  terrible  winter  of  1777-78  at 
that  place.  Among  his  pul)lislied  pamjihlets 
are  "Some  Descendants  of  John  and  William 
Moulton  of  1  lampion,"  "Trial  by  Ordeal." 
"Settlement  of  Scarborough."  "Church  and 
State  in  New  England,"  "Sir  Ferdinando 
Gorges  and  His  Palatinate  of  Maine." 
Mr.  Moulton  is  a  meinber  of  the  col- 
lege society.  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon,  is  a 
past  chancellor  commander  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  one  of  the  trustees  of 
Bramhall  Lodge ;  is  also  a  member  of 
Ancient  Landmark  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  Mount  \"ernon  Royal  Arch  Chapter ; 
Portland  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters; 
Portland  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
which  he  has  been  eminent  commander.  He 
is  a  member  of  -State  Street  Congregational 
Church  of  Portland,  and  of  the  Lincoln  Club, 
the  Deering  Club,  the  Portland  Club,  the  Cum- 
berland Club  and  the  distinguished  literary 
society  known  as  the  Fraternity  Club. 


(For    ancestral     history     see    preceding    sketch.) 

Thomas  Moulton,  who  was 
MOULTON  probably  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  this  branch  of  the 
Moulton  family,  was  born  in  Ormsby,  Nor- 
folk, England,  about  1614.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  grantees  and  settlers  of  Winnacunnett, 
now  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
lived  about  fifteen  years  or  more.  He  was  in 
Newbury.  Massachusetts,  1637:  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire.  1639;  and  York.  Maine, 
1654.  His  wife's  baptismal  name  was  Martha, 
and  had  children:  i.  Thomas,  baptized  No- 
vember 24,  1639,  in  Hampton.  2.  Daniel, 
baptized  February  12,  1641,  in  Hampton.  3. 
Hannah,  born  June  19,  1645,  married  Samuel 
Tilton.  of  Hampton.  4.  Mary,  born  January 
25,  1651,  married  Samuel  Braglon  Sr.,  York, 
I\Iaine.  5.  Jeremiah.  6.  Joseph,  must  have 
been  born  prior  to  1660  and  probably  died 
about  1720.  Fie  took  the  oath  of  office  in 
1681.  Removed  to  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

(H)  Joseph,  probably  the  youngest  child  of 


Thomas  and  Martha  Moulton,  was  pr(jl)ahly 
born  in  York,  about  1660,  as  he  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  in  1681.  But  little  is  known 
about  him,  as  he  was  killed  at  an  early  age  by 
the  Indians.  He  may  have  been  murdered  in 
the  massacre  of  York,  June  25,  1C92,  but 
something  in  the  records  indicates  that  he  was 
taken  away  a  captive  and  may  have  perished 
in  the  wilderness,  perhaps  of  torture.  The 
facts  in  this  matter  are  unlikely  to  be  dis- 
covered. He  was  a  member  of  the  grand  jury 
and  was  a  most  promising  citizen.  The  rec- 
ords of  York  deeds  show  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  taken  in  part  October  12.  1692,  and  a 
part  August  29,  1693.  His  life  was  dearly 
paid  for  by  the  Indians  in  later  years,  as  his 
youngest  son  was  among  i;heir  most  imi)lacable 
pursuers.  He  lived  in  the  age  when  "an  eye 
for  an  eye  and  a  tooth  for  a  tooth"  was  the 
rigid  rule  among  civilized  as  well  as  uncivil- 
ized. No  record  can  be  found  of  his  mar- 
riage, but  the  probate  records  settle  beyond 
doubt  the  names  of  his  four  sons.  They  were: 
John.  Joseph,  Daniel  and  Jeremiah. 

(Ill)  Cqlonel  Jeremiah,  youngest  son  of 
Joseph  Aloulton,  was  born  about  1688  in  York, 
and  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  citizens  of 
that  town  and  of  the  entire  eastern  province, 
occupying  many  positions  of  public  trust  and 
high  responsibility.  His  public  career  began 
at  a  comparatively  early  age  and  ended  with 
his  death.  He  was  a  famous  scout  and  Indian 
fighter,  possessed  considerable  military  ability 
and  was  ever  ready  to  serve  the  colony  and 
his  king.  He  was  also  of  an  eminently  judi- 
cial temperament  and  served  his  times  well  in 
many  civil  capacities.  He  was  born  in  anxious 
times  and  narrowly  escaped  his  father's  fate 
when  York  was  destroyed  by  the  Indians.  He 
was  taken  captive  and  with  other  young  chil- 
dren and  some  elderly  women  was  soon  re- 
leased. He  was  brought  up  by  his  uncle,  Jere- 
miah Moulton,  and  the  latter's  account  is  on 
record,  showing  the  charge  of  29  pounds  15 
shillings  "To  bringing  up  Jeremiah,  the  Son 
of  the  Said  Deceased,  in  meat,  Drink,  Cloth- 
ing etc.  till  he  was  Seven  Years  old ;  to  witt 
four  year  &  i  Quarter."  In  1772  Jeremiah 
JMoulton  was  a  sergeant  on  scout  duty  and  be- 
fore the  close  of  the  year  was  promoted  to 
lieutenant.  He  was  in  the  first  expedition  at 
the  capture  of  Norridgewock  in  January,  1722, 
and  one  of  four  captains  to  lead  the  second  ex- 
pedition against  that  place,  which  they  cap- 
tured and  destroyed  August  12,  1724.  On  this 
occasion  the  able  and  much  hated  French 
Jesuit  priest,  Sebastian  Ralo,  was  slain  with 
many  of  his  Indian  followers.     This  victory 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


\vas   regarded   as  of   the   greatest   importance 
since  the  death  of  King  PhiUp,  and  was  cele- 
brated with  great  rejoicing.     Shortly  after  the 
Lovewell  fight  at  Fryeburg,  in  1725,  Captain 
Moulton  went  on  scout  to  the  battlefield  and 
returned  to  Falmouth  on  June  15  of  that  year. 
He  was  subsequently  colonel  of  the  third  Mas- 
sachusetts regiment  and  was  third  in  command 
of    the   expedition    led   by   General    Pepperell 
against    Louisburg,    which   capitulated   to   the 
colonial  forces  June  17,  1745.    He  was  colonel 
of  the  first  York  county  regiment  of  militia  in 
1757.    From  1735  to  1751  he  was  continuously 
councillor,  and  represented  York  at  the  general 
court  for  several  terms.     He  was  also  county 
treasurer    and    was    appointed    judge    of    the 
court  of  common  pleas  of  York  county,  De- 
cember  15,   1732.     He  continuously  held  thi« 
position  until  his  death  and  also  filled  the  office 
of  judge  of  probate  from  December  20,  1745, 
a  period  of  twenty  years.     He  was  appointed 
justice  of  the  peace  in   1724,   1728  and    1731 
and  colonel  in   1734:  he  was  also  register  of 
deeds,  and  his  first  signature  in  that  capacity 
bears  the  date  April  5,  1734.  and  tlje  last  April 
8,   1 74 1.     He  was   town  clerk   from    1732  to 
1744,  was  also  constable  and  often  selectman. 
He  was  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  first  parish 
of  York,  holding  the  latter  office  until  March 
26,  1745,  and  resigning  the  former  two  years 
later.    Besides  the  various  military  titles  above 
mentioned,  he  appears  in  the  records  as  ensign 
and  major  and  had  the  civic  titles  of  "Esquire" 
and   "Honorable."      He    died    July   20,    1765, 
aged  about  seventy-seven  years.   His  first  wife, 
Hannah    (surname   unknown),   died    October 
26,   1760,   aged   sixty-si.x  years,   according  to 
the  town  records.     The  gravestone  gives  the 
year  as  1761.     The  headstones  for  the  graves 
of  Colonel  Moulton  and  his  wife  in  the  yard 
at    York    village   are    elaborately   carved   and 
bear   the    winged   cherubim's   head.     The    in- 
scription on  the  stone  of  the  wife  pays  this 
tribute    to   her    character :      "a    Gentlewoman 
Eminent  for  her  Piety  and  for  Christian  and 
Social  Virtue,  Judiciously  Esteemed  when  Liv- 
ing  and    Greatly    Lamented    on    her    Death." 
Their  children  were:     Jeremiah,  Daniel  (died 
young),    Daniel,    Hannah,    Thomas,    Abigail, 
Dorcas  and  Lucy. 

(IV)  Jeremiah  (2).  eldest  child  of  Jere- 
miah ( I )  and  Hannah  Moulton,  was  born 
January  17,  1714,  in  York,  and  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  the  town,  in  every  way  a  creilit 
to  his  illustrious  sire.  He  received  successive 
appointments  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  1761, 
1765  and  1 77 1,  evidently  reappointments,  the 
term  being  four  years.     He  appears  in  a  list 


of  men  of  the  Blue  Troop  of  Horse  in  York 
county  in  1757  and  was  commissioned  lieuten- 
ant colonel  in  the  York  county  militia  March 
10,  1762.  He  was  named  by  Sir  William  Pep- 
perrell  as  an  executor  of  his  will  in  which  he 
refers  to  him  as  "my  good  Friend,  Jeremiah 
Moulton,  Jr.,  esquire,  sherrifif  of  this  county 
of  York."  This  was  afterward  revoked  by  a 
codicil  "As  he  lives  at  a  distance  &  the  busi- 
ness might  be  troublesome  to  him."  He  died 
Julv  16,  1777.  On  November  14,  1742,  he 
took  up  settlers'  lots  numbered  nine,  twenty- 
one  and  twenty-two.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
in  1777,  he  owned  two  hundred  and  thirty-five 
acres  of  land  in  Sanford,  and  one-half  of 
Chadbourne's  saw  mill,  valued  m  all  at  one 
hundred  pounds  ten  shillings.  He  was  mar- 
ried December  20,  1737.  to  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  Sayword,  of  York,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  Thomas  (died  young),  Thomas, 
Theodore  (died  ten  years  old),  Jotham,  Abi- 
gail. Mary,  Jeremiah,  Joel.  Theodore,  Han- 
nah and  Lucy. 

(\')  Brigadier  Jotham,  fourth  son  of  Jere- 
miah (2)  and  Hannah  (Sayword)  Moulton, 
was  born  February  12,  1743,  in  York,  Maine. 
He  became  an  extensive  owner  of  land  in  San- 
ford, helping  to  build  and  owning  a  part  of 
the  Iron  Works  at  the  Corner,  and  built  the 
first  bridge  across  the  river.  He  served  with 
honor  in  the  revolution,  being  chosen  briga- 
dier in  1776  by  the  provincial  congress.  He 
died  suddenly  at  York  between  May  8  and  14, 
1777,  while  at  home  on  a  furlough.  He  had 
made  arrangements  to  remove  to  Sanford  and 
had  built  a  large  house  at  South  Sanford  for 
a  residence.  This  structure,  afterwards  moved 
to  the  corner,  was  known  as  the  Nasson 
House.  Brigadier  Moulton's  widow  married 
Major  Samuel  Nasson  and  occupied  it.  Briga- 
dier Moulton  married,  June  10.  1765,  Joanna 
Tilden.  his  cousin,  and  had  six  children:  i. 
Jeremiah,  see  forward.  2.  George,  born  No- 
vember 12,  1767.  3.  Jonathan,  July  8,  1769. 
4.  Jotham,  see  forward.  5.  Abigail  Ruck,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1773,  married  a  Pillsbury.  6.  Rufus, 
October  15,  1775. 

(\T)  Jeremiah  (3),  eldest  child  of  Briga- 
dier Jotham  and  Joanna  (Tilden)  Moulton, 
was  born  in  York,  March  7,  1766,  died  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1849.  J^s  came  to  Sanford  when  a 
boy,  was  a  famer  and  also  manufactured  cloth 
in  a  mill  on  the  site  of  the  present  Sanford 
jMills  as  early  as  18 10.  He  became  one  of  the 
most  prominent  citizens  of  the  town  and  one 
of  its  largest  land  owners.  He  married  (first) 
Martha  Friend,  who  ilied  January  10.  1815. 
They  had  children  :    Jotham,  Rufus.  Hannah, 


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(icorsc  Nancy,  Aljigail  and  Jeremiah.  He 
married  (second)  l-'ebruary  i,  i8i(j,  Mrs. 
PFannali  (Friend)  Hobbs,  a  sister  of  his  first 
wife,  born  177S.  died  Xovember  25,  1869. 
Tiicy  had  ciiildren  :  Mary,  married  a  Hatch, 
and  Martha,  who  married  Dr.  Albert  Day. 

(\  1)  Dr.  Jotham  (2),  fourth  son  of  Briga- 
dier Jolliam  (I)  and  Joanna  (Tilden)  Moul- 
ton.  was  born  in  \'ork,  January  15,  1771,  and 
died  in  liucksport,  Xovember  2,  1857.  lie 
came  to  San  ford  with  his  mother  and  step- 
father (Major  Samuel  Xasson)  when  he  was 
about  eight  years  of.  age.  During  his  early 
manhood,  he  was  sick  with  consumption  and 
ap[5arcntly  near  the  end  of  his  life.  tJne  night 
l;e  dreamed  that  he  went  to  Mrs.  Batchelder's 
house  across  the  river,  and  that  she  accom- 
panied him  out  into  the  pasture  to  find  a  cer- 
tain weed  which  he  had  dreamed  of  seeing 
and  which  would  cure  him.  Seizing  upon  the 
dream  as  an  omen  of  health  ami  life,  the  in- 
valiil  went  next  day  to  see  Mrs.  Batchelder, 
told  his  dream,  and  together  they  sought  the 
weed  in  the  pasture.  They  found  and  gath- 
ered some,  and  returning  to  his  home,  steeped 
it  and  he  drank  the  extract,  and  recovered  his 
health.  The  weed  was  afterwards  known  as 
"Jotham's  weed."  Young  Moulton  read  med- 
icine with  Dr.  Job  Lyman,  of  York,  and  in 
1793,  with  a  little  box  of  medicine  six  inches 
square,  journeyed  eastward  into  the  wilderness 
of  Maine.  He  reached  Buckstown  (now 
Kucksport).  where  he  settled  and  continued 
practice  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  But 
few  people  dwelt  along  the  river  when  he  first 
located,  so  he  went  up  and  down  the  Penob- 
scot in  a  birch  canoe  for  many  years,  answer- 
ing the  calls  of  the  sparsely  settled  country. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  integrity  and  benevo- 
lence and  a  true  Christian.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 16.  1802,  Mary  Farrar,  of  Hanover, 
New  Hampshire,  and  had  children :  Lucy, 
(jeorge,  Jotham.  Tilden  and  Mary. 

(\')  Joel,  sixth  son  of  Jeremiah  (2)  and 
Hannah  (Say word)  Moulton,  was  born  April 
9,  1751.  in  York,  where  he  probably  passed  his 
life.  Very  little  record  of  him  can  be  found, 
but  it  is  known  that  his  wife's  baptismal  name 
w^as  Eunice  and  they  had  a  son,  Jeremiah. 

(\"I)  Captain  Jeremiah  (4),  son  of  Joel 
and  Eunice  Moulton,  was  born  in  Sanford. 
December  9.  1786,  and  died  May  5,  i860.  He 
married  (first)  Patty  Harmon,  of  York, 
Maine;  (second)  Harmah,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Moses  Sweat.  Their  children  were:  Benja- 
min, Moses  S.,  Silas  Moody,  James  F.,  Charles 
J.  B..  George  and  Harriet  X. 

(\TI)   Silas  Moody,  third  son  and  child  of 


Ca[)tain  Jeremiah  (4)  and  Hannah  (Sweat) 
Moulton,  was  born  in  Sanford,  Maine,  Janu- 
ary 6,  1 82 1,  died  July  i,  1904.  He  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming  throughout  the  ac- 
tive years  of  his  life.  Married  Olive  .\. 
Witham,  born  in  Sanford,  died  1901.  Their 
children  were :  Moses  Sweat,  Laura  J.,  Ben- 
jamin Irving  and  Arthur. 

(\HI)  Moses  Sweat,  eldest  child  of  Silas 
Moody  and  Olive  A.  (Witham)  Moulton,  was 
born  in  Sanford,  June  8,  1863.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade.  Later  he  became 
a  contractor  and  builder.  He  formed  a  part- 
nership in  1900  with  Judge  George  W.  Han- 
son, in  the  wood  and  coal  business,  operating 
under  the  name  of  the  Sanford  Coal  Company. 
This  has  been  continued  up  to  the  present  day, 
and  they  are  also  extensive  dealers  in  lumber, 
and  engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  Mr. 
Moulton  supports  the  Republican  party  and 
has  been  an  active  factor  in  its  councils.  He 
served  as  constable  for  a  period  of  fourteen 
years,  and  was  deputy  sheriff  for  a  time,  re- 
signing this  latter  office  in  order  to  give  his 
undivided  attention  to  his  business  affairs.  He 
has  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
health,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  following  or- 
ganizations:  I>dember  of  Preble  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Sanford ;  White 
Rose  Royal  Arch  Chapter ;  Friendship  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Spring- 
vale  ;  Morak  Encampment,  of  Sanford ;  past 
chancellor  of  Riverside  Lodge.  Knights  of 
Pythias,  of  Sanford ;  and  member  of  the 
Grange  at  Springvale.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 4.  1893,  Ella  Mercy  Anna  Bennett 
(Fletcher),  daughter  of  Horace  and  Sally 
(Colby)  Haslam,  of  Sanford.  Mrs.  Moulton 
had  one  child  by  a  previous  marriage :  Alice 
May  Fletcher,  born  March  18,  18S1,  who  mar- 
ried Eugene  Whitcomb,  deceased.  She  had 
one  child:  Arthur  Elias  Whitcomb,  born 
June  24,  1899,  who  lives  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
iloulton,  and  is  now  in  the  Longfellow  school. 


( F(3r   first   generation  see  preceding  sketch.) 

'  (II)   Jeremiah,  third  son^t 

MOl  LTOX  Thomas  and  .Martha  Moul- 
ton, was  born  about  1657, 
probably  in  York.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegi- 
ance in  t68[  and  was  representative  in  1692. 
Savage  states  that  lie  was  a  councilor,  but  this  is 
probably  an  error,  as  his  name  does  not  appear 
in  the  .Massachusetts  civil  list  for  the  Colonial 
and  Provincial  periods,  1630  to  1674.  He  died 
December  26.  1731.  as  shown  by  the  town 
records. 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


He    appears    to    have    possessed    a    some- 
what peppery  temper  in  early  manhood,  as  the 
records  show  that  he  was  lined  ten  pounds  Oc- 
tober  3,    1693,   and   put   under   bonds   to   the 
amount  of  htty  pounds  to  keep  the  peace,  for 
threatening  with  a  gun  in  his  hands  to  shoot 
a  constable  and  justice  of  the  peace.     Despite 
his  shortcomings,  which  included  that  of  sell- 
ing strong  drink  without  a  licence,  he  was  a 
useful  and  trusted  citizen.    He  often  served  on 
the  grand  jury,  was  selectman  and  held  other 
town  oflices,  besides  serving  as  representative 
to  the  town  court.    The  town  records  generally 
refer  to  him  with  the  respectful  title  of  Aiister, 
which  v\^as  not  in  common  use  in  those  days. 
After  his  nephew,  Jeremiah  ]\Ioulton,  came  to 
maturity,   he   was  sometimes  distinguished  as 
senior.     His  will   shows   that  he   had   at   the 
time  of  its  execution  only  a  son  and  a  daugh- 
ter.    His  first  wife,  [Mary  (Young)   Moulton, 
daughter  of  Rowland  and  Joanna    (Knight) 
Young,  of  York,  died  June  24,  1722.    She  was 
the  mother  of  his  children.    He  married  (sec- 
ond)  Alice  (Chadbourne)   Donnell,  widow  of 
Hon.  Samuel  Donnell,  who  was  the  councillor 
and  judge  of  the  York  county   court.     Jere- 
miah  ;\loulton"s   children   were :     Joseph  and 
Wary.    The  latter  became  the  wife  of  Johnson 
Harmon,  of  York. 

'  (HI)  Joseph,  only  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Mary  (Young)  Moulton,  was  born  January 
14,  1680,  and  resided  in  York,  where  he  was 
still  living  April  22,  1724.  No  record  appears 
to  show  his  death.  In  one  record  he  is  given 
the  title  of  lieutenant,  which  was  probably  his 
rank  in  the  town  militia.  He  was  married 
December  30,  1697,  to  ]\Iary  Pulman,  daugh- 
ter of  Jasper  Pulman,  of  York.  He  was  the 
father  of  these  children :  Abel,  Abigail,  Jere- 
miah, Mary,  Miriam  and  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  Captain  Abel,  eldest  child  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  (Pulman)  Moulton,  and  twin  of 
their  daughter,  Abigail,  vv-as  born  May  10, 
1701,  in  York,  and  died  March  3,  1784.  as  the 
town  records  say,  "in  the  Night."  The  Sec- 
ond Parish  Church  records  make  it  March  4, 
so  it  is  quite  probable  that  he  died  after  mid- 
night. He  was  a  captain  in  the  First  York 
County  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel 
Eben  Savers,  as  appears  of  record  June  25, 
1776.  He  was  promoted  to  major,  September 
31,  1779,  and  probably  participated  in  the 
revolutionary  war.  He  married  (first)  Elea- 
nor Bane,  daughter  of  Louis  Bane,  of  York. 
She  died  in  January,  1748,  and  he  married 
(second)  Mrs.  Judith  Gowan.  their  intentions 
being  published  December  30.  1794.  The 
first  wife   bore   him   two   children,   John   and 


Sarah,   and   those   of  the   second   wife   were: 
Mercy,  Dorcas,  John,  Daniel  and  Mary. 

(\')  Daniel,  third  .son  of  Abel  Moulton  and 
fourth  child  of  his  second  wife,  Judith,  was 
born  March  31.  1755,  in  York.  Like  most  of 
his  townsmen  of  that  time,  he  was  a  farmer, 
and  was  an  alert  and  public-spirited  man.  He 
was  captain  of  a  company  of  state  militia  and 
a  soldier  in  the  ranks  of  the  colonial  forces 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  He  died  at  the 
age  of  eighty-four  years.  He  married  (first) 
February  8,  1776,  Dorcas  Holt,  by  whom  he 
had  children:  i.  Noah,  baptized  ^lay  8,  1777, 
lost  at  sea.  2.  Dorcas,  baptized  August  4, 
1778,  died  young.  3.  Josiah,  baptized  June  9, 
1782,  married  Olive  Lowe.  4.  Henry,  bap- 
tized September  19,  1784,  died  young.  5. 
George,  see  forward.  6.  Hannah,  born  March 
25.  1790,  married  Ebenezer  Grant.  7.  Dorcas, 
born  November  16,  1792,  married  Abel  j\lat- 
thews.  He  married  (second)  Abigail  Young, 
and  had  a  daughter:    Abigail. 

(VI)  George,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Daniel  and  Dorcas  (Holt)  MouUon,  was  bap- 
tized October  14,  1787.  died  March,  1859.  He 
was  a  progressive  farmer  and  large  land 
owner.  In  addition  to  the  part  of  his  father's 
farm  which  came  to  him  by  inheritance,  he 
purchased  other  property,  including  an  ex- 
tensive river  farm.  He  married  (first)  Nancy, 
who  died  in  July,  1822,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
Moulton.  Their  children  were:  i.  Jonathan, 
cUed  young.  2.  Daniel,  died  in  infancy.  3. 
Catharine,  born  July  24,  181 1,  married.  Sep- 
tember, 1834,  Thomas  Witham ;  died  I\Iarch, 
1854.  4.  William  G.,  see  forward.  5.  Dorcas, 
born  January  10,  1816,  married  John  Simp- 
son; died  November,  1871.  6.  Mary,  born 
May  28,  1818,  married  May  6,  1835,  David, 
son  of  David  Moulton.  7.  Jonathan,  born  July 
18,  1820,  died  September  12,  1880.  8.  Nancy, 
born  July  20,  1822,  became  the  second  wife  of 
T.  Witham.  George  Moulton  married  (sec- 
ond) ]\Iarch  12,  1823,  Sally  Myrick,  and  had 
children:  I.  George  D.,  born  February  29, 
1S24,  married  Nancy  Young.  2.  David,  died 
in  infancy.  3.  Sarah  A.,  who  had  a  twin 
sister  who  died,  married  Benjamin  F.  Donnell. 
5.  Joanna,  married  S.  G.-  Donnell.  6.  Eben, 
died  unmarried  in  i860. 

(\TI)  William  Gardner,  second  son  and 
fourth  child  of  George  and  Nancy  (]\loulton) 
Moulton,  born  in  York,  ]\Iaine,  January  12, 
1814,  died  December  13-,  1906.  When  quite 
young  he  learned  the  ship  carpentering  trade, 
and  also  became  an  expert  as  a  wood  worker. 
For  ten  years  he  held  the  position  of  fore- 
man of  the  boat  shop  at  the  navy  yard.     For 


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417 


many  years  lie  was  employed  as  a  milhvriglit, 
building  mills  and  putting  in  wooden  water 
wheels  and  similar  contrivances.  He  built 
the  first  paper  mill  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
and  the  mills  in  Newton,  Lower  and  Upper 
Falls,  and  at  Franklin,  New  Hampshire. 
When  the  machinery  of  these  mills  was  dis- 
placed by  modern  devices  he  erected  a  car- 
riage shop  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
heavy  wagons,  and  in  the  repair  work  on  all 
sorts  of  vehicles.  He  attended  regularly  to 
his  business  until  more  than  four  score  years 
of  age,  and  also  managed  a  fine  farm  which  he 
owned.  His  residence  was  built  by  himself  in 
1843,  3"d  is  a  neat  and  substantial  dwelling, 
while  the  barn  and  other  farm  buildings  are 
convenient  and  commodious.  He  upheld 
Whig  principles  until  the  organization  of  the 
Republican  party,  of  which  he  was  a  member 
until  his  death.  Lie  was  a  member  of  the 
Order  of  the  Golden  Cross,  a  deacon  in  the 
Christian  church  from  1854  until  his  death, 
and  for  many  years  chairman  of  the  pru- 
dential committee.  He  married,  October  29, 
1840,  Judith,  born  December  2,  1816,  died 
March  30,  1064,  daughter  of  David  Moulton. 
They  had  chiUlren :  i.  Mary  H.,  born  July 
25,  1843.  2.  Judith  A.,  born  September  30, 
1845.  married  James  O.  Leavitt;  died  August 
22,  1891.  3.  Willis  G.,  born  May  3.  1848, 
married  Etta,  daughter  of  Henry  P.  Abbott. 
4.  Allen  C. 

(\'ni)  Allen  Curtis,  youngest  child  of  Will- 
iam Gardner  and  Judith  (Aloulton)  Moulton, 
was  born  in  that  part  of  the  town  of  York 
known  as  Cider  Hill.  October  10,  1853.  His 
education  was  acquired  in  the  district  schools 
near  his  home,  South  Berwick  Academy  and 
Kent's  Hill  Seminary.  For  a  short  time  he 
worked  for  his  father  in  the  carriage  shop, 
then  taught  school  for  si.x  winters,  then  en- 
gaged in  trade  with  his  brother,  opening  a 
grocery  store  at  York  Corner.  After  five 
years  of  successful  business  they  sold  the  store 
to  C.  H.  Junkins,  and  Allen  C.  went  to  work 
as  a  carpenter.  Later  he  took  up  the  study 
of  architecture,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
has  managed  successfully  a  business  as  archi- 
tect and  contractor,  erecting  some  of  the  finest 
buildings  in  the  vicinity.  Specimens  of  his 
work  are :  The  Christian  church,  which  he 
erected  in  i8go;  Mrs.  Putnam's  handsome  cot- 
tage; and  the  fine  summer  residences  of  a 
number  of  others.  His  plans  are  laid  with  a 
view  to  convenience  as  well  as  beauty,  his 
work  is  always  satisfactory  and  the  general 
effect  is  artistic  and  in  excellent  taste.  His 
political    support   is   given   to   the   Republican 


party,  and  he  has  served  as  town  agent,  and 
has  filled  the  office  of  town  clerk  since  1894. 
While  at  York  Corner  he  served  as  postmaster 
under  the  administration  of  President  Grant. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church,  has 
served  on  the  prudential  committee  and  as 
assessor.  Lie  belongs  to  St.  Aspiiiquid  Lodge, 
No.  198,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  is  a  past  master ;  Knights  of  Pythias ;  has 
been  through  all  the  chairs  of  the  Order  of 
the  (iolden  Cross;  and  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Commandery  of  the  State  of  Maine.  He  has 
been  president  of  the  York  County  Sunday 
School  Association,  and  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Maine  State  Sun- 
day School  Association.  He  married,  June 
10,  1880,  Ann  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  David 
and  Mary  C.  (Eldridge)  Sewall.  The  .Sew- 
alls  were  among  the  first  families  who  settled 
in  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moulton  had  an 
adopted  child,  Judith  P.,  who  died  in  her  sec- 
ond year.  Mrs.  Moulton  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


(For   ancestry  see  preceding  sketch.) 

(VII)     George     D.,     eldest 
MOULTON     child   of   George    and    Sally 

(  M  y  r  i  c  k  )  Moulton,  was 
born  February  29,  1824,  died  in  Alfred,  Maine, 
January  10,  1907.  His  early  years  were  spent 
on  the  farm  of  his  father,  and  he  learned  the 
trade  of  carpentering  and  also  house  painting, 
following  the  latter  occupation  until  within  a 
few  years  of  his  death,  when  ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  abandon  active  labors.  He  re- 
moved to  Alfred  when  a  young  man  and  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life  in  that  town.  His 
religious  affiliations  were  with  the  Christian 
church  in  York,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Republican  party.  He  married  Nancy  Frost 
Young,  of  York,  now  living  in  Alfred,  born 
March,  1826,  and  had  children:  Elizabeth, 
Nettie,  Julia,  Addie  and  Charles  G. 

(VHI)  Charles  G.,  only  son  and  fifth  and 
j-oungest  child  of  George  D.  and  Nancy  Frost 
(Young)  Moulton,  was  born  in  Alfred,  Maine, 
May  30,  1864.  His  education  was  acquired  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  Alfred.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  went  into  the 
office  of  the  register  of  deeds  as  clerk  under 
Asa  L.  Ricker  and  later  under  Justin  M. 
Leavitt,  was  employed  there  several  years. 
He  superintended  the  naming  of  the  ledger 
index  for  the  register  of  deeds  for  York 
county,  and  installed  the  present  system  of 
continuous  indexing  in  use  in  that  office.  He 
went  to  Limerick,  Maine,  in  1889,  to  take  the 
place   for  six  weeks  of  Cashier   \\'illiam   W. 


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STATE  OF  .MAINE. 


Mason,  of  the  Limerick  National  Bank,  and 
has  been  identified  with  the  bank  since  that 
time.     During  the  first  year  he  acted  as   an 
accountant,  and  was  soon  elected  cashier,  and 
continues  in  that  office;  he  is  also  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  bank.     Since  he  became  iden- 
tified with  the  bank  its  assets  have  increased 
from  about  $150,000  to  more  than  $830,000, 
and  is  the  largest  country  national  bank  in  the 
county  or   state.     He   is   also   identified   with 
other  enterprises,  being  treasurer  and  director 
of  Limerick  Mills  (manufacturers  of  worsted 
yarns)  and  treasurer  and  a  director  of  Limer- 
ick Water  &  Electric  Company,  having  been 
one  of  the  incorporators  of  both  corporations. 
He  is  also  a  trustee  of  Limerick  Academy  and 
of  Parsonfield  Seminary.     Mr.  Moulton  gives 
his  political  support  to  the  Republican  party, 
and   is  a  member  of   Fraternal   Lodge,   Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Alfred.     He  mar- 
ried, January  7,  igoo,  Frances  Estella  Mason, 
a  woman  of  exceptional  executive  ability.  .  She 
was    educated    in    the    Limerick    schools    and 
Limerick  Academy,  and   was  elected  to   suc- 
ceed her  father  as  president  of  the  Limerick 
National  Bank,  of  which  she  is  also  a  director, 
being  the  first  woman  to   serve  as  president 
of  a  National  bank  in  the  New  England  states. 
Her   father   was   Jeremiah    Mason,   who   was 
for  many    years   and    up   to   his    death   presi- 
dent of  the  Limerick  National  Bank.    Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Moulton  have  one  daughter:   Olga  Fran- 
ces, born  November  11,  1900,  who  now  attends 
the  public  schools  of  Limerick. 


It  is  said  by  antiquarians  that 
ESTES     Albert  Azo   II,  INIarquis  of  Lig- 

uria,  born  about  A.  D.  1097,  was 
founder  of  the  houses  of  Este  and  Brunswick. 
The  former  was  conspicuous  in  Italy  as  late 
as  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century,  about 
which  time  its  direct  line  failed  in  the  death 
of  Hercules  III,  he  being  of  the  twenty-second 
generation  from  Azo  II.  Such  is  the  founda- 
tion of  this  ancient  house.  The  name  Este  is 
said  to  have  been  derived  from  a  colony 
planted  in  the  seventh  century  of  Rome,  about 
fifteen  miles  south  of  the  city  of  Padua,  and 
called  Ateste,  or  Este,  which  latter  name  the 
marquises  of  Liguria  assumed  in  the  early 
part  of  the  fourteenth  century.  The  name 
written  Este  is  plural,  and  is  used  to  repre- 
sent the  whole  family.  Tradition  has  it  that 
the  name  was  brought  into  England  by  one 
Francesco,  natural  son  of  INIarquis  Leonnello, 
and  who  went  first  to  Bergundy  and  escaped 
thence  into  England,  and  afterward  made  his 
home    in    that    country.      The    period    of    his 


life  lay  between  1434  and  1444.  The  immi- 
grant Estes  family  here  about  to  be  considered 
begins  with  Robert  and  Dorothy  Estes,  of 
Dover,  England,  whose  ancestry  has  not  been 
clearly  settled,  but  concerning  whose  descend- 
ants there  is  no  uncertain  tradition. 

(I)  Richard  Estes,  immigrant,  son  of  Rob- 
ert and   Dorothy,  is  said  to  have  been  bom 
3  mo.,  1647,  ^"'d-  ^s  stated  in  the  records  of 
the  Friends"  Meeting  in  Lynn,  ^lassachusetts, 
lived  in   England  until  the   11,  7  mo.,    1684, 
"and  by  certificate  from  ye  people  of  God  in 
Newington,   East   Kent,  England,   were  mar- 
ried at   Dover,   New   Hampshire,   23,   4  mo., 
1687,  to  Elizabeth  Beck,  Great  Island  (Ports- 
mouth)."     He    is    believed   to   have   left   the 
Downs,  in  England,  in  September,   1684,  ar- 
rived in  Boston,  New   England,  in  the  latter 
part  of  November,   and   soon   went  to   Great 
Island,  now  Portsmouth,  to  join  his   brother 
Matthew,  who  had  preceded  him  about  two 
years.    Richard  Estes  was  a  weaver.     In  16S6 
he  had  a  deed  of  sixty  acres  of  land  in  Kit- 
tery,   Maine,   and  in    1692-93   was   in    Salem, 
Massachusetts,  where   in    1694    he    is    called 
sleymaker    (maker    of   weavers"'    reeds).      In 
1695    he    was    of    Lynn,    Massachusetts,    and 
bought  lands  there.     He  appears  to  have  be- 
come   possessed    of   many    tracts    of    land    in 
Lynn  and  Salem,  and  spent  the  later  years  of 
his  life  in  the  town  last  mentioned,  where  in 
1726-27  he  deeded  lands  to  his  son  Benjamin. 
He  was  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  a  very 
devout  man,  upright  in  his  daily   walk.     He 
married,  at  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  June  23, 
1687,   Elizabeth   Beck,   of  Great   Island,  born 

8,  II  mo.,  1663,  probably  a  daughter  of  Henry 
Beck,  who  was  an  inhabitant  of  Dover  in  1642, 
when  he  had  a  twenty-acre  lot  granted  him. 
Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Beck)  Estes  had 
eleven  children:  i.  A  son,  born  and  died  the 
same  day.  2.  Matthew,  born  June  27,  1689," 
dierl  r^lay  11,  1774.  3.  Joseph,  January  16, 
1690,  died  young.  4.  Sarah,  born  in  Salem, 
May  5,  1693,  died  January  10,  1773.  5.  Rob- 
ert, born  August  27,  1694.  6.  Joseph,  August 
26,  1696,  died  May  5,  1770.  7.  Benjamin, 
born  July  10,  1698.     8.  Henry,  April  9,  1701. 

9.  Philadelphia,  February  17,  1702,  died  March 
25,  1703.  10.  Edward,  born  February  20, 
1703-04.     II.  Samuel,  May  23,  1709. 

(II)  Edward,  son  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth (Beck)  Estes,  was  born  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  20,  1703-04,  and  died  m 
Royalsborough,  now  Durham,  Maine,  Febru- 
ary 13,  1788.  In  1726  he  was  living  in  Scitu- 
ate,  Massachusetts,  and  afterward  of  Hanover, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  is  called  blacksmith 


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419 


and  yeoman,  and  was  there  as  late  as  1748.  In 
1750  he  was  of  North  Yarmouth,  now  Harps- 
well.  Maine.  He  married,  August  27,  1730, 
I'atience.  daughter  of  John  and  W'aite  (East- 
on)  Carr,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and 
widow  of  Josejih  I'cckham.  She  also  was  a 
granddaughter  of  Caleb  Carr,  who  was  gov- 
ernor of  Rhode  Island  in  1695.  Edward  and 
Patience  (Carr-1'eckhamj  Estes  had  children  : 

I.  Elizabeth,  born  June  i,  1731.  2.  Waite, 
May  I.  1733.  3.  Ann,  May  14,  1735,  died 
1790.  4.  Israel.  August  27,  1737,  died  May 
13.  1742.  5.  John.  August  13,  1739.  6.  Ca- 
leb. August  10,  1741,  died  1744.  7.  Mary, 
September  24,   1743.     8.   Edward,   November 

II,  1745.  9.  Caleb,  November  26.  1747.  10. 
Patience,  September  15,  1748.  11.  Joseph, 
July  21,  1750.     12.  Sarah,  April  lO,   1752. 

(HI)  Caleb,  son  of  Edward  and  Patience 
(Carr-Peckham)  Estes,  was  born  in  Hanover, 
Massachusetts,  November  26,  1747,  and  died 
11,3  mo..  1822.  He  was  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends,  and  a  farmer  by  principal 
occupation.  He  married  (first)  June  24, 
1769,  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Bishop,  whose 
own  wife  was  an  Estes.  Lydia  was  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1749,  and  died  May  4,  1815.  He 
married  (second)  October  17,  1816.  Eunice 
(Nichols)  Estes,  widow  of  Joseph  Estes,  of 
Sandwich,  New  Hampshire.  Caleb  and  Lydia 
(Bishop)  Estes  had  children:  i.  Lydia,  born 
May  8,  1770.  2.  Sarah,  March  4,  1772.  3. 
Simeon,  February  17,  1774,  died  July  6,  1863. 
4.  Patience,  born  January  29,  1776;  married 
James  Estes.  5.  Caleb,  born  April  6,  1778, 
died  May  25.  1864.  6.  Joseph,  born  May  9, 
1780.  7.  Israel,  August  5,  1782,  died  March 
25,  1875.  8.  Thomas,  August  20,  1784,  died 
October  16,  1870.  9.  John,  October  19.  1786, 
died  November  22,  1787.  10.  Desire.  October 
15,  1788.  died  July  15,  1880.  11.  Mary.  Feb- 
ruary 15.  1792,  died  February  22,  1865. 

(I\')  Joseph  Estes,  son  of  Caleb  and  Lydia 
(Bishop)  Estes,  was  born  in  Durham,  Maine, 
May  9,  1780,  and  died  November  16,  1851. 
He  married.  October  i.  1801,  Mary  Jones, 
born  November  20,  1777,  died  May  23,  1850, 
daughter  of  Noah  and  Patience  (Joy)  Jones; 
children:  i.  Patience,  born  July  22,  1802,  died 
July  19,  1887.  2.  Amaziah,  born  February 
7,  1804;  married  j\Iary  Coombs.  3.  Eunice, 
born  September  29,  1805.  4.  Ephraim  J., 
March  8.  1808.  died  April  15,  1828.  5.  Bar- 
zilla,  born  April  20.  1811.  6.  Alvin,  born 
July  18.  1813,  died  July  13,  1863;  enlisted  in 
Company  A.  Ninth  I\laine  Volunteer  Infantry. 
7.  Harriet,  born  i\Iarch  24,  1816,  died  Decem- 
ber  15,  1825. 


(V)  Barzilla,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Jones)  Estes,  was  born  in  China,  Maine, 
April  20,  181 1.  He  married  (first)  Emelea 
Johnson;  married  (second)  November  4, 
1842,  Phebe  Ann  Coombs,  born  March  27, 
1826.  daugliler  of  Joshua  and  Phebe  (Wither- 
ell)  Coombs;  children:  i.  Llewellyn  Gerrish, 
born  December  2j,  1843.  2.  llldefonce  Cleora, 
March  25,  1845;  married  Nathaniel  Wilson, 
Jr.,  June,  1888.  3.  Chelsea  L.,  born  Decem- 
ber 10.  1846;  married  (first)  Cornelia  Heaton, 
(second)  Julia  Hall.  4.  Flenry  A.,  born  Au- 
gust 15,  1848.  died  July  10,  1849.  5.  Annie 
Maria,  born  October  10,  1854;  married  Octo- 
ber 9,  1878,  Charles  E.  Bedlow,  of  Portland, 
Maine,  born  June  23,  1849.  One  child: 
Phoebe  Estes  Bedlow.  born  May  4,  1882. 

(\T)  General  Llewellyn  Gerrish  Estes,  eld- 
est child  of  Barzilla  and  Phebe  Ann  (Coombs) 
Estes,  was  born  December  27,  1843,  ^nd  died 
February  21,  1905.  He  was  but  seventeen 
\ears  old  when  he  enlisted  for  service  during 
the  war  of  the  rebellion,  in  which  he  made  a 
most  distinguished  record,  participating  in 
one  hundred  and  twenty-one  battles  and  skir- 
mishes, receiving  five  wounds,  and  rising  from 
non-commissioned  grade  to  the  rank  of  brevet 
brigadier-general.  The  following  resume  of 
his  service  is  from  the  records  of  the  War 
Department,  and  the  official  "Rebellion  Rec- 
ords." in  which  he  is  fifteen  times  mentioned, 
with  most  commendatory  words  by  his  su- 
periors. Fie  was  mustered  into  service  as  first 
sergeant  of  the  First  Regiment  Maine  Cavalry, 
October  19,  1861  ;  promoted  to  first  lieutenant 
Alarch  24,  1862;  to  captain  August  i.  1S63  ;  to 
captain  and  acting  assistant  adjutant  general 
September  4.  1863 ;  to  major  and  acting  assist- 
ant adjutant  general  February  2,  1865;  bre- 
veted lieutenant-colonel  and  colonel  March  13, 
1865,  "for  gallant  and  meritorious  services 
during  the  campaign  in  Georgia  and  the  Caro- 
linas,"  and  on  same  day  was  breveted  briga- 
dier-general for  "faithful  and  meritorious 
services" ;  was  awarded  medal  of  honor  Au- 
gust 28,  1894,  "for  having  voluntarily  led 
troops  over  a  burning  bridge  at  Flint  River, 
Georgia,  August  30,  1864";  honorably  mus- 
tered out  September  29,  1865,  the  war  being 
ended,  he  then  lacking  three  months  of  having 
attained  his  majority.  He  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Second  Bull  Run  and  Gettvsburg. 
Early  in  May,  1863,  prior  to  the  last-named 
great  battle,  while  bearing  a  message  from 
General  Kilpatrick  to  General  Hooker,  he  and 
his  escort  of  fourteen  men  were  captured  by 
Confederate  troops  and  started  to  Richmond 
as  a  prisoner  of  war.     The  first  night  out.  he 


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STATE  OF  :\IAIXE. 


and  his  men  captured  their  guard,  and  con- 
veyed them  (a  lieutenant  and  twelve  men) 
into  the  Union  lines  as  prisoners.  The  adju- 
tant-general of  Maine  refers  to  this  achieve- 
ment as  "a  feat  full  of  romance,  and  worthy 
of  the  best  days  of  chivalry."  General  Estes 
was  adjutant-general  to  General  Ivilpatrick  al- 
most three  years,  and  during  Sherman's 
"March  to  the  Sea,"  and  the  campaign  of  the 
Carolinas.  In  the  vicinity  of  Milledgeville, 
Georgia,  General  Sherman  dispatched  Estes 
with  two  hundred  cavalrymen  to  rescue  Union 
prisoners  confined  at  Millen.  The  enterprise 
was  dangerous  in  the  extreme,  the  enemy 
being  in  great  force  in  that  section.  By  de- 
tours and  night  marches  covering  about  one 
hundred  and  twenty  miles  in  the  heart  of  the 
enemy's  country,  he  reached  within  a  few 
miles  of  Millen,  to  find  that  the  prisoners  had 
been  removed  farther  south.  He  returned 
without  losing  a  single  man,  and  the  exploit 
was  pronounced  remarkable  by  both  Generals 
Sherman  and  Kilpatrick.  He  received  his 
medal  of  honor  for  his  distinguished  gallantry 
at  Flint  River,  Georgia,  in  1864,  for  volun- 
tarily taking  command  of  troops  and  making  a 
gallant  charge  across  a  burning  bridge  upon 
the  rear  guard  of  the  enemy,  driving  them 
from  their  barricades  and  extinguishing  the 
fire,  thereby  securing  water  for  the  Union 
troops  and  enabling  them  to  take  advantageous 
position  on  the  further  bank.  In  referring 
to  this  feat.  General  O.  O.  Howard  said  that 
he  regarded  it  "as  one  of  the  most  gallant 
acts  of  our  war."  General  Estes  was  in  ad- 
vance of  General  Sherman's  anny  at  Savan- 
nah, and  was  the  first  man  to  communicate 
with  the  fleet  after  arriving  at  the  coast  at 
the  conclusion  of  the  notable  "March  to  the 
Sea." 

The  "Rebellion  Records"  in  fifteen  places 
mention  in  most  commendatory  words  his 
record  as  written  by  his  superiors.  General 
Thomas  J.  Jordan  wrote  of  him :  "To  per- 
sonal bravery  of  the  most  chivalric  kind  he 
adds  coolness  of  judgment  and  capacity  to 
think  while  in  the  most  trying  and  dangerous 
positions."  General  Smith  D.  Adkins  said  of 
him :  "I  knew  him  to  be  brave  almost  to  a 
fault."  General  Kilpatrick  wrote  :  "To  Major 
Estes,  my  adjutant-general,  I  am  greatly  in- 
debted for  my  successes  in  the  raid  around 
Atlanta,  and  in  the  campaigns  through  Georgia 
and  the  Carolinas,  and  I  cheerfully  recom- 
mend him  for  promotion."  In  forwarding  the 
recommendation.  General  Sherman  added  as 
his  testimony :  "This  officer  I  recommend  for 
great  gallantry  and  skill  in  battle;"  and  again. 


as  late  as  1889,  he  said  in  a  letter :  "Even  at 
this  day  I  recall  to  memory  this  earnest  and 
most  gallant  officer,  and  believe  that  the 
United  States  government  should  reward  such 
men."  To  such  commendation  may  be  added 
the  comment  of  the  adjutant-general  of  the 
state  of  Maine,  who  in  1865  said  :  "The  career 
of  General  Estes  was  indeed  remarkable.  In 
the  short  space  of  less  than  four  years,  through 
his  own  skill  and  bravery,  without  the  aid  of 
powerful  political  friends,  he  advanced  from 
the  position  of  private  in  the  ranks  to  that  of 
brevet  brigadier-general  before  he  reached  the 
twenty-first  year  of  his  life."  General  Edward 
M.  Hayes,  U.  S.  A.,  who  served  with 
Estes  in  1864  and  1865,  said:  "I  regard  Estes 
the  best  cavalry  officer  whom  I  ever  knew." 
More  recently  President  Roosevelt  said  to 
him  personally :  "General  Estes,  I  would 
rather  have  your  record  than  to  be  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States."  But  space  does 
not  permit  the  presentation  of  the  many  com- 
mendatory reports  and  testimony  of  his  super- 
iors. His  record  for  gallantry  in  action  and 
devotion  to  duty  during  four  years  of  arduous 
service  is  amply  attested  by  the  official  records 
and  by  the  testimony  of  his  contemporaries. 
General  Estes  was  honored  with  elevation  tO' 
high  places  in  military  organizations  after  the 
war.  He  served  as  chief  of  stalT,  Department 
of  the  Potomac,  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic; president  of  the  Cavalry  Association  of 
Armies  of  the  United  States ;  vice-president 
of  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac; 
and  at  his  demise  was  commander  of  the 
I\'Iedal  of  Honor  Legion. 

He  married,  August  30,  1866,  Julia  Whit- 
ing, born  in  New  York  City,  December  28, 
1844,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Roe) 
Whiting,  of  New  York,  and  by  whom  he  had 
two  children:  i.  Julia  Maude,  born  in  New 
York  City,  November  15,  1868;  married  Rob- 
ert E.  Parker,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  2. 
Llewellyn  W. ;  see  forward. 

(\TI)  Llewellyn  Whiting  Estes,  only  son 
of  General  Llewellyn  Gerrish  and  Julia  (Whit- 
ing) Estes,  was  born  in  Edgecumbe  county. 
North  Carolina,  July  24,  1872.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  military  academy  at  Davis,  Louisi- 
ana. After  leaving  school  he  became  a  planter, 
but  in  the  course  of  a  few  years  went  to  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  engaged  in  a  general  in- 
surance business.  Still  later  he  became  in- 
terested in  the  manufacture  of  proprietary 
medicines,  and  now  is  sole  proprietor  of  the 
Great  American  Herb  Company,  and  Amer- 
ican Drug  Company,  with  principal  offices  and 
place  of  business  in  Washington.     Mr.  Estes, 


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is  a  comimiiiicant  of  St.  Stephen's  Church 
(_ Protestant  Episcopal),  Washington;  member 
of  the  MiUtary  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  the 
Medal  of  Honor  Society,  and  in  politics  is  a 
Kepublican.  He  married,  April  24,  1895, 
Florence  .Andrews,  and  has  one  child,  Marion 
Whiting  Estes,  born  in  Washington,  June  10, 
i8y8. 


Sawtell,  Sawtelle,  Sawt- 
SORTWELL  well,  Sautel,  Sartwell  and 
Saretil  are  the  various  spell- 
ings of  the  family  of  which  Richard  Sawtell, 
of  Watertown,  1636,  and  of  Groton,  before 
1655,  is  the  forebear.  Two  brothers,  Rich- 
ard and  Thomas  Sawtell,  immigrant  settlers 
of  New  England,  came  from  England  before 
1636,  and  Thomas  settled  in  the  town  of  Bos- 
ton and  Richard  in  Watertown.  Thomas  died 
in  Boston,   165 1,  and  left  no  male  heir. 

(I)  Richard  Sawtell  was  made  a  freeman 
of  Watertown,  "The  town  upon  Charles 
river,"  five  years  after  its  establishment  by 
the  general  court  of  i\lassachusetts  Bay,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1630.  At  that  time  Watertown  in- 
cluded a  much  larger  area  than  is  now  repre- 
sented by  that  name.  It  was  a  town  which 
for  many  years  ranked  with  Plymouth  and 
Charlestown  and  Salem  as  one  of  the  principal 
seats  of  influence  of  those  mighty  men  of  re- 
nown of  the  formative  days  of  New  England 
and  its  close  neighborhood  with  Plarvard  Col- 
lege made  it  a  centre  whither  the  strong  men 
of  the  period  resorted  and  whence  w^ent  forth 
influences  which  aiifected  all  the  American 
colonies.  Richard  Sawtell  was  a  leader  there 
as  early  as  1637,  at  the  time  that  Cromwell, 
\'ane  and  Hampden  were  engaged  in  those 
struggles  which  proved  the  birth  pangs  of 
English  constitutional  liberty.  After  Water- 
town  had  been  firmly  established,  the  call  came 
for  those  who  had  been  foundation  layers  and 
master  builders  of  the  new  community  to  again 
lay  new  foundations  on  what  was  then  the 
frontier  of  civilization,  and  among  them  was 
Richard  Sawtell,  who  was  a  natural  leader 
and  moved  to  the  front  in  whatever  commun- 
ity he  lived.  The  new  settlement  was  named 
(iroton,  and  it  afTorded  the  background  and 
environment  which  was  appropriate  to  such 
noteworthy  schools  as  the  old  Lawrence  Acad- 
emy and  the  present  St.  Paul's  school.  Rich- 
ard Sawtell  became  a  proprietor  of  Groton, 
formed  out  of  the  Plantation  of  Patapawag, 
and  removed  his  family  to  that  town  as  soon 
as  suitable  homes  had  been  provided.  He 
served  as  its  first  town  clerk.  .All  through 
those   terrible   davs   of  the    IniJian   massacres 


which  made  the  name  Groton  one  to  kindle 
terror  even  in  those  days  of  blood,  Richard 
Sawtell  remained  at  his  place  and  counted  the 
place  of  danger  the  place  of  honor.  In  ex- 
treme old  age  he  returned  to  his  old  home  in 
W'atertown  and  died  there  August  21,  1694. 
His  life  almost  exactly  spanned  the  period  of 
the  struggle  for  liberty,  commencing  just  as 
the  struggle  became  acute  and  terminating 
just  as  victory  was  permanently  assured.  His 
wife  Elizabeth  died  October  18,  1694.  If,  as 
seems  probable,  she  was  mother  of  Richard's 
children,  she  was  probably  daughter  of  Thom- 
as Post,  of  Cambridge,  who  died  in  1691,  leav- 
ing a  will  in  which  he  bequeathed  to  his 
"grandson  John  Sawtell,"  and  others.  Rich- 
ard, by  will,  gave  to  his  w-ife  Elizabeth,  for 
life,  his  lands  in  Groton  and  Watertown,  his 
son  Obadiah  to  improve  the  lands  in  Groton, 
and  his  son  Enoch  to  do  the  same  with  lands 
in  Watertown,  and  each  to  have  the  lands  he 
improved  on  the  death  of  their  mother.  These 
two  sons  were  to  pay  something  to  the  testa- 
tors' daughters,  Bethia  Sawtell,  Hannah  Winn 
and  Rutii  Hues,  and  his  son  John  Sawtell. 
The  son  Jonathan  was  provided  for  already. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  May  i,  1638.  2. 
Jonathan,   .August  24,    1639,  died  January  6, 

1690-91 ;  married,  July  3,  1665,  Mary , 

who  bore  him  si.x  children.  3.  Mary,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1640.  married  a  Air.  Starling,  or  Ster- 
ling. 4.  Hannah,  December  10,  1642,  married 
Increase  Winn.  5.  Zachariah,  July  26,  1643- 
44,  married  (first')  Elizabeth  Parker,  of  Gro- 
ton, by  whom  he  had  two  children,  Anna  and 

Zachariah;   (second)   iMary  ,  by  whom 

he  had  three  children.  Edward,  Nathaniel  and 
Marv.  6.  Bethia,  1646,  married  John  Green. 
7.  Obadiah,  1648,  mentioned  below.  8.  Enoch, 
married  Susanna  Randall,  who  bore  him  five 
children;  he  was  a  w^eaver  in  Watertowm.  9. 
John,  mentioned  in  his  father's  will.  10.  Ruth, 
married,  J^Iarch  9,  1676-77,  John  Hewes,  or 
Hues. 

(II)  Obadiah,  son  of  Richard  Sawtell,  born 
in  W'atertown,  1648,  resided  and  died  in  Gro- 
ton, March  20,  1740.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Indian  wars  carried  on  by  King  Philip,  1675- 
76,  and  he  was  driven  from  his  home  with 
the  other  families  of  the  town.  .Among  the 
names  of  soldiers  from  Groton  in  these  In- 
dian wars  were  found :  Abel.  David,  David 
Jr.,  Ephraim,  Hezekiah,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Jo- 
siah,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Obadiah,  Richard, 
Samuel  and  Zachariah  Sawtell,  and  according 
to  the  spelling  of  the  name  they  were  appar- 
entlv  of  the  same  family  as  Richard  the  immi- 
grant.    He  married,  in  Groton,  Hannah  Law- 


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rence,  born  March  24,  1661-62,  daughter  of 
George  Lawrence,  of  Watertown ;  she  was  liv- 
ing September  29,  1726.  Children:  i.  Na- 
thaniel, born  about  1681.  2.  Elnathan,  March 
2J,  1683.  3.  Ephraim,  about  1685.  4.  Josiah, 
August  14,  1687.  5.  Hepsibah,  married,  prob- 
ably at  Concord.  August  24,  1706,  Thomas 
Foster,  of  Billerica.  6.  Zachariah.  7.  Han- 
nah, June  8,  1695,  married  Stephen  Holden. 
8.  Abigail,  March  13,  1697,  married  Joseph 
Parker.  9.  Marj',  about  1699,  married  Ben- 
jamin Parker.  10.  Obadiah,  March  18,  1701, 
mentioned    below.      11.    Hezekiah,    ]\larch    2, 

(IIP)  Obadiah  (2),  son  of  Obadiah  (i) 
Sawtell.  was  born  March  18,  1701.  He  was 
a  worthy  descendant  of  his  pioneer  ancestor, 
for  in  1740  he  went  to  the  new  township, 
Charlestown,  on  the  Connecticut  river,  just  the 
kind  of  situation  most  exposed  to  sudden  ap- 
pearances of  Canadian  Indians,  and  the  part 
of  the  town  which  was  associated  with  the 
Sawtells  and  which  still  bears  their  name  was 
an  island  in  the  river.  He  was  captured  by 
the  Indians  in  1746,  was  later  released,  prob- 
ably through  a  ransom,  but  after  his  release 
returned  to  the  same  place  and  was  shot  by 
the  savages  while  at  work  in  the  field  in  1749. 
He  married,  November  16,  1721,  Rachel 
Parker,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Abigail 
(Lakin)  Parker.  Children:  i.  Simon,  born 
November  14,  1722,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Lois,  July  4,  1724,  married  Micah  Fuller,  and 
settled  in  Charlestown.  3.  Esther,  March  9, 
1725-26,  married  John  Johnson.  4.  Nathaniel, 
February  12,  1729,  probably  married  Hannah 
Qunn.  5.  Rachel,  June  9,  1731,  married 
Adonijah   Taylor.     6.    Solomon,   October    10, 

1737-  ^ 

(IV)  Simon,  son  of  Obadiah  (2)  Sawtell, 
was  born  in  Groton,  Massachusetts,  November 
14,  1722.  He  removed  to  Charlestown,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1746,  where  he  was  constable 
for  1762-63.  selectman  1767-68.  a  prominent 
citizen,  a  good  neighbor  and  influential  man. 

He  married  Hannah  .     Children,  born 

in    Charlestown:     i.    Obadiah,    November    8, 

1746,  married  Elizabeth ,  who  bore  him 

seven  children.  2.  Simon  Jr.,  June  25,  1749, 
was  lieutenant  of  the  First  New  Hampshire 
Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  Joseph  Cil- 
ley,  of  Nottingham,  and  later  was  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  captain,  serving  in  that  capacity 
at  West  Point,  New  York,  in  1780;  was  select- 
man of  Charlestown  in  1786-87;  died  there 
May  30,  1791  :  married  Dolly  ;  chil- 
dren: Asa,  December  13,  1781 ;  Cynthia,  Oc- 
tober 27,    1784;   Fanny,   December   11,    1786; 


Clarissa,  February  3,  1788;  Lucy,  March  30,. 
1790.  3.  Electa,  January  2,  1752.  4.  John, 
May  2,  1754,  mentioned  below.  5.  Hannah,. 
August  26,  1756,  died  young.  6.  Hannah, 
August  2,  1757,  died  young.  7.  Hannah,  De- 
cember 21,  1760.  8.  Rhoda,  May  2,  1764.  9. 
Esther,  September  29,  1767. 

(V)  John  Sartwell,  son  of  Simon  Sawtell, 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,, 
May  2,  1754.  He  resided  in  Charlestown  and 
Langdon,  New  Hampshire.  He  served  in  the 
revolutionary  war,  being  a  private  in  the  regi- 
ment commanded  by  Colonel  Benjamin  Bel- 
lows Jr.,  of  Claremont,  and  was  present  in 
the  engagement  at  Ticonderoga.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Gleason :  children,  born  in  Charles- 
town:  I.  Polly,  January  20,  1777.  2.  Betsey, 
March  16,  1779.  3.  Esther,  April  12,  1781. 
4.  John,  April  29,  1783,  mentioned  below. 
Born  in  Langdon:  5.  Eliab,  April  18,  1785. 
6.  Warren,  April  19,  1787.  7.  Royal,  July  14, 
1789.  8.  Simon,  March  14,  1791.  9.  Almony, 
May  10,  1793.  10.  Hannah,  July  9,  1795.  11. 
Harriet,  November  i,  1797.  12.  Electa,  jMarch 
29,  1800. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Sartwell, 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire, 
April  29,  1783.  In  later  life  he  moved  to 
Glover  and  Barton,  Vermont,  where  in  a  short 
time  his  name  was  changed  from  Sartwell  to 
Sort  well.  He  married  (first)  March  27, 
1808.  Emma  Crosby,  who  died  May  31,  1818. 
Children:  i.  Maria,  born  November  10,  1810, 
died  May  30,  1814.  2.  John  Jr..  November 
9,  1814,  died  March  25,  1824.  He  married 
(second)  October  10,  1819,  Percy  (Robinson) 
Merriam,  born  JMarch  31,  1790,  died  June  22, 
1879,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Robinson,  who 
v^'as  a  private  soldier  in  the  company  com- 
manded by  Captain  White  in  the  Fifth  Massa- 
chusetts Regiment,  Colonel  Rufus  Putnam, 
army  of  General  Gates,  in  the  campaign  which 
culminated  in  the  surrender  of  General  Bur- 
goyne  and  his  whole  army  at  Saratoga,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1777,  and  under  Colonel  Vose  of  the 
First  Massachusetts  Regiment,  November  3, 
1783,  when  the  continental  army  disbanded. 
Children  of  second  marriage:  i.  Daniel  Rob- 
inson, born  July  10,  1820,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Fanny  Maria,  April  i,  1822,  died  October 
9,  1894.  3.  Paschal,  November  8,  1824,  died 
March  7,  1908.  4.  Emma,  January  i,  1827, 
died  January  10,  1836.  5.  John  Owen,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1829,  died  March  20,  1901.  6. 
Lubin,  March  20,  1832,  died  February  15, 
1834.  7.  Charles,  August  16,  1834,  died  Au- 
gust 20,  1889. 

(VII)  Daniel  Robinson,  son  of  John    (2) 


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Sortwell,  was  born  in  Barton,  \'eriTiont,  July 
10,  1820,  died  in  Montpelicr,  \'crmont,  Octo- 
ber 4,  1894.  When  he  was  eighteen  years  of 
age  he  removed  from  his  native  town  to  Bos- 
ton, where  he  found  his  first  employment  in 
that  city  in  Fancnil  Hall  market,  and  subse- 
quently became  the  senior  partner  of  the  firm 
of  Sortwell  &  Company,  distillers.  He  be- 
came a  prominent  business  man  and  was  made 
president  of  the  Montpelier  &  Wells  River 
railroad ;  was  a  member  for  five  years  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  of  the  city  of  Cambridge; 
president  of  the  Cambridge  National  Bank; 
vice-president  of  the  East  Cambridge  Savings 
Bank ;  a  member  of  the  I'niversalist  church ; 
a  Democrat  in  national  politics.  He  married, 
May  19,  1850,  in  Boston,  Sophia  Augusta 
Foye,  born  July  14.  1820,  in  Wiscasset,  ?vlaine, 
died  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  September 
26,  1890,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Sophia  Au- 
gusta (Jones)  Foye.  Moses  Foye  was  born 
July  31,  1768,  died  May  30,  1850.  He  was  a 
son  of  Robert  Foye  Jr.,  who  was  a  son  of 
Robert  Foye,  born  in  Kittery.  Maine.  .August 
26,  1691,  who  in  turn  was  a  son  of  James 
Foye,  who  came  from  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  to  Kittery  and  Scarboro, 
District  of  Maine,  before  1690.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sortwell:  i.  Frances  Augusta, 
born  in  Boston,  1831.  died  1857.  2.  Alvin 
Foye.  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Alvin  Foye,  only  son  of  Daniel 
Robinson  Sortwell,  was  born  in  Boston,  ^las- 
sachusetts,  Jnlv  21,  1854.  He  was  prepared 
for  business  life  at  the  Chauncy  Hall  school, 
Boston,  graduating  there  in  i86q,  and  at 
Phillips  Academv,  Andover,  where  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1871.  Two  years 
later  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Sort- 
well  &  Company,  of  which  his  father  was 
senior  partner,  and  he  held  the  position  at  the 
time  of  its  dissolution  in  1890.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican and  served  as  a  member  of  the  Cam- 
bridge common  council,  1879-85-89.  being  the 
president  of  the  body  in  1889.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  aldermen  of  the  city, 
1889-90.  and  was  president  of  the  board  in 
1890.  Fie  was  mayor  of  Cambridge,  1897-98, 
and  gave  to  the  city  an  excellent  adminis- 
tration of  its  laws.  He  succeeded  his  father 
as  president  of  the  Montpelier  &  Wells  River 
Railroad  Company,  as  president  of  the  Cam- 
bridge National  Bank,  and  as  trustee  of  the 
East  Cambridge  Savings  Bank  in  1894,  and 
became  president  of  the  Colonial  Mining  Com.- 
pany  in  1892.  His  fraternal  affiliation  is  with 
the  Ancient  Order  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Blue  Lodge,  chapter  and  command- 


ery.  His  club  alliliations  include  the  Alonquin, 
Boston,  the  Country  of  Brooklinc.  the  Oakley 
Ci)imtry  of  Watert'own,  Eastern  Yacht,  Mar- 
blchead  Yacht,  Camden  Maine  Yacht,  Apollo, 
of  Montpelier,  Vermont,  and  the  Colonial,  of 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  His  religious  af- 
filiation is  with  the  Unitarian  denomination. 
He  married,  December  31,  1879,  at  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  Gertrude  Winship,  bom  in 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  Gertrude  Winship, 
born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  April  8, 
1856,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Winship)  Dailey.  Her  father  was  a 
member  of  the  C^amhridge  common  council  and 
a  member  of  the  National  Lancers,  of  Bos- 
ton. Children  of  William  and  Mary  E.  (Win- 
ship) Dailey  are:  Charles  W.,  Clara  Anna, 
Gertrude  Winship  and  Frank  F.  Children  of 
Alvin  Foye  and  Gertrude  W.  (Dailey)  Sort- 
well,  born  in  Cambridge,  ^Massachusetts :  i. 
Clara,  November  28,  1S82,  married,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1906,  Parker  Endicott  Marean.  2. 
Frances  Augusta,  February  29,  1884,  educated 
at  McDuffie  school,  of  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. 3.  Daniel  Richard,  September  17,  1885, 
prepared  for  college  at  St.  Paul's  school,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  and  graduated  at  Har- 
vard, class  of  1907.  4.  i\Iarion,  June  21, 
1887,  educated  at  Baldwin  School,  Bryn 
Mawr,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Edward  Carter, 
March  25,  1889,  prepared  for  college  at  St. 
Paul's  .school,  Concord,  and  matriculated  at 
Harvard,  class  of  191 1.  6.  Alvin  Foye  Jr., 
May  6,  1891,  preparing  for  college  at  St. 
Paul's  school,  Concord. 


The    family    name    appears    in 

PULLEN     Maine  history  as  early  as  1765, 

when    members    of   the    family 

settled    in    W'inthrop,    having    removed    from 

Massachusetts. 

(I)  Thomas  Stanley  Pullen  was  born  in 
the  year  1802  and  died  in  1865.  He  resided 
for  some  time  in  Monson,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  trade,  from  whence  he  removed  to 
Guilford,  where  he  had  a  fine  farm  and  re- 
mained until  1845,  when  he  removed  to 
Dover,  the  shire  town  of  Piscataquis  county. 
There  he  filled  the  offices  of  sheriff,  state 
senator  and  judge  of  probate,  which  latter 
position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In 
1864  he  removed  to  Fo.xcroft.  He  was  a 
leading  man  of  his  day,  possessing  wealth  and 
influence,  was  of  high  standing  in  his  town 
and  his  advice  and  counsel  were  sought  by 
his  fellow  townsmen.  He  was  a  Whig,  .A.bo- 
litionist  and  Republican  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried Harriet,  born  in  1814.  daughter  of  Isaac 


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H.  and  Phebe  (Cummings)  Bailey,  of  Yar- 
mouth, and  a  descendant  of  Priscilla  (Mul- 
lens) Alden,  wife  of  John  Alden,  a  "May- 
flower" Pilgfrim,  through  Sarah  (Alden)  Bass 
(II),  Sarah  (Bass)  Thayer  (III),  Peter 
Thayer  (IV),  Phebe  (Thaver)  Cummings 
(V)',  Phebe  (Cummings)  Bailey  (VI).  Chil- 
dren of  Thomas  S.  and  Harriet  (Bailey)  Pul- 
len  are:  i.  Harriet  L.,  married  Hiram  C. 
Vaughan,  a  surgeon  in  the  United  States  navy. 
2.  Stanley  T.,  see  forward.  3.  Emma  Char- 
lotte, widow  of  Charles  H.  Dennett,  of  Ban- 
gor, Maine.  4.  Clarence  Edgar,  a  civil  en- 
gineer of  note,  at  one  time  filled  the  office  of 
surveyor-general  of  New  Mexico.  5.  Fred 
Herbert,  served  in  the  United  States  navv  in 
the  Spanish  war.  and  died  on  board  the  "Reso- 
lute" while  in  the  service. 

(II)  Stanley  Thomas,  second  child  and 
eldest  son  of  Thomas  Stanley  and  Harriet 
(Bailey)  Pullen,  was  born  in  Guilford,  Au- 
gust 6,  1843.  When  he  was  two  years  of  age 
his  parents  removed  to  Dover  and  there  he 
was  reared,  receiving  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Dover,  Foxcroft  Academy, 
and  Colby  University,  graduating  from  the 
latter  in  1864.  In  the  following  autumn  he 
became  principal  of  the  Foxcroft  Academy, 
serving  in  that  capacity  one  year.  At  the 
expiration  of  that  time  his  father  died,  and 
he  relinquished  his  position  to  assume  the 
management  of  his  father's  estate.  Later  he 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Augus- 
tus G.  Lebroke,  of  Foxcroft,  pursuing  the 
same  two  years,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1866.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  Fox- 
croft until  1869,  when  he  removed  to  Portland 
and  became  law  partner  of  Hon.  Percival  Bon- 
ney,  this  connection  continuing  up  to  1872. 
Mr.  Pullen  then  purchased  the  Portland  Press, 
of  which  he  was  chief  owner  and  editor  for 
about  eleven  years.  This  was  the  leading 
paper  in  the  state  of  Maine,  having  a  daily 
and  weekly  edition,  always  a  foremost  factor 
in  state  politics,  as  well  as  a  power  for  good 
along  other  lines.  In  1886  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Frank  C.  Crocker,  and  became 
a  member  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange, 
conducting  business  under  the  name  of  Pul- 
len, Crocker  &  Company,  continuing  the  same 
until  1894.  when  Mr.  Pullen  settled  perma- 
nently in  Portland.  In  1896  he  had  arranged 
to  form  a  partnership  in  the  stock  exchange 
business  with  Edmund  C.  Stedman,  the  banker 
poet,  a  long-time  close  friend.  A  few  days 
before  he  was  to  go  to  New  York  to  assume 
the  new  position,  a  malady  of  the  eyes  de- 
veloped, resulting  in  a  serious  impairment  of 


vision,  so  that  he  was  unable  to  fulfill  the 
engagement  with  Mr.  Stedman. 

Mr.  Pullen  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
has  taken  some  part  in  public  affairs.  He 
was  a  representative  in  the  Maine  legislature 
for  one  term,  1874-85,  but  refused  a  second 
nomination  on  the  ground  that  holding  public 
office  while  in  office  interfered  with  the  edito- 
rial independence.  While  in  the  house  he  was 
an  active  worker  and  speaker,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  judiciary  committee.  He  was  ap- 
pointed surveyor  of  customs  in  Portland, 
Maine,  1878,  retiring  in  1880,  and  while  serv- 
ing in  that  capacity  established  the  rule  of 
counting  passengers  on  excursion  boats  in 
order  to  ascertain  that  these  were  not  over- 
loaded. He  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest 
in  educational  matters,  serving  for  a  number 
of  years  as  a  school  committeeman  of  Port- 
land and  for  twenty  years  was  a  trustee  of 
the  state  normal  schools.  He  had  charge  of 
the  building  of  the  normal  schools  at  Gorham, 
and  at  various  times  has  visited  the  other 
normal  schools  in  the  state,  located  at  Castine 
and  Farmington.  in  which  institutions  he  is 
especially  interested.  He  was  a  delegate  to  a 
number  of  national  conventions  at  Chicago 
and  Cincinnati.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the 
First  Parish  Church  (Unitarian),  and  for 
eleven  years  was  superintendent  of  the  Preble 
Chapel  Sunday  school,  a  mission  institution. 
Although  not  a  member  of  any  church,  he  is 
interested  in  religious  and  benevolent  work. 

Mr.  Pullen  possesses  a  highly  sympathetic 
nature,  is  a  lover  of  animals,  and  has  always 
been  a  believer  in  the  inculcation  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  justice  in  all  things.  In  1872  he 
joined  the  Portland  Society  for  the  Preven- 
tion of  Cruelty  to  Animals,  vi'hich  was  incor- 
porated under  the  general  laws  of  Maine  by 
a  petition  from  Benjamin  Kingsbury  Jr.,  and 
other  citizens  of  Portland.  The  first  president 
of  the  society  was  Woodbury  S.  Dana ;  Henry 
Bergh,  of  New  York,  headed  the  list  of  vice- 
presidents  :  and  the  officers  were  Stanley  T. 
Pullen.  recording  secretary;  Joseph  W.  Sym- 
onds,  treasurer:  William  L.  Fitch,  agent.  At 
a  regular  meeting.  May  22.  1872,  the  society 
was  organized  and  a  code  of  by-laws  adopted. 
The  succession  of  presidents  of  the  society 
has  been  as  follows :  Woodbury  S.  Dana, 
1872;  Nathan  Cleaves.  1876;  Charles  Mc- 
Laughlin, 1879;  M.  G.  Palmer.  1S86;  Nathan 
Cleaves,  1889:  Stanley  T.  Pullen,  1891,  the 
present  incumbent  of  the  office.  The.  society, 
appreciating  in  the  development  of  its  work 
the  need  of  authority  which  should  extend 
throughout  the  state,  in  order  to  protect  ani- 


c_J^.2s/^t-^^ 


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mals  from  maltreatment  and  neglect,  decided 
in   May.    1891,  to  unite  with   the   State   So- 
ciety, with  headquarters  at  Portland;  holding 
itself  in   readiness  to  extend   its  aid,  sending 
its  agents  to  any  part  of  Maine,  as  may  be 
necessary,  and  haying  local  officers  appointed 
in  different  parts  of'  the  state.     In  the  brief 
time   since   tliis   union   of   two   societies   took 
place  the  great  usefulness  of  this  fusion  has 
been  proyed.    The  following  abstract  of  \york 
for  the  year  ending  January  i,  1907,  is  com- 
piled from  reports  of  agents  throughout  the 
state:    517  cases  investigated:  704  animals  not 
properly   cared    for;    138  unfit   for   work;    14 
abandoned:     138    destroyed:    38     beaten     or 
whip])cd  :  30   overdriyen  ;   27   overloaded  ;   66 
driven  galled  or  lame;  ■^^  not  blanketed;   15 
over  checked;   23   cases  prosecuted;   21    con- 
victed.    In  this  showing.  President  Pullen  re- 
marks:    "The   number  of   cases    during   that 
year  was  considerably  less  than   in   the  year 
preceding,  while  the  number  in  1905  was  less 
than  in  iq04,  and  this  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
there  has  been  an  increase  in  the  list  of  agents, 
with  no  diminution  of  vigilance  and  activity. 
Up  to  the  time  of  the  organization  as  a  state 
society,  in  1891,  the  society  had  very  little  to 
do  with  the  question  of  the  island  sheep,  be- 
cause the  few  that  were  kept  on  the  islands  of 
Casco  Bay  were  usually  under  observation  of 
their   owners,   who   at   the    approach   of   cold 
weather  removed  the   animals  to  their  home 
farms.    When  the  field  of  work  was  extended 
beyond    Portland   and   its   immediate   vicinity, 
the  society  began  to   receive  complaints  that 
the  sheep  on  islands  to  eastward,  among  these 
Monhe^an,  were  suffering  for  food,  care  and 
protection  from  the  weather.     The  agent  en- 
tered   immediately   upon    an    investigation    of 
the  matter,  visited   Monhegan,   examined  the 
locality  and  the  condition  of  the  sheep,  made 
inquiries  of  the  residents  and  ascertained  that 
the  complaints  were  well  founded.     He  then 
had  interviews  with  the  owners,  who  agreed 
to    furnish   proper    shelter   and   food   for  the 
sheep.     This  agreement  was  not  satisfactorily 
carried  out;  and  in  the  summer  of  1896  other 
complaints  were  made  to  the  society,  and  while 
the  owners  did  not  attempt  to  make  a  defense 
of  their  conduct  before  the  court,  when  the 
opportunity  was  offered  them,  a  communica- 
tion afterward   appeared  in  print,  apparently 
inspired  by  them,  in  the  nature  of  an  apology. 
The  result  of  the  Monhegan  case  settled  the 
matter  in  general  for  the  islands  to  the  west 
of  Penobscot  Bay.    To  the  eastward  of  Penob- 
scot Bay,  however,  a  long  contest  awaited  the 
society :     Between    the    Penobscot   river    and 


New  Brunswick  lie  many  islands,  at  that  time 
generally  occupied  by  sheep.  The  sheep  own- 
ers were  numerous  and  well  organized,  and 
contested  every  step  of  the  society  both  in 
and  out  of  court.  The  good  work  finally  ac- 
complished by  the  society  can  be  seen  from 
the  following,  which  is  taken  from  President 
Pullcn's  address  of  1907 : 

"In  regard  to  our  old  problem  of  the  care 
and  protection  of  the  sheep  on  the  islands  of 
the  Maine  coast,  I  have  in  general  only  good 
things  to  say.  The  organized  opposition  of 
sheep  owners  has  practically  ceased  and  the 
leaders  of  the  resistance  have  declared  their 
purpose  of  complying  with  our  requests  and 
obeying  the  laws  of  Maine  as  to  the  provision 
of  shelter  and  food  for  the  unfortunate  ani- 
mals which  have  attracted  so  much  interest 
and  sympathy,  not  only  in  our  own  state,  but 
throughout  the  country.  In  fact,  one  of  the 
most  persistent  and  defiant  opponents  of  our 
efforts  has  assured  our  agent  that  his  con- 
troversy with  us  is  ended,  and  that  he  has 
come  to  believe  that  our  work  has  been  not 
only  for  the  good  of  the  sheep,  but  also  for 
the  good  of  the  sheep  owners,  and  that  we 
have  henceforth  only  to  announce  what  we 
want  and  that  he  and  his  associates  will  cor- 
dially accede  to  our  propositions.  He  fur- 
ther said  that  they  had  become  satisfied  that 
our  prosecutions  were  not  persecutions,  and 
that  he  is  heartily  in  accord  with  us." 

Mr.  Pullen  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order,  holding  membership  in  the  lodge  and 
Royal  Arch  Chapter,  of  Foxcroft.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  following  named  clubs :  The 
Cumberland,  in  Portland,  and  the  University 
and  Players,  in  New  York.  Previous  to  the 
trouble  with  his  eyes,  Mr.  Pullen  took  a  keen 
interest  in  his  club  membership.  He  has  trav- 
eled extensively,  and  enjoys  a  wide  acquaint- 
ance with  men  of  note.  He  was  of  the  party 
with  President  Grant  on  his  cruise  on  the 
Maine  coast,  during  the  administration  of 
President  Grant,  and  was  the  guest  of  Presi- 
dent Porfirio  Diaz,  of  Mexico. 

Mr.  Pullen  married,  September  8,  1894, 
Flisahcth  Cavazza.  a  native  of  Portland, 
Maine,  daughter  of  Charles  and  .\nna  (Da- 
veis)  Jones.  Charles  Jones  was  born  April 
16,  1804,  in  Portland,  died  December  16, 
1859.  He  came  from  a  seagoing  family  who 
were  traders  in  the  ^lediterranean  Sea.  ]\Ir. 
Tones  was  a  leading  man  in  Portland  in  his 
day,  and  was  largely  instnnnental  in  the  wel- 
fare and  upbuilding  of  that  city.  Pie  served 
as  president  of  the  Gas  Company  and  man- 
aging director  of  the   Portland  Company,  of 


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which  concerns  he  was  also  the  practical 
founder  and  organizer.  He  was  a  man  of 
genius,  capable  of  turning  his  hand  to  many 
things,  was  of  highly  artistic  temperament,  a 
successful  business  man  and  financier  of  no 
mean  ability.  ]\Irs.  Pullen  has  attained  emi- 
nence in  literature,  both  prose  and  verse.  Be- 
side a  large  number  of  articles,  stories  and 
poems  in  the  magazines,  she  is  the  author  of 
two  volumes :  one  of  sketches,  "Don  Finimon- 
done,"  and  the  other  a  novel,  "Mr.  Whitman," 
both  stories  of  South  Italian  life.  Her  poems 
on  the  occasions  of  the  placing  of  the  Long- 
fellow statue  and  of  the  celebration  of  the 
Longfellow  centenary,  the  ode  sung  at  the 
City  Centennial  and  the  verses  for  the  unveil- 
ing of  the  monument  at  Valley  Forge  to  the 
]\Iaine  soldiers  of  the  revolution,  were  written 
upon  invitation  of  the  committees  in  charge. 


The    name    of    Pressie,    as    it 
PRESSEY     was  formerly  spelled,  has  been 

common  in  America  since  the 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century,  being  first 
found  in  jNIassachusetts,  part  of  the  family 
later  removing  to  New  Hampshire,  and  fol- 
lowing the  enlarged  area  of  settlement,  some 
of  them  settling  in  Alaine.  It  is  recorded 
in  Hosmer's  "History  of  Deer  Isle"  that  "the 
name  of  Pressey  was  originally  Percy,  as  ap- 
peared from  what  was  known  as  a  coat-of- 
arms  which  was  kept  in  the  familv  many 
years  at  Deer  Isle."  The  first  war  in  which 
they  took  part  was  King  Philip's  war,  and' 
they  bore  themselves  with  credit  in  the  revo- 
lution, also  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  the  war 
between  the  states.  One  of  the  name  fell  in 
the  battle  of  Antietam,  and  is  buried  in  the 
National  cemetery  there. 

(I)  John  Pressey  was  born  in  1638,  in 
England,  and  emigrated  to  this  country  in 
1650,  when  twelve  or  thirteen  years  of  age, 
which  journey  was  made  in  the  companv  of 
Major  Robert  Pike,  in  whose  house  he  lived 
many  years  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  In 
1664  he  bought  land  in  Salisbury,  and  he 
there  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  December 
20,  1677.  He  and  his  son  John  took  part 
in  King  Philip's  war,  serving  under  Captain 
Turner,  and  May  18,  1676,  took  part  in  the 
"Falls  Fight,"  for  which  service  the  general 
court  granted  each  one  a  township  of  land, 
as  near  as  possible  to  the  scene  of  conflict. 
When  Susanna  Martin,  of  .-^mesbury,  was 
tried  for  witchcraft.  John  Pressey  testified 
against  her.  November  4.  1663,  he  married 
Mary  Gage,  and  their  children   were :    John, 


born  October  i.  1664;  Mary,  November  30, 
1665 ;  and  William. 

(il)  William,  second  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Gage)  Pressey,  w-as  born  January  12,  1671, 
and  died  October  19,  1737;  in  the  records  he 
is  called  "snow-shoe  man."  He  married  Su- 
sanna, daughter  of  John  and  Esther  (IMartin) 
Jameson,  and  they  had  John  and  probably 
others. 

(IH)  John  (2),  son  of  William  and  Su- 
sanna (Jameson)  Pressey,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 2.  1691,  and  died  December  13,  1737.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Elizabeth  (Colby)  Weed,  and  they  had  eight 
children,  as  follows:  John,  born  1714;  Moses, 
1715:  Aaron,  1718;  Joseph.  1720;  Benjamin, 
Elizabeth,  Paul  and  Jonathan. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Weed)  Pressey,  was  born  in  1714  in 
Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  and  by  1735  had 
removed  to  Sandown,  New  Hampshire,  and 
married  Mary  Chase.  He  and  his  son  Charles 
were  in  the  revolutionary  war,  serving  in 
"Rogers  Rangers."  Deer  Island,  Maine,  was 
first  settled  about  1762,  and  in  1766  John 
Pressev  deeded  his  land  in  Sandown,  New 
Hampshire,  to  his  son  Charles,  whose  de- 
scendants still  own  the  homestead  and  have 
for  nearly  two  hundred  years.  He  removed 
to  Deer  Isle,  IMaine,  with  three  other  sons 
and  two  daughters.  He  had  seven  children, 
namely :  Charles.  Elijah,  John,  Paul,  Chase, 
and  two  daughters.  One  daughter  married 
Ambrose  Colby,  of  Deer  Island,  and  the  other 
married  Nathan  Johnson,  of  the  same  town. 

(V)  Elijah,  son  of  John  (3)  and  ]\Iary 
(Chase)  Pressey,  settled  at  Ware,  New 
Hampshire,  and  married  a  lady  by  the  name 
of  Blaisdell.  bv  whom  he  had  four  sons,  and 
possibly  daughters,  although  there  is  no  record 
of  them.  His  sons  were  Moses,  Benjamin, 
Jacob  and  John.  His  sons  all  moved  to  iMaine, 
settling  finally :  Jacob  in  ]\Iercer,  where  he 
died;  Renjamin.  who  was  born  in  1764,  set- 
tled in  Waterville.  where  he  died ;  Moses  and 
John  in  Stark,  where  some  of  their  descend- 
ants now  live;  Moses  died  in  Stark.  Benja- 
min married  and  has  one  son,  George  W., 
and  several  daughters,  one  of  whom  married 
a  Lewis,  of  Waterville,  and  one  a  Mr.  Con- 
nor; lived  in  Farmington ;  had  families. 
George  W.  married  Phebe  W^oodcock,  and  had 
three  sons  and  three  daughters ;  the  sons  were : 
George  W.  Jr.,  Henry  and  J.  Manly;  George 
W.  Jr.  married,  moved  to  Hammondton,  New 
Jersey,  later  to  Newport  News,  Virginia ;  his 
daughters   are   not   married:   the   sons,    B.   J. 


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and  brother  arc  (U'utisls.  one  at  Newport 
News,  the  other  at  Hampton,  Virginia;  chil- 
dren of  both  are  girls.  Henry  married  and 
had  several  children :  lives  now  in  Nebraska ; 
one  son,  Alfred,  a  lieutenant  in  navy.  J. 
Manly  inherited  old  homestead  in  Waler- 
ville  :  married  ;  died  young. 

(VI)  Jacob,  third  son  of  Elijah  Pressey, 
was  born  at  Ware.  New  Hampshire,  and  "was 
a  private  in  muster  and  pay  roll  of  Lieutenant 
Nathaniel  Tibbetts"  company.  Major  William 
Lithgow's  command,  detached  with  guards  on 
seacoast."  He  moved  first  to  Wiscasset, 
Maine,  and  lived  there  some  years.  In  1806 
he  moved  to  Mercer.  His  sons  were:  Isaac, 
Thomas,  Alfred  and  David,  and  one  daughter, 
who  married  Asaph  Works,  of  New  Sharon. 
Her  descendants  now  reside  there.  His  sons 
Isaac,  Thomas  and  Alfred  were  in  the  war 
of  1812.  Thomas  and  Alfred  lived  to  receive 
pensions  for  their  services.  Isaac  married, 
and  was  in  trade  in  Mercer ;  he  died  while 
yet  a  young  man,  leaving  a  widow  and  one 
daughter.  Alfred  married  and  had  two  sons, 
Isaac  and  Cyrus,  and  five  daughters;  Isaac 
moved  to  Stamford,  Connecticut ;  Cyrus  mar- 
ried Ann  Hussey,  of  Rome,  lived  and  died  in 
Mercer,  had  a  family  of  children ;  the  daugh- 
ters of  Alfred  married  in  different  states,  and 
their  descendants  are  scattered.  David  mar- 
ried Lovina  Landers.  His  son  Sumner  lives 
on  old  homestead  in  Mercer.  Has  two  sons, 
one  living  with  him  ;  the  other,  Charles,  mar- 
ried and  lives  on  a  farm  adjoining  on  Pressey 
road  in  Mercer. 

(VII)  Thomas,  son  of  Jacob  Pressey,  was 
born  in  1790,  at  Wiscasset.  Maine.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  serving 
in  the  Fourth  Regiment  Infantry,  LInited 
States  Regulars.  He  married  Elvira  Lindsey, 
and  their  children  were:  i.  Warren  Ethclljcrt, 
born  January  14,  1827,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Francis  G.,  deceased  ;  lived  in  Waterville  ;  was 
conductor  on  the  M.  C.  R.  R. :  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Leora,  w-ho  married  Herbert  Holland,  of 
^Massachusetts,  and  who  now  lives  in  Water- 
ville. 3.  Elizabeth  B.,  deceased;  she  married 
Sanford  Crowell,  of  Smithfield,  who  died  on 
Ship  Island,  Mississippi ;  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Thirteenth  Maine;  married  (second)  Daniel 
Stevens ;  had  one  son,  Fred  Stevens,  who  mar- 
ried and  has  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters. 
4.  Keziah  H.,  married  Edgar  J.  Riker,  who 
resides  in  Lewiston;  had  one  son,  Warren  E., 
married  ;  no  children  :  druggist.  One  daugh- 
ter. Emma  J.,  married  Fred  Merrill  and  lives 
in  Brockton.  5.  Melzar  L.,  resides  in  Lewis- 
ton  ;  married  and  has  three  daughters,  one  of 


whom.  Nettie,  married  Charles  Potter,  re- 
sides in  Brunswick,  and  has  a  daughter  and 
son.  The  daughter  married,  has  children,  and 
resides  in  Briniswick.  The  son  is  still  young 
and  unmarried.  6.  Charles  D.,  married  Ruby 
Hutchins,  moved  to  Bangor,  and  is  a  man- 
ufacturer; had  two  sons,  Wilmer  and  Frank; 
Wilmer  was  a  physician;  died  young;  Frank 
married,  lives  in  Bangor,  is  a  civil  engineer, 
and  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Maine; 
he  has  two  children,  a  son  and  daughter.  7. 
Maria,  deceased;  she  married  Gorham  Carr; 
no  children.  8.  Laura  A.,  married  Eli  Wells ; 
they  live  on  the  old  iiomestead ;  had  one 
daughter,  Georgia  A.,  married  Rev.  Herbert 
Mank,  a  Congregationalist ;  minister  in  Law- 
rence, Massachusetts ;  has  two  daughters, 
Helen  and  Edith,  now  at  Holyoke  College, 
Massachusetts. 

(VIII)  Warren  Ethelbert,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  and  Elvira  (Lindsey)  Pressey,  was 
born  January  14,  1827,  at  Mercer,  Maine,  and 
attended  the  public  schools,  after  which  he 
spent  three  summers  fishing  at  Grand  Banks, 
Maine,  in  the  winter  teaching  school.  He 
then  spent  some  time  at  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, learning  the  trade  of  machinist,  and  in 
183 1  removed  to  California,  where*  he  spent 
eight  or  nine  years  teaching  school,  and  be- 
came interested  in  mining.  While  there  he 
was  a  captain  in  the  Fifth  California  Infantry 
Regiment.  In  1865  he  returned  to  Maine, 
where  he  settled  in  Lewiston  and  engaged  in 
the  boot  and  shoe  business.  In  1872  he  was 
a  representative  in  the  Maine  legislature  from 
the  city  of  Lewiston,  and  held  several  offices 
in  the  city  government  of  Lewiston.  In  1881 
he  removed  to  W^ashington,  where  he  spent 
two  years  in  the  forty-seventh  congress,  as 
doorkeeper  in  the  house  of  representatives.  In 
1883  he  was  a  messenger  of  the  United  States 
senate,  and  in  i8g8  was  made  assistant  post- 
master of  the  senate,  which  position  he  ably 
filled  and  now  (1908)  holds.  He  married, 
January  4,  1863,  in  California,  Annie  Rhoda, 
daughter  of  Albert  H.  and  ^lary  Jane  (John- 
son) Iris,  of  Biddefnrd.  Maine,  and  they  have 
three  children,  namely:  i.  Ethelbert  Lindsey, 
born  July  24,  1864,  was  with  the  L^nion  Pa- 
cific Railroad  in  Boston,  and  died  in  1893. 
He  married  Minnie  H.  Bosworth,  of  New 
Hampshire.  2.  Charles  Francis,  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1866,  is  a  hotel  manager  and  resides 
at.  Washington,  unmarried.     3.  Henry  Albert. 

(IX)  Flenry  Albert,  third  and  youngest  son 
of  Warren  Ethelbert  and  Annie  Rhoda  (Irish) 
Pressey,  was  born  September  24,  1873,  grad- 
uated   from    Columbian   L'niversitv  at  Wash- 


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ington,  with  degree  B.  S.,  and  after  an  ex- 
amination for  the  revenue  cutter  service  of 
the  United  States,  entered  same  for  one  year, 
after  which  he  attended  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  at  Boston,  graduating 
from  same  in  1896.  He  took  a  post-graduate 
course  at  the  George  Washington  University 
(the  name  of  which  has  been  changed  from 
Columbian),  of  Washington,  and  received  the 
degree  of  Ph.  D.  in  1903.  He  spent  five  years 
as  professor  of  civil  engineering  in  the  George 
Washington  University,  and  is  now  estab- 
lished as  a  civil  engineer,  with  an  office  in 
Washington.  He  married  Perley  Fitch,  of 
New  York,  and  they  have  two  children : 
Henry  Albert  Jr.,  born  July  ig,  1905,  and 
Warren  Fitch,  born  July  17,  1907.  Perley 
(Fitch)  Pressey  is  the  daughter  of  Colonel 
Butler  and  Anna   (Mofifat)    Fitch. 


This  family  is  of  English  lin- 
GODING     cage.     Though  the  ancestry  of 

the  first  emigrant  to  America 
has  not  been  traced  in  the  mother  country,  yet 
there  is  some  reason  to  suppose  he  was  from 
the  ,county  of  Kent.  The  surname,  a  cor- 
ruption apparently  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  God- 
win, ma\'^be  rendered  '"a  friend  of  God."  Its 
varying  forms  as  found  in  the  records  of  the 
seventeenth  century  are  Godding,  Godden, 
Godyn,  Goddin.  Goddyn  and  Gauden. 

(I)  Henry  Coding  was  master  of  the  ship 
"Abigail,"  which  in  1628  brought  Governor 
Endicott  and  his  colony  to  Salem.  His  name 
occurs  the  following  year  on  the  records  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  in  connection 
with  payment  for  freight  carried  by  his  ves- 
sel; but  whom  he  married,  or  whether,  in- 
deed, he  ever  became  a  permanent  resident,  is 
not  known.  His  children  were  William  and 
Henry. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henr}'  (i)  Coding, 
was  born  in  1642,  and  April  7,  1663,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Anthony  and 
Elizabeth  Beers;  he  died  October  13,  1720. 
His  early  life  is  unknown  to  the  present  day, 
other  than  that  he  learned  the  art  of  cloth 
weaving.  The  first  appearance  of  his  name 
in  the  colonial  records  is  his  marriage  at 
Watertown,  in  1663,  and  a  few  months  later, 
October  29,  1663.  record  is  made  of  his  hav- 
ing received  from  the  town  authorities  remun- 
eration for  dressing  Hugh  Parson's  leg.  In 
1667  he  gave  money  for  repairs  on  the  town 
schoolhouse,  and  he  with  others  is  a  defend- 
ant for  allowing  his  cattle  to  graze  over  the 
range  without  paying  the  herdsman,  and  is 
ordered   to    pay   his   share    to   the   selectmen. 


June  12,  1681,  Widow  Ruth  Bloyce  (also 
spelled  Bloys  and  Bloice),  daughter  of  Hugh 
Parsons,  granted  him  land  formerly  belong- 
ing to  her  father,  taking  up  a  permanent  resi- 
dence with  his  family,  and  remaining  there 
until  her  death ;  this  land  consisted  of  four 
acres,  and  July  19,  1698,  the  town  voted 
that  this  land  should  be  legally  confirmed  to 
him  or  his  heirs  by  the  town  within  a  year 
after  the  death  of  the  Widow  Bloyce.  Three 
years  before  his  death  he  sold  these  four 
acres  for  twenty-five  pounds.  His  wife's  death 
preceded  his  own.  Their  children  were : 
Timothy,  born  May  8,  1664.  died  unmarried, 
1723;  Elizabeth,  born  November  8,  1667,  mar- 
ried John  Morse  Jr.,  and  had  no  children; 
and  Henry. 

(Ill)  Henry,  second  and  younger  son  of 
Henry  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Beers)  Coding, 
was  born  in  1669,  in  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  in  1746.  He  leased  the  four 
acres  which  had  belonged  to  his  father,  and 
after  occupying  same  several  years,  purchased 
them  for  fifty  pounds,  receiving  deed  thereto 
May  10,  1728.  He  appears  from  his  will  to 
have  accumulated  considerable  property,  which 
he  bequeathed  to  his  children.  The  only  office 
we  find  record  of  his  holding  was  that  of 
tithingman,  to  which  he  was  chosen  in  1724. 
March  26,  1701,  he  married  Mary  Pease,  of 
Cambridge.  Their  children  were:  i.  Mary, 
born  October  18,  1701.  2.  \\'illiam.  3.  Henry, 
born  October  28,  1704;  married  Elizabeth 
Holden.  4.  Samuel,  baptized  ilarch  16,  1706; 
married  Mary  Boyce.  5.  Elizabeth,  baptized 
June  23,  1708;  married  John  Batherick.  6. 
Thomas,  baptized  October  i,  1710,  probably 
died  young,  as  he  is  not  mentioned  in  his 
father's  will.  7.  Abigail,  born  1713;  became 
Mrs.  Wheeler.  8.  John,  baptized  September 
18,  1715.  9.  Hannah,  baptized  May  20,  1716; 
married  Isaac  Child.  10.  Dorothy,  baptized 
October  20,   1717;  married  John  Gleason. 

(R')  William,  eldest  son  of  Henry  and 
Mary  (Pease)  Coding,  was  born  April  24. 
1703.  He  lived  in  Watertown,  w?here  he 
owned  at  least  two  separate  tracts  of  land 
which  he  sold  in  1752  and  in  1761.  He  was 
assessed  in  Medford  in  1728,  and  therefore 
must  have  owned  some  property  there.  The 
Watertown  records  mention  his  election  as 
fence-viewer  in  1743,  and  in  1749  his  loss  of 
three  children  by  diphtheria.  He  married 
(first)  1731,  Martha,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Rebecca  Spooner,  born  ]\[arch  6,  171 5,  died 
July  I,  1749;  and  (second)  October  8,  1753, 
Mercy,  widow  of  Daniel  Stearns,  who  died 
in   1767.     His  children,  all  by  his  first  mar- 


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iraijc,  were:  i.  Alartha,  born  June  30.  1732; 
married  Daniel  Peirce,  of  Waltham,  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  Rebecca,  born  July  19,  1734,  died 
September  22,  1749.  3.  William.  4.  Jonathan 
Coolidse,  bom  January  31,  1739;  married 
Hannah  Larncd.  5.  Joanna,  born  April  21, 
1 74 1,  (lied  July  5,  1749.  6.  Peter,  bom  July 
29,  1744,  died  July  8,  1749.  7.  Henry,  born 
Xoveinber  13,  1746,  died  September  8,  1749. 
8.  Spencer,  born  June  28,  1749- 

(V)  William,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
Martha  (Spooner)  Coding,  was  born  October 
29,  1736,  and  spent  his  early  life  in  Water- 
town.  After  his  marriage  he  lived  in  Cam- 
bridge, where  his  first  two  children  were  born. 
In  1765  he  became  a  resident  of  Newton, 
]\Iassacliu«etts.  He  enlisted  at  P.oston  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war,  November  28,  1755, 
and  served  until  May  29,  1756,  as  a  member 
of  Captain  Thomas  Cheever's  company,  from 
Watertown.  During  the  revolutionary  war  he 
was  in  Captain  Joshua  Reed's  company.  Colo- 
nel Varnum's  regiment,  in  1775.  ami  a  few- 
years  later  served  in  Rhode  Island,  in  Captain 
Stephen  Frost's  company,  Colonel  How's  regi- 
ment. He  married,  April  20,  1761,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mercy  C  Grant) 
Stearns.  Their  children  were:  i.  William. 
2.  Sarah,  bom  June  13,  1763;  married  Seth 
I.  Brown.  3.  Rebecca,  born  October  14,  1764; 
married  Asa  ]\[oore.  4.  Mercy,  born  July  14, 
1766,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Mercy,  born  Octo- 
ber 14.  1768;  married  Rev.  Joseph  Adams, 
of  Waltham.  6.  Anna,  born  August  2,  1770, 
died  of  consumption  in  youth.  7.  Henry,  born 
September  10,  1772:  married  Eunice  Shepard. 

(VI)  William,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Stearns)  Coding,  was  born  December 
27,  1761,  and  died  June  15,  1848.  In  his 
youth  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  weaver  of  cloth 
who  had  a  hand  loom  in  his  house,  but  this 
trade  was  distasteful  to  him,  and  as  his  mother 
lived  near  Harvard  College  and  let  rooms  to 
students,  he  had  an  opportunity  to  associate 
with  those  who  were  gaining  a  higher  edu- 
cation, and  devoted  his  evenings  to  study  with 
such  application  that  he  acquired  a  good  edu- 
cation by  his  own  eflforts.  He  was  gifted  with 
a  marvelous  memory,  and  was  able  to  memor- 
ize nearly  the  entire  Bible.  Until  he  reached 
the  age  of  twenty-five  he  worked  for  various 
retail  merchants.  He  then  removed  to  Jay, 
Maine,  where  he  built  the  first  log  house.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  at 
North  Livermore,  Maine,  in  1703.  Having 
a  natural  gift  for  the  ministry,  and  being  mucli 
interested  in  religious  work,  he  was  ordained 
in  1802  as  an  evangelist,  and  served  for  four 


years  as  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in 
Wayne,  Maine.  He  then  accepted  a  call  from 
the  church  at  Acton,  where  he  devoted  twenty 
years  of  his  life  to  self-sacrificing  labor.  In 
person  he  was  a  large  man,  an  enthusiastic 
speaker,  and  since  he  exemplified  in  his  own 
life  what  he  preached,  he  won  many  converts 
to  the  faith  he  advocated.  His  later  years 
were  spent  at  Shapleigh,  Maine.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Walker,  of  Liver- 
more,  Maine,  who  died  February  13,  1846. 
Their  children,  all  born  in  Livermore,  were: 
I.  Rebecca,  born  February  26,  1788,  died 
March  20,  1854,  unmarried.  2.  Luther.  3. 
Hannah  Walker,  born  November  8,  1793  ;  mar- 
ried Rev.  Athcrton  Clark.  4.  Polly,  born 
April  4,  1795,  died  in  youth.  5.  Sarah  Pike, 
born  May  14,  1797;  married  Elijah  Morse. 

(\TI)  Luther,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
Hannah  (Walker)  Coding,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 16,  1791,  and  died  January  13,  1880.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  town.  After  the  family  removed 
to  Acton,  Maine,  he  became  a  successful  vet- 
erinary surgeon,  and  gradually  entered  into 
public  life  as  a  town  ofificer.  He  served  as 
tax  collector  and  as  deputy  sheriff  for  several 
years.  Holding  the  commission  of  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  occupying  several  positions  of 
trust,  he  gave  much  time  to  the  administration 
of  estates,  and  was  a  valued  adviser  at  ses- 
sions of  the  probate  court.  He  represented 
his  town  in  the  state  legislature  of  1861 ;  and 
during  the  civil  war  was  actively  devoted  to 
the  interests  of  soldiers'  families,  many  of 
whom  have  reason  to  hold  him  in  grateful 
remembrance.  He  married,  February  18,  1816, 
Abigail  Hubbard;  chiWren  :  i.  Hannah  Walk- 
er, born  December  30,  1816;  married  Thomas 
G.  Jamieson.  2.  William,  born  February  2, 
1820;  married  Clara  A.  Morse.  3.  Abigail 
Hubbard,  born  February  23,  1822,  died  un- 
married. 4.  Luther  Martin,  born  February 
21,  1824;  married  Draxey  Brackett.  5.  John 
Walker,  born  September  19,  1827;  married 
Elizabeth  A.  Ranlet.  6.  Sarah  Hubbard,  born 
April  15,  1830:  married  George  Gilman.  7. 
Richard  Hubbard.  8.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
August  21,   18^9;  married  George  Clough. 

(Vni)  Richard  Hubbard,  fourth  and 
youngest  son  of  Luther  and  Abigail  (Hub- 
bard) Coding,  was  born  May  25,  1832,  at 
Acton,  where  his  youth  was  spent.  Here,  on 
reaching  his  majority,  he  held  several  town 
offices,  but  was  chiefly  engaged  in  farming. 
In  1864  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  York  county, 
and  by  successive  re-elections  served  for  six 
vears.     Plis  duties  led  him  to  remove  to  Al- 


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STATE  OF  AIAINE. 


fred,  the  shire  town,  where  in  1871  he  was 
chairman  of  the  selectmen,  and  in  1872  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  state  legislature.  The 
same  year  he  opened  the  Alfred  House  as  a 
public  hotel,  and  conducted  it  till  his  death, 
August  20,  1879.  The  last  two  years  of  his 
life  he  was  county  treasurer.  In  his  official 
positions  he  gained  the  respect  of  those  asso- 
ciated with  him ;  while  as  a  private  citizen 
his  practical  common  sense  and  his  kindly 
disposition  won  him  many  firm  friends  and 
caused  his  early  death  to  be  deeply  regretted 
throughout  the  county.  He  married,  January 
2,  1861,  Dorcas  J.  Brackett.  Their  children 
were:  i.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  who  has  been  for 
several  years  assistant  librarian  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Free  Library,  and  has  served  as  vice- 
president  of  the  State  Library  Association.' 
2.  Richard  ^^'illiam,  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin 
College,  with  highest  honors  in  1888,  of  the 
Boston  L^niversity  Law  School  in  1890,  and 
whose  brilliant  career  as  a  lawyer  was  cut 
short  by  his  death  from  tuberculosis  at  Denver, 
Colorado.  jMay  5,  1896.  3,.  Edward  Nathan. 
4.  Mary  Abbie,  who  is  children's  librarian  at 
the  Philadelphia  Free  Library.  5.  Alfred 
Luther,  born  September  6,  1874;  married,  Au- 
gust 14,  1891,  Emma  Whitten,  and  is  en- 
gaged in  farming  at  Alfred,  Maine. 

(IX)  Edward  Nathan,  second  son  of  Rich- 
ard Hubbard  and  Dorcas  J.  (Brackett)  Cod- 
ing, was  born  November  4,  1870,  at  Alfred, 
Maine,  where  he  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools,  completing  his  prepara- 
tion for  college  at  the  Coburn  Classical  In- 
stitute at  Waterville.  IMaine.  He  then  entered 
Bowdoin  College,  where  he  graduated  with 
honor  in  1891.  He  at  once  began  the  study 
of  law  at  Harvard  University,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Suffolk  county  bar  in  1894.  Set- 
tling in  Boston,  by  close  attention  to  his  chosen 
profession  he  has  won  for  himself  a  lucrative 
practice,  and  by  his  personal  qualities  the 
friendship  and  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of 
friends  both  within  and  without  the  legal  fra- 
ternity. 


The  surname  Viles  is  identical 
VILES  with  Vilas,  and  belongs  to  an  old 
English  family  of  Norman  origin. 
The  name  is  spelled  also  Villiers,  Vilars,  Vil- 
lars.  Villas,  Vilos.  The  surname  Viall,  or 
Vyall,  was  spelled  with  similar  variations  in 
the  early  records  in  New  England,  and  ap- 
pears to  be  the  same  or  a  kindred  name.  John 
Viall  was  born  in  England  in  1619  and  died 
February  26,  1685-86:  settled  in  Boston  early, 
and  had  many  descendants  there.    Peter  Viles, 


or  \'ilas,  born  in  England,  February  24,  1704, 
settled  in  Hopkinton.  Massachusetts,  and  the 
adjacent  town  of  Grafton,  where  his  son  Noah 
lived;  married  Mercy  Gay,  born  February  17, 
1697,  died  May  15,  1770,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  Gay ;  he  was  ancestor  of  most  of 
the  family  spelling  their  name  Vilas.  It  should 
be  said,  however,  that  a  Peter  \'inars  married 
at  Boston.  March  25.  1709.  Hannah  Colman — 
a  record  evidently  not  known  to  the  writer  of 
this  branch  of  the  family  genealogy.  Joseph 
\'iles,  of  Boston,  married.  May  2,  1728,  Sarah 
Wales.  (Intention  reads  Joseph,  marriage 
record  John.)  John  \'iles,  of  Waltham.  mar- 
ried, July  2,  1731,  Susanna  Bemis,  w^ho  died 
November  28,  1785  :  he  died  February  4.  1774: 
had  thirteen  children.  (See  Bond's  "History 
of  Watertown.")  It  is  quite  possible  that 
Peter  of  Boston  was  the  father  of  Peter,  John 
and  Joseph.  These  are  the  first  mentioned 
of  this  very  unusual  name,  all  in  the  same 
town  or  locality.  In  the  revolution  we  find 
Joseph  \'iles,  a  private  in  Captain  Micah 
Chase's  company,  Colonel  Jonathan  Holman's 
regiment,  credited  to  Sutton,  but  we  find  no 
further  trace  of  such  a  man  in  Sutton,  and 
conclude  that  he  is  the  same  Joseph  who  was 
from  Boston  in  1779,  in  Captain  Samuel 
Hamant's  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Denny's 
regiment.  Joseph  Villars,  of  Boston,  was  also 
in  Captain  Thomas  Cartwright's  company. 
Colonel  Henry  Jackson's  company,  in  1778, 
and  in  the  Continental  army  from  1777-80.  He 
must  have  been  related  closely  to  the  family 
given  below. 

(D  Joseph  Vihs.  ancestor  of  this  family, 
was  in  Milton,  New  Hampshire,  before  1766, 
when  he  removed  to  Orland.  Maine,  being  the 
third  settler  in  that  town.  The  first  was  Jo- 
seph Green,  of  Fort  Pownal.  Maine,  in  1764; 
the  second  was  Ebenezer  Gross,  of  Boston, 
1765,  and  A'iles  may  have  known  them  in 
Boston. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Viles, 
was  born  at  Orland,  Maine,  in  1770.  He  was 
an  early  settler  in  that  part  of  New  \^ineyard 
set  oS  to  Industry  in  1844.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Hancock,  and  a 
descendant  of  the  pioneer.  Nathan  Hancock. 
Sarah  was  born  in  Castine,  i\Iaine.  about 
1772:  her  father  was  a  Free  IMason,  and  it  is 
related  that  in  the  revolution,  during  the  block- 
ade, he  was  able  to  procure  all  the  tea  and 
sugar  he  wanted  from  the  British  officers  who 
were  also  Free  IMasons.  The  Viles  family 
removed  from  Orland  as  early  as  181 1,  and 
settled  on  lot  2,  range  3,  New  Vineyard.  Viles 
died  at  Anson,  July   12,   1848,  aged  seventy- 


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eight;  his  wife  at  New  Porthuid,  May  5, 
1859,  aged  eighty-seven.  Children  :  i.  Riilus, 
born  July  20,  1790;  mentioned  below.  2.  Jo- 
seph, born  about  1792:  married lleald, 

of  Anson,  died  in  Wisconsin.  3.  Leonard, 
born  May  3,  1795;  married  Anna,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Ann  (Gott)  Bray,  of  Anson.  4. 
Sarah,  born  Marcli  7,  1802;  married,  Decem- 
ber T."],  1825,  Judah  Baker,  son  of  Abiel.  5. 
Fisher,  born  July  27,  1804;  married  Hannah, 
dauglUer  of  Rowland  and  Eunice  (Mason) 
Luce.  6.  Alfred,  born  October  2.  1817;  mar- 
ried Thankful,  daughter  of  Abner  ami  Ilan- 
nah  Norton ;  died  in  Wisconsin.  7.  Went- 
worth,  married  Judith  P>ray.  8.  Naomi,  mar- 
ried March  20,  1823,  Elijah,  son  of  Henry  and 
Mehilable  (Nortmi)  llmlcr;  died  in  Wiscon- 
sin. 9.  George,  married  Elvira  Wing,  of  Deao 
River  plantation ;  died  in  Wisconsin.  10. 
Frances  1...  married  LcanWer  Perkins,  in  iS,:!J. 
II.  John  Hancock,  born  at  New  Vineyard, 
December  10,  1818;  married,  October  31, 
1843,  Mercy  Edmunds,  daughter  of  Peter  A. 
and  Susan   (Butler)  West. 

(HI)  Captain  Rufus,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
\'iles,  was  born  at  Orland,  July  20,  1790,  and 
died  at  New  Portland,  November  28.  1873. 
He  married,  September  10,  1815,  Eunice 
Chase,  daughter  of  Asa  and  Sally  (Bartlett) 
Merry.  His  wife  died  at  Industry,  Maine, 
August  I,  1828,  and  he  married  (second) 
March  22.  1829,  Sarah  Ann  Stanley,  niece  of 
Deacon  Ira  Emery's  w-ife,  with  whom  she 
lived,  born  September  29,  1811,  died  at  New 
Portland,  February  15,  1864.  Captain  \'iles 
lived  at  Industry,  and  followed  farming  with- 
out success.  He  removed  to  FlagstafT,  Maine, 
in  1832,  and  began  lumbering;  lie  became 
prosperous,  acquiring  a  comfortable  compe- 
tence. He  was  gifted  musically,  and  for  many 
vears  taught  vocal  music  to  large  classes  in 
industry.  He  was  captain  of  his  militia  com- 
pany. He  removed  to  New  Portland  in  1852, 
and  continued  in  the  lumbering  business  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  that  town.  He  was 
first  an  old  line  Whig  and  later  a  Republican, 
a  member  and  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
church.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Rufus, 
born  July  24,  1816,  married  Ann  Marshall. 
2.  Asa  Merry,  born  June  8,  1818,  married 
Eliza,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  ( Rem- 
ick)  Butler;  resided  in  Madison,  Maine.  3. 
Caroline  B.,  born  at  Industry,  April  21,  1820, 
married  William  Douglass.  4.  Sarah  Merry, 
born  March  i,  1822,  married  Isaiah  Jenkins. 
5.  Joseph,  born  July  11,  1823,  married  Lucille 
Rogers,  daughter  of  Orran  and  Aliigail 
(Clapp)  Hewitt.     6.  Emily  J.,  born  April  25, 


1825,  married  Thereon  Lane.  7.  Eunice 
Merry,  born  August  5,  1828,  died  October, 
1828.  Ciiildren  of  second  wife,  bofn  at  In- 
dustry: 8.  Hannah  S.,  February  6,  1830,  died 
at  Flagstaff,  May  30,  1848.  9.  Eunice  Merry, 
June  4,  1832,  married  Samuel  F.  Cutts.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife,  born  at  Flagstaff:  10. 
Apphia  Stanley,  May  20,  1834,  married  John 
Smith.  II.  ^iary  D.,  October  i,  1835,  •n^''- 
ried  (iustavus  B.  Dorn.     12.   Sarah  A.,  June 

16,  1838,  married  Frank  .S.  Brown.  13.  Ed- 
ward Payson,  IMay  4,  1842,  mentioned  below. 
14.  Edward,  July  10,  1846,  died  August  21, 
jS-iT).  13.  Emma  R..  twin  of  Edward,  born 
July  10,  1846,  married  Frank  Luce,  son  of 
Solomon  Jr.  and  IMinerva  (Pratt)  Luce,  of 
New  Vineyard.  16.  Hannah  S.,  August  5, 
i8.|8.    died    unmarried,    September    10,    1879. 

17.  Julian  Kossuth,  March  5,  1852,  married 
Frances  C.  C.  Cross. 

(IV)  Edward  Payson,  son  of  Rufus  Viles, 
was  born  May  4,  1842,  in  Flagstaff,  Maine. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  of  New  Portland.  He  was 
then  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Julian 
Kossuth,  in  the  stove,  hardware  and  tinware 
business  in  New  Portland  for  about  ten  years. 
At  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner  and  has  since  con- 
tinued the  business  alone.  He  is  also  exten- 
sivelv  engaged  in  lumbering.  He  was  post- 
master of  New  Portland  twelve  years,  deputy 
sherifl'  six  vears,  and  high  sherifif  of  Somerset 
county  six  years,  displaying  signal  ability  and 
efficiencv  in  his  duties.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  left  New  Portland  in  1893, 
and  since  then  has  resided  in  Skowhegan, 
Maine,  engaged  in  lumbering  in  that  section. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Dead  River  &  North 
Branch  Log  Driving  Company,  an  office  he 
has  held  for  twenty-five  years.  He  is  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Congregational  church ;  mem- 
ber of  Northern  Star  Lodge.  Free  and  .'\c- 
cepted  Masons ;  Roval  Arch  IMasons :  De  ^lo- 
lay  Commandery,  No.  10,  Knights  Templar ; 
Kora  Temple,  RIystic  Shrine.  Lewiston.  He 
married,  Mav  21,  1876,  Ada  A.  Spooner,  born 
at  New  Portland,  September  22,  1847.  daugh- 
ter of  Lament  and  Caroline  (Cragin)  Spooner. 

(V)  Blaine  S.,  son  of  Edward  Payson  Viles, 
was  born  at  New  Portland,  IMaine,  July  22, 
1879.  He  w^as  educated  at  New  Portland, 
Skowhegan.  Bowdoin  College,  class  of  1903, 
and  Yale  School  of  Forestry,  1904.  He  is  a 
professor  of  forestry,  and  engaged  in  the 
L^nited  States  government  service.  He  is 
connected  with  Corbin  Park,  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  John  Appleton.  of  Bangor,  Maine, 


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and  is  also  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
lumber  business.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. He  is  a  member  of  Mt.  Vernon  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Mt.  ^^er- 
non  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Sullivan 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  IMystic 
Shrine,  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  He  mar- 
ried, June  ,^1,  1904,  Annie  Ethel  Johnson,  of 
Hallowell,  Maine,  born  in  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, October  9,  1878,  daughter  of  William 
C.  and  Annie  (Capp)  Johnson.  Children, 
born  in  Newport,  New  Hampshire:  i.  Doro- 
thy, May  28,  1905.  2.  William  Payson,  July 
16,  1906. 


The  frequent  appearance  of  this 
WIGGIN  name  in  the  records  of  Rocking- 
ham county,  New  Hampshire, 
indicates  that  it  was  borne  by  important  and 
useful  citizens,  but  the  meagreness  of  those 
records  renders  it  very  difficult  to  follow  any 
line  of  descent  with  certainty  or  satisfaction. 
The  following,  however,  can  be  relied  upon 
as  accurate,  a  record  of  the  careers  of  worthy 
people. 

(I)  Captain  Thomas  Wiggin  came  from 
Shrewsbury,  England,  and  settled  in  New 
Hampshire  in  1630.  He  had  a  large  grant 
of  land  which  lay  outside  of  any  organized 
territory,  and  was  known  as  Squamscott,  an 
Indian  name.  From  1656  to  1692  he  paid 
taxes  in  Hampton,  and  was  regarded  as  at- 
tached to  that  town.  The  territory  is  now  a 
part  of  Stratham,  and  the  records  of  this  town 
show  that  a  large  portion  of  the  inhabitants 
bore  the  name  down  to  a  very  recent  date. 
In  1 63 1  he  was  appointed  agent  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  Dover  plantation.  Whether  or 
not  he  came  over  with  Winthrop  has  not  been 
definitely  determined,  but  he  was  very  inti- 
mate with  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Governor, 
who  wrote  in  the  highest  terms  of  his  ability 
and  worth.  That  Wiggin  was  considered  a 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  account  is  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  LTpper  Plantation  (so  called), 
which  embraced  Diver,  Durham  and  Strat- 
ham, with  a  portion  of  Newington  and  Green- 
land. In  the  records  he  is  referred  to  as 
governor,  and  evidently  exercised  the  full 
power  of  a  colonial  chief  magistrate.  In  1632 
he  was  sent  to  England  in  the  interests  of  the 
colony,  and  "did  much  to  avert  the  evils  that 
threatened  it  from  the  enmity  of  Gorges  and 
Mason."  Upon  his  return  he  was  accom- 
panied by  several  families,  including  people 
of  some  account,  and,  as  another  record  adds, 
others  "of  no  account."    He  retained  his  office 


until  1636,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  George 
Burdette,  but  for  a  number  of  years  after- 
wards he  was  closely  identified  with  the  public 
affairs  of  the  colony,  and  upon  its  union  with 
Massachusetts  he  was  appointed  a  magistrate. 
In  1645  he  was  deputy  to  the  general  court 
from  Dover,  and  from  1650  to  1664  was  one 
of  the  assistants  to  the  governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts, being  the  only  one  from  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  death  occurred  about  1667.  The 
Christian  name  of  his  wife  was  Catherine,  and 
it  was  supposed  that  he  married  her  in  Eng- 
land, during  his  visit  there  in  1632-33.  They 
had  children  baptized  September  26,  1641, 
under  the  names  of  Andrew,  Mary  and 
Thomas.  Descendants  of  Governor  Wiggin 
are  quite  numerous  in  New  Hampshire,  as 
well  as  in  the  other  New  England  states,  and 
not  a  few  of  them  possess  to  a  more  or  less 
degree  the  strong  characteristics  of  their 
sturdy  Puritan  ancestors. 

(II)  Andrew,  elder  son  of  Governor 
Thomas  and  Catherine  Wiggin,  was  born 
about  1635.  At  the  time  of  his  marriage  his 
parents  gave  him  a  deed  of  "all  our  land 
railed  or  known  by  the  name  of  Ouamscott, 
being  three  miles  square  or  thereabouts,"  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Exeter,  this  state.  An- 
drew does  not  appear  to  have  been  much  in 
public  life ;  in  fact,  the  most  interesting  thing 
about  his  career  was  his  marriage,  which  took 
place  about  the  year  1659,  to  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Governor  Simon  Bradstreet,  of  And- 
over,  -Massachusetts.  Her  mother  was  Ann 
Dudley,  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas  Dud- 
ley, who  was  celebrated  for  her  accomplish- 
ments and  practical  gifts.  A  small  volume  of 
her  verse  was  published,  probably  one  of  the 
first  offerings  to  the  mass,  issued  in  this  coun- 
try. The  deed  of  the  tract  of  land  called 
"Quamscott"  was  given  to  the  newly  married 
couple  by  Governor  Wiggin  and  his  wife, 
June  4,  1663.  Andrew  and  Hannah  (Brad- 
street)  Wiggin  had  nine  children:  Thomas, 
Simon,  .Vudrew.  Jonathan.  Bradstreet,  men- 
tioned below;  .A.bigail,  Mary,  Dorothy,  Sarah, 
and  another  daughter  whose  Christian  name 
is  unknown,  but  who  became  the  wife  of  Sam- 
uel Wentworth.  Andrew  Wiggin  died  in  1710, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  and  his  wife  died 
about  three  years  earlier. 

(Ill)  Bradstreet.  fifth  son  of  Andrew  and 
Hannah  (Bradstreet)  Wiggin,  was  born  in 
1676,  in  .Squamscott,  and  resided  in  that  dis- 
trict. He  married,  in  Hampton,  August  25, 
1697,  Ann  Chase,  born  January  9.  1678.  in 
Hampton,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rachel 
(Partridge)     Chase,    and    granddaughter    of 


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Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Thilbrick)  Chase,  of 
Hampton.  Their  eUlest  cliikl  was  born  at 
Exeter,  and  all  are  recorded  at  Hampton, 
namely :  Chase,  Tiiomas.  Elizabeth  and  Jo- 
se])h. 

(1\')  Thomas,  second  son  of  Bradstrect 
and  Ann  (Chase)  Wiggin,  was  born  about 
1698,  in  Stralham,  New  Hampshire,  and  mar- 
ried, December  17,  1719.  Sarah  Piper,  of  the 
same  town. 

(V)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Sarali  (Piper)  Wiggin.  was  born  September 
13,  1720.  in  Strathani.  Xo  record  of  his  mar- 
riage or  children  can  be  fonnd. 

(\T)  Thomas  (3)  Wiggin  was  a  soldier  in 
the    revolution,    and    died    a    comparatively 
young  man,   of  small  pox,   in    1776,  at  Fort 
«      George.  New  York. 

(\'n)  Thomas  (4)  Wiggin,  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1774,  in  Stratham,  married  Sally  Jew- 
ett,  of  the  same  town,  who  was  born  April 
12,  1770.  Their  children,  recorded  in  Stratham, 
w-ere:  Samuel.  .Shepherd,  .Susan,  and  Jewett, 
born  181 5.  About  this  time  he  removed  to 
Maine  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Brooks, 
Knox  county. 

(Vni)  .Samuel  S..  son  of  Thomas  (4)  and 
Sally  (Jewett)  Wiggin,  was  born  October  23, 
1809,  and  was  a  small  child  when  the  family 
removed  to  Maine.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by 
trade,  and  settled  when  a  young  man  at  South 
Thomaston.  Maine,  where  he  died  IMay  15, 
i860.  He  married  May  23,  1841,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Dean,  born  September  17,  1823,  daugh- 
ter of  Ephraim  and  Lucy  (McLoon)  Dean, 
of  Thomaston.  Their  children  were  :  Charles 
M..  mentioned  below:  Abby  I\I.,  Ruth  A.,  and 
Henry.  The  other  daughter  became  the  wife 
of  Andrew  Stover,  and  lived  at  South  Thom- 
aston. 

(IX)  Charles  M..  eldest  child  of  Samuel  S. 
and  Man,'  E.  (Dean)  Wiggin.  was  born  in 
Thomaston.  Maine,  ^lay  14,  1842;  died  i8g6. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
followed  the  sea  for  seven  years.  He  then 
conducted  a  general  store  in  South  Thomaston 
and  Frankfort,  Maine.  After  he  retired  from 
business  he  lived  in  Rockland,  Maine.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  leader  of  his 
party ;  was  town  clerk,  selectman,  and  elected 
to  various  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
He  married  (first)  October  11,  1863,  Jo- 
sephine B.,  daughter  of  John  Allen:  (second) 
Alvira  Stanton,  born  in  South  Thomaston,  in 
1854.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Fred.  2. 
Charles.  3.  Ada.  Children  of  second  wife: 
4.  George.  5.  Florence.  6.  Chester  ilcLean, 
mentioned  below. 


(X)  Dr.  Chester  McLean  Wiggin,  .son  of 
Charles  M.  Wiggin,  was  born  in  South  Thom- 
aston, Maine,  July  15,  1882.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  the  Rock- 
land Commercial  College  and  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege. He  studied  for  his  profession  in  the 
I'niversity  of  Vermont,  in  the  Medical  De- 
partment, graduating  with  the  degree  of  \L  D. 
in  1906,  and  took  a  special  course  at  Harvard 
Medical  School  afterwar<l.  Since  1906  he  has 
practiced  medicine  at  Stonington,  Maine.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Vermont  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
a  member  of  King  Arthur  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Stonington.  He  married,  October 
20,  1907,  Frances  Starkey,  daughter  of  Xew- 
man  Starkey,  of  Amesbury,  Massachusetts. 


Several  persons  of  this  name 
HANCOCK  settled  in  Massachusetts  in 
early  colonial  days,  and  from 
them  sprang  some  of  the  most  distinguished 
men  of  Massachusetts.  Nathaniel  Hancock, 
one  of  the  "first  company,"  was  in  Cambridge 
as  early  as  1634,  and  resided  on  the  easterly 
side  of  Dunster  street,  between  Harvard  and 
Mount  Auburn  streets.  He  died  in  early  life, 
about  1648,  and  his  widow  Joanna  was  ap- 
pointed fifteen  years  afterward,  in  1663,  ad- 
ministratrix of  his  estate.  Their  children 
were  :  Mary,  Sarah,  Nathaniel,  John,  Eliza- 
beth and  Lydia. 

Nathaniel  (2),  third  child  and  only  son  of 
Nathaniel  (i)  and  Joanna  Hancock  who 
reached  mature  age,  was  born  December  18, 
1638,  died  April  12,  1719.  He  was  a  shoe- 
maker and  inherited  the  homestead.  He  was 
one  of  the  town  drummers,  and  in  1685  re- 
covered judgment  for  eight  pounds  against 
the  selectmen  for  drumming,  and  for  the  main- 
tenance of  drums  for  sundry  years  past.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  church  May  31,  1667  (at 
which  time  he  was  baptized),  and  elected  dea- 
con June  7,  1705.  He  married  (first)  March 
8,  1664,  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  Prentice 
and  (second)  December  27,  1699,  Sarah 
Green,  who  survived  him  and  probably  mar- 
ried John  Cooper,  June  21,  1720.  From  Na- 
thaniel (2)  Hancock  are  descended  the  fam- 
ily under  consideration  in  this  article.  His 
children,  all  by  first  wife,  were :  Nathaniel, 
died  young;  Alary,  Sarah,  Nathaniel,  Abigail, 
died  young:  John,  Samuel.  Abigail,  EHza- 
beth.  Ebenezer.  Joseph  and  Solomon. 

(I)  Joseph  Hancock,  who  was  probably  the 
son  of  one  of  the  last  above  named,  was  born 
about  1730.  He  was  married  in  Hampstead, 
New  Hampshire,  August  15,  1754,  to  Abigail 


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Kezar,  born  February  14,  173S,  in  that  town, 
a  daughter  of  John  and  Judith  (Heath)  Kezar. 
Soon  after  his  marriage  he  settled  in  North- 
field,  New  Hampshire.  Three  of  his  chil- 
dren were  born  in  Hampstead,  namely : 
George,  1756;  Joseph,  1757,  and  Sarah,  1759. 
Northfield  at  that  time  was  a  portion  of  the 
town  of  Canterbury,  and  he  died  there  before 
the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century.  There 
were  probably  other  children  born  in  that  town. 
(H)  Joseph  (2),  second  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
and  Abigail  (Kezar)  Hancock,  was  born  in 
1757  in  Hampstead  and  was  baptized  there  in 
June  of  that  year,  but  lived  in  Northfield, 
New  Hampshire,  and  died  while  temporarily 
absent  from  home,  March  2,  1831.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  revolution,  serving  in  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Henry  Gerrish"s  battalion  on  the  Ti- 
conderoga  alarm  of  1777.  He  was  in  Captain 
Benjamin  Sias'  company  of  Colonel  Thomas 
Stickney's  regiment  at  Bennington,  and  was 
at  Saratoga  when  General  Burgoyne  surren- 
dered. He  married  (first)  Polly  Heath,  who 
was  the  mother  of  his  ten  children.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Susanna  Page.  The  following 
is  a  brief  account  of  his  children:  i.  John, 
married  Elizabeth  Lyford  and  removed  to  Il- 
linois. 2.  Jacob,  married  Judith  Wyatt  and 
lived  in  Northfield.  3.  George,  married  Sarah 
Forrest  and  also  lived  in  Northfield.  4. 
Charles,  married  Betsey  Manuel.  5.  Jesse, 
married  Anne  Chase.  6.  Kezar,  settled  in  Il- 
linois. 7.  Susanna,  married  Joseph  Gerrish. 
8.  Polly,  married  Josiah  Phillbrick,  of  Hamp- 
ton, g.  Sally,  married  Morrill  S.  Moore.  10. 
William,  who  is  the  subject  of  the  succeeding 
paragraph. 

(III)  William,  youngest  child  of  Joseph 
(2)  and  Polly  (Heath)  Hancock,  was  born 
in  Northfield,  and  lived  in  that  town  on  the 
Intervale  farm,  since  occupied  by  the  Man- 
uel family.  He  was  a  Congregationalist  in 
religion,  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  served  in  the 
state  militia.  He  was  a  worthy  citizen  and 
died  in  August,  1846.  Pie  married  Hannah 
Hall  Haines,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  two 
children :  Clara  Ann,  the  eldest,  became  the 
wife  of  James  B.  Straw,  of  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire. 

(IV)  Orrin  Jerome,  son  of  William  and 
Hannah  H.  (Haines)  Hancock,  was  born  De- 
cember 26,  1839,  in  Bristol,  New  Hampshire, 
and  was  educated  at  Franklin  Academv  and 
New  Hampton  Institute.  He  became  a  Chris- 
tian clergyman  and  was  stationed  at  Albion, 
Skowhegan  and  Saco,  Maine,  and  subse- 
quently at  Newton  and  Belmont,  New  Hamp- 
shire.     He    is    a    minister    of    the    Christian 


church  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  has 
served  on  various  school  committees  and  as 
supervisor  of  schools.  He  married,  December 
II,  1866,  at  Manchester,  New  Hampshire, 
Mary  Aphia  Rummery,  born  July  18,  1844,  in 
Manchester,  daughter  of  Jerome  B.  and  Abi- 
gail Fogg  (Dyer)  Rummery.  Jerome  B.  Rum- 
mery was  born  March  24,  181 1,  in  Parson- 
field,  Maine,  son  of  William  and  Margaret 
(McGrath)  Rummery,  the  former  born  De- 
cember 16,  1769,  and  the  latter  March  22, 
1770.  in  Saco,  Maine.  Abigail  Fogg  (Dyer) 
Rummery  was  born  April  21,  1814,  in  Not- 
tingham, New  Hampshire.  Orrin  J.  Hancock 
and  wife  are  the  parents  of  William  Jerome ; 
an  infant  unnamed ;  Edward  Henry  and  Eva 
Mabel. 

(\')  William  Jerome,  eldest  child  of  Orrin 
Jerome  and  Mary  A.  (Rummery)  Hancock, 
was  born  December  14,  1867,  in  Albion, 
Maine,  and  obtained  his  elementary  and  sec- 
ondary education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Skowhegan,  that  state.  He  subsequently  en- 
tered the  University  of  Maine,  at  Orono,  from 
which  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  in  1888  and  Master  of  Science,  1892, 
In  1889  he  was  graduated  from  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Business  College  at  Manchester, 
New  Hampshire.  He  early  engaged  in  teach- 
ing in  the  public  schools  of  ]\Iaine  and  was 
subsequently  professor  of  chemistry  in  An- 
tioch  College  at  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  from 
1890  to  1892;  he  was  teacher  of  science  in 
Starkey  Seminary  at  Lakemont,  New  York, 
1892-93,  and  professor  of  chemistry  in  An- 
tioch  College  from  1893  to  i8g8.  Since  1898 
he  has  continued  to  the  present  time  as  teacher 
of  chemistry  in  Erasmus  Hall  high  school  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  He  is  an  independent 
in  politics,  and  is  identified  with  Bedford 
Council,  No.  655,  Royal  Arcanum,  of  Brook- 
lyn. He  is  a  member  of  the  Omega  Mu  Chap- 
ter of  Phi  Gama  Delta  fraternity.  With  his 
family  he  is  identified  with  the  Second  Uni- 
tarian Church  of  Brooklyn.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  the  American  Chemical  So- 
ciety, the  Chemistry  Teachers'  Club  of  New 
York,  of  which  he  was  president  for  the  year 
1906-07,  and  the  New  York  State  Science 
Teachers'  Association.  Professor  Hancock 
has  made  a  number  of  improvements  in  lab- 
oratory apparatus.  He  is  one  of  the  authors 
of  "First  Principles  of  Chemistry,"  published 
by  Allyn  &  Bacon  in  1907,  and  a  laboratory 
manual  to  accompany  the  same  in  1908.  He 
married,  July  6,  1892,  at  Yellow  Springs, 
Ohio,  Carrie  May  Ellis,  born  July  31,  1868,  in 


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that  town,  daughter  of  Charles  Rufus  and 
Eliza  (Miller)  Ellis.  The  former  was  born 
August  29,  1843,  in  Otsego  county,  New 
York,  and  served  as  a  private  in  Company  D, 
Fifty-seventh  Regiment  of  State  \'oluiiteers 
from  October  16,  1861,  to  December  31,  1863. 
He  was  enrolled  as  corporal  of  the  company, 
January  I,  1864,  by  re-enlistment,  and  served 
until  discharged  December  20,  1865.  He  was 
subsequently  a  merchant  and  farmer  and  died 
at  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  April  29,  1880.  He 
was  the  father  of  a  daughter  and  a  son, 
namely :  Carrie  i\Iay  Ellis,  and  Charles  Her- 
bert Ellis,  born  May  29,  1873. 


This  is  an  ancient  English 
HUSSEY  family  w-hich  came  into  Eng- 
land with  William  the  Con- 
queror, in  1066,  and  can  be  traced  back  to 
Hugh  Hoese  of  the  year  1014.  He  married 
a  daughter  of  the  third  Duke  of  Normandy, 
and  his  name  became  changed  from  its  Ger- 
man form  to  the  French,  De  Hosey,  and  this 
has  been  anglicized  to  Husscy.  Very  soon 
after  its  arrival  in  this  country  the  family  be- 
came identified  with  the  Society  of  Friends 
or  Quakers,  and  most  of  its  members  have 
ever  since  continued  in  that  affiliation.  In 
England  it  is  represented  by  Sir  George  Al- 
fred Ernest  Ilussey,  who  was  mayor  oi 
Southampton  from  1898  to  1901.  In  this 
country,  William  J.  Hussey,  an  astronomer  of 
note,  is  the  author  of  many  scientific  works 
and  professor  at  the  University  of  Michigan. 
It  is  supposed  that  all  the  Husseys  in  this 
country,  who  can  trace  their  ancestry  through 
several  generations,  are  descended  from  Chris- 
topher Hussey,  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire. 
This  New  England  family  dates  its  history 
in  America  from  the  year  1630  and  is  de- 
scended from  the  still  older  English  family  of 
the  same  name  which  in  the  last  half  of  the 
sixteenth  century  was  seated  in  Dorking,  Sur- 
rey. The  first  authentic  account  we  have  of 
the  family  here  under  consideration  is  the  rec- 
ord of  marriage  of  John  Hussey  and  Mary 
Wood,  December  5,  1593,  when  they  both 
were  of  Dorking,  and  were  persons  of  good 
position  and  of  moderate  estate  in  lands.  John 
Hussey  died  in  England,  leaving  a  widow  and 
children.  Of  the  latter  the  records  are  meagre, 
but  there  is  known  to  have  been  a  .son  John, 
who  died  young,  a  son  Christopher  and  one 
or  more  daughters,  of  whom  we  have  no  au- 
thentic account. 

(I)  Christopher  Hussey,  immigrant,  foun- 
der of  the  family  of  his  surname  in  America, 
is  presumed  to  have  been  a  son  of  John  and 


Mary  (Wood)  Hussey,  of  Dorking,  and  while 
there  is  nothing  to  rebut  this  presumption 
there  are  many  circumstances  which  sustain 
it,  as  will  be  seen  from  what  is  hereinafter 
mentioned.  He  was  born  in  Dorking,  Surrey, 
England,  February  18,  1599.  He  doubtless 
was  among  the  parishioners  of  Rev.  Stephen 
Bachilor,  and  went  to  Holland  with  others  of 
the  pastor's  flock  in  order  to  escape  religious 
persecutions  to  which  they  were  subjected  in 
England ;  and  it  was  only  on  his  promise  to 
emigrate  to  this  country  that  Mr.  Bachilor 
consented  to  give  his  daughter  Theodate  in 
marriage  to  Captain  Hussey.  The  marriage 
took  place  in  England,  but  whether  before  or 
after  the  exodus  to  Holland  is  not  certain. 
However,  Christopher  Hussey  and  his  wife 
sailed  from  Southampton  in  the  "William  and 
Francis"  in  May,  1630,  and  landed  at  Charles- 
town,  New  England,  about  July  23  of  the 
same  year.  They  took  up  their  abode  in 
Saugus  (then  Lynn),  where  Rev.  Mr.  Bachi- 
lor joined  them  two  years  later,  and  became 
the  first  minister  of  that  town.  While  living 
there  Christopher  Hussey's  eldest  child  Ste- 
phen was  born,  the  second  white  child  born 
in  the  town.  Subsequently  he  was  one  of  the 
prominent  men  of  Newbury,  but  he  appears 
to  have  figured  still  more  prominently  as  one 
of  the  proprietors  of  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire,, for  it  is  written  in  the  history  of  that 
town  that  "Christo"  Hussey  and  a  widow, 
Mary  Flussey,  were  among  the  grantees  of 
Hampton.  She  is  presumed  to  have  been  the 
widow  of  John  Hussey,  of  Dorking,  and 
mother  of  Christopher  Hussey,  the  immigrant ; 
and  that  she  came  over  in  the  same  ship  with 
her  son  and  the  others  of  Mr.  Bachilor's  flock. 
In  Hampton  their  lots  were  on  opposite  sides 
of  the  Meeting-house  Green,  the  widow's  five 
acre  houselot  being  about  where  the  town 
house  now  stands.  In  1650  "ould  mistris 
husse  and  her  dafter  husse"  were  assigned 
seats  in  the  meeting-house,  and  while  there  is 
no  record  elsewhere  of  such  "dafter"  it  is 
probable  that  this  mention  has  reference  to 
the  wife  or  daughter  of  the  widow's  son. 

Captain  Hussey  was  a  man  of  considerable 
prominence  in  Hampton  and  w-as  chosen  to 
several  important  oflices,  first  deacon  of  the 
church,  magistrate,  captain  of  militia,  town 
clerk,  selectman  and  representative  to  the  as- 
sembly. When  New  Hampshire  was  made  a 
royal  province  he  was  one  of  the  commission- 
ers mentioned  in  the  charter.  In  1650  he  sold 
all  his  lands  in  what  now  is  Hampton  and 
moverl  to  the  "Falls  Side"  (Hampton  Falls). 
In  1659  he  was  one  of  the  purchasers  of  Nan- 


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tucket,  and  subsequently  commanded  an  ocean 
vessel.  It  is  believed  that  the  record  of  death, 
October  20.  1649.  refers  to  the  death  of  his 
wife  Theodate,  but  it  may  have  had  reference 
to  his  daughter  of  that  name,  as  her  death  ap- 
pears on  the  record  at  the  same  date.  He 
married  (second)  December  9,  1658,  Ann, 
widow  of  Jeffrey  i\Iingay.  She  died  June  24, 
1680.  Captain  Hussey  died  March  6,  1686. 
Captain  Henry  Dow  wrote  in  his  diary  for 
]\Iarch  8,  1686,  that  he  was  "at  Captain  Hus- 
sey's  burial,"-  from  which  it  is  clear  that  he 
died  in  Hampton  and  was  not,  as  Savage 
says,  "cast  away  off  the  coast  of  Florida." 
At  the  time  of  his  death  Captain  Hussey  was 
about  ninety  years  old.  His  children  were 
Stephen,  John,  Mary,  Theodate  and  Huldah. 
In  his  "History  of  Hampton"  Dow  mentions 
another  son  Joseph  and  says  "he  was  repre- 
sentative from  H.  in  1672."  Captain  Hussey 
himself  was  representative  in  that  vear  and 
on  the  record  his  name  is  written  "Xtopher," 
hence  the  mis-reading  of  this  abbreviation  has 
given  rise  to  the  belief  that  he  had  a  son  of 
that  name. 

(II)  Stephen,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Cap- 
tain Christopher  and  Theodate  (Bachilor) 
Hussey,  was  born  in  Saugus  (Lynn),  Massa- 
chusetts, in  ■i6t,2.  the  second  white  child  born 
there  and  the  first  child  baptized  in  America 
by  Rev.  Stephen  Bachilor.  Previous  to  his 
marriage  Stephen  Hussey  lived  at  Barbadoes 
and  was  possessed  of  considerable  property 
when  he  settled  at  Nantucket.  He  was  a  de- 
vout member  of  the  Societv  of  Friends,  and 
at  one  time  was  representative  to  the  general 
court.  He  died  at  Nantucket,  April  2,  1718; 
married  there  October  8,  1676,  Martha 
Bunker,  born  November  11,  1656,  died 
September  21,  1744,  daughter  of  George 
and  Jane  (Godfrey)  Bunker,  and  grand- 
daughter of  William  Bunker.  The  chil- 
dren of  Stephen  and  Martha  (Bunker)  Hus- 
sey were  Buella,  born  October  lo,  1677 ;  Abi- 
gail, December  22,  1679,  married  Thomas 
Rowse;  Sylvanus,  May  13,  1682;  Bachelder, 
mentioned  below;  Daniel,  October  20,  1687; 
Mary,  March  24,  1690;  George,  June  21,  1694; 
Theodate,  September  15,  1750. 

(III)  Bachelder  (sometimes  written  Bachi- 
lor and  Bachelor),  second  son  of  Stephen  and 
]Martha  (Bunker)  Hussey,  was  born  in  Nan- 
tucket, February  18,  1685,  lived  there  many 
years  and  then  removed  to  Biddeford,  Maine. 
One  account  of  his  life  states  that  he  was  a 
minister  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  an- 
other, an  old  record,  says  that  because  of  "a 
little  difficultv  arising  between  Bachelder  and 


Sylvester  (his  brother),  the  former  removed 
to  Maine  for  a  time,  and  also  that  some  of  his 
family  settled  there.  Another  account  has  itv 
that  he  was  engaged  in  the  coasting  or  West 
India  trade.  He  married,  October  11,  1704, 
Abigail  Hale  (or  Halle),  of  Boston.  Chil- 
dren: Christopher,  born  December  9,  1706; 
Mary,  December  9,  1707:  Jedidiah  (a  daugh- 
ter), July  27,  1708;  John,  August  6,  1710; 
Stephen,  August  14,  1713;  Huldah,  December 
8,  1716;  Ebenezer,  December  7.  1718;  Paul, 
April  12,  1720;  Sylvanus,  March  11,  1722; 
Moses  and  Hepzibah. 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  Bachelder  and  Abi- 
gail (Hale)  Hussey,  was  born  in  Nantucket, 
August  14,  1713,  and  died  in  Berwick,  JMaine, 
May  8,  1770.  He  married  Eunice  Baxter, 
born  August  19,  1714.  died  June  9,  1768, 
daughter  of  W'illiam  Baxter,  and  by  whom 
he  had  twelve  children,  the  first  nine  of  whom 
were  born  in  Biddeford  and  the  last  three  in 
Berwick,  Maine.  Their  children  in  the  order 
of  birth  were:  Daniel,  Bachelder,  William, 
Margaret,  Deborah,  Hepzibah,  Phebe,  Stephen, 
Ruth.  Paul,  ^larian,  and  Walter. 

(V)  Bachelder,  second  son  of  Stephen  and 
Eunice  (Baxter)  Hussey,  was  born  in  Bidde- 
ford, Maine,  June  i,  1745,  and  died  in  Ber- 
wick, February  15,  1794.  He  married,  in  Ber- 
wick, December  i,  1768,  Sarah  Hanson,  born 
Somersworth,  New  Hampshire,  November  13, 
1750,  daughter  of  Isaac  Hanson.  Their  chil- 
dren, born  in  Berwick,  were  Sylvanus,  Isaac, 
Peter  H.,  James  H.,  Huldah,  Bachelder.  Dan- 
iel and  Stephen. 

(VI)  Daniel,  sixth  son  of  Bachelder  and 
Sarah  (Hanson)  Hussey,  was  born  in  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  4  9  mo.  1782,  and  died  January 
21,  1862.  It  has  been  written  in  various  ac- 
counts of  the  life  of  Daniel  Hussey  that  he 
was  born  December  16,  1789,  and  that  he 
"probably  was  the  Daniel  Hussey  who  lived 
in  Madison,  Maine,  from  whence  he  travelled 
on  horseback  to  Albion,  Maine,  about  1808, 
soon  after  the  birth  of  his  eldest  son" ;  that 
he  was  a  fanner  in  Madison,  the  old  home- 
stead being  still  in  possession  of  the  family, 
and  the  original  buildings  still  standing.  It 
may  be  said,  however,  that  recent  investiga- 
tions have  disclosed  a  probable  error  in  the 
foregoing  statement,  as  will  be  seen  by  an  ex- 
tract from  a  letter  written  in  1905  by  Henry 
S.  Webster,  treasurer  of  the  Gardiner  Savings 
Institution,  Gardiner,  Maine,  to  Mrs.  Mary  H. 
Roberts,  in  which  the  writer  says :  "I  have 
latelv  received  a  copy  of  a  record  kept  in  a 
family  Bible  by  a  Daniel  Hussey  (answering 
to  the  above  description),  from  which  it  ap- 


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pears  lliat  lie  moved  to  V'assalboro,  was  twice 
niarrictl,  and  had  nine  children,  whose  names 
do  not  correspond  with  those  in  your  family." 
Daniel  Ilnssey  married  Fannie  Crosby,  born 
20  4nio.  1788,  died  Aiitjiist  17.  1861.  One  ac- 
count mentions  their  chiUlren  as  being  Albert, 
John,  Silas,  Ruel,  George  and  Mary ;  and  an- 
other and  more  ample  record  of  their  chil- 
dren is  as  follows:  i.  John,  born  19  8mo. 
1807,  died  February  29,  1864;  married  March 
29,  1836,  Mary  Kidder,  and  had  John  Martin, 
born  June  16,  1837,  and  George  Oscar,  horn 
March  25,  1840.  2.  Albert,  born  8  9mo.  1809, 
died  June  20,  1871.  3.  Silas,  born  31  lomo. 
181 1.  4.  Patience,  born  15  gmo.  1813,  died 
January  29,  1853;  married,  December  25, 
1837,  Joseph  Hodgkins.  5  James,  born  15  8mo. 
1815,  died  April  16,  1837.  6.  Joseph,  born  20 
3mo.  1819,  died  August  2,  1882;  married,  Jan- 
uary 10,  1S41,  Elizabeth  Ford.  7.  Charles, 
born  27  imo.  1822,  died  November  i,  1892; 
married  (first)  F'ebruary  7,  1847,  Elizabeth  A. 
Small,  (second)  July  11,  188 1,  Mary  Dudley. 
8.  Sarah,  born  23  4mo.  1824,  died  January  14, 
1848;  married,  December  31,  1846,  Paul  Tom- 
linson.  g.  Ruel,  born  11  gmo.  1826,  died  Jan- 
uary 2,  1867.  10.  Mary,  born  26  7mo.  1S28. 
died  April  i,  1868.  11.  George,  born  20  11  mo. 
1831,  died  February  2,  1900 ;  married,  Au- 
gust 4.  1870.  jMaria  Goslin. 

(\''II)  Silas,  son  of  Daniel  and  Fannie 
(Crosby)  Hussey,  was  born  in  Albion,  Maine, 
October  31,  1811,  and  died  there  July  17,  1894. 
He  was  an  extensive  farmer  and  successful 
stock  dealer,  and  is  said  to  have  been  one  of 
the  largest  apple  growers  of  the  state  in  his 
time.  He  attended  the  services  of  the  Chris- 
tian church,  and  in  politics  was  a  firm  Demo- 
crat. He  married  Jane  Wellington,  who  was 
born  in  Albion  in  1823  and  died  there  in  1900. 
They  had  seven  children:  i.  Isabel,  married 
(first)  Joel  Kelley,  (second)  Theodore  Per- 
kins, and  had  one  son,  Bert  Perkins.  2.  John 
\\'.,  born  August  26,  1842,  married  (first)  Oc- 
tober 10,  1873,  Mary  Key  Crosby,  and  had  two 
daughters,  Lucia  M.,  born  September  5,  1875, 
died  December  4,  1888,  and  Edith  A.,  born 
December  4,  1876;  married  (second)  Fannie 
Goodspeed,  born  August  2,  1853,  ^nd  had 
Clarence  Wellington,  born  October  28,  1892. 
3.  Charles  Walter,  born  October  22,  1845.  4- 
Fannie,  married,  October  25,  1871,  Cyrus  A. 
Leavitt,  and  had  Gertrude  and  Carl  Leavitt. 
5.  Bert  S.,  married,  June  2.  i8gi,  Marion  F. 
Ayer,  and  had  Raymond  Rudd,  born  May  9, 
1893,  and  Gladys.  6.  Mary  Jane,  born  Febru- 
ary 2,  1854,  died  January  15,  1884;  married, 
October  22,   1882,  Lucien  S.  Tilton,  and  had 


Lucien  Tilton,  born  January  6,  1884,  died 
March  i,  1906.  7.  Fred  Knowlton,  born  June 
4,  1858,  married,  September  20,  1885,  Mabel 
Estclle  Carr,  and  had  Marion  Carr,  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1889;  Forest  Wellington,  March  20, 
1892;  Fred  Knowlton,  October  16,  1895. 

(VII I)  Charles  Walter,  second  son  and 
third  child  of  Silas  and  Jane  (Wellington) 
Hussey,  was  born  in  Albion,  Maine,  October 
22,  1845,  and  acquired  his  earlier  literary  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  academy  at  China,  Maine.  He  enlisted 
when  eighteen  years  of  age  in  the  civil  war 
in  the  First  Maine  Battalion,  was  made  quar- 
termaster-sergeant ;  he  was  in  U'asliington  at 
the  time  President  Lincoln  was  assassinated 
and  was  present  at  the  burning  of  the  barn 
when  Booth  was  captured ;  he  w^as  honorably 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  took 
up  the  study  of  law  in  the  oiifice  and  under  the 
direction  of  Hon.  S.  S.  Brown,  of  Fairfield 
and  Waterville,  remained  there  for  three 
years  and  in  1892  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  courts  of  this  state.  Having  come  to  the 
bar  he  began  his  professional  career  as  part- 
ner with  his  former  preceptor,  which  relation 
was  maintained  until  1895,  when  he  withdrew 
from  the  partnership  and  has  since  practiced 
alone.  Thus  for  more  than  fifteen  years  Air. 
Hr.ssey  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Wa- 
terville bar  and  enjoys  a  favorable  acquain- 
tance in  all  professional  circles  throughout  the 
county.  He  is  known  as  a  strong  lawyer,  a 
safe  and  prudent  counsellor,  and  a  man  with 
whom  principles  always  prevail  rather  than 
expedients.  His  practice  is  large,  and  nat- 
urally is  successful;  and  his  offices,  among  the 
most  finely  appointed  in  the  state,  reflect  some- 
thing of  the  man  in  his  professional  methods 
and  personal  character.  He  is  not  in  any  sense 
a  public  man,  although  not  wanting  in  political 
interest,  and  the  extent  of  his  holdings  have 
been  limited  to  his  incumbency  of  the  office  of 
town  auditor  of  Albion,  which  he  filled  while 
living  in  that  town,  and  town  agent  of  Albion 
for  many  years.  Mr.  Hussey  married,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1866,  Grace  Osgood,  born  Palermo, 
Maine,  March  28,  1846,  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Mary  (Baker)  Osgood. 


(For    early    generation?    see    preceding    sketch.) 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  fifth  son  of 
Hl'SSEY  Bachelder  and  Abigail  (Hale) 
Hussey,  was  born  December  7, 
1 7 18,  in  Nantucket,  Massachusetts,  and  re- 
moved to  Berwick,  Maine.  His  ancient  home- 
stead in  that  portion  of  the  town  now  North 
Berwick,  is   still  in  existence  in  a  very  good 


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STATE  OF  ^lAINE. 


state  of  preservation.  For  many  generations, 
he  and  his  descendants  were  of  very  high 
standing  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  occupying 
the  first  of  the  high  seats  in  the  church,  and 
having  charge  of  the  finances  and  investments 
of  the  community.  Ebenezer  Hussey  was 
married,  in  17^4,  to  Miriam  Morrell.  No  rec- 
ord of  their  children  can  be  found. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
and  Miriam  (Morrell)  Hussey,  was  born 
about  1745,  in  North  Berwick,  and  resided 
there  throughout  his  life,  succeeding  his  father 
in  a  responsible  position  among  the    Quakers. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Hussey,  was  born  about  the  time  of  the  revo- 
lution, in  North  Berwick,  but  the  alarms  of 
war  had  little  effect  on  the  child,  as  his  an- 
cestry and  parents  were  a  people  opposed  to 
war.  He  rose  to  high  rank  in  the  society,  and 
occupied  the  head  seat  at  their  meetings.  A 
man  of  good  judgment,  the  investments  of  the 
society  prospered  under  his  charge.  He 
owned  a  large  farm  on  Pilgrim  Hill  at  North 
Berwick,  and  was  a  useful  and  respected  citi- 
zen. He  married,  in  1793,  Mercy  Austin. 
Children :  Peletiah,  Ebenezer,  Andrew, 
George,  Samuel  F.,  Mercy  and  Thankful.  The 
eldest  succeeded  his  father  as  head  of  the 
Quaker  organization. 

(VH)  Samuel  F.,  fifth  son  of  Ebenezer  (3) 
and  Mercy  (Austin)  Hussey,  was  born  in 
1802,  at  North  Berwick,  and  settled  at  Union, 
Maine,  where  he  died  at  the  early  age  of 
thirty-five  years.  He  was  educated  in  the 
town  schools  and  at  the  high  school  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania.  On  settling  at  Union 
he  bought  an  interest  in  a  woolen  mill  in  com- 
pany with  William  Allen,  and  was  the  suc- 
cessful manager  of  its  operation  until  his 
death  in  1837.  He  adhered  to  the  teachings 
of  his  ancestry,  and  was  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends.  He  married,  in  1831,  Nancy 
T.  Atwood,  of  Pittston,  Maine,  and  had  two 
children  :  Lucy  Ellen  and  Erwin  Albert.  The 
daughter  became  the  wife  of  Captain  Abel 
Patten,  and  was  lost  at  sea  in  the  ship  "Tom- 
my Hussey,"  owned  by  her  brother. 

(Vni)  Captain  Erwin  Albert,  only  son  of 
Samuel  F.  and  Nancy  (Atwood)  Hussey, 
was  born  Alarch  29,  1833,  •"  Union,  and  was 
but  four  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death.  At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  went  to 
sea  in  the  ship  "Charlie  Main,"  of  Thomaston, 
Maine,  a  vessel  of  three  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  tons,  and  so  large  for  the  times  that  peo- 
ple came  from  all  parts  of  the  state  to  see 
her.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  Captain 
Hussey  was  in  command  of  one  of  the  largest 


packet  ships  plying  between  New  York  and 
Liverpool,  the  "Escort,"  of  the  St.  George  line. 
Previous  to  this  he  had  had  a  most  adventur- 
ous experience.  When  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  served  in  the  Indian  Sepoy  war,  ranking  as 
captain  in  the  British  East  Indian  navy  and 
colonel  of  the  army.  He  continued  to  follow 
the  sea  for  nearly  thirty  years,  and  his  last 
command  was  the  steamship  "Daniel  Web- 
ster." In  1861  he  retired  from  the  sea  and 
engaged  in  the  banking  business  in  New  York 
City.  For  forty-four  years  he  held  member- 
ship in  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  and 
retired  from  active  business  in  1904.  The 
firm  of  Hussey  &  Company,  w'hich  he  founded, 
is  still  in  active  business,  headed  by  his  son. 
In  the  year  1859,  Captain  Hussey  was  mar- 
ried to  Harriet  (Frances)  Southard,  of  Rich- 
mond, Maine,  and  their  only  son,  Thomas  J., 
was  born  in  i860.  The  latter  was  married, 
in  1896,  to  iMarion  W.  Haley,  and  has  a 
daughter,  Hattie  Morse  Hussey,  born  in  1898. 
The  only  daughter  of  Captain  E.  A.  Hussey, 
Hattie  Bishop,  born  1862,  in  New  York,  died 
in  that  city  in  1897.  In  1887  she  became  the 
wife  of  Charles  W.  Morse,  of  Bath,  Maine, 
and  they  had  four  children:  Benjamin  W., 
Erwin  A.,  Harry  B.,  and  Anna  E.,  all  now  liv- 
ing. 


The  families  of  Bean,  Bain,  and 
BEAN  Bayne,  as  the  name  is  variously 
spelled,  are  undoubtedly  descended 
from  the  old  Scotch  clan  Vean.  The  letters 
b  and  v  in  Gaelic  are  interchangeable,  so  that 
Vean  and  Bean  are  the  same  name  differently 
spelled.  The  origin  of  the  name  is  a  matter 
of  conjecture;  by  some  it  is  claimed  to  be  de- 
rived from  the  place  of  residence  of  the  clan, 
"beann"  in  GaeHc  signifying  mountain ;  but  a 
better  supported  opinion  is  that  it  is  derived 
from  the  fair  complexion  of  the  clan's  progen- 
itor, "bean,"  meaning  white  or  fair,  and  often 
used  by  Highlanders  to  distinguish  a  man  of 
fair  complexion,  as  "olive,"  black  or  swarthy 
was  used  to  designate  one  of  dark  complex- 
ion. The  clan  Vean,  or,  as  it  is  oftener  desig- 
nated in  Scotch  history,  "MacBean,"  was  one 
of  the  tribes  of  the  Chatli,  or  Clan  Chattan, 
and  occupied  the  Lochaber  territory  some 
time  before  the  year  1300.  Three  distinct  fam- 
ilies of  this  blood  came  to  America — the  Bains 
settled  in  Virginia,  the  Banes  in  Maine,  and 
the  Beans  in  New  Hampshire.  In  what  year 
or  on  what  ship  the  progenitor  of  the  Beans 
reached  these  shores  is  not  and  probablv  never 
will  be  known. 

(I)    John    Bean,    the    immigrant    ancestor. 


STATR  OF  .MAIXF. 


439 


originally  ^lacBean,  or  Bayne,  was  a  Scotch- 
man, said  to  be  son  of  Donald  MacBayne,  and 
born  in  Scotland.  There  is  reason  to  believe 
that  he  was  one  of  the  Scotch  taken  prisoner 
by  Cromwell  at  the  battle  of  Worcester,  or 
some  of  the  other  victories  that  he  won  over 
the  Royalist  and  Scotch  forces.  Many  thou- 
sands of  these  Scotch  prisoners  were  sent  over 
here  and  in  time  became  proprietors  and  citi- 
zens in  good  standing  with  their  English 
neighbors,  and  many  other  Scotch  were  drawn 
to  New  England  to  follow  relatives  who  had 
been  sent  away.  He  first  appears  as  the 
grantee  of  land  in  the  town  of  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1660.  Other  grants  were  made 
to  him  October  10,  1664,  April  i,  1671,  and 
February  21,  1708.  John  Fed,  of  Exeter,  also 
conveyed  to  him,  July  22,  1664,  land  in  Exe- 
ter, consisting  of  a  house  lot  of  twenty  acres, 
and  other  lots  in  Exeter  containing  ten,  five 
and  twenty-six  acres  respectively.  In  1671  he 
was  one  of  a  committee  chosen  to  run  the  lines 
between  Exeter  and  adjoining  towns ;  he  took 
the  oath  of  allegiance  November  30,  1677; 
was  pound  keeper  in  1680;  and  signed  the 
famous  New  Hampshire  petition  of  1680-90. 
Tradition,  in. support  of  which  there  is  much 
circumstantial  evidence,  says  that  his  wife  died 
on  the  passage,  and  that  he  married  a  girl 
who  came  over  on  the  same  vessel.  The  name 
of  the  first  wife  is  not  known.  The  name  of, 
the  second,  whom  he  married  before  1661,  was 
Margaret.  Margaret  Bean  joined  Hampton 
Church  in  1671,  and  good  wife  Bean  was 
among  those  who  were  dismissed  from  that 
church  in  1698,  "in  order  to  their  being  incor- 
porated unto  a  church  state  in  Exeter."  Mar- 
garet liean  was  one  of  those  who  organized 
the  church  in  Exeter,  September  2,  1698;  she 
was  a  member  in  1705,  which  was  the  last 
mention  of  her.  She  died  before  1718.  John 
Bean  died  between  January  24,  and  February 
8,  1717.  He  divided  his  property  among  his 
children  before  his  death,  and  left  no  will.  He 
had  eleven  children;  one  by  first  wife.  IMary ; 
ten  by  second  wife,  born  in  Exeter:  i.  John, 
born  August  15,  1661  :  died  May  18,  1666.  2. 
Daniel,  born  March  23,  1662-63.  3.  Samuel, 
born  March  23,  1665-66.  4.  John,  born  Octo- 
ber 13,  1668.  5.  Margaret,  born  October  27, 
1670.  6.  James,  born  December  17,  1672.  7. 
Jeremy,  borii  April  20.  1675.  8.  Elizabeth, 
born  September  24,  1678. 

(II)  John  (2),  fourth  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Margaret  Bean,  was  born  in  Exeter,  October 
13,  1668,  and  died  in  1718.  He  is  described 
in  deeds  as  a  carpenter.  He  signed  the  New 
Hampshire   petition    of    1690;    witnessed    Ed- 


ward Oilman's  will,  June  2,  i6go;  was  one  of 
the  witnesses  to  prove  it,  April  12,  1692;  and 
also  witnessed  two  instruments  March  15, 
1698.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  from  the  town 
of  sixty  acres,  March  28,  1698;  his  father  con- 
veyed to  him,  as  before  stated;  also  Byley 
Dudley  conveyed  to  him,  May  10,  1700,  twen- 
ty-five acres  of  land  in  Exeter.  He  made 
various  conveyances  of  land  and  left  a  com- 
fortable estate  to  his  heirs.  John  Bean  "stood 
on  his  guard"  under  orders  from  December 
30,  1695,  to  January  20,  1696;  was  on  a  scout- 
ing party  two  days  in  1710;  was  in  Captain 
tiilman's  company  in  1710,  and  Captain  James 
Davis's  company  in  1712.  His  wife's  name 
was  Sarah,  and  after  his  death  she  married  a 
Robinson,  of  Exeter.  Children  :  Dinah,  Jere- 
miah. Sarah,  William,  Ebenezer,  Joshua,  sub- 
ject of  the  next  paragraph. 

(III)  Joshua,  youngest  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Sarah  Bean,  was  born  about  17 13,  in  Exe- 
ter, and  lived  there  until  1780,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Gilmanton,  where  several  of  his 
sons  had  preceded  him.  and  died  in  that  town 
in  1787.  Being  a  Quaker,  he  refused  to  sign 
the  association  test  in  1776,  as  did  his  sons, 
Joshua,  Simeon  and  Gideon.  He  married 
(first)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Robin- 
son. She  died  in  1757,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond)   1758,   Lydia   Brown,   born  about    1730, 

^  died  January  21,  1823,  in  Weare,  New  Hamp- 
'  shire.  The  births  of  a  portion  of  his  children 
are  recorded  in  Exeter,  and  others  in  Brent- 
wood, but  it  is  probable  that  they  were  all 
born  upon  the  same  homestead,  Brentwood 
having  been  cut  ofif  from  Exeter.  They  were ; 
Hannah.  Joshua,  Simeon,  Sarah,  John,  Me- 
hitable,  Lydia,  Gideon,  Deborah,  Rachel,  and 
one  who  died  at  birth. 

(IV)  Gideon,  fourth  son  of  Joshua  and 
Hannah  (Robinson)  Bean,  was  born  ]\Iarch 
21,  1752,  in  Brentwood,  and  settled  in  Gilman- 
ton, where  he  died  February  21,  1823.  He 
married  (first)  January  28,  1777,  Margaret 
Fernald  (Cotton),  widow  of  James  Folsom. 
She  was  born  October  16,  1743,  died  October 
10,  1807.  He  married  (second)  May  4,  1809, 
a  widow,  Jane  Tibbetts.  She  was  born  De- 
cember 9,  1753,  died  November  22,  1837.  The 
Gilmanton  records,  like  those  of  most  New 
Hampshire  towns,  are  very  incomplete.  They 
record  the  birth  of  only  two  children  of  Gid- 
eon Bean  by  his  first  wife :  Gideon  and  Ben- 
jamin, born  in  1777  and  1780.  There  were 
probably  several  others. 

(V)  Henry,  supposed  to  be  a  son  of  Gideon 
and  Margaret  F.  (Cotton)  (Folsom)  Bean, 
was    born    about    1790,    in    Gilmanton,    and 


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STATE  OF  .MAINE. 


passed  his  life  in  tliat  town.  He  married 
Nancy  Frohock,  and  tliey  had  children : 
Chauncey,  Marian,  Loammi.  Henry.  Rufus, 
George,  Joel,  Catherine,  married  Cleveland 
Cheney,  and  Comfort  A.  Loammi,  Joel, 
Rufus  and  George  were  soldiers  in  the  war  of 
the  rebellion. 

{\'l)  Joel,  youngest  son  of  Henry  and 
Nancy  (Frohock)  Bean,  was  born  at  Mere- 
dith, New  Hampshire,  about  1824,  died  1896. 
His  was  an  active,  useful  career.  He  began 
work  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  and  was 
engaged  on  the  construction  of  the  Boston  & 
Maine  railroad  (Laconia  branch)  ;  later  he 
learned  the  business  connected  with  the  great 
cotton  industry  in  New  England,  and  for 
many  years  was  a  trusty  overseer  of  some  of 
the  largest  cotton  factories  in  New  England. 
One  year  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil 
war,  Mr.  Bean  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
navy,  serving  three  years ;  first  as  a  machinist 
on  the  "Mahaska"  and  later  holding  the  same 
position  on  the  despatch  boat  "Bat."  He  mar- 
ried (first)  about  1842,  Frances  A.,  daughter 
of  Stutson  West,  of  Danville.  \'ermont.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Charles  B.,  born  1844,  at  Meredith, 
New  Hampshire,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Daniel 
F.,  April  22,  1846.  3.  Sarah  F.,  1848.  4. 
Charles  S.,  about  1850.  3.  Addie,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 6.  Carrie,  died  in  infancy.  Two  chil- 
dren who  died  in  infancy.  ]\Ir.  Bean  married 
(second)  Lydia  J.  (Morrill)  Ellery,  of  Hal- 
lowell,  a  widow,  who  still  survives  him.  Chil- 
dren :  AUee,  Joel,  and  two  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(VH)  Daniel  Frohock,  son  of  Joel  and 
Frances  A.  (West)  Bean,  was  born  at  Mere- 
dith, New  Hampshire,  April  22,  1846,  receiv- 
ing a  good  education  in  the  public  schools,  so 
far  as  he  could,  up  to  fourteen  years,  at  which 
age  he  went  to  work  in  the  cotton  mills  at 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  receiving  but 
twenty-five  cents  a  day  for  his  faithful  ser- 
vices, and  worked  full  twelve  hours  each  day. 
He  worked  at  carding,  at  first,  but  worked  his 
way  up,  through  the  various  branches  of  the 
cotton  manufacturing  industry,  being  fore- 
man, overseer  and  superintendent  of  various 
mills,  in  New  England  and  New  York.  At 
present  (1Q08)  he  fills  a  position  of  trust  and 
responsibility  as  agent  for  the  Farwell  Mills, 
at  Lisbon,  Maine,  which  factory  employs 
three  hundred  persons,  and  has  an  output  of 
six  million  yards  of  finished  dress  goods  and 
sheetings  each  year.  In  x\pril,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  the  service  of  the  L'nited  States  navy, 
as    wardroom    bov    on    the   boat    "Mahaska," 


and  on  such  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Malvern 
Hill  and  Charleston,  during  the  bombardment ; 
also  at  St.  John's  River,  Florida,  and  served 
later  as  acting  steward.  He  was  convoy  to 
President  Lincoln,  on  a  trip  from  Washington 
to  James  river  and  Richmond.  The  "Bat" 
was  considered  the  swiftest  boat  in  the  govern- 
ment's service,  and  was  used  in  trying  to  cap- 
ture J.  Wilkes  Booth  after  he  had  assassinated 
President  Lincoln.  Mr.  Bean  is  a  Mason, 
having  taken  all  the  degrees  to  and  including 
Knight  Templars.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Kora  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  ^I.  S.,  and  mem- 
ber of  Pilgrim  Fathers.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

Mr.  Bean  married,  December  25,'  1866, 
Ella,  daughter  of  John  and  Lucy  (Howe) 
Brown,  of  Hallowell,  Maine.  Children:  i. 
Margie,  died  young.  2.  Ernest,  died  young. 
3.  Lucy  J.,  married  Charles  R.  Seed,  of  Ports- 
mouth. New  Flampshire.  4.  and  5.  Frank  A. 
and  Daniel  F.  (twins).  Frank  A.  married 
Helen  Tebbitts :  he  is  now  overseer  of  the  Far- 
well  cotton  mill  at  Lisbon.  Maine.  Daniel  F. 
is  a  traveling  salesman,  residing  in  Utica,  New 
York. 


(For  fir.=t   generation   see   preceding*  sketch.) 

(II)  James,  fifth  son  of  John 
BE.A-N     Bean,   was   born   at   Exeter,    New 

Hampshire,  December  17,  1672, 
■■"died  January  6,  1753.  He  settled  at  I-vingston, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
church  September  29,  1725.  He  had  a  grant 
of  land  of  thirty  acres  February  21,  1698,  and 
bought  and  sold  many  parcels  of  land  during 
his  life.  A  curious  order  of  the  general  court, 
dated  October  22,  1707,  recites  that  James  and 
Daniel  Bean  are  absent  from  home  in  Kings- 
ton and  ordering  them  to  return.  Perhaps 
they  were  needed  for  defense  against  the  In- 
dians and  were  away  hunting.  Many  of  the 
settlers  spent  much  time  in  the  woods  getting 
furs.  He  married  (second)  December,  1697, 
Sarah  Bradley,  born  in  1677,  died  July  i, 
1738;  admitted  to  the  Kingston  church,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1726.  He  married  (third)  Novem- 
ber 2,  1738,  Mary  (Prescott)  (Coleman) 
Crosby,  born  June  11,  1677,  died  January  3, 
1740-41 :  married,  November  2,  1699,  Jabez 
Coleman,  son  of  Tobias  and  Ann  Coleman ; 
married  (second)  November  9,  1730,  Thomas 
Crosby.  Children  of  first  wife,  name  un- 
known: I,  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Ed- 
ward. Children  of  James  and  Sarah  (Brad- 
ley) Bean:  3.  Benjamin,  born  May  15,  1699. 
4.  Margaret,  April   16,   1702.     5.  Joseph,  Oc- 


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tnbcr  17.  1704.  <).  KToniiah,  April  9,  1707.  7. 
Samuel,  January  11,  1710-11.  8.  Catherine, 
August  2,  1 714.    y.  Racliel  (  ?). 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  James  Bean,  was 
born  in  Exeter  about  1693,  died  in  1747.     He 

married  Sarah .     He  received  bj'  deed 

of  gift  twelve  acres  of  land  where  his  dwell- 
ing stood  from  his  grandfather,  who  calls  him 
"John,  son  of  my  son  James,"  January  24, 
1714-15.  He  sold  this  land  February  25, 
1715-16.  Many  deeds  showing  beyond  cjucs- 
tion  the  CLirrectness  of  the  lineage  as  given 
here  are  published  in  the  report  of  the  Bean 
Family  Reunion  of  1899  (P'lgs  i-9)-  Chil- 
dren: Joshua,  mentioned  below;  Sinkler,  Na- 
thaniel, Mary.  Joshua  Bean,  then  of  Brent- 
wood, deeded  land  he  had  from  his  father, 
John  Bean,  to  his  brother,  Sinkler  Bean,  by 
deed  dated  March  31,  1766. 

(I\')  Joshua,  son  of  John  (2)  Bean,  born 
in  Exeter  about  1713,  died  in  Gilmanton,  New 
Hampshire,  1787.  He  resided  in  Brentwood 
until  1780,  when  he  removed  to  Gilmanton, 
where  four  sons  and  a  daughter  were  already 
settled.  He  went  with  his  wife  and  twenty- 
first  child,  on  horseback.  He  married  (first) 
Hannah  Robinson,  daughter  of  Thomas  Rob- 
inson. She  died  in  1757  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1758,  Lydia  Brown,  who  died  Janu- 
ary 21,  1823,  in  Weare.  Children,  born  in 
Exeter,  now  Brentwood,  of  the  first  wife:  i. 
Hannah,  born  June  9,  1739.  2.  Joshua,  born 
May  2,  1 74 1,  mentioned  Ijelow.  3.  Simeon, 
born  March  30,  1743,  married  Joanna  Young; 
died  1819.  4.  Sarah,  born  October,  1744, 
married  Thomas  Chase.  5.  John,  born  Sep- 
tember 4,  1746,  married  Abagail  Fowler.  6. 
Mehitable,  born  February  25,  1748,  married 
Samuel  Prescott.  7.  Lydia,  born  ]\Iarch,  1750, 
married  Jonathan  Dow.  8.  Gideon,  born 
March  21,  1752,  married  Peggy  Folsom.  9. 
Deborah,  died  young.  10.  Rachel,  died  young. 
II.  Infant,  died  at  birth,  1757.  Children  of 
second  wife:  12.  Deborah,  born  April  17, 
1759,    died    1762.      13.    Mary,   born    May    13, 

1761,  died    1850.      14.    Peter,    born    October, 

1762,  died  unmarried  1824.  15.  Elizabeth, 
born  September,  1764,  married  Jonathan  H. 
Brown,  died  181 5.  16.  Caleb,  born  June  17. 
1767.  17.  Esther,  born  March,  1769.  18. 
Richard,  born  January,  1771,  died  young.  19. 
Stephen,  born  April  4,  1772.  20.  Ruth,  born 
June,  1774.  21.  Aaron,  born  Februarv  24, 
1779. 

(V)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Bean, 
born  in  that  part  of  Exeter  which  became 
Brentwood,   May  2,   1741,   died  at  Winthrop. 


now  Readfield,  Maine,  April  25,  1S14.  He 
was  a  Quaker.  He  signed  approving  the  Dec- 
laration of  Independence,  and  consented  to  be 
taxed,  but  could  not  conscientiously  bear  arms. 
In  1780  he  removed  to  W'inthrop,  Maine, 
where  he  held  numerous  town  offices.  He  was 
selectman  in  1784-86-90;  moderator  fre- 
quently ;  -representative  to  the  general  court  in 
1787.  In  1786  he  was  a  delegate  to  attend  a 
convention  in  Falmouth  to  consider  the  ques- 
tion of  the  separation  of  Maine  and  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  November  27.  1763, 
his  cousin,  Mary  Bean,  who  died  October  8, 
1822.  daughter  of  Sinkler  Bean,  of  Brentwood. 
Children,  the  first  twelve  born  in  Gilmanton, 
the  last  two  in  Readfield :  i.  Elisha,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1764,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mehit- 
able, born  January  13,  1766.  3.  Daughter, 
born  June  10,  1767,  died  young.  4.  Joel,  born 
June  20,  1768.  5.  John,  born  June  17,  1770.  6. 
Ruth,  born  June  5,  1772.  7.  Reuben,  born 
June  13,  1774.  8.  Betsey,  born  February  23, 
1776.  9.  Asa,  born  April  13,  177S.  10.  James, 
born  March  17,  1780.  Ti.  Jeremy,  born  June 
8,  1782.  12.  Shepard,  born  July  16,  1784.  13. 
Hannah,  born  July  13,  1787.  14.  Manley, 
born  July  31,  1790. 

(VI)  Elisha.  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Bean,  born 
in  Gilmanton,  New  Hampshire,  September  10, 
1764,  died  in  Readfield,  Maine,  August  20, 
1821.  He  married  (first)  Olive  Shepard, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Anna  (Sanborn) 
Shepard,  of  Epping,  New  Hampshire.  She 
died  January  12,  181 1,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Olive  Smith.  Children,  all  by  the  first 
wife:  I.  Greenlief.  born  July  13,  1780,  in  Ep- 
ping. 2.  Sophia,  born  May  8,  1791,  died  June 
17,  1792.  3.  Sophia,  born  February  18,  1793, 
in  Readfield.  4.  Joshua,  born  January  7,  1795. 
5.  Oliver,  born  November  15,  1797,  mentioned 
below.  6.  John  Shepard,  born  August  31, 
1799,  died  young.  7.  Sally,  born  October  17, 
180T.  8.  Shepard,  born  November  17,  1804. 
Q.  Rania,  born  1806,  married  Asa  Pease,  of 
Wilton. 

(A-^II)  Oliver,  son  of  Elisha  Bean,  born  in 
Readfield,  Maine.  November  15,  1797,  died 
June  17,  i86g.  He  married,  March  9,  1817, 
Patience  Nickerson,  born  November  20,  1794, 
died  February  5,  1869,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Patience  (  Bassett)  Nickerson,  of  Barnstable, 
Massachusetts.  Children,  born  in  Readfield : 
I.  Richard  Nickerson,  born  1818,  died  June 
13,  1818.  2.  Emery  Oliver,  born  September 
10,  1819,  mentioned  below.  3.  Nelson  Shep- 
ard, bom  December  24,  1824,  died  June  12, 
1843.      4-    Philura    .Ami.    born    February    25, 


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1828,  married  Joel  Howard,  of  Presque  Isle. 
5.  Eveline  Marilla,  born  October  i,  1829,  mar- 
ried Stephen  W.  Caldwell. 

(VIII)   Hon.  Emery  Oliver,  son  of  Oliver 
Bean,  was  born  in   Readfield,   September   10, 
1819.     His  boyhood  did  not  differ  materially 
from  that  of  other  children  of  his  time.     A 
good  home,  with  the  self-sacrificing  tenderness 
of  a  mother's  love,  united  with  strict  parental 
discipline,  furnished  the  impetus  to  his  life  of 
usefulness.     He  worked  on  his  father's  farm, 
when  not  in  school,  during  his  youthful  }^ars. 
Besides   the   district    school   he    attended    one 
term    at    Kent's    Hill    Seminary    and    several 
terms    at    IMonmouth    Academy,    acquiring    a 
sound,  practical  education  of  great  usefulness 
in  his  later  career  and  sufficient  to  stir  his  am- 
bition to  continue  his  self-education  through 
later  years.     He  taught  school  in  Mount  Ver- 
non and   Readfield,  Maine,  before  taking  his 
course    in    Monmouth    Academy.      He    had   a 
natural   inclination   for  the   law   as   a   profes- 
sion and  he  began  to  study   in  the  office  of 
Hon.  Timothy  6.  Howe,  of  Readfield,  accord- 
ing to  the  usual  course  in  those  days.     Mr. 
Howe  was  not  only  an  excellent  lawyer,  but 
also  a  natural  and  gifted  teacher,  and  his  pu- 
pil enjoyed  unusual  advantages  from  the  first. 
Mr.  Bean  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  August, 
1843,  and  spent  part  of  his  first  year  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Henrv  W.  Paine  at  Hallowell.     Then  he  was 
admitted  to  partnership  by  his  former  instruc- 
tor under  the  firm  name   of  Howe  &  Bean, 
and  continued  to  practice  until  the  firm  was 
dissolved  in  1848,  when  Mr.  Howe  removed  to 
Wisconsin.     For  the  next  twenty-eight  years 
Mr.    Bean    had    no   partner.      He    enjoyed    a 
large  practice  and  advanced  to  the  front  rank 
of  "his   profession.      In    1876  he   admitted   his 
son,  Fred  Emery  Beane,  as  a  partner  under 
the  firm  name  of  Bean  &  Beane,  the   father 
and  son  spelling  their  names  differently.     The 
firm  opened  an  office  in  Readfield  and  in  1890 
established  another  in  Hallowell  and  later  one 
in    Gardiner,    Maine.      Judge    Bean    and    his 
firms  have  had  a  greater  number  of  cases  than 
any  other  individual  or  firm  during  the  years 
of  his  practice.     He  continued  in  active  prac- 
tice until  his  death. 

In  public  life  Judge  Bean  was  prominent 
for  many  years.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig 
until  the  party  went  to  pieces,  and  afterward 
always  a  Democrat.  He  represented  his  town 
in  the  state  legislature  in  1851  and  was  state 
senator  in  1856.  He  was  appointed  trustee 
of  the  State  College  of  Agriculture  and  Me- 
chanic Arts,  serving  in  that  office  seven  years. 


In  i88o  he  was  elected  probate  judge  of  Ken- 
nebec county  by  a  plurality  of  six  hundred  on 
the  Democratic  ticket,  though  the  county  is 
normally  Republican  by  two  or  three  tliousand 
majority.  He  held  the  office  for  four  years 
and  no  appeal  from  his  decisions  was  sus- 
tained in  the  supreme  court  in  probate  cases 
and  only  one  in  insolvency  proceedings.  Al- 
most every  year  after  he  came  of  age  Judge 
Bean  was  elected  to  some  office  of  trust  and 
responsibility  in  his  town,  and  he  was  espe- 
cially active  in  educational  matters.  The  time 
and  value  of  his  public  services  given  without 
compensation  can  hardly  be  estimated.  He 
was  for  about  fifty  years  a  Free  Mason.  In 
religion  he  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Uni- 
versalist  church.  For  more  than  forty  years 
he  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school. 
"Many  young  people,"  writes  a  friend,  "have 
gone  out  from  the  little  vestry,  after  a  period 
of  years  as  scholars  there,  and  have  built 
homes  in  other  states  and  among  other  peo- 
ple, but  still  their  hearts  turn  lovingly  and 
gratefully  back  to  the  early  days,  the  little 
school  and  the  principles  inculcated  therein." 
A  home-loving  man,  his  heart  does  not  wan- 
der from  the  lifelong  scenes,  but  becomes 
more  closely  attached  as  time  rolls  on.  His 
loving  friends  watch,  with  admiration,  the  ac- 
tivity which  yet  is  his,  and  trust  that  the  day 
is  far  distant  when  he  shall  go  out  and  in  no 
more.  The  same  writer  said :  "The  little  cot- 
tage at  Readfield,  one-half  mile  from  his 
childhood's  home,  where  so  many  years  of  his 
life  have  been  spent,  and  endeared  to  him  by 
its  associations,  this,  with  its  surroundings,  is 
one  of  the  most  attractive  homes  in  town, 
speaking  well  for  the  loving  care  of  its  in- 
mates." 

Judge  Bean  married,  October  8,  1844,  Eliza- 
beth Hunton  Craig,  of  Readfield,  born  April 
18,  1818,  died  January  22,  1892,  daughter  of 
John  Orison  and  Sally  (Turner)  Craig.  He 
married  (second)  June  28,  1896,  Georgianna 
Caroline  (Packard)  Nickerson,  born  in  Read- 
field,  March  24,  1844,  widow  of  Hezekiah 
Owen  Nickerson,  daughter  of  James  and  So- 
phronia  (Clough)  Packard.  Children  by  first 
wife  born  in  Readfield:  i.  Nelson  Shepard, 
born  July  18,  1845,  married,  July  7,  1869,  Ella 
Frances  Blanchard,  born  April  13,  1848,  died 
April,  1900,  daughter  of  Sidney  and  Cordelia 
M.  (Gailoupe)  Blanchard;  no  children.  2. 
Fred  Emery,  born  May  14,  1853,  mentioned 
below.  Judge  Bean  died  December  13,  1904. 
(IX)  Hon.  Fred  Emery  Beane.  son  of  Em- 
ery Oliver  Bean,  was  born  at  Readfield,  May 
14,   1853.     He  attended  the  public  schools  of 


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his  native  town.  Kent's  Hill  Seminary,  West- 
brook  Seminary,  and  Tufts  College,  class  of 

1875.  He  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  his 
father's  office  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 

1876.  He  entered  partnership  with  his  father 
in  that  year  under  the  firm  name  of  Bean  & 
Beane  with  his  offices  at  Hallowell,  where  he 
has  since  resided  and  practiced.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  United  States  courts 
in  1890.  His  law  firm  became  prominent,  and 
Mr.  Beane  has  continued  in  the  front  rank 
of  his  profession  to  the  present  time.  He  has 
been  prominent  in  public  life.  A  staunch  Dem- 
ocrat in  politics  he  is  an  influential  leader  of 
his  party.  He  has  been  city  solicitor  of  Hal- 
lowell for  twenty  years ;  member  of  the  school 
committee  for  eight  years ;  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Hallowell ;  member  of  the  common 
council  and  alderman  of  the  city.  He  was  for 
one  year  town  clerk  of  Readficld,  his  native 
place.  He  was  elected  county  attorney  in 
1906.  He  was  elected  mayor  of  Hallowell  in 
1891-1907  and  had  very  successful  administra- 
tions. He  was  formerly  a  member  of  Read- 
field  Lodge  of  Free  Alasons.  His  father, 
grandfather  and  he  were  at  one  time  members 
of  this  lodge  and  in  attendance  together.  He 
is  now  a  member  of  Kennebec  Lodge  of  Hal- 
lowell. He  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  of  Hallowell,  and  is  grand 
chancellor  of  that  order  in  the  state  of  Maine 
and  also  holds  the  office  of  supreme  inner 
guard.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O. 
E.  of  Augusta,  and  grand  recorder  of  the 
A.  O.  L^.  W.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Universalist  church. 

He  married,  September  14,  1876,  Orella 
Griffin  McGilvery,  born  December  11,  1852, 
daughter  of  Captain  Henrv  and  Eleanor 
(Griffin)  IMcGilvery.  of  Belfast,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  Eugene  Hill,  born  at  Read- 
field,  February  15.  1878,  graduate  of  Bowdoin 
College  Medical  School  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D. ;  practicing  at  Norwidgewock,  Maine. 
He  married,  May  5,  1907,  Mabel  Ozier,  of 
Damariscotta.  2.  Bessie  Craig,  born  at  Hal- 
lowell, February  5,  1879,  died  1894.  3. 
Eleanor  INIcGilvery,  born  October  10,  1880, 
died  in  1902  at  Hallowell.  4.  Emery  Oliver, 
born  at  Hallowell,  December  23,  1883,  gradu- 
ate of  the  Hallowell  high  school  in  1901  ;  of 
Bowdoin  College  in  1904:  entered  upon  the 
study  of  law  in  his  father's  office  and  became 
a  student  in  Harvard  Law  School,  where  he 
graduated  in  1908,  taking  a  high  rank.  In 
his  examination  for  the  bar  in  June,  1907,  be- 
fore he  graduated,  he  was  one  of  twenty-six 
successful     candidates,     receiving    ninetv-two 


points,  five  points  higher  than  any  other  can- 
didate. He  is  a  prominent  athlete ;  was  cap- 
tain of  Bowdoin  football  eleven  in  1903  and 
assistant  coach  in  1907.  He  is  a  partner  of 
his  father  under  the  firm  name  of  Beane  & 
Beane. 

The  family  name  was  in  early  days  vari- 
ously written  Bean  and  Beane.  The  latter 
form  was  adopted  more  than  forty  years  ago 
by  Nelson  S.  and  P'red  Emery,  only  children 
of  Emery  Oliver  Bean. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  John  Bean  I.) 

(IV)  John  (3),  third  son  of 
BEAN     Joshua    and    Hannah    (Robinson) 

Bean,  was  born  September  4, 
1746.  in  Brentwood,  and  died  September  5, 
1825.  in  Gilmanton,  where  he  passed  most  of 
his  life.  He  married  (first)  about  1767,  Abi- 
gail Fowler,  born  about  June  14,  1747,  died 
Marc'n  21,  1789.  He  married  (second)  De- 
cember 10,  1789,  Hannah  Leavitt,  born  De- 
cember 6,  1764,  and  died  August  4,  1843.  The 
children  of  first  wife  were :  Joshua,  Lydia, 
Hannah,  Ruth,  Levi,  Elijah.  John.  Abigail  and 
iMiriam.  The  second  wife  was  the  mother  of 
a  daughter,  Sarah. 

(V)  Levi,  second  son  of  John  (3)  and  Abi- 
gail (Fowler)  Bean,  was  born  July  14,  1776, 
in  Gilmanton,  and  died  September  2,  1850,  in 
Hartland,  Maine.  About  1797  he  went  to 
Rome,  Maine,  where  he  was  employed  in  a 
tannerv,  and  about  the  time  of  his  marriage 
settled  in  Readfield.  In  1827  he  removed  from 
that  town  to  Hartland,  where  he  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  married  (first) 
Polly  Jacobs,  born  October  8,  1779,  died  Au- 
gust 6,  1827.  He  married  (second)  Mrs. 
Roxy  Lord,  of  Belgrade,  their  intentions  be- 
ing published  September  16,  1828,  and  a  cer- 
tificate issued  on  the  30th  of  the  same  month. 
She  was  the  mother  of  his  youngest  child, 
Charles,  born  in  Hartland.  The  children  of 
first  wife,  born  in  Readfield,  were:  Irena, 
Mary  Jane,  Ebenezer,  John,  Levi,  Ruth  and 
Elmina. 

(VI)  Levi  (2),  third  son  of  Levi  (i)  and 
Polly  (Jacobs)  Bean,  was  born  May  25.  1817, 
in  Readfield,  and  lived  for  a  time  in  Concord, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  farmer  and  ho- 
tel keeper.  He  also  owned  and  operated  card 
mills.  He  died  in  East  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, aged  seventy-seven.  He  married 
Nancy  Griffin,  a  native  of  Deerfield,  New 
Hampshire ;  they  had  thirteen  children : 
Lewis,  Harrison,  Annie,  Smith.  Frank,  Levi, 
George  W.,  Martha,  Harriet,  Ann,  Hannah, 
Sally,  Mary.    He  was  a  Democrat. 


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(VII)  George  Washington,  son  of  Levi 
(2)  Bean,  was  born  June  18,  1837,  in  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  and  secured  a  some- 
what hmited  education  there  and  in  the  ad- 
joining town  of  Loudon.  At  an  early  age  he 
went  to  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  arriv- 
ing there  with  forty-five  cents  in  his  pockets. 
Obtaining  a  position  in  a  cotton  mill,  he  used 
the  forty-five  cents  to  purchase  a  pair  of  blue 
overalls,  and  for  some  time  worked  for  the 
princely  salary  of  three  dollars  per  week.  His 
board  cost  two  and  a  half  dollars  per  week 
and  by  the  strictest  economy  he  managed  to 
purchase  the  raiment  necessary  to  wear  while 
at  work.  At  the  beginning  of  the  second  year, 
his  salary  was  raised  to  the  amount  of  sixteen 
and  two-thirds  cents  per  day,  and  in  the  third 
year  he  received  eighty-five  cents  per  day. 
Having  learned  his  trade,  he  now  received  a 
journeyman's  wages,  one  dollar  and  a  quarter 
per  day,  and  on  a  salary  of  eight  dollars  per 
week,  he  took  a  wife.  Soon  after  he  received 
an  ofifer  from  the  Stark  Mills  in  Manchester, 
New  Hampshire,  which  he  accepted,  and  con- 
tinued with  that  establishment  for  a  period  of 
five  years.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he  received 
a  flattering  oflfer  from  the  Androscoggin  Mill 
as  overseer,  and  for  seven  years  was  identified 
therewith.  His  thorough  knowledge  of  every 
detail  in  the  manufacturing  of  cotton  goods, 
together  with  executive  ability  of  a  high  order, 
attracted  the  attention  of  the  management  of 
the  Grea't  Falls  Mills,  Great  Falls,  New 
Hampshire,  and  he  acted  as  superintendent 
four  years,  and  later  was  with  the  Merchants' 
Mill  of  Fall  River.  July  8,  1886,  he  was 
offered  the  position  of  agent  of  the 
Androscoggin  Mill,  Lewiston,  Maine,  a  po- 
sition which  few  men  could  successfully 
fill.  Since  that  year,  and  under  his  effi- 
cient management,  the  mill  has  experi- 
enced a  steady  and  healthy  growth  until  it 
now  stands  among  the  first  in  the  state,  em- 
ploying eleven  hundred  operatives  with  a  semi- 
monthly pay  roll  of  eighteen  thousand  dollars. 
In  1872  Mr.  Bean  became  a  charter  member 
of  the  National  Cotton  Manufacturers'  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Lewiston  Manufacturers'  and  Mechanics' 
Association.  He  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mon council  in  the  first  city  government  of 
Lewiston,  and  aided  in  placing  the  young  city 
on  a  sound  basis.  For  thirty  years  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  is 
also  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  has  served  as  noble  grand 
of  the  local  lodge.  In  1856  he  married  So- 
phronia  A.,  daughter  of  Bliss  Corliss,  of  East 


Corinth,  Vermont,  and  they  became  the  pa- 
rents of  three  children,  all  of  whom  are  now 
deceased,  namely :  Charles,  George  and  Wil- 
liam. 


A  branch  of  the  Bean  family  (see 
BEAN     preceding   sketches)    is   descended 

from  Lewis  Bane,  but  no  records 
have  been  found  which  exactly  settle  the  date 
of  his  immigration  or  the  place  where  he 
landed.  A  large  number  of  early  settlers  of 
York  were  Scotch,  and  came  direct  from  the 
old  country.  A  section  of  York  was  locally 
known  as  Scotland,  and  the  name  still  clings 
to  it.  The  son  of  Lewis,  in  a  legal  document 
signed  by  him  speaks  of  his  father  as  '"Lewis 
Bane,  Gent.,  formerly  of  Scotland,"  and  a 
family  record  of  one  of  the  granddaughters, 
I\Iary  Bean,  who  married  Hugh  Barbour,  of 
Falmouth,  says  that  she  was  an  ardent  Stuart 
sympathizer,  having  received  that  feeling  from 
her  father's  teachings.  March  5,  1668,  Lewis 
Bane  was  granted  a  "lott  of  land"  by  the  se- 
lectmen of  York  for  a  homestead.  His  name 
was  indifferently  spelled  Bane  and  Bean  in 
the  early  records,  but  by  the  time  of  the  sec- 
ond generation  the  spelling  settled  into  Bean. 
Lewis  married  ]\Iary  Mills,  and  had  five  chil- 
dren. He  died  about  1677,  and  his  widow 
married  a  I\Ir.  Brissome  for  a  second  husband ; 
she  died  about  1694,  leaving  no  issue  by  her 
second  husband.  The  children  of  Lewis  and 
Mary  were :  Lewis,  Ebenezer,  Joseph,  James 
and  Elizabeth. 

(11)  Captain  Lewis  (2),  eldest  son  of 
Lewis  (i)  and  Mary  (Mills)  Bean  or  Bane, 
was  born  April  28.  1 671,  and  died  June  25, 
1721.  He  resided  on  the  homestead  of  his 
father,  and  at  his  death  gave  it  to  his  son 
John.  He  owned  timber  lands  in  both  York 
and  Wells,  and  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of 
a  sawmill  in  York.  As  measured  by  the 
standard  of  those  days  in  York,  he  was  a  man 
of  wealth.  The  York  records  contain  copies 
of  many  deeds  wherein  he  was  grantor  or 
grantee  of  lands.  He  was  one  of  the  most  in- 
fluential men  of  York  in  his  day.  He  was 
justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years;  served 
on  the  grand  jury  many  times;  was  selectman 
many  years :  was  delegate  to  the  general  court 
at  Boston ;  was  one  of  the  commissioners  ap- 
pointed by  the  Colonial  authorities  to  lay  out 
and  define  the  boundaries  of  the  townships  as 
far  east  as  Falmouth  ;  was  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners who  had  charge  of  building  the  forts 
and  blockhouses  for  defense  against  the  In- 
dians ;  and  was  a  captain  in  the  militia  which 
in  those  davs  meant  a  call  at  anv  moment  to 


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defend  the  settlements  from  the  Indian  at- 
tacks. Captain  Bean  married,  1691,  Mr?. 
Mary  (Austen)  Sayward,  daughter  of 
Matthew  and  Mary  (Davis)  Austen,  and 
widow  of  Jonathan  Sayward,  of  York.  They 
had  children  as  follows:  Jonathan.  Mary, 
Lewis,  John,  Elinor,  Mehitahle  and  Ebenczcr. 

(Ill)  Captain  Jonathan,  eldest  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Captain  Lewis  (2)  and  Mary  (Aus- 
ten) (Sayward)  Rean.  was  born  December 
14,  1692,  and  died  December  6,  1777.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  lumberman,  being  part 
owner  of  a  sawmill  in  York.  In  174:;  the 
colony  raised  a  force  of  four  hundred  and  fifty 
men  to  protect  the  frontier  from  Berwick  to 
Rockland.  Jonathan  Bean  was  commissioned 
captain  and  put  in  command  of  the  garrisons 
from  the  Piscataqua  to  the  Presumpscot  riv- 
ers, with  headquarters  at  the  Saco  blockhouse 
on  the  west  bank  of  the  Saco  river  in  what  is 
now  the  town  of  Dayton.  He  was  granted 
seven  hundred  acres  of  land  at  the  blockhouse. 
and  lived  there  until  after  the  dismantlin<;  of 
the  fort  in  1759,  when  he  returned  to  York. 
As  was  the  custom  in  those  days  the  men  of 
the  garrison  were  engaged  in  farming  and 
other  pursuits  when  not  called  upon  to  fight, 
and  Jonathan's  children  settled  around  the 
blockhouse  where  their  descendants  live  to-day. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  original  proprietors 
of  the  town  of  Sullivan.  Maine,  his  share 
passing  to  his  son  Nehemiah.  He  was  a  lead- 
ing citizen  of  his  time  in  both  civil  and  mili- 
tary affairs,  and  at  his  death  had  a  goodly 
estate  to  pass  down  to  his  family.  He  mar- 
ried, 171 7.  Sarah  Nowell.  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Sarah  (Weare)  Nowell,  of  York.  Their 
children  were :  Jonathan.  Daniel,  Marv.  Sarah, 
Joshua.  Mercy.  Huldah,  Abraham.  Ebenezer, 
Xehemiah  and  Charles. 

(I\')  Ebenezer,  ninth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Captain  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Nowell)  Bean, 
was  born  in  York.  June  20,  1737,  '^"fl  ^'^fl  '" 
Limerick,  September,  1824.  He  was  a  farmer 
near  the  blockhouse.  In  April,  1776,  he  en- 
listed in  Captain  Lane's  company,  in  Colonel 
James  M.  VarnvTYi's  regiment  of  the  Conti- 
nental line  and  served  one  year.  For  this 
service  he  received  a  pension  in  later  life.  Dur- 
ing his  last  years  he  and  his  wife  lived  with 
their  son  Charles  in  Limerick,  and  are  buried 
in  the  private  cemetery  on  the  farm  near 
Emery  Corner.  He  married,  in  Buxton.  Jmie 
27,  1766.  Elizabeth  Thomas,  daughter  of  a 
member  of  the  sjarrison  forces  at  the  block- 
house. Their  children,  order  of  birth  not 
known,  were  :  Charles.  Mariam,  Daniel.  David 
and  Lydia. 


(V)  Charles,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Eliza- 
beth (Thomas)  Bean,  was  born  at  the  block- 
house, January  5,  1767,  and  died  in  Limerick, 
June  29,  1847.  ^^^  ^  ^°y  '^*^  lived  with  a  Dan- 
iel Moulton,  of  Scarboro.  When  a  young 
man  he  went  to  Machias  and  worked  in  a 
sawmill.  He  then  returned  to  Scarboro  and 
bought  of  Daniel  Moulton  a  one  hundred  acre 
lot  of  land  (more  or  less)  in  what  was  then 
a  wilderness,  now  the  town  of  Limerick ;  for 
this  he  paid  "50  Spanish  milled  dollars,"  and 
started  to  find  his  claim.  The  road  beyond 
Gorham  was  a  blazed  trail.  He  located  his 
land,  started  a  clearing,  put  in  a  crop,  built 
a  cabin  for  his  family  anrl  a  hovel  for  his 
cow,  and  went  back  after  his  wife  and  baby, 
and  in  this  primitive  way,  like  many  others, 
he  started  to  make  a  living  for  his  family. 
The  log  cabin  was  replaced  with  a  frame 
house,  the  hovel  by  a  large  barn  which  stands 
to-day,  and  here  they  raised  a  large  family, 
and  as  his  children  married  he  had  the  means 
to  help  each  of  them  to  acquire  a  homestead 
of  his  own.  In  these  later  days  the  farm  i? 
unoccupied,  as  the  last  owner  could  not  get  a 
living  where  Charles  got  a  competence.  He 
married,  in  Scarboro,  June  10,  1790,  Sally 
Cotton,  daughter  of"  Nathaniel  and  Hannah 
(Elkins)  (B^eck)  Cotton,  of  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire.  He  and  Sally  were  Quakers,  and 
not  content  with  the  task  of  bringing  up  their 
own  fourteen  children,  they  took  into  their 
family  and  brought  up  three  of  the  children 
of  their  neighbors.  Their  children  were : 
Catherine,  Daniel,  Nathaniel,  Eli.  David, 
Marv,  Sally,  Cotton,  Hannah  Elkins.  Eliza 
Thomas,  Charles  and  Sylvanus  (twins),  Ru- 
hamah  and  Nancy.  Charles  married,  1833,  ^°^ 
a  second  wife  Mrs.  Abigail  (Harper)  Watson. 
There  were  no  children  of  this  marriage. 

(\'I)  Cotton,  eighth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Charles  and  Sally  (Cotton)  Bean,  was  born  in 
Limerick,  March  6,  1804,  and  died  May  8, 
1868.  He  was  one  of  the  foremost  men  of  his 
town.  He  was  one  of  the  many-sided  men 
who  being  devolved  by  the  needs  of  the  times 
built  up  old  New  England.  He  started  in 
life  as  a  farmer,  living  first  on  the  ancestral 
acres,  then  moving  to  a  large  farm  at  Emery 
Corner.  In  1853  he  sold  his  farm  and  moved 
to  Limerick  Village.  He  was  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal master  builders  when  it  was  the  custom 
to  frame  a  building  on  the  site  it  was  to  oc- 
cupy, using  timber  enough  in  the  frame  to 
construct  a  modern  building,  and  then  raise  it 
by  the  united  strength  of  all  the  assembled 
townsmen ;  he  was  also  a  master  dam  builder 
and  stone  mason.    After  moving  to  the  village 


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he  engaged  in  the  business  of  wheelwright,  and 
as  a  diversion  repaired  watches  and  clocks. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years, 
and  filled  other  town  offices.  Upon  the  found- 
ing of  the  Republican  party,  he  became  very 
active  locally  in  that  organization,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  first  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners for  York  county,  elected  by  the  Re- 
publicans. He  was  a  Free  Baptist  in  religious 
convictions,  and  was  active  in  all  that  helped 
to  contribute  to  the  good  of  his  town  and 
state.  He  married,  in  Limerick,  December  7, 
1828,  Mehitable  Brackett,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Margaret  (Ricker)  Brackett,  of  Limer- 
ick. Their  children  were :  Isaac  Brackett, 
Charles,  Albion,  Cyrus  E.,  Ivory  Small,  who 
is  next  mentioned. 

(VII)  Ivory  Small,  youngest  child  of  Cot- 
ton and  Mehitable  (Brackett)  Bean,  was  born 
in  Limerick,  October  17,  1841,  and  died  in 
Portland,  January  14,  1905.  He  was  educated 
at  the  Limerick  Academy  and  Lewiston  Sem- 
inary, now  Bates  College.  In  the  early  sixties 
he  went  to  Portland  and  entered  the  wholesale 
grocery  trade.  In  1872  he  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  fruit  and  produce  business,  and  at 
his  death  was  the  leading  merchant  in  his 
line,  and  in  point  of  years  the  oldest  in  Port- 
land. He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  Portland  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange, 
and  Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  Ligonia  Lodge,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  Ivanhoe  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  of  the  Portland  Club.  In  political  affilia- 
tion he  was  a  Republican.  He  married  (first) 
in  Thorndike,  February  14,  1865,  Felicia  He- 
mans  Shaw  (see  Shaw),  who  was  born  April 
3,  1841,  and  died  I\Iay  6,  1869,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Albert  and  Eliza' (Drew)  Shaw.  They 
had  one  child,  Charles  Addison,  mentioned 
below.  He  married  (second)  July  30,  1877, 
Mrs.  Delia  (Rice)  Warren,  who  died  Octo- 
ber 17,  1880;  (third)  November  14,  1894, 
Ellen  Appleton  Knowlton,  of  Hamilton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, daughter  of  Ira  P.  and  Esther 
(Appleton)  Knowlton,  who  survives  him. 

(VIII)  Charles  Addison,  only  child  of  Ivory 
Small  and  Felicia  H.  (Shaw)  Bean,  was  born 
in  Portland,  January  21,  1866.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Portland,  entered 
the  employ  of  his  father  in  1884,  and  in  1892 
became  the  junior  member  of  the  firm  of  I.  S. 
Bean  &  Company.  Upon  the  death  of  Ivory 
S.  Bean  the  company  was  incorporated,  and 
the  junior  member  of  the  old  firm  became 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  I.  S. 
Benn  Company,  which  under  his  charge  is  a 
flourishing  concern.    He  is  a  member  of  Trin- 


ity Church,  Episcopal,  at  Woodford's ;  is  a 
Republican  in  party  affiliation,  and  has  served 
two  years  as  councilman  in  the  city  govern- 
ment. He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  Portland  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  became  a 
member  of  the  militia  of  the  state  and  served 
five  years,  in  what  is  now  Company  B,  First 
Regiment.  Mr.  Bean  is  a  constant  student  of 
good  literature,  takes  much  interest  in  his 
ancestry,  nearly  thirty  lines  of  which  he  has 
traced  to  the  immigrant  ancestor,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  the 
Maine  Genealogical  Society,  and  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Deering  Lodge  of  Masons,  Hadattah 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  Bramhall  Lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Deering  Club,  the 
Portland  Club,  the  Diocesan  Church  Club,  of 
!klaine,  and  many  others.  He  is  one  of  the 
best  known  and  best  liked  of  the  younger 
generation  of  Portland  business  meri.  He 
married,  in  Waterville,  April  4,  1888,  Lillian 
Etta  McNelly,  who  was  born  in  Clinton,  April 
iq,  1865,  daughter  of  William  and  Fanny 
(Hodgdon)  ATcNelly  (see  McNelly).  They 
have  one  child,  Harold  Cotton,  born  January 
8,  1892. 

This  branch  of  the  ancient  Scotch 
BAIN     family,  previously  alluded  to,  is  a 

very  recent  importation  to  Amer- 
ica, and  extended  correspondence  with  mem- 
bers of  the  family  still  living  in  Scotland  has 
failed  to  discover  anything  of  the  ancestry 
preceding  what  is  here  given. 

(I)  James  Bain,  a  weaver  by  occupation, 
passed  most  of  his  life  in  or  near  Montrose, 
Scotland.  He  was  born  at  Aberdeen  or  Caith- 
ness, in  the  northern  part  of  Scotland.  His 
wife,  Jane  (Mackay)  Bain,  was  born  about 
1790  at  Dun  Lodge,  in  the  parish  of  Dun, 
five  miles  from  Montrose,  and  died  July  6, 
1864.  Children:  John,  William.  James  and 
Jane,  and  all  except  the  youngest  son  re- 
mained in  Scotland.  The  eldest  is  still  living 
at  IMontrose,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years. 

(II)  Captain  James  (2).  youngest  son  of 
James  and  Jane  (Mackay)  Bain,  was  born 
April  15,  1829,  in  Montrose,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 20,  1899,  in  Portland,  iMaine.  He  began 
life  at  twelve  years  of  age  as  a  cabin  boy  on 
board  ship  and  followed  the  sea  thirty-five 
years,  when  he  retired.  He  loved  the  ocean 
and  gave  himself  to  his  work  with  a  devotion 
that  brought  him  success.  He  was  steadily 
promoted,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  was 
captain  of  his  own  ship,  and  later  master  of 


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several  others,  among  thctii  the  bri""  "Hatlie 
M.  Bain,"  and  the  last  one  the  brig  "J-  B. 
Brown,"  from  which  he  retired.  He  made 
many  voyages  in  both  foreign  and  domestic 
waters  until  about  1875.  when  he  forsook  the 
sea  and  bought  out  the  ship  chandlery  busi- 
ness of  Perley  &  Russell,  in  Portlan<l,  which 
he  carried  on  ten  years.  He  then  sold  out  that 
business  to  his  son,  Charles  H.  Bain,  and  re- 
tired to  enjoy  a  well-earned  rest.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  High  Street  Congregational 
Church  for  years.  He  married  (first)  March 
17,  1852,  Mary,  born  on  Bangs  Island,  Casco 
Bay,  now  called  Cushings  Island,  July  17, 
1834,  died  March  28,  1856.  daughter  of  Simeon 
and  Nancy  (Adams)  Skillings,  the  latter  being 
a  daughter  of  Francis  and  Nancy  (Preble) 
Adams.  Nancy  Preble  was  a  member  of  the 
famous  Preble  family.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) July  ig,  1858,  Harriet  M..  born  in  West- 
brook.  Maine,  October  26,  1837,  only  child 
of  Ephraim  Rounds,  a  farmer  of  Gorham,  and 
his  wife,  Catherine  (Mcintosh)  Rounds. 
Ephraim  Rounds,  born  February  12,  1804,  died 
August  31,  1839.  He  married  (first)  Rhoda 
Rand,  by  whom  he  had  two  children — Ann 
and  Albion  K. ;  (second)  July  14,  1835.  Cath- 
erine, daughter  of  James  ]\lcIntosh,  born  Oc- 
tober 15,  1769,  and  his  wife  Margaret  (Pat- 
rick) Mcintosh,  born  July  i,  1775.  The  chil- 
dren of  first  wife :  Alvin  T.,  born  March  6, 
1853,  <^i^<^  August  4,  1857;  and  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1855.  Children  by  second  wife:  i. 
Charles  H.,  mentioned  below.  2.  William, 
bom  September  8.  i860,  died  April  19,  1863. 
3.  James  A.,  professor  of  music;  married 
Lelia  Virginia  Foster:  one  child,  Harriet  Vir- 
ginia, born  June  4,  1886,  died  November  29, 
1901. 

(Ill)  Charles  Henry,  eldest  child  of  Cap- 
tain Tames  and  Harriet  M.  (Rounds)  Bain, 
was  born  in  Portland,  June  26,  1859,  died 
June  13,  1905.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  anrl  at  Gray's  Business  College, 
from  which  latter  institution  he  went  as  a 
clerk  with  the  ship  chandlery  of  Bain,  Rus- 
sell &  Company,  which  became  Charles  H. 
Bain,  when  he  bought  out  the  old  partners. 
Mr.  Bain  carried  on  the  business  for  about 
ten  years,  to  1897,  when  he  gave  it  up  on 
•  account  of  failing  health,  and  became  confi- 
dential clerk  to  the  firm  of  J.  S.  Winslow  & 
Company,  where  he  was  employed  until  about 
the  time  of  his  death.  ]Mr.  Bain  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  a  Universalist  in  re- 
ligion.    He  was  a  member  of  Beacon  Lodge. 


No.  67,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  l-'ellows, 
and  of  Eastern  Star  Encampment,  No.  19. 
When  a  young  man  he  was  for  some  time  a 
member  of  Company  B,  Portland  Cadets.  He 
married,  in  Portland,  June  12,  1883,  Jennie 
Stanton,  born  at  Minot  Corner,  June  30,  1S56, 
only  child  of  James  Lewis  and  Sylvia  (Ben- 
nett) Rounds.  James  Lewis  Rounds  was  the 
son  of  John  Rounds  and  grandson  of  William 
Rounds.  John  Rounds  was  born  in  Buxton, 
May  8,  1787,  died  in  Portland,  September  20, 
1865.  He  married,  October  27,  181 1,  Dorcas 
Lowe,  born  in  Sanford,  May  21,  1787,  died 
in  Portland,  January  20,  1880.  They  had 
eleven  children:  Mary  M.,  Betsey  L.,  Abigail, 
Ephraim,  James  L.,  John,  Greenleaf,  Dorcas, 
Sarah  M.,  David  and  Mary  L.  James  L. 
Rounds  was  born  in  Buckfield,  July  i,  1820, 
died  in  Portland,  June  5,  1898.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  district  schools.  After  working 
some  time  at  the  cooper's  trade  he  became  a 
shoemaker  and  followed  that  occupation.  For 
four  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Port- 
land police  force.  He  was  a  Democrat  and 
a  member  of  the  Temple  of  Honor.  He  mar- 
ried, June  6,  1847,  Sylvia,  born  in  Harrison, 
December  15,  1825,  daughter  of  Stanton  and 
Jane  (Patterson)  Bennett.  Stanton  Bennett 
was  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  January  6, 
1777,  and  died  February  18,  1868.  He  mar- 
ried Jane  Patterson,  born  in  Bethel.  Maine, 
October  28,  1781,  died  December  3,  1864. 
Charles  H.  and  Jennie  S.  (Rounds)  Baine 
had  two  children :  James,  born  July  23,  1887, 
died  December  14,  1900,  and  an  infant  daugh- 
ter who  died  May  18,  1893. 


(For  first  generation   see  Roger  Shaw   I.) 

(II)  Joseph,  second  child  and 
SHAW  eldest  son  of  Roger  and  .\nn 
Shaw,  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  about  1635,  and  died  in 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  November  8. 
1 72 1.  He  settled  in  what  is  now  Hampton 
Falls,  New  Hampshire,  where,  on  account  of 
his  education,  wealth  and  fair  character,  he 
was  a  man  of  influence.  His  name  appears  in 
a  list  of  men  eligible  for  council  of  the 
Province.  He  married,  June  26,  1661.  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  William  and  Ann  Partridge, 
of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  Their  children 
were :  Abiah,  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  Caleb,  Jo- 
siah,  Sarah,  John  and  Ann. 

(Ill)  Caleb,  fourth  child  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Partridge)  Shaw,  was  born  in 
Hampton,  June  31,  1671,  and  was  drowned 
March  19,  17 15.  He  resided  at  Hampton 
Falls,    sustained   the   standing   of   his   family. 


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STATE  OF  ^lAINE. 


and  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen 
of  the  town.  He  was  captain  and  owner  of 
a  fishing  vessel.  His  death  was  brought  about 
by  his  being  knocked  overboard  by  the  boom 
of  his  vessel.  He  married,  in  1694,  Elizabeth 
Hilliard,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Apphia 
(Philbrick)  Hilliard.  His  widow  married 
(second)  Joseph  Tilton.  The  children  of 
Caleb  and  Ehzabeth  were:  Rachel,  John, 
Aphia,  Josiah,  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Anne,  Mar- 
garet, Joseph,  Ebenezer  and  Mary. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  tenth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Caleb  and  Elizabeth  (Hilliard)  Shaw,  \vas 
born  in  Elampton,  October  7,  1713,  and  died 
in  Standish,  IMaine,  March  13,  1782.  He  was 
granted  two  hundred  acres  of  land  and  a 
mill  privilege  in  Standish  by  the  proprietors, 
and  bought  a  large  tract  in  addition.  He 
moved  into  the  town  in  1762,  and  there  built 
the  first  mill.  He  was  a  farmer,  carpenter, 
cooper  and  millman,  and  prominent  in  the 
town.  He  married,  in  Hampton,  November 
ig,  1738,  Anna  Philbrick,  daughter  of  Thom- 
as and  Abiah  Philbrick.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  ten  children  :  Josiah,  Abiah,  Joanna, 
Sargent,  Ebenezer,  Elizabeth,  Thomas,  Mary, 
Margaret  and  Joseph.  (Mention  of  Sargent 
and  descendants  appears  in  this  article.) 

(V)  Josiah.  eldest  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
Anna  (Philbrick)  Shaw,  was  born  in  Hamp- 
ton, New  Hampshire,  January  31,  1740,  and 
died  August  7,  1810.  In  1763  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  the  township  of  Pearson- 
town,  now  Standish,  Maine,  and  bought  lot 
No.  43.  There  he  settled  and  kept  the  first 
tavern  ever  opened  to  the  public  in  that  town. 
He  was  also  the  first  town  treasurer  of  that 
municipality,  as  well  as  selectman.  By  occu- 
pation he  was  a  cooper  and  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Lamprey,  of  Hampton,  who  died 
January  g,  1826.  They  had  six  children : 
Mary,  Hannah,  Anna,  Jonathan,  Josiah  and 
Eli. ' 

(VI)  Hannah,  second  child  of  Josiah  and 
]\Iary  (Lamprey)  Shaw,  was  born  in  Stand- 
ish, December  22,  1763.  and  died  in  Bethel, 
February  11,  1841.  She  married  .^gaph 
Brown,  of  Stowe,  Massachusetts,  and  Water- 
ford,  Maine. 

(V)  Sargent,  fourth  child  and  second  son 
of  Ebenezer  and  Anna  (Philbrick)  Shaw,  was 
born  in  Hampton,  October  23.  1745,  and  died 
in  Standish,  December  3,  1S23.  He  was  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  cooper,  was  the  first 
constable  of  the  town  of  Standish,  was  a 
revolutionary  soldier,  serving  several  years, 
and  was  selectman  some  years.  His  militar}' 
record    is    given    in   the    "^Massachusetts    Sol- 


diers and  Sailors"  as  follows:  "Shaw,  Sar- 
gent, Pearsontown,  Private,  Capt.  Wentworth 
Stewart's  Co.,  Col.  Edmund  Phinny"s  regt. ; 
billeting  allowed  from  time  of  enhstment  to 
date  of  marching  to  headquarters,  July  12, 
1775;  credited  with  eleven  weeks  five  days 
allowance :  also,  company  return  dated  Sep- 
tember 29,  1775.  including  abstract  of  pay 
due  from  last  of  July,  1775:  enlisted  ^lay  16, 
1775."  Pearsontown  is  the  former  name  of 
Staiidish.  Sargent  Shaw  was  the  father  of 
fourteen  children.  He  married  (first)  Sarah 
Knight,  daughter  of  William  and  Hannah 
(Roberts)  Knight,  of  Windham.  Thev  had 
Enoch  and  Sarah.  He  married  (second)  Sa- 
lome (Lombard)  Dorset,  daughter  of  Tedediah 
Lombard,  of  Gorham.  They  had  four -chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  Abigail,  Mary  and  Elizabeth. 
He  married  (third)  Anna  Thompson,  by 
whom  he  had  Anna,  Hannah,  Sargent,  Peter, 
Salome,  Eunice,  Phebe  and  Achsah. 

(VI)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Sargent  and 
Salome  (Lombard)  (Dorset)  Shaw,  was  born 
in  Standish.  October  13,  1778,  and  died  in 
Thorndike.  August  27,  1840.  He  was  a  moral, 
well-educated  man  of  good  standing,  a  farmer 
and  school  teacher,  and  filled  many  town 
offices.  He  married  Mary  Blithen,  of  Thorn- 
dike.  Their  children  were:  Tulia  Ann,  Al- 
bert, Joseph,  j\Iary  Abigail  and  Joseph  Addi- 
son. 

(VII)  Dr.  Albert,  second  child  of  Joseph 
and  Marv  (Blithen)  Shaw,  was  born  in 
Thorndike,  April  i,  1817.  He  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Bath  until  the  early  fifties,  when  he 
started  for  the  gold  fields  of  California,  and 
was  never  heard  from  after  he  left  the  Mis- 
sissippi river.  He  married,  June  14,  1840, 
Eliza  Drew,  daughter  of  Joseph  Drew,  of 
Newfield.  She  was  born  November  24,  181 7, 
and  died  Julv  12.  1854.  Their  children  were: 
Felicia  H.  and  Katv  (died  young). 

(VIII)  Felicia  Hemans.  daughter  of  Dr. 
Albert  and  Eliza  (Drew)  Shaw,  was  born  in 
Thorndike,  April  3,  1-841.  and  married  Ivory 
Small  Bean.     (See  Bean  VII.) 


The  authorities  on  Irish  gene- 
AIcNELLY     alogy  state  that  C  o  1 1  a  -  d  a  - 

Crioch,  who  is  number  85  on 
the  "O'Hart"  pedigree,  had  a  .son  named 
Fiachra  Casah,  who  was  the  ancestor  of 
O'Niallain:  and  that  this  latter  name  has  been 
anglicised  Nallin,  Nealan.  Neiland.  Neylan, 
Nellan.  Nevland,  Newland.  Niland.  Nallv  and 
JvIcNallv,  of  which  last  ;McNelly  is  a  variation 
of  recent  date.  The  arms  of  the  family  Nealan 
are:    Sable  two  unicorns  passant  in  pale  ar- 


STATIC  (  )!■"  MAINE. 


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gent  horned  and  hoofed  or.  Crest :  A  dc.xter 
hand  erect,  couped  at  the  wrist,  grasping  a 
dagger  all  proper. 

(I)  Michael  iMcNally  was  either  pure  Scotch 
or  Scotch-Irish,  probably  the  latter.  From 
the  best  evidence  now  obtainable  it  seems  that 
he  was  born  in  Ireland  about  1752  anrl  came 
to  America  with  his  parents,  sailing  from  Cork 
and  landing  at  Philadelphia.  They  settled  in 
Pennsylvania.  Evidently  the  father  was  a  man 
of  some  means,  as  Michael  had  a  fair  edu- 
cation. The  earliest  knowledge  we  have  of 
Michael  backed  by  documentary  evidence  is 
the  record  of  his  enlistment  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania state  regiment  of  artillery.  May  13, 
1/77)  ^^  '^  gunner.  In  the  published  rolls  of 
the  state  his  name  appears  in  Captain  Bernard 
Ronan's  company  of  artillery.  The  last  ap- 
pearance of  his  name  is  January  i,  1781,  in 
connection  with  the  revolution,  when  he  re- 
ceived depreciation  pay.  Late  in  life  he  was 
a  pensioner  and  the  United  States  pension 
rolls  of  1840  give  him  as  "aged  88  years." 
Many  of  his  stories  of  army  life  are  still  cur- 
rent among  his  descendants,  who  say  that 
after  leaving  the  army  he  served  on  an  armed 
vessel,  but  whether  a  man-of-war  or  a  priva- 
teer is  unknown.  About  1784  he  came  to 
Maine  and  settled  in  the  Kennebec  country,  but 
what  w^ere  his  reasons  for  leaving  Pennsyl- 
vania and  his  family  are  not  known.  In  1785 
he  married  Susan  Pushaw,  who  was  born 
about  1768.  daughter  of  Abram  and  Margaret 
(Parris)  Pushaw,  of  Fairfield,  and  settled  in 
Winslow,  now  Clinton.  Here  on  the  banks  of 
the  Sebasticook  he  built  a  log  cabin  and  made 
a  home  for  his  family.  Nine  children  had 
been  born  when,  in  181 1,  the  mother  was 
taken  away  by  death.  Upon  the  outbreak  of 
the  war  of  1812  Michael's  martial  spirit  was 
aroused,  and  although  a  man  of  sixty  years  he 
enlisted  at  Clinton,  May  17,  1813,  in  Cap- 
tain Grossman's  company  of  the  Thirty-fourth 
Regiment  of  United  States  Infantry,  and 
marched  to  the  frontier.  He  received  a  severe 
wound  in  the  collarbone  at  Armstrong.  Lower 
Canada,  in  September,  1813,  while  serving  in 
a  detachment  under  the  command  of  Lieu- 
tenant-colonel Storrs.  He  was  mustered  out 
in  July,  1815.  For  this  service  he  received 
a  pension.  About  1830  Michael  McNally  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Jane  (Varnum)  Harriman,  of  Pitts- 
field.  There  were  no  children  by  this  mar- 
riage. He  spent  the  last  year  of  his  life  with 
his  sons  Arthur  and  William.  He  died  in 
Benton,  July  16,  1848,  aged,  it  is  thought, 
about  ninety-six.  He  was  a  man  of  superior 
education  and  strong  intellectual  powers.    The 


chikli'cn  of  Michael  and  Susan  were:  Betsey, 
Nancy,  John,  Lucy,  Arthur,  William,  Isabel, 
Susan  and  James. 

(II)  William,  sixth  child  and  third  son 
of  Michael  and  Susan  (Pushaw)  McNelly,  or 
McNally,  was  born  in  Clinton,  April  24,  1799, 
and  died  in  Benton,  December  6,  1886.  He 
settled  in  Benton  after  marriage  and  spent 
his  life  as  a  cultivator  of  the  soil.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Clinton,  in  1820,  Martha  Roundy, 
who  w-as  born  September  13,  1803,  died  in 
summer  of  1903,  daughter  of  Job  and  Bet- 
sey (Pushaw)  Roundy,  of  Clinton.  She  lived 
to  the  age  of  ninety-nine  years  and  almost  to 
the  last  retained  a  vigorous  mind  and  body. 
It  is  from  her  recollections  that  most  of  our 
knowledge  of  Michael  McNelly  is  obtained. 
On  her  ninety-fifth  birthday,  one  hundred  and 
seven  of  her  descendants  took  dinner  with 
her  and  were  photographed  in  a  group.  An- 
other picture  of  five  generations  was  also 
made,  including  Martha  AIcNelly,  aged  ninety- 
five  years ;  William  McNelly,  aged  seventy 
years ;  Rosina  Libby,  aged  forty-six :  Grace 
Hinds,  aged  seventy-two  years ;  and  Margaret 
Hinds,  aged  one  year.  The  children  of  Will- 
iam and  Martha  were :  Henry,  Isabel,  Phebe, 
William,  Hazen,  Temple,  Francis,  Job,  Mer- 
ritt  and  Martha. 

(III)  William  (2),  fourth  child  and  sec- 
ond son  of  William  (i)  and  Martha 
(Roundy)  McNelly.  was  born  in  Clinton, 
May  13,  1828.  He  has  spent  most  of  his  life 
farming  and  lumbering.  In  1854  he  went  to 
California  and  remained  there  four  years,  en- 
gaged in  mining.  Upon  his  return  to  Clinton 
he  continued  as  a  farmer  and  lumberman  until 
1872,  when  he  moved  to  Waterville,  where 
he  worked  as  a  carpenter  in  the  shops  of  the 
Maine  Central  Railroad  Company.  After  the 
death  of  his  wife  and  the  marriage  of  his 
children  he  gave  up  his  house  and  went  to 
Caribou.  After  his  second  marriage  (i8gi) 
he  moved  to  Massachusetts.  A  few  years 
later  he  returned  to  Benton,  and  is  now  (1908) 
living  there  on  a  farm.  He  married  (first) 
in  Clinton,  October  27,  185 1,  Fanny  Hodgdon, 
who  was  born  July  27,  1830,  and  died  June 
5,  1885:  she  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  S. 
and  Lydia  (Libby)  Hodgdon.  (See  Hodgdon 
IX.)  He  married  (second),  in  1891,  Mrs. 
Harriet  (Warren)  Longfellow.  His  children, 
all  by  first  wife,  are:  i.  Rosina  Hodgdon, 
born  July  22,  1852,  married  George  Libby, 
and  lives  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  2.  Per- 
ley  Lament,  September  8,  i860,  married 
Emma  Hamilton  and  lives  in  Caribou.  3. 
Carrie  Althea,  June  i,  1862.  married  Wallace 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


J.  Boothby  and  resides  in  Bangor.  4.  Lillian 
Etta,  mentioned  below.  5.  Ada  May,  married, 
September  i,  1868,  Charles  E.  Marston,  and 
lives  in  Augusta. 

(IV)  Lillian  Etta,  fourth  child  of  William 
(2)  and  Fanny  (Hodgdon)  McNelly,  was 
born  in  Clinton,  April  19,  1865,  and  married, 
in  Waterville,  April  4,  1888,  Charles  Addison 
Bean.     (See  Bean  VIIL) 


The  progenitor  of  the  Hodg- 
HODGDON  dons  of  Maine  was  the  earli- 
est immigrant  of  the  name  in 
New  England,  and  was  in  Massachusetts  be- 
fore the  Pilgi-ims  of  the  "Mayflower"  had 
seen  fourteen  years  in  the  wilderness  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. Besides  the  form  given  above,  the 
name  appears  in  old  records  as  Hodsden, 
Hodsdin,  Hodsdon,  and  in  the  "Colonial  Rec- 
ords" as  Hudson. 

(I)  Nicholas  Hodgdon  was  of  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  in  1635.  The  next  year  the 
selectmen  granted  him  a  home  lot  in  the 
center  of  the  town,  and  still  later  he  was 
granted  meadow  lands  elsewhere.  He  was 
made  a  freeman  March  9,  1637.  About  1650 
he,  with  others,  bought  large  tracts  of  land 
in  what  is  now  Newton.  About  1656  he  sold 
his  lands  in  both  towns  and  moved  to  what 
is  now  Kittery,  Maine,  where  he  was  granted 
land  by  the  town  October  15.  1656.  but  he 
was  already  living  there,  as  the  grant  was 
for  a  "lott  of  land  above  his  house."  At  vari- 
ous subsequent  times  he  also  received  grants. 
At  this  time  he  lived  at  Quamphegan ;  in 
later  life  he  lived  on  a  farm  on  the  easterly 
side  of  the  Piscataquis  river,  in  the  extreme 
southerly  part  of  what  is  now  South  Ber- 
wick. He  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  The 
family  for  several  generations  lived  the  regu- 
lar life  of  our  sturdy  ancestors,  but  the  pub- 
lic records  give  only  meager  facts,  and  the 
existing  family  records  throw  little  ligiii  im 
the  earlier  generations  of  the  family.  Nicho- 
las married  (first)  in  Hingham,  about  1639, 
Esther  Wines,  who  died  in  1647.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  in  1649,  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
John  Needham.  The  dates  of  the  birth  of 
Nicholas  and  of  his  wifes'  deaths  are  unknown. 
Nicholas  and  Elizabeth  are  probably  buried 
in  the  family  graveyard  on  the  farm  in  Kit- 
tery. The  children  of  Nicholas,  order  and 
dates  of  birth  not  known,  were :  Esther,  Me- 
hitable,  Jeremiah,  Israel,  Elizabeth,  Benoni 
(all  baptized  in  Hingham),  Sarah  (born  about 
1650),  Timothy,  John,  Joseph  and  Lucy. 

(II)  Jeremiah,  third  child  of  Nicholas  and 
Esther    (Wines)    Hodgdon,    was   baptized    in 


Hingham,  Massachusetts,  September  6,  1643, 
moved  with  his  father  to  Kittery,  and  there 
received  a  grant  of  land  in  1666.  In  this 
latter  year  he  was  also  taxed  in  Dover.  He 
moved  to  Portsmouth,  and  finally  to  what  is 
now  Newcastle,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
died  before  1716.  He  married,  about  1666, 
Anne  Thwaits,  daughter  of  Alexander  and 
Anne  Thwaits.  After  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band she  removed  to  Boston,  where  in  1719 
she  joined  the  Brattle  Street  Church.  The 
date  of  her  death  is  unknown.  The  children 
of  this  union,  dates  of  birth  unknown,  were : 
Alexander,  John,  Elizabeth,  Nathaniel  and 
Rebecca. 

(III)  Alexau'ler,  eldest  child  of  Jeremiah 
and  Anne  (Thwaits)  Hodgdon,  was  born 
probably  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  church  and  evidently 
a  man  of  intelligence  and  high  standing  in 
that  organization,  as  he  was  one  of  a  com- 
mittee to  obtain  the  services  of  a  minister  in 
Newnngton.  In  1753  he  sold  all  his  lands  in 
Newington  to  his  son  Alexander  for  £1,600, 
and  we  find  no  further  record  of  him  in  that 
town  or  elsewhere.  He  married  Jane  Shack- 
ford,  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  and  they 
had  six  or  more  children,  dates  of  birth  un- 
known, whose  names  are  :  Alexander,  Joseph, 
John,  Benjamin,  Anna  and  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  Joseph,  second  son  of  Alexander  and 
Jane  (Shackford)  Hodgdon,  was  probably  a 
native  of  Newington,  New  Hampshire.  He 
resided  in  Newington,  where  six  children  were 
baptized,  and  moved  from  there,  about  1737, 
to  Scarborough,  Maine.  His  occupation,  like 
that  of  his  ancestors  and  the  great  majority 
of  American  colonists,  was  farming.  His  wife 
Patience,  whose  family  name  is  unknown,  bore 
him  six  children:  Patience  (died  young), 
Alexander,  John.  Patience,  Lydia  and  Abi- 
gail. 

(V)  John,  third  child  of  Joseph  and  Pa- 
tience Hodgdon.  was  baptized  in  Scarborough, 
July  10,  1727,  and  was  a  lifelong  farmer 
there.  He  married,  in  Scarborough,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1754,  Mary  McKenney,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Margaret  (Jimmerson)  McKen- 
ney, who  was  the  mother  of  his  seven  chil- 
dren, whose  names  are  as  follows:  William, 
James,  John,  Jonathan,  Jeremy,  Hannah  and 
Mary. 

(VI)  John  (2),  third  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Mary  (McKenney)  Hodgdon,  was  baptized 
April  22,  1759,  in  Scarborough,  where  he 
spent  his  life  farming.  He  married,  in  Scar- 
borough, April  18,  1776,  Katherine  Harmon, 
daughter  of  William  and  Esther  (Hoit)  Har- 


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mon.     They  had   William,   Joliii,   Olive,   Jo- 
seph, Jane,  and  other  children. 

(VII)  William,  eldest  child  of  John  (2) 
and  Kathcrine  (Harmon)  Hodgdon,  was  born 
in  Scarborong;h,  November  12,  1777,  and  died 
in  Milo,  October,  1849.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Scarborouoh  until  about  1800,  when  he 
moved  to  Saco.  He  resided  there  until  some 
years  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  when 
he  removed  to  Milo,  where  his  last  years 
were  spent.  He  married  (first)  in  Scarbor- 
ough, December  23,  1798,  Mercy,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  and  Anna  (Gould)  Seavey.  She 
was  born  in  Scarborough,  August  10,  1777, 
and  died  in  Saco,  August  16,  1817.  Some 
years  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  mar- 
ried, in  Milo,  Mrs.  Sands,  of  Sebec.  His 
children,  all  by  first  wife,  were:  John,  Thom- 
as Seavey,  Ebenezer,  Abraham,  Samuel  and 
Sally. 

(VHI)  Thomas  Seavey,  second  child  of 
William  and  Mercy  (Seavey)  Hodgdon,  was 
born  in  Saco,  July  2,  1801,  and  died  in  \\'ater- 
ville,  August  18,  1886.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
shoemaker.  He  lived  in  Saco  until  he  was 
twenty-seven  years  old,  and  then  removed  to 
Lisbon,  1828;  to  Topsham,  1829;  to  Clinton, 
1831 ;  and  resided  in  the  last-named  place  the 
greater  part  of  his  life.  He  married,  in  Scar- 
borough, February  17,  1821,  Lydia  Libby, 
who  was  born  April  3,  1806,  and  died  Au- 
gust 7,  1864,  daughter  of  David  and  Eliza- 
beth (McKenney)  Libby.  Their  nine  chil- 
dren were :  David,  Elbridge  G.,  Frederick, 
Fanny,  George  and  Aaron  (twins),  Rufus, 
Caroline  A.  and  Emma. 

(IX)  Fanny,  fourth  child  of  Thomas  S. 
and  Lydia  (Libby)  Hodgdon,  was  born  in 
Saco,  Julv  27,  T830,  and  married  in  Clinton, 
October  27,  i8si.  William  (2)  ^McNellv. 
(See  McNelly  HL) 


This  name  is  frequently  found 
LITTLE     in    Great    Britain,    especially    in 

Scotland,  and  is  common  in  the 
North  of  Ireland.  The  variations  in  spelling 
in  early  documents  are  numerous  and  remark- 
able. At  least  nine  forms  were  well  estab- 
lished prior  to  1700:  Littell,  Littel,  Litel, 
Lvtel,  Lytell,  Lyttelle.  Little,  Lytle  and  Lyttle. 
The  patronymic  Lytle  is  rather  unusual  in 
America,  but  it  at  once  recalls  the  gifted  Will- 
iam Haines  Lytle,  whose  life  was  sacrificed 
for  his  county  in  1863.  His  famous  poem  be- 
ginning : 

"I   am   dying,   Egypt,    dying, 
Ebbs  tbe  crimson  life-tide   fast," 

is  said  to  have  been  written  on  the  eve  of  the 


battle  which  caused  his  death.  Perhaps  the 
earliest  mention  of  the  name  in  England  is 
that  of  William  Little,  who  was  born  in  1136, 
at  Bridlington,  in  Yorkshire.  He  was  a  monk 
of  Newborough  Abbey,  and  wrote  a  history 
of  England  from  the  period  from  1066  to 
1 197.  Some  centuries  later  we  read  that  El- 
len, daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Little,  of  Berk- 
shire, married  Edward  Bacon,  of  Shrubland 
Hall,  county  Suffolk,  son  of  Sir  Nicholas  Ba- 
con, Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  Eng- 
land, and  brother  to  the  famous  Francis  Bacon, 
\'isconnt  St.  Albans.  In  modern  times  we  find 
that  a  family  by  the  name  of  Little  has  its 
seat  at  Lkmvair  Grange,  county  Monmouth, 
and  the  vice-chancellorship  of  the  Duchv  of 
Lancaster  were  recently'  held  by  George  Little, 
K.  C. 

In  Scotland  the  name  is  associated  with  the 
renowned  patriot,  Sir  William  Wallace,  who 
had  a  nephew  named  Edward  Little.     In  1398 
Nicol  Little  took  part  in  one  of  the  numerous 
Border    wars    between    the    English    and    the 
Scotch.     Two  families  of  the  name  have  held 
more  or  less  extended  estates,  one  at  Meikle- 
dale    and    Langholme    in    Dumfricshire,    and 
the  other  at   Liberton,   near   Edinburgh.  ■  At 
some  period  between   1698  and  173 1   William 
Little,    of    Liberton,   a    gentleman    of   ancient 
family,  which  had  been  in  possession  of  the 
barony  of  Liberton  for  over  a  hundred  years 
preceding,    married    Helen,    daughter    of    Sir 
Alexander    Gilmour,    of    Craigmillar,    in    the 
same  county.     There  is  some  reason  for  sup- 
posing that  George  Little,  the  American  an- 
cestor with  whom  the   following  line  begins, 
may  have  been  connected  with  the  Littles  of 
Liberton.    At  all  events,  a  coat-of-arms  which 
has    been    found    handed    down    in    several 
branches  of  the  American  family  is  practically 
the  same  as  that  of  the  Littles  of  Liberton. 
This  escutcheon  consists  of  a  field  or,  with  a 
saltire    of    Saint    Andrew's    cross,    engrailed 
sable;  crest,  a  wolf's  head;  motto:   "Magnum 
in  parvo" — Great  in   little.     This  motto  sug- 
gests the  origin  of  the  name,  which  is  iden- 
tical with  that  of  the  surname  Petit  in  France 
and  Elein  in  Germany.     It  may  be  mentioned 
that  the  family  does  not  appear  to  retain  the 
personal  characteristic  of  the  founder  of  the 
house,  for  many  of  the  modern  Littles  are  of 
unusual  length  and  more  than  average  width. 
There  were  several  Littles  among  the  early 
settlers  of  this  country.     First  of  them   was 
Thomas  Little,  who  landed  at  Plymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1630,  married  Ann  Warren,  and 
died  at   Marshfield  in    1671.     Probably  seven 
thousand  descendants  can  trace  their  origin  to 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Thomas  Little;  this  hne  is  particularly  dis- 
tinguished by  the  number  of  its  clergymen. 
Richard  Little,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
was  a  freeman  in  1670  and  a  proprietor  in 
1685.  George  Little,  of  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, from  whom  the  following  line  is  de- 
scended, had  sixty-five  hundred  descendants  in 
i88o,  of  whom  fifteen  hundred  lived  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  the  same  number  in  (New 
Hampshire;  seven  hundred  and  fifty  belonged 
to  Maine,  and  five  hundred  to  \'ermont;  the 
remainder  were  scattered  all  over  this  country 
and  Canada.  Until  the  beginning  of  the  nine- 
teenth century  scarcely  a  member  of  the  fam- 
ily could  be  found  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
four  states  previously  mentioned.  Three  towns 
in  the  Union,  including  Littleton,  New  Llamp- 
shire,  have  been  named  after  founders  be- 
.longing  to  this  branch  of  Littles.  Five  col- 
lege presidents  can  trace  their  ancestry  to 
George  Little;  and  his  posterity,  as  a  whole, 
can  boast  of  a  record  whose  worth  compares 
favorably  with  its  length.  Few  names  in 
America  are  more  ancient  and  few  have  been 
more  creditably  borne  by  a  multitudinous  off- 
spring. 

(L)  George  Little,  who  came  to  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  about  1640,  is  said,  according 
to  established  tradition,  to  have  resided 
upon  Unicorn  Street,  near  London  Bridge, 
England.  His  parentage  has  never  been  traced, 
though  the  parish  records  of  St.  Olive's, 
Southwark,  and  of  the  neighboring  St.  Sav- 
iour's, show  that  several  families  of  the  name 
lived  in  that  region  during  the  close  of  the 
sixteenth  and  the  beginning  of  the  seventeenth 
centuries.  There  is  a  tradition  that  George 
Little  had  a  brother  Thomas,  who  was  an 
officer  in  Cromwell's  navy,  and  gave  George 
a  deed  to  lands  at  Barbadoes  in  the  West 
Indies,  which  was  afterward  stolen  from  him 
in  Newbury.  George  Little  seems  to  have  been 
distinguished  by  that  "hankering  for  mud," 
which,  according  to  Lowell,  is  one  of  the 
marked  characteristics  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
race.  His  first  purchase  of  land  occurred  in 
1650,  when  he  bought  a  freehold  right  in  New- 
bury; and  from  that  time  on  he  bought  in 
large  or  small  parcels,  as  occasion  ofifered, 
till  he  owned  some  of  the  best  land  in  town. 
He  acquired  a  title  to  lands  in  the  Quinebaug 
country  in  Connecticut,  and  in  1669  received 
a  patent  for  eighty  acres  in  Woodbridge,  New 
Tersey.  In  July,  1668,  he  petitioned  Sir  Ed- 
mund' Andros,  then  governor  for  New  Eng- 
land, for  confirmation  of  his  title  to  four  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  "on  the  north  side  of  Swan 
Pond  westward  from  the  Saco  River."    George 


Little  served  several  times  upon  juries  at  Ips- 
wich and  Salem,  but  as  far  as  is  known  held 
no  public  offices,  though  he  was  appraiser  and 
executor  of  several  estates,  which  would  in- 
dicate a  reputation  for  integrity  and_  good 
judgment.  In  the  prolonged  ecclesiastical  dis- 
pute which  divided  the  church  at  Newbury  for 
so  many  years  he  was  on  the  side  of  the  pas- 
tor. Rev.  Mr.  Parker,  but  soon  after  the  settle- 
ment of  difficulties  he,  with  his  wife,  joined 
the  First  Baptist  church  in  Boston,  and  in 
1682  they  became  members  of  a  small  church 
of  the  same  denomination  in  Newbury.  It  is 
said  that  Mr.  Little  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  but 
it  is  probable  that  he  devoted  most  of  his  time 
in  America  to  farming.  He  was  a  man  of 
remarkably  strong  physique,  and  it  is  said 
that  he  could  carry  a  plough  on  his  shoulder 
from  his  home  to  his  farm  on  Turkey  Hill — 
over  three  miles  away.  He  was  exceedingly 
well  versed  in  Scripture,  being  able  to  give 
the  book  and  chapter  of  any  text  that  might 
be  quoted.  The  house  which  he  built  in  1679 
and  occupied  till  his  death,  about  fourteen 
years  later,  stood  for  nearly  two  centuries, 
or  until  its  removal  in  1851.  The  exact  date 
of  his  death  is  not  known,  but  it  occurred 
some  time  between  March  15,  1693,  and  No- 
vember 27,  1694.  He  was  buried  in  the  grave- 
yard adjoining  the  first  church,  but  all  traces 
were  lost  when  a  new  edifice  was  erected  near 
the  spot  not  many  years  after  his  death. 

George  Little  married  (first)  Alice  Poor, 
who  sailed  for  New  England  in  the  "Bevis," 
in  May,  1638.  The  party,  which  included  her 
younger  brothers  .Samuel  and  Daniel,  em- 
barked from  Southampton  under  the  care  of 
Mr.  Stephen  Dummer.  It  is  thought  that  the 
Poors  were  natives  of  Wiltshire.  The  motto 
on  their  coat-of-arms  reads:  "Pauper  non 
in  Spe" — Poor  not  in  Hope.  Alice  (Poor) 
Little  died  December  i,  1680,  aged  sixty-two 
years.  Judge  Sewall-  speaks  in  his  diary  of 
calling  upon  Goodman  and  Goodwife  Little 
during  one  of  his  visits  to  Newbury,  and  says 
that  she  "lived  in  sore  pain  for  many  years 
before  her  death."  Five  children  were  born 
to  George  and  Alice  (Poor)  Little,  but  two 
of  whom  survived  their  father.  The  children 
were :  Sarah,  born  May  8,  1652,  died  Novem- 
ber 19  that  vcar:  Joseph,  September  22,  1653, 
died  September  6,  1740;  John,  July  28,  1655, 
died  July  20,  1672;  Moses,  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows; and  Sarah,  November  24,  1661,  died 
after  1718.  July  ig,  1681,  George  Little  mar- 
ried (second)  Eleanor,  widow  of  Thomas  Bar- 
nard, of  Amesbury,  who  survived  him,  dying 
November  27,  1694. 


STATF.  OF  MAIM-.. 


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(II)  Moses,  third  and  youngest  son  of 
George  and  Alice  (Poor)  Little,  was  born 
March  ii,  1657,  probably  at  the  paternal  home 
in  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he  lived  till 
his  death,  March  8,  1691.  He  served  in  King 
Philip's  war,  and  was  town  collector  and  en- 
gagcil  in  the  settlement  of  estates.  He  died 
of  smallpox,  and  it  is  said  that  the  physician, 
while  in  a  state  of  intoxication,  administered 
a  prescription  which  hastened  if  it  did  not 
cause  his  death.  As  illustrating  the  gross 
medical  ignorance  of  the  time,  it  may  be  men- 
tioned that  the  patient,  during  his  last  illness, 
was  kept  in  a  room  so  heated  that  one's  hand 
could  not  be  borne  upon  the  wall.  The  fact 
that  our  ancestors  survived  such  treatment 
shows  that  they  must  have  been  made  of  stern 
stufY.  The  estate  of  "Mosis  littel"  (thus  bis 
signature  has  come  down  to  us),  was  ap- 
praised at  one  thousand  sixty-five  pounds,  a 
very  large  sum  to  have  been  accumulated  at 
that  i)criod  by  so  young  a  man.  He  was  evi- 
dently rich  in  Hocks  and  herds,  for  no  less  than 
forty-three  cows,  oxen  and  young  cattle  are 
mentioned,  besides  eighty  sheep,  eight  swine 
and  four  horses.  The  house  seems  to  have 
been  well  stocked  with  all  needful  articles,  and 
among  the  domestic  utensils  mentioned  are 
"smoothingcrs."  Could  they  have  been  flat- 
irons?  About  1679  Moses  Little  married  Ly- 
dia,  daughter  of  Tristam  and  Judith  (Som- 
erby)  (Greenleaf)  Coffin,  born  April  22,  1662. 
They  had  children :  John,  born  January  8, 
1680;  died  unmarried,  March  25,  I7.=^3;  Tris- 
tam, December  9,  1681,  died  JsTovember  11. 
1765;  Sarah,  April  28,  1664,  died  December 
10,  1710:  I\Lary,  January  13,  1686,  died  in 
June.  1761  :  Elizabeth,  May  25,  1688,  married 
Anthony  Morse ;  and  Moses,  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows. On  March  18,  1695,  four  years  after 
the  death  of  her  first  husband,  Mrs.  Lydia 
(Coffin)  Little  married  (second)  John  Pike, 
by  whom  she  had  five  daughters  and  one  son. 
'  (III)  Moses  (2),  youngest  child  of  JNIoses 
(l)  and  Lydia  (Coffin)  Little,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  i6gi,  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts. 
He  lived  at  the  old  homestead  till  about  1730, 
when  he  bought  the  Turkey  Hill  farm  of  his 
uncle  Joseph,  where  he  remained  till  his  death, 
October  17,  1780,  in  the  ninetieth  year  of  his 
age.  The  house  where  he  spent  the  last  fifty 
years  of  his  life  was  a  big  square  dwelling 
with  a  chimney  in  the  middle,  an  excellent 
type  of  a  dignified  old  farm  mansion.  It  was 
built  before  1700.  and  taken  down  in  1859. 
The  farm  still  continues  in  the  possession  of 
his  descendants.  According  to  the  epitaphs 
in  the  Upper  burying  ground  on  the   Plains 


at  Newbury,  Moses  Little  "was  temperate  in 
all  things,  industrious,  hospitable  yet  frugal, 
a  kind  husband  and  tender  father,  a  good 
neighbor,  a  good  citizen,  and  While  living 
justly  sustained  the  first  of  characters — an 
honest  man."  Of  his  consort  the  stone  says : 
"She  truly  answered  ye  wise  man's  character 
of  a  Virtuous  Woman ;  Lived  beloved  and 
died  lamented,  and  hath  left  her  friends  a 
Good  hope  that  at  the  Resurrection  this  Dust 
shall  spring  to  light  with  sweet  surprise,  and 
in  her  Savior's  image  rise." 

On  February  12,  17 16,  Moses  (2)  Little 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sergeant  Stephen 
and  Deborah  (Plumer)  Jaques,  born  Septern- 
ber  23,  i6(57,  died  in  November,  1763.  Chil- 
dren: Lydia,  born  August  25,  1717;  Stephen, 
May  19,  1719;  John,  November  16,  1721 ; 
Moses,  May  8,  1724;  Joseph,  May  29,  1726; 
Sarah,  February  17,  1728;  Joseph,  April  21, 
1730;  Benjamin,  November  4,  1732;  Sarah, 
.\pril  8,  1735;  Mary,  October  25,  1737;  Paul, 
April  I,  1740;  Elizabeth,  October  16,  1742. 
All  of  these  children  except  three,  the  first 
Joseph,  the  first  Sarah  and  Elizabeth,  lived  to 
mature  years  and  reared  families.  The  sec- 
ond Sarah  married  William  Pottle,  who  lived 
at  Stratham,  New  Hampshire,  and  Minot, 
Maine ;  she  Ijrought  up  a  family  of  ten  chil- 
dren and  lived  to  be  ninety-five  years  of  age. 

(IV)  Moses  (3),  third  .son  of  Moses  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Jaques)  Little,  was  born  May  8, 
1724,  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
man  of  indomitable  energy  and  great  force 
of  character,  and  if  his  health  had  not  become 
seriously  impaired  during  the  last  years  of 
his  life,  which  closed  May  27,  1798,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-five,  it  is  probable  that  even  greater 
honors  and  success  would  have  fallen  to  his 
lot.  He  seems  to  have  had  the  same  desire  to 
become  a  land  owner  that  characterized  his 
great-grandfather,  the  original  immigrant ;  and 
his  position  as  surveyor  of  the  King's  Wood, 
which  he  held  for  several  years,  gave  him  an 
excellent  opportunity  to  become  acquainted 
with  the  value  of  such  property.  About  1750, 
in  company  with  others,  he  obtained  from 
Governor  Venning  ^^■entworth  a  large  grant 
of  the  unoccupied  crown  lands  lying  within 
the  present  limits  of  \'ermont.  In  1765,  acting 
as  agent  for  the  proprietors  of  Bakerstown,  he 
succeeded  in  obtaining  for  them  from  the  gen- 
eral court  of  Massaciuisetts,  a  township  of  land 
in  Maine  in  exchange  for  one  previously 
granted  and  found  to  be  within  the  borders  of 
New  Plampshire.  By  purchasing  the  rights 
of  the  original  proprietors.  Colonel  Moses  Lit- 
tle and  his  son  Josiah  eventually  became  own- 


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ers  of  a  greater  part  of  the  grant,  which  com- 
prised the  present  towns  of  Poland,  Minot  and 
a  portion  of  Auburn.  In  1768  a  still  larger 
tract  on  the  eastern  side  of  Androscoggin  was 
granted  to  him  and  Colonel  Bagley,  by  the 
Pejepscot  Company,  on  condition  that  they 
would  build  roads  and  settle  fifty  families 
there  before  June  i,  1774.  These  conditions 
were  not  fully  met ;  consequently  the  full 
amount  of  land  w^as  not  received.  The  town 
of  Leeds,  Maine,  was  first  called  Littleborough 
in  his  honor ;  and  the  town  of  Littleton,  in  New 
Hampshire,  permanently  preserves  his  name. 
It  was  in  1769  that  he  began  buying  land  in 
northern  New  Hampshire,  and  he  afterwards 
largely  increased  his  holdings  in  tlftit  region. 

Moses  (3)  Little  rendered  important  miH- 
tarv  service  during  two  wars,  ranking  as  cap- 
tain during  the  French  and  Indian  war.  and 
as  colonel  during  the  revolution.  In  1758  he 
was  in  command  of  the  Newbury  soldiers  in 
the  expedition  against  Louisburg,  proving  him- 
self an  able  officer,  and  gaining  the  devotion 
of  his  men.  When  the  revolution  broke  out  he 
was  over  fifty  years  of  age,  but  no  youth  in 
his  teens  respondecF  more  quickly.  It  is  said 
that  the  news  of  the  Concord  fight  reached 
Turkey  Hill  at  midnight,  and  by  six  the  next 
morning  Moses  Little  was  on  the  road  at  the 
head  of  his  company.  He  marched  to  the 
American  headquarters  at  Cambridge,  and  was 
placed  in  command  of  the  regiment  raised 
from  the  northern  part  of  Essex  county,  which 
contained  four  hundred  and  fifty-six  men  by 
the  middle  of  June.  At  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill  lie  led  three  of  his  companies  across 
Charlestown  Neck  under  a  severe  fire  from 
the  British  batteries  and  ships  of  war,  reached 
the  scene  of  action  before  the  first  charge  of 
the  enemy,  and  was  present  throughout  the 
entire  engagement.  His  men  were  posted  in 
different  places,  a  part  at  the  redoubt,  a  part 
at  the  breastwork,  and  some  at  the  rail  fence ; 
and  a  fourth  company  came  upon  the  hill 
after  the  battle  began.  Forty  of  his  regiment 
were  killed  or  wounded,  men  fell  on  either 
side  of  him,  but  Colonel  Little  himself  escaped 
unharmed.  He  remained  with  his  command  in 
Cambridge,  absenting  himself  only  two  days, 
when  called  home  in  August  to  attend  the 
funeral  of  two  of  his  daughters.  He  came  into 
close  relations  with  ^^'ashington,  who  held  him 
in  high  esteem,  and  mentioned  him  as  a  model 
to  some  other  officers  who  were  complaining 
of  the  character  of  the  provisions,  saying  that 
Colonel  Little  had  found  no  time  to  grumble 
at  hardships  of  that  sort.  Colonel  Little  went 
with  the  army  to  New  York  after  the  evacu- 


ation of  Boston,  and  was  present  at  the  disas- 
trous battle  of  Long  Island.  He  held  com- 
mand of  Fort  Greene  before  the  engagement, 
and  during  it  was  staiioned  at  Flatbush  Pass.. 
He  also  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Harlem 
Heights,  but  did  not  accompany  his  men  in  the 
retreat  through  New  Jersey,  being  detained  by 
sickness  at  Peekskill.  The  next  winter  he 
commanded  an  important  encampment  at  the 
latter  place,  but  in  the  spring  of  1777  was 
forced  to  return  home  on  account  of  ill  health. 
For  the  same  reason  he  was  compelled  in 
1799  to  decline  the  commission  of  brigadier- 
general  and  the  command  of  an  expedi- 
tion sent  from  Massachusetts  to  dislodge  the 
enemy  from  their  position  on  the  Penobscot. 
After  his  retirement  from  military  service  he 
represented  the  town  of  Newbury  in  the  legis- 
lature for  some  time,  as  he  had  done  before 
the  war.  A  stroke  of  paralysis  in  1781 
terminated  his  active  career.  Colonel  Little 
was  a  man  of  high  ability,  with  a  keen 
knowledge  of  human  nature  and  imperturbable 
self-possession,  and  had  not  his  strength  failed, 
which  was  doubtless  undermined  by  excessive 
tdil,  he  might  have  reached  high  rank 
among  officers  of  the  revolution.  As  it  is, 
his  record  is  one  which  his  descendants  may 
well  cherish,  as  they  do  his  sword  used  at 
Bunker  Hill  and  his  commission  from  the  Con- 


tinental    Congress.       About      17  SO, 


few' 


years  after  his  marriage.  Colonel  Little 
built  the  fine  old  mansion  at  Turkey  HilL 
Newbury,  which  was  his  home  during 
the  rest  of  his  life,  and  is  still  occupied 
by  his  descendants.  It  stood  just  across 
the  road  from  his  father's,  and  was  an  ex- 
pensive house  for  its  day.  The  Littles,  like 
most  of  the  leading  families  in  Newbury,  were 
slaveholders  at  that  time ;  and  there  is  still 
extant  a  letter  froin  President  Eleazar  Whee- 
lock,  of  Dartmouth  College,  to  Colonel  Little, 
in  relation  to  one  Caesar,  which  the  former 
desired  to  purchase.  The  document  is  dated 
May  6,  1773,  and  in  it  President  Wheelock 
says :  "I  have  determined  to  buy  the  Negro  if 
he  proves  to  be  the  Slave  which  you  take  him 
to  be."  The  clergyman  goes  on  to  say  that  he 
stands  in  very  special  and  great  necessity  of 
his  services  on  account  of  his  principal  cook's 
being  gone,  ancl  oflfers  twenty  pounds,  lawful 
money,  as  the  purchase  price.  Colonel  Little 
was  very  successful  in  accumulating  this 
world's  goods,  and  his  estate,  which  he  dis- 
posed of  by  will,  was  inventoried  at  sixty-two 
thousand,  three  hundred  and  fifty-six  dollars, 
a  large  fortune  for  those  days. 

In  1743,  when  he  was  but  nineteen,  Moses 


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Little  mnrripfl  Abifjail.  daiislitcr  of  Josluia 
and  Sarah  (Coffin)  Bailey,  of  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, horn  February  15,  1724,  a  twin  sis- 
ter of  Judith  P.ailcy,  who  married  Moses 
Little's  elder  brother  Stephen.  Mrs.  Abigail 
(Railey)  Little  died  February  6,  1815,  having 
nearly  completed  her  ninety-first  year.  Moses 
and  .'\bigail  (T'ailcy)  Little  had  eleven  chil- 
dren, all  but  three  of  whom,  Michael,  .\nna 
and  Alice,  lived  to  marry  and  rear  families. 
The  children  were:  Sarah,  born  December  15, 
1743,  married  John  Noycs ;  Michael,  January 
9,  1745-46,  died  February  15,  1745;  Josiah, 
whose  sketch  follows:  .Abigail,  .April  2,  174Q. 
married  John  Gideon  P.ailey ;  Lydia,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1751,  married  John  Atkinson:  Eliza- 
beth, September  3,  1754,  married  (first)  Lieu- 
tenant John  Carr  and  (second)  Lieutenant 
William  Wigglesworth ;  Anna,  March  20, 
1757,  died  August  13.  1775:  Mary,  September 
22,  1759,  married  (first)  Matthias  P.  Saw- 
yer, and  (second)  Joshua  Follansbee:  Hannah, 
May  21,  1762,  married  (first)  Dr.  Moses  Saw- 
yer, and  (second)  Colonel  James  Burnham : 
Alice,  May  10,  1764,  died  May  6,  1765:  and 
Moses,  January  20,  1767,  married  Elizabeth 
Dummer  and  lived  en  a  portion  of  the  oric'inal 
Turkey  Hill  farm,  where  he  died  at  the  age 
of  ninetv.  Two  of  the  daughters  of  this  fam- 
ily lived  to  good  old  age.  Abigail  died  Sej)- 
tember  20,  1838,  in  her  ninetieth  year,  and 
!Mary  died  August  28,  1847,  lacking  but  a 
month  of  eighty-eight.  The  two  daughters, 
whose  deaths  on  consecutive  days  occurred 
while  their  father  was  in  the  army,  were  .Sarah, 
died  August  14,  1775,  and  Anna,  died  the  day 
before. 

(V)  Josiah,  eldest  surviving  son  of  Colonel 
Moses  (3)  and  Abigail  (Bailey)  Little,  was 
born  at  the  paternal  home  on  Turkey  Hill, 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  February  16,  1747. 
Like  his  father,  whom  he  strongly  resembled, 
he  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  business 
talent.  He  had  charge  of  his  father's  real 
estate  for  many  years,  and  the  care  and  im- 
provement of  wild  lands  occupied  a  consider- 
able portion  of  his  time.  Everv  year  until  he 
was  past  eighty  he  used  to  visit  his  property 
in  Maine,  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont,  driv- 
ing over  the  rough  roads  alone,  even  after  he 
had  lost  one  hand  by  the  premature  explosion 
of  a  blast  in  the  rapids  of  the  Androscoggin 
below  Lewiston.  As  a  proprietor  and  agent 
of  the  Peiepscot  Company,  he  often  had  dan- 
gerous encotmters  with  squatters,  and  his 
journeys  to  these  wild  regions  were  fruitful  of 
thrilling  and  sometimes  laughable  adventures. 
His   influence  in  the  legislature  prevented   at 


one  time  the  sacrifice  of  state  lands  in  Maine. 
Josiah  Little  always  kept  his  home  in  New- 
bury, and  was  a  large  owner  of  real  estate  in 
the  business  portion  of  Newburyport.  He  was 
also  engaged  to  a  considerable  extent  in  ship- 
ping, anci  at  his  death,  which  occurred  De- 
cember 26,  1830,  he  left  a  fortune  of  several 
hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Josiah  Little  was  prominent  in  public  aflfairs, 
and  his  influence  in  Newbury  was  almost  un- 
limited. Pie  was  representative  to  the  general 
court  twenty-five  years,  of  which  nineteen 
were  in  succession,  and  he  was  a  member  of 
the  constitutional  convention  of  1820.  He  was 
an  earlv  and  efficient  friend  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, as  his  father  had  been  of  Dartmouth. 
Plis  portrait,  with  the  heavy  black  eyebrows 
and  long  curling  white  hair,  is  a  striking  pic- 
ture of  a  gentleman  of  that  period.  The  clear- 
cut  features  and  the  direct  glance  of  the  eyes 
indicate  a  man  of  upright  character  and  in- 
domitable will,  accustomed  to  direct  large  com- 
panies of  men ;  but  there  is  a  humorous  curve 
to  the  mouth  and  a  half  quizzical  expression 
which  portray  a  warm,  generous  heart  and  a 
knowledge  of  human  nature  in  all  its  phases. 
He  retained  his  physical  vigor  almost  to  the 
verv  last,  and  his  death,  which  occurred  just 
before  he  had  completed  his  eighty-fourth 
year,  was  the  result  of  an  accident  by  which 
his  thigli  was  broken. 

On  March  23,  1770,  Josiah  Little  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sarah  (Bail- 
ey) Toppan,  born  May  27,  1748,  died  Octo- 
ber II,  1823.  Mrs.  Little  belonged  to  one  of 
the  oldest  families  in  New^bury.  One  of  her 
great-grandfathers,  Lieutenant  Jacob  Toppan, 
born  1645,  married  Hannah,  sister  of  Chief 
Justice  Samuel  Sewall.  Another  great-grand- 
father was  Rev.  Michael  Wigglesworth.  of 
iNIalden.  author  of  the  '"Day  of  Doom."'  Chil- 
dren of  Josiah  and  Sarah  (Toppan)  Little: 
Michael,  born  March  14,  1771 ;  Edward,  whose 
sketch  follows  ;  Alice,  February  i,  1775  ;  Sarah, 
January  16,  1 777,  died  on  December  26  of 
that  year;  Sarah,  July  27,  1779,  married  John 
Little  and  died  March  12,  1868.  in  her  eighty- 
ninth  year:  i\Ioses,  August  17,  1781,  died 
March  7.  1802;  Anna,  November  29,  1783; 
Mary,  May  4,  1786;  Judith  Toppan,  Septem- 
ber 5,  1788,  died  April  16,  1791  ;  and  Josiah, 
Tantiary  13,  1791.  The  three  sons  of  this 
famih'  who  lived  to  grow  up  were  all  edu- 
cated at  college.  Michael  and  Edward  were 
graduated  from  Dartmouth,  while  Josiah 
took  his  degree  at  Bowdoin.  .Alice  Little 
married  Thomas  Hale,  of  Newburv:  their 
eldest  child,  Benjamin  Plale,  was  processor  at 


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Dartmouth  College  from  1827  to  1835,  and 
president  of  Hobart  College,  Geneva,  New 
York,  from  1836  to  1858.  Josiah  Little,  the 
youngest  of  the  ten  children,  was  evidently  a 
public-spirited  man,  whose  services  deserve 
more  than  passing  mention.  He  married 
Sophronia  Balch,  of  Newburyport,  and  his  life 
was  identified  with  that  town,  which  he  repre- 
sented in  the  state  senate  for  two  terms.  He 
founded  the  Newburyport  Public  Library,  and 
established  a  professorship  of  natural  science 
in  Bowdoin  College,  of  which  institution  he 
was  an  overseer  for  several  years.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety, and  took  part  in  the  industrial  develop- 
ment of  the  state.  He  felt  a  deep  interest  in 
the  family  name,  desired  that  his  farm  at  Tur- 
key Hill,  which  had  been  owned  by  five  pre- 
ceding generations,  should  be  a  place  for  fam- 
ily reunions,  and  left  a  fund  whose  interest 
should  be  applied  to  the  relief  of  any  unfortu- 
nate kinsfolk.  He  died  on  February  5,  i860, 
without  offspring. 

(VI)  Edward,  second  son  and  child  of  Jo- 
siah and  Sarah  (Toppan)  Little,  was  born  at 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  March  12,  1773,  and 
died  at  Auburn,  Maine,  September  21,  1849. 
He  was  educated  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
New  Hampshire,  and  at  Dartmouth  College, 
where  he  took  his  degree  in  1797.  He  studied 
law  with  Chief  Justice  Parsons,  of  Newbury- 
port, where  he  practiced  his  profession  for 
some  }'ears ;  was  county  attorney  and  pub- 
lisher of  law  reports  for  the  commonwealth, 
and  representative  to  the  Massachusetts  legis- 
lature for  several  sessions.  The  great  fire  of 
181 1  caused  the  destruction  of  most  of  his 
property  at  Newburyport.  and  resulted  in  his 
removal  to  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  had  in- 
herited great  tracts  of  land. 

He  lived  in  Portland,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  book  trade,  till  1826,  when  he  removed 
to  Auburn,  where  he  spent  the  last  twenty- 
three  years  of  his  life.  The  owner  of  a  large 
part  of  the  surrounding  territory,  he  had  a 
commanding  influence  in  directing  the  charac- 
ter and  growth  of  the  new  town.  He  gave  the 
land  for  the  fir.st  church,  paid  one-half  of  the 
cost  of  the  building,  and  for  some  time  pro- 
vided for  the  preaching  largely  at  his  own  ex- 
pense. 

In  his  youth  he  was  inclined  toward  the  Uni- 
tarian side  of  the  controversy  then  existing  in 
the  Congregational  denomination,  but  after  his 
residence  in  Portland,  where  he  was  a  parish- 
ioner of  Dr.  Payson,  he  became  a  firm  Trini- 
tarian, and  continued  as  such  till  the  end  of 
life.    He  established  and  endowed  an  academv 


which  was  in  operation  forty  years  and  gained 
a  high  reputation  throughout  the  state.  L^pon 
the  change  in  educational  conditions  the 
grounds  and  a  portion  of  the  funds  were  trans- 
ferred to  the  town,  which  now  maintains  an 
Edward  Little  High  School  before  whose  en- 
trance stands  a  lifesize  statue  of  the  founder, 
erected  at  public  expense.  Mr.  Little  was  no 
less  helpful  in  advancing  the  material  pros- 
perity of  the  place  than  he  was  in  caring  for 
its  spiritual  welfare.  The  original  owner  of 
the  water  power  which  has  since  given  rise  to 
the  busy  manufacturing  city  of  Lewiston,  he 
sold  at  a  low  price  to  secure  the  introduction 
of  outside  capital.  He  aided  every  new  indus- 
try to  the  extent  of  his  power,  and  always  held 
out  inducements  to  get  the  best  class  of  work- 
men to  settle  in  the  place.  Although  he  has 
been  dead  more  than  half  a  century,  his  works 
do  follow  him. 

On  January  10,  1799,  Edward  Little  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
and  Hannah  (^Merrill)  Brown,  of  Newbury, 
born  February  9,  1772,  died  August  i,  1828. 
She  was  of  one  of  the  oldest  New  England 
families,  being  seventh  in  descent  from 
Thomas  Brown,  who  came  from  Malford, 
England,  to  Newbury,  in  1635. 

Her  father,  Thomas  Brown,  was  a  pros- 
perous sea  captain,  and  the  uncle  of  Dr. 
Francis  Brown,,  president  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege. To  Edward  and  Flannah  (Brown)  Little 
were  born  children  :  Thomas  Brown,  born  No- 
vember A,  1799;  Josiah  (2),  whose  sketch  fol- 
lows ;  Sarah,  October  29,  1802,  died  January 
14,  1810;  Hannah,  February  25,  1804;  Ed- 
ward Toppan,  September  13.  1805,  died  No- 
vember I  that  year :  Maria,  October  22,  1806, 
died  February  22,  1817:  Eliza,  September  20, 
t8o8,  died  October  19,  1809;  Edward  Toppan, 
December  29,  1809;  Sarah,  May  18.  181 1; 
Moses,  June  24,  1812,  died  July  18  that  year; 
Moses,  July  5,  1813,  died  December  2  that 
year.  About  three  years  after  the  death  of 
his  first  wife,  Edward  Little  married  Mrs. 
Hannah  (Andrews)  Chase,  of  Portland, 
Maine,  widow  of  Tappan  Chase,  and  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Hannah  ( Smith)  Andrews. 
She  was  born  June  20,  1789.  and  died  June 
14.  1868.  outliving  her  husband  nearlv  nine- 
teen years. 

(\TI)  Josiah  (2),  second  son  and  child  of 
Edward  and  Hannah  (Brown)  Little,  was 
born  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  April  29, 
1801,  and  died  at  Mount  Desert,  August  9, 
186".  He  was  educated  at  Bowdoin  College, 
studied  law  with  his  father,  practiced  his  pro- 
fession  for  several   vears   at    Minot   and   Au- 


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burn,  and  afterwards  engaged  in  trade  and 
manufacturing.  He  was  a  man  of  excellent 
judgment,  exact  I'n  all  liis  dealings  and  per- 
severing in  the  execution  of  his  plans.  He  was 
a  firm  friend  of  good  order  and  good  morals, 
took  a  deep  interest  in  all  measures  affecting 
the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  for  many 
years  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  to  whose  support  he  was  a  liberal  con- 
tributor. His  kindliness  of  manner,  sympa- 
thetic nature  and  improving  conversation  made 
him  a  delightful  companion.  After  a  residence 
of  many  years  in  Maine,  where  he  spent  most 
of  his  active  life,  he  returned  to  his  old  home 
in  Newburyport  to  spend  his  latter  days.  He 
died  suddenly  at  the  age  of  sixty-four  while 
on  a  pleasure  trip  to  Somes'  Sound,  Mount 
Desert.  He  was  married  four  times.  On  Sep- 
tember 2,  1822,  he  married  Mary  Holt,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Joanna  (Cobb)  Cum- 
mings,  of  Norway,  Maine,  who  died  at  Minot, 
Clctober  6,  1829,  at  the  age  of  twenty-five 
years  six  months.  The  children  of  Josiah  and 
Mary  (Cummings)  Little  were:  Elizabeth 
Mary  Todd,  born  at  Lewiston,  September  24, 
1823,  married  George  Hutchins  Ambrose,  a 
lumber  dealer  in  Chicago,  and  died  at  Bay 
City,  r^lichigan,  January  10,  1904;  Edward, 
born  at  Lewiston,  June  25,  1825,  a  merchant  in 
Chicago,  who  died  there  March  14,  1898;  and 
Francis  F)rown,  born  at  Minot,  June  20,  1827, 
a  lumber  dealer  in  Chicago,  wdio  died  sud- 
denly at  Cirand  Haven,  Michigan,  August  29, 
1904.  On  March  30,  1830.  Josiah  Little  mar- 
ried (second)  Nancy  Williams,  daughter  of 
William  and  Nancy  (Brooks)  Bradford,  who 
died  at  Auburn,  November  20,  1834,  aged 
twenty-six  years  seven  months.  Children : 
Mary  Cummings.  born  in  Auburn,  February 
19,  1831,  died  September  18  that  year;  and 
Josiah.  September  10,  1832,  a  banker  at  Am- 
boy,  Illinois,  who  died  in  Chicago,  March  5, 
1906.  Josiah  Little  married  (third)  Sally, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  ]\Iehitable  (Ray- 
mond) Brooks.  She  was  bom  May  3,  1807,  at 
Alfred,  IMaine.  and  died  at  Auburn,  April  15. 
1840.  Children  :  Charles  Jenkins,  born  April 
9,  1836.  a  manufacturer  now  residing  at  New- 
ton, Massachusetts ;  Nancy  Bradford,  August 
II,  1838,  married  Francis  S.  Spring,  of  San 
Francisco,  where  she  died  April  17,  1873: 
Horace  Chapin,  whose  sketch  follows.  Two 
children  named  George  died  in  infancy.  On 
May  20.  1850,  Josiah  Little  married  Charlotte 
Ann,  sister  of  his  third  wife,  who  was  horn 
December  26,  1817,  and  survived  him,  dying 
without  children,  January  26,  1898. 

(\"III)    Horace   Chapin.   third    son    of   Jo- 


siah (2)  Little  and  his  third  wife,  Sally 
(  Brooks)  Little,  was  born  at  Auburn,  Maine, 
January  14,  1840.  He  was  educated  at  the 
Lewiston  Falls  Academy,  and  early  entered 
U])cin  the  printing  and  publishing  business  at 
Portland,  Maine.  For  a  short  period  the  late 
I  Ion.  James  G.  Blaine  acted  as  editor  of  the 
newspaper  issued  by  his  firm.  During  the  war 
he  served  as  captain  of  Company  B,  Twenty- 
third  Maine  Infantry.  He  was  subsequently 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business  at  Lewis- 
ton,  Maine.  In  1878  he  was  appointed  post- 
master, and  held  that  office  for  two  terms, 
])roving  a  model  official.  In  1888  he  was 
chosen  mayor  of  his  city,  and  was  re-elected 
the  following  year.  He  had  previously  be- 
come a  member  of  a  long-established  insurance 
firm,  and,  declining  further  public  office,  he 
bought  the  control  of  this  business,  to  which 
he  gave  his  attention  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  died  March  14,  1896.  Captain 
Little  was  a  skilled  accountant,  being  repeat- 
edly called  upon  to"  serve  as  auditor  for  the 
state  and  large  corporations,  and  a  most  pub- 
lic-spirited and  energetic  citizen.  His  per- 
sonality made  him  one  of  the  most  popular  and 
widely  esteemed  men  in  the  community.  Gen- 
erous, sympathetic  and  eminently  companion- 
able, the  circle  of  his  friends  was  as  wide  as 
that  of  his  acquaintance.  He  was  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  and  a  companion  in  the 
Maine  Commandery,  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  I'nitcd  States.  Captain 
Little  married,  November  i.  i860,  Rosa  J., 
daughter  of  Jacob  Herrick  and  Ellen  ( Blake) 
Roak.  who  was  born  at  Auburn,  'Slay  6,  1843, 
and  who  survives  him.  Their  six  children : 
Nellie  Roak,  born  at  Portland,  jNIaine.  August 
15,  1861,  a  graduate  of  Bates  College  in  1883, 
the  wife  of  Professor  Charles  H.  Clark, 
Sc.  D.,  of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire :  Nancy 
Brooks,  born  at  Auburn,  October  8,  1864,  of 
the  class  of  1887  at  Bates  College,  the  wife  of 
Dr.  Sherman  G.  Bonney.  of  Denver,  Colorado ; 
Jacob  Roak,  whose  sketch  follows ;  Charlotte 
Brooks,  born  at  Lewiston,  February  12.  1872, 
a  graduate  of  Bates  College  in  1893.  the  wife 
of  Dr.  Ernest  W.  Emery,  of  Denver,  Col- 
orado: Rose,  born  April  i.  1873,  the  wife  of 
Dr.  Edgar  Frank  Conant,  of  Denver,  Col- 
orado: Lucy,  born  at  Lewiston,  July  13,  1879, 
died  April  3,  1893. 

(IN)  Jacob  Roak,  only  son  of  Captain 
Horace  Chapin  and  Rosa  ( Roak)  Little,  was 
born  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  June  30.  1870.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  and  was  graduated  from  Bates  Col- 
lege in  1892.    The  ne.xt  two  years  he  spent  in 


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a  banking  establishment  at  Denver,  Colorado. 
He  then  returned  to  Lewiston.  Maine,  where 
he  has  since  been  a  member,  and  is  now  the 
manager  of  the  insurance  firm  of  H.  C.  Little 
&  Son,  which  has  for  a  quarter  of  a  century 
been  one  of  the  most  prominent  in  Central 
Maine.  Mr.  Little  inherits  his  father's  busi- 
ness ability  and  social  prominence,  is  a  member 
of  the  ]\Iasons,  a  Knight  Templar,  and  a 
Shriner ;  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Or- 
der of  Elks ;  and  of  the  Maine  Commandery, 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the 
L'nited  States.  He  has  represented  his  native 
city  in  the  state  legislature  for  four  years.  He 
married,  October  14,  1896,  Mabel  Hill,  born 
January  24,  1873,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Henrietta  Adelaide  (True)  Lowell,  of  Au- 
burn, Maine. 


(For   preceding   generations   see   George   Little   I.) 

(VH)  Edward  Toppan,  son  of 
LITTLE  Edward  and  Hannah  (Brown) 
Little,  was  b.orn  in  Newburyport, 
Massachusetts,  December  29,  1809,  and  in 
1812  accompanied  his  father  and  family  to 
Portland,  J\Iaine,  where  his  boyhood  was  spent. 
He  attended  the  Portland  Academy,  then  in 
charge  of  Bezaleel  Cushman,  and  graduated 
in  1827  at  Gardiner  Lyceum,  one  of  the  earliest 
institutions  in  New  England  to  offer  a  scien- 
tific as  distinct  from  a  classical  course  of  study. 
He  subsequently  pursued  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  his  father  at  Danville,  now  Au- 
burn, was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1833,  and 
practiced  his  profession  in  that  city,  being  for 
several  years  in  partnership  with  Hon.  Nahum 
Morrill.  He  was  always  actively  interested 
in  the  welfare  of  the  place,  and  the  latter  por- 
tion of  his  life  was  given  almost  entirely  to 
business  enterprises  looking  to  the  develop- 
ment of  the  water  power  on  the  Little  An- 
droscoggin river.  For  a  score  of  years  he  was 
trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  Lewiston  Falls 
Academy,  established  by  his  father.  He  was 
selectman  in  1847-48-54,  and  served  as  town 
agent  and  a  member  of  the  school  committee. 
He  also  represented  his  town  in  the  Maine 
legislature  in  1847-55-64-66.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  directors  of  the  Maine  Central  Rail- 
road Company  and  clerk  of  the  board  at  his 
death.  In  June,  1859,  he  became  judge  of 
probate  for  Androscoggin  county,  and  held  the 
office  till  January,  1864.  He  married  (first) 
Melinda,  daughter  of  Rev.  Weston  B.  and 
Harriet  (Wines)  Adams,  of  Lewiston  Falls, 
by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  Edward  Adams, 
born  May  15,  1841,  died  April  14,  1876;  and 
Weston   Tappan,   born    April    17,    1842,    died 


August  26,  1865.  He  married  (second)  Lucy 
Jane,  daughter  of  Zeba  and  Lepha  (Peck) 
Bliss,  who  survived  him,  dying  April  21,  1898,. 
at  Auburn.  Their  only  child,  George  Thomas, 
was  born  May  14,  1857.  Judge  Edward  Top- 
pan  Little  died  in  Auburn,  Maine,  November 
5,   1867. 

(VIII)  Edward  Adams,  son  of  Edward 
Toppan  and  Melinda  (Adams)  Little,  was 
born  in  Auburn,  Maine,  May  15,  1841.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Lewiston  Falls  Academy, 
now  the  Edward  Little  High  School,  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  trade  at  Lewiston  and  sub- 
sequently became  a  shoe  manufacturer  at  Au- 
burn. He  served  as  a  director  in  the  First 
National  Bank,  as  a  trustee  of  the  Auburn 
Savings  Bank,  and  in  the  city  council  of  Au- 
burn. He  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  April 
14,  1876.  He  married,  September  6,  1864, 
Susan  Maria,  daughter  of  William  and  Mar- 
garet (Duggan)  Jordan,  who  survives  him,  re- 
siding with  her  sons  in  New  York  City.  Their 
children  were :  Edward  Toppan,  born  in  Au- 
burn, Maine,  May  17,  1866,  a  graduate  of 
Bowdoin  College,' A.  B.,  1887,  A.  M..  1890, 
LL.B.  Boston  LTniversity  Law  School,  i8go, 
formerly  a  lawyer  in  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and 
now  in  the  United  States  civil  service  in  New 
York  City;  Horace,  born  October  3,  1868,  re- 
sides in  New  York  City;  and  Mabelle  Susan, 
born  May  6,  1872,  a  student  at  Wellesley  Col- 
lege, died  October  18,  1893,  at  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona. 

(VIII)  George  Thomas,  only  son  of  Ed- 
ward Toppan  and  Lucy  Jane  (Bliss)  Little, 
was  born  in  Auburn,  Maine,  May  14,  1857. 
He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Edward 
Little  High  School,  graduated  at  Bowdoin  in 
1877.  After  a  year  of  travel  in  Europe,  he 
taught  Latin  in  Thayer  Academy,  Braintree, 
Massachusetts,  1878-82,  and  at  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege 1882-85.  He  became  acting  librarian  in 
1883,  librarian  and  assistant  in  rhetoric  in 
1885,  and  since  1889  has  devoted  himself  en- 
tirely to  the  library,  which  during  this  period 
has  more  than  doubled  in  size,  and  its  100,000 
volumes  are  now  stored  in  one  of  the  finest 
college  library  buildings  in  the  country.  He 
has  served  as  recorder  of  the  American  Li- 
brary Association,  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Library  Institute,  and  was  appointed  chair- 
man of  the  Maine  Library  Commission  in 
1899  bv  Governor  Powers,  a  position  he  re- 
signed in  1902.  Mr.  Little  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Maine  Historical  Society  since  1879. 
He  is  the  author  of  "Descendants  of  George 
Little  of  Newbury"  (1877,  enlarged  edition 
1882)  ;  "^Temorial  of  Alpheus   Spring  Pack- 


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ard"  (1885);  "Historical  Sketch  of  Bowdoin 
College"  (1894),  and  has  comi)iIed  the  general 
catalogues  and  the  obituary  record  of  Bowdoin 
College  since  1888.  He  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Letters  from  his  alma 
mater  in  1894.  He  married,  December  18, 
1884,  Lilly  Thayer  Wriglit,  daughter  of  George 
Homer  and  Sarah  Ward  (Weeks)  Lane,  of 
Braintree,  Massadiusetts,  and  their  children 
are:  Rachel  Thayer,  born  October  2,  1885,  at 
Auburn,  a  member  of  the  class  of  1909  at 
Smith  College;  Ruth  Bliss,  born  April  19, 
1887,  tit  Brunswick,  graduated  at  Bradford 
Academy,  1908;  Edna,  born  and  died  June  12, 
1889:  George  Toppan,  born  April  28,  1891  ; 
Noel  Charlton,  born  December  25,  1895. 


(For   ancestry   see   George   Little    I.) 

(IV)  Stephen,  second  child  and 
LITTLE     eldest  son  of  Moses  and  Sarah 

(Jaqucs)  Little,  born  May  19, 
1719,  died  August  30,  1793,  aged  seventy- 
four.  He  lived  for  over  twenty  years  after 
his  marriage  at  Turkey  Hill,  afterwards  upon 
a  farm  he  owned  on  Sandy  Lane,  now  North 
Atkinson  street.  He  was  one  of  the  grantees  of 
Newbury,  Vermont,  1763.  and  also  owned 
land  in  Bath  and  Hampstead,  New  Hampshire, 
and  in  Cumberland  and  Lincoln  counties, 
Maine.  He  was  representative  in  the  legis- 
lature in  1776,  and  probably  held  other  town 
offices.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity, 
a  prominent  member  and  deacon  of  Dr. 
Spring's  church  at  Newburyport.  He  married 
(first)  June  5,  1743,  Judith,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Sarah  (Cofifin)  Bailey,  born  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1724,  died  August  19,  1764;  mar- 
ried (second)  Mary  Long,  who  died  .October 
4,  1798,  aged  seventy-five  years.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Long.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Joshua  (died  young),  Stephen, 
Joshua,  Abner,  Judith,  Temperance,  David  and 
Jonathan   (twins),  and  Jacob. 

(V)  Stephen  (2).  second  child  of  Stephen 
(i)  and  Judith  (Bailey)  Little,  born  May  30, 
1745,  died  July  11,  1800.  He  was  a  physician 
and  lived  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  revolution  he  was  quite 
prominent  as  a  royalist,  and  was  exiled  by 
the  state  legislature,  with  Governor  Went- 
worth  and  several  others.  He  afterward 
served  as  a  surgeon  in  the  British  navy  and 
never  returned  to  this  country,  but  died  in 
London,  July  11,  1800.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Clement  Jackson  and  sister 
of  Dr.  Hall  Jackson,  both  distinguished  phy- 
sicians of  Portsmouth.  She  died  at  Newbury, 
February    13,    1806,    aged   fifty-eight.      Their 


children  were:  SaraJi,  Judith,  Mary,  Steplien 
and  Elizabeth. 

(VI)  Stephen  (3),  fourth  child  and  only  son 
of  Dr.  Stephen  (2)  and  Sarah  (Jackson) 
Little,  born  March  26,  1774,  died  March  22, 
1852,  aged  seventy-eight.  He  was  for  several 
years  a  merchant  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  lost  his  entire  properly  in  one  of 
the  disastrous  fires  which  visited  that  city 
in  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century.  In 
1807  he  removed  to  Portland,  Maine,  where 
he  continued  his  mercantile  pursuits  until  two 
or  three  years  previous  to  his  death,  when 
a  severe  accident  disabled  him  for  active  busi- 
ness. He  married,  March,  1797,  Rebecca, 
widow  of  William  Cakhvell,  and  daughter  of 
Isaac  Dodge,  of  Ipswich,  who  died  in  Portland, 
September  23,  1847,  '''■  'he  seventy-first  year 
of  her  age.  They  had  children  :  Harriet,  Mary 
Pearson,  Sarah  Jackson,  Hall  Jackson,  Ann 
Huntress,  William  Dodge,  James  Tucker, 
Francis  Douglass,  Isaac  Prince,  Charles  Far- 
ley, Rebecca  Caldwell,  Susan  Farley  and  Ed- 
ward Pay son. 

(VII)  Hall  Jackson,  fourth  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Stephen  (3)  and  Rebecca  (Dodge) 
(Caldwell)  Little,  born  in  Portsmouth,  July 
5,  1803,  died  in  Portland,  Maine,  September 
30,  1864.  He  removed  to  Portland  and  was 
a  dealer  in  stationery  and  manufacturer  of 
blank  books.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist.  lie  was  a  W'hig  until  the  disso- 
lution of  that  party,  and  afterward  a  Repub- 
lican. He  was  for  a  time  a  member  of  the 
city  government.  He  married  (first)  1827, 
Frances  M.,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Hen- 
rietta (Lowther)  Sumner,  who  died  in  i860; 
married   (second)   Mrs.  Ellen  W.  Eveleth,  of 

Windham,    widow    of    • Eveleth,    and 

daughter  of  John  and  Huldah  (Hawkes) 
White.  She  was  born  183.S.  died  RIarch  23, 
1895,  aged  sixty  years.  One  child,  Frank 
Hall,  was  born  to  the  second  wife. 

(VIII)  Frank  Hall,  only  son  of  Hall  J.  and 
Ellen  W.  (White)  (Eveleth)  Little,  was  born 
in  Portland,  June  18,  i860.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  was  prepared  for  college  by  a 
private  tutor,  and  in  1877  entered  Bowdoin 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1881.  Soon  after  graduation  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  Dana  &  Company,  im- 
porters of  salt,  and  served  them  till  1886.  He 
then  went  with  Duncan  Brothers  &  Company, 
oil  dealers,  remaining  until  1891,  when  the 
personnel  and  name  of  the  company  were 
changed,  and  the  F.  H.  Little  Oil  Company,  a 
corporation,  was  organized,  with  Mr.  Little  as 
treasurer  and  general  manager.     Mr.  Little  is 


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a  staunch  Rqjublican  and  served  his  party 
in  the  city  council  in  1891-92,  and  in  the  board 
of  aldermen  in  1894-95.  He  is  known  as  an 
energetic  and  shrewd  business  man,  and  al- 
ways alive  to  the  business  interests  of  the  city. 
In  1908  he  was  elected  vice-president  of  the 
Portland  Board  of  Trade,  of  which  he  has 
been  an  efficient  member  for  several  years.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Athletic  and  Yacht  clubs. 
He  married,  in  Portland,  October  19,  1882, 
Ella  L.,  born  in  Indiana,  August  9,  i860, 
daughter  of  Levi  A.  and  Lucia  (Tyrrell)  Gray. 
Mr.  Gray  is  proprietor  of  Gray's  Portland 
Business  College.  Three  children  have  been 
born  of  this  marriage :  Lucia  E.,  September 
30,  1883;  Anita  G.,  July  6,  1885;  Ruth  D., 
April  13,  1894. 


(For   ancestry   see  George  Little   I.) 

(IV)  Paul  Little,  eleventh  child 
LITTLE  and  youngest  son  of  Moses  and 
Sarah  (  J  a  q  11  e  s  )  Little,  was 
born  in  Newbury,  April  i,  1740.  He  was  a 
goldsmith,  and  in  1761  went  from  Newbury 
to  Falmouth  (now  Portland),  Maine,  where 
he  followed  his  trade,  also  engaging  in  com- 
merce. The  bombardment  of  the  town  by  the 
British  in  1776  destroyed  much  of  his  prop- 
erty, his  losses  amounting  in  value  to  nearly 
seven  hundred  pounds,  and  he  shortly  after- 
ward removed  to  Windham,  Maine,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming.  He  served  as  a  selectman 
in  Windham,  also  as  trial  justice,  and  was 
highly  respected.  He  died  there  February  11, 
1818.  He  married  (first)  May  20,  1762, 
Hannah  Emery,  born  February  12,  1744,  died 
September  4,  1771,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Hannah  (Rolfe)  Emery,  of  Newbury.  Au- 
gust 30,  1772,  he  married  (second)  Mrs.  Sarah 
Morton  Souther,  widow  of  Timothy  Souther ; 
she  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  in 
1743,  and  died  in  Windham,  September  26, 
1797.  For  his  third  wife  he  married  Mrs. 
Sarah  Emerson  (nee  Reddington),  widow  of 
Samuel  Emerson,  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts, 
born  March  9,  1762,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Reddington,  of  Boxford,  Massachusetts.  She 
died  May  25,  1817.  In  addition  to  three  chil- 
dren who  died  in  infancy,  he  had :  Hannah 
and  Paul,  who  were  of  his  first  union ;  IMary, 
Timothy,  Moses  and  Thomas,  of  his  second 
union ;  and  Sarah,  who  was  of  his  third  mar- 
riage. 

(V)  Timothy  Little,  M.  D.,  second  child 
and  eldest  son  of  Paul  and  Sarah  N.  (Souther) 
Little,  was  born  in  Portland,  October  27,  1776. 
He  attended  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  studied 
medicine  preliminarily  with  Dr.  Jewell,  of  Ber- 


wick, and  took  his  degree  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege. From  about  1806  to  1824  he  practiced 
in  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  as  the  leading  phy- 
sician in  that  locality,  and  removing  to  Port- 
land in  the  latter  year,  he  resided  there  until 
his  death,  November  27,  1849.  He  was  thor- 
oughly devoted  to  his  profession,  contributing 
much  to  its  literature  ;  directing  the  preliminary 
studies  of  several  students ;  collected  a  large 
anatomical  museum,  and  took  a  profound  in- 
terest in  the  Alaine  Medical  School  at  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  which  derived  much  benefit  from 
the  use  of  his  collections  and  preparations. 
Having  accepted  the  teachings  of  Emanuel 
Swedenborg,  he  founded  a  Swedenborgian 
church  in  Portland,  and  when  occasion  re- 
quired he  officiated  as  pastor.  Dr.  Little  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Lowell,  of  Portland,  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1777,  died  November  24,  1853;  chil- 
dren: I.  Haller,  born  May  3,  1808;  died  May 
19,  1876.  2.  John  Lowell,  see  succeeding 
paragraph.  3.  William  Wallace,  born  Septem- 
ber II,  1811,  died  August  28,  1816.  4.  Lowell, 
born  April  22,  1814,  died  September  4,  1816. 
5.  Charles  Henry,  born  August  9,  1817;  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary  D.  Whorf ;  (second)  Car- 
rie Clark,  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts ;  had 
one  son  by  first  marriage,  Charles  Wilkins, 
born  February  2,  1847.  Charles  H.  Little  was 
officially  connected  with  the  Boston  water  de- 
partment for  considerably  more  than  thirty 
years,  serving  with  marked  ability  as  cashier 
from  the  time  of  its  establishment. 

(VI)  Captain  John  Lowell  Little,  second 
child  of  Dr.  Timothy  and  Elizabeth  (Lowell) 
Little,  was  born  in  New  Gloucester,  April  13, 
iSog.  When  sixteen  years  old  he  entered  the 
merchant  marme  service,  and  in  the  short  space 
of  seven  years  had  advanced  through  the  dif- 
ferent grades  to  the  position  of  master.  In 
1833,  during  his  second  voyage  as  a  captain, 
his  ship  was  totally  dismantled  during  a  furi- 
ous gale,  and  he  was  finally  rescued  by  a  pass- 
ing vessel  after  having  drifted  about  in  mid- 
ocean  for  more  than  a  week.  A  short  time 
later,  while  in  command  of  another  ship,  he 
rescued  a  vessel's  officers  and  crew  under 
similar  circumstances.  At  the  breaking  out  of 
the  civil  war  in  1861  he  was  in  the  port  of 
New  Orleans,  and  nothing  but  prompt  and 
decisive  action  on  his  part  prevented  his  ship 
from  being  confiscated  by  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy. At  the  conclusion  of  that  voyage  he 
abandoned  the  sea.  He  was  at  one  time  a 
resident  of  Kennebunkport,  and  he  spent  his 
declining  years  with  his  son  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts.  Captain  Little  married,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1834,  Susan  W.  Walker,  of  Kenne- 


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bunkport,  and  she  died  November  18,  18G2, 
aged  fifty-two  years  eiglit  months.  Children: 
Lucy  Augusta,  born  June  13,  1836;  Clara 
Grecnlcaf,  October  6,  1838,  died  March  5, 
1839-;  Sarah  Gerrish,  born  July  3,  1840;  Abba 
Louisa,  born  June  7,  184J,  died  September  8, 
1846 ;  George  Washington,  who  will  be  again 
referred  to,  and  Susan  Elizabeth,  born  January 
17.  1853. 

(VII)  George  Washington,  fifth  child  and 
only  son  of  Captain  John  L.  and  Susan  W. 
(Walker)  Little,  was  born  in  Kenuebunkport, 
February  9,  1847.  ^^^  began  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
concluded  his  studies  at  "Little  Blue."  a  well- 
known  preparatory  school  at  Farniington, 
Maine.  Prior  to  his  majority  he  went  to  sea 
in  the  merchant  service,  and  during  his  two 
and  one-half  years  as  a  sailor  made  a  voyage 
around  Cape  Llorn  to  San  Francisco,  thence 
to  Liverpool  and  back  to  the  United  States. 
Deciding  to  remain  ashore,  he  secured  a  po- 
sition in  a  wholesale  drug  house  in  Portland, 
but  shortly  afterw-ard  he  went  to  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  as  assistant  cashier  in  the  office 
of  the  Western  Railroad  Company,  now  a  part 
of  the  Boston  and  Albany  division  of  the  New 
York  Central  system.  He  was  subsequently 
appointed  paymaster  of  the  New  York  &  New 
England  railway,  and  when  that  corporation 
was  consolidated  with  the  New  York.  New 
Haven  &  Hartford  railway,  he  was  retained  in 
the  same  department,  being  at  the  present  time 
paymaster  for  the  entire  system,  with  head- 
quarters in  New  Haven.  This  position  is  both 
responsible  and  exacting,  requiring  the  gen- 
eral supervision  of  a  weekly  payroll  containing 
the  accounts  of  forty  thousand  employees,  and 
his  annual  disbursements  amount  to  many  mil- 
lions of  dollars.  Although  Mr.  Little's  duties 
necessitate  his  presence  in  his  office  in  New 
Haven,  he  prefers  to  reside  in  Kennebunlcport, 
and  the  little  time  he  is  able  to  spare  from 
his  business  he  spends  in  his  native  town. 
Politically  he  acts  with  the  Republican  party. 
His  fraternal  affiliations  are  with  the  Masonic 
order. 

On  January  14,  1873,  Mr.  Little  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Annie  C.  Burgess,  of  Syra- 
cuse,  New  York.     They  have   two  children : 

1.  William  Walker,  born  October  7,  1873; 
was  graduated  from  Yale  University  in  1895, 
and  is  a  civil  engineer  in  the  service  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Llartford  railway. 

2.  Mary  Agnes,  born  June  22,  1882,  married, 
August  29,  1906,  Ralph  Andrews,  of  Kenne- 
bunk. 


(For    ancestry   sec    George    Little    I.) 

(VI)  Michael,  eldest  child  of 
LITTLE  Colonel  Josiah  and  Sarah  (Top- 
pan)  Little,  was  born  March  14, 
1 77 1,  and  died  March  16,  1830.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Dartmouth  College  in  1792,  and  was 
engaged  in  farming  at  Minot,  Maine,  where 
he  died.  He  married  (first)  October  19,  1800, 
Sarah  Stover,  who  died  July  28,  1801.  Mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
and  Elizabeth  ( Wallingford)  Ricker.  She 
was  born  November  5,  1776,  and  died  March 
18,  1864.  They  had  one  child,  Josiah  S.,  next 
mentioned. 

(VII)  Josiah  Stover,  only  child  of  Michael 
and  Sarah  (Stover)  Little,  was  born  July  9, 
iSoi.  and  died  April  2,  1862.  In  consequence 
of  his  mother's  death,  which  occurred  within 
tliree  weeks  after  his  birth,  he  was  taken  into 
the  family  of  his  grandfather.  Colonel  Josiah 
Little,  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
grew  up.  He  was  early  destined  for  business, 
but  an  accident  befell  him  and  he  was  sent  to 
college,  where  he  graduated  in  the  class  with 
Henry  W'.  Longfellow,  Franklin  Pierce  and 
other  brilliant  men.  To  his  studies,  prepara- 
tory and  collegiate,  he  gave  himself  with  an 
ardent  and  persevering  ambition ;  nor  did  he 
fail  to  attain  his  object.  To  be  proclaimed  the 
best  scholar  in  the  best  class  that  had  gradu- 
ated at  Brunswick  was  no  mean  honor.  Hav- 
ing studied  the  usual  term  in  the  office  of  Fes- 
senden  &  Deblois,  he  practiced  law  in  Port- 
land four  years  and  then  relinquished  the 
profession  for  more  active  business.  He  re- 
peatedly represented  Portland  in  the  legisla- 
ture, and  was  twice  speaker  of  the  house  of 
representatives.  He  v^-as  also  several  times  a 
candidate  for  congress,  but  failed  of  election, 
as  his  was  the  minority  party.  In  politics  a 
Whig  while  that  party  existed,  when  it  broke 
up  he  preferred  the  Democrats  to  the  Repub- 
licans, but  it  was  chiefly  with  railroad  enter- 
prise that  he  identified  his  exertions  and  for- 
tune and  name.  By  appointment  of  the  city 
of  Portland  in  1844  he  was  associated  with 
Judge  Preble  to  present  to  the  authorities  and 
citizens  of  Alontreal  the  project  of  a  railway 
communicating  between  that  place  and  Port- 
land, and  when  in  1848  Judge  Preble  resigned 
the  presidency  of  the  company.  Mr.  Little  was 
chosen  in  the  place  and  held  that  office  seven 
years.  It  was  he  who  first  suggested  to  the 
board  of  directors  the  idea  of  leasing  the  road 
to  the  Grand  Trunk  railway  of  Canada.  With 
all  the  negotiations  for  that  lease,  which 
proved  so  great  a  relief  to  the  stockholders  and 


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so  beneficial  to  the  city  and  state,  he  was 
from  his  official  position  intimately  connected. 
By  an  accession  of  property  at  the  death  of  his 
grandfather,  Mr.  Little  was  early  placed  at  his 
ease,  and  thus  missed  the  stimulus  which 
might  have  pressed  him  forward  to  eminence 
in  the  forum,  or  what  might  have  drawn  him 
into  the  more  dazzling  and  turbulent  area  of 
politics.  He  married,  1833,  Abba  Isabella 
Chamberlain,  who  was  born  in  \'ermont,  181 6, 
died  1893,  daughter  of  Joseph  Chamberlain, 
of  Boston.  Mrs.  Little  was  a  brilliant  woman 
and  shone  much  in  society.  One  daughter  was 
born  of  this  union,  Abba  Isabella.  After  Mr. 
Little's  death  his  widow  married  (second) 
George  T.  Davis,  of  Greenfield,  Massachusetts, 
who  served  some  years  as  a  congressman  from 
Massachusetts.  Mrs.  Davis  continued  to  reside 
in  Portland  after  her  second  marriac^e. 

(VIII)  Abba  Isabella,  only  child  of  losiah 
S.  and  Abba  Isabella  (Chamberlain)  Little, 
was  born  in  Portland,  1840,  married  Charles 
B.  Merrill  (see  Merrill  _VII),  and  died  at 
Portland,  Maine,  in  October,   i8gi. 


(For    preceding    generation   see    George    Little    I.) 

(II)  Captain  Joseph,  second 
LITTLE     child  and  eldest  son   of  George 

and  Alice  (Poor)  Little,  was 
born  September  22,  1653,  died  September  6, 
1740.  Captain  Joseph  was  much  more  promi- 
nent in  town  affairs  than  his  father.  He  was 
tythingman  in  1685,  and  selectman  in  1692- 
93,  1704-05.  He  seems  to  have  always  been 
connected  with  the  established  (Congrega- 
tional) church,  of  which  he  and  his  wife  were 
members.  It  was  then  the  custom  to  seat  the 
congregation  according  to  their  rank  in  the 
community,  and  in  the  allotment  of  seats  after 
the  erection  of  a  new  house  of  worship  in 
1700,  a  cjuite  prominent  one  was  given  him. 
In  1688  he  was  taxed  for  two  houses,  twelve 
acres  of  plowed  land,  twelve  of  meadow,  twen- 
ty of  pasture,  two  horses,  one  colt,  five  hogs, 
thirty  sheep  and  thirty-two  head  of  cattle.  His 
lands  were  afterwards  largely  increased  by 
inheritance  and  numerous  purchases.  He  is 
believed  to  have  lived  at  Turkey  Hill  from 
his  marriage  till  about  1730,  when  he  removed 
to  the  part  of  Newbury  now  Newburyport, 
where  several  of  his  sons  were  engaged  in 
trade.  He  distributed  his  real  estate  among 
his  sons  before  his  death,  and  in  his  will,  dated 
January  27,  1727,  and  proved  October  i,  1740, 
he  divides  his  household  goods  between  his 
daughters  Judith  Moody  and  Sarah  Thing, 
and  gives  one-third  of  the  remainder  of  his 
estate    to    his    daughter-in-law,    Marv    Little ; 


one-third  to  his  grandson,  Nathan ;  one-third 
to  his  grandson,  Ebenezer.  The  latter  was  ad- 
ministrator with  the  will  annexed.  The  ap- 
praisal was  £173  8s.  6d.  He  married,  October 
31,  1677,  Mary,  daughter  of  Tristram  anfl  Ju- 
dith (Somerby)  (Greenleaf)  Coffin,  born  No- 
vember 12,  1657,  died  November  28,  1725. 
Children :  Judith,  Joseph,  George,  Sarah, 
Enoch,  Tristram,  Moses,  Daniel  and  Benja- 
min. 

(III)  Deacon  Daniel,  eighth  child  and  sixth 
son  of  Captain  Joseph  and  Mary  (Coffin)  Lit- 
tle, was  born  January  13,  1692.  Lie  early 
went  to  Haverhill,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
business  as  a  tanner  for  several  years.  In 
February,  1728,  he  was  chosen  deacon  of  the 
church.  He  also  held  several  town  offices.  On 
the  incorporation  of  Hampstead,  New  Hamp- 
shire, which  was  originally  part  of  Haverhill, 
he  was  named  in  the  charter  to  call  the  first 
town  meeting.  He  lived  there  till  his  death  in 
November,  1777,  a  leading  man  and  influen- 
tial citizen,  serving  several  times  as  selectman 
and  moderator.  He  held  for  several  years  a 
magistrate's  coinmission,  did  a  large  amount 
of  legal  business,  and  solemnized  many  mar- 
riages. According  to  tradition  he  was  noted 
for  his  extensive  knowledge  of  the  Bible.  In 
his  vi'ill,  dated  December  31,  1770,  he  gives  his 
son  Daniel  £40,  divides  his  household  goods 
between  his  daughters  Sarah  Ayer,  Ruth 
Smith  and  the  heirs  of  Elizabeth  Kimball ; 
gives  a  cow  to  each  of  his  grandsons  John  and 
Joseph  Tallant,  and  leaves  the  rest  of  his  prop- 
erty, real  and  personal,  to  his  son  Samuel.  His 
first  two  children  were  born  in  Newburv,  the 
others  in  Haverhill.  He  married  (first)  in 
1 712,  Abiah,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Ayer)  Clement,  of  Haverhill,  who  was  born 
September  12,  1692,  died  August  24.  1766. 
He  married  (second)  February  11,  1768,  Han- 
nah   Morrill,    widow    of    Jacob    Currier,    of 

.  Hampstead.  His  children,  all  by  first  wife, 
were :  Samuel.  Joseph,  Sarah,  Elizabeth, 
Mary,  Abiah,  Daniel,  Hannali,  Judith,  Ruth 
and  Abigail. 

(IV)  Samuel,  eldest  child  of  Deacon  Daniel 
and  Abiah  (Clement)  Little,  was  born  in  New- 
bury, April  23,  1714,  died  January  16,  1798. 
He  lived  in  Atkinson,  and  soon  afterwards  in 
Hampstead,  New  Llampshire.  In  each  place 
he  was  a  prominent  citizen.  In  the  latter  he 
served  as  selectman  for  several  years,  and  was 
twelve  times  moderator  of  the  annual  town 
meeting.  He  was  a  member  of  the  provincial 
congress  which  met  at  Exeter  in  1775-76,  and 
was  an  earnest  and  active  patriot.  He  held  for 
many   years   a    magistrate's    commission,   and 


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transacted  consideialile  legal  business.  He 
joined  the  I-lr.st  Church  in  Plaislow,  May  22, 
1737.  He  married  (first)  Hannah  Sewcll,  and 
(second)  December  14,  17,58,  Sarah  Eollans- 
bce.  born  March,  1721,  died  March  5,  1805. 
His  chilclren,  all  by  second  wife,  were:  Moses, 
Joshua,  Mary,  Abigail,  Sarah,  Daniel,  Eliza- 
beth, Tristram,  Samuel  and  Abiah. 

(V)  Captain  Joshua,  second  child  of  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  (Eollansbee)  Little,  was  born 
September  17,  1741,  died  November  3,  1821. 
He  served  a.s  a  lieutenant  in  the  revolutionary 
war  at  Castine  and  at  Crown  Point,  and  was 
for  several  years  at  the  head  of  a  company  in 
the  state  militia.  "The  iMassachusetts  Soldiers 
and  Sailors  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution"  con- 
tains the  following  record :  "Joshua  Little. 
First  Lieutenant,  Ca])t.  Mecres  (also  given 
Morres)  Carr's  (9th)  co.,  2d  Lincoln  Co.  regt., 
of  Mass.  militia;  list  of  officers  chosen  b)-  the 
several  comjiam'es  in  said  regiment,  as  returned 
by  Joseph  North,  field  officer ;  ordered  in  coun- 
cil Aug.  23,  1776,  that  said  officers  be  com- 
missioned; reported  commissioned  July  (  ?)  23, 
1776;  also,  1st  Lieutenant,  Capt.  Mecres  Carr's 
detachment,  Col.  Joseph  North's  regt. ;  service, 
I  day ;  detachment  assisted  at  the  retaking  of 
the  mastship  "Gruell" ;  roll  dated  Newcastle, 
Sept.  15,  1777;  also  Lieutenant,  Capt.  John 
Blunt's  Co.,  Maj.  William  Lithgow's  detach- 
ment of  militia;  service  from  Sept.  10,  1779, 
to  Nov.  10,  1779,  2  mos.,  at  Penobscot,  de- 
fending frontiers  of  Lincoln  Co."  He  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  in  Whitefield,  Maine,  and 
a  verv  active  business  man.  Lie  was  engaged 
in  farming,  lumbering,  and  owned  and  operated 
a  .saw  mill.  He  represented  the  town  in  the 
Massachusetts  legislature  when  Whitefield  was 
incorporated.  Lie  died  November  3,  1821.  He 
married  (first)  in  Brunswick,  Maine,  Lydia 
Brown,  and  (second)  January  31,  1794,  in 
Hampstead,  New  Hampshire,  Mrs.  Ruhamah 
(Burnham)  Blaisdell,  who  died  December, 
1849,  aged  ninety-two.  By  first  wife  four  chil- 
dren :  Joshua.  Samuel,  Abijnh  and  Daniel; 
by  second  wife,  one  child,  Ruth. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  second  son  and  child  of 
Joshua  and  Lydia  (Brown)  Little,  was  born 
September  2,  1772,  died  December  20,  1849. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  Pittston,  Maine, 
where  he  died.  Lie  married,  1799,  Sally, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  (Piatt) 
Noyes,  who  died  July  i,  1836,  aged  fifty-eight. 
Children :  Susan,  John,  Moses,  David,  Eli, 
Sarah,  Samuel,  Mary  Ann,  Julia.  Hannah,  Syl- 
vester. 

(VH)  Samuel  (3),  fifth  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Sally  (Noyes)  Little, 


was  born  in  Pittston,  June  3,  181 1.  He  went 
to  Whitefield  in  1834,  and  was  engaged  in 
farming  there  till  1867,  wdien  he  removed  to 
Bowdoinham,  where  he  continues  to  reside. 
Lie  is  a  Baptist  in  religious  belief,  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  while  in  Whitefield  was  select- 
man, town  treasurer,  and  held  other  town  of- 
fices. He  married,  November  21,  1833,  Llan- 
nah,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Hutchings) 
Boynton,  of  Bristol.  Children :  Henrietta, 
Albion,  Ilartwell.  Llarriet.  Lois  Boynton, 
Celia.  Henrietta  .\ugusta.  Melissa,  .Amanda, 
John  and  Frank  (twins). 

(VHI)  Albion,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
of  Samuel  (3)  and  Hannah  (Boynton)  Little, 
was  born  in  Whitefield,  January  22,  1836.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  district  schools  of 
Whitefield  and  at  the  Alna  high  school.  After 
teaching  several  years  he  went  to  Portland 
and  was  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods 
store.  In  1861  he  entered  into  a  partnership 
with  his  employer,  and  from  a  flourishing  busi- 
ness they  passed  into  the  wholesale.  On  the 
retirement  of  the  senior  partner  in  1872,  the 
firm  name  was  changed  to  A.  Little  &  Com- 
pany, under  which  a  large  and  successful 
business  has  since  been  carried  on.  Mr.  Little 
is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  in 
politics  has  always  been  a  Republican.  He 
has  held  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust, 
served  as  president  of  the  common  council  of 
Portland,  and  as  alderman  of  that  city.  In 
1877  he  was  appointed  trustee  of  the  state  re- 
form school,  and  soon  after  chosen  president  of 
the  board,  a  position  he  filled  w-ith  marked  suc- 
cess, manifesting  much  interest  in  the  man- 
agement of  the  school,  wdiich  has  taken  high 
rank  among  kindred  institutions.  lie  married. 
December  24,  1861,  Sarah  Ellen,  born  in 
Portland,  Januarv  12,  1840,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Llenry  B.  and  Sarah  (Hill)  Hart.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Alice  May,  born  May  26,  1863,  mar- 
ried E.  F.  Davis.  2.  Florence  Kingman,  Au- 
gust 18,  1865,  married  Fremont  O.  Keene.  3. 
Albion  liart,  died  young.  4.  Sarah  Ellen. 
November  9,  1869,  married  George  C.  Deake. 
5.  Albion  Llenry,  mentioned  below.  6.  Maud 
Garfield,  September  19,  1881,  mairied  Moulton 
H.  Neale.     (See  Melcher.) 

(IX)  Albion  Henry,  fifth  child  and  second 
son  of  Albion  ami  Sarah  Ellen  (Hart)  Little, 
was  born  in  Portland,  June  21,  1876.  He  at- 
tended the  Portland  public  schools,  graduating 
from  the  high  school  in  1895.  He  then  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine,  taking  the  course  at  the 
Maine  Medical  College,  where  he  received  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1899.  Subsequently  he  took 
a  course  at  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary, 


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which  he  completed  in  1900.  In  1905  he  be- 
gan the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Portland, 
making  a  specialty  of  diseases  of  the  eye  and 
ear,  and  has  met  with  gratifying  success.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  Portland  Medical  Society,  the 
Maine  Medical  Society,  and  the  American  As- 
sociation of  Medicine  and  Science,  also  of  the 
Portland  Athletic,  the  Yacht  and  Canoe  clubs. 


Most  of  the  Melchers  of  New 
MELCHER  Hampshire  and  many  of  those 
of  Maine  are  descended  from 
Edward  Melcher,  who  was  of  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1684,  and  died  there  in 
1695.  It  is  not  improbable  that  the  gallant 
soldier,  successful  merchant  and  distinguished 
citizen  whose  sketch  follows  was  a  descendant 
of  the  sturdy  Edward  of  Portsmouth. 

Major  Holman  Staples,  son  of  James  H. 
and  Nancy  (Curtis)  Melcher,  was  born  in 
Topsham,  June  30,  1841.  He  attended  the 
district  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
entered  Maine  State  Seminary,  now  Bates  Col- 
lege. He  had  nearly  completed  the  course  in 
that  institution  when  he  enlisted,  August  29, 
1862,  as  a  private  in  Company  B  of  the  Twen- 
tieth Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  mus- 
tered in  as  a  corporal.  His  regiment  was  in 
active  service  for  nearly  three  years  and  he 
participated  in  some  of  the  fiercest  battles  of 
the  civil  war,  being  at  Antietam,  Shepards- 
town  Ford,  Fredericksburg,  Gettysburg,  the 
Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  Five  Forks,  Ap- 
pomattox, and  others  of  less  note.  At  Fred- 
ericksburg he  was  promoted  on  the  field  for 
gallantry  to  sergeant  major.  This  appoint- 
ment was  made  by  Colonel  Ames,  who  sub- 
sequently, April  20,  1 86.-^,  appointed  him  first 
lieutenant  of  Company  F.  At  Gettysburg  his 
company,  which  carried  the  regimental  colors, 
did  brilliant  service  in  saving  Little  Round 
Top.  His  captain  being  wounded  early  in 
the  battle.  Lieutenant  i\Ielcher  took  command 
of  the  company  and  was  at  its  head  when  the 
regiment  charged  the  enemy  at  this  point.  He 
was  appointed  by  Colonel  Chamberlain  acting 
adjutant  of  the  regiment,  and  thus  served 
until  the  reorganization  of  the  army  by  Gen- 
eral Grant  in  March,  1864.  He  was  then  as- 
signed to  the  command  of  Company  F,  and 
thus  served  through  the  Wilderness.  In  the 
first  day's  fighting  at  Spottsylvania  he  was 
severely  wounded  and  was  sent  home  to  re- 
cuperate. He  returned  to  the  front  in  Octo- 
ber, having  been  promoted  in  July  to  a  cap- 
taincy. But  on  account  of  his  wounds  he  was 
imable   to  perform    service   on   foot   and   was 


assigned  to  duty  on  the  staff  of  General  G.  K. 
Warren,  commanding  the  fifth  corps,  and  con- 
tinued on  the  staff  of  General  Charles  Grif- 
fin,  who    succeeded   to   the   command   of   the 
corps,  and   then   as   inspector  general  on   the 
staff  of  General  Chamberlain,  in  which  posi- 
tion he  was  serving  when  mustered  out  in  July, 
1865.     Three   months  before  being   mustered 
out  he   was  brevetted  major   for  meritorious 
service  at  Five  Forks  and  Appomattox.     In 
1864,  under  the  guns  of  Petersburg,  he  cast 
his  first  vote   for  President  Lincoln.     At  the 
close  of  the  war  Major  Melcher  removed  to 
Portland,   where   he   continued    to    reside   the 
remainder  of  his  life.     Soon  after  going  there 
lie  became  one  of  the  firm  of  Churchill,  Hunt 
&  Alelcher,  wholesale  grocers,  Mr.  Hunt  re- 
tiring in  1869.    This  firm  continued  till  it  was 
dissolved  in  1881,  and  thereafter  IMr.  Melcher 
conducted  the  business  under  the  firm  name  of 
H.  S.  ^ilelcher  &  Company.    The  business  was 
incorporated  as  the  H.  S.  Melcher  Company, 
and   so   continues.     As   a  business   man    Mr. 
Melcher  had  few  superiors.     Careful  and  con- 
servative in  all  his  operations,  avoiding  specu- 
lative ventures,  he  was  highly  successful,  and 
under  his  personal  direction  his  business  grew 
to  large  proportions,    extending    over    Maine 
and  portions  of  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont. 
He  was  public  spirited  and  identified  with  all 
the  movements  looking  to  the  city's  interest, 
the  best  welfare  of  its  citizens  and  the  pros- 
perity  of   its   religious   and  educational   insti- 
tutions and  public  business  organizations.    He 
was    for   years  president    of    the    Wholesale 
Grocers'  and  Flour  Dealers'  Association,  was 
also   president    of    the    Merchants'    Loan   and 
Building  Association,  a  director  of  the  Cum- 
berland National  Bank,  was  president  of  the 
Twelfth  ]\Iaine  Regiment  Association,  and  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Portland  Exchange 
and  Board  of  Trade.     He  was  also  past  com- 
mander  of   Bosworth    Post,    registrar   of   the 
Loyal  Legion,  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, of  the  Free  Street  Baptist  Church,  and 
was  for  several  years  president  of  the  Mem- 
orial Day  Commission.    In  1880  he  was  elected 
to  the  city  council,  and  re-elected  the  follow- 
ing vear.     In  1882-83  he  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  aldermen.     In  the  selection  of  Major 
Melcher,  who  served  as  the  mayor  of  Port- 
land in  the  two  municipal  years  of  1889-90, 
the  citv  followed  the  example  that  it  had  taken 
in  1876,  when  General  Fessenden  was  elected, 
choosing  for  its  chief  magistrate  a  gentleman 
who  had  made  a  brilliant  record  in  the  civil 
war.     He  was  nominated  without  opposition, 
February  27,  and  on  March  5  following  was 


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elected  by  a  vote  of  3,626,  and  2,244  for  ^^'■• 
Wilson,  Iiis  chief  opponent.  He  recommended 
that  the  name  of  Market  Square  be  changed 
to  Monument  Square,  a  recommendation  which 
was  followed  by  the  city  government.  On 
Memorial  Hay  of  this  year  the  corner  stone 
of  the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Monument  was 
laid  w^ith  appropriate  exercises.  In  1890  Major 
Melchcr  was  renominated,  and  on  March  4 
re-elected  by  a  vote  of  2,988  to  2,171  for  his 
leading  competitor,  Captain  Deering.  During 
his  admini.stration  the  Fort  Allen  lot  on  the 
Eastern  promenade  was  purchased  at  a  cost  of 
$15,000.  the  vicinity  of  the  Union  station  was 
named  Kailway  Square,  and  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  held  its  annual  meeting  in 
Portland.  During  the  administration  of  Major 
Melcher  the  city  debt  was  reduced  to  $340,000 
and  the  rate  of  taxation  fifty  cents  a  thousand. 
With  the  exception  of  representing  Portland  in 
the  lower  house  of  the  legislature  in  i8g8. 
Major  Melcher  held  no  public  office  after  his 
retirement  from  the  mayoralty.  As  mayor  of 
the  city  he  was  a  conscientious,  painstaking 
executive,  devoting  a  great  deal  of  his  time  to 
the  public  business.  His  administration  was 
clean  and  aggressive,  one  of  the  most  success- 
ful in  the  history  of  the  city.  Personally  May- 
or Melcher  was  a  modest  but  most  delightful 
companion,  and  of  him  it  can  be  said  without 
exaggeration  that  at  all  times  and  at  all  places 
he  was  a  gentleman.  He  was  sympathetic  and 
kind  hearted,  being  ever  ready  to  lend  his  aid 
and  influence  to  a  just  cause.  Among  the 
members  of  the  Grand  Army  he  was  admired 
and  respected,  especially  by  those  of  its  mem- 
bers who  were  his  comrades  in  the  rebellion, 
in  which  he  played  a  brilliant  and  conspicuous 
role. 

Holman  S.  Melcher  married  (first)  in  June, 
1868,  Ellen  M.  McLellan,  of  Portland,  who 
died  in  May,  1872.  He  married  (second) 
May  21,  1874,  Alice  E.  Hart,  born  in  Portland, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Henry  B.  and  Sarah 
(Hill)  Hart,  of  Portland.  The  children  of 
Henry  B.  and  Sarah  (Hill)  Hart  were: 
Henry  Augustus,  Sarah  E.  and  Alice  E.  To 
Major  and  Mrs.  Melcher  was  born  one  child, 
Georgiana  Hill,  born  in  Portland,  married 
Harry  Tukey  Johnson.  (See  Little  Mil.  pre- 
ceding this.) 


Thomas    Chickering,    the 
CHICKERIXG  -English    ancestor,    of 
whom    there    is    record, 
was  of  Wymondham,  England,  and  died  be- 
fore 1538.     He  married  Clare  Brown. 

(II)    Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  Chickering, 


resided  in  Wicklewood,  England,  and  died  in 
1576.     He  married  Anne  or  Agnes  Uey. 

(III)  Henry,  son  of  Stephen  Chickering, 
died  in  1627.  He  resided  in  Ringsford,  Eng- 
land, and  had  a  wife  Mary.  Children:  i.  Dr. 
Henrv,  born  in  England ;  was  proprietor  of 
Salem,  1639;  admitted  to  church  at  Dedham 
with  his  wife,  January  29,  1640-41;  admitted 
freeman,  June  2,  1641  ;  deacon;  elected  dep- 
uty to  general  court,  but  was  excused  from 
duty,  being  on  the  ship  to  go  to  England,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1647.  He  was  buried  July  22,  1671, 
aged  twenty-two  years.  In  his  will  he  be- 
queathed to  wife,  Elizabeth  (Hackburne) ;  to 
kinsman,  Nathaniel  Chickering,  living  with 
him;  to  pastor,  John  Allen;  to  church  and 
school  of  Dedham ;  to  son  John,  of  Charles- 
town.  2.  Simeon,  mentioned  below.  3.  Prob- 
ablv  Francis. 

(IV)  Simeon,  son  of  Henry  Chickering, 
died  in  1674.  He  lived  in  Wrentham,  Eng- 
land, and  married,  in  1635,  Prudence . 

(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Simeon  Chickering, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1647,  baptized  at 
Wrentham,  October  8,  1647,- died  October  21, 
1694.  He  came  to  America,  and  settled  first 
in  that  part  of  Dedham  called  Dedham  Island, 
on  what  was  later  known  as  the  Fuller  place. 
In  1694  he  removed  to  what  is  now  Dover, 
Massachusetts,  having  acquired  through  grant 
and  purchase  a  tract  of  land  of  a  thousand 
acres.  He  built  a  house  on  the  site  of  the 
present  homestead  now  or  lately  occupied  by 
George  Ellis  Chickering.  The  first  house  was 
taken  down  in  1767  and  a  new  one  erected  on 
the  spot,  which  was  remodeled  in  1867  and  is 
now  standing.  The  homestead  has  remained 
in  the  family  until  the  present  time.  Fie  mar- 
ried (first)  December  30,  1668,  Mary  Judson, 
who  died  soon.  Fie  married  (second)  Decem- 
ber 3,  1674,  Lydia  Fisher,  born  July  14,  1652, 
died'julv  17,  1737,  daughter  of  Captain  Dan- 
iel and  Abigail  (]\Iarriot)  Fisher,  of  Dedham. 
About  the  year  1671  she  went  into  the  family 
of  Rev.  John  Russel,  of  Hadley,  and  for  a 
year  or  more  waited  upon  the  regicides  Whal- 
iev  and  Goff,  \vho  had  fled  to  this  country  from 
the  wrath  of  Charles  II.  Nathaniel  died  Oc- 
tober 21,  1694.  Children:  i.  Prudence,  born 
September  9,  1675 ;  died  November  26.  1675. 
2.  Nathaniel,  born  March  28,  1677;  mentioned 
below.  3.  Lydia,  born  October  i,  1678;  mar- 
ried Thomas"  !^Ietcalf.  4.  Mary,  born  Decem- 
ber 15,  1680:  married  Nathan  Alden.  5.  John, 
born  November  22,  1682:  died  January  16. 
1714.  6.  Abigail,  born  March  29,  1684-85; 
died  unmarried.  7.  Daniel,  born  July  i,  1687; 
died  February  10.  1718.    8.  Samuel,  born  Feb- 


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ruary  14,  1689;  married  Alary  Harding.  9. 
Esther,  born  May  7,  1694;  married  Ebenezer 
Ware. 

(VT)  Deacon  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Na- 
thaniel ( I )  Chickcring,  was  born  March  28, 
1677,  and  died  at  Dover,  January  16.  1747. 
He  resided  at  Dedham,  and  was  selectman  in 
1733.  Before  the  organization  of  the  Dover 
church  the  family  attended  the  church  in 
South  Natick,  and  Nathaniel  was  a  deacon. 
He  married,  August  14,  1700,  Mary  Thorp, 
who  died  September  i,  1715,  daughter  of 
James  and  Hannah  Thorp.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) January  26,  17 16,  Deborah  Wight,  who 
died  January  16,  1746-47,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Deborah  Wight.  Children:  i.  Nathaniel, 
born  April  15,  1701.  2.  Mary,  February  25, 
1703-  .3-  Jeremiah,  May  20,  1705.  4.  Eli- 
phalet,  November  24,  1707.  5.  Hannah.  6. 
David,  March  24,  1710.  7.  Mary,  August  9, 
1712.      8.    John,    August    23,    1715;    married 

Mary  .     g.  Joseph,  born  JMay  5,  1717; 

mentioned  below.  10.  Daniel,  born  December 
30,  1718;  married  Keziah  Ellis.  11.  Deborah, 
born  April  9,  1722.     12.  Lydia,  September  12, 

1723- 

( VH)  Joseph,  son  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  (2) 
Chickering,  was  born  May  5,  1717,  and  died 
November  28,  1754.  He  had  a  farm  on  the 
original  estate,  which  was  later  known  as  the 
Haven  farm.  The  house  is  still  or  was  lately 
standing.  He  was  in  the  revolution,  a  minute- 
man  from  Dover,  in  Captain  Ebenezer  Brat- 
tle's company,  and  answered  the  Lexington 
alarm,  April  19,  1775.  He  married,  February 
7,  1744,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Captain  Josiah 
and  Hannah  (Fisher)  Newell,  of  Needham. 
Children:  i.  Experience,  born  November  10, 
1744;  died  September  29,  1746.  2.  Rebecca, 
born  August  4,  1746;  married  June  14,  1764, 
Lemuel  Richards.  3.  Joseph,  born  September 
10,  1748;  died  December  4,  1754.  4.  Deborah, 
born  June  3.  1751  ;  died  December  3,  1754.  5. 
Jabez ;  see  forward. 

(Vni)  Rev.  Jabez  Chickering,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Chickering,  was  born  at  Dover,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1753.  and  died  at  -South  Dedham,  March 
12,  1812.  Fie  was  one  of  the  first  from  the 
■"Springfield  Parish"  to  graduate  from  Har- 
vard College,  in  1774.  He  was  the  second 
minister  of  the  church  at  South  Dedham,  now 
Norwood.  He  married,  April  22,  1777  (in- 
tentions dated  March  28,  1777).  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  and  Mary  (Sum- 
ner) Balcb.  Her  father  was  IMr.  Chickering's 
predecessor.  Children,  born  in  Dedham:  i. 
Lucy,  March  30,   1778.     2.  Joseph.  .A.pril  30, 


1780;  mentioned  below.  3.  Jabez,  August  28, 
1782.  4.  Elizabeth,  June  28,  1785.  5.  Thomas 
Balch,  April  24,  1788. 

(IX)  Rev.  Joseph  Chickering,  son  of  Rev. 
Jabez  Chickering,  was  born  in  South  Dedham, 
April  30,  1780,  and  died  January  2j,  1844,  at 
Phillipston,  where  he  was  buried.  He  was 
graduated  at  Flarvard  College,  in  the  class  of 
1799,  and  studied  theology  there  under  Pro- 
fessor Tappan.  He  was  ordained  minister  of 
the  Woburn  church,  March  28,  1804.  He  con- 
tinued in  this  pastorate  with  much  success.  He 
was  dismissed  at  his  own  request  v^-ith  the 
sanction  of  a  council,  April  11,  1821.  He  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  church  at  Phillipston,  and 
was  installed  as  minister  there  July  10,  1822. 
At  his  own  request  he  was  dismissed  July  16, 
1835,  on  account  of  'age  and  bodily  infirmity. 
He  continued  to  reside  in  Phillipston  to  the 
end  of  his  life.  While  he  was  pastor  at  Wo- 
burn, one  hundred  and  sixty-four  members 
were  added  to  the  church,  and  270  persons 
baptized.  He  married  (first)  1805,  Betsey 
White,  died  November  3,  181 5,  aged  thirty- 
two  years,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  White,  of 
Concord.  Fie  married  (second)  .Sarah  Abbot 
Holt,  of  Albany,  I\Iaine,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Rhoda  Holt.  She  was  born  at  Andover, 
Massachusetts.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Rev.  John  ^^■hite.  born  March  19,  1808;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Joseph,  born  January  9, 
1810;  a  mechanic  of  much  skill;  went  west; 
married  April  3,  1833,  at  Phillipston,  Ameline 
Jones.  3.  Ruth,  died  October  27,  181 5,  aged 
three  years  four  months.  4.  Flenry,  died  No- 
vember 14,  181 3,  aged  twenty  months.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  5.  Abbot,  born  1822; 
'died  June  11,  1842,  aged  twenty  years  six 
months.  6.  Benjamin,  born  at  Phillipston,  No- 
vember 18,  1824.  7.  Betsey,  died  October  19, 
1823.  aged  two  da}S. 

(X)  Rev.  John  White  Chickering,  son  of 
Rev.  Joseph  Chickering,  was  born  at  Woburn, 
March  19,  1808;  died  December  9,  1880.  He 
graduated  at  Middlebury  College  in  the  class 
of  1826.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  High 
Street  Congregational  Church  of  Portland, 
Maine,  and  rounded  out  a  very  useful  and  suc- 
cessful pastorate  of  thirty  years  in  that  parish. 
He  was  for  many  years  secretary  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Temperance  Society,  and  a  strong 
and  potent  influence  in  the  temperance  move- 
ment all  his  life.  He  received  the  degree  of 
D.  D.  from  his  alma  mater.  He  married,  No- 
vember g,  1830,  Frances  Eveline  Knowlton, 
born  1809,  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  Knowl- 
ton.   She  died  May  30,  1885,  aged  seventy-six 


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years.  Cliiklren,  horn  at  Bolton:  i.  John 
White,  September  ii,  1831  ;  inenlioned  below. 
2.  Joseph  Knowlton,  1846. 

(XI")  Profes.sor  John  While  Chickering, 
son  of  Rev.  John  W'hitc  Chickering,  was  born 
in  Rohon,  Massacluisetts,  September  11,  1831. 
He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  entered 
Bow'doin  College  on  June  23,  1849.  He  was 
orator  of  his  class  in  both  jimior  and  senior 
years;  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1852, 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B. ;  was  elected  to  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  for  high  rank  in  scholarship, 
and  delivered  the  Latin  salutatory  at  com- 
mencement. He  received  the  degree  of  A.  M. 
in  1855.  From  1852  to  1858  he  was  a  teacher 
in  the  public  schools  at  Bucksport,  Foxcroft, 
Corinna  and  Portland,  Maine,  and  at  Ovid, 
New  ^'llrk.  He  decided  to  study  for  the  min- 
istry, and  was  graduated  in  i860  from  the 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary.  He  w'as  in- 
stalled as  minister  of  the  Congregational 
Church  at  Springfield,  \^ermont.  He  resigned 
this  pastorate  in  1863.  From  1865  to  1870 
he  was  pastor  of  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire.  He  was 
elected  secretary  of  the  Vermont  Bible  Society 
in  1863.  In  1870  he  accepted  the  chair  of  nat- 
ural history  in  the  Deaf  jNIute  College  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  held  this  professorship 
until  igoo,  wdien  he  retired  from  active  teach- 
ing, but  still  continues  to  lecture  on  pedagogy 
in  Gallaudet  College  and  Howard  University, 
Washington  City.  He  is  a  member  of  the  fol- 
lowing societies :  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science,  American  Social 
Science  Association,  Philosophical  Society, 
Anthropological  Society,  Biological  Society, 
National  Geographic  Society,  Choral  Society, 
Appalachian  Mountain  Club,  Civic  Centre 
Club,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity.  He  has  con- 
tributed liberally  to  various  scientific  periodi- 
cal?, reviews  and  newspapers. 

Professor  Chickering  married.  December  18, 
1856.  Luciana  Jameson,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Jameson,  of  Gorliam.  Maine;  she  died 
November  9,  1893.  Children :  John  Jame- 
son, Frances  Elizabeth  and  Luciana.  His  resi- 
dence is  at  the  Portner,  Washington  City. 

(XII)  John  Jameson  Chickering,  son  of 
Professor  John  White  Chickering,  was  born 
in  Gorham.  Maine,  September  27,  1857.  He 
was  graduated  from  Amherst  College  with  the 
class  of  1870.  and  was  a  member  of  Psi  Up- 
silon  fraternity.  From  1879  to  1892  he  was 
principal  of  the  Wallack  School,  Washington, 
D.  C.  During  several  years  of  this  time  lie 
was  in  charge  of  the  department  of  physiology 


and  hygiene  in  the  National  Deaf  Mute  (now 
Gallaudet)  College  in  Washington  City.  He 
also  read  law,  and  graduated  from  the  Colum- 
bian (now  George  Washington)  University 
Law  School  with  the  degrees  of  LL.B.  and 
LL.M.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  District  of 
Columbia  bar  on  examination.  From  1892  to 
1894  he  was  principal  of  the  Columbian  Uni- 
versity Preparatory  School;  from  1894  to  1898 
superintendent  of  schools  at  Flushing,  Long 
Island,  New  York.  From  1898  to  the  present 
time  he  has  been  district  superintendent  of 
schools  of  New  York  City,  Borough  of 
Queens. 

Mr.  Chickering  married,  October  28,  1893, 
Anne  E.  Russell,  daughter  of  Hon.  William  A. 
Russell,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Child: 
John  Jameson  Jr.,  born  in  Boston,  October  31, 
1 906. 


This    name    is    one    which    has 
MOORE     been   familiarly   connected   with 

science  and  the  fine  arts  for 
many  years,  and  the  bearers  of  it  who  emi- 
grated to  this  country  and  their  descendants 
have  not  allowed  its  luster  to  become  dimmed. 
The  members  of  this  illustrious  family  came 
to  America  early  in  the  seventeenth  century. 
Several  of  their  immediate  descendants  were 
in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  bravely  bore 
their  share  in  that  struggle. 

(I)  William  Moore  was  born  in  North 
Anson,  Somerset  county,  Maine,  May  9,  1798, 
and  died  in  1853.  His  profession  was  that  of 
civil  engineer  and  architect.  In  his  early 
manhood  he  went  to  the  south  and  practiced 
his  profession.  He  took  up  his  residence  first 
in  the  city  of  Mobile,  Alabama.  He  planned 
and  erected  some  of  the  finest  public  and 
private  buildings  in  the  south,  where  he  accu- 
mulated a  large  fortune.  He  was  largely  in- 
terested in  railroad  and  steamship  lines  and 
was  an  extensive  landholder  in  Alabama, 
Texas,  and  other  places.  He  owned  a  large 
number  of  slaves,  which  was  necessary  under 
the  condition  of  affairs  then  existing  in  the 
country.  Upon  his  retirement  from  business  - 
in  185 1  he  gave  them  all  their  freedom  papers, 
as  well  as  a  sufiicient  sum  of  money  to  each 
to  give  them  their  start  in  the  various  branches 
of  skilled  labor.  Mr.  Moore  did  not  believe 
in  slavery.  He  married  Almeda  Wyman,  who 
was  born  in  Skowhegan,  Maine,  where  her 
father  was  an  editor  for  many  years.  She 
was  a  noted  beauty,  and  miniatures  of  her 
were  frequently  painted  by  noted  artists.  Her 
brother,  Hon.  Asa  N.  Wyman,  was  a  state 
senator  in  the  legislature  of  Maine,  but  sub- 


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sequently  went  to  the  Mexican  war  as  a  cap- 
tain. At  the  conclusion  of  that  war  he  went 
from  Mexico  to  California,  and  was  one  of 
the  "Forty-Niners."  Mr.  Wyman  was  for 
many  years  editor  and  owner  of  several  Cali- 
fornia papers.  He  died  in  Washington,  in 
1869. 

(II)  Hon.  Edward  Bruce  Moore,  son  of 
William  and  Almeda  (Wyman)  Moore,  was 
born  on  a  farm  near  North  Anson,  Maine, 
December  25,  185 1.  He  was  the  youngest  of 
a  family  of  nine.  His  grandfather,  William 
Paine,  of  Anson,  Maine,  was  born  in  Wool- 
wich, Maine,  November,  1760,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 14,  1846.  He  enlisted  in  the  Continental 
army  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  his  military 
record  being  as  follows :  A  private  in  Captain 
Wiley's  company.  Colonel  Michael  Jackson's 
regiment,  in  wdiich  he  served  from  March  11, 
1777,  to  December  31,  1779.  He  participated 
in  the  battles  of  White  Plains,  Cherry  Valley, 
Ticonderoga,  Brandywine,  and  many  others. 
After  his  discharge  from  the  army  he  was 
ordained  in  1808  as  a  preacher  in  the  Baptist 
church,  with  which  he  was  identified  until  his 
death.  He  traveled  extensively,  and  was  an 
ardent  worker  in  the  interest  of  his  church. 
He  was  married  sixty  years,  and  was  the 
father  of  sixteen  children. 
,  Hon.  Edward  Bruce  Moore  was  scarcely 
more  than  an  infant  when  his  father  died, 
and  his  mother,  in  order  to  give  her  children 
greater  advantages  afforded  by  a  new  country, 
moved  to  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  His  edu- 
cation was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of 
Grand  Rapids,  and  under  private  tuition.  He 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He 
took  a  two  years'  review  course  at  the  Na- 
tional University  Law  School  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  His  oldest  brother,  George  Owen, 
after  traveling  extensively  in  foreign  coun- 
tries, also  took  up  his  residence  in  Washing- 
ton, where  he  was  secretary  under  the  Grant 
administration,  to  the  Spanish  and  American 
Claims  Commission.  He  was  honored  bv  re- 
ceiving his  appointment  from  both  govern- 
ments, Spain  and  the  United  States.  He, 
like  his  mother,  engaged  in  literary  pursuits. 
His  letters  in  the  Washington  and  other 
papers,  describing  his  travels,  were  widely 
read  and  copied.  Two  other  brothers,  Heman 
N.  and  Malcolm  1\I.,  both  went  into  the  army 
during  the  civil  war,  and  were  majors  in  the 
Fifth  and  Seventh  Regiments  of  Cavalry, 
respectively,  serving  under  General  Custer. 
They  were  wounded  and  brought  to  Wash- 
ington from  the  front.  Their  mother  came 
on   to   nurse  them,   and   finally,   in    1865,   she 


moved  with  the  family  from  Grand  Rapids  to 
Washington,  where  they  have  since  lived. 

Edward  Bruce  Moore  was  a  page  in  the 
United  States  senate  during  1865-66,  and  with 
the  exception  of  the  few  years  he  was  away 
completing  his  education,  has  resided  in  Wash- 
ington. He  entered  the  service  of  the  United 
States  Patent  Office  as  an  assistant  examiner 
in  1883.  He  rose  through  the  various  grades 
to  law  clerk  to  the  commissioner,  and  prin- 
cipal examiner,  and  was  then  sent  to  Europe 
by  President  McKinley  as  a  representative  of 
this  government  to  the  Paris  Exposition  of 
1900.  Upon  his  return  from  Paris  he  was 
appointed,  on  his  record  and  wholly  without 
political  influence.  Assistant  Commissioner  of 
Patents,  wdiich  position  he  held  until  June, 
1907,  when  he  was  appointed  by  President 
Roosevelt,  Commissioner  of  Patents,  which  po- 
sition he  now  holds.  He  was  sent  by  the  State 
Department  in  August,  1908,  as  the  sole  dele- 
gate representing  the  United  States  at  the  In- 
ternational Congress  at  Stockholm,  Sweden. 
At  the  conclusion  of  that  Congress  he  went 
to  Berlin,  where  he  was  successful  in  nego- 
tiating a  treaty  with  Germany  which  abro- 
gated the  "Working  Clause"  in  the  patent  laws 
of  that  country,  for  which  effort  he  received 
the  thanks  of  the  Department  of  State,  and 
the  plaudits  of  the  inventors,  manufacturers, 
and  exporters  of  the  entire  United  States.  Mr. 
Moore  was  appointed  to  all  the  positions  he 
ever  held  strictly  through  merit.  He  is  the 
first  Commissioner  of  Patents  in  a  period  of 
one  hundred  and  eighteen  years  of  our  Amer- 
ican patent  system  wlio  was  promoted  through 
merit  to  the  head  of  that  most  important  and 
verv  highly  technical  bureau. 

Mr.  Moore  has  been  president  of  the  Michi- 
gan State  Societv  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
is  president  of  the  District  of  Columbia  So- 
cietv of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cosmos  Club,  Country 
Club,  and  the  Press  Club  of  Washington.  He 
was  made  an  honorarv  member  at  the  same 
time  with  President  Taft  and  Senator  Carter, 
of  Montana,  of  the  legal  fraternity  Phi  Al- 
pha Delta.  He  has  a  verv  extensive  acquaint- 
ance throughout  the  world  with  scientific  men 
and  prominent  men  in  all  walks  of  life. 


Deacon  John  Pearson  was 
PEARSON     born   in   Yorkshire,   England, 

in  1615.  was  married  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  with  his  wife  Maudlen  to 
Saugus  (Lynn),  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
in  1637.  and  to  Reading  in  1639.  He  was 
one  of  the  seven  heads  of  families  that  formed 


STATE  C)F  MAINE. 


469 


the  First  Cliurch  at  Reading,  and  he  took  a 
prominent  part  in  founding  the  town,  being 
deacon  of  tlie  clnirch  which  was  the  basis  of 
the  town  government.  Deacon  John  and 
Maudlen  Pearson  liad  three  children  born  in 
Lynn  and  two  in  Reading,  their  names  in  the 
•order  of  their  birth  being:  Mary,  Bertha, 
Sarah,  John   (q.  v.),  James. 

(II)  lohn  (2),  eldest  son  and  fourth  child 
of  Deacon  John  (i)  and  Maudlen  Pearson, 
was  bom  iii  Reading,  1650  or  1653,  died  in 
1720.  He  was  known  as  Captain  Pearson,  and 
was  a  representative  for  the  town  of  Lynn  in 
the  general  court  of  Massachusetts  from  1702 

to    1 710.     He   married,    about    1677, 

Kendall.      Children:     i.    James,    born    1678, 

married Swain.     2.  Tabitha,  married 

Goodwin.     3.   John,   married 


Batchcller.  4.  Rebecca,  born  1686.  5.  Ken- 
dall (q.  v.).  6.  Susanna,  born  1690,  mar- 
ried   Gould.  7.  JNIary,  born  1692,  mar- 
ried   Eaton.     8.   Thomas,   born    1694. 

9.  Ebenezer,  born  1696.  10.  Sarah.  11.  Abi- 
gail.    12.  Elizabeth. 

(III)  Kendall,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 

Captain  John  and (Kendall)   Pearson. 

was  born  in  Reading,  ^Massachusetts,  168S, 
•died  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  1768.  He  mar- 
ried   —  Roardman.  had  one  child  Thomas 

(q.  v.). 

(IV)  Thomas,   only  child   of  Kendall   and 

(Boardman)  Pearson,  was  born  prob- 
ably at  Lynn  in  1709.    Married Lewis, 

and  among  their  children  was  Thomas  ( q.  v.). 

(V)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)   and 

(Lewis)  Pearson,  was  born  February 

12.  1733.  He  enlisted  in  the  navy  and  served 
until  November  5,  1749.     He  married  Martha 

,  born   August  8,    1730.     Children:    i. 

Elizabeth,  born  December  7,  1748,  died  March 
24,  1749.  2.  A  daughter,  stillborn,  April  12, 
1750.  3.  Nathaniel,  August  3,  1754,  died  Oc- 
tober 24.  1758.  4.  Thomas,  birth  unknown. 
5.  Martha,  September  13,  1757.  6.  Eunice. 
February  12.  1760.  7.  Sarah,  October  7,  1762, 
died  September  18,  1764.  8.  A  son,  stillborn, 
March  17,  1765.    9.  Louis,  born  July  22,  1766. 

10.  Hannah,  February  23,  1770.  11.  Wood- 
bridge   (q.  v.). 

(VI)  Woodbridge,  youngest  child  of  Thom- 
as (2)  and  Martha  Pearson,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  1772,  died  in  his  carriage  while 
on  his  return  from  Swansville  to  his  home  in 
Morrill,  Maine,  November  3,  1848.  He  was 
among  the  early  settlirs  of  Unity,  Maine; 
from  there  removed  to  Montville,  Maine,  1814, 
and  about  1829  took  up  his  residence  in  Mor- 
rill.    He  married  Mary  Whitney,  born  Octo- 


ber 7,  1780,  died  November  29,  1861.  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  John  and  Joanna  (Fox)  Whitney. 
Children:  i.  Martha,  born  in  Unity,  Maine, 
June  26,  1799,  died  in  Montville,  Maine,  .Sep- 
tember 22,  1890;  married,  February  i,  1824, 
William  Alexander.  2.  Trial,  I'nity.  Maine, 
November  6,  1800,  died  November  8,  1888, 
in  Montville;  married  Martha  Witham.  3. 
Joanna,  November  16.  1802.  4.  Samuel.  April 
27,  1804,  died  in  Belfast,  Maine,  March  18, 
1897;  married  (first)  Desire  Ellis;  (second) 
Mrs.  Mary  Waterman.  5.  Fannie,  Unity, 
Maine,  March  16,  1806.  died  in  Swansville, 
Maine,  January  27.  1882;  married  Elisha  El- 
lis. 6.  Louis,  Unity,  Maine,  April  6,  1S08, 
died  about  1843;  married  Henry  Warren.  7. 
Orrison.  Unitv,  Maine,  June  11,  1810,  died 
March  30,  i8i'8.  8.  Mary,  Unity,  Maine,  No- 
vember 22,  1812,  died  in  Montville,  Maine ; 
married  Thomas  Nickerson.  9.  John  Charles, 
Montville,  Maine,  March  18,  1817,  died  July 
29,  1886,  in  Morrill;  married  Eliza  Jackson. 
10.  Thomas  (q.  v.).  11.  Hannah.  October 
31,  1819,  died  in  Montville,  Maine,  November 
17,  1821.  12.  Jeremiah,  July  5,  1823,  died  in 
Portland  Hospital,  July  17,  1898;  married 
(first)  Marv  Doten ;  (second)  Ursula  Gould. 
(VII)  Thomas,  son  of  Woodbridge  and 
IMary  (Whitney)  Pearson,  was  born  in  Mont- 
ville, Maine,  January  4,  1819,  died  there  Octo- 
ber 24,  1890.  He  conducted  farming  opera- 
tions in  Morrill,  JMaine,  from  whence  he  went 
to  Montville  and  there  resided  on  a  farm  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  IMethodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  married.  Oc- 
tober 18,  1846,  Melvina  Doten,  born  in  Waldo 
county,  Maine,  October  28,  1831,  and  late  in 
life  removed  to  Maplewood,  Massachusetts. 
where  she  lived  with  her  eldest  son,  Joseph 
O.  Children:  i.  Joseph  Orrison,  born  De- 
cember 22,  1847,  married,  March  18,  1874, 
Mehitable  Plummer,  born  November  9,  1849, 
died  August  6,  1891  :  children:  i.  Fred  Alton, 
born  April  23,  1876,  married,  July.  1904.  Or- 
pha  Hicklin:  ii.  Maud  Melvina,  July  31,  1878, 
died  September  20,  1880;  iii.  Joseph  La  veil, 
March  13,  1880,  married,  January  7,  1902, 
Eva  S.  Taylor,  two  children :  Myrtle  Flor- 
ence, born  July  17,  1904.  and  Marion  Eva, 
Tune  2.  1907;  iv.  Hattie  Orrie.  March  3.  1886: 
V.  Thomas  Ray,  IMarch  5.  1888.  2.  Lucy  E., 
March  19,  1850,  died  February  28,  1854.  3. 
Eugene  Lavell,  December  10,  1853,  lives  in 
Massachusetts;  married,  July  31.  1884.  Mar- 
garet McLean.  4.  Josiah  Wilson,  April  7, 
1856.  died  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  De- 
cember   I,    1901 ;   was   a   physician   and   sur- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


geon;  married,  November  26,  1884,  Carrie 
Crockett,  one  child,  Keith  Nelson,  born  Sep- 
tember I.  1888.  5.  Eddy  Mvan,  I\Iay  19, 
1861,  died  July  5.  1861.  6.  Nelson  Rich  (q. 
v.).  7.  Thomas  Norman,  June  2,  1865,  was 
a  physician  in  the  town  of  Morrill^  Maine; 
married,  June,  1894.  Lilla  Hatch.  8.  George 
Edwin,  July  31,  1867,  lives  in  New  Jersey; 

married,  August  24,   1892,  Elizabeth  , 

one  child,  IMadge  Melvina,  born  August  24, 
1893.  9.  John  Woodbridge,  April  21.  1871, 
resides  in  Waterville,  Maine ;  married,  No- 
vember 27,  1901,  Bertha  Rollins. 

(IX)  Nelson  Rich,  son  of  Thomas  and  INIel- 
vina  (Doten)  Pearson,  was  born  in  Morrill, 
Maine,  February  6,  1863.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
academies  at  Albion  and  China,  Maine.  He 
attended  the  East  Maine  Conference  .'Seminary 
from  1886  to  1890.  He  began  preaching  and 
exhorting  in  the  Methodist  churches  at  Ripley 
and  Harmony,  in  1888,  and  was  ordained  a 
deacon  by  Bishop  Andrews  at  Dover,  Maine, 
in  1890.  He  was  stationed  at  Vanceboro  and 
Lambert  Lake  in  1890-92;  was  ordained  elder 
by  Bishop  Goodell  at  Rockland  in  1892:  was 
itinerant  generally  for  two  years  at  Easton, 
Spragues  Mills,  Soutli  Presque  Isle,  China, 
East  Vassalboro,  Rockport  (four  years),  Cara- 
bou  (three  years),  Columbia  Falls  (one  year), 
Pembroke,  Sullivan,  Sorrento,  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  Waldoboro,  Lincoln  county,  in  the 
spring  of  1908.  He  was  initiated  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  Belfast;  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  West 
Sullivan ;  of  the  David  A.  Hooper  Lodge,  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  at  West 
Sullivan,  and  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  Carabou.  He  married,  April  4, 
1892,  Emma  M..  daughter  of  Simeon  H.  and 
Huldah  (Kendall)  Perkins,  of  South  Paris, 
Maine.  Huldah  (Kendall)  Perkins  was  born 
in  Berlin,  New  Hampshire.  Children:  i. 
Ruth  Hutchins,  born  in  Easton,  Maine,  April 
26,  189^.  2.  Carl  Rees  Thomas,  Rockport, 
Maine,  June  30,  i8q6,  died  there  December  6, 
1898.  3.  Esther  Charlotte,  Carabou,  October 
31,  1901. 


The  Gannett  family  of  Amer- 
GANNETT     ica  were  from  England.   Two 

brothers  and  a  sister  were 
among  the  early  settlers.  Judith  Gannett, 
aged  twenty-six,  came  in  the  ship  "Francis," 
of  Ipswich.  April  30,  1634,  and  lived  in  the 
familv  of  John  Coggeshall,  being  admitted  to 
the  Boston  church  September  7,  1634;  rnar- 
ried  at  Scituate,  .September  20,   1636,  Robert 


Shelley.  She  was  received  in  the  church  at 
Barnstable  in  1644,  being  dismissed  from  Bos- 
ton, July  14,  1644.  Anne  Shelley,  sister  of 
Robert,  also  lived  in  the  Coggeshall  family. 

Thomas  Gannett  appears  to  have  come  from 
England  about  1638.  He  and  his  brother 
Matthew  settled  first  at  Hingham.  In  1642 
Thomas  became  one  of  the  first  settlers  and 
proprietors  of  Duxbury,  but  in  1651,  having 
obtained  a  grant  of  land  in  Bridgewater,  he 
became  one  of  the  first  five  settlers  of  that 
town,  where  he  died  in  1655.  He  married 
Sarah  Jarmill,  who  married  (second)  Septem- 
ber 6,  1655,  William  Saville,  and  (third)  July 
5.  1670.  Thomas  Faxon,  both  of  Bridgewater. 
She  died  there  in  1697.  Thomas  made  his 
will  June  19.  1655,  and  it  was  proved  August 
7,  1655,  bequeathing  to  his  wife  and  brother 
Matthew,  having  no  children.  A  family  of 
this  name  lived  in  Blandford,  England,  from 
1580  to  1680.  The  surname  is  doubtless  of 
French  origin,  though  the  family  has  been 
in  England  many  centuries. 

(I)  j\Iatthew  Gannett,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  with  his  brother  Thomas  men- 
tioned above,  and  located  first  at  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  removing  in  1651  to  Scituate, 
where  he  had  purchased  half  a  share  in  the 
Conihasset  lands  of  Anna  \'inal.     He  resided 

.  at  Scituate  the  remainder  of  his  life  and 
died  there  in  1694  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven. 
His  will  is  dated  August  23,  1694,  and  was 
proved  November  15  of  the  same  year.  He 
bequeathed  to  his  grandsons  Matthew  and  Jo- 
seph the  lands  at  Bridgewater  that  he  inher- 
ited from  his  brother,  and  he  gave  his  home- 
stead and  land  at  Scituate  and  Hingham  to 
his  son  ]\Iatthew.  He  married,  probably  at 
Hingham,  Hannah  Andrews,  who  died  at 
Scituate,  July  10,  1700,  aged  seventy-eight, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Andrews. 
Children:  i.  Vfatthew.  had  two  sons,  iMatthew 
and  Joseph.  2.  Rehoboth,  settled  in  Morris- 
town,    New    Jersey :    died    without    issue.      3.- 

Hannah,  married  Adams.     4.  Abigail, 

married  Jonathan  Dodson.  5.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried        Leavitt.      6.    Joseph,    mentioned 

below.    7.  Benjamin, 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Matthew  Gannett,  was 
born  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  about  t66o, 
and  died  there  August  14,  1693.  He  is  buried 
on  his  farm.  He  married,  at  IMarblehead, 
August  15,  1682.  Deborah  Sharp,  widow, 
daughter  of  Henry  Coombs,  of  Alarblehead, 
who  died  in  1660,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth, 
who  died  1709.  His  widow  Deborah  married 
(third)  about  1702,  Joseph  Howes,  of  Scitu- 
ate.    She  died  September  19,  1728.     Children. 


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of  Joseph  and  Deborah  Gannett:  i.  Hannah, 
born  1684.  2.  Joseph,  born  1686.  3.  Mat- 
thew, born  t688,  married,  1702.  Man,'  Bacon. 
4.  Deborah,  born  1690.  5.  Joseph,  born  1693, 
mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Gan- 
nett, was  born  September  14,  1693,  at  Scitu- 
ate.  He  inlierited  nndcr  tlie  will  of  Matthew 
Gannett,  his  grandfather,  half  of  the  lands  of 
the  immigrant  Thomas  in  that  town,  and  set- 
tled there  with  his  brother  Matthew,  who  had 
the  other  half,  in  1713.  He  died  at  Bridge- 
water.  April  30,  1774.  He  married  (first)  at 
liraintree,  November  21.  1717,  Hannah  Hay- 
ward,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Ho- 
bart)  Hayward,  of  Braintree.  She  was  born 
January  22,  1693,  and  died  at  East  Braintree, 
September  9,  1731.  ]\Ir.  Gannett  married 
(second)  in  1732.  Hannah  Brett,  who  died  in 
'^777^  aged  seventy-eight,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Brett.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Jo- 
seph, born  March  29,  1722.  mentioned  below. 

2.  Hannah,  born  1724,  married  Ichabod  Gary. 

3.  Benjamin,  born  1726.  4.  Benjamin,  born 
1728.  5.  Jonathan,  born  1730.  Children  of 
second  wife:  6.  .Seth,  born  1734.  7.  Thomas, 
born  1736. 

(IV)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Gan- 
nett, was  born  in  East  Bridgewater,  ]\Iarch 
29,  1722.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
in  Captain  Abram  ^^'ashburn's  company.  Colo- 
nel John  Cushing's  regiment,  in  1776  (page 
250,  vol.  vi.,  "Mass.  Soldiers  and  Sailors"). 
He  is  said  to  have  held  the  rank  of  cai)tain 
during  the  war.  He  married,  June  7,  1744, 
Elizabeth  Latham,  born  December  14,  1726, 
died  March  i,  1818,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Susanna  (Woodward)  Latham.  Children:  i. 
Caleb,  born  August  22,  1743.  2.  Elizabeth  (or 
Betty),  born  1749.  married  Nathan  Hudson. 
3.  Simeon,  born  1752.  4.  Deborah,  born  1755, 
married  Adam  Porter  and  removed  to  Cum- 
mington,  Massachusetts.  5.  Joseph,  born  1760. 
6.  Barzillai,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Major  Barzillai,  son  of  Captain  Jo- 
seph (3)  Gannett,  was  born  at  East  Bridge- 
water,  June  17,  1765.  He  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  1785,  and  preached  in 
various  places.  He  settled  in  Gardiner,  Maine, 
then  a  part  of  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  and 
became  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the 
county,  clerk  of  the  court  of  sessions,  county 
treasurer,  representative  to  the  legislature, 
state  senator  in  1807,  member  of  congress 
1809-n.  He  was  one  of  the  most  useful  and 
honored  citizens  of  the  section,  and  held  vari- 
ous offices  in  the  federal  government  and  in 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.     He  had  the 


utmost  confidence  of  everybody  and  was  pop- 
ular to  an  unusual  degree  for  a  man  in  public 
life.  Later  he  went  west,  where  he  died  in 
1835.  He  married,  April  30,  1797,  Elizabeth 
Farley,  born  at  Newcastle,  Maine,  July  7, 
1774,  died  September  18,  1845.  She  came  of 
an  honored  and  respected  family,  and  was  a 
woman  of  remarkably  fine  character,  courage 
and  integrity.  Children,  born  in  Gardiner:  i. 
Edward  F.,  born  June  5,  179S,  died  June  26, 
1826.  2.  Elizabeth  L.,  February  21,  1800, 
died  May  30.  1836.  3.  Michael  F..  March  9, 
1802,  died  1889.  4.  Catherine,  Augu.st  4, 
1804,  died  February  2.  1861.  5.  Joseph  Bar- 
zillai, July  I,  1806,  died  April  6,  1807.  6. 
Joseph  Farley,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Joseph  Farley,  son  of  Major  Bar- 
zillai Gannett,  was  born  July  31,  1810,  at 
Augusta,  died  January  4,  1888.  He  married, 
May  19,  1833,  Mary  E.  Patterson,  who  died 
November  25,  1873.  Children:  i.  Charles  E., 
born  January  18,  1836,  died  July  18,  1867. 
2.  Eben  F.,'May  5,  1837,  died  February  2, 
1843.  3-  T'l'iry  E.,  October  27,  1838,  died 
February  14.  1843.  4.  George  F.,  February 
8,  1840.  5.  Sarah  P.,  September  15,  1841, 
died  October  30,  1846.  6.  Isabel,  September 
13,  1843,  died  January  30,  1881.  7.  Addie, 
February  24,  1845,  died  May  i,  1903.  8. 
Emma.  December  8,  1846.  9.  Joseph  E.,  born 
September  17,  1848,  died  September  11,  1849. 
10.  Miland  F.,  March  23,  1850,  died  Decem- 
ber II,  1870.  II.  Anna  E.,  March  23,  1852. 
12.  William  H.,  February  10,  1854,  mentioned 
below.  13.  .Arthur  H.,  August  6,  1857.  14. 
Samuel  S.,  February  10.   1861, 

(WV)  William  Howard,  son  of  Joseph 
Farley  Gannett,  was  born  in  Augusta,  Febru- 
ary 10,  1854.  On  both  his  father's  and 
mother's  side  his  ancestry  is  among  the  oldest 
in  New  England  and  in  each  generation  in- 
cludes men  conspicuous  for  their  ability  and 
enterprise,  leaders  in  their  respective  com- 
munities and  prominent  in  public  afifairs.  His 
grandfather,  Major  Barzillai  Gannett,  a  grad- 
uate of  Harvard  University  in  the  class  of 
1785,  moved  to  Gardiner,  Maine,  where  he 
became  a  man  of  great  influence,  holding 
various  town  and  county  offices,  was  a  state 
senator  and  in  1807  a  member  of  congress. 
His  great-grandfather,  Joseph  Gannett,  was  a 
captain  in  the  revolution.  Through  his  mother, 
Mary  E.  (Patterson)  Gannett,  he  is  descended 
from  the  Pattersons  and  Howards,  literally 
t\^-o  of  the  first  families  of  this  city,  whose 
progenitors  were  distinguished  characters 
among  the  very  earliest  settlers  of  Augusta, 
Maine.      His    maternal    grandfather.    Captain 


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Samuel  Patterson,  commanded  one  of  the  old- 
time  clipper  ships  engaged  in  foreign  com- 
merce in  the  palmy  days  of  the  American 
merchant  marine.  Captain  James  Howard, 
Mr.  Gannett's  great-great-grandfather  on  his 
mother's  side,  was  the  first  settler,  and  so  to 
speak  founder  of  Augusta,  and  as  commander 
of  Fort  Weston  in  the  revolutionary  war  he 
entertained  Aaron  Burr  and  Benedict  Arnold 
when  the  latter  halted  his  army  at  Augusta 
on  his  ill-fated  expedition  against  Quebec. 
Captain  Howard,  the  leading  citizen,  the  suc- 
cessful business  man,  rounded  out  his  official 
career  by  holding  the  office  of  judge.  Mr. 
Gannett's  uncle,  Hon.  Joseph  W.  Patterson, 
was  a  leading  citizen  and  four  times  mayor  of 
Augusta,  and  his  great-uncle,  Joseph  Tink- 
ham,  was  harbor  master  of  New  York  City; 
and  he  is  related  to  the  late  Dr.  George  Gan- 
nett, of  Boston,  founder  of  the  Gannett  in- 
stitution for  the  liberal  education  of  women,  to 
the  Rev.  W.  C.  Gannett,  to  Kate  Gannett 
Wells,  the  talented  writer,  and  to  Henry  _C. 
Gannett,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  now  chief 
topographer  of  the  United  States  topographic 
survey.  His  youngest  brother,  Samuel  S. 
Gannett,  also  holds  a  high  position  in  the 
United  States  topographic  survey.  Mr.  Gan- 
nett is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Mayflower 
Descendants,  and  his  pedigree  discloses  a 
double  claim  to  this  distinction  in  that  he  is 
descended  in  two  distinct  lines  from  two  of 
the  Pilgrim  passengers  of  that  famous  ship 
for  whom  this  association  is  named,  to  wit : 
from  Peter  Brown,  as  well  as  from  Mary 
Chilton,  who,  famed  as  the  first  to  step  foot 
on  Plymouth  Rock,  became  the  wife  of  John 
Winslow,  brother  of  Governor  Edward  Wins- 
low-. 

Returning  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  Mr. 
William  Howard  Gannett  is  a  self-educated 
and  self-made  man.  The  straitened  circum- 
stances of  his  father  rendered  it  necessary  for 
him  to  leave  school  at  eight  years  of  age  and 
go  to  work  to  assist  in  the  support  of  the 
family  of  fourteen  children  of  which  he  was 
the  twelfth.  Since  that  time,  with  his  physical 
strength,  moral  character  and  mental  talents  as 
his  only  heritage,  he  has  made  his  way  in  the 
world  unaided.  Self-reliant,  cheerful,  hope- 
ful, ambitious,  courageous,  sympathetic,  kind 
and  charitable  in  the  highest  sense,  he  has 
attained  an  uncommon  measure  of  success  and 
won  a  host  of  admiring  friends.  Of  keen  in- 
tellect, quick  perception  and  natural  refine- 
ment, by  self  education  he  has  attained  the 
qualities  of  a  cultivated  gentleman.  As  a  boy 
he  clerked  in  the  tov  and  novelty  store.     As 


a  young  man,  in  partnership  with  W.  W. 
Morse,  he  purchased  the  stock  and  carried  on 
the  same  business  some  years.  In  1887,  while 
still  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  business,  the 
firm  of  Gannett  &  Morse  began  the  publica- 
tion of  Comfort  with  verv  small  capital,  and, 
of  course,  in  a  very  small  way  at  first.  Mr. 
Morse  gave  his  attention  to  the  store,  while 
Mr.  Gannett  conducted  the  publishing  busi- 
ness, which  grew  so  rapidly  under  his  man- 
agement that  in  1890  the  circulation  of  Com- 
fort had  reached  the  million  mark,  and  the 
paper  was  being  printed  on  one  of  the  largest 
web  perfecting  presses.  In  1891  the  business 
had  outgrown  the  building  and  plant  which 
Mr.  Gannett  had  bought  and  fitted  up  on 
Willow  street  on  land  originally  owned  by  his 
great-great-grandfather,  Captain  Howard,  so 
for  its  accommodation  he  built  a  large  brick 
block  adjoining  the  first  building,  and  later 
on  a  large  fireproof  addition  to  the  latter  build- 
ing. Soon  Comfort's  circulation  reached  one 
million  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand,  the 
largest  in  the  world,  and  has  been  maintained 
at  that  figure  ever  since.  The  unprecedented 
success  of  this  publication  is  not  the  result  of 
luck  or  chance.  It  is  due  to  Mr.  Gannett's 
enterprise  and  keen  business  foresight.  Com- 
fort was  designed  to  circulate  among  the  plain 
people,  and  Mr.  Gannett  seems  to  have  an  in- 
tuitive knowledge  of  their  wants  and  how  to 
touch  a  responsive  chord  in  their  hearts 
wherein  he  has  laid  the  foundation  of  his 
achievements.  He  has  originated  and  boldly 
put  in  practice  new  ideas  and  new  methods 
which  others  have  imitated.  Many  have  fol- 
lowed where  he  has  led.  For  instance,  he 
originated  the  idea  of  printing  parts  of  his 
paper  in  colors,  and  determined  to  do  so,  al- 
though at  that  time  there  w-as  no  color  press 
in  the  world  that  could  print  his  paper  in  a 
month.  So  in  1892  he  commissioned  Hoe  & 
Company,  at  a  cost  of  $50,000,  to  design  and 
build  especially  for  him  the  first  web-perfect- 
ing color  press  ever  attempted  :  that  is,  a  press 
which  takes  in  a  great  roll  or  web  of  paper 
and  running  it  through  rapidly  revolving  cylin- 
ders around  which  are  bent  the  electrotyped 
plates,  turns  out  the  perfect  papers  printed  in 
colors,  folded,  cut  and  stitched.  This  press 
can  print  thirty-two  thousand  sixteen-page 
papers  an  hour,  or  half  that  number  of  thirty- 
two-page  papers.  His  million  and  a  quarter 
subscribers  are  scattered  nearly  in  proportion 
to  population  through  all  the  states  and  terri- 
tories in  the  union,  and  he  maintains  branch 
offices  in  New  York,  Chicago  and  London, 
England.     Although  the  building  up  of  Com- 


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fort  has  been  his  life  work,  his  pride  atul  his 
ambition,  he  has  also  found  time  for  the  suc- 
cessful pursuit  of  other  avocations  and  civic 
and   social  duties. 

Mr.  Gannett  is  a  life-long  Republican,  and 
for  two  successive  terms  (1903-05)  has  repre- 
sented the  city  of  Augusta  in  the  legislature 
of  Maine.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Universalist 
church,  and  chairman  of  its  executive  com- 
mittee. He  is  a  member  of  Bethlehem  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  of  Cushnoc  Chaji- 
ter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Alpha  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters;  of  Trinity  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  of  Kora  Tem- 
ple, Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  also  of  Asy- 
lum Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Od<l  Fel- 
lows ;  of  Canton  Augusta,  Patriarchs  Militant, 
and  of  the  .Ahnaki  Club,  of  Augusta.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Augusta  Trust  Company,  a 
trustee  of  the  Kennebec  Savings  liank,  and 
president  of  the  Augusta  City  Hall  Associa- 
tion. 

Ganeston  Park,  his  beautiful  suburban  home, 
is  one  of  the  finest  in  .\ugusta.  The  grounds 
embrace  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
partly  wooded,  but  mostly  under  a  high  state 
of  cultivation,  the  natural  beauty  of  which 
has  been  much  enhanced  by  artistic  landscape 
gardening.  It  was  once  the  property  of  Will- 
iam Howard,  son  of  Captain  James  Howard. 
The  elegant  and  artistic  modern  house  built 
by  Mr.  Gannett  on  the  crest  of  Betsy  Howard 
hill  overlooks  the  city  and  commands  a  superb 
view  in  all  directions.  The  interior  is  beau- 
tifully anfl  tastefully  furnished  and  is  decor- 
ated by  many  pictures  and  rare  curios  collected 
by  Mr.  Gannett  as  souvenirs  of  his  extensive 
travels.  He  has  a  fine  stable  and  greenhouse 
in  which  he  raises  orchids  and  other  rare 
exotics.  Howard  Hall,  a  spacious  barn  con- 
structed of  hewn  pine  timber  which  has  stood 
on  the  premises  for  nearly  a  hundred  years, 
he  has  transformed  into  a  museum  of  colonial 
relics  and  family  heirlooms.  In  it  he  has  fin- 
ished a  large  dance  hall,  with  a  stage  for 
private  theatricals,  and  here  and  at  his  house, 
assisted  by  his  w^ife  and  oldest  daughter,  it  is 
his  delight  to  entertain  his  many  friends.  Gov- 
ernors, state  and  federal  officials  and  mem- 
bers of  the  legislatures  so  frequently  enter- 
tained at  Ganeston  Park,  are  always  charmed 
with  the  delightful  hospitality  of  Mr.  Gannett 
and  his  family. 

October  20,  1878,  he  married  Sarah  Neil 
Hill,  daughter  of  James  Hill,  of  Skowhegan, 
Maine,  born  July  19,  1858.  Her  great-grand- 
father. General  James  Hill,  of  Newmarket, 
New  Hampshire,  was  one  of  the  leading  men 


in  the  New  Hampsliire  colony,  having  built 
the  first  warship  at  Portsmoutli  for  the  revo- 
lutionary patriots,  and  served  as  representative 
to  the  state  legislature  for  six  terms.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Augusta:  i.  Grace  B.,  June  13, 
1880.  2.  Guy  Patterson,  November  27,  1881, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Florence  L.,  June  23, 
1890. 

(VIII)  Guy  Patterson,  son  of  William 
Howard  Gannett,  was  born  in  Augusta,  No- 
vember 27,  1 88 1.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  Augusta,  Phillips 
Academy  at  Andover,  where  he  completed  his 
preparation  for  college,  and  at  Yale  College. 
In  iqo2,  after  his  freshman  year,  he  left  col- 
lege to  become  associated  with  his  father  in 
the  publishing  business.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
common  council  of  .Augusta  from  w'ard  two. 
He  is  a  trustee  of  the  .Augusta  Trust  Com- 
pany ;  director  of  the  Kennebec  Light  and 
Heat  Company ;  director  of  the  Ooera  House 
Company :  president  of  the  Maine  Power  Com- 
pany, of  Norway,  ]\Iaine :  director  of  the  Nor- 
way &  Paris  Street  Railway :  director  of  the 
.Austin  Traction  Company.  Austin,  Texas.  He 
married,  June  6,  1905,  Anne  J.  Macomber. 
daughter  of  Hon.  George  E.  Macomber,  of 
Augusta,  Maine. 


This    name,     in    the    original 
BOODY      Sanscrit  language,  is  supposed 

to  have  been  Buddha;  in  the 
Hunearian  or  German.  Rudae;  in  the  French, 
Boude  (pronounced  Boo-day)  ;  and  in  Eng- 
lish, spelled  in  all  the  old  records  and  by  our 
best  scholars.  Boodey.  The  original  word 
Buddha  signified,  as  used  in  Asia,  "Divinity," 
or  "divine  knowledge."  The  family  in  this 
country  is  noted  for  the  longevity  of  its  mem- 
bers, as  well  as  for  physical  and  mental  de- 
velopment and  vigor. 

(I)  Zechariah  Boodey,  ancestor  of  those 
hearing  the  name  in  America,  was  born  in 
France,  and  died  in  Madbury,  Cocheco  (Dov- 
er), New  Hampshire,  about  the  year  1755,  at 
an  advanced  age.  He  is  supposed  to  have 
landed  in  Boston  on  a  French  ship,  about 
1695,  being  then  about  eighteen  years  of  age. 
He  deserted  the  ship,  and  hiding  in  a  haymow 
of  a  cow  barn,  managed  to  escape  capture 
until  the  ship  had  again  .set  sail  for  France, 
living  on  the  milk  of  the  cows.  Being  of 
French  descent,  the  Indians  became  very 
friendly  to  him,  and  he  settled,  or  to  use  a 
western  phrase,  "squatted,"  on  a  farm  of  sev- 
enty-five acres  of  wild  land  in  !\fadbury,  in 
the  western  corner  of  what  was  then  Cocheco. 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


He  is  supposed  to  have  been  about  eighteen 
years  of  age  at  the  time  he  landed  in  America. 
He  married  a  New  Hampshire  woman,  but 
her  name  is  unknown.  Their  children  :  Eliza- 
beth, Hannah,  Charity,  Sarah,  Abigail.  Betty, 
daughter  (name  unknown,  died  young),  Kes- 
iah  and   Azariah. 

(H)  Azariah,  son  of  Zechariah  Boodey,  was 
born  August  15,  1720,  in  IMadbury,  and  died 
February  26,  1803,  in  Harrington.  He  lived 
in  Madbury  untif  1760.  when  he  purchased 
his  farm  at  Canaan,  in  Harrington,  where  he 
finally  settlerl  and  reared  a  large  family.  He 
experienced  all  the  trials  of  pioneer  life,  and 
helped  by  persistent  effort  and  hard  labor  to 
make  way  for  the  civilization  we  now  enjoy. 
He  married  (first)  Bridget  Hushbie,  whose 
parents  are  said  to  have  lived  at  the  Bermudas 
and  at  Boston,  and  whose  remote  ancestor  emi- 
grated to  this  country  in  the  ship  "True  Love," 
of  whom  we  have  the  following  records  in 
England :  "April  8,  1637.  The  examination 
of  Nich  :  Bushbie  of  Norvich,  in  Norff,  weauer, 
aged  50  years  and  Bridgett  his  wife  aged  53 
years  with  four  children,  Nicho:  John:  Abra- 
ham :  and  Sarah :  are  desirious  to  goe  to  bos- 
ton in  New  England  to  inhabit."  His  wife 
Bridget  died  in  Barrington,  July  30.  1785, 
aged  seventy  years.  Two  years  later  he  mar- 
ried a  lady  "of  Berwick,  Maine,  name  not 
known.  His  children,  all  by  first  wife,  were: 
Robert,  Zechariah,  John.  Molly,  Joseph,  Sarah, 
Hannah,  Azariah  and  Betsey. 

(HI)  Rev.  Robert  Boodey,  eldest  son  of 
Azariah  and  Bri^dget  (Bushbie)  Boodey,  was 
born  April  13,  1743,  in  Madbury,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  died  in  Limington,  Maine,  April 
21,  1814.  He  settled  first  in  New  Durham, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1770,  holding  many 
places  of  trust,  and  in  1772  removed  to  Lim- 
ington, Maine,  where  he  was  chosen  one  of 
the  first  officers  of  that  town,  then  new  and 
progressive,  of  which  he  was  selectman  alter- 
natelv  as  long  as  he  lived.  While  residing 
in  New  Durham  he  was  a  town  officer.  After 
many  years  he  was  sent  for  to  settle  a  question 
of  law  regarding  the  correctness  of  one  of  its 
town  lines.  At  the  call  he  went  some  fifty 
miles,  called  for  a  spade,  and  digging  down 
came  to  a  pile  of  solid  pitch  knots.  "There," 
said  he,  "twenty  years  ago.  when  the  old  line- 
tree  at  the  end  of  its  life  fell,  I  deep  planted, 
precisely  where  it  lived,  this  pile  of  pitch- 
knots,"  and  turning  to  a  young  man  then  pres- 
ent, said,  "Thee  will  please  remember  this." 
It  was  thus  that  a  long  lawsuit  was  prevented, 
and  it  hath  indeed  been  remembered.  Among 
other  things,  at  one  time,  there  was  complaint 


against  an  unequal  taxation ;  an  old  veteran 
in  town  meeting  said  that  they  "never  had  had 
any  equal  taxes  in  Limington  since  the  old 
Minister  Boodey  used  to  guess  them  out."  He 
was  a  clergyman  of  the  denomination  of 
Quakers,  and  in  his  life  quakerized  many  of 
the  people  of  Limington  and  neighboring 
towns,  and  was  the  leading  spirit  of  that  de- 
nomination, in  both  New  Hampshire  and 
Maine.  On  June  30,  1780,  he  and  his  brother, 
Joseph  Boodey,  united  with  Rev.  Benjamin 
Randall  in  the  organization  of  that  denomina- 
tion of  worshippers  known  as  Freewill  Bap- 
tists. They,  with  Nathaniel  Buzzell,  Judith 
Cartel,  Alargery  Boodey  (Robert's  wife). 
Mary  Buzzell  and  Rev.  Benjamin  Randall, 
constituted  its  first  church,  and  September  2, 
1780,  Robert  was  ordained  to  preach  and  to 
serve  as  first  deacon,  and  Joseph,  his  brother, 
and  Nathaniel  Buzzell  were  sent  forth  as  rul- 
ing elders.  He  lived  a  faithful  minister  and 
exemplary  townsman.  He  married,  April  13, 
1763,  Margery  Hill,  born  April  23,  1744,  died 
in  Limington  at  an  advanced  age.  The.ir  chil- 
dren were :  Azariah,  Molly.  Robert,  Abigail, 
Sarah,  John  H..  Betsey,  Ruth.  Joseph,  Israel, 
Benjamin,  Edmund  and  Henry  H.  The  num- 
ber of  grandchihlren  was  eighty-four. 

(IV)  John  Hill,  third  son  of  Rev.  Robert 
and  Margery  (Hill)  Boodey,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 18.  1773,  in  New  Durham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  died  July  15,  1848,  in  Jackson, 
Maine.  He  was  a  house  carpenter  and  also 
farmer,  and  resided  for  some  time  in  Liming- 
ton, Maine,  whence  he  removed  to  Jackson, 
Waldo  county,  early  in  the  nineteenth  century. 
He  was  active  in  town  meetings  and  a  man 
of  influence,  but  never  accepted  any  public 
office.  In  religious  faith  he  was  a  Universal- 
ist,  and  was  respected  as  an  upright  man.  He 
married  Patience  Redman,  of  Scarborough, 
Maine,  and  lived  for  a  short  time  in  that 
town,  where  their  eldest  child  was  born  in 
1796;  children:  John.  Isabella.  Sally,  Lucin- 
da,  David,  Redman,  Harriet,  Henry  H.  and 
Alvin. 

(V)  David,  second  son  of  John  H.  and 
Patience  (Redman)  Eoody,  was  born  No- 
vember 9,  1806.  in  Jackson,  and  died  in  Jack- 
son, August,  1879.  He  grew  up  and  always 
lived  in  Jackson,  where  he  was  a  very  suc- 
cessful farmer.  He  was  a  man  of  great  force 
of  character,  and  exerted  a  wide  influence  in 
the  community.  He  married  Lucretia  B. 
Mudgctt.  daughter  of  John  and  j\Tary  (Odam) 
Mudgett,  of  Prospect.  Maine,  born  February 
22,  1813,  died  May.  1908.  Children:  Fitz- 
burg  A.,  resides  in  Lawrence,  Massachusetts; 


STATE  OF  IMAINE. 


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David  A.,  mentioned  below;  Laura  J-.  mar- 
ried Dr.  Samuel  W.  Johnson,  and  resides  in 
Belfast,  Maine;  John  II.,  of  Jackson,  Maine; 
Napoleon  B.,  resides  Medfield,  Massachusetts ; 
Josephine,  resides  in  Brooks,  Maine,  widow 
of  Andrew  B.  Fogg. 

(VI)  David  Augustus,  son  of  David  and 
Lucretia  B.  (Mudgett)  Boody,  was  born  Au- 
gust 13,  1837,  in  Jackson.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  was 
afterward  a  student  at  Phillips-.\ndover  Acad- 
emy. He  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Charles  M.  Brown,  of  Bangor,  Maine, 
and  completed  his  course  under  Jeremiah  .Vb- 
bott,  a  distins;uishcd  lawyer  of  Belfast,  Maine, 
where  Mr.  Boody  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 
He  engaged  in  practice  in  Camden  and  at 
Thomaston.  I\[aine,  and  subsequently  entered 
the  banking  office  of  Boody  &  McLellan,  in 
New  York  City,  as  a  clerk.  Here  his  progress 
was  rapid,  and  within  a  year  he  bad  entered 
into  partnership,  his  uncle  being  the  head  of 
the  firm,  and  purchased  a  seat  in  the  New 
York  Stock  Exchange.  For  nearly  twenty 
years  he  continued  an  active  member  of  that 
body,  being  for  a  long  period  one  of  its  board 
of  governors.  For  some  time  he  was  presi- 
dent of  the  City  Savings  Bank  of  Brooklyn 
(in  which  city  he  maintains  his  home),  and 
the  Thomas  Jefferson  Association ;  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Long  Island  Free  Library. 
He  is  president  and  trustee  of  the  Brooklyn 
Free  Library,  Berkely  Institute,  and  Institute 
for  the  Blind ;  vice-president  and  director  of 
the  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company,  and 
Sprague  National  Bank ;  director  of  the 
Peoples'  Trust  Company.  Mr.  Boody  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Montauk  Club,  of 
which  he  is  still  in  active  membership,  and  is 
identified  with  the  Carleton,  Brooklyn,  Marine 
and  Field  Clubs,  and  the  New  England  So- 
ciety. Mr.  Boody  has  always  taken  an  active 
interest  in  political  affairs,  affiliating  with  the 
Democratic  party,  and  has  filled  two  offices  of 
conspicuous  importance  and  honor.  In  i8go 
he  was  elected  as  representative  from  the 
Second  Congressional  District,  in  the  Fifty- 
second  congress,  and  resigned  this  office  to 
accept  that  of  mayor  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn, 
to  which  he  was  elected  in  the  fall  of  1891, 
and  served  for  the  years  1892-93.  He  was 
the  twenty-third  individual  to  occupy  that  of- 
fice. He  was  active  in  securing  many  im- 
provements in  the  city  government,  and  served 
his  constituency  faithfully  and  with  credit. 
Mr.  Boody  displays  great  physical  and  mental 
vigor,  and  is  a  very  busy  man,  although  now 
past    the    age    w^hen    most    men    retire    from 


business  activities,  having  served  his  fellow 
citizens  for  a  reasonable  time,  he  gladly  laid 
down  the  responsibilities  of  office  in  order  to 
give  the  time  needed  to  his  personal  affairs. 
His  home  in  Berkely  F'lace,  Brooklyn,  is  one 
of  the  recognized  social  centers  of  the  district. 
He  married.  June  i,  1862,  in  Frankfort,  Maine, 
Abbie  H.  Treat,  born  June  15,  1840,  daugh- 
ter of  ITenry  and  Abby  Treat,  of  Frankfort. 
The  family  includes  a  daughter  and  four  sons : 
Henry  T.,  resides  in  Rockwell,  Connecticut ; 
Maude  Louise,  widow  of  Leon  Carey,  resides 
in  Brooklyn;  Charles  A.,  president  of  the 
People's  Trust  Company,  of  Brooklyn ;  Alvin, 
of  Portland,  Oregon ;  Edgar,  associated  with 
his  father  in  bttsiness. 

(Y)  Hon.  Henry  Hill,  fourth  son  of  John 
11.  and  Patience  (Redman)  Boody,  was  born 
November  8,  1816,  in  Jackson,  where  his 
youth  was  passed.  Ambitious  and  energetic, 
he  first  sought  an  education,  as  an  equip- 
ment for  a  life  of  activity.  Having  passed 
through  the  local  schools,  he  fitted  for  college 
at  -the  Bangor  Classical  School,  and  matricu- 
lated at  Bowdoin,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1842.  Immediately  upon  graduation 
he  became  a  tutor  in  his  alma  mater,  and 
from  1845  to  1854  was  professor  of  rhetoric 
in  that  institution.  Having  a  deep  interest 
in  human  progress,  and  especially  that  of  his 
native  land,  he  visited  Washington  during  the 
spring  vacation  of  1854,  and  witnessed  the 
.passage  of  the  "Kansas-Nebraska  Bill,"  which 
exerted  such  a  powerful  influence  upon  the 
history  of  this  nation.  It  was  a  most  dra- 
matic scene,  and  strongly  impressed  every  par- 
ticipant and  witness ;  to  the  analytical  and 
prophetic  vision  of  the  young  college  pro- 
fessor it  conveyed  a  strong  meaning.  Hav- 
ing observed  the  feeling  prevalent  among  poli- 
ticians, he  was  firmly  convinced  that  the  abo- 
lition of  slavery  and  its  attendant  evils  could 
never  be  brought  about  by  either  of  the  then 
leading  parties.  Returning  to  his  home,  he  at 
once  set  about  the  organization  of  the  Re- 
publican party  in  ]\Iaine.  Calling  upon  his 
friend.  General  Samuel  Fessenden,  he  found 
the  latter  of  the  same  mind  as  himself.  They 
immediately  set  about  consultation  with  their 
friends  and  found  a  strong  feeling  in  favor  of 
the  moveinent,  and  steadily  built  up  a  senti- 
ment that  led  to  the  calling  of  a  convention 
early  in  the  following  year  and  the  launching 
of  the  movement  under  most  favorable  aus- 
pices, though  a  few  who  subsequently  allied 
thetnselves  with  the  party  failed  to  be  among 
its  original  organizers.  Strange  to  say,  Han- 
nibal Hamlin,  afterward  elected  by  the  Repiib- 


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licans  to  the  vice-presidency,  refused  to  affili- 
ate with  the  RepubHcan  party  until  a  year  or 
two  after  its  inception  in  his  home  state.     To 
Mr.   Boody,  more  than  to  any  other,  Ijelongs 
the  credit  of  organizing  the  party  in  Maine, 
and  to  this  movement  the  state  owes  its  recog- 
nition by  the  nomination  of  Mr.  Hamlin  to  the 
high  office  which  he  filled.    The  Hon.  William 
Pitt  Fessenden,  son  of  Mr.  Boody's  colleague 
in  the  movement,  was  among  the  belated  ones 
who  "got  in  the  band  wagon."     Resigning  his 
chair  in  the  college  in    1854,   "Sir.  Boody  en- 
tered   with    spirit    into    political    reform,    and 
was  elected  in  the  fall  of  that  year  by  a  hand- 
some majority  to  a  seat  in  the   state  senate, 
where   he   acquitted   himself   with   credit   and 
usefulness.     In  the  following  year  there  was 
a    revulsion    of    political    sentiment,    and    the 
state  was  carried  by  the  Democratic  party,  but 
the  progressive  movement  could  not  be  stayed, 
and  the  following  year  again  saw  Mr.  Boody 
triumphantly  elected  as  representative  of  the 
town   of   Brunswick  in   the  legislature.     Fol- 
lowing this  he  was  urged  to  become  a  can- 
didate  for  member   of  congress  in   a  district 
where  election  was  sure,  but  the  demands  of 
his  private   business   led  him   to   decline.      It 
was   this   condition   tlint    robbed   the   state   of 
one  of  its  strong  leaders  and  led  to  his  re- 
moval to  another  state,  where  an  entirely  dif- 
ferent career  was  opened  to  him.     Having  be- 
come a  holder  of  both  stock  and  bonds  of  the 
Chicago,  Fond  du  Lac  &  St.  Paul  railroad,  he 
visited   New  York  in   1859  to  investigate  the 
condition  of  the  property.     At  a  meeting  of 
creditors  and  security  holders  of  the  company 
a  few  days  after  his  arrival,  he  was  made  a 
member  of  a  commitee  formed  to  prepare  a 
plan    of    reorganization.      While   waiting    for 
the  meeting  he  had  examined  the  books  and 
informed  himself  upon  the  situation,  and  the 
result   was  that  when   the   meeting  convened 
he  was  found  to  have  a  clearer  idea  of  the 
situation  and  its  probable  remedies  than  mo^t 
of  the  others,  and  the  result  was  that  the  plan 
of  readjusting  the  affairs  of  the  corporation 
propounded  by  him  was  adopted.    Immediately 
following  this  he  was  urged  by  his  colleagues 
to  remain  in  New  York  and  help  put  his  plans 
into  practical  execution.     His  talent  for  finan- 
cial  management  was   quickly   recognized   by 
the  business  world,  and  he  was  soon  made  a 
director  of  the  railroad  company  and  its  finan- 
cial   agent.      This    required    his    residence    at 
the  metropolis,  and  there  he  still  remains,  with 
a  firm  grasp  upon  the  world  of  finance,  and 
though  now  nearly  ninety-two  years  old  and 
retired  from  active  participation  in  affairs,  he 


is  recognized  as  an  able  adviser  and  respected 
as    an    active    factor    in    the    development   of 
commercial   progress.      In   the   course   of   his 
career,  .Mr.  Boody  was  the  agent  who  brought 
about  the  purchase  of  the  Chicago  &  Galena 
Union  railroad,  which  was  united  with  the  one 
formerly  mentioned  in  founding  the  Chicago 
&  Northwestern  railroad,  one  of  the  giant  trans- 
portation agencies  of  the  great  west.     In  this 
undertaking  he   encountered   severe   obstacles 
during  the  uncertainties  of  the  civil  war,  and 
sacrificed    a   quarter  of   a   million    dollars   of 
his  private  fortune,  from  which  his  colleagues 
profited,  with  no  recompense  to  him.    During 
one  dark  day  of  1863,  when  a  war  panic  had 
demoralized    Wall    Street,    he    struggled    all 
day   against   odds,    after   being    deserted   by 
some  of  those  who  had  led  him  into  the  move- 
ment, but  triumphed  and  carried  through  his 
plans  to  the  great  advantage  of  the  properties 
under  his  guidance  and  of  the  territory  served 
by  his  railroad  properties.     He  was  also  active 
in  the  construction  and  administration  of  the 
Rockford,  Rock  Island  &  St.  Louis  railroad, 
now  a  part  of  the  great  Chicago,  Burlington 
&  Quincy  system.     In  those  days,  when  cap- 
ital was  not  as  abundant  as  to-day,  and  when 
railroad  operations   were   in   their   infancy,   it 
required  much  financial  acumen  and  foresight 
to  carry  through  the  operations  in  which  Mr. 
r.nodx-     wa<     engaged.       Having    "won     his 
spurs"  in  the  arena  of  financial  warfare,  the 
young    squire    from    Maine    was    henceforth 
recognized  by  Wall  Street  as  a  business  gen- 
ius, and  he  has  won  rewards  accordingly.    For 
many  years  he  was  engaged  in  banking,  and 
has  helped  many  others  to  a  foothold  in  the 
American  metropolis.     His  nephew,  David  A. 
Boodv.    was    associated    with    him    for    some 
time  as  bookkeeper  and  subsequently  became 
a  partner.     Another    bookkeeper,    Finley    I. 
Wright,  was  also  admitted  as  a  partner.    The 
founder    is    now    retired    from    the    business, 
which    is    continued    by    Boody,    McLellan    & 
Company,  the  senior  partner  being  the  former 
bookkeeper.     In  their  business  office  on  lower 
Broadway,  the  founder  of  the  concern  is  still 
found  on  every  business  day,  active  and  in- 
terested  in   the  problems   of   world   progress. 
Of  democratic  mind  and  suave  manners,  ful,l 
of  interesting  reminiscences  of  a  half-century 
ago,  he  is  a  most  interesting  conversationalist, 
at  whose  feet  the  youth  of  to-day  may  well  sit 
and  learn. 

jNIr.  Boody  married,  September  3,  1846, 
Charlotte  Mellen  Newman,  of  Brunswick, 
Maine,  daughter  of  Professor  Newman,  of 
Bowdoin.     She  was  born  July  23,   1823,  and 


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died  in  Brunswick,  February  5,  1876.  Two 
children  were  born  of  this  union,  Henry  Phil- 
lips and  Caroline  Kent.  The  son  died  at  the 
opening  of  a  most  promising  career,  in  his 
twenty-fourth  year,  and  the  daughter  in  her 
twelfth  year. 

Having  led  a  very  active  and  industrious 
life,  starting  with  small  opportunities,  of  which 
he  made  the  most  by  the  exercise  of  his  un- 
usual talents,  coupled  with  hard  work  and 
lirudont  economy,  Mr.  Boody  may  look  back 
on  a  career  of  usefulness  and,  though  his  life 
has  been  saddened  by  the  loss  of  those  nearest 
to  him,  is  still  pressing  forward  in  the  battle 
of  life,  guided  by  high  ideals  and  worthy  am- 
bitions to  serve  the  world  well  and  fulfill  his 
destiny. 


This  family  is  one  of  the 
BARTI.F.TT  oldest  of  the  colonial  fam- 
ilies in  America,  and  has 
produced  numerous  representatives  who  have 
occupied  positions  of  distinction,  not  only  in 
New  England,  but  in  many  of  the  central  and 
western  states.  Josiah  Bartlett,  the  second  to 
sign  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  was  one 
of  this  family  prominent  during  revolutionary 
times.  There  are  in  this  country  other  fam- 
ilies of  the  name  represented,  but  the  family 
here  sketched  is  accredited  with  being  the 
earliest  and  most  prominent.  Tlie  name  of 
Bartlett  is  frequently  spelled  Bartlet  in  the 
early  records  of  Essex  county,  Massachusetts, 
other  spellings  such  as  Bartlit  and  Bartlot 
being  sometimes  found. 

(f)  Richard  Bartlett,  the  ancestor  of  the 
principal  family  of  that  name  in  America, 
was  probably  born  in  Wiltshire,  England, 
about  1575.  He  came  to  America  in  1635, 
and  settled  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  descended  from  Adam  de  Bartlot,  who 
with  William  the  Conqueror  came  over  from 
Normandy  and  fought  at  the  battle  of  Hast- 
ings, and  who  received  grants  of  land  at  Stop- 
ham.  Sussex.  Later  in  the  fifteenth  century  a 
castle,  coat-of-arms  and  crest  were  granted 
to  the  family.  The  estates  granted  eight  hun- 
dred vears  ago  have  descended  in  the  male 
line  of  the  Bartlett  family  to  the  present  day. 
Richard  Bartlett  was  a  shoemaker,  and  w^as 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Newbury,  where 
he  died  I\Iay  25,  1647,  four  days  after  making 
his  will.  In  1612  he  purcliased  a  "Breeches 
Bible,"  w'hich  has  been  preserved  and  is  in 
the  possession  of  his  descendants.  His  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Joan,  born  January  29,  1610, 
married  William  Titcomb  before  1640.  2. 
John,  born  November  9,  1613,  died  February 


5,  1678.     3.  Thomas,  born  January  22,  161 5. 

4.  Richard,  born  October  31,  1621,  see  for- 
ward. 5.  Christopher,  born  February  25, 
1623,  died  March  15.  1669.  6.  Anne,  born 
February  26,  1625. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  third  son  of  Richard 
(i)  Bartlett,  was  born  October  31,  1621,  prob- 
ably in  England,  and  died  in  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, 1698,  his  will,  dated  April  19, 
1695,  being  proved  July  18,  1698.  He  was  a 
shoemaker,  cordwainer  and  yeoman,  and 
lived  at  first  at  Oldtown  in  Newbury,  remov- 
ing to  Bartlett's  Corner  near  Deer  Island,  at 
the  Merrimac  river.  He  is  said  to  have  been 
"a  facetious  and  intelligent  man" ;  he  sub- 
scribed to  the  oath  of  allegiance  at  Newbury 
in  1678,  and  was  for  several  years  a  deputy  to 

the  general  court.   He  married  Abigail , 

who  died  March  8,  1686.  His  children,  born 
in  Newbury,  were:  i.  Samuel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1645,  died  May  15,  1732;  married. 
May  23,  1671,  Elizabeth  Titcomb.  2.  Rich- 
ard, born  February  21.  1648.  died  April  17, 
1724;  married,  November  18.  1673,  Hannah 
Emery.  3.  Thomas,  born  September  7,  1650, 
died  April  6.  1689;  married.  November  21, 
1685,  Tirza  Titcomb.  4.  Abigail,  born  March 
14,  1653,  died  in  1723:  married.  May  27, 
1700.  John  Emery,  of  Newbury.  5.  John, 
born  June  22,  1655.  see  forward.  6.  Hannah, 
born  December  18,  1657,  died  unmarried  be- 
tween 1698  and  1723.  7.  Rebecca,  born  i^Iay 
23,    1661,   died   in    1723:   married,   September 

5,  1700,  Isaac  Eayley,  of  Newbury. 

(III)  Tohn,  fourth  son  of  Richard  (2)  and 
Abigail  Bartlett,  was  born  in  Newbury,  June 
22,  1655,  died  May  24,  1736.  He  was,  like 
his  father,  grandfather  and  brothers,  brought 
up  to  the  trade  of  tanner,  cordwainer,  and 
trades  akin  to  the  preparation  and  manufac- 
ture of  leather.  He  was  also  an  innholder  in 
Newbury.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  at 
Newbury  in  1678,  and  that  of  freeman  in 
May.  1674.  He  married  (first)  September 
29,  1680.  Mary  Rust,  who  was  living  in  1693. 
Married  (second)  November  13.  1710,  Dorcas 
Phillips,  of  Rowley:  she  died  January  iS,  1719. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Newbury,  were : 
I.  Mary,  born  October  17,  1681,  died  March 
29,  1682.  2.  John,  born  January  24,  1682,  died 
in  1752;  married  (first)  November  25,  1701, 
Prudence  Merrill,  who  died  May  5,  1718: 
(second)  Frances  Kindrick.  intention  of  mar- 
riage bcins:  published  June  18,  1720.  3.  Mary, 
born  .April  27,  1684,  died  March  19,  1707; 
married,  July.  1700.  John  Bailey.  4.  Na- 
thaniel, born  April  18,  i68^,  lived  in  Exeter, 
New    Hampshire :    married,    September    22, 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


1705,  Meribah  Littlefield,  of  Kittery.  5.  Doro- 
thy, born  August  13,  1686,  was  living  in  1733; 
married,  June  6,  1707,  John  Ropes,  of  Salem. 
6.  Sarah,  born  November  27,  1687,  died  be- 
fore 1733;  married,  December,  1707,  Joseph 
Fowler,  of  Ipswich.  7.  Hannah,  born  March 
13,  1688,  married  (intention  published  De- 
cember 15,  1732)  Nathaniel  Brown,  of  Wen- 
ham.  8.  Nathan,  born  December  23,  i6gi,  see 
forward.  9.  Abigail,  born  August  12,  1693, 
was  living  in  1733;  married  (intention  pub- 
lished September  7,  1717)  Samuel  Goodhue, 
of  Exeter.  10.  Alice,  born  March  18,  1694, 
died  before  1733,  probably  unmarried.  11. 
Mary,  died  before  1733;  married,  January  12, 
1722,  Joseph  Jacobs,  of  Ipswich.  12.  Gideon, 
born  about  1703,  died  September,  1793.  13. 
Seth,  died  in  1759;  married  (intention  pub- 
lished October  5,  1728)  Sarah  Merrill.  14. 
Elizabeth,  married,  April  13,  1725,  Josiah 
Bartlett.  15.  Rebecca,  was  living  in  1753; 
married,  July  15,  1725,  Deacon  Daniel  Coffin, 
of  Newbiiry. 

(IV)  Captain  Nathan,  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Rust)  Bartlett,  was  the  original  Bart- 
lett to  settle  in  that  part  of  the  province  of 
Massachusetts  Ba}',  now  Maine.  He  was  born 
in  Newbury,  December  23,  1691,  and  died  in 
Kittery,  Maine,  in  1775.  In  171 3  he  moved 
from  Newbury  to  that  part  of  Kittery  now 
Eliot,  where  he  built  a  tannery  and  erected 
a  substantial  brick  house,  making  the  bricks 
on  his  land  bordering  on  Sturgeon  creek.  This 
brick  house  was  partially  destroyed  by  an 
earthquake  about  1737,  and  Captain  Bartlett 
built  about  1740  the  oak  timbered  two  and  a 
half  story  colonial  house  in  which  six  genera- 
tions of  the  Bartlett  family  have  been  born 
and  reared,  and  this  house  is  now  owned  and 
occupied  by  James  W.  Bartlett.  Captain  Bart- 
lett purchased  in  1725  sixty  acres  of  land  at 
Sturgeon  creek,  of  John  Wittum,  for  two  hun- 
dred and  fiftv  pounds.  The  following  year  he 
boudit  twenty  acres  of  land  of  Peter  Wittum, 
paying  therefor  one  hundred  pounds.  An  old 
deed  from  John  Heard  to  his  son-in-law.  Cap- 
tain Nathan  Bartlett,  in  1725,  gives  him  a 
tract  of  land  at  Third  Hill  with  one-half  part 
of  Stoney  brook  and  one-third  part  of  a  saw- 
mill built  by  James  Emery  and  Major  Charles 
Frost  adding  this  note,  "that  it  is  to  be  under- 
stood yt  ye  above  given  &  granted  premises 
are  not  to  be  reconed  as  any  part  of  my  daugh- 
ter, Shuah's  portion."  This  land  and  other 
land  which  he  purchased  became  the  home- 
stead place  of  his  descendants.  He  married, 
March    10,    1714,    Shuah,    born    January    15, 


1694,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Phoebe 
(Littlefield)  Heard.  Captain  Heard  was  an 
old  Indian  fighter  and  companion  in  arms  with 
Major  Charles  Frost.  Children:  i.  Shuah, 
bom  January  I,  1716,  married,  November  15, 
1732,  Dr.  Edmund  Coffin,  born  March  19, 
1708,  son  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  Coffin,  of  New- 
bury ;  he  was  a  practicing  physician  in  Kit- 
tery ;  they  had  thirteen  children.  His  home 
adjoined  the  Bartlett  homestead.  2.  Mary, 
born     March     i,     1717-18,     married     (first) 

Thomas  Dennett;  (second)  Lord.     3. 

Nathan,  born  April  30,  1720,  died  May  7, 
1720.  4.  Phoebe,  born  May  8,  1721,  married, 
February,  1739,  John  Dennett,  of  Portsmouth. 

5.  Abigail,  born  December  6,  1723,  married 
(first)  in  1741,  John  Shapleigh,  son  of  Major 
Nicholas  Shapleigh;  (second)  Moses  Hans- 
com;  she  died  June  3,  1800.  6.  John  Heard, 
born  April  8,  1726,  graduate  of  Han-ard, 
A.B.,  1747,  A.  M.,  1750,  the  first  Bartlett  to 
graduate  at  Harvard,  which  university  in 
1900  had  forty-seven  of  the  name  of  Bartlett 
on  its  list  of  graduates ;  he  married  three 
times  and  was  the  father  of  eleven  children ; 
he  was  a  school  teacher,  trial  justice,  clerk  of 
judicial  court,  and  in  1757  was  a  lieutenant  in 
Sir  AVilliam  Pepperell's  regiment,  called  "The 
Blue  Troop  of  Horse.  7.  Hannah,  born  Octo- 
ber 29,  1728,  married,  June  9,  1745,  Robert 
Cutts,  eldest  son  of  Major  Richard  Cutts,  of 
Cutts  Island.  8.  Nathan,  born  November  3, 
1730,  died  May  21,  1736.  9.  James,  born  May 
24,  1732,  died  September  17,  1738.  10.  Sa- 
rah, born  December  25,  1735,  died  January, 
1736.  II.  Nathan,  born  ]\Iarch  31,  1737,  see 
forward.  12.  Sarah,  born  May  26,  1741,  mar- 
ried, September  17,  1762,  Captain  John  Went- 
worth,  of  Kittery. 

(Y )  Nathan,  fifth  son  and  eleventh  child  of 
Captain  Natlian  and  Shuah  (^ Heard)  Bartlett, 
was  born  in  Kittery,  district  of  Maine,  in  the 
homestead  of  the  family,  March  31,  1737,  and 
died  June  18,  1775.  He  was  a  tanner;  he  lived 
in  his  father's  house.  He  married,  June  9.  1757, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Dorcas 
(Littlefield)  Shapleigh;  she  died  December 
17,  1805.  Children:  i.  Dorcas,  born  January 
9,  1758,  married,  June  20,  1776,  Nathan  Cof- 
fin. 2.  James,  born  November  24,  1759,  see 
forward.  3.  Shuah,  born  November  11,  1761, 
married,  ]\Iarch  28,  1782,  Stephen  Ferguson. 
4.  Nathan,  born  November  21,  1763,  married 
Abigail  Staples.  3.  Alice,  born  January  22, 
1767.  married  Gile,  of  Alfred,  J\Iaine. 

6.  Mary,  born  March  16,  1768,  married,  No- 
vember 19,  1799.  George  Libby.     7.  Lucretia. 


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bom  November  4,  1771,  married 


—  Hods- 
don.  8.  Sarah,  jamiary  14,  1775,  married, 
February  iij,  1795,  George  I'Yost. 

(VI)  James,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of 
Nathan  and  Sarah  (Shapleigh)  Bartlett,  was 
born  at  the  oKl  homestead  in  Kiltery,  No- 
vember 24,  1759,  and  died  October  30,  1836. 
He  was  a  tanner  by  trade.  He  was  a  revolu- 
tionary soldier,  a  private  in  Captain  Richard 
Rogers'  company,  Colonel  Gerrish's  regiment; 
he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  at  time  of  ser- 
vice, and  was  on  guard  duty  at  Winter  Hill, 
Somerville,  Massachusetts,  from  July  20  to 
December  14,  1778.  He  married,  May  30, 
1782,  Lois,  born  in  Kittery,  May  29,  1757, 
died  October  3,  1838,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Ferguson)  Hill.  They  lived  in 
the  Bartlett  homestead  now  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  James  W.  Bartlett.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  baptized  May  6,  1784,  married,  De- 
cember 28,  1802,  Samuel  Shapleigh,  and 
moved  to  Lebanon,  Maine;  they  had  seven 
children.  2.  Shuah.  baptized  June  21,  1784, 
married,  February  i,  1810.  Andrew  Emery 
and  moved  to  New  Portland,  Maine ;  they  had 
four  children,  among  whom  was  Dr.  Hiram  A. 
Emery,  the  father  of  Charles  G.  Emery,  of 
New  York  City;  she  died  January  30,  1844. 
3.  James,  born  June  18,  1787,  died  in  New 
Portland,  March  4,  1875;  married,  November 
28,  1814,  Lucy  Knowlton,  who  bore  him  three 
sons  and  three  daughters ;  they  lived  in  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire.  4.  John  Hill,  born 
December  9.  1789,  died  January  21,  1878; 
married,  February  7,  1S14,  Phoebe  Burbank. 
who  bore  him  seven  sons  and  five  daughters ; 
they  lived  in  North  New  Portland.  5.  Na- 
than, born  February  2,  1792,  see  forward.  6. 
Sarah,  born  July  16.  1796,  died  November  24. 
1883:  married,  December  24,  1812,  Hugh 
Kennison ;  they  had  seven  sons  and  four 
daughters ;  they  lived  in  Temple,  Maine.  7. 
William,  born  October  4,  1797,  died  March 
12,  1882;  married,  March  11,  1824.  Abigail 
Burbank,  who  bore  him  three  sons  and  four 
daughters ;  they  lived  in  New  Portland,  Maine. 

(VII)  Nathan,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
James  and  Lois  (Hill)  Bartlett.  was  born 
in  Kitterv  (now  Eliot)  Februarv  2,  1792, 
on  the  old  homestead  and  died  October  15, 
1865.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  the 
Bartlett  homestead.  He  was  prominent  in 
town  affairs,  serving  in  the  capacity  of  se- 
lectman. He  married,  December  25,  181 7, 
Mehitable,  daughter  of  William  and  Philo- 
melia  (Webber)  Emery;  she  died  September, 
1857.  Children:  i.  Lucinda,  born  May  24, 
iSk^   died   May   7,    1852.     2.   Sylvester,  born 


July  4,  1822,  see  forward.  3.  Elizabeth  S., 
born  June  14,  1824,  died  in  Eliot,  January  28, 
1898;  married,  November  11,  1873,  Edwin  P. 
Farley,  of  Lockport,  Illinois.  4.  Sarah,  born 
August  30,  1826,  died  in  Lockport,  Illinois, 
January  11,  1875;  married,  March  i,  i860, 
Hiram  W.  Emery.  5.  James  W.,  born  July  i, 
1828,  married  (first)  October  24,  1861,  Caro- 
line A.  Goodwin,  who  died  March  26,  1887; 
married  (second)  October  30,  1888,  Lydia  F. 
Worster.  6.  Justin  S.,  born  September  11, 
1830,  died  January  3,  1866;  married,  January 
12,  1857,  Emily  D.  Shorey. 

(VIII)  Sylvester,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Nathan  and  Mehitable  (Emery)  Bart- 
lett, was  born  in  the  ancestral  Bartlett  home 
in  Eliot,  Maine,  July  4,  1822,  and  died  April 
24,  1901,  after  a  brief  illness.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Eliot,  and  subsequently 
taught  school  in  Eliot  and  Lebanon,  Maine, 
during  the  winter  months,  assisting  his  father 
on  the  farm  during  the  summer  season.  In 
1855,  after  his  marriage,  he  was  actively  en- 
gaged for  several  years  with  his  brother, 
James  W..  in  a  large  retail  meat  business. 
Closing  that  about  1875  he  devoted  his  time  to 
his  farm  and  other  business  interests.  His 
home  was  on  the  site  of  the  John  Heard  house 
and  adjoining  the  old  Bartlett  homestead.  The 
Heard  family  and  two  early  generations  of 
Bartletts  are  buried  in  an  old  burying  ground 
in  the  field  opposite  the  Bartlett  Ancestral 
Home.  Sylvester  Bartlett  was  a  man  of  keen 
intellect,  good  judgment  and  had  a  most  re- 
tentive memory.  He  was  hospitable  and  so- 
cial by  nature  and  had  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 
He  was  a  Republican,  and  was  a  representa- 
tive from  Eliot  to  the  Maine  legislature  in 
1895-96.  He  married,  December  30,  1855, 
Clementine,  daughter  of  John  and  Betsey 
(Ferguson)  Raitt.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth 
Mehitable,  born  September  21,  1857,  never 
married.  2.  John  Floward,  born  October  29, 
i860,  died  February  5,  1863.  3.  Charles  Ed- 
ward, born  January  19,  1863,  lives  on  the 
homestead  place,  and  was  elected  to  the  Maine 
legislature  in  1909-10;  he  is  a  Republican.  4. 
Ralph  Sylvester,  born  April  29,  1868,  see  for- 
ward. 5.  Rolla  Willis,  born  September  2, 
1869,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  A.B., 
1894,  and  at  Boston  Llniversity  Law  School, 
LL.B.,  1897;  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk 
county  bar  in  1897,  and  became  engaged  in  the 
bond  businsss  in  Boston,  where  he  still  resides. 
6.  Grace  Isabel,  born  February  14,  1871,  died 
April  28,  1874. 

(IX)  Ralph  Sylvester,  third  son  and  fourth 
child    of    Sylvester    and    Clementine    (Raitt) 


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Bartlett,  was  born  in  the  old  homestead  in 
Eliot,  Maine,  April  29,  1868.  He  attended 
the  district  schools  of  Eliot,  after  which  he 
prepared  for  college  at  Berwick  Academy, 
graduating  in  1885,  and  at  once  matriculated 
at  Dartmouth  College,  graduating  in  1889 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  re- 
ceiving therefrom  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  in  1892.  He  then  pursued  a  course  in 
law  in  the  Boston  University  Law  School,  re- 
ceiving therefrom  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in 
1892.  He  also  added  to  his  knowledge  of  law 
by  a  course  of  reading  in  the  law  offices  of 
Judge  Edmund  H.  Bennett,  dean  of  the  Bos- 
ton Law  School.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
Suffolk  county  bar,  July  26,  1892,  and  admit- 
ted to  practice  in  the  district  and  circuit  courts 
of  the  United  States,  November  27,  1895.  He 
was  associated  with  former  Governor  William 
E.  Russell  in  the  practice  of  law  from  1892 
to  1896,  and  on  the  death  of  Governor  Rus- 
sell in  the  latter  named  year  continued  the 
practice  of  his  profession  with  offices  in  the 
Exchange  Building,  53  State  street,  Boston, 
where  he  has  since  been  located.  He  was  for 
nine  years  a  member  of  the  First  Corps  of 
Cadets,  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  and 
served  on  coast  duty  during  the  Spanish- 
American  war.  He  is  a  veteran  member  of 
the  Cadet  Corps,  Spanish-American  War  Vet- 
erans, and  a  member  of  the  University  Club. 
His  home  in  Boston  is  at  139  Beacon  street. 
He  is  unmarried. 


The   name   of    Bradford    is 

BRADFORD  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished in  the  early  colonial 
history  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  record  of 
the  Bradford  family  from  the  establishment  of 
the  Pilgrims  in  Holland  in  1608  to  1657  in- 
cludes a  great  part  of  the  history  of  the  Pil- 
grim colony.  From  this  family  have  sprung 
nearly  all  of  the  Bradfords  of- New  England. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  name  of  whom  record 
is  known  was  William  Bradford,  of  Auster- 
field,  Yorkshire,  England.  He  was  buried 
there  January  10,  159S-96. 

(H)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Brad- 
ford, married  ,\lice,  daughter  of  John  and 
Margaret  (Gresham)  Hanson,  June  21,  1584. 
He  was  buried  July  15,  1591,  at  Austerfield, 
Yorkshire.  England. 

(HI)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Bradford,  was  born  in  March,  1590,  in  Aus- 
terfield, Yorkshire,  England.  Abput  1608  he 
went  to  Flolland,  and  was  among  those  who 
set  out  from  England  in  1620  on  board  of 
the  historic  "!\Iayflower,"  to  settle  the  Pilgrim 


colony  across  the  broad  ocean.  He  was  ac- 
companied on  this  voyage  by  his  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Dorothy  May.  They  were 
married  at  Amsterdam,  December  10,  161 3. 
She  was  accidentally  drowned  December  7, 
1620,  from  the  "^Mayflower,"  in  Cape  Cod 
Flarhor,  during  the  alisence  of  her  husband 
with  an  exploring  party.  They  had  one  son,, 
John,  born  in  Holland,  who  was  left  behind; 
he  came  later  and  died  in  Norwich,  Connec- 
ticut, without  issue,  in  1678. 

With  the  exception  of  five  years,  William 
Bradford  was  chosen  governor  of  Plymouth 
Colony  from  1621  to  1657,  the  year  of  his 
death.  He  was  one  of  the  most  efficient  in 
directing  and  sustaining  the  new  settlement, 
and  a  writer  of  the  times  said  of  him :  "He 
was  the  very  prop  and  glory  of  Plymouth 
Colony,  during  the  whole  series  of  changes 
that  passed  over  it."  He  was  married  (sec- 
ond) August  24,  1623,  to  Alice  Southworth, 
a  widow,  whose  maiden  name  was  Carpenter. 
She  came  to  Plymouth  in  the  ship  "Anne,"  and 
was  among  the  most  highly  respected  resi- 
dents, dying  March  26,  1670,  at  the  age  of 
eighty  years.  She  was  the  mother  of  three 
children  by  her  second  husband :  William, 
Mercy  and  Joseph  Bradford.  Governor  Brad- 
ford died  ]\iay  ig,  1657,  ^rid  was  lamented  by 
all  the  New  England  colonies  as  a  common 
father.  The  bodies  of  himself  and  wife  were 
buried  at  Plymouth.  Governor  Bradford  was 
the  only  historian  of  Plymouth  Colony,  and 
his  history  is  now  of  priceless  value.  His  is 
the  only  grave  of  a  "Mayflower"  passenger 
the  location  of  which  is  known. 

(IV)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3) 
and  Alice  (Carpenter)  (Southworth)  Brad- 
ford, was  born  June  17,  1624,  and  married 
(first)  Alice  Richards;  (second)  Widow  Wis- 
wall,  and  (third)  Mrs.  Mary  (Wood)  Holmes. 
His  biographer  says :  "Mr.  Bradford  was, 
next  to  Miles  Standish.  the  chief  military  man 
of  the  colony.  During  King  Philip's  war  he 
was  commaijder-in-chief  of  the  Plymouth 
forces,  and  often  exposed  himself  to  all  its 
perils.  At  the  Narragansett  Fort  fight  he 
receiverl  a  musket  ball  in  his  flesh  which  he 
carried  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  that  des- 
perate midwinter  encounter,  when  both  parties 
fought  for  their  very  existence,  nearly  a  thou- 
sand Indians  fell  a  sacrifice,  and  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  of  the  English  were  killed 
or  wounded.  In  the  war  with  the  Indians 
^Ir.  Bradford  held  the  rank  of  major.  He  was 
assistant  treasurer  and  deputy  governor  of 
Plymouth  from  16S2  to  1686,  and  from  1689 
to  1691 ;  and  in  the  latter  year  he  was  one  of 


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the  council  of  Massacliiisetts.  His  residence 
was  in  Kingston,  Alassachiisetts,  on  the  north 
side  of  Jones  river.  He  died  March  i,  1704, 
and  by  his  expressed  wish  was  buried  beside 
tlie  grave  of  his  distinguished  father,  on  Burial 
Hill,  in    Plymouth. 

His  children  of  the  first  marriage  were : 
John,  William,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Alice,  Han- 
nah, Mercy,  Melatiah,  Mary  and  Sarah;  of 
the  second  marriage :  Joseph ;  of  the  third 
marriage:  Israel,  Ephraim,  David  and  Heze- 
kiah.  The  children  just  named,  fifteen  in 
number,  are  in  accordance  with  the  usual  pub- 
lished accounts.  His  grandson,  Ezekiel,  who 
removed  from  Kingston,  Massachusetts,  to 
Maine,  in  1782,  made  a  statement  durjiig  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  that  his  grandfather 
William  had  eighteen  children,  three  of  whom 
died  in  infancy. 

(V)  Ephraim,  second  of  the  four  sons  of 
Major  William  (4)  Bradford  and  his  third 
wife,  Mary  (Wood)  (Holmes)  Bradford, 
daughter  of  John  Wood,  alias  Atwood,  of 
Plymouth,  Plymouth  Colony,  and  w'idow  of 
Rev.  John  Holmes,  pastor  at  Duxbury,  was 
born  in  Plymouth  Colony,  Massachusetts,  in 
i6go.  He  was  married,  February  13,  1710,  to 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Wrestling  Brewster, 
granddaughter  of  Love  Brewster  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Elder  William  Brewster. 
The  two  last  were  passengers  in  the  "Alay- 
flower."  The  records  of  Plymouth  give  the 
name  of  the  wife  of  Ephraim  Bradford  as 
Elizabeth  Bartlett,  but  this  is  an  error,  as 
pointed  out  by  Davis  many  years  ago.  Re- 
cently the  evidence  was  examined  by  an  expert 
committee,  members  of  the  Mayflower  Society, 
and  the  statement  of  Davis  fully  confirmed, 
that  the  wife  of  Ephraim  Bradford  was  as 
stated  above.  They  had  ten  children,  five  sons 
and  five  daughters.  Elizabeth  ( Brewster) 
Bradford  died  December  5,  1741,  in  her  fifty- 
first  year.  She  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery 
of  Kingston,  ^Massachusetts,  near  the  Brew- 
sters.  The  exact  date  of  the  death  of  Ephraim 
Bradford  and  his  place  of  burial  are  unknown. 
His  estate,  however,  was  settled  in  1746.  and 
there  is  little  doubt  that  he  died  that  year. 
While  a  tombstone  was  erected  to  his  wife's 
memory,  there,  is  none  in  the  same  cemetery 
to  him.  He  was  in  all  probability  buried  be- 
side his  wife.  He  lived  in  Kingston,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  land  bequeathed  him  by  his  father, 
on  the  north  side  of  Jones'  river. 

(VI)  Ezekiel.  the  eighth  child  of  Ephraim 
and  Elizabeth  (Brewster)  Bradford,  was  born 
in  Kingston.  Plymouth  county.  Massachusetts, 


in  1728.  He  was  married,  in  1749,  or  early  in 
1750,  to  Betsey  Chandler,  of  Uuxbury,  Ply- 
mouth county,  Massachusetts.  Betsey  Chand- 
ler was  born  in  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1728,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Philip 
and  Rebecca  (Phillips)  Chandler.  She  was  a 
descendant  of  Edmund  Chandler,  who  was  a 
freeman  in  Plymouth,  1633,  thus:  Philip  (4), 
Joseph  (3),  Joseph  (2),  Edmund  (i),  all  of 
Duxbury.  Joseph  (3)  emigrated  to  North 
Yarmouth,  Maine,  and  died  there.  Ezekiel 
(4)  lived  in  Kingston,  Massachusetts,  on  the 
road  from  Plymouth  to  Boston,  near  "Mile 
Brook,"  and  here  his  children  were  born  and 
brought  up.  These  children  were  ten  in  num- 
ber, as  follows : 

(1)  Ephraim  Jr.,  born  December  13,  1750, 
married  1777,  Judith  Morton,  of  New  Glouces- 
ter, Maine.  They  had  five  children.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Anna  Warren,  of  Portland, 
Maine,  about  the  year  1800.  They  had  two 
children.  He  died  December,  1817.  He  lived 
in  New  Gloucester,  near  Cobb's  Bridge. 

(2)  Deborah,  born  July  28,  1752,  married 
Barnabas  Winslow,  of  New  Gloucester,  Maine, 
June  24,   1776;  died  1827. 

(3)  William  (q.  v.),  born  March  9,  1754. 

(4)  Rebecca,  born  September  22,  1756;  mar- 
ried William  True,  of  Minot,  Maine,  January 
18,  1786;  died  September  22,  1832. 

(5)  Jesse,  born  March  7,  1758;  settled  first 
on  lot  Number  57,  in  Turner,  Maine,  before 
1780.  He  married  Judith  Weston,  of  Kings- 
ton, Massachusetts,  1781.  He  was  a  petitioner 
for  authority  to  found  a  Universalist  church 
in  1803,  and  was  selectman  of  the  town  181 1- 
12-14-15;  received  one  vote  for  representative 
in  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts,  in  181 1, 
having  already  served  as  collector  of  taxes 
1790-91,  and  member  of  the  school  committee 
1796.  Later  in  life  he  removed  from  lot  No. 
^7  to  lot  No.  171.  He  built  the  first  mills  at 
Turner  Center,  which  was  for  many  years 
known  as  Bradford  Village.  He  served  in  the 
Massachusetts  militia  in  1777,  for  the  purpose 
of  guarding  the  prisoners  taken  at  the  defeat 
of  General  Burgoyne.  He  died  May  20,  1829. 
His  wife  Judith  died  November  6.  1842.  They 
had  nine  children. 

(6)  Ezekiel,  born  December  is.  17^9.  He 
settled  on  lot  No.  60  in  Turner,  Maine,  in 
1780;  married  Mary  House,  of  Hanover,  !\Ias- 
sachusetts,  on  December  14.  1786.  He  pe- 
titioned the  general  court  of  Massachusetts  for 
the  privilege  of  .founding  a  Baptist  societv  in 
Turner,  Maine,  and  Buckstown,  Maine,  June 
10.  1791.  and  a  Universalist  church  in  Tiirner 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


in  18011  He  died  October  28,  1829,  and 
his  wife  Mary  died  April  25,  1852.  They 
had  five  children. 

(7)  Chandler,  born  August  15,  1761,  settled 
on  lot  No.  47.  i"  Turner,  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  French,  of  Turner,  ui  1783.  in 
1803  he  was  a  petitioner  to  the  general  court 
of  Massachusetts  for  the  privilege  of  foundnig 
a  Universalist  church  in  Turner,  Manie,  and 
was  selectman  in  the  town  1798-1801  and 
1804-07.  He  died  in  Turner,  tebruary  21, 
18^9.  His  wife  Sarah  died  October  31,  1840. 
They  had  thirteen  children. 

(8)  Martin,  born  October  17,  1763;  settled 
first  on  lot  No.  46,  and  later  on  lot  No.  62,  in 
Turner,  Maine.  He  was  married,  August  16, 
1700  to  Prudence  Dillingham,  of  Mmot, 
Maiiie.  He  was  trustee  of  the  Congregational 
society  1813-32,  and  known  as  Deacon  IMartin 
Bradford.  He  was  a  very  prosperous  farmer, 
owning  five  hundred  acres  of  land  at  the  foot 
of  Brigg's  Hill,  along  the  Turner  and  :\'Iinot 
Line.  He  died  June  7,  1832.  His  wife  Pru- 
dence died  September  5,  1822.  They  had  si.x 
children.  . 

(9)  Philip,  born  June  8,  1765;  married 
Pollv  Bonney,  of  Turner,  April  9,  1789;  died 
June,  1789.  No  issue.  His  widow  married 
Benjamin  Chamberlain,  of  Turner. 

(10)  Betsey,  born  August  22,  1767;  mar- 
ried Daniel  Briggs  Jr.,  of  Minot.  Maine,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1788;  died  November  2,  1815. 

Ezekiel  Bradford,  the  father  of  these  chil- 
dren, removed  from  Kingston.  Massachusetts, 
to  Turner,  Maine,  with  his  family,  in  1782, 
and  died  there  September  26,  1816;  his  wife, 
Betsey  (Chandler)  Bradford,  died  October  24. 
181 1.  In  the  census  of  1790,  Ezekiel  Bradford 
and  his  .sons  William,  Jesse,  Ezekiel  Jr.. 
Chandler  and  Martin,  appear  as  the  heads  of 
families  in  the  town  of  Turner.  Maine. 

On  the  fine  Ouincy  granite  monument,  eight 
feet  high  and  weighing  five  thousand  po_iinds, 
erected"  near  their'  graves  in  the  Upper  Street 
burial  grounds  in  Turner.  Maine,  largely  at 
the  instance  and  through  the  energetic  efforts 
of  Lieutenant  Commander  (now  Rear  .A.d- 
miral)  Royal  Bird  Bradford,  U.  S.  N.,  the 
following  inscriptions  appear : 

(On   the   face) 

EZEKIEL    BRADFORD 

Great    Grandson    of    Gov.    William    Bradford 

of 

Plymouth    Colony 

Son   of   Ephraim   Bradford 

and 

Elizabeth    Brewster 

Born    in    Kingston.    Massachusetts,    1728 

Died   in   Turner,    Maine,   1S16. 


(On  the  rear) 
BETSEY    CHANDLER 

Wife    of 

EZEKIEL    BRADFORD 

Born    in    Duxbury,    Massachusetts,    1728 

Died   in   Turner.    Maine.    1811. 

(On   oue  side) 

Si.\  of  their  sons  settled  in  Turner. 

(On  the  other  side) 
All   honor  to  our  pioneer  ancestors. 

(VII)  William  (5),  second  son  of  Ezekiel 
and  Betsev  (Chandler)  Bradford,  was  born  in 
Kingston,'  Plymouth  county,  Massachusetts, 
March  9,  1754.  He  was  brought  up  in  Ply- 
mouth county,  and  lived  with  his  father  until 
he  was  twenty-one  years  old.  In  1775  he  went 
to  Maine;  h'is  worldly  possessions,  when  he 
left  his  home  in  Kingston,  were,  besides  some 
clothing,  an  ax  and  one  silver  dollar.  He  paid 
the  dollar  for  his  passage  in  a  coaster  from 
Plymouth  to  North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  but  re- 
covered it  bv  cutting  enough  w^ood  for  the 
coaster's  return  vovage.  He  then  walked  to 
New  Gloucester,  IMaine,  where  his  uncle,  Peleg 
Chandler,  lived. 

The    township    of     Sylvester-Canada     was 
given  to  the  heirs  of  Captain  Joseph  Sylvester, 
of    Cumberland    county,    Maine,    and    of    his 
company,  for  military  services  in  the  invest- 
ment of  Canada  under  Sir  William  Phipps  in 
1690,  and  was  incorporated  as  the  Forty-sev- 
enth town  of  Maine,  June  7,    1786.     It  was 
named  Turner,  for  Rev.  Charles  Turner,  of 
Scituate,    iMassachusetts,    who    was    a    distin- 
guished divine,  patriot  and  state  senator  dur- 
ing the  revolutionary  war.     After  the  war  he 
settled  in  Turner  and  died  there.     In  1775  the 
proprietors  of  Sylvester-Canada,  who  for  the 
most  part  lived  in  Pembroke,  Massachusetts, 
were  offering  to  give  away  lots  in  their  town- 
ship in  Maine,  in  order  to  induce  a  sufficient 
number  of  settlers  to  locate  there  to  comply 
with    the    terms    of   their   charter.      Early    in 
1776  William  Bradford  proceded  to  Sylvester- 
Canada    from   New    Gloucester,    and    selected 
town  lot  No.  56,  where  he  built  a  log  house 
and  cleared  some  land.     He  returned  to  New 
Gloucester   and   spent   the   winter  of    1776-77 
there.      Here   he   was    married    to    .\senath, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Rebecca  (Winslow) 
Mason.     The  exact   date  of  the  marriage  is 
imknown,  but  they  were  published  November 
8,    1776.     In   the 'spring  of    1777  the   young 
couple  removed  to  Sylvester-Canada  and  lived 
there  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 

Ebenezer  ^lason  was  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier, serving  eight  months  in  Captain  Isaac 
Parsons'  company,  Colonel  Prime's  regiment. 
He   was   a   descendant   of  Hugh    and   Esther 


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Mason,  wlio  came  over  in  the  "Francis,"  1634, 
and  settled  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  and 
the  son  of  Jonas  and  Mary  (Chandler)  Mason, 
of  North  Yarmouth,  Maine.  Mary  Chandler 
was  desccniled  from  Ednunul  Chandler,  of 
Du.xbury,  Massachusetts,  thus:  Joseph  (3), 
Joseph  (2),  Edmund  (i);  therefore,  William 
(5)  Bradford  and  his  wife  Asenath  were 
cousins  once  removed.  Rebecca  Winslow, 
mother  of  Asenath  Mason,  was  descended 
from  Kenelm  Winslow,  a  brother  of  Edward 
Winslow,  passenger  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Kenelm  came  over  a  few  years  after  Edward 
and  settled  in  Marshfield,  Massachusetts.  Re- 
becca Winslow  was  also  descended  from  Rich- 
ard Warren,  passenger  in  the  "iMayflower." 

William  Bradford  was  followed  to  Maine, 
first  by  his  brother  Jesse.  In  1780  his  brother 
Ezckiel  Jr.  had  also  located  in  Turner.  He 
aided  in  the  ori^anization  of  the  town  of  Turn- 
er under  the  direction  of  the  general  court  of 
the  commonwealth  of  Massachu.setts.  lie  was 
made  tithingman  in  1788;  selectman  and  as- 
sessor in  1789;  member  of  the  school  com- 
mittee 1796  and  1797;  town  treasurer  continu- 
ously, 1791-1806  inclusive;  was  named  a  can- 
didate for  re[)resentative  in  the  general  court 
of  Massachusetts  in  1807  and  i8og,  and  served 
as  selectman  of  the  town  in  1810. 

He  was  baptized  and  received  into  covenant 
relations  with  the  Congregational  church  on 
the  occasion  of  the  second  visit  of  Rev.  Charles 
Turner  to  the  settlement  at  Sylvester-Canada, 
Maine,  in  1779.  The  first  church  organization 
in  Turner,  Maine,  was  composed  of  fifteen 
members,  twelve  men  and  three  women,  and 
their  pastor.  Rev.  John  Strickland,  a  graduate 
of  Yale  College,  B.  A.  1761,  M.  A.  1764,  was 
installed  pastor  .September  20,  1784,  and  died 
in  1823.  At  the  time  he  took  charge  of  the 
church  at  Turner  the  settlement  was  made  up 
of  thirty  families,  comprising  about  two  hun- 
dred souls. 

In  July,  1799,  William  Bradford  joined 
Charles  Turner  Jr.,  Israel  Haskell,  Jacob 
Leavitt,  Daniel  Briggs,  Daniel  Staples  and 
Jabez  Merrill  in  a  covenant ;  "to  take  laudable 
care  of  the  religious  Christian  education  of  the 
children,  whom  God  hath  graciously,  or  may 
give  unto  us."  He  was  a  petitioner  for  a 
charter  for  a  I^niYgrsalist  society  in  Turner, 
which  was  granted  by  the  general  court  after 
much  opposition,  June  9,  1804:  the  names  of 
his  sons  William  Jr.  and  Asa  also  appear  on 
the  same  petition.  The  first  Universalist 
church  built  in  Turner  was  located  on  his  land 
and  near  his  house  on  the  Lower  street.  He 
continued  to   be  a  benefactor  of  this  church 


during  the  remainder  of  ins  life,  and  his  de- 
scendants, in  this  particular,  followed  in  his 
footsteps.  Recently  a  stained  glass  window 
has  been  placed  in  this  church  in  iiis  memory 
and  that  of  his  son  William  and  his  grandson 
Phillips. 

William  Bradford  was  one  of  the  petitioners 
to  the  general  court  for  the  privilege  "to  sell 
the  parsonage  and  school  lots  lying  in  Turner," 
the  petition  bearing  the  date  May  28,  1802; 
on  March  15,  1803,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
trustees  of  the  church,  he  being  one  of  the 
board,  "to  appraise  the  ministerial  and  gram- 
mar school  lands  with  reference  to  their  sale." 
He  was  a  trustee  of  the  church  society  1803-12. 

Notwithstanding  his  meagre  beginning, 
William  Bradford  succeeded  financially  in  his 
forest  home.  According  to  a  tax  list  of  Turn- 
er for  1794,  containing  seventy-two  names, 
he  paid  the  third  highest  tax;  the  two  paying 
a  greater  tax  being  Rev.  Charles  Turner  and 
Charles  Copeland,  both  among  the  proprietors 
of  the  town.  He  left  a  large  estate  to  his 
children.  He  died  May  26,  1828.  His  wife, 
Asenath,  died  December  25,  1833.  They  had 
two  children:  i.  William,  born  .\ugust  6, 
1778  (q.  v.).  2.  Asa,  born  February  4,  1780; 
married  Betsey  Bray,  of  Minot,  October  29, 
1 801.  He  was  selectman  of  the  town  of 
Turner,  1821-25  ^""^  1827-30,  and  a  trustee  of 
the  Congregational   society   of  Turner,    1812- 

Asa  Bradford  succeeded  to  the  home  of 
his  father  on  the  Lower  street,  at  the  head  of 
the  Cary  Hill  road ;  the  house  was  large,  flat- 
roofed  and  of  two  stories.  Later  he  moved 
to  the  south  part  of  the  town  and  built  a  large 
brick  house  on  the  old  county^  road,  near 
Meadow  Brook.  He  owned  a  great  amount 
of  pine  timber  in  this  vicinity  and  built  a  saw- 
mill on  Meadow  Brook.  He  brought  the  first 
piano  into  the  town  of  Turner.  He  was  said  to 
resemble  the  Chandler  family.  He  died  June 
22,  1863,  and  left  a  large  estate.  His  wife 
Bet.sey  died  July  3,  1861.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren, but  there  are  no  male  descendants  bear- 
ing the  family  name  now  living. 

(VIII)  William  (6),  eldest  son  of  William 
(5)  and  Asenath  (Mason)  Bradford,  was  the 
second  white  male  child  born  in  the  township 
of  Sylvester-Canada,  Cumberland  cotmty, 
Maine,  the  date  of  his  birth  being  August  6, 
1778.  He  was  married  October  22.  1801.  to 
Chloe,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Stevens) 
Phillips,  of  Turner,  and  they  had  nine  chil- 
dren, three  sons  and  six  daughters.  Two 
sons  and  one  daughter  died  when  young. 
Isaac  Phillips  was  a  revolutionary  soldier  and 


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served  most  of  the  time  from  April  19,  1775, 
to  the  latter  part  of  1778,  in  the  Massachu- 
setts militia,  or  Continental  army.  He  was 
credited  to  the  town  of  Pembroke,  JMassachu- 
setts.  where  he  was  born.  His  father,  Richard 
Phillips,  also  marched  from  Pembroke,  'Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19, 
1775,  in  Capt.  Elijah  Cushing's  company. 

William  (6)  Bradford  was  passionately  fond 
of  music,  and  owned  the  first  organ  brought 
into  the  settlement  of  Turner,  which  he  had 
had  built  to  his  order  in  Portland,  and  which 
was  kept  in  his  house,  the  wonder  and  admi- 
ration of  his  neighbors.  Upon  the  marriage  of 
his  daughter  Chloe,  who  played  it,  he  had  the 
organ  removed  to  her  new  home,  which  he 
had  provided,  and  later  to  the  Universalist 
Church.  He  was  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
his  native  town,  frequently  serving  it  in  an 
official  capacity.  He  inherited  a  large  property 
from  his  father,  and  was  liberal  publicly  and 
privately  to  the  deserving.  Six  of  his  children 
lived  to  be  adults,  and  he  gave  each  a  farm. 

(IX)  Phillips,  son  of  William  (6),  and 
Chloe  (Phillips)  Bradford,  was  born  in  Turn- 
er, Maine,  September  28,  1816.  He  married 
Mary  Brett,  daughter  of  Royal  and  Polly 
(Reynolds)  Bird,  of  Minot,  May  27,  1839,  and 
they  lived  in  Turner,  Maine. 

Royal  Bird,  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, December  2,  1799,  was  the  son  of  Aaron 
Bird  Jr.  and  his  wife,  Joanna  Glover.  Aaron 
Bird  Jr.  served  as  drummer  at  various  times 
during  the  revolutionary  war,  covering  a 
period  of  more  than  two  years  and  commenc- 
ing with  the  Lexington  alarm  on  April  19, 
1775.  He  moved  with  his  family  from  Dor- 
chester to  Minot,  now  Auburn,  Alaine,  in 
1800,  and  settled  on  what  is  still  known  as 
Bird  Hill,  overlooking  Lake  Auburn.  Aaron 
Jr.,  born  in  Dorchester,  April  7,  1756,  was  the 
son  of  Aaron  and  Ann  (Shippie)  Bird.  Aaron 
Bird  served  as  first  lieutenant  in  Captain  Lem- 
uel Clap's  company,  of  Dorchester,  during  the 
revolutionary  war.  PTe  descended  from  Thom- 
as Bird,  who  settled  in  Dorchester,  ]\Iassachu- 
setts,  and  joined  the  church  there  in  1642.  A 
record  of  this  family  was  published  in  the 
N.  E.  H.  &  G.  Regis'ter,  No.  i,  vol.  xxv. 

Joanna  Glover,  mother  of  Royal  Bird,  was 
the  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Susannah  (Bird) 
Glover,  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
February  3,  1756.  Her  father,  Enoch  Glover, 
served  as  a  private  for  a  considerable  time 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  in  the  Dorches- 
ter company,  commanded  by  Captain  Lemuel 
Clap.  He  descended  from  John  Glover,  who 
came  over  in  the  "Mary  and  John,"  arriving 


here  May  31,  1630,  and  who  settled  in  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts.  A  full  account  of  this 
family  will  be  found  in  the  Glover  Memorials 
and  Genealogies,  Boston,  1867.  Enoch  Glover 
was  also  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Hinckley,  the 
sixth  and  last  governor  of  Plymouth  Colony. 

Polly  Reynolds,  wife  of  Royal  Bird,  born 
in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  September  16, 
1799,  was  the  daughter  of  Ichabod  and  Polly 
(Brett)  Reynolds.  Ichabod  Reynolds  moved 
with  his  family  from  Bridgewater,  Massachu- 
setts, to  Minot,  now  Auburn,  Maine,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1800,  and  settled  on  Briggs'  Hill,  near 
the  Turner  boundary  line,  and  also  near  the 
homes  of  Daniel  Briggs,  William  True  and 
Martin  Bradford.  He  was  a  captain  of  militia 
during  the  war  of  1812,  and  marched  his  com- 
pany to  Portland.  He  was  generally  known, 
however,  as  Deacon  Reynolds,  serving  as  such 
for  many  years  in  the  Baptist  church  now  at 
East  Auburn.  His  father  was  Joseph  Reyn- 
olds, of  Bridgewater,  who  was  descended  from 
Robert  Reynolds,  of  Boston,  the  latter  made 
freeman  and  churchman  in  1634.  Joseph 
Reynolds  served  as  private  and  corporal  in 
various  companies  of  militia  during  the  revo- 
lutionary war.  Pie  married,  September  17, 
1772,  Jemima  Perkins,  daughter  of  Luke  and 
Rebecca  (Packard)  Perkins,  of  Bridgewater 
and  Stoughton,  Massachusetts.  Luke  Perkins 
served  as  a  minuteman  in  1775,  in  a  Stoughton 
company,  commanded  by  Captain  Peter  Talbot. 

Polly  Brett,  mother  of  Polly  Reynolds,  born 
in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  Alarch  i,  1777,, 
was  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Priscilla  (Jack- 
son) Brett.  She  was  descended  from  the  fol- 
lowing "Mayflower"  passengers:  William 
Mullins,  his  wife  Alice,  and  daughter  Priscilla ; 
John  Aklen  :  Peter  Brown  ;  and  Francis  Cooke. 

Phillips  Bradford  was  prominent  when  a 
young  man  in  the  state  militia.  He  was  com- 
missioned a  captain  by  Governor  Kent,  and 
brigadier-general  by  Governor  Fairfield.  He 
was  frequently  a  town  officer,  and  represented 
his  district  in  the  state  legislature.  While  he 
lived  on  a  farm  he  was,  like  his  father  and 
grandfather,  always  more  or  less  financially 
interested  in  lumbering  operations  and  the 
manufacture  of  lumber.  He  was  over  six  feet 
in  height  and  of  military  bearing.  He  was  an 
excellent  horseman,  and  when  mounted  pre- 
sented a  fine  appearance.  He  was  universally 
known  as  General  Bradford.  He  died  July 
24,  1889.  His  wife  Mary  died  June  30,  i8go. 
They  are  buried  in  Turner  Village  cemetery, 
where  rest  the  remains  of  his  father  and 
grandfather.  Children  of  Phillips  and  Mary 
Brett    (Bird)    Bradford:    i.   Martha   Rosetta, 


.^^^^c^^^^^ ^^^^-4- 


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STATK  OF  MAINE. 


48s 


born  in  Turner,  Maine,  September  11,  1840; 
married  June  14,  1865,  Lieut. -Colonel  Aaron 
S.  Daggett,  of  Greene,  Maine,  now  brigadier- 
general,  U.  S.  Army,  retired ;  and  Royal  Bird, 
born  in  Turner,  Maine,  July  22,  1844. 

(.\)  Ro\al  IJinl  Uradlord  attended  the  dis- 
trict and  grammar  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  the  academies  of  neighboring  towns.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  he  was  sixteen 
years  okl,  and  urgently  requested  the  permis- 
sion of  his  father  to  enlist  in  the  Union  army. 
Permission  was  refused  on  the  ground  that  at 
the  time  there  was  a  surplus  of  older  and  bet- 
ter develoi)ed  volunteers  to  fill  the  quota  of  the 
state ;  consent,  however,  was  given  to  prepare 
to  perform  the  duties  of  an  ofticer  with  a  view 
to  future  service.  He  sought  an  appointment 
to  West  Point  from  the  member  of  congress 
of  his  district,  the  late  Judge  C.  W.  Walton. 
The  latter  at  once  promised  the  first  vacancy, 
which,  liowever,  did  not  occur  until  the  sum- 
mer of  1862.  This  was  a  great  disappoint- 
ment to  the  young  man.  On  November  21, 
1861,  he  was  notified  by  Judge  Walton  that 
there  was  a  vacancy  at  the  Naval  Academy  to 
which  he  could  be  appointed  immediately.  This 
appointment  was  accepted  not  from  choice, 
the  army  being  then  preferred,  but  solely  be- 
cause it  offered  an  opportunity  to  enter  the 
service  of  the  government  sooner. 

After  passing  the  required  examination, 
young  Bradford  entered  the  United  States 
Naval  Academy,  then  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  November  27,  1861,  as  midshipman. 
He  was  first  quartered  on  board  of  the  old 
"Constitution,"  and  there  commenced  his 
studies  and  first  learned  the  routine  of  ship 
life  in  this  historic  frigate.  Although  enter- 
ing two  months  after  the  academic  year  com- 
menced, he  had  at  the  end  of  the  year,  June 
I,  1 86 1,  overtaken  the  regular  class  and  ad- 
vanced to  a  high  position  in  it.  During  the 
summer  of  1862,  between  academic  terms,  he 
was  one  of  a  large  party  of  midshipmen  who 
garrisoned  Fort  Adams,  at  the  entrance  of 
Narragansett  Ray,  for  a  period  of  some  weeks, 
during  a  threatened  raid  by  a  Confederate 
cruiser.  He  also  cruised  on  the  coast  in  the 
sailing  sloop-of-war  "John  Adams,"  between 
Nantucket  Shoals  and  the  Capes  of  the  Dela- 
ware. While  tliis  cruise  was  primarily  for 
purposes  of  instruction,  the  ship  was  always 
kept  in  readiness  for  action. 

The  remaining  three  academic  terms  were 
spent  on  shore  at  Newport,  in  a  large  summer 
hotel  which  had  been  rented  and  fitted  bv  the 
government  for  a  Naval  Academy  so  far  as 
practicable.      The   large   amount    of   scientific 


and  astronomical  apparatus,  models,  etc.,  that 
had  been  left  behind  at  Annapolis,  Maryland, 
when  the  Naval  Academy  was  hastily  moved 
north  at  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war,  was 
much  missed  for  instruction  ])urposes.  At  the 
end  of  the  second  academic  term,  June,  1863, 
Midshipman  Bradford  was  granted  leave  for 
the  summer  to  visit  his  home  in  Maine.  At 
the  end  of  the  third  term,  June,  1864,  he 
cruised  off  the  coast  for  three  months  on  board 
of  the  sailing  sloop-of-war  "Marion,"  armed 
yacht  ".Vmerica,"  and  the  steam  gunboat 
"Marblehead."  While  in  the  latter  vessel  she 
was  sent  by  the  navy  department  in  search  of 
the  Confederate  cruiser  "Tallahassee,"  and  at 
one  time  hopes  were  entertained  of  her  cap- 
ture. 

About  this  time,  Midshipman  Bradford's  en- 
tire class,  feeling  qualified  to  perform  duty 
afloat  and  desiring  to  participate  in  active  war 
service,  petitioned  the  navy  department  to  be 
ordered  to  cruising  ships.  The  petition,  how- 
ever, was  refused.  The  last  academic  year 
was  concluded  in  June,  1863,  and  upon  the 
final  examination  held,  in  addition  to  the  semi- 
annual examination.  Midshipman  Bradford 
was  graduated  No.  3  in  a  class  of  fifty-nine 
members.  The  first  five  of  the  class,  when 
arranged  in  order  of  merit,  were  then  desig- 
nated "Stars,"  or  "the  five  most  distinguished 
of  their  class."  Graduation  was  followed  by 
a  third  cruise  for  instruction,  especially  in 
seamanship,  navigation  and  steam,  in  the  sail- 
ing sloop-of-war  "Macedonian,"  and  the  steam 
gunboats  "Marblehead"  and  "Winnipeg." 
This  cruise  along  the  coast  and  in  Long  Island 
Sound  ended  at  Annapolis,  Maryland,  the 
Naval  Academy  meantime  having  been  moved 
back  to  that  town.  At  Annapolis  there  was  an- 
other examination  in  navigation  and  ^team, 
both  severe  and  unexpected.  Five  of  the  fifty- 
nine  members  of  Midshipman  Bradford's  class 
failed  to  pass  this  examination  and  were 
turned  back  to  the  next  class.  Finally,  on 
September  25,  1865,  the  class  was  detached 
from  the  Naval  Academy  and  fairly  launched 
into  active  service. 

Midshipman  Bradfonl's  next  duty  was  on 
board  of  the  U.  S.  ship  "Swatara,"  a  new,  fast 
steam  sloop-of-war.  built  on  the  model  of  the 
famous  Confederate  cruiser  "Alabama."  and 
just  completed  at  the  Washington  Navy  Yard. 
He  reported  for  this  service  October  20.  1865. 
Then  followed  a  cruise  in  the  West  Indies, 
during  which  every  island  of  any  importance 
was  visited.  On  this  cruise  he  performed  the 
duty  of  a  watch  and  c'ivision  officer,  also  the 
dutv  of  an  engineer  officer.     The  "Swatara" 


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returned  to  the  Navy  Yard,  Washington,  D. 
C,  in  May,  1866,  and  on  June  4  following 
he  was  transferred  to  the  U.  S.  steamer 
"Rhode  Island,"  flagship  of  the  North  Atlantic 
Station.  He  served  in  this  vessel  as  watch 
and  division  officer,  cruising  along  the  Atlantic 
coast  as  far  north  as  Halifax  and  south  to 
the  West  Indies,  until  December  i,  1866.  He 
was  then  promoted  to  ensign,  and  ordered  to 
the  U.  S.  steamer  "Iroquois,"  fitting  out  at  the 
New  York  Navy  Yard  for  the  Asiatic  Station. 

The  "Iroquois"  sailed  from  New  York  for 
Hong  Kong,  February  3,  1867.  The  cruise  out 
was  a  very  interesting  one,  the  ship  calling  at 
the  following  ports :  Guadaloupe,  West  In- 
dies ;  Rio  de  Janeiro  ;  Cape  Good  Hope  ;  Mada- 
gascar ;  Comoro  Islands  ;  Aden  ;  Muscat ;  Bom- 
bay; Singapore;  and  Alanila,  arriving  at  Hong 
Kong  on  November  i,  1867.  After  refitting, 
the  "Iroquois"  sailed  for  japan  and  arrived 
at  Nagasaki  early  in  December,  1867.  The 
Mikado  of  Japan  at  that  time  lived  in  retire- 
ment at  Kioto,  the  ancient  capital.  The  coun- 
try was  practically  ruled  by  the  Shogun,  called 
by  foreigners  "Tycoon" ;  he  resided  at  the 
great  city  of  Yedo.  Japan  was  then  made  up 
of  a  number  of  small  domains  ruled  by  princes 
called  Daimios.  Each  Daimio  had  life  and 
death  power  over  his  subjects,  maintained  a 
separate  army  and  navy,  issued  such  laws  and 
regulations  as  he  saw  fit,  and  generally  gov- 
erned in  accordance  with  the  old  feudal  sys- 
tem. Daimios  were,  however,  required  to  pay 
certain  taxes  to  the  Shogun,  and  to  live  six 
months  of  each  year  at  Yedo,  in  order  to  prove 
their  loyalty.  Their  soldiers  were  hereditary 
fighting  men,  called  Samurai ;  they  carried  two 
swords,  thrust  through  a  girdle  or  sash,  one 
short,  for  use  at  close  quarters,  and  the  other 
very  long  and  heavy,  for  use  with  both  hands. 
Both  were  very  sharp,  and  carried  in  wooden 
lacquered  scabbards,  bottom  up,  in  order  not 
to  dull  the  razor-like  edge.  No  professional 
man,  farmer,  artisan  or  tradesman  could  even 
aspire  to  the  honor  of  wearing  two  swords. 

After  many  centuries  of  hermit  existence, 
Japan  had,  in  accordance  with  the  treaty  made 
by  Commodore  Perry  in  1854,  opened  the 
ports  of  Hakodate  in  the  north  and  Shimoda 
in  the  west  to  American  trade.  Foreigners 
were  not  permitted  to  visit  other  than  open 
ports.  Both  Hakodate  and  Shimoda  were  un- 
important villages,  and  the  latter  was  soon 
destroyed  by  an  earthquake.  In  1859  the  im- 
portant ports  of  Nagasaki  in  the  south  and 
Kanagawa,  better  known  as  Yokohama,  on 
an  arm  of  Yedo  Bay,  were  opened  to  foreign 
commerce.     No  other  ports  were  accessible  at 


the  time  of  the  arrival  of  the  "Iroquois"  at 
Nagasaki,  and  the  Japanese  of  all  classes  were 
living  in  the  same  manner  they  had  for  cen- 
turies. The  government  of  Japan  had  agreed 
to  open  the  ports  of  Osaka,  Hiogo  and  Kobe, 
the  two  latter  two  miles  apart  and  sixteen 
miles  from  the  former,  located  on  the  inland 
sea,  January  i,  1868.  To  Kobe  the  "Iroquois" 
proceeded,  and  on  the  appointed  day  fifteen 
American,  English  and  French  men-of-war 
were  there  present.  At  noon  the  ports  were 
declared  open,  salutes  fired,  ships  decorated,  etc. 
An  American  consulate  was  immediately  es- 
tablished on  shore,  and  traders  commenced  at 
once  to  land  with  their  goods  from  merchant 
ships  which  had  assembled  in  readiness.  The 
inhabitants  of  these  ports  had  never  before 
seen  white  people,  but  the  lower  classes  were 
friendly  and  courteous.  While  the  "Iroquois" 
was  at  anchor  off  Osaka,  in  company  with 
three  other  American  men-of-war,  on  Januarv 
II,  1868,  Rear-Admiral  H.  FI.  Bell,  U.  S'. 
Navy,  commander-in-chief  of  the  American 
Squadron  on  the  Asiatic  Station,  together  with 
his  flag  lieutenant  and  ten  seamen,  were 
drowned  while  crossing  the  bar  at  the  mouth 
of  the  Osaka  river,  by  the  capsizing  of  their 
boat.  The  admiral  was  at  the  time  attempting 
to  reach  Osaka  in  order  to  take  leave  of  the 
American  minister  previous  to  sailing  for 
home. 

Soon  after  the  ports  of  Osaka,  Hiogo  and 
Kobe  were  opened,  there  were  rumors  that 
the  powerful  Daimios  Satsuma,  Choshiu  and 
Tosa  of  the  south,  were  opposed  to  the  policy 
of  the  Shogun  in  opening  Japan  to  foreigners. 
Satsuma's  capital  had  been  bombarded  in  1863 
by  a  British  squadron  on  account  of  the  mur- 
der of  an  Englishman  near  Yokohama  by  his 
Samarai.  The  town  of  Shimonoseki,  on  the 
straits  of  that  name,  in  the  domains  of  Choshiu, 
was  bombarded  in  1864  by  a  combined  squad- 
ron for  permitting  merchant  ships  to  be  fired 
on  while  in  the  straits. 

At  5  a.  m..  January  31,  1868,  a  native  boat 
came  alongside  of  the  "Iroquois,"  -which  was 
then  anchored  off  Osaka.  It  contained  three 
men  all  dressed  as  boatmen ;  one  sculled  the 
boat,  and  the  other  two  appeared  to  be  pas- 
sengers; the  latter  brought  a  note  from  the 
American  minister  to  the  captain.  In  effect 
the  note  stated  that  the  bearers  were  distin- 
guished Japanese  officials  who  asked  for  shel- 
ter for  a  brief  period.  At  8  a.  m.  the  same 
morning,  one  of  the  Shogun's  ships  came  in 
from  Yedo,  and  the  two  officials  left  the  "Iro- 
quois" and  went  on  board.  Subsequently  it 
was  ascertained  that  one  of  these  officials  was 


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the  Shogun;  tliat  Osaka  was  being  invested 
by  hostile  soldiers  from  the  south  who  had 
defeated  his  troops  in  the  suburbs,  and  that 
he  desired  an  asylum  until  he  could  take  pas- 
sage to  Yedo. 

On  February  i,  18O8,  all  foreigners  were 
ordered  to  quit  Osaka,  as  their  safety  could 
not  be  guaranteed.  The  "Iroquois"  took  on 
board  the  .A.merican,  Prussian,  Italian  and 
Dutch  ministers,  several  foreign  consuls,  their 
secretaries,  clerks,  interpreters,  servants,  etc., 
also  some  legation  guards  who  were  Shogun 
men,  and  transferred  them  to  Kobe;  the  Eng- 
lish and  French  officials  took  passage  in  their 
own  ships.  The  following  night  the  rebels 
took  possession  of  Osaka,  and  thus  began  the 
"War  of  the  Restoration,"  it  transpiring  that 
the  Daimios  of  the  south  had  undertaken  to 
depose  the  Shogun  and  restore  the  Mikado  to 
the  power  of  a  ruler  de  facto,  which  he  had 
not  enjoyed  for  seven  hundred  years.  In  this 
thev  were  successful,  although  the  war  did  not 
end  until  July,  1869,  the  last  fighting  taking 
place  on  the  island  of  Yesso,  near  Hakodate, 
a  portion  of  which  was  witnessed  by  the  offi- 
cers and  crew  of  the  "Iroquois."  The  Shogun 
himself  retired  from  office  soon  after  the  Osaka 
afifair.  declining  to  oppose  the  Mikado.  Thus 
ended  the  Shogunate  of  Japan.  Some  of  the 
northern  Daimios  took  the  matter  up,  however, 
and  the  war  was  really  between  the  North 
and  the  South.  Kobe  was  made  headquarters 
of  foreign  officials  and  ships.  Before  the  port 
was  opened,  a  plot  of  land  had  been  cleared 
and  graded  for  use  as  a  resident  section  for 
foreigners;  it  was  known  as  the  "Foreign 
Concession."  Near  it  the  Japanese  had  erected 
a  large  custom  house.  This  was  used  as  a 
residence  by  foreign  legations.  Marine  guards 
were  landed  to  protect  it,  and  ships  were  an- 
chored near  the  shore  in  such  a  manner  that 
their  batteries  commanded  the  town.  A  few 
davs  after  Osaka  was  abandoned,  February  4, 
1868,  a  body  of  about  two  hundred  Japanese 
troops,  armed  with  muskets,  swords  and 
spears,  from  the  south,  marching  through  Kobe 
en  route  north,  fired  at  some  spectators  on  the 
"foreign  concession";  only  three  or  four  were 
hit  and  they  were  not  badly  wounded ;  one  was 
an  American  man-of-warsman.  The  legation 
guards  charged  these  troops  on  the  double 
quick,  when  they  scattered  and  ran  to  the  hills 
nearhv.  The  prearranged  danger  signal  was 
made  at  the  consulate  buildinjj.  and  all  the 
ships  present — .'\merican,  English  and  French 
— landed  infantry  and  artillery,  took  posses- 
sion of  the  town  and  surrounded  it  with  troops. 
The  following  night  about  a  half-dozen  Japan- 


ese steamers  at  Hiogo  were  captured  by  the 
combined  foreign  forces  with  practically  on 
resistance,  and  taken  to  Kobe  and  held  there 
under  the  guns  of  the  ships;  some  of  the 
steamers  were  armed.  Four  days  later  an  offi- 
cer of  high  rank  from  the  Mikado's  forces  at 
Osaka  came  to  Kobe  to  treat  with  the  foreign 
ministers  and  naval  forces.  It  was  then  learned 
that  the  Japanese  officer  wdio  had  ordered  his 
men  to  fire  on  the  foreigners  had  done  so  be- 
cause the  latter  had  not  kncjlt  and  touched 
their  foreheads  to  the  ground  when  ordered, 
as  the  Japanese  spectators  had  done.  The 
foreign  ministers  demanded  that  this  officer  be 
executed ;  this  was  agreed  to,  but  a  concession 
was  asked  and  granted  that  he  be  permitted  to 
commit  hara-kiri  instead,  in  order  to  save  the 
honor  of  his  family  and  prevent  his  estate 
from  being  sequestered.  A  few  days  later  he 
committed  hara-kiri,  a  witness  from  each  na- 
tion represented  at  Kobe  being  present.  The 
affair  took  place  in  a  temple;  the  condemned 
officer  was  required  to  draw  blood  only  to 
save  his  honor,  which  he  did  along  the  abdo- 
men with  a  sharp  knife  w'hile  kneeling.  A 
knife  for  that  purpose  was  usually  carried  by 
a  Samurai  on  one  side  of  his  sword  scabbard. 
A  friend  stood  by  him  with  a  two-handed 
sword,  and  as  soon  as  blood  appeared,  severed 
his  head  from  the  body  with  a  draw-cut  in  the 
twinkling  of  an  eye. 

The  seat  of  war  advanced  northward,  and 
affairs  about  Kobe  became  more  peaceful.  The 
"Iroquois"  was  soon  the  only  American  guard- 
ship  there.  Near  the  end  of  February  small- 
pox appeared  among  the  crew,  and  she  sailed 
for  Yokohama,  wlie^re  the  English  had  estab- 
lished a  foreign  hospital  for  contagious  dis- 
eases. -At  this"  time  the  art  of  vaccination  was 
unknown  in  Japan,  and  small-pox  was  prac- 
tically epidemic  everv  winter.  Many  of  the 
crew'  of  the  "Iroquois"  had  the  disease,  and 
three  died  of  it ;  the  officers  escaped  probably 
from  the  fact  that  they  were  vaccinated,  as 
they  were  equally  exposed  with  the  men. 

In  the  light  of  the  present  day,  Japan  hav- 
ing becom^  a  great  nation,  this  bit  of  personal 
experience  of  Ensign  Bradford  in  old  Japan  is 
of  interest. 

Ensign  Bradford  was  promoted  to  master 
I\Iarch"i2,  1868.  and  to  lieutenant  INIarch  26, 
1869.  It  should  be  understood  that  no  oflScer 
can,  under  the  law.  be  promoted  until  he  is 
pronounced  physically  qualified  to  perform  all 
of  his  duties  at  sea  by  a  boarr!  of  naval  sur- 
geons, and  also  until  a  professional  board  has 
pronounced  him  mentally,  morally  and  pro- 
fessionally qualified.     On  February  ig,  1869, 


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Master  Bradford  became  navigator  of  the 
"Iroquois."  At  that  time  the  coast  of  China 
and  of  Japan  were  without  aids  to  navigation, 
such  as  lighthouses,  beacons  and  buoys ;  charts 
were  imperfect,  and  gales,  especially  in  winter, 
were  frequent.  During  the  early  autumn  the 
much-dreaded  typhoon  was  prevalent.  The 
"Iroquois"  encountered  one  of  these  fearful 
storms  on  the  coast  of  Japan,  between  the 
entrance  to  Yedo  Bay  and  the  inland  sea,  Au- 
gust 20,  1869,  and  came  near  being  lost.  The 
navigator  on  that  occasion  received  the  special 
commendation  of  his  captain  for  services 
rendered  in  saving  the  ship  from  being 
wrecked.  Navigation  duty  in  the  China  Sea 
was  then  particularly  difficult.  Both  Chinese 
and  Japanese  pilots  were  skilful,  however,  and 
they  were  frequently  employed  when  leaving 
or  entering  port. 

At  that  time  it  was  difficult  to  obtain  good 
food  in  Japan.  The  natives  lived  almost  ex- 
clusively on  rice  and  fish,  the  latter  fresh  or 
preserved ;  the  few  additions  to  this  diet  were 
mostly  in  the  way  of  relislies  or  sweets.  They 
had  not  then,  as  they  did  later,  learned  to  raise 
'.■egetnbles,  fowls,  cattle,  etc.,  for  foreigners. 
In  China  there  was  a  fairly  good  market,  but 
milk,  butter  and  mutton  were  rarely  obtained, 
and  the  era  of  canned  food  had  not  arrived. 
It  was  also  impossible  to  travel  much  for  pleas- 
ure, especially  in  Japan.  Foreigners  were 
not  allowed  outside  of  treaty  ports  without  a 
permit  from  the  government  and  the  company 
of  armed  guards.  Indeed,  much  of  the  time 
officers  were  required,  when  on  shore,  to  wear 
their  uniforms  and  carry  revolvers. 

On  November  22,  1869,  Lieutenant  Bradford 
was  transferred  from  the  "Iroquois"  to  the 
flagship  of  the  station,  the  U.  S.  S.  "Dela- 
ware." The  captain  of  the  "Delaware"  had 
been  the  captain  of  the  "Iroquois,"  and  it  was 
at  his  solicitation  that  the  lieutenant  consented 
to  prolong  his  service  on  the  China  station 
another  year.  The  "Delaware"  was  a  fine 
new  frigate  of  large  size,  with  full  steam  and 
sail  power,  and  her  handsome  appearance,  ex- 
cellent quarters,  additional  comforts  and  nu- 
merous officers  and  men  made  the  change  at- 
tractive. On  November  29,  i86g,  the  "Iro- 
quois" sailed  for  home.  Lieutenant  Bradford's 
cruise  continued  without  material  change :  the 
flagship  in  time  of  peace  generally  visits  the 
most  pleasant  ports,  and  her  officers  have  the 
most  interesting  experience. 

At  the  close  of  the  War  of  the  Restoration, 
the  l\Tikado  removed  his  residence  from  Kioto 
to  Yedo,  and  changed  the  name  of  the  latter 
to  Tokio.     ^''okohama,  probably  from  its  close 


proximity  to  the  capital,  then  became  the 
favorite  port  of  foreigners  and  foreign  ships, 
and  here  the  flagship  spent  considerable  time. 
Early  in  the  summer  of  1870  the  "Delaware" 
left  Japan  and  sailed  south ;  calling  en  route  at 
Hong  Ivong,  she  arrived  at  Singapore  on  June 
30.  This  is  one  of  the  most  delightful  towns 
in  the  east  to  visit.  It  is  the  capital  of  the 
English  Straits  settlements  and  has  a  large 
official  social  circle.  Although  only  a  degree 
and  a  half  north  of  the  equator,  a  constant 
sea  breeze  prevents  excessive  heat;  the  homes 
of  foreigners  are  in  the  suburbs,  their  houses 
being  built  to  guard  against  heat  only,  on  small 
elevations  and  surrounded  by  handsome" 
grounds.  It  is  truly  a  land  of  fruit  and 
flowers  and  perpetual  summer.  Here  the 
"Delaware"  awaited  her  relief,  the  U.  S.  S. 
"Colorado,"  Rear-Admiral  John  Rodgers,  and 
finally,  after  her  arrival,  sailed  for  home  Au- 
gust 22,  1870.  She  called  at  Cape  Town, 
South  Africa,  and  at  St.  Helena,  both  ports  of 
much  interest,  and  arrived  at  New  York  No- 
vember 19.  At  that  time  the  Suez  Canal  had 
not  been  completed,  and  long  ocean  passages 
were  made  under  sail.  All  were  much  pleased 
to  learn  that  their  distinguished  commander- 
in-chief,  Rear-Admiral  Stephen  C.  Rowan,  had 
recently  in  his  absence  been  promoted  to  a 
vice-admiral.  Lieutenant  Bradford  was  de- 
tached from  the  "Delaware,"  December  5, 
1870,  and  ordered  to  his  home  in  Maine.  Dur- 
ing the  voyage  home  his  health  had  failed, 
though  he  performed  all  of  his  duties.  He 
thought  that  with  rest  and  the  bracing  climate 
of  Maine  his  health  would  soon  be  restored ; 
on  the  contrary,  it  grew  worse,  and  was  no 
doubt  due  to  his  long  exposure  to  the  un- 
healthy climatic  conditions  of  China.  On  Jan- 
uary 21,  1870,  he  was  ordered  to  the  Naval 
Academy  as  an  instructor,  but  was  obliged  to 
ask  that  these  orders  be  revoked  on  account 
of  his  phvsical  condition.  His  health  continu- 
ing to  fail,  he  was  granted  indefinite  sick  leave 
March  18,  1871.  In  May,  1871,  he  was  car- 
ried to  the  L'.  S.  Naval  Hospital  at  Chelsea, 
Massachusetts.  Here  the  naval  surgeons 
would  not  give  any  hope  of  recovery,  but 
nevertheless  after  suft'ering  many  months  and 
becoming  very  weak  and  emaciateci,  he  com- 
menced to  improve,  with  the  result  that  his 
health  was  sufficiently  restored  for  moderate 
duty,  and,  upon  application,  was  ordered,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1872,  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  for 
instruction  in  torpe'do  service. 

The  successful  use  of  torpedoes  during  the 
civil  war  indicated  their  probable  use  in  future 
wars.     For  this  reason  the  Navy  Department 


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had  in  1869  established  on  Goat  Island,  New- 
port harbor,  a  Torpedo  Station  for  experiment 
and  instruction.  The  course  of  instruction  in- 
cluded practical  and  theoretical  work  in  elec- 
tricity, chemistry  in  its  application  to  explo- 
sives, antl  torpedo  warfare.  Here  Lieutenant 
Bradford  remained  on  duty  until  his  term  of 
instruction  was  completed,  October  i,  1872. 
The  salubrious  climate  of  Newport  had  been 
very  beneficial,  and  he  was  then  in  robust 
health.  It  was  his  desire  to  go  to  sea,  but  he 
had  performed  his  duties  in  such  a  satisfactory 
manner  that  he  was  retained  as  an  instructor 
for  the  following  term.  This  was  completed 
June  30,  1873,  and  on  July  17,  1873,  he  was 
ordered  by  the  Navy  Department  to  join  the 
U.  S.  S.  "Wabash,"  flagship  of  the  European 
Squadron,  as  navigator. 

A  detail  for  duty  in  this  squadron  is  usually 
regarded  with  much  satisfaction,  as  it  affords 
an  opportunity  to  visit  some  of  the  most  in- 
teresting parts  of  the  world.  Nothing  unusual 
occurred  until  December,  1873,  when  the  en- 
tire squadron  was  ordered  to  Key  West,  Flor- 
ida, to  be  held  there  in  readiness  for  war 
with  Spain  over  wdiat  is  known  as  the  "Vir- 
ginius  Afifair."  The  "^^'abash"  arrived  at  Key 
West,  January  3.  187-].  The  differences  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Spain  having 
been  amicably  settled,  the  ships  of  war  which 
had  gathered  at  Key  ^^'est,  about  forty  in 
number,  were  drilled  in  tactical  exercises,  tar- 
get practice,  the  use  of  torpedoes,  etc.,  and 
then  dispersed.  The  usual  term  of  service  of 
the  "^^'abash"  at  sea,  without  overhauling  at 
a  navy  yard,  having  expired,  the  commander- 
in-chief,  with  his  stafT  and  senior  officers, 
were  transferred  to  the  U.  S.  S.  '"Franklin." 
April  I,  1874,  and  with  them  Lieutenant  Brad- 
ford. The  "Franklin"  returned  at  once  to 
the  European  Station,  and  the  cruise  then 
went  on  as  before.  This  ship  was  a  very 
happy  one,  and  service  on  her  presented  a 
great  contrast  to  the  hard  duty  on  the  China 
Station.  In  August,  1874,  Lieutenant  Brad- 
ford, owing  probably  to  long  continued  duty 
in  a  hot  climate,  had  a  relapse  of  his  former 
illness.  The  admiral,  on  the  advice  of  the  sur- 
geon, granted  him  indefinite  leave  for  the  pur- 
pose of  recovering  his  health.  Then  followed 
a  journey  to  the  Italian  lakes  and  Switzer- 
land. The  rest,  cool  mountain  air,  delightful 
scenery  and  experience  generally  pleasing  to 
the  senses  soon  had  its  effect,  and  in  six  weeks 
he  returned  to  his  ship  again  well.  A  very  in- 
teresting cruise  to  the  Levant  followed.'  At 
that  time  a  cruise  at  sea  for  a  lieutenant  was 
usually  of  three  years'  duration ;  indeed.  Lieu- 


tenant Bradford  had  made  one  in  the  east 
of  four  years.  On  April  14,  1875,  he  was 
unexpectedly  ordered  home  for  duty  as  an  in- 
structor for  the  second  time  at  the  Torpedo 
Station.  It  was  explained  later  that  this  or- 
der was  owing  to  the  difficulty  in  obtaining 
officers  qualified  for  this  duty.  He  reported 
at  Newport,  May  20,  1875.  The  importance 
of  torpedo  warfare  and  the  scientific  knowl- 
edge involved  therein  made  it  imperative  that 
officers  of  the  navy,  especially  those  who  had 
graduated  from  the  Naval  Academy  before 
the  sciences  involved  had  developed,  should 
become  conversant  with  this  new  branch  of 
their  profession.  Then  followed  a  year  and 
eight  months  of  patient  instruction  and  ex- 
periment, the  former  generally  by  lectures  and 
the  latter  both  laboratory  and  field  work, 
mostly  manual.  Much  care  was  necessary 
when  experimenting  with  new  kinds  of  ex- 
plosives, and  the  demand  for  results  was  so 
great  that  there  was  very  little  leisure  time. 

On  December  18,  1876,  Lieutenant  Brad- 
ford was  ordered  as  executive  officer,  or  sec- 
ond in  command,  of  the  U.  S.  S.  "Alliance,"  a 
new  ship,  fitting  out  at  the  Navy  Yard,  Nor- 
folk, Virginia.  lie  reported  for  this  duty  on 
December  21,  1876.  This  was  an  especially 
good  detail  for  an  officer  of  his  rank.  The 
"Alliance"  was  commissioned  January  8,  1877, 
but  was  not  ready  for  sea  until  March  9.  when 
she  sailed  for  Lisbon,  Portugal.  She  made  a 
full  three  years'  cruise  on  the  European  Sta- 
tion. Owing  to  the  Russo-Turkish  war,  the 
first  half  of  the  cruise  was  spent  almost  ex- 
clusively in  the  Levant,  with  headquarters  at 
Smyrna,  but  visiting  the  various  ports  from 
Alexandria  to  Constantinople,  inclusive,  look- 
ing after  American  missionaries  and  other 
American  interests.  During  the  summer  of 
1878  tlie  ship  went  north  as  far  as  Havre, 
France,  enabling  her  officers  to  visit  the  Paris 
Exposition  of  that  year :  she  returned  to  the 
Mediterranean  in  August,  however.  During 
the  summer  of  1879  she  went  north  as  far  as 
Stockholm,  Sweden,  and  Revel,  Russia,  and 
visited  all  of  the  principal  ports  on  the  coast 
of  Europe  and  some  of  Great  Britain.  The 
"Alliance"  sailed  from  Villefranche.  France, 
for  home  by  way  of  Gibraltar  and  Madeira, 
October  16,  1879.  The  passage  across  the 
Atlantic  was  made  by  the  southern  route  under 
sail.  She  arrived  at  Boston  on  December  8, 
and  there  found  orders  to  proceed  to  Norfolk, 
V'irginia,  where  she  arrived  on  the  14th.  At 
the  time  of  this  cruise  it  was  customary  to 
have  a  great  deal  of  drilling  with  spars,  sails, 
boats,  etc.     The  "Alliance"  was  known  in  this 


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particular  as  a  "Smart  Ship,"  and  was  rarely 
beaten  at  any  form  of  exercise.  Lieutenant 
Bradford  was  detached  from  the  "Alliance" 
on  January  2,  1880,  and  for  the  third  time  or- 
dered to  the  Torpedo  Station  as  an  instructor. 
After  passing  the  necessary  medical  and  pro- 
fessional examinations,  he  was  promoted  to 
lieutenant-commander,  to  date  from  November 
30,  1878,  the  day  his  promotion  was  due. 

The  duty  of  Lieutenant-Commander  Brad- 
ford at  the  Torpedo  Station  was  much  the 
same  as  before.  In  1882-83,  however,  he  was, 
without  being  detached  from  his  station,  as- 
signed to  a  large  amount  of  board  and  special 
duty,  viz. :  on  naval  regulations,  rates  and  pay 
of  enlisted  men ;  and  on  electric  lighting  of 
ships.  On  I\Iay  23,  1883,  Lieutenant-Com- 
mander Bradford  was  detached  from  the  Tor- 
pedo Station  and  ordered  to  the  Navy  Yard, 
New  York,  to  superintend  the  installation  of 
incandescent  electric  lights  on  board  of  the 
U.  S.  S.  "Trenton."  Although  a  few  pas- 
senger steamers  were  then  lighted  bv  electric- 
ity, the  "Trenton"  was  the  first  man-of-war  in 
the  world  to  be  so  lighted.  It  was  believed 
for  a  long  time  that  the  shock  of  gunfire  would 
break  the  delicate  carbon  filaments  of  incan- 
descent lamps,  and  for  this  reason  the  lamps 
of  the  "Trenton"  were  mounted  on  spiral 
springs.  Subsequently  it  was  ascertained  by 
trial  that  these  springs  were  not  necessary,  and 
that  gunfire  did  not  materially  affect  incandes- 
cent electric  lamps.  Lighting  ships  of  war  by 
electricity  was  an  event  of  immense  importance 
in  connection  with  their  efficiency  and  the 
health  and  comfort  of  the  officers  and  crew. 
As  kerosene  and  kindred  liquids  were  never 
permitted  to  be  carried  by  ships  of  war.  there 
was  no  intermediate  step  between  candles  and 
oil  for  illuminating  purposes  and  electricity.  It 
is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the  huge,  com- 
plicated battleships  of  to-dav  could  not  be  effi- 
ciently maintained  or  fought  without  electric 
lights  on  board. 

On  June  22.  1883,  Lieutenant  Commander 
Bradford  was  ordered  as  executive  officer  of 
the  "Trenton."  She  was  at  the  time  fitting  out 
for  a  cruise,  and  considered  the  best  ship  in 
the  navy.  He  then  superintended  her  prepara- 
tions for  sea  in  addition  to  the  installation  of 
electric  lights  on  board.  The  "Trenton"  was 
placed  in  commission  September  18,  1883.  On 
October  i.  188^,  while  the  "Trenton"  was  still 
at  the  New  York  Navy  Yard.  Lieutenant- 
Commander  Bradford  was  ordered  by  the 
Navy  Department  to  Willimantic,  Connecticut, 
to  report  on  the  efficiency  of  a  Brush  storage 
battery   for  electric   lighting  and  power  pur- 


poses.   This  was  the  first  report  ever  made  to 
the  department  on  this  subject. 

After  various  trial  trips  along  the  coast,  the 
"Trenton"  sailed  December  i,  1883,  for  the 
Asiatic  Station,  via  the  Mediterranean  and 
Suez  Canal.  The  Corean  ambassador  to  the 
United  States  and  two  of  his  attaches  took 
passage  in  the  ship  on  return  to  his  own  coun- 
try. At  Marseilles,  France,  two  electric 
searchlights,  with  dynamo  and  appurtenances, 
the  first  ever  used  in  the  navy,  were  installed 
on  board  under  the  supervision  of  Lieutenant- 
Commander  Bradford.  The  ship  arrived  at 
Hong  Kong,  May  i,  1884,  calling  at  the  fol- 
lowing ports  en  route :  Fayal,  Gibraltar,  Mar- 
seilles, Naples,  Port  Said,  Suez,  Aden,  Bom- 
bay, Colombo  and  Singapore.  Soon  after  her 
arrival,  the  "Trenton"  proceeded  to  Japan  and 
from  thence  to  Corea  to  land  her  distinguished 
passengers.  She  became  the  flagship  of  Rear- 
Admiral  John  Lee  Davis,  U.  S.  N.,  at  Naga- 
saki, Japan,  June  30,  1884.  It  had  been  fifteen 
years  since  Lieutenant  Commander  Bradford 
left  Japan,  and  the  changes  that  had  occurred 
and  progress  made  in  the  meantime  were  to 
him  simply  a  marvel;  this  was  especially  true 
in  naval  and  military  matters.  During  the 
War  of  the  Restoration  the  navy  of  Japan  was 
made  up  mostly  of  merchant  vessels  with  im- 
provised gun  emplacements.  The  officers  were 
greatly  deficient  in  knowledge  of  seamanship, 
navigation,  gunnery  and  steam  machinery,  and 
the  crews  of  ships  were  without  uniforms  or 
discipline.  In  1884  Japan  had  good  foreign 
built  men-of-war  that  would  have  been  a  credit 
to  any  nation,  also  dock  yards  where  modern 
ships  were  being  built,  officers  and  men  were 
well  dressed  in  neat  nautical  uniforms  and 
well  disciplined. 

When  war  between  France  and  China  be- 
gan in  1884,  the  foreign  neutral  ships  of  war 
were  stationed,  by  agreement  of  their  respect- 
ive flag  officers  in  command,  at  the  various 
Chinese  ports,  to  protect  foreign  citizens  and 
their  property  from  the  lawless  acts  of  Chin- 
ese mobs,  so  common  in  time  of  war.  It  fell 
to  the  lot  of  the  "Trenton"  to  go  to  Shanghai 
in  August.  1884.  This  is  an  exceptionally  un- 
healthy port  in  summer,  and  after  three  weeks' 
climatic  exposure  there,  Lieutenant-Command- 
er Bradford  had  a  return  of  his  former  in- 
ternal catarrhal  malady  originally  contracted 
in  China,  necessitating  treatment  at  the  U.  S. 
Naval  Hospital  at  Yokohama.  He  left  the 
ship  at  Shanghai,  August  27,  1S84,  and  re- 
turned to  her  at  Nagasaki,  November  ig,  1884. 
The  rest,  cooler  climate  and  hospital  treat- 
ment were   so  beneficial  that  he  was  able  to 


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491 


again  perform  his  arduous  duties  as  executive 
officer  of  tiic  Trenton.  The  cruise  continued 
on  the  coasts  of  Japan,  Corea  and  China  until 
the  spring  of  1885,  the  ship  then  being  at 
Hong  Kong.  With  the  return  of  hot  and  rainy 
weather,  his  health  again  failed,  and  he  was  in 
such  a  serious  condition  that  a  board  of  medi- 
cal officers  recommended  his  transfer  to  the 
Naval  Hospital  in  California.  Under  orders 
from  the  admiral,  he  sailed  by  mail  steamer 
from  Hong  Kong,  March  24,  for  San  Fran- 
cisco. His  departure  from  China  was  none 
too  soon,  as  he  was  very  ill  en  route.  Upon 
arrival  in  California,  April  ig,  he  became  an 
inmate  of  the  Xaval  Hospital  at  the  Mare 
Island  Navy  Yard.  The  fine  climate  of  Cali- 
fornia, with  its  dry  atmosphere,  warm  days 
and  cool  nights,  abundance  of  flowers,  home 
comforts  and  companionship  and  good  medical 
attendance,  soon  had  its  effect,  and  he  com- 
menced to  improve.  On  June  25  he  was 
transferred  by  order  of  the  navy  department 
to  the  Naval  Hospital,  Navy  Yard,  New  York, 
where  he  arrived  July  7,  and  from  thence  to 
his  home  in  Maine.  His  health  had  so  far 
improveil  that  on  August  27.  1885,  he  was  or- 
dered to  attend  a  course  of  lectures  at  the 
Naval  War  College,  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
on  naval  and  military  strategy  and  interna- 
tional law.  From  this  duty  he  was  detached 
on  September  30  following,  and  ordered  on 
special  duty  under  the  Bureau  of  Navigation, 
Navy  Department,  for  the  purpose  of  prepar- 
ing a  new  book  on  naval  regulations. 

On  October  q,  1885,  he  was,  in  addition, 
ordered  to  superintend  the  installation  of  elec- 
tric lights  on  board  of  the  new  steel  cruisers 
"Boston"  and  "Atlanta" ;  these  were  the  first 
cruisers  of  the  new  steel  navy  to  be  completed, 
and  the  contracts  for  their  construction  did 
not  include  a  provision  for  the  installation  of 
electric  lights.  There  was  so  little  known  on 
the  subject  at  the  time  that  the  location  of 
each  lamp,  lighting  mains,  dynamos,  etc.,  had 
to  be  personally  made  by  Lieutenant-Com- 
mander Bradford.  For  the  performance  of 
these  duties  he  was  provided  with  an  office  at 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  an  assistant. 

During  the  year  1886  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  following  naval  boards :  To  test  a  new 
automatic  electric  and  pneumatic  steering  ap- 
paratus installed  in  the  U.  S.  S.  "Tallapoosa" ; 
to  test  a  pneumatic  dynamite  gun ;  to  test  vari- 
ous types  of  electric  generators :  and  to  test 
various  inventions  applicable  to  the  naval 
service. 

On  January  6,  1887.  he  was  ordered  as  "In- 
spector of  Electric  Lighting  of  Ships  of  the 


Navy,"  aiicl  took  charge  of  the  entire  naval 
electric  lighting  service,  personally  preparing 
all  specifications  and  superintending  all  work. 
Contracts  were  made  for  lighting  ships  build- 
ing and  already  completed,  and  specifications 
prepared  to  be  included  in  the  contracts  for 
new  ships.  On  November  i,  1887,  he  was 
ordered  as  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
of  Navigation,  Navy  Department,  and  took  up 
his  residence  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

In  addition  to  bureau  work,  which  had  been 
the  sole  duty  of  one  officer,  he  continued  as 
inspector  of  electric  lighting  and  as  a  member 
of  different  boards.  The  new  book  on  naval 
regulations  was  at  this  time  well  advanced, 
but  not  completed.  During  the  year  1888  he 
served  as  a  member  of  a  board  on  pay  and 
rating  of  enlisted  men ;  also  as  a  member  of  a 
board  of  accounts  of  naval  property.  At  the 
request  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  he  was 
ordered  to  prepare  plans  for  and  superintend 
lighting  the  Interior  Building  at  Washington 
by  electricity.  He  also  performed  the  same 
service  for  the  new  fireproof  Broadway  Thea- 
tre building  in  New  York  City.  The  latter 
installation  contained  the  first  incombustible 
electric  switchboard,  switch  bases,  cut-outs, 
solenoids,  etc.,  ever  used  in  the  United  States. 

Lieutenant-Commander  Bradford  was  pro- 
moted to  commander,  March  26,  i88g,  having 
served  an  even  twenty  years  since  commis- 
sioned as  a  lieutenant.  He  was  then  eligible 
to  command  third-rate  ships  of  war. 

During  the  year  i88g  Commander  Brad- 
ford's health  failed,  the  catarrhal  affection 
from  which  he  had  previously  suffered  again 
attacking  him,  no  doubt  due  to  overwork  and 
the  enervating  clirriate  of  Washington  in  sum- 
mer. On  November  2I  of  that  year,  by  ad- 
vice of  a  board  of  surgeons,  be  was  ordered 
to  the  U.  S.  Naval  Hospital,  Chelsea,  Massa- 
chusetts, for  treatment.  He  remained  there, 
where  he  had  once  before  recovered,  until 
April  21,  i8go,  performing  by  preference  such 
duty  in  connection  with  electric  lighting  as  he 
was  able,  when  he  w-as  ordered  to  return  to 
Washington  and  resume  his  former  duties.  His 
health  was  only  partially  restored,  however, 
and  he  sought  and  obtained  a  relief  from  some 
of  his  arduous  work.  The  requirements  and 
methods  of  lighting  ships  bv  electricitv  were 
well  established  and  a  new  inspector  was  or- 
dered :  also  a  new  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Navigation.  Commander  Bradford 
then  again  took  up  the  subject  of  naval  regu- 
lations, a  quiet  and  somewhat  secluded  office  in 
the  Navy  Department  being  provided  for  this 
purpose. 


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During  the  years  1889  and  iSgo  he  served 
on  a  Torpedo  Board ;  a  board  to  test  the  new 
steel  ship  "Concord" ;  and  prepared  plans  for 
lighting  navy  yards  and  the  capitol  at  Wash- 
ington by  electricity,  in  addition  to  the  duties 
already  mentioned.  On  i\Iay  28,  1891,  he  was 
ordered  to  command  the  U.  S.  S.  "Benning- 
ton," a  new  steel  ship  then  being  completed 
and  fitted  out  at  the  New  York  Navy  Yard. 

By  this  time  the  new  naval  regulations  were 
completed,  except  a  few  chapters  on  naval 
stations  and  shore  and  staff  duties  of  naval 
officers.  After  the  latter  work  bad  been  done 
by  others,  they  were  submitted  to  boards  and 
senior  officers  for  criticism,  and  finally  pub- 
lished early  in  1893.  Commander  Bradford 
always  regarded  his  work  on  naval  regula- 
tions as  among  his  best  efforts.  It  involved  an 
immense  research  and  study  of  naval  law, 
regulations,  precedents,  and  customs  of  our 
own  and  foreign  navies.  As  each  paragraph 
was  prepared,  a  reference  was  entered  in  a 
book  to  authorities  on  the  subject,  thereby 
eliminating  in  a  measure  in  the  eyes  of  others 
the  question  of  personal  opinion.  All  naval 
regulations  must  be  changed  from  time  to  time 
to  accord  with  changed  conditions,  but  the  ar- 
rangement of  the  book  remains  as  he  prepared 
it. 

The  "Bennington,"  after  various  inspections 
and  trial  trips,  sailed  from  New  York  for 
the  Chesapeake,  November  19,  1891,  for  tar- 
get practice.  Later  she  joined  at  Hampton 
Roads  the  squadron  commanded  by  Rear-Ad- 
miral  J.  S.  Walker,  which  sailed  for  Monte- 
video, Uruguay,  December  9,  1891,  to  await 
there  the  result  of  a  threatened  war  with  Chile. 
After  calling  at  St.  Thomas,  St.  Lucia  and 
Barbadoes,  West  Indies,  and  Bahia,  Brazil, 
the  squadron  arrived  at  Montevideo,  January 
12,  1892.  Then  followed  in  the  quiet  waters 
of  the  Plata  river,  in  the  vicinity  of  Monte- 
video, constant  drills  and  target  practice,  in 
order  to  prepare  the  ships  for  efficient  war 
service.  The  difficulties  with  Chile  having 
been  peacefully  settled.  Admiral  Walker's 
squadron,  except  the  "Bennington,"  sailed  for 
home  May  3,  1892,  leaving  Commander  Brad- 
ford, by  virtue  of  his  seniority,  in  command 
of  the  South  Atlantic  Station,  with  a  total  of 
three  ships.  The  "Bennington"  visited  Mal- 
donado  and  Colonia,  Uruguay,  also  Ensenada 
and  Buenos  Ayres,  Argentina.  While  at  the 
latter  port.  Commander  Bradford  received  or- 
ders by  cable  to  proceed  to  Palos.  Spain,  and 
participate  in  a  celebration  in  honor  of  the 
four  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  departure 


of  Columbus  on  his  voyage  of  discovery  in 
1492. 

The  "Bennington"  sailed  from  Montevideo, 
July  loth;  she  called  at  Bahia,  Brazil,  and 
Porto  Grande,  Cape  de  Verde  Islands,  for 
coal,  en  route,  and  arrived  at  Palos,  August  4. 
The  celebration  lasted  three  days  commencing 
August  3d.  Later  the  "Bennington"  refitted 
at  Cadiz  and  proceeded  to  Gibraltar,  thence  to 
Barcelona,  Spiin,  where  she  joined  the  flag- 
ship "Newark."  Together  they  proceeded  to 
Toulon,  France,  and  thence  to  Genoa,  Italy, 
where  both  participated  in  a  fete  given  by  the 
Italian  government  early  in  September,  in 
honor  of  Columbus.  More  than  forty  ships  of 
war  of  different  nationalities  had  assembled  at 
the  birthplace  of  the  great  navigator  for  the 
occasion.  The  festivities  generally  were  led 
by  the  popular  King  and  Queen  of  Italy  in 
person.  The  senior  ship  of  each  nation  was 
personally  visited  by  the  King  and  his  staff, 
including  the  Crown  Prince  and  the  Grand 
Dukes. 

The  United  States  government  had  invited 
foreign  nations  to  participate  in  a  naval  re- 
view to  be  held  at  New  York,  April,  1893,  and 
in  addition  had  invited  Spain  to  bring  to  the 
review  and  exhibit  later  at  the  Columbus  Ex- 
position at  Chicago,  a  duplicate  of  Columbus' 
first  squadron  of  discovery.  Spain  agreed  to 
bring  the  "Santa  Maria."  the  flagship  of  Co- 
lumbus ;  then  the  LInited  States  contracted 
with  a  firm  in  Barcelona  for  a  reproduction  of 
the  "Pinta"  and  "Nina."  Spain,  in  addition 
to  the  celebration  at  Palos  in  August,  had  ar- 
ranged for  another  celebration  at  the  same 
place  in  October,  on  the  anniversary  of  Co- 
lumbus' discovery  of  the  western  continent. 
Spain  desired  the  presence  of  the  "Pinta"  and 
"Nina"  on  that  occasion,  with  the  "Santa 
Maria,"  and  to  the  "Bennington"  was  assigned 
the  duty  of  taking  them.  She  sailed  from 
Genoa  September  18,  and  spending  a  week  at 
Villefranche,  France,  en  route,  arrived  at  Bar- 
celona September  26.  The  officer  superin- 
tending the  construction  of  the  "Pinta"  and 
"Nina"  had  had  some  differences  with  the 
contractors  on  the  subject  of  completion  and 
payments ;  the  contractors  threatened  to  pre- 
vent the  vessels  from  leaving  the  harbor.  Com- 
mander Bradford  then  placed  both  vessels  in 
commission  as  American  vessels  of  war,  and 
officered  and  manned  them  from  the  "Ben- 
nington." As  they  were  the  property  of  the 
government,  carried  guns,  and  were  com- 
manded by  a  commissioned  officer,  their  status 
warranted   this   act.     On   the   appointed   day. 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


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September  30,  the  "Bennington"  sailed  from 
Barcelona,  with  both  vessels  in  tow,  without 
interference.  Calling  at  Gibraltar  for  coal  and 
provisions,  she  arrived  at  Palos  with  her  con- 
sorts October  7.  While  at  Gibraltar,  the  Span- 
ish consul  at  that  port,  a  scholarly  man,  offi- 
cially visited  the  "Bennington."'  After  paying 
him  the  usual  honors,  he  was  taken  to  the 
"Pinta,"  which  he  desired  to  see,  and  which  he 
carefully  examined.  The  flood  of  history  and 
the  decadence  of  Spain  brought  to  his  mind 
by  the  sight  of  this  vessel  caused  much  touch- 
ing emotion.  The  celebration  commenced  Oc- 
tober 10,  ami  lasted  three  days,  the  Queen  be- 
ing j)rescnt.  The  latter  gave  an  audience  to 
the  foreign  officers.  On  October  12,  the  four 
luuiilredth  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  San 
Salvador,  a  fine  monument  of  Columbus  w-as 
unveiled  at  the  Convent  of  La  Rabida.  near 
Palos. 

The  "Bennington"  proceeded  with  the 
"Pinta"  and  "Nina"  to  Cadiz,  Spain,  October 
14,  and  remained  there  with  them,  except  for 
two  short  visits  to  Gibraltar  for  coal  and  pro- 
visions, until  February  18,  1893.  On  that  day 
the  "Bennington,"  with  the  "Pinta"  in  tow, 
and  the  flagship  "Newark,"  with  the  "Nina," 
sailed  for  Havana ;  calling  at  Las  Palmas,  Ca- 
nary Islands,  and  at  St.  Thomas,  Danish  West 
Indies,  they  arrived  March  21.  They  had  been 
preceded  by  the  "Santa  Maria,"  which  being 
much  larger,  sailed  part  of  the  way.  Here  the 
"Pinta"  and  "Nina"  were  turned  over  to  the 
Spanish  naval  authorities  in  order  that  the 
facsimile  Columbus  squadron  might  take  part 
as  a  unit  in  the  naval  review,  and  be  present  at 
the  Columbian  Exposition  in  charge  of  the  rep- 
resentatives of  Spain.  This  was  the  first  in- 
stance, so  far  as  known,  of  towing  vessels  en- 
tirely across  the  "Atlantic  ocean.  The  "Ben- 
nington" and  "Newark"  sailed  for  Norfolk 
IMarch  23,  and  arrived  there  on  March  26.  In 
April  the  "Bennington"  took  part  in  the  naval 
exercises  at  Hampton  Roads  and  the  review  at 
New  York.  In  May  she  laid  out  a  course  off 
Cape  Ann  for  the  speed  trial  of  the  cruiser 
"New  York,"  then  new,  and  assisted  at  the 
trial.  On  May  25  she  arrived  at  the  New  York 
Navy  Yard  to  refit  for  another  foreign  cruise. 
Here  she  remained  until  July  20,  1893,  when 
Commander  Bradford  was  detached  from  com- 
mand on  account  of  the  expiration  of  his 
cruise.  He  was  then  granted  leave,  the  first 
time  for  many  years. 

On  November  20,  1893,  Commander  Brad- 
ford was  ordered  as  a  member  of  the  perma- 
nent statutory  board  of  inspection  and  survey, 
with  headquarters  at  Washington,  D.  C.     The 


duty  of  this  board  is  to  appraise  ships  for  sale, 
inspect  and  report  on  the  condition  of  ships  in 
commission,  and  to  inspect  and  test  new  ships 
and  ascertain  if  they  are  in  accordance  with 
the  building  contract.  Me  rcmaineil  on  this 
duty  until  June  30,  1896.  During  this  period 
he  was  ordered  to  perform  the  following  ad- 
ditional duty.  January  17,  1894,  president  of 
a  board  on  ventilation  of  ships  of  war;  Janu- 
ary 24,  1894,  member  of  a  board  on  navy  sig- 
nals;  March  2,  1894,  to  appear  before  a  joint 
congressional  commission  on  naval  reorganiza- 
tion;  April  12,  1894,  president  of  a  special 
board  to  report  upon  the  condition  of  the  bat- 
tleship "Indiana";  July  24,  1894,  president  of 
a  board  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  condi- 
tion of  the  bottom  of  the  cruiser  "Minne- 
apolis"; September  i,  1894,  president  of  a  spe- 
cial board  to  report  upon  the  condition  of 
the  battleship  "Massachusetts" ;  October  23, 
1894,  to  advise  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  on 
the  policy  of  removing  all  combustible  material 
from  ships  of  war;  November  26,  1894,  to  in- 
spect the  training  ship  "Essex" ;  December  10, 
1894,  president  of  a  board  to  consider  what 
wood  work  in  ships  building  may  be  advan- 
tageously dispensed  \vith,  wdiat  additional  fa- 
cilities for  extinguishing  fire  should  be  pro- 
vided, and  what  non-inflammable  and  non-con- 
ducting substitute  for  wood,  if  any,  may  be 
used ;  June  8,  1895,  to  inspect  the  training  .ship 
"Essex" ;  July  8,  1895,  to  conduct  a  speed  trial 
of  the  trans-Atlantic  American  steamer  "St. 
Louis,"  in  accordance  with  the  postal  subsidy 
act  of  March  3,  1891,  said  trial  to  take  place 
in  the  English  Channel  or  waters  adjacent 
thereto ;  September  28,  1895,  to  conduct  a 
speed  trial  of  the  trans-Atlantic  American 
steamer  "St.  Paul,"  in  accordance  with  the 
postal  subsidy  act  of  March  3,  1891,  said  trial 
to  take  place  off  Cape  Ann,  Massachusetts; 
November  9,  1895,  member  of  a  board  to  re- 
vise the  signal  books  of  the  Navy ;  November 
16,  1895,  member  of  a  board  to  determine  the 
best  location  of  the  ram  on  the  bows  of  battle 
ships ;  February  20,  1896,  member  of  a  board 
to  determine  the  best  location  for  a  coal  wharf 
at  Key  West,  Florida  :  and  president  of  a  board 
to  examine  and  report  upon  a  claim  of  the  con- 
tractors of  the  ram  "Katahdin"  for  additional 
compensation  for  delivery. 

On  June  30,  1896,  Commander  Bradford 
was  ordered  to  command  the  L'.  S.  S.  "Mont- 
gomery," a  steel  cruiser  only  two  years  in  ser- 
vice. This  ship  was  attached  to  the  North  At- 
lantic Squadron,  and  during  the  period  she  was 
under  his  command  spent  the  greater  part  of 
the  time  on  detached  service   in  the  Gulf  of 


494 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


Mexico  and  vicinity  for  the  purpose  of  pre- 
venting the  departure  of  Cuban  fiHbustering 
expeditions  from  that  coast.  The  balance  of 
the  time  was  mostly  spent  cruising  in  squadron 
for  tactical  exercises  and  at  navy  yards  under 
repairs.  Commander  Bradford  was  detached 
from  command  of  the  "Montgomerv"  Tulv  23, 

1897. 

On  September  7,  1897,  Commander  Brad- 
ford was  appointed  by  President  McKinley, 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Equipment,  Navy  De- 
partment, with  the  relative  rank  of  commo- 
dore ;  the  appointment  was  confirmed  by  the 
Senate  December  18,  1897,  for  a  period  of  four 
years,  and  he  was  then  commissioned.  The 
Navy  Department  is  divided  into  eight  bu- 
reaus, among  which  are  distributed  the  work 
of  the  Department.  Chiefs  of  Bureaus  have, 
under  the  law,  the  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy  in  the  performance  of  their  re- 
spective duties;  they  also  serve  as  technical 
advisers  of  the  Secretary. 

Early  in  i8g8,  when  war  with  Spain  ap- 
peared probable,  Commodore  Bradford  re- 
peatedly applied  verbally  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Navy  for  a  command  afloat.  On  April  21, 
1898,  the  day  war  was  declared,  he  forwarded 
to  the  Secretary  his  resignation  as  chief  of 
bureau,  and  with  it  a  request  for  a  command 
of  a  ship- and  the  following  correspondence 
took  place : 

Washington,   D.    C,   April   21,   1898. 
Sir: 

1.  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  through  you  to  the 
Pre.sident  my  resignation  as  Chief  ot  Bureau  of  Equip- 
ment.   Navy    Department. 

2.  It  is  tendered  solely  because  o£  a  desire  for  active 
service  afloat. 

3.  I  beg  to  expre.ss  my  thanks  tor  the  confidence  you 
have  placed  in  me  during  my  service  in  this  Department, 
and  to  assure  you  of  my  great  personal  regard. 

4.  I  have  the  honor  to  ask  for  the  command  of  an 
active  war  ship. 

Very  respectfully, 

R.     B.     Bradford, 


The   Secretary  of  the  Navy. 


Chief    of    Bureau. 


Sir: 


Washington,  D.  C,   April  21,  1S98. 


1.  I  respectfully  tender  my  resignation  as  Chief  of 
Bureau   of   Equipment,    Navy   Department. 

2.  It  has  been  a  great  pleasure  to  serve  during  your 
administration  in  the  above-mentioned  capacity,  and  I 
beg  to  express  my  thanks  for  the  honor  conferred  upon 
me  by  your  appointment  to  such  a  responsible  office. 

3.  This  resignation  is  tendered  only  that  I  may  ask 
for  active  service  afloat. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir, 

Very   respectfully, 

R.    B.    Bradford. 

Chief   of   Bureau. 
The  President. 

Navy  Department, 

Washington,  April    22,    1898. 
My  dear  Commodore  : 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  letter,  enclosing  your  resigna- 
tion as  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Equipment,  Navy  Depart- 
ment,  and  asking  me  to  present  it  to  the  President. 

I  appreciate  that  the  patriotic  purpose  which  actuates 
you  in  tendering  this  is  solely  a  desire  for  active  service 
afloat.  I  appreciate,  also,  the  high  professional  spirit 
characteristic  of  the  true  naval  officer,  which  has  impelled 
you  to   ask  a  po.st  of  duty  at  the  front,  where  the  danger 


and  the  sacrifice  are  greatest.  I  sympathize  with  your 
ardor  so  deeply  that  I  should  cordially  comply  with  your 
request  if  I  did  not  feel  the  strongest  conviction  that  you 
can  in  no  other  way  render  so  great  a  service  as  you 
are  now  doing  at  the  head  of  the  Bureau  of  Equipment. 
I  need  not  tell  you  how  much  I  rely  upon  your  absolute 
Integrity,  good  judgment,  ability  and,  especially,  your 
experience    there. 

I  think  you  will  agree  with  me  that,  at  this  time,  It 
would  be  exceedingly  difficult.  If  not  impossible,  to  fill 
your  place.  We  are  in  a  special  emergency.  Tlie  busi- 
ness of  your  Bureau  has  rapidly  increased.  It  Involves 
contracts,  negotiations,  and  other  business  which  no  one 
could  take  up  without  embarrassment.  I  must,  therefore, 
beg  of  you  to  withdraw  your  request  that  I  transmit  your 
letter   to  the    President. 

With   very   kind    regards. 

Truly    yours. 

John  D.  Long, 

Secretary. 
Commodore   R.    B.    Bradford,    U.    S.    N., 

Chief,    Bureau   of   Equipment, 

Navy  Department,   Washington,   D.   C. 


Sir: 


Washington,   D.   C,    May   3,   1898. 


1.  In  accordance  with  your  request,  dated  April  22, 
1898,  I  hereby  withdraw  my  resignation  a.s  Chief  of  Bu- 
reau of  Equipment,   Navy   Department. 

2.  I  have  the  honor  to  ask  that  offlcial  copies  of  my 
resignation  and  your  reply  thereto  may  be  made  a  part 
of  my  record. 

3.  I  beg  further  to  request  that  I  may  be  appointed  to 
the  command  of  a  Naval  war  ship  at  any  time  in  the 
future  during  the  continuance  of  tlie  present  war,  if  my 
services   in   the   Navy   Department   can    be    spared. 

Very   respectfully, 

R.    B.    IiR.\DFOBD. 

Chief  ot  Bureau. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  war.  Secretary  of 
the  Navy  Long  said  in  effect,  to  his  bureau 
chiefs,  "you  know  how  to  carry  on  this  war,  I 
do  not,  go  ahead."  He  was  very  loyal  in  his 
support,  and  always  gave  them  the  credit  for 
the  success  of  the  navy  during  the  war.  Their 
duties  were  enormously  increased  and  the 
number  of  their  assistants  decreased :  their  re- 
sponsibility was  great  and  their  work  incessant. 
There  is  never  any  glory  for  a  fighting  man, 
however,  except  at  the  front.  Many  officers 
who  saw  service  afloat  were  advanced,  but  the 
bureau  chiefs  have  never  been  rewarded  for 
making  their  success  possible.  A  captain  of  a 
battleship,  who  was  advanced,  said  to  a  bureau 
chief  after  the  war,  "I  had  a  picnic  compared 
with  you."  The  duties  of  Commodore  Brad- 
ford as  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Equipment 
were,  as  the  name  implies,  to  equip  ships  and 
keep  them  equipped :  some  of  the  equipment 
supplies  used  are  purchased  and  many  are  man- 
ufactured at  Navy  Yards.  Their  number  is  so 
great  that  their  names  cannot  even  be  enu- 
merated here.  As  an  indication  of  the  enor- 
mous demand  upon  the  bureau,  it  may  be  stated 
that  before  the  war  the  average  number  of 
nautical  outfits,  such  as  nautical  instruments, 
compasses,  charts,  nautical  books,  etc.,  was 
twelve  per  year,  while  during  the  first  three 
months  of  the  war.  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
four  were  supplied.  The  supply  in  stock  at 
the  beginning  of  the  war  was  greater  than 
ever  before ;  in  addition  every  nautical  instru- 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


495 


mcnt  in  the  market  was  at  once  boui^lit ;  even 
junk  shops  were  searched  for  old  sextants  and 
octants  tliat  coiihl  be  repaired.  .Ml  chronom- 
eters that  could  be  found  and  bought  were  ob- 
tained, and  large  numbers  of  these  and  other 
supplies  ordered  b)-  cable  from  London ;  and 
home  manufacturers  of  nautical  instruments 
were  urged  to  increase  their  output  to  the  ut- 
most capacity.  While  the  nautical  outfits  in 
store  were  once  reduced  to  a  single  set,  no 
ship  was  ever  delayed. 

Coal  for  ships  is  also  one  of  the  items  sup- 
plied by  the  liureau  of  Equipment.  At  the  be- 
ginning of  the  war,  the  Navy  Department  pos- 
sessed no  colliers,  coal  barges,  or  coal  depots. 
A  panic  seized  upon  ship  owners,  and  as  a  con- 
sequence nearly  all  merchant  vessels  were  laid 
up  in  port.  Contractors  for  coal  in  various 
ports  defaulted  under  the  plea  of  no  transpor- 
tation available.  The  Bureau  purchased 
colliers  and  manned  them  with  naval  oihcers 
and  men;  coal  barges  and  tugs  for  towing 
were  also  purchased  and  not  a  single  complaint 
of  a  scarcity  of  coal  ever  reached  the  Navy 
Department  during  the  war. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  Commodore  Brad- 
ford wa.s  appointed  by  President  McKinley, 
Naval  Attache  of  the  United  States  Commis- 
sion to  negotiate  and  conclude  a  treaty  of 
peace  with  the  government  of  Spain.  This 
duty  being  temporary,  it  was  not  necessary  to 
vacate  the  position  of  Chief  of  Bureau  of 
Equipment.  His  testimony  before  the  Com- 
mission in  Paris  will  be  found  in  the  Presi- 
dent's Message  on  the  "Treaty  of  Peace  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Spain,  Signed  at 
Paris,  December  lo,  1898."  He  favored  the 
retention  of  the  Philippine  Archipelago  by  the 
United  States  as  a  naval  and  commercial  base, 
believing  its  possession  desirable  if  the  United 
States  was  to  be  in  the  future  a  world  power 
and  share  in  the  commerce  of  the  East.  He 
also  believed  that  the  archipelago  was  rich  in 
resources  and,  when  developed,  that  an  inter- 
change of  products  with  the  United  States 
proper  would  be  mutually  advantageous. 

On  March  3,  1899,  Commodore  Bradford 
was  promoted  on  the  lineal  list  of  the  navy,  to 
the  rank  of  captain.  On  the  same  day,  under 
a  new  law,  he  was  advanced,  while  Chief  of 
Bureau,  from  the  relative  rank  of  commodore 
to  the  actual  rank  of  rear  admiral. 

During  the  entire  period  of  his  service  as 
Chief  of  Bureau,  Rear  Admiral  Bradford  was 
a  memlier  of  the  Board  of  Construction, 
cliargecl  with  the  design  of  all  ships  for  the 
Navv.    There  were  designed  during  this  time 


a  total  of  scventy-si.x  ships ;  of  these,  fifteen 
were  battleships;  eight,  armored  cruisers; 
twelve,  cruisers  and  gunboats;  four,  monitors; 
two,  training  ships;  and  the  balance,  thirty- 
seven,  were  torpedo  boat  destroyers,  torpedo 
boats  and  submarines. 

July  20,  1901,  Rear  .\dmiral  Bradford  be- 
came a  member  of  the  general  board,  upon  the 
invitation  of  its  President,  .\dmiral  Dewey. 
This  boaril  was  established  March  13,  1900. 
December  18,  1901,  upon  the  expiration  of  his 
term  as  Chief  of  Bureau,  Rear  .Admiral  Brad- 
ford was  again  appointed  to  the  same  position 
for  four  years  by  President  Jvoosevclt,  and  con- 
firmed by  the  Senate.  After  serving  as  Chief 
of  Bureau  of  Equipment  a  little  more  than  six 
years,  Rear  Admiral  Bradford,  desiring  sea 
service,  tendered  his  resignation  as  Chief  of 
Bureau.  His  letter  to  the  President  and  the 
reply,  also  a  letter  froiri  the  Secretary  of  the 
Navy  after  his  departure  from  the  Navy  De- 
partment follow : 

Washington,  D.  C,  October  10,  1903. 
Sir  : 

I  respectfully  tender  my  resignation  as  Chief  of  Bu- 
reau of  Equipment,  Navy  Department,  to  take  effect  Oc- 
tober 20,   1903. 

AA'hile  I  have  served  less  than  one-half  of  the  term  for 
which  1  wa.s  appointed  by  yon.  and  while  I  appreciate  the 
honors  and  responsibilities  of  the  office  I  hold,  yet  I  have 
been  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Equipment  louger  than  any 
of  my  predecessors,  and  have  had  no  sea  service  for  a 
long  time. 

I    therefore    earnestly    request    the    acceptance    of    my 
resignation,   and   respectfully   ask   that  I   may   be   assigned 
to    suitable    command    duty    afloat    during    the    balance    of 
my  .service  on  the  active 'list  of  the  Navy. 
Very  respectfully, 

R.  B.  Bradford, 

Chief  of   Bureau. 
The   President. 

White  House, 
Wa.shington.   October   19.    1903. 
My  dear  Admiral   Bradford  : 

Your  resignation  as  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Equipment 
has  been  received  and  is  accepted.  I  appreciate  the  mo- 
tives which  have  led  you  to  tender  it.  The  desire  of  an 
offlecr  of  your  rank,  experience  and  ability  for  a  command 
afloat  pleases  me,  and  I  am  glad  to  learn  that  it  is  the 
Intention  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  to  assign  you  to 
the  command  of  the  Battleship  Illinois.  I  was  closely  as- 
.sociatcd  with  you  while  I  was  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Navy :  I  liave  watched  your  w^ork  closely  since  I  have 
been  President.  As  bureau  chief  you  have  shown  signal 
zeal,  ability  and  energy,  as  well  as  unswerving  devotion 
to  the  public  interests.  You  carry  the  same  high  quali- 
ties to  your  new  station,  and  I  wish  you  abundant  success 
therein. 

Sincerely  yours. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
Rear   Admiral   R.   B.  Bradford. 

Chief,   Bureau   of   Equipment, 
Navy   Department. 

Navy  Department. 

Washington,   October  21.   1903. 
My  dear  Admiral  : 

The  President  consents  that  his  letter  to  you  accepting 
your  resignation  as  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Equipment 
roay  be  placed  upon  the  files  with  your  record.  In  con- 
veying to  you  this  information  permit  me  to  say  that  I 
am  in  hearty  accord  with  what  the  President  has  writ- 
ten. I  realize  that  in  re.signing  your  position  as  Chief  of 
Bureau  you  have  made  serious  personal  sacrifices  In  the 
Interests  of  the  service  as  you  saw  it,  and  I  sincerely 
hope  that  such  opportunities  for  service  afloat  may  come 
to  you  as  will  more  than  repay  what  you  have  lost. 

I  shall  ml.ss  your  untiring  energy,  careful  regard  for 
public    expenditures,    and    intelligent    and    fearless    advice. 


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T    wish    for   vou    In    the    station    to    which   you    go    and    In 
ill   your    (utu?e    service   In    the   Navy   the   utmost  success, 
tnd  tor  you  and  yours  abundant  health   and  happiness. 
Sincerely  yours, 

William  H.  Moody, 

Secretary. 

Captain   R.  B.   Bradford,  U    S.  N  , 

I'iZ''   P  St  ,    N.  W.,  Washington.  D.  C. 

The'aflministration  of  the  Bureau  of  Equip- 
ment while  Rear  Admiral  Bradford  was  chief 
thereof,  was  especially  noted  for  establishing 
the  first  United  States  naval  coal  depots ;  the 
acquisition  of  the  first  naval  colliers  and  coal 
barges;  and  the  purchase  and  use  of  coal  hand- 
ling machinery.  When  he  left  the  Bureau 
there  were  nineteen  foreign,  insular  and  do- 
mestic coal  depots,  built  and  building  and  sites 
acquired  for  several  additional.  A  large  num- 
ber of  experiments  were  made  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  best  coal  mined  m  the 
United  States  for  naval  use.  A  system  of 
making  annual  contracts  for  coal  in  foreign 
ports  for  the  use  of  navy  ships  m  time  of 
peace  at  less  than  current  rates  was  inaugu- 
rated. A  method  of  supplying  ships  with  fresh 
water  for  boilers  in  time  of  war  and  peace  by 
means  of  water  ships,  barges  and  boats,  at 
greatly  reduced  rates,  was  perfected.  Experi- 
ments' with  wireless  telegraphy  were  exten- 
sively made  and  the  system  adopted  for  naval 
use.  '  The  use  of  electricity  on  ship  board,  es- 
pecially for  revolving  gun  turrets,  was  largely 
extend'ed.  He  conceived  and  had  surveyed 
under  his  own  instructions,  the  route  for  the 
present  trans-Pacific  submarine  telegraphic 
cable  and  then  caused  the  cable  laying  charts 
to  be  prepared.  This  survey  was  pronounced 
by  experienced  English  cable  engineers  the 
best  ever  made.  He  also  drew  the  require- 
ments for  guarding  the  interests  of  the  United 
States  in  time  of  war  in  connection  with  this 
cable  which  had  to  be  accepted  before  the  sur- 
veys were  conveyed  to  the  cable  company.  The 
Navy  Hvdrographic  office  was  transferred  to 
the  Bureau  of  Equipment  during  his  term  of 
office  and  he  secured  new  and  improved  offices 
and  work  rooms,  reorganized  it,  enlarged  its 
capacity  and  output,  and  made  great  progress 
in  chart  making  and  ocean  surveys.  The  con- 
struction of  confidential  charts  for  war  pur- 
poses was  commenced.  The  administration  of 
the  Naval  Observatory  was  much  improved 
and  the  work  of  the  Nautical  Almanac  Office 
brought  UD  to  date.  Perhaps  the  most  noted 
change  of'  all  was  the  very  great  additions 
to  facilities  for  equipment  work  at  navy  yards 
and  stations  by  the  construction  of  new  build- 
ings and  shops  fully  equipped  with  modern 
tools  and"  machinery.  The  appropriations  for 
the  Bureau  were  more  than  quadrupled  during 


his  administration  and  over  $37,000,000  was 
expended  under  his  supervision  without  loss. 

When  Rear  Admiral  Bradford  ceased  to  be 
Chief  of  Bureau,  he  resumed  his  lineal  rank 
on  the  Navy  Register — that  of  captain.  It  is 
believed  that  the  act  of  voluntarily  relinquish- 
ing the  rank  of  rear  admiral  for  that  of  cap- 
tain in  order  that  he  might  go  to  sea  in  com- 
mand of  a  ship,  constituted  a  precedent.  In 
accordance  with  his  wish,  he  assumed  com- 
mand of  the  U.  S.  battleship  "Illinois,"  Octo- 
ber 27,  1893.  At  that  time  she  was  probably 
the  best  ship  in  the  navy.  The  "Illinois"  was 
attached  to  the  North  Atlantic  Squadron  and 
cruised  from  the  coast  of  New  England  to  the 
West  Indies.  The  winter  months  were  spent 
south  where  the  squadron  engaged  in  tactical 
exercises  and  manoeuvres.  During  squadron 
tactical  manoeuvres  off  the  south  coast  of 
Cuba,  March  i,  1904,  the  steering  gear  of  the 
battleship  "Missouri"  became  disabled  and  she 
rammed  the  stern  of  the  "Illinois."  One  of  the 
propeller  shafts  of  the  latter  ship  was  dis- 
abled, and  a  hole  torn  in  the  port  quarter ;  she 
was  kept  from  sinking  by  promptly  closing  her 
water-tight  compartment  doors.  A  court  of  in- 
quiry on  this  disaster  was  ordered.  Not  only 
was  Captain  Bradford  acquitted  of  all  blame, 
but  his  conduct  was  highly  commended.  This 
accident  made  it  necessary  for  the  "Illinois"  to 
proceed  to  the  Navy  Yard  at  New  York  for  re- 
pairs. The  hole  in  her  underwater  body  was 
stopped  by  means  of  a  wall  built  on  the  inside 
of  fire  brick  and  cement,  and  then  braced  with 
timbers.  This  having  been  done,  she  proceeded 
early  in  March  under  one  engine,  convoyed  by 
a  tug  and  a  collier,  and  arrived  safely  ofi'  New 
York  during  a  snow  storm.  After  repairs 
were  completed,  the  "Illinois"  proceeded  the  lat- 
ter part  of  May  to  ^Martha's  Vineyard  Island, 
where  she  had  her  annual  record  target  prac- 
tice. In  this  practice  she  obtained  the  highest 
score  of  any  ship  in  the  squadron.  In  the 
meantime,  the  squadron  of  battleships  had 
sailed  from  the  south  for  the  Mediterranean, 
and  the  "Illinois,"  after  coaling,  sailed  from 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  June  17,  to  join  her 
consorts.  Calling  en  route  at  Gibraltar,  she 
joined  the  commander-in-chief  at  Trieste,  Aus- 
tria, Julv  13.  A  short  cruise  with  the  squad- 
ron in  the  "^Mediterranean  followed,  and  then 
all  ships  returned  to  the  United  States,  calling 
on  the  way  at  the  Azores.  Target  practice  off 
Martha's  \'ineyard  Island  again  followed,  and 
later  the  "Illinois"  proceeded  to  the  Navy 
Yard,  New  York,  for  docking. 

On  November  7,   1904,  after  a  little  more 


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than  one  year's  service  afloat,  Captain  Brail- 
ford  was  (letachetl  from  the  command  of  the 
"Illinois"  and  ordered  to  command  the  Atlan- 
tic Traininq;  Squadron.  He  assumed  comman<l 
at  Hampton  Koads,  Virginia,  November  8, 
i(p4,  with  the  cruiser  ".Minneapolis"  as  Hai;- 
ship.  On  November  23.  1904,  he  was  promoteil 
to  the  grade  of  rear-admiral,  and  ordered  as 
commander-in-chief  of  the  .Atlantic  Training 
Squadron,  then  consisting  of  eleven  ships. 
These  ships  were  primarily  for  training  young 
seamen,  but  incidentally  they  performed  a 
large  amount  of  cruiser  service  on  the  Atlantic 
Coast,  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  West  In- 
dies ;  they  also  participated  in  the  licet  manoeu- 
vres of  the  North  Atlantic  Squadron,  going 
south  for  the  w'inter  months.  This  duty  was 
pleasant  and  interesting. 

On  April  i,  1905,  the  Navy  Department  or- 
ganized the  large  number  of  ships  in  the  At- 
lantic into  a  fleet  of  three  squadrons.  While  at 
I'ensacola,  Florida,  Rear  Admiral  Bradford 
was  detached  on  that  date  from  the  command 
of  the  Atlantic  Training  Squadron  and  ordered 
to  command  the  third  squadron  of  the  Atlantic 
Fleet,  with  the  U.  S.  S.  "Olympia"  as  flag- 
ship. On  :\lay  i,  following,  the  Third  Squad- 
ron was  ordered  to  proceed  to  the  West  Indies 
on  detached  duty,  with  special  instructions  in 
connection  with  affairs  in  Santa  Domingo.  The 
Dominican  Republic  was  largely  in  debt  to  citi- 
zens of  several  foreign  countries  and  was  pay- 
ing neither  interest  nor  principal.  Upon  being 
pressed  by  the  respective  governments  of  the 
debtors  and  reprisals  being  threatened,  an  ap- 
peal was  made  to  the  United  States  for  aid, 
cliieflv  in  consequence  probably  of  the  policy 
of  that  country  to  preserve  the  territorial  in- 
tegrity of  American  Republics.  The  United 
States  then  undertook  to  collect  all  Dominican 
import  duties,  the  only  source  of  revenue  of 
the  country,  applying  a  portion  to  defray  the 
legitimate  expenses  of  the  Dominican  govern- 
ment and  the  cost  of  collection,  and  forming 
a  sinking  fund  with  the  balance  to  pay  foreign 
indebtedness.  It  was  a  notorious  fact  that  the 
import  duties  of  Santa  Domingo  had  not  been 
honestly  collected  for  many  years  and  that  large 
smuggling  operations  were  permitted.  This 
act  of  the  United  States  was  unpopular  with 
a  class  of  Dominican  politicians  who  chiefly 
made  a  living  by  graft,  and  they  threatened  to 
declare  war  against  their  government.  Several 
small  uprisings  had  already  taken  place.  Rear 
Admiral  Bradford  was  directed  to  aid  and  pro- 
tect the  collectors  of  customs,  to  prevent  revo- 
lutions and  stop  the  introduction  of  arms,  am- 
munition and  munitions  of  war  into  the  coun- 


try. The  latter  really  required  belligerent 
rights  when  the  arms  were  in  foreign  ships. 
It  was  to  the  interest  of  foreigners,  however, 
that  the  United  States  should  succeed  in  its 
ultimate  purpose,  also  that  good  order  should 
he  ni.iintained  in  Santa  Domingo.  Rear  .\d- 
niiral  Bradford  did  not  fail  to  point  out  these 
facts  and  succeeded  in  carrying  out  his  orders 
to  the  letter.  While  engaged  on  this  duty  he 
had  from  six  to  twelve  ships  under  his  com- 
mand. He  remained  in  West  Indian  waters 
until  January,  1906,  when  he  proceeded  to 
Hampton  Roads  with  four  ships  that  were 
much  in  need  of  repairs.  He  remained  in  the 
waters  of  the  Chesapeake  until  June  18,  igo6, 
when  he  sailed  with  four  ships  on  a  cruise  to 
the  Madeiras  and  Azores.  He  was  directed  to 
reach  Bar  Harbor  on  his  return,  July  20.  His 
four  ships  anchored  early  that  morning  off  the 
mouth  of  Famchman's  Bay,  but  were  pre- 
vented from  entering  port  until  the  afternoon 
of  the  23rd,  on  account  of  a  dense  fog.  The 
statutory  date  of  his  retirement  was  July  22d, 
his  sixty-second  birthday,  and  upon  arrival  he 
received  orders  detaching  him  from  command 
and  ordering  him  to  his  home  on  that  day, 
which  had  already  passed.  On  account  of  this 
fact  his  time  in  command  was  extended  until 
the  28th,  on  which  day  he  hauled  down  his 
flag- — thus  terminating  his  active  career  afloat. 
His  retirement,  however,  under  the  law,  of 
necessity,  dated  from  July  22,  1906. 

The  following  quotation  is  made  from  a 
somewhat  extended  notice  of  the  retirement  of 
Rear  Admiral  Bradford,  which  appeared  in  the 
Aiiiiy  and  Navy  Journal  of  August  4,  1906: 

"From  the  above  outline  it  will  be  seen  that  Admiral 
Bradford's  professional  career  bas  been  one  of  manifold 
activities  involving  large  responsibilities  and  requiring 
the  broade.st  training  and  experience.  It  is  a  simple  state- 
ment of  truth  to  say  that  he  has  proved  equal  to  every 
task  to  which  he  has  been  assigned,  that  he  has  realized 
the  highest  ideals  of  the  American  Navy  Officer,  and  that 
the  Service  which  he  has  adorned  has  been  enriched  by 
his    example    and    influence." 

The  following  is  quoted  from  the  Army  and 
A'azy  Register  of  August  4,  1906,  on  the  same 
subject : 

"Rear  Admiral  Bradford,  V.  S.  Navy,  was  transferred 
to  the  retired  list  on  July  22.  and  has  since  relinquished 
his  command  afloat.  No  officer  has  gone  on  the  retired 
list  with  a  better  record  than  does  Rear  Admiral  Bradford. 
His  service  has  been  a  long  and  distinguished  one, 
marked  by  loyalty  to  the  best  traditions  of  the  service 
and  great  industry  in  the  performance  of  his  duties,  to 
whatever  official  ta.sk  he  may  bave  been  assigned.  The 
naval  service  benefited  materially  and  especially  by  the 
administration  of  Rear  Admiral  Bradford  at  the  head  of 
The  Bureau  of  Equipment,  where  his  conduct  of  the  af- 
fairs of  that  branch  of  the  Xavy  Department  is  felt  to- 
day for  the  liberality,  fearlessness,  and  determination  of 
the  officer's  policy.  The  active  list  of  the  Navy  suffer-s  a 
distinct  loss  by  the  retirement  of  Rear  Admiral  Brad- 
ford." 

Rear  Admiral  Bradford  married,  when  a 
lieutenant.  May  26,  1875,  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  Harriet  Stanhope,  daughter  of  Samuel 


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STATE  OF  ^lAIXE. 


and  Elizabeth  Cornell  (Stanhope)  Engs,  born 
November  i6,  1847,  ^t  Newport,  Rhode  Is- 
land. Children:  i.  Elise,  born  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  July  5.  1876;  married,  at  Wash- 
ington, p.  C,  January  8.  1902.  to  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Darlington,  son  of  John  Oliver  and 
Katharine  Lacey  (Darlington)  Johnson,  born 
December  27.  1873,  at  Schuylkill  Haven, 
Schuylkill  county,  Pennsylvania.  Children  :  i. 
Elizabeth  Engs,  born  June  27,  1903,  at  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  ii.  Bradford,  born  -April  ig, 
1908.  at  West  Pittston,  Pennsylvania.  2. 
Katharine  Engs,  born  at  Newport,  Rhode  Is- 
land. August  15,  1881  :  married,  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  April  17,  1906,  to  Howard  Angell, 
son  of  Leverett  Ellery  and  Clara  (Kingsley) 
Brockway,  born  November  22,  1870,  at  Brook- 
lyn, New  York.  3.  Rose  Mary,  born  at  New- 
port, Rhode  Island,  September  2,  1883. 


(For    early    generations    see    preceding    sketch.) 

(\')  Samuel,  son  of  Major 
BRADFORD  William  Bradford,  married 
Hannah  Rogers,  who  bore 
him  seven  children.  He  had  the  title  of  Lieu- 
tenant, and  lived  in  Duxbury,  about  one-third 
of  a  mile  northeast  from  the  mouth  of  Island 
creek.  After  filling  numerous  local  offices,  he 
died  in  April,  1714,  aged  forty-six  years. 

(\'I)  Gamaliel,  third  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Lieutenant  Samuel  and  Hannah  ( Rogers) 
Bradford,  was  born  in  Plymouth  county,  ]\Ias- 
sachusetts.  May  18,  1704,  and  died  in  1778. 
He  lived  in  Duxbury,  from  which  town  he 
was  chosen  a  member  of  the  governor's  coun- 
cil and  judge  of  the  court  of  Plymouth  county. 
He  served  in  the  administration  of  Governor 
William  Shirley  during  part  of  his  term  of 
office,  and  in  the  administration  of  Governor 
Jonathan  Belcher,  the  service  in  the  govern- 
or's council  being  between  1730  and  1756.  He 
married,  August  30,  1728,  Abigail  Bartlett  : 
children,  born  in  Duxbury,  Plymouth  county, 
Massachusetts:  i.  Abigail.  2.  Samuel.  3. 
Gamaliel.  4.  Seth.  5.  Peabody  (Paybody), 
removed  to  Turner,  Maine :  married,  July  29, 
1788,  Hannah  Freeman,  ceremony  performed 
by  Rev.  John  Strickland,  pastor  of  Congre- 
gational church  in  Turner,  Maine.  6.  De- 
borah. 7.  Hannah.  8.  Ruth.  g.  Peter  (q.  v. ). 
10.  Andrew,  twin  of  Peter,  born  January  2, 
1745:  graduated  Harvard  College,  A.  B., 
1771,  A.  M.  1774,  died  1837. 

(VII)  Peter,  fifth  son  and  ninth  child  of 
Gamaliel  and  Abigail  (Bartlett)  Bradford, 
was  born  in  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  June  2, 
1745.     He  married,   at   Pembroke,    Plymouth 


county,  Abigail  Loring,  and  they  removed  to 
the  District  of  Maine,  locating  at  Kingsfield, 
and  being  among  the  first  settlers  of  that  place 
in  1764.  The  first  settlers  were  largely  from 
Plymouth  county,  and  the  town  as  first  incor- 
porated included  Waterville,  which  was  set  off 
as  a  separate  town  in  1802.  He  later  removed 
his  family  to  Readfield,  same  county,  and  died 
there  in  December,  1833.  He  was  prominent 
in  revolutionary  times,  being  a  judge,  and 
long  a  member  of  the  colonial  assembly.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Winthrop,  Maine:  i.  Judith. 
April  27,  1770.  2.  Priscilla,  June  16,  1773, 
married  William  Rand.  3.  Alexander,  De- 
cember 18,  1776.  4.  Nathaniel.  5.  Polly, 
married Rollins,  of  \\'inslow.  6.  Bet- 
sey, born  1785:  married  Joshua  ]\Ierritt,  of 
Portland,  Elaine.  7.  JMartin  ( q.  v.).  8.  An- 
drew, married  Almira  iMerritt. 

(\TII)  Martin,  third  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Peter  and  Abigail  ( Loring)  Bradford,  was 
born  in  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  September 
22,  1790,  and  died  April  29,  1873.  He  mar- 
ried, ]\larch  22,  1813,  Tyla  (Emily)  Hayden, 
born  February  26,  1791,  died  ^lay  12,  1865. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  became  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  St.  Albans,  Somerset  county,  Maine. 
Qiildren :  i.  Charles  Gamaliel,  born  April  28, 
1814.  2.  Mary  H.,  April  4,  1816.  3.  Peter 
A.,  November  26,  1818.  4.  .\bigail  L..  March 
8,  1821.  5.  Andrew,  March  31,  1823.  6.  Jane 
P.,  June  26,  1825.  7.  lames  H..  April  i,  1827. 
8.  Anna  K..  June  5,  1829.  g.  Olive  S.,  August 
26,  1 83 1.  10.  Emily  .A...  December  30,  1833. 
II.  Sidney  K..  j\Iay  10,  1836.  12.  George  S., 
November  19,   1839. 

(IX)  Charles  Gamaliel,  eldest  son  of  Mar- 
tin and  Tyla  (Hayden)  Bradford,  was  born 
in  A'assalboro,  Alaine.  April  28,  1814,  and  died 
in  Detroit,  Somerset  county.  May  31.  1868. 
He  removed  to  Alattawamkeag,  Penobscot 
county.  Maine,  where  he  was  among  the  first 
incorporators  of  the  town,  February  14,  i860, 
and  served  as  selectman.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  lumberman.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Alethodist  church.  He  married  (first)  Janu- 
ary, 1 841,  Emily  White,  of  Wayne,  Maine, 
who  died  November  23,  1842;  (second),  Oc- 
tober 15,  1850,  j\Iary  Prentiss,  of  St.  Albans, 
born  in  South  China,  Kennebec  county,  July 
20,  1823,  died  at  Mattawamkeag,  July  13, 
1867.  daughter  of  Jesse  and  ]\Iary  (\'arney) 
Prentiss.  She  was  a  descendant  of  \alentine 
Prentiss  (i),  who  came  to  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1(131.  through  John  (2).  born  in 
England,  \"alentine  (3),  born  about  1680,  Jo- 
seph   (4),    born    March    26,    1747.    and   Jesse 


STATI':  OK  MAIXR. 


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(6),  born  February  22,  1785,  wlio  married 
Mary  \arney,  of  China,  Maine,  and  became 
tiie  parents  of  Mary  I'rentiss,  wife  of  Charles 
Gamaliel  Bradford.  Children  of  Charles 
Gamaliel  and  .Mary  (Prentiss)  Bradford:  i. 
Chester,  see  forward.  2.  Tyla,  born  May  29, 
i8sr).  died  in  iSsj.  3.  lane  Prentiss,  born 
April  3,  1858,  died  July  27,  1888.  4.  Eliza- 
berh  Mary,  born  August  8,  i860;  married  Ar- 
thur T.  Smith,  of  W'altham,  Massachusetts.  5. 
Ernest  W . :  see  forward. 

(X)  Chester,  eldest  surviving  son  of 
Charles  Cianialiel  and  2^1ary  (Prentiss)  Brad- 
ford, was  born  in  St.  Albans,  Maine,  May  3, 
1852.  Beginning  in  the  common  schools,  he 
was  otherwise  self-educated.  He  followed 
various  pursuits  until  he  was  twenty-four 
years  of  age,  when  he  began  his  professional 
work  as  a  solicitor  of  patents,  devoting  his 
spare  time  to  the  study  of  law,  more  particu- 
larly patent  law.  He  was  soon  admitted  to 
the  bar,  and  in  1892  to  the  bar  of  the  supreme 
court  of  the  United  States.  He  has  practiced 
his  profession  constantly,  and  is  now  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Bradford  &  Hood,  with 
offices  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  He  is  a  char- 
ter mcmljer  of  the  Columbia  Club  of  Indian- 
apolis, which  was  organized  as  a  political  club 
to  further  the  interests  of  the  late  General 
Harrison  during  his  presidential  candidacy, 
but  which  was  developed  into  a  permanent  or- 
ganization, and  is  now  probably  the  leading 
club  in  the  state.  In  religion  be  is  a  member 
of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church.  He 
married,  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  December 
29,  1891,  Ruby  S.  Claypool,  born  near  Terre 
Haute,  Indiana,  March  14,  1866.  Her  father, 
Judge  Solomon  Claypool,  born  August  17, 
1829,  died  March  19,  1898,  was  a  me'mber  of 
the  Indiana  legislature  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
seven,  and  circuit  judge  at  twenty-eight,  serv- 
ing on  the  bench  seven  years.  He  married 
Hannah  .M.  Osborne;  children:  Anna  C, 
John  \\'.,  Hannah  .M.,  Ruby  S.  (wife  of  Ches- 
ter Bradford),  Mary  Alice,  Lucy  G.,  and  Eliz- 
abeth C.  Children  of  Chester  and  Ruby  S. 
(Claypool)  Bradford:  Hannah  I\Iay,  born 
November  19.  1893;  Ruby  Claypool.  October 
II.  1895;  Ernestine  Elizabeth,  Februarv  22, 
1901. 

(X)  Ernest  Wilder,  youngest  child  of 
Charles  Gamaliel  and  Alary  (Prentiss)  Brad- 
ford, was  born  in  Mattawamkeag,  Penobscot 
county,  Maine,  May  23,  1862.  Left  an  orphan 
by  the  death  of  his  parents,  his  mother  dving 
July  13.  1867,  and  bis  father,  May  31,  i'S6S, 
he  was  taken  by  his   father's  cousin,   Charles 


Edward  Cushnian,  to  live  in  his  family  on  his 
farm  in  W'inslow,  Kennebec  county,  Maine, 
and  remained  with  these  relatives  working  on 
the  farm  and  attending  the  district  school 
when  opportunity  was  afforded  until  he  was 
seventeen  years  of  age,  when  he  begun  an  en- 
tirely self-dependent  career.  He  took  a  tiiree 
years'  course  at  Oak  Grove  Seminary,  \'as- 
salboro,  Maine,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
the  spring  of  1882,  paying  his  expenses  with 
mone\'  earned  during  vacations  and  outside  of 
school  hours  in  term  time. 

He    removed    to    Indianapolis,    Indiana,    in 
May,  1882,  at  the  instance  of  his  brother  Ches- 
ter, who  was  conducting  a  patent  law  business 
in  that  city,  and  was  a  clerk  in  his  brother's 
office  until  the  spring  of  1887,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  half  interest  in  the  business.     During 
his  first  year  in  Indianai)olis  he  took  a  course 
in  law  at  the  Central  Law  School  of  Indiana, 
and  was  graduated  LL.B.  in  April,  1883.  sec- 
ond in  a  class  of  about  twenty  students,  com- 
pleting a  two  years'  course  of  study  in   one 
school  year.     He  had  charge  of  his  brother's 
oft'ice  in  W'ashington,  D.   C.,  at  the  time  the 
partnership   was   formed  bv  Chester  and   Er- 
nest WMer  Bradford  as  C.  &  E.  W.   Brad- 
ford,   attorneys    and    counsellors-at-law    and 
patent   lawyers,   with    offices   in    Washington, 
D.  C,  and  Indianapolis,  Indiana.     In  1893  he 
sold    out    his    partnership    interests    with    his 
brother  Chester  and  established  a  law  business 
in  Washington  on  his  own  account.     He  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  supreme  court  of 
Indiana  in  1883.  and  the  supreme  court  of  the 
L^nited  States  in  1893,  ^"d  meantime  in  many 
of  the  district  and  circuit  courts  of  the  L'nited 
States.     He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Co- 
lumbia Club  of  Indianapolis.    He  is  past  grand 
master  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  secre- 
tary of  the  General   Military   Council,   Patri- 
archs Militant.  I.  O.  O.   F. ;  also  past  grand 
of  Beacon  Lodge,  No.  15,  and  past  chief  patri- 
arch of  F.  D.  Stuart  Encampment,  No.  7.  I. 
O.  O.  F.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Societv  of 
the  Mayflower  Descendants  in  the  District  of 
Columbia   by   right  of   descent   from   \\'illiam 
Bradford,  he  being  of  the  eighth  generation  in 
lineal   descent,   and   secretary   of  the   Societv. 
He  is  also  past  president  of  the  Maine  Asso- 
ciation of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  nat- 
urally   very    popular    among    the    .sons    and 
daughters    of    Maine    residing    there.       Mr. 
Bradford  never  married.     His  office  in  ^^'ash- 
iiigtnn.  District  of  Columbia,  is  in  the  Wash- 
ington Loan  and  Trust  Company's  building. 


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(For   ancestry  see  'William  Bradford   I.) 

(VII)  :^Iartin,  son  of 
BRADFORD  Ezekicl  and  Betsey  (Chand- 
ler) Bradford,  was  born  in 
Diixbury,  Massachusetts,  October  17,  1763. 
He  accompanied  his  parents  to  Turner.  Maine, 
where  he  became  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  five 
hundred  acres  of  land  and  was  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  the  town.  He  died  June  7, 
1832.  He  married,  in  1790.  Prudence  Dilling- 
ham, born  October  17,  1757.  died  September  3, 
1822 ;  children :  Martin.  Calvin,  Anna, 
Ezekiel,  Freeman  and  Richmond,  next  men- 
tioned. 

(\TII)  Dr.  Richmond,  youngest  child  of 
Martin  and  Prudence  (Dillingham)  Bradford, 
was  born  in  Turner,  April  30,  1801,  and  died 
after  a  long  illness,  December  21,  1874.  He 
studied  medicine  in  Minot  and  at  Bowdoin 
College,  graduating  from  the  latter  institution 
in  the  famous  class  of  1825 ;  took  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  in  1828,  and  commenced  practice  in 
.  Turner,  after  which  he  practiced  a  while  in 
Lewiston  Falls  and  the  city  of  Portland,  and 
finally  removed  to  Auburn,  where  the  latter 
part  of  his  life  was  passed.  In  1845  he  relin- 
quished allopathy  for  homoeopathy,  which  he 
thereafter  practiced.  He  had  a  large  practice, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the  oldest 
physician  in  the  county,  also  one  of  its  best 
linguists.  He  was  a  trustee  of  Lewiston  Falls 
Academy  for  many  years,  a  deacon  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Congregational  church,  and  a  de- 
voted Christian.  He  married,  in  Turner,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1829,  Arcy  Cary,  born  February  15, 
1797.  died  July  3,  1833,  in  Portland.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mehitable  (Brett) 
Cary,  of  Bridgewater.  Children:  i.  George 
Richmond,  born  1831.  2.  Herbert  Cary,  see 
forward.  3.  Clara  French,  born  1835.  4. 
Theodore  Dwight,  born  1838.  Dr.  Bradford 
married  (second)  Mary  Howe,  in  Portland, 
Maine,  November  16,  1859.     No  children. 

(IX)  Dr.  Herbert  Cary,  second  son  of  Dr. 
Richmond  and  Arcy  (Cary)  Bradford,  was 
born  in  Turner,  August  24,  1833.  He  studied 
medicine  with  his  father,  was  a  student  at  the 
Medical  School  of  Maine,  at  Bowdoin  College, 
and  at  the  Homoeopathic  ]\Iedical  College  of 
Philadelphia,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1836.  He  immediately  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Lewiston,  where  he  still  con- 
tinues and  where  he  has  attained  an  enviable 
reputation.  His  practice  steadily  increased 
from  year  to  year,  and  is  now  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  select  in  the  city,  of  which 
he  is  also  one  of  the  highly  respected  citizens. 
He  is  a  member  of  Maine  Homoeopathic  So- 


ciety. He  married  Julia  ^lelinda  Fales,  born 
February  17,  1834.  at  Thomaston,  Maine,  died 
October  14,  1887,  at  Lewiston.  Maine,  daugh- 
ter of  Oliver  and  Mary  ( Spear)  Fales,  the 
former  of  whom  was  born  at  Thomaston,  No- 
vember 17,  1778,  died  December  10,  1838.  at 
Rockland,  and  the  latter  born  at  Rockland, 
Maine,  January  16,  1799,  died  January  j8, 
1884.  at  Lewiston.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fales  were 
the  parents  of  four  children  :  Mary  Thomas, 
Oliver  Bailey,  Edward  S.  and  Julia  Melinda. 
Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bradford:  i.  Car- 
rie Adams,  born  June  3,  1862,  resides  at  home. 
2.  William  Herbert,  see  forward. 

(X)  Dr.  William  Herbert,  son  of  Dr.  Her- 
bert Cary  and  Julia  ]\Ielinda  (Fales)  Brad- 
ford, was  born  in  Lewiston,  Maine.  January 
I,  1866.  He  attended  the  Lewiston  public  ' 
school ;  he  received  the  degrees  of  A.  B.  and 
A.  M.  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1888  and 
1891.  respectively,  and  that  of  M.  D.  in  1891 
at  the  Medical  School  of  Maine,  and  is  now 
practicing  his  profession  in  the  city  of  Port- 
land, making  a  specialty  of  surgery,  in  which 
line  he  is  highly  successful.  He  is  instructor 
in  surgery  and  clinical  surgery  in  the  JMedical 
School  of  Maine,  is  serving  in  the  capacity  of 
surgeon  at  the  Maine  General  Hospital,  which 
position  he  has  occupied  for  eight  years,  and 
for  seven  years  previously  was  assistant  sur- 
geon at  the  same  institution.  He  is  consulting 
surgeon  to  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary 
and  the  Children's  Hospital  of  Portland.  He 
is  a  member  of  Maine  Medical  Association, 
American  Academy  of  Medicine,  Portland 
Medical  Club,  Cumberland  County  Medical 
Association  and  Pathological  Club.  Dr.  Brad- 
ford married,  at  Portland,  September  4,  1901, 
Marcia  Bowman  Knight,  born  in  Portland, 
October  11,  1869,  daughter  of  George  H. 
Knight,  of  Portland.  Children:  i.  William 
Herbert  Jr..  born  August  19,  1902.  2.  George 
Knight,  born  June  22,  1908.  Dr.  Bradford  is 
a  Congregationalist.  and  his  wife  a  member  of 
the  Unitarian  church. 


(For   ancestry   see   William    Bradford    I.) 

(V)  Major  Tohn,  eldest  son 
BRADFORD  of  :\Tajor  William  Bradford 
and  his  first  wife,  Alice 
Richards,  was  born  at  Plymouth,  ■Massachu- 
setts, February  20,  1631-52,  and  died  at  Kings- 
ton, [Massachusetts,  December  8,  1736.  He 
was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  as  appears  by  rec- 
ord of  a  marriage  ceremony  performed  at 
Plympton.  and  probably  bore  a  part  in  the 
colonial  wars.  He  liveci  a  little  northwest  of 
the  Kingston  landing.     On  January  6,   1674- 


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75.  lie  iiiaricil  .M<.tc_v,  (laniilitcr  of  Joseph  ami 
I'riscilla  Warren,  born  September  23,  1653, 
■died  in  March,  1747,  aged  ninety-three  years 
six  months.  Josepli  WarriMi,  father  of  Mrs. 
Bradford,  was  son  of  Richard  Warren,  who 
came  over  in  the  "Mayllower."  Major  John 
and  Mercy  (Warren)  Bradford  had  chihiren: 
John,  born  December  25,  1675;  AHce,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1677;  Abigail,  December  10,  1679; 
Mercy,  December  20,  1681  :  Samuel,  whose 
sketch  follows:  Priscilla,  .March  10,  1686; 
William,  April  15,  1688. 

I  \"  1  )     Lieutenant    Samuel,    second    son    of 
Major  John  and  Mercy   (Warren)    Bradford, 
was  born  at  Kingston.  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 27,,    1683,   lived   at   Plynipton.   Alassachu- 
sctts,   and   died   there    J^larch    26,    1740,   aged 
fifty-six  years  three   months.     He   was  often 
elected  a  selectman,  and  was  a  representative 
to   the  general   court.     October  21,    1714,   he 
married  .Sarah,  daughter  of  Edward  Gray,  of 
Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  granddaughter  of  Ed- 
ward Ciray,  of  Plympton,  by  Dorothy,  his  sec- 
ond   wife.      Nine    years    after    her    husband's 
death,  September  7,  1749,  Mrs.  Sarah  Brad- 
ford   married    William    Hunt,    of    Martha's 
\'ineyard,  where  she  died   in   October,    1770, 
having  passed  her  fourscore  years.     Children 
of    Lieutenant    Samuel    and    Sarah     (Grav) 
Bradford  :    John,  born  April  8,  1717,  died  Sep- 
tember  28  that   year ;   Gideon,   whose   sketch 
follows;    William,    December    16,    1720,    died 
February    16,    1724-25:    Mary,    October    16, 
1722,  married  Abial  Cook,  of  Tiverton,  Rhode 
Island:     Sarah,     April      14,     1725,     married 
Ephraim     Paddock ;    William,    November    8, 
1728,   died   at   Bristol,  Rhode   Island,   July  6, 
1S08;  Mercy,  April  12,  1731,  died  on  June  i 
of  that  }-ear;  .Abigail,  June  12,  1732,  married 
Caleb  Stetson  and  died  at  Plympton,  July  31, 
1/75  '•  Pliebe,  March  30,  1735,  married"  Shubal 
Norton,  of  Martha's  Vineyard;  Samuel,  April 
13.    1740,    died    at    ^^'illiamsburg,    i\Iassachu- 
setts,  August  I,  1813. 

(VII)  Gideon,  second  son  of  Lieutenant 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Gray)  Bradford,  was 
born  October  27,  1718,  at  Plympton,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  there  October  18,  1793, 
lacking  three  weeks  of  seventy-five  years.  He 
was  married  about  1742  by  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Leonard,  to  Jane,  daughter  of  Ichabod  and 
Joanna  Paddock,  of  Yarmouth,  afterwards  of 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts.  She  was  born 
August  30,  1 71 7,  daughter  of  Elder  Thomas 
Faunce,  the  last  ruling  elder  of  the  church  at 
Plymouth.  Mrs.  Jane  (Paddock)  Bradford, 
widow  of  Gideon  Bradford,  died  at  Plvmpton, 
Massachusetts,  April  18,   1795,  aged  seventv- 


seven  years  seven  months.  Children  of 
Gideon  and  Jane  (Paddock)  Bradford:  Levi, 
born  February  16,  1743,  died  at  Homer,  New 
York,  September  5,  1822,  aged  seventy-nine 
years.  Joseph,  October  19,  1745,  died  at 
Washington,  Beaufort  county,  North  Carolina, 
August,  1787.  Sarah,  mentioned  in  next  para- 
graph. Samuel,  June  20,  1750,  died  at  Plymp- 
ton, Massachusetts,  March  26,  1835,  aged 
eighty-five  years.  Gideon,  May  30,  1752,  died 
at  Plympton,  Massachusetts,  April  16,  1805, 
aged  fifty-two  years  ten  months.  Calvin,  Julv 
25-  I75-1-  died  at  Plympton,  April  24,  1835,  in 
his  eighty-first  vear. 

(\TII)  Sarah,  eldest  daughter  of  Gideon 
and  Jane  (Paddock)  Bradford,  was  born  May 
19.  1749,  at  Plympton,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  at  the  home  of  her  son.  Freeman  (2) 
Ellis  at  Carthage,  Maine,  September  2,  1837, 
in  her  ninetieth  }ear.  She  was  married  at 
Plympton,  in  1766,  to  Freeman  Ellis,  then  of 
that  town,  but  who  subsequently  removed  to 
Hartford,  Maine,  where  he  died  March  15, 
1802.     (See  Ellis  V.) 


It  is  said  by  antiquarians  and 
HOLT  students  of  the  origin  and  signifi- 
cation of  surnames  that  the  fam- 
ily name  Holt  is  derived  from  "a  holt,  or 
grove,"  at  or  near  which  dwelt  some  remote 
EnglLsh  ancestor.  The  progenitor  of  the 
American  branch  of  the  family  was  a  pioneer 
settler  in  two  towns  and  a  man  of  influence 
among  his  associates.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  the  dwelling  of  Nicholas  Llolt,  the  immi- 
grant, is  one  which  still  stands  on  Holt's  Hill, 
sometimes  called  Prospect  Hill,  in  Andover, 
Massachusetts.  The  descendants  of  the  immi- 
grant in  Andover  have  been  noticeable  for 
their  attention  to  learning.  The  Holt  family 
in  that  town  included  four  college  graduates 
previous  to  1800.  The  family  in  this  country 
in  all  its  branches  is  very  large  and  includes 
many  names  of  considerable  prominence  in  the 
town  of  Andover  and  elsewhere. 

Nicholas  Holt  was  a  passenger  in  the  ship 
"James,"  of  London,  William  Corper,  master, 
which  sailed  from  Southampton,  England, 
about  April  16,  1635,  and  arrived  at  Boston, 
New  England,  June  3  following,  after  a  voy- 
age of  forty-eight  days.  The  names  of  forty- 
three  male  persons  are  found  as  passengers 
on  the  ship's  roll,  "besides  the  wives  and  chil- 
dren of  Dyvers  of  them."  Among  the  former 
occurs  the  name  of  Nicholas  Holte.  of  Rom- 
sey  (county  of  Hants),  England,  "Tanner." 
L'ndoubtedly  he  was  accompanied  by  a  wife 
and  at  least  one  child.    He  proceeded  the  same 


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year  to  Newbury,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  and  resided  there  some  ten  years. 
There  he  received  his  proportionate  share  of 
the  lands  allotted  to  each  proprietor.  In  1637 
his  name  appears  as  one  of  the  ten  persons 
who  in  order  to  prevent  the  re-election  of  Sir 
Henry  Vane  to  the  office  of  governor,  and  to 
strengthen  the  friends  of  Governor  Winthrop, 
went  from  Newbury  to  Cambridge  on  foot, 
forty  miles,  and  qualified  themselves  to  vote 
by  taking  the  freeman's  oath  IMay  17,  1637. 
This  defeat  was  a  severe  blow  to  the  pride  of 
Sir  Henry  Vane. 

April  19,  1638,  Nicholas  Holt  was  chosen 
one  of  the  surveyors  of  highways  "for  one 
whole  yeare  &  till  new  be  chosen."  February 
24,  1637,  it  was  agreed  that  William  Moody, 
James  Browne,  Nic.  Holt,  Francis  Plummer, 
Na  Noyse,  shall  lay  out  all  the  general  fences 
in  the  tow-ne,  that  are  to  be  made,  as  likewise 
tenn  rod  between  man  &  man  for  garden  plotts 
this  is  to  be  done  by  the  5th  of  March  on  the 
penalty  of  5s  apiece."  In  June,  1638,  all  the 
able-bodied  men  of  Newbury  were  enrolled 
and  formed  into  four  companies  under  the 
command  of  John  Pike,  Nicholas  Holt,  John 
Baker  and  Edmund  Greenleafe.  They  were 
required  to  "bring  their  arms  compleat  on 
Sabbath  day  in  a  month  and  the  lecture  day 
following,"  and  "stand  sentinell  at  the  doors 
all  the  time  of  the  publick  meeting." 

The  first  church  records  of  Newbury  prior 
to  1674  are  lost,  and  consequently  the  name  of 
Nicholas  Holt  is  not  found,  but  it  appears  in 
the  following  order  of  the  town  records : 
"Jan.  18,  1638.  It  is  ordered  that  Richard 
Knight.  James  Brown  &  Nicholas  Holt  shall 
gather  up  the  first  payment  of  the  meeting 
house  rate,  &  the  town  within  one  fourteen- 
night  on  the  penalty  of  6s  8d  apiece."  In 
1644  Nicholas  Holt  was  one  of  the  ten  origi- 
nal settlers  who  removed  their  families  from 
Newbury  and  accompanied  their  pastor,  the 
Rev.  John  Woodbridge,  to  "Chochichawicke," 
now  Andover.  On  a  leaf  in  the  town  records 
containing  the  list  of  householders  in  order 
as  they  came  to  the  town  his  name  is  sixth. 
He  was  one  of  the  ten  male  members,  includ- 
ing the  pastor-elect,  who  composed  the  church 
at  the  ordination  of  Mr.  John  Woodbridge, 
October  24,  1645.  ^^^y  26.  1647,  h^  ^^'^s  ^P" 
pointed  in  connection  with  Sergeant  ^Marshall 
"to  lay  out  the  highway  b&tween  Reading  and 
Andover,  and  with  Lieut.  Sprague  and  Ser- 
geant Marshall  to  view  the  river  (Ipswich 
River)  and  make  return  to  the  court  of  the 
necessity  and  charge  of  a  bridge  and  make 
return  to  the  next  session  of  this  court."    At  a 


general  court  held  ]\'la}  2,  1652,  he  was  ap- 
pointed with  Captain  Johnson,  of  Woburn, 
and  Thomas  Danforth,  of  Cambridge,  "to  lay 
the  bounds  of  Andover,"  and  May  18,  1653, 
he  was  appointed  with  Captain  Richard 
Walker  and  Lieutenant  Thomas  Marshall  to 
lay  out  the  highway  betwixt  Andover  and 
Reading  and  at  the  same  term  of  court,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1655,  the  committee  made  a  report 
of  said  survey. 

Nicholas  Holt  died  at  Andover,  January  30, 
1685,  aged  one  hundred  and  four  years,  says 
the  record,  but  Coffin,  with  more  probability, 
says  eighty-three.  In  his  early  life  he  carried 
on  the  business  of  manufacturer  of  wooden- 
ware.  A  few  years  before  his  death,  in  dis- 
tributing his  property  among  his  children,  he 
styles  himself  "dish-turner."  The  word  "tan- 
ner" on  the  roll  of  the  ship  "James"  is  prob- 
ably an  error  of  the  recording  official  who  mis- 
took the  word  turner  for  tanner. 

There  is  no  doubt  but  that  the  same  mo- 
tives that  actuated  the  other  early  settlers  of 
New  England  in  leaving  their  pleasant  homes 
in  England  and  emigrating  to  this  country  had 
their  due  influence  on  him.  That  he  was  a 
religious  man  is  made  evident  by  the  fact  that 
he  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
Andover  church,  and  by  his  forsaking  his 
native  home  in  England  to  encounter  the  pri- 
vations and  difficulties  of  the  wilderness  in  or- 
der that  he  might  enjoy  the  privileges  of  wor- 
shipping God  according  to  the  convictions  of 
his  own  mind  and  his  understanding  of  God's 
word.  While  honestly  and  conscientiously  dis- 
charging his  duties  in  this  regard  he  took  an 
active  part  in  public  affairs  of  the  town  and 
his  appointment  on  important  committees  in 
laying  out  roads  and  other  improvements  in- 
dicates that  his  services  were  valuable  and 
appreciated. 

Nicholas  Holt  was  married  in  England  a 
few  years  before  he  came  to  Massachusetts. 
The  name  of  his  wife  was  Elizabeth  Short,  of 
whom  nothing  more  is  known  except  that  she 
died  at  Andover,  November  9,  1656.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  June  20,  1658,  Hannah,  widow 
of  Daniel  Rolfe,  and  daughter  of  Humphrey 
Bradstreet.  She  died  June  20.  1665,  at 
Andover,  and  he  married  (third)  Mav  21, 
1666,  Widow  Martha  Preston,  who  died 
March  21,  1703,  aged  eighty  years.  He  had 
by  his  first  wife  four  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters ;  by  his  second  wife,  one  son  and  one 
daughter.  His  children,  born  in  Newbury, 
vi'ere  :  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Samuel,  Andy  ;  and 
in  Andover,  Henry  Nicholas,  James,  John  and 
Priscilla. 


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Various  members  of  the  liult  family  re- 
moved from  Andover,  Massachusetts,  soou 
after  the  revohitiouary  war,  in  the  settlement 
of  the  towns  of  Maine,  back  from  the  coast. 
Captain  William  Holt,  of  Andover,  a  master 
mariner,  with  his  two  sons,  Stephen  and  Na- 
than, settled  in  Wilton  and  later  in  Weld, 
Maine;  the  sons  in  1807,  and  the  father  in 
18 1 2.  The  sons  took  up  land,  and  were  for 
many  years  farmers.  Another  son  of  Wil- 
liam was  Asa,  who  lived  in  Weld,  where  he 
died  in  1825. 

(I)  Abel  Holt,  supposed  to  have  been  a  na- 
tive of  Andover,  Massachusetts,  lived  and  died 
in  Weld.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  took  a  lively 
interest  in  public  affairs  and  held  town  offices. 
He  married  (first)  Lydia  Pratt;  children: 
Hubbard.  Erastus.  Abiah  Jr.,  a  son  who  was 
lost  at  sea;  Otis,  Grace  and  Isabel.  He  mar- 
ried a  second  wife,  by  whom  he  had  two  chil- 
dren :    WHiitman  and  a  daughter  Lois. 

(H)  Erastus,  .second  son  of  Abel  and 
Lydia  (Pratt)  Holt,  was  born  in  Weld,  in 
September,  1818,  and  died  January  28,  1897, 
aged  seventy-nine.  He  was  a  farmer  and  car- 
penter, and  lived  for  years  in  Portland,  where 
he  worked  at  his  trade.  He  married  Lucinda, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Lydia  (Stiles) 
Packard;  children:  i.  Artemas  G.,  killed  in- 
stantly in  a  railroad  accident  in  1905.  2.  Nel- 
lie A.,  married  (first)  a  Mr.  Bishop,  and 
(second)  Franklin  Sanborn;  now  resides  in 
Walpole,  Massachusetts.  3.  Charles  O.,  mar- 
ried Miss  Bucknell,  of  Canton,  Maine;  lives 
in  Lewiston.  4.  Henrietta  L.,  married  Charles 
Glover,  now  deceased;  she  lives  in  Canton.  5. 
Emma  L.,  deceased;  married  M.  T.  Hatch,  of 
Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts.  6.  Erastus  E. ; 
see  forward. 

(HI)  Dr.  Erastus  Eugene,  youngest  child 
of  Erastus  and  Lucinda  (Packard)  Holt,  was 
born  in  Peru,  Oxford  county,  Maine,  June  i, 
1849.  He  was  a  boy  of  four  years  when  his 
father  removed  with  his  family  to  East 
Stoughton,  Alassachusetts,  and  there  had 
charge  of  the  Alms  House  and  House  of  Cor- 
rection, and  in  connection  with  his  official  du- 
ties carried  on  the  farm  connected  with  the 
almshouse  property,  and  also  performed  con- 
siderable work  in  highway  construction.  In 
1857  '^^  returned  with  his  parents  to  the  old 
homestead  in  Peru,  and  two  years  later  his 
father  went  to  California,  leaving  young  Eras- 
tus at  home  with  his  older  brother,  Artemus 
C.  Holt,  and  their  mother,  who  kept  house  for 
them  while  her  sons  did  the  work  of  the  farm. 
Tn  1861  he  went  to  Canton,  O.xford  county, 
and   in  August  of  that  year  his  mother  was 


stricken  ill  and  died.  Young  Holt  lived  with 
the  family  of  his  grandfather,  Ephraim  Pack- 
ard, of  Buckficld,  until  1S64,  being  then 
fifteen  years  old,  and  he  then  went  to  live  in 
Canton  with  John  P.  Swasey  and  Albion 
Thorne,  and  worked  as  clerk  in  the  store  of 
which  they  were  proprietors. 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  time  young 
Holt  was  at  work  in  the  store  in  Canton,  he 
organized  an  amateur  minstrel  company  and 
gave  exhibitions  in  the  district  school  house 
of  the  village.  Soon  afterward  he  went  to 
Lewiston,  and  there  found  work  in  Vl  store 
kept  by  a  Mr.  Pulverman,  whose  stock  in 
trade  comprised  Yankee  notions.  In  1866  he 
went  to  Clinton  to  work  for  Abijah  Billings, 
in  a  wool-carding  mill  which  was  run  day  and 
night.  It  was  here  that  he  strai^ped  his  books 
at  the  side  of  the  feeder  of  the  carding  ma- 
chine, and  studied  them  at  every  opportunity 
during  the  long  and  weary  nights;  and  here 
too  he  committed  to  memory  Harkness'  Latin 
Grammar,  and  when  he  went  back  to  school 
again  in  the  fall  his  classmates  wondered  how 
it  was  that  he  happened  to  know  so  much 
about  Latin. 

In  1866  he  returned  to  Canton,  and  agaifi 
was  employed  by  ^Ir.  Thorne,  and  in  1867  he 
taught  his  first  school  in  that  town.  About 
this  time  he  secured  the  services  of  a  Dr. 
Major  to  give  a  course  of  lectures  at  Canton 
on  psychology,  in  which  he  illustrated  all  the 
features  of  what  is  known  as  hypnotism.  At 
Canton  he  also  worked  in  the  general  mer- 
chandise store  of  Hayford  &  Bradford,  and 
while  th.ere  in  1868  he  took  a  rather  promi- 
nent part  in  amateur  theatricals,  on  one  occa- 
sion playing  Polonius  to  Albion  Thome's  im- 
personation of  the  title  role  of  Hamlet,  with 
Mrs.  D.  P.  Stowell  as  Hamlet's  mother,  and 
Otis  Ha\'ford  as  the  ghost.  In  the  same  year 
he  attended  Hebron  Academy,  and  taught  pen- 
manship and  bookkeeping.  He  also  actetl  as 
local  correspondent  for  the  Oxford  Democrat,. 
a  Republican  newspaper  published  at  Paris, 
Maine.  On  one  occasion  an  article  written 
by  him,  under  the  caption  of  the  "Singing 
Mouse,"  was  widely  copied  throughout  the 
country  and  attracted  considerable  attention. 
The  article  in  question  had  its  inception  in 
the  capture  by  a  Mrs.  Cooledge  of  a  mouse 
which  in  some  way  was  injured  about  the 
throat,  causing  it  to  make  a  peculiar  rythmic 
sound.  One  interesting  divertisement  of  our 
young  man  about  this  time  was  his  scheme  of 
organizing  a  lottery,  with  the  drawing  set  for 
the  day  appointed  to  decide  the  contest  as  to 
whether  the  town  of  Canton  or  Hartford  had 


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the  best  wrestler.  However,  the  wrestHng  con- 
test may  have  resulted  is  of  little  importance 
to  our  present  narrative,  but  young  Holt's 
lottery  enterprise  turned  him  net  profits  suffi- 
cient to  pay  all  the  expenses  of  one  term  at 
Hebron  Academy.  In  1869  he  taught  school 
at  North  Turner,  JNIaine,  and  had  classes  in 
penmanship  during  the  winter  term.  In  1870 
he  became  a  student  at  Westbrook  Seminary, 
and  taught  penmanship  and  bookkeeping  dur- 
ing the  spring  term.  During  the  interval  of 
vacation  he  canvassed  the  towns  of  Cumber- 
land and  Falmouth,  selling  maps  of  the  world 
and  of  the  United  States.  In  the  fall  of 
1870  he  became  a  student  at  Gorham  Semin- 
ary, and^so  taught  penmanship  and  book- 
keeping during  the  term.  In  the  fall  of  1870 
he  began  teaching  in  the  \\'illard  district  at 
Cape  Elizabeth,  and  continued  through  the 
winter  term,  at  the  same  time  conducting  an 
evening  school  in  penmanship  and  bookkeep- 
ing. In  1871  he  was  a  student  at  Gorham 
Seminary,  and  during  the  spring  term  taught 
the  special  branches  referred  to  in  the  pre- 
ceding paragraphs. 

In  this  year  young  Holt  took  up  the  stufly 
of  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  J.  G. 
Pierce,  of  Canton,  with  whom  he  became 
regularly  registered.  However,  he  continued 
teaching  as  previously,  and  also  kept  up  his 
evening  classes  in  penmanship  and  bookkeep- 
ing. In  1871  and  the  early  part  of  1872  he 
taught  in  the  Ferry  district  at  Cape  Eliza- 
beth, and  afterward  in  the  Willard  district; 
and  in  the  former  year  also  he  went  to  Boston 
and  became  expert  accountant  and  bookkeeper 
for  the  wholesale  drygoods  house  of  Anderson 
Heath  &  Co.  In  1872  he  attended  his  first 
course  of  lectures  at  the  ^Medical  School  of 
Maine,  Brunswick,  and  afterward  during  the 
same  year  went  to  Deer  Island,  Boston,  as 
teacher  in  the  City  Reform  School,  of  which 
in  the  next  year  he  became  principal.  At  that 
time  he  suffered  a  serious  attack  of  typhoid 
fever,  but  even  this  served  its  useful  purpose 
in  his  own  after  life,  for  he  wrote  out  alDOUt 
forty  large  pages  of  manuscript  with  a  full 
account  of  his  experiences  while  in  typhoid 
delirium.  In  1873  he  went  to  Hanover.  New 
Hampshire,  and  took  a  course  in  the  prepara- 
tory school  of  medicine  of  Dartmouth  Medical 
College.  In  1874  he  resumed  study  in  the 
Medical  School  of  Maine,  and  at  the  same  time 
took  up  especial  laboratory  work  under  Pro- 
fessor Carmichael.  In  June,  1874,  Mr.  Holt 
completed  his  second  course  of  medical  lec- 
tures at  Brunswick,  and  received  the  degree 
of  M.  D.     His  graduation  thesis  was  on  the 


subject  of  typhoid  fever,  and  in  the  presen- 
tation of  his  argument  he  was  able  to  draw 
largely  upon  his  own  recent  experiences  while 
suft'ering  with  that  disease.  His  class  num- 
bered twenty-eight  members,  of  whom  only 
twenty-one  were  successful  at  the  final  ex- 
aminations anil  received  diplomas.  Imme- 
diately after  graduation  he  was  elected  demon- 
strator of  anatomy  in  his  alma  mater,  and 
during  the  same  year  became  a  member  of 
the  Maine  Medical  Association.  During  that 
summer  he  took  a  summer  course  at  the  Port- 
land School  for  Medical  Instruction,  later 
went  to  New  York  City  and  attended  lectures 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
now  the  medical  department  of  Columbia  Uni- 
versity. In  1875  he  graduated  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  received 
its  degree  of  i\I.  D.,  again  presenting  a  thesis 
on  typhoid  fever,  to  fulfill  the  requirements 
of  graduation.  While  in  New  York  he  also 
took  a  special  course  in  operative  surgery  under 
Prof.  Sabine,  and  on  returning  to  Maine  be- 
.  came  demonstrator  of  anatomy  in  the  Medical 
School  of  Maine.  In  1875  he  attended  clinics 
at  the  Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear 
Infirmary,  and  studied  the  ear  under  Dr. 
Clarence  J.  Blake ;  and  returning,  was  made 
house  surgeon  at  the  Maine  General  Hospital, 
beginning  his  duties  there  in  August  of  that 
year.  He  made  quarterly  reports  of  all  medi- 
cal and  surgical  cases  treated  at  the  hospital 
for  the  year  1875,  and  these  reports  were 
published  in  the  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical 
Journal.  He  also  wrote  a  history  of  the  Maine 
General  Hospital,  which  was  published  in  the 
Portland  Transcript.  ' 

In  1876  Dr.  Holt  opened  an  office  at  No. 
1 1  Brown  street,  Portland,  and  began  his 
career  as  a  general  practitioner  of  medicine 
and  surgery.  About  the  same  time  he  became 
attending  physician  and  surgeon  to  the  Port- 
land Dispensary,  was  elected  member  of  the 
Cumberland  County  ]\Iedical  Society,  founded 
the  Portland  Medical  Club,  served  as  demon- 
strator of  anatomy  at  the  Medical  School  of 
Maine,  and  prosected  for  Dr.  Thomas  Dwight, 
professor  of  anatomy  in  that  institution.  At 
the  same  time  he  continued  his  connection  with 
the  Maine  General  Flospital.  to  the  first  of 
August,  and  reports  of  medical  and  surgical 
cases  treated  there.  In  1877  he  read  a  paper 
before  the  Portland  Medical  Club  on  diseases 
of  the  eye,  served  as  attending  physician  and 
surgeon  to  Portland  Dispensary,  read  a  paper 
entitled  "Report  on  Otology"  before  the 
Maine  Medical  Association,  which  was  pub- 
lished in  the  Transactions  of  that  year,  and  at- 


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tended  clinics  at  the  Manhattan  Eye  and  Ear 
Hospital,  New  York,  where  his  instructors 
were  Drs.  Agnew,  St.  John  Roosa,  David 
Webster.  O.  D.  Pomeroy  and  J.  Oscroft  Tans- 
ley.  In  the  following'  year  he  attended  clinics 
at  the  same  famous  institution,  and  also  at  the 
New  York  Ophthalmic  and  Aural  Institute, 
under  Pr.  Merman  Knapp;  served  as  delegate 
from  the  Maine  Metlical  Association  to  the 
meeting  of  the  Connecticut  Medical  Society, 
and  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  1879  he  took  a 
special  course  of  instruction  in  the  laboratory 
of  Professor  Heitzmann.  of  New  York,  at- 
tended clinics  at  the  Manhattan  Eye  and  Ear 
Hospital  and  the  New  ^'ork  Ophthalmic  and 
Aural  Institute,  delivered  a  lecture  on  the  eye 
before  the  Maine  Charitable  Mechanics'  Asso- 
ciation, and  read  a  paper  on  "Strabismus  Con- 
vergens"  before  the  Maine  Medical  Associa- 
tion, the  same  being  published  in  the  Transac- 
tions of  the  .Association. 

In  1880  Dr.  Holt  became  a  Master  }^lason, 
attended  clinics  in  New  York  as  mentioned  in 
the  last  paragraph,  took  a  second  course  ui 
Professor  Heitzmann's  laboratory,  and  pre- 
sented before  the  State  Medical  Association  a 
valuable  paper  on  "Oitis  Media  Non-suppura- 
tiva,"  based  on  one  thousand  cases  of  diseases 
of  the  ear  observed  in  private  practice.  In 
April,  1881,  he  went  to  Europe  and  visited 
various  hospitals  in  England,  Ireland  and  on 
the  continent,  but  spent  the  greater  part  of 
his  time  at  the  Royal  London  Ophthalmic  Hos- 
pital, from  which  institution  he  received  a  cer- 
tificate ;  was  elected  member  of  the  seventh 
International  Medical  Congress,  held  in  Lon- 
don ;  made  a  report  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Congress  to  the  Maine  Medical  Association; 
attended  special  lectures  at  the  Royal  College 
■of  Surgeons  by  Jonathan  Hutchinson ;  pre- 
sented papers  on  "Supperation  of  the  !\Iiddle 
Ear"  and  "Acute  Diseases  of  the  Ear"  before 
the  Portland  Medical  Club ;  lectured  on  the 
eye  before  the  Maine  Charitable  Mechanics" 
Association,  and  read  a  paper  before  the  Cum- 
berland County  ;\Iedical  Society  on  the  "Pupil 
of  the  Eye  in  Health  and  Disease." 

In  1882  he  became  a  member  of  the  Amer- 
ican Otological  Society,  and  read  before  that 
body  a  paper  on  "Boilermakers'  Deafness  and 
Hearing  in  a  Noise" ;  also  read  a  paper  on 
"Diseases  of  the  Lachrymal  Apparatus"  before 
the  Maine  Medical  Association.  This  paper 
embodied  much  work,  as  it  included  the  views 
of  many  medical  men  consulted  in  Ene:land 
and  elsewdiere  while  Dr.  Holt  was  abroad  ;  also 
prepared  an  article  on  "Acute  Inflammation  of 


the  JNIiddle  Ear,"  publislied  in  the  ^liitcncan 
Journal  of  Otology;  and  read  before  the  Port- 
land Medical  Club  a  paper  on  "Practical  Points 
in  Eye  Diseases."  His  work  for  1886  in- 
cluded a  i)aper  on  "Diseases  of  the  Mastoid," 
read  before  the  .Maine  Medical  Association 
and  published  in  the  Transactions;  "Observa- 
tions on  the  Hearing  Power  in  Ditiferent  Con- 
ditions" ;  "Report  of  a  Case  of  Teratoid  Tu- 
mor of  Both  .\uricles,"  having  a  clinical  his- 
tory of  a  recurrent  fibroid,  papers  read  before 
the  American  Otological  Society,  and  pub- 
lished ;  "Commotio  Retinas,  or  some  of  the 
effects  of  direct  and  indirect  blows  to  the  eye," 
paper  read  before  the  American  ( )phihaimo- 
logical  Society  and  published,  1884;  "Dif- 
ferential Diagnosis  between  Conjunctivitis  and 
Iritis,"  and  "Treatment  of  Ulcers  of  the  Cor- 
nea," papers  read  before  the  Maine  Medical 
Association  and  published ;  "Catarrh  and  Its 
Results,"  paper  read  before  the  Portland  Med- 
ical Club ;  and  an  address  on  the  eye  at  a 
meeting  of  the  teachers  of  the  public  schools 
of  Portland,  1885;  "First  Series  of  One  Hun- 
dred Cases  of  Cataract,  with  Operations," 
paper  read  before  the  Maine  Medical  Asso- 
ciation and  published;  "Refraction  of  the 
Eye,"  paper  read  before  the  Portland  Medical 
Club ;  "Does  Cocaine  Hydrochlorate  while  re- 
lieving the  pain  in  Acute  Olitis  Media  pro- 
long the  congestion,"  paper  read  before  the 
American  Otological  Society,  and  published; 
"Strabismus,  its  correction  when  e.xcessive  and 
in  high  degrees  of  Amblyopia,"  paper  read 
before  the  New  England  Ophthalmological 
Society  and  the  American  Ophthalmological 
Society,  and  published;  "Present  Condition  of 
Patient  from  whom  Teraloid  Tumors  of  Both 
Auricles  were  removed  in  1883,"  paper  read 
before  the  American  (Dlological  Society,  and 
published.  In  1885  Dr.  liolt  w^as  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  New  England  Ophthalmolog- 
ical Society.  In  1886,  "The  treatment  of  De- 
tachment of  the  Retina,"  paper  published  in  the 
American  Journal  of  Ophthalmology;  "The 
importance  of  an  Institution  devoted  to  the 
Treatment  of  Diseases  of  the  Eye  and  Ear 
in  Maine,"  address  before  the  incorporators 
of  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.  Dr. 
Holt  founded  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary, and  became  its  executive  and  attend- 
ing surgeon.  In  this  year  he  wTote  several 
articles  wdiich  were  intended  to  answ^er  cer- 
tain statements  published  in  the  Portland 
Evening  Adz'crtiser  against  organizing  the  in- 
firmary, and  by  his  argument  showed  con- 
clusively why  such  an  institution  was  a  great 
public  necessity.     He  also  prepared  for  pub- 


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lication  the  first  annual  report  of  the  Maine 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,   1887.     "An  Efficient 
Powder    Blower,"    with    remarks   on   the    use 
of  powders   in   the   treatment   of   diseases   of 
the  ear,  paper  read  before  the  American  Oto- 
logical   Society,   and  published ;   prepared   re- 
port of  cases  to  and  discussion  of  cases  pre- 
sented at  meeting  of  New  England  Ophthal- 
mological  Society ;  served  as  executive  and  at- 
tending surgeon  to   Maine  Eye  and  Ear   In- 
firmary and  prepared  its  second  annual  report 
for  publication.    1888,  "Third  Report  on  Tera- 
loid  Tumors  of  both  Auricles,"  paper  read  be- 
fore American   Otological    Society,   and   pub- 
lished; "Glass  and  Glasses,"  paper  read  before 
Portland  Medical  Club ;  executive  and  attend- 
ing surgeon  to  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary 
and  prepared  its  third  annual  report  for  pub- 
lication :    member    of   the    First    Congress    of 
American   Physicians   and   Surgeons,   held    in 
Washington,   D.    C. ;   report  of   cases   to   and 
discussion  of  cases  presented  at  New  England 
Ophthalmological  Society.     1889,  "The  Treat- 
ment of   Ulcers   of   the   Cornea,"   paper  read 
before   the    Maine    Medical    Association,    and 
published ;  "The  Inefficiency  of  Hydrobromate 
of  Homatropine  in  controlling  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  Eye  for  the  purpose  of  fitting 
glasses,"    paper    read     before    the    American 
Ophthalmological     Society,     and     published ; 
"Complete  closure   of  both   external   auditory 
canals  by  bone  in  a  patient  having  good  hear- 
ing power,  with  a  previous  historv  of  Chronic 
Superative  Otitis  Media,"  and  "Otitis  Media 
Catarrhalis    Aucta.    accompanied    with    facial 
paralysis  and  impairment  of  accommodation  of 
the  eye  of  the  afifected  side,"  paper  read  be- 
fore American   Otological    Society,   and   pub- 
lished;  "The   adjustment  of  the   Eye   in   the 
act  of  vision,"  paper  read  before  the  Portland 
Medical  Club ;  report  and  discussion  of  cases 
presented  at  New  England  Ophthalmological 
Society :  executive  and   attending   surgeon  at 
Maine   Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  and  prepared 
its  fourth  annual  report  for  publication;  1890, 
"The    Muscles    and    the    Refraction     of     the 
Eyes,"    paper   read    before    Portland    Medical 
Club ;  address  at  the  laying  of  the  cornerstone 
of  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary;  elected 
honorary  member  of  the  Lincoln  Club,  Port- 
land.     1891,   advocated  and   secured   a   "Law 
for  the  Prevention  of  Blindness,"  bv  the  legis- 
lature  of   Maine,   similar  to   that  enacted   by 
the  legislature  of  New  York  state,  Maine  being 
the  second  state  to  enact  such  a  law :  "Extrac- 
tion of  foreign  bodies  from  the  Vitreous  of 
the    Eye,"    paper    read    before    the   American 
Ophthalmological      Society,     and     published. 


1892,  "Orbital  Cellulitis,"  paper  read  before 
Portland  ^Medical  Club  and  American  Oto- 
logical Society ;  address  at  the  dedication  of 
Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.  1893,  "Re- 
moval of  steel  from  the  \'itreous  of  the  Eye 
by  the  electro-magnet,"  paper  read  before 
American  Ophthalmological  Society ;  "Asepis 
in  Ophthalmology,"  paper  read  before  Port- 
land Medical  Society ;  "Removal  of  the  entire 
Auricle  and  a  part  of  the  lobe  of  the  ear  by 
the  bite  of  a  horse,"  paper  read  before  Amer- 
ican Otological  Society.  1894,  founded  the 
Maine  Academy  of  ^ledicine  and  Science,  and 
its  official  organ,  The  Journal  of  Medicine  and 
Science,  by  means  of  which  the  enactment  of 
the  law  for  medical  registration  was  secured 
by  act  of  the  legislature  at  its  session  in  1895; 
editor  and  manager  of  the  Journal  of  Medi- 
cine and  Science;  "Removal  of  foreign  bodies 
from  the  Vitreous,"  paper  read  at  first  meet- 
ing of  Maine  Academy  of  Medicine  and  Sci- 
ence and  published  in  its  official  organ.  1895, 
"Laws  Relating  to  the  Practice  of  Medicine  in 
the  several  States  and  Territories  of  the 
L'nited  States,"  compiled  from  various  sources ; 
"Two  Cases  of  Otitis  Media  Supperativa,  with 
necrosis  of  the  mastoid,  operation  followed  by 
■Death."  paper  read  before  American  Otolog- 
ical Society,  "Relation  of  Modern  Civiliza- 
tion to  Affections  of  the  Eye  and  Nervous 
System,  and  the  Relation  of  Ametropia  to  Dis- 
eases of  the  Eye,"  paper  read  before  Maine 
Academy  of  Aledicine  and  Science;  "Some  of 
the  practical  results  derived  from  a  study  of 
the  Anatomy  and  Physiology  of  the  Eye," 
published  in  Journal  of  Medicine  and  Sci- 
ence; "Report  of  eight  cases  of  removal  of 
metal  from  the  Vitreous  by  the  electro-magnet, 
with  a  review  of  nine  cases  previously  Re- 
ported." paper  read  before  American  Ophthal- 
mological Society. 

In  189s  Dr.  Holt  was  one  of  the  original 
fellows  of  the  American  Laryngological, 
Rhinological  antl  Otological  Society,  editor  of 
the  Journal  of  Medicine  and  Science,  and  as 
in  preceding  years  executive  and  attending 
surgeon  at  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.  His 
\Vork  for  1896  and  succeeding  years  may  be 
noted  brieflv  as  follows:  "Review  of  Diseases 
of  the  Ear  by  A.  H.  Buck.  M.  D.,  New  York, 
in  the  Twentieth  Century  Practice  of  Medi- 
cine," published  in  the  Journal  of  Medicine 
and  Science;  "Ophthalmology  and  Otology," 
published  in  the  same  journal;  "Otitis  Media 
suppurative  with  an  unusual  perforation  of 
the  JMastoid,"  paper  read  before  American 
Laryngological,  Rhinological  and  Otological 
Society  at  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medi- 


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cine.  K^tj/,  "Hygiene  of  Camp  Life";  "Opli- 
tli;iliii(iU>y;y  and  Otology,"  published  in  the 
Journal  of  Medicine  and  Science;  "Five  re- 
cent consecutive  cases  of  the  Ear  in  which  an 
extensive  operation  was  performed  on  the 
Mastoid,"  paper  published  in  the  International 
Journal  of  Sur<;ery,  New  York ;  report  of 
meeting  of  the  British  Medical  Association 
held  in  Montreal,  Canada,  in  September;  re- 
port of  cases  and  their  discussion  at  the  New 
England  Ophthalmological  Society ;  elected 
fellow  of  the  American  Medical  Association  at 
its  meeting  in  Philadelphia;  received  honor- 
ary degree  of  master  of  arts  from  Colby  Uni- 
versity;  elected  delegate  from  Maine  Aledical 
Association  to  annual  meeting  of  the  Medical 
Society  of  the  State  of  New  York.  i8g8,  re- 
port and  discussion  of  cases  presented  at  the 
New  England  Ophthalmological  Society;  con- 
tinued as  in  former  years  etlitor  and  manager 
of  Journal  of  Medicine  and  Science;  also 
executive  and  attending  surgeon  Maine  Eye 
and  Ear  Infirmary,  and  prepared  its  thirteenth 
annual  report  for  publication ;  discussed  paper 
on  the  "Local  treatment  of  sinuses  of  the  ex- 
tremities," stating  that  the  oil  of  cassia  dis- 
[)els  the  odor  of  iodoform ;  delegate  to  meeting 
of  New  York  State  Medical  Association,  re- 
sponded to  a  toast,  "Maine,"  at  a  largely  at- 
tended banquet  at  Hotel  IManhattan,  New 
York  City ;  at  a  meeting  of  the  Medical  So- 
ciety of  the  State  of  New  York  held  at  Al- 
bany, by  invitation  opened  the  discussion  of  a 
paper  on  "The  importance  of  early  treatment 
of  Acute  Diseases  of  the  Ear" ;  became  one 
of  the  incorporators  of  the  Mercantile  Trust 
Company,  and  elected  a  director.  1899,  "Mas- 
toiditis," paper  read  before  American  Otolog- 
ical  Society.  1900.  "The  Douche  in  the  treat- 
ment of  Ophthalmia  Neonatorium,"  paper  read 
before  the  Section  of  Ophthalmology  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  at  Atlantic 
City,  New  Jersey,  and  published  in  the  jour- 
nal of  the  association ;  "Eulogy  on  Payson 
Tucker,"  an  address  delivered  at  the  unveiling 
of  the  marble  bust  of  Payson  Tucker,  which 
was  presented  to  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary by  Mrs.  Tucker :  associate  editor  of 
the  Journal  of  Medicine  and  Science;  "Func- 
tional Disturbances  of  the  Eye,"  paper  read 
before  New  England  Ophthalmological  So- 
ciety; "Relations  of  Ametropia  to  Afifections 
of  the  Eye  and  the  Nervous  System."  paper 
read  before  Elaine  Academy  of  Medicine  and 
Science,  published  in  the  Journal  of  Medicine 
and  Science;  "The  Ophthalmometer."  pub- 
lished in  the  Opbthahnic  Record  for  Novem- 
ber.     1901,   "Abraham   Lincoln,"  address   de- 


livered at  the  auditorium,  I'orlland,  at  the 
eleventh  annual  banquet  of  the  Lincoln  Club 
in  observance  of  the  ninety-second  anniversary 
of  the  birth  of  .Abraham  Lincoln  ;  discussion 
of  a  paper  on  "A  New  Study  in  E.xophthaimic 
Goitre,"  by  Edwin  M.  Fuller,  paper  read  be- 
fore ]Maine  Medical  Association;  became  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  National  As- 
sociation of  United  States  Pension  Examining 
Surgeons.  1902,  associate  editor  of  Journal  of 
Medicine  and  Science;  discussed  paper  on  "Re- 
moval of  bits  of  steel  from  the  interior  of  the 
Eye,"  by  Dr.  Myles  Standish,  Boston;  "Na- 
ture and  treatment  of  Ptergyium,"  by  Dr.  G. 
O.  AIcReynolds,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  and  "Two 
cases  of  retinal  detachment  treated  wdih  sub- 
conjunctional  injections  of  salt  solution  by  Dr. 
R.  L.  Randolph,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,"  at 
section  of  Ophthalmology  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  at  Saratoga  Springs, 
New  York,  in  June. 

In  1902  Dr.  Holt  prepared  a  comprehensive 
historical  and  statistical  account  of  the  Port- 
land ]\Iedical  Club,  covering  the  entire  period 
of  its  existence,  from  1876  to  this  year.  In 
1903  he  still  occupied  the  chair  of  associate 
editor,  and  also  still  held  the  position  of 
executive  and  attending  surgeon  to  the  Maine 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  with  which  he  had 
been  connected  from  the  time  of  its  founda- 
tion. Early  in  November,  1903,  while  return- 
ing from  Cape  Elizabeth  to  Portland  with  his 
wife,  his  horse  and  carriage  w^ere,  on  account 
of  the  absence  of  proper  lights,  driven  on  a 
pile  of  earth  in  the  highway,  which  had  been 
placed  there  by  workmen  in  the  service  of  a 
telephone  company,  and  both  occupants  of  the 
carriage  were  thrown  violently  to  the  ground 
by  the  overturning  of  the  vehicle,  at  a  point 
in  Knightville  near  the  schoolhouse.  In  this 
accident  Dr.  Holt  w^as  badly  injured  about  the 
head,  shoulders  and  thigh,  and  was  quite  un- 
fitted for  any  kind  of  work  for  several  months, 
being  compelled  to  go  about  with  crutches, 
and  also  being  afflicted  with  double  vision  by 
reason  of  the  injuries  to  his  head:  but  while 
comparatively  inactive  in  body  his  mind  was 
constantly  at  work,  and  during  that  time  he 
devised  a  mathematical  formula  for  the  nor- 
mal earning  ability  of  the  body.  A  paper  in- 
cluding this  formula  was  read  in  the  section 
of  ophthalmology  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  at  its  fifty-seventh  annual  session 
in  June,  1906,  and  is  publislied  under  the  title 
of  "Physical  Economies."  Briellv  stated,  it 
comprises  "a  mathematical  formula  for  the 
normal  earning  ability  of  the  body  by  wdiich, 
with  the  requisite  data  a  person  may  be  either 


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rated,  or  his  economic  value  may  be  ascer- 
tained, and  thereby  damages  to  his  body  from 
injury  or  disease,  with  an  indemnity  to  be  al- 
lowed therefor,  may  be  determined  in  a  man- 
ner equitable  to  all  concerned."  This  work  of 
Dr.  Holt's  has  attracted  wide  attention  in  pro- 
fessional and  scientific  circles.  It  has  been 
received  with  great  interest  in  the  assemblages 
of  several  of  the  most  celebrated  medical  bodies 
in  the  country,  and  has  received  conspicuous 
attention  in  Europe.  In  the  same  year,  1904, 
he  was  elected  vice-president  of  the  National 
Association  of  United  States  Pension  Exam- 
iners. His  papers  for  the  year  include  dis- 
cussions of  many  important  subjects  by  lead- 
ing professional  men,  specialists  and  scien- 
tists, a  detail  of  all  of  whom  are  hardly  neces- 
sary to  this  narrative.  On  June  13  of  this 
year  President  Fellows,  of  the  University  of 
Maine,  wrote  as  follows:  'Tt  is  my  pleasure 
to  inform  you  that  the  trustees  at  their  recent 
meeting,  held  at  the  university,  voted  to  con- 
fer upon  you  for  distinguished  services  in  the 
field  of  medicine,  profound  scholarship,  and 
the  most  noteworthy  services  to  the  public  in 
relief  of  sufifering,  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws."  In  1905  he  became  one  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Association, 
the  organization  of  which  was  urged  by  him 
as  early  as  1901.  He  wrote  a  sketch  of  Dr. 
Henry  P.  Merrill,  of  Portland,  who  died  jNIay 
II,  1905,  which  was  published  in  the  transac- 
tions of  the  Maine  Medical  Association.  ^  In 
1906  he  delivered  an  address  on  "Physical 
Economics"  at  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary, discussed  a  paper  relating  to  "Affec- 
tions of  the  Eye"  at  the  June  meeting  of  the 
JNIaine  Medical  Association,  discussed  a  paper 
on"Uniocular  Inflammation  of  the  Optic  Nerve 
and  Retina,"  by  Dr.  A.  A.  Hubbell,  of  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  also  a  paper  on  the  "Use  of 
Secondary  Cataract  Knife,"  by  Melville  Black, 
of  Denver,  Colorado ;  and  also  on  "Physical 
Economics"  by  himself  at  the  section  of  oph- 
thalmology of  the  American  [Medical  Asso- 
ciation, in  1907  his  contributions  to  medical 
literature  for  the  year  included  a  discussion  of 
"Body  and  Mind,  with  incidental  reference  to 
the  Laws  of  Heredity" ;  the  "Rational  Treat- 
ment of  Nervous  Diseases";  "Psychotherapy"; 
and  "Diagnosis  and  Early  Treatment  of  Mas- 
toiditis." He  also  discussed  a  paper  entitled 
"Premiums  Paid  to  Experience,"  by  Dr.  F.  T. 
Rogers,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  read 
his  own  views  before  the  section  of  ophthal- 
mology of  the  American  Medical  Association 
at  Atlantic  City,  New  Jersey,  in  June  of  that 


year.  Before  the  section  of  Laryngology  and 
Otology,  on  the  same  occasion,  he  opened  the 
discussion  of  Dr.  James  F.  McKernon's  paper 
on  "C)titic  Phlebitis :  its  symptomology,  diag- 
nosis and  treatment."  At  the  thirty-second 
annual  meeting  of  the  Portland  Medical  Club 
in  this  year  he  delivered  an  oration  on  "Physi- 
cal Economics  and  the  Measure  of  Damages 
by  Mathematics."  At  the  meeting  of  the  New- 
England  Ophthalmological  Society  held  in 
Boston  in  February,  igo8,  he  delivered  an  ad- 
dress on  subject  just  mentioned,  discussed 
paper  on  "Bright's  Disease  and  its  ocular  man- 
ifestations," and  read  before  the  National  As- 
sociation of  United  States  Pension  Examin- 
ing Surgeons  at  Chicago  in  June,  his  own 
paper  on  the  "Economic  Value  of  Man  and 
the  Measure  of  Damages."  At  the  meeting 
of  the  section  of  Laryngology  of  the  Amer- 
ican 2\Iedical  Association,  held  in  Chicago,  in 
June,  Dr.  Holt  opened  the  discussion  of  Dr. 
Dunbar  Roy's  paper  on  "Nasal  Analgesia  as 
a  prognostic  symptom  in  Dry  Catarrhal  Deaf- 
ness," and  in  the  section  of  ophthalmology  he 
discussed  the  paper  of  Dr.  H.  Moulton,  of 
Fort  Smith,  Arkansas,  on  the  "Treatment  of 
Strictures  of  Nasal  Duct  with  Lead  Styles." 
In  the  same  year  also  he  was  elected  delegate 
of  the  Alaine  Medical  Association  to  the  house 
of  delegates  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. 

We  learn  from  these  records  that  Dr.  Llolt 
in  his  childhood  came  in  contact  with  the  un- 
fortunate poor,  when  his  father  had  charge  of 
the  almshouse  and  house  of  correction  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, that  he  became  a  teacher,  and  later 
principal  in  the  Reform  School  for  Boys  for 
the  city  of  Boston.  He  thus  at  two  different 
periods  of  his  life  dwelt  among  the  poor  and 
early  became  cognizant  of  the  misfortunes  of 
life.  This  no  doubt  caused  him  to  have  a 
deep  feeling  for  those  in  humble  circum- 
stances, who  meet  with  accidents  and  sick- 
ness that  deprive  them  of  the  means  of  sup- 
port and  make  them  dependent  upon  others. 
It  was  a  potent  influence  in  impelling  him 
to  found  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 

He  taught  school  a  portion  of  the  time  for 
six  years,  beginning  at  the  age  of  eighteen, 
and  he  was  in  a  store  for  general  merchandise 
for  a  portion  of  the  time  for  six  years,  acting 
as  clerk,  salesman  and  bookkeeper,  under  such 
men  as  Albion  Thorne,  A.  M.,  a  graduate  of 
Tufts  College ;  John  P.  Swazey,  who  has  been 
elected  to  congress  from  the  second  district 
of  jMaine :  Otis  Hayford,  who  has  served  on 
the  state  board  of  assessors  ever  since  it  was 


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organized,  and  Dura  Bradford.  As  student, 
clerk,  salesman,  bookkepcr  and  teacher  he  al- 
ways strove  to  do  his  best  for  all  concerned. 

He  thus  became  well  fitted  to  enter  college, 
but  too  late  for  a  four  ^years'  course  followed 
by  a  course  in  the  study  of  medicine  such  as 
he  contemplated.  His  opportunities  were  all 
in  favor  of  his  studying  law  instead  of  medi- 
cine, but  as  he  had  been  a  suilferer  from  ear- 
ache and  its  consequent  deafness  in  childhood, 
and  had  found  by  experience  thai  doctors  knew 
little  or  nothing  about  diseases  of  the  ear,  he 
determined  to  study  medicine  and  make  him- 
self familiar  with  the  best  methods  known  for 
their  treatment.  This  he  knew  would  take 
much  more  time  than  that  required  for  the 
general  practice  of  medicine,  hence  it  was  his 
principal  reason  for  not  taking  a  four  years' 
college  course.  It  will  be  seen  then  that  Dr. 
Holt's  own  misfortune  in  the  period  of  child- 
hood and  youth  lead  him  to  study  medicine 
and  practice  a  specialty  to  alleviate  the  suf- 
ferings, or  prevent  similar  misfortunes  in 
others.  Thus  from  this  circumstance  in  his 
life  is  the  state  indebted  to  him  for  the  jMaine 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 

In  his  first  year's  service  as  demonstrator  of 
anatomy  he  established  the  rule  that  no  medi- 
cal student  sliould  be  credited  with  having 
dissected  any  part  of  the  body  unless  that 
student  had  actually  done  so  and  had  demon- 
strated the  anatomical  structures  to  him  or 
one  of  his  assistants,  one  of  w'hom  was  ex- 
Governor  J.  F.  Hill,  of  Augusta.  During  the 
two  years  of  his  service  as  demonstrator  of 
anatomy  he  prosected  for  Professor  Dwight, 
who  then  was  professor  of  anatomy  at  the 
Medical  School  of  Maine,  and  now  occupies 
the  same  position  in  the  Harvard  Medical 
School.  Some  of  these  dissections  were  note- 
worthy, especially  one  which  showed  the 
brain,  spinal  cord  and  nerves  complete,  and 
which  was  exhibited  to  the  president  and 
whole  faculty  of  the  college  and  preserved  in 
the  museum.  Another  specimen,  a  novelty  at 
that  time,  was  a  solid  cross  section  of  the  head 
from  which  Prof.  Dwight  had  drawings 
made  and  upon  which  he  Wrote  his  book  on 
the  "Anatomy  of  the  Head."  At  the  close  of 
his  services  as  demonstrator  of  anatomy,  he 
attended  the  clinics  at  the  Massachusetts 
Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  and  studied 
the  ear  under  Clarence  J.  Blake,  now  pro- 
fessor of  otology  in  Harvard  University.  It 
was  with  Dr.  Blake  that  Dr.  Flolt  first  met 
Professor  Alexander  Graham  Bell,  before  he 
had  invented  the  telephone,  and  when  he  was 
much  interested  in  experiments  of  Dr.  Blake 


in  recording  speech  from  tiie  movements  of 
the  menibrana  tympani  incident  to  the  sound 
of  the  voice. 

Dr.  Holt  began  his  services  as  the  first  reg- 
ularly appointed  house  surgeon  of  the  Maine. 
General  Hospital  by  making  accurate  records 
of  all  cases  that  were  treated  in  the  hospital 
and  delivered  therefrom  quarterly  reports  for 
publication  in  the  Boston  Medical  and  Sur- 
gical Journal,  a  practice  which  has  not  since 
been  followed  by  any  one  occupving  that  po- 
sition. He  also  wrote  a  history  of  the  hos- 
pital, which  was  published  in  the  Portland 
Transcript,  which  evinced  an  unusual  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  the  hospital.  Dr.  Holt  was 
elected  attending  physician  and  surgeon  to  the 
Portland  Dispensary  as  soon  as  he  left  the 
hospital  and  he  served  in  that  capacity  for  two 
years.  In  this  year  (1876)  he,  with  other 
physicians,  founded  the  Portland  Medical 
Club,  now  the  oldest  and  largest  medical  club 
in  the  state.  He  was  appointed  to  make  a  re- 
port on  otology  to  the  Maine  Medical  Asso- 
ciation for  the  annual  meeting  of  1877.  This 
report  attracted  w^ide  attention  because  among 
other  things  he  proposed  a  new  method  of  in- 
flating the  middle  ear,  wdiich  method  was 
copied  into  several  American  and  foreign 
journals,  thus  giving  Dr.  Holt  an  international 
reputation  at  once.  For  the  next  four  years 
he  attended  clinics  in  Boston  and  New  York 
some  portion  of  each  year  and  produced  papers 
on  otology  and  ophthalmology  that  were 
widely  discussed. 

In  1881  Dr.  Holt  went  to  Europe,  as  has 
previously  been  noted,  and  upon  returning 
took  up  practice  limited  to  diseases  of  the  eye 
and  ear,  doing  nose  and  throat  practice  in 
connection  with  it,  however.  For  the  next  five 
years  until  1886,  when  he  founded  the  Maine 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  he  devoted  himself 
assiduously  to  his  specialty,  and  built  up  a 
large  and  lucrative  practice.  During  this  time 
he  had  become  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
New  England  Ophthalmological  Society,  and 
been  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Oto- 
logical  and  Ophthalmological  societies,  before 
all  of  which  he  had  read  papers  which  at- 
tracted attention  for  their  force  and  origin- 
ality. 

The  year  1886  marks  an  important  period 
in  Dr.  Holt's  life,  for  it  was  the  )ear  in  which 
he  founded  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 
It  was  at  the  end  of  his  first  decade  of  active 
practice  of  medicine  in  which  he  had  been 
eminently  successful  and  had  become  a  very 
busy  man.  For  him  to  embark  upon  such  an 
undertaking  required  great  courage  and  a  sac- 


500- 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


rifice  of  time  and  money,  but  as  he  had  de- 
termined upon  such  a  course  he  entered  into 
it  with  all  the  energy  and  optimism  at  his 
command.  He  says  in  his  address  at  the 
dedication  of  the  new  building :  "Well  do  I 
remember  in  December,  1885,  just  before 
Christmas,  of  starting  out  with  a  paper  to 
obtain  names  to  a  petition  for  incorporation. 
It  was  the  first  step  to  the  consummation  of 
a  purpose  formed  long  before  that  time  of 
establishing  an  institution  of  this  character. 
The  petition  was  willingly  signed  by  all  to 
^  whom  it  was  presented  and  encouraging  words 
were  given  to  the  enterprise,  but  it  was  as 
evident  as  had  been  anticipated  that  a  vast 
amount  of  work  lay  before  me,  the  magnitude 
of  which,  had  I  fully  realized  as  I  do  now, 
might  have  caused  me  to  delay  my  purpose 
longer." 

He  knew  from  history  and  had  learned  from 
experience  that  those  who  aspire  to  improve 
the  conditions  of  mankind  have  their  paths 
beset  by  persecution  from  adversaries  and  by 
misconstruction  of  friends,  therefore  he  was 
prepared  to  meet  criticism  and  opposition 
which  was  sure  to  come.  At  a  meeting  held 
at  Reception  Hall,  City  Building,  held  Febru- 
ary 15,  1886,  the  petitioners  were  incorporated 
under  the  name  of  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear 
Infirmary,  according  to  the  statute  laws  of 
Maine,  which  limits  the  amount  of  property 
to  be  held  at  $100,000.  Nobody  thought  at 
that  time  that  the  corporation  would  be 
troubled  on  this  account,  but  it  proved  later 
to  be  a  serious  thing  when  one  of  its  presi- 
dents, Mr.  Ira  Putnam  Farrington,  left  it  the 
munificent  sum  of  twice  that  amount. 

For  the  first  six  years  the  infirmary  was 
located  at  no  Federal  street,  opposite  Lin- 
coln Park.  From  the  first,  economy  was  pro- 
duced by  allowing  any  spare  room  to  be  used 
by  physicians  in  general  practice  for  cases 
which  would  not  conflict  with  those  of  the  in- 
firmary. Thus  an  income  was  realized  from 
this  source  which  materially  helped  to  meet 
current  expenses,  and  the  property  was  bought, 
remodeled,  an  addition  built,  the  whole  fur- 
nished and  paid  for  during  this  time.  With 
all  the  changes  and  additions  to  the  original 
house  on  Federal  street,  it  did  not  prove  satis- 
factory, and  at  the  end  of  four  years  Dr.  Holt 
proposed  to  the  trustees  that  the  lot  of  land 
where  the  buildings  now  stand  should  be  pur- 
chased. This  seemed  as  chimerical  to  them 
at  that  time  as  it  would  have  been  for  the 
street  commissioners  of  Portland  to  propose  to 
build  a  bridge  across  the  harbor.  There  was, 
however,   one   member    of    the    board    who, 


though  not  present  at  this  meeting,  was  as 
optimistic  as  Dr.  Holt,  namely,  Payson  Tucker, 
and  to  him  Dr.  Holt  has  given  due  credit  in 
his  dedicatory  address  of  the  infirmary  and  in 
his  eulogy  at  the  unveiling  of  tlie  marble  bust 
of  Payson  Tucker  presented  to  the  infirmary 
by  Mrs.  Tucker. 

There  was-  such  a  stringency  in  the  money 
market  at  this  time,  the  year  preceding  the 
great  panic  of  1892,  that  Mr.  Tucker  gave  a 
note,  instead  of  a  check,  for  his  subscription 
towards  the  fund  to  purchase  the  land,  with 
a  remark  that  it  would  be  easier  to  give  twice 
the  amount  under  all  ordinary  circumstances. 
Under  these  most  discouraging  circumstances 
money  was  obtained,  a  deed  of  the  land  se- 
cured and  paid  for  on  January  10,  1891.  With 
the  land  paid  for,  a  capital  was  provided  with 
which  to  work,  and  in  building  with  stores  in 
the  basement  an  income  would  be  derived  suf- 
ficient to  pay  the  interest  on  the  money  hired 
in  the  construction  of  the  building.  This 
feature  of  the  plan  enlisted  the  support  of 
benevolent  people,  especially  in  a  fair  held  in 
May,  1892,  and  the  building  was  completed 
and  dedicated  in  December,  1892,  Dr.  Holt 
delivering  the  principal  address,  from  the  last 
part  of  which  we  quote  the  following : 

"It  can  be  as  truly  said  of  the  ^^laine  Eye 
and  Ear  Infirmary  on  this  occasion  as  at  the 
dedication  of  the  Massachusetts  Charitable 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  in  1850,  when  Dr. 
Reynolds  said  of  that  institution :  'In  its  pres- 
ent elevated  position,  with  its  increased  capac- 
ity for  doing  good,  it  is  poorer  than  at  any 
previous  time.  More  capable  of  fulfilling  the 
noble  work  of  charity  than  perhaps  any  other 
institution,  it  is  still  itself  supported  by  char- 
ity. No  other  charity  is  capable  of  effecting 
the  same  amount  of  good  with  so  small  amount 
of  means.'  These  institutions  administer  alike 
to  the  worthy  and  unworthy  who  are  subjects 
of  charity,  'For  charity  shall  cover  a  multitude 
of  sins.'  However  erring  humanity  may  be, 
whenever  and  wherever  one  of  its  members  is 
found  in  sickness  or  distress,  he  claims  and 
should  receive  our  sympathy  and  support. 

"These  institutions  call  attention  to  the  im- 
portance and  the  proper  methods  of  treating 
these  affections  and  thus  prevent  long  suf- 
fering and  disastrous  results.  Their  circle  of 
beneficence,  then,  is  not  confined  to  the  poor 
alone  who  are  immediately  benefitted,  but  ex- 
tends to  all  classes  of  society.  The  people 
throughout  the  state  can  well  take  pride  and 
satisfaction  in  having  a  building  so  well  de- 
signed and  so  well  equipped  for  the  beneficent 
work  it  is  intended  to  accomplish. 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


500" 


"The  biiildiii.t;'  is  completed.  It  is  finislicil 
so  far  as  putting  together  the  materials  of  its 
structure  is  concerned,  hut  its  work,  so  long 
as  the  human  race  exists,  can  never  be  com- 
pleted, for  "The  poor  ye  shall  always  have 
with  \ou.'  Jt  will  be  a  silent  witness  of 
mingled  }oy  and  sorrow.  Joy  for  the  aged 
whose  declining  \-ears,  shrouded  in  darkness, 
are  restored  to  light ;  joy  for  the  many  whose 
sutYerings  are  relieved,  and  whose  minds  are 
at  rest  in  the  assurance  that  all  will  be  done 
for  them  that  is  possible  for  their  relief.  And 
sorrow  for  those  whose  misfortunes  are  be- 
yond relief,  who  perhaps  came  too  late,  or 
expected  more  benefit  than  it  would  be  pos- 
sible to  give.  In  its  interior  arrangement,  in 
its  outward  form,  in  its  high  ideal,  it  speaks 
to-day  of  a  purpose  loftier  than  words  can 
express.  It  speaks  to-day  of  a  capacity  to  do 
good,  of  its  necessities  with  which  to  accom- 
plish its  work,  and  in  its  destiny  it  speaks 
to-day  like  the  orphan,  who  must  be  clothed  in 
the  robes  of  charity  and  fed  with  the  hand  of 
love.  May  its  pleadings  be  heard,  and  may  it 
receive  that  support  which  will  enable  its 
work  to  be  carried  on  to  the  fullest  extent. 

"In  closing,  1  wish  to  thank  you  for  your 
kind  attention.  1  wish  to  express  to  each 
and  all  my  sincere  thanks  for  the  generous 
support  which  has  sustained  me  in  this  great 
undertaking.  Could  the  smile  of  gratitude  be 
seen,  the  pressure  of  the  hand  be  felt,  and  the 
'God  bless  you'  be  heard  from  those  who  have 
received  the  benefits  of  this  charity,  they 
would  serve  as  the  greatest  commendation  of 
this  occasion  and  as  an  expression  of  gratitude 
to  those  who,  by  their  gifts,  have  made  it  pos- 
sible. They  would  also  serve  to  prompt  the 
giving  of  that  aid,  so  much  needed  at  this 
time,  to  continue  this  charitable  work  in  this 
its  enlarged  sphere.  Let  us  continue  to  exem- 
plify more  fulh'  that  spirit  so  early  taught  us 
that, 

"Little    deeds    of   kinduess, 

Little  words  of  love. 
Make   our  earth    an   Eden, 

Like   the   heaven    above.' 

and  thus  learn  the  lesson  that  true  happiness 
consists  in  helping  others,  'that  it  is  more 
blessed  to  give  than  to  receive.'  Let  our  ef- 
forts to  sustain  this  new  charity  in  its  new 
home  correspond  to  its  enlarged  capacity  to 
do  good.  Let  us  trust  that  ere  the  hands  on 
the  clock's  dial  shall  point  to  the  last  hour 
of  the  nineteenth  century,  the  work  of  this 
charity  will  have  demonstrated  the  wisdom  of 
its  promoters  in  erecting  this  building,  and 
that  it  will  be  recorded  of  them  that  thev  did 


their  duty,  their  whole  duty,  and  nothing  but 
their  dut\   to  mankind." 

The  law  for  the  prevention  of  blindness,  the 
passage  of  which  by  the  Maine  legislature 
was  secured  by  Dr.  Holt,  provides  that  if  one 
or  both  eyes  of  an  infant  becomes  reddened 
or  inflamed  within  four  weeks  of  its  birth  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  midwife,  nurse  or  per- 
son having  charge  of  said  infant  to  report  the 
condition  of  the  eyes  at  once  to  some  legally 
qualified  practitioner  of  medicine  of  the  city, 
town  or  district  in  which  the  parents  reside. 
Failure  to  comply  with  this  law  is  punishable 
by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars  or 
imprisonment  not  to  exceed  six  months.  This 
is  not  excessive  when  it  is  considered  that 
about  one-fourth  of  the  totally  blind  are  ren- 
dered so  by  inflammation  of  the  eyes  in  in- 
fancy which  is  preventable  when  treated  prop- 
erly. 

It  will  be  notefl  that  Dr.  Holt  advocated  a 
new  method  for  the  treatment  of  these  cases, 
namely  the  douche,  which  consists  in  thor- 
oughly syringing  out  the  folds  of  the  upper 
lids  of  the  eyes,  thereby  removing  the  germs 
which  cause  the  inflammation.  Dr.  Holt's 
papers  on  the  removal  of  steel  and  iron  from 
the  eye  attracted  wide  attention,  as  he  was 
the  first  to  report  a  series  of  cases  to  the 
American  Ophthalmological  Society  success- 
fully treated  by  this  method.  The  Transac- 
tions of  the  society  show  that  at  first  he  was 
almost  alone  in  this  work,  because  he  had  been 
successful  in  saving  eyes  that  were  often  in 
similar  cases  removed  by  the  attending  physi- 
cian or  surgeon  on  account  of  danger  to  the 
other  eye.  When,  however,  the  family  physi- 
cian or  surgeon  learned  that  the  iron  or  steel 
could  be  removed  with  the  electro-magnet  and 
the  sight  saved,  they  referred  such  cases  to 
the  specialist,  so  that  in  after  years  other 
specialists  had  abundant  cases  to  report  to  the 
society. 

In  1894  Dr.  Holt  took  a  large  amount  of 
additional  work  upon  himself  in  founding  the 
Maine  Academy  of  Medicine  and  Science  and 
its  official  organ,  the  Journal  of  Medicine  and 
Science,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  a  medi- 
cal registration  law  for  the  state  of  Maine. 
Dr.  F.  E.  Sleeper,  being  a  member  of  the 
Legislature  some  si.x  years  prior  to  this  time, 
had  secured  the  passage  of  a  medical  regis- 
tration law.  but  Governor  Bodwell  was  in- 
duced to  veto  the  law  after  it  had  been  signed 
by  him.  This  lead  to  legal  proceedings  by 
the  Maine  ]Medical  Association  to  reinstate  the 
law.     These  efforts  to  restore  the  law  failed 


soo' 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


and  the  proceedings  created  a  good  deal  of 
feeling  among  the  politicians  against  the  med- 
ical profession,  so  that  no  attempt  had  been 
made  to  secure  another  law  on  account  of  this 
feeling.  The  academy  was  formed  on  the 
basis  that  laymen  interested  in  medical  sub- 
jects could  become  members.  They  did  so  in 
large  numbers  and  the  passage  of  the  present 
medical  registration  law  was  secured  in  1895. 
Thus  the  main  object  for  the  founding  of  the 
academy  was  secured  within  a  year,  but  the 
meetings  of  the  academy  were  so  interesting, 
especially  to  the  laymen,  that  they  were  con- 
tinued very  successfully  until  a  majority  of  the 
council  thought  it  proper  for  the  homeopaths 
to  be  admitted  if  laymen  were,  and  upon  this 
point  a  large  number  of  the  minority  withdrew 
from  the  academy. 

At  the  February  meeting  of  the  Academy, 
to  which  members  of  the  legislature  were  in- 
vited and  a  majority  of  them  attended,  making 
a  meeting  of  two  or  three  hundred,  Dr.  Holt 
read  his  paper  on  "Relations  of  Modern  Civili- 
zation to  Affections  of  the  Eyes  and  the  Ner- 
vous System,  and  the  Relation  of  Ametropia 
to  Diseases  of  the  Eyes."  in  which  he  aJvo- 
cated  the  school  physician  in  the  following 
words : 

"Constitutional  diseases  affect  the  eyes  in 
two  ways — directlv  when  the  structures  of  the 
eyes  are  a  part  of  the  system  that  is  involved, 
and  indirectly  when  the  functions  of  the  eyes 
are  reduced  by  a  lowered  tone  of  the  system. 
Every  person  has  a  capacity  for  physical  exer- 
cise or  mental  exei-tion  beyond  which  it  is 
harmful  to  go,  and  the  earlier  this  is  learned 
the  better  it  will  be  for  the  individual.  Nosce 
te  ipsum  is  one  of  the  greatest  and  best  at- 
tainments. I  do  not  mean  that  to  know  thy- 
self it  is  necessary  to  study  medicine  for  years, 
but  to  acquire  that  more  important  and  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  one's  capacity  and  limita- 
tion for  the  duties  of  life.  If  these  are  recog- 
nized and  acted  upon  they  will  guide  the  in- 
dividual to  early  select  that  occupation  wliicl: 
he  is  best  adapted  to  fulfill  and  will  enable  him 
to  acquire  that  mental  and  physical  training 
without  injury  to  himself,  which  will  best  fit 
him  to  fulfill  the  duties  of  his  chosen  occupa- 
tion. In  order  to  possess  this  attainment,  ac- 
curate observations  must  be  begun  in  childhood 
and  be  carried  on  through  school  life  by  a  new 
officer  to  be  created — the  school  physician — 
who  must  have  special  qualifications  for  the 
duties  to  be  performed.  No  one  will  question 
the  absurdity  of  forcing  or  even  allowing  a 
child  to  attain  a  certain  rank,  or  of  accom- 
plishing a  certain  amount  of  school  work,  at 


the  expense  of  breaking  down  his  general 
health  or  of  injuring  his  eyes  so  he  will  be 
unable  to  use  that  knowledge  for  practical 
purposes.  And  yet  this  is  just  what  comes  to 
the  notice  of  every  physician  altogether  too 
frequently.  All  these  disastrous  results  could 
be  avoided  by  following  the  advice  of  the 
school  physician  cjualified  to  make  observa- 
tions and  examinations  of  such  pupils.  It  is 
evident  that  so  much  of  vital  importance  to 
one's  future  welfare  should  not  be  left  so 
largely  to  chance.  But  as  lamentable  as  are 
these  results  of  school  life  they  are  not  nearly 
so  bad  nor  so  numerous  as  those  of  adult  life, 
where  the  individual  has  made  every  prepara- 
tion, and  has  strained  his  eye  and  nervous  sys- 
tem beyond  their  capacity  to  prepare  himself 
for  his  chosen  occupation,  only  to  find  in  a 
few  years  that  his  eyes  give  out  and  his  ner- 
vous system  breaks  down.  What  a  pitiable 
condition  such  a  person  is  in,  contending  on 
the  one  hand  against  an  affection  of  the  eyes 
which  has  compelled  him  to  abandon  his  oc- 
cupation and  which-  threatens  to  keep  him 
away  from  it  permanently,  and  on  the  other 
hand  against  an  impending  want  incident  to 
this  disability.  It  is  these  cases  that  appeal 
loudly  for  the  school  physician,  for  if  school 
life  were  under  proper  medical  supervision 
there  would  be  very  few  such  disasters  in 
adult  life." 

In  its  truthfulness,  breadth  and  delicate 
treatment  of  the  life  and  character  of  Payson 
Tucker  and  his  great  assistance  in  founding 
and  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  Maine  Eye 
and  Ear  Infirmary,  Dr.  Holt's  eulogy  at  the 
unveiling  of  the  marble  bust  of  Mr.  Tucker 
presented  to  the  Infirmary  by  Mrs.  Tucker  is 
considered  a  masterpiece  by  those  who  listened 
to  it  and  are  critical  in  their  judgment.  We 
quote  from  it : 

"One  of  the  marked  traits  of  his  character 
was  to  assist  those  who  had  fallen  from  in- 
herent misfortunes,  and  many  a  person  has 
cause  to  remember  him  with  a  grateful  heart 
for  the  assistance  and  sympathy  rendered  to 
them  in  their  hour  of  trouble,  when  the  world 
seemed  cold  and  friendless.  However  erring 
persons  might  be,  whenever  he  found  them  in 
sickness  or  distress,  he  extended  to  them  his 
sympathy  and  support. 

'  "He  was  fond  of  calling  Maine  the  play- 
ground of  the  nation.  He  believed  in  her  re- 
sources, her  fields,  forests,  lakes  and  rivers. 
He  believed  that  these,  with  her  thousands  of 
miles  of  indented  coast,  rock-ribbed  by  the 
sea  and  ancient  as  the  sun,  aft'orded  a  paradise 
for  tourists  unsurpassed  in  all  the  world.     He 


ST. NIK  I  )I"  M  \IX 


500" 


l'(.lir\cl  tlii'v  wmilil  (■  iiiH'  in  iiu're'asiiii;  luim- 
Lcr.s  when  l!  c  wcjiltli  of  iIk'sc  in  climate, 
scenery  an  !  heaUli-.uivinjj  |)r(i])crtics  was  more 
fi'.llv  realized.  licnce  lie  was  intensely  inler- 
e^le  1  in  the  developmeni  of  all  jKirts  of  the 
^tate,  and  ready  to  assist  any  effort  to  make 
her  natural  resources  more  attractive  and  hct- 
ler  Unown  to  those  who  mif^lit  seeU  them  for 
hcaltli  an  1  recreation.  Surely  hy  the  fruitage 
of  his  lahcrs  he  made  to  ^row  two  hlades  of 
t^rass  wheie  ln:t  one  s^rew  hefore. 

"To  err  is  human,  to  ff)rgive  divine.  l'a\- 
son  'j'ucker  po.sscssed  these  attrihutts  oi  char- 
acter in  common  with  mankind,  lie  was  in- 
tensely human,  and  his  fjood  will  to  man  was 
one  of  the  cons|5icuous  traits  of  his  character. 
We  must  reco!;nizc,  as  he  did,  that  man  docs 
not  determine  his  own  existence  nor  the  na- 
ture with  which  he  is  endowed:  therefore,  in 
estimatint;'  his  achievements,  we  must  con- 
sider the  ohstaclcs.  not  only  in  the  world,  hut 
in  himself,  with  which  he  has  to  contend  and 
overcome.  As  W'inthrop  sad  in  the  celebrated 
eulogy  of  George  Peabody,  so  we  might  say 
here  of  Payson  Tucker  with  all  tenderness  of 
hear!  :  ■\\)U  rob  him  of  his  richest  laurel,  you 
refuse  him  his  brightest  crown,  when  yon  at- 
tempt to  cover  up  or  disguise  any  of  those  in- 
nate tendencies,  any  of  those  ac([uired  habits, 
any  of  those  besetting  temptations  against 
which  he  struggled  .so  bravely  and  so  tri- 
umphantly." His  kindness  of  heart,  his  gen- 
erous nature,  and  his  achievements  were  so 
cons])icuous  that  we  are  lost  in  the  unity  of 
their  accomplishments,  and  the  robe  of  char- 
it)'  was  so  constantly  a  ])art  of  his  daily  dress 
that  it  overshadows  all. 

"While  there  was  no  formal  declaration  that 
he  fi)ilowe<l  the  jirecepts  of  Him  whose  life 
marked  the  beginning  of  our  era.  still  if  we 
are  to  judge  l^ayson  Tucker  by  the  standartl 
set  by  the  Master,  we  must  place  him  among 
Christians  of  the  ideal  type,  for  he  went  about 
doing  good,  and  thereby  derived  his  greatest 
enjoyment. 

"The  gorgeous  displa)'  of  flowers  at  his 
funeral  was  a  manifestation  of  the  esteem  in 
which  he  was  held,  but  as  great  as  this  dis- 
I'lay  was — never  e(|na!led  in  the  history  of  this 
state — we  believe  that  if  everyone  to  wdiom  he 
had  done  some  loving  kindness  had  been  able 
to  place  a  flower  around  his  grave,  he  woidd 
have  slept  that  night  within  a  wilderness  of 
roses  mingled  with  the  tears  from  the  sorrow 
of  an  equal  number  of  grateful  hearts. 

"If  we  look  for  the  source  of  these  traits  of 
character,  we  inust  assume  first,  that  he  was 
largely  endowed  b}'  nature,  and  second,  that 


iiis  (.arly  environment>  had  nnich  lo  do  in  de- 
veloping tliem.  W'c  find  him  at  liie  early  age 
of  thirteen,  embarked  ujinn  a  career  in  wdiich 
he  began  to  acc|uire  his  ac(|naintance  with  the 
public.  This  is  an  age  in  whidi  the  active 
mind  jjarticijiates  in  all  the  affairs  that  tran- 
spire within  its  range.  He  thus  early  in  life 
became  act[uainted  and  impressed  with  the 
public  needs.  There  develo]icd  a  bond  of  sym- 
pathy between  him  and  the  ])nblic.  akin  to  that 
which  exists  between  members  of  an  ideal 
familv.  This  bond  of  sympathy  develo|)ed,  as 
he  grew  in  years,  into  a  Iiond  of  love  in  serv- 
ing the  public,  and  endeared  him  to  many  in- 
dividuals and  Ihe  community  as  a  whole,  in 
which  he  lived,  moved  and  had  his  being. 

"John  I'iske.  the  profound  historian  and 
writer,  was  the  first  to  point  out  the  absolute 
necessity  of  the  long  period  of  childhood  to 
develop  and  mould  character,  and  to  create 
that  bond  of  sym])athy  and  afifection  which 
rijjcns  into  love  in  the  family  circle,  as  the  type 
of  the  units  of  an  enlightened  community  and 
nation.  Payson  Tucker's  career  made  him  a 
member  of  the  public  circle,  composed  of  dif- 
ferent families  and  communities,  and  his  con- 
spicuous traits  of  cliaracter  were  developed 
along  these  lines. 

"Maine  is  proud  of  her  .sons  and  daughters, 
proud  of  those  wdio  have  linked  their  for- 
tunes with  hers.  She  is  proud  of  those  who 
have  achieved  distinction  in  law,  medicine  and 
in  the  ministry :  in  the  arts  and  sciences,  in 
literature  and  in  the  afYairs  of  life.  Within 
her  Temple  of  Fame,  in  the  galaxy  of  her 
distinguished  men  whose  w'orth  to  her  people 
has  been  good  and  great,  will  appear  the 
artist's  ideal  of  Payson  Tucker.  Around  his 
form  and  features  will  cluster  the  deeds  of  his 
useful  life,  making  them  conspicuous  among 
the  great  men  wdiose  lives  and  character  shine 
forever  like  the  stars.  This  marble  bust 
which  gives  the  outlines  so  vividly  of  the 
classic  form  and  features  of  him  wlmm  we 
knew  and  revered  in  the  flesh — that  we  almost 
feel  him  within  our  presence — will  stand  here 
as  time  goes  on  to  remind  those  who  knew  or 
will  learn  the  story  of  Payson  Tucker's  life 
that  one  of  his  chief  characteristics  was  to  do 
good  to  otliers,  exemplifying  the  maxim  wdiilc 
he  lived  that  it  is  more  blessed  to  give  than 
to  receive.  Few  men  gave  more  in  propor- 
tion to  their  means  than  he,  and  in  this  re- 
spect his  life  stands  out  like  a  beacon  light  to 
those  who  possess  wealth,  that  they  may  be 
guided  to  follow  his  example  and  bestow  their 
gifts  wdiile  they  live,  and  thereby  derive  one 
of  the  greatest  enjoyments  of  life. 


500" 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


"Mr.  Chairman,  since  beginning  this  eulogy, 
the  theme  lias  grown  upon  me  and  with  mc. 
Its  foundation  began  in  the  infancy  and  ma- 
tured in  the  manhood  of  my  acquaintance  of 
twenty-five  years  with  Payson  Tucker,  but  the 
thouglUs  which  I  have  expressed  have  crystal- 
lized into  their  present  form  within  a  few  days 
amid  many  duties,  including  the  cares  and  re- 
sponsibilities of  an  exacting  professional  life. 
His  charity  was  as  varied  as  the  views  of  the 
kaleidoscope,  for  in  whatever  direction  we  turn 
to  view  his  life,  there  appears  a  picture  of  his 
beneficence,  of  increasing  beauty  to  the  one 
that  appeared  before. 

"We  are  at  times  bewildered  in  the  mystic 
maze  of  his  munificence,  and  while  we  find  it 
pleasing  to  follow,  nevertheless,  it  is  difficult 
to  portray.  In  the  labyrinth  of  his  beneficent 
deeds  we  discern  that  his  motto  was : 

'Have  iove  !     Not  love  alone  for  one, 

But  man,   as  man.  thy   brother  call. 
And    scatter    like   the    circling   sun, 
Thy  charities  on  all.' 

"As  it  was  my  privilege  to  solicit  his  assist- 
ance in  founding  this  institution,  it  is  a  pleas- 
ure to  recount  some  of  the  qualities  of  his 
life,  which  furnished  the  foundation  that  de- 
veloped the  desire  to  do  all  he  could  for  it 
while  he  lived,  to  benefit  his  fellow  men.  Of 
his  friendship  I  can  hardly  trust  myself  to 
speak.  For  fifteen  years  he  was  a  staff  of  oak 
in  maintaining  this  charity,  and  a  sense  of  the 
loss  we  have  sustained  in  this  work  so  im- 
poverishes all  I  might  say  that  silence  may 
seem  better  than  the  failure  of  language  to  ex- 
press it.  His  words  were  hope  to  the  dis- 
couraged, and  a  balm  to  the  afflicted,  while  his 
sympathy  gave  inspiration  and  his  kindness  a 
silver  lining  to  every  cloud.  To  me  his  coun- 
sel and  advice  were  an  inspiration  that  urged 
to  do  what  seemed  to  others  impossible,  and  I 
shall  feel  that  I  have  attempted  to  do  my  duty 
to  his  memory  if  what  I  have  said  on  this 
occasion  shall  conduce  to  a  fuller  appreciation 
of  our  beloved  president  and  associate,  Pay- 
son  Tucker." 

Judge  Joseph  W.  .Symonds,  who  spoke  at 
the  unveiling  of  the  marble  bust  of  Mr. 
Tucker,  said : 

"We  have  all  listened,  I  am  sure,  with  in- 
terest and  pleasure  to  the  delightful  tribute 
by  Dr.  Holt  to  the  memory  of  our  late  dis- 
tinguished fellow  townsman  and  friend,  Mr. 
Payson  Tucker,  and  to  the  just  and  eloquent 
words  of  eulogy  which  have  followed.  I  ap- 
preciate and  feel  the  charm  of  the  evening 
thus  far ;  I  would  not  lessen  nor  mar  it ;  and 
there  is  little,  so  very  little,  that  I  can  even 
hope  to  add.     Dr.  Holt's  long  friendship  and 


intimacy  with  Mr.  Tucker,  many  associations 
which  linked  them  closely  together,  especially 
in  the  founding  and  building  of  this  institution, 
have  enabled  him  to  sketch  with  a  masterly 
hand,  in  a  way  I  do  not  pretend  or  attempt  to 
emulate,  the  familiar  but  striking  and  im- 
pressive features  of  Mr.  Tucker's  mind  and 
character. 

"No  portraiture  could  be  more  perfect  than 
that  of  the  marble  which  we  unveil  to-night ; 
but  we  can  see  our  friend  quite  as  clearly, 
quite  as  truly,  in  the  eulogies  as  in  the  bust. 
In  this  work  of  art,  by  the  munificence  of  Mrs. 
Tucker — and  much  as  the  Infirmar}'  values  the 
gift  it  will  always  have  an  added  value  as  Iicr 
gift — in  this  work  of  art,  by  her  munificence, 
we  look  again  upon  the  face  we  all  remember 
so  well.  Under  the  hand  of  genius  the  manly 
spirit  which  used  to  inform  and  inspire  it 
breaks  through  the  marble  lines  and  haunts 
and  illumines  as  of  old,  but  in  the  words  of 
Dr.  Holt  and  Dr.  Wright  and  Dr.  Gordon,  we 
seem  to  read  the  record  of  Payson  Tucker's 
mind  and  heart.  The  two  should  go  together, 
the  eulogies  and  the  bust,  should  remain  to- 
gether for  all  time,  companion  pictures,  com- 
panion portraits  of  Payson  Tucker.  So  shall 
the  generations  which  come  after  us,  fre- 
quenting these  halls,  reverting  now  and  then 
to  the  history  of  this  institution,  continue  to 
recognize  him  as  among  the  foremost  of  its 
founders,  and  learn  to  know  him  and  remem- 
ber him  as  he  was." 

In  the  same  annual  report,  Colonel  F.  N. 
Dow,  as  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  speaking 
for  the  full  board,  says : 

"The  present  seems  opportune  for  refer- 
ence to  the  great  indebtedness  of  the  Infirm- 
ary, and,  through  it,  of  the  state,  to  its  execu- 
tive surgeon.  Dr.  E.  E.  Holt.  Fifteen  years 
have  passed  since  the  services  of  Dr.  Holt  to 
this  institution  have  been  more  or  less  ap- 
parent to  the  public  at  large.  All  who  know 
anything  of  the  Infirmary  are  aware  that  it 
owes  its  inception  to  him.  But  only  those 
who  are  thoroughly  conversant  with  its  his- 
tory can  ever  know  to  what  e.xtent,  whatever  it 
is  able  to  do  for  the  unfortunate  of  the  state, 
is  due  to  him.  It  is  no  disparagement  to  oth- 
ers who  have  been  tireless  in  zeal  and  gener- 
ous in  gifts  for  the  Infirmary,  to  say  that 
during  the  fifteen  years  of  its  existence,  as 
well  as  for  its  inception,  the  Infirmary  and 
the  charitable  objects  it  serves  are  more  than 
to  any  other  individual  indebted  to  Dr.  Holt. 
His  recognition  of  a  need  of  a  charity  of  the 
kind,  and  his  faith  in  the  ability  and  disposi- 


STATE  OF  MAINK. 


500" 


tion  of  the  people  of  the  state  of  Maine  to 
sustain  it,  supplemented  l)y  the  zeal,  self-sac- 
rifice, devotion  and  executive  force  he  lias 
brought  to  the  direction  and  administration  of 
its  affairs,  made  the  Infirmary  in  the  first  in- 
stance possible  and  then  brought  it  to  its  pres- 
ent high  rank,  where  it  compares  favorably  in 
eqnijjnient  and  useful  effectiveness  with  any 
similar  institution  of  its  kind  in  the  country. 
Reference  is  made  to  this  fact  here  because  Dr. 
Molt  during  the  past  year  has  several  times 
informal!)'  notified  members  of  this  board  that 
reasonable  care  of  his  own  health  makes  it 
inevitable  that  at  no  distant  day  he  must  be 
relieved  of  much  of  the  burden  which  he  has 
so  cheerfully  and  ably  borne  for  so  many 
years.  The  trustees  hope  that  this  ctjntem- 
plated  action  may  be  long  deferred,  but  in  any 
event  they  deem  it  but  simple  justice  to  say 
that  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  must 
remain  while  it  endures  a  monument  to  the 
ability  and  philaiUhropy  of  Erastus  Eugene 
Holt." 

In  his  address  upon  Abraham  Lincoln,  de- 
livered at  the  eleventh  annual  banquet  of  the 
Lincoln  Club,  in  observance  of  the  ninety-sec- 
ond anniversary  of  his  birth,  Dr.  Holt  brought 
out  an  incident,  an  "illusion,"  which  occurred 
just  after  his  first  election,  due  to  a  separation 
of  the  eyes  due  to  fatigue,  causing  double 
vision.  Mr.  Lincoln  told  his  wife  about  it, 
and  she  thought  it  was  a  sign  that  he  would  be 
elected  to  a  second  term  of  ofifice,  and  the  pale- 
ness of  one  of  the  faces  of  himself  as  be 
looked  into  a  mirror  was  an  omen  that  he 
would  not  see  life  through  the  last  term.  Dr. 
Holt  was  the  first  to  take  up  this  incident  in 
the  life  of  Lincoln  and  explain  it  upon  ra- 
tional grounds.  It  seems  cruel  now  that  it 
could  not  have  been  done  at  the  time  of  its 
occurrence. 

The  estimate  given  by  Dr.  Holt  of  Lincoln's 
character  was  pronounced  classical  by  the  pa- 
pers of  the  city,  and  the  address  as  a  whole  is 
considered  to  be  one  of  the  best  ever  given  at 
the  Lincoln  Club  which  has  had  some  of  the 
greatest  orators  of  the  day.  We  quote  the 
last  two  paragraphs  : 

"We  doubt  if  there  ever  was  created  a  be- 
ing in  this  world,  or  in  the  worlds,  if  there  be 
such,  of  the  countless  millions  of-  fixed  stars, 
whose  sympathies  for  his  fellow  creatures 
were  greater,  or  who  performed  his  duties 
with  a  higher  sense  of  honor  and  justice  as  a 
ruler,  than  Abraham  Lincoln. 

"His  name  and  fame  will  last  as  long  as 
the  earth  revolves  upon  its  axis  in  sweeping 
through    space    around    the    eternal    sun,    and 


thither  to  the  tomb  of  our  martyred  Presi- 
dent, will  the  people  of  the  whole  civilized 
world  ever  make  their  pilgrimage,  to  pay 
homage  and  reverence  to  Abraham  Lincoln — 
the  foremost  man  of  the  nineteenth  century." 

At  the  twenty-sixth  anniversary  exercises  of 
the  Portland  Medical  Club,  which  Dr.  Holt 
founded,  it  was  very  appropriate  for  him  to 
give  the  hi.story  and  statistics.  He  devised  a 
plan  for  collecting  statistics  of  the  club  for  the 
twenty-six  years  of  its  existence,  which  shows 
at  a  glance  the  name  of  each  member,  when 
membership  began,  when  it  ceased,  if  it  has, 
length  of  membership,  the  offices  held,  the 
number  of  meetings  attended,  the  per  cent,  of 
meetings  attended,  the  number  and  title  of 
papers  read  by  each  member  of  the  club,  the 
number  that  each  member  should  have  read  as 
per  average  of  the  whole  number  of  pages  read 
during  the  existence  of  the  club  by  its  one 
hundred  and  ten  members,  and  finally  when 
another  paper  was  or  is  due  from  each  one 
vyho  belongs  to  the  club.  This  paper  was  pub- 
lished in  the  Journal  of  Medicine  and  Science 
and  the  author  has  had  assurances  that  it  has 
served  as  a  model  for  giving  the  history  of 
other  clubs  in  different  parts  of  the  United 
States. 

In  1903,  in  consequence  of  an  accident 
which  disabled  Dr.  Holt  for  several  months 
from  following  his  vocation  he  had  the  op- 
portunity to  think  upon  the  subject  of  physi- 
cal economics.  His  attention  was  directed'  to 
this  subject  early  in  life  as  a  teacher,  but  its 
development  came  with  the  study  and  practice 
of  medicine  during  which  he  had  to  do  di- 
rectly with  over  fifty  thousand  case  records  of 
patients,  over  thirty  thousand  of  which  were 
made  ■  and  kept  of  his  private  patients. 
It  was  in  the  analysis  of  the  records 
of  these  cases  in  all  the  relations  to  the  well 
being  of  those  from  whom  they  were  made 
that  enlisted  Dr.  Holt's  interest  in  the  subject 
of  physical  economics. 

Of  the  various  addresses  given  upon  physi- 
cal economics,  and  papers  that  have  been  pub- 
lished, the  one  read  before  the  National  As- 
sociation of  United  States  Examining  Sur- 
geons, to  which  were  invited  the  referee  and 
members  of  the  bureau  of  pensions,  at  Atlan- 
tic City,  New  Jersey,  in  June,  1904,  has  been 
of  far-reaching  importance.  It  was  pointed 
out  that  the  empirical  methods  must  neces- 
sarily lead  to  inequality  and  it  pointed  out 
those  inequalities  of  pensions  and  showed  the 
need  of  a  revision  of  the  pensions  and  how  it 
could  be  done  upon  a  scientific  basis.  Ten  of 
tlie  principal  pensions  of  the  bureau  of  pen- 


500 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


sions  were  revised  in  1905,  so  that  now  those 
soldiers  and  sailors  who  are  entitled  to  these 
pensions  receive  $1,968  more  every  year  than 
they  did  in  1904..  When  this  difiference  is  mul- 
tiplied by  the  number  receiving  these  pensions 
it  amounts  to  millions  of  dollars  that  is  being 
paid  to  soldiers  and  sailors  in  consequence  of 
the  revision  of  the  pensions  according  to  the 
paper  read  by  Dr.  Holt. 

The  paper  upon  this  subject  which  attracted 
such  universal  attention  was  the  one  read  be- 
fore the  section  of  ophthalmology  of  the 
American  jMedical  Association  at  its  annual 
session  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  June, 
1906.  The  Boston  Herald  published  a  good 
report  of  the  paper,  and  from  this  and  other 
reports  made  of  it  it  was  copied  into  a  large 
number  of  papers  throughout  the  United 
States  and  foreign  countries.  In  recognition 
of  the  importance  of  the  subject  and  its  scope 
and  usefulness,  we  venture  to  quote  from  this 
paper : 

"An  ocnhst,  when  called  on  to  ascertaui 
damages  to  the  eyes  from  an  injury,  frequently 
meets  with  other  disabilities  of  the  body  which 
occurred  at  the  same  time.  If  he  works  in 
connection  with  other  physicians  and  sur- 
geons who  are  to  determine  damages  to  other 
parts  of  the  body,  it  is  highly  important  that 
there  should  be  standard  methods  of  procedure 
which  can  be  applied  to  every  system  and  or- 
gan of  the  body  so  that  each  may  understand 
the  other  and  work  together  to  obtain  results 
on  a  scientific  basis.  The  object  of  this  paper 
is  to  promulgate  methods  by  which  this  may 
be  accomplished  in  a  manner  equitable  to  all 
concerned. 

"The  problem  is  a  mixed  one,  ina.smuch  as 
we  must  have  a  method  for  ascertaining  the 
economic  value  of  a  person  both  before  and 
after  he  has  been  damaged  from  injury  or 
disease.  All  recognize  the  importance  of  sci- 
entific methods  for  solving  this  problem,  but 
no  one  has  had  the  temerity  to  attempt  to 
overcome  the  difficulties  surrounding  it.  It 
occurred  to  me,  however,  while  I  was  disabled 
from  an  injury,  received  in  1903,  that  if,  when 
the  eyes  were  damaged,  the  remaining  earn- 
ing ability  could  be  determined  by  a  mathe- 
matical formula,  based  on  the  principles  em- 
ployed in  the  natural  sciences  in  measuring 
any  power,  as  has  been  done  by  Magnus^'  of 
Germany,  the  principle  might  be  utilized  for 
the  whole  body.  I,  therefore,  spent  many  of 
the  long  weary  hours  of  my  disability  in  think- 

•  "Visual  ELOQomiLS,"  by  Dr.  H.  Magnus  of  Breslau, 
Germany,  translated  with  additions  by  Dr.  H.  V.  Wiirde- 
mann.    Milwaukee,    Wis. 


ing  how  this  could  be  accomplished.  After 
I  had  adapted  the  principle  to  the  whole  body, 
it  seemed  so  simple  that  I  wondered  if  some 
one  had  not  solved  the  problem  in  a  similar 
way.  On  making  inquiries  in  connection  with 
the  reprints  of  my  papers  among  many  per- 
sons I  have  failed  to  find  any  one  who  ha  1 
solved  the  problem  in  this  manner. 

Professor  Seaver,  formerly  director  of  the 
gymnasium  of  Yale  University,  replied  : 

I  wish  to  thank  you  for  a  reprint  on  'Physical  Eco- 
nomits  "     .     .  whiuh    strikes    nie    as    a    very    valuable 

contribution  on  a  subjeit  to  which  I  have  given  consid- 
erable thought  without  being  able  to  arrive  at  definite 
conclusions,  and  so  I  have  never  published  anything. 
You  have  hit  on  a  practical  method  of  rating  a  man's 
physical  utility  so  far  as  the  physical  side  of  him  is 
concerned,  as  mental  rating  is  given  by  intellectual  tests, 
so  that  we  may  have  a  fairly  accurate  mathematical 
statement   of    his   probable   worth   to   society. 

"In  the  analysis  of  a  person  to  determine 
the  elements  which  are  indispensable  for  his 
normal  earning  ability  and  which  may  be  used 
as  factors  to  express  them  in  a  mathematical 
formula,  we  find  that  the  functions  of  the  body 
in  a  fairly  normal  condition  are  of  first  im- 
portance. This  constitutes  the  functional  abil- 
ity of  the  person  and  the  factor  of  first  im- 
portance in  the  formula. 

"A  person  would  be  of  very  little  use, 
economically,  in  the  world  without  having  h.ad 
that  training  of  the  miiul  and  body  whicli 
would  fit  him  to  follow  some  occupation  suc- 
cessfully. This  constitutes  the  technical  abil- 
ity of  a  person  and  the  second  factor  in  the 
formula.  With  the  functional  and  technical 
ability  of  the  first  order,  there  is  another  ele- 
ment of  a  person  of  considerable  importance, 
namely,  his  ability  to  secure  and  perform  the 
duties  of  an  occupation  successfully.  It  makes 
no  dift'erence  whether  his  services  are  ren- 
dered direct  to  the  general  public  or  through 
some  employer ;  his  success  depends  on  his 
ability  to  obtain  work  and  to  serve  those  who 
employ  him.  This  constitutes  the  competing 
ability  of  a  person  and  the  last  factor  in  the 
formula.  Tb.erefore,  the  three  elements  of  a 
person  which  are  absolutely  iiicHspensable  to 
his  normal  earning  ability  are,  first,  the  func- 
tional ability;  second,  the  technical  ability, 
and,  third,  the  competing  ability.  This  analy- 
sis of  a  person  includes  everything  needed  in 
the  performance  of  the  duties  of  any  occupa- 
tion. It  may,  therefore,  be  considered  com- 
plete, and,  moreover,  it  is  in  accordance  with 
the  principles  employed  in  the  analysis  of  any 
physical  force  by  which  its  efficiency  is  de- 
termined. The  acceptance  of  this  analysis  of 
a  person  is  of  prime  importance  to  an  uniler- 
standing  of  the  mathematical  formula  for  the 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


500" 


mniiial  earning  ability  of  the  botly,  becanse  its 
ul)jcct  is  to  ilctcrniiiic  the  essential  elements 
which  may  be  used  as  factors  in  the  formula." 

This  analysis  is  comparc.l  with  the  one  made 
to  obtain  a  formula  for  electricity. 

"In  a  similar  manner  if  we  use  the  first  let- 
ter vi  the  prominent  word  in  the  analysis  of  a 
person,  F  =  the  functional ;  T  =  the  technical ; 
C  =  the  competint;-,  and  F  =  the  earning  abil- 
ity of  a  person;  hence  F  :^  !■"  T  C,  the  mathe- 
matical fdrnnila  for  the  normal  earning  ability 
of  the  body. 

"These  three  factors  are  not  of  equal  value, 
although  the  efficiency  of  each  is  interdepentl- 
ent  on  the  other,  1''  being  first  in  importance ; 
T  second  in  imjjortance;  whereas  C  is  least  im- 
portant, because  it  depends  on  the  other  two 
and  the  conditions  of  the  labor  market.  The 
comi)etiiig  ability  is  composed  of  the  same  ele- 
ments as  F  and  is  modified  to  a  similar  but  less 
extent  when  F  is  impaired.  It  is  also  modified 
by  T  and  the  way  employers  and  the  public 
consider  the  person,  especially  when  he  has 
been  damaged  by  injury  or  disease. 

"To  amplify  the  formula,  F  must  be  re- 
solved into  its  component  parts  by  selecting 
and  grouping  into  the  form  of  units  such  sys- 
tems and  organs  as  are  so  interdependent  that 
each  is  needed  to  insure  the  functions  of  the 
other  in  its  particular  unit,  and  these  systems 
and  organs  taken  together  form  a  unit  that  is 
absolutely  indispensable  to  the  functions  of  the 
body.  These  units  are  to  be  regarded  as  fac- 
tors of  F,  which  when  multiplied  together,  and 
by  the  other  two  factors  of  the  formula,  pro- 
duce the  composite  quantity  E.  As  much  as 
possible,  systems  and  organs  have  been  se- 
lected and  grouped  together  as  units  in  ac- 
cordance with  their  development  and  asso- 
ciatetl  functions,  it  being  found  necessary  to 
have  four  such  units  for  the  whole  body, 
which  when  designated  by  the  first  four  let- 
ters of  the  alphabet  are  as  follows : 


1  Osseous,  articular,  and  i 
<  muscular  systems,  con-  < 
{  sisting  of  ( 

i  Circulatory  and  respt- 
'1  ratory  systems,  con- 
{  sisting  of 


I  Digestive    and    genlto- 
=  ^  urinary    systems,    con- 
(  sisting  of 


iCerebro-spinal  sys- 
tems, nerves,  organs 
of  spinal  sense,  con- 
sisting  of 


e,  the    bones, 

f,  the  joints, 

g,  the    muscles, 

h,  vascular  .system. 

1,  the   blood, 

j,  the  lungs  and  their 
accessory    organs, 

k,  the  alimentary  ca- 
nal and  its  acces- 
sory organs, 

1.  the    skin. 

m.  the  kidneys  with 
the  genital  organs. 

n.  the  brain,  its  mem- 
branes, and  its 
nerves, 

o.  the  spinal  cord.  Its 
membranes,  and  its 
nerves, 

P,  nerves  and  organs 
of  special   sense. 


"Each  of  these  units  fulfills  the  re(|iiircnients 
of  our  definition:  it  is  composed  of  systems 
and  organs  so  interdepemlent  that  each  is 
needed  to  insure  the  functions  of  the  other, 
and  these  taken  together  form  a  unit  that  is 
absolutely  indispen.sable  to  the  functions  of 
the  body.  This  being  true,  the  value  of  the 
function  of  each  unit  may  be  obtained  by  a 
formula  similar  to  that  employed  in  determin- 
ing the  value  of  any  physical  force.  In  am- 
plifying F,  by  resolving  it  into  its  comij<jnent 
parts,  as  factors,  a,  b,  c,  d,  each  of  these  was 
resolved  into  its  component  parts,  as  fac- 
tors, and  a  =  e  f  g ;  b  =  h  i  j ;  c  =  k  1  m  ;  and 
d  =  n  o  p. 

"Although  it  is  true  that  scientific  standards 
of  measurement  of  all  the  parts  of  the  units  of 
the  body  have  not  been  determined  and  agreed 
on,  nevertheless  it  is  a  self-evident  fact  that 
anything  that  is  used  must  have  a  value  placed 
upon  it,  and  when  this  value  has  been  meas- 
ured, tested,  compared,  and  estimated  in  a 
scientific  manner,  in  a  large  numlier  of  normal 
healthy  persons,  and  an  average  value  ascer- 
tained, this  average  value  becomes  a  scientific 
standard  of  measurement  for  that  particular 
part  of  the  unit  of  the  body.  It  is  in  this  way 
that  all  the  scientific  standards  of  measure- 
ment, now  employed,  have  been  determined 
and  agreed  on,  and  it  is  in  this  way  that  all 
the  remaining  ones  must  be  established.  Un- 
til this  work  is  consummated  we  shall  have  to 
employ  such  standards  as  have  been  agreed  on, 
and  by  the  same  methods  by  which  these  have 
been  olitained  determine  values  for  all  the  re- 
maining systems  and  organs  of  the  units  of 
the  body  which  will  eventually  be  accejned  as 
scientific  standards  of  measurement. 

"In  ascertaining  damages  to  the  body,  a 
physician  must  first  determine  what  the  im- 
pairment of  the  function  of  the  unit  is,  and 
then,  by  comparing  this  with  the  case  record 
and  the  .scientific  standard  of  measurement  for 
it,  give  the  remaining  value  in  the  form  of  a 
fraction  of  the  whole  unit  in  the  formula. 
The  principles  and  process  then  are  the  same 
as  those  employed  in  determining  the  efficiency 
of  any  physical  force.  It  will  be  seen  that  it 
is  the  damaged  functions  that  the  physician 
first  seeks,  and  not  necessarily  the  pathology 
of  the  damaged  unit.  The  'pathologv  of"  a 
disability  is  necessary  only  to  deterniine  its 
character,  whether  transitory  or  permanent, 
serious  or  not,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  should' 
not  be  made  the  basis  to  determine  the  remain- 
ing earning  ability  of  the  body.  The  earning 
ability  is  a  composite  quantity  made  up  of  the 
physiologic   functions  of  the  svstems  and  or- 


500" 


STATE  OF  MAINE. 


gans  of  the  units  of  the  body,  each  of  which 
is  interdependent  on  the  other  in  making  man 
the  most  wonderful  product  of  nature. 

"In  youth  and  the  beginning  of  manhood, 
we  can  only  rate  a  person  according  to  his 
functional  and  his  technical  ability,  but  when 
that  person  has  a  fixed  occupation  we  can, 
thereby,  determine,  by  our  formula,  his  earn- 
ing ability  and  his  economic  power  in  the 
world  as  accurately  as  we  can  that  of  any 
physical  force.  We  can  determine  his  mental 
ability  only  so  far  as  it  is  manifested  in  his 
vocation  and  the  importance  placed  on  it  as 
evidenced  in  the  remuneration  he  receives  for 
it.  We  can  not  figure  on  possible  prospects 
of  advancement,  nor  change  of  occupation.  We 
can  only  figure  on  the  actual  conditions  of  life 
as  they  exist,  and  when  accidents  occur,  caus- 
ing damage,  on  the  supposition  that  these  con- 
ditions would  continue  for  a  length  of  time 
thereafter  according  to  the  basis  on  which  the 
American  experience  table  of  mortality  has 
been  constructed  and  on  which  has  been  estab- 
lished life  insurance-^the  first  business  of  the 
world. 

"The  value  of  the  functions  of  the  body 
cannot  be  determined,  for  health,  like  charac- 
ter, is  priceless.  Even  the  possession  of  health 
much  below  any  economic  value  is  priceless, 
and  is  clung  to  under  all  conditions  of  priva- 
tion and  suffering.  This  does  not  affect  the 
purpose  of  our  formula,  which  represents 
mathematically  the  normal  earning  ability  of 
the  body.  This  has  solely  to  do  with  the  in- 
dividual's ability  to  perform  certain  services 
and  to  receive  a  specific  compensation  there- 
for for  the  remainder  of  a  prospective  work- 
ing life.  No  life  insurance  company  would 
consider  a  risk  on  a  man's  life  for  an  amount 
his  business  or  wealth  did  not  warrant.  A 
can  who  has  no  income  whatever  and  could 
offer  no  collateral  would  be  refused  a  loan  of 
money  from  any  person,  or  bank,  and  he  could 
not  obtain  money  except  by  reasons  which  are 
foreign  to  the  rules  of  business.  A  person 
with  good  habits  and  a  steady  occupation  with 
a  specified  income  would  be  able  to  hire  money 
on  that  alone,  in  proportion  to  his  income, 
other  things  being  equal.  The  time  is  coming 
when  the  earning  ability  of  man  will  be  rateil 
and  will  be  just  as  valuable  in  the  labor  mar- 
ket as  in  the  rating  of  his  financial  ability  to- 
day in  the  business  marts  of  the  world. 

"We  will  now  proceed  to  illustrate  the  use 
of  the  formula  in  the  case  of  a  young  man 
whose  eyes  were  severely  damaged  and  the 
right  hand  badly  burned  by  a  current  of  elec- 
tricitv  sufficient  to  kill  two  men  instantly. 


W.  O'B.,  aged  20,  mill  employee.  June  22,  1900,  while 
standing  on  an  iron  platl!orm  and  handling  a  portable 
electric  light,  received  a  current  of  electricity  sufficient 
to  throw  him  down  instantly.  Two  of  his  fellow  work- 
men who  saw  him  fall  quickly  went  to  his  aid  and,  in 
attempting  to  pull  him  away  from  the  platform  and  the 
wire  of  the  lamp,  which  was  burning  his  hand,  both 
were  killed   instantly. 

"Thus  every  step  of  the  process  to  deter- 
mine the  economic  value  of  the  damage  to  Mr. 
O'B.  in  consequence  of  the  injury  he  received 
June  22,  1900,  has  been  taken  with  a  well- 
defined  method  of  procedure,  as  that  of  weigh- 
ing or  measuring  of  any  commodity  and  then 
multiplying  the  quantity  by  the  price  per  unit 
of  the  standard  of  measurement  for  that  com- 
modity, in  order  to  obtain  its  value.  The  final 
result  then  cannot  be  questioned  on  the  ground 
of  the  want  of  care  in  obtaining  it,  it  can  only 
be  questioned  on  the  ground  as  to  whether 
the  principles  on  which  the  methods  are  based 
are  correct  and  give  results  that  are  right  and 
equitable  to  all  concerned. 

"On  both  of  these  points  we  have  the  high- 
est authority,  for  my  formula  for  the  normal 
earning  ability  of  the  body  is  based  upon  the 
principles  employed  in  the  sciences  in  deter- 
mining the  value  or  efficiency  of  any  natural 
power.  It  was  employed  by  Magnus  in  his 
mathematical  formula  for  the  normal  earning 
ability  of  the  eyes.  My  work  has  been  to  adapt 
these  principles  to  the  entire  body  by  selecting 
and  arranging  the  different  systems  and  or- 
gans according  to  their  development  and  as- 
sociated functions,  that  all  the  essential  parts 
of  the  body  may  be  grouped  under  four  units, 
which  may  be  used  as  factors  of  the  functional 
ability  in  a  practical  fornuila  as  readily  as 
though  the  principles  were  applied  to  but  one 
organ  at  a  time. 

"For  the  success  and  approval  of  this  work, 
I  have  quoted  from  one  of  the  many  letters 
which  I  have  received,  because  Dr.  Seaver,  as 
he  writes,  has  spent  a  large  part  of  his  life  in 
studying  the  body,  to  develop,  measure,  and 
utilize  it  to  the  best  advantage.  He  has  writ- 
ten one  of  the  best  works  on  anthropometry 
and  physical  examinations  in  the  English 
language,  and  therefore  his  opinion  is  an  au- 
thority on  this  subject. 

"As  to  the  method  of  determining  the  pres- 
ent economic  value  of  a  person,  I  liave  quoted 
from  the  highest  English  authority,  and  there- 
fore, of  the  world,  because  the  science  of  vital 
statistics  owes  its  existence  largely  to  English 
writers,  the  greatest  of  whom  was  Dr.  Farr. 
"One  important  datum  is  lacking  in  the  ab- 
sence of  a  record  of  an  examination  of  the 
eyes  before  the  accident,  and,  therefore,  we 
are  unable  to  assert  positively  that  the  condi- 
tions of  his  eyes,  as  found  after  the  accident, 


STATE  OF  MAINR. 


500 


was  dtii.'  t(i  llif  injury,  but  we  are  CDiilidcul 
that  the  pdsitiou  taken  is  fully  justilied  ijy  the 
histiiry  nl  the  case,  and  the  nature  of  the  in- 

jlU'V. 

"If  Mr.  ()'l!.  had  had  a  reennl  of  an  ex- 
amination cif  hi^  e\es  showing  that  they  were 
normal  prior  U>  the  accident,  all  doubt  on  this 
point  would  have  been  removed.  This  again 
shows  the  neeessit}'  of  every  person  ha\ing  a 
case  record  of  his  physical  condition,  for  no 
one  knows  when  he  may  meet  with  an  acci- 
dent and  need  it  to  determine  just  what  the 
amount  of  the  damage  is  from  a  given  injury. 
If  the  history  and  examination  revealed  a  .sus- 
picion that  a  part  of  a  disability  existed  prior 
to  the  accident  for  which  damages  are  claimed, 
and  this  should  be,  by  further  evidence  in  the 
case,  established  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt, 
then  the  fact  must  be  taken  into  consideration 
in  determining  the  amount  of  the  damages  due 
to  the  accident.  To  avoid  disputes  and  liti- 
gations everv  person  should  have  a  carefully 
made  record  from  repeated  examinatiotis  of 
his  body. 

"This  woidd  lie  of  great  value  to  a  person, 
not  only  in  case  of  injur}-,  lint  also  in  the  treat- 
ment of  any  disease. 

"The  progress  of  medicine  is  towards  pre- 
venting, rather  than  curing  diseases,  and  in 
order  to  make  this  practice  more  complete,  the 
time  is  coming  when  physicians  will  be  largely 
occupied  in  making  these  examinations  and 
case  records,  and  thereby  preventing  rather 
than  curing  diseases.  There  is  nothing  of 
more  importance  to  be  instituted  in  the  science 
and  practice  of  medicine  for  its  welfare  and 
advancement  than  the  carefully  made  records 
of  the  physical  and  laboratory  examinations  of 
every  pers(3n.  To  make  them  more  ei^'ective 
they  should  be  instituted  when  the  child  en- 
ters school,  and  be  repeated  at  stated  times 
during  the  whole  jieriod' of  school  life.  This 
woukl  necessitate  establishing  a  new  officer, 
the  school  physician,  not  an  inspector  of  the 
schools,  but  one  who  would  take  a  child, 
analyze  hiiu,  detect  all  abnormaltics  and  in 
conjunction  with  the  parents  and  other  physi- 
cians correct  them  during  school  life,  and  thus 
have  the  body  improved  witli  the  mind,  that 
each  mav  help  the  other  to  the  fullest  devel- 
opment. iM-om  these  records  data  could  be 
obtained  which,  when  applied  to  the  mathe- 
matical formula  for  the  normal  earning  ability 
of  the  body,  and  worked  out  according  to  the 
principles  on  which  it  is  constructed,  would 
give  the  rating  of  a  child,  taking  into  consid- 
eration his  functional  abilit\-  on  which  his 
technical  aViility  s<i  largely  depend>,  Init  which 


has  ])een  heretoffire  almost  entirely  neglected 
in  rating  him.  Witii  this  work  carried  out 
iluring  scjiool  life,  it  would  soon  demonstrate 
its  own  importance,  by  making  these  records 
of  the  highest  value  in  the  training  of  the 
mind  and  the  body,  the  advancement  of  the 
race,  for  the  promotion  of  health  and  the  pre- 
vention of  disease,  anfl  in  furnishing  data  to 
determine  damages  to  the  body  from  injury 
or  disease  by  the  mathematical  formula  for 
the  normal  earning  ability  of  tile  b(jdy,  in  a 
manner  equitable  to  all  concerned." 

In  1907,  when  Dr.  Molt  gave  his  oration 
on  phvsical  economics  at  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Portland  Medical  Club,  Dr.  C.  R.  I'.urr, 
the  retiring  president,  gave  an  address  on 
"Personal  Damages  Considered  from  a  Med- 
ical .Standpoint."  This  led  to  a  conference 
with  Dr.  Burr,  who  had  written  a  treatise  en- 
titled "The  Worth  of  Man,  J'.eing  a  Treatise 
on  Personal  Damages  Considered  from  a  Med- 
ical Standpoint."  As  Dr.  Burr's  work  con- 
tained much  that  Dr.  Holt  had  planned  to  in- 
clude in  his  own  work  on  "The  Physical 
Ikonomic  \alue  of  Man  and  the  Measure  of 
Damages,"  it  led  to  a  union  of  the  two  works 
in  one  which  will  be  issued  in  the  near  future. 
The  value  of  this  work  can  hardly  be  esti- 
mated at  the  present  time,  but  that  it  is  des- 
tined to  have  a  wide  use  and  become  a  stand- 
ard wherever  and  whenever  the  economic 
value  of  man  is  brought  into  question  and  the 
measurement  of  damages  is  sought  there  can 
be  no  doubt.  In  the  paper  on  the  "Ec<inomic 
Value  of  Man  and  the  Mea.sure  of  Damages," 
read  before  the  National  Association  of  United 
States  Pension  Examining  Surgeons,  at  Chi- 
cago, in  June,  igo8.  Dr.  Holt  gave  illustrative 
cases  showing  how  readily  damages  to  the 
body  may  be  determined,  and  also  h<3w  an 
equitable  pension  may  be  a.scertained.  He 
supplied  tables,  the  first  of  which  gives  the  re- 
maining earning  ability  when  it  is  determined 
that  the  competing  ability  is  damaged  to  .same 
degree,  or  less  than  the  functional  ability.  The 
second  table  gives  the  remaining  earning  abil- 
ity when  it  is  determined  that  the  com- 
peting ability  is  damaged  to  same  de- 
gree, or  more  than  the  functional  ability. 
By  these  two  tables  the  earning  ability 
may  be  ascertained  when  it  is  determined 
tlft't  the  competing  ability  is  damaged  but 
slightly  or  when  it  is  damaged  to  a  degree 
nearly  total,  or  total.  All  the  computations 
arc  made  and  given  for  all  possible  degrees  of 
damage  to  the  body  from  injury  or  disease, 
thus  eliminating  com])utations.  The  third 
table  gives  the  loss  on  $t,cx)o.  when  the  com- 


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STATE  OF  MAINE. 


peting  ability  has  been  damaged  but  slightly 
or  to  any  degree  approaching  total,  anti  total 
so  that  by  ascertaining  the  economic  value  of 
a  person  from  the  present  value  of  his  future 
income  by  the  evom  table  (the  sixt'n)  and 
then  dividing  this  value  by  1,000  to  obtain  the 
nrmber  of  thousands  and  parts  of  a  thousand 
dollars  a  person  is  worth,  and  finally  multiply- 
ing this  by  that  which  is  found  to  be  the  loss  on 
$1,000,  in  the  third  and  fourth  table,  we  ob- 
tain the  economic  loss  as  readily  as  we  obtain 
the  amount  of  a  town  or  city  tax  by  knowing 
the  rate  on  $1,000,  and  the  assessed  valuation 
of  the  property  in  thousands  and  parts  of  a 
thousand.  Thus  while  the  results  are  deter- 
mined by  mathematics  and  with  mathematical 
precision,  there  are  no  more  computations 
actually  used  than  there  are  in  ascertaining  the 
tax  of  a  person  by  knowing  the  rate  of  taxa- 
tion per  thousand  and  the  number  of  thou- 
sands and  parts  of  a  thousand  dollars  a  per- 
son is  assessed.  Indeed,  the  process  is  identi- 
cal and  for  this  reason  should  be  readily  un- 
derstood by  all  who  own  property  and  pay 
taxes. 

It  has  been  the  effort  of  the  officers  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  to  unite  all  the 
different  state  associations  in  one  compact 
body,  the  units  of  state  associations  being 
county  societies  of  each  state.  Maine  was  one 
of  the  last  to  come  into  this  arrangement, 
which  it  did  legally  at  its  annual  meeting  held 
at  Bangor  in  June,  1908,  by  a  unanimous  vote. 
By  this  arrangement  the  Maine  Medical  As- 
sociation is  entitled  to  one  delegate  to  the 
house  of  delegates  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  and  Dr.  Holt  has  the  honor  of  be- 
ing the  first  legally  qualified  delegate  to  thus 
represent  the  Maine  Medical  Associations. 

From  the  first  paper  read  before  the  state 
associations  in  which  Dr.  Holt  advocated  new 
methods  for  the  treatment  of  the  ear  which 
gave  him  an  international  reputation,  to  his 
last  papers  on  physical  economics  and  the 
measure  of  damages  by  mathematics  which 
has  given  him  a  world-wide  reputation,  he  has 
been  writing  papers  in  which  he  has  advocated 
new  methods  of  practice  which  have  been  ac- 
cepted and  become  the  common  property  of 
the  profession. 

Few  men  have  won  higher  distinction  in 
the  special  departments  of  ophthalmology  and 
otology.  To  this  reputation  he  has  added  that 
of  a  philanthropist  and  as  the  field  of  his  use- 
fulness has  expanded  as  a  practitioner,  he  has 
sought  not  only  to  extend  to  the  poor  the  full 
benefit  of  his  skill  and  research,  but  to  advo- 
cate many  advances  for  the  betterment  of  the 


human  race.  This  alone  gives  him  an  unique 
professional  standing  and  would  be  sufficient 
to  engage  the  attention  of  most  men.  But  his 
great  work  has  been  centered  in  a  noble  char- 
ity, the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  which 
stands  without  a  parallel  in  the  history  of 
medicine. 

In  a  recent  statement  of  facts  in  connection 
with  an  appeal  for  funds  by  the  trustees  for 
renewals  and  equipment,  we  note  that  during 
the  twenty-three  years  of  its  existence  it  has 
accumulated  and  cither  now  holds  or  has  dis- 
bursed $695,585.05;  that  over  thirty  thousand 
persons  have  been  treated  at  the  infirmary ; 
that  the  out-patient  department  has  had  an 
attendance  of  over  one  hundred  eighty  thou- 
sand ;  that  over  eight  thousand  operations 
have  been  performed  upon  the  eye  and  ear  for 
the  preservation  or  restoration  of  sight  and 
hearing.  Throughout  the  reports  of  the  in- 
firmary we  discern  unmistakable  evidence  that 
Dr.  Holt  has  carried  on  the  major  part  of 
this  work,  for  we  read  in  the  twenty-first  re- 
port of  the  trustees  that  "A  carefully  tabulated 
estimate  of  the  number  of  hours  which  physi- 
cians and  surgeons  have  devoted  gratuitously 
to  the  upbuilding  and  carrying  on  of  this 
charity  during  its  existence  would  be  equal  to 
about  the  services  of  one  professional  man  for 
the  entire  twenty-one  years.  No  reference  to 
the  bestowal  of  time  upon  this  charity  would 
be  complete  without  mentioning  the  fact,  well 
known  to  all  who  are  conversant  with  its 
aft'airs,  that  the  Executive  Surgeon  has  de- 
voted a  large  part  of  his  time  to  this  charity. 
It  was  by  his  means,  zeal,  self-sacrifice,  devo- 
tion and  executive  force  that  made  the  In- 
firmary in  the  first  instance  possible,  and  then 
brought  it  to  its  present  high  rank  of  useful- 
ness. It  is  therefore  but  simple  justice  to  re- 
peat the  words  of  a  former  President  of  this 
Board,  that  "tlie  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirm- 
ary must  remain  while  it  endures  a  monument 
to  the  aliility  and  philanthropy  of  Erastus  Eu- 
gene Holt." 

Dr.  Holt  married  Mary  Brooks  Dyer,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1876,  and  they  have  six  children:  Lu- 
cinda  Mary-Belle,  who  is  a  graduate  of  Smith 
College  and  of  Tufts  College  Medical  School ; 
Clarence  Blake,  who  has  an  A.  B.  from  Har- 
vard University ;  Roscoe  Thorne,  who  has  an 
A.  B.  A.  M.  LL.  B.  from  Harvard  University ; 
Erastus  Eugene  Junior,  who  has  an  A.  B. 
from  Bowdoin  College  and  who  is  now  a 
senior  in  the  Medical  School  of  Maine;  Doro- 
thy Kent,  who  is  a  student  in  Miss  Marshall's 
School  in  Philadelphia;  and  Benjamin  Dyer, 
who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Portland  High 
School  and  ready  to  enter  college. 


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he   state   oi'  Maine. 

FEB  27 

1952 

BINDEW